Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 2, 1874, Page 2

2 LLLLG UHICAGO DAILY HMONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1874, PSSl SIS SR ST At ST e e S e N i eos i e e s e s SRS = T e e e o b THE LABOR QUESTION. Looture cm Co.operation, by Mr, A. B, Mason, Delivered Before tho Amelgamated Corpenters' and Joiners' So- olety, Tho Different Mothods of Co-oporation--- Girowth of Co-operative Slores. How to Manage Them, and the Profits Therefrom---Draft of a Con- stitution. Ifomes in the City vs, Ifomes in the Conntry---Suggesilons of Rellof Mensures. trikes in Philadelphin---Incendiary Vtterances of Communistic Agi- tators, Cowoperntion. Saturday evening o moeting of the Awmnlga- mated Carpontors’ and Joiners’ Societly wos held at No, 220 West Tiwelfth stroot, at which the fol- lowing lecture was dolivored by A, B, Magon, of Tue TeuNE: CO-OPERATIVE SOOIETIES, Thoro are thres kinds of productive co-opera- tive nocieties,—thoso in which tho workmen are i pasiuorship with their employors ; thoro in which they aro thoir own employers ; aud thoso in which othor co-operative societics are the em- woyors. An examplo of each kind will he givon, Tirst, when masters and men are in partuership, In 1806, the Briggs Drothers, ownors of threo large coal-minos in Yorkshire, grow tired of carfying on a coustant fight with their men, ‘The latter were ofton on n siriko for weoks at o timo, A boy, by tossing up hiy 2np and shouting, “Lot's havo a holiday,” would fcad thom oll off. They hnted thoir employors, They gernwled on the walls, * All conl-owners is dovils, but Briggs s tho Princo of dovils.” The protits of the mines wora sometimes not more thun 2 or 3 per cent o year, for the expenses were enormous. The men wasted supplies, tools, ete., and tho cout of keeping the pits cloar of wator was £1,000 a day. When thero waga atriko this was, of course, a dead loss. In 1866, the firm orgenized a joint-stoek company, 1t 0ld about one-third the stock to_its employes in shares of £60 cach, and_allowed them to pay for it by small installments. It promised todivide tho not profits above 10 per ceut equally between itself and the men. Tho result wity that strilies coased, dissatisfaction vanished, and monoy was mado by both sides, At the ond of the fivet year, all’ the stock (including, of course, that held by the mon) réceived s divi- dond of 10 per cent, and there was a surplus to Le dividod of $17,000. At the end of tho fourth year, the divisible surplus was $4,000. In Paris there is n grent organization of painters, wwhich was bogin 1u_romothing Lho sawo way in 1834 by o Monsienr Leclnive. TIiE WOLVERMANMPTON PLATE-LOCK WORKA aro an oxamplo of the second kind of co-opera- tive producing society. Its story 18 short and eimple: There were s number of plate-loek manufacturers at Wolverhampton, . Ono of the masters cut down wages to below tho starvation point, and his workmen struclk. The other mas- tors uitod in o goneral lock-out. Lhen tho men, ingload_of spouding their time m idlonees, resolved to be thenceforth their own masters. “hoy clubbed thoir tcanty sevings, which wera fortunately largo onougly, whon united, to buy the necessary machinery. Then they began to work., The ‘masters had & large stock of goods on bend. 'Phoy put down their prices below cost. The mon were helped o little by the Trades-Unlons, Thoy just mannged to live, This fight went on for months. 1t went on till tho workmen had pawned almost fl\l!l‘Vfllhl[]' thoy had. Some of them lived on 3 conts o day At lnst it secmed es if thoy must give up. They mado good locks, but, Jow s they pnt thorr prices, the mastors put theira lower still. So tho men sold almost nothing, Then thoy pub- lisked an appeel for lelp, ‘Thoy told, in simplo, wirong words, how they bad strnggled, row they had right on their side, how they had suffered, liow they must yicld, unless somebody would eend them money to live upon until the masters’ stock was oxhiausied. A fow men in- now. Wo saw the gront hiall whors the monthly mootings aro hold and partios are givon, and Toettiros ara dolivorod, and tho library with its 20,000 books, and the rending-room, atid sone of the twonty or thirly branch atores that dot the streots of’ Roohdalo, All this ling gomo from tho weavers' sitop, Al thi, and a corn-mill, nnd & cotton-mill, aud kome other productiva ohtor- privod begides, T'hat {s what n co-operativantoro ean do,” Thore _are n thousand and mors successlul stores in England, HOW TO DO 1T, It would bo ensy to form n co-operative store hore. Tt ‘ita boginning be small Ity growth will be sure. Iow can this Do dono? Auny lalf-dozen mon can do it by simply letting one of thoir numbor buy what thoy wonld otherwiso thomsolves buy to~ morrow. “You can use this room for your atoro. Iave 1t open, at firet, porhaps, only one or two evenings in the week, Then the mana- gers you will chooso can tond to businesn, and you need not hira a elork. Astho bualuess grows, you wiit_gradually have the stora open all the While. NFDIV what would e the good of it ? One of your menibors gave mo a list of tho gracoriey 1o buys every woels, and tlo prices ho pnys for thow., This list I took toa wholesala grocor in this city, who is mnow solling goods to soveral co-oporative niiners at Dyight and Gardner, and other towns in llinois, o gove mo his prices for Lhe satne gaods, T'ho man who made out tho list spends #1356 n wook for sugnr, tea, coffee, flour, gonp, eurrants, raising, pepper, rice, bailey, stareh, and sodn, Lo coulu get the samo things from n co-oporatlve store, where ho could buy at wholesalo prices, for about 756 conts less, Dub allowing 6 por cont, for oxponnes (this fsa high cstimata), Lo wotld pay 2,76 instend of 23,46 for theso articles, 'That is & saving of nontly oue-fifth.” In othor words, a manjwho i earn- ing £8 n dav_would find his wages worth uontly M7 & day ho lhad a co-operative storo to buy from. Insome things tho saving would be greater, The uiru{x for which workiug- mon pay 60 cents to #1 a gallon would thon cost them 85 conts to 70 conts, On eanned goods and driod goods thoy would save o full quarter of what thoy now pay; on tobaceo thoy would save move, Nor ia thisall, ‘Thoy would got all thoso articlos unadulteratod. 'I'lid fright- ul oxtont of adulteration was dwolt upoy, rud its ovils In polsoning aud wonkoning ita victims wero poiuted out. "o locture closed with an appesl to Hie an- dienco to considor the sxpedioncy of foraing o co-operative store, ‘I'lio following DRAFT OF A CONSTITUTION for it was submitted: NAME, Anrtiont 1, This gocloty ahull be ealled fis Co-oper- ative Grocery Storo of Clifeago, OMIEOT, Ant, 2, The object of this soctety shall be fo trado i groturies und otlier articler, CAPITAL, A, 3. Tho socloty's capital shull be fu non-traur- forablo sharesof $5, The nunber of shares shall ho wnlimited, Any person whom majority of tho Bonrd of Managument and o majority of flie memibiors pres- onf at auy regulnr meetfug sholl approve can taks a sliaroon depositing 50 cents ne o firat peymrent thiereou, But porsons admitted after Jau, 1, 1876, ¥hall pay 60 conth entrance fee, Tho remainder die must be paid 1p at the rate of ot least 10 contu per week, Until the shiare in fully paid up, dividends on'itsha it be declared on io wpount pald and shall bo ercdlted. rt iy ment of the residue, And wntil it fa fully paid up, the profits of the Lolder's trzdo lull bo_credlted In part payment. No niember ean Lold morotlinn 100 sliares, LOANS, e Boazd of Mrudgement vau raceive sucl lonns a8 they unanimonsly ogeeo to do, ‘These loans, 1€ not aboye $10, shall bo pasable fen doya after de- nund, If over §10, they sbiall bo talien wuder epecinl condiifous of ropayment. Loans eholl bear iuterest at the rato of © por ¢ent per snmum, WITHUBAWAL, 10, Anr. 5, A member may withdrary at sy ime, and shiall recelve within {hree months ‘thercafter his' parc aud duy dividends tat shatl bnve een i feom’ the time o withdrawal to tha nical. Tho sociely ressrves the right to 0t por aly memUCKA Abrce, A member may o stepeded by maority of the Hoaed of Mannge: miont, aud ean Lo relnsiated only by a majority vote of thio niembera present at a regular :meeting, DIVISION OF PHOJITS, ARz, 0. "he profits shall Lo divided every thrco miouths, 14 follows : After tho oxpenses of niauago- AT, 4, Th London subseribed the necessary sum. It en- abled the men to live and to work. Atlast their trivmph eame. ‘The mastors had sold their enorinous stocks at a great loss, And yet thoy had not conquered {lie mon, One aftor another they gave up the fight. Tho men bogan to sell mote and more largely. Thoy made monoy, they paid back the loan that bad saved them, they are noyw tho ownorelof the great Workingmon's Plate~ Lock Works, Here, then, was & siccess, But mind these two things : It would bave been a failure hiad it not been for the lielp from Trados- Unions in tho first pince, and the loun from the Londoners in tho second. Without these, tho hard fight would havo boon all in vaiu. THE TIRD KIND, Thero are & great numbor of productive so- cioties of tho third kind,—those that have been started by other eo-operative societics, Among them are lurge corn and cotton aud fron mills, engine-works, ote, They are almost uniformly suceessful, althongh the engine-worke did loso £50,000 Inst year. 'Theso focls tonch many lesvons, First, tho best way for workingmen to co-operate in work in to form an *‘industrial portnership " with their employers. Then they run no rigks and_yot they share in the gains, if thoro gaios nve large. They have tho benefit, too, Of first-claws manngemont. 'Tho sccond leegon ig, that the most dangerous form of pro- ductive co-operation is when tho men alone unmite, The great majority of such enterprises fail. This_is not said to digcourago the Co-operative Building Sucioty which gomo of the Chieago carpontora have formed, It i & worthy enterprise, and its sue- cess 18 to be Loped for. But its mom- bors must remembor the dificulties in their way. They will meot with (1) the gonoral hostility that s felt for working- men’s movements, (2) tho spectal opposition of the contractors whom they try to supplant, (8) their inexperience in mnnngcmnut, and (4) their waub of capital. For the third groat leskon is, that money must be had to msure success, Tho groutest co-operative productive enterprises ara thoso which Sw co-oporative stores have startod with their profits. 8o o store is not o rivel of & ehop, Tt is & holp to it, for it sccumulaics the wanoy that males tho shop's success acortninty. While it in hard to statt a co-operative shop, it is ensy to start o co-oporative store, 00-OPER TORYES, The history of two such storos in England will show how easy it is. It was ou a wet, foggy November day that o fow clerks intho groat London Post-Oflice decided to buy some tea to- gotiwer. Luch ordered n certain amount, nnd pave the money for it to one of their number, The noxt morning he bought half a chieat of tea and_cnrrfod it to the oflice where atlof them worked, 1t was put in an ompty eupboard aud divided among tho buyers after ofiice hours. They saved 12 or 16 conts on every pound of tea, Iliat was tho boginning oight yoars ngo, * Luat August Istood Inanimmense storoin a fino part of London and saw ity fiue floors crowded vith buyers, It sells 4,000,000 worth of gouds every yoar, And that, gentlemon, is tho co- oporutive store that bogan loss thun eight yenrs ago with buylng hnlfa chest of tea, It lus saved its customers ouo-fifth, at least, of all thoy used to spend for food, it has bought ' the splon- did store it occnpiu now, and it hus & roserve fund of £500,000," Another store began longor ago,—thirty yoars ago. ‘T'wonty-elght poor sweavors in Rochdale, Lugland, saved ull thoy possibly could for two long yours, Thon thu{ Lind just 9140, With this thoy bired o dingy litito room In o dingy little wtroet,—Tond Lone is its name,—and Dought & fow articles, One Snturday ovening Yond Lune waa full of a hooting mob, which had gathorod to joor at the *“wanvera' shop,” **Nobody jeors at 1lio wenvors' sliop now, gentlemon, NOCUDALE. “Tasb summnor, o a friend of mino, who is hero to-night, and I stepped out of the enrs at ltoch- dale, wo Baw B i dynare struoture looming up aganst Lho M “What's that ¥ snid wo, and a man suswerad us, * That's the Lquitablo Pio- noors' storo, ’l‘lml’uonllcmun, wis tho wenvers' ehop. Wo walked towards It, und, a3 we passod a church, its chimos rang out * Yaukea Doodle, I'hat promisod us good Inck, Wo climbed (he Jull and spent tho nfternoon in golng through the gwnl building whero you ean buy your clothes, and your boots and shoes, sud your wifo's dressos, and ment, and vegotablos, and grocorios for your tablo, and books, and coal to warmn your houso, and your houso itself, for tho wooloby is] butlding homey for Ity mowbess ment aud the intereat on Joaus kinge been pald, 236 yer ceut of thy remaiidor shnll bo ollotted to an éduca- tiouul fund, and 6 per cent to a Tererve fund ; then a dividend of # por cent (if posaldle) shall be declared on capitnl stock ; and tho renrainder, if auy, shall bo divided nnoug members and non-members i1 propor~ tion to tholr purchanes, Dut ‘nou-members shall only recelve oue-hulf as hl:rzu dividend on purchiases ns mombers, And if the divideid on purchuses sball ox- coed 10 per cent, half tho surplus shull be divided among the persons in the om ploy of tho association in proportion to {he wagea pald, them during the timo for ‘Which the divideua h;i)efl d, bty Ant. 7. ‘Tho managenttut of the soclety siall bo vestud fu 8 Board of Manuzement, conainting of soven mien. Four of them shull be elected at thie first regue Inr anecting in January, sud three at tho first regular mecting in Juwo, Members of the Board shall bo chosen by the Haro aystem of votiug., ‘o Board shall clect a Chalrnmn (who tarst he otte of {ts membery), o Secrclary, and u Traasurer, Noofficer aball aorve threo consecufive terms, Every oflicer abiali bo & sharchold- er. The Board alisll mect overy Tucsdoy ovenfug at alf-past 7. A majority shall be @ quorum and sball uct as the full Board, * A record of attendnnces shall e kopl und._ submittfl fo tho monthly and quarterly Ineetings of tha membors, The.Hoard ehiall prepars montlly snd quarterly sttemonts of tho condition of the vociety. DUTIES OF OFFICEUS, Anr. 8. The Cliazun, Secrotury, and ‘Treasurer stinll divchurgs the wsual duties of wich oficialv, No elected ollicial shall roceive pay, The sociely shall fix tho pay of 1ts emploges, AtpITORS, AnT, 0, Thero shall bo two Auditors clected st the first pegular meoting in Janunry of each year, They slidl'audit the quarterly accuunta, AZTHOD OF BUSINERG, Anz. 10, All goods whall be suld for cach, But a member sbnll Lo allowed todsfer paymuont undil th siozt Baturday attor biytugy provided always that tho amount of Lis bill shall novor oxeecd hulf tho amonut of 18 paid-up stock, and lat ke shalt poy 1 cont addi tional on overy dollur that he owes nt tho end of tho week, 1£ o iliou fails to pay, o more goods shall bo £01d {0 him, and if he fala o’ pay within tlreo weoks the sumount shall be deilucied from hia creditin the capital account, and tho ki be sottled Ju this manner, BerETINGS, An, 11, Thegonerst moctings of the mombers ahall Do on the firat Mondny in cach mionth, ot bolf-past 7 . m., and the quarterly meotings shallbe on tho firat ionday of amutiary, April, Julyy ami_Octobor, at the wao time, One-third the' mowbera shall fornia quo~ Tum, YOTES. Ant, 12, At all meotings of the eoclety each mem- Der shall have ouo vote only. AMESDYENTS, Anr. 19, All smenduenin mngt bo presented in writing one yeck bufure being voted upou, and must De yoted for by two-ihirds of the membera prescut, The meeting adjournod aftor a vote of thanks to the locturer. Momes in the City vs, Ifomes fn thoe Country. To the Editor of T'he Chicupo Tribune 3 Sim: Pleago allow me the priviloge to inform your correspondont from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 24 to some of the reasons why many of tho work- fngmen of Chicago and othor cities,—I mean sober, indnstrious mon,—men who, when they have & little money, don't spend it in saloons, and mako no proyision whatever for a rainy day or dull timos— TREFER THIt OITY TO THE COUNTRY. Iand thousands of other workingmen don't bolong to that class who, when times aro dull, are dependent upon charity for a living. Ile asks if indolonco aud vice are cheaper than labor. No, they aronot. He says the door of roliof atands widae open, and invites them to live on s clty's charity, I Lopo he don't mean to in- for that most of tho laboring poor aro obliged to call upon charity in dull and hard timos like thowe. Tar from Q. I will sdmic thero are many who, Dby eickness and other unforeseen misfortunes, have been compelled to ask reliof this winter; but are there not plenty of people in tho country who lave to huve assistanco In trying thmes Ike theeo 7 I am inclived to think thoro aro; und yeb hio unys that thousauds profor to waste thelr ives in citles, when, by exercising the sume gnorgy in the country, thoy can seoure beyond & donbt a decent living, Perhaps they can securo adecent hving and kind treatment,—for cortainly, ou & farm phova !l othor places, & man ought to expect good living and kind treatment, but oftentimez HE DOEAN'T GET EITHEN. Why is it that farmors, as & olags of people, live pooror than any other peoplo? 1t cor- tainly is not because thoy caunot have a good liviug, for they enu havo'the vory bost the world affore 1 know of farmers within 50 nules of Chiengo, who 1»mmm1 to be rich, ton, who often don't Linve half enough to eat on thelr tables, wunloss thoey happou to- have compauy ; and that is not very often, for it costs u llitle money, a4 well us extra labor, to get up a_squaro moal. T have got up from a farmer's tablo hungry and mad enongh to devour alnost anything frosh and fit to eat. 'Thero aro very fow furmors in the West who know what a good ploce of frosh Leor or mutton i4, it Is so seldom seen on their tables. Potatoos even aro very scarce with some foriaere ; und, as for agood gardon of vegetubles, which are so ossentinl to boulth, either on u farm or in tho oity, thoy very soldom have it, 1t 11 too mueh troublo to cuttivato n gardaon ; it takos up too mueh timo; whon, if the farmors know the value of vegotubles, they would pay mora attention to their oultivation, In rogard to TIE TIEATMENT A MAN USUALLY GETA ounfaim: Whon awmon bay worked faithfully ntores ammong tho’ from daylight till dnrk (and any one can connt tho hours and seo how long jthioy hinve to works olght months out of tho yenr), hio usunlly feols liko resting nwhile aftor ton botoro rotiving. Hp should at lenst have that time to devota to lis own interestn, 1o may want to road, or study, or o some patehing on tho clothen ho wonrs ont in tho fleldsy but genornily ho Is roquired to do name oxtra Inbor, such ns chopplng stove-wood oud kindling to ‘get brenkfast with, or shell o busll or two of corn to tako to mill, ' And thon Lo B eontinmally found fault With haeatse he did wol do o larger doy's work, bo it husking com, or ehoppitg wood, or whatever he is dofim bo- widien miiling ton ' or fitteen cows, nd taking enro of the rost of tho cattle, liogs, horses, ote, A person vory soldom pots the chance, ovon on Sindayn, to_rend, nttond eliureh, or to cultivato hiy mind. Especlally {8 it #o on dairy-farms, whoro tho cows linve to have s litile extin atten~ tion, in consoquence of their bolng turned into the clovor-patch or somo other placa whore thoy huyo to bo watehed all tho timo to keep thom out of tha corn-flold. Now, Thavo tho tnostimable good fortuno of eaviaing my lving by tho labor of my hands, and I fox ono (and I conld namo sevoral other mion wlu feol the samo way) JAD NUCH RATHER work for 81 per day (providod I conld not got more) in the city, and live off of that, than live in the country.” When farmers lonmn fo treab their hirod help more liko white men, then will thoy find it hucls onslor to procura good belp to earry on their farms with, and know the roason why men profer to live in n hovel in the elty (a8 your correspondont from Iown plonscs to term t), to enjoying plenty of frosh ir and abundanco of fat pork in tho country., Some men are in- clined to think it much nrder work on a farm thau other kindw of laborlng work, Other things Leing oqual, I don't think it is, for I have done most tll kinds of Iluboring work in mylifo. I think it is very pleasant employment to work nhong #toak, ahid in gardons and fruit; and, if homes in tho country wore made pleasant and agreenblo by cheerful surroundings, (here would T lots of poopla in our lnr[;u cities who would give up thoir ** holes " for a homoin the country. Food for the Famishing. T the Editor of The Chicago Tribune B The old aying is, * Bxporionco is the Dost teacher.” From what I daily observo, es- pecially at this particular time, I have como to tho concluslon that our poople—menning those residing in Chieago—do not yet know what pov- orty is, aro not used to poverty, and, as n cou- sequotico, know not bow to denl therowith, I sm led to make Lhis observation by the fact that, whilo thousands upon thousands in this city are actunlly sufforing the pangs of huugor, n very large quantity of good, wholesome, and nutrl- tious food, at our hotels, largo bonrding-cstab- lishmonts, aod I dare Bay from tho {ables of gxury of our niore or less wealthy citizons, is mly SWEPT INTO THE WILL-TUD, and, even as other less yaluable matorial, I8 car- tied nway by tho seavenger nsso much gnibage. TIenll it o sin and o shame that so wueh valuable food, fit to sustain iho lives of #o many who would thankfully reccive tho same, is absolutely aud nselessly destroyed, I Enow sovoral families who are so tuuch in need that they would gladly nvail themselves of tho o|ppuxluuity to receive such articlos ovory day, if thoy only ko whero to go to obtain them.” 'In this manuner, then, many could bo relieved with- out the lonat seerifice on tho part of tho donor. 1 plead for these poor people, knowing their dis- trews to be dire and their nocessitics urgent. At tho commencoment of tho winter, somno relicf was obtaiued from tho county suthortics, Lutb of lato, for somo unknown reason, this supply was atopped. Tho Reliof and Aid Socioty refuse to holp those who bLave beon visited by the County Agent. IRopeated but futile efforts have lm;u made to obtain employment of suy kind; A & NOW WIATREMAINS ? It thero is auy private fam iy, hotel, or board- ing-house-kospat' who would dispose of the rem- nauts of their tables in o charitablo and useful way, lot thom sond me their address, sud tho Bour at which thoy wish the porson to call, and I will soo to it that their bounty shall be worthily bestowed, and received with gladuces and grati- tude, Rospectfully, Baro, Bonthwoet Station Post-Oftice, Entertainments Bonefit of e Poor. To the Editor of The Chicugo Tribune: Sm: I think, with your susistanco in the way of one or two urticlos, a groat doal of good can ‘be nccomplished to the roal, worthy poor. Thero aro a great many theatrical clubs (amatour) in the city, who aro gotting up ontertainments for their own amusoment. Now, I propose thatb thoy Join in several performauces to be given to the public for the bouefit of the poor. Although I might do considerable good in urging tho matter privately, still, if youwill lond us your sympathy, and urge with us the propricty of such a course, a good deal more can be dono, Every neighborhood haa its poor, sud I must uny that the majority of our people don’t know o hundroth part of tho misery and povorty that oxist almost within & stono's’ throw from {heir own doors, The Reliel Society is_doing its ut- most, DBut it has to be dona in'a business man- ner, and that is terribly slow in some cascs. I will give my evenings, and my offoits, such ag they sre, in gotting up and assisting in amateur theatrical performances. A few yenrs ago, one of our clubs gave an en- tortninment at Crosby's Opora-House for the benefis of '8t. Luko's "Hospital, from which it netted £1,660. Aunother clubis giving a serics of entertainments for tho same object, and it proposes to not at leant 2300 to ench porform- anco, Can't thore be somolbing done for the 1n- dividual poor in the same mauner ? “Thoso who have participated in thees perform- ances find it & pleagant pustimo, and 1 have no doubt would feel n greater zest if they knew they wero aiding divectly somo individual family of poor onea ? ¢ L'could numo quite & number of young peo- ple (although I do not know them Tyorsenally) who, I think, would gladly take a lively interest in the matter. And, if you would only encour- ago tho idoa with one or two editorials, I am sure it swould take a practicnl shinps in a very @hort timo, and be a God-sond to those who aro really doserviug of nid, Vory respectfully, Lrxs, FosTen, No, 4 BouTn MARELT STREET, Amatcur for the True Philanthropy. Tl the Editor of T'he Chicugo T'ribune: Bin: Among all tho sense and nonsonse con- nected with tho hard times of tho present wintor thnt has found its way into the papors lately, perhinps you may thiuk tho following faots wor- thy of placo, as illustrating tho differonce be- tweon thoso who havo THE REAL 000D of their suffering fellow-creaturcs at heart and the miserable vultures who Lave soized the oc- casion to ot a littlo cheap notorioly, Three ycars ago, there was living in this oity a fumily of five porsons, conslsting of father, mother, and threo littlo boys,—the oldest 14 and the youngest 0 yeris, Alout that timo tho mother died, and the father shortly after took to driuking, and from that Limo the little boys had & hnnF time of it, with no one_to guide or look after thow. The father would drive them out to sell papers until they hnd got enough to furnish him the means of gotting drunk, and then thoy had to look out for thomsolves, living upon whatever camo in thewr way, and sleepiug in boxos and barrels,—some- times half frozen, always dirty and wretohed, Eventually tho oldest was discoverod by A CHRISTIAN LADY who had known them in botter days, and tak- on to her lonse, whero ho has sinco had & comfortablo lhome, and, through hor endonvors, beon onmabled to almost support himeulf, while enjoying the advantage of receiving an cducation,” Through hor monuy, 100, tha second boy was provided with a home in the tmmly of & micchunio on tho Wost Blde. Youterday tho fuct haviug cometo tho knowledgo of a benevolont gentleman that the youngout boy was still with lus father, leading the miser- able life that the others had' been rexenea fiom, lio sent au offor to tako and proyide for him in Lis family. The fathor hnd the good senso to accept the offor, and the boy was taken, pro- vided with a now suit of olothes, bathed and clenued, und installod In thom, and to-day Is ouo of the brightest, happiest children in Ghieago, and, I sincoroly hopo, may Jive to prove to his nablo bonefnctor that his Lread has only boen cast upon the waters, lo BETURN AFTER MANY DAYS, ¥oro are tho simple faots of » frua philan- thropio work ; and, ir their pultlcation muy lend somo who have tho abllity toinlerant themnelves in one of tho many warlhy objects of charity with which our ity ubounds, the wnter's nbflnut will have boen attained, . On10aGo, Jan, 39, 1074, Ntralies In PhiladeiphinsCommuals« tic Incendianris Special Corvespondence of 'he Chicago Tribune, PIILADELPHIA, Jun, 39, 1874, This oity i now the scoue of tuwrmoil aud dis- ocontont amoug portions of the laboriv clasa.g, an opon ruptire having broken out bolweon the mon and their omployern, Birikes soom to Lo tho genornl order ot tho day, and NO LESS THAN THNER aro now In progrest, with lively prospeets for othors followlng fu n short timo, Tho founda- tlon for enchi disturbaneo in the attempt on tho part of the omployots to reduce wagen to figures that inborera firmly rojedt niid rofuso to consider, The consiequonte of this uplhoaval in the labor- markot I8 ilio paralysts of sovoral branclies of Induatry, and cousiderablo deatitution among the muleontonts. Bomo few weoks ngo, the shippets on the Dela- waro-River front fesucd an order for & reductlon of 26 cents on the wagoes of tho 'longshoremen. Proviotts to this, the nion wero rocolving 22.60 por day, and the roduction would out the figures down to $2.25. Tho 'longshoremen assomblod Ina body, and doetermined not to entortain any such propomition, The shippors wora cqually doternined to fores the reduction. A GUSEMAL BTRIKE was Inaugitrated, tho disafTection extonding ovor the wholo river-front, Stoamships and packets arrived from domestic and forolgn potts, and, as thore were no facilitios for unlonding tho cat- gooy, remainod in the dooks, and tho froight in tho holds. 'Tho rogular packoet-lines nnd other vossels could not be loaded, and, of courso, fnilod to enil at tholr advertised time, A groat deal of confusfon ensued, aud large bulka of freight aceumulated on the plors and ab the shipping wardhouses, - Tho strikers, in the meantime, numboring eomo 500, and embracivg both white aud colored, waxed restleen and violont. At thelr’ daily meotings the procoedings were attonded with the wildent confusion, and, on sovoral occaslons, tho police wera cnlled upon to suppross tho bolligoroncy. 'I'ho shippors Liold o conference, and resolved to omploy other lnborers to flll the places of the strikers and supplant them. Thin action aronsed the wrath of tho 'longshoromon, and they ro- solved that no man should go to work, " The newly-omployed men, however, did commenca the unlonding of « ateam-packet ; and the mal- contonts, gathering a body, marchod down upon thom, . AN ANIMATED ERIRMISIK onsuod., Oua of the new employes was thrown into tho river, and sovoral heads wero broken. A contlict botwoen the polico and tho rioters re- suited, and a number of the disturbers of the poace wors locked up. The Bonrd of Undor- writors took utp thoe mattor, and rosolved to nc- cept no risks on cargoos of vessels that wore not properly loaded. The J;roun hinnds, ns o matter of course, could mot place the freight as could {ho regular 'longshoromen, The shippers and ownersof vossols had to rocode from thelr dotermination, in_some inatances; and tho American Bteamship Compl{;y‘u steam- crs wero loaded at tho old rates, Up to thie timo tho struggto still continues, Tho strikers aro still holding; out, and are only cmployed in the most urgent cancs. Lhe prospects aro, that the men will como out victorious,—this result being ouly a muttor of timo. THE MOST DISASTROUS RTRIEE is that which existsin the carpet-trade. Tho great contro of this branch of industry is situ- ated in_Konsington aud Richmond, which dis- triots lio in the northeastorn part of l'hila- delphin. There are hundrads of miils, aud some of the best domestic manufactured carpat is turnod out, Tho amount of capital investod in tho business iy ecstimated ny yarying Dbetween 10,000,000 nnd 12,000,000, tho number of looms operated by both stenm and hiand powor is 8,000, and the total number of liands omployed is 5,000, comprising wonvers, spaolars, and windors. = Owing to tho great financial panic, the busincss wee gonorally de- prossod, and tho factories wara closed for a short timo, Whon busiucss rovived to somo oxtont, the mauufactories wore agnin started, but with a reduction in tho wages of 10 per cont, or 2 conts por yard on the earpot mnde, ‘ILis tho weavers profested ngainsl, aud rosolved not to accept. Aslrile followed, The hands omployed quit work; the looms wero stopped, and production suspended. The weavors, as o clnes, aro tho 2OST INDEPENDENT AND AGURESSIVE clags of mechonics and laborers of this city. Thero are but few native Americaus among them,—the dominant natioualities boing Bcotch, Irish, Gorman, Welsh, and English, with o wprinkling of 'Bwedes, The utrikors rented a hall and ostablished o hendquarters. A Vigi- lance Committeo Was appointod, the discontented sssumed tho most Rictatorinl powers, and eo skillfully did -thoy manipulato their schomo to cause & comploto and wide-sprend suspeunion of tha trade, that disorders and riotous demonstra- tions resulted. A great many poor and indus- trions Germnns rofusod to join in tho movement, \Lhis oxcited the ive of tho strikers, and they de- termined to forco them into subjection. Tha Vigilanco Committeo here actod on importans natt in the drama. The weavors who continued to work received notification that they must abandon their looms, or SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES WOULD FOLLOW, This intimidated some, but otliors regarded it with derision. In one inutance, where a mill was kopt running, & delogation to it was sent from tha mecting, with imperative orders to briug out the men bv sunsive powers, or else destroy tho looms. The reasoning aud oloquence failed, and rcconrse was lhad to vie- louce. Destruction to property followed, The YVigilanco Committeo oporatod in other ways, and now waylays weuvors on their way to their homes from work, and assaults them. Tho “ atand-ont " is still raging, with no prospect ot an immediate compromize. ‘Ihe proprictors de- claro thoy will not employ any of the strikers, proforring to keep their looms {dle; so that the outlook for the weavers_ is -exiremoly dubious. Destitution provails to the mont alarming ex- tont among them, and the prospect of a BREAD-BIOT 18 TANIK The Intest ndditiou to the hst of strikers is that of the ship-carpenters and calkers of Phil- adelphia and ot Cumdou, N. J,, ncross the river from this city. The causcs of this rupture have alroady ap- pearod in Une TRIMUNE, in 8 specinl lli-spntclx. Since then, the disaffection has spread to all the ship-yards along the Delaware frout, where wooden vessels are conutructed, The strikers aro seattering xnconflim{‘ doen- monts among; those of the workmen who still labor, and, in scwe cases, thoy have driven them out of the yards, The employers enteriain some anprehension that proporty will be destroyed, and arc taking meaus to prevent this, Now, there ia an ELENEST OF COMMUNISN oxisting in this city, and there are vory good rensons for assorfing that (he labor-troubles lnve been produced by Communistic doma- gogues, At almost every gathoring of strikors theso Internationals aroin_ attendance, and do- liver incendinry and riol-fuciting spocchies, Tho eiren-voice of " theso follows hus much weight, sud tends to maintain a perpotual slato of ngita- tion, Meotings are held every Bunday in various portions of the city, under. tha hoadwink of meetings for the uuemployed. Last Sunday, at & meoting at the Assembly Buildings, a long- haired 1nternationalist offored n rocolution to this starlling offect ; Re it Resolved, That, i tho city Goes not furnish em- ployment to the worklng people, who sre now starving, we will form & procesaion, aud msrch in processiun down Chestnut strect to the Mayor's oftice, headed by @ pole surmounted with o lonf of Lrond, aud with tlus placard suspended to it : * firead or klovd,” ‘Tho motion was adopted nmid the most hearty applauso. Again: at a moeting hold a few nights ago, r loading membor of the Internation- alist Bocioty, and a prominent lawyor, said: ¥ Phat, if Capital doos not make moro concess sions to Labor, & few more citios will be burned, mora trafns will bo thrown from tho trackn, sud millionaires taken from their palatial residencos at the dead of night, and JUUNG UP BY THEIR NMEELS to tho streot lamp-posts.” Ul incendiary ut- terance disguated many of the more comimon- sonsed peaple, and they loft the hall, These facts will sarve to show that the flame of Com- munism not only oxiats in Ney York, but othor cltion of thiy country. L priaconc o/ SN PERSONAL. Tho Boston Post uuys Chaug's last words wero, S Just o kinm," —Gen, Samnel F. Pattorson, formerly State Trensnror of North Caroliua, died last woclt. —Tho Rev, Josoph Cummings has reslgned as Dresidont of Wesleyan University, Middlotown, Ct., attor soventoen years’ servico. —J. IL, Stewnrt hns rosigned the Buperintond- ouoy of the Madiwon Divislon of the Northwost- orn Road, and will rosume his old place on the \\'u:mm & 8t Petor, making hin home fn Winous again. —The quostion of procedence ls now to be rafsod In England, whethor or not the Princess Mario, the bride of tha Duke of lidinhurgh, shall precede the I'rincoss Louive, Marchionens of Lorno. Queon Victoria and the Czur are snid to Interout themselves in tho matter, the formor advaeating the clmm of her daughter, and tho luttor that of his, 'ho disputo is to Lo settled by the Horalds' College, —1The " Christion " soldler,” IToward, whose financial shorloomings are engaulng the atton- tion of Congross, was tho object of prayer in a Washington church on SBunday lust. The Rov- erond clorgyman called upon the Lord to cons | Joux the ouomios of the truly good Gonoral. WASHINGTON. (urroney-Tnflation---Congressional ~ Tgno- ranco of Political Heonomy. Grant Figuring for a Third Term---How He Hopes to Secure a Renom- ination. Antlcipated Rupture Between {he Exccu- {ivo and Leglslaiive Dopartments. The Moxlcan Claims Commission---A Schomo {o Annox Sonora, Sinaloa, Durango, and Lower Callfornia. From Our Own Corresnondent, g WasINGTON, Jan, 26, 1874, Dofore you recoivo this lettor, it will proba- bly appear that tho mild Inflation school in Con- gross bas succoeded, through tho wenkuess of Dawos, and the conjunction of the I'rotection wchool, the majority of Bouthern and Westorn membors, and the decided party mon who hold that Richardson must be supported, THE DEDATE hins been without brithaney or depth, and has shown a disgrucefnlly-cinotio coudition of edu- cation and principles in what Mr. Tremaine callod *tho first Logislative Aesombly in the wotld,” It is to bo doubted whethor more than onc-tenth of tho members over rond nn cle- mentary book on political cconomy ; and, of this tonth, nbout onc-half are so mixed in with speculations baged upon a former redundancy of currency and credit, that thoy aro constrain- ed, sinco the credit hos beon withdiawn, to supply ita placo with mors curroncy. Tho modern bagis of national banking, whichis the bonded debt of tho country, has beon ingen- fously transposod for the thing itsclf by cunning sophistries and faneiful thoorics, until a largo number of Congressmon hold that we may, i wo chooso, have as much currency AB WE JAVE DEDT, beenuso what currency wo have s grounded on “bonds, and there are onough bonds over to in- crenso the currency at will and on as good secu- rity. In fact, Cougress ropresonts the popular passion to got rich fast by inordinate dovelop- ment and the hypotheeation of the futuro, caleu- Inted in geometrical ratio upon tho increnso of tho past. Tl maunfactuting system, which bns been stimulated by the War-tariff to colossap dimonsious, is at a stand-still in many places, beeause ordora for railroad iron, engines, and- soforth, bavo been countermanded. As far a8 Mr. Kelloy is concerncd, his juggio of a convertible bond I8 merely a pretext to creato enough curreney to reney iho said ordore, It i lain, also, that the additional stimulation will Eu followed in time by stringeucy and stagna- tion, and the demand for YET HMONE OUNRENCY. No nuthorityiwith schalarly men and sciontiflc financlors lins any general recognition in Con- gross ; and the thoresy, started by Mr. Butler and Wendell Phlllips, that gold is the standard of a heathen age, und eivilization has no need of it, appenrs to have tnkon posscssion of o Inrgo purt of the public mnd, whouce it has been transmitted to Congress. Botween such notions and the drilling Communists who sing tho **Carmagnola” in New York, there {s a vory sliort bridge, and serious poople will have to ad- mit thnt such Jacobinism ik, fu part, tho reac- tion zgainst the unscrupulous nse of mouney by reilrond-gpecutators of the style of Vanderbile, Scott, Gould, Gregory, Smitly, and others, who bave made it appear that all legislation nowa- dnyn is purchosed, and subsistenca its- solf toxed und peddled awsy. It s been less {han oune year since Gov. Booth prociaimed, of n_similar state of things, that it wns an issus of Reform now or Revolu- tion hoveaftor. THE FIGHT OF THE PLACE-SEEKLLS. A young muu of 31, formeriy of Chicago, with some {ntlitenice and power over opinion, worldly- :mT' pracocious, and practical, said to mo, yes- orduy : **I'have been in Washington a wesk, for the first time, nnd have had private intorviows with Butler, Richardson, and thoe londors of opinion in the Executivo, the Judicial, and the Legiala- tive Departments, Tlhoy mean to inflate the cur- rency, something to begin with and moro after- wards, 'Thoro s no_disposition anywhere to Jimit oxpenditures, and thera will_be bo change in the goneral policy of the last aight yoars, to bnild publio works, architectural construction, irrignting, canals, andsoforth. Tho pucty and the weaith of the country are so deoply in that line of policy that the Iafe panic has not seared thom, When & certain material policy bocomes epidemie, it must go to its logical limits before you can revolutionize aguinst The linnt hos not beon reached by the Republican party, The pooplo bavo only bogun to suffor from tho monopolies, and will not rise and euncounter them until the discontent is almost universal, and every man fecls the shoo pinch. You can only change a national policy, rolling along with ponderous impact, by EVOLUTION OR REVOLUTION. The dominant party hus a couflict within itself to anticipate a change by Revolution, I look, during the present session, for a rupture tostart botweou the Exccutive and Congress, which shall be a moro equal fight than br, Johuson had with the Sumner aud Stovens Congress, be- causo the present Congress has neither leader- slip vor popularity with the country.” T questioned my informant as o tho explicit expressions o bad heard in the Cabinet and on Capital Hill. Ho gavo mo several examples of a sullon tomper daily augmonting on both sides, and said, further: 2 _ “he fresident and lLis advisers, smongst whom i Butler, are awaro that the Administra- tion is unpopular in Congross, o, thinks ho hos o first-class Cabivot, aud is strongly attachod to every man in it. 1o comploins bifterly that his annual recommendations are wholly disre- garded, and his most chierished nominations re- jected. lis only objoct at present 18 TO_ Nl RENOMINATED Ly somo party and re-clected ; and be finds no way to do'so but to nntagonizo iu his Imrt.y the more stendfnst aud respectable wing, " rep- resented Ly the Mnssachusetts school of Ioar, Sumner, andsoforth, and bid for tho indepondon support of the reactionnry clnsses in tho South, and the dissstisfied laboring oloment in the North," T inquired, furthier, how any man could logi- eally l‘x!nch togethier the extravagant and the needy clnsues, pon the theory,” said my acquaintanco, # that the needy want emlllo yment and the spec- ulatora want to carry out thoir arrested schomeos, Tor instance: Mr. Thomas Scott is forevor & bavkrupt man unless he can go on with the Texns Uacific Railroad and lave ity bouds ap- precinted on the market. o can give omploy-~ ment to severnl thousand people. Supposo tho Tresidont should daclaro openly in_favor of ro- viving this and many other suspended works by & liberal subsidy in order to have the poor tuken of and confidonco reswned, Naturally the cur- roncy wonld have to Lo strotehed” and the National Banks antagonized; for Gon, Grant hias nourished his pet theory of free-banking up to the holght of fanaticlem, It sooms to me,” concluded the speakor, ‘that, 1 prosent genoral instabilit, and tho the [ncompetenoy of Congross, Grant thinks that be can harmoulzo all the elomonts I have named, —DMonopoly and Auti-mouuxml?'. the Rtallway- Kings and the laboring muititude, the un- serupulous utorests aud tho half-disloyal Domocracy. With Butler auzious to be revenged on Sumnor and the Itepublican urfnulzuflnn in Mussachusetis, the nogro vote might be carried over, and the negroos, approkensive of tho dis- Dandment of tha Kopubliean party, would Lasten to avray themsolves with its Chiof Magistrate, REMARKH, The abave views aro somewbat surprising to mo, but I give them us thoy wero conveyed, I may add that some of the move sagaclous men in tho Senute are apparontly alarmed at the drift ot things, aud, unlors I mistake, Sonator Mor- ton i nt this mowment organizing for a coup- de-main on Secretary Richardson, to dispos: egess him of the Tremsury, whioh is the toto-du-pont of the position, The President doun not mean to go out of ofiice without ex- hausting s rospurces and stratogy to retain it, Phoro I8 not one man in his Cabinet who hasany chanes to keop his place witha succossor, of any party, and the bread and butter of the whole ivil Borvico in A DEPENDENT ON A THILD TERM, Y it being well uuderstood that tho Cabinot has no status with tho lenders in Oongross. Congroes indoed hos surrendored to tho Prosident noarly the whole patronngo of the country, and ho haa fitled the executive ofiices with perdoual frionds, Dbusiuoss ohums, aud ofton with people of tho Opposition party, recomsmondoed by uon like Monby and cloventh-hour convorts _to Ttepubil- ennism, ik Caloh Cunhlnfi, James Lyons, 8,1, Buit, and other porsons wiio havo 'no parby-ti- tura. In New York City, the Z'mes nowspapor has apparontly swung off from Gon, Crant, and he js looking for an organ thore. Somo sny tho Erpress 16 to bo bought out, aud, with its morning and uvun(n'u franohiuo, eolovated to be tho Administration’a croaturo. Its proprl- otors charged €G00,000 for it Romo time nt{o; but, ns it hag somewhat declined sinco, it is thought that half that figure will suflico, A rumor that John R, Yotng wna to manage tho Jierald lod to tho surmiso that tho Presidont was to iava nn organ-thera. In Baltimore City, the American, whose rullug family has beon ro- tired from offico by Mr. Creswoll, lios almost contod to be a politionl daily, Tn Washington, ox-Seontor Hnrlan, olated af tho succoss of his opposition to Onleb Cuehing, has boen publish- ing mysterious artioles intimating & RUPTUBE DETWEEN THP RXECUTIVE AND QON- auEss, which malte ma think that thore is somothin ghastly in tho perspective, And yet thore woulfi appoar to Lo no Yeason whatever for any out- broak, excopt Mr, Grant’s insano desire to knop oftico for throe torms, and, it possible, for life, In this intontion ho can huve no sup- porters among the respoctablos consorvativo, and ropublican classes, and munt neods look over amongst the mitchiovous and mohnrchical eloments, to seg what mutiny may be aggrogated unto him. In the Dewmocratis party In Congress thero are also uneasy signs of disgust at theJow school of Bourbonism maintained by the rovived Pro- Blavory wing, which manifosts an ignorance an- noying to Northorn Democrats, and an illiberall- te' townrd tho nogro nearly as ropellaus to mon liko B, 8. Cox, Holman of Indians, ahd othors, a8 to the Ropublicane, It hns beon said thal tho two members named, and othors, contom- pinte attaching themsolvos to THE INDEPENDENT FOROES which, undor various naines, are orgaunizing from Califoruia to New Hampahire, It is romarked that tho now Ropublican mem- bors of Congress aro almost all indifferent about the Prosident’s opinions, and regard his Adinin- istration a8 an incubus and a diversion, Tho fwo now members, Kasson, aud Tromeine, who bogan with great protensiorf and volubility, have lost oredit alrendy. Iasson is looked upon as a superserviceabla Grant man; and Tromaine is accused of prescing Bankru £ bills i the intor- osts of Jay Qoolto, whils their attornoy. THE MEXIOAN CLAIMS COMMIBSION, A California gontleman told mo yeaterday that tho groat claim for $22,000,000, filed by 8, L. M. Barlow, as attornoy at record, agaiust Moxico, boforo tho nbove Claima Cnmm{agfim was, at the bottom, the worlk of Caleb Cushing, who had boon for several yoars retained by the Moxican Govern- mont, and was thus playing on both sides, This nstoundiug claim has probably some foun- dation at law, but little in equity. It wmrises out of a prant made by Comonfort, the predecessor of Juarez, President of Moxico, to an Amorican who undertook to survey, on the American plan, the Northorn States of Bonora, Siualos, Durango, and Lower California. For Ulds worle Lo was to roceive tho incredible amount of every nlternate seation of land, Ho is Bnid to havo taken o fow instruments, drawn o fow boso-lices and meridians, and then “gtocked ™ his olaim, o that considerablo monay hisg boen put into it, and men like Barlow, But- ler, Holliduy, tha Bchells, and others, have Ug- como parties to it, thinly disguising THEIR PREPATATIONS FOR ANNEXATION by picking orchil in that rogion,—a vegetable dyo which gives a lilac hue to silk and cloth. Rumor hiea it that the Prosident aud his fricnds THE PROVISION MEN, They Decide Not to Secede. The Now Arrangenient Saves Them Considerable Climba ing. Nr, Hutchinson on the Freedom of the Press, Tho Bonrd of Trade poople have beon hnving o 1ittlo sonsation among themsolvo, owing to a movemeont on tho part of the provision men to Hoparato thomeelves, partinlly at least, from tho grain oporators, who, thoy say, aro ruled by *“tho sealpora to such an oxtont that fair play is litorally out of tho question, The troubla has beon in somo measura compromised by the agreoment, on the part of tho provision donlers, to have their aftornoon *call” in the *Open Board,” inastead of in tho regular hail, as for- morly. At ono time tho matter looked serions ocuongh to throaten n comploto soccesion, and the cstablishmont of o ecparato Board, by tho partios who concoive thomealves hardly denlt witli in tho gencral rendozvous, To nagcortain, it poesible, the soutimonts of tho leading packe ing and provision mon of this city on tho b Joot, nroparter of I'ue TninuNe was detniled Yyeatorday aftornoon to hold converso with gens Uemen answoring Lo the forcgoing classification. « 3N, OLDERBIAW, Mr. O. P. Oldorshaw, whoso offico fs in tho Orientnl Building, was tho first gontleman on- conntered. 'Tho roporter statod his objoct in searching him out, whon Mr. Oldorstinw sald: **Thoro {8 no sccession in contemplation, so for a5 I am awaro of. It fatruo that wo have arranged to have onr afternoon ‘call’ on the *Open Bonrd,” but we'll meet on the regular 'Change, during the proscribod hiourn, as nsua), with tha reat of tho buslnoss men., That ig nll thoroe i8 to the whole arrangement. Tho fees are not objeotionable.” MR, HUTCHINSON. Tho reportor’ next called upon Mr, B. P, Hutohinson, of Room 19 Ohamber of Commorca Building. He found that gentloman in a towor ing rago againgt the commercinl edilor of Tun T'ntnNNE for hnving mixed Lis name up with tho recont difflcultles, 3 #Boo hero, sir," aaid Mr. Hutchinson, oxcited. 1y, “I don't noe how it ia ‘I'ne Trinuse's busi- ness what wo do. Your commoreial oditor op« posed night seasions—ho opposcs almast ovory= thing, a8 I think, without just causo. Tim I'ntsune is printed at mght—or at least tho mat- tor is then sot up, It that {)lpur has a right to preparo its matter at night, 1 don’t soo why busi« ness men have not a right to meet in tho even- ing if thoy seo it to do so,” NO BEOESSION, Iley;ortor—le don’t think you will secedo, hon Mr. Hutchingon—Secede! Now, what the deuca should we secedo for? Nobody has thought of it that I have heard of. Thore's Mr. Dow, that I'ne Trinuse tallied about the other day— Imean the commercial editor did. Mr, Dor, did you hear of any contemplatod secoesion of tho provision men 7 are not unncquainted with this bold scheme of plundor, aud, ns the bond is very lax which unltes tho Houthorn Btatos of Moxico with those covered by this grant, it is charged thnt Dboueath this clatin lies ono of tho most imperiol games of land-stealing yet dovised, In tho country are some vory rich mines and excol- leut grazing lands; aud’ tho natural outlets aro townrd tho United Blates. 'I'he people aro indif- foront 08 to which country clalmy them, having but poor protection from ‘the Apaclios and fre- quent revolutions, If the Commission can be wmanipulated o paes this claim, of course tho Moexican Government twould be unable to pay tha money, and wonla hava to cousont to A CESSION OF TERRITONY, Tho fact that tho majority of porsona in this sclicme are Ilemoctats, i8 another instance of Liow loosely party-habits are worn in ‘hu&o dnys. ATIL HORRIBLI SCENE, The Ifanging of Marshall Martin at Martinez, Cal.—The 'Trap Fally and the Man’s Kend Elies from Rlis Body. From the San_ Franefsco Chronicle, Jan, 34, Marshell Martin, the accomplice of the woman Elizabeth Tischlor in the murdor of her hus- boud, Valontine Iischler, nenr Antioch, 1 No- vembor, 1873, suffered tho oxtrome paunlty of the Iaw yestorday in the jail-yard at Martinez. On the platform were tun special deputies bo- sides Deputy Sheriffs Hunssker nnd Classen, of San Fraucisco, In frout of tho piatform, some distance from it, stood somo iifty geutlemen, including physiclans, who wera invited Lo ho prosent, 'L'hie corcmonios on tho scaffold were oxeecdinil short. Martin was placed in a chair, whilo tho Shortiil rend the concluding portion of the death-warrant, Dr. Hertel then offored up & forvent prayor, and ab its conclu~ sion Martin wns requested to staud on tho trap, Ag ho did 8o, he snid : GENTLEME! I want you all fo understand that I am biero to die s but I ot un innocent mon; 1 dowt deserve thie, ‘i woman that caused nie fo do thin descrres death o thousand timea niore than Ido, That is all I have to say, Straps were thon sceurely adjusted abont the limbs, the blnck cap drawn over the hend, tho fatal noose fised about the neck,—the whole no¢ occupying balf s minute. An instant more, the arm of tho Shoriff wentup, a man in tho rear cut the rope which held tho lever in place, the trap gave way, sud the body shot down with terrible force, I'ho sceno which followed almost beggars de- geription. The body shot straight downward. Ihe rope eirotehed with a sudden, elastic-liko spring, tho black eap flow iuto the air at loast 8 feot, and spattering tho blood in great spots over tho rope, tho whitewashed wall, tho trap, the chair_inwhich tho doomed man sat, nud the Sherifl’s booty, it rolled away in ouo corner of iho iuclosure. Tha body of the poor man fell to the ground with a great thud, aud two red, gey- ser-hko jois spurted up from the neck and fell down on the ground in torronts, A closer look, sud thon the horror-stricken faces of thio spec- tators showed that tho awful nature of the oc- currence had burat upon thom, The poor old man's head had actually beon jorked frown bis body, nud ws oven then lying in tho black cap where it had rolled i the coruor. Cho hoadless trunk lay woltering in tho Dblood which poured from the neck, Not o word was spoken, Aftor the firat thrill of horrorstrong men turued away, sickened at the horrible sight, 'Lho fucos on tho platform wero blanched and ghastly, 'The pour Shoriff was as white as chall, but "he was cool and collected, and did wmuch to inspire thuss around him, Dr, Uolbrook, who was prosent, first emptied the black eap of its sickoning coutouts, Ho lift- ed the vap at the top and the hend rolled away over the ground liko & caunon-ball, The rope hnd soverod the nock as cloarly as though it had been dono with a knife, 'I'he “vortobra bud ac- tunlly boen pulled awny from what the Doctor collod the atlas, The larynx, the artory, the tendons were sll torn apari, tho Ilatter, only, showlny straggling ends, Doath, it is hardly nocessary to state, waw instuntaneous, From tho time the hoadloss trunk struck the ground thero was not even a quiver of the little finger, The body Iny lilie 8 lump of lead. The horrible remams wore at ouce placed in o coflin aund hid- den from slght. No blamoe is attributable to 8herift Ivory for this tarrible mishap, 'Uhe rope was adjustod for a full of six feet, and it was said that this was no more than is usuaily given. Dr, Holbrook, swho made a critical ocxamination of tha romains, icatitied bofora the Cororner’s {ury, lator in the day, that, taking into considera- ion the physical condition of tho man—bis soft, flabby fat, and the wesk condition of his mus- cular systom—it was not at sll singular that hiy nock should give way. Any fall which would have brolen tho spinal cord, would have been protty sure to linve done just what was douo, The muectos of the neck wero found to be soft and contracted, and though the body welghed but 148 pounds, #till the neok was incapablo of supporting it. PR — The Alelena Public Library. HELENA, Montana, Jan, 13, 1874, To Publishers, Public Libraries, and othera : GeNTLEMEN : Among the losses sustained in the disastrous fire that ocouryed iu this town on the Oth inst., was the totnl destructiun of tho Publio Library, coneisting of 2,600 volumen, This was tho Urst and Invgest library existing in the 'lorritory, Our community is now so overe burdened with demands for tho reliof of suffer- ora by this flro, that it s impossiblo for us to re- establish this nstitutlon * without ald from abroad, aud wo hereby solieit your holp, and nsl for such donations of books s you enn afford to send ug, Buch packages should ba_addressod, Halena Library, enre of Lrfort & Petring, St, Loufs, Mo,,” who will forward tho sune, For all donations you will rouclve tho thauks of our vitizons, Yery xaupuulmll{v . I, BANDERS, President Holena Library, “ Nono whatever," replicd a melancholy-look- ing gentloman, who woro a stove-pipe hat and ot in o rotired chair, I think Tus TRIRUNE'S commercial editor tnkes too much liberty with the members of ths Board of Trade. Iiiyre- marks about mo wore utterly without cause. I dou't see what lie means by pitching into a pri- vato person in that way. "lis a downright shamo.” TOO MUCH LIBERTY. *The press hay too much liborty horo,” shont. ed the oxcited Mr. Ilutchingon. “ It ought to be restrained, sowmebow. It goes too far, Now look liere, Mr. Reporter, the other day I was coming through the alloy-way from Madison streel, and who should T moot but a man who enid he wus from the Zimcs. *(tood morrow,' enid ho, * Auy nows of your trouble? ¢ \Wa havo no troublo of any account,’ says I. Now, would you bellove it? thiat fellow gat up n yorn the length of my arm on that.! How the deuco he liad the cheelt to use my name so, beats me, Oh, thers must be n stop to this kind of worl nomo day." IT MUST STOP. ** Thore must, indeed,” chimod in 3Mr. Dow, sympathetically, and half & dozon gontlomoen who bappencd to bo standing around joinod in the charus, ‘T'he roporter could nob help indulging in an audible smile, M. [Iutelinson—"Tis mighty easy for youn to Iangh, but the shue pinches us, Givs my com- pliments to your commereial inan, and tell him my opiniou of his recont articles, » MR CULBERTRON, Tho roporter left tho excitod group and pro- ceeded to Ronm No. 8 of tho eame building, where he found :he geninl Mr, Culbertson, of the firm of Culbortson & Dlair. Tho usual for- :u{llllnlerrugnuoxm wera put, and Jr. Culbertson Brid: . * Well, the thing has heen tomporarily sottled, in tho mattor of acranging for a separate *call’ inthe afternoon. Tho ‘“scalpers ' drove us to that courso, for they can outvote us evory time o tho regulur 'Change. Thore is no immedinta prospect of secossiun, but 1 shonld not wonder i1, oventually, tho provision men wera driven, in self-defonso, to tho adoplion of some such puhc{. 1, for ono, dou't seo why wo must elimb up fifty-eighv steps every day to tho Board vf Urade. Wo should bave it, I think, on tha ground floor, and & good many people believe tho same. Dut I dow't think wo aro going ta secedo vory soon—perhaps not at all. COL. HANCOCK. Col. 7. L, Hanoock was found in his office, Room No, 8. 1fe statod that no separation was contomplated. The provision men had now mado an arrangement which appeared to bo sate isfactory to most of thewm. Ile did not revog- nizo tho necossity for'a seceasion. ‘I'hie trouble, sucl ag it was, might be considored at an end. i Tt,lllxa reporter did not pursue his inquiries anv urther. g . GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. The eity debt of B8t Louis bas incroased from sbout $5,000,000 in 1801 to 515,000,000 in —The Utica Observer snya: * Utloa will have tho Stato Fair ; L'roy is going to luve the No- tional Amateur Regatta ; Albany has the Legise laturo ; Romo has the scarlot fover ; Syracuss wants & new chartor ; Rochester has the Iolty Wator Worlks ; Buffalo is gotting over the chickens fever; and Watertown Liag tho measles, a divorce caso, aud twins.” ~—Thoe Willimantio (Ct.) Journal relatos the madouline deeds of a marriod woman who, during hor husband’s absonco, found a swarm of bees in o hollow troe, smoked tliem out, choppod tho treo down, and secured the honey ; WL on T way home, found o skunk in strong canflict with hor dog, and shat tho offonsive animal's head of, Dblowing it to picces, —According to the Utien (N. Y.) Observer, Buperintoudent Priost, of ihat eity, lias been counting u‘l tho business of bLia division of the Central Railrond, Ho discovera thut during the Inst ton yoara there bave passed over this divis- ion of the Now York Cenfral Railrond 8,700,000 cars, or an averago of one every minuto during that time, The number of car-londs of hogs has boon 51,800 ; of horsas, 11,512 of slioep, 260,000 of cattlo, 143,000, —Some fow deys ngo tho wifo of Richard T, Storoy, of Tituavillo, Di., recoiveda dispateh from hor home in Cleveland, stating that her father lay at tho point of death in that city, and for Ler to como on immediatoly if sho desired to soo him slive. BShe started, apparently well, and mrived in Ctoveluud iu dus time, When near her fathor's rosidenco sho was suddenly taken with cramps, and oarviod Into tho houso in a helpless condition, where she died soon uftor, Ier fathor lived ouly a fow honrs after, and both will bo buried togotiier in Clovelund, —Commiesioner of Internal Rovenno Douglnas Lias o quaint rollo of the carly days of this Tte- publio in an old internal revenuo liconse, which was grauted Bopt, 1, 1795, in “'the thirtecnth division of the socond survey, District of Maue sachusotts, to Robert Gibbes Tillinghnst, of tho town of Usbridgo, for a tax considoraiion of §b, to soll for ono yoar following Sept, 1, 1795, foreign distilled spirits, at his store in tho contrg of eaid town of Uxbridge.” The liconso is signed by ¥ . Gorbam, Bupervisor of the Rovenuo,” and cmmluruigum‘l by Abraham Lincoln, Colloo. tor of the Rovenus at Worcoustor, Massachusotls, Sept. 1, 1705.” twonty-two thonsand-harrel iron tank which was beiug fillod with water by Batterfieid & ‘I'n Tor, at Millerstown, Pa., burst Wednosday afier- noon, oaualuf;nloud roport and seattoring iron and timbors in all dircotions, There was not a singlo shoat loft attached to tho vottom, Thore woro about 16,000 barrols of water tn the tank, and wheu it burst it rushed down the hill in o mighty torront, cnrrylug everything bofora it, in- cluding two men who wore near tho tank ot tho timo of the accidont, Thoy wora earried a dis- tuneo of thirty rods, through treos and brush and awong broken timbors. One of the men, Thom. a8 Bounot by name, had Lia leg broken, and thy other, who wae tho contraotor who buili the tnnlk, was slightly bruised,