Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 9, 1873, Page 4

41 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1873, TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TENME OF BUNACTUPTION (PAYATLE IX ADYANOR), T g e Yarts ol ayearat the snmo rato. To provont dolay and mistakes, bo suro and give Post Of coaduress in tall, fnoluding Stato and County, Romittances may ba mads olthior bydratt, oxpress, Post Ofico order, ot tn 10glstorad lottors, at our siak, TENMS TO CITY BUDSORIDERA, Dafls, delisorod, Bunday escopted, 35 conte por weok. L, acliverod, Bunday included, 0 conts por weok, Addron THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Cortior Madison aud Dearbiorn-sta., Chicago, IlL. TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. OLOBR THREATRI—Dosplaties atroot, ot 5 “.'ell.;l.h‘;!?n l\yuh‘nuwl‘l. gtslll‘m:lnnrguu “Q."a';n]{nl‘l.lll‘. ACADEMY OF MUSIO—IIalsted stract, batwesn Mad- 1aon and Mouruo, - Kngaganout of tho Lydia T e s, HHAEtakor tho Lodia Thompion HQOLTY'S THEATRE-Ta , ot O i S oo aah Syara Foouper o b hian Qe AM'VICKER'S TITEATILE~Madlson ateeat, bejwoon Porrbor xad Biato. Luyagomant ot Lovis. ghiH] don. MYZN8' OPRRA-HO! - Monroo_strent, bstwaon Doactoi an iates Hartosto 0f "+ Tits’ Works Woi: dors." Alinsirolvy and cumicalitios. v KINGS) MUSIO ITALL—Qlark streot, betwoen PRy !{‘.{51'-‘,‘,}’ Luotuta by Gerald Massey, Bub- Jout: ** Charios Lamb " CONGREGATIONAL OHUROM-- ‘lf\l%‘t’nulg}%yrfvflfilnuanomndhn. Bubjeci: ** Good old. " '3 MUSEUM OF ANATOMY—Clark o UNineon Hadisuis i MoRroo. The Tuesdsy Morning, Docomber 9, 1873. Shicage Tdibune. It ie reported that Senator Shorman has given ap all hopos of any further nepotiation of the new issuo of bonds for the present, and it is not fikoly that the Syndicate’s option, which oxpires 9n the 16th inst., will bo oxtonded. [ Mr. Cox’s Cuban sympathies recelved s sot- back yestorday in tho refusal of tho Houso to suspend the rules in order to pass his resolution recoguizing the bolligerancy of the insurgents. Tho House probably thought it woll not to add to the complications of tho Spanish queaflan just at this time. Tho Honae of Representatives Laa taken the initiative in adopting, by a vote of 141 to 29, a Univorsal Amnesty bill, which is Sno in fact as well a8 in namo. Tho test oath is ropealed, and some people who do not yot know that the War of tho Retellion is over will bo startled toloarn that even Jeff, Davis msy now take s seat in Congroes—if he can get olocted. Wo have information this morningof the movement in Canada for ,the formation of & now political party to be called the Cauadisn Party, Tho objective point of tho new movement is the greator amelgamation of races in Canada. Itis maintained by those intorested in the move- ment that too much deferenco is now paidto Biitish sontiment, and that the Canedians must proparo themselvos for their ultimato separation from Britisk dominion, Tho Senate yesterday confirmed Martin Welker a3 Judgo of tho District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, in place of Bherman, who re- coutly resigned under clrcumatances already familiar to tho public, Judge Welker swasborn In Okio, and is aboul 54 yonrs of age. His Srat official position was Judge of tho Common Pleas Court in that State. Bubsequeutly, ho was Lieutonant-Governor, Judge, Advocate, and Adjutent-General of tho Siato. Hoserved in tho Thirsy-ninth and Forticth Congresses. The officers of the Spanish war-vessel Arapiles, which bas been in the Brooklyn Navy-Yard ever iince the Cuban complication assumed a warlike aspoct, voluntatily relieve overy oue of blamo for the sinking of the coal-barge in front of the Sood-gates, which has caused a further deton- tion of the ship, and admit that it was purely ne- sidental. - It is announced that the barge will be temovod Immediately, as it oughtto bo, and thers will then be no reason why the veasel should not be released i An author vo dispatch from Judgo MeAllis- ter, at Waukegan, was received iu-ihis city yos- torday, stating that bo had beon advised by four sminont lawyers that he was not oligible to the ofiice of Corporation Counsel, and thorefore ieclined the appointment tendered him by Mayor Colvin, This announcement will bo read with tegret by oitizens genoraily, who have looked torward with much satisfaction to the appolnt- ment of Judgo McAllistor to that important sffice. Gen. Logan, io the Sonate, and Mr, Farwell, in tho House, have introduced o bill chartering 3 now air-lino railroad from Now York to Chi- E Tho featurs of tho bill is that tho ma- terials which entor 'into the construc- tion of the rond shall be admitted froo of duty, in considoration of which the road izl transport Government freight at roduced ratos, Ax n matter of conrso, this provision in- vitea tho hostility of the high-tariff men In Con- gress, On the other hand, it {8 smd that o large lobby of Western men have gathorod st Wash- ingzon in support of it. The Benato bill was ro- ferrad to tho Judiciary Committeo on account of ho legal points lnvolvad. The Cutan news this mornivg is even less wariiko thas that of tho past fow days, Joval- ar, tho Captain-Qenoral of Cubas, suthorizes the statement that everything is quiet on tho iland, nod that tho terma of tho protocol will bo carried out without any diflloulty. Ho has no intcation of resigning. ‘U'ho General command- iug at Banlisgo do Cuba, in tho absonce of Burriel at Havaus, took the responsibility of sldpping ninoty-two of tho survivors of the Virinius off to Cienfuegus, and the Amorican war-versol Kausus tarted after thom, Dut tho Cay;tain-General, on being informed of tho ne- tion, ordored the return of the prisonors to San- tiego. They have been roturned nccordingly and placod in the fort. It is roported that Lresl- derd Grant will tuko widea with QGen, Sickles In it brush with tho Btate Dopartment, [ —— The Chicago produce markets wera gonorally esvited and buoyant yesterday, the transnctlous belag large, but principally speculativo, DMoes pock wou activo, aud advanced $1.00 por brl, clcalng at §15.00 cash, aud §16.60@15.65 sollor Febiuary, Lard was active, and 25@800 por 100 by higher, ,closing &t $8,12}¢ cash, und §8.023¢ seller February. Meats were quiet sud )Mo highor, &t 5)¢e for shoulders, 63{@034o for shiort vibg, 7o for short clear, all boxed, and 8}6@%}¢o tor mweot plekled hams, Highwines were moro wetlvo and flrm, at 90 por gallon. Dressed linga wore quiot and strougor, st 85.00@5.80 por 130 M, Flour was quiot and strong at &6.00@ 6,76 for good epriug extras, Wheat was moro “etive, aud 1o biglor, clesiug ab 61,11} cash, and #1,113¢ eollor January, Corn was loss ac- tivo and 1c higher, olosing at 513¢o cash, and 613¢@5134e sollor January. Oals wero in good domand and 1¢@1¢e highor, closlng at 883{c ensh or pollor January, Rys was 13¢@20 higher, closiug nt 78¢. DBarloy was more nctive, aud 1@ 8o iigher, closing ot 81,49 for No, 2, and §1.05@ 1,053 for No. 8. Livo hogn woro nctivo and highor, olosing strong at $4.60@4.00. The eattlo markot wag actlve and flrmer, with snlos ot €2,00 @0.06 for inforlor to fancy. Sheop woro firnt, e Tho Socrotary of tho Navy, hos addressod o communication to tho House of Ropresontativos, asldng lor an oxtra approprintion of 814,000,000 to meot tho fncreasod exponscs of his depart- mont for tho curront year. Tho Secrotary utatos that ho has assumod tho responsibility of mons- ures for putting all tho iron-clads and orulsers in a conditlon for activo servico, and contenda that the sum ho asks for {uneccssnry to carry out this plan. Mr. Roboson hints vaguely at the Spanish dificultics as tho occasion for this sud- dou netivity. Ilis domand las boon roforred to tho Committeo on Appropriations, with whom ho 18 personally lobbyiug for a favorable conuidora- tion, Memphis having just recovered from tho ravages of the yollow faver, has now got the noxt worst thing, o defaulting connty ofticial, Mr. Achilles Woodward, the County Trusteo, having, in an ill-gonsidered moment, put up- wards of $50,000 in redecmed but uncancelod warrants upon tho market, used thom the second time, and then abaconded. It is atated that the county will not loso suything, as tho bondsmen aro good, but the bondsmon are in an unhappy frame of mind about thie affair. Tho worst featuro is tho fact thot tho dishonest county ofticial lost tho monoy in stock specula- tious, and hns loft his family ponniless. The next county o hoar from is now in order, The entente cordiale has passed botweon Gon. Sherman and tho ox-Robol Gen. Forrest. The lattor, in a lottor to Gon, Sbhorman, tendered from 1,000 to 5,000 troops incase of war with Spain, to rondezvous at Mobile, New Orloans, or Koy West, nnd to bo uscd oithor as infantry or cavalry. Gon. Sherman, in roply, notifies Gow Torrest that ho has roforrad his lotter to the War Departmont to bo filed, with ¢tk indarsement that ho regards Gon. Forre: 08 ono of the most oxtraordinary mon doveloped in our Civil War, and that his would be smong tho first services to be accopted. All this is another evidenco of tha healing of old wounds. Gen, Sherman ndds, howover, that Lo does not helieva thora will bo war, bocause neithor nation dosires it, and that, it thoro should be, tho bulk of tho fighting would bo afloat, with vio- tory on our sido at laat, Tho Rav. Charles Edward Chonoy submittod last ovening to tho congrogation of Clrist Church tho question whether or not he should gecopt the position of Associate Bishop of tho ¢ Reformed Episcopal Church.” A resolution of nssent was unanimously adopted, on the condition that the duties of the now position slionld not provent the administration of his pastorate in thia city. Mr. Chepey immedintoly tolegraphed his acceptanco to Dishop Cumming at New York, requesting information as to when tho ordination could tako place. It is belioved that Mr. Chenoy mny bo ordained na carly a8 noxt Sunday, and, whenevor it occurs, it will tke placo in this city, and probsbly fn tho presenco and with the co-operation of sll tho prelates intcrosted in ihe now movoment. The meoting at Cbrist Church last pight was attended with much of the fervor of religiouse roformers, and was entirely harmonious. Tho Special Committco of the House yostordsy reportea the bill for:the repoal of the salary-grab of last scssion. -After considerable debate, It was made the special order for ta-day, whon it will uundoubtedly excito animated discussion. The bill Is inadequate in many particulars, not tho Jeast of which if that it fails to make the ro- peal dale from tho beginuiug of tho prosent sea- sion, IL provides, however, for covering into tho Treasury all moneya still undrawn or already roturned on sccount of back-pay. Messrs, Kas- son and Jewetd, tho Democratic members of the Committee, malto s minority roport, claiming that tho bill fails to meet tho domands of the people, They admit that tue Presideni’s pay cunmot now bo constilutionally reduced during Gon, Grant's term (an admisslon that is alto- gother gratuitous, since it is still o question whother his pay wos lnwfully incrensed during the perfod for which be had beon elected), but rocommond that lis incidental allowances be cut down in keoping with the economy de- manded by the bard timea, Several amondments and substitutes weroofferad, thoso of Mr. Mayuard aud Mr, Poland offering s notablo contrast. Mr. Maynard desires that the increasa in salaries be merely suspended during the Forty-third Con- greas, whilo Mr. Polaud contends that all tho money recelvod up to thia timo, eithor in Lnck- poy or forward-pay, bo reckonod as part pay- mont for all members of the present Congress, a0d bo doducted from thefr futuro pay, whilo the Treasurer shall roquost ox-mombors of Con- gresa to refund tho back-pay they have drawn, 1t 1a to bo Loped that the Iouse, s a whole, will find to-day n more sstisfactory plan for repeal than its Committoo Las dlecovered. Mayor Colvin submitted his full Ust of ap- ‘polntineits to tho Common Council last avon- ing, of which 8, B, Hayes for Comptroller, Josro O. Norton tor Corporation Counsol, J, L MeAvoy for the Baard “of Publio Works, and Jacob Rolim for Buperintendont of Polics, wero thoprincipal, The nomlnations for the minor city offices were'tho rame as given lu tho * elate” agrood upon at Saturday night's caucus and already publisbed. The nomination of Mr, Hayoa was immediatoly and uunsnimoualy con- firmed, which was 8 well-dosorved ocom- plimeut to his recognlzod ability to dischargo tho duties of the poation. All the other nominations were roferred to tho Comnitteos saverally ontitled to thoir conulder- ation, and thoy will uot be acted upon Ll noxt woek, The Mayor committed ono *bull” in nowinating Mr. B, £ C, Klokke to the Boawd of Police Commissioners without having firet removed Mr, Wrlght, whose place Klokke ixte sesumo, The Councll scomed luclined to paes it, however, and reforred the nomivation. The denignation of tho corporation newspapor wius likowiso postpouod for one wook. A resolution was introduced and roferrod that tho AMail whould bave it, which is regnrded as aignificant, Ald. Cullorton, however, proposad that the Staals-Zeitung should bo mado tho corporation nowspupor, which would bain the lutorost of cconomy, o8 tha law roquiros that the proceod- iugs shull bo publisbiod in "that journal in any ovent. Au ovidonco of retronchment 8 found in tho proposal of tho Tinance Coumittoo to out dowa tho tax-levy $482,644, the bulk of which is to bo doduoted from the appropriation for the Dorrd of Publlo Worlks, and tho rest from the Police and Fira Dopartmont and the DBoard of Tducstlon. Iho Commitlos fool ragrot, as will tho publio, that tho law doos not pormit them to mako nuy roduction in the city salary-lat, whioh amounts to tho large sum of $1,710,036 n yenr, Another movemont In the dircotion of economy, which ought to be adopted, is & proposition that tho City Boalor hinll ave a salary of $2,000 in lou of faos, which aro uaid to amount to sormo- thing like 10,000 a year. Ald. Bidwoll offered arosolution to poatpono tho consideration of tho Conrt-Ilouso constrution tll Doo. 2, 1874, which will place it beyond the juriediotion of the prosent Adminlstration. The resolation was reforred, but tho voto on it will give the publle tho sontimont of the Council on the Court-Houso quostion. THE REPUBLIC LIFE CABE. Judge Farwell ronderod » decislon yosterday in tho caso of tho Republic Lifo Insurance Com- pany.va. Josoph Pollak, County Olork, to rostrain him from oxtonding tha tax on tho eapital stock of snid Compnay, in sccordance with tho assess- ment of tho Btate Board of Equalization, 'Tho motion for an injunction was ovorruled by the Judgo for want of oquity. Nono of tho strong points upon which the tax- ation'of capital stock by tho Siate Board has beon brought in quostion were raigod in this cago, and the only thing roally decided by Judge Tnrwoll is that it s compotent for tho Stato to tax capital stock ngainst tho corporation issuing it, instoad of taxing it sogainst tho stock- Lolder. In this point wo think the Judge hes orrad, for it i pratty well sottled that tho sifus of porsoual proporty is at tho resl- Bhorman bo earrlad out, aud Gen, J. M. Scho- fleld, Boorotary of War, in Docetnbor, 1808, in o communication to Congross, asked for suthorlty to carry that plan of settlement into effect: I'hero tho easo roated until 1871, whon a joint rogolution was paesed by both Ilouses of Qon- gross, which, on itu face, in no wiso aigclosod its objeot, authorizing tho Booretary of War to gottle this controverey with Btoolo on principles of equity. Tho Booretary of War appointad a Mil~ itary Commisaion, who 1vestigated, and reportod two planss 1, Tho plan proposed by Gon. Bhor- mon to pay.him baok his §30,000 with interont and, 2. To purchago 1,631 ncros of Goverumont proporty from Btoolo and givo him o deod for thio balanco. of 6,394 noros. Ho ‘waa croditod with the 80,000 paid by bim; was romitted the 260,000 duo from him, and waa given cash and loud to the valuo of $467,909. This report con- tnining theao Lwo plans of eottlomont wan doliv- orod to Hecrotary Bolknap, snd ho adopted the socond one. A moro transparent fraud was never porpotrated than this job. Ii is so self- avidont that no man con look af it without n conaciousnoes thal Floyd's original fraud was a small thing comparod with this, Tho Hlouss of Roprosontatives cannot over- look this scandnl, Thero ia mo Prosidential eloction now ponding in which oxposures aro to bo avoidod, A good hoalthy roport at this time, oxposing and condomning thls or auy othor crimiunl procooding on the part of a publio ofi- cor, the higher tho botter, would bave s hoalth- ful cffeat upon the country. Moreover, tho prop- orty can bo oasily recovored, if thore is any dis- position todo it. This Fort Buolling robbery was flrat attemptod under the Administration of Irosident Piorce, and wag provonted by Jofforson Davis, thon Soc- denca of the ownor. A eitizen of Now York owning shares of etock in & railway in‘another Btato, or of a railway travorsing soveral States, is taxable in Now York upon that property. ‘Paxes upon personal propoerty Leing highor in Now York than in Now Jorsey and Connootiout, numbors of persons doing business in Now York Dave in fact romovad their rosidencen to the lat- ter States, It fs cortainly not contomplated that thé samo proporty shall bo taxed twice in the samo yoar for Btate purposos, Judge Farwells avswer to this ob]pchlou is, that if tho Statoin which tho owner rosidos taxos him for tho valuo of the shiares of stoek ownod by bim in au Ili- nois corporation, that is his miefortuno, sud {s somothing which doos not concorn ws. Of courso, this question will ultimately bo tested in tho United Statos Bupromo Court, for it ia of tho highoestimportance, not merely to Illinols but to alt tho Btates, to know wholber tho right to tax such shares bolongs to the Btato whore the owner rosides or to the Stato whero tho sharos aro issued. This, a8 wo have already remarked, is the only rea! point decided by Judgo Farwoll. Nona of the objections against tho taxstion of captial stock, in the mode and mauuer adopted by the Stato Board, so strongly advanced by Judge Caton iu his argument at Morris in tho case of tho Ottaws Glass Company, woro raised in the case of tho Ropublic Lifo Company, fortho reason that tho latter Compauy had filed o sworn statement intho Auditor's office at Spring- Geld that it had property to an amount greater than that at which ita ospital stock wis sascsscd, ond - for tho further reason that it had no indebtednocss. In the caso of the Ottawa Glass Company, the State DBoard had tivst nssessed all the tangible proper- ty of the Compauy, aud bad thon assessed ita capital stock reprosonting tho samo proporty, and fnally Liad sdded its debts to the caplial stock and assessod that also. Upon this state of tacts, Judgo MoRoberts grantéd a temporary injunction, A similar case will soon come Le- fore tho Cireuit Court of Cook County—thatof tho Pacific Hotel Company, where the entire hotel proporty has been assezsed and the eapital stock asecused in addition to it, The law provides that only the valuo of tho eapital stock ‘‘over and alovo " the valuo of tha tangible property— that is, the dilferenco, if any, botween the valae of the stock and that of the property—shall be added to tho valuo of tho tangible propeity for purposcs of taxation, The Stute Bonrd coustruod thie words '* ovor and above" to mean * in addi- tion to,” and it is this construction which has raised such univorsal and just indignation. As this point was not ralsed in the Ropublic Lifo casg, thora were really oo equities in it, and the Dill sras accordingly dismigsod. 4 THE FORT BNELLING SWINDLE. ThoFort 8nelling swindle is ono of tho topica which Congress will have to consider at tho prosont seesion. Thiy uffair iy too gront a scan- dal to bo passed over in silonce. For thirty years (here have been' attompts mado lo steal this roservation of 8,000 acres, eituated at tho confluenco of the Alisaissippi and Miunesots Rivers, In 1857, John B, Floyd, Becretury of War, sold it to Franklin Steclo for $90,000, in violation of law. Steclo paid $30,000 casl, and was to pay the romainder in installments of like amounts, This he falled to do. Ilo, however, establishod “ferrles at the fort, snd charged profitablo ratos for forrylng tho Govornment forces to gnd from the fort. Aftor the War, Btoelo prosented to tho War Dopartmont o bill, of wlugh the following s a copy : “Tha Unitod States to T, Sleale, Dr,: "o unw and occupation of Tort Bneljing ros- ovvutlon for military purposes from April a4, 1801, to Jam, 24, 1808, ¥l mouths, st . $1,000 por month, +4+$102,000 “5¥ balance of purclito money, . 00,000 Total clalm,veiirnrscrsons voee $102,000 Tho majority of the Committeo of tho Iouso of Ropresentativos, J. A. Pottit, J. 8. Morrill, and Issac N. Morris, who had iu 1858 investi- goted tho sale by Floyd, had roposted that tho somo had beon mado without any authority of law, and was void, and gonorally chargod that tho trsusaction was fraudulont, Congross toolk 10 netion ou tbis report, but passoed o voto dis- approving tho salo. When Steole, In 1808, st up nolaim to the wholo rosorvation under his protonded purchass from Floyd, Qon, Bherman investigated tho matter, aud made o roport that ho had visited Fort Snelling, and stuted that tho, sulo by Floyd wan frawdulent, but ho did not think Steelo was s party to the fraud; thut tho reservation would always bo wantod for military purposea; that it was *‘ominently nacossary for tho mititary uses of tho United Statos for all timo to come,” In that roport aud twoe lntorre- porty, nftor ropeating tho Importance of retaln- ing tho roservation,. he proposed and recom- wended that fn sottling with Stoolo— A falr compromise should bo mado with him, and uono would bo more fulr than to oredit Nbm with tho, monoy pald, 330,000, with fntorest, nud charge him all: wmoneys vecelved by ini, 1o ling had the uke of tho vuluslo fopry privilege, and hiss hod tho benefit of other renty myd Profits, and should ke & dectarative statoment of thy uscount awl receivy tho Lulanco due L, A bourd of ofticors, consisting of Qun, Jumos A, Hardlo and Col, George Qlbson, recommond-’ od that tho plan of sottlemont proponed by Gen. rotary of War, Floyd was £a ingraincd raseal § but in this traueaction concorniug Fort Buelling his record has been mado respectablo by com- parison with tho final settloment. What Cou- gresa ought to do is to puss & law, immodiately, declaring tho convoyance to Stoolo & fraud, and taking stops to reclaim the whoto resorvation, THE LAST OF CIVIL-SERVICE REFORM, President Grant, in his nonual mossage do- livered at the oponing of Congross, callod atton-~ tion to Civil-Servico Reform in the following languago: In threo successivo messages to Congress, I have called attention to the subject of Civil-Sorvice Reform. Action has beon takon so farns to nuthorizo tho ap- polntment of o Boswd to devise rules governing tho mothods of ‘maldng appointmenta and promotions § but thore never Ly buen any nction on those rules, or any roles ponding or even entitlod to observance swhoro porsonn doalrs tho appointment of frlond, or tho removal of an ofticlal who mny bo disngroealio, To hinve any rules effoct it, thoy must havo the ocqui- esconco of Congress a8 well as of tho Executive, 1 recommend, therefore, tho subjoct to your atton- tion, and suggest that spocial committes of Congresn might confor with the Oivil Doard during thio presont neasion, for the purposp of dovising such rules s can ‘bo maintained, sud which will &eouro the services of honost and eapablo ofticials, nud which will also pro- tect them In degros of indepondence while in office, Proper roles will protact Cungrens na wel ua the Bxeo~ utivo from much needless procaution, sud will prove of great valuo to thio public at large, ¥ Tho only answor which Congress has made to this appenl {s in the appointment of a commit- tee, whose sentiment Is understood to be op- posod to the reform of the Civil Borvieo. Mr. Willard, of Vermont, who Lus beon moro carnest and eficiont in the cause thau any other member of tha Gommittee, was made to give way in the Chairmanship to Mr. Kellogg, of Connectiout, who is said to bo unrompromisingly opposed to the reform. Gen. Butler, the most .prominent membor of the Committee, i3 opposad by naturo aud politionl education to reform of every do- seription, and particularly to Civil-Servico Ro- form. He hns before now openly denounced it 88 & humbug, Ta addition to this official answer to Gen. Grant's rocommondation of tho subject, the sentimont of Congross has been unmistak- ably declarad against tho reform in tho privato utterancos of the Congrossmen. Itis ovident that Crvil-Servico Reform will go by tho board at this sesslon, just na it has at the three pre- coding seasions to which tho President refors in his mesaugo, Thia situation of sffaira is the more worthy of attention as Congressional opposition to Presi- dent Grant is altogothor excoptional. Groat deferenco is psid by tho Ropublican majority in Congress not only to Gen. Grant's recommenda- tions, but to his privato prodiloctions. Iu the absonco of any plausiblo explanation, the oppo- sition in this caso would be vory strange, and the only plausible oxplanation which suggests itaell {s that Congross uuderatands Gen. Graut's rec- ommendations in this reapect to bo utterly insin- core, Thore is much roason why this construc- tion should bo put upon them; for, in apite of Liis -reitorated reforenco to tho eubject, Lis ap- pointments bavo indicated a supreme contempt for both the spirit of tho reform and tho letter of tho rules. It isnow nolonger a wmattor of doubt that Georgo William Curtis rosigned his position on the Civil-Sorvice Board becauso ho Lecameo convineed that ho could not secure Gon: Qrant's co-oporation. Though silent on tho subject for sovoral months subeoquens to his rosignation, ho has siuco enid so distinctly in oditorials in Harper's Weelly which havo boen widoly copled. Tho fmmedlato ocoasion of Mr. Curtfs® withdrawal was Gen, Grant s refusal to recognizo the principle of promotion in filling a vacancy that oceurred iu New York City by tho rotiromont of the Naoval Officer. DBut this was only tho hair that broko tho camel's back. Thero had boon an accumulation of cases which demon- atrated thut Gon. Grant ignored all the rules of Civil Servico whenever hie saw fit to do so. His Lrother-in-law, Casoy, Liad beon retained aa Col- lootor in Now Orlonns {n the face of Congras- sional consure, Holden, of North Caroling, had beon appointed. Mr. Nowman, the pastor of Qen, Grant's churel, nad been gent on a tour around the world in an oficlal eapneity created for him, A political appointment was made to tho vacanvy in the Chicago Post-Oflice, ocen- lonod ny the resignation of Mr, Enstmav, while 1o evidonco was overwholming that Mr, 8quires, the Deputy-Pastmaster, was in evory way com- potont and entitled to tho succession under tho rulos, In faot, thore liad beon a hundred ia- atanoss showing Gon. Grant's” utter contempt for tho roform uud his dotormination not to be guidd by the rules, Thoro was nothing loft for My, Curtis, who was honestly “oullsted in the ocausn, but Lo rosigu, Binoe tho rosignation of Mr, Curtis, Civil-Sor- vico Roform has beon -more completsly ignored than before. Postmastor Filloy, of Bt, Louis, was oonvioted of laving lsylod a contribution upon hiy clerke, throatening romoval in dotault of pryment, It was charged that tho nssossmont wa# mado to dofray tho expenses lucurred by Postmaster Filloy in ontertaining tho Presidont whilo ou & wisis to Bt. Louis, Whether thiais g0 or not, {he assossment was & flygraut violation of thes Qivil-Batvivo rules, and su outrageous plece of bluckmadling evon it tloro had boou 1o rilea, DBut don. Graut took no notico of this af- fulr, and Tostmaster Filley rotalns Lia poaition, with tho privilogo of lovying another ansossmont when tho Prosidont vislts 8t. Louts agaiu; or whanover tho oxigencies of Lhe party require it, Not loug aftor, tha Naval Ofticor and Surveyor of the Port at Daltimoro asgossed thofr em- ployes for political purposos, undor tho snne threat of removal if they failod to respond. Tho omployes, or & portion of them, appoaled to tho Scerotary of tho Treasury, who told them, I substanco, that thoy neod not pay unless they wanted to,” But, ag tho sltornative of' losing thelr places still stared thom in iho face, itls probable that most of thowm pald up rathor than incur the risk. Tho Naval Officor and Burveyor at Baltitnora still rotain thotr placen, About tho samo time, political blackmall waslovied on tho omployos of tho New Yorl Custom-Houso, but the Washiugton Ouvnmmontpiid no pttontion toit, 'The failure to punish theso violations of not morely the rules of tho Civil Borvice but tho rules of common decency, was o gonernl notico on tho part of the prosont Admiuistration that it hnd no genuino intorest lu Civil-Sorvico Ttoform. There is littlo wondor that Congress practically ignores the wholo subjoct fn tho light of the Prosident's practices, which arc raore stefking than his presching. 'The fact Is that Civil-Sorvico Roform 18 o do- Iusion and o naro in tho hands of the Ropubli- can party. Tho Dhiladclphis Couvention do- clured jn favor of it winlo tho party hnd not tho slightest intention of giving it a practieal recog- nition, Tho President recommends it in all of his messagos and gives no heed to 1t in his ap- pointments. Congross has s standing committea on tho sabjoct madoe up with referenco to dofeat- ing tho roform. To comploto tho contradiotion, it is now only necosunry thot o roport sbould bo Lrought in by Qen. Datlor, in whoso sorvica Gon. Grant romoved and appotnted the Foderal officors in Maosachugetts during the late cam- paign in that Stato. THE VILLE DU HAVLE DISASTER. Tho arrival ot Piymouth of {he crew of {ho Loch Earn, which rau futo tho ill-fated stonmor Villo du Invre, hns furnishod the firat intelll- gont nccount of the manuer in which the dis- nster occurred, and places both tho scamanship and tho bumanity of the Freuch officers and arow ln & dlugracefu} light. It appoars that tha Captain of tho Loch Farn, as soon as ho saw that tho steamor was coming dangeroualy near him, ported his holm, whioh turncd his vossel to tho left, as was proper. The Captain of the stonmer, instend of porting his helm also, a8 Lo should have dono, put it to starbosrd, thus sonding his vessel to his right, which brought her diveotly across the bows of the Loch Earn. If ho had ported hig Liolm, ho would hiaye shoered off to his loft, and tho two vessels would have oleared each other, with considerablo distance to sparo, o1, if ho had kept straight on his course vwithout ohanging hia, holm at all, the Loch Barn would have struck the stesmor quarteriig and glanced off, to that both vessols might have gono on their way without any so- rious damage,—a sort of larmloss collision which vory often hinppons, . Instaad of this, the Frenchman, with lmost inconceivablo stupidity, ron straight ncross tho bows of tho Loch Karn, and gout Lis veseol to tho botiom of tho ocesn. The French have a national roputation for bad seamnnship, and are, porhiaps, the worst sallors w the world, but such blundering as this passes comprehiension. It would secem as if ordinary instinct nlono should have indicated to the' Fronch Captain tho course ko ought to have takon, 'Chat such o blockhead a8 tuis, ignorant of the olementary principles of sailipg, should bave beon in command of tho second largest vossol sfloat in the world, is & ead commentary on French scnmnnehip. But the iguorsuce and blundering of the French wero not tho only disgiscoful foatures of this torriblo aftair. o ignorance they added cowardico and ivhumenity. ~If, afier their dreadful mistake, they had soughs to atone for it by doing overythiug in their power to rescuo the poor victims of thoir btupidity, thoy might have retrioved themselves somewhat in the oyes of tho world, but, instead of this, they wero idle speotators of {ho ruin they bad eaused, Noither tho firet nor tho sccond boat, the latter having ou bonrd the first and second ofiicors, not ono of whom had been in tho water, attempted to re- turn to the steamer and holp rescue tho ‘unfor- tunatos, butleft that duty to the crew of the Locl Earn, votwithstanding the expostulations of the Iatter at their brutality and eclfisness At such on appalling time aund in the midst of a disnster duo to thoir own stupidity, that they, after having savod thoir own worthloss lives, sbould hiavo rofused to lift thelr Lauds to’save the holploss mon, women, and, childcen whio had ‘boon intrusted to their charge and sacrificed by thoir ignorance, almost pnsses beliof. Fronch gallantry and courtesy hereafter will bo of little reputo whon the horriblo story of the Ville du Havre {s told. Tho conduct of the British crow, on the other hand, {s worthy of all prmse. With tho same stupidity which had cauaed the coliision, tho Fronoh crow neglected to display any siguals of distress, 8o that the first wotice which the Dritish Captain received of tho gotiling of the steamor was his own observation of the fact. By (hot timo, his vessel had driftod » considera- bl distanco sway. Notwithstanding tho fact that he was buay in shortoning eall and was aux- foue sbout his own damages, he noglocted ev- ersthing else and devoted himeelf to tho resouo of the unfortunato paesengers of the steamer, whilo the Fronch crew and ofticors lald along- sido of tho Lock Earn, nid looked on calmly at the havoo they had made without offering to halp. If the English orow had shot thom, as {hoy threatened to, or it thoy had gono off and left thom in thelr boats, to take their cuancos of avor gotting to land, it would ouly kavo boen & proper punishmont, The conduot of the Captaln aund erow of tho Loch Earn has woll sustained the roputation which Dritish sallors have always enjoyed. 'The conduct of tho Capiain and-orow of the Frouch steamer, on tho othor hand, while it ndds snothor proof to the oharge of poor sca- manehip which hag always attachod to {ho TFronoh sailoxs, will aiso gain for thom tho do- actved obloquy and contempt of the world, and will fuduco the traveling publio to trust them- gelvos to thoso who have at loast ordinary skiil, bravory, snd humovity. It is said that tho vir~ cumatanoon of thin disaster will by investigatod by tho Fronoh tribunals, aud that Froneh Invoati- gatlone of thia sort ure vory sovoro. Thoy ean- not malko it too'severo, or sesrahiug in il ensy. It thore is any oxouss for such lgnorance and ocowardica, they ought to Jeb the workd know ity R Tho Loglslnturo of South Gavolius fw upon the war-patli, and haa pasnod a norlos of ronolutlons, o 4n vlow of tha critioal comdition of one foraign volationw, rendoring war & possibility,” oalling upon tho Qavornmont to ontabllul a nuvy-yard ot Port Royal } and, a8 the ostablislment of wuok & uaval depot would rendor it lmportant n ponco. and ossantial fn war to maiutaln conneotions with tho interior, ospecially with tho Waat,” theroforo tho Nationnl Govornment should aid, elthor by subscription, guaranteo of bonds, or grant of publio Tands, any railroad onterpriso whicl would conuoot diractly tho South Atlantio consb from \Vllu}lngtnu to Brunswick with the ‘West ‘ut Ohleago, Cinciunnti, Loulsville, or Tolodo, Thisls goln a Jong ways round Robin Hood's barn to’get a rdflroad, and thoro aro mnny. objectlons which might bo made to it The prh.mlpal objeetion, however, iy tho fach that, ns onr rolations with' forolgn Powors aro not eritical, Bouth Carolinn does not noed the navy-yard; and, as sho doos not need the navy- yard, uho oan therefore do without the railroad. Tho roport now current in literary clrclos, that tho Atlantio Monthly {u to migeato to Now York, is, it scoms, Incorreet. - A lotter from Mr. W. D. Howells, its oditor, to o gentloman in this city, statos that tho Allantic will not in any way migrato from DBoston. It ia true that Moasrs, Tlurd & Houghtou, of Now York, bavo bought & minority intercat in tho magazine, and thet there will bo'an® additional publication oftico in Now York, from which tho Atlantio will Do fesuod ot tho same timo as in Boston ; but tho cditor; and most of tho propriotors havo their pormanent homoes in Cambridge, and liavo mo idon of elthor oxchanging its lit- orary almosphore for tho moro commorcial ono of Now York, orof relingnishing tho con- trol of tho mngazine, Tho accession of the Now York publishing-house will doubtioss result fu n wider cireulation for the Atlantic, and may poni- bly havo the offect to giva it o more cosmopoli- tan character ; but that its well-oarned litorary roputation will bp fully mistained may bo safoly sgoumod from tho fack thot the samo contribu- tors whoso names linvo bacomo househqld words through it pages wiito for it still. Our Young Folks, however, hag, wo boliove, been sold out to Monars, Scribuer & Co., of Now York, who propose to morge ib into their now juvonilo magazino, St Nicholas. Every Saturday, which isalso reported sold to Mousrs, Iurd & Hough- ton, of Now York, was alwaya o wenkling in Dos- ton, and, it trauaferrdd to New York, may grow Iuto something better. Yoar by year the siatistics show that wo aro fast ‘losing tho reputation of heing England's beat customer. Tho seturns of tho British Board of Trado for October show that the amouut of iron is lcea than 60 per cont than during October, 1872 ; cotton goods fall off 26 per cout, linens 10 por cent, and silln nearly 80 por cont. Much of this falling off is duo, howover, to the panic. Gormany, it {8 etated, is not far bohind us a8 o purcbasor, and 8 constantly gatning in importa- tions from England, - As o matter of genoral in- toreat, wo print tho comparative returns for Oc- tobor, 1872 and 1878 ¢ Oct., 1872, Oct,, 1873, Iron—Pig, tonk. ... Jess) Bar, auglo ond Tod, 4,815 203 Ltntiroad ..., BLOST 806 Hoop aud slicot, 617 Cast, 971 1,481 To the Edutor of The Chicago Tribune: St ¢ You will gratify many readers by stating how the Hon, O, B, Farwall voted upon the Halary-Grab DAl at tho time of ts paskage. Very respecttully, Qn1eaao, Dec, 6, 1873, . @zonox WEsT. AxawER.—We beliove that Mr. Farwell did not vote at all on the Balary-Grab Dill at the time of its pasaago. ————— 4 NOTES AND OPINION, The assignment of Illinois Congrossmen to committees in tho ITouse is as follows : Rlce—Distrlct of Columbia. Wurd—Judictary, ' TFurwell-Chuirman on Manufactures; second on Danking aud Ourreney, 0 n&r]hul-—fhuw&yl .ond Copals; Reform of Olvil Bervice, ' ‘Burchard—Wayaand Means, Tawley—Chuivman on Clalms ; Afuirs, . Corwin—Pacii¢ Rallrosd. Fort—Territorier, % Land-Clnins. tbird on Military Expendittires fa Intarior Degpariment, AcNulta—Tniliau Affars, Caunou—Posi-Offices and Posl-Roads, Edon—Clafing i Freedmen's Afaira, Martin—Tnvalld Peusions, ‘Morrison—Wur-Olaims ; Exponditurce in State Do- purzment, Cluments—Patents, Marshall—Approprintions, —Tho Dotroit Post (Zsch Chandlet's organ) lets fly a column of invectivoe upon the voting maskes of the Domocratic party, the gravamon of their offensa boing in this ¢ How, “It Is clear as munilght that tho Demoeratio party, o nican tho voters of thy Democratic party roni ' Maiuo to Californis,” elected the Dewocraifo . tho poople are ilullk"unut about, [which fails to ron Cougressmen, woll knowing what kind of men tlioy sro—elected overy men of thent liice (ho salary-grab was pagsed, and whilo ¢ was belng everywhero dis- cusned—and tat thiese Congressmen, zud Feruando Wood bimealt, are the chiossu—the vory lately choson— Topreecntative men sud ofiiclal leadors of the Demio- cratlo party. ¢ An application of somathing cool to the part most affected would mako it a8 *cloar a8 sun- light " to this Detroit editor that he didu't know what hio was talking about, —The Albany Argus, good Democratio au- thority, says i " Thare wero but fow Damocrats in Congress beforo tho action of the Demacratic cauous, There are less uOW, 4 . 4 . D my Cougrecrmen who lave disregardod the voice of thie Damucratic party aro but epublicans ; for they axe supporters of a simple Ad« ninltration messuro, Thg salory-stoal was poculisrly a Presidential act, ond 1o Domocrat can sharo in_ the rosponsibility for it without disowning his own party, —Tho salary-grabbera will no doubt endeavor to divert public attention from that odions mea- sure, but it will bs prossod upoh thom, sud its ropeal demanded. ‘The action in regard to the caucus nomination of Fornando Wood will maet with gonoral condemnation by tho Democraoy and Democratic pross, « ‘Chess mon do not rep- resent the Demoornoy; they have been con- dommned by overy Doniocratic State and County Convention that lins convoued sluco the passage of the obnoxious measure, and overy Domoorat who voted for it will bo ropudiated bfl his con- gtituency. he lato movemondin the nomina- tion of Wood waa a coucorted monsure of the grobbora to Indorso thomselves and then call it s indorsoment by tho party; but tho gentle- mon will find that the Democracy is nob to bo paddlod with such an incubus, and when their terms expiro thof' will liave to vatiro from polit- {cal Iife or joln the Ropublican party, which ap- vroves of grabs of wll kinds,—Kansas City (Mo.) Times. o —'i'hoge * reformers ! in Congrasu who nre of Mr. Conkling's way of thinking—that tho back- poy olauso of tho salary-grab law in the wiin fenturo with which tho \)qule find faulb—will not bo loug in dissovering their mistake. The country is out of patience’ with the whole busi- ness, and will sponl its mind at xhu}mllu whou {he propor time comos.—Evansvilie (fnd.) Jour- nal, —Wo aro _still'in the hands of & Credit Mobilier and back-psy Congross, but Will- iam Twoed, of Naw Yok, is to-day cloth- ol iu tho slriped uniform of » Hinte's Prison couvlet. Lot us take vousagoe, If New Yurk City onn do &0 woll, wo do not fear for ihoe countty. We sball have no Judge Davis_sitting ou tha inveatigating commuitteos”of Congros this wintor, but tho caso of Twoeed shows what mny be uxpected noxt summor from & jury of tho poopla, ‘Uhelr verdict is already mado up. 'ho dayn of Twood’s sort of statesinen are num- bored.—Museating (Jowa) Lribune, , - ~A Wushington currnnpundont wnys: “ Tho, opposition to tha taposl [of the snlary-grab] still grown as tho facts baconio ovidonc tiat thofaking of back-pay was tho ml}mrdmmhlu sin, aud thut the pcup{n do not regard tho prosent salary with- ont porquisites sy {nordinate.” It ovoura to us that it manbers of Oonfiun content themsolyos with this sssmaption, thoy will wake to find it & vory fatalillusion, . . . Itis the oxtortion that and suy remedy to gho vory boitom of the Winjonlty will do notbing to elley tho popuiar ooz —NMilwaukes News, —1f tho olpctions of last fall meant anything, in tho souse of manifesting the seutiment of tho country, they meant that ;&i;u-rnuuou " of pi tinan alleglauce undor ciroumetances “played out.” -Fhis tho whip-crackors at Wash- ington wonld weo nd undaratand if gthoy conld oo el understand suything, which thoy cane - not.— Qleveland Plaindealer, —Plous oxefamotion of o (Domocralle) mome Lor of the Suprams Court on heariiy thal it was Willinmas “'I'bank God, it fen't Akorman|"— Springfield Republican. ~Dnstrict-Attoruoy Bwopo is honnd to achieve diatinction, Aftor lahoring enrnestly for tho sue- cenn of tho now Constitution of IYnnxnsylvuxlln, e now turns complatoly around, and out-lorods Horod In his donunciation of it. The ring or gnnn are nothing compared to his papery the Pitteburgh Zvlegraph. Who Constilution, ne- cording to it, ia *dangorous to tho likortion of (hdjmo’)lo and tho Ropublie,” aud its adoption wlll be *an abandonment of tho great dostring of popular goveriment.”—Crawford (Pa.) Jowrs nat. 1o Harvisburg (Pn.) Telegraph (Republi- can) oppouos tho new Conntitution ou the ground that it increagos tho numbor of members of tho Leglslature, and that will requiro tho, building of a now Hiate-Houre, 'Who Palriol tartly sennwors that tho now Constitution abolishes the lobby—tlio third llousn; and that wil} luava rvoom in the Sonate chamber aud hall of the }Iu‘t’u to soat tho additional membors., That's fact, —If the people of Ponneylvanin, who have en« Joyed n dogreo of unexampled prosperity under tho wiso rulo of {he Itepublican party, think thut it will bo better fordhom o surrendor the ad. miniatration of the affaira of tho Stalo to the | bungry hordo of Democrat, who hevo long sought the spoils of office valuly, thon thoy wil vota for tlie new Counstitution ; but if thay be- lloye that it s belter tho Stato should conlinug to bo proaperous, ag it has beon for tho last dozen yoars, then they will nee the nocessity of voting againat tho now Constitution, whicl, nfter all, is not 1o much o Constitution n3 n Demo-~ cratic trick and dovieo, kaving for its objoct the reatoration of the Democracy to power and plunder.—Philadelphia Telojraph—Ring organ, g RAILROAD-PASSES. ' To the Editor of T'he Chicago Tribune : Brit ¢ "There seems (o bo a good deal of talk fr. the lulur%fll of somo one nlout fres paseos, ] prosume thero aro many passes glven nway by tho railrond companics ; but who gets them, ané what they give the railroad in roturn for them, it what I do not understand. ‘o Michjgan Central refused mo & pass oves thelr road, eaying freights wore so low they could not afford it, although thoy know that I hiad beon engaged fu tho wholosalo trado In thie cley for the past six yoars, and ladbeen receiving gooda ovor thoir rosd weckly during oll that timo, Still, others do get paeses who, I know, do not patronizo the railroads s tenth part at much s T do esch year, L arh willing to give my viows na to what T ke liova to bo tho trobble with tho present pasg systom. Tho railroads do, no doubt, issuo & sufe ficiont numbar of peasos t3do them good, and encourago thelr customers to slup by them, af thay were put whore they were intended to go by the Cogipauy. But tho fact probably 18, thoy ara distributed principally smong tho personal frionds of corlain railroad cmplosen ; and, whea a shippor asks for a pn'lu,—wElcfi lie has good reason to believo others get ; and cortainty, if La don't believe it, ho caunot believe what they puktlish in the papors nbout the largo numbor of pasgos given by the dife forent raiironds, he {s told: ‘' Freights are so low now wo can't afford to give yon o pass,” or somo other oxcuse about ag reasonabla, I asked an acquaintance of mioe, some time ngo, who, Tknow, alwaya he! apocket full of pasties, ** What do you do now. Pay your fao or stay at home ?” * His reply was, “It don't troublo mo; I have nlwaya got all tho pasnes I wanted. and think I csn now.” In roply to my question, ** How do you gob them? 1 “pay the ronds o great deal of moioy for fraights, aud you but very little, and 1 don't uuflposn 1 could ot a pass over any rozd out of this city#'—he Haid, *Oh! I kuow all tho railrond-men in our city, and, when Lwaunt & pass, they fix it for me,” And Ihave very good reason to thuuk || that's what's tio motter, If the aoxnfinnmu roally want to reform {he system, Jot them ordor that ‘{mnacn shall only be given to their customors, and it won't take ag many passes to go around, aud they will gel somothing in oxchauge for tham,—more busi~ noss and _ bettor feoling from those who pa tronize them. A D13APPOINTED PAss-CANDIDATE, ©Om10100, Dec, 6, 1873, SWISSHELM AND THE FREE-LOVE VOCTRIKE. MRS. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribine : Sin: Thore is one peculinrily of Mra, Swias. liolu's lottor printed in your Sunday isene, to which I wounld liko to call attention. Aftor a vory pithy and pointed denuncinion of Wood- Lull et al,, she turna immediately around end presches, in lier most eloquont tvlo, tho un- mitigatod Woodhull doctrine, * Lt is nobudy’s business” is tho one broad shicld snd pauoply whieh the advocates of Iree-Love wonld intor- pose between every social erima and its ponalty. In Mca. Woodhull's first articlo upou tho so-called Boecher scandal, sho took identieally the eama ground which Mrs, Swisshelm takes in her Jotter to Tug Trwose, Sho was no more vigorous in Lier charge against Mr. Boechor than in her da- fense of Lim upon puro Free-Love ground. The quostion which is coming beforo tho pub~ lle, just nos, in moro ways than one, involves {ho most vital sud Fundamental principlos, It ia slmply, when strippod of sil its disguixcs, quostion of whethor or not the humau soul fs Tsponsiblo to socioty, to govornmont, or to Gad, for auy opinion bLeld or ac: commitied in tho pursuit of resl or fanciod good, ‘Thoe Froe- Reoligionista assort this b road principle of freo- dom in religions affairs, though thoy violeucl: donounco the Froe-Lovers; but Mrs, Woodbull is moro consistent, and includes freo- dom in roligion ~in her nvowal of principlos, Dy ite recont uotion, Plymouth Church hus alio, howover unwittingly, placed itself on tho silo_of this absolute freedom and I, for one, would modostly offer au opinion, that not only the Cougregstional Uni but evory other raligious body which acknoviledges any allogianco to Christ aud His authority, could un{ employ thelr tuno bettor than by looking into tho matter. One can but bopo that tha rosult would be, not only a clearingup of vaiurbls roputations, which cnrzllnly aro at presont involvad in sorus sort of dubjousness, but also. what is not of losa jm- portanco, & discussion of principlos which should compel attention to what is, 1 certainly think, tho boldest and most fl'nn’ferclll form in which infidelity has over disguised ftuelf, B. L. Cu10460, Deo, 8, 1873, i gAILWI\Y—DI\NGERS. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sim ¢ In your paper of yesterdsy I rend the distressing account of‘tho droadtul acath of a lady lately resldont at No. 100 North Desplainos straot,—Xkilled by switch engino No, 162 running ovor and terribly mangling hor body. Thisisronlly o sad caso, in which & man iglofts widowor, snd four young children mothorless, chiofly through (as Wue Tainuse eayn) tue absonice of n flagiuan to warn passera-by of ap- roachiug ongines or traing ou thowo dangerona {‘\lurcun\uuun. on_which I taink there misht posnibly bo » little loas onglpe-tiaffio after dark, it theve is no law to compol railway-companies to bulld vinducty ovor thom, mnd thoyeby pros vent tho sacrifico of so many valuablo lives. Cincago, Dac. 8, 1873 R T, Lnrge Leglslnturea, Tu roply to requesty from Peunsylvanin for fn. formatlon 10speotivg tho practical resuils of lurgo momborsbip in legiciativo budios, thio Gov- ornurs of Now Hampshire, Vermont, and Con- necticut Lava wrifton briof lottors, in which thioy concur i tho opinion that it Is o groat safo- unrd against Imhm‘ry and corruption. The Now Yrumpshh-u Touso of Ttoprescniatives consista of 800 members, Qov, Btruw wrsten: *+Thoro hus nover huon any corruption chuiged in our Houso of 1t procoutativos.” Gav. dJewell, of Counec- tlent, says: “In my opinion, o large number of Neprosontativos fs & cortam guard agnivat corruption; " and Lo goos on to say: “lam lrmud to say thore nover has Leon any corrup= iop of tho Leginlture, What I truo of this, is equally trug, I think, of all the Now England Bates," Qov, Convorso, of Vormont, wrltes ; *Wo liavo ofton nitomplodo reguce {ho num- ber of Roprosentatives, but wo have always failod, Tho wmalu ground of fuilure—and ‘I think o, too—is the soourily it gives us sgninst corruption, I ihink to-day the reasoning sgaiust lessening tho nwmber in kirenger than at any prior poriod in the history of tho Btato. = - The exporiouco nf some of tho siater Statas, for o fow yeays .past, I think, has irrovocably es- tabllshod the wisdom of our polloy in the minds of the peopla, Imost Learlily cononr in this oplulow, thnt it provents fraud and forruption,* s