Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1873, Page 4

TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE TERME OF RUNBCTIPTION (PAYADLE ity s nuntl e S 120 | Sundny, Pagopinters #1081 1 ADYANOR), lis G0t Wooxly pil Tarla of n yoar at tho sumo rate. T provent dolny nnd ailatakor, in sure and glva Port Oirconddress fn full, fuctuding Siato and County. Ttomitinncos may bo mundo ofthier by deatt, oxpross, Post Offico otder, or in repistorod lotters, AL eur risk, TERMH TO CVIT RUDECLINTAR, Defly, dolivered, Sunday oxcepted, 25 coate por woolt, Dally, delivored, Bunday fucluded, 0 conts por weok. Addrens TILE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Coruor Madieon and Dearbornes Uhicago, Itl. TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS, . f ' M'VIOKER'S TIIEATHE—Mndlson strost, botwesn Doarborn_and_fitato, Evgagement of Bhfel Burryy ¥ Clirlattass K ho Uray Ludy," LREY'S THEATRE-Randolph ol ON asile. + o Genuva Cro ACADEMY OF MOURIC—Halstod streot, botwoon Mad. ison and Monroe, Rngagemmnt uf F. A, Sothor Y8 ur Atmorican Gonstuo Aficrnoon tud oroslag. stroot, botween bt} QLODR THEATRE~Dfsplalucantroot, hotwoon Mad- ron and_ \ashingiou, ({nsuemum of Miss Aupitsta argon. ** Rlslug of the Mova,” Aftornvon and ovoning, MVERS' QPERA-ITONSIS Monroo stroot, hotween 2 Btate. Atugton, Cotton, aud Kombly's Dbt o shmnar " siiustroisy und comieall- Alea, % WJALSTED STRELT 0L DR KAIING, MOSEULY, O, ANATOME-Oltrk Rl essciutois e BUSINESS NOTICES. EsbausRTELS R@s-cmrmum g.wc; “WiEN WS AT MRS, WINSLOW The Chicags Tribune, Wednesday Morning, Docember 31, 1873. A formal complaint against Mr. Gago, tho de- fanlting City Treasurer, Las Leon filed in tho Criminal Court, the January term of which com- mencog ou Monday next, at which timo a Grand Jury will bo impancled. State’'s Attorney Reed received the official srder yestorday, from tho Supreme Coutl at Ottaws, transferring tho Raferty cazo from the Northern to the Contral Division at Springfleld, aud sotting it for trial in January. e s . Tho Govornmont has jssued ordors to atop the REdgar Stowart, now ready tosail ot Baltimore, unless asaurances are given that sho will muke no domonstrations ageinst Cuba. The Bdger Stowart, ns will bo remembered, was announced tosuil for Jamaiea with nothing but a load of pRssengers, 1t now appoars that Barril, the Cuban bntch- er, was rolieved from his command of the East- em Division becauso in one of his recent pro- nunclamentos e attacked the Home Govern- mont. Ho hes accordingly been summoned to Mudrid to answer charges which bhave been preferred ageinst him, 1t is authoritativoly stated that Mr. Cushing is instracted, aiter his arrival ab Modrid, togive his attention towsrds eccuring, upou the part of Spein, & policy of politicnt sud administrative retorms, among which is the abolition of slavery, which shall tend towards the restoration of peaco in Cube, This io tantamount to o ronewal of tho tender of the good offices of this country, which has boen once declined by the Spanish Fovornment. s ——— The examination of the books of Jorden, Jiarsh & Co., tho alleged rovenue defrauders, sommenced yeatorday, but the results are not miven, It now trenspires that tho fnformation which lad to the seizuro of the books was fur- uvighed by o clerk in the houso, who, while in tho employ of the firm, was also roceiving a aalary from tho Governmont 23 a seeret wervice Sfcer ot the Treasury Departmont. Ho claims 10 havo found soven instances of fraud, the pen~ ilties in which will amount to a million aud o aulf of dollars. Tho Rollogg and McEnory Legislatures meot w New Orloans next Monday, when it {s proba- ala that tho bitter political warfero of old will 30 resnmed, The proposition which was mado ast winter to eifect o coalition of the two s0 ns ;0 weed ont the impure eloments of each body md constitute o Legislature founded upon hon- 18t returns has been rovived, but meets with lit- e favor. The New Orloans Picayune pro- jounces it impractical, and says it cannot be 2ffected without reflecting diserodit upon all eu- zagedinit, In tho Kollogg Legslaturo there will be o floreo strife ovor the Speskerahip batweou the Kellogg and DPinchback fuctions. As tho Unifed States Sonato Committeo on Transpor- lntion is nowin Now Orleans, they will bo wit- nesges of what transpires, end may gain some valuublo idens on political corruption ae well as Srausportation, The ongineers' strilke prosents no now fea- turen of specinl intorest, oxcopt that the rumors that the styike will extend to other ronds after the 1st of January continuo to increase. Tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company Las ordered o ro- duction in wagos of 10 per cent, to apply to all the officers snd omployes of tho Eeat- ern Division,—8,500 in pumber,—not ex- cepting even tho Prosident and Vico- Drosident. It is stated that tho cn- ginaors will acoept the reduction, but under protost, not recefving it ag full pay. At Indian- upolia, Logansport, and Alliance all is quiet, At Aurora, iu this Btate, disaffcction hiag brolen out :mong the mon in tho ehops of the Chicago, Lurlington & Quincy Roads, who refuse to sub- mit to the proposed reduction of wages, and the rumor of an intended strike on tho Michigan Southern I8 rovived. The Chicago produce markets woro generally nighor yesterday, with n lurgor aggregate of transnotions, Mess pork was cctive, and ad- vancod 10@16e per brl, but closed easior at 214.30@14.95 cash, nnd $14,70@14.75 vollor Feb- euary, Lord wae 1 good requeat, and 6@100 per 100 Ibu higher, cloging at 98,46@8.00 cash, and $8,75@8.80 acller Fobruary, Mests woro quiot snd finner, at BX@5¥¢o for shouldors, 7@7¥e Cor short ribs, 734@73{o for short clear, und 8X@ 394c for greon homs, Dreased hoge ware more setivo ond strouger, closlng ut €0.16 per 100 1ts, tighwines were moro activa and ateady at 93¢ por gallon, Ilour was quist and firm at $6.25@ 575 for good shipping spring extrae. Wheat woe nactive and nenrly 20 higher, closing at £1.108¢ cash, $1.17 geller Januwry, ond §1.20 gollor Fobruary, Corn wae nctive and a shade highor, but clored tame at 5930 cash and tdlgo weller Fobruary. Onts were sctive and 3o highor, closing nt 98}4¢ cashr nnd 803go sellor Fobiuary, Byo was quiot and a ehado firmer at 77@780,- Darloy waa moro active aud firmor, at AL tar N @ snd 21,19 for zood No. 8, On Baturdey evening last thero was in storo in this ity 1,977,601 bn wheat, 1,117,284 b corn, 991,- 817 hn onte, 67,558 bu rye, and 440,600 bu barloy. Tiivo hogy wero active and highor, relling briekly nt £4.00@660. Catllo wero nctive and firm. Shaop ruled quiet. Wo print o comwunicstion from Htate's At- torney Reed in anawer to sono obgervations upon tho frequenoy and multiplicity of * straw-bail,” and the cousequent ancapo of undoubted erimi- nals, aven aftor indictmont. Upon oxamination of tho law, wo flud that ho is correct, and that it 18 tho oxclusivo provinoo of tho Court to judge of tho suflicioncy of tho bail. Tho Btale'a Attornoy has no nuthority in anch mattors, Whilo this is tho 1o, tho epirit of the lnw roqnives something moro. The law of 1847 (2 Gross’ Statutes, pago 202, Hoc. 2) providas CHICAGO DAIL THE Iaw paarod by tho Tiaglelature about threo yvenrs ngo, nuthorlzing o condomuntion of laud for dopot; purposes, or under tho gonoral law of ominont domnin, The rallroadn shonid have no objootion to this courso, provided thay aro con- vineod that tho land I8 nok worth more than £800,000, aud will not bo apprafsed nt o highor valuation. "Thoy con antor upon it, and com- mence tho ercetlon of tholr dopots immediately upon condemuntion, The only objoction which tho clty eould urgo tn such a courso would bo tho possible dolay in getting the monoys The money wonld ‘go to tho oity in the ond as the only party having n pecuniary intorest in tho transnotion, Tho ownors of Mlchigan avenuo lota would have to prove peouniary dam- ages in order to have a valld claim on any part of the indomnity which tho rallrends would pay. To do (this, ‘Wheiever any person nnder arrest on a clinrgo of any affenso punishablo by law, by confiuement in tho Tenttentiary, shall offer bail to any ofticer required by luw to takonwnd Juago tho suniclonoy of badl, and Auch halt shallbo unknown i perols nnd circumstanices to such officer, it shall bo lnwful for such ofticer 1o defor tho taking of such il os long as way be necessary, nol oxceeding fivo dnys, that ho ey Mmquire fnto the solvency of such bal; providedy thut tho porson unider arreat slull Lo permitied to otfer other bail; and in all eanen whero tho oficer shnll entortain donbts of the sufticiency of stich Lufl from all tho evidence ndduced ‘beforo him, lio shull recoivo or reject the same secord- ingly. As tho law mnkes the Couri the exclusive Judgo of tho sufficioncy of tho bail, it presumes, if It doos not oxprossly make, it the duty of the Juggo to Inquire into nnd take ovidence of the solvoney of the bail offered. Whilo the right to ‘all connot be questioned, the Court is underno obligation to take whatover bail may be offered, 1t is tho duty of the Court to inquire, and in that inquiry we can imagine ne proccoding mora proper than to notify the State's Attornoy and lavo liim aid the Court in ennbling it to reacha just concluaion on the subject. This is more important, becauso the bail-bond is pructically n aubstitute for the conviction and puuishment of tho criminal, Tho Virginius Los been removed from the jurisdiction both of the United Btates and Spain by going to tho bottom of the Atlautic, off tho North Carolina const, While in tow of tho United States stenmer Ossipeo. As far a8 can bo gathored from the roticont ofiicers, the two ves- sols left the Dry Tortugas on the 19th iust, On the 20th & strong gale commenced, aud the Vir- ginius began leaking badly, On Clristmes doy her condition was so critical tuat the Os- sipeoc put into TFrying DPan Shonls, off Capo Fear, with lher cbargo and came to auchor. The next morning tho Virginius sigualed tho Osgipes sho was sinl- ing. Theecrew wereat onco iransforred to the latter, the bouser was cuf, audtbe Virginius went to the bottom, loaving only o portion of lier mainmast above water, whichis oll of the Virginiug that is left to wranglo over. Thoro will be no further procoodings in the case, how- over, and no attempt will bo mude to raico the Virginius, ns sho is comparatively worthless. Very uaturally, tho suspicion will be raised that the vessel was sunk by desigy, but thus far thers is nothing to confirm tho suspicion, The Virginius wag in a dlsabled condition when sbe was de- lvored {o the United Slates, and was louking badly, Showns started for Ler destination &t o very inclomont season, and nlong one of the rcughest consta'in tho world. Itis unfortunate that tho sherp practice in tho case of the Florida and tho suspicious detention of the Arapiles in the dry-docks at Brooklyn, by the siukiog of & barga, will raisa o doubt as to the netional hiouor, but thus far there is nothing tangible to support it, THE LAEE-FRONT QUESTIOK, The propasad 8ale of a portion of the Lako Tront for a railrond passenger depot has been rovived 03 a menus of relieving the city from its prozont financia: emberrasstaent. A roview of the sitnation dovelops the following points ; 1. 'Tho railroads are willing to pay the sum of £800,000 for tho land. They will agreo to pay £900,000 in cash, and give their notes for threo, pix, snd nino months for the balsuce. They will also undertake to have theso notes diss counted et the rafe of 7 per cent, which will en- able the city to got ©800,000 cash, less o dia- count much lower than the current rato of in- terest, 2. The city needs this money moro than at any time ginco tho sale to the railrozds was first pro- poeed, and the wmoney would now pass dircetly into the City Trensury. The Lake-Front bill, which authorized the sale on condition that the money should be pald over to the park funds, has been ropealed. Thisropoal enables the city, in caso it can make tho sale, to take tho money for city uees. It ought nover to take it for any othier use. 8. Renl-estate denlors and men cowmpatent to judge bold the opinion that the land which it ia proposed to tranafer ie not now worth more than £800,000. They evon express tho beliof that the land could not bo sold atthe presont time at puklic gale for the samo amount on terms any- thing like so favorablo, 4, Tho owners of lots on Michigan avenuo, fronting on the property which it is proposed to soll, havo in tho maln withdvawn their opposi- tion to the smlo, Tho opposition was partly baged upon the fact that tho purchnse money, under the Lako-Front bill, was to go to tha parks, This has been removed by tho ropenl blil, The supposed damagoe to the Michigan avenuo proporty on account of building on this ground has been offsot and rendorod nugatory by tho fire, Tho proporty 18 no longer desira- ble ns residenco proporty, and its proapective voluo is entively for business purposcs. This will be onhanced, it s believed, by tho crection of tho dspot. Tho proposed ealo to the railronds is, there- fore, regarded more favorably on ull sides than at any provious time, and the question arises: Ifow can it be effected with the lexst expense and tho grontest security to all parties eon- cornod ? Tho yailronds would probobly accept 2 deed from the city, if tho ety would guarantes thew o title, Tt is doubtful whother this could bo done. It is pretty cortain that, if tho city should undertake to do it, it would Lo lnrassed Dby costly suits, ‘Ihe decision of Judge Drum- mond plays an importent part hera. Thac do- cislon was tothe effect that the Unitod States can maintam an injunction againgt tho sale, in the capaclty of 'L'rustoo for the publio, siuco the wtvip of land was set asido for publio purposes, 1t §s not unliloly thut, upon roquost of the Olty of Chicago, tho Attorney-Gensral of the United Btates would withdraw tho presont suit; but tho fnferanco from Judge Drummond's decislon i9 that any porson Imight bring u new sult at any time, It was Judgo Drummond's suggoution that, if the loud be needed for public purposes othor than thoso to which itis now davoted, it showld bo condomued. Lo ralls yonds aan proosad to do this themiclvos uatars ! thoy would have fo show that their prop- orty would not soll forgo much aftor the orac- tion of the depot s bofore. Imeginary dam- ages+would out no figure in tho ease. An ngroed engo for condemnation hotween the city aud the railronds would bring tho prococdinga to n.speody termination, excopt for tho intorference of prop- orty-holders on Michigan svenue. As these proporty-ownors, or o mejority of thom, concedo now that the taking of tho thrae blocks for bus- iness purposes will rathor enhancoe than diminisl tho value of their proporty, any offort to delny on their part would bio unreasonablo and without benofit to themselves. At all evonts, thero scoms to be no certain way of avolding the dangers set up by Judgo Drum- mond's decinion excopt that indivated by him,— condomnation,—a proceoding which goos to the root of ovorything, If all pariies intercsted wilt combine on this plan, it may be sottled up within o very short time, tho railronds may bo put in possession of the property, and tho city of the monoy, THE OITY PRINTING. Tho ioterests of the taxpayers in reforenco to tho city printing requiro that it should be done ot the smnllest possible expense without refor- enco to what paper does it. The officlal print- ing of tho Council procoedings, ote., is, at the best, a legalized humbug. The morning news- papera give, as o matter of vows, all the pro- coodings that aro of intorest to the general pub- lie. If thoro nre any persons who hovea special intorest in roading the procoodings at tedious longth in an official publicativn, thoy will flud them, no mattor where they are printed. How- over, tho City Chartor requires that the Com- mon Council shall desiguate & corporation nows- paper, and it ia tho duty of the Council to the taxpayers to dosignate the nowspaper that offers to do the job at tho cheapest rates, The com- petition aeems to hava beon narrowed down to tho Times nnd the Infer-Ocean, with the differ- euco that tho Tines wauts 76 cents & square for doing the work, whilo the Infer-Ocean is willing to do it for 45 couts, the prico at which it has boon done heretofore. Un- less the conditions are changed, tho Jnter-Occan siould have the job. The relative nocossities of tho two journals should not enier into the queation, nor should ths several politieal stipu- Iations into which they uro willing to enter. Tho taxpayers have no intorestin tho straitened condition of tho Timés nowspaper, ond aro un- der no obligations to put up money to holp it out, Ifthe Times wants the city printingso badly, lot it undorhid the Infer-Ocean, and offor to do the work for 40 conts. Then wo shall favor giving it to tho Tumes, At tho rate of 45 cents, the priuting has cost the peoplo $29,000 for the past two years in the DPost, ond the same amount in the Sloals- Zeitung, making $58,000 in all. At the rates which the Témes desiron, tho same worl: would cost tho city nearly 8100,000, since the Staals- Zeilung would aleo epjoy the benefit of the in- crense, It is justico to Mr. ITosing to say, how- over, that wo understand him to bo opposed to an incronge, ond, theroforo, in favor of giving the printing to the Infer-Ocean in tho present gituation. This 12 o case {n which the Council cannot possibly misintorprot the rights aud de- pires of the taxpayers. Qive the printing to $he lawest biddor, UHE PENITENTIARY-BATH, The 8vidence efore the Coroner's jury in the Penltentlary-bath case, in which a convict named illiams met his death, will probably strike the public as affording sufficiont provoeation for au official investigation into the manngement and discipline of tho Penitentiary. Very startling inferences may bo reasonably drawn from some ot the statements made during the inquest. That msde by Dr. Canislus, one’of tho Commis- sionors, would bo sufficiont, in the absencoe of suything eclse, to croate a suspicion that tho present managoment has minconstrued its an- thority. Ho testified that *‘ he didnot think it necessary {o hold an inguest over a man dying in punishment here.” Does Dr. Conisius, a8 a Penitentinry Commissioner, beliove it to bo one of the rights of the managers to punish mon just a8 thoy soe {it; and does ho slso balieve 1hat, whon men dic undor such punishment, the Commissiouers and Wardens ore exempt from el iuvestigation ? Hiy testimony would seem to indicate a8 much, If tho manngers of the Joliet Penitentiary take those high grounds in regard to their authority and powor, it is timo that the charactor of their disciplibe should bo thorough- 1y Inspeoted, and that all the officials who hold tho samo opinion as Dr, Oanisiua should be taught their crror, or promptly removed from positions which thoy conatrua to bo irrosponsible to tho lews nnd customs of the land, Tho testi- mony of Dr, Mason was likewiso significant, Williame was brought to him na asick man, complaining that ho had no uso of his hands, Dr, Masou, having subjectod tho hands toa test, concluded that there was nothing the matter with them, and, consoquontly, nothing tho matter with the man. He thereupon ordered that tho man bo put iuto a bath for punishment, although this punishmont had bean prohibited. KNow, othor physiciaun testify that auy compe-~ tent physiclan would have kuoown, after exam- ination, whether Willlams' physlcal condition was such as to rondor a bath dangerous, Hav- ing ordored the bath, Dr. Mason wont off coolly, and nover thought of tho man again till next morning, whon ho first heard of his doath, though the former phyaiclan of the Penitontiary toatiflos that he wonld have rogarded himselt ny criminally negligent it ho hind ordored o bath for & conviot and had beon nbsent when 1t was givon, Tho testimony throughout is equally significant, nud shiould be carefully scanned by the Governor with roforence to n further invosti- gation into the affairs of tho Ponitentiary; Tho verdiot of ;the Coroner's jury, which is printed elsewhere, in viow of the positive char- acteyr of the testimony, will ocension o foeling of induznant surprive, It s virtually the vordiet of the Jenitontiary Oommissioners, Wardous, aud pbyalcian, not of tho pooplo of the Htate of Illi- nols, The Penilentiury ofolals were repro RIBUNE: 0 'DNESDAY DECEMBER 31, 1873. nonted by counrol--on extraordinary procooding fnn Coroner's Investigatlon; the poople wero unreprosented, It fsn verdict not in nccordanco with tho testimony hefora tho jurors, Tha caro- ful mpuner in which ovory one connected with this outraga in nequitted, not only from all blame, but oven from nogligence, and tho gratnitous way in which the Ponitontiary ofil- ciala aro indorsed, will canso tho sunpiclon at lonst that it was inepirod within the walls of that ingtitution. Tho verdict is not only an unsatig- factory ono, but it is absurd aud projudiced upon its faco. Undor such circumstancos an thene, tho people, who weroe not ropresonted, will domand that tho investigation shall now go boforo o tribunal compatont to sift the matter to tho bottom, and decido who is to blamo for this outrago. THE LABOR-PROBLEM. Bomo rensiblo things woro anid by the Rev, M. 7. Bavago in bis sermon last Sundny nbout ** Tho ‘Workingman-Problom,” and thongh wo do not fully agros with him in regerding tho recont demonstrations os the promonitions of n storm that may ovorturn and make & wrock of mocloty, it seems not Improbablo that they mny be tho fororuunera of important changes in the organi- #ation of socioty and ovon of Govornment, Mr, Bavago calls tho recont domands of tho worlkiog- mon for support at the city's expense by their true namo : Communism, which is only anothor nomo for anarchy. To ask tho clty to assumo tho guardianship of oll the unemployed {8 slinply asking for tho ostablishmont of a con- dition of pormanont pauperism for & large class who would flock here to avelil themselves of the opportuoity to live in idloness, excopt ns thoy might devoto their time to dovising new moth- odu of appropriating tho savings of others. Tho moat that eithor tho city or tho Gonoral Govorn- ment can do for workingmen, or any othor class, in to guaranteo tho same rights and opportuni- tles to all law-abiding citizons. To ask the Qovernment to do moro is to ask it to conse to boa Ropublie, MMr. Savago might properly hava added that, in w1l Governments, thero s o continual vibration betweon Communism on the one hand nnd Despotism on tho othor. The mission of =& Ropublic is to ateer cleor of both, but & violeut movement inthe dircction of either of them inovitably causos o reaction goomer or later to tho other oxtromo, Ar, Savage's remedioa for tho discontont that culminates in Communism are compulsory edu- cation and tho cultivation of a fecling of *brothorhood” smong all clauses, It is, how- over, at least on open question whetlier compul- sory education would not be regarded by the digcontonted a8 o hardship oyual to that of tak- ing caro of themselves without Goyvernmont ns- sistanco. Tho morel obligation rests upon avery ntelligent boing to educale himself to the full extont of bhis opportunities, In this coun- try, the opportunities for education aro as grent a8 tho opportunitios for labor. The chiof eause of the Jack of education and of muderato ac- cumuletions of savings is the lack of will to acquire them, No logiclation can put the will into men's minds to acquiro either. Mr. Sav- nago's other remedy of ** brothorhood” is rather voguo. Perhaps it would be better defined by ssying that none should be arrogant or selfish. There bos cortainly been arrogance enough on tho part of the rich corporations of late years, but no unprojudiced mind ean deny that tho recent domends of the workingmen to have what thoy never esrnod are as arrogant a6 anything ever dono by the most unserupulous corporations. As for the Workingmau-Problem in the im- mediate present, there i8 no safety in any mode of trentment except to abide by tho Jaws. If it ¢an be shown that tho laws are unjust in any respect, it is in the power of the people to chongo them. But one thing must be kept in view : That no eystem of laws or society can exist Jong that doos not recognizo the difference Detween fndividuals who have the will to bo educated and to save their earnings, 4. e, to acoumulato capital, as opposed to those who will not, except under compulsion. The nceumulation of property is the incentive to labor and the discipline of the mind, To ignove the rights of property, as some of the most ultra of the workingmon proposo, is simply to suppress industry and force socloty back to the condition of barbarism. ‘WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH EDMUNDS P ‘The robetlion in the United States Sonate has nssumed & portentous aspect. The timo has como for action on the part of the Governmont. 1t is possiblo that during the two weoks’ hollday {he dieaffection hias apread alarmingly. It can- not bo expected thas tho President can overloak it, or pormit it to go auy farther without taking prompt measures to punishthe guilty, and there- by warn all future offonders. Two yonrs 8go, Senator Sumner, not having the foar of Execu- tivo @ispleasurc before him, opposed the ratificn~ tion of the troaty for the annexation of San Domingo. His opposition wey porsistont, bold, sud uncompromising, and flually the whole sehiomo of purchase foll dend. The President was indignant, Ilo hod made the annexation of Han Domingo a distinctive point in his policy. o had sont ons of his aida to that country to vegotiato tho treaty; ho had made a private protocol with Baoz, stipulating that ke would use . his inflnence privately with the Sonite to bave the troaty ratifiod ; but, despito all his offorts, o faction in the Benato, led by Sumner, had defanted bim. Tho Prenidont was prompt In his revenge. “Iho Sonator fro Musenchusotts wus deolared to bo unflt to hold personsl intercourss with the Btate Doportment, and Lis dismissal from the hiead of the Committoe on Foroign Rolations was ordored und wus executod, . Now thero is suother rebellion, A faction In tho Bounta refuses Lo couflrm Mr, Willioms, of Orogon, as Chiof-Taatice of tho United Btates. I'ho Preardent nppointed My, Willinms Attorney- Goneral ; ho was good enough Attornoy-(toneral to moet the Exoontivoldea, The President ap- poluted him Chief-Justico, The Honate, instoad of promptly conflrming tho nomination, has woen fit to postpone action,and it ia scld that tho lawyora of that body have agroed among them- golyes that Willisms {a'not it for the poaltion. Sonator Edmunds, of Yermont, who took part in the sohomo for degrading Sumnor, hos placed himnolt £t tho iead of tho reoaloitrsuts. Tho fact that tho Prosidont has solocted Willlems {8 talien for what It is worth; but, as lawyers and judges, tho Sonators have prosumed to lavo an opinfon differont from that of the Tresident, It was &l vory well whon Audiow Johngon was President for Benators to inquire Into the fitnoss of porsous nominated, and to reject tho nominations when mado; but Andrew JSohneon 18 net Prosidont now, aud Bunators owo on allogianco to tho Exaoutive whloh thoy auueb lav ualde without expacting to meot the conaoquonces, Now, what is to be done with Edmunda ? Following the procedont in Sumnor's caso, the firat thing is to call o esncus of the Repub- licnn Benntors. This enncus having mot, it should adopt n rorolution appoiuting a commit- teo, with Sonntor Tlowo a4 Chinirman, to roviso the Botinte Committoos by displacing Sonator Edmunds from the bead of the Judiciary Com- mitteo, and the appolutmont of Zach Chandlor in big place, Chandlor, it is truo, 8 no lawyer; Lis porsonal antecodonts aro not vory dignifled, aud porhops ho i8 the most nnfit man in the Bonate for the placo; but that was the rule adopted whon Simon Cameron was put in Sumnor's plnco, and the contrast botweon tho dograded Sonator and his Auccossor only worved to make tho dogradation more emphatio, Tho BSonator from Vor- mont will then probably find out that robol- lion eannot paes unnoticed aud unpunished, and otlior Bonators will lonrn to bowara of oxercis- ing an Indopendent judgment iu opposition to the commands of th9 Lxecutive. Why shounld Ednunds Lo nllowed to dictato to the Prosident? “Why shonld fdmunds or any other SBeuator have the right to an opinion opposed to that of tho Prosident in the selection of & Chief-Justice of tho United States? It waa tho dootrine in tho old days that tho Judiciary was an independont branch of the Government; but that is played ont now. According to the new rovelation, all porsons holding oftico under the Unitod States are ataff ofticers of the Prosidont, aud by what right do Sonators presume to sy who shall and wio shall not bo appointed to that stalf? When Souators dare to do this, let them bo g0 punish- od that thoir oxample will be & warning to all othor ovil-disposed porsons, The aceldental exposure of tho purchass by a Cubiuct-oficer of o private carriage for his fam- ily, pnying therofor out of tho contingent fund of Lis Doportment, hns led to othor rescarchos and equally scandalous rovelations, The horac~ and-carrisge business seems to have been car- vied on extensively. In addition to the expondi- turos for horsos and carringes, thero is a heavy livory bill. TIn 1872, tho Btato Dopartment ex- pended 81,648 for horses and carriages, and the Tronsury Department $7,603. The State De- partment paid out only 8260 for new har- ness and repair of old, while tho Tressury Dopartment oxponded §1,180, Tho State De- partment exponded $62¢ for horse-foed, while the Treasury horsos cost §8,327. . Tho cost of shooing tho borses of tho Stato Department amounted to 91,100, sud of the Treasury horacs only 8881, ‘I'he Treasury horses are economical on shoes, though they feed liborally. Anotlier rovelation is that the contingent fund of tho "reasury Dopartment has purchased 43,000 stroot:cnr tickots. Who got these ticketsisa question now disturbing tho heads of the sev- eral bureaus, Among other cxpenditurcs put down for the Treasury Dopartment is & sum for tho purchase of hyacinths and othor plauts in wintor, As this investigation, once begun, will be pushed vigorously, thero is a probability that the demand for incressed taxation will be with- drawn. The Treasury Department now includes o laundry which cost £5,000 a year. It is very likely that the eslary-grab and back-pay xob- beries wero but part of n genoral system of potty theft precticed in all the Departments, * Our dispatches from Washington Baturday stated that it bad been proposed to appoint Prof. Edmund Andrews, of this city, as one of tho Regents of tho Smithaonian Institution in pluce of the lnte Prof. Agassiz. Not only would the appointment be an appropriate recognition of tho claims of the West to share in whatever honor and respowsibility may attach to the managomont of that institution, but it would be ominontly proper in itaelf, for he is ome of the londing scientific mon of tho country. Only Ilaet winter ho proposed & theory of thé Goysers,—a problom that had never been solved, though Bunson and Tyndall hod nttempted it,—aud, by & very slm- ple contrivance, Le showed his thoory to be cor- roct, His apparatus illustrated all the pheno- mena of the Geysera porfectly. Our Academy of Bolences snd all who saw his experimonts were porfectly satisfled that the sccret of the Geyaers wos at length revealed. The authorities at Washington would honor themsolves and pay fust tribute to tho science of the West by mak- ing Dr, Androws one of the Rogenta of the Smithsonian Institution. NOTES AND OPINION, The tollowing, from u londiog editorial in the Now Orleans Republican of Deo. 27, shonld bave somo prominence : 1t 15 not ot this duy that Cougress can sst itzelf up 09 u claks and wago Open war against the peoplo, nud jco of tho peoplo through the press, Thero can 0 this country bo & “ Rump,” whose iniquities u Cromwell will denounce in the peredu of the suverul perpetrators. But the people moy stalk into the chumber und through thoir horald, the press, provlaiu to corrupt Congrossmon : ** Thou urt u robber,” * Thou bast sold tho trust confided thee,” **Thou art Mcen- tious,” “ Thou urt o Llasphemor of sucred things. « + o Cougressmen may laugh in the sofoty of the Onumber reuted them by the poople, aa “in the day whon Noab entered into the nrk, —The contidence of tho peoplo [in Congrees] lins been badly shaken, aud nothing short of u compleis and unmistakable showing of » spirit of honesty will recull it.—ZEvansville (Ind.) Journal, —'There sesm to bano party distinctions among tlll:nn who defond the stenl.—Morris (Zll.) Her- ald. —The action of Domocrate and Republicans simply proves that botl partles wauted the walary-grab, aud were dotermined to Lave it, and aftor thoy got it expected to chokie down publie indignation, 1t show, too, that thoy aro utier- 1y dofiunt of publio opivion, aud beliova thoy can, in the futuro e in the past, Jash the maeses into wwbruitting to thoir nctions, no matter how in- famous,—Roclkford (1ll.) Journal, —1'ho gamo to bo playod by the men iu Cou- TeBH cufilng themselves Damocrats is to shield tho Ropublican party in evory objectionablo gebomo thut is got up, Eldredge is tho leading mun among them, Raudall, of Ponusylvanis ; Nibluck, of Indiana; Robihsion, of Illmois Lamison, of Ohio; and probubly five others, constituto the whole active forco of the prosont members of Conpress calling themselves Demo- craty, who aro united to save the Republicans feom harm, by assuming responsibility for their wicked nols, Wa call atlention now to Mr. Tldvedge, Wo shall huvo occosion hereafter to catl attontion to tha setion of others of the con- spivators—Quinoy (Ill.) Herald. —In the duys of putejotism and houesty, when ublio positiona were honorablo becwuso fllled {:y mon of Lionor, o Ropreseututive settlod differ- anoos of opinion between himsolf and his con- atituents by resigning bis oflice ; but, in theso days of uulury-{;:nbs. Uoungrosuwen hiaye a more suumary _mode of wettling such differences. Lilto M7, Luuuson, of Ohio, wheu asked by his constituents to resign, thoy tell them to *go to W—1"—Clinton (2U1.) Register. —~It would bo pulnful, Indecd, to ostruclve, oven tomporarily, from Congross, somo hithorto trusted Jeaders, but no wmore painful then to ohorish tho distrust which must inovitably fol- low thoiv retontion in oficlal positions, aud the onstant rowembrance of their buso betrayal of publio confidouco,—St Paul (Minn.) Pioncer, ~Tha people destro to Lo undordtood ny cou- domning a!l inoreaso, Thoy most emphatically moen to put thelr fost upon the policy ot muk- iz their publiosorvants tloh by thelr Bwont und toll. ‘The Congrossman wha doos not compre- liend thls after the expresslons to that otfect so unarimously givon, will be remindod at the uext +yotion in & way he will ba hkely to ap- prociate,~Owalanna (Minn.) Journal, —'Tho aglle aytists of tho political arens bave sowe marveloud fuate fo parform It they wide lnllln office horoafter.—Zerre Haute (Jnd.) Ga- 2elle, . —Tha diatrors of tho country wonld justify tho diminution of Cnongrossionnl walarios to 28,000 o yonr,--saving 33,000 on every momber,-- but, of conrag, 110 sueh thing will ho dono. The poor will pay it, and noxt year Republican Joad- ora will ag usual expect thelr fo‘luwnm—lhuh' boaats of burdon—to fotlow them and do their bidding.—-Des Moines (Jowa) Leader. —10 thora In corruption n tho Doperiments, or oo high exponditures founded on old usngos, or nny wrongs of whatever naturo to he righted, lot the pooplo be made nequainted with thom, in an honest way, by honost men intont on honest purposes,—Davenport (Inowa) Gazelte, —Vorlly, tho times aro fraught with wolghty quostions boaring upou tho moral standiug of outr publicservants, heginning with the Pulu{dnm and running down through the varionw grados of civil oftices.~Burlington (lowa) Gazelte. —If 3t is doliberately proposod to losd the Ropublicau party down ™ with such weighta from time to timo in utter doflancoof popular opin- on, and make of it n Lospital for erippled vpoliticians who have been repudinted at lomo, wo will apoedily aucceed in allenativg from our ranks tho thousands of carnest, manly, honest- thinking people, who, in yoars past, hinve earried our causo on to vlutnr‘y, solely hocause they had faith in tho purity of its leaders, the justico of its domaunds, nud tho rightaousnoss of its prine ciplos,—Des Moines ({Iomn) Stae Journal, '—0no of the ilis of nu indircet systom of taxa- tion In unquostionably to promote extravagant publie exponditure. "Communities overywhero that don't have to take the money directly out of their own pockois to pay the national tax- gathoror, fall into tho opinion that tho Natiornl Troawury is fllled bywoms sort of finencinl logordomain ; that the;mouoy always comes from somo othor man ; and that tho chiof eud of n Honator or Reprosentutive s to get ont of tho Treasury, for the bonelit of his constituoncy, the money thet somo other constituency has” paid into tho Tronsury, Navlonal expoudituro will nover bo brought again within a reasonablo and ecouomical limit until communition quit ncting from this impulse. They must censo consider- ing the uational income’ as so much * swag ;" ceuso weasuring the ofiicioncy of n Congrossman by his succoss in diverting that swag out of the uation's Treasury into_certain ambitious locali- ties In bis distvict,.— Keokuk (Towa) Gale Cily, —It Congross cannot act wisely, it had hotter 1ot things remoin as_thoy arc. It b no time for tinkering or oxperimonting. It is positivoly known, or has boon authoritatively stated, that thore is ono member of Cougress who has not got & financial theory for tho remady of existing evils and to make safo the futuro. "On Lim wo shall hage our hopos to interfero with or stop the tinkoring and exporimenting ot othors.— Davenport (fowa) Gazlie, —Iuveatigation sbould be uuiversal. 1t won't hurt honest mon. If rogucs got caught, it is far bettor to do it now than wait for largor dopreda- tions, Tho wholo tendency of lato yours hos bean to destroy all sense of moral accountability in communitios., Only the successful thief hag Dbeon worshipped, Gilded vico hus Ingged ot ita little lifo, loaving ouly a trail of robbory to mark its passago, Honost poverty and virtuo havo boen seouted. llnlmcity has “beon _doifled and socioty corrupted in all ity parts. In this moment of awskering wo should got at the bot- tom of thinge.—St. Paul Pioncer. ~—The fermers complain of these plundors, and the plunderors in yoply sry the farmers must at onco supply & comploie revonue system, n sound curroney systow, o rovised codo of petent laws, and must show the owners of railronds how torun traine and incrense business. Now we protest against all this nonsensical style of ar- ment. The farmer ia not obliged to continuo eing robbed until ho can framo o completo cur- roncy system or uolve tho transportation problem. . .. Lot us have no more of this foollslnoes ; the poople_sre awake to tho issues of the day. and if the Republican presses aud orators havo anything to sy dofonso of the acts of thoir party, now is tho time to o it ; but the poople— formors, workingmen, or others—are not to bo divorted from tho true line of argument by sny evasion.—Illinois Stale Register. —Will any one pretend to sey that & Drow and & Vanderbilt aro not the creations of & cunning- l\y; dovised systom of speculation and robbery ? What equivalent have they given for their sharo in tho wealth which labor has created? . . . There i8 & remedy for the ovil, without revolu- tion, 1f we could be influenced to nceept it. But if not corrected by intelligont action ou our part, it will, in timo, correct itself through rovelu- tion. ’ Wa shuddor to_contemplate tho picture. The slaveholdors’ robellion was o terrible ovent ; but tho Money-Power robollion, if it is ever forced upon tho country, will be such a pando- monium of fire and gunpowder and destruction 28 not even the pen of a Milton could have pic- tured.~—Aforrizon (IU.) Independent. THE INDIANS. No Fruth in the Report that o Conflict Between the Sioux and Pawnecs is Probable, Special Dirpateh to The Chicago Tribune, Oarana, Dec. 80.~There ia not a word of truth i the sensational reports which have been tele- ohed to the 8t. Louis papors, that there i Jikely to bs a contlict botween the Sioux and the Pnwnees. The Sioux bhave & treaty right to hunt on the Republican, which i well understood and respocted. 1tis expected that it will be moditled by treaty within tha next ear, 'The Pawnces are not inclined to fight the ioux, and have not beon since they were told that they would forfoit their snnuities by #o doing. §nur correspondent visits the hoad- aunrzurs of tho Dopartmout of the Platte every ny, and has nccoss to the officinl reporta. FIRES. At Apploton, Wis. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, ArpreroN, Wis,, Dec. 80.—About 8 o'clock this morning & fire broke out in a row of frame buildings on Collego avenue, the principal bus- iness streot of this town, and for ntimoe threaton- ed serious results, as the westhor was very cold and a atiff wind was blowing, Tho now steameor soon got to work, however, and, having plenty of water, the iira was quickly brought undoen control, Three buildings were dostroyed—n milliner's shop, shos shor, and saloon.” The total loss is about $2,000 ; inanranco, 8400, Tho buildings burned were old an.. unsightly, and it 18 belioved they were gt ou fire, « At Weynuwogn, Wis. Special Dispateh to Che Chicago T'ribune, Osnxost, Wis., Dee. 80.—A fire at Woyau- wega, Weyauwega County, destroyod the new tannery of M, H, Ogden. 'Lioss, §8,000. Noin- surance, M {New YorlkesLoss $200,000, New Yorx, Dac. 80.—Early this morning a fire broke out in the flve-story building, No, (8 Gracue stroet, and before tho flames wera ox- tinguished damsge wus dono to the amount of nenrly $200,000, = Baruer & Brothor, denlers in caps and fars, lose %100,000; Thomas J. Cook ¥ Co,, and T, J. Wood, rommission houses, 210,000 ench, and Bylvester, Brush & Qo,, denlers in furs, 850,000, 'Che buildiug was damaged to the extont of 10,00 Fifty Thousand Dollars’ Worth of Property Destroyed in Detroit. Dyrnorr, Mich,, Dee, 80.—A firo this morning destroyed the storo of Larvington, Campbell & Co., wholesale doalors in tea, coffao, und spicos, at Nos, 78 and 76 Jefforson avouue, Tho esti- mated loss on the stock is between 250,000 and $00,000, at loast $20,000 of swhioh is covered by insurance. The building is owned by Julius Robinson, and is budly dnmaged. ety o4 il OBITUARY. The ¥ton. lRollin C. Smith, Special Dispateh to The Chieaqo T'ribune, Drrnorr, Mick., Dao. 40,~Lhe Hon, Nollln C, Bmith, who died al Omahn yestorday, was for many yeurs o residont of this clty, and wus, at different times, Aldorman, Doputy-Postmaster, and Doputy-Comptroller or the oity, Ilo was also ougnged for many years in businoss,—~lum- beriug, bankiug, and insuranco,—and was n loading mowber of tho Baptise Churoh hera. Ho was u brother-in-law of Willlam A, Howard, of Grand Rupids. Gon, Bonry Speciul Dispa: JoNksvILLE, ! Baxtor, ex-Minister monia this mornin rxtor, Jonesville, Miohs i to e Chioago Lribune, Deo, 80,—Gon, Ioenry 0 Honduras, died of pneu- THE TRIGGER IN DETROIT. Spactal Dlspatels to The Chicur? SHbuRe, Dernort, Mieh,, Dav, 80, —Anoher content for ousesslon of the State medal tor mnrkumunuhlk Ynnk placo on tho olub yrounas Loro to-duy, wit! 8 lnr%)u numbor of pacticipauts, Tho medal was hotd by Louis Moran, bug it was wou_to-day by John I, Long, who shot eighteon birds ont of ninetoen, coumhlg his shots on u straight matoh and in shooting off tics, Ll sy OPERATIC, Osxorxoarr, Dag, 80.~Nilusou appoared to- nigbi to & very isege dudience, EDUCATIONAL. Tho Tenchers' Associations of Tiv, States in Session Yestorday. Public Education in Hlinols, Wis consin, Michigan, Indiana, and Missourls Wisconsin State 'Teachers! ton, Special Dispatel to The Chicago Tribune. Mapisox, Wis,, Dee, 80.—=The Btate Teachets Asociation Is holding an exceutive sesslon in this city. Among tho notables prosent are Pres ident Chapin nnd Prof. Chamborlin, of feloi Collego ; Tdwnrd Soaring, Stato Superintond. ont, oloct ; Prosident B. M. Rteynolds and Pro. I, T, Cole, of LaCrosso; Prof, McGregor, of Plattovillo ; Prof. Graham, of Oshkosh ; Prof, Parker, of Janesville; and Prot, Curlis, of Winona, Lt ovening wan davotod to the quention, of *! Compulsory Attendeuce npon Heliool," The dooato was oxcendingly able and intereating, olicting many facth of tho grestost intoront, 1t wa shiown that, tn some districts, the utlonds anco would rench from 80 to 00 per cont of tha childron of school age, The goueral went.meut of the meoting weemed to ho thal u compuliory law was unnccessary aud impracticable, Whe uestion was referred Lo n committae, of whic't tho Hon. W. H. Chandler, of Sun Prairia, Chairman, to yeport at the July soasion uf the Asuociation, ‘I'o-doy papers wero road on * The Suparvision of Behools," by Proaidant Allen, of the Oxikosly Normal School, and Prof. Khaw, of Midison, The general domend was for moro thorough su- porvision, Profy. Grahom aud Bnlisbury read papent upon “Tho Bost Mothod of Socuring Atter:danoe upon Tenchers’ Institutes.” The ground tekey in both papers wos thut such attendance should be secured by moral sunsion. Prot, Allen, of the State Univorsity, admirablo paper upon *'The Utility of Studies ns o Meaus of Montal Discipline.” clnimed that classical studios especinlly pi the students for dealing with guestions must be determined by the predominant. of ovidence, while mathematies fit mon for deel- ing with matters capable of exnct determinution. ‘Fiyo paper lod to a lenpthy discusnion. Prof. Carpontor, of tho Stato University, rend a puper on ** The Relation to Each Other of the Difforent Educational Iustitutions of the fitate.” inking the ground that the cducational woik shiould bo systematized in & manner analogons to graded seliools ; that the schools shonid e assignod ufiacmu work, and kept to it. D Chapin, of Boloit, seconded tho views advanced, Dr, J’oaoph Hobbing, of Madison, presor:ted an able and timely paper upon * Sauitery Lieguls- tious of the Schoul-Reom, and the Numbor of Scliool-Hous,” ; Prof. Parker, of Janosville, road o paper upon “The Rolations of the Public Schools to tha Aloral and Social WVell-Boing of tho Community.” Asusocin road an Clmmics He Michigan State 'Tenchers’ Associntion, &pecial Dispateh to The Chicago Lribline, ANN Anvor, Mich,, Dec. 30.—~Tho first doy'r sossion of the annual meoting of the Michigaz, Stato Tenchers’ Associntion was held to-day iv the University Low lecture-room. President Angell oceupiod the chuir, and opened tho meots g with o briof addross. Tho programme wae slightly changed, and Prof, Payne, of Adrian, rend o paper on * Thu 0ld and the New in Education,” in which he pointed out some dangers of reaction in educa- tional beliefs ; spoke d&{»mcntlng\y ot the ob- joet of teaching ; favored tho word-mothod of tonching a child to read : and recommended the analytical modo of general inatruction. The paper was unusually thow, mfulhnud was well rocoived. A gonoral discussion followed, chiefly on tho word and phonetic methods of teaching, when the meeting adjourned wntil 2:16 p, m. ‘Thio nftornoon session was taken up with twa addrogses. ‘Tho firat was by Mise Kate Broarlsy of Kalamazoo College, on **Systomatio Rosting," in which she claimed that the bost recreation was in o systematic variation of intellectual op. Jjoyment. = Prof, Thomas, of Niles, gave o short and pointed review or discussion of tho eesay. ‘I'he second nddress was by Prof, Truesdell, of TFlint, on *“Tho Normal Depnrtmoni in High Schools,” in which he sdvocated spocinl and thorough training for teachora and tho State suppori of moro Normal Schools by the abolishmont of that at Ypsilanti and the division of the funds among the high schools, & normal department to be establishod in each. Prof. Bollows, of the Normal School, spoke strongly against this, and quite s spirited gon- ornl discussion followed. 'fho afternoon session closed with & business mootiug. ‘This evening, the Hon, J, V. Campbell, LL. D,, of Detroit, dolivored sn able address o #'hio Results of Teaching,” Tho room was dousely crowded all day, teach ers being present from =il parts of the Btate it great numbers, The mooting ig the largust and most enthusiastic that has ever been held, Allinois State Weachers® Assoclation: Svecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, ‘Brooxixaroy, 1il., Dec, 30.—The State Tesch ers’' Association met in sections this morning for the first day's worlt. The meeting of the Primary Section was hele in the High fichool building. J. 8. McClurg wag Chuirman, ‘'Phe following topics worc brought out by ablo articles, and discuseod fully: “ Lino upon Line,” by Miss Mary G. Burdette, of Poorin ; “Spelling,” by Mies L, H. Johnson, of Normal; - # What Are'the Facts ?" by Mias Mary E. Joues, of Bloomington. 'Tha High School Section met in Durly Hall, J. L. Pickard in tho chair, in the absonce of Prof. Coy in Cincinnatl, Papers wero road ou 14 Tle Bost Mathod of Teaching Latin,” by Prof. Baltwood, of Princoton, aud N. C. Dougherty, 01 Mount Morris Seminary. The disoussion fol- lowing was intoresting, “and participated in by mauy teachers, . ‘The County Superintendents mot a¢ the Higt School also, and spent the forcucon is discuss- ing toples of pocaliar interest to that cluss o oducators. The Gonoral Association assombled at Duriy Hallat 2p.m. A paper on *‘'The lmportance of Teaching the Elements of Civil Goverument " was rond by P. N, Maslkell, of Hydo Park; slso ono on *The Claims of Natural Belence to s Place in the Common Bchools,” by Prof, Tastt, of Chompnign Univorsity ; one on ** Character is Power,” by H. Froeman, of Rockford. Mi. Gastman, of Decatur, who was to lecture ou ¢ Agassiz at Peuikose,” failed to appenr, In the evening the Associntion listened to au address by the Rev. H. N. Powers, of Chicago. Tho addroeses were ull very dine, but too ox- tended to bo availablo for tho tolegraph, The attendanco is largely incrossing, evory traiu bringing fresh aceonsious. “The Missouri Ntiete Wenchers? Assccia- tion. 87, Lous, Dec, 80.—The Democrat's Waitens- burg special eaye the twelfth aunual Convention of t! D‘Mi!flflhr Stuto Lenchors’ Association cow ‘menced thero Inst night, After brief addrrese: by Gen. Cockrell, Prosident ; Prof. Root, Judgé Kriekel, of tho United States District Gourt spoke ou the demauds of the State and nntiot oducationally, Ho charged in strong turms neg- loctofduty on the partof legislator in not provid: ing forthothorough muintenanceof public auhgah throughout tho Btate, n#_required by the Cot atitution, and contrastod the condition of edacs tion in this conntry and Europo, showing un mistakably thut whilo the systems of the latte were fur n advance of ours, the demands of a rapublio for educated oftizenship wure manitost. ly firnltmu argo numbera of Intoresting papers wari rond ta-day, atd great intorest was manifested in the praceedings. Indinun State Tenchory? Associntion: speelal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, InmaNavorts, nd, Deou, 30,—Tho Indiaue Stato Tonchers’ Associntion was ju session biere to-night. Addresses wero made by Dr, Ellicw, Tresidout of the City School Board, Prof, \W. A, oll, retiring Prosidont of the Ausoclaticu and_Prof. J, M, Smart, of Fort Wayne, tho in vomiug Prosidont, Ovor 400 tonchers are in st toudance. ‘ho session continnes to Thursds; evening, PO - e OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. QueeNnstows, Doo, #0.—Bteawships Adriatle and City of Moutroal, from New York, aud Atlas, from Boston, hayo arrived, New Youk, Deo. 30.—Arrived—Steamshipi Spuin and Baltio, from Liverpool, Also arzive stenmor Wiscousin, from Luverpool, 5 THE RUBLIC DEBT. Wasmyazon, De3, 10,—Lhe pullio debt atates x‘xlulom K‘in‘b:)lun\?f on the gd n.fr ‘Jn::l‘:l:l 3 'Itwl: 10U ho ‘Trens o) fiotaaua will bo numamt Toab thas s of Lst mousty, &hd be about §3,600,600,