Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 11, 1873, Page 2

2 o INTERESTING LIBEL-SUIT. The Case of Willis Phelps vs. Samuel Bowles. Two Tundred ’l‘hous'and Dollars Damiages Asked Fo Tho Allpgetions on Which the Suit . Is Brought. Rumor that ‘Ben' Butler Is to B Em- ployed for tho Prosccution. Btanding of the Springfleld Ropublican ---Important Points Involved in the Controvorsy. Correspondenco of The Chicago Tridune. BPRINGFIELD, Mass,, Dec, 7, 1873, .(Tha littlo City of Bpriogfeld, Mass., which could cosily bo tucked nway in some eorner of Ohicago withont seriously disturbing the roal- sstate markot, is just now cnjoying a BENBATION OF NATIONAL INTEREST and importance,—nothing less than & lihol-suit againet tho Revublican, of which Samuel Bowles i tha.cditor. Tho caso is simply this ¢ During the recont canvass for tho cloction of clty officors o Springfield, the. Republican ac- cused Mr. Willls Pholps, & woll-known railrond- contractor, of ‘endeavoring to proonrs such nom- jnations ns would socuro tho appropriation by the clty of §225,000 for a railrond to Longmead- ow, a town'4 or 5 miles ‘from .Springfield; and stated thn this sum . waa 8125,000 moro than Pholps hind declared himsalf willing to build the rond for. Tho OST SERIOUS CHAROE, however, relatea to Mr. Phelps’ connection with tho Springfield, Athol & Northeastorn Road, for which he got from the city an appropriation of $300,000,—3200,000 of which, the Republican declares, he put into his own pocket. *‘Publio robber ™. and * publie corrupter” aro the epi- thots that Mr. Bowles' paper applios to tho ag- griaved gentlemnn, Ho ia charged with boing THE DOSS TWEED of Springfield; with lobbying ; with openly buy- ing votes; and with belog a party to both sides of tho public bargains in which ho has engagod. Tho Republican's immediate objoct in publish- ing theso bold accusations waa ovidently to in- fluonco the voters of Bpringfleld in their choico of oity officors on tho first Monday of this month, snd it was partinlly successful ; but nobody acquainted with the paper, or with tho character of Mr. Bowles, beliovos that they were dictated by malice, or wero totally un- founded. Mr. Phelps bringa his suit in the Supreme Court, and the tual will como off in thus city, not hoforo noxt April, possibly not till April, 1876. DIr. Phelpy asis for & $200,000 DAMAGES, The office of the Republican was under sn attachment, and with & kooper in chargo, for {wo or three days, last week; but the defend- aut was aftermard put under bonda of 400,000, and the attachmont waa taken off. The signors of tho bond are among the most prominsut cil- izens of Springfeld,—Chostor W. Chapin, Pros- idont of the Boston & Albavy Road, and Daniol L. Harris, Presidont of tho Conncctiout Rivor . Road, being on the list. Both sides omploy well-known local lawyers, while Judge Thomns, of Boston, is ux‘mcted to Dbe senior counsel for iho prosccution. 'T'he best bit of goesip about the counsel, howevar, is, that Phelps is going to rotain ;! DEN BUTLER. Now, you know that Ben Dutler feels toward Sxm\lu(l}nwlus very much as the Dovil feals toward holy wator; and, 1f ha is going to have haud in the case, ho will make things interesting. Tho tone of_tho Republican since tho puit was brought has beon bold, but not.impudont. It Lus ropublished the offensive articles; has called for n speedy trinl ; has promised that tho matter shall be thoroughly sifted. Pholps seems oqually anxious for tho tilt,. and expresses & detormine- tion to ‘8QUELCI TH¥. REFUBLIOAN.” Bowles g said to treat the matter in o mirthful way, andis currontly rep,rted to havo rubbed his hands with glée whon'Le first hoard of the suit. - Publio fooling is, of course, divided. Tho ZRepublican charges that the apecinl dispatches about the affair have roceived a Phelps coloring. TThe rank and filo of the Springtield populuce ate still seratcliing their heads over the mattor, and orhaps bave hardly made up their minds yot, ut the great majority of thoso I havo h ard {rom think that Sam Bowles would hardly make ouch charges without PRETTY EOLID GROUND under his feot. Thero ate & great many peoplo in town, nevgrtheless, whose corns have boon v.ul:om(ortub’y trodden on by Bowles' paper, and some of them would doubtloes inly oxult to sce him in a box. Samuel Bowles is & very inde- pendent man, and*would not hesitato to de- nontco in his pu{mr ouy base %ub!h: act that his deorest porsonal friend might bo guilty of ; bouco many muy have spots about thom which ho bos mado sore iu yosra past, that would Lo zomfortably poultice’d by any trouble that might oo _brought upon him, - But the Springfiold Republican is A GREAT INSTITUTION In this town of 26,703 inbabitouts, and the peo- ple of all partios, while many of thom Lata it, ara vory pruud of what they call tho boldest an Dest papor in New England. About 11,000 per- sons—thut is, nearly overy family in Springfiold, and. s goodly mumber in’ the surrounding coun- try—subscribo for its. daily edition, vead it thoroughly, admire its blliaincy, and tl\on—%rt of them—rouudly damn ita independencs. ut this littlo town canuot afford to havo a $200,000 holo mads in the Republican's strong box, Take away the Springfield Republican frow this city, sud all thecity’s intorcats WOULD SUFFER DADLY. The increase of population would bo checked, real estato would fool tho shock, and tho town itsolf would Lavo to rely for its roputo abroad upon_its United States Armory, for it has no other public Institution wosth montioning, Mr. Bowles malkos the Republican what it is, and Mr. Bowloses don't grow on every bush, The family is an old ong, and has been identifled with the interosts of tlhe town for many yoars, aud tho Springfleld. pablio will, I thiuk, wait a good whilo bofore it coneonts to have a pr}pnr of which it is ko proud * squelchied,” just for the luxury of paying too high prices for s rail- roads. 4 "Chis libol-suit is rogarded as . A VERY DIIOBTANT ONE, 88 promising to eltle one or two points in jour- nalism that bove noo vet been satisfactorily sot~ tled by the Courts, Independent 1oumn|u very much desire to know whether tho lnws will sus- tain them in furning mon inside out whon thoy are candidatos for ofice or are putting for- ward othors for proferment; also, whothor it i8 right to call o lar, a thief & thief, and a. spade o epade. It is & question, too, whether a journal cau properly put cortaln facts togothor, and draw from them the infereaco that a man i8 a rascal. A recent libol- quit at Philedolphin elicited from a Judge the charge that it is only necossary for tho dofend- and 10 romove the presumption of malice; that it is of no consequonce whether tho alleged li- belous statoments againet the plaiutilf are true or not, it the. dofeudent believed them to be truo at the time of publication. This is protty Hberal grouud,—poiliaps too liboral. Mesers. Phelps aud Bowles scek A CLEANLY-DEFINED LAW of some sort on tho eubjoct, if Laply thoy mny ool efter it and find it. "Lhere is a very genoral impresuion that, if the quostion is to e tested at all, dr. Bowles 18 o good man to represent the side of intdependeut journalism, The groat conundrum now is, of courss, How will tho suit como out? The combatants havo ot evorything rendy, and settled baok on thelr Favitichion, to romuin 1 that posturo wutit April; and tho tercsied Fublm will have to hold its Lroath till thut month, Ti% ELEMENTS OF STRENGTH in tho two ¢unps aro sbout as follows: On tho one sido, & man fighting for his honor; his busi- aoss, aud the privilego of plugging up his neigh- bor's mouth 3 on tho other, an ol nbwhp:‘vur war-iog, with toath that have Liad & good denl of raatico in bitiug,—iu fact, have hoen biting for Tiivty yonre, but aro all tho bharpor for thoir ute. On the ono ride, railrosds, monoy, political frienda ; on tho other, an unwavering and ab- socLing faith in a certain principle, and dotor- minavion to put that principle to the tost, an intluontinl nowspapor, & roputation to protact, and a bold pesition in journalism to defend, For my own part,—without oxpressing my opinion on this partisular anso,~it X woro goin, into tho llhol-ln‘,t h‘l‘l!lnnn!. o . eid T SHOULDN'T BELECT BAMUEL DBOWLES aamy first viotim. I would rathor tako an enst- or eubject to begin with. It would be too much liko golngon s balloon trip across tho Atlantio bofota you have mado any little oxcursions over- laud, Mr, Dowles haa brains, which will doubt- lous prove n conveniones to him in this nnplons- nntness. At all ovonts, both ho and his oppo- uent promise that they will do nll in their power tomnlo tho suitn lively one, for which the pub- Yo, wha stand by aud sao the fun, will bo duly grateful. Kexvon, LOUISIANA. Address of Gov. MoEnery to the Gons cral Asscmbly of tho sm.m; x uaraxa, Exeourive Orkion, BT OF L v ey 01070, | To the Members of the Genoral Assembly of the Stateaf Loufsiana : 7 1t is now made manitest that tho Congresn -of tho United States will entertain jurlsdiction in tho Loulsiana caso, and datermine, during its presont session, the quoation of logitimacy bo- tween the two Covornmonts in this Btato. Owing to tho inforvention of the Fedoral poy- or, the Governmont claiming to bo tho legal and legitimato Government of Loulsiana, and of which I have tho honor to bo the head, has been prevented from assuming and exercising tho practical functiona of government : nevortholess we have kept up the form of our Government, and its. whole machinery is roady to be put in motion the mo- ment it rocoives tiie recognition of tho Congross of tho United States. 1 binve remained at my Puut at the Capital of tho State, sinco my clection and fuauguration, ‘Tho Altornoy-Goneral, the Auditor, tho Socre- tary of State and_tho ‘Suporintondent of Educa- tiou, havo done tho same; and tho Trossurer of tho Btate, I prosume, is ready and willing to follow that Governmnont which “the Congress shall recognizo. You, nu the Logiclative Deparlment of tho Government, romained trus to your posts during slxty days last wiater, aud, na the timo is now fast approaching whon tho Constitution requires tho commencement of your annual session, I have dcomed 1t propor to address you somo words of advico and counsel, Unleas tho Cougress of tho United States do- tormines tha case in our favor prior fo the firat Monday of Janusty, it would bo useless for you to sascmble, becauso such is the oxisting stato of affairs in Louisiana, no practical bonofits could flow from any logislation you might cnact, It _ncems, then, to bo the pait of wisdom and patriotism that you should hold yoursclves in readiuess to respond to my proclamation for your assembling, in the event that our Govern- ment is not recognized by Congress until aftor tho flrst Monday of January noxt. Congress witl’ not pass fightly ovor the grave matters involved in the caso of Loulsinna, for sho stands at the bar of that body as ono of the co-equal States of tho Union, pleading that tho gront wrong done hor by Fedoral usurpations, Gught and should bo redressod by the political dopartment of the Nationnl Government. Jonx McENERY. _——— THAT BEECHER INVESTIGATION. To the Editor of The Chigage Tribuné: Bm: You seem to havo found a woak point in my armor, and atrike homo, straight and strong; but, a8 my father and mothor were Irish, it might bo woll for me toclaim tho national right to sponk twico beforo oxpecting to bo understood. Isurely wouldnotasl for great proachora an immunty in erimo ; and, in supposiz.g the possi- bility of Mr. Becchor's guilt, .while positively opposing an invostigation, T seem to overatato my argument. Great usofulness, lilo that of Mr. Beochor, has sn inherent right to unusual caro in the bringing of acousations calculated to damago or destroy it. It is a principlo admitted in jurisprudence, that tho mag- nitude of tho intorosts involved should be taken into consideration in every caso; and where the faith and hope of millions aro mors or losa at stalie, thoro should bo greater caro than whero but ono or two are interosted. It would bo unjust and impolitic to attack tho reputation of the humblest miniater of tho Church on suol grounds a8 & story in an obscure newspaper; how much more unjust to placo the great ser- vices of Mr. Boecher in tho scale againat such authority, My supposition of his guilt was to relieve the consciouce of any who may entertain a Lelief in it, and feel bound thereby to got up » great acaudal-hunt o tho alurch. 1 simply Elnco Lis gifts ovor againet the sus- picions, and noto the fact that morality in not sufforing by any act of Lis, and requires no do- fenso against the unknown, I do maintain that neither Chuxch nor Stato authorities aro called upon to sniff, and scont, and hunt after privata sins ; that, boforo pmcundmfil to judgo and unish, thoy sbould wait uatil an accusation hoa been made on respectable authority, and in rogular form. No such accnsation lies agninst Mr, Beceher or Mr. Bowen; an investigation, under prosent circumstances, could be noth- ing ‘:mt a Paul-Pry search into private family alairs, 1nover but _once saw Mr. Deecher, and thia wag in Mr, Tilton’s house, whore ho was s an intimate personal friond aud sympathizing pastor, afler the dafe fixed 1n this horriblo tale a8 that of tho break between the two families ; and my inmost soul shrinks from any movement toward bringivg the rolationa of theso familics bofora tho public in such a light. That thore has since been pome trouble between them and Mr. Boxwen ; that, a8 you _suggest, somcthing lnas boon kept beck duriug all this Plymouth Church squabblo —must bo ovidont to all ; but who bas any bt to ingist upou knowing what it is which is thus withhold from tho public? Aro thero threo men, or three families, in tho land so bumblo that they have not n right to settlo thoir personal or family difficulties among themselves ? It is in urging this ght of privacy thot I dwell on tho point which troublcs so many poople, viz. : Mr. Beccher's relation to tho Church; and claim that whatever it is that undorlics the Beecher, Bowen, and Tilton covenant, it ia noth- ing that interfores with Alr, Boeclhor’s usofuls nees, or which ought to interimpt bis worlk, No ono is uuder any more obligatios to forrot out Mr. Bocchor's sina’ before listening to or roading his sermons than to undorstaud the ex- act naturo of Puul's *thora in tho flosh” beforo reading His Epistlos. Were Davld’s songs lces pur and swect Tor bia tempted leart aud wandering feet? Wers tho stones iu the Templo lees fair andt good That Solomon bowed £ goda of wood 7— Whttier. Whitficld was o groat proachor, and did the world good sorvico, alikough ho was the apolo- gist and ally of elavebolders and slave-traders ; Goorgo Washington was o Lumsue man, ale though e did drag a poor, cscaped slave- woilan back into boodage ; “ Childo Harold" is a noblo poem, although writton by a rake; and Thomas Paine was & statesman, philosopher, aud patriot, although ho was an infidel. The world wounld ba poverty-stricken to-dny if de- pived of the labors of all the men who would Biivo fafled to jnse unseathod through & Chnireh investigation. So, cven admilting tho possibil- ity of M. Beechor's 80 failing, I inslet that, with- out fear of injury to tho causo of morality, ho may be pormittad to work awayuutil somo fogu- lar ‘nccusation ia rought against him. Anymau's gonoral roputation for deconcy should bo enswer enough to such a chargo a8 that which lios against him; and I repeat that, whon the Con- rogational Church takea Mrs, Woodhuil for a eader, I must declino the hionar of being ono of tho lod, Itis not possible that Mr, Boccher could so fall without coming very soon to a bittar repentanco ; and I would Ieave God and bim to soltloit, Especially sano concenled guilt can be 8o dotrimental to public morals as is ourmode of trying criminals beforo a jury of a hundred mitlion pooplo, & large part of whom take log- sona of the culprit and make a liero of him, JANE GREY BWISSHELM, —_——— Some of Our Congressmens A'rom the Peoria Tranacript, It in & popular fenturo of some our poriodicals to give a list of hidden namos, men, rivors, 1sl- ands, Iakos, 0lo., in short paragraphs of reading matter, aud exercise tho ingonuity of their raad- ors to discover them. In the following may bo found the unmes of 1o loss than fifty-four mom- bars of the present Congross—all difforent : "There ia a ITuntor to Bpeer and a Cook to Frye Piko aud Bass ; Mills in which to grind Rive ; two Shoemakers, a Potter, and seven Bmiths— one Whito as Shoats, one Btrait as two Cobbs, sd Albilght, A Martin Burrowa under tho Walls; a Wolfis found to 1lyde in tho Wood; two Csunon rmise o Stormi in & Fort; & Bwan proves & good Saylor in & Stormj a HBarber with a Napler drives a White- bead into tho W hitohouse ; Cotton makos & good Ashe to Loach, A Dutler {akeu a Bmall odd, and, gotting Biory, raisos Cain at the . Bosslous, throwing o Btonc at thoe Biright, Smart, llalo tellows, whilo Nuun aro AMoore de- lighted, aftor a long ' Knapp, to hear, at tho tirst Liay of morning's light, 1{1’3 crowing of the Cox, tho chattoring of the Dawes, and the blythe son of Willio as hio goos $0 water ls pet Durham af the Wells, - THE-CHICAGO DAILY, TRIBQNE :THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1873. - _— e e T " HORTICULTURE. Eighteenth Annual Menilnk of tho Illinois Morticultural Socletys . Address of the ¥President-~-Reports of the Treasurer and Secretary. Reports - and ' Discussions on ‘Various Topics, - — From Our Agricultural Correspondent, Cuanratax, 1., Deo. 0, 1873, Tho State Horticultural Bociety met at 10 o'clock this moming, {n the bhall of the In- dustrinl Univorsity, tho Prosident, M. L. Dun- lap, prosiding.: Tho attendance was unuaually large. Alr. W. T. Nolson, Vico-Prenident for the FINST DISTRICT, read a longthy report in regard to the progress in Lis distriot. 1Io dwolt largely on tho olfect of tho winter-drought on the vitality of troes, claim- ing that to this caube was due much of the disas- tor the past wintor, Qno person had reported that shicltor on tho east side of tho orcliard was injurlous, but advocatod sholter on the north aud wost sides. Tho loss of troes has been quite largo the past wintor, and the orop of fruit very small, Many contradictory incidonts occur in regard to hardiness, ' and no rule will oxplain theso orratio cases. Some of tho most hardy sorts havo been scriously injured, and thoso sholtered almost as badly as those oxposed. . THE TREASURER'S REPORT. Mr, Huggins reported: Gash on band at tho beginning of the year. From members, $1,010.04 8700 Trom Blate, 2,000.00 £,001.04 Expenscs current yoar.... weeeens 10205 Cash on hand.... $2,005,20 Teport adopted. The Ion. A. O. Cunningham introduced DR. GREGORY, " who addreased a welcom eto the membars of tho Socloty, and epoko at length in rogard to the value of Hortloulturs in all parts of tho Stato, s TUE TRESIVENT spoko as followa:_ ’ Bevonteen years ago this month, & few—nota dozon—porsons met by appointment, at Decatur, to organize the Iilinois State Hortioultural So- cioty, Tho wisdom that dictated that movoment hos long sinco beon apparent. Then thore woro but & fow small commorcial orchards, and mar- ket-gardoning was in its infancy. We woro ontoring om our first exporiments, and sottloment bad just bogun to show its effoet ‘on our climate; while our ipaect-foes, that we now have to bat- tlo, had not begun a eerious warfars on orchard and garden. ‘Thoso seventeen yoars have beon fruitful of progross ; and to-day tho orchards, the vino- yards, and the markot-gardons of tho Btate oo- Cupy many thousand aores ; and many nquaro miles of river-bluft, of rolling prairie, aud wood- Jand hillsido, aro mado resploudent with hortis cultursl riches, Aa tho years bava come and gone, some of that band of workora and organizers—men who put thoir hands to tho early work—have laid down to their final rost. But new workors have como into tho fleld, and the good work will go on long after all of us shall have gone to our last homo. It is woll that the good work shall continue, for Horticulture is the handmaid of Agriontturo, and rofinos and adds to the enjoy- meuts of life. Inall Euriodu man has had to labor, Even Adam, when placed in the midst of Eden, way commanded to dress and to koep it. But, under the now arraugement that soon followed, thera wore now datics imposed, and new cnemies to encounter ; ail of which wo now most fully com- prolond. ‘The summer's hoat and tho winter's cold must bo modified by culturo, by shelter, and Ly tho shears and the pruning kaife, At first this Society gave its efforts to tho orchard and the gardon ; but soon thora came a domand for forests, and forostry ond hedge- rowing woro added to tho list ‘of our active fiuma. Then the railroads have made a now domand on us, for tho tios that form the road- bed, tho timber for culverts, for cars, and for fouco-posts. How bost to provide forall of thess now and old domands is tho object of those annual gath- orings, that call you from your Lomes iu order that you may plan the work for its bettor prog- ross, Much has beon accomplished, but moro has to be done, Tho varied changos of tho soa- sons, the unequsl alternations of wet and dry, tho uncortain attacks of the inscct-tribos, the forsys of birds, and tho_irregular growth of plants, havo all' to be takou into tho account, and, ns _far ns posalblo, to bo mitigated and amended, Thus Horticulture has bocome an important pars of rural labor, and ono that re- quires special tratning and spooial manazement in order to be most _successful, aud yot its sub- division may bo added to ordinary farming a8 the orchard is part of tho farm, thongh the farm-orchard is mot expected’ to fur- nish o large surplus for the domands of tho market. 'lhen the B&mall fruits ‘may becoms a part of the business of tho mar- kot or suburban gardons, or even of tho farms ; while flowers, from the modest forgat-me-not to the giant denizens of tho forest, should form a part of every raral iomo. . To you is confided this important trust, and upon its faithful fulfillment willdepend much of tho wealth, the ploasure, and the onjoyment of tho homes of the peaplo.of Lhe State, DISCUSSION ON THE DETORT OF MR, NELSON, Mr. Winklor took oxception to that part of the report in rogard to the injury of sholter on the onst. Mo was for sholtering not only our orchard but our flold, Wo must plant tices' for sheltor and for othor purposes, He was glad to g00 tho progress alroady mado. llo know of cottonwood trees grown on tho prairi that havo been out in boards at the saw-mill. Mr. Humphry stated that this yoor orchards on high land, without shelter, had stood tha winter oqually well with thoss sholtored b, timber-bolts, “He did not thivk that this isolute cxse should be relied upon. Mr. Snedecker said the drought for the past threo years had had a soriousoffect, and it should uot bo taken as o rale. He had fittle faith in sheltor-belts. One orchard, in deep black soil that kept moist, bore a fine crop. 'This had no shelter ; had boon pastured. Another orchard, onthe biuff, bad wlso done well without any sholter. Mr. 8. is from Jersey County, noar tho Missinsippl Raver, Mr, Galushin would call the attention of mem- bers to the discussion in this subject in tho Re- port of 1873. Ho thought that sholtor was of value, if tho sheltor was not too close on all sides. ATTERNOON SESSION. The first thing in order was the annunl address of tifo Proaident, who spoke as follows : PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL ADDRESS. Aftor tho exporienco of anothor scmson, wo havo mot to tako council togother. THE DROUGHT, The unosual drought of tho past threo years has given us some now conditions to be consid- ered, and, if possible, to be corrected, Formerl wa hnd hoen taxed with & surplus of rainfall, that calied for drainage, and now we bave the vory roverso, Tho wot feat that occasioned so much of ourattention have besomo, dry foot ; and that oxcees of dryness, like tho excess of wet, has lod to doath'[n the orchard, the vino- yard, aud on the lawn, GUANGE OF BEASON, ‘Wagnust not speculate on tho causo of those chauges in the progress of the season, but may look to the effect, and inquiro for a remody. Fortunately, tho plan for tho_oure of the one fa also o dure for the other, Doep tillage auda frinblo condition of tho soil i easontial to both conditions, In one case the rainfall may pass off through thoe soll, and in the other it may arlso by o‘n(]’llhnry attraotion. Tho doad trees aro mow past romody, but the lesson should bo of value hercafter in "the oase of troes, and vines, and shruba. THY OVEN-DEARING, Tho abundant orop of 1872 also weakenod the vitality of the orohards, and alded to some oxtent in tholr destruction; and fat thiy time thoro is every indication that the same result 18 to follow, and wo shall neod to guard the orchard durlu{; thio coming year from an over-orop, unless the late frost ehall do the work for us. We are largoly indebted to Dr, Hull for yaluable losnons in the thinning of fruit, and I respoot~ fully oall attontion to his_teaching, not only for the ponoh, the poar, and tho cherry, but for that soat valuablo of ali fruit, tho applo. DEXAND FOR CIDER,’ Thero Is a demand for a superlor artiole of cider, and thore ls no roason why our orchardlets should be behind thosc'of New Jersoy in that respect, Tho sxmples hero shown provo tisb | this may bo acgomplished.: Thia will add groat); to tho value of th: appla-orchard. v % QIDER-VINLGAT, 53 + We noed more thorough leasous in the mn\:ln;{ of cldor-vinogar, and the mannor of pnmu%l on tho market., Ago and ceroful racking-off bo- fore shipping aro tho ossontlals to this ond, and their obrervance should bs l‘o{,’tnlefl by all, and oufln $o noarly doublo the valuo of tha oroliard in tho making of this produot. % ADULTERATION OF ¥OOD. Wo must ask our Leglalaturo to pass a law protock imopln from injury by tho adulteration of food, including fraits for food and medicine. Othor goustrios aro in this respoot oareful of tho henlth of tho peoplo, while hore thero is no pro- tection against this class of wrongs, and it has now come to bo a orging evil thab must com- mand attontlon, SELLING DY WEIGNT, Wo muat aluo ask that all articlos of a dry mattor bo sold by wu!ght fnatoad of morauro, ‘I'his should apply to Uorries, eggs, and all pro- ducts that are uot roally fluid, ONLY AN OPINION, The voting on tho merits of our frults has ofion bad a tendenoy to mislead, and wo should ive more woight to the oxperieuce of good cul- tivatora, rather than to the votos of loss:in- formod persons, ORONAND OF TIIE INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY, The exporimontal orchard of tho Industrial University should now, to a largo oxtont, talko the placo of individual effort, and its lossons should bo of practical valuo,” Tho orchardist, Mr. Vickroy, has the fullest confidonce of this Sooloty, and it s to be Loped that o will be_ro- {ainod 1o its charge. An application should ba mado to tho Trustoes for tho froo distribution of clous of such varistics as may prove of value, or glve promiao of such, in ordor to a wider tost in all parts of the 8tato. Buch diatribution should bo to orchardists rathor than to nursorymen. This exporimental orohard waa croatod at the oxpense of tho 8tate, and 1t shonld bo used to g:::‘i:r advanco tho valuo of the orohards of the TUX FOREST. Foresiry is making fair progress, and thowse trees of a commoroiul valuo are boing planted, At the hoad of this liat is the Europonn larch for tlos, fonce-posts, and similar uses; tho Osago-orango (in all tho south half of the State), tho ash, maplos, olm, lokory, walnut, and willow. In tho south part of the Blnte tho Osngo {8 porhaps tho most valuable for general uso, and must take its placo at the Lead of the list for supplios of wagoo-timber. HEDAE, It {8 now woll undoatood that Osago hedges must po plashod at from 6 to 8 yoars old, and and afterwards bo kept in cheok by the shearn, The simplo cutting-baok aud the lot-atone plans Livo not been a success. v THE RAILTOADS, Tho raflronds havo bogan to appreciate tho value of horticultural products as a foature in thoir oarnings, and bave given tho subjoct of froights and handling moro attontion, in order to foster this departmont of thoir business ; and yot thoto is room for furthor improvement, PACKAGES. TUntil fruit issoid by weight wo ehall mako littlo progress in this direction, At prosent tho study is to soll the least for the most meney, and ‘ot how wo may make the most for the loast monoy. Barrels, boxes, and buckets aro of an uncertain measuro, aud are sold by guess rathor than by measure or by weight. The buy- oreays, I guesn that barrolholds 33¢ bushels and $he othor ono 8 bushels.” Weighing would cheapen the cost of tho package, aud leasen the froight, and bo an_advantage to both buyar and soltor, aud loave losa opportunity for falso ro- turns of the commissiou-mon, Your attention has beon called to some of theso subjects beforo; but thoy continue to press on our attontion, and will do so until they shall be fully mot and provided for. THE NEW MANAGEMENT OF THE INDUSTBIAL UNI- VERSITY onlls for our earnent aympathios ; and, ao long an it endeavora to bo of practical valuo to the great intorest of horticulturo, it should bo euncour- agod. Tho doy is past when a dissent from it mapagemont may bo construed into a hostility to the duties that arc imposed upon it. Its hor- toultural dopartment, to s groat oxtent, should supersedo tho noceesity of privato or ndividual inveatigation and exporimont. Lot its erroru of tho past be condoned by an honest, faithful en- doavor in the futuro, s TREE-PLANTIYG, for the snnt throo yoars, has boon almost a fail- ure, and both nurserymon and planters have bo- come moro or loss couraged ; but we should now hopo for a chaugo in the soa- scns that eball givo promise of botter things in_ tho futuro, For this reason Wo should bogin anew tho plantiag of trees, that snall make "our homes of moro value, in money, in hoalth, in pleasuro, and in social o~ Jjoyment. TIE BECRETARY mado his aunual report. It was & more history of tho bueluoos of tho yoar, and showa a very prolspnmlu and promising’ coudition of tha So- clety. Tho Soclety received $100 from tho State Ag- ricultural Soclety for premium on best display of horticultural praducts at tho Pooria Stato I?Lsr, Soptomber, 1873, Mr. Minklor moved that the $100 recoived from the State Agricultural Society for pro- mium bo donated to Mr. Galusha, ths Socre- tary, which was agreod to without objeotion. Tottors of regrel from Prof. J. 1. Turner, Lowis Ellsworth, and others wors read. REPOXT OF 8. EDWARDS, 8£COND DISTRICT. Mr. E. is one of the oldost horticulturists of tho Stato, and his raport is full of valuable sug- goations. Dr. L. 8. Pennington made & report on ORQIAID-QULTURE, which was read. 1o reports sovere results of the drought in the failure of the crops. Tho conatant chauges of condition call for & groater care, watchfuluess, and attention. Ho would pre- for high location and northerly slopes of bhilis rather than to depoud on sheltor-bolis for the protection of tho orchard, Mulching and clover are usoful, but those invite tho flold-mico, and these must bo guarded againat, as they are veory destructive, Alr. Humphry would call atiention to the ro- port of Mr. Pennington in rogard to high loca- tions, 'Lhis 18 duo to tho early and continucd {r20zing of those high locationu. Mr. Mlinklor did not supposo that tho planting of sholter-belts 16 a panacea for all ills that trees are leir to, aud the doad troes may be acoounted. for by the drought of tho past three years. 3Ir. Hilliard thought overbearing lind much to do in the killing of apple-traes the past winter. DIr, Moaher had & young orchard, aud, when ho had cut off the brauclos, the borer made its atlacks, Mr, 8. K, Bcofleld had no doubt in rogard to tho cause of the winter-killing of trecs tho pnat \fvinttur 3 in short, it was due to the drought and ro8t. AMr, Flagg, from the Committee on TIMDER-PLANTING, read a roport. He said thut two-thirds of our BState had but littlo woodland. Ho argued that o part of tho Btate was not natural to the growth of forests, but iu time might produca trees. Tho paper was prepared . with great care, and is of much valuo to practical troe-planters. \Wa need furthor exporioncs on this subjoct. Tho white pluo, tho red cedsr, and the oypress are among the conifers of tho most value for this climate, Trof. Morse made a few remarks on natural Distory, aud moro especially the part that INSECTE played in the fertilization of plants. He illua- trated tho subjeot by blackboard figures, In- stead of beos boing & disadvantage, they were an advantago, and did muoh to iusure a crop of pesrs and other fruit by thelr carrying the pollon from plant to plant, In many plauts no Tortilization can take placo without the aid of intects, Doos are of groat value to the fruit- grower, aud should bo more gonerally cared for, apd kept in and near un:hhr(fi. Thonct of tho beo in getting at the metor of flowers at the same time carrios from ono to the other tho fortiliziug material so essontial to the maturing of the fruit. Thero muss bo an interohange of the pollen of flowers to make them productive, and wo must dopend on the insoct for this ser- Vi Ruzan, —_——— THE SPANISH NAVY. To tha Kdilor of The Chicago Ty{bune : Bin: I have been induced to troublo you with a fow lines in answer to “ I8, F.'s " lottor'of tho 8th. His statement scema a littlo wild In view of tho following facts: He tolls us that Spain Liss 8,000 sailors, 5,800 marines, 1,100 ofticora (tho marinos the most oldgant corpa in tho world,—= questionablo tost as rogards officloucy), 170,000 sailors on the reserve, 7 fron-clads with 169 guas, 11 frigates with 461 gune, and s num- ber of smallor vessels, in all 980 guus, This officlal roport moy bhave been corroct somo time '50' but we muast reool- loot that artagona fell into the hands of tho Reds sbout eix montls ago, with about thirteon of tho bost vossels of her pavy, inoluding four tron-olads,~the Numanoia, Vitto- rin, Meudes Nunez, sad Teutan, Tho Vittorin was, though the interference of the Geormau and Luglish focts, returned to tha Cnstolar Govern- meont, with the Alamanza, wooden frigate, 45 guns, of which moro anon, "he 1ron-olad soord i ‘worth looking at sqnnreX{. 'The Reds have three, Castelar Las two opponlng them,—the Vittoria and Zaragosss,—tho lagt ontioned not able to flght ‘on agoount of tho disloyally of lier oraw. Tho Arapiles is in “Brookivn, the Tornado nt Ilavana, ~ This {s soven iron-olads, of 180 guns, ‘‘onpoocially to be droaded by ua,” I would rofor thoso accking in- formation on iron-clads, especlally broadalde, to tho hiatory of the Morrimno ; to” tha dofoat of tho Italinn fleot by tho Auatriana in 1860, when an old-tuor, put two iron-clads into thelr litile bods and want about othor busjuess ; to the unttlo of Tucombrora Day, of Oct, 11, 1873, where noithor aido folt comfortable bohiud thoir iron walls,—tho Touton, 43d-luch iron, at 400 yards, boing plorced lhroufln and through,—In one uldo and out tho othor. With regard to tho rest of Spain's floot, sho has 1300 miles of home-coast to pro- toct and Dblockado, yot cannot pravont ald landing . for tho Carlista; g about eight veesels outslds Cartagonn; roquires n fow in the Philippinea; keepu a fair blockado of Cuba with porlinpa fifty vessols, mostly mosquito-boats. I wondor which Suuth orn port they would attnok first. Thoy Lnve on paper 16,000 sailors, wo 13,700 ditto ; thoy 70,000 fosorve, 'wa nono. " Mow torriblo] Tt T think the rescrve must bo vory resorvad. Tho Vittoria and Alamanza lay six wooks at Gibraltar bofore 8pain could put 1,200 men on board to take cars of hor praperty, ' Ob, \hdso modost Tosorvos! Could wo dare an {mponctrablo coast, and antor a blockaded port in the Gom of tho Antillos ? Tho British Lion lashod is tail and roared angrily, the other duy, in front of Santiago do Cubn: he would entor or leavo a blockaded port. Wo conld, and shotild do likewiso, and teach the Spaninrds wo aro bettor aailors and soldiors than thoy, and nation it would be woll to respect, I K. Citcaao, Dec, 9, 1613, — AN QUTRAGE---WHO IS TO BLAME? To the Editor of The Chieago Tribune: Sin: Rost assured that, if I did not fool my- solf and tho publle doeply wronged and out- raged, T would not forco myself on your notico. Cncoothes seribendi is not my failing; yet the following clrcumstancos aro of euch naturo as to roquire your and and all other good citizons' im- mediato attontion and thorough investigation : Bomo weoks ago, burglars ontered my rosi- douco, on Prairio avonuo, betwoen the hours of 2 ond 4 in the morning. Thoy ransncked tho lower part, and doubtlesa would have continued their sonrch had not Officer Borger, of the Cottage Grove Biation, boon on the alert and disturbed tho thicves. Owing to tho swporior vigilanco and intrepidity of this officor, and after sovoro flgluinF. one of tho burglars, named ‘Thompson, alins Con\m{. waa arrestod. ‘T'he othor, for want of prompt assistanco, es- canod. 1t waa at tho rislc of hia life_that tho brayo officer secured his prisonor. Subsequent~ 1y, tho man was tricd boforo o Police Magistrato, and, aftor sevoral dolays, was sent for trial to the Oriminal Court, Tho Grand Juw , ot the Novembor sitting, brought in a truo bill for bur- glary agatnst Thompson. ~ You know it is not 2ny casy task to follow up all those proceodings: it involves logs of time, pntience, and business, What with sdjournments, attendance on diffor- ant courts, consultations, &o., sevoral days wora spent. p0|.| tho day fixed for Ins trinl at the Criminal Court, I wau rondy to give my testimony; and I undoratood all the witnesses wore subpoonaed, and tho caso thoroughly workoed up by the police- officor, Imnrlnam surprise and indignation whon I was calmly told by our bland State's At~ torney that the prisonor bad been bailed, and ho could not mow be found, but that he would forfoit the bonds. Great entisfaction, for- gooth, My house had boon robbed, and a man caught in the vaz{ act ; my family's scourity eu- dangerod ; my wifa's nervos uuatrung and al- ‘most paralyzed, 8o that eho was incapaitated for sevoral doys, and is atill in constant dread ; an oficor hiad riskod his lifo to do his duty; hnd, along with hia Surflmmt and mysolf, spont days in serving tho publlo by trying to conviot n folon ; and thon to be assured that the bond—tho straw bail—was to bo ostreated, was yoor, very poor izonlo?lfltlon. Was this not adding iusult to in. ury T was approached by & man, and cortain hints thrown out, and innuendoes given, that it would bo to my interest not to prosecute, and I would bo well remunerated for all my trouble aud outlay, Tho oficer who captured the burglar was also ap- proached, and he says a large sum of money offerod, and by him scornfully rojected. ‘I'he Olork of tho Court saya that he cousidered tho bail insufficiont ; but still the Judgo said ho would take it. Whother ho was_satisfied a8 to ita sufliciency, or thought tho prisoner an honor- able man, it {8 not within my provies to un- ravel, ‘Tho Clork farther stated that it was bhis houoest conviction that the prisoner was ont of the State in a fow houra after his relosse. T'his {8 & plain and unvarnished narrative of faots, _A folon caught in tho act admitted to bail. What kind of bail? 'I'vo men, named respeotively Milton Forbes and John H. Leon- ard, both unknown to me, but known to others, —uot, as I Lhavo boon informed, as men who ara responsible. Our State’s Attorney, and tho whole coterie of offlcials, know wholher thore men aro professional bailors or not. Bhould felony be a bailable offonse? Is money payablo to tho State, or even to tho iudividual, a componsation for or Batisfaction of an imjury which amounts to a felony? If so, thon havo proper bail taken, If wo have profossional bail~ ors in our midst, it doos not apezk much for tho capacity of our oflicials if they do not kuow it. Aman who has the slightest suspicion of bis genuinoness should be rejected. Our Progocut- ing Attorney—who, whon he has an audience, 8o loudly and vehomontly denounces crime, corrup- tton, " and bribery—sliould see that tho Court is not dacoived in taking bail. Misdomeanors aro the only class of wrongs against tho person or property that should be Dbailable. Wlon & crimg rises to felony, and that Dbrench known ns burglary, tho prisonor shiould not be bailed,—moro ospecially when ho haa boon cought in (he act, or tho proofs are indisputabla, Lut, sir, after & caroful survey of tho facts, I have como to tho conolusion that, when tho publio press follows up o caso, it is prosecuted nuccessfully ; aud it is only when it is arouscd to denounce o wrong or exposo villainy that othors —whether to galu notoristy or not I know not— bocome virtuous, loysl, loud in their protesta- tions of honor, and prosccuto with vim. I say this advisedly. How many trua billa are found, and in how many cases was n nolle prosoqui onterod? There Wore nbout five htine dred oriminal chargea not prosccuted fast year, or ratber this year, although true bills wore found, Somo of that numbor had created n noneation, and tho press Lad mno- ticod them. What i3 tho use of our county being to tho oxpense of a Grand Jury if nearly one-half of their truo bills are not proso- cuted, 'I'hinlk of it : in ouo year five hundrod ! The public would like to know whyisit. An An evasivo or genoral answor is not sufliciont, When faots aro 50 patent, aud wrongs so often recurring, we want mon not to speak in plati- tudes. fil haa coms to this pnes, that it is doubt- ful whethor any groat outrage, Jiko the ona com- mittod on the young girl a few evenings sgo,— snsaulted whon returning Lomo, and an oflicer stabbed in trying to make thie arrost,—will ba prosecutod, R. C, Givins. Cu110460, Dec. 0, 1873, RS N IMPROVEMENT OF ILLINOIS RIVER. Trivos & MIONTOAN CANAL, } SronETARY's OFFICE, LookronT, Dec, 9, 1873, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Bim: As per advertisomont, the bids for build- ing a lock and dam near Copperas Oreek, for the improvement of the lllinots Rivor, were openod by tho Canal Commissioners at 1 o'clock p. m. Willard Johnson, of Fulton, N. Y., being tho lowest responsible bidder, the contract was awarded to him, Inclosed find a list of tho bids, Respecttully, Joserit UTLEY, 11, Q. ANDERSON, W. N. Bnarvarn, Canal Cowmiasloners, 1, Leighton, Alken & Baltor, 3. Alexander Bruce, 3, Olark & Lowls, 4. Fitzaimons & Cornoil.. 5, Toynolds, Bsulpaugh G. American Bridge Compauy. 7. Willard Johnson, 16, Tiamilton, Jud 17, ¥, D, Vau Waggoner. .. 18, Jamea P, Dack. 19, George Willlama, 20, Horniah & MeDowell, 41, J, L, Brindle, 3, Fos, Haward & IKing Lunalilo X. A New York merchaut, writing from Honolutu, mays 1 ““Two wecks ago we had & ball at tho pal- ace of our King, Lunalilo f. e is our friend. Whon ho was silll merely Crown Drince, T loaned him 83— ouly for a day,’ he said, When I mot him a year afterward I rominded him of tho loan, but he told mo to walt till Lo should have become King, of whioh the prospoots were then very - slight, But now he le a King, and I have siiently mado lim s present of the $2, Choap friendship, considoring ho is King." WASHINGTON. Opinion on the President’s Messago, Some of Its Recommendations. From Our Own Correavondent, WasitiNarox, Dee, 4, 1873, As T st in tho gallory Tuesdsy afiordoon, snd saw ovory soat fillod, and tho background behind the mombors oceupied by standing or sitting Gablnot-Ministers, Judgoes, ex-mombers, Burenu- crats, and proferrod visitors, all WAITING FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE, it soomed to ma to bo a vory decent and assuring acona, 1 hardly seo how any foroigner, ropre- senting monoy, Cristlanily, or hope In man, could bavo lvokod at it without feoling that the TUnited Btates has made no decline as an orgauic, solf-undorstanding, modern uation, 1t is seldom that any President's message has boon heard in person by the roprosontatives of mora constituencies, Both partios were equally considerato and rospootful. Both races in the gallorios, with Japan adding ita vigilant spios, ent through the very long roading which Ar. Mc- Phoraon, with his weak voles and occasionsl at- tompts ot declamation, did not much relieve, TIHE MESSAGE was a long one, because the President hasno Xknnok for bringing llko thinga togother by tho law of association, and spariog words, His stylo is that of & country-proacher, who maltes a separate head for evory suggestion which comos to him, and proaches tho little boys into somothing vorylike tho Saints' rest. It was o dull mesaage, because thers was nothing lu- minous in the man behind it, who has made tho beat of the accidont of battlo which raised him to clvil magiatraoy, and thorofore feols his way along in diotion; nover onorgizing o phraso; nover lightoning ono; without ornamentation, oither of art or inspiration ; and hence thero is not o peg in this droary surface on which you can hang your hat, while you turn around and ask 1f thore may not be something in it. Imot Mr, Bumnor in ono of the corridors, and asked him if ho had beon listeniug to the aunual gerap- baok. * Yes,” ho oid, ‘It seems to mo that each of lus Bocrotarics must have prosonted a pistol at his hond and eaid: *‘Mr. President, if you don't insort iu your message & sufficicnt nmotnt of the report of my Dopartmout, I'll blow your headofr I " ‘T'he mannor of GOMPOBING THESE MESSAGRS is moro embarrassivg to the Prosident than to his Heads of Dopartments, and border upon thom than their Duroau-officors. It is difficult to make the subordinate Chiofs como promptly formard with thoir estimates and acoounts and henco tho Presidont gots tho informa- tion laat of all in tho nctual totals, But such a miud ns should occupy the Suprome Magistracy has no businens to bo bothoring with tho multiplication-tablo, and merely cditing and sunotating Departmont-reporta. If we wora proporly sorved at tho hoad of the Btats, wo should hiavo a Prosidont who would separatoly summon Lis Cabinot-Minlstors to tha dikeussion of thoir Dopartmonts, and who liad all along kopt in his mind tho main course of affairs, 'Chen, Qismissing these gentry, who arc but Ind Lioutonanta-of-Police, tho condition of the Nation should rise upon the sighv of its ruler, and, gnspllnx with it 1n his keen, cloar, ox- pnlr‘ictuce babit, he should besblo, like the artiat— To tako the charcoal from the peasant's hand, And, by tho magio of his touch, at onco ‘Trausfigured, all the hiddon virtues shine, It may bn said that & messago, being & moro statoment of affairs to Congross, is of secondary consoquenco like : A QUERN'S SPREOR at the oponing of Parliamont; but there is no connection botween the twocases. The Queen'’s specch s littlo moro than tho roading of the Docaloguo, to which all good parishionors sub- mit, while they fracly ~criticise tho sormon, which is_moro nearly the President's mensago, 1f tho Prime Minister of lsngland should opon Parliament,—n mero party head, responsiblo in art and logio s well a8 in oftice,-—we should not long oxpoct Lim to keop his placo if he gave au- nunily & great _scroll of shpshod scrap, com- ‘mon-place, and second-rate auggestion, to tempt tho cat-calis, shuflling of fest, otc., oto., of the Houso of Commons, With tho rank tho United States has attained our population, anuoxations, discovorios of mines, ncceloration of cnergy, and steady victory over d’ospnfiu or retarding igcalisms, it should boan_easy task for s Prosident of capacity to mako his measage a blaodless, inexpensive, and powerful instruinentality to dissipate doubt and error, harmonize factions, enhauce our credit, aud ba the voice of ** ono spaaking with authori- ty, and not as tha Scribes,” But 5o weak bave been tho President’s docn- monts, becanse based upon defective knowledgo, and always most confident whan least informod, thnt bo haa himself complaiued of Congress for not paying more respect to his propoxals. Bo ‘woll underatood is TUE PRESIDEXT'S INSUFFICIEXCY, that ho was ro-clected, and is to-day supported, by tho majority of the peoplo, out of sympathy for his wenkucss, and out of wander that his wistakos havoe uot been sorious. Liko the littlo boy who undertakos, with & norvous naturs, to speak hia ploce bofora an sudionce, and halts, and blubbers, and touches all hoarts, until the Principal of the achiool takos him up in_ his orms and carrios him off, and then reports, amidat thundors of applauso, that the young martyr haa attained tho highest prizo for oratory,—the Presidont has twico come to the front, and is willing to bo ontrentod again. The wiso man in the Now York Nafion, who discovered that Sontiment governed this Tepublic, may point to thio President’s populanty, and walk up and take the tart. THE PRESTDENT'S FIFTI ANNUAL XESSAQE— not to montion special messagen hore and there— vindicates provious critiolsm upou him, by showing that his defects wero not of exparionce, but of the blood. Ho has not improved in flve yoars, Everything is haphazerd, fugitive, neither digested nor assimilated ; and the mes- #ngo shows that the man is not conscious of his iguorance, and is yot €0 vain that uone of his Ministers dare criticina the firat draft. Lot us take it up and glancs at it. § ’.l"h«‘m are two recommendations on the sub- ect of GOLORADO: Firat, that it be admitted as o State, although ita population was ouly 40,000 at the date of the last census, which is the only data that a Prosi- dont should cousult, and the metropolitan coun~ ty in roported as baviug loss than 7,000 inbabi- tunts, Yot this Stato, if admiited, would Lavo as many Sonators as Illinols, with 2,540,000 in- labitants by tho snme consus, or New York with 4,088,000, But the Presidont answora his first recommendation when he comes to the second on the same subjoct, which {8 to oncourago a canal for tho rolief of Colorado with a fand- grant, bocause, as ho says, thero aro from 500 to 500 milos of width of arld'land bobween it aud the States, Hore we are aslked to give roprosontation in the Sonnte to & Torritory of less population than somo wards of Chicago, at an expenso of mill- ionu, which, of courso, tho two Colorado Sena- tors must vote for in order to keep the new State from dopletion and sliding back on our bands, liko Nevada. ‘Whon wa look at the recommondation for tho canal, what is it? Whero Iu the water to comeo from which Naturs hias refused to that vast, arid inter-rogion, sufliciont, when spread over 500 miles of dosert in shallow rills, to fructify tho whole, without ovaporation on the way? The promiuent man in Colorado, who has tho inter- estn of the Territory at hoarf, sald to mo, the day tho mossage was made public ¢ #1( I wanted Colorado to enjoy a season of apeculative prosperity, 1o bo followed by cortain collapao, I would eay, tho Prosidont is all right, But lio liaa been taken in, whilo making s ehort vieit ta Colorado, by Gov. Evans and some of our big operators, who hiave been stuck in build- ing tho Kanoas Pacifio Rallrond, ‘Their land- grant {s of very littlo account without irrigation, and thoy are willing to spond the publlo mone n{llon au improbable experiment of that kind, I'ho ndmiission of Colorado at prosent means only the extouslon of area of jobbery in tho Benate, the diversion of our people from individual in- dustry to Emml!nru political activity, and no ood, in the long run, to any Territory in tho ent, Congress might do wall to embrace all :xlm ‘erritories in one Bonatorisl representa- o, ‘Chus it appoars that the President waa socar- rled off his feot in ono short viait to Colorado, that ho proposos to put it in tho Senate, feod it with tha spoon of irrigation, and on its behalf rovivo the obaoleta land-grant cystem. Now take tho Vresldent's vecommondation as to another Torritory,— UTAT,— whiob, by the census above quoted, has about 87,000 population, or mora than doubla Colorada, with the motropulican county thres times grentor than the county around Donver, Nobody wanta to oo Utsh admitted with eithor its population or its polygawmy; but, had Brig linm Young oporated with hospitality upon st & natural” man as Presidont Grant, befora r, Nowman got In with his gospel of thoo- logical filibustoring, wo should boforo this have hod Brigliam n guost at the White Houso, and gnr‘grclldanl turning o doaf car to Ann Lliza mith. "I'ho Prosident suggoats that Ulsh bo forthe with rogulaed by Congross, on tho oxtraordi- nary giound that the Supreme Court of the United Statoa is not ablo tobo {llegal, Andhere wo may obsorve that, although Parson Notvmon Lias boon dend-headed away on o mission, his succongor, Tilfany, has altondy bogun to preach Prostdent Graot'a glorios {o his faco, in the Motropolitan Church, Btrange President! wha can be pralsod to his face by a parasite, and will hunt down a nimrod llko Bumner or J. D. Cox to holp out an oporator * like Rufo Ingalls, or & shyator like Louls Dont. [e)s iR ——————— . MARINE DISASTER. The COlty of Detroit Foundera in Saginaw Doy--Supposcd Loss of ALl on Board. From tho Detroft Tribune, Dec, 8, On Baturday svoniog, botween 9 ana 10 o’lock, Intolligonce renched licro of the losa of the pro- eller Clty of Dotrolt, belonging to Capt. Jobn ridgoon, of this city, with tho probablo losa of oll on board. Associntod Pross dispatolies wors published in the Sundsy papors, but as thoy did not reprosont tho ciroumstancos corraatly, wa horewith give tha facts, 8o far a8 known, obtain« ed from Capt. Pridgoon himeelf, who rdceivod a dispatch from Port Elgin, Ont., on Saturday oveniug, 1t appoara that the propeller, with the barga Guiding Btar in tow, was on & vayago from Ll waules to Sarnis, Blo bad on board a vargo of wheat and flour, whilo the barge is understood to binvo boon catrying 24,000 bushols of wheats On last Wednosday night thoy woro coming down Lake Huron, and wore in the viciuity of Saginaw Tay. Whon'the galoof ‘Thursdsy morniug sroso lho{mflll have beon off Saginaw Bay, and woro rl? ably in tho worst placo on all tho chain of inkon, The dispatch received by Mr. Pridgeon came from Cupt. Maurice Barrott, of tho barge Guid- ing Btar, formotly the propoller of that hamo, It sintod that on Tuursday morning the propellor and bargo, being struck by a gals, wore compollod to meparate, tho propoller leaving the Star to tako caro of horsolf, ~‘Faat, at 7:30 on ‘hursday morning, tho propeller went down in Suginaw Bay. 'Uhottho barge bad been driven across LakeHuron by the wind (which was blowing from tho southwost), and was at the time uf sending the dispatch niie miles out from l’m'cifilmn, Ont., aud was lonking. ‘That hie ((ho Caplain), with & crow of men from tho barge, had como nshoro in » vory bad plight, with the view of obtaining ase sistauce. Mr. l’rldgom} at onco communicated with Port Huron, and the tug Prindiville was started from that point yesterday morning, and it was oxpoct- od that sho would Tonch the barge by night and bring hor down tho lake to Barais, if 1o finforo- soen difficultyarose. Indr, Barrett, the Ouptain of the barge, Mr. Pridgeon Lias evcry confidoncs, Daying kuown him for years, andknowing him t6 to bo & trusty nud faithful man, one trho will mako overy possible oxertion to bring his veasal safo into port. The barge is an unusually good ono of its claas, a4 is ovident from ita crossing Liake Huron ne it didin wucn torrible woather, Hor cargo will, no doubt, bo somowhat damagad, but it is belioved that the vosuel will comu safely into ort. It seems quite clear that the City of Detroit bas foundored in(Saginaw Bay, not far from whore the Water Witch went down soveral yenrs 8go. *Nothing is known as to whether zny of her ofiicors or crow got away in boats or not, or whothor any are saved or not. Mr. Pridgoon, however, aud other men familiar with tho stato of affairs on tho lnkos at tho presont time, had {von up Liopo yestorday that any havo survived. f any find got to land “bofore, they would probs ably hayo boen hoard from now, aud the air and water are now 80 cold that it is impossiblo for men to live out any longth of timo in open boats, It is thoreforo doomod probabla that all on board the propallor perished. ‘The City of Detroit had about {wonty persons on board, itcluding only oflicers and crow, and no passengers, vo far na known, Tho Captain ‘was Redmond Rydor, brother of Oapt. Goorge Ryder, who was lost on the Water Witch. With 'Lim was also s son. The Clork wes Andraw Young, of Milwaukee; the stoward, James Phelph ; tho waiter, John Campbell, of Detroit; tho firet engineor, James Rockots, of Groen Bay ; tho Firat Alate, Dauiol Melntyre, of Doint Edward. Those aro tho only poraons on_board of the propelier who aro known to Mr. Pridgeon or his irionds. Tho othor employos aro usually known only to the Captain or other oficers, ‘The City of Dotroit was a wooden propoller of about 700 tons burden, and was ncarly 7 years old. Sho was built at Newport, and, boing a fing voseel and Laving great power, she Was deomed one of the bost sca-going boats on the lakes. This circumatanco explaine her hoing sont on o voysge 80 late in the soason, She was valued at %50,000, was ontirely uninsured, and was owned by Mr. Pridgoeon” alono, who tuoreforo loses heavily by the disaster. Hor eargo wns valued at $25,000, and it is understood that it was insurod. ‘Tho immediate cauyo of Lier going down cannot be more than conjectured. Old seamen all agreo, howover, that tlio galo was ono of tho vory worst which has besn axporiencod in this vicinity for a quarter of a contury, and their ouly wonder was that not moro veascls wera lost, ‘The propollers Scotin, Vandorbilt, and James Fisk, Jr., woro all in advance of the City of Detroit, and, getting ronud Point aux Barquos beforo tho height of tha gale was ex- Bfltlflucm’l, thoy passed through safoly, whilo the otroit wout down, Further information con- fummg her will Do awaitod with intense anxe oty —_— The Westcheater Libel Sult. Trom ths New York Times, Dec, T, At tho opening ot tho Circuit Court at Whito Plains yoslerdsy morning. J. O. Dykeman, of counsel “for Mr, Fraucls B, Lldridge, chnrged with the publication of & libsl on Mrs, Lucy Ann_Medlzhon, addrensed tho jury on bohalf of his cliont for upward of an hour. "In the meen« while, & consultation between the other counsel nnfingul in the case, on tho patt of the plaincilfl aud the defondant, the Rev. Robort olden, took placo, aud agréed upon a com- promise and complote sottlomant of all tho suits volved in the matier, soven in number, An agreoment was niinofl 'by the several parties in- tercstod that all the suits on all sides should ba withdrawn, all tho lettors writion by Mrs. M. Msahou to Eldridge aud to Mr. and Mkrs. Holden, aud all loutors writton by Eldridgo to Ars, Mc. Mahon, about a bushel,” should be destroyed in presence of the connsefl angaged. It was decided by thom on all aides that Mrs, BoMahon, at tho timo of writing the lotters to Mr. Eldridge, was Iaboring under an impaired montal condition ; that no auspiclon rested upon any of their minds in rogard to DMrs. MoMahou's chastity or her uublomished roputation as & wifo and mother. On the other haud, it was concoded that the Rev. Mr. Holden, in delivering the lotter of Eldridge and vorbal message to Mr. MoMrhon, did so from & sonso of duty, being sotuated in the matter by & desire to keop from the public an oxposuro of the facts which ha had becomo acquainted with from Eldridge. The stipulationn cnterod into wera put in shape and conflded to tho care of Ex-Juage Cochrano, pro« paratory to belng placed on file among the rece ords of the court ; and the concluding sceno of committing - tho lottors and papers econnccted with this famous onse of ailoged linol, blacke mailing, and oxposurs of family secrote to the flames m tho yard in the roar of tho Court- Honse, wan carried out, to the great satisfaction of all concorned. S Murder in Madison County, K1, Lrom the Alton Pelenraph, Leo. 8. We are indobted to Sherift Ooo?mr for inform= ation of a cold-bloodod murdor which was por- potrated on Wednesdsy aftornoon in this coun- ty, at Drury Bishop's saloon, uoar the pontoon bridga over Long Lake, three or four milos easy of Miteholl station, he partioulars, as we aro ablo to glean them, are na follows: For some time past & feud has existod Lotween Harrison Stallings, a farmor of that neighborhood, and a mau named Matthow Campbell, originating, it is said, in tho formex's being too intimate with Campboll's wifo, aud endosvoring to induco her to leave him. Tho snimosily between the two men Llad finally progressed so far that it wos gonerally understood by tho neighhors that, when they mot, blood would flow. On Weducsday aftornoon, Campe Loll was {n Drary Bishop's saloon, whon he saw Blnmusu approaching the honee, Ifs quickly stopped into s baok room, and whon Stallings had ontered tho saloon, not kuowing his enomy waa thero, Campboll topped out of the baok room with a ravolver in his hand, walked up to him and said, * Stulling, you have beon tha causo of all my trouble!” With that ho dia- oharged the woapon, tho ball taking effect in Stallings loft side, near tho heart, Ihe wounded man foll to the tloor snd oxpired in & fow mins utos. ‘I'he murderer was arrested and lodged in A‘“ Inat ovening, 1larrison Btalllugs was about 8 or 87 yoars of ago, Of his oharnoter we know nothing oxcept that ho was a dotermined .man, and gave one the Impression that ho was rockloss, ~Of Oampboll we kuow nothing.