Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 9, 1874, Page 4

" might paea froely botween the lakes and tho 3 1 TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TENMB OF AUNSCRIPTION (PAYADLE IN ADVANUE). Rt Partsof a yosr at the samo rto. o provont dolay and mistakes, be anre and givo Post Dffico addresa in tull, including Btate and County. Remittancos may bo mado either bydraft, ozpreas, Post Difico ordor, or In registered lottars, at our rink. TERMR TO CITY BUNACRIDERS, Dsily, dolirerod, Buudsy excopted, 25 conte per wack, Dally, delivorod, Sunday Incindod, 30 cont per wook, Addross THE TRIBUNKE COMPANY, Coxnor Madiron and Dearhorn-ata,. Uhleago, il TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. '8 TILRATRE—Madlson_streot, botween DT Bratgs - Lusaqsmonval Tomsssso Balvial. “+"La Morto ivile. * ACADEMY OF MUSIU--Halstod atreot, botwoen Mad- o and o D ingaganiont (of It (Ar Sothern. ’;';'lfimfé'mu Forsicd ‘and Nottlod," and’ ¢ David Gar. b QOLEY'S THEATRI-Tandolnh atreot, totweon Ol 2 Lo, ‘Rugugomiony of iss Avgusia Dar- gon. * Uuy Manboring. GLOBI THRATRE—Dosplalucs atreot, botmeon Mad: Iion-Amd. Wasiington. angnuemont. ‘of Miss Allss Harriton. \*Tho Doy Dotectiro. t, between i gt "Minstrolsy aud comeall- MYERS' OPERA-HOUSE Dearbori and Stato. Afllh‘l@n Hilnatsos." * Simplo Snion. o The Chicago Tiibune, Friday Morning, January 9, 1874 Tho Department of tho Interior, of which Harlsn was, and Delano is, Secretary, Lias natur- ally fallen under suspicion. The Committeo on its oxponditure have dotormined, it is said, to mako an investigation, nand expect to make un- plessant disclosures. e —— Bonator Pratt’s smondment to tho salary-grab bill, providing for & reduction of the pey of Congressmon to 5,000 & yoar, and tho roim- bursemont, by mombors of tho present Con- gross, of tho oxcess over that rato ‘which they have rocoived sinco lsst March, was defented sestorday in the Senate by a vote of 45 to 14 LA Dhere was a dobate in the Stato Sonato yoster- day o8 to whother the schedules of reasonable rates prepared by the Raiirond and Warehouso Commission Lad suficient legal snnction se thoy stood, or neodod to bo enacted into law by tho Logislaturo, Tho question was finally sub-~ mitted to the Judiciary Committee for ifs opin- ion, ——ereees Tho cant of Republicanism is still indulged in by tho Spanish authorities, The Minister of the TIntcrior yesterday addeessed & circular to his subordinates in tho proviuces, and averrod that tho principnl object of the Governmont was to show that the Republic and order wero compat~ ible. How much Republican lonven Caatalar thinks thero is left in tbe lump is shown by his refusal to join Figuorss, Salmoron, and Pl y Margall in reorgsuizing the Ropublicans, Postmaster-General Creswell's fertility in de- vising schemes for goiting the telograph and savings bank businees of the country into his own hands is accompamed by a fortunato ina- bility to induce other poople to believa in them. e was beforo the Baukiog and Curroncy Com- mitteo yestorday, expounding the advantagoes of tho Posta] Savings Bauk project. The Commit- tee showed their appraciation of the schome by voting by a large majority not to recommend it ‘o Congtess. A county organization bas just been effected by tho farmers of Pike County, in this BState. Tho resolutions which wero adopted contsined, ‘m addition to o reafivmation of tho most of the slatform of the Deeatur Convention, au urgent recommendation for the improvement of tho Mtisgisaippl River and the Tllinois River, and tho Minols & Michigan Canal. The last should e so improved that vessoels of 500 or 60D tons lisglogippi Rivor. The formors of DoKalb Jounty yesterday held their firat sunual meeting. Gov. Davis, of Minnosota, discusses the trans- portatien question in his inaugural meseage He unmes tho Milwaukeo & 8t Paul and the Chicago & Northwestorn Rosds as baving at- ‘empted to control the vslue of products and o limit their market, They have also wltogether disregarded tho law of 1871, which proseribed rates and forbade dlscriming. ‘ions, Mo does not hesitate to eny that the ul- limato remedy for such transgressions may be found to bo the confiscation of the roads by the State, Meanwhile s constitutional amendment should bo adopted providing that companies benofited by State logislation should thereby becomo subject to Stata control, 1Ir, Gage was formally indicted in the Crim- inal Court yesterday, by the Grand Jury, for per~ Jury and failure to turn over the public money. The perjury charged against bim consfeta in his baving mistakenly sworn, Doc. 6, that there was & balanco of $1,118,110.49 in the City Trensury. The amount which he is indicted for failing to turn over is §507,708.58, but $147,000 is in threo banks which have suspended. Alr. Gago's bail was fixed at $10,000 on the indictment for per- jury and $100,000 for the other. In fixing tho tatior bail, tho Court oxpleined that it was not made larger, as it soemed to be admitted on all hands that the bouds and proporty made over by Mr. Gago would fully indemnify the city for all 1t had loat, The names of G. G. Iogan, Director of tho Memphis Poor-House, and Houry A. Gradby, ais negistant, shonld be pregorved in the pages of kome American Dickena, Thoeo two worthies woshown by the Grand Jury which has boen looking into the Momphis Poor-House to have practiced oruellics which make the story of Olivor Twist scem & comedy. Black and white, snuo aud crazy, healthy aud diseased paupors eroall horded togather worae than boasts of tho field. Their food s sesnty und unwholesome, tho distinctions of sex are overlooked with ro- volting consoquences, and men and women, siek sud well, are kicked, cuffod, and beatan in the most inbwman stylo by their keepors, Thia paor- houeo Is cestainly, as the Grand Jury sy, o dls- graco not only to Momphis but to the whole coun- try. The Chieago produce marketa wero generally less activo yustorday and averaged oceler, Mess pork was quiet and 20@250 per1001ba lowar, clos- ing ot $14.60@14.05 cash, aud $14.80@14,85 sollor February, XLard was loss active, and 10@16c per 100 1bs Jower, ot $8.70@9.75 cash, and $8,95 @9.00 sellor Fobruary, Meats were quiot at Bi¢a for shouldors, 73{@7}40 for short ribs, 75¢o for shost clear, and 9X¢@10}o for sweet pickled hams, Drossod hogs wore in fair demand, but 100 lowor, ot £0.40@0.60 per 100 b8 for hoavy, Highwines were less active and 340 higher, at 95)go por gallon. Flour was stroug and quiet, YWhoat was leow aative, and avoragod a shndo highor, closing ut £1,203¢ cash, and $1,263¢ sollor Fobruary. Corn was quiot and unchanged, olosing atrong at 60 @G0No casly, and 57Ye sollor Fobruary, Oats wore moro active and a shado easlor, closing at 897{c cash, and 40340 sollor February, Ryo was quiot and firmor, at 78)¢@ 700. Barley was moro active and strongor, cloaing at $1.45 for No. 2, and #£1.24 for No. 3, both on 20 storago. Live hogs were dull, and cloged wenk at 5@10c decline, or ab $4.06@5,60. Coitle wors weak and irrogular, Bhoop were quict and ensler, T'he Rallrond Iaw of Towa has boen eustained by the United States Buprome Court ns far as to bo declared not i conflict with tho Fed- oralpowar of rogulating commorco botwoen the Btatea. This law requires the rallroads to flx their tarilfs ovory Soptombor, make them public Dy posting at all tho stations, and to adhere to thom honeatly. A suit brought againat tho Chi- cago & Northwestern Rond for violation of those provisions, and decided againat it, was carried by the Company through the Btate Courts to tho United Statoa Supremo Court on tho ground indi~ cated above. The Suprome Court have decided that the law doos not attompt to rogulate com- merco botwaon tho States, but is only & polico rogulation such as a’State may alwas enact. The Cowrt go further aud intimate that, oven if it were & regulation of commorce, tho Iaw would bo valld until suporscded by logisla- tion by Cougross. e The Italian opora scason is now nearly upon us, But two moro of Balvini's performances ro- maln to bo givon, and then the Italisn {ragical drama will bo followed by the Italian lyrical drama, Tho troupe has now been long enough in this country to fix ite reputation, and tho uni- versal testimony from all tho cities whero it hns porformod agrees in doclaring it ono of the boat which has over visited this country. Its reper- tolre, which lina beon alrendy announced in theso columns, i8 an unususally attractivo one. Inad- dition to this, Mr. Strakosch Las mado 8 ma- terinl roduction an tho rates which AMr, Marotzok would iave charged had ho come Lere. With an exceptionally strong troupe, therefore, 8 roper- toiro fall of popular works, and & rossonable charge, Nilsson ought to recoive a hoarty wol- come, especially as it is hor firat sonson of opera here. A Now York clergymon; o fine singer, recontly visited & mod-house. An {ncurable wmanise rushed ot him, shouting “ TN Kl you.” Tho pronchor swootly sang ** Our Homo in Heaven.' In two minutes, the lunatic, after going through various listoning, relaxing, and weeping stagos, allof which ara carefully deseribed in the pu- thetic account befora us, * coiled up on hia bed of ragasaquictas o child.” This is tho koy- note to a groat truth. There is no oxcuse for o mon who is murdered bereaftor. Since all mur~ dorers are fnsane nowadeys, & pordon whose life is in danger has but to grasp tho jowsharp iu his pockes or tho banjo slung upon his back (we take it for granted that no rongonable man will lereafter be without theso weapous of dofense), strike tho note, and pipe forth ** Our Home in Heavon,” Thus will he escape the danger of boiug sent to find that home. In two miautes lus nasnilant will be **cofled up asquiol 28 & child,” and can then bo easily sent by a woll- aimed blow to that blessed land wore a super- sedeas 1s unknown and scoundrels get their dues, Attornoy-General Williams, at his own ex- ponee, has extricatod President Grant from a disogrecablo position. Tho latter was in danger of Laving it made koown to the world that lo had mado o pomination to tho Chiof- Justicoship 0 glaringly unft that ovon & Ropublican Sevate, which could put Cam- oron in Sumner's place and copfirm appoint- monts like those of Sickles and Tom Murphy, could not stomach it. Williams offers himsolf a8 u sacrifion iuseod of the Premidont, apd requests tbat his name may bo withdrawn by the lattor. The reasons which he givos for this step aro that tho floodgates of calumny have been oponed on Lim, and Lo fears that the storios which have been told about him might cmbarrags the Preaident's Administration and hinder himself in the position of Chief-Jusice. Totter and truer reasons he could not Lave of- ferod, sud Alr. Willisms may now retire from public view olated with the proud consciousness of baving earned popular applause and gratitude by the easy but eccentric device of declining an otlice for which he was not fit, The Gas Inspeotor, in his report for the ‘month of December, eays : * The moasuremonts of the lluminating power of the gas furnished by tho Chicego Gaslight and Coke Company give vory difforent results ot difforent times, as Iollows : Dec. 30, 11 o'clock 2, m., 1i-candlo power. Dec, 31, 11 Gelocit 8, m., 0-candle power, Jan. 4,11 0%ctock 3, m., 1é-candlo power. Jan, 8, 10 oclock a, m., 12-candlo power, Jan. 6,11 o'clock 8, m., 11-candlo power.” The report of tho Inepootor may b entiroly correct, and wo prosume it is, but it is not to tho point. Peopladon’t burn gas, or want gas, or csre to know tho candlo-power of gas at 11 o'clock in the morning., If the Inspector would 8ot Lis photomotor at work at 6 o'clock p. m., and ascortain tho illuminsting power at that Lour, when overy one is tryiug in vain to see by it, it would be to some purposo. Tho average at. 11o'clock in the forenoon is abous 12-candle power, Now lot ue know if theaveragonat 6 o'clock is (not 12-candle power, but) as poworful a8 & good, honest, old-fashioned tallow candle. ‘Tho Inspector will confor o favor upon the com- munity if he will chango his office-hours floug cnough to establish this fact, The eapocial duty of tho State Constables of Maesachusetts is to enforce tho Btato Liquor law in Boston, ‘They have made an occasional rald on some of tho worst Aaloons, but have sorupulously spared the hotel bar-rooms, After each selzure the city press tooma with indignant lotters from varions Mikes and Patrioks, do- manding that what Wendoll Philips calls tho gilded grogshop of Boston," alias the Parker Foueo, shall bo mado to suffer as much as their shonty-saloons have. Tho domand has at lust beon hosrd. On Monday, two days beforo the Legielaturo mat, four Conslables captured tho Parker bar-room, and seizeld about #1560 worth of liquors, It is said that twonty mombors of thio Loglalature, all of whom voted for the Pro- hibitory law, were in tho 100m when the Con- atablos ontored. Tl wine-collar, the contonts of which are worth $60,000, waa laft untouchod, —possivly because there threatonod to ho & riot. ‘Two otlor flrat-claus ealoons wore also seized, All threo wero reopenoed the samo aftornoon, Boaton's now Magor apoko his inauguaral pieco tho noxt day, He sald that tho Laquor law was “ gbnoxtous snd queationable,” and its failuro ‘‘complote and consplouous,” Tho fournals back the Mayor heastily, Ono of them pub- | Aae LRALULWU, Lallix LRIBUNE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1874, lishes somo unplonsant tmths about adultora- tion In ordor to prove to thoe publio that thero Is denth fn tho ter-pot and safoty only in tho beer-mug. e e BALTIMORE & OHIO, Tho publio Linve beon intorosted spoculntors of the fight betwoen the Baltimore & Ohlo and the Pennsylvanis Contral Railways, which hns ro- eulted in an oxtraordinary cheaponing of frolght aud paesonger fare botweon Ohicago, Clucinnati and 8. Loufy on tho ono hand, and Pittsburgh, Thiladolphia, Baltimoro, and Washingtou on tho othor, Tho quostion is naturally usled, Which ean hold out longest ? To answor this question ‘wo must inquire which of them has the groater resources, and which s burdened with tho smaller amount of Nabilities, buaring in mind that the ssme rules which apply to tho easo of tho Ponnsylvanin upply also to tho other groat trunk lines botwoon tho Wost and tho roabonrd. It i only necassary to group tho prosout finan- clal oxhibits of tho corporations which are main. 1y parallol nnd are competing for tho enmo class of business. Tho table le instructive: Miles | Canital Roads, loperated| ~ atock, Total Debts, {cap. & debla N.Y. Cont,| 851 (£89,428,300]510,400,6001§103,024,300 N.V.&Eriol 1,001 | 80,634,910 41,729,070( 118,205,079 Poutnylva,| 1,605 n:x,m,nu':l 9)380,887| 110,658,824 Balt, & 0..) 1,101 | 10,711,00). 10,100,087] 40,080,087 Dauriug tho yoar, the Now York Contral and Now York & Erie havo bnd o sovoro strugglo to moot their current obligations. The Pennsylva- i Road obtained from tho Loginalature last April suthority to increnso its debt avd capital stocl by $86,000,000, and in Octobor paid its dividend in gerip. The Daltimoro & Ohio Railroad in that samo period paid out of its own curront and ace cumulated oarnings a cash dividend of 10 per cont; oxponded $10,000,000 cash in now rolling- stock, bridges, slocl tracks, and now roads; ro- duced its indeblodness, und added §2,800,000 to its surplus fund, Discarding fraclions, its gross earnings in the year woro §15,5600,000 ; oxponsas, £10,000,000; not carnings, $5,600,000, Of the year bofore, the et enrnings woro 5,000,000, Deapito the extraordinary oxpendituros, the Com- pany addod $2,882,000 to its surpius fund, which, on tho st of October, 1873, amounted fo $29,- 034,403, The Company enjoys a credit, at homo and abrond, suporiorto that of any other rail- rond compouy in tho United States. It does businoss on tho eash principle. It buys end Luilds with its own money. It has now under conatruotion a road through Ohio and Indiana to Chicago, which was progressing during the whole season of the panie, and will be completed hero during 1874, Now compare this condition of business with that of tha other roads : The New York Contral Company has to pay out of its net earnings ioterest and dividends on £100,000,000; the Now York & Erie on $118,- 000,000; tho Penusylvanin on $116,000,000; and tho Baltimore & Ohio on $26,000,000, In eddition, tho lattor Company has an invested surplus of 29,000,000, and the othors have nono. Deapito tho obatacles placed in ita way by its xivals, it forms now ono of the four great trunk lines from tho West to the Atlantic. Itis alroady ablo, even with a circnitons route,’ to carry pas- songers and freight from Chicagoto thesesboard at 8 profit for less monoey than any of its rivals. It ean doliver flour, grain, and provisions on board the Liverpool steamor at Baltimoro ab rates that neither of its compehitors, uor any other railroad built and oper- nted on the watered-stock basis, can attompt. It tho New York Central, Now York & Erio, and Pennsylvania Roads cannot afford to tako a pas- senger from Chicago to Now York or Philadel- phia for less than $2U, or flour atless than $1.25 por barrel,—and these rates aro actually necessa- to mako a profit,—it follows that the Baltimore & Obio Road, baving topay dividends on but oue-fourth the amount of debt and capital, can porform the same transportation at much less. Eastimating tho oporating cxpenscs on all the roads to bo the spme, and oqualing two-thirds of the gross receints, ouch of the thres roads hos to pay interest ond dividends on four times tho amount of capital and debt that tho other road has to satisfy, Consequontly, what is but living profit to thom is so large profit to the road doiug business on o cash basis that it con always carry for lesa ratos, and compel thom to run at a loss, if compeling for the same trade, ‘Watered-stock is a fraud, aud the Baltimore & Ohio Road is the dotectivo officer dostined fo ex- poso it. CONGRESS AND THE GRANGERS, The most reasonsble and conservativo domand that hes been made upon Congress on the part of tho farmors {8 contained in o memorial inaned by the tate Grange of Wisconsin, and now cir- culating among the nunor Granges of the Stote for signelurea, This memorial sots forth dis- tinctly tuat the petitionors Love no desire to ‘mako any other domands than those which Con- gress has an unqueationod right to provide for, —n position which gome of the formprs’ conven- tions have iguored. Tho memorialis othorwise in keoping with this consorvative spirit, for it ouly calls upon Coungress to put the national water-chonuols in condition of which thoy aro suscoptivle for relieving the ovils and abnsos of trousportation, It represents that to leave these naturel thoroughfares unimproved will bo not only to continue the prosont obstruc- tion to commeree, but in tho naturc of & subsidy to private railrond corporations at tho oxpense of thopublic. It remiuds Congress that theso ere the only mosns of transportation to whiok it may legitimately turn its attontion, and it might bLavo gono still furthor, It it had told Congrows that tho investment of balf the amount in tho improvement of the national thoroughfares of tho conntry that it Las thrown sway in railvoad and steamship subsidies would have uvarted ths presont bitrden upou tho producers of thae coun- try, the suggostion would uot havo boen far wroug., What tho Wikconsin Grangera spooific- ally potition for is the speedy improvemont of the Misaiesippi at it its wmouth, and at other voiuts on the river whero the General Governe ment has begun work, and also the improve- mont of the Fox aud Wisconein Tvers, With- out reforenco to these parliontar recommondas tlous, the epirit of tho Wisconsin memorial is. one thut the verlous Grauge organizations should imitate. Unity of purpoge fu thia respods will further the claima of the farmera evory~ where. Edwin TForreat loft s large sum to be dovoted to founding an asylum for “disabled” notors and gotresses, Tho Trusteos undor tho chartor granted by the Penusylvasin Legislaturo pro~ poso to utllize tho boquest (loss, of course, tha cash absorkod by the Legislaturo for itd sorvicen in votiug tho charter) at once. They will put up s flue buildlug at Spring Brook, Mr, Fosveat's country-soat, and throw it opon to all applicants who havo ovor strutted moross a stugo, This will bo o great gift to ox-stars and ox-aupors ; but & groater one to the publie. Paor-laws, poor-hoases, ssylums, eto., gouarally promoto {dlgaess among the olasses thoy: aro Intended to benofit. If the Forrost Adylum inducos a good- Iy pet of tho prosont raco of actors tollve in idloncss, how deaply indobted will bo the peoplo who now havo to boar with their muttorings and ravings, Whon thelr savinga aro exliausted, thoy ean euully goin admission to the rotreat, for ench ono can produco aftidavits by the score to prove his own total “ digability " for tho profession, PEDIGREE OF THE SALARY-GRAD, An oxamination of the voten in tho Houge of TRoprosontativos upon tho increaso of salarios doveolops somo intorosting facts, The bill (Logislativo and Executive Appropriation bill) first passed tho House without affecting thoso salories; an attompt wns mado to increnss the Prosident's salary, but it was signslly defontod. ‘fho Honato amended tho bill by incrensing tho ealaries of some minor officors, When the bill waa roturned to tho House, it wag, with the Senato amondmonts, referred to the committes of tho wholo Houso, In that “Committee of tho Whole,” where no record is kopt of tho votos, this raseality bogan undor the leed of Bon Batler, who offored au smendment fo the Senale amendments, providing for tho salary-grab, It way adopted in the Commillee, aftor miduight, bya voto (counted) of 81 to 68. Whon the Com- mitteo roe, however, and reported this amend- mont to tho Hounso, whora tho ayes and noes could bo taken upon ik, it way doloated by ayes, 69, to nocs, 1211 Theraupon Butler moved to reconstder tholast vote, Farnsworth moved to lay Butler's motion upon the table, which would have chinched the dofeat of the attempt if it had provailed; butlo! the following mombors, who had just voted against the thefi, itching for tho swag, turned right around and voted against laying on tho table, and in favor of reconsidoration, viz,: Braxton, of Virginia ; Bunucll, of Ponnsylvania; Ducll, of Now York ; Dunnell, of Minneuota; Toster, of Ponneylvania ; Grifiitl, of Ponnsyl- vania ; Hazolton, of Now Jersoy ; Lamport, of Now Yorlk ; McClolland, Meyers, Spcer, Packer, Townzend, of Ponusylvauls ; MeKinnoy, Shella~ barger, of Ollo; Packard, Tyner, Wilson, of Tudians ; Porry, Scasions, Smith, Townsend, of New York ; Sargent, of Californin ; and Twich- ell, of Massachusotts. The following moembors, who voted againat tho “grab” tho first timo, flunlly voted for it, viz,: 5 Adums, Bigby, Boles, Caldwell, Crossland, Ducll, Foster, Garfleld, Griflith, Hazelton, Lam-~ port, Lowe, McHonry, McKinnoy, Moyers, Pack- ard, Yarker, Porry, Rico, Sargent, Townsend, Twichell, and Wilson. : The colored mombers all voted for it. Of tho Illinois members, Farwelt and tho Rov. (now TPovgion Agont) Jesse Afoore did nof voto, though the Qlobeshowsthat thoy wore present, The votes upon laying Butler's motion to reconsider on the table, and upon that motion itself, are the real tosts of tho wishes of tho membors. A good many of them, like Shollabarger, of Olio, aud Duunell, of Minnesotn, itching to got into the Tronsury, betrayed themaelves, and voted with Batler on those motions, bnt upon the final adoption of thobill cithor dodged, or, finding it would pass without them, voted against it, and then took the money. They lot ** I dare not weit upon I would." THE IOWA BLACK LIST, Tho report of tho Btate Auditor of Towa imns Jjust made ite appearance, and is an extromely intoresting document. Unlike previous ro- ports, it doals not only with receipts and ex- ponditures, rovenucs and tax lovies, but it fur- nishes facts and figures, in which groat moral lousons are conconled. In this respoet, itk show- ing is an cloquont indicator of tho offfcial turpi- tude which provails so genorally at the prosont time in the ofices of City and County Troas- urord, Tho report, therofors, readily divides itsolf nato two soctions: Tirat, tho financial; acoond, ilo moral nspoets of the County Tressuries as focdors to the State Treasury. The first will b of interest to our Tows renders; the second to rondors everywhoro, &3 breuches of official trust are not conflued to the narrow lim®s of Iowa, but embrace ** the whole boundiees continont," On Nov. 4, 1871, tho amount in thw State Trons- ury was 95,909, Thore wero received into the Btate Troasury during the mnext two years $1,407,939; disbureoments daring the samo time, §2,446,080; losviug In tho Troas wy Nov. 1, 1873, 57,298, Home of the leading items of the receipia were as follows: Railrond taxcs, $84,231 ; inurance companies' taxos, $76,721; insuronco foes, 981,001, Tho Auditor estimatea that the rocoipts of the Treas. ury for the two onsuing flscal years will be £1,978,800, avd that tho ordinary expenditures, includiug that of the new Copitol, which is an snnual standing appropriation, will bo 81,474, 000, leaving £409,800 availablo for extraordinary appropriations. The above figuros comprise the material finaneinl sxhibitof the condition of'tho Towa State Treasury. Wo cowme now to the moral aspeots of the case. At the last oloction, twenty-throo County Treasurers failed to malp connections with thoir ofices, and were consequontly loft out in the cold, and theno twonty-threo I'rezsur- ers, uccording to the Auditor's statamont, are in arrours as follows: Allamekes County (Tophiff, Treasurer), £3,884)0; Audubon (Hamlin), £1,028,66; Bromor (Norrls). £2.086.73; Buoua Vista (Sunderson), $02.07; Olay (Bickuell), 60.- 28; Decatur (Thompson), $540.84; Franklin (Miller), $838.8%; TFromont (Brigga), 51,104,50; Hordin (Pardbo), £100; Havrison (Ford), £9,802.06; Howerd (Moonm), 81,121.79; Ida (Moorohend), 8186,85; Lueas (Ldgington), 81,622.67; Mavlon (Cunningham), 107.51; Sonena (Burton), $960.07; O'Brieu (Crogo), 620,78 Pegio (Connor), $620.83; Sholby (Wy- 1aua), £32.45; Sloux (Brown), $1,607.88; Sloux (Btono), 9676.00; Taylor (Rowe), 593,43, ‘Foiml, $20,462.84. To tueso must bo added tho dofaleation in Jackson County, tho Treasuser of wileh @1d not geb In arvoprs soon onough to take his placo In tho above cheorful procession, smouwting to £41,000 ; thus waekiog the grand total $04,462.84, How many more should be adldend to those it is impoesible to ssy, until the people sbell turn out proseut occupants and thus furnish sn opportunity of counting tho moueoy, The lst, however, is o sufticiont war- routy for the poople to turn out ovory ofliclal who hap beon ju ofiice any couslderable period, 20 that tho Auditor can got into the county safos and oxamino thefr condition, By & slngu- Iar coiucidenco, these nro mostly reported robberies, which may Do aceounted for by tha fact that, where thora is proof that stoal- ing hos ccenrred, tho countios are crodited with the amounts due thom. Under such & comfort- ing provislon as this, it s tho safeat planto raise the hua-and-cry of robbery, Tho Auditor, Lowover, does nob share in the baliof that bur- glars have bean oporetlung so oxzeuslvely in the sural distrlots ; if they had, they would undoubts odly bave seenred larger kaul than the average | abovo montloned. On tha othtor hand, ho i un- charitable enough to fntimnto that thore aro strong suspicions of dofaleations in most of theso cnes, Tako it etite bost, It is a und showing, paculiarly go as it comes from the rutal dis tricts, whera we naturally oxpect to find hanesty and virtuo in all their old-fashioned, sterling gonuluonoss, Wo ourselves in Ohicage havo nothing to brag. about, but thon misde- mounors of all sorts nro expectod in largo citios, nand are tho notural outgrowth of tho hondlong and excited metropolitan lifo, in which ovory man ia striving to outdo his noigh- bor, aud moking Lasto to got rloh by taking short culs across forblddon flelds, instond of trovollng tho rogular road. The catalogue wo have printod shows tho nood of rotorm aud rov- olution in the dominant politieal party ; of o thorongl cleanlog-out of the old ofticoholdors ; aud of a count of the monoy. Whon a Stato Lias twonty-four of its County Tronaurors in ar- ronrd, it {a tima to put ou'the brakes, by MORE RICHNESS, The disbursoment of the Contingont Fund of thie Dopartmont of Justico seems to bo an Inox~ haustiblo mine of richness, The more it is worled, tho moro rapidly shining nuggots como to tho surfaco. Tho Attorney-Gouoral's landaun-~ let, its cost, its conatruotion, and its brillisnoy aro well known to tho public, but it does notb comparo with the results of later dovelopments, It now eppears that the Presidont's Chiof-Jus- offteer, hut au error in this reapoot is & vory par- donablo faul THE STATE PRINTING. Thorn la no oxigency of tho public sorvico which Ling Ao many leaks ahd abuses a8 public printing. The printing billa of tho Gonoral Government, in the aggregate, have boon largo onough to rn & good-sized Republle, and tho chiof gain to bo dorived from tho abolition of the franking priviloge, if it is allowed to stay abolishod, will be tho decreneo of public daou- monts, slnco they can no longor be distributed gratultously about the conntry. During tho dis- oussion ovor tho lotting of city printing in Oi- eago, Tuz TrinuNg pointed out to the Couneil how it might save to tho city about 800,000 o year by designating tho Staats-Zeiluny, which prints the proceedlvgs in sny case, to bothe corporation mowspaper. DBut tho suggestion was not improved, bocauso publio printing 18 regarded horo, o8 olsowhore, in the light of & political porquisite. Andnow comes the report of tho Bocrotary of Stato for Illinols,showing thattho expenso on accountof public printing for a little mora than ono year ls mnearly’ §100,000. Tho Stato printing is not in 6o bad o shspe, porlaps, a8 1t was o fow yosrs ugo, but thore aro still op- portunities for cutting it down, somo of which aro suggested by Mr. Harlow's ropost. The sum of §18,076.78 was expouded in tho singlo item of olection regiatars, or for the purpose of carrying out a provision which is moraapt to bo an acces- tico has been meoting his private obligations withytho public moneys. Examination hiagshown that tho Attornoy-Genoral had three notes, ng- grogating 91,600, which fell due at a time whon mMONuoy Was voy fearce, Boing unable to raiso tho amauat, ho taok up the notes by glving bis accoptances, with the undorstanding that tho Chief Clork of the Departmont of Jaustice, Mr. Talls, would cash the samo when presented ta him, which ho did. Alr. Falla made tho do- fleit good by holding back two manths of tho Attornoy-Goneral's sslary, but tho act was nouo tho less o violation of the Inw which provides * that uny officor who shall couvart to Liu awn use, in auy way whatover, or shall use by way of investment in avy kind of property or merchiandise, or shall losn, with or without interest, or shall doposit in any bank, or shall exchango for other funds oxcopt as allowed by this act, any portion of the public moneys {utruated to him for sofe kaeping, disbursemont, traosfor, or auy othor purpose, overy such act shall be deemed and adjudgod to be an embezzle- ment of so much of said moneys as shall be thus takon, convertod, investod, loaned, doposited, or oxchongod, which ia hereby dacleved te bo o folony.” This malkos out a very clear case againat tho Attornoy-General and his Chiot Clork. It also furthormore appears that George Wilkingon, the Attorney- Gonoral's conchman, got &7 out of the Contingent Fund for driving his carrisgo ; Pat- rick Sullivan got $80 for taking caro of tho horsoes, and Francis Lamb got 870 for agold pier- frame mirror and table. To establish theso facts tho bills are in evidence. Whut is coming next it is impossible to sny. It is comforting that there cannot be anything much worse, unless it bo Liis confirmation, and, if the Proaident per- wists in it it will probably bo becauso the entiro Bar of tho country, tho cntiro pross of tho country, and the entire people of the country, have sot their faces against it like s flint, be- cause bo is only a third or fourth rate lawyer, unfitted for tho reaponsible and dignified du- ties of Chief Justico, which is, in fact, & much more sorious consideration thon the landsulet or piet-mirro) JOHN HIPPLE. ‘The peoplo of Orogon aro circulating a peti- tion sbout Mr, John Hipple, who now writes Mitchell, United Statos Benator, after his name. There are three ugly charges in the petition. ‘Thto firat'is that Hipple, while tenching schoal in Batlar County, Pennsylvanig, seduced one of his necholars, whom ho was obliged to marry. Tho secoud s, that ho afterwards seduced & school- toacher, aud ran away to California with her and o new nome and $4,000 of stolen money. Tho third is, that ho afterwards sbandoned thia socond victim and merriod lus third in 1862, so tat ho lived in bigamy from then till 1869, whon his tivat wife got o divoree, 1t appears, thon, that Mr. Hipple s charged with (1) seduction, (2) theft, (3) adultery, (4) bigamy. The petition says : *‘All the witnosses aro still living, and will substantiate tho facts so far a8 each are (sic) concerned, whem ro- quired.” Morcover, the Portland Oregonian, tho loading Republican paper in Oregon, pub- lishos the charges in foll, and promises to prove them in full, if sued for libel. Morcover, again, these charges were mado againes Hipple months ago aud have not baen denied, to our knowledge, by him, o has mercly asked for a susponsion of judgment, If these ave tho facts, what ia tho romedy? The petitioners ask the Senato *‘to present these facts to said Hipple, alfas Miteholl” (in which traveaction it will certainly bo much more Dbleased to give than ta receive); ta investigato thom, {f Lo denies them ; and, if’ they are found true, to expel him from the Sensie aud romove tho “foul stain® from the State of Oregonm. ‘The Sonato eannot do thiv. Xt can only investi- gate Hipplo's qualifications us.to nge, cltizen- ship, olection, otc., requirod by tho Constitution. And this instrument nowhere says that bigamy or bribery, or any other ocrime, shall wmake the vote of a rasjority of the Stato Logislaturo void. If thes Senate could re- Jject or expel membors on acco ant of their mora} qualifleations, tha priviloge m ght bo shamefully abused. In timos of party pa ssion, & two-thirds mojority would very probaliy expel half tho minorilty on the most frivcdous protexts. A man sont to the Sonate by & Bkate has the right to hiold bis seat for his full terrn. 1t ho chooses to roslgn, it is lus own coucorn, The whole world caunot oust him, unloss he -turne traitor, or commite somo othor crimo while iu ofco, If hie {4 o fool or a rogue, it is o lesson to the peoplo to ohooso tho noxt Senstor with more caro. Benator Sumner, carly in the sossion, intro- ducod a rosolution in favor of aliolishing neaxly all Intornal Rovenue ofileos, uud collocting thut part of tho national taxes by stamps, On last Monday this proposition was myagntived. The only debato roported upon it consisted in a ntatomont that taxen did not eolli 1ot themuyolves, It happons, Lowover, that stamp-dutios come noaror colleting thomnselves than almost any others do, By & oaleulation mud o & fow years 0go, the cost of collecting English taxoes i ay fotlowa : Customs, 109¢ per cont ; ealt duty, 63¢; oxclae, 53¢ ; etamps, 8% ; land-tax;, a triflo bolow 8 por cont, Tho land-tux falls only on the wonlthlor classes, und is paysble fn large awounta, ?‘uwa facts combine fo roudor tho caat of gotting [t small, ) The figurea dortaluly suataln Mr, Sumnor, It may be thot Lis rea- clutlon wend too far :h‘a abollslog %0 many sory to than a provontive of olaction frauds. Mr. Harlow suggosta that the Logislaturo either fix o maximum prico for theso registers or repeal the law altogother, Tho latter would be tho bot- tor way to proccod. It also cost 941,972.82 to print the bille jutroduced into both Housos of the Logislature, only s small proportion of whiok ovor becomo lawe. This is tho expounse for » single sceslon, nnd it cortainly spponrs to bo exorbitant, If the Logislature would adopt tho practice of not ordering & bill to bo printod until after the second reading, or after boing favorablyroported from tho Commit- teo, or until, iu somo such way, the bill is shown to bo worthy of serious considoration with s view to its bocoming alaw, & largo proportion of tho monoy thus oxpended might bo saved to tho State. The sum of 941,000 for the priuting of Dbills that are introduced is manifestly too much, and it may be ent down without detrimemt to tho publio interests, if thero is a disposition to do so. Tho Becretary also roports that tho Goneral As- 1, Ogden, J, ¥, Scammon, Willism Joncy, Thomas 1loyne, .. D, Boun, J. 11, Woodwatth, T, 1, McCagg, J. W, Stheahan, and many others, Tur Onicaua ‘Tornung having firat given mlhm‘ll{ 10 the state mont, it 18 in ordor that, boing reluforced by tho ndorrer, it mako good fla ohargo by comjiolent evidonice, or setract {f. Tlio atateuent liae booh pro< nounced wholly falss by £, D, Buoo, and J, K, Pollard, fu_conversntion with me, I there= fora demana that evidanoe bo adduced to crtablial #. Thio vileneaa of dunuendo with which the clinrgu 1§ wedo is nimost Veyond comparison. Yours with Teapect, G, W. Tiosar, OutoAao, Jun, H, 1874, Axswrn: About-the time of the Inst Com- moncoment exorcisos of the University of Chi- cago wo published n history of tho University, throo or four columns in longth, propured from original gourcos by oue of our reporters, This wae done at the suggostion of the Rev. Dr. Evorts, though ho had no control over the artlclo, or auy hand in proporing it, dircotly or indirectly. Some timo aftorward Mr. Leandor Btono, » journaliat of somo ropute, and & mem- bor of tho olty Board of Tducation, brought to our offico tho articlo aigued * Obsorver,” and ro- quoated its publication 0s an act of justico to cortain frionds and promoters of the Umversity, wlio, ho said, had uot boen fairly deolt with in tho former article. According to our recolloe~ tion, ho mentlcued the name of Dr. Everts as ono of those who desired ite publication. We accordingly inserted it, giving it only a cursory oxamiuation, and not noticing the implicd chargo againgt Dr, Burroughs, Bo far as any retraction can bo called for from us, we choerfally mako it. Wo should not have inserted tho article in the firat place if wo hiad noticed tho insiouatlon, or if wo hind not bad implicit confidonce in the per- 8018 upon whose authority and rosponsibility it was writton.—[Ep. Trinu: — NOTES AND OPINION, Cougrees sliould havo repealod the salary set fivo wacka ago, The people had decrcod ity tho Republicans In eaucus had * unanimously ro- wolved " to do it ; and, in that firat weok of De. comber, all the rurnl nowspapors of the Pomi« Offico persussion went to prers complacent in tho blief that it was ** doubtloss done oro this.” ‘Wo aro now near the middle of January and good Ropublican papers ore compelted to spoak out in words liko these: Will Congrees heed thrao repeated requests, or musy thio people send thelr ordesa through the ballat-box 7— Wisconwn State Journal. "Tho apectacle tat Congross presents to tho warld, ot this moment, wonld bo amusing wors itfuot humiliat- ing, Tho joke would bo mora exquisite to us woro wi not Awnerican citizous,—Fond du_ Lue Commotucealth, Buch waste of time appoars muck like a specics_ o trifiing thot Congressmen ought to bo sshinmned of, Thr troubln In, they do not want to forego the benefita of o law which others belped them to paes, and of which they havo recaived the bonolt,—Miledukes IWirconsin, —We confess to Laving but little faith in the intention, and nono in the desiro, of eithe: Houso or Senato to koo tho Grab act ropenled, and aro still of opinion that the bill as finally patched will cithor leave tho thing about aa il sombly ordered the publication of 8,000 copics of the laws of tho ecesion to bo distributed accord- ing ta certain directions givon in the law. After such distribution, the Sccrotary found 1,612 bound copies on his hands, which, not knowing what olge to do with tnom, ho distributed pro- miscuously throughout the country., Now, why should the General Assembly order 1,G00 more coples of the lawe thau thoy hed adjudged to be neceseary, incurring tho expenso of paper, printing, binding, and distributing? So tho General Assembly ordored that the jourua® of the Ifouso and Sonate for an adjournod semsion should be printed during the © recess,” which was an unwarranted expondituro of tho public money. As no number of copics was specitled, Mr. Harlow ordered 500, though 204 would kave gone around, and of theso hind 225 copies bound in oo oxtra stylo for the use of tho Legislature. All theso aro specimon itoms of oxpense in the State printing that might bo saved to tho people of Illinois with proper discretion, If thoro wero o digposition to manago the bueiness of the poo- plo as closely as every member of tho Assombly would manage his own, from $40,000 to 350,000 & year might be saved in printing alone. Tho Pittsburgh Commercial, commenting on our recont exhibit of the commorce and mami- factures of Chicago, discovers that 80 per cent more of our city population are supported by manufactures than by commerco, Thon it sdds o luminons suggestion of its own, to wit: Now, supposo the politico-cconomic theorles of Tm: TRIDUNE hed been realized o dozen years ago, and had continued In practieal operation since, what would have been tho rosult? Bimply thut soven-tenths of tho teeming manufuctures in whose prosperity and advancement it weems to takoso louorablea pride omits no opportunity of decrylng the very policy which material oterests of the young metropolls of the Northwest, 1t s singulor, 1t is possiblo that thero aro some manutactur- ors in Chicago who ure protected by the tarift more than they are taxed by it ; but, aside from the two rolling-mills, that have been shut up for some timo back, we do not kuow what thoy are. Protection is & matter of cheating aud finesse. If o manufacturer or producer of any given artlole can get the tariff so framed as to give him an extrn price for what he has to sell, without at thoeame time taxing him an equal amount on what ho has to buy, hois * protected.” But thero are very fow manufacturers in this position, Nino-tenths of them are loaded with taxes on the raw moterinls of their produots, which moro than offsot any advantage thoy may be supposed to goin by the tarif. We have boforo usa pamphlot issuod by the tool-manufacturers of duties on steel, aud showmng how largely their brauch of industry might be extendod and In- creased if theso duties were repesled. Plow- manufacturers pay 50 per cont on their steol, aud tho farmora pay it back to them in the in- croaged; prico of plows. To say thut plow-man- ufacturing or tool-making dopeids upon a pro- tective taziff, is like saying that tho prosperity of the country depends on ity ban krupts, Schonek, as Ambassador, untortunately still lives. Bo does bia oxumplo, Tt g sald thst one of our Consuls 1n tho Ioly Lané! ekes out bis scanty salary by selling to denlors iu goods mado from the wood of tho treos in various sucred places cavtificatos of the gouninaess of thoir waros, II our diplomats and wub-diplomats moan to do thia sort of thing, thoy ought to be frank sbont it. Scheuvk should hnug oul » sign of * Miniator Plenipotoutiary aud Awmbao- sador Extruordinary of tho Unitedd States of Amoriea, and Jobbor iu Mining Stocks;" whilo the Pulostine eloner might iuorenso his chauncos of turning au honest penny by bol@ly sunounc- ing himuelf ug * Consul of the United States of Amurica and Sole Agent for tho Oedazs of Tieb- anon " s a— Prosident Burroughs und Wr. Everts. T the Billtor of The Cheao Liidune, At In sou papat of Seul, 7 151, sopuared u contc mundation hosded * Cbteaye uiveridty,” sud_ slgued “Qserver,” in which oecurs the fullowing objections ablo lunguayo: *Qugt uch men 1o bo deyirecluted in tho fnterest of ono WhOs own wifulrs have bosh o 106cly numnged that, 66 $3 wllcggad, & Fulatce of fom 20,000 conl nat bo decounted Tor'ufter n caroful (ue Jestigation by th wost vxpord buolikoupir, aud the Datantn was itasdly cancilod by |bo Boacd of Trueien,” "Tlio aritolo bhaunliice beon repuk Livhed iu tho WWatchindn aud Rejlector of Dec, 25, 1873, * in accordance with tho Tequest of Dr, Siverls, of Chivs go.” The question o to ‘tho original sourco of wafd artiele is not ow of moment, “AHoF lgiss of ovax turao Wil leaviog & wnillofont Interval for an examinalion futo thy trufbfuluesy of 1t wpatemestta, §t bs indovsed aud virtually m\mml]:{ r, Lve rts, Ho (bus malkies the chinrgo of dufalcatlon ugaly st the Prostdent of tho Univesslty, J/0, Burrongls, 9, D,, and of condontag g ofenad wpatzai o Doard) of Truatoes, “Thoallegytion belog in gent ral terms, casts auspiclon pon all 1o houoraLle mey wlio for Aoma years past Liave woals 4o tlst bodyy Xet us lostalical W, would have hed po existence, And yet that paper | hay exerted go marked au inthueuce fn building up the | New England, complsining of tho oppressive now ig, or so ring the changes that, whilo oboy-~ ing the public voico in form, it will cheat it iu fact. In the moantime tho public goes on de~ xnouncing the fact, and the Iows Legislature will doubtlosd follow the lend of Oliv, whose firet ack was a regolution orking Cobgress to ropeal the sajary bill, amended 8o a8 to consuro tha Trosident for siguing tho bill.—Davenport Demo- cral, —~Let every Logislature pow ineession imitafa the oxnmpla et by tho Ohio law-makers. Lot them not only demand tho absolutssepeal of tha salrey-grab, but insat that Mr. Grant sholl Lo treatod as other folke, It is the veriest bosh in the world to offer joreminds, and nbuse s Con- greasman for tuking his backepay, whilo Mt. Grant 18 permitted to enjoy his {ll-gotten gaina unmolested. A half loaf is botter than no bror in somo instancos, but s half-way sham reform i an insult that should not bo' tolorated for u day.—8t. Joseph (AMo.) Gazetle, —It ia not exactly agrecable to meditate on tho facts which bavo boon recently brougit to publio notico 88 to wagons first, and afzorwaris carriages and horses, purchased for tho Depart- ments at Washington, and appropriated to the use of familloy of Becretarics and heads of Lurcaus. . . . Noouo roslly intended to aue ropriato public funds to his private use, buf t turns out at longth that vory considoralle umounts aro tbus appropriated, Bo it goes on from one Admimstration to snother,—the amount, as o rule, growing o little larger in each.—Providence (R. 1.) Journal—Senator An~ thonyy’s paper. —Opposition papors are filled with chnrges of corruption agaiust Cabinot oflicers, mostly hing- ing ou the flnmhun and caro of horses aud ctr~ ringos for their private conveuience. . . . . ‘The facta in the onso can bo brought out only hy investigation, and we hope, for the good of "the couutry and the purity of the Republicau Efly, n_gearching inwstl;inuon will bo_bed. the ohargos are true, lot tho guilty pacties be known. —Rock 1sland (11l.) Union, —A change i8 beginning to come over the spirit of our droams. ‘Tho grinding dospotism of ex~ cossive taxntion I8 boginning to tell, sud ag it piles on o littlo hoavierand grinds & little Larder, yenr by year, tho overburdoned tax-payor bogin to think; and when the engine of thought be- ing to work, despotism begins totremble, . . . . E‘l‘emuudnlm leaks in the money box are to he stopped, and men of nerve fo stop them are to be in domand. Whenn candidato is free to spend one-half the expected salary, put it down 7 l{mt the salury is double whst it ought to b when Lo s willing to spend an amount to seouze his election ogual to his entire salary, putic down that stealiug is to bo done somewhero, And don't feel good becauso you ecan pocket some of the dollars thus spent, for, as sure as itime xolls on, it will be drawn out of you, aid much more with it, in the shape of taxes.—Fort Dradge (Jowa) Tlimes. 080 who tlatter themselves that the Re- publicsn porty ie going to survive the ohock of defeat which Law overthrown it in the late clections, are doomed to bitter disappoint- ment. There are somo insurmountable obstacles inthe way of such a consummation. History furnishes no inatance in which a political party evor recovered tho coufidence of n peoplo whor s «auso it had once botrayed. Pnriies Liavo becu fieaten and temporarily overwhelmed in a tem- 1 eeb of popular pussion, and aftorwards been ro- utored to power after passion Lad cooled and tbe ohor second thonght had restored reason to ite lost throne in the public mind. Bub when the dokiberate misdoeds of a political party havo bow comn sulliviently manifestand gross as to bo tle cmuwo of its defost, itn recovery is uttorly hope- Joss; it can nover regain the ground it hus lost, nover win back the contidenco it Las forfeited, and thus persunde o zealons peoplo to trust it again. Corruption in political purties is the fa. 1 gaugroue that suroly indicates approaching dissolution,—Madison { Wix,) Democral, —We think that the Logislaturo [of Minne- sota] s}rould tako carly action looking to fuland completa inveatigation of various growing evile. Not anly+ Btate ofticials, bus the whole subject of hubxidio 1, pino rings, snd all classes of Yrauds und swin dlos should be thoroughly probed jnte, Committ: tes to examine these matters should ba composed of matorial that Is all boek-bone— that will u of flmeh from tho work, As yet thu public haver but Jittle kuowledge of ilio enormous dourodatioLw zoiug on dn this Stute, aud tho ab- wolute nacos waky for stopping thetn, if anything iu to be nuverd. - We want mon of iron for the vo- casion, who, when thoy put in the plow of iu- quiry, will n.ot hesitute to turh up the furrow of truth tot,3e public gaze. ‘The reform move- ment has not como & moment too soon.—St Paul Pioneer.. —~Tho most importaut guestion beforo the Geuoral Asse.mbly fof Towaj, nud the oueto which tho gren teat public attontion will be given, i that concerning tha rogulation aud control of railvonds. . t op- . » 'The iudicatious sre cha hosition to logia.kitlon upon this subject, whick Lm« liorotofore baen direct and apou, will thié winter bo indireck, It is already ostoutationaly nunounced that one member, who has heroto- foro noted with the Ituilroad porty, has prepared bill upon tho sulgeot that covers all the pointd in tho caso, oto,, efe, It is _guite probable that thiy, or sometiung similef to it, will have tho cordin) support of tho railrond lobby, as the prosont unjust Tailcond tax Jaw ad before it. Whonever it i8 snaounced that auybody Lns i bill which removes ull tho ditlonlties, and solves &1l the problems connautad with the mxbjuutf itis sufo to concludo that thero I8 on foot a woll-luid uohmimE to humbug tho paople.—Burlinglon Hawk-Eye, i Carlioations, bused upon o claso GbsoryR= tion of the drift of current ovantd as gothured from_ tho. councry prou snd privato udvicos, go to conflrm us in lflu opluion s0 positively aosort- oll pfter tho Novembor cluction, that the ** Gp- osition” will have & decided majority in the Cunsuys Logislsturo, giving thom the power to organizo tue Houso “sud “elect the next United Statoy Senutor. This agsortion was hooted av by tho old ring-leaders and organs throughout the Stats, and tho Zimes denounced os wtark mad for daring to mako each s atalemont, They olaimed thut the mostof those eleoted on the # Faymeors,” * Indoprodonts,” “BSettlors," and #anti-Monopaly' tickets had previously basu Ttopublicany, and that thoy would go to Topeks reparcd to full_in with the old rings and work suufiakv in tue old party harnesy, Dut wo agaln {ntorny the old riugemzatarethat thoy will tall ons—ausas Qlly dNmas ozt in theso caloula