Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 26, 1874, Page 2

e — (] THE CITICAGO DAILY TRIBUNI MONDAY, JANUARY 1874. 96, THE WORKINGMEN. Another Mass Meeting at Turner Hall, Another Speech by F. A. Hoff. man, Jr. Ezplanation of the Past---Plang for the Future, the New York Work- Sympathy for 5 ingmen, Speeches by MeAulifly Klings, and Others. Anothor workingman's mnss-mecting waa hold yesterdny aftornoon at Vorwarts Turnor Hall, on Wost Tweltth streot. ‘“Chere wero about 2,500 porsons prosent, nono of whom looked as il thoy had suffered severoly from stavvation or privation, most of them being quite respectably elad, and apparently well fod. Thore was but littlo onthusfosm manifosted, although most of tho speechion, espeelally thoso of tho leadors of the Internntionnls, were quite inceudiary, nnd intonded to oatch applause. THE LEADENS, woll-known londors of the Kraus, Malone, Besidea tho moveoment, Mossrs, Iiings, MeAuliff, Zimpol, Stehl, 1lanson, and Thorsmark, thero wers also on the platform Messrs. Francis A. Ifoffman, Jr., Jo- seph QGroenhut, Reynolds tho anclioneer, and a fow othors, It wns nearly 8 o'clock bofore the mooting was organizod, snd then they did not svon effect o rogular organization, no Chairman or Boorotary being elected. TRELININARY. The meeting was called to order by Mr. J. Btahl, who statod tbat DMogsrs, Blalono and Ifauson would read to thom the platform and plan of organization in German and English re- epoctivoly, afler which Mr. Fraucls A. Hoffman would nddross the mesting in English, Dosers.. Malono and Hsnson then performad thoir duty, and read tho samo dooument which waa oxclugively publishied in Tue InibuNe two weoks ago, but which the Zimes will furnish its rendors as something now to-day. NEMARKS OF MR, HOFFAAN. Mr, Francis A. Hoffmay was thon introduced, and spoko us follows: FELLOW-OITIZENK, WORKINGMEN OF OificAdo: My sppearanico before you, 1 trast, needs no_explauation, o highly-flatioring ihvitatiox. of your Commiltee re- quiring nio to address yon brought mo here, sud your bearty reception §a {ho Lot assuranco that'wmy pres- ence I8 ot inweleome, MAIN OUIEOT OF THE MEETING, 1 hovo beon informed that (ho principal object of this gutlieriug wan {o perfoct un organfzation of thu workingmen of this oity, I visalso told that s series >f resolutions, u the naturo of u declarationlof prinei~ plee, would Lo presented to you for ratideatiou, 1 fhopo, Lowever, that you will enlargo the sphiers of your labors beyond this nsrrow field, and_estend an ‘uvitation to tho laborora and workers of nll otber sities aud towns fo form similse organizations, bar- wmoniziug In epirit snd action with your owu; mioro articulatly with & viow of joining Lauds with the Yrmers, tho laborers of tho conntry, your uaturslal- ‘o8, In one common, uniled offort &0 frea this country ‘roin tho shuckies of monopoly, aud restors to fts peo~ 210 thelr formor peaco, inppines, aud prospority, KOW 14 TIE TIAR iostrikotho blow. A beller oppostunity g thio oresent nover offerad tself for bringlng your intens fious Lo n wiccessful fsauo, If uot seized upon, n Lt~ or mny not presout_{tsclf for muny yeara (o como, Fou poaecss tho power If you have the will. Success will follow your offarts if couruge accompauy your ‘ause, Faituro will bo equivalont fo disgracus for to sour owp lnck of intelligence, to your own Iukewarm inditforenco, to your inabllity to grapply with and be- Some mastor of tha situation, to your own disrcgnrd 51 your dearcst intorests and'tho country's good can defeat, with oll its disnstrous conscqtiences, alouo bo wneribid, 1€ defeat comes, polut to yourself for the use, Stand on your own feet, Rely on your own trength, Fight your own battles, Hemember ¢ who would bo freo theinselvea must strike the blow,” TEWAILE OF YOUS: ENEMIER, Letno honled worda of Peaco and sweet stralns of Hopo Leguflo you inton false course, or slacken your sfiorls. When force and intimidatidn will uo longer provail againat you, then will temporlzing conceasions Do substituted fo Inll you into a sivep Srom which the awakening will be the niore terrible, Exjicct 1o aid, accopt nono from your eoemics, At offer of truce will Lave for ita solo motive the gather- ing of_strengih o crush you, Can you doubt this 7 Dpen the Tecords of thio Past, sid uvery poge furniahes wn Hlustration, Hovo you over Lieard, known, or read 3f nclass thot voluntarily kurrondored an advantspe, 3r, unforcod, permitted others to purlicipate therein, anless, indced, Lo reup a greater advanluge? Aught slye 18 n ddlo dream, o delusion, Took not for relfef'from the ¢noms's camp. If you o, you_ will imffate tho folly of ilio Trofans, who broke down {heir walle, that bad for fou nuccesrive sears of aloge protected thom, to baconio tho eaey proy af thelr more cunniug enemy, To supposs thut auy Lionent radical offort will ever bo made in your bebaif by tliosp whosa superior well-belug {4 dapendont on i contfnustion of tho undisturbed oxistence of the ovils you complaiu of, would show you to bo the dupes of your own fguoranco and folly, "As well may you expect to gother grapes from thorns aud figa from thistles, You may look for this whou tho Ethioplan abiall chiange his skin and tho Icovard Lis spota, ALLIES, Pui what T havosaid {0 you, gentlemen, does not preclude an ailiauce with otliers, whoso futerests are in barmony with your own. Extend & helping hand to tho farmers, tha laboreru of tho field, They uro your vauguard, ‘Thoy huve cleared tho track, havo pre pared tho way for you, Ald thom in their'bravo war- furo with_your common enewy, hydra-headed mou. opaly. Workingmen, Inborers, come fu solid plialanx, undfe. with your brithren of the country, sud tha grand Leglon of Labor, marching under tlio'victorlous Banner of Reform, will trample under s fect every trand, weong, snd oppression that hava sullied the fair namo'of this epublic sud lowered uvin thy estoous of thie clvilized world | THE FIRST MABB-MEETING, Lot us pass in reviow tha occurrences of tho fmino~ dinko Lok, Tho history of mass-mectiugs furnisies no prevodent for that grand gathering of laborers lost December, for no sigus beralded its coming, The Ioaden aky, the datk, mussive clouds, it up now and tien by tho palo fiush of lightniog, warn us of tho approuching storm, Tha faint rumblings that well up trom beneath foreslindow the coming of tho destruc- tive carthquake, Tho distant murnure indicato the presonca of the roaring cataract, whoso {mputuous fall ke the ory foundations of the eartl, That weot- Lug was » storm, n cataract, au_earthquake. It struck scrror Into the Loarts of many who liad_basked in thy balimy sunshino of case and rested eecuro in tho midst at plenty. That gathoring smuzed on account of ita Vast nuinbors, but more Lecauso of its unberalded prescuce, 1t seemed tho work of magic ; without a Precedent, awonder, a plenomenon, BEFOUE 'TILE GOMMON OODNCIL, Mondny ndght that living mus of humanity rolled Uike » deop rivor impetuously un to tha City Ifull, ‘whero et tha ropresentatives of leus] power— THE POLICE FORUE, A bulwark had beon thrown up ogalust which the waves were to beat fu vato, Tho neray of police foren wa ot fusuit, for which its enactory sl some day bo wado tosuffer, Tad they bLut dared, and the samy sutragea would bavo beeu perpotrated’ npon_you tlut ¥ero committed on your brothren in Now York, who wero knocked down on the streets of the city, Whoss 3lood reddencd the pavement, ~ Col, Tdppincott turued 3ver hiu canuon to thi clty, to bo used ugainst you i sccaslon roquired, Grape-shot might havo @reoted 7ou, fustead of hypocritical nssurnnices of help,—ili iuyfeon, i plice of sulenn promizes that never will s0 fulfiléd, Tut tho thmo waa not thien, uor 8 now, my followsoitl~ scnw, to redress the fnsuit that was offered, by cone ‘nniling poverly with erime, TilE PETITION OF LAOB - Kag prosonted,—tho destitution of the Iaboriug ele/sos of this great motcapulis brotght howo ta the kitwle g0 of the public authoritieas no louger could unor- e of tho roul condition of thiugs bo plend, hisyor Zolvin directed us to the Rellof and A0 Huelety, sud srofferad us Lis powerful asslstunco,—hiniselt' prus 3ased that nome of tho city’ mousy in (he Buclorys Jauds should bo turued over to tho clty o bo speut in ho proseoution of publis improvements, i wan 30t my plau, it was tho Mayor's—if propor, let him Zaye tho eredit s 3¢ tmpropor, ot bis bo the blame, “Itio Al and Tollef Hocluty'wero forced to loostn tho urao-strings of 48 fund, The decluration waa mado, or the firut tmo sluce tho existenco of thut clcko cor- Joratiou, by ita most doxtorous spokesman, Lhnt tha Juouey in thoir posscsslon was thy_peoplo’s ' ionvy—a “und for misfortune ; thot tho * Faoplo shorild como sl got 48,7 Pl pooplo dld come, but did tey get it IRLIZFAID, . For a time, however, monoy ponred forthfrom tholr sollers into the hands of tho neody, Ttolies eawe ln lesu atinted mossure, Tho human sullerlng ju our midst wan for a thme sbated,—tho aid brouzitt nearcr Lumne to the people, “Phe Kkingonoy of thiirules were waspeudad, Hub whatever of exira el tiat osloty Havo you, my feonds, thanks are uot due to' then, Tho drind of arousing the Just indiynation of tho plo made them for u tino doviato fromrthelr wennl courso,—n coursa whichy lowever uusatbufactory to Bnifering humanity, the futnre will some Yoy veveul to o been highly advantegeous to some o ity tunne gary, fu spfto of )l mancuvors to conceal (hoir uvae Tleo undor the elusk of disintereated bioun volenice, "Tho conferouce With 1ho Ruliel Hucld.y did ‘somy good, my friends, Many o lungry mouth w fed, muny o cold hut warmed, many & chilled body clothiod, “Tho poor wo whsll Buve alvogs smoniel wi, T.ot us bo thankful for the exiatence ot all the vencied Yor sheir roliofy be they perfoct ar fuys sefuct, ‘Couacious of Laving boen somewliyt Iustrimontal in bringlng about & cliango [or o boties In tho condi- tion of our necdy, makes mo forgive, if I cunnot for- got, tho sbuso and calumny heaped’ upon me by an almost undted preav X w0y Dot Vals fu welf-Usfenso, My chinractor necds no vindication, snd ns for m. raputation, T rely on the nlncurll{ of my motiven, anil oah afford’ to wnit until tnio sholl prov tho justfco of o catiso 1 hiava capouscd, 10 leas than tho purity of my intentions, THE DEMAND OP LANOR YOR PROTFOTION, Had your Cominitteo, *((‘n(lul“en, appronched the city nuthoritics merely with & prayér for bread, thnt prayor wonld bave heen geanted, Some ingenlous Alderman wonld Layo rovoslod fo his more benighted brethren n plan that would havo satiafied tho clafmants as well s tho law, They all attain con~ derabio oxporienco i whippifig tho devil arouud tho slump, Thiblie charity wonld havo been granted ; publio las' bor thoy dared 1ot givo yotr, Your demadd was & de- mand of lsbor for protoction, Wondor not at the re- pulse, _Your action nlarmod capital ; gvon your tnor- gantzed’ sivength torrifigd mouopoly, Tho alightost concession wald bava beon {ho doath-stroke o tholr unjust power, Tabor was gtratching forth hor brawny arms for tho wweapons copltal 5o long had sololy srielded, With lotul voles nud enrnest {one aho criod out: ‘Lot down the Lirs, open tlio gates, that I may tread thio paths you o long'iavo trod, and reap tho advautages you 4 Tong inva enfosed. Tatiot B awakened from ta Jethnrgy,—dotormined o put u stop to the wrongs that linva’ for yenrs oy— pressedd the poople, The conflict fa irrepressfblo, It must be fought out, and everybody will liave to taka wldes in tho great coming contost against monopoly. Tho question ab fssue 16, whotlier there slill ba one place luft whero tho rigils of all sro cqual ndor tho lnw, ono place Where gold 1a 1ot suprame ovor mon- hoott! RUIT FOR WAQES, 1 40 not belleve, genttamen, that any porgon can be found in the lengtl and breadth of the Stato that will not freely admit thaf tho neccesity of aulug for als wogos I8 o great hardship o a laboring man. Al litl- ilnl jors 18 am ovil to bo shunned, sud only made uso of [u caso of neceasily Wwhera overy otlior course for ro- dresn Lins fofled, ‘Ao Inw furnishes n alnioat all cases an fuadenuate remedy, To thoso that cat afford tho xpennive luxury, {& may. bo_indifferent whethier tho gamo ds_worth tho powder; but to persons in your ntation of 1if, who depend upon thele doily wages for their daily bread, it 8 o matter of no indifforenco whthor legal redress pays the cxpense connected thore with, ‘Tl Inw'a delay 18 very oppressive, aud for all pruciical murposcs i most. lustances whicre aults are rought for small amounts the law night o well prohibit all egal redress, Every Inborerer, workman, aud mochnuic—~in_short, overy employe, should Do permitted (0 suo by sttaclient, ‘Tho okomption of property from cxcention, eta, sbould nob opply wihero suchh sulla ato brought. _ Attorney’s fees should also be taxed aud the time of anr.‘n! shortened, Thou would laborers bo leas dofrauded out of their Lard- carned wagos than 8 at prescut tho enso, PUDLIC_KDUCATION, Your zeal, my fallow-cltizenn, on tho subJoct of edu- cation i8 highly commendablos but I beg you to cone nider that edueation should bo but tho means, and en- llghlenmunt the end, When I romember that a man ke John Ruskin prides himself on tho fact that ho nover cast a voto fu_hin life, tht learning lins often beou tho_ subsldized servaut of tyranns, nud (ho de- fender of corruption ; when I know tint fntelleotual Purmlhl liave a tundeucy to fsolato the studont from e people, nko him Sndillrest, ugympathetle sud selfib, I would also_ondeavor to'distiuguish betireen good nud bad education. till, lot s uot forget thut Knowledgo fs tho lnnd. malil of Liberty, lgmoranico {8 tho atmosphere i which tyranny alone canthrive, Mako war on {gnor~ anco, Education s the gronite-rock on which resta tho political orgauization, The very genins of our in- atitutions s opposed fo iguorance of the peoplo, PROUILITION OF EMILOYMENT OF CHILDREN, “Your Iufluence, luborers, should ba oxorted towards thie povsage of & law probibitiug the employment of chitdron under the sgo of 14 in tha factorles and work shops, Biicl 8 law would bava tho effect of juducing parenin to send their childron t0 Ackiool rather thun bavo ther fdifog about the house and in tho streots, Maio cducaton-eheap for the parouts, ind sttractiva to the children, and no statuic-law noed enforeo at- tendance at schools, ‘The Btate may havo a right tocompal parenta to edue cate thalr clfldren, but X am bittorly opposod $0 com~ palling atteudance at the publle schoola. To obligo paronts to educato tlelr cbildren is ono thiug; toforco thom to educato thelr offspriug in cer- {ain manner and at a certain place, quite another, The formar muy be s publio necessity ; tho latter1n, in my Spinion, alwaya s tyraunicsl nfeffarcnce with privato rights, ut thore 44 o furtlier and vory grava objection, Youare well uware that the Catholics, Lutheraus, and s number of other roligious denominations have schools of thelr own. By forelug thoto people to send thair cildren In tho public &chonls you Would ronso powertul religious bodics into hoatility by disregarding their religlous vouvictions, You hiave enongh on haud to conquer your present enamies without inviting attacks from a direction where you ought to oxpect aid, Such a course would ‘Dreathe forth a spirit of futolerance unworthyof you, Buch a law would bo siill-born and lucapible of ef- foctivo cxcention, Not so nuch fn behalf of Retiglon, = in the nume of Liberty, do I waru you agaiust such injustica aud folly, THE DAILIOADA, The most fmportant quostion of tho hour Lo the great Northweat fa tho transportation problem, It is of vital Iuterestto you, a8 woll ss tho faruor, _ If thio produicta of Mo fol cu bo cesyly got to markel, the [aborof tha farmer will be rewarded 3 o will havo money to pay for tho munufacturer’s products; ail can obtain employment, and good timos will provail, ‘The mouey which is now wrung from farn-labor in thoshapo of frolght, and an & consequunco from the clity Iabor in enlsucod cost of grain to pay dividonds ou'the watered stock of tho great rallway-monopolios, should bo saved ta tho people who earned it. NO HTATE OWNERAUID, Tt §3 contrary to the genfus of onr iustitutions for tho Sinte {0 tuie hold of and operato these rosds, Such centralization of power in tho lLauds of Govern- mient would fnevitably and rapidiy lead to tho entire overthrow of thospfrit if not the form, of this Ropub- He, and establieh fu its wtead o vast ceutralized despot fam, in which the rights of {lo luboring classes would bo But Hittlo 1capocted. fiE REMEDY, The remedy of the transportaton dificulty to ma goems plain, ~ While the rolling-stock of a raflroad is the private perronal property of the corporation, tha roud {iself innot, [he corporation of courso Las a proprictary interest in tho rond-bed, ties, and rafls, but uot nw exelusive futereat. The goucral publichave an ntorest in such bighways, tho ssmo us in any otber highway, aud have a riglhit 10 pass and repuss over them by payiug what tho samo fs reasonably worth. BEIZURE OF PROTERTY, In no country in tho civilized world can private property be takien from oue porson and givon to on- other for his private use without the consont of tho owner. Nelther n Stato nor tho United States cau do i, It {8 provided b{ both the Btate and the United States Coustitution that private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation to tho owner, The State In the right of emninent domain mny provide for tho taking of private property upon f"“ ‘compensation for publio uso, Aucli 38 the estab- ishing of o street, a turnpiko, a raflrond, For theso purposes o road msy be run tlirough your garden, or your house forn down, if it stands in the way ; but in wvery cege tho property must Lo taken for public use, aud the general public Lave a right to use such a roa under reavonoble regulationn. GAVITAL AXND TATOR, Iwould bo dorelit sn my duty towards you, my fetlow-citizens, wero I to remaiu silent on the great question of tLv relation of capltal to labor, although your own resolutions are silent on this subject, Were desirous of popular applause, my Lps would romaln sealed, Iwould leave this eubject untouched, well- awaro that I n treading on dangerous ground, But T aball not .bow to that tyraut of pubifo meh—tho Prena—no, not oven before the People, Nouo of the wcasures proposed by your Comuwitice reachea tho root of tho evils tliat bppress you, although wauy of thom, when earried out, will ulllato somo of tholr Dud effocts ADOIRTY DIVIDED 1N OLARSEN, All modern socloty is divided juto clssses, The eney tranvition fromoue clnos {nto another, as is tho case {n tlig country, does not go to shaw that no clussification of socloly oxists, “The oxperience and obscrvation of overy day boar wilness {o that quick transitton, Tho beggar of to-day way be tho milion- alro of tomorrow ihio smploser ofteu chauges places with the employed, hut will uny one deny tho oxisteuco of o differcuce between them ? Nt only in soclety divided into clussos, but furthor mora thore {s an sutagonismn between the employed and tho employer, belween capital and labor ; & con- tlict of intereatsns lunientable as it 8 daugerous to the very existeuce of sociely. ‘Some peoplo imitato tho wisdom of the ostrich, sud tuluk fliat by concealing thelr Leads in tho eand thoir enemifive yanish beeanse they 5o longor seo them, I it ot a fur more sensiblo conrae to sirivo to romove an evil tuau to deny its exisienco? Tho great problom of Bur times 16 the peaccablo solution of the Iabor quertlon, Go where you will, to tho Mouurchics of Wer.tern Enropo or tue Republics of Awerlca, from thu storile plaing of Swuden to the vine-clad hills of Franve, swong the laborions Germsus, flm} ‘French, sturdy Northnien, the brave sons of Erin, and o peo- yido of ‘our own ‘conntry, tho kamo unfagonlsm ex- Ttk Dotween capital and Jabor—the employer and ¢ foyod. PIOIAE strifo will never cease, thiat warfare nevor end 50 long o8 thie present Yelationy coutiuue, Not uutil labor suull ceaso to bo employed in the presontmantier recelving Azud compensation for its uso, not unti ao-culled touges aliall ba no wiore, will peace, hurmo~ 1y, und good will roturu, Wheu lubor shall Lo cutitled 7 0 recelve its Just shurs of the profits of tho common produt of it Inborand capital, and bo willing to tuke tho risk of possible loskes ; Dot until capital aud Jubior Locomo partners in & great euterprise will the juterests of both be identical, aud tho struggle como to o buppy cud, THE PUFSENT DUTY, But your fivst duty to yoursolyes und your country is to wrest thio power out Of tho clutehios of tho favored fow that have reduced this Governmont to an justen- mont of oppresslon, Give your undivided support to uil efforts made for tho furtherance of tle publle wol- faro nud the discomfiture of tyranny, In order thut encrouchments of monopoly aud the corrupting in- finences of capital muy coass, Numember that tho ballot, not e bullet, will rid you of theso ovils to which you, i common’ with all thu productig classen, have beeu subjected, Your owni votes buve holpad'lo forge your chains, lot your own volea break them., 1 aconge you of the very cxistonco of ilivss wrongs, (Lt your sluth, your folly, your ignoratic, your dis- read of public goud, youl’ Ulind fults i pasly, yous Tdolatey of publio mot Lnve brought pey you, Let 1o maudlin fear nunervo you or weaken your rosolutions, but, ke men, truo” to yonr conviatlons, cousclous of the Justive of 'your_cause, determined to Vi, tonke onb_grand united effort, sid your couse will'by erowned With victory, U, ZIMPEL, Mr. Zimpot explainad iho difforent planks in tho platform, 1o then urged thom to unite and Jjoin the Workingmen's Asuociation that thoy Wigbt bo raisod from their degraded position and besome tho equals of arlstovrats, itherto (hsy had not boon recognized au human boings, and they munt, thoroforo, work unitedly aud in #olid phalanx march agninst tho encmy's strong- Liold wnd rout him st overy polut (spplouse). Ho soverely donounced the nowspapors for sid- ing with the bourgeois. and aristocrats, beeauso there was more monoy to bo made by such action, Tho iuscription on their banner was | of 1 right and fruth; and In that sign thoy would bo vigtorious. KARL RIANG thoi nddressed tho mectiug in Gorman., e commanced by saying that ov nccount of tho Inte Tiour aud s other spenkors bad alrondy amiply stated the objoot of their organization, ie would confina hlmself to answoring au_attack mada upon him by tho Staals-Zeitung, That papor bad published an articlo whioh had proviously ap= x{nuru«l in tho Union, nccusing lim of liaving d ishonastly tried to get an oflico from the Peo- | lo's party. This article waa originally wilt- on by tho professional politieal beg- £T E.loh, proprictor of * tha Union, and County Olork, whotn {the Slaals-Zeitung formorly honored with all tho vile epithots of which that paper ouly was capable. e (l(hnga‘} nover did belong to tha Poopla's pnrty, an theroforo Lo could nover havo become & traitor {0 1t a4 chiarged by Mr. Rastor. .~ WHE WAY TO DO IT If ho woro Iunklntg for au oftico ho sould first fight and quarrel with Heslog, who would then soll him n newspapor on long credit, _IHaving accomplishied that, ho would got Petor Haund to aoll atock to nll tho oflico-holders fn tho city Pnughlnr and_applause], snd with tho monoy hus obtnined ho would pay off Hoalug, _Aftor- wards, through that gentlomen's influcuce, ho wonld becoma County Clork, out of which oftiea lie conld mnko & shug little fortuno as woll a8 Mr. Lieb., Gon. Salomon, four years ngo, only nsked $14,000 n yoar for oflico expenses, but tho prosont inounibent, Licb, asks no loss than £84,000. Four years heuco le might sl £60,000. TIT FOR TAT, Binco the Staats-Zeitung had attackod him por- soually, o was at liberty to do tho same_thing in return, o would therofore sk Mr. Raster how ho would fiko to bo nccused of having nu- nibilated & woman by Liarsh treatmont 2 Would ho not ask for the proof of such neccusa- tlon ? Why shounld he mnot ask for tho facts of the nccusation made agamst him by Rastor? Was it cvory one's duty to tdeny a libolous statement for phich thoro was no foundation in fact? Ha thon went on to say that it was thoir duty to get o paporof thelr own, sud that thoy should wo Tonger rond auch papers as tha Union aund Slaals- Zeilung. R, WAULIFP, Mr. Jobn MoAulift was then introduced to nd- drass tho meoting fu English, Ho uaid that the present siato of affairs was wrong. After the panic the strongest hearts rinnllud bofore the poverty which they saw would follow, Inthe trail of the dishonrtening nows camo the account of the feasting of "Graut by Jay Cooke. while theso political and financial brigands wero fonsting the wail of the poverty-stricken mother was beatd in tho Iand. Ha colled tho atlention of the meeting to his opinfon of tha cause of tho present tronbls, which he thought was to ba found i the barbnrous laws of tho country. Avaricious monopolies sapped iho strength of the cnuntryl tho childrou of the poor conld not obtain a liboral oducation whilo the money of tho mnsses was omployed in rear- ing prisons and othor wsuch institutions. Tho * speaker reforred to the shoricom- ings of tho City Government, and said that its fmprovement was & work which lay in the hauds of the workingmen. Ho thought thatthe present Government promised to ba excoudlnfi}y cornipt, and instanced tho fact that when tho worlingmen repaired to tho City Hall for rolief, thoy wore frustrated through the machinations of a Btorey and a Hoslug. He called upon tho poople to discard for tho futuro tho Aldormen who hind urged that tho rofuso of the lotcl- tables bo supplied to tho siarving mnsees. Ho wurged thom to act couscientiously for what they thought was right, to unito and_ make & strike for botter laws nt tho ballot-box, A bettor state of affalrs could not bo bad until united action was ob- talnod. Ho thought tho principles of iho plat~ form_were: founded on truth and justico.” Ho could mot #co why the children of one man should be pamperoed in the lap of luxury, and thioso of auother brought up in poverty without the gimplo advantages of a common education. NESOLUTION. The Secrotary then rend the following resolu- tion, which was unanimously adopted : WiEnEss, At s mass meoting of workinginen in the Clty of Now York, dan, 13, theyseryunts of the ruling classes (policemen), proventad the workers from exer- cielng tholr rights s cltizous of tho Uniled States to n’lem\'im !o; pesceable purposcs wleuever they pleased ; and, 7 WirEneas, Tho workingmen of other citiea may bo- come fuvolved u the same difficulty ; therefore, be it Jiesoloed, To request. all workingmen of the United States to oboy the policomon ouly when they act within e bounda of the law ; if tho palics force ovorstop tho ‘bounds of 1be law, a6 was doo in New York, not to obey them, but to'do all that can be douo to maintain tigo liboriicn nccorded Dy the Constitution of the Unitod A communication was then road from THE ANTI-MONOVOLIST, tondoring their journal as the organ of tho Workingmen's Association, whioh was referred to the Local Commiitiee. . OTIHER BPEAKERS, After Mr. Thorsmark had made a fow remarks in tho Danish language, Mr. Malono mado an ex-~ planntion with regara to tho plank of tbe plat- form relating to public schools. It was not tho ntention to send a child of one denomination to o sohaol where a religion difterent from its own was nculeated, :What was wanted wod tho providing of froe education aud tho power of compelling all parouta to send children bo- tweon tho agos of 7 and 14 years to school. With more education, the future politiciaus would be much purer ihan at presont. Ho handled the ‘ballot Bystom without gloves, and trented Mayor Colyin to a eastigation. Several othor speakors mado short remarks, aftor which tho meotiugad- Jjourned. TRANSPORTATION OF CORPSES. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: S Inreply to ‘* Plato's " article in to-dny's TRIBUNE, a8 to how long. will this be thus, I would ask if it would bo proper for the corpso to occupy aseat in the conch (as ho is entitled to one by purchasing o first-class ticket) ; and,again, would it not be better to have the coffin placed in a cool place in summer or winter, as fs now done, than to have it placed in tho bnggage-car, whorait ia closc and warm ? Ilmnow onco when the corpao rodo inside tho baggage-car fourteen hours, and the parties in charge had to Iny over at Chicago and have tho coflin oponed nnd ro- packed, au tho body bnd commonced to decom- pose. ‘I'ho platformis cool and sofe, nothing boing placed on top of tho cofiln, As {o ita bo- ing placed on ita side, that i8 only imaginary, Railroad-mon have as much respect for the dead a8 ' Plato " has. B. ML Cuiuado, Jan, 24, 1874, e e The Ruins of Jam OW, Hrom the Lynchburg Virpintan, Jamestown was sottled by tho intropld John Smith, Mey 13, 1607, and was, as woll Lkuown, theflrst English settlomont on this con- tinont. It was a poniusuls thon ; it i an island now. The water long sinco forcod a passago through the narrow nock that conuectod it with the main land and loft it av island. But the effoct of attrition did not ond here. Tor nearly o mile from this locality * the noble James " hias baen gaining on theland. So wuch of the old town §8 now undor water, and, at low_tide, ovi- idences of this fact have somotimes beon dis- covored in tho debris that iu loft thoro, The old towor and ruins of the church are now less than fifty yards from tho wator, and must, in time, bo ‘wubmerged unless some uction be takento provent it. The tower, ivy-grown and pictur- esquo ae it iy, lifts itsalf’'some thirty-five foat above the plam, and {s cighteen foet squara, It in impossible to ascertain tho exnct date of the countruction of this old buildivg, for it was not the first ehurch orectod thero, thougl it was doubt- of it is included in the fifty acros doeded to the loas built in the soventeouth coutury. As thosito authorities of James City for public houses, some ateps should be takon by tho county or Btate ta presorva it from furthor demolliiou, and to preveut it from over passing under the absolute control of private partios, Tho islaud i now awnod by a Naw Yorker, aud houce tho groater nccessity for sction in tho promiscs 0 presorvo this meworial of the firet sottlemeut of Virglula, e Jeft Daviv, ‘Tho londer of the Confoderaies recolves the following notice in tho New Orlenns Ficayune of Jan, 15 : ** Tho Hon, Jeffarson Davie, who bay boen sojourning with his nieco, Mrs, Btamps, on Mangazine stroot, for some dnaa, Laa becn boue- fited 50 much from our mild climate that ho has abandoned Lis purpose of trying tho effacts of & son voyage, and will romain in the oity for some time longer, Mr., Davis woury his nqa woll, aud, hough a somewhat thinner man than when wa snut #nw_ him, he eutors into conversation with all hig old auimation and graco. In n subsoguont fssue the Picayuns adds the following: * Mr, Jefferson Duvis, boiug aaked to rolato tho ciroumstances conneotod with tho (Xunhh\i; lotter, told the i;onllflum\ who ques- tionod him on the subjoct that ho Lad no recot- lectlon of such a lotier ; that he did not romom- Bor rogelving any lottor frow Me, Qushing at the tlme roforrod to, aud that ho had no knowledgo of tho porson in whoue bolinlf thoe latter purports to have beou written, ‘U'lue ls u strange fact, as she {noldent fa oue which would ba llhula‘to fmpross ituell on o womory so tonncious ag that v, Davis." ‘SPRINGFIELD. A Lively Debato on tho Adjournment Question, The Senate " Practice” Bill Passed in the House. Prospect of the Entire Rallroad Ques- tion Being Reopenod. The Senate Adopts the *‘ Option " Clause in the Criminal Code. RAILROADS, PROSPECTS OF LEGISLATION. spectal Dispaleh to The Chicago Tribune, BromorieLp, 1N, Jan, 24.—The Houso Rail- rond Committeo nppointed n sub-committeo, conaisting of Hildrup, Counolly, Blaw, Arm- strong, and Herrington, to framo a bill in con- formity with the instructions of tho IIouso, which wero to the offect that tho Commissioners schedules, or some other schedules, should be ennctod, Tho Commitico wHI hardly inke the timo or trouble necosunry to coustruob new ta- bles, but will prosont o ‘bill with tho Commis- nlonors’ ratos and lot the Houeo do as it likes. Thero will bo o plessant timo, considering the long rows of figures, if they ara constdered. Tho Iouso will pm[)nbly gulp tho wlolo and tako tho chances. It mow looksns if the antiro subject of railroad legislation will bo re- oponed, snd the prosout lnw amended. Tho Commigsioners decided that through . froight camo witbin the scopo of the law, und the doci- sfon gave muol dissatisfaction. Mr. Joncs pro- sonted a bill this morning amending the third scction an follows : And further, Provided, That notbing horein con- taiued shiall ba B0 constried an to npply to through froight boing trausportod through or out of this Stato, or oming iuto this Stato from other States, - OPTIONS. HTEELE'S BUBSTITUTE, special Dispatch to Phe Chicago Tribune, BrriNoFeLp, 1L, Jon, 24.—Mr. Bteolo's sub- atituto for the * gambling in grain,” ote., clause of the Codo was up for trouble in tho Bonoto this morning. Mr. Steolo did not like the ox- prossion * dead victuals,” which was yesterdny insorted by Mr. Canfioll’s motion. He offercd an nmondment slriking out * doad victuals,'" and substituting ** commodity,” and tho amend~ ‘mont was adopted. Ar, Willlamaon, of Cook, spoke’ at length on tho amendment. Ilo favored the abolition of rain-gambling, but doubted the ability of the ssembly to framo a law which ehould so dis- criminato as to punish gambling without at tho samo timo interfering with logitimnto trado. Mrr Voris mada a savago attack on the option men, ae dangorous “charactors to businoss health, Tho offect of thoir transactions was to KERP THE GRAIN MARKET DERANGED, to tho sorious injury of tho producors of tuo State. No harm could possibly result from s Jaw which® would wipe out that claes of gamblota. 3 Mr. Steele apoke in support of his aniendment. He acknowledged thot he was not fully posted, Lut that ho know tho injurious offect of the transactions which the ameoundment was to pro- bit, and that Lo Lad the nas- surance of men who _ were posted that tho amondment would werve (lho purposs, Ho was encouragel to reposo a confl- donee in the amendment by tho fact that s strong Tobby waB working hard fo socure ils dofent. This statement he mado from knowledge. Ho oxhibitod o gonnine 'call,” and explalned its effect, 1t was evident, howovar, that for once Mr. Bteola Liad gotten into deep water, and lo hardly did himeelf justice. Mr. Thompson mado an elaborate oxplanation of the torms *‘put,” **call,” and **option,” il thought Mr. Steole's smendmont reachied furtiior than desirablo, interfering with bona-fide eales, Ho, however, would assist in forming an amend- ment that wonld kill the pernicious system of “puis " and * calls,” t was, on tho whole, evident that tho Beneto Lind tackled & question of which it {s almost en- tiroly ignorant. Mr, MoGrath moved a postponement of furthor consideration of the amendnient in or- der to give tho Scnato an opportunity to post Lhumufivnu. Thoe postponomont was refused, the amondment was nmended, and was thon put to vote and adopted, ag follows : Whaover contracts to havo or give fo hinmself or anothor the option to sell or to buyat a future time any_ grsin or other commodity, stock of auy rail- road or othor company, or gold, or forestalls tio mar- Xet by spreading falso rumors o influence tho prico of commodities theroln, or “corners ” tho markets, or attemyta to do 8o, iu'sny of such commodilics, shnll Do finod not less than $10 or moro than £1,000, Or con- fined in the County Juil nut exceoding one year, or Doth ; and all contracts mads fu violation of fils cc- tlon shnll b considered gurabilng contracte, sud shail e vold, Mr. Willinmson entered o motion fo_recon- sider, aud the Sonato adjourned'till Monday. i~ THE CRIMINAL CODE. DRUNKENNESS. Special Disvateh to The Chicago Tribune, SrnrvarisLp, 1N, Jan. 24.—Yosterday's worlk in tho Senato encournged the hopo that ithad almost finished the coneideration of the Criminal Codo. But atan enrly hour to-day Mr. Snuford took the Sennta away back to Soc. 64, Division 1, and offored an amondment, striking out the claure giving Justicos powor to romit fincs for drunk- onness, This clause afforded the Senate good picking for half u duy lust Mondny, nnd tho spoechios delivered this morning wero but a ro- Linsh of thoso on that occasion, The result was likowise the same, ng the Senate rofused, by a largo majority, to strike out. HOUSES OF JLL-FAME. Mr, McGrath offered an smendment fo Sco. 80 of thojCode, relativo to Louses of ill- famo, His amondment subjecis any lundlord who may rent s houso with the kuowledgo that it ia to Do used for purposcs of prostitution to n fine not excecding 8200, Tho ameudument was adopted without opposition. e COLLEQTION OF WAGES. AQTION TO NECOVER. spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, EeRINaFIELD, Jan, 24.—McLaughlin's bill in relation to tho collection of wages, was lost in tho Houso for want of three votes, tho roll-call showing 74 for and 42 ugninst tho bill. It was reconsidered, and will bo tried once more noxt Wodnesdny. It is a8 follows: A Biu for ou uct in relution to the collection of Wages, grarion 1, Do it enacted by the peopls of the State of Illinofs, ropresonted in the General Assembly, That whenevar the omployer of suy laborer, workmau, workwoman, meehanic, or artfson sliall hold or refuse to pay to wuch porson so employed by Liim or dior, any ~wages that may be duo to them or any of theu, be- yond a reagonablo timo sfter demand miado for such uch employer shall b held lable to stich por- sou In an nppropriate_action for tho amount ¥o due, and for damages for tho detention thercof, not to ox- «ceed 10 por cent au the nwount of Jlldfimen! obtainoed, und also reasonablo attornoy’s fees, to be taxed ag costa by the Court, BEG. 3. Tha term * omploger,” a8 ueed in this act, sholl bo held to nenn suy corporation, firm, or indi- vidual for whor the labor or #ervice, on secount of Awhifch suit {8 brought, was rendercd, ik ——y THE ADJOURNMENT QUESTION. special Dispatch to The Chicayo Tyibune, Srumorieep, I, Jan, 24, —In {be ouse Mr. Sayago offercd o resolution to adjourn sine dio Fob, 20, Mr, 8haw dosired to postpono for ten days, that thoy might kuow whero ihey stood. Mr. Hay bolioved thoy should fx a8 early a day a8 possible, Iudispoueable businesy, - if thoro was any, could badone by tho dato fixedin the resolution, Mr, Bradwoll did not think that therd wero such important measuras bofore thom a8 should provont an adjournment at an early day. Mr, Oborly was in fuvor of settling the d“{' I'ho people demanded that they should expedite buslnoss, Thoy thought thoy had no right to bo in sossfon at all, Tho ostenslblo object of tho soseion was to cousidor tho Railread law, and that dono thoy should go home., They had wandored from iho object of tha sosslon, which§was only railvond legista- tion, and had embarked on the unknown sons of ravielon, ‘Thoy could finish all the rovision bills now under considoration, and leave the rost to the noxt Logislature, 'L'hey wore oxtravagant, 'Fhoy wera paying clorka of committecs for doing no work aud were drawing pay themselves for work that might well b loft undone, My, Dun- Liam weunt for Oborly, on the ground that ho was pandering to the Docatur Convention, though Tio had votod for an adjourncd soession. Lhe sesslon was in aplrit s violation of tho Conatitu- tion. Ho desirod an immodiate adjournment, As ono of the Iievision Committeo ho dosived Jto esy tboro was no necewsity for ro- vising the lawa at thia timo, = Ad soon as_tlioy enocted n Jury Jaw they should go homo. Mr, Jonos bolicved " the rosolutfon wan incomploto. IIe was onposed to precivitato ne- tion, 'This wns nn attempt, on tho fart of_the Raflroad Comimission, to prolong its lifo, and, ns for the Rallrond Iaw, ho never wanted to go liome till it was nmended, M, Ry sald n recehs way contomplnted noxi week, nnd thoy hind ot~ tor fix the adjournment so thero would bo no no- cossity for n recess. Thore wore many buncombe spoaclics in favor of adjournment, and tho reso- lutlon was introduced to glvo candidatos for Qongresn n chanca to air their virtuo and adver- tiso “themeolves, Tho two Houses liad bolter ndjourn sing dis next wook. To postpono ft° il Feb. 20 wlit do no good, ns thoy ean accomplish but littlo In the meantime, The crimiunl code hns occupled two weels in the_Sonnto, and will not be ordered to a third roading boforo tho Intter end of noxt weol, ‘Tnon it will take threo meon twolvo days to on- Sgrm«s it, so that 1t cannot possibly reach the Touso hoforo the firat week in Febimary, nnd its consideration will consumo moro Lime than it did {n tho Honnte. If tho llouso did nothing clso it could not possibly pass that bill by Feb. 20, to sny nothing of other bitla. Thoy had bot- tor adjourn sino dio noxt weol, or conso wasting timo on insincero propositions iutroduced to mako {nlmnnlcn pital. It i8 o choico betweon nd- ourning immediately, or remalning till tho lue-birds are ns Inrge s wild-geeso. 1If they 2ro honost, they wilt go home next week. Without disposing of tho resolution, they ad- Journod, REPUNLICAN CAUCUS, A Topublican cauous was held (his aftornoon in the Leland Iouse, to savo tho party by in- gisting upon united action in refereuce to the adjournment resolution, and by attomptfug to malko the farmors vote with the party, ’i"hu Eeuulnu farmors In the House worn conspleuous y their absenco, and only men like Haxt, Mof- fit, and QGordon, who want to bo Goy- ornors or Covgressmen on the stronglh of thelr ngriculturo and tholr lio- publicanism, were presont to adsist tho Iawyors, Mr. Dradwcll was deposed from tho londership of the party in the Houee, and Shaw was clected Chairman, Dradwell is In favor of immediato adjournment. Thoy kuow it, and wonld bave no more of bim, 1t was decided to maka & party question of adjournment, nnd to porslatoutly postpouo lho consideration of tho resolution until tho party sces fit, It will be futorosting to watch the courso of oveuts, and oo if tha farmors will allow thomsolves to be corraled by the party. By this action tho o~ publicans hove assumed the full responsibility of continuiug this uuncceesary and excravagant soswion. —_— MISOELLANBOUS. Special Dispateh to Lhe Chicago T'ribune, BILL BIONED, SemiNartELD, Iik, Jan. 24,—Tho Govornor has signed the bill giving fecs to jurors. It is an omergoncy bill aud takes offect from to-day, THE PRACTIOR AOT. The Houso prased the Senato Practico ack. THE IRINTING COMMITTER lies not got vory far along into its {nvestigation, They are waiting for luformation from the Bee- retury of Stato, which caunot bo furnishied short of ton days. THE AGRICULTURAT, NEPORT was sont to Chicago for mensurcment by Chica- go printors, and, according to their estimato, tho printers hiere were outitled to £30 moro on the vook than thoy charged, COUNT-HODHE AND JAILS, The House considered the revised bill on countios, and adopted sn amendment that, in countioa not undor township organizution, a voto of tho peopla should be tnkon bofora a court~ house or J:L" could be built, This is spocial Jcgislation.” Why not apply it to ail countios, it to any? Are officlals in conntios not under town- phip “organization less lonest than oficials in counties undor township orgauization ? PROVOBED YACATION. Thero is a disposition to ndjourn from next Thureday to tho Monday or Tucsdny following to allow membors to viewt thoir families. As there has boen o coustant attondance for thrae weeks, in both Iouscs, and sessions of six hours a day, Dbesides Commitiee work in tho evenings, mem- bers think they aic outitled to three or four days with their families and constituents. Thoro is an air of weurinoss and listlessncss coming over tho membexs, which o fow days' recreation mav dis- pel, aud if so, the vacation would result bonefl- cinfiy to tho State. Mombors think their consti~ tuenta will not gradgo them threo or four days for thoir private buriness and rost, RHERIFFS, The House passod the Senato rovieod bill re- lating to Sheriffs, It docs not changoe the law very materially. THE MSTOP FOLLY DILL. As the name of the person who wrote the lat- ter aud sent the Dill relating to tho Catholio Church property to Senator Hampton, has boon divulged, thoto is no ohlif,nlion rostraining the stotement it iy tho Rtov. Mr. Larmon, of Wush- ington Hoights, It is nesorted hioro that o was doposed by Bishop Foley, aud takes this meaus of gotting even. That would not affect the ill ono way or the other, and if the session 1 pro- longed thore is bardly a douby but that it will pasy, Tho Catholio members are lukowarm on o bill, Thoy dou't scem dispoued to flght it, and ovon if thoy did they aro not suficiently nu- merous to provent its passage, A Lesson Learncd in Korricn County, Mach. From the Laporte Herald. Bome time, o Mrs. Buckelby, who lives over in Borrien County, directod hor son Swmuel, a Ind of 14 years to tako o turn at tho churn. Now ag Samuel hnd got Lis henrt on going o fiehing at that vory time, lie ** got his back wp™ and fiatly rofused to agituto the cream. Tho ocurvature wa promptly takon out of hix spine by o slipper, and with *tears in his oyes,” ho went on duty with tho dashor. In about half an hour, and during tho briof ubsonce of his mother, his oyes foll upon o plato of fiy-polsen, and & bright, smart thought atruck him. Just bofore Mrs. B, came in, Samuol lifted tho fatal platter to biy faco, and as sho ontered ho put the ** poison " from his Jips with the dramnatio exclaination : “There, mothor, I guosa you won't lick mo no more " Now what did this Spartan damodo ? Did sho shriek for a doctor and fall into hyuterics ? Not much. Sho simply took Bamuoel by thenape of the nocl, Jiftod him doitly into tho pantry, beat tho white of six eggs togother, and toldhim to engulf tho same iustuntor ; ho, refusing, sho callod tho hired gir), and in a twinkling Sam found himsol¢ outsido the albumen. Then Mrs. 1, bogau proparing & mustnrd emetio. Secing Ihis, Sam's pluck dissolved, and he commenced logging, crying, * I was only tryin’ to skeer yo.” Bat tho stern mother was nat to be softoned,and Samuel had to rwallow the mustard. Iio was thon forced to take o dose Bl})mn-ldllor. and had his back rubbed with the * Vigor of Life," sud s stomach with the *“ Oil of Gladnesw.” Then Lo vomited u‘) ovorything but his boots and socks, This being over, ho took soven Ayer's pills, two spoonfuls of castor oil, a teaspoonful of salts, and a Lluo pill. And now, if you want to behold the maddest boy in Micuigan, justssy #4ly poiton " to Sam Buckloby. The Afinir of the Orenoquo, From the New York Evening Poat, It may not be genorally iknown, but it is a fact novertheless, that ever sinco the Dope, at the timo of Victor Emanul's ontry, hintod nt tho possibility of bis rotirinw to Maltn or Aviguon, the Fronch Govornment hus kopt at Civila Yecchin n war vossel—the Orenoque by nomo— for the opouly oxprossed x{ml'ptmn of recelving the Pontiff and conveying him whorovor ho might wish to go. I'ho presouco of this vessol bay ‘beon vory galling to the Itslisn Government, but #0 far bas led to no opou contlit. ; On New Yoar's day tho Orenoque sailed on o liitto cruiso, Ho that the ofticors could avold the nccoseity of paving tho «mstmunr{ courtosy of o Now Yeur's visit to tho Ring of Iialy, Shothen roturned to hor old position. Boveral fufluentinl Frenchmen fail to soo tho necossity of thus maintaining o standlng oause of annoyanca to Italy, Edmund About obsorves that the affair was comprohensible when it was supposed that the Vatican ond the Quirinal conld uot _oxist in the samo city, and that Plus IX, might, at any momont, bo o‘:ligod to sook hos- pitality abrond ; but when ho enjoya perfoct freodom, and can oronte Cardinals, call ecumeni- cal conncils, jssue onoyclionls, and porform all his pontifical functlous withoutlot or hindrance, 1t oortainly soems superiluous to oxtend such o marked discourtesy to a friendly nation. Itcan- not be denicd, howevor, that I'rance delights in kooping Ltaly iu & sort of stute of tutelage ; and tho traditiotin of tho Xmpiro in this respect have cortainly beon inherited by the Itepublic, Pt g i i A Differnce of Tasto, Qaetho called on Schiller one day, and not finding him nc homo seatod himsolf at his friend’s writing table to noto down various mot= tors, 1l wus soon soized with a strango indis- position, from which ho nenrly fainted, but flud- ing it proceoded from a dreadful odor no tracad il to a drawor, which o found full of deeayoil apples, 1o stepped out of the room to inliale tho fresh nir, whon bo mat tho wifo of Hebillor, who #aid hor husband kopt tho drawer always fllled with rotien applos beesuso the scent wan 80 benolicial to him that ho could not think or work without it. A MARINE RUSH. Grent Freshet in Buflalo Crecl. A Quick and Extraordinary Destructlon of Property--=Loss Qver 60,000, From the Ruffalo Expyess, Jan, 23, Yestordn; momhui Bufinjo Crocle wna the acone of tho most destructive disnstor of its kind that has ocourrod in this vieinity for tho Inst thlrtyorlnrlz yoars, Owing to tho rocont lieavy rains and thaw for the past fow days the wator in tho oreok rose very hl¥h, and the cur~ ront nssumed & corrosponding degroo of strength. As tho ico was scarcely two inches think, it was confldontly oxpocted (hat it would soon break up, but mne sorl- ous approhonsions wore entertnined. Bhoitly aftor 10 o'clock yostorday forenoon tho ico hogan to go to pleces rapidly, and _moved down the croel with torritie forco, The pontoon- bridgo over the creck, near the Erio Freight- Ilouo, was uanblo to stand the straln, and two of: the old caunal-bonts composing 1t gave way, and wers DRIVEN DOWN THE OREER with voloclty and momentum almost Irresistiblo. Just nbove the Ohio Basin slip, the bark J. G. Masten wns moored outsido tho burk John M. futchingon, hor mooring-ropes at- tnched to the Intter-named vessel. One of tho canal bonts, in its downward courao, struck againat the Masten, snapping her fastonings liko fish-lincs, and In an Instant sho was at thio toroy of tho curront, moving brond- aido down-stronn, aweoping ovorything with which sho camo In contact. This was tho man- ner in which the disastor commonced. Light vessels ultogothor broko from tholr moor~ Ings, first of whicti was tho schooner B. I, Bruco, laying between tho Nisgara Elovator and Ohio Basin slfp, Struck by the storn of tho Maston, sho burst from her fustonings, and swing- ing out into the orcel, bore mwiftly down toward the mouth of tho harbor. Her bowsprit, striking agaioet the Ningara Blavator, shiverod two of tho lieavy cast-iron pillars sup- Rnrlllu‘; tho tower-like pive-stoms, Botwoon tho Ningara and I’Hthon Elavntora the vessels Sam Tlint and James D, Bawyer wero moored sido by side, and when struck by TILE RUNAWAY 81018, thoy algo burst the lnos holding thom to the dock and joined in the rush, Tour ships were now adrift, and the bowsprit of the Bruce, which was leadivg, came againat tho tower of the Plimptan Elovator. First one of the solld brick plers, five feot square, was knocked away. Tha upper masonry, howover, did not give way. Noxt n sec- ond brick pier and alarge iron pillar wero swept out from uunder, aud the wholo eastern end_of tho building, brick, Loavy iron benms, machinery, ete., oto., foll with a fearful erash, T'he Bam Flint, passing close under the dock, received o large amount of the falling magonry, which crughied in through hor storn, smnanbing in tho cabin, and careoniug tho vosscl almost on her benm-ends by the tremnendous woight, while from the top of iho olovator a heavy iron shaft- ing came down upon tho deck of the J. D. Saw- yor, and, but that it happened to strike ono of the lieavy spars, would Liave certaiuly gono clear through hor into the waler, This splondid building, commonly known ag tho * Fire-Proof Llovator,” is one of the largest nud bost grain store houses that wo have. Nor< tunatoly, the damago snstained by it yesterday does not alfect that portion in which aro located tho bing, Meroly & Enuinu of the machinery departntent was knocked awny and it is pro- posed to begin tho work of ropairing the struc- turo immedintoly, At tho present timo it s vory difilentt to form anything liko a closo cu- timate to the pecuuinry loss which this disaster will ontail upon tho ownors. Itis thought safe to way, howevor, that at loast 910,000 will be roquired to rebulld that portion whick wag Lnocked down, DOWN TILE CREER the_ flotilla continued their dlsastrous courso, their velocity increasing overy moment, T'ho T, I, 8heldon, Erastus Corning, and J. C. Harri- #on—tho former vesacl honvily londed with wheat —next joined in thoprocession, aud thopropollor Tountain City, which Iny on thé south sido of tho crook uear Jones & Campboll's derrick, alsobroko loose. 'The squadron, thus augmented, kopt on toward tho lnke, sud thero was scarcoly auy limit to tho damage thoy might have done but for the intorposition of the Michigan stroet swing bridge. Though the vessels erashed through tho ceribg and outworks, thoe central abutmont of the bridge stood the pressure admirably, and the vossols moving outward wero caught and coutd 0 no furthor. On tho waydown from the Plimpton Elovator tho docks were demaged in several places, and over 900 feot of woodo sheds along the Contral freight-house demolis] od, by having tho posts supporting thom kuock- ed from under by the masts aud spars of tho runniay ships. THE VESSLLO all remain tightly wedged in st the Michigan streot bridgo, aud it will bo a Hereuloan tnsk to extricatg them. Tharr positions are about as follows : Lying clear across tho crock, her brondsides jammed close against the abutment of tho bridge, is tho schoouor J. 0. Hacrison, and immediatoly along wido is the Ernstus Cor- uniug with hor bow rosting against tho atorn of the Fountain City on the south side of the creok. Parallel to the Corning, and !ormhxfi a squaro bounded on the north and south by the Tountain City and tho J, D, Saw- yor, i the bark J. G. Masten layiug on hior beam ends, broadsido to the stream, with hor bow ugainat tho front of the Fountain Cicy, Strotol- ing dlnfimm]ly across. this square, with Lor bow jammed in against the City Elovator, and her storn touching tho bow of tho Sam Tlint, is the B, I, Brueg. On tho north side of tha creol, with her nosa wedged in betweon the bow of the Bruce and the dock, closo undor lior stern, is the storn of the Sam Flint, whoso bow touchos tho storn of the Sam Bruco, nour tho sida of the Fountain City. Dotsween the Bruco and tho lat- ter are tho two canal bonts which started the dlsnstor, having sustained by far the least dam- ago of ‘any oraft in the numbor. Lhe T. B. Sheldon lays under tho bridge on the north side, with her bowsprit (or all that is loft of it)hjn - med botwoon tho dock and the bow of the Harri- #on, Tho 8heldon isowned by Fish & Armstrong, of this city, and ia domaged to the amount o £2,000, prineipally about the bow. TUE BARK ERASTUS COUNING is damagod to tho oxtant of 36,000, and is owned by Mr. A, C, Taylor, of this city. ~Its bowsprit i gono, tho storn smnshed in, the whael gone, rigging dadly dsmaged, aud various othor in- jurios wore sustained about tho huil. The BOLIOONER SAM FLINT Lias been badly broken up. Capt. Frank Porow, tho owner, cetimatos tho damage at not less than 210,000, In addition to the almost complele demolition of tho Flint's storn, the boat has sustained consdorablo othor damage in the rigging aud olsewlore, THE GOMOONER . ¥, DRUCE ia the prognrty of Mr, Johu Kelderhouso. It will tako £3,000 to ropair her, Damages in tho Low and storn, musts und rigging brokon, THE SCHOONER I, D, BAWYER. DMr. John Greon owns this eraft, About 82,000, wo aro informed, will ropair the damages dono. I'he bowspirt {s smashed mto * smitlicreens,” and the deck 18 conslderably broken by tho fall of the sbalting. TIE DANK JOSEPH MASTEN 8 in a crippled condition, Part of her bow is Inocked away, and tho storn ulso Is considorably outup, It was thought yostorday Lhat tho boal wag in o slukins condition, Capt, Franlk Porew is tho ownor, Tho smount of loss in conse- quonce of damago will not bo far from 3,000, but for its boing supported hy n heavy iron “ghouldor,” from which o thick iron rod rue through tho bullding, thus keoping it from fall- ing. Dumngo, £4,000. THE MICHIGAN BTRERT NIIDGE, Tho now swing-hrldge oxtonding across the crech nt tho foot of Michiuan sircot nobly vindieated its right to oxist yestorday. An unpopular_ oyo-#ors to old navigators whilo in process of construction, its star was In the ascondant aftor the catnslrophe, and, like tha Hpartan horo of old, rocelved nnwenriod praise for Its defonsg of the pass, 1lad it not hoon for tho staunch pier whioh iuterrupted tho rushing flootof yoanels therois nocaleulnting whoro orhow tho jam might bave onded, It is readily snough admitted that thore was suflicient forco In tho ourront to have awopt every bont above Main strost out fiito tho mouth of tho creok, and poss sibly Into tho harbor, whero the river's swifteur- ront might bavo takdn o hand 1n the play. WORKMEN WEIE Busy in the aftornoon toaring down tho partinlly do- molished shods and attonding to tho battored and dismantled vossols. Although ondonvors wero mado to bring order out of the chaoy, nothing was olfected yestorday by the vossels owners in the way of extrication, Tho untorius nato bonts ara likely to remain in thelr presont situntion for somo tays to como. LOSH DY DAINAGE. The following figares will glvo a protty correcs Idon of tho extontof the damage pecunl TPllmpton Elovator, Now York Central Ningara Llovator. Oity Elovator. Beliooner Bam Flint, Hchooner B, I, Druca, Schoonier Jumes D, Bawyer. Vark J, G, Masten, .. Hehooner Thomas It. Propotier ‘Tiogn,.... Damago to bridges and docks. Total,.. NORODY INJURED, As a romnrkably fortuuato featuro of this catnstrophn it 18 worthy of note that no lives woro lost, and nobody, 60 far a8 wo can learn, waa injurod. Fae ?'n&mmucnxc& i 3 meo bofore in the memory of '*tha oldesl inbinbitant " of Duffalo did auol a.catnstropho as wo hiave just chronicled happon, aud thae was in tho year 184G. On tho 12th of March in that yenr the ico formed o dam abovo the tolle gate, well known to aur old citizons, and burst- Tng down tho areok swept overything in its route, vessela nnd nll; but in those good old days thoro was no Michigan street swing-bridge to checle tho stampede, and 8o nlmost tho whole numbor of vossels wont clenr through into the lako, The disnstor occurred on Eaturday, and in the following Monday’s edition the Bufalo Patriot and Journal (or Pilot) says: * On Saturday aftornoon & report came thab the ico was forming o dam somo threo miles u) the croek, and the probability was that whon it Ei”u way ft would do much damage bolow., It id give way, avd oamo rushing down about half« Imt 7, urged forward with fimpotuous vio- onco by the high wators of tho ereck, When it struck the stonmboat Wiscousln, which was moored noar tho Olark & Bkinner Camal, she Dbroke away, although held by twa strong chain ~ cables—ouo attached ta au anchor, and the . other to threa. ilos—and a hawsor, and sweeping In her coursa wenty-two stentnboats, brigs, aud echooners, wost of which were moro or less injured, besides damoging others along thio ercolk.” Thon follows a long list of theinjurad vessels, among which wero tho echoonors H. Chlvin, Frea Trader, Dayton, Ewpire, Daltio, Dolphin, Avenger, Daniol Wobstor, Martha Iremo, ote., nnd the stoambonts Wivconwin, Constitution, DoWitt Clinton, aud_tho Indian Queon, the lats tor of which drifted down ihe river sudran aground on Iorse-Shoo Reef, near Black Ilock. Tho loss was in tho neighborhood of $25,000, GENERAL NEWS ITEMS, In somo way they have ascertained that only one Lowa woninn iu ten wenrs a corsot, —Sergeant Batos writes from Illinois to tha London News, proposing to introduce the prairia chicken into Bugland, Secotlund, avd Ireland. 1lo has grown tircd of lils experiments with the ungratoful bird of freedom. —'ho Boonaville, (Iud.)Enquirerseys: * The Into Chiof-Justico Clinse Lias a tract of lund in Warrick Couuly, which iy advertised dolinquent for tho non-paymont of taxes in this issue of the Enquirer,” —Tho Yazoo (Miss.) Democrat enys: “ Bon Montgomery, colored, of Watren County, paya an annual ‘tax of $2,417. Bou owns tho tive plantations ¢ Iord ‘Times® aud ‘liurricane,’ formerly tho l)ropuny of Mr. Jefferson Davis, Hae i8 o good citizon, and is highly respeoted by both black aund white.” —Isnac N. Donnldson haa brought an action against tho Milwaukeo & 8t. Paul Railrond Come puuy for £20,000 damnges, cansed by injurics received on that rond st Dundas o year ago thia mouth.—58t. Paul Pioneer. ~—Up to to-day 2,192 poll-tax delinquents have THE PROPELLER FOUNTAIN CITY in the proporty of the Wesrarn Transportation Compnny, and she lins boon damaged to the ox- tent of 8500, Nothing very sorious, a4 one may sy, TIE PRONELLER TIO0A ia owned by tho Unlon Btoambont Company, and it will take about §600 to repair the daimage, The smoke-utack is twistod out of shnpe, and tho cabin slightly damagad., BAUGE QITY OF YORT IOTON, Capt. Drako is tho owner of this craft, which Liny bon damaged to the oxtont of $1,000, BCHOONER JAMES C. HABRISON, This fine vessel had hor bow split asunder, ano of tho masts broken, sud & groat quantity of tho rigging carvied away, Hor injurios are quito oxtensive, and §2,000 will not more than cover the loss. 'Tho Harrison is owned by Mr. Charles AL, Rood, of Erie, Pa. NEW YORI CENTHAL RAILIOAD SHEDS, 0f tho woodon shoeds which oxtonded alon, the wharf, connected with the Now York Contral frolght-houso, about nino hundred fact wore carried away. The amount of damago pecuniarily has boen eatimated at 35,000, Mr, Henry Clurk, tho master builder of the road, with & gang of men, were ongaged all tho aftor- noon in oloaring away the dobris, NIAGARA AND CITY ELEVATORS. Tho front pillara of the City Elevator wore oarried away, causing no sorious damage, but 1t will take £2,000 "to yopince the disturbod parts, The Nisgara Elevator had a “log" slmost brokon, and two of tho enat-iron pils lurs wero knocked down, Tho whole tower of this elovator would donbtiess have como dowa been sued by tho Oity Marshal, through Justica Kaufman, The nninos of 800 additionnl deline quents ware handed over to the Justico yestor ny. Abont 600 or 700 have boou colloctad, but thore are hundreds that never will or can be col- lectod. 'I'ho 3,192 delinquents ropresont a totul sum in money of #0,5670—a goodly sum.—Vaven. port (lowa) Democral, —The lsie Marquis d’Ourdre loft 20,000 france to tho Academy of Medicine, Pars, to bo award od to tha discovoror of o simnplo and casy pro- coss by which auy illitorato porson mighe safisry Limself that death had roally taken place, and a prizo of 5,000 francs to be given to an inventox of o ecientific mothod of ebtuining the roquired cortainty, The 5,000 fraue anu was divided among fonr competitors, but the 20,000 one was not awavded. —Pansio, trailing arbutus, and othor signs ot mild wenther, havo already been noticed this car. But who would bave oxpocted this thing? ¢ *A anake thirty inches in length, of tho spe. cies known o8 tho ‘ilat-hoaded ndder,' was captared, n fow dnys sinco, by Mr, Sylvestes gruul;iln. of Bianford."—Harlford (CL) Times, fan, 21, —An orator in Lios Angcles, Cal., began a ro. cont speech with a soriea of couundrums, thus * Are thera no dyhamio aulagonisms i tho ine aninate world ? Is perfect harmony tho univer. gallaw? Do all tho clemeuts above, arouud, and beneath us aet in platonioc unity 2" —8ir Garnet Wolseloy's propurations to march upon Coomassio aro rapidly pro[ircamng. Native women have boen onlisted” in_the tratsport ser- vico, tho majority of them being slavos supplied Ly throe woman, nativos of Capo Cosst, Bunros, Swanzy, and Hutchineon, They arve paid Y0 conty o day. —{n tho course of a locture recently delivered Dy Nr. Frank Bucklaud, & uovel statoment wag umde. Thereis in the Zoological Gardens a chimpanzeo named “Joo," an ape of oxtraordi- nary intollect, Mr. Buckland sitatos thut the teachor iu & denf and dumb school Lias offered ta toach the monkey to spoak, 3 —\Wbon Ohaso wos Governor of Olio, a8 we are informed by o gontleman who was thon hig Private Socrotary, ho kopt in o soparate drnwer stationary which ‘o bad_ bought with his own money, and which ho used inverlably in all bul Liis ofticial correspondenco, —A Valparuleo lotter in the Panama Star says s “A fow days sgo the Dominican friars at Cone coption causicd & copy of tho Democracia, & Libe oral paper, o bo atuak to a_pillar of the ohurch in close proximity to the holy-water font, &ug tho congrogntion was instructed to sprinklo the heroticul sheat, which was accordingly done, it is hoped to tho edification and purification’of all concernod,” ~—Spenking of Mrj. Morgan, of Palmer, Mass., whoso funeral took place on Monday, theSpring« fleld Republican says : Every one l{nd A 8Lory 1o tell of lmrnoun\ oxperience of his kiudness, his thoughtfuiness of othors., But nothing concon. trates more complotoly the essonco of bLis lire than one of his own ibinkings-aloud as ho wna dying. *“Woell,” ho slowly muttored, who will let the boya into the ctreus, now I am gone 2" —The” Maquoketa (Iows) Sentingl says thal last weok tio of ex-Treasurer Bryau’s bondsnien bocamo unonsy lest he might, liko tho Arabs, + fold his tent, and_silontly steal away,” and g they surrendored him np’ to tho Bhoriff, Tha defloiency, at Iast accounts, had nat onlynotbeen made up, but two more of the Londsnion bava exnrossed o desiro to be rolioved, Meanwhila Deyan remaius in tha custody of tho officer, with & strong probability tkat he will yei bo ocom- mittod to.tho county jal, ~Tho Comumission to award 8100,000 for a Buccessful uxrun’mnut in pranelling eaunl boats by steam, hold a meotlufi: hero yesterday, but niade no award, Tho wholo thing looks liko a prowmaditated frand on inventors, who, lulled by hm namo of tho Btato of Now York as guarans tor, havo spout tholr timo and moans in perfocts ing boats which can bo uuccusufnllg propelled by steam, sud many of which bave been Fn oporas tion durlng the lust sonson of navigation, Afler o good deal of small talk and more hesitation Yuutcrdny a8 to making au immedinte ropost tq Lo Loglulaturo, tho Comtniston rosolved to ads journ until tho 17th of Fubruary, whon they will probubly roport that thoy haye haa s good' timg¢ for Lwo yourd, and havo used up a propor amouni of Biato funds for thelr individual oxponscs, but bave coneludod that thoy have — uothing to roport, 'I'hi¢ wholo mattor s so much lika tritling as to be disgraseful to tho Btate.—Alba- ;ny ‘Qag'nspundwm of Buffalo Commercial dd- erliser,