Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 6, 1873, Page 2

THE COURTS. Correction Concorning the IXow= cll Case, Tho Morth Door of the Ceurt-Iouso Again, Tho Tax-Appenl Cases=»-Mrs, Blalo Wanis a Separato Maintonanee, THE HOWELL CASE, Tux Thinuxe, yesterdny morning, in mention- & tho disagroomont of the jury in the Howoll cano, slated that tho voto at first wae.nluo to threo, but that on the lnst ballob they were eloven for the plaintiff and one for the defond-~ ant. This statomont was an arror, the fack bo- ing that on tho lrat ballot tho jury stood eight for tho plaintift, threo for (ho defenduut, aud ono blanl, Bubsequently, tho person nho cast tho blauk voted with the majorlty, making It nine to threo, Immedintely aftorwards, ono who had voted with tho majority chiauged, aud 1t stood eight to four, Then, fnally, one weut over to the majority, aud it stood nine to threo, —tho lattor boing Mossrs, MckKny, Bartram, rud Benjamin, TILE NORTII DOOT OF THE COURT-TOUSE UP AGAIN, Tosoph Ilelmor filod alongthy bill in thae Circuit Courtyostarday againatJohn L, Thompson, Will- isus H, Hoyt, Heury 1L Honoro, Claudins D, Nel- son, nnd Benjamin F, Guyton. Ilo states that n Boptember, 1871, eaid defondant Guyton, boing possossad of somo lend fu thio 8. 3¢ of tho N, E. 3¢ of Soc. 26,38,14, gavo o truat docd thoreof to gaid J. T.. Thompson, to socure tho paymont to W, H. Hoyt of (hreo notes for 88,125 each, It was provided that for tho payment of each sum of 4,000, two-and-one-half acres khonld be releas- ed from tho licn ofsaid trust doed, and, on default of payment, tho Trustoo should ell the land. Complainant, with Honora and Nelson, soon af- ter tho trust decd was givon, bought half of the mortgoged promiscs, and 44 ncres sdjolning, payivg therefor 08,000, In Octohor, 1871, tho rocords wore destroyed, und the origioal trust deed, Another doed was accordingly given by Guyton to Thompaon, which purported to be o copy of tho first, aud was substitutod therofor, and complainant claims that this formor deed was theroby oxtinguished and anpulled. One payment of §8,135 was made, but no part of tlo the Innd roleased. The premises are snid to bo wortl 805,000, aud it la fearcd that, if thoy aro #old now, they will only bring a nominal amount. The old trust specified tho north door of the Court-Iouse, 18 the plnce whero salo was to bo made in case of default, and that epot now is *'n wol itudo some 20 feet iu air, above tho fallen ruing, aond the placo Dbeneath said spot is o cellar in ruivs” wherens it was formerlv a busy placo, froquented by many. (he entrance to the City Hall, and imme- diately faciug two of tho busioat streets in the city, sud a spot whero most of such eales wera waio, Complainant iy willlng to pay his share of the iucumbrance, aud bhag nuluul En have the promises partidoned, but wishes, oa tho notes wote Lusued, to bo certain of Hoyt's awnorship of them, Thompeon hns advortised tho land for snlo on tho Oth of Docember, at the north doorof the new Court-Houso, on LaSallo stroct, Ielmer slleges that, tho old_deed boing deslroyed, no ealo can Lo mado undor it until it is reatored nc- cording to the Burnt Records act ; that the see- ond tiust deed s _void, bocauso giv- en sfter Guyton lad wgld his Interost in tho leud;. that no othior, placo of ealo can bo selected than that appointed by tho flist trust dood ; that the Trusteo must also flrst relengo tho two-nud-a-holf scres for each £4,000 paid ; that the fivst Geed was, by the ex- proas torms of tha partics, annallod and abro- pated ; and that the second doed is void as to complainant, and any lien against hila land can only bo onforcod 1 oquity, the notea havirg bocw destioyed. It ia claimed nlso (Lat the Trueteo cannot soll on the vorbal sescriion of a arty tht ho owns ono ar moie of them, An injunction, thetefore, is asied 2gniast (he Trus- tew, to prevent Liim_ solling ne he has advertinad, 1t was gravted by Judge Farwell on filing a bond for 31,000, Phough this case s not the first of tho kind commeucod, it is vhe best diawn one as yot, pro- eenting all the questions which aviso, and make ing oue moro tauglo arising out of 'our. proat fIra for a court to unravel. Tho quostion is very important, as many titles eitbior do, or will, rest on similar salos, snd the decision will be looked for wish interost. THE BLARE CASE REDIVIVUS. Cluistine Blako, the defondsut in tho divorco suit of Binke agaivst Blako a yoar ago, which wag ubsuccesaful, tow files her bill againat Ler hus- band for n scparato maintenance, Sho states sho was muried to Barnum Blako in 1851, and bas lived with bim umntil tho 8th 'day of June, 1870, ‘when ho drove her fiom Lis home, and has compelled ber to livo soparate. Bhe Lins five children, all of whom are liviug with their father, and she, though naturally desirous of scing them, caunot oxeept in prosence of AMr. Blake. e, she atates, Is worth about $175,000, and lives in an elegant bouee at Winnetka. Sinco Decembor last ho hns only giveu her €160, and this has beou Ler entlro Incomo for tho past year. ‘Lhis she naturally thinks is not o fair division, and thorofore saks o yuitablo reparate maintonance, INJUNGTION AGAINKT FILLING A DRATN, Charles Cloaver, James AL Hill, Charles Ilol- ohn 8. Surgent, James Qillis, Charles Fowlor, George Carr, Jolin Thackary, Georgo A. Lrear, James N, Thacker, R. W. Dunham, Georgo Stanard, Jeromiali Leaming, Benjamin Cornwall, Georgo 'addock, D. M. Cool, John W, Rumisy, and Robort Exull filed o bil} agninst Aoxander Cool and Catoline Cook, Complain- sat Cleaver allegos that Gomo tima ngo ho soid somo land to Cook on tho condition that ho sbould bave the privilego of digging s drain through a cortawn part, whioh was grantod, Sub- soquontly, howevor, Cool began . to fli up tho drain and catch-bosln, and s persisted in 80 doing, through his vife, who really owns the lnnd, was fined last Tuesday by Justice Banyon for #o doing. An injunction is nsked to prevont the Qooks trom persisting in such conduot, and it was grantod on fling a bond for $1,000. THY CONDEMNATION CARES, The jury impanneled to asscss the damages for opening Torestville avenuo in Hyde Uark, ro- turned their vordiot, finding tho total dumages $53,809,80, The jury in tho Dowen avenue cnso asscusod tho damnges for oponing Bowon avo- nue. The strip ot land passed on was tho north 40 fect (fronting on the boulevard) of Lot 13, Jonnings' Subdivislon, and the dwmnagos were aygessed at $3,000, or $200 por front foat. THIE TAX-APFEAL CABES. ‘Tho question of appeal to the Suprome Courc in the tax-appeal mulders camo up again vestor- dny morning beforo Judge Williams., Tho cwo had Loen postponed, to enable counsel for tho inx contostants to addnce a cortifled copy of an alloged lutely-rendored decision of who Bapromo Court, But yeatorday no decision was brought forward. Ar. Hopkins statel tho substance of an informal convorsation ho had had with Judgo DMoAlhsior at Waukegan, and Me, Goudy npnin urged his formor argnmenta, The Judgo, how- evor, said that ta allow the appeal as asked, from & party's own requost to have his bill dismissod would e contrary to his undorstanding of tho x!;rncuuo, and_the reported caso in 3 Soammon top. would not Lo suflicient ground to chango his opinfon. IIo would aceordingly Jot the cazo stand over for tho prosent, untll ho conld writo to ono or mora of the Julges of tho Supromo Court, nnd ascertain their views. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Jurlro Rogors will nos Lear any motions for 30w trials 10-dav, bolng ongazed _in hearing tho cago now on trial, but has set Iriday, the 12th, au the doy for arguments, . Judgo dMeRoberts will bo here Bonday noxt, and tuko up tho call of OalondarNo, 2 in the Bu- porior Court, UNITED STATES COURTA, Thomas Considine began an netion against the Marino, Compuny o Chicago, for 1,600, Elijnt Dutterfleld commenced nn action agamst F, B, ¢havdnor, 3. 11, Gerduer, and Joln 8pv for §00,000, 'The dolendanln gave notes amounting to nbout §15,000 to ’-lulufll( in 1870, due in ouo yont, which weia afterwurd, on {ha ropresenta- tion that tho Qarduers wero rolveut, renewed, Spry being omitted on the rancwed notes, When too Inte, the plaintuff aucerinined that tho Gard- nors weie usolvent and Bpry not Hul aud las therefore commenced wuli, . BANKIUPTCY 17038, Tho final order for tha disolirgoof N, Nou- mun was entered and issued, “'lo nttachmont aealnst W, T, Malion was dls- charged, uo caugo bewg shown therefor, OIMOUIT COURT IN NRIEF, JToln Willtams bogau o st for $20,000, fl"flflhlufi Fdwin Ilasking, Ifoory Murtin, and Lzra J. Whesler, ha Bauk of North Amorics brought suit -— THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE! SATUKDAY, ———— DECEMBER 6, 1873, e ———— nm\,(unl Jacob Weil and B. Y. Phillips for e Grommes and Miohnel Ullrich filed p0 in assumpalt aguimst Ghastave A 31,000, Josoph Awdiiane sied William A, Gllos and Chinclew IS, Gilos for $3,070, ‘o Congrorntion Rodof Sholam hrought an nction for 32 693 aniuat tio Girnrd Firo Losnr- anco Company, nud another nation for like nanagninat tho Fizemoun’s Priond Iusuranco Con- pauy of San I'eauclsco, Tho Commotaial Loan Compauy bagan a1 ac- tlon ppainat Willam 1, Batoham, Adam Bmith, and Plorson D, Bmith for 22,500, The Thayer & Toboy Manufnoturing Company commenced an netion agalnst 1L, 11. Gardoor aud Fredoriok Qould for §3,000, ‘U'ho Manufacturers' National Bank commenced a wult in nseumpait for $6,000 agalnat J. Young Seammon, SUERIOR COURT IN BIMEN Monros Ileath snd William It AISIHFM\ com- mereed an_nction against J, J. Spalding and Cliatlos L, Spalding to recover $1,800. Ilillory Dufour, Potor 0. Dufonr, and Bbn- nozer D, Rowe_illed a potition againsb Johu W, Stewart and Samuel Datierson, to have n mo- chante's lien declarcd ngainst Stowart's premires on tho corner of Ellis Park and Uzkwood avenue for the sum of 31,116.; Georgo 11, Gilort brought & sult against Ed- ward Sun[mnn for 31,000, John Clarke, Witliam 8. Golaen, and Frank A, Eastmnn rocoverad ;udgm«!ut by confession agninst Audrow Ifnbneok for 31,350, Conrad L. Nichiof and Gustavus L'roont sued Georgo Koch, Fiank ohwoinfarth, aud Charles Moessingor for $1,000, . ¥ - RELIEF FOR THE NEEDY. Provision for Elvmeless Men, and for thoe Mangry of Both Sexes-=5t ers? Home, in Conncction w Wost Lalko Street Bothel Eiomo. Numerous articlos have appeaved in tho pub- lio prints In referonco to the lnxge and incroas- ing number of unemployed an homeless mon in our city, and tho need of scolal provieion for their immedinte neceeaities; and the public haw rogarded with commondation the action of our German follow-citizons in thoir enorgetio appli- cation of mean for partinlly meeting this want. “Che Bethol Iome, on Woat Lake streot, cornor of Deaplnincs, Lius, from tho bogluning of its in- stitution, proved o valuable agency, and ono heretofore largely used by rocicties and citizens for tho cars of this noady class, ‘The Rellet and Aid Society, the Young Meu's Christian Associa. tlon, tho 8t. Audrow's Bociety, and clergymon of difforont denominations, constantly use’ tho large factlitios of the ** Homo " for the loduing aud foeding of homoless men, and the boarding of persons of bath sexes, Ly tho npplinncos adopted they becomo tho {uduafl and ahnoners of their own charitics, pay- ug & small sum to the iustitution for tichom or aceommodalion of thiose thoy dircct to ity alwayse opon duors. With a viow to tho largely-incronsed demand, tho coneequenca of the provent linancinl disti sy, tho Manngers of the Lot} Home Lisvo recontly lakon one of the tore-roonis an the giound-flaor of thoir bulldiag, 20 by 85 foct In dimonsions, and fi.ted it up with bunke and cots, and havo ja-thls departaiont slooping-necommodations for fifty mon, which can bo Inrgely iucrensed if re- quired, and tha means ara providod for additionnl equipment. They bave also fitted up o specinl dining-room, 45 by 40 foot, and, with thoir other accommodations, could ensily foed 600 to 1,000 yerzous per day, if furnishiod with the means to da 8o, Thoso departments of the Bethel work iill loreafter bo conducted separatoly, fiom tho Sailors’ Homo proper, though under tho same roof. Tho plan combines both the pay and the Jfree system,—lunch and meals being furnished for from b to 16 centa to (howo ablo to pay & suall sum for whac thoy need, and fieo to those provided with tickels purchased by wogletics or citizens, or takon cate of by tho institution itself, to the extent of ita ability. Now, oll that tho -** llome™ needs to almost meot Lo neeeseity of this class iy liboral proyis- ion on the pait of tho public for its bu}!pm‘t. I auy ono Lins & ton of conl, or a barrel of eugar or ffour, or a casb-contribution, to give, the Man- agers will oither furnish him with tickets to tho full value, to be distributed by the douor to tho needy, or will guarantzo relies to the full smount of thoso gifts, ‘I'he only difficulty wo Lave with ample accom- modations 16 the means to mako {hem fully availatle, We oro dally pressed with claims that wo absolutely lLave not the meaus to eatisfy, Our eysiem in elustio cnough to meet any ordinury requirement, ond our well-estnb- lirhed ropuiation can be fully attested by many who have been tho recipicuts of its bonalits. B. FRANKLAND, General Superintendont Bothol ‘Work, soutliaat cor- ner West Lake and Desplumos stracty, o, the undorsignad, approve of lha above, and recommond 1t to tho considoration of our citizene, Qianezs B, CULvan, SlansiraLL FieLo, E. BUGKINGILAM C.G. HajstoND, L, J. GiugaT, Joux V, Fan —_— DISCOVERING A THIEF. N. 8, Bourox, HEMAN G, POWERS, Ta the Editor of The Chicapo I'ribune : 8in: The * prayor-book and antiquated key " story in Tur Trinoxe cf Friday rominds mo of an incidont which aatually occurred soms forty yonrs ago. A thief, had beon conmitted by a younger momber of our family, All tho usual moans rerorted to fa all well-regulated house- bholds utterly failod to find cho thiof. Tho mothor at last hit upon tho following novel mode of procedure: The whole 1amily were brought into a dark room, and formed intoa line, when they were lectured upon tho sinfulness of tho human heart, and tho univereal desiro to’ #gral” what did not bolong to one,—slosing with an earnest appeal for tho guilty one to coufess aud be forgiven. The entronties of the good mothor weee of no avail. In tho meantime, in an adloining room, the mother had hung a large iron pot covered wish soot. Under the pot was placed & big rooster, All ‘'was now roady, ‘Lo room was in total darknees ; aud each of tho childron was thon ordered by the mother fo wali into tho room, place his hiand on the pot, and, when the guiley ono put his land on the pot, the cock would crow, {hus desiguating tho thicf. With fear and trembling thoy cach one outered this judgment- chamber, and, to Rl sppearances, odch placed Lia bandi upon tho pot which was to_couviat_or clear, The cock mever crowed. The mother then said, “* My children, hold up your Lnnds,” Al hands wero'up in an instant. Upon the palm of all but one way a black unot,—proving beyond all doubt that all ind touchod the pot but tho thief, o, conscious ol his vwn guilt, had foar- ed to put hin hand on the pot, and thus had con- vioted himself, Toosren. Quicaao, Dec 873, . ) e S Article that Produced Sam Bowles? Littlo Libel-Suit. From the Springiield (Mass.) Republican, WILLIS PHELDS, Mr. Pholps ovades the issues raigsod agamat him, 1o éays neither Lie nor his jamily 6id any of the woik on the Athol Road. It was lot to sub-contractors, and uot a dollar of tha city's monoy went to Lim ov uny momber of his fami- 1y, The inforance ho would leaye—Lut does not state—is thot ho has made, and will mako noth- ing out of the city’s substription of 200,000, and bas no interest in the matter any wayv. T'ho facl is, ou the contrury, that ho lins mndo the road. 'ho clty’s monoy pnid for buildiug ii— and o owns it, 1o s put n mortgago on it; the bonds representiog that mortgnge aro his and they carry tho ownership of thorond, Lat in ull thiore 16'to that. Baeidos, our specifie stato- ment was that, by manipulating the Legislature and tho votors afier tho Tweed siylo, ho induced ihe city to givo 300,000 for wint It could huvo got for §100,000, bl furthei—Mr, LHoury W, Plolps, bis son and roj:- resentatlyo, and & man oqually enpable of fulfili- ing his promlsos, oftered to build the road to tho Buuton & Albauy track at Atmory street without auy eity appropriation whatsoever, Now tho now rond could Linve taken to tho Buston & Allany vond-bed, and etart at thas point us well as it hns at Bpring streot, and £100,000 would have Loon abundant to puy forall damago and troublo to the Boaton & Albany, and for all station accom~ modutions tho now 'read haw yot got In town, Tho ity simply throw away—putting iuto the Tholpses' pockels, and thoso of their allley in tho transaction—rhio oxtra $200,000. Mr, Pliolpa would havo bod to draw on hix personal roe sources and put out moro of his now hoarded bonds to lLave comploted the job for £100,000 from tho oity—but Lo would have done it, IIad tho transactions boon botweon two burinors mon, that i8 the monl he would have got, IIad ho not, Mweed-liko, managed to roprosent hoth ridos of the operation, ho could never have ob- tained more, Now hio i socking to ropeat {ho samo opera- tion with the city ou tho Longmendow llead, Ilo says bo is golng to retira—on lus bonds, wo sup- Bom—nud doos not meun to build tho now road ipeolf, No wattor for that, he reprosents and The {spushing the job, aud ho and bis friends will roap it henofits i it {a succosstul, 1o ks tho cily to glve Iiim £125,000 in_stook subeeription, and $100,000 in bonds gi 223,000), for which ho will build the road; and Lo Is actively intorforing [ party caucuren and the local elcotiaps 1o ke- eiiro n gity govornmont Uint will vota this sum to lium, Yol hio has distinctly sald, at o mooting of tho Bloard of Dircctors of tha rond, that if tho clty would give him 100,000 iy onsh, ho would guaranico the rond. Now if a subsoriplion to tho elock of one of his ratlvanls was uot o gllt, tlion all exporianco teachos nothing; nobody can convert the one into the othor more readily; and cortainly a subsoription Ly theaity of Sprug- tlold hns always provod to bo cash horetoforo,— thougly, if it goos an_theawing away monoy 'In this raskloss way, this may not much longor con- tinne Lo bo trug, S . Simply, Mr. Pholps proved himsolt In tho Athol Linvnaction o publie robbor, aud a publie coriuptor, pnd lio Is naw ropeating the cxhibi- tion in n moro audncious and fingrant manuor, ‘L'ho mevite, the value, the necessity of tho rall~ ronds aro not horo in _question, Tho point in that, by deceiving and corrnpting tho publio, and retting posscssion of tho City Govornment, ho 8 iuducing tho oity Lo pay him twico or thres timos as much for thom ug it neod to do. A ~C L A CANADIAN HORROR. Seven Mlen'Smothered. ‘Tho Ottawn (Ont.) Citizen of Nov, 25 publishes the following necount of u horrible nceident, shicly, In sonio way, hns avoided the tolograpii, Notwithstauding its Improbabla toaturos, wo publish it ag found in the Citizen : Mr, Jlowsn, of tho Canada I'aciflc Raflway sur- ey, who hos just returned from Snult 8te, Marle, brings with him tha detaila of one of tho most hor- rible and singular nccidonts wo havo over had Lo record, ‘Tho fautsof the caxo, as related to him Dy Mr. Wilson, Collector of Gustoms at the Bault, aeo on follows: This fall o lumboving fien, namod Williama & Murrny, undortook to woik n timbor limit o fow wmilos above thoir mill on Vlind River, & uributary of Lako Iluron. “Lhiey hiced neven mon a8 voyagours, nnd having fittad thent ont with & supply of pork, flour, and a Jargo quantity of oats, loaded & Latteau and started thom up the rivor with supplios for the wintor's work in tho woods, They wero gono sovon *days, and nothiug had been heard ol them, BMr, Marray naturally beeamo anxions about them, and fenred somo nc- cidont had' occurred, 88 tho trip should ha Leou mado in two days, 1o heard that o man had just come down the river, and o immodiutely sought him and made inquirics as Lo whether ho Lad scon any- thing of his mon on the river. The uow-comor roplied that Lo bad not, but that he had scon thoir bont tied up on the bank of the river, and Laif full of water. 'This juformation fucreased Mr. Murray's fears, and ho determined at once to proceed up the strenm hnd scortain What lnd becomo of ‘tho buni's crew., Mo fouud tho Lateau, as descrived, ot the landing, aud thon proceoded to tho shauty or dopot, whoro the pro- visions wero to hinve Leen stosed, Ila arrived thore at nightfall, but no sonad greoted him, He lifted the Iateh of tba door, aud ns Lo en- tered n horriblo stench of putrid flesh greetod Lug nostrils; his beart falrly sauk within him, and o fearful foroboding took possession of hiy woul, He struck a light, and at onco proceeted to invesligate tho promisoa. Tho sture-nouse was o gquare block-house, neooped shauty fash- fon, Lut withour the bunks that aro genoraly found in a regular lumbor-shanly, “I'ha re- mows of the fire woro visible in {he campboose, and the only thing unusual in the appearanca of the placo was the hornble stench and tho oats, which he had scnt up with the men, throwy into & disordercd henp, tome of thom loose, and the test in bags, on one ide of tho floor. From this hoall) tho foul emell pro- ceeded. o placod the light on one gide, aud cowmonced to yemovo tho vats, ‘'he odor grow almost unbearable, and o had only lifted two or throo bags of the giain whon & human hand met Lie gaze, and sant hig blood curdling through his veing, Horror-stricker lio coutinued to remove the grain, and aiscovered ono of (ho most tor~ riblo sights that it hos ever beon tho lot of man to witne:a. Tho roven men had arrivod at tho darot safe- Iy with thoir lond, and it is supposed they Lad worked witlt a will uutil they got thew chargo safely vtored, Tho pork was pacied in one cor- ner, the flour in another, and tho oats in bags wero piled from the floor to the movops in n Ligh narrow pile. Tho men then, tired and hun- g%, purtook of ' hearly wupyor, aflar which Loy sproad ihele blaukats on the flaor, with thelr heads on the pile of oats “and their feet to the flre, thoy foll into o heavy sleop—a sleop from which they nover roso, Dming tho night ono of tho bottom bags of oats burst frem tho proesuro above. The grain began to run out until one gido of the pile was under- mined, and when tho_tired workors were onjoy- ing therr voundest uud most refieshing sioop the pulo of geain fell over on top of them. 'Thoy were found Iylug on their bucks in a row, wit their heads covered. ‘The weight of the'grain maust hinvo boon o crushivg thut they could not move haud or foot, and they dicd of snffocation, 'hie seventh men must Lhave had o font ful strug- gle for life. Lying near the ond of tho pile, lio was mot caught with such woigat ad his comsndes, e mwust have lived for somo time after bewng trapped, and, Leing & man of powerful frume, lio died hinrd, as was ovidenced by tho fact that Lio had w d bis way upward until his haud was near the surface, but his own struggles ouly hustoned his death, ' "he bags becamo torn, and tho grain, filtetlng down, filled his mouth, eycs, aud uostrils, and effectunlly choked Lim, These werg in offcot the facts in the case oy related to Blr, Rowan, and n more ghastly and lorvible in- cideut wo nover heard of. Four of the men wore from tho Township of Ashfield, in Muron ; tho others wero Krouclunen, They bhad enly gono up o fow daya provious to the _ncoidont to worle ‘i the woods for the winter. A, Willinms, who waa in Goderich when he hoard of the accidout, immediately lofc for the mill. Raiiroad Suits. srom the Wenona (1iL,) Indez, Tho Chieago, Wiltnington & Yermilion Coal Company brought suit yestecday i the Superior Court_for a nou-fultiilment of a conlrack ngainst the Chicago, Allon & St. Louis Rai'rond Com- pany. Dllaiuliff alloges that in April, 1869, the Bt. Lous, Jacksonvillo & Chicago Nailioad Com- pany, ns parly of tho first part, mado an agree- mont with .8, Streator, D. I, Cameron, Ralph Viumb, nnd Waehington Bushnoll, party'of tho seeond part, by which said second party agrocd to sell the Company the railroad runuing from Wenona to Streator, to Lo paid for in flrst-mort- gugo bunds and common stoclk, and with an agree- mont Chot tho first party wonld carry trom the mines ot Blreator ull of defandunt's conl destined to bo ured in Wonons aud vicinity, and for the Iilinois Coutral Iinilrond Compauy, and for trans- portation by that Company, for tho consideration of #3,U0 & car load of 10 tons ; the Coal Company £0 furnivh tho coal, Tio scoond party who wera tho corporatos of enid Coal Compauy and are plaintifl, in cuse porformed thoir pact of the coutract, Afterwards tho defendant assumed tho contract of the purly of the first part, aud for a Jous timo and IIE to July, 1873, fultilled it, carsying tio coal at the proscribed rale of 88 a ocar-lond, Uho custem had been to make outthe bills at $9 n cas-load, tho regular ruto, and thon to rotund the oxcess to pluutiff. ‘Lliey siloge now that fiom Juneto Ocioter, defondants have recoivod 270 car-londs under tha contract, for which thero is rightfully duo §837, but tho de- fendants bava churged and collcoted 62,611, be- ing S1,674 in oxcoes. This thoy wore bound to refond, but have wat done so, and therofore, plaintills have brought suit to reoover it, and tlen, From the Moominaton (NL) Pantagraph, Mr, Beard, of this city, was in I'ooria on Thankegiving Day, and wished to go to Pokin, For tome time p.usl the P, £ & J, lond Liaw nd- vertirad 10 ¥cll tickots betweou the two points for 60 conta for the round trip. Mr, B, weut to tho depot und asked for a ticket, tondering n $10 bill in payment. ‘I'ho agent could not chuugo it, and Mr, B. went out tu got it broken, On his roturn the oftice was closed and tho agent gono, Mr. I, pot on board tho traln, and whon the conductor camo round explainod to him tha cir- cumstances, nnd offered to pay 50 coutr for round trip ticket, or 25 conts ai fare to Dekin, which the conductor rotused, Mr. B, dochicd to pay full faro, and the conductor put him off tho train near olils, Ho came back to Pooiia, consulted counsol, and will at once bring suit for damoges agaiust the Compauy, —n el The Keported Suffering in Northwests cern Xowae From ths Waterioo ({a.) Courier, Dr, J. L. Lnos, of Codur Rapids, widely Imown Over Tuwa o a prominent educator and Muson, has beou s week n the northwestern counties of this Stute, and writes to tho Ackloy Independent thut tho stories of sufforing iu Lyon, O'Brion, Otccaln, and Bioux Uvuntios are muon exaggerated. o calls the ** Appeal " sont out from Qucouln County an ** {ll-timed appeal,” ilo says that sovore cootiomy on tho j:art of the sot- tlors will brlng them {hrough, exoept o ** fow idlo and proflignte, who must oxpeotto euffor with both cold aud hunger, i¢ thoy will not worl in summer 1o moro thau intimatos that tho “uppeal for ald " wns contrlvod by intovested porsone, o8 may bo gcon in the nontoncos ' If sottlois cannot pay the meorchante of Sibley for avother yoar ot thom wait,” Iturthor ou ho ad- vises that whatevor ald (s sout it should bo ad- dronsod to ** tho county ofticers, or pomo of thom, the distribution to bo mado under thajr dirontion, and tigt 1n so_ofher woay will the gifts reach thoso for mfiam they are infended,” If tho Dobtor, wha soys lio writos Uk “ by the spoclal roquost of very many of the lending men in tho countios namod "—it" Lhe Dootor han nro- sonted this mattor naibis; if ho lins not boeen dacelvad, the may who eoutrived this aohamp of hogging thranghout {he State, arousing tho sym- patica aud wwakening tho boneyoleonco of {hoe poople aud putting lidlviduals and charliablo so- clotios to ko muely tranble, and all for the prafit of -themsclves, they richly morit all tho puffar- Ings they have falselv deplcied to the |,||lbliu (<] ondured by the poor and_ lelploss, 'Uhla mattor should bo catofully investigated, and If a monoy- making conspiracy has bean put on foot by, dis- honorable , conaclongeless men, thoy shiould Lo punishad, Would it not bo well for Gav, Carpentoer to nond & competont Commixeioner into thoso coun- ties to Invesrigate at oucs THE FOUNDZR OF THE GRANGES. 1lis Personnl Appearance and Char- acter=-'tho S10W Growth of the Ora deranlts KRemnrkable Prorgoss kn tho Lnst 'Fen Months==Co=oporutive Pare chnstng. =, Washinaton Correapondence of the New York Tribure, I havao rqcently onjoyod sevoral plensant con- vorsations with William Ssuuders, the man_ who dreamad, and {hought out, aud fnaugurated the Order ol the Pnatrons of ITusbandry, commonly, roferred to ns the Ordor of the Graugers, Mr. Baunders Is a geninl, unostontatious, sonsible Beotelman, e {8 upward of G0 years of age, a man of large framo, somothing Above el ua height, with.geay hair, n boawd nlmost white; and, sithough his_comploxion is rather darlk, ho lias the liglitost bluo oyes I ovor eaw—oyes which would (lcllizllt tho “transcsn- dontnl "Alcott, who belioves that the blue-eyed will fuliorit the'earth, 1o Lias a high aud sone- what rotrenting foroticad, n noca which evinces strengzth of charastor, aud a rathor sober oxpres- sion ot counteuanco, as of a man,of thought rathor (han of n man who is controlled by his feelings, 1lis Learing is such that bo elicits rood will from others ; those who are associntod with him holding hit tn profound sud oven ten- der rogard. Ar. Saunders came to (his conutry in 1847, Prior to that timo ho Lad been enzaged in horti- cultural and agricultural pursuits in and about London, whore he alse orgamzod sovoral socio- ticy of porsons engaged in occupntions eimilar to his own. For soveral years past he hns boen, as lig s ot prosent, tho Suporintondant of tho gardens of the Depastmons of Asriculture, and tho beauly of the gardon, considering the briel oriod thoy have Leon in existoues, cerlainly ous oredit to his skill and tasto. ‘Iho Order of the Pations of usbandry was fivat conceived in his mind somo sevou yoars ngo. Tho grand objects he had in view ‘were general improvement in husbandry, the promo- tion of thowelfaroand lm'(:{linnnu of thoso enguged ia agriculture and kindre: [)urmllm, and tho in- crease, consequent npou theso, of the gounoral wealth and prosposity of tho country. llo bad obsorved the: the popular modes of treating an interest n husbandry, and of socuring a diffu- sion of knowledgo with o view to its application for tho inerense of tho produots of the xoll, wero imperfect and wholly inadequate, 1lo saw thut, for tho wolfara of tho groat producing masses of tho country, aud for efloiohcy in thoir lubors, tivo tings woro osuential; oducation, ospecinily {ustiuetion in relation to tho bost methods of produciion, and unity of action, and these two casontinlu o kopt, aad wtil kéops, toadily in viow. The first romark Lo made to moe, upon my rotorting to tho great interest the public was taking s the Order of tho Grangors, was, that there’ was & groes misuudorstonding in the popular mind as to the muin purposes of tho Order, He eald it was generally suppoyed that it WRS &1 orgtnniznuou to fl;f)hl ntonopolies and to control political action, but that, 8o far from thia boaiug the case, it wag an organlzation ortno Datrons of 1lusbaudry for purposos of simpla education and business, for instruction in hocticulture and 1Ericulmru. and for cconomy and cflicioncy in their private busiucss trans- actions, llaying sottled upon the ends to Le accom- plished, he spent wo yenrs—1865 and 18G6—in corresponding with the principal agticulturizts of this country and Great Britam, with_the view of {utoresting thom in his Jroject, Referring Lo his correnpondence then and” pinco, which has Tieon vory exconsive, Lo assured mo that iu it all Do had never madc wee of a tranked envelope, althongh the franked envolopes of tho Agrisuls tural Burcau wore always at bis disposnl, At Iongth, aftor much labor and proparation, in Decombor, 1967, tho first Granga was organizod in thie city, conslating of agriculturists from varions Statea of tho Union, Boon aftorward tho Secretary of this firat Grango, whil visit to his frionds iu BHunesota #econd Grange, and during tho five ycas follow- ing socioties waro formed tos considerablo num- Ler fn various States. Dut tho progresa of the movement was slow, and tho founder met with numerous discouragements, Many Grangea di- banded, failing to roalizo tho great sdvantages that had been liold out to them, and he wns obliged to urge the othors, by lettor, to Liold on, sssuring thom that cousiderable rosults could not be countod on until the movement bad be- como oxtensive, but that, whon it did onca got wellounder way, they would, to use Lis phrase, # do a big busincss.” Mr, Ssunders stated that during the six years when Lo was scoking to place L+fore the farmors of the conntry bis plans for thair self-improve- ment and soll-protection, he sought, with littlo suceess, to enlist the progs in the sorvico of his cauxo. Il saxd that publishers seloom cared to hear further of bis project aftor he Liad onca in- formed them that oue Of bis purposes was to gob rid of the vast numbor of middlemon—agouts and rotailors—who oporated betwean the minnu- facturer and the farmoz, They promptly assured him that these middlemen wero the bost patrons of their advortising columns, aud that they wero not disporod to tnke up an enterprise thut would mi'itato against thomeclves. Lloven months ngo there wore but 1,100 Granges I the whole country, Tt was thon that thomovenient took a sudden forward start, and it has sinco fiwwn with a rapldity astounding Lo to Mr. Saunders, and to everybody else. horo aro now ovor #,600 Granges in all the States, and they aro increasing by the lundreds weekly, ‘Ihare aro over 1,800 in Tows alono. In Pennsyl: vania, Lwenty-oight Granges were formed 1ot long ngo, the result of an agont's labors there for o fuw weoks, Siwnlxingor this rapid growth, v, Bauadors remarkod to me that the thing was now boyoud his control, and that he could do littlo cluo thaa slt still and obsorve its course, 8till ho receivea a Iarge mail anily from all parts of tho country, aud ko has numerous calls from pooplo interestod in tho moyvemont, The ro- poriod momberaliip iy noearly 650,000, Mr, Ssuuders declares that bo has no fight to wni:o with tho railroads nor with widdlemon. Hig wholo nfYair is with tho farmers. 'he mo- meut they bogin to act togcther the railronds will bec “we their tractable servauts, and the sgeuts \*oo have hitherto taken tho lion's kharo of iho profits wiil dieapoar, for there will bo nothing for them to do, Ireferrod to the elo- mont of _scereey incorporated In tho organiza- tion. Mr., Suundoru roplied that tho ecrecy did not amount to much ; that there were really no more scorots among the Patrons of Husband- ry than there wote in familios or in flims of merchunts or manufactureis, Undertaking to manage their aftuirs_through thoir own agents, 1t was only proper that thoy should exercito a duo diecrotion and keop their metters to them- Belves, Somo of the Lusiuess transactions of tho Order aro vory iemarkablo, and sliow what im- monze adyantages tho farmers mny roap frym co-oporation in purchasiug, Mr. Sainders stafed that in Illinois tho Btute Arent of the Grangors ascerluined that a fuyorite reaper, which tha furwors biad beon paying $160 for “to agenta of the manufacturors, way sold to the agents of the manufacturor for £00, The Btate Agent anked tho mauutacturer how mauny reapers e conld mako iv a yoar, and, learning what the number was, he told him he would take all e could mnlo in o yonr at £90 each, Thus the farmers saved £G0 on evory roajer thoy bought, An- other ngent of thio Order recontly bought 1,600 sowing-machines outright of the muker vor 395 cach, waving $26 on cavh, In less thau s month 900 of tho machines were takon off hin bands by momboru-of {he varicus Grangon, Lost spring tho mombers of & Graugo in Vormont wished to Liuy some corn. ‘I'lieir Secratary so informed the Bocrelary of the Nationnl Qrange iu this olty, - who directed an agent in lowa to buy tho cori, hira cars, load them, and ship the corn throusli to Vermont, ‘T'he Vornfontors, upon receiving the graby, found that thov bad enyed 1857 couts a buchel,’ compariug ity ookt with tho prico oharged \Jy their regular donlors, A fow trans- actions of thiv kind gotting noised amory tho turmers lnst spring, gavo the movemout ity sur- prislng impeti, Lately tho Natlonal Grango I {utoroated it- solf in aelsting cotton-growors in the Buuth by nogotinting fora large quantity of cloth for cot- tou balos, ~ Iour million bules aro usad in the Bouth each season, aud have bitherto cost lho ralser 1,26 each, ‘T'wo or threo old firms in the Eant havo the wholo trado, Anagent of the Natioual Grango went to them and proposed to take n largo quantity of the material ured ut o reduced yxico. At first tho denlors were shy und iudiftoront, but (hoy soou discovoied that the agont was prepared to givo bonds for the rulfill. wont of his ougegomont, and to pay cash on do- Iwnryi apd they roduced thelr prico saveral conts ard, A ’,’Avulh, the National Grango proposea to uso & artlon of (k4 Tunds In_onoouraging tha inven- lon of agrioultnral fmploments, Tako, for in- stauce, oolton-ties. 1ho only good tis' for cot- ton balon now in uno s mamfactured by an English firm, which holds n -palent on it and olinrgos an pxorbiiant price. The Grange in- tends to onoomngo Amorican invéntors to con trivo n subatituto ror this (o, Y 3 Just now Mr, Baundors {s sooking to deviso an tmprovod wmothod of inwurancs for farmeis. Aunother of liis plana 1s to have apottion of the funds of tho Natioanl Grango—swhich now nmount to soma §35,000—expended for lbrarles for wubordinnto Granges, Already tho oduca~ tional Intorosls of the Order are In " oasire proyided for, Inasmuch os ceagl socioly lins - & romular officer, called tho Leoturar, whose duty it i to glvo spe- cial attontion to thosclonco of ngriculture and to the improvomonts that aro mado from timo to time in tho dopartmonts in which husbandmoen arg intorosted, Althoughsamuch hasboon accomplishiod by the Order during the past ton montus, both diveotly and Indirectly, yet Mr. Saunders {s confident that n comparativoly mmall Loginning ouly has beon made, and that, with hundrods of mon on tho alert to dovise and hunt up things for the goad of tho Order, thete is suraly opening to the husbandmen of Amoriea, themgh the {nstru- mentality ho has formod, & glorlous future ot prosperily and happlucss. SHORT-HORN CATTLE. Prom the Cincinnats te, e, 4, The Sccond Aunual Convention ot (ho Short- Horn Breedors, an associnulon comprising in its ropresontation delogates from the United Statos and Canada, couvoried au 1lopking' TMall as 104¢ o'olock yeslerduy morning. " There were present about 100 dolegates, rop- resenling almost ovory important stock-raleing district in the country, The oh&cola of this Assoolation, as set forth in apronmbls to tha Constitution, aro as follows § “Tho undorslgned, broodera of whort-horn caltle, for the purpose of ercouraglng snd pro- tecting thin fmportant intorest, aud to insrence the nyeruga oxc:llonce, and provids for tho pres- eivaljon and dissonunation in its purity of this matchless broed for tho hnprovement of Ameri- cun cattlo, asocinte ourselves togothar.” Dr. A, O. Stevenson, of Giconcastlo, Ind., Tresident of Llie Axsoziation, called tho Conven- tion to order, M, B, I, Cnmpbull, of Batavis, 1., oficiated at the Svcretary™s desk, with Mr. 8. 1; Lockridge, of Gricoucasile, Iud!, as asslyc tant. 3 The President road tho following addross: .o .. Avery Important duly - is to cousider tho intorests of shori-horn broedors, In part this meeting is In their intevcst, and involves all quastions connected with_the porpotuation and unprovemont of this breed of cattlo. Tho faod- ing, breoding, grazing, sud Lhe most profitablo modes of dixposing of them~—theso questions presont themsolves lepitimalely for your oon- sidorntion, and may for their proper aolution in- volve the ~consideration of mauy othor quos- tiona. An nceurato history of their origin would nid much toward thoir porpetuation and improva. ment, I'his horetofore has beon wrappod in much obuscurity, To_this ond, a'wo, the scionco of breeding should be well understood, which agnla mny involvo othor questions of o tizhlysctentifio churaclor, such os tho organization of sulmal bodies, tho fuuciions of dillarent organs, and the laws controlling auimal life. The art of pro- duoing vurioiies of animals should be invosti- gated, Tho art hoe beon littlo studied or prac- ticod in this country, but will be found of interest to this as3ociation a3 ono of thn several means Liat may bo eerviceablo to tho broodera of cattle, The influonco of climato nnd food pross thom- eelvos for conetdoration, That thoy oxorcise n great influence none will dony ; but tho extent sod the mauner aro Bubjocts yat undotorminad, *Tlicro aro other intarosts that prosent thom- selves, of a broader and more genoral charactor, for your consideration—iho ques.ion of supply- ing the country with the best and mont whola- some moat. 'Lhe meat uulllply is sacoud only to that of brend. How slall the country bo sup- l;]iod with the best and the cheapost meat ? Tho calth of tho country depends much upon the quality of its moat. That good beef s superior to pork in this raspect thore is now litilo con- trovoray, Btill, it1s vory true that our beof markets aro largoly supplied with a very poor articlo. ‘'his, gontlomen, it 18 your duty to cor- roct, and sco thut our markets are supplied with a fine, fat, marblodarticle—ouathat Iy productive of health, aud that is delicious to tho taate, good piece of boef is due every American citizon, Uood beo! should also bo chicap beef, and, para- doxical ae this may scem, our cheapest heof is finaily to como through our Lost cattle, for tho very simple toasons tiint thoy grow fastor, ohtain a larger sizo, and fatten botter than the common cattlo ; consequently, a pound of short-horn beot will cost less to produce than s pound of the poor articl that is made frota the common cattle found in tho hands of too mauy of our farmora, Lot two pounds of benf bo mado to grow where Lt ono grows now, audit will bo betcor and choapor, Tho interosts of the country will be corrospondingly increased a8 you may be suc- ceasful in oxtending these valuablo cattlo. **'I'heso conaldorations call forth others that may well occupy your attention, *'Tu n country lika this, covering so many do- grees of lntitude and poeséssing such & variety of soil, it may well bo inquired whether short- Liorns are aduptod and can be raised in all the Btatos or not# Aro they suited to onr great Western plains? Can thoy be raised in the Southorn cattle Stato of Texas? These ara im- Eonmlt questions for gottlomont. If they eoald 0 mndo to tako tlhio placo of the immeudo and almost worthless hords of Toxas, it would ald immensely to the wealth-of that Biate and go far toward tho production of gaod and chaap boef. “In couclmion, pormit mo o alludo to the practicability of introducing ehort-horms into our dairies. The countiy noods_ light upon this subject. Tho Impression provails that thoy ara lews profitadle than somo othar breeds, Correct Lnowledgo on this subjeet would greally chango theso views, and introduco short-liorns to a large extont into our Western dairies, at Joast whore dairylug and stock-raing might be combined,” Mr. L. B. Spraguo read s papor on ** Bliort- Ilorn Conformnation, Contour, Quality.” Ile claimed that conformation of cattle could be changed moro easily by broading_ than could contour, and especially’ qualits, In regard to tho latter, ho lnid groat stross on the nced of breeding with referonco to tho quality of the woat. 1o would have the quality of Lho meat of the cows, when killed, modo a mogus of guincssg what the ment of-their olfspring is, aud brocdors should thion brood with reforeuca to tho quality of tho meat, T'ho paper drew out a discuzslon as to whothor white aud roau or red cattlo were the best in the quality of tuoir flesls, the most of the mombots favoring while and roan. by B, Clristie, of Canada, assertdd that, from an experionce of mnear tlicly years, tho yellow reds wero emphatically tho ~bost, Dense reds wera not of ihe original stook ; to prove this he cited a number of well-known English cattlo. Prot. M. Miller, of ths Stats Agricultural Col- logo, Lansing, dioh,, spoke for su hour of in- and-in breeding, climing that the objoct of breeding o mot to induce dasired qualitics, I'hoee are inducod by chinngod hnbits and alterod sutroundiuge, Drecdiuglml'netun:ns tho olintac- ter induced, The highost perfeotiou is attained by lu-and-in breeding, but_only in the hauds of Ulo arllsts of tlus profession, Thore aro two veat difionlides in the way of In-and-in breed- Fug—nun a tendonoy to a reduction of tho bony atructuro, and (ho other to a tondoney to _stotil- ity. ''he Lost ndvice tonavices is to biced those cattle having in common tho qualivy desived, ‘I'ho evening was taken up in the disoussion of {hie subject of in-and-in broeding, .A varlely of apinipus was ndvanced, but mout of the membors scomed to think that it was not advisablo, but taat for the flvst cross or two it might uot do much barm, ‘fhe Shreveport Death Rolle In a recent iurua the Bhreveport Times gives somo Interestiup dotnils of the toriible plngue which eamo so vear ta complotely dopobulating that city this fall, The populntion of (ho city, it knys, fluctuaces botween 10,000 in the kumumor and 14,000 In (ho winter. Dr. D, P, Connor, who lins collceted etatistics et tho request of tho Natloual Governmont, ostimatos that the popu- Intion just proyious {0 tha epidemio numberod 9,000 and fell during the pevaleuco of the fover to 4,600, Tho Times, howovar, Iy diaporod to quoktion (e Intfer estimnto, nud olafms that i ix tan grreat by at least 600, aud of the 4,000.poopla which tLis ould show, rullf 1,600 wero negroes, Tho Hrst notublo casos of tho pingus were ob- sorved on Aug, 20, bobwoen which time and Nov, 13, thero wota 750 dealhn, about 15) of them bo- ing negroos, nearly 80 por cent of tho total reeldent population bayiug sucoumbed to the rayagos of the dlseaso, ——— Tho Spanish Dispateh fo Mr, Sumner, hio following {sthe eallo dlu\vnch from Mad- rid which v, Bumner found on his library table ou arriving ot Washington, and which ho asked congont to read in tho Sonnte on Monday 1 Tho uidersigned, Doputies of the Ropublican majority of the Bpanish Congress, addross to you thair hoart-folt ralutations aud folicitation on your sywpathy in Lehalf of our boloved coun- try, Boentimonts the same an vours animato us in'zegard to our brothera In America, iusplring us with tho well-groundod hops that rocant dit- feroncos will rosult in peace, confornubly to the principlos of modern las, Threo nationa roprosont Amarican liboerty ¢ Franco, Spaln, and tho United Btates, The i"mmuvnt of (ho threo la now ongagod in n undrad battle-flolds to assure it existonce, whioh tho onomies of lmman_progross combat, TIu thia strugglo 53,000 slavos hava hoon omanci- poted, and wo ar nroparing to complote our work of redemption, Tha world will blo:n n settlo- mont which, without humiliatiug anybody, slinll asaitro ponog botwoen repablican nations, with the scourity and Lho consolidation of our Tepublio, Rtarnazr Conpoya, ANTONIO OngNaz, VASQUEZ Lorez, Fnavcitseo DE CARALEJ0S, MANTINEZ PAonruaqQuina, Manni, Nov, 38, 1673, THE NEW CHIEF-JUSTICE. The Ilon: Georgo I, Willinma, From the Plaladelphia Telegranh, Tho Hou. Georgo I Wil illlams, tho new Chlet- Juatico, waus born in Columbia County, N. Y., on }ho 23 of March, 1828, 114 rocoivod an academ- icr] oducation iu Onondaga County, studied Inw, and, on being admlttod to tho Laf, in 1841, im: mediately emigrated ta Iaws, 'Phore ho assumal » loading poution at onco, and in 1847 was claot ed Judgo of the st Judicial Distriot, 1n 18563 ho served also as & Presidontial Bluctor. Up to this time ho wna a Domoorat in bis politieal proolivitics, and in the last-named vear, racniyed from Prosident Plorco the aBpnlnkmnut of Olief~ Justico of tho "Lorritory of Orogon, & poxition fo which be ways ru:\!)pu\nlud by Urosident Buchane an in 1857, Lub trom which ho soon attor re- signed. . Having baon & mombar of tho Conventlon which framed the Countitution of Oregon, ho beoamno, on iis adminsion into the Union a3 a State, one of its most infineatial political load- erd, About this thne, and while the now OCom- monwenlth was undor tho absoluto control of the Democrntio party, Mr. Williams abandonod that organization, and did muoh toward weour- fug tho areendancy - of tho Ropubliean party, which was attained in 1362, In 1861 ho was oleat- ed h{l tho Logislatura to the United Statos Senalo forthe term commoncing Match 4, 1965, nud ending {n 1971, % o st once took an actlve part in tho Impor- tout_legislation of the Lhirty-ninth Gongrans. On the tirst day of the mocond setsion of this Congrees ho brought before tho Senate a bill to “regulato the tenire of oflicas,” whioir was re- forred Lo n commitico, and subsequently, with modifications, pazsod over the Prosidont's voto, On tha Lihof Fobruary, Mr. Wililams luzroduco.l A Ll to provide for tho moro ofticient governmont of ths lusurreotionary Btatos," which was referrod to the Commit- tee on Reconatragtion. It was subgoquently reported and passed as tho ““Military Rovon- struction act,” o served on the Commiitec on the Judiciary with much ability, and aleo of’ the Comunlitoes on Vinunce, on Olilms, and on Pri- vato Laud Clalms, of whisa he was Ohalrman, and on the Spooisl Committeo on the Neocllions States, being likewise & member of the Bpecial Committoo appointed to Mcumpnnf the remains of residout Lincaln to Illinnis, 1le was a firm and conaistent Republican tlivoughout bis Sunn- torial torm, but {mlltlnnl rovolution in Oregon provented his re-eleation. Ou Fob, 9, 1871, Lio waa sclooted by tho Prosi- dent a8 ono of tho fire Commlssioncrs on the part of tho United States for tho sottiemont of tho Alalama olnims, and othior mattors in disputo bLetwoen onr own Governmont and that of ‘Groat Britain, Tho deliberations of tho Com- mission rosultod in the T'roaty of Washington, in the framing of which Mr. Williams hal an active sharo. On Dee. 14; 1871, ho was nominated by Presi- dent Grant to the position of Attorney-Genoral, 23 succossor to Amos . Akorman, of Guorgin. At the timo the appointment was quite popular, but the dutica of the position liave not boon dis- charged in a manuer which has indicatod that Mr. Williams is_the bost man iu tho country for tho oxaltod posilion to which Lio 18 now ta be ap- pointed. THE ROLL OF OHIEF JUSTICEY, The following is a Lt of tho Chiof Jusiicas of the United States siuce the cstabiishmont of the prescut form of govornmout In 1789 1 Jolin Jay, of Now York, from Sept. 23, 1730, « William Onrling, of Massachusotts, appoiuted Jan. 27, 1796, bu: daclined. ‘ Oliver Ellsworth, of Counecticut, from March , 1790, ! Jobn Tay, of New York, reappointed Doo, 19, 1800, but declined, John Mapuhall, of Virginia, from Jan, 81, 1801, Rogor B. Taasy, of Maiyland, feom Jfaioh 15, 830, Salmon P. Chinee, of Obio, from Doo, G, 1804. e S EQUAL RIGHTS, Mr, Sumnoris Addresa to the Colored Citizens ol Wushingion Lnst Mous- day Nig I am touchod by this manifestation of rogard and sympathy, but sllow mo to ¥ay most sin= corely tuat Icaunob claim any spovial morit, I bave nlways acted at the promptings of cou- scionce, aud could not have dono otherwise ; bo- sides, I could not forgot the hoaored Common- woalth that seut me hero, with the commission snd command to labor always for Luman righta, 1fad I at any ttme hositatad, I shonld bave poon robulted, not ouly by my own oonsolonas, but by tho liborty-loving poopla of_Massachusotte, ouo of whoso atandurd-bearors I am. ith tho ox- gmulon of my thonks I might prop closo, ut, eceing you faco to faco on this aminble or- rand, I am omboldencd to dwoll onco more on what T have uo often presentod to my colorad fellow-citizans of Washington, Your pasttion fs paculiar and most importaut, for you are placed on a hill, 50 a8 to bs an ex- ample thronghout the cduntry, Our colotod fellow-citizous olsowhoro, counted by millions, wiil be encouragod or doprossod by what is done hora. Thoy will do as_you do, keoping In lina with you, snd, scoording to a military phraso, ‘‘drossing on you,” I you aroc earuest and uuited, thoy will bo oarvest and united. If you iusist upou crowning raconstruction by o national statnte, duclaring complate equality ho- fora the law; in other words, that ovarywhoro, in ovorything rogulated by law, thoro oau Lo no discrimination on ‘account of aolor; if you iusist wpon thls beneflcont and comprolicusivo measuro, which is tho esson- tinl * supplement and comploment of all other measuras, then will our colored cltizons throngout the conntry do likowiso; and 8o, bo- iug united, you will be henrd, and ‘allow o to say, will provail. I wish yon to remembor that tho opening of tho straot-cars horo waas followed by opening thom i other places, 80 that tho batls hore was for tho whole country. The ad- mixslon to testily hore was tho proludo to ad- mission evorywhere, The aqual franchise lure wus tho precuraor of that univereal measuro by which tho right to vote was declared, indepoud- ont of color. [t now remains that you should bo assured by law in tho enjoymont of equal rights in education, In travel, and generally in the pursuic of bappiness; and Loro, slso, the kns—un:a wust procoed from Washington, no word more, It is not enongh to havo thoso nssured by Btate .lmws. They must be placed undor the snfeguard of a National siatute, 1.a0ning with eqnal ad wwiform power into evory State, Ao that all shall bo nlike in riguts, whothor in-Massaohnsofts or Bouth Curolina, in Now Youlk, in Now Orloaus, Buoh a statute will bo tho capstono of rosoustruction, Lot this ba doue, and the heavy bmdens you have ko long borme will drop fiom your ehoulders, and our logwlation will® be roliovod ‘of all quostions of color, Our laws hovenfter will spaak of porsous, of oitizons, ol men, but nothing more will' be maid of 'blnok " or “*white," "Iu this respeot they will belike the Natious! Constitution, which fuciishies no oxcuso forany auoh quostion. I have done what I conld, to-day, to csecuro this triumph by Iutroducing into tha Senata what {3 extensively known a4 tho *‘Bupplemontary Civil-Iights bIL™ It was tho fiest il introdacod, aud, therofdrs, stands numbor oua on tho caloadar of tho Sonate. If my wishos or effurts can pro- vail, it will be tho tirst to bocomo a luw, et “arjornmonts Colopy.” The Skandinaven og America (published in Chicago) prints the puragraph going the rouwds that Bjornstjorne Bjoruson, the uated Norwe- slan pout auil novelist, ig propariug to embark or tho Unitod Btates wilh n colony of 700 uf his counteymen; sud corrects **a nuinber of inace ouraclas " contained theroln, as follows : In tho fivst placo, My, Bjorneon hins not yot nnnonnced s intantfon of + louving bis nativo country aud sattliug in tha Unitod Siates;" which nocoussi- tatos tho furthor stntoment that ho bs not now wnking thoso final prulmrntlmln 3" that ho ls nol about **em bmking with o colony of 700 Noy- wegiang for t4is country;" that ho hwa novor oxptossed any dcslro, muoh loss intontion, of so * ombarkiug " that he lias no conncotion what- evor with that oaluny of 700 Norwegians ; flual- lf’ that no puch *‘oslony” oxl»t-,-—nm\ that [1 1'eru 1s no prosout proupeot that it over will ox- ot .. o Bjornstjorne Djorneon is exclusively our cor- respondent, and no such statomonts a3 are cou- tuined in the articlo abave quoted bave appoared Iu auny of his corrospondeuce, or iuany Norwe- glan mslcr cithor of this couutry or tho old, To a lrrlvn 0 lottor to ny, Bjornson haa dec'arod his ntention of visiting thls country in 1876 and 70, aud that 1s all there ia of it." The * colony” busiuess is the shoorest nonsenso, SAXONY, s Declino and Fall«=IKing John the East Sovoreign An the Ball Senvo of tho Torm, L'rom the Pall Mall Gazetts, King John of Huxony was the lnst King of Saxony In the tull souso of the word, 1o had relgned as auch for many yoars ; poworleas of himsolf, but malntained in his position of indo- Hnmlnut royalty by tho vivalry of the twa great tates, Prussia and Austria, botweon which nig small but prosnorons donmlulon wan intorposod, It was wnid of his prodocossor, Frodoric Augngs tus, that Prusain was his wifo, but Austria his misiross, Tho Iato King died n Vicoroy of Prusala, and his son only takes up the inhoritenco of that diminishod dignity. Ilo ad shown himsolf suporior ~not only to mero paity jealousios of dynastic rivale ry, but to the natural infirmuties of g half-doposod monarch, when lip cast his own powar, with bis gallant family and his well- treinal soldiory, into tho acale’in 1379 on tho sido of the German Fathorland, DBuas hy could onrn by wuch magnanimoun conduot only tha np- plauss of his own CGorman consvienca and tito estoem of hig thoronghly Gorman subjogts, Prusuia could not wot him np agalu, if it wonld, The fates of Europo, rathor than tho mera policy of tho Iluheazollerus, have decidad agamet him, Aud the prosont Saxon family have the full cons solatlon of reflecting that, wheiever diminution of lustro their auty and erown may havo suse tainod thirounh recont ovents, they have no siug of thalrown toatoue for, T'hoir candugt his hean, in thamaku, straight forward aud upright iu all the courdo of cvonty ginco 1815, ‘Ihey woro & just fumily, *Ju slo waren gorceht! was the vordi the Dreadan pub)\llneu wlhon tha tido of rove tion threateued to almio their statuos and memorinls in the turmoil of 1843 Thouglh # Rayalistn by trade,” they vasoznized tho riglits of thoir subjeets, 'Though Cathols in volig.on, thoy nevor ‘intrigued ngninst tho faith of & poopla cntirely Prolestant. * Ihese things aro not fargotlon, ond If the momory of thow caie uot maintain the royal houso v its ancient pro- ropatives, it will, o oll evouts, seeaio it tuck, rospect and samo resrat. Tho Houso of Saxony suffor, 4 bas boan sale, from the provalonco of causod over which they bind no control, but partly also for tho moral and nolitical sius of thowr ancostora, vory diftesent feom_thomsolvos. Iti soatcoly nov 2 m- bored that only 130 yeacs ugo Saxony escesd cd Prupsia both in uol;mlmmn and wenlth, aud ¥ og in moat roapcots far Lotter enited for lenjere ehip_in the two groat caures of Protestantism va. Pnflary and Nocthy German va, Adeian futorests, * Wao fariily baaks of the Iitbo prosented @ vory difforent mmpoet fiom the eande of Biadeniurg., Tho miners and manufacturors of tho Erzgebirgo and Lusatia found o rivals among the bardy Lut uupro- duative laboring claseos of Piussin, Blexant Deosdon, loarned and trading Leipzig, presontod vory difforent foatures to tho oye of the spectator from thoro of dreary Darlin, 'Theto aro 1w mora picturosqua contrasts in history than thoso orf whick Caxlyle eo complacoatly dilutes, on Lhio accasion of the famous sejourn of tho two Froderica with Augustus the Sk ot Diosdon in 1723, "Tho nay IS $hat of » visit by n couplo of ses o Bezaiitlio or Ltalan ralor, of Bradanburg and of Haxoay kingdoms to thoir Blostoratod; bat tao for: contrived to maike his royal doaunion (Prussia) & 1ich romorve of strongth, tuat of the othor - (Poland) was o more dource of oxtravagauce and weakncss. Dut the great couse of tho iuferior destiny of Haxony was not the ordinary s of misgovorn. wmant. It way rather tho circumstanco that her sovoraigns, in oll the fi(runt erigen of Euvopenn olitids, had tho ll-luck or Lupradonzo to take he wrong side. ‘Cbreo thmos tho fateful chanco was offared her—throo timas doliborately thrawn away. Iiad eho frocly jolned tha Prolcsiant caude undor Gustavus Adolphus, her sovarcizn must noads havo suceeeded to tuo Swado's politis cal inboritanco. It proferrad alliance with thn Empiro, and ye: not so hoartily aud rosolutoly aa to desarvo evou Imporial thauks. Amaiy, io'the Soven Years' War sho cast hor lob with Austrin, and this timo with moro crushing result, Ifor srmy, notbing loth as far us tho ings of ohicors and mion woro corned, capitulatod quietly with Fredovio. Only somo four rgimonts of gallant Suxous wera not comprised 1u the capitulation, and thoso, w0 it is said, decided tho fortunca of tha flold of Callin, tho licst grot dofost wustainad by Frod- erlo, aud which he was tompted to call “our Pulfown." At the peaco of ilubortsburg she was yutunlly sacrificed by bor Austriau ally, But tho sacriflco was ropeatod on o greater senls and with sovarer conso:juonces when sho coms mitted hor final orror by Laking part with Napoe Icon ngaingt Gormany, ~ Tho last fatal humia- tion was undergone in vain, whou her forces pasaed over from tho ranks of Frauca to thoss ootori— vl fo] saasate or of the allies on the very fiold of Loipzig. Tho troaty of Vienma Atrp- ped Ler not the ‘lows of ouo-ball of ar remaining dominions, and the ropresentative of tho earlicst days of German natioualily aud empiro, the cradie of Gorman Protestantism, almost 'of Gorman litoralure, camo down to rank ona lovol with the flro-new Kingdom of Wue- tembrrg, the Electorates of Hesso and Baden, Battor, no ‘doubt, sabsist a5 on3 of tha most flounshing provincos of great German Lwpiro —higlicst, or nearly highest. in woalta nd in- dustry, lotters, aud arts, and genoral cultivation —{ban 08 & Monarchy morely maintuinad by tho artiticial support of mutual” jealuusios bolween ‘moro pow e1ful States. e — DEFZNSZS OF FRANGE. Tho Now System of P'rotection Against an 1availer, Writing from Batlin uador date of Nov. 12, the 0>rraspondaat of thy Lonlon Daily Teis graph says ;. From an officlol sourco T Toarn tho following facts in reference to mililury mstion {n Prance, T now systom of uatfonal doeusss (Lundeaverthyiliguny) ves contly cdopted in Germany, o1 of tho chiof objsots of which b8 to doaway wills 3 lirge number of emall furlresses of no Iniportance, conaldering ihe presout mothod of condu.ting war, aud Lo wireugtlien tho largo fortresses by mueans 0f Lirgs dewened furts, thoroby coustitutlng strougholds that ars st oucs arscnals and Lugs futreucied catps, lias mde it noceasary fur Frauce to reorzaulzo hor Lome defensea, Tao nocéssity of protectiug Franco from Germun ate taca by u strong Huo of fatireasos, oy woil a8 of reme cdying tio shoricomings discoveied during tho I, war {16 defonsos of Larls, uauuluus mos: earnestly at tha pressut moment French milltary cireles, ‘Tuosy questions buvo enterad » now .fihuse, Tho triplo forirasa-glrdlo, construsted apon Viaban’s plau, ot tiao oistoru tronker, aud which chlofly consiated of smali forts niuch oxpodod to bombardment, was pos sedded of but an insiguificsnt oilcusive force, amd spoodily fell to piecod uader tha Garunn blows, Metz und Sirosburg wora the only stronghoids tust lold out for any time. Waruol by thuss vxperi- oncod, the French bhave resalved to r Mo tho smaller fortresses to a position of altogetlier sec~ ondary montent, aud to constitute the frowider do- fouses du & serlel of futrenchiud catps, conucoied With nud sYpporting oue snotker, Tho central point of this entirely naw eystem of dofcnse will Lo Parig, which will s Lo s ve und store depot for fhe fortreesis nearer tle froutior, As farus ius plans for this complex of furiresses aro Litherto gettied, o stentegleal burreior of the first clies wiil Le uot up ovor ngafuit the very strongly rortificd wastern frontior of Gepnany, To aohivve luis (e cens ral Meugo fortresses—Sodan, Mozlcres, Vordun, snd ‘Foul—will Lo grestly strongibionad, .audl surrounded Wikl detached f01ts, §0 05 10 form 0o Luge intrenchod camp, Bouthwasrd, Langier, Bolfort, und prouably Dijuns will prolong tis foag llne of datense, wud will Lo formod Iuto wwoiher ylif:mth: jutrenched canp. T'ho #paed botweon Toul sud Langres i3 oaly about ity wiles Lroad, nd §8 througuout 40 MG’ cut up by wator und the westorn holglits of tho Vosges «s (0 by wost unfavorablo ground tor the operations of a biostily uriy § dt, tierclur, Yeyaires B spociul furiresn defunses, Aehlud this first line of defense will Lo constructed two groat luirenoued camps ot Sotesons and O deigued to Livdor tio advange of upoi tho Alue mnd Marne, Mhuis will so:ve depot for ull « thoso usivo works, uud will it Lo projectod upon an omliely uew systens, P'wo projocts wre umder couslderation for s Parly decenaes, uchther of which us teeu definitely udopiod, 'Phuy ficct proposa to erect Ly stroug fort 10und Patdy, &t congiuerdols distances from e ciple tal, Tareo of thu forts comprolivuded fn thls scheno arv already truced out, one (N,) at Mouiin Sounun, anukior (3 8t Aluniratont, it o thrd (N, 1) ub Mout Avion, Tuo soeontt project dorved ol uil old scheme of Napoleon I, bas® bean workd out by the Enghcoi-Qeneral Lyiphay ond proposcs to coustruct two fortross girdles ruund Lurls, one of waleli sball takoin tus wirendy oxiuiiug (ro:m, nud tho otuer constitute w dintant bult of works, of walel tho ifnks shouhd be Qurbeil, Ounriiers, Laguy, Oruli, Daunnuavtin, Beaumoni-sur-Usse, Moulun, st amboulliot, Tuis project fx not likely 10 Le reailzed, ua §t woithl bo enormonsly expeusive, " Tho construce tiow of thd ue of dofenses ou tao Muns fs, Lowover, ubwolutoly adopred, sl it may belouked Upon as o cortufuty that the Jutrinchied camys ut Buiscons snd Gunnoi Wl o Lo costrucied wiih al yoostoly die- pateh, Punishn 5 The subjcct of the sbelition of corporal pnn- fslunent is agiating the Sobool Cumnitteo of Boston, — Thoee in tuvox of retaining the right to punish in the hands of teachers claim thut the oxperionco of the Now York schools, the Cambridgo sohools, the Oliolsoa tchools, und somo otliore, whore tho right to punish as beon abrugated, Las noy boon satisfactocy, Iu Olicl- sen, al a reoant mooting ol thoe Belicol Commit= toe, it waa voted that, * iu view of the nnfavors ablo and unoxpacted resulls arlsing from the bollshmant of corporal punichinont in our schools, the vote of the Committes i lmrnbg rongindod,” but tho tonchors wero cautionc agaluut uding the vod when in paesion, or until all othor mulder measures Lavo boon exbianstod,