Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 24, 1873, Page 1

- @The Chicann Dailp VOLUME 27. GIET CONCERT, Grandest Scheme Ever Known, Tourth Grand 6Tl Conet FOR THI; BENEFIT OF THR PfiBLIG LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY. 12,000 Cash Gifts, $1,500,000. wzso,ooé—_%or H50. neert authorizad by spoctal The Fourth fraed OIft i o o i (s brnofit of tho Publio Libras B e e i i Do th Public Library Hall, ab Toutw.ilie, Wednesday, December 3, 1873, Oulv sixty thoueand tokets will bo sold, Tho tickets aro nnlxlm‘l Into ton cuitpuny ot parte. O e Cutn ety winioh will b the grandost musical dis play evor wituassed in this countes, the unprocedented 31,500,000, Divided fnto 12,000 cash gits, will bo distributed by lob ‘amoug tho lickot-holdors, LIST OF GIFTS. ONE GRAND Ssi1 ! 250,000 ONE GIRAXD CASI J RO 100,000 ONE GRAND CAsil 50,00 ONE GRAND CASIT 25,000 ONE GRAND CASIE 17,600 10 Cusl Giftn, 810,000 100,000 30 Cusb Gifty, 5,000 ench..., 150,000 5O Cash Gittay 50,000 80 Causl 100 Cast 150 Cash 250 Cush 325 Cunlt 11,060 Cush 530,000 Total, 12,000 Giftss AL CASH. nmoenniing to. $1,0600,000 Tho dtsteibutien will bo positive, whother all the tickets ara suld or ot and the 12,10 gifts all paid in propartion 10 tho tickots buldl, PRICT, OF TICKETS, Whiolo Tickets, #:0,00; alror, £35,00; Tanthe, or each * ey 406 leven, Wholo fickete for B, S ettty S o, No discount of loea (han £40,00 worih of Tickotsata tima. e o ro1ds for snle. aLd il ordors sccompanted by o miaty plitly licds Liboral torma gison to oso who buj 16 sell »eain. 1108, E, BRAMIRTTE, . Xy, and Manaser Gift Concorl, r tnformaticn apply to . ATTS , Nl o Biosky carner Lasullo and Randolph- Criko otovator tor thid fioor,) TUE SHORTEST ROUTE T0 FORTUNE. $100,000 for only $2.50. THE LARGEST 1t RN TOT PUTEbER ‘I INVESTMENT. Agent Publ, 14 Pul A GRAND WILL BE UELD AT LEAVENWORTI, IXANSAS, Docoxier 3ist, 1873, FOR THE BENEFIT OF A JUVENILE REFORM SCHOOL. 4.0,000 Gifits, S450,000 in Prizes, Principal Prize,$100,000 t 1 palatial residonco of Simon e B Wiporin I perchla el fn tho United States, being only a fow blooks from tho Coutt- T, sareminded by magnificoat grounds, orohisrds, gardetm, and nineyards, Tho buildiog has boen only Focontiy complotuil with all modorn tmprovemonts, PRIZE LIST. e, Hend Estinte 150,125 13 Delzem thol Ratutes s yu!m;fi i :: : | 000 “w 5w “woo 86, L OUD Prizes = - - - S450, 40:0U0 PEIZEN bovo ronl ostata’ls guarantecd Joriect, The liloral terms of this eehieme brings it within tho xeheh of BH—1hn grearen. oppurtunity over alfered 1o the POOF man .0 rise (0 wealth, PRICE OF TICKETS. Singlo Tickets, $3.50; Bloven Tickots, £95.00; I (uy-sfx Tickets, $135.00: One Hondred and Fifteen Tickets, $250.00. o dxawing villhe iudo ader thosuperiatenenco of o o o'k oioinie B oEF i tho faithiul poriormanceof (o du- tlow assignes = ‘Tho llfi(”alt otticialaboth of City, County. and Stato hove nntouly {ndor-ed Mr, Abeles, 'but. alsa it eation "Fho dmand for tokots is unparileled, and all dosirl to partioipata in tho drawiog shiould at once form thelr elubs and sond in thelr orders. AGENTS WANTED In all States, Citfes, nnd Towna in the United Statea nud Canudna. £3=Muncy should bo seut by Rogistored Latter, P, O, Qrder, or Inxpross, with ‘tho full adress of tho purchiasor afn 2, af 11 tickats hns & chanco to win 11 ivoly corinin to win one, while ono per; 5 i on who purobass 3 package of 11 {s bound 1o_win 1wo prizea, "For furt hur informationand partioulars, send for clrou- lare to tho Mausgor and Propriator, and ‘addrons SIMON ABELES, Leavonworih, Kan., Or call at 161 Rast Madison-st.. Chilcaxo. ‘GENERAL NOTICES. TEE LADIES S JUNFS EPSCIPAL CHURCH WILL BERVE L UNCHES, From 118 to 34 o'clock exch day of tha preaent weslat 172 Mudisou: fotwaen LaShlloat, and Fiftheav. Tiokets No oxtras, T'ho la ask the patronage of our N oF asiles Yieitiog the.alty Suring Lho waoks EXPOSITION NOTICE, Orders for tho NOISELESS BRISTOL OLOTHES oS Favo. Somo ln vo rapidly thiat we caunot suoply T8 dimiend.""hive DaijEaee's thw iy, wnd all wil b iR o syt ¥ 'S South Watoe-st. FINANCIAL, Allen, Stephens & Co., DOMESTIC BANKERS, 25 PINE-ST., INEW TYOREK. Organtzed for tho bustnoss of out-of-tewn Dauks and Bankers exolusiraly, to whoss business & thorough asd unusus! attontion wil bo &l Do No stook businoss and do NOT a00opt spavulative scacunta. Four per cont lnterost on doposits, FOR SAL RAND TRUNK RALLWAY OF CANAD. STEAMER FOR SALE, The Grand Trank Rallway Company will be praparad fo yecoiye offors [:7 tha purciane of the Bteamer ** Intorna. Houal, " now plying botwoen Fort Erio and Liaflalo, Hhio 18 s wooden paddlo steamer, and b dosis” Wit o roady for ol the ** Intornativnal Bridge," durin) Bor noxt, Offers for thiy ateatner (0 bo deliverod in ot Frio) will bo reonived hr tho “"dnmli“d' YDGES, Mausging Diractor. Mantroal, A DISSOLUTION NOTICE, DISSOLUTION. The coparinership of Orankhite, Mavar & o., has been dtswolv.d by murnai canvant. Al llabiis fas and olaims dug sal.l Hem will by by us, Fho Lusingrs will bo cuntinued by our suce Mareys, Ric! & Mavur, ary and Tilinds otz il J1. ORONKIITE, M AVOTR, I WILENBY, PROFOSALS, T0 CONTRACTORS. osals wanted for macadamizing ot cinduriog Twen~ e Fom. AvMIAn -, (o (ontrerav.s OF foF Ma< st ald piace, cornor Ki Qhioreo, Oot. 91, 1878, ety hogari dulivorad, of at tho quarsy’; work t be dody ! 7 p, P. DERICKAON & SONS, Caraer aud Twaaty-sccond-a BLANKETS. BLANKETS! Al ELECANT ASSORTIIENT NOW OPEN 104, 114, 104 o 144 $350 0 $25 A PAIR. SIMPSON, NORWELL & CO. 9 and 81 STATE-ST., Dot, Randolph and Washington, INSURANCE. ESTABLISHED 1866, ISTrance Ags (FIRE AND IMARINE) DAN. 1. BOWMAR, 171 LA SALLE-ST,, CHICAGO. Tnsurance on Warehouses, Mer- chandise, etc. Insurance on Dwellings and Contents MUSICAL. W.W. KIMBALL, Cor. State and Adams-sts., Tl offer for salo, on WWEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, and every day thoroafter antil sold, tho following sccond-hand I Si¥amante, in sddition to Ia Tirge stock of HALLKT, DAVISKEO0.S Planos and BMITIL'S Amorican Orgaaat 200, Fiali iaiaton, 8100, Genctnve Dubois, $100. % 1 Stein 'y B oW ' -l | Orzuns 5. Jive Orgun, anltable for & 1 Danoy & Tawmiin Orgun, 2 Bauks of Kova, cont 83203 neurly new, %250, W.W.KIMBALL, 206, 207 & 200 Stato-st. PAPER HANGINGS, &o. HILGER, JENKINS & FAXON, 107 STATE-ST. PAPER HANGINGS, BEDDING, WINDOW SHADES. PRINTERS, STATIONERS, &, "R LATI-:S‘;‘N NOVELTIES Portmonmaies & Pockethooks, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, AT CULVER, PAGE, HOYNE & CO0.S, 118 & 120 Monroc-st. J. M. W. JONES, WHOLRSALRE AND RETAIL R STATIONER AND PRINT Office Outfits and Railroad Wark SPECIALTIES, 104 AND 106 MADISON-8T. HUSKING GLOVES. MERCHANTS! NOW I8 TIE TIMI TO BELL Tiall's Patent Husking. Gloves, [ALL'S HUSKING GLOVE CO., 145 Bouth Citoton.at. LOTTERY, $300,000. " Onpital Prize, $50,000. Missouri State Lottery. Girand Elnglo Numbor Schowmo. Dravs thiolnst dayof eyery month. 8,630 Prizos, amonnt- U0 Whieo tckots, 8107 1aivor, 58, Haud ur I b SO U URIAY, BILLEI & 0., fox' 3645, it Taoois. Mo Addross WANTED. STTGATION WANTED, By o firat-olass bool-keoper andshrowd bus. iness man., Reforonoos unexcepuionable, Addross T J M, Tribune ofiice. A SOPRANO SINGER “Would like to make engagemont in & Bouth Bide Ohoir for the coming year. a8 8 78, Tribune ofiico, COAL. - Wilkes-Barre COA T, “From Our Own Mines,” TINEST QUALITY o HARD COAL. Delivered in City $10 per ton, any size, In Yards $9 per ton, any size, WELL SCREENED AND PREE FRON SLATE Also, Lohigh Tump, Blossburg, Briar Hill, Modway, Hocking Valley, ond Wilmington Cosal. A Liberal Discount made on Country Ordors. BLAKE, WHITEHOUSE & €0, 19 Chamber of Commerce. ~Indlana-st, Bridge, Twenly-second-t. Brilge. COAL. COAL. F. H. SHEPHERD, 108 & 110 Dearborn-st., DEALKR IN HARD AND SOFT COAL, OF ALL DESORIPTIONS. The Best Indiana Block Coal IN THE MARKET. Retail Price, $7.50 per ton, delivered, Libersl reductinns made on carload lots and for_stexm. REAL ESTATE. RICH FARMING LANDS! FOR SALE VERY CHHEAP! THE BEST INVESTMENT! No Fluotuntions! Always Improving in Value! The wealth of the country s made by tho advanco Jn_ Real Es- " NOW IS TELE TIME. ‘Milliona of acras of tho finest Iands ou tho Continont, fn Fastarn Nobraska, now for salo—mnny of them nover. fore in market—at pricos that DEFY QOMPETITION. Five and Ten Years’ Credit Given, with Interest at 6 percent. The Land Grant Bonds of the Company taken at par for Iands. “They can now bio purchnsed ata largo dircount, £27° Tull particulars givon, now Ouido with new Maps mailod free by addru=sing 0. I, D. Land Gommiss! Reo Omatia, Nob, CHEAP LOTS TFOR BALE BY W. J. OINAETATI, 112 & 114 DEARBORN-ST. 3 Lota on Bluo Island-av., between Six- teonth and Eighteonth-ats. 40 Lots on Evans, Pauling, and Wood-sts., near Ashland-av., on onsy torms of payment, 54 dosirable Lota noar Humboldt Park. 25 ohoico Liots in South Shore Subdivision, Hyde Park, Porfoct title to all, Abstracts furnishoed to urchasor: BANKING, Aam Smih & oo, Bankers and Bullion Dealers, Corner State and Washington-sts, FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING. Accounts solicited. Intorost Paid on Daily Balances. gilver Coin furnished our Deposit- ors at par. POLITICAL., HON. S. M. MOORE. DraB Sin: Rocognizing your eminent fitnoss for the Benoh from & loag aud meccasful praotic at tho Bar, and s vorvias of six yers ss Judgo, and having confidorice in Sour utegrlly, finnness, and courtory, wo ask your cun- to becorio nn Iadépondent candidate to fill the va- 67 in tha Bupsrior Coart of this olty, with tho distinat Sindcrstanaiug that you will o supporiéd froe of any par- Datoror, v 8 1§ V) Ghrtor IL. lll{r‘mu. Chias, Gardnor, Guu. ©, Curlsilan, A, 11, Tawronco, D. M. Hiillls, I, 8. M t, th, J. D, Wallace, . L, Ensig) l‘l)Vllk D.lr;:u e lirol Barahatt firos, & Spindlor, J. L, Fulton, Frank Compton, K, 0. Wilsai M. Durko, ¥rancia A, Hoffman, Jr, J. P, White, ALDERMAN EIGHTEENTH WARD MR, DAVID MURPIY: Bit: We, the undorsigned cltizon Eighioonth Ward, most rospectiully ask you 1o hecoms catdidats for tho oficeof Aldarmn; d Ward, Kn fok Jout fntorost and busiaess abilitios, we can placs all cathdonce in you sa 4 reprasoniativs, ol woald re- Spootfully reqtiast you o becomo a crndiila T G A Gou, Olias, T, Willetts, Paker T, Ma 'Furlaig, O, lioliand, Chr, Bottrap, 1L, West, Olark & Ratlon, ¥, Phelan, N, 2'H; Ball & Co., Honry Sevls, 'S, Biatiord, \ohn Philbin, Andru Gundersen, T, Jeru ‘Sohn Bilier, William mith, Michael Col- h WWelah, James Warten, d taxpayers of the , Jio X , B, s Fred Kliuh . Gut; ol R Chn }Z:'l‘l'nyn Jee Klians Got. Kuoblostoll, James Oarroll, Thomas . Tobiu, Johis Muilics, NINTH WARD ALDERMAN. THOMAB F, BAILEY, KAQ. ‘Wa, the understgned oltizens of th Ol 6t Onloagy, iaviog full confidence In your and integrity, respoctfully roquost you ta aliaw the your nams as'n candidate for the ofiico of Aldermisn of B 'ard at the ensuing ulsction, to be held in Novem: Ninth Ward of th oute in yon ”{lm;‘ of hor, 187 Jamaes Colltas, Qeo, B. Konyon, Domproy & Honn 37 kohoy Bl Gl W ke i oy 1L, Buaol i nd 40 otiors. ! OCTOBEIL 23, 1873, Ats targs and outhsisalo wnoting uf the olitzons of tio Flghth Ward, o Gornat of Asbiand Avctiio old and Gonlidge streur, for tho 10 4ill tho nitice of Aldonnan, Havs unauimously nominatud 1 PATIIOK FRANZ RANICEN] sppuintinnt of 8 caudidats tho Pouplu's natty, wo C, MohiONALD, ATULL, Proddent, (3, Heoretars, e e et o AAAAARASAAR Y nnmmrnnnnnmanns VU INTIRE. FRESOITT. ROYAL VIOTORIA HOTEL, N N. P, Babsias, opens for tho wintor sseson 0 ot adivess d- LIDGRIWOUD, I X, 678 lroadway, Agoat, 618 Beoadwar, 8 ¥y 5 powpin, Propristor, AR LT P LY. MEETINGS. Masonic. d, 3 A F, &AM, Iar Come et T s Sl a1 .,-.;E:{“«., o B B (A1) R ofk o e Hecon ) ordor of the £ ICAGO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 187 FINANCIAL. Another Quiet Day on the Stock Ex- change. Meeting of Bank Presidents of New York An Explanation Mado of ho Presi- dent’s Financial Tropo- sitions. e Promised io Draw on the Legal-Tender Reserve if Necessarys But Did Not Promise to Buy Exchange. The President Contradiots the Cur- rent Reports, The Clearing-House Looks upon the Whole Matter as a Farces Clews, Habicht & Co. to Go into Voluntary Liguidation. More Encouraging Reports from the New England IManufacturers. NEW YORK, TIR DANE PRESIDENTS IN CONAULTATION, NEW Yonk, Oct. 23,—At tho meeting of Bauk Prests denta to-day, to consider President Grants communi- cation, Mr, Willlsms mads sn explanatory specch, from which it apocars that ho was prossod to write o Ietter to Prosidont Grant, to the effect that there was great suflering in the monufacturing districts of Now Eugland for want of legal-tenaers; ond also that as- slstance wea wanted from the Government, This ‘preasure was chiefly from parties intoroated in mills in Rhode Taland, in some of which tho oporatives aro working on half time and othors which aro_cntirely closed, Mr. Anthony carried this lottor of Mr, Will- fsms to Washington and hod AN INTERVIEW WITH TITE PRESIDINT, and received sssurance that tho Government would fasue from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 per weok from tho $44,000,000 Teserve, if necessory. The Prosident wes urged to buy exchange, but refused. X This whole affair has heen mognified boyond proper ‘bounds, and tho Clearing Houso to-day viows it 0 & grand farce, The following resolutions woro then adopted : Resolved, ‘That thie mersago of the Preaident of the United Staten fo tho banks of New York bo respect- fully and geatefully sckuowledged: aud wo cordially Teetprocate lis kiud wiehes and will act in tho spirit which he recommends, THesolvea, Thiot from snd aftor the 1st of November next, the squalization of legal tenders by the bauks of this hesociation be diecontinued. 'A proposition to use Natlenal bank currency notos 1u'tho Cloaring-Tfouse rettiements wae rejocted, ANOTIER. VERHION, President Grout_suthorizes the positive denial of Raving writton to br, Williams, or aiy ono elae, a let— tor cobtuining such o statomont a8 has beon made pub- o, Wasnmvazoy, Oct, 93.—The Preoident recetvod to- dny o large numbor of viritors, 1o was asked sbout ina contents of Lis rocent loiter to Mr, Williame, tho Now York Bank Preeident, and said {uat ho therein Topested bln former romark, namely, that, i addition fo'what had already been ‘Jone Ly the Government, tha only way of rolief was for the Goverument to buy exchianito, bt exclango could not now be bought, &% {ho Goveroment had no_use for it, linving aiready ‘purchnsed enough on London for the Nnvy aud State Departments to answer present purposcs, Thera ia no. intention, ho further remarlied, to draw on the $44,000,000 rewerve, except to meot’ tho curroat oz~ Jensea'of the Government. Tho monoy will be used for no othier purpore. LAKY. SHONE BONDS, Tn regard to tio $3,350,000 Lake Bhors bonda belong- ing to tho Unlon ‘Trust Company, charged by the morning popers sa having beeu tranforred {roni that Qompnny to G, 8, Grinnell & Co, without proper ac~ counting, the latter firm sy the Lake Blioro bonds in Tossession of the firm were transferred to them by tho Uhton Trust Cowmpany lst spring in the reqular courso of busiucss, by authority of tho Lake Bhore Company. . B, Wealuy, Receiver of tlie Union Trust Gompany, made the samo statement, Tho bonds wero transferred _to Grinnell & Co, by authority of tho Troasuror of the Lake 8hore Ruilrond, nud the Union Trust Company lad tho proper receipts, Tho Trust Company did not owo the 'Lake Shore Company ona shilling, and the latter institution had rafsed no nuen- tion whatever in regard_to ite ability for $1,750,000, The transfor of the bonds standing in the uamo of Grinnell & Qo, was atopped a fow daze ago by tho order of the Lako Shoro Company, but Lie was ot aware of the reason for ths proceeding, Inregard to_ ollier reporis concerning the Trus Compaty, Mr. Wealoy said that he did not know whore Garloton wan, und that Commodore Venderbilt had promised to socuro tho loan to tho Lake Blore lail- road, CURRENOY PAYMENTS, Nrw Yonr, Oct, 23,—Tho Limes aaya: * The ques= {ion of general cutrency paymenta in greenbacks and Notfona] Dunk notes {s ubout to solve itsclf, Most of tlio banks aro paying on all demands, whon preferred 100 b certifeation of checks, and the difforcnce agoluat the checks of other bauks that, from their Josition, decline o pay out large ~sums of currency is ouly Ji@% per cent in. ex- Change ® for geeenbacks ¢ Nationat Dank notes, Bomo Nrut-clusn buuks aro not ouly holping thelz nelghbors to greenbacks and Aending currency to thoir country correspondents, but they aro paylng ilicir {Jobis or alances at the Glearing-1ouse iu gresnbacks, in place o rellef certificon, Tho practicsl condition of the guestion {a in favor of a voluntary und genersl Tesumption of curroncy payments, In a very fow duys, o buttk that hopes to rotain ita old nccaunts on Bintus, or expocts to acquire new accounts of » desra— Dle charcter, in city or country, will deem it prudent {0 hiave it known {hat it {n ohiud its neighbors, and a8 1g thie sealing and pooling process, the public wiil lose allinterest 1 i, if & mnjority of the prudontiy-mau- aged banks ave ‘content_ to tolerato fta inlquitica after Tosumption in greoubacks at the countora of the bunks in mado general or univeraai,” XXPELLED, Fdward Holght, Jr., who rcpresents Maight & Co. in the Block Exchange, was expellod to-day for the assigned resson that tho eonior member of the firm Jind averarawn hia account with the Bank of the Com-~ monwealth $400,000, and only returned u part, causing tho cloaing of the bank, oLEws, mADIONT & 00, At a meoting of lie credilors of that houss, held fn Loudon o-day, it was voted unanimousiy fo_ allow Glows, Tablel! & Co. to liquidte thlr o afialr, and to take no action under the Bankruptcy law, This Teault was cablod hore this aflernoca, g tunddan BOSTON. Epecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tylbums. Doszox, Oct., 2.~Though many of the Now En ghnd manufacturing establishmenta havo shut down directly or indirectly, on account of the monetary, stringency, all are not affested, and thore are repoiis of quite an oucouraging ordor {n elrculation, ss woll many of o gloomy look, THE AMERIOAN WATOR GOMIANT, at Whalthom, having boen run upon throc-quartor time during October, now reports that it will bo put glmn full timo on the 1st of November, with a force ‘about €00 hauds, Tha Tate of wages, howovor, sk boen reduced 13 per ecut, £y THR MITLY at Olifcopes Falls, which, §t was reported, Liad stopped forty tooms on night work, and jropcicd to sispend nights_entircly, aro, on the' contrauy, runniug o fall thne and fu the'usual way, Aguinst thoso cheerlng reportn s placed tha 6u- nauncement that tho Atintic Mills at Lawrence sud- denly shut down to-ulght for the remsindor of the ool ud whl run bt Sour " days u weel for the prot- ent i N CONOENT AMONG MILL-OWNENS, ‘The decluration that (hero fs o concortod moves ment_smong Now Lugland muanufacturces for closlg tho mille} bot from any necceuity uriuing out of thio scareily Of money aud the stata of busincss, but o {he protest that thera ju not currency onoughi to pay agin, and that Congreas insy by luduced lo seasised of Indstion, does not seow lobe wull mustaiued by facts, The'action of tlie Fall River mill-owners s doprecaled by operators genorully, aud every effort ap- pears to be mmul; to_keep the mills going, The rhuitng down of tho Manchoator mills 15 slinply oo sceount of thio high waler accasjoned by the tocent lieavy storm, and it 18 thought tiat they will bo Tun- ning on full lime agaln by tho firet of next woek, — WASHINGTON, (2o the dssociated Trem] 1EGAL TRNDERS, WasnmaToN, Och, 23,—Outstanding legal tonders, $360,453,888, usToMK nEGEIPTS e e e s Aaiuhin, $15L,170; Dostosy S0Lhe or) 30,7435 Ililladeiphis, 170; Doston, $311,- 2003 Siattutoro, so1,680, o lel DUBUQUE, Dunuqur, Oct, 23.—Business af all kinds s dwl and innctive, The freight traillo on the rivar I8 reduced to & small ¥olume—not cnough to pny {he expenee of Tunning packets, which aro accllng wiiler quarlers thun enrly in th cason, Manufacturera nre running on reduced time, and will shorfen up more, or stop altogetier, Lumber ahares §n the dopresalon, A flect of Olilppowa aold to- (lnykn! $13,00, & decline of $1.60 por thousand {n four wooks, el REDUCTION OF SALARIES, Spectal Diryuteh to The Chicayn Tribume, BurraLo, N. Y., Oct, 23,—On the 20tk of (his month tho sularies'snd wiges in tho offices of the New York Contral aud Lako Shiore Iajlroads woro cut down 10 Jercont. Wo understand the wame arrangement will ho put futo effect throughout tho country whero snid roada extond, Finunclal {ightuess the causo, ————— ABROAD. T.onnox, Oct, 24— a, m,—A meeting of the crodit- ors of Ulo's, Jabicht & Go, wno held yestorday, It wa atated by the fivm that fhero win no doubt of ita ability to pay il demands {n full in a short time, A Tesolution was passed In favor of aottlements by Tlquidation. A committeo of threo was appofuted by Ahe creditors to nttead to their intereats, WASHINGTON. A Controversy Between Secre- taries Richardson and Fish, The Forty-third Congress---Specula~ tions as to the Commiltcess Position of the Treasury Department en the Canal Bond Question. Interesting Statistios Concerning the Lotter-Carrier System. Special Dispateh o The Chicago Tribune. RIOHATDSON V8, ZI8it, ‘WaiGTON, Oct, 23,~Tho mutter of contention be- twveen the Secrotary of Btate and tho Sccretary of tho Treasury, which was reprosonted at one timo to have causcd a little unplcasaniness botween those membors of the Cabiuet, a short time ogo, was referred to tho Attorney-General for advice, or opinion, or both, The Iatter returned a written anmwor conveying his con- struction of the laws governing in the cases submite ted ; and theroupon Secretary Richardson acquiesced, and dirccted tho Issusnco of & clroular to all Treasury ofiicinls having official business corre- spondenco with United States Consuls sbroad, inatritct- ing them to forward all correspondonce, elc., to tho Beeretary of {he Treasury, in order that, as Mr. Fish contended, tho same sball pass through and bo ex- amined snd sent nbroad by tho Btato Department, 'his ndds conslderablo to the alremiy unnecessary great red-tapo business of tho two departments, to say nothiug of the delay in corresponding, though it s deemed of great importance in properly kecping accounts betweon tho Consuls and tho Treasury and State Dopartments, THE KEXT HOUSE. As to who will be Speaker of the next Iouso of Tepresentatives, who will be Chalrmon of the prin. cipal committees, what will bo the comnplexion of the committees, will thoso re-clected mombera who wero connected with the Credit Mobilior scandal bo made to tult back mseats, Wil ilo salery- grab section of the Appropriation bill be repealed, fna Mk subjccts, there aro as wany thoories advanced by prominent men aud members of Con- gress z6 thers are men who entortain decided opinions, ond who buve been heard from in relatiou to theso ‘matters, Itscems to be geuerally couceded that no combUination or sct of combinotions that ave lkely to De gotten up wi defeat tho election of Mr. Blaino for Bpeukior § biit,ua to tho Credit Sobilier meu und thetr chamces = to ngain obisin fmportant cliair- munrshlr!, there is _ great doubt in the ‘minds of nearly avcn‘hud{‘. Qen. Buller {a_roported as bay- {ng denied the truth of the published etatement that o is trying to get Republican mombers of the next Houso to hiold & coucus and declare against glving places on the leading committees to any members inm- plicated §n the Credit Mobilier transactions, Nover- Theloss, nelther ho nor anybody clso who knows any- thiug about it, denies that siuch opposition will be ‘made in caucus, snd o strong effort mado to carry it, A prominent Congressman recently remarked “that candidtes for the Speakerahip would be glad if_some such decislon by the caucus could be adopted, &0 a8 to Tellevo whoever 18 elected Bpeaker of the trouble ho would naturally enconnter, i ho wero Jeft to decida for himaelf, and poseibly have. to dlseriminate against the class of members alluded to, { I the Awsociated Press.} COUNT-MARTIAL SENTENOE, Wastmioroy, Ocf Thio Aentence of the court— martial n the csse of Surgeon of Marines Duval, United States Navy, who was tried ot Annapolis for shooting and wonnding two marines gnitiering straw- ‘berrien in one of the enclosures of (he Nuval Academy, 1s that he be ruspended from rank and duty for three years, Tho Presidont bas modificd the sentence to wo years’ surpension, ‘Jumes M, Walker ks beon appointed Tniernal Reves nue Storekeeper for the Fifth Kentucky District, and A S Connaiy Gatger for tho Twelfth Ohio Distrlet. E LEFTER-CALNIEN BYSTES. A statomont of the operations of the letter-carrier or freo-delivery system for tho year ending Juno 30, 1873, han beon prepaved, and ehows hat tho aggregato pumber of 'plecca hondled by carriors wus 476,015,673, and_the sggregats cost of Bervice, in- cluding ol incldentals, was $1,432,495, ot an averago cot of delivery of 8 8-10 mills per piece, tho loweat av- erage being in ‘Chicago, 24-10 mills, The scrvico hus Teagly reachied thio position in which s oxpenses will ‘e puid by local postages with which it is credited, As mmpnm{wnn o precediug fiscal year, there wero 13,860,059 more ‘mail letters, 6,316,160 more local lot~ {otn, Aud 6,763,207 more mewspapers dolivered, aud there were 21,048,878 moro letters collocted than dur- ing tho provious Sear, at an increasad cost of servico of 26-10 per cent, while tho receipts on locul postuge {ncreased 233 per ceut, Sluce the firat doy of lnst Ty, tho froo-delivory system han beon catabifshed in thirty-fivo additional cities, and will be extended to all cities baving s population of 20,000 or upwards, T CANAL-UOAT TONNAGE TAX QUESTION. For some yesrs pust It ha been the practice of the Treasury Department to collect, under the act of Con- atounuge und n lcense tax npon canal-bouts when entering the wators of alake, river, bay, or iulet, Tioats upon tho Erlo Ganal were tax-free, but Wheuevor one entored (he Hudson River it was subjeet to licensa andd tonnage tax thio same as steam or pailing vessels, and 80 with the boats on other cunnls, Somo thoussnds of canul-boats havo boen thus taxed for several years, without the owners making auy lnrulh'y ns to the au- Hlosity b Inw for it Somo months bince, Lowover sevoral boat-owners in Pennuylvanis, Now Jersoy, and Maryinud refused to pay tho fax, oud, biiuging their cases beforo the Unitod States District Qourts, in tho e e tioned, 1t ws decided that the ‘Lrousury Dopartment had NO RIGHT TO COLLECT TRF TAX. The Treanury Department then sought to appeal to tha United Blal Givouit Gourt, but fatled, s nono of them amounted to $50, The attornoys for tho boat- owners claimed that the declsion of tho United Btates Diteict Court was finnl and ehionld govern the doparl- ment, but the Treusury oficiuls thought othoriwise, continued to collect tho tax, and sefzed soverul Loats for refuealio pay, whereupon b “ Philadelphis Jaw- er " wroto & letter to tlo Tresident, demanding the inpenchiuont of tho flm‘rnlnri‘ of the Treasury for not sbiing by the declaions of o United States Conrta, Beeretary Itchardson ‘hnd merely followed in the tracks of his predecessors, and hiad no thoughts of disregar 9z the deciwions of . court when o cave should Leve Leen docided by tho highest tribunel, o haw there- foro ordercd thio District Attornoy to 'OAIRNY A OASE TO TilE BUNIEME OOURT, and will bo govornel by tho ‘uelsion of that tribunal, Meanwhilo o has ordered tho yeleuso of the canale Doate selzed, and will merely filo cases of refusal to Day with this Dintrict Attariioy, Somo of {lie largo coul compunles own severul hundred L‘unul-hunh!lu Shors Wil ‘g mo dimculty in nding w cure tnvolvlig $50 10 go to the Circult Quinit, oF $2,000 in order to ap yenl to the Buyreme Court of the Unitea States, It in probable thut the Secretury of (he Treasury will urge Cungress o abolisa the tax, YELLOW FEVZR. A Slight Bailing oit in_Nortality in pis==Thoe Bivenss Llsuwheross Ald Golng Forward, Muatwinss, ‘Tenn,, Oct, 33—-Noon,—A cold rain fs fall- Jug, with & lower temperaturo, ~The mortuary repory shiowa deaths by yellow fover, 1 ; other cuuses, 5, Dr, Blount is still alnking, PRONINENT YIOTIME, Deaths to-dsy : Dr, 3, J, Williams, suthor of #IIy- perdermio Treatment fn Cholera Successful,” also NUMBER 64 smany learned modical troatincs, and Mra, Ethol Porlor, wifo of Col, Ethel Porter, prominent in railroad cir- cles, TIR SOATOITY OF FUNDA with tho Maward Association compelled & roduction of the pay to nurecs to$9, Threo hundrod and iwenty. five in tholr employ atruck for $5, and the Assaclation 4u compellod to pny §5. Prosidont Langataff liss sent {0 Now Orloaus foF MOFo nuTACA, OTTON DONATIONS, Turo bales of coltan Live beon dunated to the How- arda—ono by the Ion, Robert McKenua and ono by tha citizens of Iclens, Ak, _Ono was shipped by ex- prosn o Norlon, Blnitor & Co, Now York, aud the Gler o Spraub, Soule & Oo,, Hortou, ‘MONTUARY HEFONT. Meapaa, Qct, 2)—10 p, m—Tho ‘weather 1a cloar and cold, Tlie mortuary report makes the following Wowlng : Yellow fover, 21 athar causon, 83 total, 297 docrents of yellow fovor deaths, 0, ANOTIIKIL APPRAT Thio Oldet of Polico appenla to thio Ohlofs of atlier clifes foraid, Of tho sixty men on the Memphis Jolico force, elght ave died of fover, and Aftoen aro Now down, Tho 010 Fellows have fsmiied o cirenlar, aud aay thy neod no moro help from thuir brothren clrowhicre, DYATHE AT SHRARYEPORT, Sunvaront, Oct, 23.—Telographers ail well, In- terments to-duy ¢ P. L. Kirkpatrick, colored, 453 A, . Wilkinwon, 36 3 Jnck loliarn, colored, 3 1h, Taim, 38: T Dooms, 573 Iarey Deloach, 143 Androw J. Lewls, colored, 3 3 Oharles McLean, 34, AT COLUMDUR, TEXAS, New OnuEann, Oct, 23,—A Howston, Tex., dispsteh reporta two doath at Columbus aince Hunday, JMONTAOMELLT, ALAs Moxzaoxrny, Ala, Oct, 91,—$ix yollow fover caths In the past forty-sight hours, GABE IN DROOKLIN, X, Y. Nex Yonr, Oct. 83,— A Mra, Bteln, recantly arrived from Grorgin, I sick with' tho yellow fever in Brook- Iyn. Dr, Walt, the Health Oficr, has taken all proper ‘moasures in tho cae, THE AID MOVEMENT. Spoeial Disputch to The Chicago Tribune, Fonr WaArxe, Obt. 9. —Mayor Zolliuger hins called a ‘meoting ot thio Court-Iloiteo, for Saturilay ovening, o tuko setfon in rogard o rellef for cities fn tho Sout suffering from yellow fover, “Special Dispateh to The Chieago Tribune. DunuQUF, To., Obt. Zu-dayor Feaseleo hns Insvied & eall for n ‘moeting, to be bold to-morrow night, to Tafno sid for Momph TiosToN, Oct, 20.—A publlo meeting hu been called at tho Nofchauta’ Bxchango, to-mortaw, fn aid of tho yellow fever sufferern of Memphis and Shreveport, "ALnANY, Oct, #3.~Muyor Teacher. has lssued an appoul to itizens to contributo material ald for the sullerers from yellow fever in tho South, 'New Yonr, Oct, 23,—Tlio Journcymcn Tallors' So- cloty hos forwardod $300 to Momphis, NimuviLLE, Oct, 23.—Tho proceeds of the prom- enndo concert and hop Inat night, for tho beneit of omphis, amounted to §1,600, “Tho membera of the Grant Lodge 1. 0, 0, ¥, contributed $300 to-dny for tho Momphis sufferer, ToutsviLry, Oct. 20,—Tho subscriptions of Louin- villa for Motaphia and Shroveport sufforers rench 422,000, bosides a largo numbar of private remittances ot roported, Trivato lotiorn to-lay dopict greatand urgent necd for food, and shipments have already commenced to moct the demand, A baloof cotton will bo sold to- ‘morrow on 'Obigo to aid tho sufferers. bt o] CANADA. Reassembling of the Dominion Parliament. Important Addréss of the Governor- General, The Measures to Come Before Parliament. Probable Exculpation of the Government in the Canadian Pacific Scandal. Riel Hiding in Manitoba. Special Dispatchto The Chicago Tribune, OrrAwa, Oct, 23.—At3 o'clock this aftornoon the Governor-Geuoral proceeded in state {o tho Senate— Chambior, aud, swmmontus Sonators and members, His Excollency opencd the second Canadian Parlis- ment, The Ministerial progromme, as foresbadowed 4n his speech, is very vague, The specch alludes to the fact that Parlisment was summoned ot the earlicat ‘moment after 1he receipt of tho Royal Commissioner's report on tho Pacific Rallway Inqniry, snd that the cevidence obtained under the Commission has haa His Excellency’s careful considerntion, with roference to its disposal, The epeoch roys ; ** The roport will be laid ‘befors Parlfament, and it "will bo for you then to do- termino whether it can Lo of auy assistance to you,” Tho LIl of fare submitied consisted of a DIl for consolidating laws in force fn soveral provinces re- lating to parlismentury repreaentation 0 reconsld- cration of tho Pacific Railway project, owing to the Tafluro of the Pacific Tnflway in makitg the financial arrangement necessary for the constriction of (hut great nndertaking 3 o bill providing for Sncreased rep- fesentation in Forliament and o the Breentive Do- pariment ; o bill for tho ostablishment of u Dominon Board of Agriculture, and s Lill relating to the lusoly- oncy Juwa. Ti is cousidored that the Government aro backing down, 08 thiey concedo wht the apposition_demanded in aliowing Tarliament ta Investigato the Pacitio Rafl- way muttor, The measuto for increascd ropresenta- tloit fn the ITouso and fn tho Goverament, is looked upon &8 a Lid for support, With a Larllamentry com- mittes to continue the Paciflo luvestiation, oxposures ‘moat damaging will he made. To the dssacinted I'reas,] Orrawa, Oct, 23,—Tho Governor-Geieral, at 8 o'clock to-tlay, proceeded In state to thy Senute Ghamber, and, tho members of the Touso being prescat, opencd tho sccond aceslon of tho Sccond Jurlisment of tho Do- miufon of Canada, Inthe speech from the throne, tho Ggvermor-Gonoral sald 3 in_accordance with the Intimation given by me at tioklace of the Jam acenlom, T havo cataed Pertlomont 10 bo summoned at the enrilest moment after the ro- celpt of the report of the Commissionors appointod by mo to fnquiro Into cortain malters connected with tho OANADIAN PAGIFIO BAILWAT. ‘Tho evidence obtained under tho Commission deservea careful considerntion, Tho report will be lafd bofora Parlisment, aud It will bo for sou then to determine ‘whethierit tan b of any assistance to you, The Cana~ disn Paciic Raflway Company, to whiom 5 royal char- ter was grinted, havo been unablo to mako tho finan- clal arrungemenits necessary for tho construction of that grout undertaking, Thoy havo, therefors, oxo- cuted's SUAENDER OF THEI CHATEN, which hos boen sccopted by me, You will, X trust, feel yourselves called upon 0 take stops to seoure the carly commencemont aud vigorous prasccution of tho conatruction of that rallwey, and thus carry out in ‘,’f““ fuith the arrangement mide with the Provinca of ritish Columbis. A meawre for this purporo will b submitied for your consideration, Tho fforts by the soveral Provinces, a8 well ss by the Dominion, to ene coursge immigration have met with succces, aud & largo mumber of valuable seitlora have boen added to our poputution. I do not doubttliat you will continie Jour Mberal aid to this fmportant ‘objoct, Amon, T ures to be. submitted to. Parlinient will bo n bill for tho establiahmont of & Dominion Board of Agri- culture. TMPORTANT APEIOVAL. A dispatch hmw been recelved by the Governor Gen- oral from the Imporial Governmont approving the ‘prorogation of_tho House in August and_tho appoint- Tnont of tho Toyal Commission for taking otiduuco Tegarding tho chiirzos made by the Oppoaltion i con- Tieetion with the Pacifio Ttailway scandal, Thlx courds i pronounced entirely in accordance with coustitu- tional practice, TR MEPONT, 1t 18 undoratood that tho report of thoe Royal Come missloners, which will bo submitted fo botli Houses Cxoulpaten the Government from all chargea containe i the varions clauses of Mr, Juntington's indictment, Bir Jobm Mucdonald will leave Iurliament to tuko whstover actlon it may think fit in the premisos,where- Wpon it is expocted tuat Mr, McKenzlo, leader of tho opposition Wil movos reaolution containing the gist of o potition preschied to Its Bxcelloncy on_ ths i nat, It {8 believed, In view of the confirmation of Lord Duiferin's conree, by tho Imperial Govermment that o debato upon the constitutional queation will o, TIEL'A CANE, Night before Inet Dr, Behultz Tocelved a telogram from A, Boven, of Fort Garry, stating that Riel wan Niding i1 Manilobs, foaring arrost under the warrunt upon which Lepino wes commitied, Dr, Schultz has Tocelved several fhreatening Jotten setting forth that 1t 1ifo wiit bo takea should Ttiol bo arreated, There i & very fulluttendance of mombers, e THE COAL SUPPLY. PorreviLiy, Pa, Oct, 33—Owing to the recent henvy ruiun many Colilorics in the Hehuylkill roglon buve'been cumyelled to surpoud opcrutions, Lelng complotely drowiied out,—in msny iustauces miners having littlo time i which to savo™ the 1aules, usually Jept under ground, A promincut cosl aperator talcs that dn the upper soction of tho county thero would bo a hoayy declino in the shipments of coal duriug tho iresent week, and, 83 otber reglons are in like silus- 100, thie market will be soriou ted, ity ek OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Nxw Youx, Oct, 23,—Arrived—Steamships Vire ginia, from Liversool § Elysis aud Europe, from Qlasgow, me‘on, ofil. 13‘.—-5:» India, from Now York, delybda. Lav a azrivud ohb stesmships Pembroke aud ud Abbotaford, {zom Phils- TRANSPORTATION. Second Day's Session of the Farmers' Convention, Regulating Railway Freights and Fares by Sinle Leg- islation. The Question Ably Discussed by Mr. Flagg and Mr. Tootomn, A Protest Against Granting Sub- sidies to Private Cor- porations. Water Transportation.--Tho Curso of Doht---Organization of the Farming Community. The Illinois Railroad Law Commended to Other States. The Rev. Mr, Alger, of Boston, on Co-operative Buying and Selling, MORNING SESSION, THE NORTHWESTERN FARMERS' CONVENTION roassombled at 9 o'clock yesterday morning in MeCore mick's Hall, which was cold enough to congeal the en« thusiasm in perevns less caruest thon the gentlomen composing tho Consention, ‘President Allen called tho moating to order, COMMITTEES APPOINTED, “The following Committoes wora appointed = To meet tho Benate Transportation Committoe—TW, 0. Flugg, Madison; Oharles , Barnoy, Bureau 5 5. Tuitts, Marion J, D, Boatty, Jerwoy ; 8. T. X, Primo, Liviugston, Ou tho Iilinols Railroall Law—>I, B, Lloyd, Henry L, I, Ross, Fuiton ; M Hooton, Marion, ‘The Arst order of busincau was announcad o be the Qiscussion of State logislation regulating rallway frolghts and fares, MR, PLAGG'S ADDREES, Tho Hon, W, C, Flogg, of Madison, addressed the Conventlon as follows & Frurow-Cisizexs A ratlway 180 rond graded and. Daving railsof iron, wood, or #tono upon which car- rluges, with wheels adapted to the rail, mey run, 1o {heir brigiual concoption and excoutfon ey were private roads, bullt upon ono porson's laud, or by bpecial pormikston of tho peraon through whoso linds they run, Thiu kind of a railroad, buiit without Goy-~ ertment infervontion, by agreement of the partics in Tuterost, might justly cisim to bo oxompt from all Governient regulntion, cxeept polico regulation, 80 Tony oa it did not ofter itaelf 10 do tho business of & common carrier, That 7, it would do ouly tho busf- Tiews of the peraon o persous owning the roud ; would ndortaks 1o public function, and would not cxarcise the power of omincut domafh conferred upon it by {ho soverelgn power, This 14 the kiud of a rallway thiat rurlway attorneys ought to_bo talking about when they deny il right of Government to iiterfors with rajiway mansgement. "But rallways of thot kind aro fow and unfmportant, Govurument, i8 goucrally requested by the ruflwsy compauen {hemscivea to iutericre lu the fuception of their entorprisc, to the oxtent, ot leaat, of giving cor= taln privilcges to s corporation, including the fight to condomn aud ing the lund of others, In Bugland and ‘America, this s done through u charter gruuted by the Legllatitro under o general or specil law, Iu Bol- gitiw, Frauce, ond otler continontal countrios, it ap- Yearnto bo done by *concessions,” which ie very bimilar o thoir character to chariors, In Eogland, theso cliurters are spectal for each raflway, thero being 10 genoral luw on tho subject ; and, as Ly aro grant= od bynct of Purliament, which fs tho govereign powsr of the State, o they may Lo muditied or repenled, in thio plousura of thai body, Tu the United States, mosk of the railway chartors aré granted by or uuder Stata laws, by spociol act, or under ganeral laws ; but u few Iines buye been churtorod througl the Lorcttories, sto.,. by oot of Congress, Ty theso cliartors, granted by the State, which are whiit now most Iutorest s, th" State truusfers, or ate tompts o trausfer, it right of emiuont domal to the Tailway company, %0 that the railay compony mas go in and tako posseision of auch lands as it moy need on tho. lcgeu roumd of s being Tor the PUbLICE sas snd olso the town, county, oF townslip may vote subsic dics o the railway compiny, au the ground that such: donation will bo for thie pudlic beneft, or a corporato purpose, Having gono thua far, the Tallway 8 evie dently futrusiod with n publie function, It has so« curod privilegea to whicl it was entitled’on 1o otlior ground than it beinga work futanded nud pledged Tor the public Loneflt, ~Tho Stato lius given it oxtraor- dinury privileges which it bad o Hight to give, or el the rafiway comyuny 16 1o louger. n private company, and owes srecial duties to ihe putl'o, “The raflway company may wdni tho duts of a com= mon carrlor ; but that s N0t OuoUEl. ABY peraon o pornous whio'make custom_of carrylng for lire sra common currlors, without thess extruordinary privie leges ; aud uro required o do all thut i rearonablo for reasonablo pay, ‘Tho toamster botween here aud tho next town, makiug a businoess of carrylng goods for alk who offer, {8 o common curricr s but he Jus no right of, eminent domafn ; ke caunot sollclt this town to vote him an encouraging bonus, But tho rallway company {8 & comimon carricr, aud o good _deal more, In the nature of the caso, it ia its duty to muke w special polnt of scrving the public, even if the highest attaiuable profita aro not realized, The Compauy has, 1t is truo & privato duty lo it stécklioldory of naylug Wi rato o intorest that is reasouable on permunent and not tluc- tuating Investmenta, But, coincident with this duty owes to tho public, it serves the duty of low rates and 'large’ busincss, so ps ta build up the country through which it passes to carry ite increastug trado, and 80 as o atéract, an not dry up and drive away, outorpriso of an agrionl= tural, manufactuting, or commerclal character. ‘The common carrior can fimit bis business, 1le can set two wagons to_work whero thero s businces enough for thres, and you cunnot requiro him o put on & third, Tho railay company is it duty bound to fiud: railway servico at losst to ho capacity of {he avorage: frglght wud passcngorw offored. 0 conimon carrier {a llablo to have his rates of faves and freight fixed or regulatod by law, | To may sollhia horsos and wagons if Lio will, but. 60 long a8 ha continues {u business o must tako such Tates s the clty ordinatco or Iaw of tho Btato may fix, Wo may ey of e rafjway compang, If you do'nal like (o carry passengers at J couta o mile, you can scll out to somd one who ill, Or tear up your track, and lot anw other company ses if they cantiot serve the public ag ronnouablo raien, mouth Colloge dos But right horo 100 up the Dart cirlon, Just na the Dred Beott. doolaton was ueed i Bubucrve one form of Lumak elavery, the. Dsrtmmitn Collego casu i8 perverted to hold our honds while aro robbed, Tl Partnouth Collego dechion woa the houest, nod tleroforo i Ry e t Loa boon the mont ine iway lawyers tell ua that a railwa corporation, JLhat the charior of A peveto chriTae Hlon 18 nn oxeouted contruct betwoen tho Slate Goeans mout and tho corporntion, That tho Coustitution o¢ o Dultcd Blatos forbids a Hiate from yassing ane +layw impairiug tho obligation of contrutu, That & 1aw fizing reasonable niaximum rates by our Staly Lepilatutols uh Impaiing of o chaties conirncts s ating between tho Stat of 1linols and niany or most of tho rallroads in it, and, therefore, inconstitutional, Allof which fs buspd upon the Dartmouth Colloge caso, Tit, as T have antd, tho railway company recolves ad Whon privilgen WHich (1o Logwlntiry ot Bardly & right to confer upon a private curporation, snd thore= foro s ndmitted ftalf, by its own solleliation and uets, to bo ot leaat a corporation witlk & public fauetion, and in no wlee In o condition ansfugous to thut of Duartmouth College, Then it s by no mesns an une qieationed doctriug whother all cliurters, oven of \ri= Vato companies, are coutracts, Fho Supromo Court of tho Unftod States 1 uuderstind to Lo nearly equutiy divided upon that question, It dmplics tkat whoover can by or steal a Lill through tho Legialuture slull be protected in his fniquity by that “eontract " for ever fter, ond 3 o most dungerous doctrine, if ull our raflway charlers * conceived fu sin and braugt forth in iniquity '’ are to bo counted under it, Tu auy event, we ruduce the rflroad company to thi dilemmas: Either the Htato has conferred upon it, and it hus exercisod, privileges to which it 18 not enfiticd, ad s & transgrossor upon the righta and proporty o othors, or olke it haw ndmitted ity ubligation 1o ecrve the publio for the public wolfsre, and s subjoct to reguistion as & comwon carricr; perheps in eithor case, ‘Thus much in regard to chartered rai third class {s not enl{ chartered, but rocoives Dbonus, or guarantee from the charlering power, Uulon Pacltio has recelved immense dumd‘nu