Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 12, 1873, Page 2

MASSACHUSETTS. | Butler’s Gubernatorial Campaign. Gen. How He Is Operating--Toying with the Labor-Reforniors, The Antl-Butler Movement---Butler Re- garded Favorably by the Demaocrats. The Liquor Question in fl;n Canvasse~ Butler the Condidate of the Administration, Special Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, Dostow, Aug, 0, 1870, The political sensation of the past weck lins been Gon, Dutler's much-heralded lottor in the dofenso of the ealary-grab, & synopsis of which was givon out somo ton days ago, and has boon commontod on all oyer tho country, If tho osti- mato of old obsorvors of political affairs b worth auything, (his last move of tlo aspiring Butlor s tho most damaging of oll the blundora with which lho has strown his pathway to the Worcester Convon- tion, Tamo, lmpotont, and veryuch unliko its author,—iu the popular vordict. Ilis attempt to shiold himsolf bohind Prosidont Grant hos raised tho laugh sgaiust bim on oll sidos; snd his Qings at the nowspapors constitute tho only parta which aro charactoristio of tho author. Bon cannot lot pnes an opportunity to court the hostility of nowspapora, Ilo thrivos upon it aud gloats ovor it. Knowing they will never say suything in his favor, o managos to keop his name in their columns by oncouraging their op- position. - DUTLER'S CAMTAIGN OPERATIONS. Butlor's plan of conducting his compaign bus beon a mattor of surprine both to friends and oppononts, Ho socms to have been transformed, and bolinves more like a bashful lover than an old politieal war-harse. Ho beat all round tho bush nt Framingham, and dodged the potnt ot issuo whon it was forced upon him. Ho went down to Provincotown when they Lad the groat railrond-jollification, cracked up tho Capo Cod fighormon, and loft bolore tho fostivitios woro balf ovor, coming back to Bostou with Colleator Tussell in a Governmont rovenue-cutter, Thon o Liad the vetorans of the old Eighth Rogimont visit his summer-home in Glouceator, on the oc- casion of thoir annual rounion, and dizcoursed philoscphically and blandly of Capo Ann granito (of which tho Doston Post-Ofico is being constructed, and which {3 to pley an im- portant part in tho construction of other public buildings elsewhere), and the statuo of Goen. Seott, but stolidly rofused to lot dvop a word on politics. Somo of his Iriends aro gotting dis- gasted at his plan of operating ; thoy want lim to como out boldly, strike right at tho enemy's front rank, take tho stump, and give hia follow- s & chatico to throw up their hats audgive vent to thelr long-pont-up enthusissm, Still thers is 1o doubt the Genoral id hard at work. Tho contest with him must result in one of {wo things: suceoss in getting tho Ropublican nom- ination, or being Inid on the shelf, so far as tho otlica of Governor is concorned. Ho 18 con- staatly on tho go. Au oxtra Privato Sccrotary, aud the oflicers of tho Exccutive Committeo of tho Butler clubg, remain at Lis oflico in Pember- ton squaro; sud the piles of letters which go in and come out overy day will bear s favorable comparison with thoso of an ordinary campaign during the good old duys of the franking privi- lege. His ofiice in Lowell displays tho same nctiv- d there are frequont incursions of hungry politiciany upon the beautitul summer-lomo af Bay View, whow'it is undoratood that tho Genor- al will bo thore. Batler himself pops into bis offico at Pomberton square in the mormning ; die- tates lotter after loitor to his two con- stantiy-owployod stenographers ; roceives & fow fuvorod callers ; goes ovor to Yonng's Hotal for luuch with o solect coterie of intimato frionds ; and by 4 oclock i8 of on on oxpross- train, porbaps for Lowell, maybe to spend the night at home, and probably to bave & parannal interview with some of his friends in & noighboring city. Every moment s oceupied, even when on the carf,—for, whon he has taken Lis soat, out comes o buudle of nowspapors, and, Leforo his deslination is reached, ho will have spotted every ling in the whola pack wherein his Liumo occurs, and bo able to ropeat half their cditorinln, and give word for word overy articlo relating to himgolf. The Genoral pays all Lis cumpnigu-expenses, and, bo it said to his credit, lie donls liberally with all who are in his immo- diate employ. BUTLER AND THE LATOR-REFORMERS, A handful of politicians, and some Bi“{ facto- ry oporatives, represcutiug tho Labor-Reform party of the State, held a convention at Lowoll ou Wadnesday to organize a campaign for the cnnctment of & lnw restricting the hours of labor in factories to ten per_ day, This was3 tho toxt for all the spenkers, and tho Convention stuck to it throughout; siill, the old cat would pop out of tho bag oceasionally, and givo a protty lively equint with one eye. TUn- doubtedly the leaders -aro bhonest™ in tho attompt to gain tho ten-hour law, and will mako a desperato effort to force the ssuc into tho fall-campaign; but tho holding of tho Con- vention at Lowall was gimply an excuso for hay- ing o public Butlor macting in the evening, whereat o resolution was passed culogizing the Genernl and pledging him their support. “Ever sinco Gen. Butler attachod the driving-wheol of a Lowell mill for a emall claim, he has boon veiy popular amoug tho _factory-oporatives, and the domonstration Wodnesday a\‘uuflnfi]ifl oy ouly an earnost of whot will do for him if they got & chan The vote in insignifieant in itself; but, in reveral Republican towns, would decido the contest if thrown solidly for one of the lwo strongest candidates, The La- bor-Reformors in this State have been sold out by Loth Democrats aud Ropublicans 8o often lint thoy are ready to take up with anything or auybouy who proniises to holp along thoir causo. Lutler "was offered a nomination by the Lowoell Conyontion, but he declined if, though it ia pri= vutely stnted that the ovening meeting was held ot his suggention, and that ho oxpressed & dosire to bave such 1 public indorsement of him made, THE ASTI-BUTLER MUVEMENT bins been rapidly de\'ololnng since tho first Ham- ilton Tall meeting was beld, Al the gentlemon appuinted on tha Executive Committce liave gono earnestly to work, and thoy hold consulta- tions two or throe times n weok. Headquarters have been opened at Xamilton Hall, and the same goutleman, Mr. Oscar Doolittlo, who porformed' tho dutis of Heo rotary of tho Grant Club, s in at- to give and tendinco wffornoon aud evening, receivo information, The plan 18 fo capture the caucuecs ; und, to do this, overy ltepublican kuown to'ho witi-Butler will bo seen sod_nrged to bo presont and take an_ activo part. Herain lic Butler's strongth, s followers aro tho ac- tive ward and town politiciaus, the Foderal ofiico- lioldors, and tho mon who have hnd no hopo of goiting' oftico under the presont rogimo, but think thoy will stand some show undor Butlar, Theso are the moen who aro prompt to attond tho caucuses, who are. roady to drum up the tardy, and join in any #ehomo which will aid in "carrying their point. They are tho political bummoré who huvo dis susted %0 muny thousands of good citizons and knpt t1®m away from the caucuses; thoy have been fed at the publio ciib, have' tnsied the wweotn of office, and desiro to be reinstated, and they aro rallying to the call of Butlor with alac- rity. This is tho element ageinet which tho anti-Butler coalition will lavo to bring ita strongest guns ; and, to meot it, cirenlars aro 10w boing lssued brondeast over (ho Btato, urg- Jng tho uceessity of full and early attondauco upou the primarics, If & Massachusettd man is Jeown to bo out of tho Blate for tho summer at & wotering-pluco or somo weasido resort, o cirenlor is sont aftor him, commending the pofit- jcal situntion and his duty to tho Btato to his thoughtful attontion, and pronouncing his first duty to bo to return in time to vote down * ob- jectionable ™ dulogates to the Btate Convention, Judge Hoar, tho How, Georgo I, Hoar, Mr, Dawes, and others, leaders in the (lamilton-1iall combi- bination, kiave beon lending their energles to the preparation of au addresd to tho {goop\u of tho tato, which is tu bo tho big suti-Butler guu, A _rough draft of thin document was anbmitted to tho Commitieo oarly i wook, and it was to have bean publislied by to-day ;. biit it wah dodided to walt until aMtor on, Dutlor's lotter x'lul'ou(llu‘i tho salary-grab sliould hiavo appoared, that 1t might coutaln auitablo auswors thoroto, should suafi be deomed nodossary, Thig will .hardly bo tha oneo, ns tho, lottor will neod moro dofonding by Dutlor'n frionds than answorlng l)r hia opponents, A Ull‘lk‘flfl[{h organization of all tho anti-Butlor ole- mouts In tho Btato hos boonnttomptod, and thoro it n falr prospect of success, The ‘* ominontly- rospoctablo™ roprosonlutives of whnt was onco tho parly of groat moral Idenn are ns thoroughly in onrnest ns is tho ropresontative of “tho Fodernl office-holdors’ party; nnd 50 antagonis- tio aro tho olomonts that o distingmishod looker- on canuot 8eo how, In the ovent of Butlor'a nom- ination, lua oppononts can consont to stand b,v it. Pho Butlor mon chargo tho opposition with trying to use the Ropublican party to gratify & I:Inrnunul spito ;. por contra, tho opposition rotort iat Butlor wanta to turn the Biato upaide down that ho may,dccomplish his own ambitious pur- D 8. Thoso dog-days nro hot times in more than ono, Button-holing snd sidowalk cauousing aro tho ordor. A man of proms fneuco in the party, from out of tho oity, cannot #it down at Tarkers or Young's, to smoke a_cigar or onjoy a lunch, but ho must bo appronched by some ropreson- tativo of one sido or the othor, to feel his pulso and proscribo an antidote for hia political discaso, whothor It bo Butler or nuu-nmmé and, jul 26 liko ne niot, whilo ho ia compolled to liston to ono, nuothior fs waiting outsido fo_catch his private oar, aud counteract what {ufluonco the other may have had. DUTLER AND THE DEMOCRATS. Tho Democratio Stato Contral Committeo mot on_Wadnosdny, and voted to call the party Convention at Worcestor, on tho 8 of Boptember. Thoy also_considered o reso- lution iguoring tho "Liberal Ropublicans and lnvorln{,' o straight party nominntion. Tho Committeo was not more than half full, and, to makoup tho doficiency, somo of the londin lights of tho party woro called in for counsol. 1 wasa a stormy and significont sosgion, taken all Inall, if the roports which hava lesked out_are carrect, and thero is no reason to doubt it. It is an undenisble fact that the rank and fllo of the party aroin sympathy with the Butlor movement, and only want o chanco to ‘show it attho polls. First, ho 18 pog\llnr with tho Irish; then, tho il liquor-doalers, who have suffered from extortion and bribes at tho hands of tho State Constabulary, would liko to_saa bim Gov- ornor, that the Prohibitory law might bo enforced impartially or oxploded sltogothor, which is tho Goneral's anto-olection doctrine, d to this the fact that the lendors have given up nll hopa of over gaining power as & party, and thiuk thoy 800 in Butler's olection a clianco to smash tho Ropublicau party, and you have threo good rea- sons for this nesumption. Tho sympathy for Butlor oropped out in an attompt to dolay tho dato of the Convention, in ordor to sco how tho Ropublican squabble would terminate. Two yoars ago, in & groat many towns, tha Re- publican caucnsos woro carried Zor Butler by the votes of Irish Demodrats ; and the samo tactics aro to bo pursued this yenr, where thoy can bo mndo to work. A straight nomination will be made, no doubt, by tho Domacrats ; but, if But- loris in the fiold, {ho Democratic candiunte will not got half Lis party-vote. THE LIQUOR-QUESTION in Yluying an important part in the conteat. Butlor started out with big, falk to tho Prok bitionists and s shrill whistle for the Nquor- doalers, Ilis adherents amoug the former are fow in number ; tho great majority of the to poranco mon aro in sympathy with the ** Emi- nontly Respectablos,” aud don’t care to go in on Butlor's double-faced policy. To offset tho rd- herenco of the Republiean liquor-deslers to But- ler, the Washburn clique have mnde n move to concilinto the wavoring Prohibitionists. Poromp- tory orders have been 1ssued to enforce the Pro- hibitory law to tho lotter, aud to closo up tho first-class bar-rooms simultaneonsly with the gin- wills aud low groggeries. To carry out this or- der, the twolve State Counstables who have boen charged with the enforcement of tho Inw in Ios- ton have beon summarily dlschurgnd, and with- out any oxplanation, oxcopt that tho Commis- sionerd h(ul reason to beliove thut ssid officers waro not doin(i' their duty. A weok lis pnssed, the vacancies liave boon filled by details from tho forco scattored about the Btate in tho towns, bub no decisivo move has been made on thoe bnr- rooms which keep opon doors and publicly sol ar much as ever. Now it so happona that eloven of the twelyo Constables digcharged were Butlor men.. In the manipulation of ward caucuses herotofore, the Stato Constablos lavoe Loen _ tho power bohind tho throno in locslities where there were a Iarge numbor of rumeshops, Congressman Hooper carrios throo Democratio wards at every clection; Stato Benators and Ropresentatives liavo boon eleoted from tho same nlnccs. It's all dono through tho Biato Constablos, who have tho power {o prosecute or lat alono every liquor- dealor on thoir respeotive beats. To secure oxamgfian from o prosecution for a twelve- month, a Democratic liquor-doalor will gladly ny & liboral assessmont_for the clection of & Yh. ublican, and not only stay awsy from tho Folls, but porsuado ail his friends to do_tho snme. This was tho socret of tho tremondous ains for Grant last fal), and is a fair samplo of he way the politics of the State have boen manipulated under tho Prohibitory law by the oliquo in power. Eloven Stats Constablos in Boston, using their ofiico for Butler, was niore than Mr, Washiburno could afford. ‘Tho Commis- sioners dony that they kuow snything of the Solilim prejudicos of tho ofticors; but the lodge i8 too thin, and DButler's friends are making tho most out of it they oan, Iu councc- tion with this foature of the campaign, a noat littlo ruse of tho Butlor party has i\mt como to light. It is woll known " that the Indopendent Ordor of Good Templars is 8 poworful organizu- tion in this Stato, ready to voto .eolidly far any man who will enforee the Prohibilory law. Gov, Wasbburno ie well kuown a8 n Prohibitioniat,:but ho e lod by his party, and dogs not _go boyond bis orders. = Ience, the Prohibitionist are far from being eatisfled with him, and that is the reagon sowmo are turning hopofully toward But- ler. In tho wostern part of tho State, somo of Butlor's frionds have undertaken to manipulate tho Good Templars, Tho plan is to vislt the lodges, aund, when suggestions for the ood ' of f{ho Ordor wro called for, oy rise in their places to sponk. Of course it {8 most natural to apeak of tho onforcomont of tho Prohibitory lsw and the means to sccuro that end, and then to glide into the subjoct of the coming - clogtion, winding vp with an’appeal to all votors to attend tho Ropub- lican caucuses and sond delegates to the Stato Convention who will vote for the maon, and bim only, who promisos to enforco the law, Itisa nent dodgo, but its early oxposure will break ity foree. - ¥ BUTLER AND THE ADMINISTRATION, Butlor proclaims himself tho Admiuistration candidate, sud he is to all appearances. Hois aupportnd by overy Custom-liouse and United Btates Court ofticor i tho State, aud by the Post« mastors in o body, Sccrotary Boutwoll owes bim the soat ho now occupics in tho Bonate; Vied Prepident Wilaon is noutral; Beerotary Toboson is & DButler man,—thoy wora closoted together at tho Boar's Head Hotel 8 fow days 8go; Socretary Richardson bas thrown the weight of his Influonce for Butler; Colloctor Russell of the Custom House, Collector Slack of tho Internal Revemue Departmont, all tho Uuited Statos Asscssors, and tho wholo bntch of Administration dependents st the Charlostown Navy-Yard oud the Chelsen Naval Ifospital, ol work for Butlor, Then s fius littlo programme has boen arranged for mext woek, which is to prave to tho world that Prosident Grant sympathizes with tho aspirations of tho Congrossman from Essox, The Presi- dont is o visit Bpeaker Blaine at his homo in Maino. Butlor and the United States officials hare aro to tuke the Prosidont by tho Liand whon 1o arrives iu Boston noxt Tuosdny morning, give him o breakfast in conjunction with tho city suthorities, sud Butler is to ho the President’s guide, philosophor, and friend in the journey from Boston toMame. Grant, Bluine, nud But- Jor are to Lo in cloro conclave for iwo days. Verily the signg are ominous., But more of this auon. Rix, —— Large 1own Farms, From the Grundy County (a.) Atlas, Our connty cunnot boast of having s Chicago or New Yorld within hor borders, aud sho hau but elghty rods of railroad, but of ono thing wa coun Jjustly boust, and that is, that for oxtousivo far- ers and big farms sho has no peor in all the broud into of lowa, The following {8 o list of our hoaviest mien, with thonumberof acros ownod by ench : Qeorgo Wolls, Bliloh township, 6,000 acres, Anron Colo, Falormo, 8,680 acros, Duncan MeMartin, Clay, 2,000, Iloraco Boios, Patmoro, 1,600 acren, Ransom Builog, Lincolh, 1,600 acres, Elias Marblo, Colfax, 1,600 acron, 11, 11, Rogors, Palmero, 1,860 acres. ifhan Aklu, Palmoro, 1,310 noran. Edwin Hillyor, Palmero, 1,160 acrow, @, W. Warner, Colfax, 1,120 acros, M. I, Townsond, Clay, 1,040 acres, Lynian Cole, Palmoro, 1,000 noron, Jobn Hitchons, Palmoro, 800 aores, Whilo thoro are & mumber of suok men aa Clarkson, Bockman, Oourtright, Rugg, Molsner, Shorratt, Willoughby, Towksbury Brothors Honry John, olo., Who farm froin 400 to 600 aores each, _ENGLAND. Visits to Parlinment. ~(Hladstone The Houso of Commons and Disracli, The House of Lords---A Trifling Debate ---The Archbishop of Can- ' terbury. E English Oratory =-- Westminstor Abbey. Correspondenceof T'he Chicago T'ribune, Lonnox, June, 1873, T am, 18 you know, visiting England for the first timo, and tho briof skotches I sond you ara firat improssions,—mauy of which, porhiaps, tino aud clogor observation would corroot ; but, such 84 thoy are, I givo thom without any offort to bo sccurato. Indeod, I eannot fiud books and othor monus of verifying facts. Ono noods, in travol- ing, an encycloprdia at one's elbow conutantly, Yestorday I visitod THE JIOUSE OF COMMONF, to whith I was conducted by IHonry Bright, brothor of John Bright. Io conducted me to & raisod geat diroctly bohind the scats oceu- pled by the momboers, sand poluted out to mo tho colobritios, and oxplained the ordor of businoss. Thoro 8at, facing each othory Gladstone and Disracli, soparated ouly by & nar- row passago and tablo, and cach flanked by Lis lending captains and followers, ranged on oach sido of & narrow passage leading from tho main ontranco to tho Bponker's chair. The Opposi- tion and the Ministorial party nlwaya ocoupy difforont sides of tho Iouse; nud, whon s Mine istry go out, the Ministor and his party change sides with tho Opposition. Hore, in the Britlsh Parlinmont, have thus eat the OREAT BTATESMEN AND ORATORS of Great Britain, from tho time of Cromwoll § tho gront leaders with whose names history is fillod. Hero ent Strafford, and Hampden, nud Walpolo, and Chatham, and Grenvillo; and, Iator, Fox, nnd Peel, and 0'Connoll, and Brough- am ; and the long lino of groat Parliamentnry londers who have directed and guided English policy and shaped English history. On my first visit to tho House of Commons, tharo was a dobate upon a bill in relation to tax- ation, which brought out many leading sponkers on both sides, and I heard » great many short, sensiblo speoches. In diroctnoss, cons ciseness, in coming directly to the polnt, using the fowest words possible, Parliamont is far in advance of our Congross. Among others, I hoard GLADSTONE, Ho is fluont, cloar, rondy, witha style of the pur- ost English. No hositation, no stmmmering, nonoof tho **aw, ab, aw," which is go gonoral among English spoakers in and out of Parlia- mont, Mr. Henry Dright speaks of him with enthusiasm, saying, ** 1o is tho finest dobater in England,” and Mr. Jobn Bright aftorwards in epeaking of him, “Ho is fincst dobator in the world.” He i8 certainly n vory fino spoakor. His voico and manuer reminded mo of Wondoll Phillips ; but his higher tones are, I think, finer. I boar him eovoral times, and ho was always roady, cloar, and fluent; with some humor and evidont tact 1n managing the Mouse. I did uot hear DISRAELL He sat opposite Gladstone, with his arms fold- ed, in doop black, silont and ‘motionless, but yob a clusoe observer of tho dobatos. Gladstono wis dressod in black cont, gray pantaloons, light vest, and bluo_cravat. Afow days later, I visitod the House of Com- mons again, and this time with THOMAS RUGHLES, author of “Tom Brown,” Hu pointed out the leading membors on both ridos, and glrnisud, i & hearty, good-natured way, oth Liborals aud Tories ; aud 18, I imugiue, popular with both, Ho callod my aitontion'to 'Odger, the Ropublis can ; and, in roply to my inquiry whether bie had many followers, snid, **No ; very fow.” As tho touso was dull, ho proposed that wo go ovar to TIE HOURE OF LOBDS. Thoro ha pointod out to me tho great men, the 1eaders nwong tho Low Lords, the Biskops, and tho hioads of tho groat familios which composo tho Faoglish aristocracy. Hore I expeetod to soo the ‘most dignified body on carth; the grand do- scendants of tho Normuns ; tha honds of thoso gront {amilies_whoso pulatial residouces mako England a 1and of cnstles, porke, and palaces, Horooro the great mon and their descondants, in "l departmonts, who Lave made thoso small islunds & leading power in tho world, Hore are tbo roprosentatives of the houses of Dougles, Hamilton, Warwick, Argylo, Marl- boraugt, Nelson, Wallington, Chatham, and all who buve boon onnobled for great doeds in mili- tary, naval, and civil servico, oy woll 08 thoso who can trace their linengo along n brilliant do- scont from the Conquerors down; and to these must be added the great mon in the Law and tha Clurch, tho Judges and tho Bishops, Wall, T approached the House of Lords with rovoronco— almost awo. But this fooling WAS QUICKLY DESIPATED. Tho Houso of Lords woro mal merry ovor_a! Dill to probibit acrobatie porfoA®ances by chil- dron under 13 years,—-n very proper Dill, as i« scomed to mo,” A noble Lord rose and asfiod for . tho second reading of the bill, and, to supporti| it, road, in a drawling, hesitating tnannor, withi plonty of *aws” and ‘abs" extracts from nowspapers which gavo accouuts of! accidonts resulting from performances byr children on the trapeze. Another noblo Lord” roso to oppose tho bill, saying, smong other things, hio feared its passage would operate vory| badly in hia part of Engiand,— for,” unid L6, | 4 this bill probibits a)l practicos which may ou”: dangor lifo or limb; and, in that part of England, | it is tho custom for the lnds to cut turnips fory| tho ehoop ond cattlo: aud, if thi bill passes, thisd {vnocent practico will Lo probibited, as the lads* vprylnn.nn out thoir fngors instond of tho tur-, nips!” )4,& vory roverend Lord Bishop followed, esying lie foared tho passage of the bill would prohibit the children from singing their Christmas carols, from singing tho old yoar out and the now year in, s the lads might endaugor their lives by taking cold! ote. Another vory noblo and learned Lord snid, as tho bill prolitited all practices which endanger lifo und hoalth, it cortninly would probibit the onting of plums and chorrics by Iads under 12,~* for your Lordships all kiow,” sma ho, “ihat such practico is net unfrequontly at- tonded with scrious dangor 1™ By this timo, 1 had come to tho conclusion that the Houso of Lords was composed of men vary like tho rost of maukind, aud that their triffing was not much more ansing thau that of othor fogs imposiug bodies of men. Beriously, | their Lordships aro ; NOT 0 FINE A_TIODY OF MEN physically s the United_Btatos Sonate. Going to the Haouso of Lords, a few days [ater, I heard n vary intorosting debato upon a bill authorizing the Bluhu}) to pormit sorvicos by clorgymen othor than the Rector of the parish, I heard sovernl Lords, including the Earl of Bhaftosbury; bub tho bost spooch, by far, was that by tho ARONBISIIOP OF CANTERDUTY. The Bouch of Bishops was quita full. Tho Archbishiop s &_fino spoakor; calm, dignifiod, und doliborato, but yof vigorous, e tpoaks without the English drawl and hesitation, which i8 80 ;flnuz & blomish Iu noarly all Eoglish spoai- ora, Noithor in Parlinmens nor in the Courts, do you hear the clear, distinot enunciation which you hegr in tho Unlted Staton Sonato_snd tho Buprome Uowt at Washinglon. Mr. Glad- stono and a fow are freo from the Englivh drawl, but thoy aro exceptiona, 1lutin one thing tho Engliuli aro far our suporiors: . IN DIREOTNESY AND CONOIANEAS, They como diractly to the.point, and do not tol- erate doclamation, nonsonse, or buncombo, If o n])ollfir lins nothing to say, hois put down very specdily. l1"nma ing out of the House of Lords and tho Ialls of Parliament, and ontoring WESTMINHTER ABDEY, T mot an American kcholar, who said: admirably Macaulay, in his fine on the trial of " Warrau Hantings, has doweribad thia halll ‘It was,' saya ho *tho great ball of William Rufus, which bod ro- sounded with scclamutions ovor tho inaugura- tion of thirty Kings ; tho hall whioch had wit- nossod the great sentenca of Bacon aud tho just abeolution of Homers ; tho hall whore tho olo- quence of Birafford had for a miomunt srmed sudunited & victorlous party inflawed, with just “How articlo rosentment ; tho hall whore Charlea Iind con- ronted tho High Cohyt'of Justico with a plneld courago which Liss Im;l,manomml hin famo." " | © . LASALLE COUNTY. - Oropae-Tho Farmers?! Movenents=Frees TradcaDttnwn Avademy of Scivnces =<indian Antlquitios. To the Jlitor of The Chicago Tribune : Bus Hnving rocoutly passed u fow days at Ot~ tnwa nnd viotnity, T'notod a fow ltomu that may ho of interost. Iaving once bLeon an honost favmeor mysolf, I rodo into the country to soo how the agricullural intorests prospor. Tho ne- counts, na honrd from tho lips of the farmer, are not flattoring. It ia oithor too Lot and-dry, or too wot. X yoticod fmmonse flelds of nowly-cut obls, whoat, and ryo—all which looked yory fino ; but thoy any there is moro straw than graln, Bomo, howover, told mo of oats going 60 bush- ol to thoacro, On tho wholo, tho yicld is fair. Thio growing corn looks wall,—a littlo Jato, but, 1t tho frosl doos not gomo too early,.the crop will bo good, Thore is o largo amount of old corn yot in tlio oribs, tho ownors hoping for bot-- ter pricos, and boing ahlo to hold It. For sovoral yonrs, farming Lae not beon a pay- ing bualnoss, “'I'ho farmors ara much discour~ agod, and not partionlarly friendly to railroad- oxtortionk or igh tarilfs on anything, And no wondor, whan they must pay soveral profits on all they buy with corn at 80 conts por bushel. 'I'ho Grangors sro strong hero, Whethor thoy will guccood In doing anything in thoe way of ro- form, doponds much on the wisdom of their coungols, and also their ability to keop out tho old profossional- politiclans, ~ I am_ improssod with tho faot that tha tarift question and the monopoly l}unnlou aro tho onos uppormost at this time in tho minds of Lhe farmors. And, in tho groat politieal fight which I vonture to prediot must soon onsuoon tho tarir qunetlan, nine-tontha of thom will vote tho Froo-Trado ticket, Ihave an ominous, but nob unpleasnnt, feollng that this lsso. fua free country, lot everything be as frée as possiblo. Ho mugli for the farmers, t Ottaws, my ationtion was called to the Acndemy of ‘Scionces, an institution that lLas boon in operation some six years. On ropairing to their lu&n lall in Cheover's Block, I found a largo and fino collootion of spocimons in various branchos of natural acionce. Those 1n geology, conchology, and minoralogy 8ro yory ox- tonsive, and many specimons oqual to any poon elsowhere. Thero is alio a largo caso. of Dbirds and mammsls, oll* woll stuffed and arranged in good stylo. Tho: most interosting featurs, howover, ia the collee- tion of Indian antlquitios nud relits of the Fronch occupation, from Tort B Louls, ab' Btarved Rock. Theso have beon found mostly, by accidont, No doubt o systematic oxploration. would uncarth many more _intoroating souvenirs; of the days of Do Tontl and his compoors, Noar tho Btarved Rock may still be scon tho romains*| of au earthwork thrown up by tho Fronch a8 ngj part of thoir dofonses. Opposito, on tho othor* sido of tho rivar, once stood s gront Indian city. | Thoro oto also burial mounds noar by. The wlleo countiy rouud i, in fact, ‘historle grouad. vo. 9. ) OBITUARY. ] A fow yoars ago, the Rov. T. T.Waterman was one of tho leading clorgymen of this Btate. Ho was sottled over the Becond Prosbyterian Churchy at Galens, but-his eloquence and his ableipre- sontation of the truth made him woll and favora- bly known all over the Northwost. Tho Christinn public will be sorry to learn of his death, an ac- count of which wo fiud in the Providonco Jour- natof the 7th. From tho romnrks of the Rev, Dr, Blodgott, wo solect a brief paragraph in ro- Iation to his labors : ‘Thomaa Tileston Watermon was born in Windham, Goun,, Sopt. 24, 1601, Ho gradduntod at Yalo Collogo bl 1823, 1To studiod theology with Lifs fathor,the Rov.Elijal Watermnn, o was ordained aa pastor of the Rich- mond Streot Oliurch Dec, 13, 1836, Dr, Lyman Boecher, then of Boston, preaching {lio_ordination sermon, In 837 ho bocamo pastor of tho Fifth Preabyterian Churel, of Philadelphia. ~This pastorato continucd to 18 From Philadclphis Mr, Watcrman was invited to re- turn to Provideuce ana become pastor of the Fourth Congregational Cliurch, which soon camo to bo called the Freo Evangolical Gliurch, the church which is now {n occupancy of the house in which these funeral sor- vices aro now being hold. Of this pastorato of tho Freo Church wo shall have occa- sfon . to “speak in another conucction, After loaving tho Froo Church, bo hold pastorates in {he Sccond Erosbyterlan Church, Galona, 1L, ; _and in the Congregational Churches of Winons, Minn,; Danlelsonville, Gonn. ; Sponcer, Maas., aud Monzoo, Conu, Of thd rosuita'of his ministerial labors in tln remotest fiolds, we moy not apcok, But for tho honor of thio divine gracs, wo would proceed to spoak of bis work in this city, The ovidonce is sbundant that hia pustorato of Richmond Strect Church was eminently aflicient, and owned of i who *Lolds tho stars i 1is right hand,” Dr. Watroman waa tho fatlior of Gon.Wator- man, of this city. ‘The Penbody Sell, ° From the Providenco Journal, It has, porkiaps, passed from tho minda of most uewspaper rondors that a di satch. dated April 1, slleging that the tomb of George Pon- ‘body had boen broken into and the cofiin deses eratod by the romoval of the silver handles and name-plato, wag oxtonsively ‘mblisbud both in this country and in Burope. The Boston Trav- ém.;r thus cxplains what it tormy ‘e Pasbody ol : “iThomas Apploton, who was the originator of this hoax, died at Providonce, IR, L., Bome weeks ago, but boforo his death ho confessed his gullt, and oxplaiued tho mannor of its commission, .For o pumber’ of woeks, ho gaid, he had been pondering over the question how he could tinflick a stupondoug hoax upon tho conn- ‘try, This thing, that thing, and tho other wore thought of and found Impracticable, until finally ho wrote tho dispatch which ia quoted sbove, 'Tho next stopin the programme way to soud tho dispateh to tho offico of the Now England agont of the Associatod Proes, which, with the nid of & Sulom lady, was succossfully accomplishied, and it wag sont, and, unsuapiolous- Iy, tho omployes in tho Boston oflivo of the Auso- ciated Press, bosides manifolding it for every Boston papor, sent it far and wide. As hnsbeen stated, there was & great huo and cry to discover tho autlior of tho hoax, but those few who were lot into tho socrot docmed it best to remain ai- lent. Now, however, that ho is doad, the obliga- tion is removed, and there can bo no objection to the publication of thodotails, even though it may rotlect some discredit upon his memory, What- ovor may bo thought of the crulty of ‘tho hoax, thiero can bo no guestion that it proved o great succoss, humby, 'gmg two-thirdy of the news- papors on both n[f 08 of tho Atlantic.” —_— ‘Fhe OlLilo River, Tho improvemont of the Ohio River by means of wupplying it with wator from tha lakes, pass- ing through the Alleghsny River in order to fill up its channol and thus securo conataut naviga- tion, i8 o subjoct which has beon attracting the attontion of the morchants and manufsoturers of the riparian Statesof tho Ohio River. TlLogreat objeot in view is torendor the Ohio Rivor from its dource to its mouth. navigablo at all seasons of the year, which it is proposed Lo do by lifting tho waters of Lake Evie, by means of powerful on- inos locatod ab rasorvoirs at fxed distances into ako Chatauqua, which will bo thence forcod into tho Alloghany River aud thus poured into tho Oulo, by which tho navigation of that atream will be secured to commercs, affording outlots to tho distant_marts for tho heavy froights of the States u.\rm:th which it now flows, which will croato o trado and prodiige rovouncs boyond all present caleulation in value. ‘I'he cost of oarry- }ug out this schome and supplying tho ongiuos aud attendancoe will involve many millions of dollars, but the bonofits whick would arise from +it are of sufilciont importance to have etarted a strong influonco to work in its favor, Aconvon- sgion nitonded by dolegates from all tho Stales ‘bordering on the Obio was held in Pittsburgh, Pa., on \?’uduendny, for the purpose of urging upon Congross the carrying out of the schome. —_— Mr. Lincoln on Louiviann Affairs, Mr. Lincoln’s viows of what wae right in Loulsians wore somowhet difforont from tho viows now hold at Washington, The following lotier, written by lim in 1804, expressed his opinions : EXROUTIVE MANSION, WasnsNaTaN, Nov, a1, 1804, Dear Sm: Dr. Konnedy, bearor of this, Lay some "Tmmmon that Fodoral ofiicors, not citizons of Louisiana, may sot ulp a8 condi- datos for Congroes in that Btato, In my view thoro could be no poxs(ble objoct in such an elec- tion., We do not particularly need mombers of Cong‘rusu from thoro toenablous togot along with loginlation hero. What we do want is tho con- olusiva avidence that respectable cllizens of Lou- islana are toilling to be menbera of Congress and to stoear to support the Constitution, and that other respectable citizens are willing lo vote for theny and send thene, ‘To send & parcol of Northe arn men here as Roprosontativos, elected, ag would bo understood (aud porhapy really AO?, at the point of the bayonet, would be disgraceful and dasigerous ; and were 1a membor of Congregs fwre, 1 would vote against admilling any “such pan lo @ seal, Yours, vcri truly, DRALUAN LINCOLN, +The Hou. @, ¥, SnErsay, THE CHICAGO DATLY TRIBUNE: TURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1873 GREAT WESTERN TELEGRAPH, [ Tudge Ifilofigett’n Deoision "01'1, the ~ ¢ - Potition-to Sot Aside | ' Adjudiontion. ‘ Tlio Decroo Upheld and the Company Peclarcd Insolvent, Tho Case to Go Bofore the Circuit .. Court on Reviow. Yostorday Judge Blodgott doliverod tho follow- Towing doolaion oni the potition to uot aside the ndjudieation in bankruptoy of thio Groat Westorn Tolograph Company : A . On tho 8th of Fobrunry last, John Clark Hilton filed in this conrt bis petition claiming to ba s craditor of 4ho Great Western Telograph Company for upwardy of $2,000, and lleging cortain acta of bankrupicy which hai beon commitod Ly said Company, snd praying that it may bo_adjudicated baukrupt thorefor, Isuucs of fact woro formod on thin potition and (ho amend- ments thoroto, on which trial wos Liad, sud on tho 20th of April last {hio Court.found the rospondent guilty, na charged, and adjudicated it bankrupt, Subsoquonte 1y, o petilion was Dled in thie Gircult Court for B Toviow of tho action of tho District Courtin tho prom= {808, and on thio hoarlng of {heir petition or some mo- {low portaiuing thorato, the Cirouft Court wa asked to hear _somo nowly-discovored tostimony §n tho caso, Tut tho loarnod Clrouit Judgo rofused to hoar tho wi- ditionn] proof, aud, thoroforo, In pursunuco of sug- etion from him, I for a rohienring, Tho potition for thia rohoaring sot forth Iu aubatanico that, Biuco tho former hearing and djudleation, the xesrendent had discoverod cortaln dorico shiowiug that tho potitioning oredltor, Hiiton, s not & bona ido_ holder of tho {ndobtedness ot forth in Lls potition, and that tho pramiseory notes ovidence ing sald indobfodness d1d not ehow an honorable dobt in tho hands of the original buer, by reason of cortain equities in favor of snid Company agsinst Roove, tho yeo. That Hilton had takon theso uotes ‘with mowlodge of theso cquitios, snd -waa not, thorefore, in any bottor position to nsk an adjudication of bank ruptoy againat tho respondent Lian Roovo would kisve on, On'tho hearing of this potition, T gavo the roapond- ont loavo to introduca thie nowly-discavored proof on {his point, stating that I would then determine wheth or, with tlis additioual proof in thio case, the adjudi- cation Abiould ntand, or whathor {t should bo dot saido and tho potition dlsfissod, In nccordanca with thia order, tho ndditional proof hns boen licard, and the questlon for tho Court now is, docs it materiaily change tha aspect of the case srom that shown by the cuidence on the Jormer hearing? In bis petition, Hilton ropresonts himaolf tobo a erodilor of the - roapondont on threo Judgmenta rone dored in ia favor ogainst tho Compsny in tho Oircuft Court of Cook County, upon thiro premiasory notea son by sald_company to Solabi Reovo, dated Juna , 1873, for. $6,603.16 cach, duo respoctively in four, Bive, and aix montus afior datc, and indorsed by Roove to Hilton, and ono noto for $869 dated Aug. 1, 1873, duo n for montha after dato, On tho four months oo for $6.603.10, Judgment was rondored on tho 7th of Novombor Iaat by default—duo Aorvico of process laving beon lhad, On tho fvo' mouths’ noto julgment rondored by confossion - Nov, 3 aud on tho th of January lsst judgment was rendorod by default on tho efx monthe’ note for $6,603.16, and tho $869 noto of Aug, 1, All tlieao nofcs 'bear ihtorest at tho rato of 10 por cont per aunum from dato, and bolng elgucd by Goorgo L, Otls, +Jr., aud in behalf of tho Company 64 iia Treasuror. , It waa claimod in the potition for rolieariug that ro- spondont had, elnca the first tria], discovercd ovidence Dy which ft could show that Hiltoh bad not patd o valu- blo Connldatation for thess notes; . that tho motes wors ‘not, {u fact, oxectited and dolivored until attor the pub- Heation of tho declsion by this Stato, n tho €880 of Tor- williger v, tlio Great Wostorn Telegruph Company, Solti Reove, snd Dovid A. Gsge, of al, declarbig » corlain contract entored into botween tho Company and Reove vold o fraud, and docroolng an necounting Detweon Ticeve and 1ho Company that sald nates wore, in fact, concocted botwocn Keovo snd Hilton, after the announcoment of snid opinon_ for tho pur- poso of defrauding sald Company, and with full knowl- ©dgo on tho part of 1iilton $hat. the Compsny had an cquitablo set-off ogalnst Reove more than Auificient to balonco eaid notes, and that Oils, tho Troasurer, had 0 authority to oxocuto thess notes. From tho ovidonco addaced upon tho formor trisl, T Dad concluded that if Reovo liad sought to have the Compnny ndjudged bankrupt as o croditor on theso notes aftor tio declaion of tho Terwilliger caso by tho Bupremo Court, I rbould not bave deomod thiom o ‘provable dobt in’his Lands on tho ground tht thoro was an accounting pending botwoen him sud tho Company it which bo- might -bo shown {0 bo Indebted to the Company, Inatoad of tho Company being indobted to im, That his dealings with the Company Woro ad~ $udged by tho Supremo Court 0 bo g0 far tajntod with fraud ot ho ought not to bo decmod n bona fido creditor until tho accounting ordored had takon place, and tho truo stato of {ho indoblodness botweon: him and tho Company dotormined, Taving now héard this newly-dlacavored ovidenco, 1t fa guflicient, without recapitulating it tu dotail, 40 sny thiat T do mot. think it sustains tha position takon by tho reapondent. It i trua cortain witnesses buvo tdatifiod that tho ignaturo of Otls, tho Trons- urer of tho Company, and tho foal of tho Company wero nffixed 'to the notea in ques tion aftor tho docision in tho Torwilliger casc, but what was scen of thoas wituesses, and which perhaps if unoxplained justified tho_ cliargo, 18 explainod by tho evidouce offered by tho petitioncr,—showing that the notes woro all algicd as thoy DoW appesr at thio timo thoy wore mndo ih July Inst, but that the warrant of attornoy to the four and six moutha’ notes woa not signed or tho seal aflixed until shout the timo tho four months® nota bocamo duo, A clrcumptouce one tiroly immaterial, fnasmuch & judgment waa not ontorod by virtuo of the warrant of sttorney on either of thouo notes, Lut auit wes brought on_thom, procesa duly soryod, snd Judgmont enterud by dotaulf, pon tho question of the consideration patd by THil- ton for the notes: Xt sccms from tho' ovi- donco tust” Iilton and Gago woro parinein ~in tho firm of Roid, Bherwin - & Co, & packing-houso {n thls clty, thcr rospoctive intarests thicroin hoying beon aliout $20,000, That in Jun last thor waa sonio dissgreomont bo- tweon fhio momberd of this firm, and Gego snd Hilton proposcd to withdraw thelr capital thersfrom; thot thore waa auch o atato of fecling between Iilton sud Teld & Blerwin that negotistions for a settloment wero unpleagant, If not impracticable, Lotweon them § and that Hilton aseigned to Gago his {nterest in the concorn, and Gago assumed tho negatiation in Lis own o for b sdjustmont of dealings batweon himself and Hilton aud tho firm, A settloment o rrived ot in which tho clafjms of Gago and Hilton, na portnera in tho firm, togother witl & cortaln mortgago hold Dy Gage tipon the praporty of the firm, was adjusted ot aomothing over $60,000 7 and tho smount thus do- torminod was wocurcd by 8 sacond morigsge on tho property of tho firm, poyable {n iustallments of $5,000 cacll, dito_overy four ‘montha untll all wero paid, making tho_last tustalimonts fall duo in four _years of upwords, Included in this $60,000 was $15,000 found duo to Milton for his wmrlnamhl‘pimernutiu tho firm, (@ago had bocore tho owner and holdor of these tch in quastion, oxcopt tho $809, by transfer from nd from'tho cyldence in Iis casg there can bo mo doubt but Goge bad pald full valuo for: tbs notes in {his way: Roove had Duilt . lino tolegraph for tho Company from Oifcago_ to Princcton fn tho latter part of 1871, and foro part of 1872, Iohad purchascd certain bills of wire, and rocelyed cortaln billa for Iabor on this Lino, and obtained from Gsgo tho mionoy with which to meet theso obligations, Gago liaving Advanced thi ‘money on the uuderstaudiug that ho hould recolvo tlio notus of tho Company torefor, “Cho notea fu quiestion hiad beon delivorad to Reove, and Neove had trausferrod them fo Gngo about tha timo la eld & Bhorwin business wam consum- ‘mated, which wa# not until somo timo fn Jul thougl tho papors woro dated tho 1st of July: and Gago bolug thus tho boldor of tho notes, soid thém to Tlilion in satisfaction of Tiitom'a' interost in tho Roid & Bliorwin poper, and_ recolved thierefor in oddition fivo bouda 'of tho Madison & Jotforsanvillo Railroad Company of Indisna, of $1,009 eacli, Thus cxchianging theso threo notes of tho Come Pany of $0,603,10 each smountiug in tho aggregnto to Doarly $20,000, witliont Conipany’s notes for £16,000 diio Hilion on tho Reid & Bhorwin paper, and $15,000 in Tallroad bonds, 1 5co nothing in the evidenco pertaining to_this part of tho caso touliug to sbow it was not a bons fido trausaction botwoen Gago and Hilton, Gago in doal- ing with Reld & Bhorwin bad claimed to ovn Tilton's interest {n tho bubincsn, and had included that Intor- eat in this long mortgago sken to himsolf, A8 botween himsolf and ililton, bo was bound to pay Iilton what that interest was worth, aud pro- osed to givohim thesenotes for Hilton's inforest in tho told & Sherwin mattor, and tho railroad bonds, and tho balauco In somotbiug olso 1t s truo that both Gago and ilton stale that no witlugs over exocutod botwoon then, ot the timo Tilton wsslgned Lis unliquidated futerest in tho firm to Gugo for ndjustmont ; but I canuot deom {hat o cit- curnatanco of suflicient Import tosay that Liltow really Liad o fnboreat in tho firm, Mo and Gago woro part- nurs, and fatlmato friends ; and I do not flifik tho fact 'thiat vouichors wero 1iot. oxchanged, or writinga wxscutod, shows that Liilton. had no boia fide clojm against tho inin to bo adjusted, I Lo had, in fact, no Al intorest, 1t would Linve beon oasy to Lave provon it by tho booka of tho firm of Roid & Bherwin, or by calling purtioa Intinato with it sffairs, uoither of ‘Whietr was dono, Tt miny bo and proably fa trun that nolher of tho sccurities oxchanged wero ducmod first-clnas, Tho Teld & Shorwin claim had & long timo to Tun_ bocause tho morlgago dobt which formed at lesst oue-balf of tho Biual balsuco of $60,000 siruck in the sottiomont againut Tteld & Bhorwin, would bo firet satisfud by tho 5,000 Ipstallmonts an tlisy wero paid. Iplais 430,000 was also sacond mortgaga on Rold & Shorwiu piopgt, and Hilton teuifes st wily lio suppassd tho Telegrapli Company n0toa wero 11 all re- epceta yalld, yoi 1o aitiolpated thist &ome part of thom might lavo 0 be ronowod and oxtended, But tho fact (hat an endorsos conaldors tha piaker of A noto fu doubtful credit, or, as (e saylng 14 * sloic, dova ot whow (uat tho cndoréco fs hot & bona fido holdor, espocially whou it sppesta {hat o poid for tia paor,fn alier pupor porkispa. cqull BBt Ty i ulclent 1o any [bat tho whots tesile ‘mony, whon taken togothior, scems tomy mind to show that tho transaction boiwoon Gega sud Hilton, by ‘whicl 1Hflton bocsmo tho ownor of this papor, Was & cuino businces oporstion i which each party at eaat supposed ho waa pariiug with o walld, and vitug- blo auset for suothor ugqually valid snd valuablo to nimself, Tt s, however, urgod by tho respoudent that nugwitiatandiig Liilton paid valuo for tiuse notcy yot lio took tliom with kuowlodgo of the oguities of fip Gompany agatust, tho orlglil payco to”such ustent that thoy sro chargeubly witti thoso oquitics in Dbis hauds. Tho ovidenco to wnstaiu ihiy part of the oasp consiale In tho fact that tho . pora of thia _bolioyo any application of tho doctri; ho respondent applied to this Court TOPRIIIRLE Unos o pems w0 oo iy at tho.{nio theso nofon woro mado ; Ut (66 SADHEIES of-tho bill In that coro had boen publiahed in tho pa= lty, which Ilfiton wan i tho Lmbit af roading, and that’ the aliegations of that bill and aul- Joct maitor of tho auit amonntod to & cavoat to all por= ‘son not Lo doal with Reovo in any matter growing ot of hid relations to tho respondent, But T cannot no of Lie pendsne ‘clen-haa gono {0 1ho oxtent cinjmed it this caso, Tho Terwilllger bill charged fliat a cortafn. contract ‘mado bolween Reovo and il Company won feaudatont an sgalnat tho bona Ado tackholdora of tho Company, and askad for an accountiig in rognrd to tho moncy ol woric dono undor tat euntract, ‘g cove ind bean ieard beforo tho Jenrnied and ablo Clroult Suigon of Cook County, upon proofs aud arguments, nndl g had dellvered an oxhinustive opinlon reviewn, tho ovidonca, and. dismisaed that part of tho b fus want of equily, from which Torwilllger had appoalod, ‘The opinion of Hia Jlonor Judgo Willlams holding that thers was no fraud in tho contract had beon published in the papors of this city, months sfler the ' publicstion of the synopaln of - iho . bilf, 50 that §f any weight Is to'bo givon to publieations in tho papors of the substancs of:tho bul tho opiuion of thio Oireuit Jndgo At loast, Houtralized tho allcgne tlonn, of _the bill, and natho record ntood at tho timo Hjlton boeamo to purchsscr of thioso notos, thoro wan a Judiciaf finding that tho contenat botwaon Roove and thio reapondent wos not. fraudulont for tho causes al- leged 1o Torwilligar's bill, “Clioro waa an injuncticn sgoinnt thin Company at thiat timo, 1t waa in possosslon of long lines of Lelo- grapla and engaged, Ju the consiruction of more,. Tt d full control of fta oflicors (hrougl ite offices, Tho bank whoro Hilton kopt his -account Iad rocently diacounted tho papor of tho Company, and wis Hhon tho holdor of it—to tho oxtont of soveral thous~ & il T cannot concelve. that (ke doctrine of Me udons sliould be hold o Lavo croated a conclusivo udicial presumption that this Company could not o tho Oth fiay of Juno, 1873, mako a valid noto to Solah 0 or owo i a bona fido debt, Tho gongral princlples by which o (hisd peraon ia aliarged with notico under tha doctrino of lis pondens is that tho notice attached only Lo tho thing—tho ros— ‘which 18 tho subjoot matter of this sult, Harotha aub- Joct mattor of tho sult wea partly o contract botween twoof tho phtties to tho suit, snd probably Reova could not linvo asslgnod fhot contract pending tho sult without tho aselgns takiug it subjoct to tho romult of {hat sult. But in rogard to promissory notes, falr upon theft face, an indorser is not bound to inquike into tho conslieration of the noto or tho cire cuniatances out of which { grow, Thoe prosumption ts thiat tho noto was givon for vaiue, as woll as that thio indorgor paid valuo for i, And it seems. to mo it would boan abusive atrotch of tho principlo of notics Ly la pendriat0 bold tial thls xeapondont. could nok vo commercial papor in fts Lusinesa ranssctions ponding that suit. s ofnt, it i also 1nalated that Olin, qp1azidontal o tile o Treasuror, had o sufhorlly (o giva & eIk ccaen n inglsted that, by tho by-lawa of the Comps Qeeds ‘contraotn avo £0 by pigneq by tho n‘!..?.is.fl} and that it ia nowhore mado tho duty of tho Trosanror, Ror i o pormid, eiler sapremiyior by impiication to slgunotes. Dy tho fourlh by-aw 1¢ s provido that an Exceritlyo Committos shall be olectod, counfating of throo membors of tho Board of Diroctors, iohy ahall have, and they are hereby authorized fo cxereise, all the potcers of tha foard of Directors o 6t of Juno, 1872, thoro wan meoting hold by this Exocutivo Gommittee, ot which meoting iho following resolution was adoptod, aud spread upon tho Focords of thin Jompon; “ Resolred, That tho notes slresdy fesucd by tho H 2 urer fu tho mame of tha Company in part poyment of » " bill - for KT,01935, " thom ho contriclor, _&re approved, and_ that tho Tronsurer 18 Noraby authorized snd directod to et tle by noto for any balanco remaining duo on said Dill,” 1t was conclusively shown on the former trial that theso notes were given for xlrt of the LI refer- red to in this resolution, and also that Otla, tho ‘Treasurcr, had been in the habit of giving notes of s charabtos for upwards of twa Joura past prlor croto, Thio powern of thia Excoutivo Committes was plena o the extont of tho powers of {he Doard of Dilr,t\culr?. The Exccutive Committeo had sanctionod these notes, and direoted them to bo mwy‘x‘ and notwithstanding 0 by-lnws provided st the President should .#gn tho deods and confracts of tho Compatty, I lave mno doubt that the Board of Diroctora or tho Exccutivo Committeo may also authorizo any othor person s tho gont of tho Company to sign contracts, -Iloro Otis signed thicso notos in pursuanco of o usago which would raise the prestunpiion tiat Lo bad authosty to do eo, and also y virtuo of exproas authority, Ido not think it lies in tho mouth of tho Company o question this aua orlty, The distinction betweon the scts of av officer of & Governmont or municipsl body and tho acts of oo ofllcer of a corporation created for busincss purposes, in obvloun. T tho caso of B Govornmont ofla), th signaturo” or indorsoment of moles or . bills of oxchange fs oxcoptionsl and- outside the usuul functions of su officer, In tho caso of & business corporation like this, tho ‘power to make commercial paper like this ia a noceasa~ ry {ncldent to the businces which tho corporation Is created to traneact, and tho usual executive oflicors of the Company are proaumed toact within the scopo of their suthority, and every intendant should bo mada to aupport the paper givon, espocially whon given by the finuncial officor of the Company. ~But supposo for the purposo of tho argument tliat it was tho duty of Hile ton, under the circumstnnces, to Lave mado inquiry into the consideration of this papor sud the power of tho Troasurer of the corporation to oxecute it, tho evi- denco shows that tho actual consideration of the notes was money which Gogo advamced to pay for materlal and fabor which sctually went into tho construction of a telegraph lino for this Company, and that Lo advanced this monoy with tho underataading and sgroement that bo was 10 hnva theso notes ag socurity thercfor. Making tho notos payablo to TReove was only o ‘matter of form, Tho monoy waa {2 by Gago for tho wito aud lsbof, and the Company ad the beuedlt of it—thero was 1o profit to tho con- tractor fnvolved fu {f, Tho Company thion was in dobt 10 Gago, and could, througli sny agent or oflicer, give an ovidence or that {ndebtedncss g0 that fnquiry into oud knowledgo of all tho fucts would ouly have atrengthened all tho presumptious of thoe law in favor of tho validity of paper, As this caso {# of great importance to stocklioldors of tho respondent, I bave carefully reviewed tho ovi- dence on which the former adjudication was male as Wc(!xlill;lnhlu new pfl”d’ ;!u\ll':]l{‘llcd lun the lost leariug, and I fool compelled to adhero to the couclusion & ‘which X arrived on the former frinl, T'horo apposra to mo to bo no room for daubt that this Company waa joeolvent, within tho lotter and spirit of tlio Hankrupt law, at tho time tho judgmonts woro entored up agaiust it by tho Gommercial National Dank. Ifaindebtedness amountod at that time to $50,~ 000, uil due and with no meaus of payment. It had no rolfable incomo from {ts lines or buslness with which 1o pay thewo dobte, and ita allairs Woro soriously om. berraswed, ' not Wholly paralyzed, by o bittor ifga- tion between s portion of ita officers and stockholdors, out of which thero was no prospect of money being re- alized for the payment of debls, Theso dobts are in the Lauds of bona fide holdors, who ought to bo paid, and who ought not to be post-~ ‘poned beeauso of theso Internal dissentions, ‘Admit, if you pleaso, tlat tho stocklioldoré”of this Company have boen defrauded by unconsclonablo con- tract with Reeve, That docs not prove that iunocent commercial creditors aro also to be defrauded or doe layed. UAtinst that tho bons Ado stockholders bivo not, here- tofore, hnd control of i18 affairu; and yot you fall far short of proving that all obligations contracted by its ofilcara do facto ore to be repudiated, If the dactrines coutended for by the counsel for the rospondent oo fo luvo tholf full, logical ape plication, then thero is hardly s businoss ratlon, railroad, folegraph, or oxpress compony in this country but whiat could achiove auccossful reo ‘Dudiation of its debts {u tho sxno way, 1 tho stockhaldors of s Compau Tuavo confidence 28 it {6 claimod they have, not only in tho integrity of thia pronont Bonrd of Dirdctors, bt also n tho ulli- ‘mato valuo and prodictiveness of its property, why do thoy 1ot st on foot foma scliemo for contributing, wo rain, according to their stock, aud {leroby raia ng tho funds nocosanry to pay thid dobi—oven if auch contribution should bo seciired by & mortgago or firet lion upon tho proporty of tie Company and its earn< inga? Dutno disposition hins beon shown, so far, to Tocognizo tho rights of thesa ereditors, ‘Whion his Tonor, Judge Drummond, influenced, s I hawe 'mo doubt ho' was, tho reltorated sssertions of rospondent's connsel and officers, tlnt nothing was duo the politiontug credi- tors, and approciating tho ardsbip to tho Company and ifs stockholders of adjudgiug it bankrupt and dopriviig them of tho contrul ot thelr properly,at o sultof aman to whom thoy wero not {udebted and who Lind no right to Invoke fho power of & court of bankruptoy, suggested thht, if thoso_statemonts wero true, thoy could eacapo tho dilomma by paylug all {ho othor dobta and giving a bond to pay ijton, §f ho should finally establiah Lis cloim bofore somo comypoe tont tribunai} the reapondents, inatosd of acting in tho splrit of {hat suggeation, nppoarsd in court wil o Jroposiiion, o givo bouda” to ultimaicly puy il Lielr croditors, when thoy should calablish the valldity of {hole dcbta In court, and_askod that thin proceeding In bankruptey should be dismissed, Which waA uot tho proceodisg contemplated by Judgo Drume mond, aa T understand st. Thoro 14 an evident jusiico in_allowing a dobtor who . liss been put in bankruptey, and_who bus pald all his dobts 0xcept_ono or mors, whick ho dieputea upon rounds which do not acom to_tho Court to bo frivos lous, to tako back bis property und reeumo control of bis affalrs upon giving such security as tho Court shnll deem adoquate to Pay tho dlsputod dobt if eus- tafuod by & court of law, But it wanld bo au sbuse of netico to tuka the mora afortion of & baukrupt that o diepites all his debis, and thereforo do- manda tho dismiasal of tho procecdinga aftor adjudication in which o bad an_opportubity to con- teat at loast tho petitioning croditor'a claim, Y bavo anid thils much Docauso 50 muc stress hns ‘Deon Infd upon tho fact that tho stockholdors of thia Gompauy uro uscusgarily to, bo doprived of tisle prop- erty by this procceding, This dopends upon whethior tioy aro wlilng Lo wiyaiios the money to iy tho dobta or fioty : Tha ovldenco In the caso shows {hat 416 stockhiolders of thls Company lnyo yald $10 per slary on £25 sharo of stack ; or, In_othior words, paid 40 per cont, and that 60 per cont of that stock stfll remajus uupaid, "This oy bo coliocted in undor tho action of tuo Court in bsnkruptcy, aa hna boen done in sevoral of lio insuranco casen now pondin boforo tho Court, or it may bo called in by tlo Board of Diractora, undor tho leave of tho Court; or moro stock may bo fsaod, 1f 1t la docmod sdvisable, Thoro ara varlous expedionts that moy bo rosortéd fo by wwhilch monoy 1y bo rafsod for vayment of thosd dobts, without dopriving tho Company oF stockhioldors offtwoe hels property, OF tmay bo thate Judiclone wound, bnsiucss-Hko ssalgnoo might find it ‘adyisable for tho intorest of tho stockhioldors to woll ono lino, and ot of that raso monoy with which to ey thoso obts, It hias seemed to me, from the outset, that unduo atress has boen placed by respondonte! coune wel wpon tho eiect that ho Terwilliger cago should hava upon this proceeding, Iere thie corporation, through {8 do facto offico has cone traoted certain dobta, for which 118 notea—commerpial papor—have been given, which may not have boen Squitable, or ovon valld, botwweon tho original partios, ‘e Noles Lavo paused into ciroulntion, and aro now in the hands of boua fide holders, who ought nat to ba mady to suffer for tho baul faithl which, It s clsimed, thies ofticers Tisve shown toward thels ' coustitnency, T4 16 ausely bottor that thoso stockholdors aliould sutrer Jupfroud of thelr own aponta, ¢ fi‘%"flfi; Taldioen who ra ik e et tho Jons Tho motlon for actIgoreil I, 1 wdieation ts, thoroforo, overruled. Mo tho adjudication is, t A'motlon to sppoint & Tecolvor was takon un dor, advisomont. . s .--Tlhio’ caso is_now In ordor tobo takon to tha United States Cirouit Court on roview, SIX DAYS WITHOUT FooD. Florenco Franciu! Attempt 1o Starve ilorsotfsTho Long Fnst of u Rolyg. fons Nonomuninc, Froms ths New York Sun, Aug, 9. A four-atory hrown-stono houso at 808 Weat Fourloonth streot is ocoupiod by:Mra. Koyburn, who keeps boardors and lets furnished rooms, ‘About threo montha ago & woman called and askod to seo tho vaosnt rooms, Bho scomied to bo about 40 years old, and was noatly drossod. Bho gave her namo. ns Floronco Francis, and ‘safd that sho wng ‘n drossmaker, and had'-no rolatives or friends in this oity. Whoro she lived provious to this, or what hind beon tho nature of hor lifo, is not known. ‘That sho did ot give her real namo, howaver, 1a probable, but tho motive forconcosling hor idon«. tity, if ohe had any object othor than the gratis ficatlon of ‘s capiico, nobody has ‘a8 yot found out. A furnislied back room on thae third floor was shown hor, and ube took it, paying 810 for tho tirat month {n advance. Tho naxt dng sho had trank and somo- othor things brought to the houso by o cartman, and from that time was . * an mmmate, 8he scomed to have enough work to Xkoop hor busy, somotimes’ taking it from tha sl.mgin and doing it in hor room, but usually working at tho rosidences of chanco omployers athor trado of dressmaking, Hor meals were mostly obtalucd whoro sho worked, but sho somotimes boiled tes in hier room over a small gos-stova that she hnd brought with hor, She bed no visitora oxcept those who calied on errands connected with hor work, and did not minglo mach with tho othor inmatos of the ouso, - 5 5 T'ho littlo intorcourso that Miss Francls cagu- ally hnd with the family croated tho improssion that slio was morose and eccontric. Miss Koy~ burn, the young dughter of the landiady, says that tho woman socmed to. be s littlo wild on roligion,” Bho weut to church threo times evor Bundny, often attonding the Mothodiat churol in Jano atreet, but shiwging about amoug il tho othors on the WestSide.- Bho ofton mot Miss Koyburn in tho ball, and upon those occa~ slons almost nlways broached .religious topics, quoting odd texts of Boripturo, and othorwise conflrming the gonoral opfuion provalent among thoe inmatos of tho housa as to hor remarksblo occontricity. - Miss Koyburn is slso inclined ta sot Mles Francis down as ticularly obstinate, end inclined to intontionally annoy the lodgors. Bho paid hor rent promptly, howover, and did not mako horsclf g0 objectionnble as to furnish any just oxcuse for her -ojootion, Sho worke steadily, dressed rospectably, aud, s fho months passed, bar . oddl: tics gradunlly coasod to causo remark. Bho rovealod no motive for selt-dostruction, but that sho meditated such an- act was ovinced in romarks, which atiracted ‘no attontion at tha | timo, but vliosg siguiflcuncs i3 now opparont. #3t you should find mo dond somo dsy," she gago uild to Miss Koyburu, *‘you musto’t About a weok ago, E»uaslbly a littlo more, Misa Franols shut horaolf in Lor room, only coming out oncoe or twico ofter that to got water. Mrs. Koyburn is cortain that she did not opon the door aflor Buturday lest. Her fallure to go ont to church on Bunday oxclted comment, but her soolusion was_then forgotton for o fow days, ‘When it was finally mentioned,. her habitual strangoness scemed to sufficiently account for thio now froak, and nobody thought of moking on investigation, It was kiown that ehe was in tho habit of boiling toa over hor gas-stove, and it wos surmised that she was also cooking for Loraolf. “T guens shoig fasting," said ono boarder, Jokingly; “sho said the othor doy be thought ovory Christian should fast.” Tinglly, when the woman had beon self-lm- prisonod six days, and, as it subsequently tran- spired, without eating a mouthtul, the lIandlady's hushand boeame alarmoed. He went soveral: timos to hor door and m“ppnd, 28 others had proviously done, but could elicit no™ rosponse. Growing ~ moro confirmed in his suspicion somothiug bad happo to the mind that nod ucor ml%“’ Lo detormined to forco open tha - loor. 'This was a little flnt midnight yestorday morning. Placing his knee against thoe locked door, o prassed against it with all his strongth, and Jt fiow open. A It'was dark in the room, and Lo groped hia way until ho had lightod the gas. Tho light ro- venled & sight that fixed him for a momont whoro ho stood. In o chair by tho window sat Florenco Francis, but so torribly changed that Lio could scarcoly recognize hor. She was but Jittlo more thou a skin-covored skoloton, Her head lay beok lietlessly, and her eyes wore hol- 1ow and ataring, . Sba did not wr o¢ his ap- Rronch, ond at firat ho thought that sho was cad, An examination, howevor, proved that alo still lived, but that lifo would very saon hava . beon oxtinct, 8he made no roply when he spoka to hor, and did not move a musclo at his touch. Bho wore her night-dross only, and her wasted armi and neck added to the gLulllnnua of her appoaranco. Hor hair was looso and dishoveled, and her bun{ fingors clutohed the chair upon which she sat. Mr. Koyburn at onco aroused tho inmates of tho houso, and called tho policoman who waa patroling Fourteonth stroet. A doctor was sent for, and Mies Franois was lifted to tha bod, whoro she Iay apparontly unconscious. Hor lower jaw hung helpleasly down, and hor oyes wors il slaring vacantly, Tho policeman_ hurried to the Gharlos street polica station, whoro an smbulance had luckily just arrivel lmviug beon sont for to taka o broken= Toggod boy to tho Lospital, Dr, Campboll was in chargo of if, and ho had it drivon Lo tho housa in Fourtocuth stroet. Tho starvod woman waa at onco taken to Bollevue, where sho romains in & critical condition. Dr.” Campbell thinks that tho chancos of dosth or recovery aro about equal. Btimulants havo boon carefully admin~ istered ; nud sho sooms to have gained strength to a slight extent, but not sufficiont to raise her hesd from the pillow. Hor thoughts wandor coustantly during her waking moments, and iu delirium causod by starvation she mutters unin- tnlhglbl{. ‘Her old proyanulgly for quoting Scrip- turo showa itsclf, ~ Whilo the Sun 1o« porter stood at hor bedside she repoatedly said, in 5 volco just above n whisper, ‘* Thoy tald Job to curso God and die.” Onco, for & mo-~ mont, she scomed sonsiblo, and, in suswer to an inquiry, said bor namo was Stono, ‘The polics carefully oxamined tho woman’s room and trunk, hoping to got a cluo to her iden- tity. Tho only sorap of food found was s mouldy crust of brond. Abont two dollars in money wes in s pocketbook, and there was a quantity of good oluthlns and jowelry in her trunk, so that poverty could not have been an incentive to suls cido, Evidences of roliglous mania woro prosenk in an assortment of Bibos aud hymn books, snd sorapa of papor with texts of Soripture written on thom, Tho arrsngement of tho atticles in tho trunk, too, was eccontric. All tho offorts of tho polico to *{ind her rolatives, if she hua any, have been futifo. Miss Anna Dickinson and tho ¢ Ljtee ¢ rary Burenu,”? From the New York T'ribune. The American Literary Bureau, not having tha namo of Miss Anna B, Dickingon on its list— alboit through no lack of offort on its part—pub~ lishes the following : Anna Dickinson will cnrhlnl{‘nm’wnr on tho atage next fall, upon thio opoulug of tho uow Bostan Globa Theatre, Bheis now vuder tho tultion of Miss Fauny Moraut, and promises to mako » docided success, It seoms doubtful whather this can bo as ace curato as the somi-official announcomont of a leading lecture buresu about tho lendivg lecture ess of tho country ought to be—for soveral reas« ons: Wiss Dickinson cannot well appoar at the opon« ing of the now Boston Globa Theatyo, since thera 18 no now Boston Globo T'hoatre, aud, 8o far ng suybody knows, i8 to bo nouo, Bho has not boen under the tuition of AMiss TFanny Morant, 8ho Lins not boon under the tnition of any. body—for the laat twelvo yosrs at any rato. Bho i not undor auy ongagemont to uppent on tho stago anywhoro—In gpito of mauy dattor- ing propouals to that ond. Ehu a8 not boon under any such engagos m ont, - 8ho cannot well be, since she ia already bound by over 100 lecturo etigagomouts for next wine ter ; has promisod, aftor that, a tour through a now locturo flold that Las long invited her'; i under contract for a new book, to be published by Jamos 1Y, Osgood & Co. in November ; and is just starting for an elght-weoks' trip through Colomdo. On tho wholo, it looks as If Miss Diokinson would not “corlllnly appoar on the stage nest falt, upon tho openiug of the new Boaton Globo ‘Lhentra,” But the ican Litoraty Dureau is quito right In saying that sho promlacs to make s deoidod success, Sho gonorally doos. Porlupa it would bp da gonerous It the Buroau woro now to tako somo painy to add to this true statomont & corrootion of Its orrors, aud if s good nuny newspapera wonld abandon the business of fuy venting abaurd reports about Aliss Diokinson.