Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1873, Page 2

| HE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE THE VIRGINIUS AFFAIR, How the News Was Received in Europe--~Feeling of Amer- icans Abroad, i Mr. Sumner’s “Struggling Spanish Re- public” Pronounced a Myth. NoTruo Republicanism in Either Spain or France--=Their Governments as Despotic as Dver, Natlons Get Thefr Political Ideas from the Form of Thelr Churchs Governments, How Our Congress Has Permittod tho Spanlards in Cuba lo Collcct $20,000,000 of Exira Rovenue from Our People. Spectal Correspondencs of The Chicago Tribune. Pants, Nov, 26, 1873, Tho successivo tolograms from tho United Btates to tho London ZTimes, aunouncing the capturo of the American stoamer, tho Virginius, ou tho high sens, by a Spamsh guunboat, and the enhsaquent horrid mnssacro of the Cuptain and crew after n drumbead court-martial at Sautiago, lavo resounded all over Burope, and produced GREAT EXCITEMENT EVERYWUERE, To say that tho nows filled Amoricans sojourn- ing inEurope with indignation and angor, {sonly what you would naturally expeet. Everyono felt that a shocking indignity hnd been porpotrated sgainet his country, which must bo resented, and condign punishmont moted out to the por- potrators, Tho promptness of tho President in proparing thoe Navy for immediate action, and in making othor warlike proparations for any emor- gency, aud to bo roady to oxeento tho will of Congress on tha bloody butchors, gives unallayed eatiefaction to every man and woman in Europe n whoso veins flows American Llood. Thero has been a strong desire overywhero in Europo, aud nowhere moro so than in England, to lonrn the MEASUNE OF REDRESS tho American Government would demand and cxact from the Spaniards for the outrageous act. A telogrophic dispatch rccoived in Poris on Suturdsy might (Nov. 23) by o promi- vent American, and by him mado public, and & similar dispatck in the London Times of Mouday morning, from Washington, stato the following as constituting the demands of the American Government on the Spanish Cabinet : First, surronder of the Virginius; eocond, rolease of tho survivors; third, suitablo indemuity to the heira; fourth, prompt punish- mont of the official perpetrators, or their sur- rendor to the American Govornment for punish- ment ; fifth, restoration of confiscated American proporty ou the island; lastly, abolition of eluvery, immedintely, When this dispatch was placed on the bulletin in front of the Kegisler ofice in Paris, a crowd of Americans BURROUNDED IT ALL DAY, “ Tho news is too good Lo Le truc," eays ono, “Ihopo thero is no discount on that news,” gays anothor. ‘*Will tho Govornmont stand up toit?" * Has it tho norvo to mako that its ul- timatum?" and similar comments wero the passing romarks. But, as Congross assomblos in a few days, wo shall soon know the temper and determination of the American nation in of- ficial oxpression. Until Congress does speal, of courso, the Cabinet can do nothing decisivo, The British papers dovoto daily leaders to tho subject, and most of the Continental journals aro doiug the same, A few days ago, n talegram came over, stating that Sonator Sumner Lad written a lotter to tho publie, urging them to restraiu their indignation, aud do nothing that would * ombarrass TUE REPUBLIC OF SPALY, : straggling to maintain its oxistonco and put * down its aseailants,” and appouling to tho Amor- icau poople to swallow the iusult for the snke of tLis poor but virtuous and puro -mindod * sistor- Republic.” Tho text of his lettor hns not yet reached Eum@, but that scoms to be its key- note, and the -ngllsthpors lavoe canght with avidity at the idea, and aro parroting it indus- triously, ButIDbag leave to aflirm, without any great degreo of roverenco for Mr, Sumner's as- sortion, that Lin struggling Spanish Republic is a myth and a thing of faucy. The Government of Spuin no more resembles n Republic than o Bivh Yoabmbles n hand AR Tt Yequires an ox- ubo:ant imagination to constitute a Ropublio of the admixturo of DESPOTISM, ANARCILY, PRIDE, AND IGNONANCE which oxists in that poninsuld. I presume, too, that the knme distinguished gentlowau, on ocea- sion, would_call the present Government of ['rauco a Republio, and _DMarshal DeMahon * President of the Fronch Republic,” aud would smbraco him ag tho Chicf Magistrate of a * mis- ter-Republic; when, in fact, the French Gov- srumont is nothing but a contralized dospotism, uplield by o standing army, under tho orders of an Iixecntive exercising Dictatorial powers, I should liko to have Ir. Summnor, or auy othor man, point out in what essentinl respect Spain undor Castelor and the Juuta is any lesa a des- gnlism than Franco under McMahon and the ody sitting in the old theatro at Vereailles, ‘What mates aRepublic? Is it meroly o nome ? Wil striking out the name Empire or Kingdorm, mdumuumg Ropublic, constitute one? Thin is zcally ALL THAT HAS BEEN DONE IN 6PAIN, Tho people do not rale, in the American undor~ sanding of tho torm. ‘The Spunish ofiice-hold- ars uro not ‘*wervants™ of tho peoplo, but their masters. Thero is neither a freo press nor fron 2pecch in Spain under Custelar, Tho 018 Aro not permitied to assomblein town-meoting to erit- Icige Lhieir Governmeut, advocato roforms, disouss public questions, pass rcsolutions of consuro or praice of the wuthovitics, Lho citizens do 20t elect ofther thoso publio servants who muke o local and municipal laws and imposo tha :axos, or those muuicipal ofticors who execute ihe laws, as in America, How cin a nation bo properly called u Republio shore power is monopolized at tho contre, und arders proceed from tho rulers to tho citizens, instend of fiom thecitizons to the rulors? 1f the American Govornmont can botaken as astandard of tho form or theory of Reopublicanism, then it is whotly unlike_that which existain Spain, or thut cver existod thore. Tho entire machinery wnd intornal admiuistration of the Spanish Sovernmout romaiu_just as they wore during ho raign of Queen Isabelln or King Amudous. Uho naimo Las chunged, and thoro i’ a Diatator ustend of a King ; nod that 16 ALL THE DIFFERENCE, Centralization, patornalism, and arbitrary withority, resting ou tho army for oue lorcemont,contiuue from ouo regimo to another, Tho name chaugos, but tho (hing romnins tho sumo, It is moroly painting off ono unme and autting another on tho sterw’of the ship of State, iy giving hor s now Caplain; but the vosse! and aew, discipling nnd destination, ura uuchanged. ‘Lho Spaniards have never LEAINED TII ALPHADET »f Ropublicanism, ‘Thny have o just or irue toncoption of it. Tho highost idea’of Republi- sanirm among tho poaple of Spaiu and Frunco is Sommunism,or what they eall the Sociul Republic, vhich strikes at Lho basis of separate Lroporty, snd aims to bring down industry, economy, et erprise, and prospority, to the lovel of sloth, srofligucy, improvidence, and ignorance, ‘Tho Sommiyints would firet. distribute alt the prop- awty in tho nation equally amoung all pordons ; wid, ftor the idle und dissipated Jud squan lored their conflscations, und the (hrifty md emorprising bad amassed? now for— unes, then—divide again, ‘I'ims I tho under- ying iden of Communism, however it mny ho at rosent dinguised Ly Its diaciplos ; a:d thore iy NO HIOUER OR CLEAREL NOTION f whal constitutes Republicantsm in the minds > the peoplo of France or Bpain. A Conworya- iive Nepublic meaus o Movarchy with an ape pointed Dictator; and s Tadieal ]lu]l\l}:llotlluuila Comninnis, or the * Bnfi:lul Ropubliv,"—thut iy, aocwl und proporty vquulity, ‘N]mln in plurplonu Ropublio in fact than oithor Gevnany or Italy, and thoy aro ot reckoned us Itapublics, Great Britisn and Scandinavia ure :.lllml AMonarchies, but both ave inflnitoly, bettor autitled to the uppellation of Republic thon the Spumish Desnotium which asswmen thut titlo. Freo apocch and a freo press exist il ero, and tho poople may hold mantings to ' dis- cusn politiesl griovancos and advocats roforms 3 thoy ‘any criticiuo thoir rulors, and even do- nounco them s and thoy do havo somo voica in maunging tholr Jocnl il municipnl affairs, and in imposing taxes and oxpending tho BAMo which s not the caso oither ln fl{m b or Franco. All nations tnke their politicnl idens from tho FORMS OF THEIR CIIURCH-GOVENNMENTS, Tho most Demooralic of all sootarian worship s that of tho Congrogational- ist. It in the vory ombodiment and essonco of puro RNepublicanism. Two hundred and fifty years ago, that ehurch establishiod iteclf in Now "England, and ndoptod s form_of political governmont oxactly modelad nfier that of their church, And itisthe purest and bost repre- sentative form over dovised by the wisdom of man, a8 two and a half conturlos of exporienco Lae amply demonstrated. Tho next most Democratio forms of church- overnmont aro thoss of tho Prosbytorinss, Lho aptista, and the Qualors, Thoso threo sects easfiy fell in with the form of political govern- mont adopted by tho Now Euglnud Puritans, They roinforcod tho Puritan Democracy, and spread pitre reprosentativo frec govornment over }Ju\v Hampshire and Vormont, New York, Now Jorsoy, oand Ponusylvania, and pushed it futo tho South, but mnot to tho pamo extont a8 in the North. In timo it aprond Weat, and the membors of othor sccls gave way to the provalling system. But Ropubticanism in Aworica does nol owe its origin to Thoman Jof- Torson, who meroly adopted the systotn which tho NEW ENGLAND CONGREGATIONALISTH hnd adopted, aud popularized, aud practicod for 160 yenrs Leforo his timo. Nor dpes Republi- conism {n Amorica owe gl tho Episcopsl Church, which was ossemtinlly ol in the Rovolubion, nnd hay boon coldly Coneorvative overy sinco. Nor to Mothodism nor_Catholicism, neithor of which hns Domocratic forms of church-government, but tho very opposito, althongh the Mothodis polity uf lata years 'fs becoming moro liborn! towards tho Inity, sud to_that oxtont is gotting into harmony with tho Ropublican form of pos litical government, Tho Unitarian bolief, which is an offshoot of the Congrogational, aid numbors vastly ‘moro beliovors thau the ohureherally oxhibit, 8 purely Republican in form and theory, and, thorefore, o staunch supportor of tho saio form of politi= c¢al governmont, IT WAS TO THOSK INFLUENCES that the United States aro indebted to-dny for whatever distinguishies their form andg adniinis- tration of governmont fiom that of Qront Brit- nin, Germany, and France, Ono has only to look nt_tho provailing religious forms of church- Fovernmont in any nation to tell just what nro the political forms and toudencies in that couns try ; bocanso the former fnflects, ufluonces, and slinpes tho latter, Those who aro not Catholica in Spain are infidels, or. ** Rationalists” ns thoy enll thom- solves : and it is among them than Communism finds Its suppottors, And tho samo thing s truo in Franco, Aud thoso who are not Communists aro Contralizationists and beliove in **Crsarism," and practice it whon iu power, ‘ho faction in oceupation of Cartngena, and somo other points on the west const of Spain, aro Communists,—the identical geripe of {hoso who plundered and burned in Paxis, and in turn were massacred by tho * Couservative Repub- lic” of Thuiors; and probably tho same fute awaits thom nt the liauds of Cstelar's ** Conser- vativo Republicans,"” ‘I'ho casentinl difforence in_prineiple, eo far a8 human rights are concerned, botween the Ma- drid Junta and the Don Carlists, it WOULD DE DIFFICULT TO DEFINE, oven by Mr, Sumuer. It s chiofly a strugglo for power, for the dispensation of tho loaves nud {ighes, and houors and dignities of office. Don Carlos, his _guerrillas enecoed, will be fho Divine-Right Dictator, whorens Cnstelar 8 ouly o Provisional Dictator, as 'Phiers was, croated by the Junta, and will ba thrown asido us soon us the fight with Don Car- losis terminated, To denominate tho oxlslinq despotism which has its headquarters in Madrid & “straggling Republic,” or to claim for it the sympathios and moral support of the peoplo of the American Republic, is to FALSIFY TIE FACT, and ohuso the eusceptibilitics of the Amorican pcn[l‘lo most outrageously aud shamefully. Thero is another uspeet of tho case which is too much overlooked, and should be more con- spicuonsly brought to notice. And_that is, that the ** Volunteros,” who are carrying on s war of massacro and extermination agniust tho Cu- ban Creoles, aro, to all intonts and purposes, BEBELS TUEMSELVER, Thoy pay littlo or mo heed to the or- dors “from the DNadrid Junta, but do a8 Lhey plense. Their rule s nn usur- ,mliou. a8 they are foreigners on the fsland, ‘Choy hido their atrocitics bohind the Spanish ilag, and euiploy it to givo them sholter aud protection ; but thoy oboy not tho Homo Government, Costolar is uttorly powerless to caerco and control them. Thoyare the seum of Spain. Cuba bas beon made a sort of “outh® for tho carpet-bagrers and rasentdom of Spain. Thoy do wnot eoven profoes to bo in s?'mpmxy with tho thing, Mr. Sumner calls tho * strugghng Spanish Republic.” On the contrary, their sympathies are with the Don Carlist robels ; and, whon that faction makes suflicient hondway to render ite success probable, tho * Volunteras” of Cubn will fraternizo with it. 'The Voluntoras are composcd of gluve-traders, Coolie-importers, slave-drivers and overseors, Bugar and coffeo jobbors, oflico-liolders, and whab in Chicago would be eallod TBUIMERS AND DEAD-BEATS. In tho South they would be called carpot-bag- gors aud scallawags, ‘They have about ag exalt— ed an iden of civilized warfare and tho righis of lumanily a8 the Modocs. ‘They hate aud detost tho Americaus, while sucking £50,000,000 to £60,000,000 in gold per aunum out of them, received in’ paymeut for sugur, sirup, coffee, cignrs, aud fruit, Just oxamine tho statistics of tho commerco of that islund with iho United States, and it will be scen where THE SURPLUS AMERICAN GOLD goes to, and the reason why specio-paymonts caunot sufely bo ottomptod iu our country, Binco tho close of the Southern Rebellion, in 185, not a dollar less than $400,000,000 in gold han beon puid to tho Spaniards of Cuba in Jiqui- dution of the baluuce of trude with them, And this drain will continue and increase in propor~ tion as the purchaso of Cuban sugar, coilce, and cignrs, increasos, Ilow specio- paymonts are to bo resumed in tho ince of an exportation of coin on Cuban uccount, which now cousidorably excceds tho annual production of our gold mines, it i difi- cult zo perceive, 1tis true that most of the gold” is shipped to Groat Britain, but that is simply Decauso the Bpanish draw their Dbills on Londou instead of Ilavaue or Madrid, Tho BSpanish * Volune teros” levy en our trade an export ns well on import duty. When Cougross recontly abol- ished the duty on coffee, and reduced it one- Linlt on sugar, in order to avoid haviug to reduce the tariff on Luropcan munufuctures, which would compel domestic manufacturers to sell cheapor to the people, tho “Yoluntoros™ in- stantly ADYANOED THE EXPORT-DUTIES on eoffeo aud vugor, and gave as u renson there- for that they ne.ded tho money to cairy on tho warof oxtermination against the Creole Cubaus; aud tho upshot of this wise policy of Congress iy, that the U'reasury loses $20,000,000 of rov- ouuo por annum, without suy percep- tible reduction " having boen effected in the cost of “thoss necosories to tho pooplo. At o matter of fact, our emurt Congress L permitted tlio Spanish oflico-hold- ers 1n Cubn to collect about 520,000,000 of oxira rovonue from the people of the Unitod Statcs to support their butclerics of the Creclos) Phis 18 STATESMANSHIP WITI A VENGEANOE; but then it is such o satisfuction, yon know, to know that the monoy hos been skinood ont’ of tho Amoricaus tosid s *sistor-Republic " tomnin- tain slavory in Cuba, and keop the bloodthiisty foroign tyrnuts in oflico and in_ gold, Bo thero must be nointerforouce with this lovoly state of things, J. ML RS TIHE RAILROAD LAW. To the Editor of The Chicaga T'ribune; Bm: As ono whoso business is soriously ffected by tho workiugs of our railrond law, I dosive, through your columns, to call attontion to somo of itw defools, hopitg by this means to instituto inquiry on tho subject. 1 Stato like ours,—one which in & gonora- tlon bLus nccomplished a grostor progross and development than is usually accorded to s con- tury, and ano whero such vast sud varied Intor- csts aro at stake,—thore s required, atthe hands of our law-makers, tho ulmost caution that tholr ucts may boar with an uniform weight upon alt depurtmonts of trade, noithor favoring tho one nor oppressing tho othor, And if, after o Tuir and hn])m’timl‘il‘lnl, this uniformity fs found disturbed, thon it becomes our duty to voint out tho defocty, and wsa all honorable wmonns that Izy i our power for their correction, That & rullroud law of some kind hus bocomo a necessity, fow will doubt ; but that the ong now 1n oxistenco i3 o hunelit to cithor agrloulture, mauufactiwes, or commorce, I deny, Agrioultureslone wilt nover build a great or pros- orous Biate; for, if the produet of tho soll must fin oxported to flud n markot, and thia product 15 subjact to an uniforin Snmmtn rato, tho limit is ensily found boyond which {t cannot boar trans. portation ; hence, as & sonrce of raveotto, it ho- comosvalucless to the producor. Doos nn nct oporating umler such restrictions bonofit tho farmor 7 By no meaus. Nelthor will commorco alone, to an Intorfor Btate, produco mnch bettor results,—this being lictlo otno than consolidatod capital, of & mova- Dble charactor, sonpitive In its workings, Influ- euced and controlled by a vast network of cir- cumatances; aud roquiring more than agrioul- turo nlone can pgive to support and render it prosporous, What great intormedinte power, thon, i8 ro- quirod to dovelop, sustain, and build tp tiis proapority ; without which progresa hoyond a given point becomes impossiblo? I roply, man- ufactures, Dut thoeo eannot flonrish *conflnod to narrow rrnmlnnn, illiberal grounds, or re- strictod diniricts, Thoy must havo fres markat, tho lowest transportation possible, succossfully tn meot nctive compatition; for thoy not only re- quire the nportation of raw material, but must, Lo o cortnin oxtont, oxport thoir articlos of pro- duct. ‘Lhoy not ouly furnish & markot for the tillor of the woil, but ho that dolveth undor ground : and, for thoso nqullna, must not bo coullned to proseribod looalitios. Lot us seo how this Inw now oporates. Take tho articlo of conl, for fustanco, Within the Dordors of our Stato lio flolds so vast that all tho manufactures which o liberal policy could draw within our ULorders would not “oxhnust them for ages, Connceted with the produotion of this articlo millions have been invested, and thousnnds of workmon liavo found omploymont insupplying the monun of moving tho muchlnu?. Tivon at'sirong compoting polnts, not only iu this but othor Statos, the trannportation compa- nies rocoguizod the Importance of developing this iutorost, by -;'lrnnzmg, undor certnin conditions, specinl mtes ond privi- loges, Auwon a new law gocs into operation, numulling all special rates, and tho miuor at (ho greator digtntico at_onco fuds him- solf burdoned with ‘additionnl charges. Unablo £0 ¢opo with theso pro-rata rates, his ordors, ono by une, begin to drop off, and plek by pick falls, 10 o rusting on the ground, Six montls havo olapmad, and wo xeo men boing dischnrgad worke closing, aud to-day loss thau onc-hnlf the usual amount is boing’ mined, Now, does sny ono supposo_that tho consumption of coal at tho priveipal markots of this Stato has beon mn- torially reduced ? Cortainly not, Then wheie shnll wo luok for tho cauke, oxeopt in the offects of & lnw that discriminntes sguinst production within our own borders, but is powerless to go veyond. in Chicago, to-day, conl iy belug brought from o noighboring State, throo to four timos the dls- tanco that it lios in this, and sold ut a figuro ruinous to hiumo-operators, 8o also is it beiug tranaported across our Stafo ot n lower xato of freight than can be obtalned within our State, Is tEum Justico in such a law ? Agnin; it 13 casy of proof that articles of manufacture from & noighboring Stato aro brought within our Stato a1 a much lower rato of froight thancan bo oblained for the snmo distanco in_sur Stato; and that goods from an adjoining Stato n1e transported across our Stato ot lowor rates than can bo_obtained within our Stato; also, that metchandise from twithin our Stato has boon trunsported fnto nuothor State, to be again rushipfiu across our Stato. Manu- factures aro but tho nesociation of capital, sup- ported by ngriculturo, and derive their profit from commerco. Under such a stato of facts, is it possible to draw within onr bordors tho cu?‘tnl to construct these institutions, while our laws discriminate against their product. Again; tako tho mattor of transportation, Is thoro justico to a producer in compalling a rail~ rond t0 ndd o cortain per_cent por ton for avery milo travoled? Take a station shipping one cor of freight por dn{'. Go 50 miles boyond, to anothor, which, with preater facilities, i ona- bled to ship & train-load porday. Make tho rato the samo 10 both cases, and tho problem of whick can be bandlod by the road with the grontest proflt is a mattor of cauy solution, Again; will not a law cumpe(ling o rond ndopt . uniform scalo of pricos, with n regular incrense for distance, havo the opposite effect from one desired, by bulding np ono sec- tiou of tho Btate at tho expouse of tho ofher? And is not the producer to-day fecling tho effect of this discrimination? I think it is capable of demonstration that,. through the operation of this act, tho loss to the business-intorests of our State hos alrcady reaclied its millions, How long shall it bo continued ? Our Legislaturo Is soon to convene, and T hope every onn conversaut with facta touching the worlings of this law will placo them in posscs- #ion of tho mombers, that, through this means, intolligent action may bo had. In this mauner, full kuowladgo wiil be obtained, aud the act may be so amended ns to be oppressivo to none, but confor upon the Governmont what I concelve a Just law should confor,—tha greatost good to tho groatest number. C. C. MeRRick. —— g T THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune ; Sm: Is thore s lving Historical Society in Chicago? If 80, can Tnz ‘MnrnoNe kindly in- form n now citizen whore it may b found, and who its officors ara ? I havethe improssion that tho ontire praporty of the Society was destroyad in the Great Yire, and that no active effort Las sinco boen mado to reorgaviza it. If 8o, and if the proper time has now come for such an attompt, does it not seom well to securo a location for it in connection with tho Public Library? The Library Board would doubtless mako un effort to afford the Society room, ats suitablo ront, whenaver it occupios its pormanont quarters, sud would gladly assumo tho caro of the books it would colloct, in consideration of their uso, for roforence, by Lho gengral public, In connection with tho Soclety migh: be formed a section or depurtment, for the study of socinl questions, aud tho collection of statistica bear- iug thereon, Buch a location of the Soclety would mutnally benetit its own mombors aud othor students scoking its rooms, and tho public at large, snd would probably add matorially both to its use- fulness and its rovonuo. I know of no publio association of the literary men of tho city; no public place aftording the advantage of library whithor the student may betako himuelf to proscente his researches; no organized body for the collection and disoussion of social statistics, All these are desirable, and might be supplied 88 I hava indicated; if they exisf, or if tho Hix- torical Bocioty is in succossful operation, plense enlighten, while you pity and forgive, the igno- rance of a New Crrizex, Ouroaao, Dec. 15, 1873, THE APPARENT MOTION OF THE SUN. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sir: Horo 18 an extract from your paper of to-duy, which leaves mo in o fog as denso as that whicli lately visitod the City of London : Iu tho North Temperate Zone, tho sun appears to move from tho left towardy tho right, In the Houth Temporato Zone, theapparent daily course of the aun ia from tho right towards tho left, Now, Ihave beon in both Zones, Temperate and Torrid, North and South, and Ican vouel for it tho sun appeared to move invaria bly from, not loft to right, for I don't know what that mosus, but st to Wost; aud for it to move, or appear to move, in ona dircetion in tho Northorn, and the opposite diroction fu tho Bouthiern Hemisphoro, or Zone, or what you will, would involvo tho ne- cosgity of tho two Homisphores revolving In op- posite directious,—o proceeding which, I need uot remarls, would be considored somowhat oc- contrio on tho part of onr common mathor, tho kuown secentricites of the fomale mind notwith- stunding. A fow words of explanation will bo deomed n fuvor by yours traly, . W, L. Ouicauo, Dee, 12; 1870, Axswen,—Tho apparent course of an object is supposed to bo the direction in which it appoars te move while one is looking at it. Perbiaps this littlo connideration will enable our correspond- ont to undorstand that the duily movement from Tost to Wost,will bo ag stated. An obsorver in the North Tomperate Zone, in looking at the sun at mid-day, must fuce tho South, aud the sun will then apponr to move from loft to right, 1n looking ut thio sun at mid-day from tho Bouth Lemperato Zono, the obsorver will faco the North, and tho sun will then appoar to movo {rom right to lott, In meking the statement ob- Jeoted to, we auswored the quostion to which it was intondod us a reply. e — Rauwsin and Khiva, The text of the trenty botwoon Russia and Khiva, Aug, 25, s published, Said Mahommed Ruchim Buhudur Xhan profosscs himsolf ©* the obodient sorvaut of the Xmporor of all the Rus- slug,” ‘I'ho_torritory on the right bank ot the Amou i cedod to Tussin, and Russia nlso ace quires tho l'l(!llflfl build fortresses und fuctorios on Am luft bunls of tho river; audKhiva undortakos to puy by ilustalimants, with 6 por cent inter- oty fino of 2,200,000 roubles for war oxpons- os. Lho troaty includes the downfall of sla- vory, KANSAS. The Closing Scone of Delahny’s Judicial Career. Applicants for the Vacant Judgeship: Pomeroy's Threatened Dis- closures, Speetal Correapowdence of The Chicago Tribune, Leaveswontit, Kon,, Dee, 13, 1873, It 18 0 sottled fact that JUDGE MANK W, DELAUAY'S RESIGNATION I8 now whore it ought to havo boon many years ago. *'0ld Del," as he is commonly onlled, re- sorved his *big drunk" for his last torm of court. The mnewspapers st the timo sald littlo about i, bocause Delshiay's sprocs woro altogothor too common for pub- lic mention. It wns published that Judgo Dillon had instructod tho ofticor in chaggo of the court-room to admit no drunken mon; which ordor, in offcat, was & pormanent exclusion of Delaliay from the Bonch. 1 had thonght to write out a full description of tha * closiug #eono,” but Judgo Dolahny's resiguntion roudors it unnocessnry. Bubsoquently to thut sceno, Judge Dillon and Dolaliny held nu iutorview, and {t 18 underatood that Dillon's talk hastoned tho resiguation of the Kanens Judgo. APPLIOANTS YOI TUE JUDICIAL VACANGY, Beuntor Robeit Crozier s au applicunt for the Dolahay vacanoy, aud has tho supportof Gov. Osborn, Mossrs, Caldwell, Smith, aud Gillett. Mr. Orozior is not tho right man for that placo. First of all, ho is not eapuble. As a lawyer, ho is lamontably poor in knowledgo of tho luw; and, to adduco proof of his povorty in this ro- spoct, I nood only rofor to doclsions which ho rondered during his earcor as Ciof Justico of Knusas, Again, his counection with Natioual Bavks, ‘and busiuoss-relations with raflrond companles, unfit Lim for the dutios of tho plnce. Tho Congrossional delegates can- not afford to recommend Mr, Crozior for United Btates Judgo. Crozior is not a_woalthy man by any moans, o lives on n modost income, and bolongs to the Leavonwortl Club, wheto be geta his bevorages and cigars at wholesalo prices. Mr. D, P, Lowe, ropresoututive in Congroes, i nlso un appilicant for tho Uniced States Judgo- ship. Judgo Lowo i o good lawyor, and o &ib- stantinl spocimon of Kunsss manhood, Ho would bave *‘walked over the course” for Senator Liis winter if lio had Lud cast oue more vote agninnt the mlnry-increase in Congross and kopt s hunds clear of back-pay. Thero 18 ono good nud svld reason why TIE GREATEST CARE should be exercised in solecting o man to fill this vacant place on tho Boneh, and, briofly stated, itis this: Tho railrond companies nud scttlers aro disputing in the Fedoral Courts titles to tho ownership of largo areas of improved and un- improved lauds, ~'Tho docisions, up to this time, huyo boon mostly reverse to tho settlors; and thero is a lurking euspicion_that railways are (nklu,: unfair advanteges. In the near future, o additional questions {nvolving claims and the right of settlemont on voluablo landa will be brought to the United States Courts for adjudication; henco tho sottlors desira tho appointmont of o disintorested, ablo, and impartial judicial of- ficor,~ono who las not boen rotained asan attornoy for corporations, and one remote from laud and money-grasping monopolists, Lo sottlers aro contonding for their homes. Tt isa sacred strugglo with them, Thoy ael for justice, and thoy feel it will uover bo reudered it tho Tedoral courts are pnoked with railroad-lawyors, Onco lotthem got tho firm conviction ~that money and unlawful iufluoncos lave shaped docisions, and the docrces of the Court will hava to bo onforoed with United States muske ata, THE BENATONIAL SITUATION is unchanged. ‘The kuowing politicians nre awnitlug developmonts, and, from all I can lonrn, they will not have to wait much longor. Pomdroy hus forwarded from Washington o batch of aftidavits seid to contain intolligenco of tho most shooking naturo, showing CORRUITION AND INFAMY in bigh and unoxpectod places. I understend, if thie nuthoritios of Shawnco County uudertake 8 vigorous prosccution of the _ox-Sona- tor under tho bribery-indictmonts, tho contonts of the afiidavits will bo made pub- lie, Gov. Osborn said lnet night, in conversa- tion with somo friends, that tho forthcoming revolation would causo * the hair to stand on tho hend of ovory man in Kansns," I await this s {rntfuli)m'cupiun" nows with somo dogree of anxicty, being thoroughly convinced that it is no idle rumor, and that the prosecution of Pom- oroy canuot now, in view of theso threats, bo hushed. Loxa RaNaGE. 2 P e TR Ilelmbolde From the Hurtferd (Conn.) Tines. Thoro is & life-story and nlesson in the frauk and manly statoment of H, ‘I Holmbold, the widely known and princely advartiser of buchu wedicines, Nr, Helmbold (whose Inrge fortuno aud busivess simultancously collapsed) sends {rom Paris to his fricuds of the American press nutatement und an appoal, Ho appesls to the newspaper prass, o whom he is most indobtod, to rolonse him from big obligations to thom; aud then he will commeuce business again, an puy overy dollar ho owes, IBut in the hands of assiguees and ngents, lo says, sl of his property will be swallowed up, and his creditors will got nothing. Me fraukly tells how ho camo to fail. His extonsivo system of advertising bad mado Lim rich, Ie lad fitted up & drug-store under the Motropolitan Hotel, nt a cost of $100,000, and mado it tho handsomost establishmont of its kind on Broadwny, or in tho world, He urchased valuablo roml estate in New York, at Long é]m“ch' and at otber plucos, Mo invested £85,000'in splondid horses and carringes, He was vory rich, But, ho says, “ elated with my unoxampled busiucss success, and curried away with tho delusive idea that noloriely wos ouly anothor name for popuiarity, I followed the example of other ‘prosperous businoss men and indulged fu too oxtravagant expeudituio, Cares thickoning, caused shadows to flit across my path, and dirocted my attention from busiuoss.” Ilo wdulied too frocly, and followed too many ‘* shadows ™ probably, Ilis business, in tho hands of agouts, ran down, and misfortune ovortook him more rapidly than big fortune was mude. Tho Sheriff took possession ; his 35,000 stublo of horses and carriages was 8old for about $8,000 ; his §100,000 drug-store brought ouly ubout $16,000 ; his Long Branch sumumer castlo went off for a song, o was ULnokrupt, and bis property was sacrifleod ab n lumentable rate. o wasicalled crazy ; but that ls not what ailed him, Ho Lad been guy® Horo jsn losson for others. But it is not, by auy mosns, a solitary caso of the kind, S Inconsistencies of the Chicago, Bure lington & Quincy Passongor Lariif, Fyam the dwrora (11L) Herald, We hnvo frequently called attontion to tha want of consistancy and justice in tha freight tariff ou tho Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, aud now a comparison of their passongor rates may not bo out of placo. The fare from Aurorn to Chicago is $1,95; from Datayia, 6 miles furtlior, to Chivago, it is $1.80, or 6 conts loss, Porbaps somo of our gradod-school pupils will solve this problem in tho ** rulo of threo:" If a railrond, in running 44 milos, makos its fuxe 6 conts loss than in ruu- ning 48 miles, how much furlher would it have to run to corry passengors for nothing? If the Datavin passouger buys hLis tioket to Au- rors, thepeo to Chicago, 1t will cost him $1.60, or 80 cents more. On the other buad, if tho Oswogo presenger first buys a ticket to Aurora, aud thence to Uhicago, it would cost Tiina G oonts logs than & througl tickat, but bis faro would be 23 cents moro than from Iatavis, Wo fuil to sea the justico of making tho Oswego poople, travelivg the samo numbep of miles ag the Datavin passongers, pay 26 conts more, or of making wll the Aurora pas- sengers going to Chicago pay 6 conts more than those from Datavia, when the distauce traveled is 6 miles less, Home of our oxchungos call this s *Qiserim- inatlon™ In favor of Aurors; bul it uppours to bo an indiscrimiunto mixing of figures without any good souse or judgmont, It the Chicugo, Burlington & Quinoy managors wish to do jus- tice, lat thom comply with tha law aud chirge no rate bigber thau 9 cents por mile, coming a8 wmuch balow this as thoy chooso, but maiu- taluing o uniformity in prices. —_—— Mr. Jowell’s Xden of Iussln, In alotter to n friond, United Btatos Minlstor Jewell gives hin imgromslulm of Russiu hrietly ns follows s *This Uovornment iy, of its ki, Fufl‘uutxon and olock-work itself, The Emporor 4 tan of brains, forco, and progross, mil, T think, huos o renl love for his poople, oy cor- tainly uppear vory fond of Lim, all olassos, 1le appotuts the Jouncll, Sonate, and Courts, and those makoe and oxoouto tho laws, iy displens- uro is not a pleasant thiug to incur, The peoplo may be no more lionest than ours, but _exposuro ia too risky, Bo tho shells are never filled with saud, nor do tho troops run, ‘Tho most powerful TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 187 3 man horo, after the Emporor, is * Tripoft,' Chiof of Polico,—n man of wonderful oxcoutivo abili-- ty,—nlways at a firo, n row, or & patade. Ile In alwaya just bohind the Empoeror whon out, and #nys who lnr:‘y como and who may go, and who #hall be tried, too, I think, and porhaps who may be convicted, 1o just 1uny this city, and doon it 1o porfoction, 1Io'is ncovuntable to nobody but the Emperor. I send to him to got Amoricans out of sorapos, or out of the country, or to do anything ofse, Al Tkuow ls that' It ia dono, iu dispaich to the froutior lols auybody in or out, or stops them for oxamination. Ilois said tobon vory Just man, ns Lo is cortainly a vory active ono.” i A TERRIBLE TALE OF THE SEA. A Manine Captain Sets Firo to Elis GunpowdersLaden Ship == Bravory, Jumanity, and Mirnculous Escape of tho Crow. Tho Edon, a shipof over 500 tons burden, sniled from London on tho 16th of October last, vonnd for Valparaiso, Sho was loaded with 160 tous of guupowdor, nnd—following tha stato- mout of ‘the crow, o8 given in tho Liverpool Daily Posi—with "a goneral cnrf.o, in which n uantity of mantchos convoniontly figured. The ship was making n&;uod paseage, and nll wne go~ ing well til] pho bad beou nbout bwonly days out, wlien symlnunm of insnnily began to appear in the conduct of tho Captain, Tho symptoms rapidly incrensed in Intousity, and Pmnnnuy maunliosted thomselven in an oxcoodingly uumis- takable munuor, At midnight on tho 7th of the presout month tha crow, sleeing in their borths, woro aronsed by shoutl tho shuffling of foot, and, rushing on , thoy found thelr Captain with loaded fronrms in bis honds, gos- ticulating, raving, and throntening to shioot the watch. This wos ot n pleasaut situation, to bo ot son with o Caplain prone to turn out ol hiw cabin_in tho dead of tho nlght with londed pistols, and an evident rockless- ness 08 to whero tho contents might go. DBut tho sailors seemed to haye taken the mattor vory coolly, and, soothing the mad- man in their” kind but vory clumsy mauner, thoy induced him to turn in agniu, hio promis- ing, lke a child who had boen vaughty, to *go to sloop ™ and not make any frosh disturbauce, Half an hour passed away, tho ship meunwhilo pursuing her contse over the darkened son, and tho sailors all asloop again savo the wateh. Sud- donly there was another alum, and the crew crowdod agaiu on deck to find a might more stariling oven than that of & madman nrmed with londed pistols, Ihe Captain had, in ac- cordance with h!quomlua, goue down into his cabin and fastened iy door, but, so far from +* going to uleop, " ho had sot the placo on fire, aud, looking down through tho skylight, tho lorzlfied crow could sao thio flames through_tho lurid oloud of smoko that filled the room. With 160 tons of gunpowder in tho hold tho case was onothint dewandod instant treatmont. Tho cabin- door was shut, and 80 tho men dashed in thesky- light and tiied to got down through that. Dot this course was found to be fmpracticable, aud tho second mato and tho carpoutor voluufeored to godown and broalc upen tho cabin-door, &nd secure tho madman who, still armed to the teoth, was pncing round' the cabin uttering shouts of domoniuc glee, The two men sue: coeded in breakivg down the door, and the eec- ond muto entoring was shot in tho head by tho Captain, and rotreated, followed by the car- peuter.’ Tho flames woro spreading with n Tapldity which prosently Jed to o discavers that tho Captain had carefully prepared for tho fear- ful scono by sonking parts of the vessol in paraf- fine ol Whon ;tho sallors learnod this they gave up all hopo of saving the ship, and_ o movo was mudo for tho boats, ~ As tno fong-boat was swung round rcndfl to drop from tho davits tho infurinte Captain, having now added a bayonet to his armory, “appoared on tho deck, and, soeing the preparations for cscape, rushod at the crow gathered around the boat, fired at tho hiead of ono, and stabbed anothorin_ the shouldor with tho bayonct. A sailor, picking up & handspiko, smote down the mudman's arm, and tho rest rushing upon him he was ovarpowered and disarmoed, Tlhe erow then gob into the boat, and rowing round to tho stern im- plored the Cuptain to leap over and join them. it ho was not going to leave a spectaclo which bo had propared with euch forothought and troublo, and waiving tho boat away ho continuod to wallc up and down the deck, above which tho fiames wora already boginning to lenp, Bhould they loavo him to the tato ho hnd designed for them sud glorified in for himself? Ho was a violont maniae, perhapa bost out of tho way, and moroover, thio gontlo wind that drovo tho almost dosortod ship through tho wavoes was slowly but surcly blowing sleots of firo over the holdin whicll wero stowod 160 tons of gunpowder and the convenient ‘ quantity of mntchos.” It wns & situation in whick men might well hesitate, aud it scoma from tho story thabat first tho doubt was decided against the Captaiu, and the bont's orew turnod their back upon tho ship, drifting *‘ towards the line " with its fenrful car- ro ond its solitary possengor. But on second thoughts tho sailors decided, as is tho general babit of English sailors, to do tho thing that was right and manly, ot whatover cost; and so thoy pulled back, got the raving madman safoly into the boat, aud rowed away in timo to view from n safe distanco tho sudden going up slyward of the good sbip Eaen by the oxplosion 0’160 tous of gunpowder. At daybroak the bont had the good fortuuo to-be sighted by the Juni- ats, of Scarborough, bound for Bahis, and all woro got safoly on board. Tha Captain of tho Ldon, boing still raving mad, wae put in irons, whers ke remained for four dayg; " after which poriod he * got un anchor loose,” and running to tha sido of tho vessol leaped overbonrd, and, woightod with his irons, wont straight down in tho sen and was nover more scen, A8 for the crow, thoy wout on to Bahia, whonee thoy wero sent iomo in ono of the Pacitic Company's boats, aud arriving In Livorpool on Wodnesdny wera comfortably housed in'the Sailors' Home. —_— A Boy’s Stomach Durned Out. From the New York Sun, Dec, 10, Qoroner Kesslor concluded an inquest yester- dany in tho cuae of I'red Storandt, 9 monthw old, who swallawed a picce of caustic on Wednesday Inst. Frederick Storandt, tho fathor, doposed : T resido ab 241 East Fifty-fourth stroot, Am nglnno—mnkor‘ and father of the decensed child, who was first tnkou sicl on the 23th of Novem- ber, Saw Dr. Potzold in m! house on Sunday morning, and ho oxamined tho child’s throat with tho baudlo of o spoon, and eaid he must burn tho throat, proceoding to do 8o at the tiwe, 1Ilo took something likke a poneil, which looked Dblack, Thon I 8w somothing like o pencil with & plece of whilo atulf at tho oud of it, I stoed a little distanco fiom tho doctor ut the timo the Instrumont was usod, He lheid tho tongue down with & spoon, and touched the pasts with the Instrument. Iunw tho white stuif at the ond of the instrument full on tho haudlo of the spoon. 'The doctor drow out the spoonm, aud I did not sce the caustio como out with it. When the doetor withdrow the spoon and stood up, Che child criod and bo- gou to vomit, Dr. Potzold told mo that the cuustic hud brokton off, I lkuew from tha doe- tor's actions that Lo kuew the picco of cuustic hud broken off, IIe bogan to Jook for it in tho room to mee whether the pieco wos_thoro, but not into tho child's mouth, The Dootor did not do or say tuch olgo. The Dactor looked on tho floor nnd thon snid it would not mako any differonce if it was swallowed, ag it wos only tivo grains, U'ho Doc- tor stood tharo & momont_considering, aud then knid we should give the ohild water ; ho saw it given, Ho theu wrote s prosorintion, which I took {o the apothecary. After the first dose tho child kept on vomiting, aud did not retain anything. o vomlted for five hours, and whon wo gave him anything ho threw it up. Tho child had convulsions two hours beforo death, rud diod at 2 o’clock Wadnos- duy morning. Kvery half hour & teaspoonful of medicino wus given, though the child did not re- tain the medicine at suy ono time, After tho «octor had touched the child's throat and ordered the water and it had been given, I asked Lim it To kuow any antidote or quickly-acting omotio, The doctor snid it was not uccessary, that it would already be dissolved, and wag itself a quick emetic. This was oight minutos aftor the touching of the child's thront,” Mrs. Btorsudt cotroborated hor husband's ten- timony, and, Dr, Petzold having boen sworn, do- nosed that ho had boon forty years a physiclan § ecamo Mr. 8.'s family physician in Decembor, 1872; hind attonded sovoral children with diph- therla s when the accidont happoned, the fathor held the cluld whils he tried to pour oll down ita throut; the testimouy givon by the paronts f falso; nitrato of silvor had boon nlways sucoess- ful wlth him i Lik troutmont of cliildron for diphtheria, r. Jacobl, of 110 West Thirty-fourth streot, o practicing physician and & profossor of discusios of children i the College of Physiolnus and Bur- geons, deposod that ho oxnmined the lungs and stomnch of the child, and found no sign of diph- therls, Hnw s patch ut the entranco of ihe stomach which was cansed by nitrato of silver, 1o would sy tho child died “of spasmodio stran- gulntion, 1lo would have tricd to malio the child swnllow a solution of salt as an antidoce, Tho ]u?' roturned two verdiots exonorating Dr, Potzofd, but Coroner Kousler refused to ro- coive them on the firulmgl that they were not in aecordance with the ovidonco, At length the mllo\rluig vordict was rocelved : 'That doconsed cama to his death by the sceidental dropping of 4 portion of nitrato of sllver into tho siomuch, causing vomitiug, which fatally brought on con~ vulsions, oxhaustion, aud death, FATAL DUEL IN PARIS, One Noumaninn FPrince Killed by Ane othoer. Parts Correspondence of the New York Times, On Tuacsday n duel took plnco at Lo Bolle Oroix, 1n tho forost of Fontninobloau, hotween Trinco Houtzo and Princo Ghika, tho lattor bge ing shot lllrleh the howels and mortally woundad. 1lo diod the following morniug, aftor anight of ngony, Hoth of tlioso gontlemon woro Wallaohiang, or Roumaninns, as thoy uro cnlled sincs tho consolidation of the Danitbinn Proviucos. [T way any, in passing, that the Ot~ tomau noto which hus just nppearcd spoaks of thoso provinces in tho plural, a8 f thoy woro still rogardod as #oparate.] Many of my roaders will romembar, perhaps, that rovolutions wore vory commion in that part of the world fivoand twonty yonrs ago, A Honpodar wns installed with great pomp; a yonr Intor ho was drlvon from power and avother installed fn his placo, Ench Ios- Fudar geema to have saved a'comfortnble fortuno rom his vear or two's snlary, and with a fortune and tho ttlo of alrince, thore is no placo like Pnris. Ienco, in tho course of timo, Iuris came to have sfx or elght princoly familios, ench with Inrgo fortune, aucient Hospodars, who gnvo Lo ouch of thelr numerons sons the #tlo of Lrince. Thus wo have hero the Constanto- wicks, tho Bibescos, tho Boutzos, tho Uhikas, and many moro, tho sons thus forming n colon; of young Princos, il llv(ng in high socloty an enjoyiug large rovenues. From tius the natural fouds cun bo dlyined. Bub bolng constantly thrown togothor, aud always = under, the ocyo of ‘tho e Fronch gendarme, thoy camo to_livo on passable, if not frioud! torms, Dut it will bo soen thatn small upnrfx of violenco might fan the smoldering fire into flamo. Yot the dozon or go young Roumunian Princos, sons of the various Ifospodars amused thomeolves in tho Parision fashion, driving in tho Bois do Boulogno oyory ovouig, avtouding all tho promieres, aud froquontly' the bost kuown snlle d'urmes, Princo Georgos Bibesco oand Priuce Soutzo are both famous fencers, The Intter is 83 years of age, nn oficor of tho Rou- mauinn nuvy, and a nominal student at Drest, nlthough ho studios at the Naval School from n distauco. 1o s married, but is on bad torma with bis wifo. Tho lattor has applied for n divorco, Yot Boutzo wae very jenlous, and whilo complaining of Lis wifo to bis frionds, watched her closoly, and put spios upon hor track, The smoldoring ombora wero fonned by o carcloss joke, A friend met him the othor day nud sald: *Boutzo, o you know what the Princess is going to do when eho gets ljor divorco?—marry. Nicolns Qbikn.” Soutzo flew into n passion. He Lurried away, boving word that his wife was going to the Jardin d' Acclimatation, aud pnesivg ~ Ghike's door, enw Lis carriage in waiting, Tho iden struck him that Ghiln was going to meot the Princess. Ho waited in hiding until Ghika camo down, insnlted him, and struck Lim so sovoroly in the faco that ho loft bim bleeding. o thei ran away to avoid the police, Nicholus Ghika was only 23, & mere boy, almoit feminiue in manners and sppestanco. _ifo wont up stairs, his fifouds came in, oud soon camo & noto from Soulzo to 68y thay ho was waiting at bome for a challenge, Ouo was carried, and a8 Soutzo was an expert swordsman, while Ghikn bnd nevor touched n foil in his life, pietols woro chosen. Tho two mon met in the forest of Fontainoblean, fired at the word, from twonty paces, and attho first sliot Soutzo sont his bullet into Guika’s side, and was limself untouched, Seeing that the wound was mortal, Boutzo and his scconds took to their hools, without \v:\iziufi to draw up tho usual stato- ment, and it iy 821d that the former has oscaped nacross the frontior. Ghiks reccived the bullet in tho bowels, it finally lodging in the bladder, His brothers wore gont for, but only one arrived boforo bis death. Two more are now on the way from Bucharest to receive tho body. Tho young Priuco onjoyed a fortune of 40,000 francs & year, and nlthou{xh he could not bo calleda vory usoful mon in wociety (ho was very young), his lifo was snid to be regular and above ropronch, e finished his studics with honor, and bad just 3nlumd upon the lifo now led by our jounosso oreo. o S A Congressionnl 'Loots. From the Cleveland Leader, Mr, Charles N. Lamison, Democratic Ropro- gentativo from tho IYifth Districc of Obio, ir- rovorently designnted by tho profano world as tho * 1oop-pole Country,” hos essayed the rolo of 8Ir. Tootd in Congross. From his first ap— poarauce in this character and would say that Lis future succoss is beyond question, It happencd on Tuesday, whon the Iouee had under con- sideration the ropeal of the Salary bill. DIr. Lamison, in whoso pockets the back-pay of o salary-grabbing Congressman has long boon suugly stowed awny, flually gained tho floor, and, turning’ his oloquent oye upon the timid and repentant Con- grossmon who were trylng to vota tho fatal enlary-incronso back out of their reach ngatn, tho hoop-pole statesmun procecdod to say that all this clamor againse tho salary-incrense was tho work of demugogues and interested pol- itioians, with no graco in their hearts. He know how it was himgelf, for he had gone home and found Lis constituents raving about it, but ho had met his Elleorl,nlB, hnd argued the quostion B0 ontirely to their satisfaction that they woro now content to lot bim keep his increased pay, It othier Congrosamen would only talk to thoir constituents as ho had done, lhuY too would ba Justified in thoir efforts to gat well paid for thoir worlk, and all would bo well, Whiich rominds us of what actually did happen whon tho profound Lamison * arguod the ques- tion” with bis constituents. 1t was a conven- tion held in this district during the summer to nominuto candidates for the Legielature. Tho Couvontion ossayed to puss a resolulion con- demning the salary-grab, Lamison was thore in bigh foathor, and attempted to talk his con- stitueuts out of that rovolutionary proceeding, Struggling through the orowd, ho appoarod, rad and perspiring, on the platform, “Dut it back!" " Where's thom 5,000?" *Drop it!” roared the crowd. But Lamison, though secored, was bold. Gently waving bis hand o8 if to imploro = silonco, ho agaiu ventured to argue, All in vain; cries of *“DPut himout!” “Got down!" “ Resign, rosignl " rang through the hall. Then tho Hon in tho Statesman's Loort was stirred, Raising Limeelf oo tiptoe, he brought his first down Llarcal{ upon tho fiinc table besido him, and wkhilo overy Individual hair on his head stood ercct with fury, ho hissed through his clenched teath, “Tosign, bo d—-d. Id seo you all in h—il Jrst? " 8till the discreot Lamison oilily nssures Cougress that Lo argued the quesiion to the ou- tiro matisfaction of his constituonts, As Mr, ‘Loots eaid when jilted by bis wweetheart and kicked down tho front stops by tho butlor, * It's of no consequonca.” —_— Gludstone on the Theory. The Conlemporary Review for Deosmber con- tnios the following lecter from Mr. Gladstone No, 10 DowsiNg SikeT, WIITEIALL, Nov, 3, 1873, DMy DeaR Bin: I obsorve in the Contemporary Review for Outober, pago 670, that the rofmwmg words aro quoted from an addross of mine at Liverpool: * Upon the ground of what is termed evolu- tlon, God is relioved of the labor of creation, In tho namo of unchangesblo law, Lo s dis: charged from governing the world,” Lho distiuguished writer 1n_the Review says thot by theso words I have mademyself so con- spicuously tho chiampion (or oxponent) of tho aati-seientifio viow, that the words may bo re- garded a8 typical, To go a8 directly as may bo to my polnt, T con- slder this judgment upon my decinration to be founded on au assumption or belief that it con- taius o condemnation of ovelution and of the dootrlne of unchangenble laws, I submit that it contains no such thing. Lot mo illustrato by B, VI‘F' what, if I wrote ns follows ? * Upon tho ground of what i termed libarty, flagrant crimes have been committed, and like- wiso in tho uame of law aud order human rights havo been trodden undor foot,” I should not by thus writing condomn liborty or condemn lnw nud ordor; but condomn only the Inferences that meu draw, or say thoy draw, from them, Up totbis point the parallel is exnct; and I hopo it will be seon that Mr. Spencer has {nad- vortently put upon my words a meaning they do not boar, Using the parallel thus far for tho sake of olearncss, I carry it no furthor ; for, whilo I am ready to give In Iy adhesion to liberty, aud liko- wiso to luw und order, on evelution, and on un changeublo Juws, [ had rather ba excused, Ihio words with whion I think Mmo, de Staol endy ** Qoriune™ aro tho best formo: Jenevenzni ta blamer, ni Pabuser,” Before I could prosume to glve an oplnion on evoluifon or on unchavge- able Inws, 1should wish to know more clearly and more fully than I yot know the munnln{: at- tnolied to those phrases by tha chief spostle of tho doctiines ; and very 'likely, evon after ao- complishing thia prelimivary stuge, I might find mysolf insufiiciently supplled with the knowl- l;d te requived to draw the line notweon truo and ulso, I hinve, then, no ropugnanco to any conclusions whatavor log(tlmutely urisivg upon woll-uscer- tnined facts or well-tosted rensonings, and my complaint is that tho functions of tho Almighty, a8 oroator and govornor of tho world, are denfed upon grounds which, whatovor bo Llie extension given to tho phiusos I have quoted, appear to mo to be uttorly and manifostly fusufiiviont to warraut such denlal, 1L am dosirous to liberato mywolf from a suppo- Mr. Evolution sition alien, I think, to my wholé habitn of mind nud Hfo, Bt Tdo not dosiro to offect thi by the motliod of conlravoray 1 nud if M. Sponcer dues not 20 or d2es not think that o has mige tnlon tho menning of my words, I have no more darts to throw, nnd witl do mywolf, indeod, tre plossuro of coucluding with n frauk avowal’ thai s mannor of ‘handling’ what o must naturally couslder to ho n gross piceo of folly {a ns far ay ponsiblo from bouig offansive, Bollovo me, most Knllhnlllyvynur v B, dravstone. 6 ;.LLIN]?IS NEWS ITEDS, . 0. Jonos, Isr., at ouo tine Licutonnnt. Colonal of tho Forty-slxth Tllmois Infuntry, died at hig resldonco in Docatur Inut 8uturdny ook, —Lho total taxation of all kinds in” Logay Cmmt; this yenr reaches $£203,116.44, against 8168,376,04 in 1870, and $166,943.61 in 1871, The total for 1872 was about 8160,000. ‘Lo differ. onca of & hundred thousand or moro I tho prica paid for railrond glory.— Lincoln ilevald, —A famous rat-hunt bas just takon place af Vitt, Montgomery Cmulf‘y. In ono day six thousaud rats were killod within the limits of six miles square. It is propored to extend the lsulmlc, 80 a8 to clean the varmints out of the nle, —It is ostimatod by competent jndgos that about 100 old Altonians are now rnnkjfiug(n Ohi. cago, l‘hufl mno their fortuncs hove and then Totirad Lo the country to spond their declining yonrs fu caso and ajlluonco, happy in tho cone sclousncss of having lived n_virtuous Hfe, O omfio should ho called *Tho Saints' Hest.” Aon Teleqraph. —1ho Li Puxo arson eanos scom to have coma out tho little ond of tho hom. George Gocebel, tho nlleged incondiary, was indicted by the Woodford Grand Jury, fast week, on charge ol l\umlnr)", In broaking and oulering Juatica Holmes® offico aud stenling n nw-Lool theros nnmhhut uot for arson, Owing to tho absonce of Jobn T Harpor, clatmed to bo & material wite ness for tho dofensc, the cnso wenb over to the noxt torm. —Wo recoivod o small box from Chicngo the other day by oxpross upou which tho charges woro ouly $1.75. Now this iy outrageons, T expross companios ave four times worse (Lan railronds, and the Logislature should not permis thoun to fovy a tax upon packnges ot plossiro. Wo do not know o singlo corporution that s half 50 oxorbitaut in obarges ns the comblnod ox- press companies, We hopo the noxt Legislatire will giva this concern the attontion it dosorvea — Wenona Indez. ~D. H. Boveridgo, onr new County Treasnror, pocketed o goodiy mim of grocubacks lnst week, whioh wero the procoeds of ona of tho best Dbunches of cattlo thut hus boon shipped from thispoint in many adny. Thore woro sixty hond of tho boeves, and were sold to Mr. B, }.ly Mink, of Galva, who shipped them to Chicago, The avorago woight of the steors was 1.415 pounds, and wero gold for £5.50 por hundrod weight. 'Tho nmount received by Mr. Beveridge wns §4,000.60,~not & bad doso to take,—Geneser Republican. —At tho city elootion in Paxton, lnst spring, a atrong anti-license Hourd was clected by n lurgo majority. Binco that time, ono Lerman Debrons Iing persisted in selling liquors in violation of Iaw, nud agninst the enrnost protest of all good citizons, 1o s been arrested and finod abond once & weok sinco last April, but, being & man of conidorablo means, Lo lins boen ablo_to ap. peal each enuo, aud givo good socurity, 1o was rid at this torm of court, on nn indi under the State law, and found guilly, ‘The re- sult in already inumuL. Ho lins gettled all the city cages, and pald about 8800 iuto_tho ‘I'rens. wy, In addition to this amount, ho pays all contg, and onters futo bonds_that fie will’ have nothing to do with tho traflic lLioroafter. Thig r\lts ou end to the whisky tindo in Vaxton, and hirsty travelers are advised to make their ar xangotnents accordingly.—Paxfon lefler. —Thoe many friends of Judgo Ezekiel Bowmar will be paiued to learn of his death, ihich took Inco Dec. 10, near Middletown. Ifo was abouf 2 yours of age, and died of dropsy. Judge Bowman was an old settlor, having romoved ta this county in 1836, Ho lins boen Sheriff of tha county twleo, and has also beon Judge of the Probate Court.—Lincoln Herald. —Tho other day wo noticed the death of Judge Ieaton's grandmother ot the agoe of 104 yoars, and now thera comes on account of longovity in a family of the same name, down in Buroau Conuty : *Isanc Hoaton, is in the primo of lifo 868 ; his father1s 91, and his mother 81 ; he has on punt living ot tho ngo of 94 two of his uncles dlod at the ages of 85 and 86, and one is now living at the age of 83 ; his other aunt died 0t 87 ; ono of his Frnud[nl.horu died at 72 ; ono of his great-grandfathiors died et 90, and ono of his preat-grandmotbers ut 89. Rather along winded family,—Dizon Telegraph. —After fixing tho salarics of the Judge, Qounty Clork, atd Treasurer, and auditing som; thing over 312,000 of bills, {he Board of Supors vigors of Kane County adjourned on Wednesday, to meet ngain on Tucsday, the Gth duy of Jan+ uary, No action was takon in rogard to thy amount of geryices to bo rondored by tho Schoo} Superintondont, and we now loarn that Ar. Mann, the nowly-olocted Superintendont, has failed to qualify. It will bo noted tbat the Farnsworth money atiracted some attention, and was twico brotight up to bo tabled until the membors of the Board shall have some time to talk about it. ‘his money, over $1,100, is now Leld by the County Treasurer as o special do- poslt, and has never Leon among the moneys propor of tho. Trensury. The discussion upon * covoring it into tho Treaanry” of Kane Gounty will doubtless bo a distinguishing fonturo of the January moeting.—Aurora Beacon. —The Board of Suporvisors of Rock Island County, on potition of the people residing this sido of Rock Rivor, to-day (Friday) annexoed all tho territory in Black Hawlk Towuship Iying this side of Rock River to Rack Island Towne sbip, It makes our torritory five times as larze as it wag, and gives the poople a cheuce to do their voting and town busiucss at tho natural placo, viz: Rock Island. It may bo necossary foro another fall to make a now election dis- trict for the territory this side of Rock River.— Ttock Island Argus. e MISCELLANEOUS, Three-penny readings are tho nightly diesipae tton_at Hamilton, Ont. —Five thousand tickets hava beon sold for the oomiug Ten Porty ab tho Philndelphfh Acadomy of Busle. —Tho wild men of Borneo, one of tha bont known side-shows iu the country, ara_roported to bovalued Dby their owner, Mr. Warroc, of Woston, Mass,, at §50,000. *‘Aro wo slaves or are we freomen?” ~Insurauce to the amount of $2,000 on o brig forty deys at sen, for Boston, was effceted on Wedneedny, at 25 percent premium, and tho brig arrived yostorday, ‘Tho trip has caten up all "but $15 of tho profits for six months.—Hos. lon Advertiser, Sonator Bgrngua‘u houschold has had an arriv- al—a littlo boy. —Judge Brady, of New York, has decided that a wife 18 not bound by o deed of Lor property exccuted by lier ot hot husband’s rouucst, (f iy mnleon use of it without horjexpross pormission for his own benefit, —A curlous occurrence agitatos sacloty in Buf- falo, A wealthy widow lady of €0 has' just mar- ried tho formor husband of hor deconsed daugh- ter, who, in dying, loft to her boreaved partier two childron. ~ Wa decline to go into the possible complications of relationship. —At Bluckburn, England, a fow days ngo, nn inqucat wns had on the body of Johm™ Eatwistlo, who had died from drlaking four gills of sherry, An analytical ehomint, Mr, Inilton, proved that the liquid had beon aduitorated to tho oxtent of 80 por cont, The jury roturned a vordiot in ac- cordnnce with the evideuco, and the Livor- paol dealors who #old the sherry are to bo prose- cuted. —Jeflorson County, Now York, has furnished tompoeranco lecturors with another subject for oxplanation, Robert Sixbury died at tho age of 110 yoars. In Lis oarlicr days ho wos a noted hunter and Indinu-fightor, and his life was spont to within o few months of its closo in & log-house, He chowad and smoked tobacee, and, when abont 80 years of age, foll into the fiveplace, while un< der tho influenco of IMjuor, but was fortunatoly roseued, to bave s log ampututed, aud ba gn awful examplo for 30 yenrs longor, —_—— ‘Tho Now Atluntic Cable, Fram the Portsmouth (N, 1) Clironicls, Deo, 0, Ou Batnrdny, Gov. Straw, nccompauiod by Judgo Clark, "of the United States District Court, Col A, N. 0. Eastman, Lawrenos Oli= phaat, and 1% Rickolts (the throo lnst nawmed irom Euglnud?. visited Hyo for the purposs of soleoting o sultable spot for tho lmnfin'ul tha now Atlantio cable, woon to be laid Botweon the westorn shoro of Ireland aud thia continent. Aftor visiling several locatition, s Bmall cove to lho south of Biraw's Point wns _dotermined on as tho bost placo. Ou Monday, Mr, Rickotts, who iu the one gincer of the now Cable Company, aud Col. Liastman, tho contractor, took passngo iu the tug Clara Batoman to take soundiugs and ascortalny the coudition of the bottom, In saundings of from threo to twelve fathoms, tho bottom was found to bo soft and clear of rocks, and fiuvly adapted to the contemplated purpose, It i8 thought tho cable will be ready to bo luid by next Moy, Tho job of maklng it and_maintainivg it for thirty days has boon glvon to Siemons Braths ory, of London and Borlin, the total prico belng £1,211,000, It is alroady more than half done, aud tho fluances of tho Company ure in‘goud condition,