Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 17, 1874, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1874, 5 — e e e e e e e e e e e e e SPRINGFIELD. Lppointments by the Gover- nor Sent in for Con- firmation, The Senate Refuses to Con= firm Prof. Turner. His Essay in the Agricultural Report ) Causes - Wis Defeats Both Houses Working on the Re- vised Statutes. Tho Extension of the Time for Collact- ing Taxes Favorably Cone sidered. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Trilune. THE MART ATATIONERY CLAIM, SenmormELD, T, Jan, 16,~Tho old Haxt claim, for stationery furnfalied tho State, csmo up to-day for the tientloth (imo, Aftor many apocches for and ngatnst 1is Justice, it was sent to he Commitles on Contingent Izpenses, Theamountis over €3,000. Tho oyidence svema to show that Le suppliod the arifcles in good Faith, aud, 1€ 50, thoy should bo pald for at reasonablo yrices, g SIMPLIFYING JUDICIAL PROOXEDINGE, Bradwelva bill stmplifying forms of pleading, 76- forred to tho Judiclary Committeo, was reported to e Houso to-dny, with o recommendation that it o roforred to tho Committee on tho Judicisl Depart- ment. Tho Inwyorson these Comumibtees are lnlmical totho bill, sud it fo doubtful i¢ 1t will ses daylight ugatn, TN NOMINATIONS OF THE GOVERNOR waro taken up in the Senate, A wmotlon to refer the ziomination for Trusteos ofs the Roform School was Jost—yeas 13, nays 34—und tho nominations wers confirmed—yooa 99, noys —Hinchellffo, Kehoe, Kelly, and MeGrath, Tho sppolntment of Trustees for the Southern Iussuo Asylum, tho Contral and Sonthiern Ingane Hospitals, the Asylum for fho Doaf and Dumb, he Industrial University, and the Reform Kehool were contirmed, W, W, Bedgwick, of DoRalb County, was confirmed ng Trustes of the Insano Asy- o to'al o Vacaney cataed by the acath of Taiao carrif i as thowgli thore might be troublo fn confirming Alr, Bteolo, ‘tho now Ielirond Comumissioner, Lut 1hia was not {he case, His Lrother is ono of tho ablest eanbors of tho Bonate, and hia son one of the ablest of 118 pages, 50 he went ihrough unanimously, On n:otion of Starne, INE NOMINATIONS FOR OANAL COMSMISSIONERS, wore divided, Mr, Utley wos confirmed—-yoas 97, niye 3—Burke and Hinchulife, A discussion arows over the confirmuoticn of Alr, Anderson, who was ap- printed to il tho vacadey of Voluey Hickos, o Demo- ‘xat, who biad been appointed and reappointed on tho Dard by Republican Governoss, lad glven gene cral eatisfaction s Commiseloyier, but was removed by sy, Beverddgo on account of his political autoceden Starno said that mixed Soramisslonera wero a legil lmate reault of minority representation, and the Sen- ‘e Icat winter insisted on the principlo being ndopted in cotnetion with tho Raflroad and Warchouse Com- misslouers, o knew of 1o good Teason for the ro- oval of Hickox, Lea deprecated the act of the Governor in removing Tickos, but thought they should not operate agaiust Anderson, Who was u good man, Anderson s con- i med—seag, 283 naze, 10, W. N, Bralsard, of Chicago, wss confirmed—yeas, 40 ; nays, 2. IPROF, TURNER'S MIRFORTUNE, Then came u storm, The Benators had beon read- ing Prof, Turner'a cssny on_rallroads publishied In the report of the Blalo Board of Agriculture, - and, on account of lfs strictures on tho Legislatureand tho Judiclary, It was determined to ¥ill kim, Whiting triod to sav6 him by roferring bis nemination, hut tho Senate would not heartoit, Ho tiien appealed to the Senate not tolemaved by pere somal tesentmont, Every ono admitted he was o it aam for tho place, Stoele followed {n & speech of much +who aro 60 thorougbly stuffed wil tho antiqusted fien amnl quibbles of tho law booka thut thera i 10 room for comnion soisa In ol ieady, o comamon Jiatice in tholr hiearts, 1, for one, cau seo no rollof In our wdso ; for tho fufhmy of our prssut Iaws hos both boon thoroughly oxecuted ovor s, and thoroughly ap- paront for yourd paat,” k N, E. Baflou, of Aanidwloh, treats of # Tish Culture," and'the next ciaay 18 on # Oruithology by an nnony= o sutior, who quiolea pootey coplouly 1 tio noxt, ou * Bloneo's s Applicabilily o Ageicuiiurey? b Drof, Manny ; the noxt, on * Patronw of Huabuidry, by C, . Bull, of Ruck Falls; and_thio last on % Tho Hitccessful e-Kooper,” by L. O, Feabicis, of Hpriug- 8 INENTH DE IPNINTED ot tho Btato's exponso? 1t inay bo doubte:d if any of them nro worll yrinting, and, ovon if thoy wero, it s a question If (ho Stato aliould'pay for printing thom, Srom pages 224 to 206 may bo found tho report of the Farmora® Conventlon kol at Bloomington Jan, 13 and 16, 1872, It contaius reports of Bpecchies of mom- tioen of the Leglalature who wont ligra to ventilate tuolr viows, 'Thoso Iamcullufl aro ophemeral in tholr character, ‘Tho gontlomon who spoke fliom wonld modify thelr specches. to-lsy, na ‘thoy lmvo learned powethlug from - experionco on the raifroad queation, Theso spocchos, woro puibe lighed ot the timo and had ' nhewspapor Jmmortality, It seems s work of supororogation to roproduco them in this book it the. State's oxpenne, A motion was mado in the Honate lo expunge thoso aratlons, which wonld siecensituto burning tho books, ‘Tho latter cud of the volumo contajus reporty of county sucleties, wliich nro agriouitural lilstory worihy of presorvation, Onc-half of the hook might bo eut: out with no loss to agriculiure, These reports noed to ba bolled down, and to bo edlted with niore discro- eloguence, cxcorlating Turner for _tho gentiments ho sxpressed, which wero subversive of Government, and only it to be uttered by a Communiat, Crows thought thiarejection of Turner for exercising the right of fres wpeech would be on outrge. Brewer oulogized Turner, Flslcrand Caseyspoke opainst confirmation, and AfeGrath both for oud agafus ‘The nominsation was rejectod by the ollowing Yoto: YRAS, Boldy Honrs, Yoris, A Draw'::,n‘ acobd, Walte, Castls, Kelg, ‘Whiting, Craws, fcGrath, Wilcox, Casoy, Tioynolds, Williamison, Greon, Banford, r,Prealdont—20, Hampton, Stipaid, NATS, Brooks, Hinchlige, Starne, Buarke, Hundley, Bteolo, Caufleld, Eehoa, Thompson, ©sey, e, Tare, Cunningham, Aurphy, Wasren, Domahue, almer, Yuger, Fisher, ‘Pattarson, Youngblood—22, “Forrell, OTTIER NOMINATIONS, Tho Trusteos of the Deaf und Duwb and the Sonth- orn Insnno Asylums and tho Southern Normal Uni- veruity were confirmed, REVISION IN THE SIOUSE. After dinuer the Houso took up vovision bills on thizd reading, aud passed those relating {0 conatruc~ tiun of atatutea and sdoption of children, The bill relating to appronticos was referred o the Judiciary, When thio vote on the bill relsting to amendments and jeofuils was being takon, Westfalt expluined his vote, saying lio asked fifteen’ Iawsers tho mesning of juofuila, uud none could tell, He'did not know Mr. Jeofails, and could not vot for Lim, Iie also fonnd ths words *nfl dicit,” and # o semni-informatus ? (n tho bill, YWos that Freneh? He was wure it wasu't Datch.’ He thought that n revisivo' laws thoy should uso Uiited Btato# language, within the comprebension of cominon peoplo, Ha could not voto for what hio did not understand. Mo voted # No," but notwithstand- 1ng the bill passed, “I'he bl enncting the common law went through, S0 dia Pleas i Abatement, Attorneys and Counclors, sud Jolnt Rights and Obligations, SENATE TEVISION, Tho most of tlie morning hour in the Sonate before the eoeolal order \as devoted to Sennte bills on third reading, belug bills ns roported by tho Scnate Revision Commiltee of last winter. The rovision in relution to prtition of real cstuto was passed with _diflculty, the objection being that eolicitors' fecs were cliargen- Trce in the Judgmient, The revision in rolation to rec- wxda s pussed—yeds, 32; 10y8, 7. A bill Introduced ty N, Sliort in Marell lust, and providing for the In corporation of purchasers of proporty and frunchises sold under morigages executed by corporations, camo up on third readiug, ond for tho soventh timle was ‘Dostponed, on account of ko absence of Ar, Baort, i THE AGRICULTURAL REFPORT, Spectal Diwpatclito The Chicago Tritune, & FAMODS DOOUMENT, SpnmoprcLo, T, Jan, 10.~That tho Blate printing 1< nn expensive luzusy s accounted for Ly thofsct tha tlie Stato prints a quantity of trash which no private citizen would daze print, There haa been loid on tho deslaof members a book of 403 poges, not counting uz {ntroduction aud au indes, publishod under tho wusplocs of tho Htato Board of ‘Ageiculiure, That o wonclge report of tho doings of au jmportant board +10uld bo published 8 true, but that the Doard should Jublishso much stufliing 1s a reflection on thelr good sonwo, Wo And 21 pages devoted to th procecdlnga of vae Board iu thelr Tegular mectingu roported in » wishy-washy mauner, without Judgment or dlsorimi- natio, Wo find that Mr, Herrington roported * 467 shecp fn the pons” ut tho Stato Falr, aud that Mr, Vithuma reported the “hog pens wll fllod ¥ all of vehioh sy be vory well fn 8 summary of tho falr, tut why record it in the proccediugs? W ure also " formed that $15 was appropristal to each membor of ihe Bourd for agricultural periodicals for the yoar 1372, Why cannot members buy tholr own perfodi- Lale? 18 NOT THAT PRTTY LAROENY T e next find $100 appropristod for counsel foss to “Judga Geargy Edimunds” for defending s suft Iqpuiuct the Soclety, ond elsowhera wa find that ¥ G, Eh\iunda” G a mombor of thio Board, Probably the iwo Edmundses are one and the gaze porson, Wo find 9n6 of the motabers of tho Board in nformal commune iation ing, * I am sorry to Inforni you thal T will ‘e unablo to meet with you'thio woek, “Itis the flvst me fa twelva Yeaes, but my attentioii ia needod fa tha Augar-faotory, The sugar-factory must Lsve been Gntd up, Mot forlorn 1t must bavo been for twelve years. 73 3an, B, committees wero appoluted to Tam upon wompeting eauys, und the some aftaruoon they roport- &d, sbowing o rapidity for reading oausys and “oriticls- fug them that Ia truly marvelous, These uru o fow gaiau from tho reports of proceddingv. Tho lat of wurdaat the Stato Fafr occupies over thirty pagoy ‘whitch ure woll occupled In_rocording the cuergy an «nteryino of thozo who bave wou promiums, From 340 72 10 207 {6 talken up With FRIZE LASAYH, "Lug first 1a by W, O, Flugg, on * Tnilfun Cors" thesece ond is by W, (¢, Flagg, on *Winter Whest 3 tho third on SVEhi Appley by Alberl, Donlay, of Obapiigu the tourth cu “Peachus,” by Mr, Llagg ngain, v, Flagg being tho champion 'prize eausylat, Would {t not huve saved wouo trauble to havo refained Mr, Flagy to wlle a1l the eavaya at 60 xauch for the fob? Plowltig and the treatment of tho soll 1A troated by 1, J, Burrll, of Urbzaa, To talke loarucdly of pulverization, (om- paction, and stireing of the aoll, and their offect ou rmiudtion und growtlt, 3r, Divyer, of Springdold, {iucea the ‘pedigroe of shorthorns fn Iiilnois, Prof, Trum, of Jockuouvills, traaty of rafiroad cor- porstions, aud ducidentally ' pitches futo Judges, {ngialators, eto. It wan tho following prrugraph that QUIED JRA 10E OF THE BENATE tlon, Tho methidd in voguo of pitchforking evory mun’s speeol and_ossuy 1o thosd books, and of Lay- Ing groator regard to quuntity than quality, is porni- clous aud costly, Tho Benato disonsaed tho report, and tho Houso this morning instrucled its Printing Committeo to juquire Wht 1t cost and who paya for it. i pici dais sl T p THE PENITENTIARY CHAPLAIN. Special Dispatch to The Cheago Trivurie, A GATIIOLIO ONAPLAIN WANTED, ArunvormeLp, Tll, Jan, 10.—~Tho queation of o Cath~ rellef for tho support of thoir famllier, Thoy contend that the largeat pattion of theso aro induatrlous, Lard- workluy people, who hnvo_acquired a lot and & Iittlo hipuso, “fhoumbered by mortgogo,. dobt, nd tuxos, Theso peoplo will e at Wark s 100k oa tho frost in out of tho ground 3 aud, if paymont J4 oxtended, will bo prompt n tho hayment of thelr tixea at the doatitunted timo, will 1f proesga st peosont, thoy Wil bo. grostly distreanod, Lo oum, Therg b been placei on_members® deaks s pinke covared pamphlotInboled Ouba, belng docnment 11 tho utorent of Byain and Spanish dominion, Ts thero nat Bpauiah gold gomoewhero ronnd tho country, and in 1t not Lime the Cubnn Junta seut an opposition argit- ment? Spntn must o fu sortal tarror of the Tilluoln Leginlature, 1t §4 o wartisl body, no doubt, bui Hfimlu nead ol tromblo?. It is now sngaged wreetling with railroad schiedulos, and has no Jelsiiro for fordan conqueat, TIE LEGIRLATIVE FARMERS' GLUD Honntor Vorla tried ‘o conviuce thom hat Liw bill was tho thing tiey aro looking tor, hut. they didn’t seem to ngees wilh him. Speeclies woro minde, but {horo wan nothing i fu thei, and moat of {hém have been poatad before, . . A RENATE REVUBLIOAN OAUQUR, Yoatorday the Govornor muidu up Lis mind to sead tho sppoinimonta made sinca Lo Tnat Kessl tho Honote for conflemation, * Whun this was intmatod to wome Nopublican Sountora {wo or 'thres, who would Hko ta nchiovo dintinotion ny leadorsyeallod & caucus, and lnst ovaning,whilo His Excellency was treating tho Judges of the Bfipremo Courl {0 a aimptuous baugiet i the finely-furnished mansion, tho Senators ook posssesion of hix privato, oflice’ o talk over tho Intorenls of tho “purty,”. There wore ~ fiftcon of them, and they locked ‘tho door, tho " proceedings ~ woro secrel, but it leaked oul that thoy resolved that (e Republican pary exluted, decided {o sustain tho Penllentiary Commis- #foucrs In the caso of tho convict Willlams, to confirm tho Goveruor's nomdnntions with thy excoption of Prof, “Purnier ; and o jiroposition wus mado to_make & party ‘measure of cuacting tho rallroad schednles, but it wan not noted upon, * Amon the Senalors presont wero Dalilwin, Confiold, Orows, Gasoy, Doushuio, Ferroll, lmnptoi, Jacas, Palmar, Suuford, Steslo, Thompron, Waito, and Strong, Anofber meeiing 18’ to bo held woon (o tako stops fo perpetuato tho patty, alle Chaplatu in tho Penitentiary came np as the reg: o COMMITTED MEL NuH, . e 0 kub-Commities of Feea and Bularies to-niyht cut Inr order in tho Houso tbis morniug. —MOGIn®’ | dgyar tho Htonwtreo Gaot Connty Otlickw Yoo will, fu amendment, atyiking out tho provision that tho Ohap- | rome cascs 25, i others 60, per.gent, Tho, Shorif'a lafn sliould bo recautmonded by ihe Cathiollo Biskiop | fees, ug nfi.l:}:um} 1 Bountyoda. schedule; Woro ro- of Clileago, was pending, Taco moved toilay tho bill | et o'of 10, ™ A1ig "prosont iy alows ouly . Iy 0 aud tho amendment on tho table, Tho motlon o tablo | Ganta: “Tito Goniity Olerii faon, o In. Nountree, Ward was lost—yess, 82; nays, 40, Tho voto wae oo follows: | whittied down 6o n ot to exceed tho fees allowed in TeAs, {h countien of tha second clnos, 5 Andorson, Grant, Race, Tlio Revonue Commitice have declded to roport fo Bullow, Gridley, Rumey, tho Houee o DAL oxtewding the time for collecting Biakely, Hart, 1y, tazed fo May 10, ¥ Bocock, Hay, 5 Rlice, . Whe Lenlioutiary Commltien will roport to-morrow— Branson, Hite (Madison), Shumway, ‘ot least, Ao they say, Thoy will make no rocomtuends- Tuliard, Hita (8t, Clatr), Starr, thon, bittmply ko statement of faots aud.Toxvo Cassedy, Juques: Stewart (Winne- | tho mattor in tho hands of tho Benato, gnrplfilt'r, %:mm n, —_— e hambers, se, . Y NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE. Cronlrite, Lomnz, Evang, Manp, B Mitehclt, . Welnbermn, ¢ Flanders, Aitelefl, cabelmn, Freolaud, Mofltt, Wentfall, Action .of That Body on the Trans- Grauom, . Muivane, Wymoro—4i9, Granger)} Bl L3 poriation Questions Aloxander (Oraw- Harvey, Oberly, AP o atont- Hessidgton, . Otedset K exanider (Mont- He o a gomers), .. Herting, . Teltzor, State Legislation on the Subject of Avmstropg(Grun.Mildrup, . .. Ylowman, p Hotles, Dysit, Freight Rates Deemed In. Amylx;trang (La- Hollenback, .~ Quinp, 3 Salle), Inecare, Rountreo, Darklog, Jackson, Savage, Tootb, Jaraes, . Bouniagt, Bradwell, Jessup, Saott, Bryant, Joncs, . fonug, Casey, Lane (Hancack) .. 8law, Collliuy, Lono (Dowiky,eridan, Groaby, Loomis, Sherman, Qulorton, Harsly Saiih, srne s, now, Dement, McPliorran, Sottle, Devey, Meachan, Straotor, Dolun, Midalecolf, Thomus, Dunbam, Sooro (Mataholy, Thosatan, Efner, Booro (Adumms), Truits, Forily, Mooso, Walker, TFrocman, Morrison, Worner, - Qotden, Nosille, Washuirn, Gordox, Newtos, Wobber, arimm, Nulton, Wood, Halpin, Oakwood, Alr. Speakor—82, TIE RIGBTS OF OATMOLIOA, Dolan regretted that the discussion wan forced on tho House, but he claimed the right -of Catholie con- victs o receive the rifes of their religion in their dyi ours, Catlollo chaplaing were allowed aud compens sated by the General Govornment-duriug tho war, when Oatholics like Shermesn, Sheridon, Mulligun, ZLalor, and Rosceraus wero fgntlng the botlles of ther country. Any Profestant wna sattatied with s chapini who wasnot a Roman Catholic, but no Prolestaut could minister to o Catholic. Protestants might con- tafn one hundred thousand denominations, but a min~ {ater of auy oua could act forall, Itwus not eo with Catholics,” They wanted s clergyman of- their own Church, Ho hoped the House would bo Uberal, Hite, of Bt, Jiulr, sald bo recognized 1nors thon two religions, as ho belonged to a third church, aud claim- cd descent from the Waldenses, who hl)mr[lcd tho true faith, They were talled Iron-side Baptista or “ Wiisngdoodics,” and hie wos proud of thiofr Mbor~ ality, BAPTISYS DISQUALIFIED. Grangor #atd a Baptist Ohaplain would be no use, singe wumersion was abolished in tho Penitentiars, and thie Honeo lauglied for two minutos, Hito went on to remar): that he belloved in but ono God, and ho was under conviction that Lis roligion was tho truc one, Howas liboral, Ono chaplain ¥es in all conscienco enough, und they should leave it dlacrationnry with the izoutivo ay to what donomi= Dation ko would appolut. THE APPOINTMENT TO UE MADE BY THE COVERNOR, Tho amendment was ndopted—yeas, T4 ; nnys, Si— and the cluuso sliowing tho Catholic' Bithop ‘to rec- gmunend the viiting claplatn was pirickon froin tbo il The vote was ax above, with the following additional yea Armstrong (La- Jobston, Pyatt, Balle), Jones, Benne, Blukoly, Lauo (Hancoek), Bhaw, Bradwell, MeGeo, Bherian, Dement, McPlotran, Buow, Froemud, Middiccotf, Soule, Gordon, 3f00ro (Marshall), Thoras Gray, Oakwood, Wymuore, Hawds, Oleson, A, Bpeaker—30, i drip, Orondorit, 7 Topkins, Tlownyun S "o total vote was 102 0 49 in favor of giving the appointment to the Exacutive, BEVERAL AMENDMENTS wero offered, {ucludiug oue to turn open tho Peniten- tlary o clorgymon of ull creeds,—Proiestant, Catholic, Jewitly, Intidel,Clinoae, and oll othors,—a fter which the wholo ot was recommiftcd, and (roublasomo subjoct 01 0 of for to time being, The:umbors doveloped Imore ploty in this debate- than they wera suspected of posscusing. —— THE RAILROAD QUESTION. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, TUE SOMEDULES, ; SenmvarzELD, T, Jau, 16,~Tho'pages in the House stoggerud this morning under loads of ratlroad schied- ulos which thoy wers distributing to morbors, Lald out fat, thiey cover over a1 ares of about » square yard ench, and thoro aroten of twelvo of thom, Tho firet reading Wikl bo au Interesting procoeding, und tho dis- cusslon on them will ovolvo soine queor notions ou raulroad motters, The mombers look at the rows of sigures in blank awazement, aud wondor what kind of o law thioy will make, As the Senato ordered ached- ules printed for it use, and the House anather lot for ita ude, tho ontiro cost of printing_them, ncluding those ‘printed for (he Ratiroad Hoard, will bovery Iarga—sonio $16,000, provzbly, TAILIOAD TAXATION, Sonator Pattersun introduceda bill providing that all rullvoad properly, ozcopt the right of wuy nd solls jug wtock, shall bo wesckserd by tho County Doards Ahrongh the Stato futend of by the Awessorn, m §u o tho luw, and providing ccouoncal cubgos in {ho muusgelncut of Asasore? offices, Mr, Patierson also hum u DiIL, which Lo will introduco i & fow duys, mroviding, in dotafled amendmenta to tho pres. ut Travenun Jaw, thut l rallvoads shall bo ussessed i overy particular bs Brins 5o sssensod, MOBTGAING PLOPEITY FRANCHISKS, Thio Gommiitice on Corporutions reported favorably the Ul yopeuting (ho uct paswod laut year allowlng rallroads 10 morigugo thelr property franchises, and borrow monoy thoreon, ‘This Lill Wis passod to enss ble the Chleago & Alon Rallroud ta luy o dowble truck, and ita repeal 1 vory likely to pass, as membory Liwva n lively recolloction of Luviug paid ‘fara on that road Wihin a vory rocent poriod, ILLIROIS CENTMAL RAILROAD TRURTEES, The Governor Iaid botore 1o Henato o comimuniea. tlon from the Attoruey-Generil, reciiing that th act of Mureh 18, 1673, couceraing the dutica of tho Trus- tees of tho Tiliuola Central Ruilrond Compauy went into elfect 1n July last : thut tho requirementa of tig act would not oparato till tlio montlis of Ostobor aud Novembor wucceodings thut ho lisd just rocelved authentic information from County and “Town Glerks that th law was not baing compilcd with by the Trus. tesa of tho Compuny ; aud that, ho Lad prepurcd o potition {0 o Buprome Court fora msndamays o com. pol 1o ‘Crustecs to porform their duties under t aw; and offer tholands dealred and grantod by tho Stafo for sale, Thecommuniestion was referzod to 1bs Judiciary Committee, piLiie PR S GENRBRAL NEWS I'TEMS. Speolal Dispatch to The Chicago Teibune, COUNTY GURVEYOR'S ORDERS, Senevavizeo, WL, Jan, 16,—Thero was 1o addition 10 tho number of County Surveyors reported in Tite ‘Tnmuxe this morning at their Couveution to-day, aud uowatter of Intorost trauspired, Those present to-day and yesterday aro proporing & bill which will be presented to tho Leglalaturo, aud will embody the re- {forma fudicated fu Lodlle's clronlar, TIOGNBKS J8SUYD, The Booretary of Hiute fasuad Mceuso to-duy fo tho Metropalitan Association of Chicago,’capital $10,000, o sort of Mutual Insurance Company ; Allstoona Iyon Company, caplial $300,000 ; Northwestern Wind-Mill Pllmr Compuny, of Dixon, capital $50,000 ; and the Smplee " Niuln - Compatly,” of Golcorls, caplal T —— Boveral sttompts bavo been mnada to obtais tho pas. #age of a bill to extoud the time for tha collesiion of the State aud county taxes, Tho whoio matter Lns ‘beon referred to the Commlttoe on Revouve, At proz- eut there doos tot appear much proipeet of an oxton- S expedient. . Legislation Desired to Remedy the Shortage Lvil, They Favor the Withdrawal of $10,000,000 of Fractional Currency., And the Sabstitution of Silver Coln Therefor. Special Dlspateh to The Chicago Trlbune, BALTINORE, Jan, 10,—Tho transporlation question in its vorious aspocts camo up ta the Nationsl Board of Trade to-doy, and the discussion upon it cccuplod most of tho sesslon, Tho, sorles of resclutlons wna finully adopted. The firat calls upon Stato Leglala. tures to pass laws ‘compaliing rallrouda transporting @rain in bulk to delivor to the consigneo the same quan- tity of graln thoy recelve, M, Hustod, of New York, in'a spcoch on this auboct, said that tho BHORTAGE IN GHIPMENTS OF OBALX was ono of tho most serlous burdens tho trade Isbored under, Bomotimes it nmounted to 88 much a5 from 30 to 40 bushels in o car-load, that quuntity bolng stolen by railrosd employes whilo in tranait, He fa~ vored momorializing Doards of Trado to accept none but guatanteed bills of lading. BATLROAD RATES, ' s Tho eacond and third resolutions aro o the offect that Congress should notat present assume sy pecil~ nlury obligation or mako appropriations fn aid of arti- ficlal meang of tranoportstion, and that experionco has shown hat it Ia expediont to fix tho rates of trauspor- tatlon by leglelative enactment, The Committeo, fn Teporting these resolutions, made the qualification of tho ltler ypropoiition that there ar grave abuses in tho prosent mystem of tremsportation which moy properly bo Temoved by State Iegislation, Exclusivo privileges givon by many Tuflroads to fast frefght lines aro unjust tp the public s woll as to the stockbolders of such rouds, Whor- over private individuals desiro tb bulld » raflroxd through several States, it i desirablo that they should Dot bo provented by any influéneo of oxlating corpor- atloun in vch lutes. The Comuiites consequontly Toported the following as the fourth, ffth, aud sixth Tewolutions: 5 “Lourth~—That the practical work of transportotion boing doleguled by o muny xaliwiy companles 1o spocl frolght lines Srequeutly loads to great sbusos, aud 4s an unnatural and unnecessavy sddition to the cost of transporiaiton, and that Tujlroads slould sithior assume the dircct control and respousibility of pyir own busiuese, or leave it opon to the compe- titiond of il frelght Hxes thiut may undertako it, £yytl—That Tallways Detween tho West and {le sa- hoard elould bo ehartered by thie General Govorument, under proper. restrictions, wheveves privato capital mny bo rezdy to undertake tielr conetritetion, provid- ed that sucis raflway should bo subjeot to tho samo local tuxation &g are tho rullway corporations deriving charters from tho soveral Btilea through which it pasuce, but nelther fhe funds nor the credit of the Government should be in any way -appropristod or spplied in ald of any corporation orgaulzed under any enacimont horein contemplated, Sfzth—Thot the Excoutive Councll be jnstructod to commuulcato by momortul 1o the Legialstures of tho governl Slates tho recommondations respacting Btato logislation embracod in thie foregoing resolutiony, and morcover {0 urgo the Rovernl constituent bodios b tho diforent citiesto use thelr influencoto secure tho ndoption and enforcement of the principles heroin enunciated, Tho fourth and afxth resolutions passed without o position, but tho fifth was strennously opposed, the various objectious being that a ruilway froni Chitago totho Atlantle, undor s Governuient, charter, would bo sn invasion of Stato rights; that under such ausplees b wonld bo n fullure i ever built; tunt the chieup transportatiow question could only bosolyed by tho improvemont.of the utural water routes, and Goverument should givo its uld, ‘To theso were urgad tho contrary srguaenta presonted from tho otlier aide, but the sentiment of the Nosrdawas ngalngt such o wehome, and tho resolution was indefnitely postponod by o Jargo mujority, THE REMAINING PROCLEDINGE of tho day wero tho adoption of rexolutions roliearsing flie outrugen committed upon the mercantil com- munity under tho sholter of the Rovenuo lswa, sud re~ ueating Congrews to conpider tl subject, sud nsking 1l ‘reotgantaation of the aystem of lisulng bills of IndIng 80 that it can be mado uniform, snd scourity given to tho holder, 1t waw vesolved to wmemorinlizo Congrens for o Territorial Governnient in the Iudian Territory, und tho Ezeoutlye Couucl was empowored to ropresont to Congross that the clafms of under- writars sbonld bo satlsfied in the distribution of tho Qenova ayard, “Tho Dosrd adjournedsinedle, T tho Atsucinted Press. Bavrnront, Jun. 16,0 Tho Nationn! Bosrd of Trade reassembled chis miorning, THE OANADIAN HOARD, 1t was annoniiced that tho Dowiuion Board of Trade usd_postponed ita annusl meoting unlil Fev, M, Mr, McLaren, of Mllwanlkeo, was appointed Chatrmisn of the delegation tobo solccted horeafter to stiend thot maoting. OUSTRUOTIONS TO NAVIGATION, A resolution was sdopted instructing the Exocutive Oouncil to lay the subjoct of tho exisfenca of rocks und shioals at the mouth of tho Dotroit Kiver before tho Ntiounl Government, and oak its jmmediato at= tention to thy prompt removnl of tho obstruotions, Thio rules were suspondod, and & resolution adopted racugnlzing the graat commercial- oud national ine Portanco of he Darien Csnal, and commending the enterprise to tho fuvorable conslderation of the paople of the Unlted Btatos, p B INDIAY TERITORT, Thin subjeot of tho orgunieation of the Tndlan Ter- ritory was' yaforrod to ucommitics of five, with leave 10 roport ut pleasuro, % & TRANBFOATATION, . Thie firat four vewohutlons of tho report of the Com- ;n“h‘n on Trauspoctation wore adopted, and aro 28 oliawa : of \runspostiug grali du bulk should fu sll caso do- Jiver the wame .‘:mlml)‘ of graln us thoy rocolvu; aud At whilo it fu belloved that the couimon law govern=~ dug ull varrlora would, if uppesled to, ouforca this princlply, It e propar and disirablo that the dtierent Btato Leglalatures whould pusy Iawy compolling {ts obe servanco, thereby facilitating fts enforcement by suy individual angeiived, Second—TDyt 1t {8 inoxpedient for Congress ot the prosunt thno (0 sssume any pocuntary obiigations, ox make any uppropriotions 1u'sid of artifolal moany of tranuporiation, Phird—1hat while Tallway companies, lko lll’ other & £ Dbt we vau, in some oy, get $id of thore old 64 0f law, lavyaze, lglaatits, and. ateitard, slon, Home of the Cook County meinbors ave clajne | €orporatious, sxo under tho control'of ‘nd hold ro 1ug {t &6 8 mesdure of humanity swhich s required for | 4pousible tothy power wlhich gave them exiatonce, Cblrago, inasmuch as the lsboring olusses are suffering | and muy properly be checked in the exexcite of sny 1m 'Hn‘ aployaenl thousauds of thu seaking | Wojust or schiictry pewesd | noverioles sxporieucd ot agafn this ovenlng fo {alk ‘ovor railroad mattors. " Lirst—Roflwny mmrumcsouuauéu in tho businesa® i ' pressing, lins nliovn that 1t 18 tnoxpedient fo rcok by logialative cnuctments to fix ratea of tranaportation, Fourth—Thnt tho practical work of transportation, Dolng delegated by wo many raflwny cynponica to apeclal rolght linon, froquoily leadn o grast abiinesy and toan uunatueal and unnceessary addition to tho cost of trauaportatfon, nnd that raflronds shonld oftbor asuno direet control nnd rosponsibility of thelr busl- noss, or loavo ft opon to tho compelition of all froight Hnod thiut moy tndortake it. Tho Aitth_resolution, In' Toforence to chartoring by tho Genoral Governinont of nny railway Lolween the Wert and_ tho' senboard, undor proper rostrictlons, swhenover privato capltal may underiako its coustruc: tlon, waa ioxt dlscusned, M, Van Horn, of Kansas Olty, moved its indofintte postponoment, Aflora long dlsoussion; Van Iorn's motlon wau carriod, Tho following, tho wixth and lost resolition, was thign adopted, without debafo ¢ Resolved, Thut tho Exccnibivo Council ba fnatrnoted {o communicato by momorlal to (ho Leglalaturen of tho soveral States ho rocommendatious respocting “Btato legislslion cinbraced in tho foregolng resolu~ tlous, and, morcover, o urgo {lio several conatitnent Todics in different ultfey toen fhelr influcuco to Ho- aire tho adoption of tho principleshorein cuunciated, THE REVENUE LAWH, Mr, Grubl, of Philadelphin, submitted the roport of tho Speclal Connittea on R Laws, which wos Gvontio adopted, It ombodiad, firat, tho resolutior of tho Dos- ton Board of Trado hearing on this subjoct, andadopt~ cd by o Natlonsl Boned of Trado o Wadneaday last, and in addition the following : Hesolved, Thal theso ovils nro wo great, and aso ox- erling no fleatructivo _an influenco on the morals of trade, thiat wa respoctfully agk Congross, in_the namo of tho commiorco of tho couniry, (o cousider what mod- ifications of tho lawa may be sfely mado, Teesoled, Tht o Executive Conncll presont thesa resolutions fo Congreas in the nnmo of thio Notiounl Boatd of Trade, and to tako sich other moana oa may seouro roformatory leglslation. : DILLS OF LADING, Tho fules wore ausponded, and Us prosmble and & Fonolution adopted {n refereno to biila of Inding, Thoy clufmod that up fo tho present time thoro had boon 1o systorp of Iasuiug bille of Inding, sud thot thoro was no aceurity for holdors of bills, Aud that tho National Board of Trade should memorializo Congress and tho 8lato Lemslatiures (0 enact auch I and regulations a6 will aiford tho noceanary Tolief, . TIUE INDIAN TERRITORY, On motion of Mr, Bovuer, 5t, Louss, tho ropart of tha Bpociul Commitice, o witom wns roforred tho sub- Joct of reorganization’ of tho Indlan Torrllory, was Fead, and, attor somo debato, tha following resolution wras Adopfad: 5 : Resolced, Tilat Oongrous bo bnd horcby 18 respect- fully, memoriallzed to ostabliah withotit dolay Torric torlal Government over the country kuown as the In- dinn Tersitory, bringiug the peopla thereof undor tho lawa and juriadiction of tho Unitod Staten on outeh an canitablo haals a8 will seouro; firat, a homeatead to tlio liead of cach Tudlan famlly, tho tillo to_which can- 1ot bo_alfenated for o dosiguated torm of years, Sec. and, tho #alo of tho remadnlug lands on Auch torms 29 will induco tho rapid. settioment nnd_ dovolopment af tha Torzilury Lo proveeds ofsaid malcs (o bo i o inveatod by ilio Govornment aa fund, which fund shall bo wacredly hield a6 a trust for tho Lenefit of tho Indians, the intercat thercof to bo oxpended In_ suck ‘manner'snd ot such timo aa ho wisdom of Congress may provido for the education und soclal Improvement of {ho Indlans, FINANCIAL, M, Tolin Gano, of Cinciunuti, prosonted threo roso- Intions, nll of whicl wero adopted : 4rst~T0 anend tho Nationni Benking law 50 18 to tako from tho Comptroller of tho Currency il discre- tlonary power, Second—Thnt Congress bo requeatod at tlio earlieat osefblo moment. 10 pravide for tetirlog und destroy- g {enctloual curceucy, and substiiutiag wiver coin therofor, Thiyd—That us fractional eurrency is largoly in ox= cesa of tho noeds of tho countey, that tho Becrotury of tho Treasury bo nstructed to'redeem not less than $10,000,000 thereof, Vegluuing with the $50,000,000 Iskite, snd pay out therotor dallar-notes, CALL OF MEETINGH, * Mz, Wright, of Chicago, movod that tho moetings of thio Natioual Board of ‘Trade shail bo beld st icl timo and place os alisll bo dotormined by tho Execu~ tivo Council. Adopted. COMMENCIAL RELATIONS WITH SOUTH AMECHIOA, Mr, Stovons, of Now York, offered a_rosolution that the Natlonal Boayd of T'rade un{n npon Congress to catablishi an_fnternational commissiou, to which tho ‘Governuonta of all tho Central and South American Binten shull bo Invited to send delegates, Lo consider by \what monos commerell intercourso botywoen them and and thelr matkets opened to Amerlcan product wisich was ununimously adopted, AVINGH DANKS. Ar, Nowras, of Doston, moved that the Natlonal Toard cf Trado recommicnd ta tho Btato Logialatures tho fucorporation of saviugs vanks, whoso duty it Ahall be to receive from apy rerson npy sum from $1 1a$1,000, all moneys ko raceived to e fvested fn uny regutered public stock created by virtuo of any law of 1ho United Btatcs, and in no other way. Reforred to tho Executive Council, ' THR OENEVA AWALD, 5 Hoftman, of Fhiladeiphis, oBored tho follow- i Wikneas, It appears from tho proceedings in Con- gross thrt thero exista & wide difforenco of opinion with rogard to the proper distribution of the fund awarded to the clalmanta- for losees known as the Alaboma clains, Jicsolved, Phat the underwriters should be indemni- fied for losges {n the samie monner and on the same terms 18 individuala ; sud, as the claims of under- wrltorn aro included fn i award mado ot Gonova, thy phould reccivo their Just proportion. 3i was moved that tho foregOlng be referred to the Exccutive Council, with instructions to memorialize Congreas on the subjoet if they saw proper, Adopted, CATITATION TAXES. Subject No, 10, capitation taxes, uext camo up far iscussion, and was continucd in tho proaramme until the next session. oTHER GUBIECTS, X, Able, of St, Louts, moved that all pendiog questiona Yo continued on the official llrflwmmmn untll the noxt session, to tako procedoncs of all othors, Adopted. TIANES, Tho thauks of the National Board was voted to the Daltimore Board of Trado and the Corn and Flour Ex- clange for kiuduess and hoapitality offered, The thanks of the Board wero slso voted to tho presa, the Seorelary, and tho Hon, Frederlek Fraloy, presiding atfcer, Ale. Braley sesponded tu » feoling addsess, alter which thie Board adjourned sine die, TUE NEXT MEETING. Immediately sfter the adjournment of the Dosrd, thin afternoun, the Excoutivo Commitico agsembled, whon it was deeided 10 hold tho next_annual meeting In, Fllladelphis, on tho third Tucsday of January, 475, CUSHING. Mis Letter to' Gov. Andrew on the Breaking Out of tho Ikebellion, NEw Yons, Jan, 16.—The following is iha lotter {from Caleb Cushing which called forth Gov. Androw’s Tesponso : NEwnunyront, April 25, 1661, —Sn : T beg leave to | foidor myrelf to you huany capacily, however humn- Dble, jn which it may bo possible for ‘mo o contribute 1o the public weal iu tho present eritical nmcrfionc)’. I liave no desire to survive the overthrow of the Gove crnwaont of tho United States, I sm reld{ tor auy gacrifico to arrest auch n catastrophe, and I aak only to be pormitted to lay down nl.lly life'in {be service of ‘the Commonwealth and tho Union, Ism, very respeot— fully, ' 0, Cusmy, Ia Excollency, John A, .Andraw, Governor of the Commonywealth, THE LIVE-STOCK MARKETS, 4 ALDANY, N, Y% Speclal Dispateh ta The Chicago Tvibune, ALRANY, Jan, 16,—DERvas—Tbo market openod with & guod attondunce of local and country deslers, Whoio WADIA Wora quite oud thoy took liborally of tho - of- ferings, paylng e por Ib Liglior thun last week's clos— ing prices, ‘Cho uitendauce (o-day Wis Hood, com- puislug abiout the usual yumbes of loca, countiy, wad righton dealera, Tho fecling to-doy Was quite famo, thio clear, cold weathor having comied with o fulls ing off in flio recalpts to {urn the arket in favor of uellera, At tho cloko of tho mrket tho feoling was aulta tame, sud prices wero & {0 40 per Ib Ligher, Kulea wero mainly in refatl lofw, nggregating considor- ably bolow lant Woeki, Tho averago quality of reccipts wan allghtly iaforlos 10 last woely fur alfogh modl- wi grades aro of bettor quality, the falliug off in ex- teas tond to make tho averaga aualily sligutly inforior, o, Tocolpla’ sumbred 6,015 hewds, ngalunt 7,162 weak ago, Jirch Cows—None recelyed at thiv market, snd no aemand, Tho market 15 stagnant, and Lliers are no advices of Bhipmonts, 4z BULEP AND YaMDS—Roselpts, 0,200 Lad ; and, with a1 Incronsod dumand from Kastern doslony, pricus uro 1{@3{0 per 1 Ligher ; nuthiug doing for New York, and the local {radp dewtand {a nominnl, Twonty-thres ¢ar-loads wor Aold to Esstorn partios and sont for Jira ; oud 34 cax-loada of hiequgh slock vioro ghipped from New York, Tho domund I fair, and §¢ & oz- peoied that baforo tho cloao of thio markel to-morsow Jriven will ba “lovor, "Sheop, Gif(@0%o0; oxtza, o} ambs, I@Tscc. KANGAS OITT, MO, Sueedul Dispatch to The Chicayo Tyibune, Tangau Orry, Mo, day, 10,—0ATsLE—Damand more active from Esefern huye murket unchanged, Bales of mediumn winlorod Toxs stocrs at $2.40 ; gholco wintored alears, $6,00 ; fat Winfored Chiorokees, $3,60 ¢ ordinary thorough ' Texas cows, $1.00; extra corn-fed Texan cows, $3.50, Tloas~Receipts, 1,087, mostly of Hght ordinary, This grade oponed wéak,'selling at $4.90@4.60; guod arades, $4,8064,93, s S SR NEW ORLEANS MARKET. New Ouvians, Jau, 10.--BUeaDsrorse—Flour— Slock small and pricea firmer ; super, $3.8755 ¢ trablo $7.0037.80 3 fainily, $8,00@0.18, Corn active snd bigher; whito, 166770 yellow infxed, 7803 yollow, 80¢, Oals active nud higher, at S9@GH0C, . Bran—Qulot and essior, uf 05¢@$1.U0, Tav—Quilot § priwe, $239,00 ¢ cliviuo, $24.00, YuovisloNa—Vork—Rlock urall, an prives sdyanced t0 §16,25G16,60, Dry eultoll meatu—Stock swall, aud prices ndvanicod Xo; T@BK@8Kr, Bacon sowrce aud frmer 3 no shailderay olear rib, 9X@9G0; clear, D3, $lama Qull at 126, Lara searce, with » good do- mand ; tlerce, 93040 kew, 3@INC, GitookuIEsS—bUgAr s1d moluasey Wuchianged, Wittsky~—Soares aud firmer ; Loulsluus, $1,03; Qin- clunati, §1,00, Price Cuyrent ways tho atock of flour ia ® 81 Tho Kven estimated at 40,000 (o 46,000 Lils, Holdéra advauced Tates 250 per brl on accdunt of the Bt, Louls freozo. Doublo aud low trella oxtra grades sost wought o8 forelgu sceount ure vory seaxce, rox—Dumand slack ; elos, 5,400 balea ; prices trogulur, but Jower : gooil ordinary o atrict” good ordinary 147 @14 Jow midallnga t0 strict Jow id- dliugy, 1435015561 middlings, to striet muddiings, Iox@ia; yood nildiings, 13:@1005 rocelpty, 1oy g, KRG, : . dispensablo ICE. CQheecring Prospects for the Crop. Results of a Visit to Leading Deal- ers. How Ice Is Gathored at the Artesian Wells, Thoro i8 no countty in tho wonld jn whioh such comfort Is takon from wator in its con- gonled stato a9 in the United States. Inthe dapths of wintar, ag in the loight of summor, it .18 with modt Amoricans s nccossary sdjunct to tho diunor table. OF courso, it is fu tho Ilatter sonson that its presence i3 most gratoful. At sl ordinary timos it 1s rofroshing, but it fs in tho liot midsummer, with tho thermomotor at 90 degroes above, and the atmosphero laden with parching: dust, that its use bocomes abolutely indispensable. Then in tho crystaljeobblor, cooling cocktatl, or moro innocent cream it londs a charm to alite that would be othorwise scarcely endurable. To tho housekooper o loss than to tho eploure i it o mecessity 'at thla sgnson of the year. With her fifty-pound cliunk of {so stowed sway in the top compaviment of her ice-box, the housowifo can fill tha body of it with meats, con- ident that as long s tho ice holds out tho meat Wil keop good. b Although tho cooling of comforting beveragos and tho proserviug of meatin tho dog-dnys ara among lhe most usoful of tho many ways in whicli ieo ean bo omployed, there are othoor ubes to which it cau bo pub which #hould not be ailowed to pnes disregardod. Tho oxireme slipporiness of its surface hns always mado it a favorite substavco upon which to prac- tico the graceful art of skating, whilo its ox- treme coolness makos it a very useful substance to thply, as u dernior rosort, {o Lhoshaven skulls of fover patients. In, the DBritish possessions, in winter-time, when navigation is atayed by tho oxireme cold proventing the working of ma- chinery, it huilds bridges over thelr rivors, and thus enablos o communication to' bo kept up which could not otherwise be led. In the shapo of iceborgs, thin substanco prosents to viow ono of the grandest of this world’s phe- nomena, and, a8 a constant souarce of solicitude to tho oflicors of son-golng ships, it hag much to do with promoting o caroful observanca of the 1ules of mnavigation. It is, porhaps, in the Alpino . gincler, moving down-hill at tho rate of about 2 feot a year, and occasionally engulfing o group of Swiss chalots, that ico attains its pltch of mng- nificont inutifity. The hugo flelds of ica which hover round thoso devoutly believed in, yot un- discovored, flagstaffs, known. respoctively as tho North aud South Toles, sre in- a8 - tho habitat of - soals, sea-cows, and polar beavs, aud tho guardians of that delusion, tho North Sea pnssege. Take it ultogether, at hiomo oud abroad, ico ia & com- modity whick tho world canniot get along with- out, aud, a universal demand arising for it at ail seasons of tho-year, tho supplying of it to those who demand it has croated o vory lsrge trade. THE EXPONT TRADE, All over the Northern Statos the business of ico-gathoring is pursued ooch winter, and lnrge stocks nro laid up both for Lome consumption aud oxport to thoso unfortuneto Iatitudes which know not the beauties of sloigh-driving, skating, anow-storms, catarrh, pueumonis, and other in- stitutions whioh go'to malto lifo merry about, the soason of Cbristmas and Now Yoar's, Tho businees of exporting ice is mainly con- fined to the Eastern States, where the annual orop is an sbeolute certainty nnd the greatest focilities for suipping aro availsblo, In tho Northsvest, what ice is gathered is malnly for homo congumption, aud it ia only in Chicago, pothaps, that any export business is done at all, ‘I'his i8 of but limited extent, St, Louis and one or two other southerly cities only depending upon this city for their supply. “'ho homo businoes, howaver, is a very large ono, and ono in which the compotition i8 veyy lively. A Tninune reporter who went among tho ice-gathorors yesterday in sesrch of infor~ ‘mation found at lenst half-a-dozon of thom, oach averring that his business was by long odds the largest in tho aity. TIVALDY. Oue of the pointa on which ice-mou wranglo with considerablo warmtn is the question of the euporiority of lake ico over thut taken from the surface of pools of artepian-woll water. The lake-ice men aver stontly that tho artesian- well ice is sulphurous in flayor, and acts dolo- teriously upon the metallio llnfug of rofrigera~ tors, Tho lagtor robut the cherge, and rotal ato by undersolling the lake ice men, which "they aro able to dv- on ne- count of the nearncss of their ice-flelds to the city. A well-known artesisn-ico gath- oror compluined to the reporter thut the opposition loae no oceasion to sprend reports of tho bad quality of tho atesian-woll ice. As a cage in paint, ie'quoted the oxperiouce of & gon-~ tleman of the Woat Side whio Lias taken tho ar- tosian ica for years, whowas one day approsched Ly au ice-deliverer of the lake persngsion. The lattor confided to hip in secrecy that it had be- comie known that™® horse lhad tumbled into the artessan woll, and its owners had not taken the trouble to romove it for the bene- it of their customors, Tha gontleman romarked that ho did not scc how the ownars of the well cauld euceaed 1 removing the dond horse, sec- ing thab the woll was 711 feet doop, and that lio could hardly tell how the horse foll, in seeing that the woll was only five inches wide! Tho nonplussod ice-delivorer ~‘retired nbashod sud dropped the horso story as impracticable for future use, With o viow of flnding out whut atoct, if any, tho artesinn ico bas on the metal- 1o livings of ' refrigorators, tho reportor called upon a well-known manufacturer .and dealer in these articles, who stated that ho lud nover found that it hau any offeat upou the zine diffor- ent from that produced by other jce. Onoof the ico-gathering fivms which the re- porter called upon was that of MARK 8. THONPEON & CO. Heore ho loarned that during the wintar, up to within the Inst fow days, many of the dealors biad -bocome decidedly afraid of a famine, Tho cold snap of about ton daysago hnd raised hopes which the succoeding Wwarm spell bad put to flight, and many of thein bogen to lose faith. Tho continuous cold of the Insc fow daye, hoi- aver, put o conting of ico of from 6 to 0 inches in thicknees over tho watery fields, and thoy again resumed an uir of choorfulness and bogai to prepare for oporations, AL 8, Thompson & Ca,, who gather 1o from tho surfaco of Stono Take at Laporte, Ind., o body of wator with a suporilcial ares of ubout 850 acres, were on tho point of gathoring tho ico which formed thore at the first cold, but were aobliged by the change in the weather to dosist, Iho sccond froat, howovor, ouabled them to bogin cutting ico four duys ago .from tho luke in Contral Park. The ice horo ig ab presont about Y (inches in thickness, In the four days they have boen at work they have succeeded ia accumulating apout 120 tons & doy, which they hava atowe away in their houso on. Alny straat, Tho bulk of thelr work, however, is dome at La- porte, .Ind, whore they have geventeen ica-bouses. and storage ~ for 33,000 tons. TFifteon thousand tons of this is sout evory.year to Oincinnatl nud Louisville, This firm " will bogin cutting ico ot Laporte to-dny, with a forco of nbout 400 men, which will be inoreased to & force of 400, working late and carly, if tho sea- gon gives signs of boing & short ono, -Iu their opinion it will not bo so short as to give them troubio in gatloring thoir stool. Tho firm of s WADITAMS, WILLARD & €O, statod that it did um'lonbtedly look a littlo liko an ico famine n short time ago, and that the woather of yestorday wag hardly as favorable to ice-gathoring aa it lhad boon: They had beon cufting ico at Blgin sinco Monday. 'Tho ice was of gnafiqunlhy sndabout 10 fnones in thioknoss, The beut ihicknoss for ico was ag nearly 15 inelien ns posiblo. : Tho ice of last year was 28 inohes+in thickness, and was consoquoutly vory ditlicult to handle, The thiek ica, however,wus battor for tLeir ship- ping trade, whick was malnly conducted with 8t. ouig, Cineinnati, and ong or two Bonthorn poris, At Clark Station, Ind., whare thoy gath- ered 20,000 tous last yoar, thoyintonded to bdgin oporations Monday. *'Tho Lost Ico thoy gathored was that b Elgin, but there was no great diffor- enco botween the difforout kinds. TR AWTRSIAN IOE-¥IELD, In order to koo tho oporation of lco-gathoyiugs, 8 conducted within the lmits of the oily, the reporter ropuired to thie corner of Wostorn and Chicayo avenues, Hore lie found the establivh- ment of W.'I\ B, Read just begluning to got into full work for tho wiutor, Tho flold of flr. Road's oporations 1o & forly-nore tract of ground with nd«grasulon in the contre, which pormits of tho flooding of about thirty nores frowm on artesian well in tho wouthonss cormor of the prnpen‘{. This minfature lake has been couverted Into a flold of glare loo, alon; which were moving :mx&tu‘dnzl 4 nuniber ol hotdva atd Qen, WATKiLg OWE pisa of the feo-outting, which will bo bogun to-day. Avout #x acron of ca woro macked off in_aquarcs of eightoen inches, Tho houss in which the ice is Atorod in olnimod by ils ownor to bo one of tho Iargest, if mnot ihe largest, In the world. Is dlmonslons _oror 200 foob In longth by 220 in dopth, and G0 ‘feob in hoight. Its capacity s bolweon 40,000 and 60,000 tons, An - ingonious contrivance, tho in- yention of Mr, Rond, nesists grontly in tho stor- ing of the fcoin this hugo receptaclo, This iy an ondless clinin which rius froni the top of the buildiug into tho water, and at every ten foot of whioh Jn 5 hook to oalch the floating pioco of fce, Tho, pluces ot ico are floatadup ta the spot_whoro this ohain touchos tho water, aro caught by the hoolts, and carriod upwards, Tho ioo, us soon anit reaches tho houss, ia run slong o railway to ity flual deatination, Br., IL, R. Drapor, the Buporintendent of tho works, showed the reporter round the placo, In bis oplion, the sensat for teo-maling was protty woll gone, nud thoso who wanted to lay in s gaod atoro bad better mako ico whilo tho bun didn't shine too powerfully. Ico had boon cut 1n Chi- engo In Match, but it was n thing which ¢id not ofton ocuur, Ho aald that it would tako about thirty days to gathor this yoar's crop, which he hoped would amount to Romewlaren tha vicinity of 50,000 tons, Tliore wag but littlo ico loft in tho hiousa from lust year, aud ho thought that thinb stato of aflfairs was tho rule with tho bulk of the ice-dealers, Ho was suro that tho srtesion well fco was a8 good ns any in the murkot, and said that ite oppononts had formed a cliquo to projudico the public against it, but had failed aignally to doso, The reporter, hnvivg looked throug] the 1co-houso, tho bar, the wagon-factory, and engine-room of tho place, left for town, but not until tho Buperintendont had mado bim a presont of a higtary of the Artesisn Welly, in which {s de- " talted “at longth thoir supernatural discovory by » spirituelisiic modium, Abroham Jumes by name, who, whilo *in a tranco stato,” marked ont thio spot for boring the hiole up whieh nt tho presont dny gushes tho wator. which, inacon- gonlad stato,—nand carrying out firat spicitunlistic priueiples to tha lottar,—caola tho eobblors aud coclktails of such drink-Qiatributors a8 patronize Mr. Rond's establishmont, AMUSEMENTS. THE OPERA, Max 8trakosch has kept his word with the public, Notswitbstandivg thoe bard times aud tho temptation to pinch and economize in every pos- slblo way, no opora has over beou placed on the stagoe in this oity in suoh a Wrilliang and gor- goous manner a8 tho last great work of Verdi's. Inbrilliant and: clogant costuming, in suporb Beouery, in the richness of the proporties, and in ovory dotail which would lond brillinncy and cclat to the performance, he hns presented a spectaclo to the public which has scarcely, if ever, been equnled, even on the dramatio stage. A detailed notico of the artisls and their ropre- sentations wo resorve until the second perform- ruce. At this timo s briof description of the work and its musio will bo of more intercst. Tho cast was 18 follows ; 'The librotto of the work was furnished by A. Ghislauzont,and the story s enbstantially as fol- lows, tho aclion taking place at Memphis and ‘Thebes, during the period when tho Pharaohs were in powor : Egypt and Ethiopia nre at war with oach other, TheEgyptisn King bhas a daugh- tor nawmod Amneris, and tho Ethiopian King bas ono nemed Aida. Aida bas beon capbured, howevor, and is slave _to Amneris. Radanies is the Cupfain of the Egyplisn bosts, and with himboth Amneris and Atda aro in love. Ho re- turns tho love of Aidu, and thereby directs tho jenlousy of Amneris agninst hor, aud rodoublos tho Princess’ passion for himself. In one of tha contests between tho two nations, Amonasro, Aida's father, is taken captive ; but his captors do uot knov that hie is tho Etbioplan King, In common with all the rost of the Ethiopian captives ho s granted his life and lil arty, aud tho firet uso he mokes of thom 1s to induce Aida to persuade Radames to_give her such information as will onablo the Iithi- opinna to gain the uppor land. She does eo. 'Che misplacod confidenco of Radames (for he intended no treachory) is overheard by Ramfis. the chiof priest, and Jeadames is condemned to bo buvied alive. Anyeris, whose hand hay moanwhil boon bostowed by Lor father upon TRadames iu roward for his valar, tries to snvo bim, but in vain. Adide, who has mysteriously disappeared, sccrotes herself in the tomb, be- neath cho aliar of Osivis, in which Radames is immured, and hero the twohaploss lovors dio to- gother, The story of the work iu quito us ab- surd and foolish as the most of ihe subjects which Verdi has sot to music, but in this case he may fall back upon Mozart, whoso * Mugic Flite™ story, which is aleo Egyptian, ia quito as foolish, “Pho musio of tho work 18 peouliarly intoreat- ing, s it marks a new departure in Verdi's seores, and ouo which s destined to oxert an importaut iufluenco upon Itelian mueic hore- aftor, Among all living composers, Vordi is tho last one who would bo suspocted of traveling aftor the strango gods_st Muuich ond Paris, Ho is the Nestor of tho Italian lyric stage, and hins renclied an sgo when composers cspacially aro supposed to bo 8o rooted and grounded in their theorien that thoy connot bo moved. His stylo Lins becw 80 prououncod thas the pubiic has come to expect only ear-tiokling melodies from Dim, but in this work ho has developed a broader and more elaborate instruméntation, and in the vocal numbeys, espeoially iu the dusts, an attompt st lensb lo expross the omotions in a more intollectual mannor then by slmple melody, a8 wo find it in “Trovatoro,” * Traviais," sud "Rignlut- to," among lus first works, aud evenin “‘Don Carlos” and * Tho Forco of Dflulinfl," among bis luter productious, It is possiblo that in his old nge, the fountain of melotios, which he bLus drawh upon po incossantly, hes given omt, as it with Jtoseini, " but_ it is wmore probablo that bis visit to Rickard Wag- nor bus worked tho mirvacle, aud that the wiusiciau of tho future gained a convert in the groat ltalun melodist, and travslated him into tho higher rogions of hurmony, Tho principal numbors of the work, briofly summed up, arc ua followa: A prolude, mainly for tho violins, rather than an ovorture—such as choractorizes nearly all of Vordi's oporas. Ao 1. A romanza for tenor, * Celeste Aida," ono of the sweotest arins ho has over written; n duo for Amneris and Radames, londing into o trio; o war chant, ““Su! del Nilo," of tho most resonant and barberic kind imaginablo ; 2 long ~ Econa for = soprano, " Del wio soffrir,”” in tho instruwentation of whicl Wagner's influonce may be vory oloarly tuced, and whioh is a curious medloy of Wag- ner and Verdl ; a cousncration kcene, oponing with a priest’s choral march, sot OIF against o fuwale chorus bebind the scenos, and followed by tho ballot and tho coneorted numbor Afeme, custode ¢ vineite," which closed tho act. Act 3 opons with & chorus and ballet music of o gro- tesque churauter, porformed by small Yithio- pisus, followed by & duet botweon Aida and dmneris londing to the triumplnl march of Radames into Thobes, in which the orchostra is augmonted by o full military baud on tho stage. Ta this succoed & solo for baritane, involg .the King for merey, und a chorus of prisouors. Act 3 opous alio with o chorus and ro~ mouza - for Aida, " O cieli azuri,” and closes with two grand duets, which aro among tho most powerful numbers Vordl has ever writton, und aro roolly tho gows of the work, At { alio opous with a duet for Amneris and Radames, foliowed by thia musio of the trial sceno sud the flnal sceno of expiation, ombisciug a closing aria of great bosuty and & olorus introducing the march of tha fivet act. 'I'lio succons of tho opers was an unprocedent- odoue. ‘Tho dazzllug mise en scene ut tha clog. ing of tho second act couplod with the suporb singiug of the urtists sooured them a doubla call bofore the curtain, There were probably w this scone fully 150 people upon tho stage, Tho hiandsome scenery, the hugo fgure of Ammon, tho soldiers, pricsts, fau-boarers, ensign-boearerd, and slavos vith their rich and charactoristio costumes made up u pleture whiok was fairly dzzling, ‘Tho third sct contains the best musio of the opers, uotably the duet for Torriani aud = Dol - Muente and the olnuln;i ons for ‘Torrianl and Campn- wmni, in - which these two artisls oroated & porfoot furoro by thelr superb singing, Cary alio mado a great hit with her splondid persona- tion, It was u porsonation whioh places hor ut the head ot all Awmorican artista, A" {8 » magniticent spostaoular opers, but with fow suggestions of Verdl n its muslo, In 1t ho is evidently striving for un entirely now offoct, and he lias callod upon Wagner,, Moyer- Deor, Rousti, and oven Gounod, in°Lis attempt to whiie it, , Tt is doubttul, Lovzver, whothor it is an operw whioh will long survive, notwithe standing its barbarlo pomp and glitter, and the dazzling boauty of its speotacle, At tho name time, thoso who mies seolng it will regrot it, "his'attornoon * Fauat " will be given, WILXIE COLLING, Wilkis Qolling, tho 3:«»; Eoglish writor of sonsatioual flotion, Tok % | bris Mtorios lagh oveniug In’thy Ao 010 of Lig moas po%nhnl:' 4 Tho audionco was fair,~that fs, tho h d l abont Bl fll. An wnnsinl mnabor of locst colobrities was obsorved, the ehurch belug un- usunlly well roprosented. In tho fow mlautes preceding the appenratco of the reader on the rlnt!nrm, tho roportor recognized +tho Ttove, W, 1, Thomas, Robert Collyer, H. N. Powors, 1i- ward Bullivan, Clinton Locke, and the City Soalor. If tho audionco was oold, tho roproncit shiould Mo upon the managemont of tho locture, the calorific apparatus of the Hall boing stu- ondously dofectivo. In othor respecty tho nu- louco %A\vu ocensional evidencos of close ntion~ tion to tho locturor and intorest in his narrativo, When Mr. Colling mndo his appearanco nt the slila daor he was cordially welcomed, nnd paured in his walk to tho spealer’s tablo to bow. He iy o rathor tall man, with a fine head, beard tinged with gray, and & decided stoop. IIfs picturcs giva ou oxcollont likeneas of bim, 1Hs walic on the platform was of that tip-too fashion which {8 boat described a8 mincing, and atiractod im- modiate attontidn, Hir volco ts plonaant, witl depth and volume onough to fill tho lnvge build- ing without nIrpnrunt offort, On taling hia stand, Mr. Collius announced his story to ho “The Dream Woman” rowritton, revised, and, a8 ho hu[;‘od.-gmnuy improved, Tho charactors of tho “Mystory " “hio rond off, and at once con- vinced the audience, by that singlo nction, that Mr. Collins waa bofore them. 1t is not many months sinco tho London corro- spondents of the American pregs awnounced Mr, olling’ debut g a rendor, and gontly eriticised Lis stylo. ‘Pho dofeots thus emphasized hnvo in 8 gront menguro disspponcad, but there ora atil avidences of tha clocution-master observablo in the oceasional jork with which tho roluctant vorb is thrown aftor its mnenarly-forgotton eabject, Atr. Colling reads deliboratoly, aud tho story is Iongthonod out by this means, Tlus, foo, ‘the denoucment is kopb ot & respectful distance, whilo tho oxpectant mind domands its fmmedinto production, This is veryurtful, and truly consistent with tho gory charactor of tho narrative, ‘Thore is anothor stroug Collinslsm about tho ronding, and that is an Interval of ten miuutes, boginuing just on the verge of o disclosure, which compols com- parluon with tho sonsational racords of tho Fire- side Companion, *to be continued. 1t isn vory happy artifico to keop the attontion of a mixed audiencg, and hins eomotiing of the same effect sy tho threo words quoted aboye—one wants to hear tho continuation, g e 0DD FELLOWS’ BENEVOLENCE. 4 Spectat Dlapateh to The Chleogo Trlbune, BLOOMINGTON, I, Jan, 10.—For somo time past, thio matter of tho organization of & benevolent soclety among tho Oid Fellows of this county has boen under advisoment, A meoting of dclogates from lhe Jodges wan biold fn tho cify sovornl wecks ago, Sinco fhen a general plan for orqaulzation liow heon marked out, i wan reported to tho varfous lodges, nd n Board of Mumsgors vias aprointed to adopl ncocssnry rulos and regulutions, Tho Board held o meting a shoru thma ainice, at which an’ organization was completed. 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