Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 3, 1874, Page 2

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY. JANUARY .3, 1874. * COLORADO. Progress of Railways in the _»_Trez-ritory. ] Iateresting Litigation Threatened Be- tween Corporations. A Projecied Exiensive Water-Sysiem for the Plains. Inauguration of an Important Sanitary Movemont. Epecial Correspondence of The Chicaso Tribun-. DexveR, Col., Dec. 21, TLees than five years ago, Colorado was with- out = single milo of railway within her Vorders ; Dut, toward the close of 1869, 60 miles of rail il had been placed on her Now sho has 643 miles in operation, distributed as follows: Kan- sns Pacific, Eagle Tail to Denver, 210 ; Arkansas Valley, Kit Carson to West Los Animas, 563 Denver Pacific, Cheyenne to Denver, 106; Den- Ser & Boulder Valley, Hughes to Boulder, 27; Denver & Rio Graodo, Deaver to Pucblo, 120 | Atkandas Valley, Coal Banks Branch, 33; Col- orado Central, Donver to Contral, 38; Dunver & Julesbarg Jonction Road, 4; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Sazgent to Grenadas, 18, Gradins is now being done on six roads, and, from prescut indications, fully 500 miles of track will be 1aid moxt year, which will give the Terri- tory over ELEVEN HUNDRED MILES OF RAIL before the 1st of Jaumary, 1875. One of tho most important of the mew projects is the Deaver & BSouth Park Railway, which i8 to terminate av Fair Play, a point about 100 miles southwost of Denver, and a locality rich in silver-mines, -A considerable trade haa already sprung up betwoen that locality and this city, and, 08 Aropabios County has voted $300,- 000 bonds to the railway-caterprise, and much | individual aid bas boon extenaed, it is bound to Do carried through succesefully, and within a vers ehort space of time. Workmen are now actively angsged in grading its read-bed. In this city mauy important improvements | Dave recently leen made in the way of depot- i extenzions ; and’ Denver is fast becoming s important railway-centre. The tatal connty-tax paid this vear by the five roeds centerivg in ber | midat is $17.408. B A STRONG FEELING CF RIVALRY lias, within o sbiort timp past, spruug up betweer tho Kaneas Pacific’ and Uniou Pacific Roads. gurated here, and which looks to the construc- fion of a cai:zl, or irrigating ditch, wbich shall bs commenced at tho castern slope of the Rocky | Monsitame. and uliimately carried oyer to tho Missouri River. in this city, in the office of the Territorial Secre- tary. articles of incorporation of what Is to be koown 88 the “ Colorado Cunal, Irrigation, and Lend Company.” This Company 15 formed more cepeciully for the purpose of con- structing a capal. or ditch, across the Enstern portion of ihis Territory, the water of which is to be used for irri,ating the tho-sands of acres of arid land which can thus bo made extremely fertile. Deginning at a point on tho Platte River, 12,000 feet above the dam at tho mouth of the Platte Caucn, $his _caual will bo_ constructed through Jefforson, Douzlass, Arap- ahoe, Greenwood, and Bent Couuties, to tho castorly boundary-line of the Territory, from which it 18 proposed to carry it nitimately across The tato of Nobrasks or Tauess, The general course of the rain ditch will be on snd aloag the * Divide,” south of Denver; and from its subordimate canals, or laterals, aro to bs con- structed and reservoirs made at such points as may bo necessary for tho general purposes of irrigetion. The. water thus obtaimed by the Company for thoir cansl is to be sold to ag- riculturists at some equitablo price. The Com- pany, as formed, ie to cxist twenty yean, nnd 1ts capital stock is to bo £10,000,000, the most of which, it is thought, will be taken by the people whose lands are watered by the ditches of the Corporation, That monopolies msy Dot get the absolute control of the wa- for privileges of the Tarritory, i3 is pro- posed that_ it bo divided into three or more districts, and that a Commissioner be elected by tto people of each district ; the Com- missioners thus caosen to coustitute a Terri- torial Board of Irrigation,—each oflicer to bLave tho especial chiargo of his own distnet. - It is also proposed thay n Territorial Eugineer bo elected ; that the Iand to belong to each cacal, L & sub-district, under the coutrol of a Superin tendent chosen by the land-owners ; and thet all the lands in the sub-districts ho subject to special taxation to maintain and extend toe sys- tom of irngation. Tho duty of the Superiutend- enta will Lo to regulate the amount of water to o allowed the respective laud-owners; to have power to allow or probibit, necording to their Judgment, the uso of water to mulls. The mat- fer will b bronglt beforo the Legislature eatly in the session ; and it 15 proposcd that that body shall causa the Territory to bo divided into thrco departmonts,—one, drained by the Plaite and ity tributaries, to be called the Platte Dopartmont ; one, drainéd by the Arkansas, to bo called tha Juusas Department; and, the third to be called tho Grand Department. Theso depart- i meuts aro to be divided iuto districts, and the distriots into cantons. The subject of cheap snd i expeditious irrigation 18 gresily aguatng e | I | | | | | i people, a8 it is the solo salvation of our sgicul- tural interests. COLORADO AS A CURE-ALL. -Much, and probably too much, is claimed for Colorado regarding the beueticial effects of its climato npon various discases, especinlly those of u pulmonary character. Many sufferers in the Enst como here ouly to die in & strango land, instead of recovering, a8 they bad been delu- sively boen led to beliove. ~ Some of our phi- Janthropic citizens, with tho view of putling forth facts for tho aflicied of the.world rogazd- ing the effects of Colorado climate upon dis- o, Liavo recently held savoral meecings, ap- Poisted committees, and collated facts ~which TLe former - having the control of | fo .3 - 4l E; 4 | go far toward giving enlightonment as to who the Deaver Dacific Road, running | ghould, and o hauld wot, come when afilicted from this ; city to Cheyemne,. snd | with euy consiitutional nilweat. At one of the counecting thiro with the Union, Pacific, it has | mostings Lold, ut which not only pacients and plysicians wero prescat, but many othiers who been ensbled to regulato freight-charges in suoh | £/007%tg take an intercst in ameliorting the a mauner as to force ehipments here via the | Kzosas City route, - On -the -other hand, the TUnion Pacific has discriminated against passen- ‘ge1s going over the Knusas Pacitic when thoy were bound through either east or west. Much ingenuity has been shown by each corporation in manipulating its schedule-timo as ngainst tho | other. Tholast re-arranging of the time-zable | of the Denver Pacific Road has evicently an- noved tho Union Pactiic managers, and they heve adopted a novel modo of_opposition to the Jansas Lacitic in bringing freight to Denver. They propos: carry freight over their road from the My=-uri River to Cheyenne, and then . from thero convey it to Denver by means of “ox-teaws,” or what is commonly Liown as “ “ BULL-WHACKING," » distance of 106 milea over Lhe plzina, Jt is iutended to pat this plan wto operation gbont the first of the year, and tho Company expects 1o move large quautisies of merchandise to this city in this manner, and o Teseive, As i resurn-loats, large quantitics of grain, oro, aud otiicr erticles 1rom the ranchmen apd miners. Tho sgents seem sauguine that from the start thore will be at least three car-loads shipped daily cach way. Whilo this mode of carrying freyzhe will make it st Jeast threo days lator, the movers in the project claim that tho delay will be more than compensated by tho extremiely low rates of freight-charges that are to be adopted. | It is evident that .the Karses Pacific will make | gome move to head off this new end peculiar competition for freights, which are now yery heavy and constsntly increasivg. In point of time, at least, it sppeas that the Kansas Paciic will bo zble to keep far zhead of its compeiifors. Tho rivalry for tho trade of Denver will unquestionably eventuate in the consiruciion of . ANOTIER ROAD, or brauch, by the Union Lacific, which will run through the rich valley of the Platte, end con- pectng with the Colorado Ceutral's enstern branch, reach Juicsbarg, at whicu point both passeizers and freight will be switched of for Lhis ciiy. 1t is estimated that tho freights paid by the - Denver merchants, this year, will amount to more then 1,500,000. ~ In addition to this smount * 2id on goods ehipped from the East here, large quantities of silver aud gold ore are waut over the roads, to be reduced at Chicago, Newark, Bwansoa, und other remote places. liz- £1do the crude mineral products, large shipments of wheat and other farm-produce are frequently made,—all of which add greatly to the rovenues of the carrying compavics. When the LEAVENTOITH & DENVER NARKOW-GATGE is completed, this will add to the lowering of freight aod passcoger rates between the Esst and the West. About 55 miles of its 600 have beau in operation during tho past year, the western ferminus being at Holton, Kan.' Both its business and capacity on this ghort distance havo 1net the most sanguive expectations of its projectors. The Compauy bas recently been quite successfal in its nego- tiations in Europe, sud will recommence work in the epring with renewed vigor. The mana- gers of the road are sapguine thas their locomo- fives and caxs will rench Denver by the 1st of Tanuary. 1676. Altozether, the rilwey outlook ‘or Deénver, and Colorado gencrally, is quite ‘avarable. B CORPORATION TROULLES. Some interesiing litigation betwean two ex- sensive corporations in likeiy to occer here very shortly. ‘F'iie points involved are quite interest- g, and tho facts .upon which the caso is based wre substantially these : About a fortnight ago, s city was greatly startled, soon after day- areak, by'a loud report, which was immediately followed by the shaking of almost every build- ing within tho municipal limits, Maoy “persons imagined that tlic dotonation and couvulsion re- sultad from the explosion of a boiler in one. of the-lorgo planing-mills; whilo a for imagined that an earthquake had caused tbe commotion. Great excitement followed for a little while, and many Tasked excitedly from their dwellings to ascertain the canse of the agitation. An inves- tigation s0on ELowod that tho noise aud concus- sion had been caused through the bursting of iho heating apparatus attached to tho Pullinsn Jiceping-car * Dexter,” which bad just beex fued ap by the porter of the Sleeping-Car Company. The coach was elanding on 4 sidiog near the de- potof tho Kansas Pacifio Railnay, and was badly wrecked. portions of it being blown a quarter of 1 milo distant. Fortunately, no one was injured ; but, had the accident oce: 2n hour later, many pusscrgers would unguestionably have Seen badly wounded, or perciwnce killed. The Kansas Pacific Ruilway Compsany baul the sleep- ng-coaches over their road without chiarze to the Suiiman Company, agroeing to keep them in ro- >air, accepting a8 their recompense tho extra Jatronage thatis sccured through the attach- nent of these cars to their trains. The Palsce- Jar Company put their own conductors and por- ‘ors on the sleepere, to collect the extra charges for berths from which arieo their profits ; and ‘hese employes are also reguired to sttond to {lie waroung aod cleaning of the cars. This be- ing the casc, ths Kansas Pacific Railway Compar. ay refase to repair the injuries to the *Dexter, resulting from the recent explosion, claiming ‘hat the damages were not the result of ordinary §.car snd tear, or caused by anything in the cus- tomary line of railroad-accidents, but resulted solely from the carelessness of the Selsce-car porter, ao employo and sc- Jmowtedged agent of the other Company. This parcy, it 18 s2id, had strict orders to keep the fires in the eleeper constsntly lighted untd discontinued next spring; but, instead of U Sllowed them to go out the il before the ex Plosion, durwLg which time the wazer {roze in tne pipes of the Leating spraratus, 2nd bence the damage which reculted, and which, in the 1ggregate, amounts to §2,500. i CANAL ACROSS THE DESERT. Onc of the most stupendous engineering pro- jects that bave ever been contemplated in the i"u West is that which has recently beon iuau- | : n sufferings of Lumanity, a report was presented which contained s couciso history of over 100 cases of asthmatics, who had suffered from two to tenty vears cach, and who had been either entirely cured or groztly relioved by a residencs in Colorado. _ It. is mtended to embody theso 'in s pamphlst, and scud them broadcast throughout the United Siates. The genoral sentimeat of all thoso who suiered in tho East irom this terriblo discase, the asthmd, is, that relief was epecdy and permanent while they are bere. Some persons who claimed that Their lives were extreme tortures to them, especially while gasping for breath, came to Colorado, and, after & very brief residence, could breathe quite Treoly, and oxperienced 1O pain or oppression whateser. Others wero literally suatched from their graves to live many years in the enjoyment of perfoct health. Tho testimouy of each and | all'who had suffered wna uuivereal as to tho | great and speoedy effects of the climato of Color- { adoupon ssthma. Some of the physicians of ! Jong and varied practice in the Terntory, clsimed | that almost any class of pulmonary compiaint | will be beuchited, and often s radical curc ef- i fected if tho patients' constitution bs mot too | much andermined from the effects of the dis- | enso cre he or she axrivee. A particular warning ias issucd to those who are ruffering from almost any species of the heart-discase, of & so- journ herc would unquestionsbly prove fatal, Trom the fact that the altitudo and ranty of the atmosphere tend $o increase _pulsation and in- | jure tho valves of the heart, Tac facts that are { &-on to be put forth in this connection will be | of great value to mankind, and will reflect | credit upou those who have collated them. | ] . CAPRICIOUS LEGISLATION. To the Editor of The Chicago Tridune: Stz : *Capricious legislation is as much to bo feared as that which is induced by corruption. Generally it is more wide-spread n its effccts, and almost always has less reason to back it. In most cases corrupt legislation has some well- | defined object, the attainment of whick affects { bt comparatively few persons. Capricious logislation is almost invariably of an opposite charactor,—as weak in definiteness of purpose asitis deficiont In wisdom. The old saying, “ Don't whip your child when you are in a passion,” s & deal of wholesome philosophy init. Its observance is conducive to sound | parental government. Passion scldom does ansthing wisely, and its sequol is an everlasting undoing of what never ought to hiave been dove. A mod men may barm nobody if he keeps bLis passion to bimself ; but, if he acts under its im- pulscs, hie ia sure to go wrong and injure others. Caprico is & unreaconing as passion, and, as a legislative motor, il surpasces all others in power for mischief. Take the oulery raised agaivst tho late in- crease of ealarics 23 au illustration of Lhis sub- ject. Letall that has been urged against that act bo sdmitted, and still the leading demand mado for its repeal was an examplo of pure Ca- priciousness, full of mischief and danger, The peoplo were mad. This they had a right to be. They demandod repeal. This they had a right todo. Baut they bad no right to combine mad- ness with repeal. Keep the two thivgs separate, and they are well cnough. Fuse them in legis- Iative action, and they are wholly bad. A sim- plo repeal, with & revivor of the former acts reg- ulating tho salaries, would placa all of them that can bo constitutionally ulTected just whero thoy were at tho date of approval of theactof in- crease—the cpange faking effect, of course, from _snd. sfter the approval of the repesling act. Dat this was not the cavriciousdemaud which thundered about the cars of fnghtened Benatora ard Ropresenta- tives. A retrosctive repeal was the thing do- manded. Sioca the 4th of March last salaries had been drawn ns provided by law. The amounts S0 drawn wero lawful in every sonse of the term. When drawn, the money obtained thereby was agstrictly the private property of tho person in possession of it usany other of his funds, derived from whatsoever Tightfal source they might have been ; and Congress would have the same right to legislato & man out of his title to real estate as it wounld bave to require him to refund to the Treasury any part of his lawful salary. The Constitution says, ** The Senators eud Representatives shell receive a compens: tion for their services, to be ascertained by law. The compengation in this cass wes ascertained tobeat tho rate of $7.500 per annum, payable in monthly ivstallments. Ooe-twelfth part be- came due esch monib, and, whether drawn or not z¢ the time, becamo the rightful property of the member. If he should neglect to present it to the Governmont, that is one thing ; to taks it from him by force of law is quite s different thing. The pastis & sealod book 8o far as the galary is concerned ; the future 1s open for ac- tion. Whatever change may at last be settled upon, it can rightfully ake cifoct only from and after the passage of the law. If wroog Bnd cupricious action in the prosent exciting caso could spend its force upon the salary question, it =~ would be bad enough; but it cant stop there. The perpetration of wrong familiarizes us with wrong. What has beon onco done may | Le done- again, aud with_ farless hesitation. Uawarrantable action towards sajaries may lead to like action rolative to other interests. Legislative confiscations of portions of tnlsries may lead to hartful encroachments upon other property. 1f tho people may, bys capricious outery, force Congress to do & wrong in the former case, auother burst of popular pasgion may drivo it to nnlawful action in the latter. Now it may boealaries; hereafter it may peland. We makeno plen in jnstification of the Recently there bas been filed | inoreaso of salaries. That subject woare not discussing, Our point is, that Congress shall not go wrong in this case because of any alleged demand from those not clothed with the reapou- gibility of members of that b A coneorva- tive regard for well-settled principles of consti- tutional law, and a desiro to protect other and greater interests thun a Congresaman's salary from thoe ostablishment of a daugerous prec- cdent, are the inducements to ous ction. We know that members of Congress often shiver “in the blasts of popular fury. This is all. well enough: ' for- it some- times operates as. a wholesome. -check on ofiicial conduct. But we do ineist that tho cowardice which coutrols some men on such occasions sball not be carried into the laws of tho land. Whatever wrong was doue by tho passage of the execiated salary act of last Harch can't be undono by dangerous and unconstita- tional legislation now. A capricivus salary-grab mug not scck atonement throngh s uapricious legislative attack on the laws of property and of private nights. 1¢ a corrupt desire to obtain that which did not belong to them controlled the voies of somo members when back-pay was in the balance, it would be ecqually corrupt for votes to be_cast now for a retrosctive repeal from considerations of the probable effoct thereof on tho chances of ro-clection mext autumn. LEX. E e S| THE RAFFERTY CASE AND THE SU- PREME COURT. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Sm: On opening my to-day's TRIBUNE this ‘morning, T was pleased to sea that a member of the Chicago Bar, so promincnt and capable as LIr. Melville W. Fuller, had given expression to ‘somo of the ideas which every lawyer must have eutortained upon reading the * Judicial Out- rage ™ asticle in Tme Tu.BUNEOf the 25th inst. And it was certainly not less pleacant to see, by {he * Answer,” following Mr. Fuller's communi- cution, that Tae Tomuse does *‘mot call in question tho honor or tho conscientiousnoss of eitbier of tho Justicos of the Supremo Court who grantod the suporsedess in Rafforty’s case.” And farther, Tig Torouvs eays, * That they [the threo Justices] did their duty as thoy under- stood it, we havo no doub:; aud, in styling the supersodoas a8 an outrage, we did our duty as we understand it.”” Hero let us pause 3 moment, and see, if we can, whera tho * outrago” is; whether, in fact, any “ ontrago™ at all has been commtted in grant- ing tho writ. If there is no question ss to tho bonor or tho conscientiousuess of the Justicos (sad there is nono), aod if they did their duty 28 they understood it (of which there is no doubt), what possibility is thero for the existence of an “outrago” of any kind, 50 far as they aro con- cerned? Notany, unless it appears that they Sgha Justices) did not understaud thelr duty. Thie T Tuisuse does not directlv assert i and e the closing sentenco of tho “Answer” em- braces s vory extraordinary romatk (estraordi- pary for Wme TrosE), from which the very gorious chaige of incompeteucy may be fairly inferred. The whols sentenco was evidently written hastily and without consideration, and is in marked contrast to tho gonaral tone of THE ‘Tarpuse, which does not favor the too ofwen popular demand for the attainment of dosirod cods by any mesns. For the past doz- en yours or go, falso issucs aod wrong referonces Lave been smong :tho most pornicions of _tho ontrages, ' mistakes, and blunders markiug the history of the time. The *» poople,” it was nssumed, desired certain things done or undone, aad did not cars what agency—in fact, stood ready to hurrahb for any gency—that would accomplish their desira, 1f the Exccutive usurped legislative fauctions, what matter, 1f the legislation was right,—that is to suv, if it was popular. If the Legislatare usurped exccutive or judicial power, what difor- ence conld it make, if the endgn view was good, —that is to eay, popular, dnd waa safoly at- tained ? Aud if some of tho courts transformed themselves into political machines, was not such traastormation popular, and therefore proper, to sav nothing of its hsiu% required by the oxi- gencies of government,—that 15 to say, of tho Aduministration ; that i3 to say again, of the party in power ? But may we not hope that the 1imo is past when any respectable portion of the people will sanction in any such ontrageous usurpation ? Is it too much "to expect that now and hereaftor judicial questions, affecting either tbe life, liberty, reputation, or property of the citizen, however Lumbie he may be, ehall not be decided authori- tatively by Presidents or Governors, Generals or Corporais, town meetings, Boards of Sapor- visors, General Assemblics, or Houses of Con- gess? And 18 it too much toexpect of the press that it will not characterize as “‘an outrsge” a solemn official.act of throe of the Justices cf the Supremo Court in » matter iovolving buman lifo, aud where their duty to act is imposed by a plamly-wrijten luw ; unless it isable to show that n\:ch ‘act was clearly, or at lesst probably, wrong ? The [acts etated by Tne Tnmose are. I.sup- pose, unquestioned and unquestionable. Rafferty baws been triedand convicted no fewer than three times. Judges Scott, Sheldon, and Mc- Allister wero doubtless aware of those facts when they allowed the writ of error on tho 24th inst. Bat they had then nothing to do with those facts, Tbe record of the last trial waa then before them, and it was their duty to examine it carefully, and consider whether, on such record, there was reasonablo causo for the allowance of the writ of error prayed for. Whether Rafferty bad _one, or three, or fifty trials and convictions, did not, could not, affect the question then beforo the Judges. He, as woll as overy other man accused of crime, 1123 a logal right, not merely to a frial, but to a trial accord- ing to law. And the question, the only questior, for the Judges to consider, was, whether the trial, the record of which was before them, was, or was not, according to law. And it was their sworn duty to cousider it, and to urrive at an opinion if they could, and to express thut opiuion when found, withou! regard to_its present ur futuro popularity, and even without & thoughe a3 to what might be tue opinion of the “‘people™ or the langusge of the pross respecting the matter. _Novw, as THe TrIsuse * does not call in ques- tion the honor or theconscisniiousness of either of the Justices,” and basuo doubt ** they did their duty as thoy uuderstood it;” and, as it was clearly their duty Lo form sn opinion, cither that there was, or Wa$ not, reasonable czuse shown in the record beforo them for the zallowance of the writ of error, it would scem that there can be no possible fouudation for thoe charge of “outrage ” against the Judges, unless 1t be that thoy did not understand their duty. And, sare- Iy Tre TuisoNE doos not mean to aEgert serious- 1y that i understands the duty of a Justice of the Supreme Court, in the matter of granting writs of error in criminal csses, better than Judges Sheldon, Scott, and McAllister ? The warning threas in the last sentence of the * Angwor,” a8 has bocn already 1emarked, is not in the ordinary aud tiue spirit and tone of TrE Tppuse. Judging from past experience, it must be admitted thatit is quite possible the “ people” may find_ Judges who can takea broader_ viow of their Quty;” which means s Tooser view, & moro popular ” view ; and whicl finslly amounts_to this: that, when the multi- tude cry “ Crucify him,” the Judges, like Pon- tius Pilate, although they may sce that thero has been no tnal according to law, yet must not stay execution ; must not do their ‘duty as they understand it ; must_yield obedience, not to the law, the lighest evidonce of tho true, eober popular will, but to a vaice which is not law, and which may be neither true nor sober. ‘The law under which tho Judges acted, under which it was their duty to act, was not emacted for the benefit of Raferty, and is not tho work cf the Judges. If itis (inthe opion of THE TRIDTSE, seriously formed, after patiently road- ing and clearly understanding it) on ontrageous law, then it will perhaps be in Tnoe TRInUSE'S ling of duty tocall ita *¢ Legislative outrage,” and to suggeat to.the ** peopls " the propriety of electing gontlemen to' the General Assombly with views suiliciently broad to repeal the ‘*out- rago.” When weare called on to elect Judges again, it is possible that candidates may bo found who will pledge themselves either to “ broad views,” orto a ‘*strict construction of the law. It may be that some gentloman will present himself 25 a candidate from whom no assurance need be rojuired that he does not, nor ever will, understaud the luw at all. Possibly there may be candidates pledged to disregard the law when the ‘*‘people™ require it to bo disrejarded. But it 1s mot possilie that any candidate for iho Supreme onca will promise to repeal any law in the stetute-book. No demagogue seeking such a position, no matter how ignorant or unprinci- pled be mav be, will promi-o to repeal obnoxious or ** outrageous " lawa when on the Bench. No one would dare insult tho popular intelligence by making the *‘people " such a promise. If Judges Scott, Sheldon, and McAllister are bonorablo and conscientions' mea, aud, iu this writ-of-error matter, did their duty as they un- derstood it, then, in the name of law and justice, and of everything else that is or oughi to be sacred, why shouid the press, and especially Tue TrpuNe, have anything to eey sbout their action in the matter, except, “ Well doue, good and faithful servants," or words to thet eltect ? Surelv. surely Ter TRIBUSE can have no desire to see men, even one man, on tho Beoch of tha Buprems Court, who canld be swerved from doing his duty 28 he understauds it3-who would act officially on any understand- ing other th:an his own ; who would hesitate or falter in the path of duty through fear of any consequonces. _1f oo attempt should bo mxde to ovorawe or iutluence apy of our courts siter the fashion of the Wilkites when, they . attempted to overdwe the King's Dohch, whon the case of thoir leader, the notorions John Wilikes. was before that court, who among us would not rejoice to see the attompt ropolied and rebuked as Lord Maas- field repelled aod rebuked the muititudindus adherents of the populsr English demagogue? Givo mo leave, enid that great Judgo on that cat occasion, to take the opportunity, bafure fhis great and rospectable eudicuce, £o lot tho whole world kuow all_such at:ompts sre vain. Unlees we have boen able to find an error which il bear us ont to reverse the outlawry, it must be afirmed. The Constitution does pot allow reasons of Stato to infiuence our judgments: God forbid it should! e must not rogard po- litical consequences, how foimidable soaver they might bo. 1f rebellion was the cartain conse- Quence, we are bonad to ssy. ** Fial justilia, rual celum.” . . . . Noneof us have been consulted, or had anytiing to do with tho preaeat prosecu- tion. Itis uot in our pawer to stop it. Lt is not in otir power t0 bring it on. ¥ cannot pardon. \We are to say whal ice lake the law to be; and, if 10e do not speak our real opinions, we precar- Gate with Ged and our own consciences. b By all means let THE THIBUNE do its duty as it understands it ; but did it understand the duty of a Judge of the Supieme Court in tho maiter of an npblication for & writ of error wheu it uu- dertook to style the sllowance of tho writ ‘‘a Sudicial outrago?” I submit, very respect- fally, tint uz TRISONE wa3 wrong in that arcicle, and that it ought to do asthe Courls do when they discover aa error in the record: correct it. Iiat justitia, rual calum ; i. 6., to paraplrase rathor froely, Lot the law’bo oxecated, oven though Raffarty should not be exccutod uutil he has had anotuer tris), 3 trial according (o law, TULBER. Cizicaco, Dec. 37, 1873, Jouter, TiL, Dec, 15, 1673, ! To the Editor of The Chicago T'noune: Sm: I like Tur TnIsuye, but I donot like puch articles a5 the ono published in to-day's issue, Licaded A Judicial Quirage;” acd I.am surprised that, with all the usual good sense and judgment which bave so long characterized the management of Tue ToIpuNe, an article shounld Lo permitted denouncing the Judges of the Su- prome Court for simply deciding a law question. ‘Whether the question be in ths Rafferty case or any other, makes no difference ; the principle is all the same, The mob would say, No matter what tho law 18, hang Rafferty anyhow. But tho law and common senke step in aad say, A con- siction allowed sgalast v is pothiug worg oo less thaa jadicial murder. And, instead of denouucing” the Judges for ascertaining the law in suy case, we should bo thanktul that we have & Judiciary who have—in spite of the mob-gpirit which, for the moment, taies possession of tho people—the maulnces, tho courage, and tne independonce to decide each and sl questions presented to them, 2nd that, too, regardless of the man,or tho crime with which he stands charged. y And now, on reflection, is not Tre TRIBUNE of the opivion that it would be *‘a judicial oat- rage” to hang even Chris Rafferty 1f lis convic- tion be azainst law ? It is an old mazim of the Iaw, that It is better that nine guilty m>n should g£0 froo rather than onme innoceut min should suffer. But, whetber guilty or innocent, lot the Jaw lake its coume. Any other doctrine than this would most certainly bs **a judicial out- rage.” Mesmen oF TRE Banm, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Sm: In your issue of tho 27th inst. I notice a communication from M. W. Faller, objecting to the criticisms of the press on the sction of the Supreme Court in the Rafferty case, ag tend- ing to bring the Supremo Court into contempt before the publio ; and to-day there is another, to tho same effcct, from Mr. L N. Stiles, Now, sir, these very efforis prov conclusively to my mind that these gentlemen feel that the Suprome Court needs the aid of their pens to uphold Its action and to shield it from contempt. ** The eriticiems of the press bring the Judiciary into contempt,” forsooth ! As well might D. A. Gage biame the press for his fall from the high estate Do held in the minds of tho people ¢wo months agoto thelow degreohe mow Lolds. As well might our indicted Aldormen, and all other officers who have fallen in public opinion, charga their fall to the criticisms of tho press. Our laws aro supposed to be mada for the pro- toction of the life, liberty, and proporty of law- abiding citizens, and for the pupishment of murderors, thieves, and outlaws. The Judges are placed on e Bench to admnister these lavs, to the attainment of the end thus sought iu the most eflective manner. The peorle who created courts sud employ these Judgos are perfectly competent to nuderstand when that duty 13 well and faithfully performed, or when evaded, or when revorsed and their authority used to pro- tect outlaws; elso they are notcompetent to croate courts and cmploy Judgos. As officials are faithful and energetic in tho discharge of their duties, the people honor anil resnect them,—as witness the career of Judge McAllister in the Recorder’s Court of this city. To the houor and cstes n gainod by the energetic discharge of his duties in that office (and not by superior lozal loro or tho gquick dstection of clerical cxrors) does he owe his present exaliod position. ‘The grounds for the present superscdeas are not made public ; but. from the articlo of Mr. Btiles, one might infer that it was granted because, in gmnl.in§ the former supersedeas, tho Court ecided that the warrant for tho arrest of Raffeity was illegal, and therefore killing the ofiicer was homicide and not murder, and the jury should o have found. I think thofe are severil ques- tions involved in this which abould be more fully understood. Mauy people suppose a policeman bas authority to arrest any person in the act of commutting crime or misdemoanor, or that is suspected or acoused of the same, without other order than hisster. Rafferty's final arrest was 50 mado, end most of our thioves and burglare M‘S‘menled by the police without special war- rant, "At tho time Rafferty committed the murder, warrant was produced and read. The officer serving the wnit suppoaed it was legal; Rafferty believed the same, and had no cause for think- ing otherwise ; and commou sense would eay the watrant was legal asto Rafferty, o faras its filegality may be urged to_justify his killing tho officer. ~ Any other conclusion destroys the forco of all writs for arrest. If Refferty s to resist an officer in the execution of & Warrant for arrest, even to the killing, until the legality of the writ is fully proven, every otler uitizen 8 the samo right. A maxim of law is, that the in- oo tionof the accused at the Hme of committiag the criminal act has much to do in- aggravating or palliating the crime, and should largely gov- orn & jury in finding their verdict. If, therefore, Raffeity 18 justified in resisting an officor, be- lieving the writ logal, though really illegal, another person, under like circumstances, be- Tioving the writ illegal, though porfectiy legal in every point, would much more ba justified in re- sisting its oxecation by every means st his command. 1 hope you will continue to eriticieo our courts until our Judges betcer understand their dutios, or until our people become awaro of their use- lessnees and frivolity. Reasox. Cuicaco, Dec, 23, 1 i Honcy-Making Ants, Honry Edwards, in tho American Naturahst, gives an -interesting account of tho Loney: ‘eking aut of New Mexico. It appoars that the communities consist of threo distinct kinds of ants—the . the nursers or feeders, and the Loney-makers, The sito of & nest is nseally in sandy soil, and from 4 to 5 feet square. Tie surface of the ground 18 not disturbed, ard if it were not_for the presenco of tho ants the posi- tion of the nest wonld not be suspected. The black workers surround the nest as guards or sentinels, and ace always in astate of great nctivity. The form two lines of defense, moving different ways, their march always beiog aloug threo sides of & square, ono column moving from the southeast to the southwest corner of the fortification, while the other proceads in tho opposite direction. In most of toe nests ex- amined, tho esstern, western, and ncrthern sides were guarded, while the southorn side was Jeft undefonded. If an enemy approsched tho line he was at once ferociously attacked. A por- tion of the soldiers brought flowers and aromatic Jeaves and deposited them in the centre of the square, whence they were taken by thic nurses and carried into the nest. The houney-makers never leave their cells, their abdomen being too much swollen by the honey they contain. It i sopposed, but Lins not been proved, that sll the ants use this honey 25 food. e e —At Glpucester, Masa., & record is kept of those whej perish at sea in the fishmg flect, and once & yeat gervices are held in their memory. The record for 1873 is that 174 bave perizhed, and all tho pastors in the town have joined in the nsual ervice recently in the towa hall, IOWA. Address of the Anti-Monopoly State Com- - mittee to the F-iends of 2 - Reform. | Call for a People's State Convention. The Address. To the Friends of Reform: +When the wicked rule, tho paoplo mo-ro,” is a truism put into this form by the wisest of Turacl's Kings. If the mourning of the peoplo is evidence of misrnle, there is something ter- ribly wrong just now; for aver siuce the days of Herod has there been such a prolonged and dismal wail. Tt is idle to attempt ta catalogus the public crimo and misdemeanors under which we groan. It is, in fact, useless ; for wo cannot pick up a newspaper, either secular or Teligious, but our eyes are greoted with the familiar, bat hitaerto unheard of, names of Congrossional crimes, New crimes, that in sl history of misgovernment are without parailel and without names, are being every dav developed. * Credit Mobilier, ‘sal- ary-steal," ¢ land-grabbers,” etc., etc., aro names to distingnish unbeard-of and bitherto un- thought-of, and aucommitted crimes. Tho wicked Congresvioual Rings who have ‘been bribed to squander the people’s inberitance on soulless corporations and railroad-mounopolies are equally guilty with the sbandoned and ou- scrupulous guardisa who has given away the bented acres of his_ward to the public for fair- grounds, br to sporting clubs, for_driving-parks or beer-gardons. ‘Thoy bave exhibited a tiabol- ical ingenuity in iuventing and perfecting schemos for hoodwinking a patient and uucom- planing people; but it iy utterly impossible to cali each ono of our grievances by pame, for tho hist would “siretch out to the crack of doom."” T'he grievances detailed in tho immortal Dec- laration of Indzpendenco would pale their inef- fectual fires before tha saddor grievances we aro smarting under from the ruls of the bold, kad men who compose the legions of monopolics that are now preying on us, eating out our sab- siauce, and fliching from s our Lard-earned dollars. 1f tho peoplo wish tlus thing to cease, it will cease, for ** the fault is not in our stars, bat ourselves, dcar Bratus, that we aro underlings.” Tho people themselves mus% move in this matter ; ti.cy must have the will to break party- shackles, the courage to ignore old fparly adilia- tions, tho prudence to organize into & party, and the wisdom to coastruct such a platform zs every patrioi can proudly stand on and fearlessly bat:lo for. Tor tho peoplo to organize and use their best eudeavors to stom the tide of corruption, is not only o duty, but & necessicy. ** Choose this day whom yo will serve” is a Scriplure exhortation that it would be well for the old Democratic party to jointly and severally hear and heed, and that speedily. * Let them bring forth fruits meet for repentance ¥ for siu of omission in their remissness and noglect in attending elec- tions. Let them, with all their **might, mind, and strongth,” wheel iuto line, form into pha- Jaux, and work and vote for tlis new political organization, in their earnest endeavors for a better time, and & more couscientious adminis- tration of affairs by our pablic servants. Believing that the time bas come in Iows, at loast, that the new orgauization should be crya- talized and placed in Teadizczs for energetic so~ tion, I bave, aftor consu.ting with other mem- bers of tho Anti-Monopoly Central Committeo, sud with prominent men throughout the State, decmed it advisablo to call 2 State Convention of those who aro i accord with_tho Auti-Monopoly interest, to meet at Des Moines on tho 23th of February for consultation. “'he call will be found elsewhere in this paper, and ‘it is hoped that the friendscf reform throughont tuo Stato will =ce that full delsga- tions are sent from each county. N. M. Ives, Chatrman Anti-Monopoly State Central Committes. Pcaple’s State Convention. A Delegata Gonvention of all the voters of Towa opposed to the Radical pacty and Monobo- iy, wili be held at Desoines on Wednosday, Fob. 25, 1874 Tho basis of representation will be one dclo- gate for each organized couuty, and, in addition thereto, ono for cach 250 votes, or fraction there- of, over 100, cast ab tuo last election for the Hon. Jacok . Vale for Gavaruor. Thio object of tho Convention is to organize tho peoplo for the campaign of 1874, and to con- solidate all tho_elements in favor of reform in tho State and National Governments. 'All voters in sympathy with the objects herein set forth are cordially invired to participate in tho primary meetiugs, sod send delegates on the basis of representation herotofore siated. “ITho Committeo in the differcat counties will make arrangements for the appointment of dole- sates ; aud, to thisend, it i8 soggested that County Conventions be called a8 early a8 may bo practicable. . ML Ives, Chalrman Anti-Monopoly Stats Central Comumittee, CHIEF-JUSTICE WILLIAMS. CosTrpnuM.—Why is Attorney-General Williams like necessity Angwcr—De:ause ho knows no law. To the Editor of T'he Clacuao Tribune : = Sin: The offort to foist upon this country a man so notorionsly incompetent, 80_conspicu- ously ignorant, as Attornoy-General Williams, as Chief Justico of tho Suprome Court of ths United States, shows that the Iast days of our decadence has been reached. Probebly there aro no better judges of the ca- ‘pacity of lawyers than lasyers themselves, Thore aro mon whose reputations are blished, aad whose ability the Bar universally recognizes. But among these Attoruey-General Willisms is ot only not a shiningligLt, but he s nct a speck in the sky. Uxorial considerations have influcnced his eppointment, Domestic virtues are well in their place; but grave questions of constito- tioxal and iaternational law bave never yet been, s0d never safely can be, decided upon domestic considorations.” Attorney-General Williams has nover yet written an opinion which even the, veriest mearcher after legal curiosities would care to preserve. To the tender mercies of the tronk-maker and the paper-manufacturer will Attorney-General Williams' opinions be con- signed. Wo care to say nothing about bis car- ringe-bill. fle might bo lawser worthy, in point of legal ability, to Sl tle position of Chief-Justice of the United States, and etill drive his family at the ecpenso of the Govera- meat. To has not tae ability. A fow years’ experi- ence as Carcait Judge in remote nud unfrequent- ed portions of the country, where law-books are gcarco and law scarcor, hardly fits s man fora osition the most dignified known to jurispru- cuce. Probably, if Mr. Williams himself were cross-esamined, he would pot claim to bo & law- ver. Dlackstone is, to bim, a sealed book: Kent is o mystery; tho adjndications of Mar- shall and Story are things that ho knows notbing of. I8 it now Troposed that tho most dignificd Lmlicinl tribunal on earth shall be eaded by & man who knows no more law than iho veriost tvro at o law-school ? This is eaying nothing to the discredit of Attorney-General Will- inms. The trouble withal, which we have observed ig, that ko is true. And thero i noflawyer in this country, fit to form_an opinion upon & question 50 socious, who will not sgreo with us in the conclusions which we have stated. Mere dull obstinacy may insist upon his con- firmation by the Senate. Tlo judgment of the teople, whatever the Senate may do, will repudi- ate it. Judge Drummond, Judze Hoar, Mr. Evarta, aro great lawyers. Tho country recognizes them &b such. ~ Thoy would bring to the Bench large expericnce, incorruptible intezrity, a thor- ough Enuwledgé of tho principies of law, Neither of these qualities does Attorney-General Williams possess. He knows no la: He will not claim it for himself. His best friends, in their witdest moments of enthusiasm, will not claim it fur bim. ) " His integrity as a Government officer is 8o questionable that debate upon it elmply injures him. As for experience in jurisprudence, he bas had none. 1o wantsin every element es- geatial to a great Judge ; and, if we were to say precisely wast Attorney-General Williama 18 not, we wouid eay_precisely what Judge Drummond is. His confirmation by tho Senate wiube a scandal ; his Jeadership of that Bench will bn a0 outrage, which the people of this country will Dot 600a farget. H.F.C. e oo A Munificcent Bequest to the Poor of Sndianapolis. From the_Iniianapolis Journal. The bequest of $100,000 to the poor of Indian- apolia by Miss Bates, recently deceased, is an in- ltm'ehllug eventin our city's history. The be- quest of Miss Batesis the first of sny magni- tude that bas ever orcurred here, and it is traly & munificent one. There is & fitvess about it also, for her father, one of the early piotsers of the city, made nearly all of his large foittine by the rise of real estate here, and now,tbrough the noble generosity of thodaughter a portion comes back to blees tlio spot from which it was drawa. | ‘The bequest of Miss Bates 18 unaccomravied | by any written conditions or directions as to the digzribution, ber will being simply that $100,- 000 bo distributed to the poor of the city. brotlier, Mr. Hervey Bates, Jr., and Mr. Hadley, at such times and in such manner as shall seom to them best and **in accordancg with her wishes as expressed to ber brother.” We aro not juformed what those wisbes may be, but 1t s to be hoped that the executors of the bequest will feol at licerty to make suca dis- position of the fund as will insure its greatest sud longest usetulacss. It would seem that if possible 1t should bo kept togother and made tho basis of a permancnt charity, instead of being scattered or dispersed piecemeal. "SHOOTING AFFAIR. A Son of Ex-Conzressman fXoss Sheots the Deputy County Clerk of Fulton Connty, Il From the Fulton County (ILL) Ledger, Jan. 2. On Fridsy af:crnoon last an altercation oc- curred boiween Frank Ross and Peter Jtipp, in Lewistown, whizh resulted in Ross shooting Stipp. - The particalars are substantially as follows: Op Christmas night a party of young men were sitting in Simms’ confactionery stoze, in Lewis- town, engaged in conversation, when Frank Koss came in the room and took par: in the zonveraa- tion also. Peter Stipp was one of the party, aad Tiows seaing him, " provoked s quarral (th result of an old feud) ‘which torminated in & fight, in which Stipp was getting the better of Toss, when friends inzerfored aud separated the combatan:s. The bystauders are of *he opinion that Fiauk was uader the influsnce of liquor st the time, or he would not Lave conducted him- self in the manner he did. Friends of both parties thought the difiiculty was soltled, and gave the matter no further con- sideration ; in fact. Stipp humself did not en.cr- tain the idea that Ross sould 1enew the attack. But such was not the case ; for, on_Friday af- teracon about 3:30 o'clock, Ross, in company with a companion named Bart Harrison, a farm- er living near Levwistown, met Stipp at the west cntrance to the Court-House, and repewed the attack of the n 3t previous. We aro informed by those who witnessed the affray that Ross accosted Stipp ia & defiaut at- tirude and said, ** Btipp, I guess we had better seltlo that littlo difficulty we had last night.” Stipp replied, ** Frank, I don's want to fight, a3 you are srmed” Ross roplied, *Xo, I bio't; these aro all the arms I carry.” Well,” soys Stipp, “you can have eat- isfaction if you wish it.” At this juncture, Ross struck Stipp in the faco with his fist. Stipp returned the blow and felled Ross to the grouud, the same time dealing blows upon Ross’ face. Whilo tho two were fighting, Harrisoa interforred and pulled Stipp off of Poss—allowing Ross to regain his feet—but at the sama time Liolding Stipp upon tho ground by the shoulders. As soon as Hoss could secure s revolver (which was o small-gized one, con- cealod in his * hip-pocke:™) he presented it. Stipp saw Ross’ manouvres aad cried out * Har- rison, for God's sake let me go, Frank is goin to shoot me.” Harrison still retained s lmlg upon Stipp, and before he (8tipp) could release bimself from Harrison’s hands, Ross placea ta0 barrel of the pistol upon Stipp's broast and fired the shot. The ball which is commooly known as No. 22, pierced throngh the right lung, just above the nipple, lodging between the third and fourth rib, under the shoulder blade. _ Aficr the shot was fired Harrion released his hold and Stipp walked into the Circuit Clerk's oflica, a few foet distant, and_remarked to Ar. Worloy, County Clerk, that Frank Ross had shot him. Toes sail Harrison followed Stipp 1nto the ofiice. Stipp recognizing Harrison, said, * Harrison, if it hod not been for you, Frank would not bave shot me.” Harnson made no reply, but soon lost himself in the crowd. Ross advauced to Stipp, with hand extended, and tears in bis eyes, and 1mplored his pardon, saying, ** God knows, Pete, that I didu'c intend to barm you.” Stipp -grew very faict from the effects of the wound, and was conveyed to bis fathor's residince, on s lounge, aod medical 8id summoned. At first, the physician in attendance considered his wound a fatal one, and bis condition very critical. At Stipp's request Dr: G. W. Wright, of this city, was telegraghed for. who wont down on the evening train, accompanied by relatives of Mr. Stipp. The physician beld a loagthy con- sultation, and resolved to extrast the bali. Dr. Wright made known the deliberations of the counnel to Peter, who remarked. ** Well, I am in the bands of the doctors, aud whatever they think best, why, Il submit to.” D W. then, aided by the phvsicians in atiendance, found tha ball in ther locality we have stated, and extracted it. The wound was drossed, atd Peter rested the following night very satisfactorily under the circumstances. His plystcians now eatertain strong hooes of s ultimate recovery. Poter is » son of the Hon. J. H. Stipp, ex- County Clerk of this couaty, 22 years of age, and pow fills the Derutyahip in the County Clerk's offico ; be is well known in this commu- uity, haviag resided in this city maoy years. Mr. Stipp (his father), who was on his journey to Wellington, Kansas, where his sons, Goorge aud James. are eogaged in business, was recalled home by a telegrai. _Frauk is about 21 years of ago, and is engaged in_the mercantile business with s father, the Hon. L. W. Ross, ex-Gon- areeaman from . (his (tho Ninth) district. Both familics are highly respected, and are on very | friendly and social terms. Peter was restiug very comfortablo, at last ac- counts; and it is to be hoped thas the worst is. pussed, and that he will speedily recover. i Ross haa been incarcerated in the County Jail. No legal steps have been taken as vet toward tho prosecution of the prisoner. Bail was tendered for him, but was refuscd, to await the reauls of Btipp's wound. It is_reported here that on oIr.J. H. Stipp’s arrival home on Tuesday, hobal i- sou arrested and lodged in jail. CITY-DEPOSITS. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribunes Smm: The resolutions submitted to the Coun- cil by the Comptroller, at its last session, aro both compreliensive and practical. They pro= pose to denl with the surplus cash in the Treas- ury a8 a merchant or manufacturer deals with his. The latter obtains discounts from his bank in proportion to the amount of bis depomt and the strength of his credit. Most banking insti- tutions have s standing rule, that, other-things boing equal, each depositor obtains advances in proportion to the averazo amount of the cash- balances to his credit during the year. We se6 no reascn why the city should mot_de- posit its surplus funds in thoge banks which would be wilting to deal with it as with an ordi- nary merchant or manufacturer. Heretofore the fauds of the corporation have been used tor the benefit of tanks or individaals. At the samo time, the city has beon forced to pay high rate of intcrest to other banks ad - dividuals than those having the custody anduso of its funds. Tuo Comptroller's solo object is to utilize the city-depusits as o'mer- chant or mapafacturer would, If be can do &0 Without violating the city-charter, he will not only subserve tho best interests of the city, but bavo its surplus cash to suck: an extent unger Lis control 88 to reduce the chances of defalcation or tue losacs by suspen led banks Lo s minimum. One or two Aldermen objectod to the Comp- troller's plan, on the ground that tho sums to tue credit of cortain departments of the city womd be held ss collateral for any sdvances made by the banks. Bat, when the city is 1o need of funds, the practice has been to cee these go-called collatorals, or rather funds deposited, instead of to borrow upon them. lu which case thera is nothing left to be applied to meot the expeuses of thoe several departmonts to which these apecial funds belong. On the other haud, if the money were borrowed on the etrength of the geucral deposit-account of tho tho funds deposited to the credit of tho different departmenta wonld remain to be drawn sgainst in caso of noed. Nor could any responsible bank refuse to Lonor ths Treastiror's checks, any more than it could the checks of any depositor against his accouat, so long aa there wete any funds to his credit, uot- withstanding that the bank may hold his notes for large advances made to bim. Aaregards the Lability of the city to loss by suspended banks, no doubt it would be greatly lessened by the adoption of the plans of the Comptroller. A meichant who keeps a deposit- account at & bapk, and receives accommodations m the shapeof loans therefrom, very seldum loses by bavk suspension. He can eet off his deposits agaiost his notes, while the amint of the latter aimost always exceeds thay of the f.rmer. Take the case of thecity, At the time tho present Moyor and Comptrolier sssumed the direction of the finances, the city had out- standing _ $1,893,05¢ of motes pay- able, and about $1.000,000 on depos- it. ~Bo that, were this $1.333,95% borrowed it would havo stood in % eam oxcending 0.0 o4 to the banka fn he ooly kerious objection that we sco Comptéoller's rovolacions is, tat 1t 18- doeitie] whether the charter gives the Counc 1 power ta authorize the dayor aud Comptroller to de - nate the banks. If it does not, however, i hus ?;fi power todo o tealf, a3 il bo found w tas % sentecce in Secn or 5, of the a3t of Mareh 20, Joag. o 1 8 Cuaneet of ** The Treasurer maj bo required to k and il mwouors 1a hus hands, belo‘:;inhbfs:nafi city. in such bank or bauks, or other place or places of gencral deposit, of in such piacecr places of deposit, in the manner, and unoa thy conditions, and upon such rate of interest or otherwise, a3 the Common Council may from time to timo, by resolaiton or ordinancs, Pro- vide, order, ostablish, or direct.” Civis. DARING ROBBERY. Six Thousand Dollars Stolen from tic United States Express Come puny. £rom the Peorfa (I11) Transcriot, Jan, One of tho most u(.mgg, el fal, roboeries ever perpatrated in this o place yesterday afternoon, two paciazes of money, contaning in all 36,194 being stolea from the drgeage-car of the Pooria & Mock Is- land mail traiu'which leavos this city for tha northat 2p.m. Tho United States Exoress Cnmrnu_v pay the railway company 80 much an- nually for cartying their goods. and tho rail- way comrany faroishes a messsager wha 130 acts as baggageman. Yestarday afteraoon William Fancher, the F. & R. I bazzazeman and mossenger, had & nambor of pacxages of mone;in_bis safe, 8ad amoug otnozs o.e con- taining 85,400 avd another 3794, Befors the train starced Fancher was counting thess pack- ages, and remacked to Nich lus Biegel, mai car- rier for the Post-Office, ** This package,” holding uptho 5,400 one, ** would come good thess bard times” In the car at the timo, besidos Fancher and Biegel, was an elderly man who way purchasing soms cigars from Jordss, o train- Loy. The car has a smoking compartmant in ous end and soon after Pancher stepped into it, Jeaving his safe unlocked. When ha retarnod he again counted his paciages aad suddenly ox- claimed : My God! Soms onshaa stolen two pack- 2508 of mouey from this safe.” Poiiceman Murray was at once summoned,and he searched bozh Fancher and Jordan, but did not find the moueg o either of them. ' Tha man w00 was purchasing clzars, weut out at tno same time Faucher did. and Biegei o moment or two before that time, #o that no suspicion could rest on them. Fsncher ad Jordan wero tauen to tho county jail, where tliey are now contined. Tnoy both Ktroagly protest their innocenco. Tha for.aer is said to have borne a good caaracter, though he has baen in the employ of the railway company but a short timo. Of tho latter, 1 youth of about 18 years of age. but hitlo ir known, as Lo has been on the rosd but a shori time. 1t 18 evident that if either of them stol¢ the money, he must have lad a confederato, t¢ whom it was given as soon as taken. _ Laten.—About half-past 10 o'clock last even- ing, Deputies Gill, Kimsey, and Crouse arrested William Bizancin' Rouss's Hall, whither he hai gono with a femalo companion to attend thr Cecilian ball. Bizant was & bagzage-master aod express-messenger on the P. & B. 1. Ralwayng- til 1ast Tuesday, when e resigned his position and was paid off. He recommended Fancher ta tho position, and it appears is well acquainted with him. Ho went to Galva on Tuesday, bt re- taraed to this city yesterdsy morning. How ha got here no onc knows, 08 he was nok seen on say of tho traws, yestorday, on the Peo- ria & Rock Island. He' was searched at the fail and £3.75 in bills fonnd on his person. The evi- dence sgainst him, wo aro told by the officer, ix vory strong. Tho lstter spont all last night seurching for the stolen monoy. ILLINOIS NEWS ITEMS. Kane County is taxed for3364,308 for this year —an increanc of $69,000. —The old Presbyterian Church in Belloville it being transformed iato a city ball. —L.ast year Peoria packed 104,000 hozs. Thit year the number will ot reach over 75,000, —Elias Tiliotson's grain elevator, at Jersey- +illo, waa consumed by fire Suaday mcroiag, to gother with s quantity of grain. Loss from $10,000 to 312,000. —'Tho ministers of Rockford have zzreed, un der no circumstances, to sign their names {ot boulie, at the raquest of canvassers, for the pur- pose cf inducing other porsons to purchase, aad 2s & recommendation for their books. —Chicago will have to look to her Isurels oz the divorce question, or elas Clark County, over on the Wabash, wulget abead of her. The Marehall Messenger=ays that Judge Davis grant. ed twency-oeven divorces at the late term of Court. —Tho Aurora National Banks have azain ap- plied for an injnuction againat tha taxes levicé against them by tho local authorities, claiming that, under the United States law, which speci- fics that their paymonts to the General Gove ernment shall Lein liea of sll taxes, they are exompt. s —Upon our table is & freight bill which ir worthy of study by the next meetiogof the Anti- Monopolists. It i3 the charges from Baltimore to Dixon on 600 pounds of goods. From Balti- more to Chicago the chargea are $1.93, and from tho latter cicy to Dixon the expenses were $2.63, Z_Dizon Telepraph. —The Kane County Board of Supervisora mest adjourned ssssion noxt Tuesday. Tha sossion will be ona of unusual interest. Tae question of receiving into the Tressury money now heid by tho County Frensurer as a special deposit frox Gen. J. F. Farnswoith will be discussed, sné robably dec.ded. The Sherifl’s allowances will Ee very sharply debated. —aswo understand there is a decided intention upon tho : art of some of the members to attack tue Sheriil's aceoaats,— aspocial'y the allomance now mado foz boarding prisoners.—durora Beacon. —In the Circuit Conrt at 2Iurphersboro, on tho 19th ult., the case of The City of Carbondat vs. The Holders of Carbendale City bonds abich Las been pending a number of months, was decided in favor of the plauntiff, which, it effect. declares all such boods worthless, It wil be remembered that these bonds were issucd io complianco with an_agreement catered into be- Lween the City of Carbondale nnd the Southern Illinois Normal University Commissioners, ta secure the location of that institution in that city. The caso will probably bo carried up to 8 higher court. S Some neighboring farmer owns a dog—a noble looking shepherd dog, with one decidedly unpleasant eccentricity, 1t 18 a passionror jamp- 10z throngh show-windows or plate-glass doors. While Ivine quietly in Rogers & Co.'s dry goodt store, a whilc since, tho passion_ seized Lim, and in an instant be dashed through the:r glass door and was off before they could know what hsd bappened. On Christmas day be celebratod that joyous auniversacy by taking a rua from across the street and .lunging through the elegant glast door of Mr. H. R. Jones & Son, landiug in the middle of the store, wazwing his tail and looking around with evident prida in his great zchierc- mont. That dog bad better confine his wander- ings, hereafter, to the rural precicets T asa town dog ho is not a success.—Sycamore Republican. —_— Change of Climatc in Scotland. From the London Lancet. At the first meetiog of the Edinburgh Botank cal Society for the winter, Ir. James )l:_n:me Carato- of the Royal Botanic Gardous, deliveru! an address on tic ckauge of climate north of the Tweed. Cledonis, **stern aud wild " as she iz, bas witnessed, during the last fifty years, much loaseuing of the summer Leat. Prom this casse. peaches aud nectatines caunot be ripened to the tame perfection in the vpen air as formerly, while asparsgus. mushroorms, and tomatoes aré gradually disappeanog. The r k-rose and the common myrtle are rarely tot met with, and the almond, which ut obe tine Luwerod 58 lTox- uriantly »8 in the suburbs of London, ®iil not now ses its flower-bude. The larch, o s]uu of fhie enormous quantities of secd aonmaliy - ported, 18 declining in vigor. and there is3 taik i eubscitating for it cho Vellingtonis a8 3 nurse-tree. For:y years ago the black Heuporiza grapo, the black mulberrs, sud the fig ripened B sonthern esposure of Edinburgh s well 28 in Londoo, but now fire-flues are sn essentis! condition to their coming to maturity. Wit this change of climate there has bean 2 alters tion in the typoof dieease, but we are stll in need of anthenticated dataas to the extent 88 which this has taken place. Mr. 3acnab's fro- posal, that = Contral Committee ehould be ap- Pointed to inveatiga®s {he whalo subject of t5e changs of climata iu Scotlacd, will, wo bope, b cattied into effect. An Election for Postmastcre The Postmaster a¢ Manaseas, Vs., Latiog 1o signed his position waa asked by the sza;?r ment to recommend & suitablo pereon a8 Lis successor. Being unwillicg to xcwmmcm! 1;.' ono without testing the desire of the people ho crdered an election for tho purposs. 1be voline Was without referonce o party Lines. and therd were very fewof the wives and daughters of the prominet citizens of the village that &4 B8 improve wle first chanco Vicgiaia ladics 6426 U0 to exert the right of suffrage. The restit of P20 elootion vas very much as anticipated. A lareet vote was polled then was ever cast at an? Presidential or Btato contes’, and of from banks with which the city had deposited, and that all of thess banks had suspended, it would not have lost a dol. On the contrary, % Votes csst a young lady by the name of 3 10 ceived 303 to ‘her male upponent’s 25 H i H i H i H i H H 3 i i H i b ¢ i ! } i TN R AR SRS i SR TR R 7