Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 25, 1873, Page 8

RELIEF. Tho Daily Work of the Relief and Aid Socioty, Storfes of the Applicants, and How They Are Receiveds ‘What the Society Is Doing--Demands for High Wages. Tho work of tho Chicago Roliet and Ald Bocloty has boon vory busily carrled on during tho past fow days, tho number of applicants Monday who roceived assistanca belng 197, and Tuesdny 198, A rush was looked forward to s likoly to tako placo yostorday, but no such event happoned, tho noedy of the community having oithor decided to go without Obristmas dinnor, or o got it up without tho nid of tho Reliof Bo- aloty. A 'Trinuxe reportor spont tho greater part of yestorday aftornoon in looking into tho workings of tho Relief and Ald Socloty. BSoatod boside Mr. Hnwkes, the Suporintendent ho wan nblo to apprecinte fully the truo valuo of tho claims for ald ns prosonted, and judge correotly of tho way in which thoy are dis- oeod of, L Ouo of the fivat cascs ho saw was that repro- sented by n boy numed Larsson, who callod on behalf of his mother, who was kept at home, un- ablo to worlr, on sccount of a_sick baby. Ina minuto tho Suporintondent had got anuwers to tho questions, ' What is your namo?" ** Whero o you livo 7" ** Did you ever got holv befora 2" #Whero did you live at tho time tho previons holp was afforded ?” Tho Iast question boing entiefactorily answered, a record-clerk was re- ferred to, who, in o fow soconds, produced tho. papors which degcribed tho Larsson family, thewr rosidence, tho nature and reason of their afllie- tion, and tho different ocensionsat which various rolief hus been afforded, * Why,” said the Buporiutondent, “quito ‘receutly I Avo you $15 aud & ton end all of coal,” Tho boy rosponded with the story about the unemployed mother and tho gick lmbf', and the Superintendent looked more carcfully through the Larssen documont. Buddonly he asked the question, **Does your mother use her sowing-machine at all?” Tho boy stated that sho wus willing to do 8o, but was unablo to pro- curo work. ‘I'hon the Suporintendent promised to procuro work for hor, nnd bhaye a lady visib horhome, In accordance with his decision in the case, ho throw tho Larsson papers over ton record-clork, and said * Have this caso revieited,” ond rang the bell for the next reliof-seckor. This was & well-to-do-looking Irish woman of about 80, who ehowed n decided inclination to _weep, ns sho roprosented how ¢ sho ‘had ruuned Dbohind entirely and hade't a bite in her house for Christmas day.” A Indy Iwisitor wag instructed to call upon ber, and tho fboll sounded for cuother Yn'lllxpcr to approach. ‘In tho meantime one of tho lndics doing duty in tho other end of the room came up, and stated thab sbe had just been interviewed by o barber who had that day como from tho County Hos- ital. The man was willing and ready to work, ut wanted £8 to give bim a start. Tho Supor- intondent promised that tho monoy should bo (forthcommg us soon a8 the barber produced o eatisfactory lottor, stating that™ ho way able and’ willing to work, ns ropresont- ed. Then rs. Johnson, who had beon waiting and _whispering in the ‘background, approached tho Superintendont and was at onco recognized Ly him a8 & woman whoso ohild the Socicty hind buried a fow days sgo. She recounted hor sorrows amid a showor of 50be, which the Buporintendont’s gontle per- suasjons only partinlly assusged. She had tried to got coal, but could not, and her house was Spwful cold.” She wos mado comparatively happy by a noto to tho County Aiant requosting a grant of coal, and an order on the Sociaty for i fve-dollar bill Then camo o well-clad, handsome, intclligeut soung man, of about 25 years of age, 1o had never beon -helped before, nud, us thore was no safforing in his caso,—lack of employmont boing tho only_trouble,—ho wos provided with a note of introduction to the County Agent, to whom such cases sightfully belong. ‘Tho bell sounded "agnin, and a blue-eyed Ger- man lud hobbled up to the desk. ‘Through tho medium of an interproter, the Superintendont learncd that thoe cause of tuu preteruatural de- velopment of the loft knco, to which tho lad constantly pointed, was rhonmntism. Ho was at. onco_ordered to bo talen up to tho German So- oiely's rooms, with o recommendation that Lo ho takon to tho County Hospital. Tho noxt applicant was u Mre, John O'Gor- man, who stated that she had lived five years Chicago and was o sufferor by the fire, She had two sick children at home, aud did not rolish tho prospect of a Christmas day without any food iu thoe houso to supply thom with. Hor home wag on_Aebland avenuo, about five miles from the Relief Socioty's ofice. This was too far to eond o visitor in timo to bave a report on the merits of tho cazo during tho day, so the Buperintend- ent, acting upon an _instruction which ordors that, in cnses of doubt, the applicant should receive tho benefit, ordered her to bo poid 82, The Rev. Laird Coilior, who was watch- 1ng tho proceedings gery closely, challenged this netion of tho Suplrintendent, saying that he thought the money ought not to bo given on such @ slight foundation as the story the woman had told. ¥ho Superintondent nrfiuod the point, however, and showed that it would bo impossible to have a report ou the caso in time, and that if Lo was erring in tho matter, he did so on the sido of chartty. An argument of this nature was satisfactory, and the decision passed with- out further almllungo. A Mrs, Bockholser aud child wora tho next applicants, It was casy to seo from the com- {fortaolo way in which sho sat down in tho ap- plicant’s chair that she was old in the business, £ho complained thut hier husband, o tailor by trade, had been out of employment for months. Sho had beon.on tho county books, but the County Agent refused ler nssistance, on the ground that Lo lad beou burnod out by the 1iro, and therefore lad a right to look for help to the Chicago Aid Society, T'ho Superintendont looked into'her caee, and flunllyrdecided to give her £5, She smiled hor acknowledgments, and eaid, * Can't you fi(lvu mo a little clothing, o pair of shaes, or something elso ?” with a tremondous emplinsit on_tho Inut two words, Tho Supetin- tondent suid,* No" very quietly, and bado her withdraw for tho next comer, who proved to bo & Mrs. Jobn TRaobinsop, a decont bub woe-bogone-looking woman of about 80 years of age. She complained of a sick luwbnud, Tho Superintendont hunted up her cage, and, flnding it to bo a worthy ona, ordored hor to' voceive 810 cash, ton of conl and on ordor for hor ‘husbaud to bo removed into tho Alexinn Hospital, I'lio noxt applicant was ono Kraues, o singlo wan of nbout 40 years of age, with . Lazarus- liko air porvading bim throughout, His answor fo tho Superintondent's query as to what was tho matter was very bricf, boing comprised in two words, *‘I'm “poor.” few questions, howover, made him more communicutive, ana he acknowledged that he was subject to fits, and had soverely hurk bis "back by falling recently while in one. The Superintendent said ho was afraid all he could do for tho applicant was to lodge him in ihe Mome of tho Friendloss uutil Friday, when bo could bo removed to the County Ilospital. 'Tho mau was quito easy to please, appareutly, us ho rejoined, **Wall, that's good onough ; any- where will do for mo. You sce, to-morrow iy Christmns, and I bavo nothing to eat,” In the coursoof a little conversntion, the uwrlicnnh atatod that ho had hitherto lived with n brothior in tho city, but that tho Jatter was too poor to support him. Tho Superintendont gave orders that vigitor should call at the brother's houso and pscertain what ilio condition of his affairs was hefore the applicant was sent to the County ‘Honpital, Tho nest arrival was a quite well-drossed woman, who stated that sho had beon a bonrd- Ing-house keoper, but that, since the hard times, all her boardors had left her. She didn't ex- pect to obwin relief, but thought thnt if o littlo coal woss allowed hor it would come in very handy. A reforence to tho records showed that tho woman was o keepor of u disreputablo houso, nnd hnd trained no less thun throe of lor daughtors, snid to bo beautiful girls, to livos of infamy. n nccordanco with her oxpeotations, sbo did not get any roliof, but it was quiotly in- timated that hor departure withont furthor ex- planations was dezirable, The day beiug su unusunll lighteht oo for months, In fae Ing of applicants was over by 4 o'clack, A suh- sequent chat with Mr. lawkos bronght out the opinton that thoro {8 more smoke than five ahout Lthe tales of axtremo destitution which aro going round the city, 1lo thinks that many men who are out of work could got it, but at reduced wages, In support of this statoment, light ono,—the tho interview- Lo saild that w fow days ogo ho ment gixteon unemployod men ‘to whoro thoy could get " worl theso, fiftoon [e]4 camo right btok Locause thoy wero offered ouly THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1873, $1.50 por day, their Eflun boing £3. The aver- niu holp nfforded by tho Bocloty cnch day s 81,000 in cash and from thirty to forty tons of conl, Thoro {8 n gront roluctance on the part of tho unomployed to go to tho country, As the TRov, Laird Collier unid at tho timo, **Tho Irro- sistiblo farcination of the clty, wiich I caut woll undorstand, kuors all thesa pooplo hore.” Theto {8 no doubt that the soonor this fasoination loses its irrosintiblo qualities tho botter for city, and country, nnd relief soclatios, and county-ngonts, A valuable nddition to tho Ralief Socioty's worl has heon tho starting last Mondny wack of an institution which was stronu- oun]( ndvocnted in Tue Trinuse during tho enrlior part of the wintor, namoly, the freo lodg- ing-houso for men on _tho northwest cormer of Clwk wond Marrieon stroots, This lLws Dbeon 80 succoesful that the managers havo dotormined to opon anothor on the Weut 8ido {n n fow days. And furthor : in addition to the night's sholter, thoy intend to givo the rofngeo, boforo ho starts out in the oold morning, n bowl of hot coffee and a picco of brend. Thus gaos on thoe work of the Chicago Reliof and Ad Socicty, dy by day, e e MICHIGAN. Convention of Suporintendents of the Foor=-Propositions for tho Rellef of the Indigents Discussed, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, LaxsiNa, Mich., Dee. 26.—The Stato Conven- ton of Bupotintondents of tho Poor mot last ovening, pursuant ton call. Forty-ono Suporin~ tendents were presont, and twonty-two countics represented. A oommittoo was appointed to draft o form of blanks to be used, and to suggest topics for dideussion. Tho subject for lant evoning was, “ Ifow 8hnll Tomporary Reliof Bo Used?” Dir. Morso snid that the City of Adrian Tl paid §8,000 for tho rolief of tho deatituto, and that this fund mlfihb bo usod (orgmlmcnl and other unjustifiable purposcs. Superin- tendonts woro froquontly imposed upon, MMr., Kipp gaid the safest way was to recom- mond them to go to tho poor-house. Mr. Iyde, of Calhoun, said that was their lan,—to gob a8 many ak possible in tho poor- oo, Tho Convention met this morning, and J. I. Mead pregonted a form of gotillou to tho Legls- Iaturo for a more stiingen z‘zruhlhimry liguor- Iaw, maling sellors linblo to the County Supor- vigors for support, and also n Inw for & form of blank books to bo used. Adjourned to tho sec- ond Tucsday in Fobruary, 1874. DAVENPORT. A ¥lotel Waiter Falls Feir to $1,000,= 000-=Frotection Against Fire. Special ispatch to The Chicago T'ribune, Davesront, In, Dee. 24.—A hotol waiting- girl of this city, named Drs. McQuado, has falion heir to an estate in Iroland worth over 1,000~ 000, Tho eatato hos boon in chancery for about fitty yenrs, and it is just now it hns been sottled who is to have it, 'Tho maiden nome of tho hioiress was Kato Stewart. Sho married n hotol- clork hore o short time ago, who in company with bis wifo goos to Ircland to claim the for- tune. z Tho Water Works of this city, which have been building durivg tho post scnson, were put in operation to-dny for the first time. Tho Fire Departmont of tho city will bs entirely ro- organizod, and a svatem of Firo Alarm Tolegraph to cost $10,000 will bo put in. OBITUARY. Capt, IBarnocs, of Oshicosh, Wis. Special Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune, Osmurosn, Wis., Doc, 24.—Capt. W. W. Barnes, 2 leading lumberman and old sottlor, died Lero this ofternoon, aged 56. The dccoased was largely ongaged in lumbering aud boat-building on the Fox nnd Misslseippi Rivers. The Hon, Jay Mayham, of Fond du Lac, Wise Epecial Dispateh to The Clicago Tribune, Toxp bU Lac, Wis., Deo. 24.—Tho Hon. Jay Maybam, s prominent Inwyer of this city, and for four yenrs County Judge, died at Denver City on tho 23d inst. John S, Hopiins, Baitimore. Bavriiong, Deo. 24.—John 8. Hopkins, re- puted the wealthiost citizen of Baltimoro, died this _morning, sged 79 years, In Maroh last r, Hopkins gave proporty valued ot $4,000,000 to fouud a froo hospital for indigont sick, con- nected with which is a training schiool for nurses. He also made amplo provieion for o lloma' for colored orphans, and sok apart 15,000 shares of Baltimore & Ohio Railway stock, valned ut $2,- 000,000, to found o university on his Clifton o8- tato. Mlr. Iopkins was unmarriod. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE, An Ordinance of the Omuhn City Council Tested in tho Courts=-Conle Dcalers Must Use the City Scales. Special Ihapateh to The Clacago Tribune, Oxrana, Neb., Dec. 24.—The City Council here pussed an ordinance threo months ago ro- quiring coal-denlors to weigh over the ecity scales, and pry o city woighmaster 10 cents for cach load. The doalors combined, and appealed a tost caso. Chicf Justico Lako to-dey decided that the ordinance is valid, and that a'dealer is linblo to penalty if Lo dolivers a Joad without woighing on tho city soales, unless a special contract is made with the buyer. The priucipal ground of the appeal was that tho feo was o tax, and an unequal burdou on the doalers. JAPANESE IN AMERICA. Reeall of Some of the Students nt Ann Arbor. Special Disnateh to Phe Chicago Tribune, Axy Angon, Mich., Dee. 24,—As o result of the recent troublos in Japav, part of the stu- dents wbo are cducaling hero have boon re- called. Theso sludents are sont by the General Government of Jupan; and the Mikado now finds it difilenlt enough o support his own pow- o without dofraying the expouses of 100 or more studente. ‘Iho young Japancso oxpress great dissntisfaction at their recall, and soow to bo vory loth to leavo their studics. POLITICAL. Private Sccretary to the Governor of TWisconsin. Special Dispateh to The Chicauo Jribune. MapigoN, Wis, Dec, 24,—It is nottled that George W. Bird, of Jofforson, will bo the Gov- ernor's Privato Secrotary. Tho appointment is gonerally rogarded as o good oue. Voto on the Fennsylvanin Constitu- tlon, Hanusnorou, Pa., Dee. 24.—Complete official roturna mako the majority for the new Blato Constitution, 115,150, PATENTEES' CONVENTION. ‘WasurxaroN, Dee. 24.—J. M. Thucker, As- sistant_Commissionst of Pabonts, Hunilton A, ill and Willinm P, Blake, threo mombers of the Pormanent Committeo appointed by the Intor- national Patont Congress, have issned u call for a conveution of all poisons who are interosted in patont protection, to Lo held in Washington on Jan, 16, to discuss tho subject,uud,if thought desirablo, to orgauize a United Btntos Patont As- socintion, —_——— PRESENTATION, ~Drrrorr, Mich,, Dec, 24, —William E. Quinby, managing aditor of the Dotroil Ireo ress, was this evening presented with au clegant silvor servico, the gift of the employes in the job, press and counting-rooms, a valugble gold- heuded ivory cane by tho compositors in tho news-room, and with ‘two Parian murble stutu- ottes (Apolio and Proserpine) by the mombors of the editorial staff. e gty LARGE LAND TRANSFER. Spectul Disputel to Tha Clicana T'ribune, Berotr, Wis., Dee. 24.—0cn, Weston, of Ohi- cngo, has junt purchased of Col. William Rtood 366 acres of land in and near this city for #60,700. T'his is probably tho largest sale of farm prop- orty ovor mudo here, OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, New Yoy, Dee. 24—Arrived, steamships Minnesots sud Italy, from Livorpool, Ponrraxn, Mu., Dee, 24.—Arrived, Polyne- sian, from Liverpool, MoviLLg, Deo. 24.—Stoamers Iown and Llysia, trom Now York, havo arrived, WHEAT IN NEBRASKA, Sveelal Diapateh to The Chicaao T'ribune, Prarrsyouny, Neb,, Dec, 24,—1'ho Burlington & Misnonri (in Nebraska) allioud steam trangfer resnmod rupning this morning, Tho whaont alony the railrond lines has moved out, with tho exception of a fow largo lots hold by denlors who can Mord to walt for a rigo, FOREIGN. Large Republican Force Hemmed In by Carlists Near San Sebastian. Proparations for an Assault on the Works at Cartagena, The Pope in Receipt of $25,000 from the Faithful in the United States. ' SPAIN, Bavonne, Dee. 24.—Ton stonmors oro at San Sobastian ombarking the Ropublican troops un- dor Gon. Morionos, who caunot otherwito eacapo capturo, being hommed in by 80,000 Carlists. Mapnip, Dee. 24.—Tho Epoca publishos n letter from Qon. Sicklos declaring that onrly in tho Virginius disputo tho Intransigentes of adrid proposed to mako a domonstration hos- tilo to tho "United States, Tho Fpoca denics that thero was any suoh intention, and rogrota that Gen. Bickled took no pains to contradict tho dispatches from Americn rngorflng that such demonstration had nctually taken placo. LoxpoN., Deo. 26,—Dispatolics from Carta- gona stato that active preparations aro making for an assnult on thocity. Tho beslogers have rocelved Inrgo quantities of sholls and grenndos, nud Gon, Dominiquez holds frequent confor- ancea with the Admiral for the purpose of so- curing tho co-operation of tho fleot, Tho in- surgents have mnde sevoral ineffoctual sortics, —_— FRANCE, Pants, Dec. ‘.‘4.——.‘\Inm}u\l Bazaino I8 atill con- fined in the g‘nlncn of Trianon. Cheyalier Nigra was woll recolved by Presi- dont MucMahon yosterday, and tho intorviow wag of tho most friendly character, e ITALY. Tonr, Dec. 24.—Tho Rector of the American Ggllut;« Lins romitted to tho Pope £25,000, con- tributed by the faithful in the Unitod States. Pl iy GERMANY, . Berury, Dec. 24.—Emperor William is much botter. o Lins been up oll day. s At S TRANSPORTATION. The Senatorial Committeo 21t Atlanta, ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. The United States Sonatorial Transportation Committes mot here to-dny. ol mado an nrgument in favor of tho Atlantic & Grent Westorn Canal Col. McTarland, of the United States Engiucers, made report of n surveyof the route. Tio Come mitteo loave to-morrow for Mobile, — e . THE FARMINE IN BENGAL. A Frightful prospect for Thirty Mile lions of Pcople==Lroposcd fMeasures of Rclicf-=One IRundred Milllous Wanteds Correspondence of the London Times, CarouTTa, Oct. 81.—I am afraid wo are about to endure o famine in Bengal such as has nover before been oxperienced in the listory of our rule. The rains ccased prematurely in the middle of last month, just as thoy did in Orisen in 1865, while tho provious fall hod been un- precedently light, Tho result is that (ho groat Amun rice crop, on which the peoplo defend in tho main, has failed almost all over Bongal, and nothing like an averago eight- annn crop will, I fear, be harvested. DBut this is not all. The dronght has uttorly provented tho sowing of the spring crop, and wo have to face twelvo months during which the peoplo will have to be maintained out of the food reserves in tho country plua this misorablo failuro of tho Amun, Tho drought was folt over a very emall area of the country in 1865, whilo this year it has marked the whole country from the Bay of Bongal right up to the borders of Oude. 1 believe I was tho first to wake up in the real significance of tho ‘wenther reports, but all aro now equaily alarmed alike. Tho worst tractin the country is tho ono that is most denaely populnted aud tlio poorest of them all, Bonar, with nearly 30,000,000 poople to bo fed. Owing to our misarable laissez faire no- tions in tho past, we Lave left the Zemindar and the usuror to reduco tlus people to positive slavery. Tho Zemindar and his amtak (under- linga? take ten-sixteontls of the ryols’ crops— imagine that!—and the usurer steps in and takes tho other eix-sixtconths, and the peoplo live upon_ tho advances of the latter from ons yonr's end to the othor. Growing tho mosb magnificont harvests of wheat, rico, opinm, indigo, they themselves starvo on the coarsest millots, and aro as poor and mizerable ns can be conceived, In theso circumstances I bave urged privately, and with all the force I could com- mand, the only connsels that can save us from o vory awlul calamity, viz., the ompowering the ryot to take the crops now in the field und tho cold weather crops, suspending all clnims upon him for rent, advances, revenuo, &e., for twolve monthy, If the eustomary misappro- priation of theso crops botween zomindar and nsurer takes placo this year, nothing will eavo the peopln‘ Iam porsunded, from perighing by millions, They have all beon nursing the hopo that rain might yot fall, but I have shown them by meteorological rolurns of mnny years past that there i& o reasonable hope of any, and the position at last_beglvs to dawn upen thom all. Campboll is at Patun; tho Viceroy is on his way down to Caleuitn, and all that ean bo done no doubt will be, A London correspondout, under date of the 4th, finds four poiuts involved iu the problom of re- Tiof: firat, tho quantity of food it will ho neces- sary to impott from without into the distroseed districts; secoud, where thisis to como from; third, {ho poseibility of collecting _and convoying 1t to central points within tho famine ares in sufiicient timo; fourth, tho probable exponse. It appears that on the most favorable enpposition food must bo importod for o poputation of 11,000,000 or 12~ 000,000, and that these numbers will have to bo fed with such supplies for a% least ning months. At ono pound por hend_per duy, which i8 the lenst that the Orissn Famino ‘Commission sor which 8ir G. Campbell was the chief) consider snflicient, this population would raquire for nino months 1,400,000 tons, which, at £1% por ton (and it is moro than doubtful whether rice can bo Inid down within xoach of il at thnt rato), would cost the country about .£19,000,000, Iiow much of this will bo provided Dby privato speculation or benevolencoe ; whether the Government ean, or will, bring such n ressuro upon tho zemindars, to whom ho permanont sottlement has ®o recklossly sncrificed by far the greator part of tho prolits of the land for nearly n conlury past, as will compel thom to disgorge n fair portion of their wonlth for tho reliof of their starving ten- nutry, is guite uncortain. ‘I'hoss who know what has sctually como to light in the Inst two years in rogard to (ho illegal conses laviod by the zem- indars of Orissn, and yemember that'in the tor- riblo famiue of 1866 thewo mon, with fow oxcep- tions, nactually oxncted full rents from their starving tonante, thong the wholo of thoir own 1enta wore remittod by the Government, will put littlo faith in the Association’s talk about ** pri. vate bonovolonce.” Wo inny snfoly assumo that tho Glovernment will have to meot at lonst hnlf the oxpense, and that they should now be pur~ chasing fi"‘““ to the umount of £10,000,000 or £12,000,000 storling, 1t is usoless and woreo to wait for cortuinty upon this point. Some esti- mate must be mado, and that forthwith, nnd tho Government must act up to it without delny, Secondly, where are 1,400,000 tons of food to ho got from? Iundia, I beliove, can supply the whole. T'he exports in ordinary yeavs aro nbout 1,000,000 tons, and gnrcly the balanco can bo obtained from tho population of 139,000,000 Dblezsod with good crops, But if so tho Govorn- meont must at ance luy its hand upon the availe able uurlplnn, whathor by prohibiting exports, or by offering to intending oxporlers bettor prices than thoy canget in foreign markels, or, if necennay, by collocting rents in kind, an ox- podiont — whieh {8 quite opon to them. Without this thore will bo fail- uro; privato entorprice, to whatever extont it mu¥ Lo called into play, will certuinly not nct quickly onough for the emergoncy, ‘Thindly, o8 to tho practicability of earcylug sioh quantities of grain from the liast, West, and Sonth to tho dintressed dintricts, 1 entertain no doubt, I linvo beon at tho pains to make fnquitics trom tha traflle managors of two of the great railwa compunies in thin conutry, aud boellove thal it would bo porfectly practicablo to conyoy tho wholo quuniity l'n(}uh'cd from Culeuttn alone by the last Indian Line,. Then thoro aro bosidos the Punjub nud Jubbulpore Lines, both Blnfiln, indeod, "und mot ecupublo of trausporiing nny vory lnrgo quantity, There 18 also the vant boat tlotills of tho "Gangos, 'amounting, nc- cording to the last census, to 60,000 bonts of all clussos, Our moans of truusport ave, thereforo, nufliclont, Lastly, us to the probuble exponso, It must bo great § it must bo . matter of mill- wu8, Lot the Government make up thelr minds £o this ab onco; lot there be no dullying, 10 dolaying ln hopos of rain, uupgosml concenled stocky (that rook on which the Bovgal Governs mont mado shipwrock in Orisen In 18G6), privato nnlurflflun, &o. Lot tho Qovernmont go in at onco boldly for tho purchase and transport to the spot of 1,000,000 tons of food, assured that ovorything will bo forgiven but failure. THE ILLINOIS FARMERS' CONYENTION. Commonts of the Press, From the Springfleld (11) Reatater (Democratic). Tho convention of v.ho) farmora of lllinola at Deentur was ono of tho most significant gathoer- ingy ovor hold in this Stato. Talon in connce- ton with the lnto meotiug of the Stato Grange ot Bloomington, it shows that tho vast produe- ing interosts of the Btate aro awnlco to the fact that tho Gonoral Govornment hins boon used as an engino to oppress tho agricultural and to foster and nssist tho non-producing classes, Tho plutforma adopted by thoso two conventions show this, aud go to indicato thnt farmors, either in clubs or Granges, willno Jon urnnlpollllcnlly with any party which failsto meot tho wants and servo tho intereats of tho whole peoplo, In the Grangors’ platform, indoed, {thero idens aro ob- seured by many words, fiidicating, npgmronlly, that the convention was inflienced, not to say coutrolled, by politicians, cithor groat or smnli, in tho intorests of the dominant party. In tho resolutions adoptod at Bloomingion thero are somo hints towrards tho oxistence of tho rights of tho pooplo nnd the neceseity of thelr oxor- cigo, but tho langungo is weak, and the oxpros- stou of purposo is i1 overy easo omasoulated by tho statomont of nltornatives, Wo groatly fonr the truo sentiment of tho mon who made up tho body of tho Bioomington Convention is ab- soured by a form ot sounding words, whilo tho convention at Decatur declarod it opln- fons nnd wontimonts in o form of sound doctrine, "he truo test of tho valuo of any ox- prossion is tho application of it to tha sonti- ments and neods of tha people, and, Judging the two platforms by this tost, wo find tho Decatur platform much moro direct and completo than that formulated at Bloomington, . . . . (] commond the entire [Dccnmrl platform to tho careful consideration of all the people of the Btato and country, It applics in all its parts to questions of paramount futorost, and upon ench of theso It eots forth tho soundest principles of boliof and tho moat diroct and fonsiblo mothod of nction, The ovils of the present condition and tho canses which have produced those ovils, a8 well asthe remedies therefor, are plain, and fulliy declared, Upon such o platform as this all thio honost mon of the country can unito agninst the monopolista. From the Albany Erening Journal (Republican). The annusl meoting of the Illinois State TFarmers' Assoolation, held at Docatur last wook, 16 imporiant boenuso its, notion foroshadows another mnew doparturs and tho attempted formation of a farmers’ political party. 1loroto- fora it has been claimed by & large numbor of tho loaders in this movement that thelr dosigns wore not political excopt to throw their intlu- oncoupon the side that presented candidates most in harmony with their views. Indoed, so prominent wns this made to appear that one of tho hlfivhouz oflicers in tho organization declnred inst fall in Minnesotn that their members wero bound by oath to steer cloar of politics. Thera 18, howaver, no longet any doubt a8 to what uosw is, and all along lLing been, the ultimato design of tho leaders in this movemont, It has hioen cunningly and porsistently proclnimed to theso farmers that, by keoping out of politics s a party, they could throw thoir balance of power to suit vmyiugl circumatances. To toll thoso farmors that thoy wero belog mado tools and dupes of by crafty, derigning won, and that old Domocratic loadera and brokon-down politicians wore using thom for stopping-stones to rench Inco and power, proveked a smile of incredulity. ut ns time progrosses, and hay prog;rcmmd, it hins been oasy to soo that the cuuniug leaders of tho Granges, the Farmors' Olubs, Pa- tons of }I'usbnudry, and B0 On, are working, not for the good of the farmers, but for thoi¥ own solflsh purpoess, The farmers liwvo been made to believe that thoir movement originated among thomsolves. But this is not so. It did not start upon the Krnlrlea of the West, nor along the bauks of the llusinsh:FL It camo not from tho corn flelds of Illinols, nor tho whent flolds of Miuncsota. It was got upin the City of Washington, by a lot of men whose political fortunes are as shabby as their political principles., It was startod by men who nover did sny farming excopt to farm out in_ ndvauce places and positions thoy are never likely to have at thoir disposal. The farmers of the West, like the farmers of this country geuorally, aro s most worthy clags of ecitizens. They are industrious, pa- triotic, thrifty, ontarprising, and iutolligent. And it is truo that they have reasonsble cauge for complaint, The railroads bave not dono them justice. DBut it is now clonrly scon that the transportation problem is a very hard and complicated one ; and all this war ngainst ailroads throughout the West has really dovel- oped but one tangible {act—it has demonstrated tho need of more railronds, So thoso flery lead- erain the Farmers’ moyemont who talk about tearing the railroada up oy tho roots and casting ihem into the depths of the sea, furnish strong evidenco of their insanity, and intelligent farm- ors ought not to follow their lond for & moment. ‘This great problem of transportation is now en- fsaging the timo, caro, and patriotic investigation of somo of tho ablust men in the country. Will the oppressed farmers of tho West listen to cun- uing uumnfinguca and refuso to liston to theso men ? It does not seem posrible. Among the rosolntions passed at tho Decatur Couvention, the ono which rosolves *‘that the farmors uro abeolved from all allogiance to old political particy,” shows that the demagogues and placo-luntors begin to thiul thoy have got tho farmers in their clutches, and are fiet!mg ready to kpring tho not upon’ thom. Wil thoy pucceed? Can these meu, crafty and astuto leaders though thoy be, accomplish their pur- posn? Can they conviuca tho intelligent farmors of Illinois or elsewhore, that the iunterests of farmers aro entagonistio to thointerests of other industriul classes in this country, and that a politieal party founded on class distinction is cither prudent or patviotie? Cen theeo lenders force lKu farmers iuto committing the supromest folly of tho ago ? Aclue to tho churaclor of the londers in tho Tarmors' Movoment is seon in tho fact that B. . Bmith, tho orator, who was going into forost culturo last summor, and produco trees * that would bear human fruit all’ over the Weat,” if certain things his frionds wanted were not dono speedily,” was re-olected Scerotary. : From the Hadison (W1e) Democrat (Democratic), ‘I'ho action of tho furmers of Iilinois, nt their great moeting at Decatur lnst weel, in donounc- g both theold politioal partics, was of the most positive and outspoken churactor, The Lold action of the farmers is o hopeful sign ; it is n forceast of a new ora of political action among this respectablo and numerous class of eoclety. In the future wo shall look for more indopendonce, and consequently mare intelli- gont sction, among these men who for yoars Tinve nssumed to linve no controlling influctice in matters of politicul concorn, From the Jacksonviile ({1l) Jonrnal (Republican), Tn tho platform adopted at Decatur thero aro sovonteen resolutions. Of this numbor, twelve ralate to subjects upon which the old parties aro not matarinliy divided, and which, wmoreover, Tiave alrendy been onunciated on the plutforms of both political partics, OFf tho remaining five rodolutions, ono rolntes to the patont laws; two to sunual instend of Dbionnial “sossions of tho Legislatura; tho fourth flings deflance at tho dovoted heads of Westorn plow-manufacturors ; and tho fifth purperts to denounce the old poli~ tical pnrtios, Dirscoted in this manuer, the plat- form of the Decatur Conveution yiolds o very small crop of priveiplos which have not alrendy beon generally ndopted, or at leant ofticinlly enuu- ciated. What ivano thion havo the furmers sprung which ontitlos tho Convention at Deatur to rank ns o significant political ovent ? With what graco can the members of that Convention expeot that the poople shall follow . their lead with blind entbusinem, whon {hoy lavo found no panacen for ovils the oxislonce of which no one denigs 7 Doctors muy agreo that patients ure very ill, and may also undertako to declure the preciro chovacter of the atlment, but if they do not go boyond this, aml Ymucrihn ® courso of uctive trentmont which islikely to be of somo norvico, of what value are their deliberations ? The ]miuluul mavers of the Decatur Convention started out with tho nssumption that the body politie fs in n stato of disonso; and bhnb they wore exnetly tho daotors who could furnish o spectfie forull tho ills which republics ave helr to but, aftor weangling ovor tho patient for severnl days, they only leave tho fact of illuoss ou roc- ord, aud suggest a few remedios whioh have hoon kuown to the politieal pharmacopoin for n yoar or more, and huye heou ropeitedly pre- Heribod by doctors of the old kchool, ‘Lhis may Do progress, but it does not huva nltogethor thint appearance. . .+ « . Wa thorefore fool justi~ flod in the coneluston that the Yarmors’ Convens tion has not resulted, so far as its platfoym is coneerned, in any “new doparture” whatover, It certniuly hns not thrown eny now light on romadios for existiug ditileultios, and, althongh somothing of groat valuo may result from this quasi beginning, poople who sgue an immedinto politieal millenium from the Decatur Convontion will inevitably bo dissppoiuted ol e ~Tho Rov, Nowman Iallis adding to his church in London s tower 200 foot higl, to the glory of Abrahism Linooln, WISCONSIN. The Wisconsin Central Land- Grant. The Difference Between the Company and Gov. Washburn, The Sturgeon-Bay Canal Lands«-Appolute nients Under the New Stato Administration. From Onr Own Correapondent. Mabrsow, Wis., Dec, 29, 1873, TIn complinnco with & request for facts in ro- gord to the Wisconsin Contral Railroad Iand- grant, and the differonco botwoon tha Company and Qov. Wasliburn as to what tho Company Is ontitled - to on the hundrod miles of road which it has built and had inspected, the official and othor records have beon oxamined, Gov. Washburn interviewod, aud the facts found to Do as follows : THUE TAND-GRANT, In 1864, Congross granted to tho Statoof Wis- cousin, to aid in bullding n railrond from Port- ago City, Berlin, Doty's Island, or Fond du Lao to Bayfleld, and thenco to Suporior, evory aller- nate scction for ton soctions in width on each sido of tho rond constructed, on the cortificato of the Governor and oflicors of the Company of tho completion of ench 20 miles of eaid road, In March, 1805, the Logialaturo nceopted tho grant, In Aprll, 1866, aftor o protracted strugglo bo- twoon conflicting intcrests in tho Logislature,— whore, for a long timo, it seomed s if no dispo- sition of tho Iand-grant would bo agreed on,—n compromiso was olfceted by which TIVO COMPANIES wero chartered,—tho ono to build from Doty's Island, st Monnsha, to Bayfleld, vin Waupaca nod Btovons' Polub; the othor from Portage City, vin Ripon and Berlin, to Btovons’ Point, aud thonco, with the othor Company, to Doyfield. Ono company was named the * Portage & Buperior ;" tho other the * Winnobego & Su- perior.” Tho route from Portago City to Ste- veons' Point was not tho bost or most diract that could havo boon selectod, but it was to serve n double purpose: by connccting with tho land grant rond from Aladisou via Portuge north- westorly (tho first two scctions of which tho LaCrosso & Milwaukeo Company, obtaining the lend-graut for o rond from Madison northwestor- 1y, Lad failed to build, but which have boen built sinco), of giving the points nemed above, and oralward to Shehoygan, dircct communication with tho Capital ; and of putting Ripon and Dor- lin on this routo to the north. Congress, by joint rosolution in 1866, appoved this disposition of the grant; and the Portage & Suporior Com- pany, when organized, formally accopted: the grant on these conditions. In 1§69 A CONBOLIDATION tho two compnnies wns nuthorized and effected, In 1870 another cumpnn‘y was clartered to pro- moto tho construction of the rond from Portage, and that Company was authorized to consolidate with tho_conuolidated *Portage, Winuecbago & Superlor Railroad Company,” which it did in De- comber, 1870. In 1871 an act was pnsscd changing tho namo of tho consolidated Company to the ‘“Wisconsin Central,” and authorizing it to extond its rond west to conncct with the Northern Pacific. Theso acts embraced pro- visions holding tho cousolidatod Companies to the conditions on which the grant was origiually conforred by tho Stato. Meantime, somo Eastorn capitalists having been interested, the building of aroad from Doty's Island (at which tho towns of Neonah aud Menasha are locnted) was bogun, With the expoctation of obtaining Iastern connoctions through n rond building from Manitowoe and thence down the lnke-shoro to Milwnukeo, NOTIHING WAS DONE toward building from Portaga City, tho initinl- point of tho road. On tho 24th of July, 1873, by 1equest of the Ion. Georgo Reed, the Vice- Prexident of the Company, who has mannged its affairs in this Stato for tho most part, Gov, Washturn examined twontv miles of tho rond completed northward from Stevens Point, which way_considered the starting-point for olnimlng: the Jand-grant of the ** Winnabago & Buporior " Toad. 1Its conatrnction was npproved. On tho 27th of July, the Hon, A, J. Turner and other citizona of Portage, who becamo approhensive that it way intended to lonve them outin the cold, appoared Lefore tho Governor, aud PROTESTED AGAINGT tho issning of a cortifleato for the land to which the Company would be entitled on building the fivat twenty miles of the land-grant road, on the fround thiat tho torms of tiis chariey hiad not con complied with by tha Contral Compuuf. thoy baving failed "to build from Portago, via Ripon and Berhn, to Stevens Point, as required ; and; lator, cltizons of Oshlosh also appoared dnd protested. On the 1st of August, counsel for the Com- pray and the loealities interested uppearod, and prosented arguments to the Governor in the matter; and, nfter due considoration, on the 14th Lie decided NOT TO 185UL & cortifieato,—nssigning his reasons in an able letter to Mr. Reed,—viz. ; that the rond bad not beon built as provided by Iaw, and, if & cortifi~ cato of Innds was given, it would defeat tho ob- ject of conferring the grant. Subsequently, Lowever, ou urgent solicitation, and desirous to do all he could to furthor the eusterprise of con- structing a road doveloping o scction of the Sfate heratoforo alnost ¥ innccessible, Gov. Washburn decided to, and on_the 20th of No- vembor did, give o qualified certiileata to the Sceretary of the Intorior, that the Compnuy was entitled, as tho represontative of one of the two consolidated companics nuthorized to build northward from Steveus Poin, to HAGY THE LAND granted by Congr ‘This action provoked much commant, aud was donounced by fricuds and focs of the Wisconsin Ceniral managemont, T'hie matter was much discuseed duving the last session of the Legislature, and nttempts woro vainly made to amond tha charter of the Com- lmuy in difforont ways, 8o as to_voliove it from Lo necassily of building from Portage, vis iti= pon aud Borlin, to Stevens Point, Finally, the matter wau loft, without action, except o quosi- approval of the Governor's courss, ‘The Com- Yuny. lowover, applied to tho Secrotary of tho unterion for the wholo of tho Iandy acorning to tho firat 20 miles of the land-grant rond, and ho reforred tho matter to Attornoy-General Will- inms, who gave au opinion—whoroto, it i charged, g JIE WAS UNDULY INFLUENCED, and whick was o very weak docwnent—that the fiampkmy was ontitled to the full quota of land horo on. _Secrotary Delano, on the 28th of gued patents for 83,708 scres,—all tho in place” and “ for indownity " appli- cablo to (he first section of 20 miles north from Portage. Tho Qovernor requested Attornoy- Goneral DBarlow to ro-oxamino tho matter; which ho did with his Assistant, Judgo P. L. Bpooner; aud, with much bottor L'uowluvlgu of the facts, and more unbinsod judgmont, thoy took THE OPPOBITE VIEW. from the United Statos ofliciul,.and propared an able opinfon on tho subject, wiich was published at tho time. Tho Governor was requested to Inapect two more sections on the bth of June, but could not till tho 12th, when he did so, with tho distinct understanding and statemont that ho would only give n certificale for half tho quotn of lnnd for two 20-mile sections, until the Legisiature or Hupremo Court should decide the Compnny on- titled to nllj agreoing to do all ho conld to facllitate golting » declsion, Going over tho rond, and llm](ut: it properly buiit, the Gov- ornor issued a qualified cortificato for half the Iand, for 40 milos of rond, aud entored iuto a stipulation with My, Ttocd that hio would not apply to the Beerotnry of tho Interlor for the full quota L1 his vight to it HAD DEEN AFFINMED by tho Suprome Court or Logislatuco of Wiscon- sin, or “olher compotont authority;™ which Inst oxpression was whoroln the Company “played IL" on the Governor, On tho 13th of Boptombor, Col, (. B, Goodiner, of Milwankee, Attornoy for the Central Compn- ny, kerved on iho Governor a notico to appear hofore Judge Cato, Judge of the ‘Lonth Oirouit, in Murnthon County, in the northorn part of tho Btuate, and ghow enuso why a writ of mandamuy should not fssno to compel the giving of an un- 2|mllllu(l cortificato for the full quota of land foy 0 niles of rond, Bopt. 18 the cause was srgnod bofore Fudgo Cate by Attornoy-Qenoral Larlow, for tho (tovernor, und Col, “Goodiner, and the flrm of Palmor, itookor & Pitkiu, of Milwau- kee, for ihe -Railrond; and the Judge iysued the wrlt ; wheroupon the Attorney-Gon- ornl grave vorbel notico of an appenl to the Bu- promo Qourt. Whon tho stipulation between the Govornor and Vise-Prosidont Reod was ontorad fnito, fv did not occour to tho former that any lower court than the Supromo could be apponled to, and the right of a Circuit Judge to mandamns tho Chiof Excoutivoof tho Btafo is more than doubtful; ntill, Lissummons was oboyed; but the Govarnor did not proposo _to ylold, where no much wns at stako, without tho decision of the highest judicial authority in the Btato, e notl- lled the Bocretary of tho Intorior what had taken placo, and requoested him to BUSPEND ACTION a8 to tho lmlf of tholand in controversy until :hlu oglnluu of tho Bupromo Coutt could bo ob- ainod, On applying at Washington for all the land atkor gotting thin Ciroult Court decron, M, Houd oncountored the Covornor's cautionary loltor, and telegraphed from Now York, claiming that thia action violnted tho spirit and lottor of tho atipulation mndo with the Governor, and that tho consoquont delays would ulor all furthor work this yonr ; and asking tho withdrnwal of tho Governor's lottor. This was declived ; but the Govornor, dosiring to have tho matter sottled nu soon as possible, conforrod with the Judges of the Supromo Court, and thoy ngmcd to hoor argumonts ou the mattor, Oct. 16. Gov. Washburn tolographed Mr, Reed to that effoct, Oct. 8, but recelved no direct ro- Bponse ; tho raflrond attornoys, Oct. 13, how- over, writlug Att’y-Gon. Datlow, claiming thnt thoy hnd made no stipulation s to an ap- ponl ; connidored the fssuo of the Circult Court sult 08 folly mooting the torms of tho stipula- tion botwoon the Govornor and tho ralrond ro rosontative ; could not nrgue nn appeal on the 16th ; and whother tho matior could bo heard boforo the next regular term of court must depond on a subsoquont srrangemont of tho partios in intorest. Thus this mattor has RESTED TO THE PRESENT TIME,— the raflrond partics showing no desire to have tho docivion of tho Suproma Court on their claims. Meantimo, ico-President Roed applied for tho inspection of the fourth section north from Stovons’ Poiut, and tho ficst acction south from Ashland. 'The Govornor, not having timo to oxamnlne tho rond himaolf,. doputed tho on. J. 8. Dean, of this city, to oxaminoe tha fourth seotion north, sud the Hon, W, H. Hiner, of Fond du Lac, to examino_tho Ashinnd scc- tlon: the former roporting Oct. 14, and tho Int- ter Oct, 20, that thoy found n firat-class rond bulit in accordanco with low. —That is tho ‘lnst of tho oftieinl action of tho Governor in connec- tion with the Wisconsiu Contral Railrond. No cottificato Ling beon asked for the two eactions Inst oxamined. ‘'ho Secrotary of the Interior hos declined to issuo patents for tho full uots of lands for tho sections for which tho Governor issued qualified certificatos, ngainat his protest; and tho Company, no willing to accept half o loaf, hag MADE NO FURTHER AFPLIOATION. 80 it has only recoived lands for ono 20-mile sootion, though five bave beon certificd com- ploted, yot tho building of the road was not pus- pended, s throatoned. Mesutimo, the Wiscon- sin Contral, by cousolidating with tho Milwaukes & Northern Ruilrond, bas seoured g dirogt routo, {rom its toerminus at Doty's Island, to Milwaukee ond Ohlcngoi and, a8 the Railroad Gazells ox- Emaseu it, *Tho Milwaukos & St. Paul Railway, v ontering into ciose working relntions with the Milwaukeo & Northorn and tho Wisconsin Con- tral Railroad, practically makes these lines part of its great system, for the prosont at lonst, aud secnras the shortest route from Clicngo, through Milwaukeo, to Oreen Bay.” This arraugement ouablos thio Wisconsin Central to “throw " tho Lako Shore, Manitowos & Western, throngh which it wus originally intondod it should seouro Lautern connections ; WILL INDEFINITELY POBTPONE tho building of a rond from Portago toStavons' Point, cithor diractly (for which some demon- strations wero made this summer), or by way of Ripon and Berlin, us chartered; thwart the pur- poio of tho Logislatura in bestowiug tho grant, and greatly dissppoiut a largo number of peoplo i tho contral part of the State. Gov. Washburn lias boou accused of hostility to this _Cnm&mu bocnuse he could not, conajat- ontly with his viewe of duty, yicld to the wishes of its manngora; whoreas ho feols that ho strained the law in thoir bohalf to tho utmost, and, i roply to quostions from parties abroad, and otherwise, bas done what ho could to inspiro coufidonce in the outorpriso, if carried out ac- coraing to the truo intout and mesning of the law bestowing the grant, Another Company lias been secking to obtain from the Btate land sppropriated for a cortain purpose, in excoss of what was contomplated by ho law, viz : the STURGEON DAY CANAL COMPANY, in aid of whose entorprise, aftor much impor- tumty, Congrosa granted 200,000 acres of land, on condition that, as tho work progressed, land ns selocted by tho Compauy in propor- tion to the work dono should bo patonted. This scason, = friendly inspector certifiod that one-fourth of tho work had boon douo, though unfricndly people in the vicinity claim that not more then one tenth has baen done. They selected one-fourth of the number of acres granted, comprising the most valunblo portion, and want patonts for it. The Stato Land Commussioners, who have control of the mattor, decline to issue patents for more than o fourth value of tho land; whoroupen the Canal Compauy brought suit'in the Supremo Court to compel thom to issuo patonts for thoir soloctions, and tho oase wns argued.and sub- mitted somo days ago. ‘I'here have hoon two or three consultations horoof State oflicors-olect, and othor chiof mon, to agreo on ATPOINTMENTS,— one baving beon held Insy evening. This last meoting was privato, but the tollowing state- ments aro made by those in a position to know whoroof they afirm: Soma mon in_esch ofico will bs rotained till the now officials “got the hang of the barn,"—perhaps a fow permauontly, Yrof, Searing, with the goberal ap- proval of mon of both parties intorested in public education, will retnin the excollont As- #istant Superintondent of Public Instruction, the Rov, J. B, Pradt. Mr. Doyle, Secrotary of State-clect, will retain for the wintor the eflicient Assistunt Socretary, John 8. Doan, and Mr. D. 1L, Tullis, an experioucod bookkeopor. Mr, 8. Cadwallader, of the Milwaukeo News, an ablo editor und cuurmous‘fnuucmnn‘ it is said, isto bo Trinting Clork ; and A, B. Aldon, of Portago, Insurance Olork. 1L, B, Cortwell, formorly iu the Twelfth Wisconsin, is to haven dosk in the Troasurer’s ofice, Mr. A. Monzos, an expe- rienced Gorman clork, is to bo rotainod ; Maj, C. W. Kempf, formerly in the Fifth Wisconsin In- fantry, is to be ouo of tho clevks. Of the Land Office, A. W. Pottor, of tho Monroe Republican, I8 to be Chiof Clork; Capt. Crano, and Messrs, B. Furseman and Linsche_are to be rotained for tho presont, G0V, TAYLOR, informed me a dny or Lwo ago, and another govtloman to-night, that ho had not decidod on his appointmonts. ~The latest name mentionod for Private Secrotary, with a fair prospect, is Georgo W. Bird, of Jofforaon. It is doublfnlly wlispered that Andrew Bishop, Street-Suporin- tendent of this city, is to bo Suporintondent of Public Proporty ; but, on the other hand, it is alloged tho Bunmon was promised to David DBrainord, of Oshkosh, Secrotary of the Stato Qrango. * Gov, Washburn, just oftor ecleation, wu- nouucsd three goutlomen ns Commissioners of THE BIATE PIISON, who aro to appoint the Warden, under n section of the lnw suying thoy shonld enter on thelr dutios tho 1st of January ; but later section of the law provides that it shall not take offoot till the first Monday In Junuary, when Wash- burn’s tin ¢ expires, which “knooks ™ the firat provision. New appointmonts will probably bo mude by Qov. ‘Pavlor, aud it is reported that tho woll-known 8at Clark is socking tho position of Warden, ‘Thio now officials will probably be INAUGURATED WITI LITTLE PARADE, An offer of Milwaukes military to come out on tho oceasion buy been declined, and a project for an innugural ball and recoption doos not moot much favor, Pros. —_—— Mr. Arch and Mr, Gladstone, On tho 4th inst, Jr, Arch had *a private pudi- enco with Mr, Gladstone in London respecting the proposed wholesale exodus of farm laborors, about which the latter had exprossed somo un- casinoss, Bpeaking of this intorviow ata large meoting hold in his honor in his native village of Barford, near Warwick, Nr, Aveh said he should impress on Mr, Gladstone the necessity of Government intorference o sccure the propoer eultivation of tho Innd, in order that it might no longor produce but half of its eapabilitios, 1ie should inform Mr, Gladstono that if landlords would proporly house laborers and lot them havo throe or” four ncros of land on tho samo torms as farmors had Iand, there would be no wholesnle exadus of Inborors, e also meant to enforeo the vital Importance of enfrauchising apricultural Inborors, us that quostion was at tho top of tho forthcomlng programme, aud would bo early introduced nto tho Housn of Commons, whore its oppononts must be cavefn), or thoy would find Joroph Arch af tho head of 000,000 farm Inborors, marohing into Palace- yard and laying hold of sho doors ot Bt. Sto- hons, A fow hundrods of tho fundy of the nion might well be omployed in vonyeying the sons of tho soil to tho soat of the Logislature to clnim_(hat political froedom thoy wore dator- mined to possess, e disclnimed boius # Come munist or Ropublican, but said he would euter tLe Houto of Commons if the Iaborars could not _othioxwise obtain thoir xighta., | fatnor, No. 1115 Wobneheav., THE VILLE DU HAVRE. Investigation of tho Disaster by the Company’s Oflice in Paris. The Conduct of the Officers and Crew of the Steamer Commended. Special Dispateh to The Chieago Tribune, New Yonx, Do, 24,—No list of the unfortn. nato crow of tho Villo du Iavro oxists in this city, all having beon shippoed fn France, It has beon generally supposed, thereforo, that fow if any of thom had kinspeople or frlends mn the Unitod Btates, and consequontly no attompt hag boen mado till recontly to obtain such list, but Mr, Goorgo Mackonzie, Amorican ngent of tho Genoral Trans Atlantic Lino to which the Havro helonged, Lias racoived many lotters of inquiry from all parta of the Union, regarding difforeny members of this crow, and witha view tosuswoer- ing them correctly ho has written to Franco for n list of tho ocrow, and aleo for tho names of those mombars thorcof who woro loat, Bolow is o lotter which r. MnoKenzio Los rocelyed from tho Compauy's oflico in Paria. The investigatlon reforred to fs one by tho officors of the Company, and not a Govornment ono: Gearye Mackensta s TaRls Dot 60010 DeAnSin: Tho investigation to which, nccording to rule, our Company in ail ovents of fmportanco at aca oro subjected, catablislics, according to testimony gnthored up to this time, the fault of tho English vese #el. Tt ncoms that tho Viile du Hayre sighted tho Loch Earn clono by il# starboard, and boro away o porty which woull hnvo enrridd the two vesacls from cach othor, The Lnglish ship, tustead of Infing, a8 was lier duty, boro away, which rendored o collislon, inovitablo, 1¢1h our duty to add thnt, during {his ovorwheltning catnatropho, our_entira row, officers; and mflors showed themaciven falthful to tho princis lesof honor, discipling, and felf-abnegation which: long to tho traditions of tio Fronclh mariner, No ano of our peoplo endeavored 80 reseno himeolf from death by abandoning hix post, Our men all oank with thio stoamier, Atriving to the last moment with an wne wavoring obedience 1o oxecuto tho orders of tho of-' flcora for {hio safety of tho passeners intrusted to f{liom, You will sco Ly Copt, Surmons’, report ftmt, If tho offorts of all did not moot with greator auccess, 1t was becauso tho' craw found thomsolves embarrasscd by complications tlnt no humsn sldll or strengths could_ovorcomo, Copt. Burmont and all bis officers ara desorving of all pralse. You have Imown them o Jong tmo, and thetr noblo conduct will not surpriso sou. (Sigucd) GENERAL TBANB-ATLANTIO COMPANT, cou el s i NEW BUILDINGS IN ROCK ISLAND. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Rock lsrayp, IlL, Dec. 24.—Tho Union to- morrot will give n list of the buildiug operations in Molino for tho yoar. Tho number of new bulldings is 150, and the oxpendituro $246,000. ‘Tho number of buildings in Rock Island i 256; cost, $462,600, The two cities adjoin, and are virtually ono. —_— LIBEL SUIT. Onranta, Nob, Deo. 24.—J. W. Miner, local editor of' tho Jepublican, s suod Goorgo A. Crofutt, of the Western World, forlibol. ages, §10,000. e e 8 A Colorado Phenomenons From th Central City lteguater, A gontlomau was walking down Virginia Cauon thoothor day, There was no povcepti- blo broeze at tho timo, Suddenly ho was sur- rrlmu! by a roaring noiso bohind him—z noise iko tnt of an express train when crossing a bridge, or passing a rocky wall. Stopping a mo- mont to listen, & whirlwind, apparontly not moga thn o yard in'dismetor, and traveling no fastor than & spirited wall, picked him up, as it wore, and waltzed off down the road with him. Tts vortical force was sufficiont to Invert tho tails of hia cont nbove his head, notwithstanding the pocketa were loaded with specimons of silver oro, aud at the samo timo ho was carriod along for 100 fect or moroe like n fouther, with both™ feet occasionally off the ground, while undor him was o noigo lilo that of an empty cart bouncing over a stony atroof. — X A Logal Point, A poor apprentice'in Borlin was lucky enongh ab tho last drawing of tho Stato lottery to ‘:vsm one fourth of the great prize, His Frinnlpnl, who kuow that the Jad had no monoy of his own, or at least nothing like tho gmount” required ta go in for one fourth (forty thalers would ba about tho price of a ticket), pressed his approne tico to confess whoro ho obtained the money for this purpose, The winner penitently acknowle edged that it was tho produco of the ealo of a picco of goods stolen from his employor. The priucipal now claims the lottery prizo as his property. 'Theboy’srelations, on tho other hand, object to its surronder, and thoe legal profession will ba called upon to docide & point which Las probably nover been raisod baforo, it LG e el am- ; MARRIAGES. ; PARROTT — WISHARD ~ At Ruehivillo, 1., on Wednesday ovonlug, Doo. 17, at the rosidence of Willtam I, Sorlpps, by the Rov, 8, Iz, Wishard, of Frankita, i, Goofge W, Parratt, of, Ghicago, sdd Miss Lizzlh Wishard, of Rushivillo, TIl. Noo FISH-GAYLORD—At tho ot nce of the bride's tHo Ror. Whihve Brortse ates Bildon Fish 0, 3, by v. William Evorts, Mr. Sulden T and Gatelg 1., daughter of Csrlos Gaylord, No crder E~HERN=At Solon, Mo., at tha residenco of tha bride's parente, Doo. 23, 1833, by thio Rov, K. N. Smlth, Howard I, Hog i Hlorn, HANKS—GRIFFITIT—On (ho 2d inst., at Nilos, AMich., by tho Itv. Mr. Lusk, Mr. Thomas {ianks, of Chicago, ond Mlss M, Loulss’ Grifiths, of Drooklyn, ; ’ Now York City and Brooklyn, L. I., papors pleasa copy. TANNEY—GARRITY—In this city, by tho Rov. Father Burke, J. M, Rannny and Miss Marlo 1, Garrity. ©7~"liurllugton, Vt., and Columbus, O., papars pleas copy, e e e ey DEATHS. PHILLIPS- On Tuelsy, tho 214 foat. Edward F. Piltiips, infont son of W B, and J. R. PLlllips, aged 3 T R 185 North Morgan:st. tumorrow (Fridss) Fanoral at No; 185 Nor! ansat, fo 861 00lagk Pe -y by careloges (o Hosobill Y SULZEI~Dec. M, at1 o'clock . m,, Gonrad J. Sal- zor, agod 67 yoara. The fancral will tako pinco at 3 o'clock p, m., Friday, {io 611 nat, from No. Wil North Stateat,” Félonds ara inyifed to attoud, HENNESSEY--Dao, 3, atdp, m., at hia rostdonce, cornor of Forty-thirdst. 'aud Pitteburgh'& Fort Wayne Rallrond, Maurlco Loz 0y, aged 41 yoars, Tunorsl Eriday, Deo. 26, 8 5 o'clook 8. U3, s from tha MATSON—~Deo. 24, of consumption, Mary Matson, * wiinof O, R, Mataon,"In hor 53t yoar, Fanoral from No. 957 Pultonast., to Gracoland, Felday, Do, 2, at 10 o'olacic &, m, Fricnils of tho family ara {ne Vited to attond withgut fuither notico. BULLIY AN—Danlol Sullisan, of Brauch No. 1 of B. B, .+ of Diinols, dopartad thi life’ Doc. 24, &t 1:30 p. m., st his rosldonoo, al dtlston:y. Tunozal Friday, Do, 2, at 10 o'olack &, m., from his residonco 10 tho churchi, thonco tatho Northwestern slanot, and thanso by cars o Ualvary Comotarz. "l 1 Buoralds fn tho city aro fnvited 10 attond 1o funerale AUCTION SALES, By ELISON, POMEROY & CO. Our Regular_f‘_rida,y’s Sale, Triday Morning, Dee. 26, at 9 1-2 o'clock, Wo will offer the naunl imimenso asrortment of New and Bocund-hnd FURNITURE, wiich has made our sales so sucoessful, TRich Parlor and Oliambor Sots, Marblo-top “ablos, Walnut Extension Tables, Lonngos, Lurcaus, Quarpots, Orockory, Bodding, iilaukots, Ntovos, otc., aud o largo lot of Platodwara and Ganeral Merehaniiso. BLISON, POMEROY & CO. 5tand 8 Kandolpii-st. By WM, A. BUTTERS & CO., AUCTIONEERS, (ESTABLISEIED 1856.) Nos. 15 and 17 Randolph-st., Sales rendered nn 4 dnys after sales Canslgi 1o, SALE OF Linies’, Misses', & Childre's Furs, On FRIDAY, Dee. 23, at 10 o'clock, at our salearooms, 15 and 17 Randolpl WM. A, BUTTERS & CO., Auctionsery. R_EGULAIL SATURDAY SALT HOUSE FURNITURE, Carpots, Cutlory, Woadonware, Cigars, aud Gonoral Mer, ohandies, on BATURDAY, Doo, 27, st 10 o'olook, at 15 and 17 Randalph-st, WM. A, RUTTERS & 0O., Auctioneors. BY GEO, P, GOLIE & CO. 08 & 70 Wabash-av. AT ATCTION. REGULAR SOUTH SIDE SALE OF Household Furniture. OuBATURDAY, Doo, 21, at 9% o'oluok, last wilo thlx yoar, wa shall closa all ‘our vousfgnmonts, Parlor snd Ulataber Fupnitur, Sofas, Loungos, Bouk Oakus, Wanl- x. Tablos, Bodsicads, Alnitrosses, MarbleTop s, Whatnuts, Bidobonrds, ' Qutlory, 15 draten W, ufl. (.lmu\wry. [h atey da, AUILY am»\(:7 Hi liapress ous, ublo ani Bluglo T1106408s ¥ SO, B GO 8.7 Alciouooies