Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 13, 1873, Page 2

2 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, IXT3. HORTICULTURE. Yighteenth Annual Meoting of tho Ilinois Stato Hortienltural Socioly, Election of Oflicers for the Ensuing Years Appointment of Delegates to Sis- ter-Societies. Oiscussions on Inseets, Grape-Cullure, Notive Plums, and Damage to Orchard Trees. THIRD DAY, From Our Agricullural Correpondent, Onanraioy, i, Doc, 12, 1873, Tho Bocioty ndjourncd to Eichberg's Opera Hnll on account of the eontral location ; and, as ihe mombors woro now domiciled with the cit- and tho weathor {8 stormy, the walk to ity of amilo was found to occupy too wmuch timo. i Tho intorest is unabated, nnd delegatca aro prescnt from Iown, Indiaus, and Missourf, Prof. 0. V. Riloy, State Entomologist of Mis- souri, tool up tho subjoct of tho CODLING-MOTH, Tho Professor spoke without notes, but with the uso of drawings, Tho moth Is not a native, but is an importation from tho orchards of Eu- ropo. Ithasnow spread ovor the whole couu- try, from Maino to west of tho Rocky Mountains, 1% hag proved to bo ono of tho most damaging of all tho insects that infest the apple-orchnrd ; while tho pear snd other calyxed fruits also suffor from it, as tho eggs nro only Inid in tho blossom-end of the fruit, or tho calyx, Tho moth I» soldom soon in the day-timo, bolng nocturbal o its habits. Aftor hatching, which mostly occurs at night, it lets itself down by s sillon thread, or crawls down tho trunk of the treo and changes to o pups incloscd in » silkon covering. These pupro we find undor the loose bark of the apple. This inscct is double- brooded—tho first Liaving boon doposited in the calyx of the fruit, soon sftor tho frult is set; and sbout six weeks after the folling of the Dlossoms, this first brood of worms lesve the fruif, 08 stated above. Tho gccond broed follow this, and are found in the late-riponing fruit, and do not leavo tho apple until thoyaro put into tho borrels, Baudsgos, old shinglos, nnd othor ‘bands ure put ou the trees. Under those the in- sects mako thoir changes to the pups stote, and are thus destroyed. Papor makes the chunpesh baudnge of all, and costs but a triflo. Tho sernping of the trees, to got rid of the rough bark, isusoful. The uke of vials of liquids and 33 1lgi1t, to destroy the inscet, nppoars to bo of Bo valuo, THE GRAPE PUYLOXERA was the second part of tha lecturo. This insect i oy ophis, or plant-louse, that feeds on both {hio leaves aud roots of the grape-vino, and is the most troublesome insect of the vine-yards. The alls on the leaves of the nativo grapes, such na ho Clinton or T'nylor, aro filled with tlio femalo lice, that continuo the mischief, Tho 1usect is an Americou one, and was sent to Europo, prob- ably by somo of our plant-doalers. THE ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFIOENS Loing firat in order, tho following goutlemon wero clected for tho epsuing year: President—Tobert Douplass, of Waukegan, Vice-Presidents~First District s 8. G. Minkler, of f Frauklin Grove § Fourth: L, C. ¢ Gpringfold ; Fift pullen, of Con 17 Innac Suodockor, of Jerseyvillo; Bov- . E. Holcatb, of Cobilen. enth: Secretury—0, B. Galushs, of Morrls ; Asalstant Sec~ rotary—H. J, Dunlap, of Clampalgn, Treasurer—Jolin Huggins, of Bunker Hill, TLACE OF NEXT MEETING. Invitntions for holding the noxt annual meat- ing of the Yoclety were received from the cilies of Quincy and Peoris ; and that from Peoria was wccopted, A resolution roquesting 3 A GUANGE in the present hond of the Dopartment of Agri- cullure, ut Washington, was unsnimously nssed § and a copy of 1t ordored to bo sent to fbu Secretary of the Interior and o tho Prosi- font. DELEOATES wore appointed as follows: To the lowsa Stiate Iorticultural Soclety—A, R, Whitnoy, T. McWhorter, A, G. Humphrey, D, B, Wolr, und A, C. Hammond, To'tho Indfatn Stafo Horticultural Baclety—M, L, Dunlap, T, Moutgomery, Mercer Brown, W. T. Nel- »on, and B, O, Curtis, To tho Missourl State Hortlcultural Soclely—T, Butterworth, W, O, Flagg, J. Huggius, H, D. Euery, and Jobn Slewart, Ta the Wieconein State Horticultural Socloty—L. K, Beofleld, R, Douglass, D, B, Welr, Tsauc Buldwin, and H, O. Graves, . To the Slate Farmers' Association—C. W. Qreeno nd I, D, Emery, Mr, Groene called attention to tho importaunce 1 o WEEKLY CROP-REFONTS, «nd explained the mauner in whioh the work wes being done; and, on_motion, it was resolved ihat tho Socioty henrtily indorso the project, snd sledge tho influence of the Society to further iho project. Mr. Suedecker, of Jersoy County, road the ro- port trom the BIXTN DIBTRICT. Che rn{mrk was, like thogo preceding it, an ox- 2080 of a poor frait-crop, and pesigning various tauxes for it, Many treos are killed, and others 10 enfeebled that o largo numbor will doubtioss lie. Some of Lis correspondenta think sholter- bolta of valuo at all times, while othors think ‘hey aro of no bonofit. A report on OIOLOGY OF 80ILS, hi Capt, E. N. Beebea, of Genavs, twas read. [his is ono of those roports that como down to lie comprehension of famers, as the tochnical orms aro dispensed with, SCHEDULEY OF QUESTIONS, Mr. Greone offered the following, which wore pnysed @ Itenolved, That this Boclety believes that the State Seologist und Entomologist, and other Stato oificers, uight bo greatly shded In ‘their olservations by fur- afwhing to the local nocloties schodules of queetions, tetting forth tho information desired, eo that Jocal sbacrvers could iave somo kuowledgo us fo thelr neces- sttt und desires, and thereby render usaistanco intel- Hgently and effectivly, “Jteavlved, Thut the Soclety sball furnish a copy of Abesa resofutionn to each of ‘thy_oificers ahove numed, nd ulso to the Regent of tho Iudustrisl Unlversity, snking thelr nttention thereto, nud tendering to thein Jio co-oporation of cach member i such manoer as il best promaty this purpose, Mr, Hathuway presentod o paper on GRAPE CULTULE, which was read, Mr, M. Whorton thought there must bo a het- fer plun than to put up & wiro trellis, — flo uses iwo stakes Lo cach vine, and nnils fath on the atakes, and traing thoe vinos on thom ; plants 6 by 8 feot, and works them with horso ‘and _hoo, plowing both ways. ‘Phis saves labor an@ ine sures o good crop, Stakes aruout 8 to 7 fook: the lath are cut to 3 feot, or short pleces of willow or otlier ronad wtiak, Hickory out in sarly summor, and denuded of the bark, will Ingt soviral yoars, Dock very little prauing. Mr. Hilliard, of Jarsoy, usos tivo mfiwa 4 foot high, witl trellis, A, L, 1looy thought tho prairfo-land was too fien, Proferred lrollis in ordor to train the long rines, Did not wish to cul back too much. We should train closo to the ground, Prof. Ltiloy recommended the use of a torch st night in tho vineyurd,to destroy lenf-hoppers; ono Yumuu \msnon through with the torch and wnothor shakes off the leaf-hoppers, whioch are Jestroyed in tho torch, A papor on NATIVE PLUSS, a¥ C. 1. Beeho, of Kano County, was read, It susn pretty good take-off of (Lo wild-gooso aluw. M. B, epeunks highly of tho Miner plum, that baw beou so long fro\vu in the noighborhoos »f Gulayn.Tha ogg of tho curculio genoially prove & fuilure, und thus it Is nearly curculio-proof. Ay, B, ways that scedlings come up undor the ireos ninong the sprouts, and theso have been sont out togethey, aud in this way many spurious goedlings of little value havo beon diatributed, Neverul membors took pare in the diconssion of the witd-goose plum; and, while some con- tonded (it thero was & trio wikd-goose Flum, experionce of othors had boen budly mixed, Lo Seerotary rend the ropors of . Pullon, Vice-Presidont of the FIFTHL DIKTIIOT, Alr, T roports a very poot erop of frultin hia dintrict, THE CROWN-NORER. This innoct I8 very dostrucliva on the styaw- berry, threntomng Jts valuo as o markob-frult, Prof, Niloy paid thuy we bad nobas yot fully lonrnod allof tho habits of the pest, and wo must mnko further progross hs this diroction bo- fore wo shall be ablo to proseribo & romedy. Wo do not 08 yot know whothor it I ainglo or donblo brooded, * It eingla brooded, plowing up tho vines Immadiatoly aftor the orop of fralt is har- vested is rocommondod. DAMAGE TO OROIIARD-TREES IN 1873, Mr. I'lngg puggested that troen that stood In bluo grass wore tho lonst ln{urud, probably be- eauso tho grass rotained molsture, Mr. Muckler said that. 1o sum up, the cauno wan tho oxtensive drought, drying up tho soil under our orchards, Mr. Woir thought thore were othor causca than drought, It was probablo that plsut-lioe bave somathing to do with the doath of troos. OHERRY TREES. The dincussion on the ohorry olicited mnny facts, but no doflnito conelusion could bo arrived at, though tho proof appearad to bo fu favor of ulio drought, About Chicsgo, Mr. Dunning ro- ported only o fow doad clerry troos, aud o fair crop of frait, Tho npple crop was algo fair. fho dobato showed a groater damngo to orchard trcos than has boon gonerally supposed, Tho peach, tho apple, the chorry, the pear, and some of tho small trces suffored alike whon the aamo conditions wore presonted ; and those wero tho drought and tho cold, to which mny be added oauses of minor importance, The thermometer was roported to bave been 40 dogrecs bolow at Tuscola, in Douglas County, —that boing tho lowest point mado Itlllm Stato. ULAL, —_— THE LAKE HURON DISASTER. TFifty-four Xours at tho Mor Wind and Waves-Terrible 8 ings of the Crew of tho Gu stars TFrom the Detroit Post, Dec. 11, Yesterdny morning tho ofticers and orow of the barge Guiding 8tar arrivad in. this clty, aud such of thom ns wero disabled by thoir torriblo suflorings and privations on Lake Huron wore conveyed to tho Marine Hospital, Capt. Pridgoon secing that thoy woro proverly onred for. With tho oxception of Capt, Darrett, they woro all badly frozou, especinlly thoir feot nod hands. Ono of the crow, Patrick Polaud, o large, powor- fnl Englishman, who deolaroa that he was for thirty yoars n salt-wator sailor, was intorviowed by n reportor of this poapor yostorday, avd in substanco mado the following statomonts Aftor tho storm reached its helght it bocamo evidont that the propelier was Inboriug hoavily in n vaiu effort to tow the bargoe, and about 6:30 o'olock Thureday morning tho latier was cast adrift, drifting to leeward of the propellor at onco. Inafow minutes, howevor, it was ob- sorved that the City of Dotroit was making no hendway ; was, in fact, dnfting ns bolplessly as the bargo, nnd, having more wpper works ox- posod to tha furious galo, was drifting fastor and momentarily coming nenrer tho bargo. Poland is positivo that soon after tho vorscls soparated tho machinery of the propeller must havo bro- K:‘B olyo sbe would nover huve beon allowed to 1t Tho nenr approach of the propellor, and tho suro dostruction that must follow s collision of tho two vessols, cansed n new foar to take pos- aesslon of tho crow of the barge, the immedinta imponding danger eclipsing tho possiblo ono of tho future that at first scomed eo terriblo. Noth- ing could be done, howaevaer, to avert the catas- tropha that seemod incvitablo, and should the propellor dezcond npon the barge from tho sum- mit of o wave, the Iatter must be crushed liko an cggulill, ind go to tho bottom wt ongo. - Thoir snxiety, terriblo from tho timo that the dangor was oalizod, incrensed each moment o, risingup- an the crest of cach succeding wave, they bokold tho propeller drifting nearer and nearer, Each one of the five persans on the barge outertained no doubt that in n fow minutes all would bo over, aud Poland eaya they stood with folded arme awaiting tho fato {hal sooed inovitable, T'ho faces of the others were blanched to deadly whitenoss, and ho ncknowledges that tears run down his bronzed chieoks as Lo waited in agonized suspense. On _board the propeller he conld sce tho entiro crow huddled aft, a fow of them ondeavoring to Iaunch a_bost, bt majority motionloss as if thoy had decided to rominin on board in profor- once to taking the smaller craft, Ho saw o boat drop nstern of tho propoller with threo men in it, and a moment lator tho vessel gavo s fonrful Iirels, and thon, like & shot, the City of Dolroit diappoared bonoath tho wavee, Deing at that time 8o near tho bargo that the suction of tho watera that closed over tho ill- fated propollor cnused the bargo to tromblo from stom to stern. The boat containing the threo sailors wns seon once or twico tossing upon the waves, but Poland ia of the opinion that is weat down fu a fo miuntes after the propolior, No bont could live in suck n sca but a short time under any circumstances, and no crew could long withstand tho plorcing wind and sloct, that froze upon all bodics in ao instant, Even if not ongniplicd at onco, the threo men must hsve perighed with cold tn u short time, aud le avows that there was no possible chance of auy laving escaped, With the sinking of tho propoller disappeared the groatost dangor to the barge, and tho crow turned their attention to their own vossel to sco what conld be done to keop ber from founderivg. I'ho waves wero running very high, and tho bargo was tumbling about ina terriblo mavner. It seemed improbable thut ehe could long with- stand wuch rough usage. Could thoy seb sufticient cansns Lo givo her hendway, slio could bo steored, and au oxperienced wheelsman could caso hor considorably. All effort to sot & sail proved unayailing, howoever, the riggivg, spars, and _overything boing coated with ice, The bauds of thomon, too, were benumbed in an instant, and sftor one or two attempts to loose a #ail, tho idea way abundoned, nud with is near- lyall hope. The situation was viewed ag calmly o8 was possible under the circumstances, and all agreed ibat nothing could bo done. Cupt. Barrott thon advived all to go Lelow, keep warm, and be pro- pared to strugglo for lito when tho vessol should be wrocked, 1f thoy romained on deok they would bo chilled, half frozon, sheoted with ico, and be wholly unprepared to take whalever chauces might bo vouchsafod them, Poland declared thatno one folt like taking the Cap- tain's advico, though suffering torribly from cold. All remained on deck gazing upon the tumnlinous waste of waters with o fascination Lhat thoy wore upable to shako off, and which he declares to bo » dogire to ‘ stare fate in the fuco,” Tho sight was torrifying, butno one would curn his gnze away from it. 1t was soon found that Lhero was six inches of wator intho hold, and Pulend, William Deav, and Quorgu Dawos, the threo comprising the crew, went to work at tho pumps, aud kept at thom, with short intorvals, uniil thoy ronchod tha Cauuda shore, to such good purposa that at no time was thero ovor 14 inches of water in the hold. Poland nvers that, whilo this incessant toil soenied uscloss, and worse thun usecloss, bo~ cuuso it exbausted thelr enorgies and kept thom expoked to tho freozing cold, yet ho has boon o smlor upon tho ocean too long mot to learn that_ the pumps should nover bo deserted. At ‘one tme lo and bis fellow sallors kopt tho pumps going for seven hours, tholr eufferings being towible, At one timo tho mate propoted to cut away the foremast to lighten tho burfi:u forward, but as tho spar would undoubtedly fall upon the deck, and as ihe half- frozen orow would bo powerloss to throw it over- board, the purpose was abandoned, Thus passed ‘Phursday, Thursday night and Friday. 'Then the galo began to loso somo- thing of its fury, but the ses had not subsided in tho least. No ono had thought to cook food, and probably no one would lavo thought to oat had the larder boen well stocked. Hatur- dry moruiny; tound {ho wayos not 8o’ tumult- uous, and the barge was riding easior. Soon the Canuda shore could bo seen whonever the vessel was upon the crost of a waue, avd in the ordinary courso of avents tho Guiding Star would #oou be cast, u wrook, uguu thoe rocky const, At noon thoy wora within 10 miles of land, and the loud sbowed that ihoy wore in 11 fathoms of wator, Capt, Barvett ™ thon doclded to try tho auchor, and ordered the crow to got it over- bowrd, but their hands, with tho excoption of Poland's, wore frozen. Finally tho Captaiu and Poland managed to do fhe work, and oll wore overjuyed to flud that the pon- derous ground tacklo stayed the coursa of tho vessol, Thoy alwo succoeded in lsunching o boat, and after almost superhumun oxertious shore wus reached in sofoty. Doland statos that tho lauds and feet of tho mato, und of Dean nud Dawes were #o badly frozon that thoy will bo crippled for u lunlx thne, and powsibly for life. iy uwn foor were frozon, but_ho was ablo to wallk yestorday. Hie hands wero chilled ropestedly, but ho manpged to keep them from freozin ‘I'noy aro, howovor, #wolleu o badly ns to bo al wont useless, ernoitod and bruised, Lo will boall right In » fow days, and ijnformoed our reporter that Capt, Pridgoon had promided him wark for tho winter, 1lo declures that ho has soon many n tovoror storm, but novor camo noaror golng to vy Jonos fackor, Tt 1 his opinion tht, il tho machinery of tho Oity of Detroit uot been disubled, sho would have been ablo to weather the stovm. 1lo dooms it lmposalble that any of hor orew osoapod u watery gravo, - L —The Doston Globe says that the workmen colobratod tho opouing of tho IHoosas Tunnel by tnplflnu two or throo barrels of Leor, ‘Lhore wan no interforenco by the police, as tho barrels wore marked ¢ nitre-gliveorine.” THE CANADA SOUTHERN. Another Railrond-Link Between the West and the Seaboard, Buflalo Brought Fifty-five Miles Noaror to Chicago by tho Now Ronto. Principal Features of the Rond.--How It 1s OMcored---Its Conncotiong««s Chicago Its Objectivo Polut, Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, 8, TitoxAs, Ont,, Dec, 4, 1673, Hore follows a briof desoription of one rail- rond among A thonsand, whioh was honeatly planned in 1868, succossfully inaugurated im- medintoly thoroaftor, and comploted In March, 1873, withoiit ono nero of land-grant, withonut one dollar of Government subsidy, and, thauk Hoaven, without the slightost taint of Credit Mobilior about it. And yot this rond—tho Can~ ada Bouthorn—~promiscs to bo ono of tho GRANDEST OF INTER-STATE ARTERIES. Thorosd was originated, I boliove, by Milton Oourtright, of Erie, Pa., the father-in-law of John F. Tracoy. The money for bullding tho rond, of courao, came lsrgely from the salo of bondy,—porhaps £6,000,000 worth having beon sold in Now York sud in Europe. But tho oxtraordinary oconomy carried into the bulding of the rond by T, N, Tinnoy, 1ts Chie? Engincor, and tho personal ovorsight of Mr. Courtright in all purchasesof matorinls, loave tho nctunl value of the Company's lino far In oxcoss of its liabiitics, Hore, agaivn, I remark 13 ono rond in o thousand, that has o just claim on tho public, In thoso dnys of stenls,—whon ovon modest and old-fogy Canads took a lurch Jooward into tho Pacific robberios,—it {8 ex- tromoly gratifying to find ono oxcoption to an otherwiso genoral rule, Grangora are rospect- fully raquestod to stick s corn-cab Just horo. A fow days ngo, the Inlernntional Railway Bridge at Buffnlo was completed, which gave the Canndn Bouthern its oastorn outlot without trapefor. At prosont, the wostern outlet propor 8 opposite Grosso Islo, in the Dotroit River; which gives tho Cannda Southern a COMPLETED LINE FROM DUFFALO TO AMIUENSTOURG. Across tho man chnnnel of the Detroit River,— whiob runa on the Canada side of Grossc Isle,— tho railway compauy has in use ono of tho Iargest transfor-stoamers in tho world, holding twonty-ono cara at alimo, Thotransfer-distanco {81,300 foot, and the delay is not moro than freight or passongor trains usunlly oxperienco in getting in and out of citics of tho third clnss, Tho transfor-landing in Canada is on s tow-hond ; from this tow-hend to Grosse Isle proper a sub- atantlal wooden bridge spans thae stream, and a magniflcont iron bridgo connocts the island with tho Michigan shoro. After renching the bigh land ou the Michigan uide, tho line branches oft to Detroit, to Fayotte, 0., and to Toledo. On the 1st of Decomber regular passenger-traing wore put on from Toledo o Dotroit and from Tolado to Bufalo, And I know of 10 passongor- trains i the country that aro suporior in finish and comtort to theso of the Cunnda Southern. Av this writing thero aro THREE LINES boing operated ns the Canadn Southorn, but o consvlidation of intorests will uundoubtedly Lo mado at an_carly dato: the Cavada SBouthern, {from Brffalo to Grosss Isle, with branches to Suspousion Dridgo, and from St. Thomas to Courtright (callod 8t, Clair Division); ‘Lolodo, Caunda Southern & Detroit s and Cauada South ern & Chieago, Gen. J, 8. Casoment is Prosi- dont of tho Toledo, Canadn Southorn & Dotrolt, and Goneral Managor of tho Canadn Southorn and branches ; Miliou Courtright 1 President of tho Cnundn Southern & GChicago; and Wobstor Snydor is General Suporiytendent of the Causda Bouthorn and branches, Now let us Jook at these roads from a praotical and prospectivo point, Aad, in moking deductions, 1 would mot wish to be undorstood as _creati discrimi- nations, or of dealing in undue criticism. Every year ndds to the greatnoss of Chicago ; every year the demauds of Chicago for closer and more rupid commuuications with tho Atlantio senbosrd bocome greater. Tho producae of the Great West must nnturslly seek Chicago, and from Chicago it must bo distributod to the Bast, Tho facilitica onjoyed by Chicago to-day for thia distribution aro not sufficient. Bo reasoned that ailroad- pionaor, Johu F. Tracey, and that public-spirited cntleman, Dilton Courtright. Heunco the ‘sunda Southern project. That thoy and their frionas UAVE S8UCCEEDED, lot the following figurcs show: VIA CANADA SOUTHERN, From Dufralo to Cbleago,, . +000 0470 miles VIA LAKC-RHORE & MICUIGAN ROUTHERN, From Buffalo to Oblengo. 539 milea Viy pICII From Buffalo to Oliteago. 534 miles Making the Canade Southern miles whortor than tho Lake-Shoro aud G5 milos shorter thon the Ceutral, Then the construction of the soveral ronds is largoly in favor of the Canada Southorn. Oun that road the honviest grado is only 15 feot to tho milo ; and it {8 almost an air-lino, Having com- paratively this lovol track and no ourves, sn or- dinnry draught freight-locomotive can haul thirty-five or forty loaded cars at any rate of speed desirablo. In law, time is the essence of contract ; in tronuportation, timo is tho cssonco of profit. And tho completed, consolidatod Conada Southern from Olicago to Buffalo will prove one of the mosk ADVANTAGEOUS AND PROFITADLE INVESTMENTS in il the rango of railway-stoels. Tor tho oxtromo East, via Susponsion Bridgo, tho Cannda Southorn still maintaius ite ratio of advantage in distanco. From 8t Thomas, tho Bt. Olair Branch of tho Canadn Southorn starts duo west, being completed to Ridgway, Mich., 17 miles beyoud the Bt. Clalr Rivor, “The ob~ joottve point of this branch ia Grand Havon, op- omtd Alilwaukce, passing throngh Tomao, Tolly, and Lausing. From Grand Iaven to Buf- falo the distance will be 390 miles, as againat 418 by the prosont route over the Dotroit & Milwau- koo avd the Great Wostorn of Cannda. The Flint & Pora Marquotte, now that it hny beon completed ta Laka Michigau, is reaching out for a connection with tlo Caunda Southorn, which will be mado early in tho spring, somewhoro be- tweon Romeo and Ridgway, This will give Eber Ward's grent lumber road enstorn connoo- tions, and mmko it a trunk-live of vast im- portance. In 1866 I pneeod two haurs in thoe library of tho late Jacob M. Howard, at Dotroit, whilo ho oxplained to mo, ou Lis maps, the projectod Tsothermel or NORNTHERN PACIVIO RAILROAD. Boeing on the mup of the Canada Jouthern its Vuw“d northwektorn connections, Senator Howard's routo was recalled to my mind. Thore is pome question a8 to who was the originator ot 8 Pacifio railroad, but there nover can bo any question as to Jacob M. Howard having boon tho originator, _tho father, of the Jay Cooke Northorn _ Pacifle Rond, For twoniy yoars, Sonstor Howard told mo, ho had ~dovotod all lis loisuro tme fo the study of thiy proposed line. He looked upon it from every concofvablo atund-point,—ns to gradionts, oxcavations, I8, bridges, supplies of fuel and wator; studied tho hoavons that ho miglt loarn nll its olimatio changes ; pored over tho geologl- cnl formations, that ho might discern thelr wenlth or thelr poverty. And at last, liko all zonlots, ho arrived at_the very conclusion lis hoart most desired, Jacob M. Howard died be- lioving the Northern Pacific Bailroad was to be tho grandest onterprise tho world over witnessod ; nn enlerprige moro pregnaut with commorcial, woclul, and political advantages than the Buez Canul or the Mout Conis Tunnel. I{o was a good man, and & wise Croator romoved him beforo Lis eyes could fook upon tho wreck of his lifo's hopes, Sonntor IToward had linod out tho North- orn Pacifio Road from Sarnia to 8aglnaw; from Saginaw to tho Btraits of Mackinaw; from Muckinaw to the hond of T.ako Suporior; sud thence, by tho most direct routo, to Pugot's Hound. If tho oastorn seutiony of this line are over built, they will be but + GONTINUATIONS OF TIE CANADA BOUTHERN, "'he principa] foatures of tho COanada South- orn are: Thut 96 por cout of Its complated live i on nir-hne; that 1t is stono-ballusted, with 700 tiou to (lo mila, and stcol rails and sl r\ntuu; passes through o Leavily-wooded coun- r{. which oporules as wind-bronks, and offectu- ally shields ita tralng from detontion by reason of “suow; that its rolling atoolk is all now and firat-olnss 3 and last, though not lenst, it i in tho huods of two of (ho most praotionl and thorough railroad men on tho continent, Gen, J. B, Ousomont and Wobstor Snyder, ‘L'iese mon built the Union Pacile Jtoad. Iatterly My, Snyder_has been in ohargo of tho Long Island Sound Rallroad. Mo [s a man who nctunily loves hin profession, Tho hoadquartors of the Canada Southorn aro ab BT, TIOMAR, and tho Company has gonorously %avldod tho moat complote offico and phoE buildings, I do not know of any Company in the West which hns 80 oxponsiva and wall nmmgud shops ns arg thoso hers, The Company has 40 acres of ground hore for dopot, shop, and yard purposos, and any numbor of lots for mechanics and train- mon to build on, At Grosse_Islo tho Company purchased 90 neres of tho Niok Blddle ostate, on which trans- for-grounda and oxtonstve stock-yards aro laid ont.” Aud horo I might enumornto advantages possessod by tho Cauadn Sputhern in tho TRANSYONTATION OF BTQOK. From tho Union Slook-Yards to Buffalo tho Cnnada Bouthern timo ia sovoral hours in ad- ‘vatico of any other, aud with only one nntording- placo—on Grosgo Isle, 'Tho onormous amount of business done nt_"Tolodo, Datroit, and Ulevo- land mokes it diffioult to gne through those yards without honra of delny, but by the Onnada jouthiorn tho dolny i compatatively uothing. T'he panic oporatod somewhat to delay tho ox- tension of the Canada Southorn [nto Ohiongo, but it Is only n question of time. Chieago I its objactivo Baint, und, ag soon as the fluancial horizon lightens up, conatruction will be con- hhmud. For tho present, tho Canada Southern 04 YENY BATISPAOCONY WESTERN CONNECTIONB. Tho Tolodo, Wabash & Wostorn, now thne it 1ias pasnod fufo th hands of tha Tracoy intor- ent, will snpply tho Cannda Southern “with an immonsgo amount of business, To moot this naw domand upon it, the Inttor road connccts direct~ 1y with tho Toledo, Wabash & Woatarn, thus avolding what Is cafled the ** Maumoo Packet,” or {nsulliciont yard-room of Toledo, It is no un- common thing for thero to bo a thousand cors of froight locked in as_'T'oledo,—of course_causing grent dolay. Tho Ohio braneh of the Pounsyle Vania Rnllrond Company also has built a_bridge neross the Muumao Rivor, just bolow Toledo, and makes dircot connoctions with the Cnnnda Bouthern. A8 A PARSENGER-ROUTE, by reason of its casy grades, shortor distanco, atoel rails, and sumptuous cars, the Crnads Southbrn noxt spring will offer suporior advan- tugos. Indoed, from the sovornl points on tho Mussispippi Rivor tapped by tho Tolodo, Wabnsh & Woatern, it ia the bost routo to-dny. Bhippors aud travelors from Chicngo aro awmo of tho fact that raflroad faoilitios nro none too great now. 1n another year thoy would bo insuflicient did not tho Canada Southorn promiso relicf. Thoro will bo business enough for all the ronds ; hence there nood not bo any rlvnl? of interost. Yot I Mhtlul‘lmtn that the Canada Southorn folks, when they do tap Chicago, will offer such a reduetion of oxisting rates ns tho growing intorests of inter-State commorce demand, sud as thoy van do without dotrimont to tho holdors of their stock. T'ho Canada Southern has no wateroed or I)ro[urrcfl #tock to provide for out of its earn~ ngs ; thorefora it con make mounoy by charging living ratos, 1'nocioN. SRR SR THE ST. LOUIS TRAGEDY. Testimony of Miss and Mry, Croncn= bold Before the Coronerds Jurys JFrom the St, Louis Democrat, Dec.,11, Cora Crononbold, the young ludy who was cn- gned to bo married to docensed, was noxt called, Hor appearanco was anxionsly looked for by ov- orybody, as pitiable scone wad lookoed for. Tho young lady, a4 sho camo in, oscorted by a polico- man, was the mark for alleyes. Miss Cronon- Lold is sixtoon yoars of age, and left Monticollo Sominary, at Godlroy, Iil., last Octobor. Bho is of medium size and graceful fizuro. Hor lair is o light brown and ber oyos brilliantly black., Hor features aro rogular, and tho oxpression of hor faco is very propossessing, IIcr cheeks are rosy and bor mouth small and handsome, The noso is slightly relrousse, and tho faco is sct off to ad- vantago by very heavy black oyobrows. Bho wag dressed ontirély in black, with tho cxcop- tion of her hat and veil. The former, a whito cbip, was trimmod with bluck velvet, and the vall, which was lifted on ontoring, was of whito gouze. Tho Coromer led hor to tho corpso to ewear her, and she turned Ler head after ro coguizivg it. Tho young lady wns vis- ibly affocted, hcnvln§ a deép slgh as sho sented self and_placing her handkerchiof to her faco, Her evidence was given in a straightforward and plain manuer, her eyes being liept conslantly on tho floor, Sho testitied ag follows : Am 16 years of ngo. Live corner of Grand avenuo and Chippowa strect. Kuaew tho do- censod. Ho was 85 yoars old. I think ho waa born iv Prussis. He way a singloman. e was a merchaut in Burope, Ho has been at our Louse, doing all sorls of work, {rom TFebruary until Octobor of this year. Io was in my brother's employ. Siuce Octobor he has boon in_tho liquor Dusiucss with Bteinweuder & Seliner, on Sccond and Elm streots, Ife has cousing in Chicago, aud Lis mother and sister resido In Derlin, ' Ho has, also, two brothors, but I do not know their whoreabouts. lo hnd & businoss of his own beforo coming to Amcrica. The lato Franco-Prussian war eansed him to lenve Europe. Don’t know his circum- stances in this country. He gave mo this in- formution himsclf, Ho was ongaged to bo mpr- ried to mo—I mean be was iu love with me. Wo wero to haye boen miavried. The ongagoment was made in May of this yonr—on tho lst of May. My mother know of our angufinmm. Sho was not prosont at tho bothrothal. My aunt and cousiu know about it—I mean Mra, Romain_and my cousin, Mru. . Miller, Charles Cronenbold, my unclo, also know of it. I can't romember any othors, Nrs, Millor was first informed of it by mo. I also told my mother as soon as I re~ turned from tho Monticello Seminary in_Ooto- ber. ‘Whis was tho first sho know of it. Iknow there hus boen somebody after my brother, for on Thursday morning, the day on which I was to have beeh maried, ho recoived nn anonymous lotter, ‘I'lio wedding was fixed for half-past 6 on Thuraday ovening, by my mother, my _sflianced, and mysolf, at Romain'a hougo. IFriends wore in- vited, Mr. Benglor and his wifo, Mr, and Mre, Ro- moin (my aunt aud unclo), aund Mr. and Mrs. Miller wero among the guests. Thoy were notified of the wedding on Wednesday last. The coromony waa disturbed by Mr. Wobor, my uncle, Nr, Churles Crononbold, and tay brothor, aboub 8 o'clock, Provious to thoir srrival tho guosts and minister had assembled, Bocttichor und I were alouo up-sinirs, Webor, my uuclo, and brothor mado o gront noige, and used bad lau- guage. My unelo aud dr, Webor used the offen— slve lunguage, I heard Mr, Charles Cronenbold say toDootticher thab ho might justng woll bo bad as good, and that ho did not know what to think im. Heo nlso said, addressing Bootticher, “You desorve to he huug." 1o spoke in Ger- man, . W. Weber suid thut Bootticher wns o convict, and that Lie only wanted my moncy. Ho also said that ho could uot leavo thio room alive, As soon a8 thoy hnd said thuse things, 1uotlced m; uneln and Mr,” Wober make mofions as thoug| thoy intonded to got somathiug out of taeir cont- pockets, Bocttichor at thup instunt loft the room. 'his ocourred in tho sitting-room down-stnirs, Boetticlior cnmo down-stars at the request of ‘Waober and my ancle, wha lied told my mother to call bim, 1 followod bim, but Weber st Rrat would not atlow me in tho room, but I forced my way [n, When Boottichor foft the yoom, my brother Bonny and Mr. Webor followed lifm. ‘{ littlo while after that my uacle and mysolf wont out togothor ; wo ail went buck tn the yard where My, Bootticher had run, When I ‘eamo out, Wober told mo to go in the room again; I nuswered that I could stny whore I plensed, My upole und mysolf again ontered the houso, and X beard Weber eny to my brother,if ho was afenid 10 stay alone in'tho house that night lie would remain to sloop with him, and clhase Boetticher awny if ho attowpted to ontor, 1 did not hear ay shooting that night. I have scen Mr. Boot- ticher overy day sinco last Thursday. I woutto the Luthoran Hospital to sco him onco, aud on other days he cumo to our house, Iio was always acoompanied b{ some ono to tako chargo of him., Yestorday (Tuesdny) Jm,\{ uy mother, he, and I intended uninfi to town, us wo wora abont to leave the house, L saw my brother como out of the dining-room and pull & pistol out of bis pocket, I wshut tho front door und told M, Doettichior to run ; I locked tho front door; my brothor pushed me back and oponadit ; al thut moment wy mother came down- stuirs, and wo both hold Donny, Mr. Doottiohor yan over the prairie ; wy brother got awuy aud followed ; I enw my brothor shioot at Boetticher mbout ivo times, and I beard the Iattor soream. I novor saw Mr, Doottichor strike ator injure my brother fn uny way; don't know what {he quarrel was_aboub; ‘they were slways goud triouds until Thursduy, tho night of the conlom- plated wedding, Mr, Boottichor novor treated my mother or myself with disrespoct, or in a muunor unbecoming n gontloman, ~ I know thut any brothor reccived sn anongmous lotter an Phursday mornivg, Ho gave it to me to roud, I rend it, It suid that ho should tell Mr. Doolticher to leave us soou a8 hio cama i the houso, and, if he did not do so, to shoot him down, 1dld not racognizo tho nundwnulu&u A fottor was bora handed the witnoss, which she idontifiod as tho o In question, Tt youds as follows s Ay, Benfamin Cronenbold, City : Deau Fntesp; You know tho olroumstances of your Siater Cora, aud also the relution in which she hus come through (he inflnonce of your ignorand mothor with thnt worthless ornzy adveninzer who usod to attond as a sorvant in your mothor's houso during your absont in Eue rope. It dovelopn now upon you as a brave young mau to protect your sistor's honor, and tho nulfi way open for 8o dolng would ba to tell snid subject to avoid your houso and tho houss of your sister forever, and In ¢aso he doos unot mind, shoot him down by his first appearanco ot her and your bouso, 'Tlhis mucl all Knur friouds oxpect from you If you wish aver Lo be reapocted by thom a8 a youtng man worthy the name you enr, Youn Frienn, of which tlor are o gront many in number, pro- vidodl you do yonr duty, The lottor in ovidently writton in a dlsgnised hand by somo Gorman, &8 s shown, not only by tho form of tho lottors, but awo by the use of tho word ' subjoct” as an exprossion of con= towmpt, this boing a torm froquently used in tha Gflnnnuh\m‘ungc. “Bhaot him down by bis first np{lunrunco " also sounds decidodly German, 'he witness continued: As soon as Bonm rond tho lotter ho nakod for my father's pistol, and cntno to ma Lo seo iF T know where it was; but my mother hind taken it way long ago, os ho had throatonod to shoot_sovernl othor pooplo who eamo to the hiouso. I told him it wasnot in tho house. Bundny or Monday ho bought a pis- toly ho told o friond so. (Hor Lrothor's pistol wad Liore shown and recognized.) The anouy- mous letter was brought by the lotter-carrior, think my brolher's angor wns cauged by thab Iottor, A fow woocks ngo ho showed anger on anothor porson's nccount, who came to tho louse and wanted my mother to sign soniothing, (Tho witncss was hero shovwn iho ongngemont ring taken off tho finger of docensod, and recognized it. Itis plain gold, with fuitlals and dato_ongraved inslde, aud cor- responds with n similar ono prosentod to her by him, and worn on the secon flnfinr of hor right hand, Tho Initials, “R. B,, B0, 8,'73," and dato are on Cora's, and “ Q. 0., 80, 3, 78" on th Q.—'* Aro you positivo that Mr. Boottichor al- ways troated you nud your mother as a gentle- man and an honorable mau should 2" A—" You, slr." Tho {uuw:{g Indy, after honring hor testimony rend, ndt;nu itin a nervous maunor, sud wus oxeusad, MRS, AUGUSTINA ORONENIOLD, dreased in dea&) mourning aud heuvily veiled, was noxt called. Not understanding English, Charles Lesser, of Lbo Anzeiger, w8 sworn as intorpreter. 'Cho bulk of her testhnony was similar to that given by hor daugh- tor, Doconsed waa nob rich, but accom- plished, intolligont, and @ man of good charncter. e novor troated me, my duugfilnr, or my son vwith disrespect in any manner what~ over, Novor know of any quarrol betwoen Dootticher and my son, On the contrary, thoy Iikod each other “very much, Sinco his roturn from Europo my son brs boon troubled in mind, probably frow being lustigutod. ~ Ho was at times molancholy, and from this I was satisfied that his mind was not quite right. Nover know him to make threats to kill auy ono beforo; but I noticed him to bo excitable.” I know that ho was instigated and excitod by tho anonymonus lotter which ho roceived throo or four days ago from the male house-sorvant, and just beforo that the ‘mald-eorvant camo to mo and said, i+ Mra, Oronoubold, your son has recoived o lot= tor without o sigunture.”” I begged my won to Jot mo read it, but I saw It was written in Tnglish, and my daughter rond it and told me Lhe contents, My son did not liko to give it to Cora, ko then ihrentened to slioot Boottichor if ho did not leave the house when noxt hecamo, I looked upon tho threat 08 u joko, Tho mattor was discussed at the din- ner teble. His statomonts wore incoheront. Wo then discussed tho source of tho lottor, but no conclusion was arrived at a8 to its author. Tho wituess dwalt strongly on the oxcitable uatura of her sou, ns shown on the ovening of tho pro- posed wodding and on recoiptof tho letter #pokon of, Four dnys pravious to last Thursday hior son showed hor a lottor which Lo had recoiy- o from Doottichor, but doclined to rond it, sy ing that ho would do #o noxt day. Sho logged him to peruse it, ns she knew it contained Buettichor’sintontions mwriting. Boetlicheralso thought her eon was not oll night., Ho son did not open tho letter, and it is still closed. Sho kuoow tho contents of tho lotter, bocauso it was tho result of o conversation which thoy had on_the subject, and was writton in hor prosonice. It wos s matter of courtesy on Mr. Dootticher's part, Ilo_also recoived “a lotter from Miss Jobanun Hoinrichs whiok oxcited him, This lotter ho burnod, as its contents wero unplonsaut, This was tifo reason ho post- poucd the rending of the other letter. The anonymous_lotler way recoived on the mornin of tho wodding-doy. for son bod recoive medical treatmont from Dr. Engleman and his son govoral times for his coufused condition and molancholy tomporament; my son waa worsie ot one time tian at auother, This was ginco his return from Europe in Soptembor. ‘Thoe witness, about nine weeks ago, bad lud hor Iato busboud's pistol bocauso she was afraid hor Bo&“\'l !\::mwiug i condition, would do some harm with it At tho conclusion of Mrs. Cronenbold's tosti- mony, the mquost was postpoued until § o'closls thiy morning. Miss Cronenbold Intervieweds A St. Louis Journal roporter liad an Intorview on Wednesday with Migs Crouenbold, in which sho said ¢ ST will tell you just how ibwas. My lover camo to sca nio yesterday aftornoom, and we wole going awny.” “1'g bo married ?" “Yos, 1 was fiuiug to marry him, and whon wo were leaving the Liouso, 1 siw my brother come ing down the stairs witl tho pistol in his hand. Then I enid to my lover, ‘run quick,’ and he wont out of the door and tried to run quick, but 1o could not, for bo lnd n sore foot where he lind boen shot bofore. I stayed behind and held iho door, but oy brother pushed mo awsy aud shot at my lover.” * You locked your brother's door before you propared o ledve with M. Bootticher, did you not?’ “YNo sir, I did not; his door was nob fasi~ ened.” “ Wb; was your brother so hostile to your lover?” T can't toll, unless it wan becouse my brother was sick here"-—~putting her bund to hor hend. “Phen you think ho was insano?” “Yes, hie has_threatoucd at other times to shoot pooplo, Our mothor took his pistl from him three wealts ago, sud he wont and bought auothor. o always used to like my lover ull ho camo back from Luropo. Dofors ho wonb last spring, ho brought Mr. Boottichor hero and told us to lot bim live herej that o would take his pluce and be vory kind to us; that ho was to be trusted in every rospoct.” * When he camo bavlk trom Europo he scemed chnngud g + Yeu, but it was not his fault that he hated my lover, Ho was not to blamo, for howassick, Ho did what other peoplo told him."" #You Lhink then that this murder was dono at tho siigation of othor partios 2" * Yeu, it : * Wore you ever engoged to Weber 7 “ No sir, never (" “ Yon will testify then, to your brothor’s in- sanity " “Yos; Ido not blamo my brothor absll; I know ho is orazy; heis just likea child; when bo lu hore at bome we lot him play with the childrou, for ho scoms toenjoy it ; Ar, Bootti- cher did never say a word uguims‘. him, for ho know ho was notin his right mind. The othor night when ho first shot wy lovor, while the po- lica woro taking him sway, Mr. Sootticher told thom to lot bim go, ns ho "Was not responsible,” #Did 3r, Bocttichor aver recolve an anouy- mous lotter?” *You; tho morning we wero to bo married, e ot o lettor without signaturo, telling lam not fi: came noar tho houso, thut ho never could have e, nud oll such throats," ¢ T'ram_whom do you think that lottor came 2" ““That I oan't sny "—with a knowing lool, Mua. Cronenbold, who lind boon sitting all this while listening pationtly to tho couveisation, rogquosted tho reposter o step into her sou's roum sud oo it as ho loft {t. 1t was the second story uonthwest cornor front room, was lurgo and ‘well furniahed 5 fino book-cuse filled with standard works stood in one cornor. Young Crononbold's writing desk was coverad with goraps of papor, P];\yinq-cardn, pons, and an end- loss yariely of trinkets, # You see,” oxplainod Mrs, Cronenbold, **he soomed to have no xe[;uluuy or systom about him, 1o used to lot the ohildren cowe np to bin room and pluy with his watch aud his plstol and his money 3 Be was just lika o child,” e S C el SPAIN'S NAVAL STRENGTH. To the Kditar of Tha Chicaqo Tribune + Bms: It wore unseomly to accupy your space for tho sake of baving the lest word, aud such is an objeot I disavow; but I wish to make some suggostions in rejoinder to **1L I.," whoso re- ply to my lottor of tho 8th inet, appeared in your ingue of tho 11th, Iledoes nob question tho correctnesy of my statomonts as to tho strength of the 8panieh navy, but holds that, as sovernl of tholr bost iron-olads aro in tho possession of tho Insurgonts, therefore thoy are not only not avallable for sorvico agalnst us, but require vos- sols of equal welght to watoh thom, Forhaps It is entoring n fiold ot speculation, but wo may aslk liere, whothor a foroign war would ot “hoal thoso dlssonsions al homo; whellior the proud Custilisn honrt would not stay tho fratricidal hond ; and whother, united as ono man, under whatever governmont liold o reina of power, tho Bpanish nation would not respond to a eall npon' tholr patriolism? In looking duwn tha poge of history, 1t will bo found, I thiuk, that the bost” curo for intornccino stiifo is n forolgn warj snd, If our Adminls- tratlon in_ war would find n balm for its wlcorous body politic, how much more would Bpain, with hor griovous wounds, My referauce 1o the blovhaded pogts of Oubn is curlonsly miy- coustrued, Thoy aro blookaded now, not ugainut tho Britlsh Lion (who, copsequently, noed nob lash bia tail) nor sgninst us, but agefost tho Cuban insurgonts, That iron-clads lave, In o fow Instancos and by lucky shots, boon disnbled b?' wooden vessols, daog “not, it sooms, detor thoso nations moat advancod {n naval architoe~ turo from building more of thom; sud, ovon with tho disadvantage of brondside-bntteries, they are nong tho lers formidablo as rams, . 1lowovar, nlthough we may not despise tho powor of Spain, which, in tho initiative, might do us havm, but whose floots could uot ba re- plonished, while our rosourcos aro bonndless, W aro told thora 14 to bo o war, aud, like goud men and truo, rost eatistled with peace. Cirrosao, Doc. 11, 1873, E. F. ST. LOUIS SPORTS. Mayor Brown Burlingham- mered. 1, i Set-to Between an Elevated Offi- cial and an Eminent Evangelist. Correspondencs of The Chicago Tribune, 81. Louss, Deo, 11, 1873, It gricves mo to eay that an {rrepressible cons flict botwoen Ohurch and Stato Lins arlson in this sednte oity of 8t, Louis, aud that ita devolop- monts are sad to contemplate. Not oven the florcoly-flatnlont offusivonoss of ' porsonal Journatimm,” as illustratod in Chicago and Cin- cinnati, and feebly roproducod Liore,—*nccord- ing to our weaknoss,” as the oolored prouchor romarked,—has been able to stir up such a st-ronuous oxcltoment a8 the coniroversy be- twoon tho Mayor'of the city and tho Rev. Dr, Burlingham. Allen, and McCoolo, and Hogan, aud tho rost of tho pugs, have faded out of notorioty, but have loft a legnoy of pugnacity, which is bound {o find a vent or burst aboller. The Mayor hos beon fn training until his muscles bavo bocomo Maeadamizod, and he Lina shied his castor into tho ring, bis examplo bring ongerly followed by Dr. Burlingham, the *Boss” of the Baptists, who is o sploudid spooimen of Muscu-~ lar Christianity, and a famoua Captain of the Chureh Belligoront. You havo honrd of our “Soclal-Evil Ordi~ nance,” Evorybody has heard of it. o who kuows not of it argues himsell unkuown, Itis known from Dan Able's office to the Boor-gar- deus,—which is a bit of Boripture that Mayor DBrown bas omittod to quote. It is as famous ns onr bridgo, and is like uuto thebridgo in another portioular: tho Bocinl-Evil Ordinanco has not bud timo to prove ita efliciency by its works ; and thio bridge—but I will sparo the bridgo, in the Liopo that wo may yot hava a bridge to spare. Dr. Burhngham and Dr. Eliot, in connection with several otbor clorgymen, and assisted by a sumbor of ladiea who Lavo boon prominant in the Woman's Suflrago movemont, have assailed tho Ordinnnce ns thie essence of oil ovil and tho sum of ull sin, Thoy have takenn hilt at it agoin and again ; bave lifced up their voices in season and out of scason; snd hava not been npnyinfi of their denunciations of nli who boyo devived, and adopted, and onforeed tho Ordi- nance. The Mayor, as tho head of the City Govornmant, hos defonded tho Ordinanga after o fushion, but hitherto in a quict and unobtru- sive mannor. Lhe gall of “bitterness of thosa clorical donuncintions may have sunk into hiy soul; but ho hos not untit lately given any evi- dence of having boon afilictod theroby. A short tino ago, howoyer, in n test caso which was pressed by Dr, Bliot, the Suprowme Court decided that the Ordinauce was constitu- tional and valid. This docision soems (o huve arpused the »lonJ:lng sz\\mk of the Mayor, sud to have disposed lim fo send & sholl into tho ranks of his clorical opponents, i part-payment for the many missiles with_which they have an- noyod his ofilcial flanks, Mo shot off his shell ot tho Social-Evil Hospital, in a sermon which Lo proncbed to tho frail and disensed inmates of that institution. As for nis scrmon, 1t way bardly worth spoaking about, Like tho logocdury son of Dother Goose, it was “not very good, nor yob vory bad." It wns o mix- turo. 1’mhl}FH 1t may bost desoribed as a cboap cockiail, tho bittora portion of which was & porsonal charge against Dr. Burlingham by name, and the rest of the dlorgy in gotiotnd, ac- cusing them of noglecting thair clerieal dutics, in 60 far us thoy omitted to visit that institution and other city” institutions, for the purpose of giving religious instruction and cousolation to their inmates. ‘Lho wrath of the Burlingham was aroused, and ko gavo public notice of hiu intention to demol- ish tho Brown. Ho would sco tho Mayor's sor- mon, and go one bottor. 1o weni and did it; but his sermon did not como up to public ox- chmtlun, Unliko ithe usual efforts of tho toverond gontleman, it was frothy snd decluma- tory, Hoindulged v o good derl of deauucia- tion of the Mayor and of the obnoxious Ordi~ nance, kbut mede only ono point in answer to the chargo of clorical romisspess. ‘The pont was, that tho Mayor hnd not fuvited him to visit thoxe iustitutions; and Lo went on to deflne hiy posi- tion in theso words: * Bosides, no clorgymau of delicato sonsibility, even under such gelieral in- vitation,—which bas novor been givon,—would foul at Jiborty to go to eithor of those places to hold services, unloss specially invited fora given limo.” 'This' brings up a *‘gront moral ques- tion™ ol clerical othics, or osthotics, which noither Moyor Drown nor the undersignod is qunlitied to decide, Tho Bayor, howover, has his own opinion of thio mattor, aid has published it in the morning papers, It is his idon thab the clorgymon, if thoy aro what thoy profoss to bo, haveno busi- ness with such “'délicato sonsibilities;” that thoy ehould bo “instant in scoson and out of season,” seckivg times and places for doing ood, instond of requiring to” be huntod up 0 order that opportunitios may be thrust upon them. Ho might hove rotortod thay they had wot ~Dbeen speclally invited to preach agniost him and the Soctul-Evil Ordi- nanco ; ond I throw this out as a hint that may servo him in anothor youud, o quotes » louy striug of Scripturo, with no particular purpose, exeopt to_give the newspapers a_ohanco to sny that the Dovil can quote, oto. Io denies that tho clorgymon ought to wait for au iuvitation to visit the oity {natitutions ; assorts thnt thoy are always woloome thote ; declrres ihab the Catho- les visit those places without royuiring speciul invitations ; and ocharges thut Dr. Burlinglam, and the olergy in gencral, have been often in- vited to visit tho institutions, Finally, Lo hits his olorical opponont a foul blow in fact, strilies Lim below the belt—by asserting that Dr, Bur- lingham hay admitted Lhat ho ouca attonded tho irroligious oxorclaes at the Jardin Mabille, in Paria, Tho burly Builingbam comes to thmo most meontully, and hits the Mayor some sovero punchios, but does ot succeed in seuding him to sras, 1Mo omphatically douies tho Jardin Ma~ ille impeachivent, and fudulges in “as little porsouality an posble " Ly aconsing the Masor of belng o demagoguo **for keops ' ; by charg- ing that he seoured his election by lhe’ use of mouey and by personal bumming amoug tho fireggmm and purlious of tho city | and that he a4 such o * notorious rocord™” as disqualiflus him {rom sitting ns Judgo on nnr quostion of morals or clorical othics, 'Lho Burlinghummoror makes no further matorial point, excopt to put a finor point on his provious dofinition of his position. Stripped of its porsonalities and non-osson- tinls,—of tho Jardin Mabillo and the St, Louis saloons,—the :}:\untfin\) narrows itself down to this: Ought the clorgy, socording to Mayor Browu's idea,to visit thig city lustitutions, whother invited to do 8o or not, for purposes of proach- Ing, and praying, and oxhorting, aud advising ; and to_malte opportunitioa’to that end? Or ought thoy, scourding to Dr, Burlingham's final }mmum, to roquive a spocial invitation, jesuning (rom thoe Mayor, desiguating tho particulur sor- vica to bo porformod, uud containing a stipula- tion that tholr vieit shall not bo rogarded s an indorsomont of tho Booipl-Evil Ordinanco, or any of tho othor sing of tha Olly Governmout? T seo no way of ettiing tho quostion, exoopt by romayleng that tho Mayor roquires too much of the clorgy, or the clorgy roquires too much of the Mayor; and I don's know which, All this ill-will {s engondored Dy tho Soolal Evil Ordinance. ‘Fho Mayor, having boew sus- tained by tho Supreme Court, is dlsposed to orow over his oppouents, while thoy, indignant at belng kickod whon thoy are down, are glud of sn opportunlty to Liok baok, Ilonco s grand clorico-political prizo-fight, for the cditleation and unllgmunmonh of humuuity, Oanu Bozyn SUFFERING IN [OWA, Tho Caso of tho Womestead-Solllers in tho' Northwostorn Parb of iho Stule. Their Actunl Cnndl(l(;n and Needse-=Thy Movement for, Thelr' Rellof, v the Editor of the Des Moinea Journal ; I have recoived from ome ono tho Palo Alte Patriot of the 224 ult,, which coniains the fol« lowing s The great hue and cry about destitution in Northe wealertt Tawa 18 moro sonantional than o true refloction of thie co'slUon of the s of ecttlors i this reglon of country, Tho fact is, ovory county is ablo to firo- vido for Its suffering poor.” The greateat diircos exista In the Qounties of Lyons and Oscoonln, and they lavo amplo rosl estato on whicl thxes nny be lovied nnd funis raleed for the support of those fin dostitute cirenm. stances in thelr midat, A fund so rafsed would not como out ef thio poor homesteader, 18 his real cstate 1 oxempt from tazation; but tho bloated laud-gpocus Intora sud rallrond-cormorants, who have Induced fine migration and settloment fn that locality, would haVe to foot tho bill, Thin appeal for outside aid amnoke too much of the great frauda nnd swindlos of tha Sanltars Jommission during tho Wary wlion 1t took $10 ta et 10 cents worth of goods (o {ho private sl der, Lot the Board of Bupervisors fn cach counly ok tho leinl proviston for adt and ho.ocoipation of vullunthiroplo atock-jobbera will bo goue, Tho gist of this artlelo Is, s T undarstand it, ndvico ro the county ofticors to immo warranie ou the Gaunty Trensury for tho yeltef of the *homesteadors, Now I'da not know what county wagranls m Palo Alto are worth, but I have been 1formed of their valuo in otlior countics, and 1 beliovo tho offacl of anch attompted ratict would #o deprecints the warrants of sowe coun- tics that littlo wonld be realizod ou them for tha benefit of the homoestendors, Beosidea all that, when it i8 proposed to {snuo warcants for tho purposo of taxing *Dblonted Jand spocutators and ruilrond cormoranty," tha cditors of the Jalriol scem to torget that the homesteadors thomsolves will soon Lrva ta como in for their share of the hosvy tax- ntiou, nlthough the lands now (clalms not ™ bom, pioved wp) ‘o xomt Foom axation, A hion, too, Lhors aro tuo now tax-paying portion of tho countics, who would ho taxed “on theic property, aw well as the **speculators™ and ‘¢ cormorants " abova reterred to, Just as 1 had writton 8o far I yocoived the fol- lowing from J. L. Martin, Xsq., Rtecorder of Palo Alto Guunty, aman whose reputation stands abovo reproach iw u soldier, u public officer, or a citizon, ~ He writes from Ll suie town in which tho Latriot 1» printed : Eseranuna, Dec, 3, 1873, Gen, N, 1. Buker ¢ Yot o Dian S : Your lotter of tho 20th ult, was duly re- ceived, aud cheern my heart, befug thio first ovidonce of hicatty symgntby 1 havo recefved fn ihis work, Many liore ot howa huve scoffed ut the fden of Loing ablo to obtain uid for tho destitule, eueing somo {0 worl: thelr wuy Iinst a8 bost their eondition would od- ik, Not ono-third, perliaps, of tho needy havo been Dieard from yot, but'E flud ou'my list twouty-six numes af honds of inmiilos, ropresenting 136 persons, On careful oxamiuation'1 marked ix of thoso famllica “not meads,” elght “somewhat neody,” " sovon Uncody 83 Dve waperlally destituie Maus of thoro hnve served their couutry, and it s meot that kind hearts should remomber them ig their need, T havo scled on your suggestion, and called a meating on tho 10th {0 appolut a Comuiilteg on Recespts and Distributions, It scoms s good swhilo to wait, ub wo could resch It no sooner, In the meantine, If you can forward enyihivg eubjoct ta thie order of auch Commitice of Lalo dAlto County, ploase send to Algons, Kossuth County, which Iy tle nearest point to us by rull (twenty-clghl mil:), Ver= traly yours, 1. L, Mantry, (Fifty-second Wisconsin Yolunteer Infuntry.) nco I wrota tho abovo I hnve reccived the "Brien Pioneer, I oxtract from that paper (Nov. 21)s A weck or two since we had not Jearnod the fact thal thero woro nny persou in thiy county who would ha Itkely o requirs moro vasistance than would bo afforde ed by neighbors and frionds ; stneo which timo, hows over, sud after a earcfui investigation of ho avallabla resonrces of many citizena in tho geveral towushipy wiiera tho growshoppers did the most minchlef, it hag trauspired that succor muat coms from somo source, or sufering will euwie, - All, or noarly all of thoso wha are tho most fu need of o littls help, havo beon vary reticent_sbout allowing their trug condition to ba Jkuown, hoping that, by struggling nlong, they might poasibly got through the winier und romialn on thoir bomgotends. Now, ‘ah is well known, tho poopla are in nuo wiso to Wame for thoprosent deplore ablo sltuation * dn which “thoy fud themwolves placed ; honco tho ald proffered by tha {beral and generous peoplo of otiier districls shoulil Lo aceopted fn tho same kindly spieit in which it is of= fured, and wo sfucerely hopio that any person, tho hord of a family, will not heshate o muks _npplication In timo to uvold tho suffering of, eapecially, the women and children of thoir honseholls, whether relief is ufe forded from abrogd or nearer home. 1 Linvo just recoived the following from Bionx Count; GraxT Towsaure, Biot x CousTy, Der. 4, 1873, DeanSIR: Wo tho undersigned comiiitto appointa cd by tho sottlers of Gramt Townehip, ot uicetng held on tho 20th of November, to cousfiler tho aifairs of 1ho township, wish La state that tho soil hero s koc— oud (o nono in tho Btato, and that the failuze of cropa is mot chargeablo to soll or lack of labor on part_of our peoplo, Yet- this committes find “snany painful facts in vieling sctilors® fumilles, Some of them Lud been hore three Bume nerd, What tiey had i the stiepie uf money ot clotha ing 18 gono, Thoy biave worked hard and Jived upon il bivro ngeessarics of Uife, In tho hopa that tlio har- vent just pacsed would reifove them from want, nnd supply thieir noeds, But, on nccount of o wek apriug, und then w vast army of grasshoppers, farma wore lud waste, and at u tino whon they conld’ uoy bo roplaced, Now & prairlo winter fs upoa {hetn, und whole familics newd clothing and food, ‘With theso facts boforo us, tho Qommittes appeal lo tho liheral Ghirjuting peoplo of tho Stalo for acsistance, in tho shiape of monoy, clothiug of all kinds, yarn, mit- tens, or tocond-und clotling. AU present there fs 1it110 feed for hogs or fonms, What 14 dono ought to o dono Immedbutely, Cousign to Sheldon [Signed by Commitee.] Lo B. dARER. Visit of the Sioua City Relief Coms mrirtoe to Sibley-=What Is Necded and What fs feing Done. BipLEY OsCEOLA Coyy Ta., Deo, 3, 1873, To the Editor af tic Stowe City Journals "The undersigued, wowmbers of tue Comwittos appoluted by Lie citizens of Sioux Clty to securs nid for the suffering homestenders in Osxceola nud other Northsvestern Counties of onr Biate, re&lmc(.(ully submit tha following report: Wae rerclied Sibloy, in Oxcooln Oounty, which {a near the centre of tha region dovastated by frasshioppots, and from the statomonts of ro- Tiablo mon whom wa hiave known for years, s well as from many of tho homesteadsrs thom- snlves, wa uro eatisflod that thoro aro many fam- ilies suffering for the comumion nccessarios of fo, 1t is belioved that at least ona-half af tha on- tire population of Oseooly County is burning Iy for fucl, being ontively destitulo of waney to procurs coul. This will be bost understood whore it iy known that Osceola County it ono vast tveoless prairio—and tho snme is truo to o graat oxtent of othor northiwestern counties, Just av the time whaeu all vegotation way ma- turing and_promived a large yield of farm as wall as gardeu praduats, the gtuuqhne»puns wwopt nway nearly tho entiro crop. ~ This, to a cluss of men like our lomestoadors, whoto nll was in- vestod fn seed and fabor, wora o losa irrelriovabia unloss uided by tho benevoleut of our Stata who buve been more fortunate. Thoro ave in the County of Ovcooln alono at lonst 15,000 aeres of land jprepared for sowing sood wheat m the spring, and with a soil of uneurpaseed fertility In & fow yeaa will bo doveloped into ono ut tho bost cultivated and most productive conn- ties fn tho State, Dut misfortunes aud de- striotive visitationg, no fault of the bomestead- ots, ehould not. bo nllowed to discourage one of them, and their immedinto wants must bo sup~ plied by our generony people, and no one shuuld ho cumimum ta floe from bug Lhomostead for Inok of fnol, food ar olothiug or seed for noxd spring. And (his zentiment is Lrno {n relation to b, tho_Northwestern portion of our Blato a8 ro- aids fertility of the soit and wanta of the fifllnoutemlum. Wit the paopta moat neod {n Osceols County at present (s _Lodding, finatcly, aud food, ‘Ihey are tempararily supphied with clothing and fuel, At Bholdon, in O'Brien Conuty, whioh is the gantre of an aron of dovastutod country south of Osccoln, including part of Lyon, Sivux, lowor ouit of Ouceola, and wost part of O'Thion Couns ies, but Lttla relief Lng beon rocoived, although to-dny thoy will rocoive nenrly twonty ioxos and barrals of food and clothing, nud 90 tons of coal is on the rond to them, sout by Geu, Buker, o-morrow, tha Bioux City Committeo will sond to Bibley 1,000 pounds of flour and G00 potnds of meal, and tosholdon the snmo amount of fihur and weal ; also, blunkets aud bedding to both plagos, Aftor moeting tho quogtion of Immadiata wants, wo must, in o moasuso at least, supply tho xeod- whent for spring sowing, It iy hoped, from hiuts mada by 1“““‘"!'5 LPatrous of Ilusbandry in the Bluca, that this Ovdor will tuke hald of the wats ter and co-operate wilh Gon. Bukor aud the Coms xm;tm; in sosuriag the amount of seod-whoat roe quirad. [Bigned by Roliof Committes.] Gt i —Tlie tamb of Napoleon 171, in England, was again covered with fowers in mngniticont profusion aml variety on tho recurrenco of one of Lngonie's foto dsys, 'I'he widow did not nppeacs