Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 5, 1873, Page 2

THE COURTS. W. N, Vandorhilt Visits Chiengo and is Wolcomed with Two Suits - Rospeetively of $250,000 and $100,000. Being Safely Served with Procaas; the Faots of the Case Are Made Known, Troubles of the Atlas Publishing Firm of Warren, Cock= roft & Co. A Number of Heavy Suits Commenced «--Large Sums of Money In- volved, but Very Little of Intercst to Them, T'wo heavy suits were commoncod in tho Cir- ouit Court of Cook County, yestorday, ono by Johu T, and George D. Aloxander and William TFitoh, in ‘250,000 damages, and anolbor by William Fiteh, in $100,000 damages, both ngainst William I. Venderbilt, the New York Contral Raitrond Company, tho Hudson River Railrord Compauny, the Lake 8hore & Michigan Southorn TRailroad Company, nud tho Toledo, Wabash & ‘Western Railrond Company. The actions are in nssumpsit, and Storrs & Jamicson aro attorneys for the plalntifTs, ) Tho caso in stated as followa: Buit is brought uudor o contract ontored into botween the plain- tiffs and Vandorbilt respecting the shipment of stock throngh from Chicago and othor cities in tho West aud Northwost to tho Eaat, by the dofendant’s roads, Alexunder being at tho timo tho largest shippor of stock in tho country, or at lonst ono of tho largest, aud bailing—na 80 many grent men do—from the Btato of Illinois, Aloxandor i8 omphatically called ‘“‘the groat cattle-denlor of Illinois.” It is said that the contract was obtained by tho inducomonts of tho dofondants, or some of them, through Vanderbilt aund the Now York Gentrel, Aloxandor having for gsomo yonrs before patronized exclusively the Ponpsylvania rend, and the New York Contral baving made frequent nttampts to induco him to transfer his patronage tu tuem and their Weat- orn ‘conncctions, all of which oventuated in success, and in tho defendant' and the companies, through tho' defendant Vaundorbilt, sprocing to carry all tho cattlo sbipne by Aloxandor ot o fixed rato of 3100 por oar load, or, should tho transfor of his business rosult in o bresk of ratos, at At lenst ns Ioiv o 1ote a8 those charged by the competing Compauies for tho same sorvico, As foroscon, although (Lo facts did not leak out till long nftor, tho transfor did result jn o break, the Pennsylvania Itoad reducing its rates to @860 por car, tho Lvie carrying live freight, otharwise cattlo, duriug the whole of tho year aftor tho ngreoment was ontered into, for its largest Bhippor, for nothing, and the Now York Centrnl itwolf carrying for some of the ship- ers at §40 to 350 per car, at tho samo timo sisting on Aloxander paying tho full sgreod prico of €100 por car. Thoso faots, partic- alorly us to the rates charged by the Now York Central, havo already beon de- veloped in testimony taken in another case in the {’]nilcd States Circuit Court for tho North- prn District_of Iilinois, thus ecstablishivg tho breale provided foriu the contract,' Since the broak, o ostablished, Alexander's shipmonts linve amounted to over 2,000 cars, and his claim on the defendantsis for the differenco botweon the prico of €105 por car actually paid, and tho omount for which other roads porformed tho samo service. "'ho fifth cage is for o similar broach of con- tract, o similar numbor of cars being involved, William II. Vandorbilt arrived in this city yes- tordny morning and was duly servod with the usunl processes of the Circult Court, the attor- noyw having wisely rosorved tho fllitg of thoir snit until they wero pretty sura of Lis boiug on Ehe eay to this city. MAP-PUNLISHING TROUDLES. Mosos Warren yosterdoy flod o bill in chan- cery in the Circnit Court to eujoin James Cocl- Toft from disposing of tho assots hold by him, bolonging to tho firm of Warron, Cackroft & Co., mnp publichers, of which tirm both partics are partners, It is stated in the bill that™ Cock- roft was to licop & Lranch oflico in New York ; and hio is charged with baving improperly dist posed of the partnership property in conncotion with that office, and accepted notes without the knowledge aud ranclion of the firm, atd not for their use ; and with doing othor things of tho soma kind, which tho complainant alloges that he bad no right whatevor to do. *The complnin- aut shows, in his necount of the recoipts aud as- gots of the firm, the lamentablo result of the dofendant’s conduct, in a doficit of £5,248.17, or o tota] amount of 916,844,064, Tho Atlan plates cost $8,603.05 and tho New York ollice iy in debt €1,912.15. ,The firm owes $4,- 164,08 on Lills puyable, and possosses exactly £5,248.17 less tlan notling to pay it with, THE COURTS IN DRIEF. Spencer I1. Pecl yostorday filed aMdayit for ropleviu of carpets and othor fittings and furnl- ture in the Michigan Avenuo House, corner of Michigan avenuo and_ Congross stroct, Wrong- fully taken and hold by L. B, Brady and Vir- ginio Brady, aid proporty boing valued at 9600 Moscs 8, Eisondrath yesterdsy ontared con- fenvion of judgment in tho Buperior Court againat Poter Johmson for the sum of 105, Tredorick Heinburg yesterdsy filed & Dbill in the Circuit Court tosot nsido a ‘trust deed, and for reconyoyance of promiscs, making Georgo F, Crockes, Ladwiz Lauz, and Ricah Lanz dofend- ants, Charles R. Stecle yestorday commenced suit pgainst Chavles 0. P. Holden in the Circuit Clurt, in assumpsit, 91,200 dnmagos, Lewis M. Prentiss yesterday commenced euit in the Circuit Court ngainst John R, and Alex- ander L, Thorno, in assumpsit, 5,000 dsmagos, Russell J. Waters yosterday commenced guit an the Circuit Court ngainst D. O, Heed, in ase sumpsit, $1,500 dunagos, On petition of the Assigneo in bankruptoy, leave was givon for tho salo of property belong- ing to the estato of Staplos, Funning & Co, ‘An order dismiswing proceodimgain bankruptey in the mattor of Charlos Schlicker was yosterday made, subject to objections in ten days, Moaes 8, Lisendrath yesterdsy ontorod confes- sion of judgmont in the Buperior Court against Petor Johnson for &106. Cary Fitzwillinm, n travelor who sojourned at the Grand Pacitio Hotel, sues Gage Bros. & Rice, in case, £300 damnges, for tho loss of o gold hunting-cage watch, which was stolon, in conse- uence, ho alleges, of the locks and bolty of the oor of tho room to which he was assignod boing ungorviceabla, _Ebenozor Higgina yesterday entorad confes- sion of {udgmom in the Buperior Court against Gaorgo White, in the sum of #42,086.07, Heury G. Nortan & Co, yeaterdsy commenced suit in tho Circuit Court against Honry Sloan, in asumpait, §10,000 damages. William A, Tiniley yostorday commonced_suit in tho Cirenit Court ngainut tho Chicago, Dan- ville & Viucounes Railroad Company, in caso, 415,000 damages. Jamon King commenced suit in sseumpsit, in thio Cirouit Court, ngaiust Jamon Hiclioy, £5,000 dnmages, BUPREME COURT—NONTHERN GRAND DIVISION. The term of tho Bupremao Court for the North- srn Grand Division, Ilinois, will commenco nt Ottawa, on Tuesday, tho 9th just, Among the cnacs beforo that Lody to which tho people laok with considerablo intorost aro thoso of Iafferty sud Portaot. State's Attornoy Roed is proparing briefu in theso cason, and expeets to bo roudy to arguo them orully on or about the 15th inst, The oxuct time for tho argument will, of nourse, de- pond lurgoly upon the convenience of tho Court eud Attorney-Gouneral Edenll, There aro also some Chivngo easen touching the salo " of inloxi- ealing liquors and the valdity of our Hunday ordinnnuces, tho result of which will be looked forwsard to with somoe auxioty by a.certain clasy of people. NEW SUITS, ‘Tur. Unitep StaTes DiwTnicr Count, — Jomes Hony ot al, v, Alfred fadlack otk patition, for sala of real ostate'fu Elgiu, bolonging (o' tho Lankrupt cs. tate of Jucab L, Btony, topay the suwm due to come lainauts on o mortgage, Crmourr Count,~B,401, 3, John V. William 1%, Vanderbiit, tho New York Gentral Rajle roml Gowpaiy, th Hudion Itiver Ratirosd Company, and tho Tolodo, Wabush & Weatern Hailrosd ny; awsumpeit, $250,000, 8,405—Same v, Bame $100,000, b‘l)ll—k'rs:dm‘i«. ileinberg v, Guorge Orodker, Ludwlg Lanz, aud Ricah il to aiinnl trust and reconvey promisod, 840T—Ap- posl, B408—Cliarlos B, Bleolo and Qliazles 0, I, Lol don ; maumpsdt; §1 M, Trontiun ol Tt nond AVSERRG0r T Tharng s nnmumpAlt, $6,000, Wators v, -Danlol Reod; aaumyy 4,5, 0,4, 9, 20> Appinln, 2,42 & Ca, v, Henry Sloan 3 asumpeit, 10,0 Appeal, 8,433—Tarloton Jonos v, Jus, Reed ; covenant, $1,000, 8,424—Wm, A, Balley v, the Chicago, Dauvilio & Vinconnes Railroad Company § care, $26,000, Ulrich v, Guatav A, May : nsaumpal, $1,000, Jamos King and Jamen Hickey ; nenompsit, 00, 8,427—Maosch Warren v, dJnmea Cockroft; bill 1o dine 5oivo yartnomlin: ote, © 8,429 and 8.420—Apposin, 8410—Mpeen Btrasburgee o Leon Frank ; amsunupall, 1,000, ¥,ds1—Jnmen A, Clybourno und. Mary Cly- bourio, aduiinistralrix ‘of tho estato of. Archinld Qlybourn v, G, Humphrey; attschment, $3003 con- coalment of Troperty churgod. B,433—Margarot Jacob Kubn ; bill for divorea on tho groutd of deunk- onness, eruclty, olc, 8,434—Sarah Teroyck v, Loronzo Wandell: caso, £2,000. 3 Tug: Surembi Counr.—44301—Bpeneer 11, Peck v. L. B, and Virginia Brady ; roplovin, _44,002—Mores 8, Efsendrath v, Poler Jobnison; confession of Jjud 105, 44,03, 4, 5,0, and 7—Appeals, 44,008— Cary Fltz-Wiillim ¥, 'Gage Bros, & Rico: cusc, $100, 44,900—Ebonorer liggina v, Goorgo Whita; confos. aldn, $32,080.07, 44,910—A, N, Gray ot al.'v. Joln Stophons ; creditor's’ bill, s A CALIFORNIA BANDITS. Wholesnlo Murdor nnd Robbery. Hollieter (Aug. 27) Correspondence of the Sin Frane cisco Alta, At 8 o'clock oight Californiana rode up to the store of Mr. Bnyder, about twelve milos from Hol- {lstor, at tho cross-road from T'ros Pinos to 8an Benito River.’ No suspicions wero areused, bo- eauso thoe native Californiane are very numorous sud gonerally inoffonsivo. - Thoy dismounted and entored the storo. 'Bomo engaged in con- vorsation, and others ocoupied tho attention of tho clork, John Utzrath, until sll soemed to bo in readinoes, whon they drow thoir revolvers, and ordered tho inmates of the storo, somo thraee or four in number, to lio down, which thoy did. Bo quiotly did thoy proccod that the clerk was' surprisod whon he lookea around to sco tho prostrate forms, and was allll% moro 60 whon roquested to lio down him- 80| Ho lald down, and a_part of tho_robbors pro- coeded to bind thoir hands bohind thoir backs, m% Flnlon thotr logd togethor, Y h ilo this was golnfi on within, the terrified prisoners woro startled at the report of threo pistol-shots without, which proved to be, tho Soatiidknoll of Mr, ., Davidsom, proprioter of the hotel, Mr. Redford, o teamster, aud a Pprtu- 80 sloep-horder, namo unknown. It peoms Flat thoss threo ‘men, boing outside tho buildiug, did not roadily oboy tho commands of tho astns- ging, or attompted to escapo, and wora instautly killed, two of thom boiug shot through the breast and tho otber in the mouth, Tho robbers then proceoded to soarch for plundor aud mouey. Mra, Suydor lives in the house edjoining the store, and tho robnors ordered hor - to deliver up all the monoy sbo had, which she did readily. “Thoy then wont ta Mr. Snyder, and rolonsed Jum on hig promisoe to give up all his money which bo did, amounting to somo 2500 in coin, and noy- oral hundred doliars in checks aund dratts, Aftor complating their soarch for, monoy sud jowalry, Laving rutsackod tho monoy-drawers atd tho K;mm s of all their victims, they proceoded to vest thomselves of thoir clotlios, and dressed up in Mr., Bonyder's best clothes, of which ho boa plenty upon his ehelvos, Only ono of the Dand was masked, and two ov throo of them are woll known. All the timo thoy conducted themsalves in a cool and intrepid manunor, proving thomselves to Do tho desporate band thit Vasquez has so long. Deon oredited with leading, It littlo was said, and that fu’ a whispor, Vasguoz himself re- marked that £5,000 roward had been offored for his hend. % Aftor completing tho robbory they took all the horsea thoy could ‘tind and loft, most of them going toward tho Sau Bonito, ¥ Bome are apprelinsive that tho New Idrin Stago may moot this band and suffer at thoir hands, Larer.—Goy. Booth has tolegraphed offoring $1,000 roward for the capturo ot avy or all of tho Rnrllas. Bherifls Wasson, of Alontorey, and dams of Santa Clara, arrived at noon to-day, organized a party of mon and started in pursuit ot 6 p, m. The Tobbers were soon at Willow Crook, forty miles boyond Tros Pinos, by a camp- ing party ab daylight tlis morning, ° \[r. Dayidson was in the sitting-room of hia hotal, and, on hoanng the fiest shot fired, whiclh killed tho Portuguese, ho started for tho daor, aud was met by one of tho robbors, who told him to go back. Ho wa4 in tho uct of clos- ing the door to go back, when anothor rob- bor fired through the lowor }mmml of tho door, tho bullet striking him in tho Leart, killing him nlmost iustantly. “Cho first man shot was o Tortuguese, namo unkuown, Ho rofused to obey tho ordor to lay down, and was shot twice in the sido and in tho mouth, 1Mo wae driving & drove of bucks, and had puup for tho night at Tres Pinos. Jtcdford, tho third man shot, ina_tenm- ster that had also put up for the night. 1o was driving Beach’s toam, and was very hard of Loar- ing, and is supposed Tisundoratood tho orders to Iay down, nud was fired akand Lilled ivstantly, Mis. Dhvideon is dangerously ill. B0 was bolund Lor Lusband when e was shot, They both fell together — hor husband in her arms, o oxpired in 30 soconds. Tho wife was unhurt, excopt by tho 'mentsl shock, An -inquest was hold this morning ; verdict, willful murdor. Davidson will bo buried in this town to-morrow, and tho othors at Tros Pinos. Tho wildest oxcitoment provails, almost suspouding business in tho town. Tho robbers_took nll the horses and enddies that woro good for anything sway, snd shot an old blind horso that was in the barn, ‘I'he only mon that the robbers did not tio was Mr. Camp- bell, of Hollister, aud o Chinaman, Afler the gang left a young son of L, O. Bwitn, who was not tied, got up and cut his father looss, who then roleased tho rost of tho party, Tho rob- bers taok away & considerablo quantity of provi- sions and dry goods. TOBACCO IN ROCK COUNTY, wis. Enrly ¥iarvest and a Bountcous Yield =eGrasshoppers and §lails=The Quuls ity of the Products From the Junesville (Wis.) Gazelte, Sept. 9. A fow days ago wo visited the tobaceo region of our county, and ecarofully looked over the crop now rondy for the drying-houses. Properly tho Towns of Janesvillo, Huymony, Milton, Ful- ton, Porter, Contor, Magnolia, and Union come within this distingtive appellation, though the plant i produced to o considerable extent in other townships, But It i within tie limits of thaese subdivisions of Rock County that wo flud the farmors gonorally ontering upon tho cultiva- tion of tobacco. And in this torritory the crop of the presont scason bids falr to surpass thut of nuy provious growth sinco its cultivation was ivtroduced into our Stato, Wo will oxcept, how- gver, tho flelds of Milton and portions of Jancavillo and Harmony, Whoro swhrm of grusi- hoppors have created end havoo. Entiro fields in thoso towns have been utterly ruined, and in tho oastern portions of the own of Fulton thoro aro slso indieations of their presenco, though thoir work has not proved thera so dis- astrous asg {n tho localitios first alluded to, West of Itock River tho destructivo pests seom not to bave intruded, the flelds within (he Towns of Pottor, Union, Contro, and Magnolia botug un- harmed, so far a8 we could ascortain from obaor- yation aud inquiry, A portion of tho Town of Porter was visited by a hoil-slorm a fow weeks ago, which destroved yrubnbly one-quartor of the tobacoo product 1n that township. But nside from these unavoldablo visitations, the crop of Rock County is lu primo - condition, and gs it is npow rondy for tho larvoss, ily future is within “the control of its pro- ducers, A fow years of oxperionce hus taught thom valuablo lossons in tho proparation of their tobacco for the marlket, and wo soo them now carofully gatheriug tho brond loufed planta aud mnderlY placing them whera there iy just enough duylight, onough puro air and o propor degreo of niomturo to flva the roquired finish to toxture and flavor. Thon, too, thoso who ecan afford to delay tha snle of their crops are propars ing to hold it through tho swost, und a your hiouco thoy will have it in s wore markotablo condition” than when it comes from tho drying poles, gummy, haif mado, snd rank of odor. Tho present season has boon unusunlly favoras Dlo to the growth of tobaceo, froquont rajus and ronorous warmth maturing it mtnldly from tho fiml sittings, and the fields present a uniformity in pizo and color which can be attained only undor tho most fuvorablo ciroumstances. 'I'ho rout gnemy of tobacco culturo in Wikconsin ia flm habitugl Jupo drought, but this year sbun- dant raing inoistened tho soil at that oritical period, and the first mm»fis touk root and grow with rapldity, briugiug the Liarvest somo ‘two woeks oarlior than usual, Contrary to prodictions made in tho onrly spring, wo notico no diminution in tho acrenge of tobacco this goason. Iivery farmer planted enough to fill his shads with an ordinary sosson, but an the unusual prolific growth was “not an- tioipated, it follows that many must add to their drylng accommodations, Op the wholo, the orop proves a flattering succors, and, as thero in & proxpect for botter pricos than herotofore, wo may confldently look tothe prossnt socason's yiold of tobacco as a valugble source of rovouuo to our tolling furmery, ety At 8,125—John D, Grommea and” Michiel with two or throo rovolvers pointed at him, ' THE CHICAGO DAILY: " BLOOMINGTON. How Peoplo in the Interior of -the = - --Btote - Bpend--the = -~ -~ Summor, el The'’ Politieal Situation. } McLean County. . in What Col. Morgan Is Tri;m;r;ing ‘..~ - His Sails For.. T A Contest for ‘. Fiold by Two Nows, papers -of the Spme - !’ Name. Spesial Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, . BLODMINGTON, XL, Sept. 4. . ‘Your olty readers must not suppose ithat all 1ifo is containéd within thoe busy scopo of thoir’| flold of action, or thint aniinato oxistence, during thoso drowsy pimnmor days is to bo found within tho, limits of'thoir vimual understandings, or that of your irrepresuible nows-gatherors, By tho following thoy will bo informad; somo- what, of anfratd and inanimato existonco i the intorior of. the Stato, eoparated-from them by ribbons of rafl, and, porhiaps, be intorosted in tho intorosty of the formor; as you daily intergst thom {n theso columna. Although it s not on tho seashoro or by tho lako sido, roithor is it nestlod in & forny glon, nor yet is torraced on .a mountaiu-gide, this is a city that is ‘gavest in eimmor. Tweated betweon tho chiof cities of tho intorior it" has becomo quito; & resort for city residents. . Generally, these aro induced to come hither, in the first inatance, by proseing invitations from relatives, for thero aro no landlords ns yot to insort seductive advor- tisomonts, Having spont a summer hero, thoy roturn because tho placo, its people and its ploas- uros, allure them. d . SUAMMER-LOTTERERS, A or, if it pleasn you Lotter, summor-tourists; are Iost growins woary anddisgusted with high lifo at, foshioneblo resorts. This i3 especially truo of tho bottor clage, -The sectuded summer-hotels of Naugatuck Valloy, in Gonnecticut,—many of thom 6o bidden in the woods and valloy as to re- quiro tho aid of every concoivablo sort of vehiclo to reuch thom,—aro no longer running without profit, but aro anuually the rosting- places of crowds of woared city- folk, most of fhem ropresentativos of tho highost culturo to bo found, It ia being discovered that constant . dissipntion, three months of attontion tooverybody aud evory~ thing outside of onc’s self, proparatory to nino months of business or socioty life, don't profit ono. - To uso an osthotic word, tha lifo at fash- lonablo suminor-resorts has Loen found too hol- low ; it sonds peopto homo wreoked and ruined, and uttorly untit for tho dutles and gayotios of the perihiclion season. Honce it is that you find people casting about for soma . . QUIET BESTING-PLACE; . whore_simplicity is tho genoral featuro of . tho: lifo. But, then; fow dusire to bo wholly Bopa- rated from tho gayotios of socicty. ‘I'homodor- ato tourist soarohea foru pluco where he may dip at will in_dissipation, or retire from it. . No " poreon of well-presorved. nature wishos to bo so ontangled in the vines and thickots of frontior- ismus that he cannot oscapo thereirom, + In theso obsorvations may bo found ‘tho rea- sons why Bloomington, long sinco donominatad, becauso of its donse folingo, *TUE EVERGREEN CITY, ia o place of rosort during theso summer- months. By tho term *'placo of resort,” I do not moan.to_convey tho unpression that wholo fawilics, and mouutning of truuks, and endloss gonfusion fill our streots during, the months of June and July. Wo thank our stars, aud as wmany more a8 John Wiso nay catch sight of, that we aro not rosorted to in that. way., But the torm * rewort,” as applied to Bloomington, means that almost evory train brings in somo oxhaustod member, (ustally, and bappily for us, s youug . lady) of a family of culture in “somo distant city, who comos to us for n real good time. Thore is nothing in that expression, to my mind, but that which smacks of freedom unrestrained, lack of for- malisms, simplicity of pleasure. Wall, thoy havo it, and have it becnuse everything com- bines to wako thom havo it. OQur lives are mod- orato, theue days. Henco, we do not BEND OUR FRIENDS AWAY oxhausted. Wo woary thom with nothing, yot Ehm them everything but sea-bnaths, Butwe ave plenty of puro water. 'Wo give thom par- tios, picnics, fishiug ; balls, Lilliaxds, and a raco courso; croquot, lown-partics, and thontro; phaatons, carringes, aud moonlight; circles of cultivated poople, and pna{)llo that aro gay; & city with wido Btroots, ovorshadowed by troos; parks, and o louoly grave-yard: churches with Dipe-orgaus, quartetto-choirs with Hrctcy voices, that come from protty mouths, and short sor- mons; plenty of youug ladies and gontlemen ; nplouclid roudways, sud good livories, All of thoso the visitor [ ; MUST TAKE IN MODERATION, for wo canuot supply them in any other way. Al- muufih wealth is 1ot Incling, most of us may be found at homo during tho summer, beeause most bavo friends with them, or have digcovered that Bloomington is a botter place to enduro the pume mor-heat than Long Branch. When October comes, then our city becomnos somowhat desort~ od, for then It is that tho **firat families,” and overybody who can, take their recreation. A young lady said to m, **This should bo callod the City of Phactons,” and I thought slio oxhib- ited remarkable miud. Gondolas, in Venice, are not more common. One night, last summer, A’ PITAETON -PROOERSION waa formod of thoso which Im}umnod to bo on tho stroots, and it was not far from a mile_ long, 8o, whilo Burrounding villagos—Springfleld, St Louis, and Alton,—aro desorted aud dried up, and yot blow nway about their life and bustle, wo, in tho Jiot westher, grow auimated, and bright, and joyous. * Jut porhaps I ind botter give you a littlo in- formation : CONGERNING POLITICS in this section. It is well known that the moat important gathoring of farmers yot brought to- other in the Btato was hold in this: city st fall. Binco that time, tho political cal- dron hias’ boiled florcely. Tho county, McLesn, ig, I boliove, tho baumer ~ Ltepublic can county of Illinois. A strong . Ring has controlled the clectious, in the Administra- tion intorost, for many years, Ilts headquar- torais tho Lender oflice, the cradlo of a baby- nowepapor, in this ity ; and it has its spion and #couts atntioned all over tho gountry, It has been very bold, full of selfish schomes to hoist its mombers into office. But it must bo said of it that it has not beon corrupt in so far aavoting tho poople’s monoy away is concornod. If It Lus beou guilty of “abstvaction,” tho fact:is not kuown. Bub THE POWER OF TIlIR ASEOCIATION I8'DROKEN. Tho Farmors’ Movoment did it. The members of tho Riig, bofora brazou-faced and vigorous, hnvo becomo cownards, aud are afraid to movo lest thoy - put their foot in it, If thoy hnd ~porfoct confllence in the success of © tho Auti-Monopoly party, thoy wonld joinit, Thus the Iopublican party in thin county would be swallowed up and known no moro, I wonder if thi is not an illustiation of the political condition of the wholo country ? ‘Thore are moro men soekiug power and monoy than platforms and prineiplo, nowadays, and a political erty becomes greateut 8o 8000 8 it cal command the Iucrative jositions, : ‘Tho Farmers’ Movement in this county is atrong and businoss-like. Alroady there aro TWO ORGANE of the Anti-Monopoly party established, Noth of thioso hiave been christoned the Anfi-Monopo- list, ‘Thin, you will say, is peculiar, Bo i is; and T will tell you how it came about, Not long uinco, the managers of the Democrat—the Liboral -organ, aud, bofore that, the Bourbon paper—rosolved to uhnngkeltununu, and call it tho Anti-Monopolist, making it tho organ of that party. 'T'o seoure tho Putrfllmgu of the farmers, & meoting was called to considor tho matter, A stock company was formed, con- alsting of farmors, & Loard” of Directors ap- Eoinud, and an oditor, in the porson of Joseph lurtor, beloctod, A day was set for its firat Juuuo to appear. About this time, au enterpris- ing individual, namod Babin, a citizen of Bay- braok,—a smart town In tho osstorn portion of tha county,—bocamo impressed with the idon that he should bo tho owner of tho organ of the Anti-Monopoly party; and, furthor, that Baybrook, aud not Bluomington, should bo' the headquar- tor of the party; that it would make tho wholo thing moro renlistio and proper it the oftico of $ho papor woyo located iu tho midst of & corn~ TRIBUNE:; “FRIDAY, SEPT ahovo tho_ atafln, bl }%M’nnix = 8% anf. d ‘wflfl",'h’r‘r_-gmr. and delibrated | *with his nolghbord;‘ad tho rosult was the isdui “|'awook In advanco of tho Blooingtou papor, o thio Anti-Monopolist ot>Haybrook. Thoro was a tompost in tha old Demacral offica whon the now shoot was oponed, It was foared tho Snybrook ajiér had the field, for it “at onca took. Locime nstantly popular, and wan road evorywhere lio- foro " the * Dloomington ‘ Anti-AMdnopolist had- colloctod - the -mndter--for tho--flrat Jelio., . Dub the Bloomington . paper ‘chmsa o, and. has boon ' struggling” throo wobks, . I guoss it will succood, &\onufi not at tha cost of Snbiu's papor. . Tho farmora have nominated their ticlkat, with fair ‘prospact of cleoting most of their candi- datos, * If thoy should eloct any of thern, and -this ‘put - down tho n;fnlnr 2,000 Ropublican minjority, tho viotory will bo nglorious.aud re- “n{nrknb K L o ono. 0OL, RICIARD P, MONGAN, . tho ox-Railrond Commissionar, - 6 citizen of Bloomington, is on tho tickek sa & candidato for Oounty. I'roasurer, Ho will run -atrong, being immonsoly popular, with the, farmers noar by him, as woll a8 thoso far away. Dut Morgan daos not card a fig for tho .oflice, and consontod to bocomo s candidato only that Lo might tho moro closoly idontify himself ‘aud bin namo with tho noy parly, s ambition. invites Lim to a much highor placo. Tho ~office of Exocn- tive of tho Biaio would not disploasolim. Mauy thihk hin prosposle aro'good for, that position. Ina conyorsation, tho othor day, he said Lo wounld do- no stumplng, but wonld bpeak ouly at ono or {wo points in the county during the cam- paign.. On tho 17t n mass-meoting will bo hold at Haybrook, at which he will dofiio his posi- tion, " Baid Col, A, Gridioy, woll-known in tho Btate, to mo the othor duy, ** It I wero -twonty ‘yonrs, lyuun;,nn-, T would atump the county and cloot Morgan. "As it i, ho will bo defeated ; but that is not.tho,ond. . I tell you," said ho, tuoro i nothing lika' tho mosmorie fire of. oratory to win the pooplo’s patronago.”. . + " One thing may b eaid of the Farmars' Movo- monv'in this cotnty : that, among Ita supporters, ‘nro'tho solid'snd wealthy men of the cm]l]nty. e g A0, LAPORTE. Tho Ice-Trade of n Listlo Indiana Oity ==A Rare Plnnt, Correspondence of Ths Chicago Tribune. . LaPonte, Ind., Bopt, 2, 1673, Thio boautiful surroundings of this Brighton of Chieago, tho hospitality of Mr. Thomas Far- ghor, and tho charming socloty of tho citizens, have dotsinod mo in tha''company of - this coy maiden, LaPorto, longér than I suticipated. Doubtless my exporioncos will be the preludoe of many more who will' come, sec, aud bo con- quorod. Thera is o somothing ahout tho plnco which prodisposes the mind to be at penco with iteclf ; and X take it that, if wo ‘oould at all timos analyzo tho conditions of happinoss, wo should find them, in & groat moasitro, depond- ont upon. our immodiate -surroundings. - Tho wear and-tosr, of this Westorn life havo oxpended their forco ; rost, observation, and wonlth un- consciously sucoeod. * Somo obaeryors measura the civilization of & conutry by the smount of ‘soap it consumes. Tho tost searcoly applios hero; it is difiouls to find dirt,—* valunblo mattor in the wrong place.” A bottor toat of our Westorn towns is afforded by tho amount of . 1ce consumod. *If wa ndopt this"monsure, Laporto occupies no inforior rank. ‘With a population of B,000, its most wonlthy citizons have private ico- houses. There is rotailod by ono ice-firm, Milt & Co., tho cnormous quantity of 1,200 tons per annuml Tho leg-wavo omanating from Laporte is o gratifying ‘measura of man's intelligonco and wants in making subrorvient to his uses tho forces of naturo. Visit hor lakos in wintor. Thoe groon sward is covered by s snowy mantlo; the wator turned into rocl, Threo bundred mon and thirty horses'nro omployed throo months in reaping a.harvest of ico from hor epring-fod rosorvoirs, packing away into thirty-four capacious Loused the concentratod rigars of winter,—placing winter undor bonds of 60,000 tos of ico to_mitigato tho fioreo rays of our. summor-sun. Echelonned by the various compauies, this LaPorte ico protocts and minis- tors to the, comfort of humanity in tho citios of Chicago, Indianapolis, Louisvillo, and GCincin- nati; Aud o Lost of minor.towns throughout tho State. Tho quantity is represented by o train of freight-cara = - FIFTY-SEVEN MILES IN LENGTIL ‘Who mmoug us can sdequately measure.this enlarger of our happiness? Our dairies, our ‘mest-marketa, our tiu-cups, our home rofrigera- tors, tho wards of our husKitnlB. aud our sick~ rooms can tostify. But thore ina skoloton in this enpboard. ".Bupposo that our temporance- mon woroe bold enough to stop our “ico supply, they would cut the Gordian knot of the most dif- fleult question of the day; for who would drink lnger-beer warm ? And would not tho long list of cabalistic and olnsyic drinks of the American bar become practically obsolote, and as much a mystery to futuro genorations as thoe “*sack " of old Falstaff to the prorent? Msybo thoe next move is to fight the tomporanco mon upon tho intomperato use of ton and coffeo, or wake up to tho fact that thoir uso has made ccwards of ua Turning from this digrossion, I iud that tho thinnost ico was harveatod in 1850,—it was fivo inclion ; und last wintor was the thickost,—21 inches ; tho averago is enid to bo 14, The prico por car-lond, 10 tous, delivered to car, is about $§16. Tho ico loft over from tho summer’ oxpo- rionces o loss of ong-third, ‘I'his ico-trado of Laporto promiscs A GREAT EXPANSION, Ton moro ice-housoes ara to go up this fall, and tho citizons aro somewhat nlarmed lest the quan- tity thus abatractod will diminish tho lovel of their bonutiful lakes. 1 am inclined to think that they will yiold amuch_ groator supply of cryatal wintor than thoy now do, without a_ viei- blo logs. It is to bo regrotted that thero is no Btato socioty noting the rainfall. In itsabsenco, it is dificult to arrivo at & roliablo conclusion. The lakes havo an acroago of 8,000, Tho ico, 12 inches thick, on . surfaco of 63 nacres, will yield 66,000 tons, and reduce tho onoral lovel of ' tho chain of lakes noarly ono- fth of av inch, As tho ice is taken at o timo of year whon tho drainnge of the lakes is locked by frost, and before the malu’nfi of tho snows, tho prosent domand and a much greator oxpansion of tho ico-trade canuot sonsibly affect tho lovel. Tho zaiufall through a cyclo of dry yoars moy do ro, biit not ita presont ice-harvests, There is a plant growing on ono of our Inkes which s vory raro and likely to bo oxterminatod ; 1t would mako A BUPERD ADDITION to tho wators of our Chicago parks., I rofer to the Nelumbium Luteum.. The flowers are Jom- on-yellow, and haye & circumference of cightoon inches ; tho leaves aro exquisitoly shaded, and the soed-vessol is a vegotablo curiosity. Laporto gots B fgrane many good things from Chieago, aod it 18 but right. that her contributions from Naturo should .gladden the frequonters of our porks, Joux W. CLARKE. —_— PURE LIQUORS. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribunes: Bm: The Tomporanco party might do moro good, it secms to mo, i they would coase their crusade sgainet beer, the least huriful of all drinks, and wago war agaiost adultorated lig- uors, Lot thom aceuro an ordinance for the do- struction of all polsonous liquors eold ag a boy- orage, and thon appoint a rigid Inspeotor to car- 1y tho Inw into effect, Buch o movoment, beiug in the right dircetion, would roceive such o pow- erful sanotion from all partion,—even the liquor- intorost ttsolf,—that the luw could bo enforced, —thus doing awey with the most odious feature of the traflle, . . o, —_— . WHOSE COAL IS IT? o the Blitor of The Clicago Tridune: Bin: Whon aload of coal loaves tho deplor's yard, whose copl {a it,—tho dealor's pr the ons- tomer's ? I ask thie quostion in the interast of poor people who nover get all they buy or pay for, 'The othor dsy, I saw the drivors of two coul-carts poltiug eaghgther with the copl, which doubtless belanged to somo poar familios, Tt was fun for thedrivars, who seemod not tocaro 80 long ay tho coal did not bolong to them and lhfiy woro not hield rosponsible by buyn;‘ or sollor. 3 UNION PARK, To the Editor af The Chicago Tribune : Bin : The eafoty of tho multitude which fro- quents Unlon Park on - muslo-nighta requires oithor that carriagos be probibited from entoring the parlk, qr that police bo stationed at the gato with suthority to limit tho numbor. entoring, and direot the ordor of oxit, Bome procnution is aléo nooded at the bridgoes leat, when crowded with persons and toams, they give way, cousiog @ disagtor similar to the Dizon catastropho, J, | ;| WASHINGTON.. | Thé Civio Situation There—-Con- gress as o Building g 0% " Assoointion, The Board of Publio Worléé. and Its Efrfect on the General Government, From Our Qun Correspondent, : ‘WASTINGTON, Aug. 29, 1873, Tho Oity of Waehington presonia an improved and begutted appoarancc at’ {his momont. Tho improvomonts and excavations vanish into cach other, and tho spectator is filled with mingled wonder. nnd approhonsion aud’ foar of | bolng buried alive, & . TIE WANDERING JEW g appoara to bave boen the chiof enginoor of our Board of Public Works, ¢ Walk' on,” snys Deoatiny to this ongineor, ** you will not be al- lowod to stop in tho comprolionsivo plan until you have graded sl the way from TPoint Look- out to tho Bugar-Lonf Mouutain!” The doomed ongincor walkéony he is in mud up to Lis arm- plta; he boars,the bauner with the strango do- vico of Excelsior, and changes his grades with tho oaso of Matt Carpenter changing his poli- ties. Evory grade rocontly cstablishod must ho presontly roformed ; the groat sowor which bl seets tho oity longthwise 18 found to noed a par- allol gowor to keop it company; tho turnpike- ronds leading out of town aro discovered to neod graduation and widening; remoto farmers aro brought 'within our bleseod radius; and com- velled to listen to the Gospol according to 8t, Mullot or Bt. Groen. Thoy do eay that tho latost enginoer importod horo was turnod out of offico in Cincinnati for such ndmirablo ignorance that ho found no difticulty in boing rotained un- der;our system. And. thoro is_ Babcock, one of Graut's Bocrotaries, who has cut down the troos in tho East Park of the- Capital ; how truly liko Grant is ho z 1IN ACCUMULATION AND BILENCE, Morciful hoavens! is this government or humor? T8 it Vauban or ground-hog ? Ta it grand strat- ogy or burrowing ? Tho foxes have holes and tho birda of the alr hava neats, but the citizon of Wasbington Lins not whore to lay his fogt. I wandor around hore with tho impression that Napoleon Il and Jsmos Gordon Bennott ara oxcavating for the purpose of ‘writing the lifo of Cmsar. What is that excavated objoct up yon- dor with an Indian wigwam on the towor of it ? Itis the palace of n Koman. Sonator from tho Btato-of Nevada, Billiam Stowart, who undoubt- edly proposes to call it EMMA TALL, aftor tho famous haul ho mado in the London markot. Excopting tho Reminisconces of Son- ator Footo, his fathoi-in-luw, thero ia nothing liko it In art or nbatrusonoss. Foote's Reminis~ concos remind me of the man's description of Freo-Masonry, o sald ‘that they got together in o dark room, and solemnly swore not to tel anything. *And thon,” paid this man, *thoy hadu't nothing- to toll.”. What is that which swoops around noarer the ey, and presonts s clamboring Indder of bays and broad-armod porte, all fantsstio and fandaugoish with pro- Jootious, pilastors, towors, and steopnoasos ? It in tho row of Boss Shopherd, -Architeet Oluss & Co., who cau never find their way to bed in it, What do I soo on Ponusylvania avento, roaring up into the corulemn blue, striped botwixt Sencen and Ohio stons, aud’ putting the Wash- ingtou Monument to blush? Itis the publigh- ing palaco of Brothor Murlagh, who odits tho Prosidont’s intontions, and has spont $170,000 upon this Pharos. Near at hand, in o gap of tho avenuo, tho structure of the Daily Chronicle i propuring to awcond, Drothior Goorgo . Cark- ill, of Iowa, hins addod hiy mito to Brother Har- lau's dowchers, and thoy do uot mean to be out- builded. Horo are claim-ngonts building BADIANT MOSQUES, and *fright-hand men " bulding pagodas, Hero is o local architect who has got the Drilish Goy- ernment whore the mane i8 short, end who de- sires to build a $300,000 house for n Parlin- montary appropriation of 280,000. Horo is tho wodded Kobeson putting up a prossed brick, and the Attornoy-Goneral is adding tho lnsf kinks to hia broad-trend mangion. ‘Tho grades which go up_Capitol Lill begin in the circum- ambient laudscapo, and look like inclined planes to Paradiso, Boventh street, whero all Jewry congrogates under fluttoring ready-made clothod, is proppod up ou jack-scrows snd trostles. Tho groat State Dopartmont—Bullet's sarcopha~ guu—-ia nearly to tho eaves; and tho resident’s stablo, undor it, looks liko & necessary appendage. Tar burns on vacant Tots; pebblos are orushed by the road ; grost on- gines, like tho car of Juggornant, bolch among its corners; and they aro sowering to China. Contractors aro thick as Sonators. "Who breaks paya nothing. For this iy tho remark of overy loyal - Washiugtonian : “Congross lLas got to tako carp of this District. If thoy won't, what aro thoy going to do avout it #" A sobor roviow of this municipal governmont shows all THE IMPOTENCE OF CONGRESS in our day to legislate over a fow miles squaro with wisdom, or to compel respeet for such lim- itations aa it doos enact. Formorly it gave nom- inally ono hour a month to Columbia; but some land-grabber, or advocate of speoial legislution enorally, got that hour, and the unfortunanto Diiinics s somanden 4o, fha: nost month, voicolosa "and meglected. In tho mnature of thiugs, the time had to come when tha roal-cetato and bonded-debt scramblo which had _aoizod all othor citios would reach this hopless nook. ‘Thero wero in Washington two or threo mien only who had learned the lesson of eivil ox~ travagauce, and saw the casy opportunity fo bo- como_posacased of this Distriot, ~ Congress gave it'to them na carelessly a8 it had bofore nog- lected it. - T'wo of thom—Shepherd, a plumbor, and Evans, n controtor,—woro mon of norvo and idens. BShephord probably has not his supo- rior in any of our citios a8 o mnan of confidenco, oxceutive capacity, obsorvation, snd adaptativo noss, Mo had made o study of tho influences potent with Congressmon, .and grasped thée fuct of tho belplessncss of the Goverument to ropudiate any municipal obligations - which might be croatod hero; for this is tho homa of the Fedoral authority, Thore is nowhere elso it cau go. boing auchored hiero to granito piors,and raciprooally depondont upon tho city for a_resi- douco, and bound up with its exchoquer. Whon tho pooplo who live liero aro taxod henvily, so are Congross and all tho burenu people, "Tho cost of improvoments of tho placa way_ fore- doomed ju his mind to bo taken up by the Nation- al auchority; there waa uo securily domandod of Lis Board of Public Works, and no penalty for running into debt. Thorsfore, whou Congross eaid that the dobt of the Dluh’(flt should in no ense oxcaed 10,000,000 it, eaid nothing which iy not ovadible. ‘The cost of tho work which has boen dono here is gonorally sl down by critical oxaminers to amount to tho formidablo sum of EIGHTEEN MILLIONS, Much of it is unpaid for; wagos aro -bohind hand ; and still the work of. urhnnnl and roha- bilitation is going ou, and will bo pushed until winter, To malo assurauce doubly suro, o large porcentago of Congressmon have been taken into tho “confldenco of tha local magnatos, and the suporior jurisdiction of Congress is practi- enlly roversed,—Washington Uity boing to-day thio most nygressive and irrespousiblo municipal overnmeont i the land, Congross is nunoxod 0 it a5 on intorosted party, and_the controlling men of that bady own property hore which thoy must logislate for, I eanrun over 4 list of somo of the Honntors who are already propriotory, oponly or through a dopondens s Morrill, of lrnluo. Pattorson, of Now lsmxmhh‘o, LEdmunds, - Bumuer, Bprn{n 0, * Buckingham, ~ Conkling, Thomas, Bayard, \\’m, Bargount, Jones, Btewar| two residonces), Harlan, Pomeroy, O, C. Wash- urn, Chandlor, Bhorman, Howo., Horo ‘are elghtopn, aud tho list s not comploto,— MONL BENATONS than_over posscssod roal estato at ouo time in this District, In tho Iouso of Roprosontatives, tho list includen Blaine, tho Bpoaker; Gaiflold, tho Chairman of Appropriations, ‘who gave tho District more than £4,000,000 of monoy last year ; Hoopor, of tho Financo Committeo, who owns bothn al"};o dwelling ‘and & hotel ; ex- Chairman_of Ways and. Moaus Bolienok ; ex- Bonator Murgnn‘ who is o vory largo proporty- holder ;. soveral Domocrats, as Swaun and Fornande Wood; and many othors who hiave very recontly investod, Tho Committeos of both Houses of Congross aro mado at tho sug- E,ouclnn of the Toard of Public Worke; and omooraty, like Eldridge, are intimato confrores of our Joosl magnates, 1 all tho nbove thore iy o criminality, but it is plain to o seon that, as tha brpdrtion ot Congrodsind wwiio havelie- Jabl m«.fl,lmrn‘ mmm»‘."aq will ¢ho P b-w:?y., of tholr dosira'to transfor loal bitrdens to'tho| .Fodotal Treasury. Tho approprialionk. Inst-yonr woro sufliclont, {f givenr with rogularity for five yonrs, to pay off tho whole of the onormous in- illu:mndnens of tho city. Noxt wintor, not less an FIVE MILLIONS will bo molicited, Tho bonds of the Oap- ital Oity-- oro _familiar— in - Londow,—Parls,-] Amstordam, and Now York ; and the cortificatos of ‘tho Qity..Asaessors upon private’ proporly lisblo to salo unless mootiug the taxes conse- quent upon those coatly works, ara hold by tho term by overy oporator, largo or small, who has restdad boro, - " Dislionesty of tho plain “knock-down" doaorip- tion, such a8 Garvoy, Twoed, and Connolly por- formod, 18 not chargod upon Bhophoerd. -Ho in now propared to domand an inyestigation, nugl' s his oxtraordinary aummons of ‘Charled A. Dana to como here and bo triod boforo a tipataft, is said to have bpen designed to open' the way for it. But nono of tho lendors in ‘those improve- monts, nor thoir confidential frionds, aro not PROSPEROUS MEN 70-DAY, Iow far a public officor mn{ combine oppor- tunity and ontorpriro, dirocting tho publio ox- pondlture toward thoso .points which ho is also privatoly devoloping, seems to have booh sattled: n our dny differontly from tho delicato positions of formor officiala, - Tho Prosidont of tho United Btatos han mado the official codn what it is, and' tho age'sooms to have taken no offense, Mr. Bhoplicrd fa ot this ‘momont & Pottor Pnlmor or Cyrus McCormick on s proximato plano. 1o hag built in all parts of the city.and District, and domonstratod his confidenco in -the futuro of tho placo. Ho mny have, at this" momeiit; 88 many a8 1,600 ‘Louses undor the viats of. the Capitol, "Ho i litorally undiapited here, and no- orson in any Amorican city hag nriunl‘nnr.harfly. fton obliging and gonorous, heia also relont- less and rosontful, as i tho onso with young men gluttod with local dominfon. A fow “yesrs will find him a richor .man than Corcoran, the banker, whom ho haa put to challengo, and ovon to silonco,” This kind of suthority prolongod is | neithor soomly nor safo, and It is time fora' chango.” Congresa should. both presoribo the chango and name the successors, and not'loave tho Intter tauk to tho Prowident. A mild, hos- pliablo, kindly eway is moofal for thia'town, NO MORE ‘DARON TIAUSAMANN sbout it, And it s noticoablo that, whilo all the récont Stato Constitutional Conveations havo ‘mado the discussion ‘'of public men and questions no libol ot'lnw, the head of the Washington Board of Public Works wants - to punish- oditors whoso papors can, circulato hore ovor'so lituo‘ by dm‘;glng them across four Jommonywealtlis. This is Poutius Pilato como sgain,—tho renl old mili- tary governorship. Such an essny Gught to satisfy anybody that Mr, Bhophard doés 'not know the limitations of powor any more- than-of ‘money; This District is-filled with. citizons, writers and others, who comohoro on the errandd and for tho truo information of distant : constituonclos. | Whotiover n- local ovent, or ‘series .of ovents, . happens in this city which affects the Govern- mont tenanted liore, it becomos Natjonal- in_its consoquoncd. And the sigoa of the period show that it is nos wholly enfe or advisable for me: bera of Congross, who hold for short.and temp mr{ tormg, to reprosont both Washington'and their' coustituoncy ns housoholders.’ When eyory Sonator-aud Congrossman has - a”liouse of his own at Washington, the city had v BETTER DE RAZED TO THE GROUND . for Congress will be & permanont body. TFar bettor; would it bo for. the -Btaté ;Legisla- turcs to cstablish placos of residence horo, and. Lold thom for successive dalogations. : - (Theso rofloctions will probnglynmke tho Board of Public Works s Jacobinical, and culled from nmare's nest. It is perfoctly natural that Mr, Shdphord, who is a native'of tho place,” shonld wigh to sco it worthy of tho Nation and tho peer of other commorcial citios. The conditious on which ho secka to base this renaissancoare, how-- ovor, ‘entirely: anomalous .horo, - Othor cities havodovelopied thomsolves aud ' thieir. ornamen-" tation from industry aud.acenmulation, and havo thus o logical, solf-contained "life,”” The attompt Lero i8 to buy from Congross for cortain lots o perpotital intorost in tlio Fedoral Treasury, and to intorpose botwaen Congrees™-oxclusivo. Juis- diction and tho municipality 8 body of Regents who shallspeud the appropriations, ‘assoss tho taxos, and diroct the town's dovolopmont. If Targo sums of money ‘ar to bo spoutisi Washing- ton anuually, 4 LET IT MR SPCNT EQUITAILY and by the overumont's agents, and not at the docrod of loeal spoculators,. who run o raco with tho city, and build for thomselves suror than for it. Although muclk of. tho’ money spout hore 0 Iavishly iew ndded to the boauty aud "comfort of Washington, T havono bositation-in saying that it hua also corrupted tho atmosphore of the Cap- ital, mado “audacity respected, widened the way to the Tronsury, and_vulgarizod , Congreusional lifo. Livery momber's wifo wants &’ fino house, if bo has to stenl it. Tho fino house must needs bo thrown opon for oxamiuation, . Henco wine, promiscuous society, loud mannors, aud the loss of both purity and dignity. QAT - - - TRANSPORTATION- TO THE WEST. The Contincntal Railwaye-A Stutcs mont by Its Engineer, | From the New York Evening Poat, Sept, 2, - A numbor of porsons intorested in'the subject of cheap transportation 'betweon the Weat and tho soaboard - assembled this sftornoon in tho oflice of tho Coutinontal Railway Company, No. 20 Nasseu strect, to listen Lo a statement by Mr. Abbott, the onginecr of-the projecsed road.: - Mr. Abbott began by giviug statutics to show the aros and population of tho Westorn, the Mid- dle, and the Now England States. Tho- Middlo' Btntos - buroly supply thomsolvos with brond- stuffa from their own soil, and the New Eng- Iand Statos do not raiso moro than 10 per cont of what thoy requiro, . while tha Wostorn Btatos, with their 289,000,000 acres, form tho great bread and meat Era«luolug woros. On tho'l othor hiand, the West has but tow manuactures, and the quostion arises, How can tho Enat and ‘Went interchange their producis st s mutual profit ? - Wastorn farmers and Enstern merchants, said Mr. Abhott, are just boginning to discover that tho rolations botweon Enst and Woat are out of balauco ; but long before tha Grangors' movo- ment, &g far back as threo - yoara ago, the diffi- oulty nud tho romedy wore_spparont to tha pro- {nctum of the Continontal Railway, Tho exiat- ng railways and canals aro 80, far from properly connecting the two sections of the country that Now York can be enid to have really no railroad to tho West. : The oxisting lines were built graduslly from town to town for local purposes at the time being, and with no broad idea of joining tho great: Wostorn and Eastorn markets. the trunk lines now in existenco wora' after-thoughts, and were composed by ‘consolidating numerous dif- feront roads. As the natural consequence, all tho prosent rallrosda aro 8o winding as'to be unficted for tho purposes thoy are designed to gorvo. The projoctors of tho Continenta! Railway tako' tho ground that, whiloe New York has properly no railrond. worthy .of . the name, it is possiblo to bulld one, and save so much dis- tanco botwean this cily and the: West that tha products of that rpgion will be diverted from other chaunels and pourod into this market in inoxhnustiblo profusion. - Mr, Abbott eaid tliat thoy woero ready to exhibit maps, estlmates, and actual surveys which' would clearly prove that this line would savo 100 milea of 'distance Do twaen thia city and the ‘westorn boundary of Ponnsylvania. " In that spaco thore would be no grado oxceoding 90 foot to tho milo coming onst, or 40 feot to the milo going 'west, The diffor- once was Important, as the volume of froight {rom the West is muoh grentar thau that in the othor ilireption, owing to tha bulky charncter of grain and other products as compared with man- ufacturod goods, This question of grades, Mr. Abhott said, was worthy of the greatest consideration, as it way It also had $10,000,000 of loonl afd gurdntéod, and would obtain tho roat of the E guciqd’ onpital by tho enlo of its stocks aund onds, I'ho officors of tho Company niroady choson aro Edward Dorgo, Prosident; J. M, Coloman, .Beerotary.; aud the. followlug-nnmed Diroctors:. TEx-Gov. iglor ond T, W. Hughos, of Pennayl- Yania; Goorgoe Groono, of Tows; B. V. Bronson, of Titlnoin; . d, Dwiggins, of Indiaa; W. B: Nobloand 4. K. Tuchtol, of Oblo, - Tho Directora from .this Stato havo not yof ‘bean flnally selocted. Tho cost. of tho rond is estimated ab from 175,000,000 to £180,000,000. ; . IR P e ) . ANTHROPOPHAGIC. Tho Lintest Kenst of tho Cannibals of thd Marqucsns Isiands on Mumnn Flesh=«Ono of tho Islands Bombard« od by n Fronch Corvetto-=The Natives surreindor After Sevon Days! Reslets ance, and Seven Chicls nro Exccutons From the San Lrancisco Alta, Aug, 29, Tho schoonor Maggio Johnson, Oapt. Iodg~ kins, arrived yostorday from Tahitl, Tho schoon- er visitod the Marquosss® fslands, and on tho * 6th, 20th, and 80th of Juno, wns in Atusna Dy, in tho Island of Dominiquo, one of tho group. The Frouch corvetto Bruat was alao in tho port of Atuann, bolching forth shot aud shell on the land ; but moro ospecially into & valloy whoro tho natives had rotired as n rofuge from the angry messongors of doath. They could oat -ench other ; but they dréaded and rotreatod bo- fore tho thundering.of - the corvotte's yuns. . Wo aro indebted to Capt, Hodgkins for tho follow- ing particulars of tho causo and rosult of this bolligoront movemont of tho Bruat against tha Canuibals of the Islaud of Dominique. COapt. Hart, an -Amorican, has nlargo plantae tion ou tho Island of - Dominique; on which ha omploys Ohiuamen snd notivoes Lo raise cotton. Thero aro two or throo tribos of natives on the Island, who at this timo aro.on unfriondly rola- tiona with oach other. One wears the emblom of rdvenge, sweot and unadulterated. When n tribo proposea to go on’ the war-path, and have tHo livers and lights of thair fellow-countrymon for'food, tho mombors of aald tribe lot tha hair on one stde of the head grow long, and keop tha othor_sido closoly olipped, - Wlon. tho hair has growmi to_flghting loogth, war and. man-oatin oging.© Bhortly before’ tho visit of tho Pmncg corvotto, ono of tho tribes wore tho bhairin fighting, rovongeful, man-oating ‘fashion. Tha natives omployed by Capt. Hart wore not of that tribo, but it wos agninst them thot_this Bpirit of rovenge bad beeu nursed, aud war was to bomade, One of tho belligeront tribo, by an indiscrect hasto to “sntiato ‘bia appelite with .o ateak cut off n vigtim, Ernalpitntml the unoqual contost botween bis tribo and the Fronch., Ho visitod Capt. Hart's plantation, and' fook with him a hoavy hatcliet, which ho auked ouo of the Elnnmlon- hatida to sharpon. “He took tha atchet, reducod it to a keon edgo, and handed it bock to tho warlike cnnnibnl: ho Iattor saldy’ “In this ‘well done?" Tho former auswored, 1t is,” Bcarcoly Liad the last word boon spolon ‘when the cannibnl roised tho hatchot, whirled- it in the air, and, aiming a blow at him who sharp. ened it, struck him on tho neck and almost sove .orod his hoad from his body. Another stroke of - tho hatchot and the prostrate man was in condi~ tion to Lo, cookod. ‘His wifo was thon assnulted and mwurdered, snd the ocannibal buried his victims ‘“to- keep - for futura Juse.” After .tho lapao of two . or threo. dnys fho wily wavage Toturned, took up his. victims, carricd thom to & conveniont valloy, ronsted thom, and; asslsted by othors of histribo, dovoured them with rovengeful rolish. - Capt., Hart reportod tho matter to "tho Fronch officinla ‘on tho island, who immediately informed the of~ ficors of tho Govornmont at Tabiti. Tho corvetta Druat was at once dispatched to punish the na- tives for thig fresh outburst of caunibalim, It arrivod boforo tlio Maggio Johngon, aud for sov- oral days on incossant fire was kept up on tha ielaud.” The tribe flow firat to tho hills, suppos- ing they could not be reached thero, ‘mr‘thoy wore soou ,disabusod-of this idea, They abau- doued their favorito position and took to the val- loys; but Lere thoy woro no snfer, Shot and sholl followed them-everywhoro, and thoy wora flunlly.compolled to murzender, ' 1t is not known | —waé not whan the Maggio Johnson left—hoty mauy of the man-cators, if any, woro killed or wounded ; but' ad “wounded moans " kitled—be« causo if unablo'to protoct thomseivos, they ‘will cortainly. bo killed and dovoured—this: gonoral torm will answer for both, . P ‘Tho nntives woro released, after being noundly admonished that thoy must give up their man- ‘enting proclivitios, but seven chiofa wero takon ‘to Tabiti to bo hanged by tho nacks or dispatched in somo othor way. 'Tho Commnnder of tho cor= votto sid they would bo nxeuut_exl-ngou his are’ rival at Tahiti, and it is poseiblo { this tima their bodiea would bo'considercd desirable food Dy their ‘countrymon. Capt. ‘Hodgkins has no doubt but thoy were: exaecutod. The spirit of rovenge and.all immediato desira for war aro over just now, and the cannibal war- -xiors have cut off tho-long hair, which indicates enco. Tho offeet of the visit of the Bruat will Botali for o long time. It gives additional, it not absolute, socurity to foreignors, aud has un- nerved tho-cannibal natives, Tho Marquosas Telands belong to the Fronch, and this disposis tion to punish nntive treachery will protoct thosa who scttle on them, Thero are six prominent islands of tho group which are visited by merchant vessols. ‘Lhoy contain & total population of about 10,000. Tha emallor ones aro seldom visited, and but littla - ig known of thom. The nntives ars cannibaly, and, although thora are Catholic and Protostant wissions eatablishod on tho largor islands, thera aro but’ very few converts to Olristianity. Churches of both denominations are erected on tho Islands, which are woll attonded on Sundaya and all times of worship. Tho natives like tha igtian coromonios, which they eall himini, from'tho fact that thoy are so much made up of music, vocal and instrumental. They flock to Church, but as caunibals, and thoy are moro in« terosted, while in attondanco, in the Porlly pro- portions of tho priest or ministor, nnd in , discussing tho virtues of a steak cut from oither, ~than in Christion doctrinos. The Chief Misssionary of the Catholic Churcl, tho Dominie, a8 ho is called, iu n fat, portly, healthy man of sbout 60 sum- wors,.. Ho is'vory much. liked by tho uatives. Thoy flock to his church in largo numbers, thoy sing and pray, avd after sorvico they talk to the goud old'man, focl his arms and body, and pro- nounce him good to eat. They join in & genoral *\ Hula-hula "—n most immoral danco—after sorvico, and consult about capturing, killing, and dovouring tho fat Dominlo ag n kind of addenda to tho Olristian coromonios., It ia snid that this priest would bave afforded sweet and nnurmhlng food for tho cannibals; only that they aro afrai of tho, terriblo punighment which would be cor- tain to follow such an_act. DBut, when they talk doourd of the. oxcellent’ condition for killing of - tho” pries!,” ‘thelr thirst for human flesh ‘becomes HO desperate that it 'must ‘bo: satinted by one of thoir own people.- When o cannibal kills and dovours & caunibal, ha prosorves his hair, of which ho makes a nocklace, Thoy also wonr the hair of tholr victims around thoir waists and their ankles, Tho more ponderous thoso ornamonts, iho biggor the Injun." Thoy wear n vory small covering over the waist, callod tapa,—a aort of cloth mado from the bark of tho data treo. . In tho gottloments nonr tho ports, the natives conduct themsolvos ?uiufly; ut no white man 1 snfo suy distanop from Ehora or a sottlomont. Thoy decoy strangera to the woads, and murdor and dovour them. Thoir fonsting, gronnd is gen- orally undor tho spreading loaves of the banana, “They got drunk on’ orange-rum, or tho forment- ad Juleo of tho orange, danco around the ronsts ing' vietims, and sniff the smoke from tho crisped and burning bones with a docided rolish., Thoy are tatooed in the most grotesquo style, and a hand not tatood cannot touch the roasting buman flesh, Ounly a short timo befora tho visit of tho woll underatood anong engincers that no rail- rond could overcomo 20 feot of asconding rade in a mile without ite costing .tho equiva- ot of & milo of dead-lovel road. 'Tho Now York Contral was called & low-Jayel rond, but botwoeep Buftalo and Albany it consnines 11,200 foet in grades, The shippor who pays for ‘froight bo- tivaon thoso, two cition pays foy what in equiva- lont to 300 miles in grados, in addition to the 800 milos of tho line. ‘I'ho Continontal Railway would cross the Allo- hanios at o summit of but 1,440 foet above soa- ovel, which I8 far loss than ‘tho ‘height of any present liut The road is to'hava tho loast pos- sible dogreo of grado, aud tho slightost poasible curvature, boiug a'direot trunk . froight Iino from thia city with double track to Chicago, and thonco by singlo track to Council Blutfs. ~ An o rosult, there will'be 400 milos of it which will consuma Lut 700 foot more distanco than o potual air- lino, From this city to Chloago it will savo’ 128 milea over tho shorfest preseut route, and to Councll Diufle, 225 milos. _ A system of canaly could not sccomplish tho desived objeot, au the water {s locked up by ico at tho vory soason when tho Waestorn farmers mont desire to sovd their produots to wmarket, Mr, Abbott said that tho managerd of tharoad, aftor throo yoeors' labor, had obiained chartors and franchiges in overy Btato through which the road will pass in its whole length of 1,424 mjles. Fronchy corvetto, thirty natives were devourod at a grand barbecus, and the opinion-of for- efgnors who bave lived on tho fslands is, that tho nglivos ato as much cannibals to-dny as lhufl evor were, When hoy eannot got humnu floy thoy subslitute hogs ; but they call this moeat a vory poor substitute, indood. “Thoy aro cooked thus: A hole iy dug in the earih, and lined around with rod-hot stones, The hog 18 rolled up in bannua leaves, laid on the stones, covered with moro ‘bot roulkn, and, flnnléy, with oorth, Here it romains until covked, Capt. Hodgking sayi thoy cook well—man or hog, . 'hi0 women of tho fslands aro ns savage and ag fpr romoved from clvilization a4 their lordly canuibal mastors, by whom théy aro by turns rospoctod *and dnup[uml. Thoy aro oxcollont awimmors, from tho fact that, throngh some suporstitions notion, the mon will not allow thom to ga into their boats, T'loy will tow tham through wator if nogossary, but iuto a_bont they cannol go. Whon Capt, Hodging was In the port of Pow-Mow, anchared more than half ‘s mila from tha shoro, about sixty womon jumpad from tho land and swam to thoe schoonor, 'Thoy woar loss uovarlu§ than the man, but thoy aro spoken of a8 modost, and oven virtuous, ~ They swim from ouo ialand to another by tho assistanco of o board, on whioh thoy rost when futigyed. Somo of ‘thom are handsomo, with well-formed aud rogular fontures, whilo othors aro ropulsive in It would rosult in & saving of from 20 to, B’ per cent ovor tho oxistin ’{ral‘;ht oharges.” Tho Company alroady had 100 milos graded in Ohio oud Indiaus, aud bad 000 uilos of right of way apjioaranco. Japt, Hodgins prodiots a long torm of quie} for. the islands, snd protootion for tho whitg sottlore, of whom thoro aro only a fow, - ‘