Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 14, 1873, Page 2

COLORADO. How Capt. James Sutton Ac- quired His Title. Agriculture, Wool-Growing, and | (Onttlo-Raising, lfxcnrslon-ltntos to thie Mountaing-=-Silver- Minings--A Colored Polilielan in ‘Frouble, Special Correapondence of The Chicago Tribune. . Pugnto, Col,, duly 24, 1873, This moming your correspondont had the plorsuro of a somewhat longthy intorview with OAPT. JAMES SUTTOX, wwho owna o littlo ranch of 100,000 acres, or such a matter, over on tho Chico. Mr. Sutton dovotes tho most of his energios to the production of Toxas steors, but bas a very fluo drovo of Awortean shoop, from which he has ronlized sbont 0,000 pounds of . wool tho prosont gonson. Ho wormed his way through to Colo- rado in the good old duys, whon Arapahioes and Clioyennes disputed ovory inch of ground bo- tiweon this poiut and the Mieslasippl River; whon flonr was worth $33 n mack, and whea Donver consistod of only sbout half-a-dozon canvas tents nnd threo-onrd-mouto tablea. “Tromondous times thoo wero ; and, soated ho- ueath tho shndo for comfortable awning, with throo drinks down and snothor in prospoot, Mr Button never wearios of telliug his exploits, aud mnkes a vory ploasant summor-day companion, Io s a Inrge powerful mnn, with a head of shnggy hair, doop-sob eyes, full +whiskors, o' thin, squenking voico, and a laugh thint, got faicly to going, rattlos sud shakes hiw up to tho Jowost dopiha, Ho fs gentlo as o woman, and pationt a8 a narrow-gauge mule, with hia frionda ; but show him a.red-slum, or protend to doubt his word, and the dovil is to pay. DPro- clsoly how many cattlo, shoop, horsos, mules, and hogs Capt. Button hos in his possession, T ehall uub undottuka w seute o this lottor; but their numbor runs up awong tho thousands; aud to control and direct their movoments ro- quiros a small rogiment of herdors, A dotailed account of the mammoth ranch must bo ro- sorvod for a futuro communication to TaE Trioune. Boanwhile we shall only cudeavor to relate 1OW OAPT. SUTTON GOT MIA TITLE, The first appearance of Capt. Sutton in Colo- 7ado datos back to tho fall of 1858. Iuthe * month of Outober, that yonr, Lo coustructed a “hovel of cottonwood-logs ab the mouth of Band Craok, 40 milos west of Fort Lyon. 1le sproad on it a dirt roof, and, loaving a hole ot ono end #Jargo onough to orawl out and in, sottled down in 1his Juxurious abodp, with & view of onjoying life. Game was abundant; fat buffalo and juicy antolopo went skipping about tho hills within onsy rango, and Sutton found no difficulty in so- curing mont ; but there was one drawback, and “illg threntonod totally to obscure his sky of comfort. The Indinns wore troublesomo. They were not sociablo ; they had uo desire to form new ncquaintances ; and, when thoy found that “n white men had had the temerity to plant him- . Belf down in their midst, thoy proceeded to mako it warm for him in various ways. Utes, Arapahoes, Choyonnes, and Bioux, though differiug among themsolves upon overy other polut, all united in making common warfara upon Sutton. As fato would havo.it, he had pitchod ‘his homo right in tho pathway of the contending tribes, andbalf of his days snd nights wero spent IN A 6TATE OF SIEGE. ; Mo wan woll provided with arma and smmuni- tion, ond the Indinng soon fouud that it was not Lealthy to venture too cloge; but thoy posted themsolves afar off, androviled him with op- probrions opithots aud ingulting gesturcs, and gavo him a shot whenever Lo venturod within range. Ono afternoon, Button found that hig ptock of provisions wag running low, and, a8 no Indians wero in sight, ho concluded to start out and kil an antolopo. Goiugup tho crooka gliork distanco, he kuocked down a fine buck, aud, flinging it ovor bhis shouldor, startod for his home, but lad not proceeded moro than 20 yards with his burdon when ho hoard & whoop and yell behind, and down came fifteon or twonty Utes clippity-clip upon their flast-footod ponies, cach ono spurring and yell- ing to sce which one would get his scalp firat. Suiton dropped tho antelope, and struck out for that hovel of his at au appalling gait, Ho fairly Dow. 1o lenped ravines and gulleys. Ho dnshed #gide sago-brush sud cactus, and, although tho Indians urged thoir ponies to tho uémost, and illod the air with arrows, Button loft thom all in the rear, and goon_arrived at the woleome door of hig cabin, Ho didu’t atop to_entor this ina dignifiodmanney, but tumbled in_prairic-dog Snshion, hend-foromost, and, whilo doing &0, ex~ posed & portion of his porson. This involuntary fiev on tho part of Sutton, I rogrot to atato, was takon advantnge of by tho Utes, and, a5 Sutton's massive quarters deseribed & parabols in tho gir, they lot fly n volloy of arrows, and SOME OF TIIESE TOOK EEFEOT, Once {nsido, Sutton was mastor of the sitna- tion, and, inserting Jus faithful riflo through a foop-liolo, ho hot one Ute brave dead m his tracks, and sent anothor off howling with an- ritd, Tho guileless pavagos retired in good and, whon'ilg awey the dend and wounded ; his attontion to i N8 °1‘“"." Hutton davote: awp wtill stickivg in his porron, and sal sbout Taffk i (S0 U8 citomont Lnd bracod Button ap; Ui ehan the danger was removed, o not only bocaiby .ay,. sclous of tho loss of blood and gront bodily an- guish, but found it very inconveuiont, as well g dangarous, to sit down upon a stool, Finally ho rnllml tho Rrrows out one by one, and then, an he retloctod upon the ruin that had been wraught, and the cowardly mannor in which this Tad beon offocted, ho beeame indignant, and BWORE VENGEANOE. As Inck would havet, Sutton had 10 pounds of tho best riflo-powder stored away in lus lowly wbin, Another ul;innl instanco of good fortuno was doveloped in tho presence of 100 feet of fugo, which Button hind purchased some months before, in the event of boing afilicted with the mining-fover just commaonci g o rogo through- out tho Territory, and which Iny soourely coiled aud ready for uso in hig saddlo-bags. The pow- der and the fuye prosentod, and Sutton's fortile mind at ouco concowved a plan for rovenge upon his tormentors, swift and terrible, Tho cupidity of tho Uto is proverbisl, and, now that fhoir quarry was onco ' holod, ho know that thoy would soon bo back again with an incrensed forco to murder him nnd rifle the cabin, Grent minds nover hositate under the pressuro of strong omorgoncies, partioulnrly whon thero ia n rodskin in tho caso, Buttou's firut ack was to rip up tho floor of his eabln, and tho noxt to dig a hola boneath about fourteon foot daop. Tirst filling his flask ho poured into this all that remninod of the TEN TOUNDS Of POWDER insiortod the fuse, filled up the Lolo with earth, tromping it down tightly, and then carofully replaced tho dloor, nlluwin(." the fuso to romain bonoath. Back of the eabin was n umall ravine, and to this Sutton conveyed tho fuse, socroting part of it #o us to bo entirely invisible from the surfaco, With theso preparations comploted, Button went back to the cabin, prcked up all his most valuablo articles, aud scaitored the rost about the floorin grent confusion,directly over tho powdor-magazine, and theou, snddling his faith- Tul horse, rodo out upon the top of the biuff to watch. 1o hind nol long Lo waik. Tooking up tho bottom of thio cut but o short distance, ho boheld a number of pounies comiu* toward h‘m, and he kuow that suspended by the sido of evéry pony was & Ute Iudian, Button st onco raised his riflo and fivod, aud tha Indiany, finding that lh(\r wore discovored, raised a bloot-curdling yoll, and started full-titt for Sutton, Lhis wus EXAGPLY WHAT OUR HERO WANTED, Ho waited until thoy came within rungo and Degan to spread out, aud than, taking deliborato aim, lio dropped the faromost buek ; and thon, planting wpurs to his horso, Lo turned and flod cdown the cut, and apparently abandoned s cabin, 'This was good enough for tho Utes, Thoy hed no groat dosiro for tiutton, o~ long as ho left his plunder Dehind ; aud, altor secing him out of sight, the Dbraye red-mon bolted for the cabin, and fgxdul[wd fu a frantio yell of triumph whon thoy boheld the npolls, 'Thero was a flght, and a scramblo oqual to u cirous or charity-concert, to got through the door frat, Thoso babind. atratahing tholr necks over tho shoulilors of thoso in front, could sco that the floor of the cabin was covored with pota, kottlos, and othor utoueils ; whilo, right in tho contro, ))llm! up In tompting profusion. was an array of blankots, beads, and mont, and & bright- coloroed fluld, conspicuously dixplayed in n tlo, which 8 - YENY MUCL NESEMDLED WHISKY, « "Tho Utos struggled for it. Thoy pulled, ‘and haulod, | and, erowdod through the door, sud finally gained tho inside, and squatted down . upon tholr haunches In o circlo, aud went for thoso trinkotd In - a - manner strange to boliold. Moanwhilo, Button, who had boon forgotten, onco out of sight, secured hins horso, and thon quiotly slippod ip the ravine nnd plncad liimsolf nt tho ond of the fuse, Ia could lear tho Utus jnbbering and clawing over tho trinkols in tho cabin, m.a',z whon tho nproar was nt its liighoat, o stooped down and applied the mateh, iRock-lightning. . ' ! NEVER DID ITR WOIK QUIOKER, Thoro wns o fizz, o slight, floscy puif of smoko, and thon Sutton ran for Lis horse, IIo had only timo to vault into the saddlo and gatlier up the roing whon tho oxplosion took placo. In tho words of Sutton, *That thar e¢abin was jisk blown up into the air clonn 40 foet, and it raitied dirt, splintors, blankots, timbors, and disom~ bowled Utes for half nnhour.” Ono follow, who had gob awny with tho whisky-boitls, wng blown oloar acrosa the raviue, and lodgoed in tho top-branches of & pinon-troo; while logs, arms, and broechi-clouts wont flying about in ovory diroction. It was a moving spoctaclo. A Jargo numbor of tho band wora killed outright, whilo the survivors, with their hides burned to n orisp, and minus of & log hero and an arm thoro, struck out for the pining, howling with anguish, Aftor putting o number of liol Plnsa wrotohes out of misory, Sutton rode down to the fort and rolated his oxploit. Neowsof tho cl\tnnlrn}lhu soon traveled tho ontiro longth and breadth of tho Indian country, and it is propor to_add that Button wns nover again ~molested. Tho eito whoro the eabin stood was an unfortunnto ono, and the brave warriors gave It a_wide Jborth. Whon tho oxcitomont had cooled down, Button returnod and built up his rnined habita- tion ; but the fame of tho oxploit atuck to him, gn(‘llthnt is how ho sequired the titlo of Capt. utton, bot- | TOT WEATIHER, AR I writo, tho mercury stands at 100 degreos in the shado, and city roadors of Tus TrIBuNE who sniff the fresh broozes from old Michigan, can roasonably infor that it is confounded warm hore. Up in the mountaina it is cool, and ico, ‘avon, forims at night ; but tho sun beats down with terrifio forco ou theso alkali-flats and sagoa-brush.” Who coda-npringa of Manitou arg crowded yith guests; and it is intimated that 100 hogslioads of soda-wator aro consumed daily. But Pucblo, having no such attractious i8 in a monsure desortod ; and, at iho prosent writing, tho streets presont o forlorn appoar- anco. Of gourse, the old iuhabitants will “insist thatall i loyoly and businoss lively; but the unprojudiced observer will bo apt to vote Puoblo, during tho dog-days, ono of the most uncomfort- able, “eweltoring holes on the American Con- tinont. Tho fow crops sown or planted havo wilted ont cntiroly; and, as usua), tho famed n{i’lrlullllnrnl valloy of tho Arkansas will not ralse ‘wheat or corn enough this year to half-sapply the house-demand. ~ Aa n partial offset to this, howavor, it may be remarked that UATTLE AND BHEED aro looking well, whilo tho favorable ro- ports from tho Easstern markets il the souls of cattle-mon with oncouragomont, Boveral farge drovos of Texas cattle bhave alroady started osastward, all in primo condition, aud worthy of commanding tho high- ost markot price. Among the nnmber is my old friond Button, who starts a hord of 5,000 hiend for Kausas City next week, The wool-producing intoroat, also, bas been quite successful, tho clip boing very hoavy, avoraging, among tho Cots- wold and Hexican cross, 4 pounds to tho floceo ; and your corrospondent hay boen informod, on raliablo authority, of sonio bucks which yiolded 10 and 11 pounds to tho flecce. The indications are that Southorn Colorado will even surpasa Californin 88 o wool-producing_country ; and somo of thohoaviest denlors in the laiter Btato are turning thoeir honds thia way. ‘Tho countryis puumh.rldy adapted for Bhcep-raising. e winters aro mild and plossant ; thero are uo severs, driving storms; and but littlo i nny sholtor i roquired ; whilo'tho plnina are absolutoly covered wiih the wid sunflowor plant. This is an oxcol- lont _proventive for tho sowb, and is fod upon Ereadxly by sheop, fattoning them up in quick imo. & THE CATTLE-BUSINERS, in ordor to bo successful, requires moro timo, care, and labor than is commonly supposed. It is a hard, wearing, voxatious life. OQuno of the hoaviest caitlo-men in Bouthern Colorado is Mr, A, Basgott, who ownsa largo ranch at thio junc- tion of the Hardacrabble Creck with the Arkan- sos. Mo emigrated to this country in 1862, wnd liws Lesds of cattlo seattorsd ovor tho vuun- try for 50 miles, 'To gunrd theso enttlo and koop thiomon tho rango, it is necessary to employ o Targe forco of mon ; and somo of theso follows arc in the saddle day and night for woels nf & strotch. At firat Mr. Bassott tried farming, Dt the alkali burned out his wheat and corn, the potato-bugs gobbled his potatoes, kis ditches gavo way; and nt last hie throw up tho job in disgust ; pulied down tho fonces, and lot the eattlo fluisl' what was loft of tho orops, Bir. Dasaett ‘is not onthusiustic oyer Golorndo as an agrioultural country, Ho admits that o man with the propor dogreo of pluck and porseverancs may succeed horo, and oventually grow rich ; but 1ot A man_exorcise tho saino vir- tites nnd the snme modesty in the States, nnd ho will grow atifl richor; 8o saith Mr, Bassott. My experienco confirms me in saying that Mr. Bas- sott might open hig mouth a thousand times and never got noarer tho truth than he did in the above obsorvation. : i The heated torn now upon us is improved many Pucbloites, and LXOURBION PARTIES TO THE MOUNTAINS, 40and 60 miles away, are in ordor. If the local paporis to bo belleved, our surroundings are pecuharly favored in this matter of plensant summer-regorts. Mineral srrlngs, whoso wators aro delightfully cool and full of healing propor- ties, bubblo up at ‘tho baso: of* almout eovel mountain, Sprkling mountuindiroams, alivawitl specklod trout, and_ hotdored with sequostored valloys, carpoted with rich vorduro, and redo- lunt with the rare porfumes of a thousand wild flowexs, aro without number in the Greonhorn Ills, The wolcomo shado of vnst forosts of pino, aspon, and larch await tho wanderer in this oxchanting land; nnd tho purest and clearcst mountain-ir sud most delightful braozon waft happiness and contentmont to his soul, Tartios about equally composod of both soxes, and woll pravided with everything, particularly of o fluid “ature, aro starting oub daily. 'Che proportion s xr'au-m ly ahout one pound of flour for cach allon of “epivits, although instancos sro fro- quent whora no flour is taken. Fho spirit-ration must o full though, otherwiso thoe cxeursion would not be & succoss._ ‘Tho objectiva point for all tourists is the Twin Lakes, north of Fairplay, whore splondid trout-fishing is to bo had, nud then down through the Bouth Park to the San Luia Valley, aud up the Greouborn Range home. “Lho seonery upon this routo is magnificont in places, and tho impresgions and exlmrluuccu of one trip will hang to s man through his life-timo, Tho only way to travel i the mountaing and onjoy tho sights s to join o party of threo ‘or four good, stout follows; and then, with a mule-tonm, wagon, tonts, mess-chost, fishing-tackle, rnd ofbor up- paratug, A man is proparad ta take things as thoy gomo. ‘Thus provided, n party can trgvel wharg thoy ploaso, and stop iwhera thoy “pilcaso, wlile the oxpenso I slight, Cnmp-lifa is “tho only lifo worth haying in tho Rocky Mountans, Exporionced silver-miners, as woll as the gen- oral public, aro considerably eogitatod and fius- tratod over tho discovery of somno new aud WONDERFUL HILVER MINES on tho hond-waters of Hardserabblo Crook, near the Wot Mountain Valloy, Southern Colorado. A now miniug town, Rosits, hos just beon ostablished; miners, speculators, “and ~ad- vonturers are drilting in; . keno and faro bank is alrendy on the gronud; and noxt weok we may look out for ‘ihu establish~ mont of a church-socioty and s nowspapor. Rositn is enaily accessiblo’ from Wet Mountain Yalloy, and iy alrcady conncetod by decont wagon- ronds with Y'ueblo and Canon, being 60 miles fram tho former nud 24 from tho latter place. Tho firat “‘lode ™ was ditcovered abont o monih 10, by Dick Irwiu, tho famous prospector, and isknown nu the *‘Houator.” Two shufts hava beon Jmf. down, the deopost showing a erevice of over § feob ut tho bottom, 4he naturo of tho quartz is argontitorous, with soams of argentif- orous galena, and the ore from tho samo nesays 5810 % Tt b ostimntod thnt tho by ton, 'fhe *Sonutor” is the most prominent, but & largo number of othor Jodes lavo boen loeated, and machinery in on tno way to reduce tho oro, ~If thoss minca turn out well, it will he o big thing for tls Bouthern country, and must build up Canon Oity, s tha veduction-works will bo put up at that placo. TUE FAMED BAN JUAN HILVER MINES are also turning out woll ; in_fuet, the pros- pect grows richor and richer. 'I'wo resldonts of this placo rotwned from tho Ban Juan country the othor doy, with a largo collootion of speci= mens of fine oros bearing silver und gokd, mostly tho former, from many of tho prominent lodoes xmmu{ discovored In the district. An asspy from thoe ore of the Groen Mountain Lode, tha making tho coin-valuo of the oro $3,863 Tt i alko slntod positively oin of the lodo s menrly 4 feet in width, of solid argontiterous galonaj nnd that the ontiro valuo of tho contents of the crovico will nvorago not far from 1,000 por ton. [* Pho manngera of the Little CHant' Gold Lodo' havo onb of: tholr’ milla In nkmm(.[nn, and wilt soon “practienlly domonatrato tho avorngd valno : of tha gold-ored of this grest mino. 'I'lore can o but 1ittle doubt of tho result, ns tho gold js plainly visible i thorocl, whilo'tho supply ls fi- oxhinustible, 5 Tho main topic of intorest at Donvor at pros- entis R JARDIN, Hardin is n colored man, of smooth addross, vory affestod in hin munnors, very prond of "his literary accomplishmouts, ,and much dovoted to politicnl manouveriug and speoch- moking, e is nnative of Kontucky, and first attracted notico as an {tinorant proucher, Whon tho war broke out; -lardin broke for Colorado, oud sot up in Donvor ns n merchant and Rlock- npecnlator, Lut for sovoral years paat ho hus boon ongagod In o ocoupation of Larboring, Laat fall, our tonsorinl nrtist Iofd down the strap aud razor to tnko o hand in politics, sl mado sovornl poworful spoechies at Donver, Contral, and Goorgotown. Ilo was n Grant man and virtuo ovzed out of him at every poro Ho donounced the Ureeley movoment ai wicked end Infamous, aud besought his hearors to sticlt by tho man who bnlluvns in the principlos of Addition, Division, and Silonco. 1lardin wne o patriob; ho attonded ward-mosotings and con- vontions, and Ilabored_ uncoasingly; and at last, when tho deal was mndo, when _the Grant oflico- holdors woro returned, our barbor camo forward for his spolls, and was appolnted to the position of Wolghor in tho United Btatoa Assosy Oflico, ot Douvar, of & dalory of S3000 o saar, Jual beforo rocelving this appointmont, Hardin marriod o white woman in Donvor, tho nuptiala boing colebrated with some style. ow wooky, snd all was smooth eailing; but now Ifardin s in trouble. It I8 tho wife-fovor that troublos Lim, =and tho, .attack bids fair to prove quite serions. In plain Eoglish, Lardin hag_two wives living; both arg now upon tho ground, aud Lo hag boon arrested on tho chargo of adultory. Wifo No. 1, who I & colorod Indy of npparont rospectability, avors that_sho was married to tho colorad orutor ab Bowling Qroon, Ky., in 18605 and_that two chil- dron—n boy and a girl—wore born as fenits of tho union. Hor story is corroboratod st overy point, aud the ovly dofonso that Hardin can mako' is on tho ground that, ot tho timo of his fivst marriago, is wifo was,in bondago. Pond- ing theo charges, 1nrdin hag boou suspended from duty in tho Mint. Jon, ———e CROPS. Their Condition on tho Linc of the Des Moines Vatloy Railrond, DES MOINES VALLET RAILROAD, }_ SUNERINTENDENT'S OFFIOE, Krokuk, Towa, Aug, 11, 1613, o the Editor of The Chicago Tribunc: $iz: Iorewith I sond yon a statemont of tho condition of the erops on the line of this rony, colleetod from statements furnished by our agonts, and based on their porsonal knowledie and other relinble information. Very truly, Joun Givix, Superintendent. CONDITION OF OROPS ON THE LINE OF TUE DIS MOINES VALLEY JIATLIOAD, AUG, 7, 1973, Sand Prairie—Wheat very Hght, wvoragd 10 bushols, Corn tolurably fatr. No old corn on hand, Croton—Whieat, onc-third move than Inst year, Corn good ; newds xai, Largo amount of old corn, Faruington—Wheat wearcely un aversge. Cori will bo yoor unicss It rains, Oatss full crop, Largo amount of otd corn, Donaparte—Wheut aboya lust._yoar's average, Corn hoavy i€ [t rains soon, ‘Limothy sced heavy, Lerge amoitnt of old corn, Bentonsport—Wheat averago ylld, oxtra quality, Cors good, noedy ruin, Sced vory good, Summit-Wheat butler than lust Seor, Corn o good averago crop, Suod aud oata vory good, ~ But littls old corn on baud, Douds—Wheat, full Letter, springnot so good. Corn propocts very 'good, Full average erop of olher grain, Not mueh old corn. Tndependent—Wheat, auslity good, nverage 13 bushels, Corn looks vory fin, ahd noeds ratu, Fafr average erop of othor grain, Enough old corn'to last 4 yoar. Jiedand—Wheat, good crop, avorago 16 bushels, Corn nbout an uverago, Onls very good, Very Mttl ol corn remainiy Otettmwa—Whoat, nover better, avorago 18 buatiola, Coru, propoct good if it taiuy, Oats, & full avorago, Canalderablo od corn romuluiig, Comatock'—Wheat, twley 08 much s last yoar, Corn, fulr prospect If it ratus oon, Al small grain good, Bearealy any old corn. = “Kdlyville—Whoat good, avorago 10 bushels, fair, nveds raln badly, Oata nbout un averngo, Ohkaloosu—Whont, more acres, betier quality, Gorn ook viel, suifuring for rali. Guts fuir avorugo, Conw widorablo 61 anvn. Fefhton—Wheat, folr crop, nverage 12 bushols. Corn vory light, njured by dvought. Oate, a good erop, Very littlo old corn. - Jefla—Wheat better than Inst year, sverago 15 biwhols, Corn light, injured by drought, Otlier gralu, ub nyerago crop, Large umount of corn held for vise, Otlen—Wheat good, lows nverage, 14 hunhols, Corn, poor proapect, too dry. Oats very good. Not auell corn on haud, ; AMonroc—Wieat, morogeres, bottor quality, aversge16 buhiols, - Gurn, rospect uot fattering. Outs and bar- Toy good. Bluch old corn held for price, yairio_ City—Wheat, more ncres, bettor quality, averago 16 bushels, Corn good if 1t ralus goon, Largo crop of oatu. Holf of .iast year's corn crop ro- maiiing, sud held for o rise i price, Mitchellville—Wheat, good crop, average 16 bushels, Corn medluw, Full nverugo of cals, Largo amount of corn remaining. o=ty Oorn full average, 15 bushola, Corn, fuir crop expocted, Onts abolt an aversge, Largo amount of ol corn, DesMofnea—Whent, falr average, 13 buebels, Oorn Inoks falr, neods rain, Oats. first-rate, Not much old corn, Waukeo—Wheat one-third greater, quality cxcollent, 14 bushels, Corn very poor, Injured by drought. Oaty oue-fourth nbovo averago, Much old corn Liold for ndvanco; 70,000 bushels corn ot station; one. fourth old crop in farmer’ hnnds, -Wheat ono-third grenter, good quality, Oorn nbout the same s Jast year. ' Oata 4 full avorage; 65,000 Dushels at atation, snd plenty in county yet. Minburn—Wiheat scarcely on average, blighted n little, 10 burhols, Corn looks well, necls rufu, Outu very good, Little coru remainiug. Ferry—Wheat gonerally botter than 1672, Corn not 18 goad, too drs, corn at ‘sttion, Rippey—Whicat, onc-third scabbed, balanes about 13 Lushols, Corn good, if mot bolter than 187, needs rain’ budly, Onts, o fafr average, Not mucll old corn, Grand’ Junctiom—Wheat douvlo list year, quulity good. Corn ;ood f St rains soon, Oats’s good over- o0, Abovo 1872 ; 40,000 bushols corn at slution ; Littlo in county . Gowrie—Wheat n folr avorago aud good quality, 15 bushols, Corn will b light unlews ¢ raink, Oats & g00d sverage, abovo 1872, Very lictlo old corn, Fort Dodje—Wheat heavier’ snd bottor fhian for years, Corn o good avorage, Othor gralns, n very Tull crop aud tino quality, Vory littlo ld corn, Outs i good crop ; 40,000 buakiuly pmpert{t of tho origiual Little Giant Company, glhowa tho oxtraovdinary rolura of 2.004 qunaéa ! Nore.—Wo had coplous rains irom Oltumwa woste ward, Aug. 0 sud 11, ey RAILROAD FREIGHT-RATES, To the Eilitar of The Chicago Tribuna: Bin: Every reasontblo man Inows very well thnt tho manngomon: of° & groat railroad i weighty responsibilty, uud oune that would fit tho shouklors of fow men oven of tho nblest, ‘Whilo this would ba found true werae there but onw vast line of roud in the wholo conntry, it is doubly {ruo on secount of the ondloss network of lines which covers ovory Blate in tho Union, If thore wore but one trunk-ling connecting tho. East with ths West, while tho propor diroction of its affairs and thoe utilization of ita immenso forcon wouid require no mean oxeeutive ability, ‘ita maungomont would bo loss harassing and onerous {han that which falla to tho lot of , tho present railrond-ofiicial,- But compotition ia tho lite of businoss, and it is mot evorywhere. Not only is it tho life of busluoss, but it 18 tho rogu- Intorof businoss. Thus ono Intorost operatos a8, s. modorator of anothor. Ro well is this principlo undorstood, that vory onterprising town sooks us zonlously its sccond and third compoting railrond lino ng it did its firat. Inmy opinion, tho utter dinrogard of Lhis principle fy the great mistako of our ugricultural brothren in thelr prosont movoment. Granges mny bo formed; lawa moy bo ouacted; oven tiroats may bo indulged in, but tho stato of ruilroad- aftairs of whioh thoy mout loudly complain can nover ho romediod in any other way than compoti- ton. Accordingly, the suggoestion of Mr, Adams, In fuvor of Government ownorship ‘of one lina in enchi Blato, whilo its practicability may bo questioned, ju :uch moro rousonablo than the attemptod rogulntion of rates by logislation de- alaring that froights shall bo equal, Tho effeoty of the lattor movemont bavo nlrendy shown thowmsolves to bo dlsaslrous to ovory branch of indnstry throughout tho Btato in which suck leg- islation hins been Lud, Through competition alone con wo hopo for favornblo rosults, Rallronds ure bocomlug n powor, wo kuow. Tho jarger corporations aro " the com| ml,ln?' eatiug up the smallor ones, aud thoreby aggro- goting Intorostn of Immenso atrongth, But in this wo can sce nothing nlarming, Thereis a limit to such things, The numerous intarosts of to-dny enn novor bacomo n unit in ownorship, On tho contrary, wo rocogiize in this phane of affalts tho ludleations of somothing bottor. Brokon and seatlerod as iutorosts hnve horato- fora hoon, the adoption of n genoral systom for tho regulntion, of tranaportation-charges would Tinvo boon woli nigh impossible. But, by ronson of -thoro vory nggrdghtions which soma ‘oonsldor, 80 portontoiin ‘o avil, tha” adoption of n genoral, p{nlum is mnde pbdaible, particularly olwaon, tho Enaut ahd tho Wost. - 4 i -»L'ho problém Is yot~to Lo nolved. Railrond-’ oNlcials, an woll ng'ahipporn, fool tho nood of & gonoral plan which whi“Te applicablo to 1o various linoa aud the numorous Interests. In viow of the prosont condition of thingn, and tho declared \vllfillguusn of thoso in nuthority to,, rocoive muggestions, .1 presont tho following’ hints, with particulnr roferenco to the transpor- tatlon of frolglita botwoon tho 1iast” and the ‘Weot,—for it 18 only on theso lines that wo find tho shadow of n woll-dofined aystam. Iintos of froight over pll and Now York and tho West are computed on n pro-rata bngis, Ohicago boing takon ns thoe repro- sontative objoctlve point, at o distanco of 063 milos,, 'Thus, whilotho first-closs rato to Ohi- engo {8 76 contapor 100 Ibs, or 1,60 conts por ton por milo, tho rato to Clovaland, distant 629 milos, ia 40 donts; Lo Bpriugfold, IlL, datant 1,109 milon, 1# 80 ‘contn; to Bt. Louin, distant 173 mites, 18 07 conts; to ~ Dotroll, dlstant 670" milos, s 53 conts; ‘and s0 on—rates to all compotiug polits being 166 conts por ton por mile for flrat- olnss morchinndiso. - Now, this systom is good as far 06 it goos ; butit doea nob go far onough. Tho corroct principlo {s rocognized onlyto a vory limitod oxtopt. Compotition hna sclocted tho olnts to which theso rates aro made, but thoro ts Influonco conses, All of thom aro put upon an oqual footing, and tho pro-rats ralo s ap- pliod without roforenco to the facilitios possgsscd and tho amount of business transncted. ‘Thero is Ohampnlgn, 11, with, o population of, anyy 5,000 or .Ogl?, with o small businoes ; thore s Paun, in tho samo Stato, with a population of about 8,000 ; thero Is Rock Island, with a popu- Intion of probably 10,000 ; thoro is Peorla, with n tt’!puh\t{‘mx of about 80,000 ; thoro fs 8¢, FLouts, with a Bupulnuon of about 400,000, and an im- menso business ; and thon thore Is Chieago, with a population of nearly 460,000, posscssing un- oqualed railroad-facilitios, snd transaciing o linds botwoon Boston |' Inrfiur businoss than any othor Western city ; and theso all on tho same basis. T this as it ought tobe? As koon ag a town, no mattor how inslgnificant it mny bo, socuros its sdcond rail- rond, should it spring at . onco to tho sido of our ront businoss-contros, and posscss oqual advan- figas with thom 410 univora Judgmont ig, No!_ And yet this is what is boing done botweon tho Eost and tho Woat in thoso daya, 1 considor tho presont systom faulty in this ro- spect, becauso l;t violates true business-princi- Fo!. Tho wholesalo trade of the country is agod u){an tho Iden that targe purchases should commanud lowor Erlcua than small ones, And why ? Bocauso tho sellor can siford them, for tho reason that his oxpensca are rolatively lowor on tho purchago and ealo of large quantities thau smail onos, The ssmo principlo is equally np- plicable to the transportntion busincss. Boys the Nation of July8: *1Itwouldscem to ho obvious, if it woro not 8o evidont tlat it is by no means obvious, that rates of froight do not depend on distance, but on tho amount of businoss dono in proportion to tho exponso of carringe. Betwoen= competing points, and to and from largo cities, tho large business malkes tho rates low; botwoon othor polnts, tho light business makes thom hlf;l\. To take diutanco ng the invariablo standard 18 to mistako tho charnc- tor of the whole question.” While the Nation is.correct as far as this spplies to most of tho logser lines, itorrs in placing the action and bo- ing in thio preseut” tenso in its application to tho business botweon the Enstand the West; for “botweon compoting_ points, und toand from largo citios, tlmll‘nrgo businaga™ doos nat mnke ratos low. ~As I bove beforo stated, the Wentorn compoting points aro takon as s whole, and rates establishod _with ¢ distanco as tho invarinblo standard,” I maintain that it should bo vther- wiso. Tha principlo 18 plain, but tho prociso method of itw application is obsouro. Tho *amount of business done in proportion to the cxpensc of carringe " must Lo considorod in the plan. This in not onsily ostimated, yob it ‘con'bo done. Thoro aro about 100 points to which the present syatom in applicablo, “Tho relative cost of tho car~ rylng business of theso places maybo nscortained. When thot is known, g tariff can vory ensily bo mado which hall give to ench of the compoting oivts tho advantagea to which it is entitled, In ordor to illustrato the application of such a ai'slum, lot us suppose that tho })opuhhon of thoso places reprosents, approximatoly, their busivsss. By taking tho sum of the population of theso 100 corupeting points, snd dividing it by 100, wo find thet the sverago population is about 14;400." Wo will, tharofore, tako & placn nf 14,000 nbitauts, distant from Now York 963 miles, ay tho basis of our caleulation; and, to all points of that eizo, we will Jeavo rates ns nt prosent cs- tablishod.” To gninls of loss population wo will add to the usunl rate 34 ot 1 por cent for ovory 1,000 and fraction in oxcoss of 500, To poluts of groater population wo will deduct 1 por cont for evory 11,000 or fraction in oxcess of 7,000, “Takings tho conwus of 1870 as our guide, I have congtructod tho following tablo: s .. . B . B s syopvpnidod ') s et ey E R ILITES a Py E— b By a | -t Bk 2R '.§ +e e utyndunyo. Bk bk B gl 2.:':‘. \'2 s'fl %l""""?{uflflfih,(:mf e B8 bR il e ik hb b Y ETT— B e wa 5 oung b B3 gl by 28 gl Tho flrat column givea:the present rates ca) culatad on the chargo- off 1.60, 145, 1,95, o.ue], and 0.78 conts per ton permilo, T'ho distance from Now York is given in tho figuros bolow tho namos of’the saveral towns, _T'ho first row of figurosin the double columna is tho prosont rate, and tho eocond tho proposed ‘rate. In tho foregoing t:fl.\le*I includo but & fow of points, aad 1t is given only as nn l{llumrnt lon of the ldunsi.l am attempting to sob orth, i That tho prosovt systlom of ostablishing rates on Wostward-bound freights is unjust, vlfi[l pro- liend noue will quostion. Iow to correct it is n pmblom moro than onewill boglad to soosolvod. 't it can be dono only by encouraging compe- tition, nnd giyln;i placos tho-advantagos mwhrch trhuy aro ontitlad hI Ilm'icowincod. Aud, if the forogoing suggoationa throwyany i on _the subjact, 1 sball bo glad, 1> MButuoy —— THE COLES COUNTY FARMIERS. CUARLESTON, 1L, Aug, 0, 1879, 4% the Editor of The'Chicago Tribune: Sin: A grand mass-mooting of the favmers of Colos County will bo held at the Fair-Grounds at Charloston, on Wodnosdoy, Aug, 20, 1870, A grand timo 1s expeotod. iospootfully, : Tnonas B, Ouesyray, oud othors, Oomuittoos ——— TEMPERANCE UNIONS. Prinorxow, 12, 1673 1o the Bator o The Chicay Togamer & 1 10 Bin: Tho Hon, John Boboski, Grand Loctuwer of the 1inols Blato Temperance Uton, and.J. L. Boward, Btato Organizor, hiave taken tho fiuld togother for tho purposo of orguuizing: lngq wubordinato Unlous, oA tho Slite 5 Eroplmfio incident desorvos record. Only a few ILLINOIS COUNTY FAIRS. List of 'hmow and Placon, "The following i & liat of tho timon and plncos of holdlug County F'alrain various counties of the Bale, as tnljon from the pnmpiot containe {ng'tho promiur-list for tho Iilinoln Stalo Fair, 10w bofny distributod by Boorotury Gatland : Baono County, Bopt, 21-20, Bolviders, urean, Sopf, 1-13, Princoton, i £ Carrol), 83y, 3-B, Monnt Carroll,” {gune, Bopi, 25, Virginin, - Champalgn, Bopt, 9-13, Champalgn, Clny, O¢t, 1-10, Loufaviile, Goles, Hopt, 10413, Charloston, Crawford, Oct, 1-3, Robinson, Oumberland, Oct. 3-4, Majorily Point, ‘DuKalb County Fuir, Oct, 1-4, Bycamors, Doltalh Unfon Tudopendent, Sopt, 23-20, Sandwich, DaWitt-County Falr, Aug, 10-93, Olinton, howitt U, "D, Asgoslation; Aug. 20-20, Farmor Duvago, Bept, 3-5, Wheaton, . . Xdwards, Sopt, 23-26, Alblon, Eflinghnn, Sept, 40 to Ouf EfMagham, i Fayotto, Oct, 1-t}, Vandnlis, Ford, B(\él(. 2-8, Paxton, @reoho, Bopt, B to Oct. 3, Carrollton, QGrnndy, Sopt, 0-12, Morris, Tlondorson, Supt, 30 to Oct, 5, + Henry, Sopt, D«fll Cnmbridgo, Troquols, Hopt, 0-12, Onargs, * Jaapar, Get, 1-4, Notvtan, JofTerson, Sept, 23-20, Mount Vernon, Jorsoy, Oot, 14-18, Jorsoyville, Jo Davican County Fair, Bopt, 10 to Ocl Jo Daviess U, D, Association, Bept, Kano County Fuir, Bopt, i-0, Genovi ' Northorn Iifinols air, Bopt. 8-12, Aurora, Kigin ¥air, Sopt, 0-12, Eigin, + Itankakoe, Bopt, 0-13, Rankakco, Kondall, Bopt. 3-8, Driatol, Knox, Sopt, 0-12, Knoxvilio, TaaBallo, Hopt, 9-12, Otlawa, TLawronco, Sopt, 24-20, Lawrencovillo, Leo, Hopt, 3-8, Dixon, Logau County Fair, Scpt, 9-13, Lincoln. Jogan U, D, Associntion, Bapt, 3-0, Atlauta, Mucon, Sopt, 3-6, Decatur, Nincoubin, Bopt. 13-26, Garllavile. Madison, Bopt, 8-13, Edwardaville, Mason, Sept, 30-Oct. I, Havana, McLoan, Sopt. 0-13, Towanda. Mounrd, Bopt, 9-12, Potoraburg, Mercor, Sopt, 9-12,"Aledo, AMvnigomery, Bept. 30-Oct, 3, Hillaboro, Morgan, Sopl, 9-13, Jackronville, e Moultri, Oc, 14, Sullivan., Oglo, Sept, 23-26, Oregon, Diggavillo, 9, Galona, , Warron, Yoery U, D, Assoclation, Oct, 13-17, DuQuoln. t, Oct, 1-4, Monticoflo, Yiko, fld, Sept, 9-19, Ditaf Tops, Oct, 1-4, Golconds. Putnam, Oct, 710, Hennopin, Randolp'h, Bopt, 24-20, Spnrta, Tock faiand, Ang, 20-89, Rock Tsland. Baugamon, Bapt, 23-26, Bpringfold. Behuyler, Oct. 155, Ruahwille, Buolby, Got, 18-10; Bholbyvillo, Hlark, o B, Cinir, Bopt, -5, Tollovillo, Stophonson, Sept, §-12, Fresport. ! Tuzewoll, Bipt, 0-13, Péki Union, Sopt, 10-19, Joneahoro, Vormiltion, fopt, 0-13, Catlin, ‘Wabinal, Sopt. 80-Oct.'B, Mt, Onrmol, Warran, Sopt, 23-25, Monmouth, Wa 10, Fairfiold. will, Sopt, atlot, Winhobago, Hopt, 16-20, Rockford. INSURANCE IN MASSACHUSETTS. Eightcenth Annual Roport of the State Connuissioners=~t'he Chicugo and Roston Firess iy The elghteenth annual roport ot ‘Mr, Julius L. Clarke, Insurancoe Commissioner of Massachu- otty, s just boon published. Trom the docu- meut wo mako tho following intoresting ox- traots: ' ““The valuo of property consumed in 1872, though loss than in the provious year, roachos an enormous figure, In the rola of cities and Btatos, Boston and Mnasaohusatts lead off with tho lavgoest aggrogato of loss, while others fol- low with an oxtreordinary srruy of destruc- tivo fires. 'I'lio nctual loases in Masuachusatts, including, of course, the great November fire in Boston, averago for- tho wholo year very near o quarter of o milon of dollare por day ; while tho average for the entire United States, computed from statisties carefally collated week by weel, oxceods $498,000 por dne', or nearly £180,000,000 for tho yesr. Of this hoavy lows it Tittlo moro than 88 por cont, or about £100,- 000,000, can bo rackoned as covered by nvailablo insuranco, tho remsining $80,000,000 being vin- ingured, or lost through the failure of com- ‘punics to meot Lheir obligations, Y Of the com&)mflnn iuvolved in the Chicago fife, 106 wera doing business in Massachusotts, with assots amounting to $127,000,000, their ro- ported losses footing up in round numbers $66,000,000, or 44,20 por cent. Ono hundred snd ninoty-two companics, as shown by data in Euaananion of thig dopartment, wore lozors v the Bostun fire, thoir losses, se adjusted, amounting also, by o singular coincldonce, to £50,000,000, with' nsnots uggrogating noarly ©161,000,000%, thoir avorago ratio of lossea vary~ ing but a ferwtion from 87 por cont, - Tho lossos of twonty-threo Massnchusotts compauics at Chicago Were nearly 84,500,000, thoir asscts smounting o $16,600,000, and their aver- ago ratio of loss to 47.37 por cont. Aw now ro- visod, tho adjustod losgos of fifty-two Dlnssachu- solts companics, by the loston firo, aggrognte noarly $806,5600,000, in sums ravging from £426 to nearly $2,820,000, with asots amounting to 23,600,000, showing o doficic of noarly 81 por coul. ‘Phirty-ninc companios doing businoss in Mossnchusotts, thom home comparics, - wore rondored - insolvont by tho Chicago fire, Thirty-two comprnies woro compelled to close_their doors in consoquence of losses by the Boston fire, 20 of thom Massnchusotts companios, viz.: mutuals, and 22 joint stock, leaviug only 11 sur- “wvors of the lattor clays,” 8ponking of the fire in Boston on tho 9th of Novembor tast, the roport says : * In thig connection, o romarkable and almost threo of ours . prior to tho occurrouce of this groat firo, tho Massnchusotts Commissioner wag comploting in TLiverpool his oflicial examinations of tho finaucial status of Euglish insurance companies doing business in tho United Btates, In his intorviows with . Mr. Honry Thomson, the resident Secrotary of *the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance + Company, and Mr. John H. McLaron, manager +of the Royal Insurauce Company, both ranking ‘2mong tho mout able and sagneions underwsitors in England, thosogoutlomen, with singularly. pro- phetic forosight, rominded him that tho noxt ot firo of tho century might be looked for in 'ranklin and Dovonshire streots, aud their sur- rounding localitics in Boston! Btartled at tho ‘gmd(utlon, tho writer sought oxplanatton. Thoy \hind rocently procured porfeot and elaborate plans of soveral Amorican citios, showing streois, lanes, alloys, and etructures, with their surroundings and oxposurcs, 88 well as thoir menns of protection against fire, Their infer- encos, particularly in roforonco to Boston, were inovitablo, prompting o Inrge and sYnody cancol- Iatlon of risks, which would probably buvo taken effoot had tho firo flond delayed his uumlnE." Commenting ou the fire in Boston on tho 80th of May, tho Commissionor snys : “With no intonded mim!llcfi to the Fire Do- pritmont, composed 84 it 13 of roady and ablo men, nll earnost for tho ofticient employment of such facilitios aa thoy poesess, it may be said, as it is felt, that Boston has ronched a crisis which urgontly demands improved methods and bottor applinncos in tho trontmont of fires. Among othior anggentions, wo vounture the following : ¢ Firat—Prompt alarms, 80 that tho first and always vital momonts of n flre may not bo lost. 4 Second—Instant movement of firo apparntua for immadiate and active oporation, cspocially in sudden omorgencies. 3 “ Plird—A. strong hoad of water, with full, sbundant, and unobatructed supply, “ Fourth~Tho boat and most pawarful enginas, onough of thom, aud all combining the best pos- siblo aquipmont. “ J¥fth—A pexfoct and porsonal familiarity on the part of Ohlef and Assistauts with surronnd- inga and approachos, aud with pasyagowsys and nthur intarior construction of Luildings, in all exposed aud dangorous localltios, so that no timo ba loat in wasting water and ntrength whero no praotical boneflt can bo sconred. W Sirth—A paid fire dopartment composed of akillod, detormuned, an Pormnnunt mon, i amplo Bumbor, aud inspirod _with the dnsh And bolduoss of o couragoous aud respousible esprit do corps. “ Sopenth—A firo dopartment invested with rior right-of-way, und with ovory raquisite au- hority to command its flold of oporation, “ Eighth—A fire departmont controlled by tho oyt campetont, practical, oncrgotic, aud undi- vided authority and dircction. 3. * Ninth—A fivo dopartmout abovo and bayond tho roach of domoralization and impairmont from politienl iufluonce and Intrigue, + 2enth—Btatuto law to enforca, as far as pos« siblo, tho couatruotion of fire-proot Luildings, iuterior ag woll a8 oxtorlor, and to compel suita- blo protoction against combustible structures and_material- now or horoaftor inviting confla- gration in cxposod business contres.” - As to the offect of tho great losses on {nsur- nnco business, tho roport says ; 1o transactions of theso two yosrs [1871 aud '2} aro, moreover, 80 closely interminglod with those of 1878 that no entisfactory exhibit can bo given till tho experience of the throo onrg cau bo collocted. It In therofora uselous ln uttompt bero any recapitulation of compara~ tiva data. It may bo stated, however, that amang othor results indioatod in the summing up of theso trousuotions, aud the with- drawal of capital by tho failure of compunies, thoro appears & meb ro- o] nesuro pt, 23-20, Toulon, ¥ duction of $8,266,000 in tho paid-up in- surance capital _toprosontad fn tho Kiato ot the bogiuning of 1872, Of this docronde, 5,100,000 apponrs in the capital thon lold by tho homeo compnnles, and 85,156,000 in that of compnnios from other Btaton. But Including tho nowly pald-up oapital and funds of homo' companics, n{uounllllg 013,600,000, aud the not rosult no- otuing from tho withdinivn) and admission of otlter companios, wo find tho _iusuranco capltnl roprosontad in this Btato, at tho closing of this rojort, to ho £8,352,083, “Uhin Iw only about & millfon and n quartor loss than the oash eapital roported n yoar ngo, and, in viow of tho great losres that have oceurred, it {8 an unoxpootod and wolcomo rosult, -~ ' Do slatistics of 1872, nn far as thoy have beon obtained, show that 182 companios, doing businoss in Mossachusotts at tho cloo of tho \{anr bad writton during tho year upward of 10,~ ' 000,000,000 of insuranco, and woro il carrying || noarly 7,000,000,000 of oitttanding rikn. Tioro , amounty wore relativoly 342,000,000 ond 8074, 1 000,000 in oxcoss of tho smounts roported by compnnios roprosonted at the boginning of tho yosr. But ndding the amounts writion and eirried by compnnlos which closed thoir doors aftor the Boaton firo, Lthoe oxcens over 1871 varios ‘but little from $1,200,000,000 In risks written, and §1,040,000,000 i risks outstanding. In tho sinount of poid lossos snd promium recoipts apportaining to the year lfl%, wo aro ablo to ,submit roliablo datn 80 far as rosults have boon .porfocted to the prosent $imo. Ine cluding the promium receipts of com- ponies” rondored iusolvent by iho Boaton ifiro, and lospes thus ‘far paid from their assots, which we havo taken specinl paing to ascortaln, tho business of eompanics oporat- ing in the Stato during tho yonr shows tho fol- lowing rosult : Promium receipts, £89,802,005, an oxcens of §19,250,750 over 1871, and lossos Bnk\ §179,028,027, which is an_oxcoss of 822,055, +812 ovor'tho previous year, But this ratfo of .883¢ por cont of longoes to promium rocoipte will bo somewhat modifiod by the payment of ro. maining dividends to the creditors'of insolvent companios, ‘+1t1s oatimated, and porhapanot unfairly, that 83 por cont of tho fires now so provalout aro ‘dlrocfl{ or indirectly tho result of ncondiarism, oither by design or by indirection. It is a atart- ling and almost incrodible announcoment ; but wo are nob [}mpnmr_\ to considor it au ox- aggorntion. It the iruth could bo known, the' rallo of incondiarism would bo found enormously lavge. Dut it in well 1 known that in addition to actual criminnlity, the “|.moral bazard attonding the business of insur- #|'anco is immonscly onbianced by tho inoxcussblo ana culpablo negfigence and iudifferonce of tho themsolves. Woro it not for the very common fooling that it I8 only somo insuranco company which must suffor, and that, thereforo, watchfulnoss and procaution against fire aroa ‘| moro gratuity or suporerogation, thero would undoubtedly be o matorial docronso in the num- bor of conilngrations, and, consoquently, in tho smount of property destroyod. Dlauy & porson ond family, who would scorn & dishonorable im- putation, or ropel a charge of censure, much moro any act justifying their proformont, aro, noverthclons uilly of onlpnblo, if pok criminal indifTorence fu thus neglocting tho aafoty of thelr own propoty, tho destruction of whicki, in moat 808, involvos disastor to others." PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. officers in Ilinois and Other Stutes, with Thoir Post0ffico Addrouses Number of Grauges Organized. ILLINOIS, OFFICPERS TATE GRANGE, Mustos—Alonzo Golden, Rock Falls, Socrolars—0, L, Fanaing, Gait. Locturer—A, Woodford, itock Falls, i - Overacer—E, V, Lapham, Morrison. Stoward—8, J, Balrd, Storling, Asslatant Siowsrd—, W, Patton, Dolovan, Chinplatn—A, 1, Smith, Tock Falla, Troasnror—i, 1. Simonaon, Round Gsove, Gto-Keopor—W, P. McAlllitor, Morrinon, Purchasing Agent—E. V, Lapham, Morison. Ceros—>rs. D. W, Daine, Lanark, Pomonn—Milas Magglo J. Lapham, Morrison, Flora—Mina E, Golden, Rock Fallk, L. A, Btowsrd~>ra, H, . Garrison, Morrlson, 77 Laen oF ILLINOIS DERUTINS. ; Ghnrles I, Jienuott, Elkhorn Grove Carroll County, John Palmcr, Nunds, Cook, McTlenry aud Lako, Qeorge V. King, Rochelle, Oglo., A 31, Dolion, Dolton, Cook and Will, Ttobrt M, Gibson, Forest, Livingston, 3. 8. Keck, Dakota, Bloplicuson, M. I, Potter, Kowaneo, Heurs, Josopls Hinwian, Youngatoyn, Warron, %. ook, Frauklin Grovo, Lec, Jmoa M. Morso, Rantoul, Ciampaign, . 0. Kile, Shorburnyille, Kankakco, Ttobart Caldwell, Sheldon, Iroquols, Lot Robb, Mlvin, Ford, £, W, Dowmor, Iiymouth, Hancock, J6hm Bird, Warren, 36 Davieas. ‘A, B. Applo, Tolo, Ogle, ‘Albort 1, Sivap, Fiymouth, Lasistle. L. J, Frow, Aledo, Mercor, E. Noble, Denib, DoKnlb, Kaue, and Kendall, . D, oby, Bement, Phaif. : Franic 0, iichings, Uarvell, Montgomery. Toter L, Myers, Ansimption, Christiau. Johin B Garvin, Maroo, Macou. Joaopls MeLain, Doddsville, Sehuyler, 8, Myor Tolodo, Dougias, Olimpaign, aad Vor- million, E. V. Lapham, Morrlson, Whitestdo, ¢! Downing, Strenter, Ligalle, ¥, W, Prico, Forest, Livingston, John'Adamb, Camnp Point, Aduus, ¥. 1, Porter, Weaton, MeLear Eilaa'Gibbs, Plymouth, Hanco G. N. Kern, Elmwood, Tcoria, ¥ Whittleton, Barry, Dike, 1. N. Ingoraot), Motice, Wik, John Bwaney, Mnggolis, Putuam. lorman V. Kowo, Fayolto, Jolin Blowart, Fowlar, Adsma, ‘Amon W, Armstrong, Wondstock, MeIonry, ‘A, 15, Moad, Woodstock, McHenry. ¢. I, 11 Holdridgo, Tonics, LaSalle, Ball, Dulavan, Tazowell. Mushoy, Charlestown, Uoles, C. W. Bandors, Fairelow, Fulton, A. N. Harrls, Lafayetto, Stark, Tacob Betz, Secor, Woodford, 0. P. A. Myors, Panoln, Woodford, John I, Carapbell, Andalusa, Rock Tsland, Frank IT. Larsis, Alilun, Rovk Taland. . N, Rankin, Mt, Pulask, Logun. Goorygy Hothorington, Sulltvan GENENAL DERUTIXS. D. N, Foster, Sterling. Frouk Cushitg, Storling. Wallaca A. Judd, Dixon, Joln Downen, Industry. G. W. Patton, Dolaven. ‘rhonis Ellfe, Molvin, 3, M. W. Mooro, Werlonn, Charle . Barney, Providenco. D. W. Damo, Lanark, . D, Pierco, Buslinoll, 3.D. Wallis, Litchield, Georgo W. Trwin, Tolono, EXEQUTIVE COMMITTEE, D, W. Dame, Chnfrmau, Latark, 3.1 Qildden, DeKalb. Kennedy, Dixon, astar, Hocrataty, Sterling, 3 ilton, Dixou, W, W. Corbitt, .Chicago. Maescr and Socretary, ex-officlo membora, OTHER 8TATES, MINNESOTA, ‘Mnster—Georgo I. Parsons, Winona, Sacretary—Willlam L'aist, St. Paul, Ww.I 10W4. Maater—A. I, Smedley, Crefeo, Bocretars—0ou, Williain Ditaus Wilson, Dos Molnos, WISCONBIN, Mastor—Col, Johin Cochran, Waupun, Bevretary—J, Bratnoed, Ontrkosh, INDIANAL Master—Jaln Wolr, Torro Hauto, Heeretury—T. Kevuo, Valparuiso, s ANSAR, . Mastor—T, 0, ¥, Doling, Jncksonvillo, Seeratury—Georgo W, Bpurgeon, Jucksonvillo. NEBRABKA, Master—Willlam B, Forter, Boerotarg—Willian' MeCalg, Elmwood, INNESREE, b Moster—William Maxwell, Maxvillo, Hoerctary—J. 1\ McMurray, Trantoti, HOIVTI OAROLINA, Master—W, 8, Battlo, Torboror, Bevrctary—0. W, Lawrence, ABEAN Stustor—oun 1. Jones, Holors, Beeretary—Johm 8, Williams, Duvall's Blur, SRR, Master—Gen, A, . Vaugim, Eqtly Grove. feerotary—V, L, Willluto, BoUTH CATOLINA, Mastor—Thoman Taylor, Columbin,, Bearolary—Col, D, Wyutl, Coksbury, VHIGION T, Mustor—Ii, P. Colton, Trusburiz, Horetary—E, L. Hovoy, St, Jolnsbury, Ty, o1o. Muster—8, T0, Elllu, Springaboro. Bocretary~—D, M. Blewart, Xenti, ; WOHTOAN, Mastor—8, F, Brown, Bchwolcratt, Kecrelury—A. M. Qotfeo, Kuob Noster, GEOHGTA, Mastor—Col, T, 7, Smith, Ocoiico, Hoorotary—E, oylor, Cilupached, GATIFOUNIA, Maator—J, W, A, Wriglt, Turlock, Bocretary—W, If, Bater, Turlock. " NUMBER O GRANGES, NATIONAL GRANUE, SEQNETANY'S OFFICE, GrotarTowN, D, G, Atlg, 2, 1473, i o following 18 i nubor of Grangos organized 1n'fho Untted States up tothladatoz . Alsbam 21 Now York, .. ettevillo, Arkuun 20{ Nortls Coroiina.. 8 Unlifarnia |, 95| Oblo .. a0 Oregon, 13 Ponnegivanin, 9 Goorgin 73 | Bauth Carolisia; 1 Xilinos ' ] Tndiany 1 au 3 1 40 18y 2 Couds, 4 0, H. Kxriry, ocrotary. .| wildest Bioux. +| Thia mado of slaughtoring INDIANS SLAUGHTERING BEEF. Orucl Practices of tho Redskine, From the Omaka Republican, Wo aopy tho fotlowing from tho Sionx City Journal: * 4t A gontleman from up-rivar furnishics us an item concorning the way fu which tho Indints at ovorat of the agoncios 4o tholr butchoring, ‘tha Agont furnishes them thelr ratlons of heof on tho hoof, which they aro thou nilowed to slaugh- tor according to the dictates of tholr vwn eon- scloncon, Irom 160 to 200 hoad aro fusued ot o timo, and tho Tudinuk drivo all but twonty or thirty into an onclosuro sriauged for tho purposo. A couplo of hundred of tho cop- por-colored dovils then qnc around {ho pon, and with rlfios and rovolvors, com- monco o fusilado into tho hord, takiug 1o ajm, ut just banging awey promiscuously, secming ! to dosiro moro %o maim and torturo thoe poor brutes than to kil thont, Thoe rovolvara haven't | sufMiclout . forca to put ono of thom to donth, and po thoy aro tho favorite arm. Tho woundod bovines soon sot up o bollowing which ouglt to oxcito |)It{ in any heart, but theno rad- | sking llstou to it with o dolight that could only bo oqunled if the ngontzing orics wore those of pala- faco victims, In the hord may bo seon auimals with two or throe of their logs broken, but try- ing to roar and plinge on thoso uninjured: #omo of thoir hotng split by n bullot, an othora rearrod and bleoding {n varlous partsof tho body. Aftor tho mussnero is fluished, the Indinug jump into tho corral, and thero is thou a sirifo for sccuring the tonguos and intestines of thio animals, which, takon raw, are very cholca morscls to the red man's palate, When thoro is nothing loft but lfoloss, tongucless, oviscorated carcasses of the eattlo inside tho enclosuro, at- tontion is thon poid to those reserved to furnish . tha dossert of this carnival of barbarous cruelty, Tho twonty or thirty ateers aro thon stampaded scross tho prairio, and they aro pur- pued by the Indians on horsabock with lancos ‘and rovolvers, a la buffalo hunt, thoir tormontors nttoring thoso hideous naiues for tho production of which the voeal accountre- mont of tho full grown nation’s ward is the only sdequate arrangemont yvot discovered. The enttlo aro soon exhausted [v‘ loss of blood and the frantic pneo at which thoy try to dludo .thoir murderera. When ono fails, the Indiana thon try by gnmllnqs tourge it to nnother race ; but whon thoy fail in this, thoy stand over the fallon boast, and, by all tlio dovilish_tricks they evor lonrned, torment it uutil doath comes a8 & roliof. 'When all the interest iu the anlmal i8 at aun ond, oxcopt who shall senlp it .of its tonguo and entrails, Tha squaws aro thon turned out to cut up tho carcasses and got them into camp, not a morsel of which is sllowed to romain, Among tliom aro sometimos fonrful contosts for choico portions of tho animal, in whichn couplo of thom mny frequoutly bo seon hncking at onch othor with their kuives over a pigco of tonder- loin. Whon tho lnat one is down the Indiaus go back to their lodges, their blood-thirstiness whettod to such a keon udfiu thot tho only won- .der is that thoy can at oll be rostrained from massncring tho entiro post, Ilow any sotof men oxpect to civilizo & lot of creaturcs among whom fuch practicos nro tolerated 18 moro than wo, with our idens of humau instincts, can come prehond.” At the Red Cloud Agonay, this barbarity is car- ried evon farther than is roprosonted by the Journal, os applying to the upper Missouri agon- cios. Fm’merléy, tho Ogallnlfal’a slaughtorod thoir cattlo in tho Laramic bottoms, clogo to tho, fort, and the torturo was tho same as that vis- ited upon tho butfalo, Afterwards, tho agency waa romovad nbout thirty miles from tho fort, and tho Indians placed under tho immodiate in- fluonco of Ponco Agents, Penco Commissionors, and o penco policy; but this ahomination sud National disgraco continued, Singlo issues to Ted Clonds band Linvo boon ne high os 250 hond of cattle, and these havo been turned ‘| 1ooso on the plawns to bo run down and tortured in o manner sufficiontly savego and cruol to gratify tho most bratal instinet and tasto of the They arc not ovon confined in a corral, loat thoy might fall to anon. A throe-yoar- old Texns stoor, fitted for tho hoats, with a war- whoop and a red blanket after him, is not to ba despisod for spoedand_ enduranco, and sffords fair sntisfaction to the leroic rod man and im- mense amueoment to the Christian spectators, i highly civilizing in it tondoncy, becausa don't atimulate tho Enasinn for the chase, and it is. cortainly to 0 commended on account of economy, becauso about one-fourtl: of tho boof is loft on the field. Red Cloud bas now removed to White River, about sixty-flve miles from Fort Laramio; but at the old ngancy, the stench from thero nu~ morous _carcnsses, was almost insufforablo, Meoesra. Brunot, Kimball, and Alvord woro wit= noson At 1 Into slsughtoring match at the Ogale Ialah Agoncy. As n mattor of cconomy, we suggest that a. *| ‘Government butclhior bo omployod, a8 no whito coplo are half na waatoful as theso aristocratic ?ndmus 3 and, on the question of cruclty to ani- mals, wo move that Borgh bo placed on ono of gxu rd:‘xumurouu civilizing snd Olrigtianizing onrds. - —— NEWS PARAGRAPHS. The grasshoppers have cleaned out some oat- fields in Ashtabula County, Ohio. —Tho neach crop ia almout o total failure in Bouthorn Illinoia this yoar, Union County, the Fvoub peach-producing rogion, has none for mar- ot kot. —The 95,000 libel suit against the editor o the Macoub, Ill,, Eagle has been withdrawu by the plaintiffi—defondant paying the costs, whick smount to 315, —-Marye's Hoights, nt Fredericksburg, Va., has boon sold to AMr, Lane, of Rapprbannock Coun- ty, for 87,600. ‘Tho puirehinso of Mr. Lono ine clidas tho dwolling and oighteon acres of land, ~Tho Duluth Z'ribune snys: * Upwsrds of 83,000 bushols of whoat of last yosr's crop have® nlrondy boon shipped from Porham Blation: aloug, on the Northorn Pacifle Railroad." —1T'hore arg shocking accounts of the condition of affaira in Hol; ukfl‘ Mass,, whoro tho muall- PoX i Taging, Tho Town Board of Healih, ne-- cording to all ncconnts, ia culpably inofli~- ciont, and not only ineflicient but reckless, ~Tho ,puup)u of Baltimoro ovidontly have a very practical turn of mind. A fow weoks ago tho fire-fiend laid waste several bloks in tho central part of tho city. An effort fs now boing mado to have the burnt dlstrice turnod iuto a beautiful Contral Park. - —A number of cows have died in Upper Alton during tho weol from a discase resembling the Toxas cattlo fovor. Bome of tho rosidents at- tribute tho diseaso to the fact that a drove ot Toxas cattlo woro drivon through that town about ton duys ago.—Alton Telegraph. —Tho muusgers of tho Tolodo, Wabash & ‘Wentorn Railway have in contemplation the ro- moval of thoir machino-shops, otc., at Fort Wayno; a distanco of flve or six miles into the country, iu oxder to gotrid of constant encronch- mont of tho city upon what thoy consider their rights. Cuatodian of United —Cnpt. W. IL H. Lawton, Btatos Survoye, is engagod In making o plat ot tho rango of townships across the Btate frow tiio Misuigsippi River to At. Carmol, on tho Wabirl, Tor tho corporators of n proposod alc line of rail. rond from the Miflsiusl]zl[ll to tho Atlautic Ocean, ~Illinois State Journal, —Tho Baginaw Courier voports an opoch 1y tho world's history. An Indiau fanily appenied on tho streets of thot city latoly, the husbang carrying tho papooso, sud tho wduaw not curty- ing anything, * ‘Lhin {k tho flrst inatanco of tio kind on rocord. The woman's-rights movoemeng D ovidoutly renched tho aboriginen. —The Windham Counly I'ranscript announces that tho'Connactiout Clonaral Assembly, at its recout sosslon, vu:—ly wikely, and after muil doliberation, passod an act allowing anybody and overybody to catch fish in East Hampton Poud through the ico each month in the year! ‘—Tho Enz Olaire and Chippowa Tivers, fn ‘Wisconsin; aro both vory low, and mill moi: aro Dbocoming auxious for foar of o aarcity of |ogs. Thus far tho mills have all run with full hahds, and few havo plenty of logs for tho seanon. T'ho mills in the valloy manufactured 290,000,000 ffi?t lnst yoar, but will fall short about 40,000,400 thin yoar, —gpomd Tail's now_agoenoy (Brulo S!auvx) is about 140 miles from Fort Laramie, on Whilta Rivor. Mo will receive his supplics from tlyo Missourl. Red Cloud's ngaucy gallab_Sionx y, whitlior ho haa just moved, Ia sixty-five milo. \ from tho fort, and also on Whito River. He will robably recoive his supplios y way of Chey- cune.—0maha Republican, —Thoro {4 on old gontioman living within a milo of this place, now nearing Lis 90th yoar, who has boen married twice, has boon A minls- tor of tho gonpol from liw youtl, and has had . olevan childron, all sons, aud all ministers, Ho _| hias of childron, grand-childron, and gront grand- childron, 804, "And, strango tosay, .thero have Doon but two deaths in all his fumily—the two wives of tho old goutloman, Cau thers bo u pur- nltol found in all thiy counuy for this family ?—. Owen County (Ind.) Journal. —{'he Bloomngion Panfagraph ja informed by n lonu and noto-brokor of that city that the . domand for loans ak tho presont timo is mantly from partios who wieh to pay off old mortgnges This gentloman has loancd .half & mitlion ot dollars in Contral Illiuciy, and, having kept a | momorandumn of each loan describlug tho use to | which the monoy was to bo appliod, in atisfied that tho aotual indebtoducss of (ho kavoral indl- viduals borrowing tho money was not inoroascd ; over $00,000, 1o furthor ntatos that less rater | of intoroxt is puid now thuu over buforo,