Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 2, 1874, Page 4

DAILY X Y, FLDIVUARY 27 1874, TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TRRMS OF BUDSCRIPTION (PAYADLE IN ADVANCE), oLt S E:00) Sy S Parta ot & yoar at the samo rate. To prosont doloy and mistakes, be suro and give Post Ofico addrean In full, including Btato and County, Remittancos may bo mado ofthor by drtt, oxpross, Post Olca otdor, or in rogistorod lottars, nt onr risk, TENMA TO OITY AUDACRIDENS, Daily, dolisored, Sunday orceptea, 2 cente per wook, Ladly, collvared, Bunday Includod, 2 conts por waok. Addross THE TRIBUNE OOMPANY, Gornor Madison and Dearborn.sts,, Uhloago, Til. AMUSEMENTS, LHOOLEY'S TIEATRE—Randolph street, b Blark e Tasall, Lingagomont of Tommaso Saivink: M'VICKER'S THEATRE—Mndizon stroot, bot Statu, Lingagoment of Olara Moris: ACADRMY OF MUST Istad atroot, botwaen Mad. isen and Monroo, *Iingagemont of Baker and Farron, #* Obrls and Lous,* MYERS' OPERA-HHOUSE-Manros streat, batwoen Dearborn nnd Stata. _Atlington, Catton, and’ Kemble's Minstrotu., " ** A Slijipory Day, " “Miustrolsy aud ovml- I‘gnn.(mI{v'rl;.lle,\'lrmcinumnmu-st{‘g&t. betwecn Mad: ‘ashiiicton, o ANk Minatrets, Cowaucmont of Sharpley, Bhorldan THE GREAT ADELPHI-Corner of Wabash avenne sud Congrons straot. Varloty porformanco. EXPOSITION BUILDING—T.ako Shoro,, foot of \das” steoet. - Dubufo's Pt ot e s Frodiget e —— BUSINESS NOTICES. A LUCRATIVE BUSINKSS POSITION.—THE Unton Centrl Lifo Insuranco Co., “one of ths most urosporous. Lifo Insurance Gompatiios in the country, with assots over $1,000,00,601 net surplus, $265, 00,0, Xud fssuics Findnwment Polisles at Lifo-rates, deriros to establish a Gonoral Agoney In this city. Thuso dosirous of such & poxition, swill adil itreay N. W, ILAKRIS, Socrotary, Gincinnatl, O. Uhe Chitags Teibune, Monday Morning, February 32, 1874. ‘Wo publish this morning, in conncction with the description of tho new Tromont House, which {8 soon to bo opened, a history of the Liotel under its different manngements, from 1898 down to tho timo of tho fire. 1t hns been 5o intimately connected with the growth of Chi- cago that the reminiscences given concorning it, and tho many brilliant and able men who have beon nagociated with it in one way or another, will be read with intersst by tho old and new residonts of this city. The Western Iron and Nail Manufacturors, who met at Ditisburgh on Saturday, are re- ported to have agreod that if the prico of pig- iron—which is kept up by the tariff—was not reduced, many of them would be compelled to closo theirmills, A fow daya sgo, some of tho lurgest consumers of iron mnd steel in the country mot in Boston, in solf-dofonso, and formed an association to procuro the redustion of tho dutics on those articles. Facts liko these, which are transpiring evory day, must be inoxplicable to poople who beliove that Pro- tection protects. A Gon. Sherman argued on Saturday bofore the flouge Military Committeo in favor of placing the Indians in charge of the War Dopartment. He thinks that they would bo bottor treated and moro offectually kopt in order by tho army than they evor con be by the Interior Departmont under the Peaco policy. The murder of Gen. Canby and the whole Modoe trouble ho imputed to this short-sighted and undecisive Quaker policy. His opinion of the relecee of Satantn and Big Treo by Gov. Davis was ox- pressed with the bluntnoss that generally char- actorizos Gen. Shorman's utterances. Instead of beiug hanged us theyshonld bave boen for tha wurder of tho twelve toameters they killed, they were, in consoquence of this nct, back ou their vesorvations, ready again to rob and murder, Ho did not say lio hoped they would got Gov. Davie' sealp, but ho intimated thatif they did his tears would bo fow. Tho Rov. Florence MecCarthy yesterday delivered o *“sormon” of @ personal character, treating chiefly of tho disscnsion that has arigen between him and the Union Park Baptist Chureh, of which he is tho pastor. Wo print slsewhero so much of his ‘‘sormon" as is fit for publication. The discourse, as delivered, contained passages of a vulgar character that would disgrace the pulpit of any church ever es- tablished. Though the Rev. Mr, McCarthy said theso things to o crowded, nssomblage, including virtuous wives and modest maidens, without a blush, wo sparo him, his congregation, and the soller March, Ryo was quiot and stoady, at 800 for rognlar, Barloy was In good domnnd, and irrogularly highor, closing nt 31.95@2.00 for No, 2, and 21,70 for No. 8. Live hogs woro notive and firm, closing at $6.00@56.70 for poor to choice, Cattlo rold to only & modorato extont, and weoro unchanged in price, Bheep wore stoady b 88.76@5.,50. A rallroad robbory almost ns dramatio as that at Adair, Town, Inst yoar, was committed on Baturday at Gad's IMill, on the Iron Mountain Road, in Migsourl, As in that ense, tho robbors woro masked and hoavily armod, aud plundorod tho mall, the expross car, and the passongers and officials of the rosd. Thoy did not, a8 nt Adair, cndangor tho safoly of the train by romoving & rall, but switchied it on to nside-track. The total amount of baoty was nbout £3,300, besides gold watches and valuablo lottors and packages. The oltizens of Gad's Hill who stood by and saw tho outrago committod are sald to bo preparing to follow up the robbors, who will bo woll eut of tho way by tho time thoy get roady, Tho Inquiry will at onco bo suggosted whother this ia not the same gang that appoared at Adair, and was tracked down into Missourl ; but it is not likoly to be an- swered, na the Inttor were mot caught, and the formor are not likely to bo. havo been lield in Englond, and the Conserva- tivos have carried twonty-oight of them. Eight districts, which woro ropresonted by Liborals fn the Parliamont just dissolved, have gone over to Dieracli's party. The Liberals have unseatod only one Conservativa membor, Theso roturns malko tho succoss of Gladatone’s move more & matter of doubt than it seomod nt first. The bold Dritons aro oxorcising their eloctoral privi- loges in thotr ususl freo and riotous way, which would not be tolerated in tho lowost purlicus of any city in this country, At Towor Hamlets, tho Conservatives broke in upon the Liboral meoting, and tho fighting that en- sued compellod Mr. Ayrton to stop sponking more than onco. At Greenwich, the Liberals attacked tho Consorvatives, and, moro success- ful with their flsts than thoy seom to bo with their votes, carried the fleld and dispersed their opponents rltogether. Thoro were fesrs of so serious disturbanco at tho samo place when Mr. Gladstono was to speak that troops woro held in roadiness to act upon emergoncy. Among the casss from this county roversed religious community in general, the scandal of o reproduction. Mr, McCnrthy's *‘sermon" hns unquestionably sottled tho controversy botweon . him and his congregation. Tho latter have al- rondy nslod lum to resign, Theycan now have 1o hositation in ejecting bim summoyily in caso ko fails to retire without further commotion. There is & movement on foot to organize a ro- union of the survivors in the Northwest of tho old Liberty Party, to which tho country'is in- debted for the agitation in the past gonoration that led to the abolition of slavery in the prosent. Many of the moat sctive of the original Abolitionists are now dead, and _those who survive mark the progress of yoears with thewr groy hsirs, DBut, whilo Collins, TLovejoy, and others hove passed nway, enough remain to constitute a historical scssion of great intorest. Thera wus a preliminary meoting, a fow days ago, in the ofilco of Allan Dinkoerton, in this city, at which the attendanco was numerous for o private and impromptu gathering, It was thore decided that a Reunion should be called sometime noxt spring,—proba- bly in the latter part of May, or early in June. The sentimont of the meetiug was that the Re- union shall be hold in Chicago, with Aurors for the second choice, ia caso it bo deemad advisable to change. A Committee of Arrangoments was appoluted to fix definitely tho time and place, and instruoted to propare s prograummao setting forth the purposes and dotermining the oxor- cises of the eunion. Such a gathoring would bo one of the most notuble of the timo. The Ohlnng:producn warkots wore gonerally strongor on Saturday, with more doing in the londing departments, Moss pork was active, and 100 por brl higher, closing at $14.05 cash and 914,85 geller March. Lard was quiet, aund Go por 100 1bs highor, closing at £0.273¢ cash and §0.62!4 soltor March. Dleats woro modor- ately active and "firmor, at 630 for shoulders, Tife for short riby, 8o for short clear, end 916@103{c for eweol pickled hams. Drossed hogs woro moderatoly aotive and flrmer, olosing 8t 80,65@0.00 por 100 e, Mighwines were quiet and strong at 070 per gallon. Flour was dull and unchanged. Wheat was moro active, end stoady, closing nt £1,22)¢ cash, and £1.255¢ @1.253{ wollor March, Corn was moro sotivo, and 3o lower, closing at 580 cash, and 0G9}@ 5934 sollor March, Oata weroin falr domsud and firmes, elosing st 4230 eash, and 4lo and romanded by the Suprome Court are those of Michael Lovin aud Aodrow Hein. Theso porsons wero indicted in Octobor, 1872, Lavin for solling liquor to ono Isanc G. Holmes, *the said olmey being then and thoro in tho Liobit of gotting intoxicated,” Hein was indicted at tho same time for selling liquor to Louis Lettorman, who was subject to tho snme infirmity. The dofendants were convicted and sentenced to o fino of $30 and ton days' imprisonment ench, Tho points upon which tho cages wers appealed woro: 1. That tho Court refused to have the Jurors asked, before being sworn, whothor they woro membors of & temperance socioty or mem- bors of a league organized to prosecato tho now Temperauco Inw. 2. As to the guilty knowlodge or intent of the accused,—whether they knew the parties to whom the liquor was sold wors habit- ual drunkards,—was not proven. 8. That the Court below hold that the salo by s barkeeper was an act of the defendant’s to the oxtent of meking them responsible for the crime; 4, That tho law, in providing s penalty for. **violations of the provisions of Sec. 1 and 2," could not be construed as applying the penalty for a viclation of Sec. 2only. Wo Lave not yet learned upon which of theso points the Supreme Court has ro- versed the conviction. We have nows that the SBupreme Court has afiirmed the decision in the caso of The People v. Aunn & Scolt, The history of the caso is, briofly, a8 follows: The Warahouse law (roquir- ing warohousemen to take out a licenso and give abond not to charge foos in oxcess of those paid by law) having beon resisted by tho Chica~ go warchousomen generally, Stato’s Attorney Reed filed on informetion in the Criminal Court against Munn & Scott, for doing business as warohousemen of Class A without giving bond nod taking out a liconso to do business, ns ro- quired by law. They pleaded not guilty, Their attornoys and tho Btato's Attornoy agreed upon the foots, and submitted tho question to the Criminal Court, The attorneys for the firm in- sisted that the lew was unconstitutional, Tho Court horo decided tuat the law was constitu- tioual, and imposed fiuo upou the firm. They took tho easo to tho Suprome Court, and thero urgoed the unconstitutionality of the law as be- low. Tho Supreme Court baving affirmed the judgment of the Criminal Court, tho presump- tion is that the Warchouse law has boen sus- tained, and that, hencoforth, warchousemen of Class A will be obliged to take out s license and give & bond bofore they can do business. Tho tull toxt of the Supreme Court's opinion, how- over, may giva soma special construction of the law that will considerably modify its prosent as- poct. THE KAKRSAS BENATORSHIP, The Konsas Legisluture Lue been bailoting sevoral days for a Scnator of the United States, The wholo nuniber of votes in the body is 189, of whom 83 are Senntors and 106 Represcntatives, The highest number of votes rocoived by any candidate at any time was 27 for Eliss 8. Btover, the prosent Lieutenant-Govornor of the Btate, The following talle shows tho reault of the ballots on the sevoral days named: HEHEHER F1B1E|F|8 g|g2i8|g|e ‘Thomaa A, Osborn, Lllas 5, Stavor. William A, Phil 1,8, Plumb, 8 A, Kiny 1 10| Bf — — Thomny I, Fenlon, = =l 12| 12} 11 James M, Harvey. 1 18 20| 22 M, £, Hudson, 8 9 e = - J. K, Tlndson, 3| 9 28 23] 18 Churien Roblnis 2l 1y 9| — 11 Edinund G, Rosy, 9 6 4 — 3 All othors, 45 35| 1l nf 7 “Wholo voio in jnint convention, 109, Necosuary to a chofee, 70, All the Bonators, oxcopt ono (chosen to fill a vacaney), wero clected in 1873, and thoy are clasged : Ropublicans, 24; Opposition, 0. The entiro House of Ropresontatives wore olectod in 1873, and these aro classed : Ropublicans, 433 Opposition, 64, The Opposition, however, are made up of extromoly heterogonocous oloments, Twenty Republicans rofused to go into & party caucus, 14 mombors weore olcoted as Ieformers, 18 as Indopondents, 10 as Farmors, 4 as Domo- crats, and 8 as Opposition. The 64 antl-caucus mombors aro thus accounted for. The extout of the party demoralization, howover, is most strikingly shown in sn attompt to paas the fol- lowing regolution u tho House : Rewoloed, That wa have full fuith and confldence in the Republioan party, and we hereby renew our pledges q!fidomytauw purgy, and Lalieve that all reforms. noeoitod by our Stato and nation can and ywiil bo obtaln- ed through thnt party, ‘Thia rosolution, which had boon proviously pasaed in tho Benato by 22 to 5, wes rojocted in tho 1Touse by 36 to 69. Ot the sovoral candidatos for tho United Btates Bonato, Mr. Btovor is supposed to ropresont party fonlty and cautous ruloin the highostsonse § Mr. Phillips tho samo dootrines in n less strin- gont form ; while Mr, Plumb and ex-Cov. 1Inr- vay, though nominally Ropublicans, are ready to slide out upon occasion. Mr. J. K. Hudson is supposed to ropresont tho Farmers' Movemont more nearly than any other candidatoe, It is probablo thst MMr, Phillips, who {8 himsolf a farmor aud & man of marked ability, could ~be elected if_ ho stood fn tho ssmo position that Mr. Hud- son docs, As a matter of faot, hio i not a thor- ough-going party man, but, having boon elected to Congress as a Ropublican, ho probably fecls bound to stand by party usages as long as o holds offico at tho hands of the Republican organization, He and ex-Gov. Robiuson are the only candidates named who are much known outside of tho State. Both of them were honor- ably identified with the early history and strug- glos of Kansna, "This singular ecomplication at Topoka is only another symptom of the break-up of partics. 1t is part and parcol of the Reform movo- ment in Wisconsin, the Indopeundonut purty in Culifornis, the Anti-Monopoly party in Jows, and the Farmors' Movoment in Xllinols, It tho Opposition in tho Kansns Legislature aro in earnest,—if they de- siro to build up o party that shall control the Btato for yeara to como, and bo {ufluentialin the affairs of tho nation,—they can do 8o by uniting thelr strongth on some mon of first-clasa ability and character, Kansas has been too long rop- resonted by inferior and corrupt politiciaus. There {8 now an opportunity to rescue hor from tho odium brought upon her by the Lanes, Pom- oroys, and Caldwells who have trailed hor ban- nerin the mud before the eyes of the wholo country, To do this, however, they must unite. BUPPLEMERTAL GRAB-LAW, On Fridny thore was o most ineidious bill in- troduced in the Legislaturo which ought to bo closely watclied, Wo have already callod atten- tion to tho fact that, under theinfamous law of 1869, $18,600,000 of debt has been contracted by various municipal corporations in the State, and that under that lnw, and under the opera- tions of tho Btate Auditor's office, the payment of tho principal and interost of that debt has ‘boen transfarred to the other parts of the Stato owing nono of the debt. Tho State officers, undor this aot of 1869, have been mado brokers betweon the principals in the bonds and the bondholders. As from one-tenth to one-twelfth of the principal of these bonda will be collected in tho shape of Stato tnxation this year, in wddition to tho intorest, thers is = scramble amony; the parties as to the disposition to be mado of it. The Treasurer, under the lnw of 1809, is authorizod to purchase these bonds at not over par; tho bondholders, considering that & msjority of tho honds are fraudulent, will gladly sccept that sum, and will probably bo willing to allow s handsomo commiesion for the purchase. Some of the county ofticors, however, hove & dosire to handle this money, and there- fore they insist that it sball remain in the Tronsury subject to their order, to be expended as thoy may diroct. Tor iustancy, if the Supor- vigors, or county bosses, cnn purchase somo of these bonds at 40 to 60 cents on the dollar, then thoy con direct the Troasurer to purchaso those porticular bouds at par, and the County Ring may sharo the profits of the transaction. The bill introduced on Friday by Mr. Glenn pro- poses to offer the funds raisod by taxes cach year for this purposoe atauction; that is to say, tho Btate Treasurer shall sell the snmo to whoover will offor tho highest amount in bonds therefor. The objection to this bill is that it recognizes tho validity of and ro-onacts tho law of 1869. It makes the Stato officors the agent for the collection of principal and interest of every swindling bond stolen from the poople of overy village and town in the State. It has never beon protonded that tho law of 1809 was sanctioncd Dby the Constitution of 1870; on tho contrary, that Coustitution, in various clauses, puts s voto upon the fraud, This bill, therefore, by impli- cation, proposes to re-cnact the law of 1809, which has no'validity whatover, save under tho assumption that it was a * contract * lawful at that timo. If this bill can bo lawfully passed, then the noxt thing will be an act extending the act of 1800 for ten or twenty years after its expiration, Waiving all question s to the validity of the act of 1869 under avy Constitution, all proceed- ings by the Btate officers in pnying out any monoy recoived from taxes for Stato purposcs for auy other purpose, or without an express ap- propriation by law, is prolubited. Herois what . the Constitution says ¢ The State sball never pay, assume, or becomo re- apansiblo for the debts or Uabilitics of, or in any man. ner give, loon, or oxpend ita credit to, or in aid of, any publio or other corporation, asuociation, or individual, (8e, 40, Art. 4 The General Assembly shinll have no power to roleass or divchargo any county, eity, townebip, town, or dis- trict whatever, or the Inhabitunts thereof, or tho prop- erty therein, from “their or its proportionato shnre of taxes to bo lovied for State purposes ; nor shall coms 'mutation for taxes bo authorized in any form what- ever, (8oc, 6, Art. 9.) Al taxen levied for State purposes shall be paid into the Btato Treasury, (Soc, 7, Art, 9.) No mouey shall bo drawna from the Treasury except in purauance of an appropriation mado by law, and on the presentation of a warraut issuod by the Auditor thoreon. (8ec, 17, Art, 4.) Tho Logislature of 1874 has nmothing to do with the dead acts of its predecessors, excopt to ropenl them. It lins no power under the Con- stitution to direct the Trensurer to pay any monoy out of tho Btate Trensury, collocted as Btato taxes, to pay any dobt save s debt due by tho Stato. We trust that thero is respect onough left for the Coustitution to let tho law of 1860 stand a8 it is boforo the courts, without attompt- ing to give it now lifo sgainst tho prohibitions of the Constitution, — The 8an Francisco Julletin thiuks it has une enrthed a plot of tho Coutral Paclflc Ring, Tho stock of the Company amounts to $54,000,000, all of which, excopt about £500,000 worth, s In tho hauds of the Ring., Of courso it has nover been paid for, asthe Government grants aud tho firsi-mortgage bonds built the road, As the Company professos itaoll unable to pay tho in- torost due on the Government loun, it fu difficult to seo low it can pay Lhe recently-aunounced * 8 por cont semi-nunual dividends in gold " on its stock. Dut as such a dividend would involve upoyment of only $15,000 to bona fide stook- holdors, the Bullefin bolleves that the othera meroly recoipt for their dividends, and that the aunouncoment s made to onablo the Ring to unload its atook on the Now York markot, where vostlgation mnkes tho unpaid-for ghares of no valito, ————— THE BREAK-UP IN WASHIRGTION. Wo print this morning n lotter from our rogi= lar corrospondent at Washiugton which fore. shiandows s wido bronch botweon Prosidont Qrant and the Republican majority in Congross. Tho moving causo of thin possble rupture is tho TProsldont's desiro for n ronomination, of tho ox- fstenco of which wo Dove nlrondy had ovidonco, Asido from Gon. Grant's stipue ation at tho outset, for which B Tornoy Las vouched, that ho should havo threo torms of the Presidency, thero havo beon numorous indications thnt o hopes and oxpects to Lol on to tho ofiice, If ho breaks with tho TRepublicans in Congress, it will bo for one of two roasons, viz. Lither becausolio belioves thint tho ruling faction of the Ropublican party can nevor again ucceed in o gonoral election, or heeauso ho bulioves that they will not give him the nomination in any event, Possibly both of thoso considorations hnve some welght with him. Tt is cortnin that he io vory much dis- sntisfied with the trentment lo has recoived during the prosout scssion, 1o complaing that his rocommendations bave bean neglected and liis favorite nominations rejected. That hio no longor oxorcieos undinputed control of the party, o8 durivg his firot torm, is manifest froma varioty of clrcumstancos {hat the public can roadily reeall. If Gon. Grant seriousty contomplates » hreak with Congress, Congress, on its pert, doos not soom to bo anxious to avold the issue. Mr. Carpontor's Inte two-days’ speech is ono of the symptoms of this feeling. The denuncintion of the Loulsiana iniquities was in renlity an sttack on the President, howover much Mr. Corponter may have disclnimed such insubordination, M. Carpontor's position in tho last Congress on tho Louisiana question shows that ho could have allowed matters to go on ns thoy are without any very serious pangs; and it Is fair, thorefore, to assume that his now de- parture has been suggested by the beliof that party digeipline is noarly played out, at least in Wisconsin. This fact, taken in connection with tho rocent act of treason committed by the Now York Z'imes, and the unaccustomed boldness of the Republicans in Congrass in rejecting two of Gen. Grant’s nominations for Chief-Justico, in~ dicates that troublo is browing, Porhops, as Gen. Grant thinks that ho caunot bo re-slectod if hecarrics the woight of tho presont loaders of bhin party, the party leadors also think thnt they can never again succeed if they attempt to carry Gen. Grant. Probably both are right. It the breach comes, as now scems not un- likely, the Civil-Servico stipondiarics of tho country will generally sido with Grant, Tho ouly hopo of tho present ofiica-holdors is his re- ecloction, They aro woro cssentially his por- sonal rotainers than servants of tho party. Not ono of them would bo loft, from the Becrotary of State down to o Pension Agent, if tho Con- gressional malcontents should suceced. Thoy aro forced by personal interests, as well as inclined by habit, to side with tho Presidont in such & misunderstanding. Tho situation, if it ovor comes to this, will bo an interesting ono, It will lead to o grentor divigion of parties than has been expected. and Presidentinl eandidates in tho next clection will bo a8 numerous ag Richmonds on Boaworth flold. All of which will be in the interest of the people as opposed to the intorests of barnaclo politiciana, THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE, Tho further continuance of the session of the Illinois Logislaturo is an outrage upon tho peo- plo of the State. That body hus already passed resolutions and sont thom to Washington, denouncing the action of Congress in voting tho members extra pay. The Constitution of Illi- nois provides that the Logislaturo shall meet only once in two years, which provision tho pres- ent Legialaturo evaded by a trick of taking a ro- cees from May, 1878, to January, 1874, Thoro is no busiucss for the Legislature to do requiring this oxtraordinary seesion. Tho cost of the Log- islature is at tho rato of £1,600 por day. Tho Legisleturo, therefore, is meroly spend- mg that much money without rondering any servico to the State. For s session of ordinary longth, each man costs tho Stato about $900, not including the damage he may do by viclous and unnecessary legislation, The Legislature has now been in session thirty days, and hos consumed £45,000 of public money. The mombers have done nothing and really have nothing to do. They are only running tho ses- sion in their own individunl interests, Its further continuance is a fraud—it is suloyy grab- bing equally unprincipled with that committed at Washington. Lot the yeas andnays bo called at lonat throe times a weelt in erch Houso on o motion to adjourn sine die, and let the people know tho names of those who desire to have thoir board-bills paid out of the State Treasury for no value reccived. IRON. 4 Gov. Carpenter, of Iowa, in his recent Inaug- ural, makes o stutoment (borrowed from another source) to tho effect ibat the tarifl on ivon ap- plied to the businoss of the Now York Central Railrond would make tho additional charge on o buehel of wheat from Chicago to New York of only ono cent and one hundrad aud cighty-cight thousandli1s of & cont on account of the tariff, and that, therofore, tho tariff will never ruin the Westorn farmor, This is one of many instances in which, either through ignoranco or willtul- noss, figuros which are true in a partioular appli- cation arc mado to falsify genoral faots, Tho freight bLusiness of the Now York Cen- tral Railrond i8 so cnormous that obviously tho oxtra coat of iron coused by the tariff can have but a vory slight offoct on each bushel of grain carried, but the farmers of Iowa aud Illinois havo primarily to do with the rail- roadu in their respective Statos, and when the tarlff is applied to the business of these roads, espocially to those more recently built, the result will be found far different. On looking over the roport of the Illinols Railroad Commissionors for 1872, amongst tho claseifled ronds wo flud that thors are twelve whoso toinl miloage is 1,368 miles, and whoso froight business for the 13 mouths, aftor adding o proportionate difference in tho case of four ronrds whosooarning, aro only givon for a part of tho year, amounted to £3,612,- 630, Now the additional cost of tho iron caused by the tarif for theso twelve roads, rockoning tho duty at €0 per ton gold,—88 tons to the mile, and gold at 120,—would be $1,295,- 805, The interest on this original investment connot be set down at less than 8 por cout, and the lifo of the ruils, say eight yoars, would in- volve & ohargo of 13 par cont por annum for ro~ placement, making a total unnusl charge of 20 per cent, This glves us & totel annual charge of $2560,070, which s cqual to an additlonal 4t {a quoted ab 71@73, before the threatened in. | charge of mine and ninoty-one-hundrediha per cont on tho wholo of the freight business dono by theso twelve roads, 1t s truo thnt, if tho grent Enst and Weat ronds in Illinois woro included in thin calonla- tion, the proportion of additional cost eausod by the tariff would bo diminished, but wo have omitted them partly becauko tho Commissionors’ | roports do not fn all cages distinguish tho sop- nrato onrnfugs in Tilinols, and alwo bocause o Inrgo amount of tho business of thess great Tast and Wost rondn is derived from emallor connscting ronds, Thoro s alio a tondonoy in pronont railrond discussions to ignors tho nawer and smaller ronds, forgetting that nll tho prea- ent groat Wostorn ronds lad oqually small bo- ginnings, and fun thoir enrly stagos largoly lielped forward tho development of (ho Wost, a3 many of tho prosont smaller roads are mow -doing. For theso reasons it 18 na well that attontion shiould Lo espacinlly dircotod to the offect of the tariff on tho nower roads of the Btate. Wobave 1o monns of making a similar comparison in re- lation to the raiironds of Tows, Minncsota, Kan- eng, and other Btates, but betlove the result would tell with still greator force against tho tariff on fron. Tho total businoss of tho twolve rosds men- tioned is sufiiciontly large to show thelr impor- tanco to this Stato, and although farmers nro not likely to bo ruined by this item of the tariff, it1s plain that they have baen and are soriously in- Jured by it. A BTRANGE CASE, Thoe Renaud caso {u Momphis is one of the most singular which has been before the courts of this country for a long time. Mr, Renaud was tho late Assistant-Socrotary of tho Iloward Associntion. During the prevalonco of the re- cont yellow-fever opidemic in that eity, ho wns ono of the most active aud useful mombers of that organization, and secured the respect and admiration of thewhole city forhis noblo servicen a8 sn humanitarian. After the epidemic had subgided, tho communily was astounded to learn that & suit had beon instituted against him for embezzling funds of tho Associntion, and, what was oven more 1omarkable thau this, that tho charge was preforred against him Ly his wife, who alloged that ho had taken §200 from the treasury of tho Asaociation and given it toher. After his ar- rest, his counsel promptly applied for a writ of habeas corpus, and an oxsmination was had, which resulted in showing that there had been no embozzlement at all. Iaving failed to mako & caso, the Attornoy-General, who was conduot- ing the prosecution, promptiy movea for the re- lenso of Renaud, which was ordered by the Court. Aftor his dischargo, tho singular posi- tion in which his wife was placed compelled Lior to make nn oxplanation, which she has dona in o card to the publie, TIn her statement, aftor complotely exonorat- ing hor husband from sny chargo of embezzlo- ment, and pronouncing him an honorable, honost man, sho statos that his only fault was his un- faithfulness to his murlago vow. Having dis- coverad that sho had arivalin his affections, and fouring thiat he might elope with her, she hit upon this charge of embezzlement a8 a means of proventing it. Mr. Renaud, thorofore, has jump- od ot of the frying-pan into tho fire. He las oscaped the charge of finnncial dishonesty only to find himself confronted with tho equally odious chargo of domestic dishonosty, and the sentiment of tho community, which had been ons of admiration for him as an humanitarian, may now bo chinuged to deteatation of his lnck of hu- magity at home. THE BOSTON 3CHOOL-BOARD TROUBLE, The School-Committee woman question in Boston is beginuing to assume a character very gonoral in its bearing, and from an iesue of morely local importance has grown into one which promises to becomo s voxed question in tho discussion of woman's rights, and of moro than ordinavy importance in a logal point of view. The history of tho case is briefly na fol- lows: At tho Inst municipal election, fivo ladies wero eloctod to seats on the School Board, for the firet time in the history of tho city. One of the number, Mra, Badgor, a highiy-cultivated lndy, who has been immortalized in Hawthorne's “Marbto Faun™ n¢ Hilda, has becomo insane sincoe the ofection, and, ag will bo remembored, mysteriouely disappeared. Her husband having withdrawn Lier namo entiroly, the contest is now conflned to tho four. Although theso ladies wero clected by lavge mnjorities, and virtually without a struggle, a vory strong opposition was organizod against thom after tho election. 'The press of Boston and a majority of the peo- ple espoused their cause, but the opposition, reinforced by the City Solicitor, who gave his opinion that it was unconstitutional for them to serve, grew very formidablo, and, as the time for their qualification drow near, tho discussion in the School Board became very Lot and personal, Inoll these discussions, lowever, no question wag 1nised as to the abilities of tho ladics to fill tho place. Thoy were ladios who were not ouly bhighly-cducated themselves, but had dovoted thelr lives to tho education of others, aud had displayed oxecutive abili- ties of no moan order iu tho conduct of schools and sominavies. The opposition was bnsed purely upon tho logal nepocts of the case, Ihe day for qualification baving arrived, the four ladies presented themsolves, and aftor o long discussion the question was put to vote in the Bchool Board, resulting in the deolaration that tho seats wore vacant by o voto of 47 to 46. The rosult wonld have been more declsive Liad not the four ladies thomaolves, by a strotch of pmilinmontary otiquetto, boon allowed to cast their votes, which thoy did in tho nogative. The closonoss of the voto hns ouly served to keep alive tho excitoment, and the dispatohes in our lnst issuo give nccounts of meotings held in the wards whero the Indies reside, at which resolu- tions were passed protesting ageinst the action of the School Doard, and appolnting com- mitleos to sccure & reconsideration of the voto, and thus restore tho ladios to tho soats from which they huvo been ousted. This, how- ever, will not settle the quostion definitely, Tho issue now is in such o shapo that the Buprome Court will hnve to give its docision. If the vote should not bo reconsidered, and this is highly probable, as many of the Board who are porson« ally iu favor of giving thoe soats to tho ladies voted in tho negativo booauso they were in doubt as to the conatitutionality of tho proe cocding, thon tho ladies’ frionds .will carry the matlor to the Supromo Court. If the Board should reconsidor its action and give tho soats to tho ladios, then thoir oppononta in the Board will cortainly apply for an {njunction until such tino re the Buprome Court can dofine the law in tho onge, T'he actton of the Buprome Court will, thera- fore, bo awaited with very guneral Intorost. Outeide of the purely constitutional merits of tho quention, thers s hardly room for cavil ra to the propriety and fitness of theso ladies to ocoue DY the positions they aro seoking. Whonever n woman ean do the worl of & man bottor than a man, or oven as woll as a man, why should she’ not do it? 1f this Aeoms rbitrary, thon lot man congolo himsolt with the fact that, with all tho advantagos and oxporlonco lio has hiad, ho ought to rigo abova tho spocles of worl which & woman can do woll, aud seok atill higher oceupntions whoro thoroifanodangoer of compotition, Ifnwo- mancan bo s suceessful #ehool-tonchor,whyshould sho not also have an opportunity to show Lor ability ns School Committoo woman? Tho vastma- Jority of tonchers in this country arc womon. In Chicago thero aro thirty-ono malo and 446 fomale tonchors, tho thirty-ono males boing principally figuro-hoads, rot up for disciplinary purposes, rathor than with any objoct of fmpart- ing education to tho rising gonoration. Tho olo- mentary education of this country, and many of tho highor dopartments of teaching, aro in tho handa of women, and thoy liave shown thom- eclves compotont for tho task for yeara, Why, then, should thoy not bo compatont to erve upnn School Bonrds, and put into gonoral practico the rules ond systoms which thoy have eone forcod in individual cnsos? At tho ro- cont county elections in this Slato sov- oral Indies wore clectod County Huperin- tendenin of Behools, and no complaint has yot beon mudo of inofiiciency upon their part. I, theroforo, the Bupromo Court of Massacline sotta sball pronounca it constitutional for these ladios to sorvo, it is only n vory narrow and un- manly projudico which will provont them from doing so. If, on the other hand, it is docided to be unconstitutional, thon the law should bo amended 8o that no legal obstaclo cau stand in their way, ——— THE SOVEREIGNS OF INDUSTRY, Wo lave recoived tho constitution of tho Ordor of the Bovoreigns of Industry, the by- lawa of its National Council, and a circular iesued by it, and addressed to *the industrial clases; the mechanics and workingmen and FOREIGN. Returns from the Parliamentary Elec~ tions in Bngland, The Conservatives Mnke a Cone stderable Gain. Advices from’ the Guld Coast--The Ashantce War, GREAT BRITAIN. Loxnoy, Feb, 1.—Polls were oponed yester- duy in Guildford, - Chatham, Kedderminstor, Maidstono, Andover, aud North Lincolnshire, THE CONSERVATIVES WERE VICTORIOUS, holding thelr own in all elections excopt that at Barnstaple, and elanting thoir candidates in oight horoughs represented by Liberals in last Parliament. Tho Liberals show o gain of only one mamber, having defoated tho Conservativos at Barnstaple, THE RETORNE FROD CIATITAM, Roar-Admiral Georgo Llliott, Consorvative was elected at Chatham by o muojority of 669, ale though the dock-yards and othor Government establishmenta there give the Ministry great in- fluonee. At tha last election ho was dofoated by tho Liberal candidate, Mr. Otway, then Unders Hecrotary for Foreign Affairs, who lad & ma- Jority of 184, .. OTHER RELTURNS, Onslay, Liberal, was olocted at Quildford by 243 majority, ngalnut 31 at tho lust oleetion, Ionry Jamos, Attornoy Gonoral, and A, C. Dar- clay, " formor' Liboral ‘membors, wero both roe turned from Taunton without opposition. WORK OF THE WEEK. . During tho weel thore wera forty-oight eloo. tions, and the rosult in that twonty Liberals and twonty-oight Consorvatives are roturned to Pare liament, "Tlo Liborals havo enrried Maidstone, electing both their candidntos, A Congorvativo 11 returncd from Bowdly in Worcostorsoire, and u Home-Rulo candidate from tho borough of Carbon, Irelaud, —_— THE WAR IN ATRICA. Loxpox, Fob. 1.—A dispatch from Capo Ooast Castlo statos that twelve ambassadors from tho women overywhore.” The organization of tho Order resembles that of the Patrons of Husbandry. Mombers of tho Subordinate Councils take the degree of Jour- noyman ; membors of the National Council take the degree of Artisan; and mombors of tho Bupremo Council, which will not be instituted till January, 1875, will bo Craftsmon. The Bu- premo Council is to bo tho court of last resort. Tho oxecutive power is lodged with an Exccu- tive Council of soven men. Its present mem- bers all como from Massachusetts, but this iy not strange, sinco there are as yot but three] subordinate Councils,~in Worcostor, 8pringfiold, and Now York City. Tlo objacts of tho Order ara roughly stated ns tho elavation of tho industrial classes. Itis opon to *‘anyper- son engaged in industrial pursuits, of theage of 16 years, of good charactor.” It is a significant rule that says: *Nopolitical or religious tests of mombership shall be allowed.” The politieal pur- poses of the Ordor are avowed. It declaresitself to boin league with the Patrons of Husbandry. The circular saya: *'The Granges have saved millions of dollars to tho farmors, But, since the Grango ndmits only those who oro intorosted iu agricultural pursuits, it has boen found neces- sary to inatituto & new Order that shall welcome to its momberehip all classes of laboring mon and women. And this Ordor will save to ils members algo milliona of dollars, It is, and will con- tinue to be, in thorough sympathy and hearty co-operation with the Patrons of Husbandry, ‘both being parts of one groeat whole, whosae des- tiny is to work out a better future for the in- dustrial classes of this country. The timos aro ripo for the movemont. You have but to com- bine, workingmen ond women ! and o groat and immediate bonefit is yours.” Whether or not this movoment can unito the workingmen as thoroughly as the Grango hns united the farm- ors, remaing to bo seen; but the prosent pow- erful combination known as the “Patrons of Tusbandry” started from smaller boginnings than the * Sovereigns of Industry.” If tho effort to colloct enough monoy by 10- cont subscriptions among the froedmon—it is signiticant, by tho way, that froedman is almosé 08 much a disused word a8 contraband—to pay for Bull's group of * Lincotn Freaing tho Slavo " should fail, Congresa would do woll, the next timo it appropriatos monay to encourage Ameri- cau art, to pass by the lobbying stone-cutters of Washington and order this picce of statuary from Florence. It is bold and spirited. Tho chains fall from tho slave ns he rises from his crouching position. A great light scems stowly dawning in his oyes. Lincoln stands by,—his own homely solf, clad in his own ugly garb. But the spirit beautifies the plain face, and tho loug cont is finer in its truthfulness than tho Roman togn, in which so many of our statucs uro swathed. The work fa a great one, and wo shonld welcome warmly all art that turns toward Ameriea as its destination or for its subjcct. ———— The American Social Science Association con- grutulutes itaelf, in its sunual report, on doing 80 much during the past year, and proposes to do mora this year. It is divided into fivo soc- tions, of Lducation, Ilcalth, Jurisprudence, Fi~ nance, and Social Economy. The Exccuntive Gommitteo, which holds its sessions at 5 Pem- Dberton square, Borton, desires to put itself into communication with all the socicties tud all the individuals that aro intorested in any of theso subjects. The views of thinkers on all of thom will be gathored, aud will be published by tho Association from timo to time. Branch sociotios will bo formed throughout the country. B3oro mombers are urgently noeded, The cost of mombership {8 but small, and we know of no way In which a fow dollars can be better spent in promoting scientific resoarch thaa by souding them to the Association. —_— Tho five counties of Harper, Barbour, Coman- cho, Kingman and Ness, in Southwostorn Kans 608, aro said to contain about 600 inhabitants bo- tweon thom. Tho Kansas law requires n popu- Iation of 000 in each county. Whon Barbour County was to bo organized, it contained threo houses, A list of 600 names was mado up. Just beforo it was to bo 1aid before the Qovernor, it waa discovored that the names woro all masen- line, The proper changes wore mado ; fletitions woman and childron took the place of some of the non-oxislont men ; aud the county was organ- ized, It at once voted $100,000 railrond bonds, which ara now in themacket, The snmo process was ropented In tho four othor counties. o tho Ring got half & million dollars in bonds and sont five of its membors to tho Legislaturo, nch wna unanimously elected, Evidently Pomoroy's wwootuess has not beon wasted on tho Kanens air, —_—— The two or threo Americans who have rocolved the * Oross of Bt, Janrico™ from the King of Italy will bo ploused to hear that Vietor Emnn- uol's favorite jost iu, that * thore are two things ho nover rofuses to any man—a cigar and a Cross of 8t, Maurice, ‘Cho Ordor has 3,700 ofticers and an unlimited numboer of more Kunights, As thoro I8, howover, a stendy domand for Knight- hood, aud a8 Italy wants mouney, it is soriously proposed to revive Cavour's schome to aell tillos aud honors at flxed prices, Tho argument is that bigh prices would swell the revenues, and, st the same time, provent titles from Locoming ‘yory much moro common than they aro now. Ashantees rocontly arrived in the Rritish camp, suing for peace. ~ 8ir Garnot Woolsely ronlied that ho would only treat with the King himsolf at Coomasste. 1t is roported that Gon, Wolscly has detainod tho Ashantee ambassadors as hostagos for sowme Dritigh snilors taken prisoners by tho enomy. Saak s el GERMANY. Loxpox, Fob. 1.—Tho report from Paris that Bismarck had written to the British Governmen$ relative to the attitudo of the Ultramontang K{“f:d nnd tho Roman Catholic Bishops is contra- cted, ——— ACHEEN. Loxpoy, Feb. 1.—A dispatch from Padang re« }mrm thut tho cholera Lias broken outin Acheen, ¢ i rumored_that the Sultan of Acheon had died of it, and that the war is virtually over. S g e GRAND RAPIDS. National and County Buildings. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Graxp Rarios, Mich., Fob. 1.—~The last Con= gress passed o low authorizing tho Scerotary of tho Treasury to purchnso a site in this city nuitablo for the erection, by the Government, of o building for o Post-Ofiico, United States Court, ote., aaid building not to cost over $200,000. Commiestonors wero appointed, who received proposnls from parties owning sites,and reportod to the Secrotary tho bids offered, without recom= mendation. Trouble, too many greonbackstothe ocre. Tho Secrotary of the Troasury declined all the bids, and requested the Attorney Gener- al to inutituto proceedings to condemn ground for that purpose, in accordance with the Inwa of Michigan. The Attorney Goenoral, acting through tho United Stutos Court for the Westorn District of Michigan, locatod hero, was informed by Judgo Withoy, of thut Court, that thero is no statdto in this State undor which condomuation of land for United States pnrposoes can bo made 5 and that, according to a decision of the Suprome Court of Michigan, the Logislature of this State bas not a constitutional right to enact such s statute. In view of theso facts, the Representas tive in Congress from this district, W. B, Will« jams, has introduced a bill, apparently goneral in its application, “'To authorizo proceedings te condemn proporty for the use of the United States,” whicl is now in the hands of the Judio~ Iary Committee of the House. Inthe matter of a county building for Kent County, however, the prospect is more definito. ‘I'ho Bonrd of Bupervisors has just passed a regs Iution to submit to the people of the county, af the April eclection, the question of raising, by direce_taxation, 160,000, i four annual levieg of %47,500 ench, for tho purpose of eracting a building for Court-Houso and county oftices, on the public square, noar the contro of tho city, platted for that purpose by Louis Campau, tha principal pioneer laud-proprietor here, thirty~ #aveon years ago, and nover yet built upon. CORN AND HOGS. Percentage of the Last Crop of Corm Kemaining in the flands of Pro« ducers: ock Iogs in the Hunds of Feeder: JacksoNvicie, Ill, Teb. 1.—Tho National Crop Reporter contning to-dmy cstimaies in roe Intion to percentago of the lnst crop of corn ramaining in the hands of producers Jan. 16; sud estimates of the number of stock hogs in tho hands of feoders at tho sawe dato, in com- parison with vho mumber on hand at the corres- ponding dato in 1873, In relution to corn it seys: In tho States of Tllinois, fowa, Keusas, Ohio, and Wisconsin, which produced in 1878 upwards of 832,000,000 bushely, the avorage mmount on hand at the dute named is estimated at o fraction less then 50 per cent on an_npproximato quantity of 190,000,000 busbels, ‘The average cousuuption iy very uni- form in,all tho Stutes, boing highest in Wiscone uin,—G0 por cont. The uuiversally mild woathor in all the Jocations Lins fonded largoly in keoping down the corn_consumption, and the conditiont of stock gougrally is bettor than was anticipated amonth onrlier, ‘I'ho ostimutes upori the stock of hogs are for the samo States namad above, and indicate an averugo falliag off’ of 21 por cent from the num- Ler on hand a yenr ngo, The condition of somo is considerably bolow tho average. ‘Tho high pricos puid by packers and tho scareity of corn laving cansed au ontflow of the minrketublo Logs, and o stinting of supply of food to those romaining, the outlook is very unfavorable for summor packing. . A compurison of the averngo prices in the States named Dee.l, 1873, aud Jan, 16, 1874, shows & docieed advance. nlthough the {ndicas tious aro that the maximum hos boen about reached. —— i e TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Tho Mining Stook Board of Now_York City dianolved Saturday, and Gilbort L. Haight woa appointed Recoiver. ‘Uhe Board has a surplus fund of 20,000, —Ttho_Nahuw, (N. F.) City Savings Bank to- morrow begins paying 10 por cont to depositors, The officors oxpoct to pay its linbilities iu full. ~Tho Ifurbor Comuitteo of the Milwauice Common Councll has ngroed on o memorint to bo presented to Congross foran apprapriation of £10,000 for the dredging of Milwaukes hurbor during noxt season. —T'ne roport of the Milwaukeo Polico Dopnrt- ment for January shows that thero was not a single stabbing affray or murder duving the montl, aud the fire roport shows fifteen alarns, with a dostruction of property amounting to ~—l'he congregation of tne Bixth Stroot Jewish Tomple of Lvansvillo, Ind., had un indignation meoting yesterduy, and adopted resolutions cons demning tho articles in tho Jewish Independent, published by the Itav. E. B. 3L Browne, of Yeo- Tin, s ‘Slandorots of Hiom, —Capt, Jumes B. Eads, Clilef Enginoer of the 8t, Lonis Bridge Compuny, hays roceived o lottor from Beorotary of tho k\m‘i’ Robeson invitin him to necompany Cupts, Belfridge and 11ill, an soveral army nnd civil engineors, to tho Isthnmy of Darien, to dotormine which is the most foanis blo of tho routes already surveyed for a eaual aoross tho Isthmus, and make & gonoral roport on tho condition of affairs in that vogion, —Sulurdny, in tho Unitod States District COourt, Judgo Oadwallador issned un injunotion againgt the Iranklin Baving Fund Soclsty of Thiladelphis, restraining its oficors aud “em- ployes from maklug any dm{!oaltlou or transfoy of property of the corporation. Au application for” involuntary bankyuptoy ia pouding agains{ Lio councorn, and fraudulont proforonce ta avored oreditors ia charged wlhut’ the oflloarm