Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 6, 1874, Page 2

2 THE CIIICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TRIDAY, FEBRUARY G, 1874 SPRINGFIELD. A Policy of Masterly Inactivity Maintained by the Leg« islature. The Revised Bill Concerning Li- oensos Considered by the Senate. A Matter of Interest fo Dealers in Liguors and Wines, The Relations of Husband and Wife Also Talked About. A Disposition to Make Women Responsiblo as Well ns Privileged. New Test Cages to Be Instituted by the Railway Commissionoxs, Appearance of Ex-Colleclor Harper in the Pekin Revenue Snits, REVISING TEE STATUTES. Special Dispatel to The Chicugo Tribunes BILL CONCERNING TICLNHES. Seaieriery, IiL, Teb, 5,~Tho Rovision bill concerning liconnes being under discussion in tho Sonate, MeGrath seeurad tho adoption of the Tollowing . nmong the prohibitions : 1 Or sny drugelst who shnll, by bimeolf, servant, or elotic, neli OF (fivo iy nny fitoxieatiug Huoreamien wpon the written preseeiption of a regular practiclug p[lynlcl‘.\u, or unless ho lias obtained » licenso so to do, Steelo defeated the nmendment punishing the illoal vending of liquors by fino and imprison- ment, nnd loft it to read “fine or imprison~ went,” tho vote being—yeas, 16; nays, 25, Tho cougidoration of tho bill was uot concluded. USBAND AND WIFE. Tho Rovision bills concerning hushand and wite and dower being beforo tho Seunte, Can- ticld opened tho discussion in support of his nmendment, o dwelt upon the importance of tho unity and the peaco of the family, and its relations to tho State. Tho Revision bill went beyond the decisions of tho Supreme Court, upon which it protended to be based. ~ The bill nud theso decisious, when a littlo extended, en- fangered tho very existouco of the murital xeln- tion, Ifoadmitted tho evils aud incomplote~ ness of the provisions of common law to remedy them, 'Tho act of 1861 conferred aupon tho wifo the right to contract and #oll alone lior separato proporky, except that she could not sell or incumber hor real estate without hor hus- hund’s joining. The law of 1869, takon with tho Supreme Court decisions iherounder, virtuel- 1y destrayed tho rolations of {man and wife as proviously existing, and was produclive of dis- vord, 'Tho bill under consideration was subject 20 theto considerations. Sce. 1 allowed an attachmont upon thebody of o married woman a8 o part of & judgment against Loy for debt or tort, - “Undor 8ec. 9, no ono conld toll tho rolative po- sitions and rights of tho Lusband and wifo ina wuit of ojectment, s Undor Sce. 6, any sort of rospousibility and Tiability could be assumed by n married woman. She had tho right to tala oub n liconto and soll liquor, or do nny other disgracoful but not uu- lawwfal nct, contrary Lo the JUDGMENT 01t WISILS OF TIER JTSHAND or her fumily. L'ho place of women i that of administrator. _The’ mereat whim of n womun anay nlono stand belween the family and its utter disorganization. Under Sce. 9, sho. might convey eud encum- Der bor proporty, A married woman might not know how to protect herself against commercial iniquity. A = See. 10 completed the right of either Lusband ifo {0 sue ench other. Under thero rections srauds could not bo established in such suits, nud the lost scetion would act as the final strokio against the peace, the suvrcdnees, and the use- filnes of tho fumily. Steole #aid the samo predietions were made yegavding tho law of 1861 s were mado regard- ang this bill, but thoy proved grouudless, ‘Lho Dill simply demunded thas the wifo ehall bo put _upon un equal footing with tho lusband buforo tho Inw in rogard to property. It wus ;ust that the property of the father uud mother sliould be oqunlly divided for tho purposo o ncating their children, The necident of the ‘beg imprisoned was contingent upon & just rule that she should be NESPONSIDLE FOI HER ACTIONY, "Thore was nothing men did hut woman conld do Deltor, and jJustico demauded that the wifo should have tho right to go info court, and pro- teet ler property from the abusc of Ler hus- hand. 1o predicted the sitting of women in the Legislature. T'ho nmendmont way defeated—yeas, Archer, Irooke, Brown, Burke, Canfield, Cagsoy, Donune i1uo, Giloun, Green, Xehoe, Kelly, Murphy, soccon, Shapard,’ Senford, und " Warzofi—16. Nuys, 28, Z\lu’ny othor amendments proposed were ro- jected, including ono by Dow exempting the sox Trom avrest in civil casor. Thero was ovidently w gisposition to compel lovely woman to tuko the hitter with tho sweot, and tho Sounto was doter- ymmed that if sho ounjoyed tho rights and privil- eiges of o man sho should also beur the same burdons and._ responsibalitics, ”hnfl nre bound {0 put hor on porfoet equality with any otnor fellow, Iler fato was pending when the Senuto went to supper. o PSS e RAILROADS AND WAREHOUSES, Speeial Dispateh to Lhe Chicyro Tribune, TOUR TEST CASLS., Spaxerienp, Il., Fob. 5,—1Ihe Railroad Com- misgioners wore in session {o-dny, and doter- mined to bring four additional suits &t onco. hey havo scleeted the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney Railroad, and tho puit against it will ho instituted at Princoton, in Burean County, by u loeal nitorney, not yot selected, and tho Attors ney-General. Nost is the Chicago & Alton and tho Toledo, Wabash & Wentern Railronds. T'ho suits againat both tho roads will bo brought nt {his placo, in this county, and ab tho appronch- ing term of tho court, tho third Monday Jn tnis mouth, These sults ara {o Do juannged by Ex-CGov, Palmernud tho Tlon, Will- ium AL Springer. Tho other iy ugainst the Tlli- nois Central, and will be brought at Decatur, in NMacon County, by Messrs, Weldon & Bou- janin, of Bloomington, L'he specific offense’ in gach of theso casoes canmot bo nseertainod, as the datn is withheld until tho declarations are filed, but it is supposed ot to Lo unlike the ono charged in the affidavit i the Freeport ease. It is probable thnt the declnrations will not o o cumberkome, as tho portinont advico of Tuy 'nIn! in vogurd to thut osse will no doubt hwvo ils eifeet. HANTER'S WARTHOUSE WATOHE “Cho Ruilroad and Wirchonse Commissionora bavo ealled upon Mr, larpor, Grain Innpector, for auestimnto of- the prabablo ecost of mnin- wainiug an oflicer of his dopartmont at each of the warchouees, fourteon in numboey, in {he City uf Chicgo, to sco that curs of grain nro inspects odl on unloading into thewm, Loforo they will ac- eedo to his propnsitlon. SOMAXIMUS BATING * TRINGS, # Maximunm raters ” avo fn high gieo over tho warohouse decimon, which they iuniut indoraos thelr viows, und recognizes tha right of the Log- tslature to dix vutes on ruilronds, Com- anon carviers sro publle in o greater degroo thun warchowses, and aro sube Jecl to leglslativa control. Where g hurdly nny doubt sbout tho enncting of the rchednlos, unloss it ean ho shown that thoy ura alrendy lnws, thongh thoy have nover ‘heen pussod upon by the Housew, havenover beon road threo timen in threo diffovent deyn in ecch Aloune, hnve novor hoon read nb all; in fuct, huvo not beon embodied in any law, and linve not complied with othor constilutionnl roquire- aneuts, which some clalm ava essentinl bofors they zan have tho foreo und eileol of law, Tho St Yayds and othor “public " inutitutiony, us wellus salronds, will bo regulatad ab the will of the Leeivlature. It sovmy to bocoucludodhore that 130 Legislaturo ean do wost auything undov thn decision, _Cynles who hnvo lost faithin tho purity of Tiegiulntors, inquire what tho peoplo will do if it gvor comes to u coutont botwoon thom aud the railronds an to which shail eontrol tho Leglslaturo in fixing rates. 1tave nob rail- xonds s Loginlufure Hovotofors, and can thoy not, with their immense wealtl, control them agndn, nud inflaonce members 6o thab sehedules suitablo to the roads shall ho ennoted? Con- sideving thelr profuse Hberality In giving elegant suppors on slight provecation, whut would thoy not do if their ratos wero nt staka? . Dona- huo intradueed the House bill enneting tho sehiednles in tho Senato, . THR DOUNLE-TRACK VLT, reponling tho Ohiengo & Allon Rinilroad net at- lowing ronds to morfgage thole propertly, was ot~ dered to a third roading in tho liouse, FLECTION OF RAILROAD COMMIFRIONEIY, 'The Honso Commitico on Inlaud Commerca and Warchousos ruported favorably o Dbill pr viding for the election of the Ttajlroad Commiss nionors, sd the Tlouse ordered it Lo a second reading. ———— THE PEXKIN REVENUE SUITS. Special Disvateh to The Cldeago Lribine, THUE MATTOR IN COURT. SPrINarmLy, I, Fob. The United Statos Distriet Attorney yestorday ealled up tho ease of the United States ngatnst David 1. ‘hompson and others, which in tho samo suit in which he | gentlomen in the Lelaud show tho drft : Inlladt Auy beforo yosterday, excopt that it is now brought to rocover under tho new bond givon in 1808, ng yoquired by & change in the Revenuo 1aw, nnd the pounlty sued for is $5,171,33, IARTER ON TILFE STAND. As ilis is ono of the enses in which Lho bond wne stolen, Joim J. IHarpox, ox-Collector, wag, placed upon the witness-uland, Ilo testifled substantindly thnt Lo assumed the dulin of tho ofileo of Col- Irctor of tho Tighth Illinols District, on the 18t of July, 1860; that woon aftorwnrds, Gen. Bloomflold, the then Supervisor of Intorual Rev- cnuo for the Btate, told him that corlain ponal- ties wera duo the Gavernment, from tho distiller- ies at Lokin, and thut ho would hweve to suo for them, and that certsin books and papers upon which he wonld haye to rely lad disappearod from tho Collector's ofico ab Pekin, Dr, Harper said ha took tho Londs of the distillers then in his safo in the oflico in Sprivgfleld, with him {o Ins house in Bl Pago ; and he there mado o truo and gon- uine abstract of thom, taking thelr date, which was September, 1868, ind tho penal sum in tho bond, which was in this case 20,000, Tho sig- nntures lo the Lond woro Duvul I Thompson, principsals John D, MelIntyro, James A, McGrew, Jumes Whitfield, and Abram Muyliold. 1o also took tho date of the approval of the boud by tho Ansessor of tho Distriet, who was Col. Dudley Wiclkorghan, Ho caused this contract to be copied by N, 1fazen, & clerk m his law-ofiice, witll whoso wssistance boo carefully compared the absiract with the bond, sud 16 proved to bo_iruo and genuino. ‘Lhe abstrack was made in duplicate. One copy was sout to the Cotumiseionor in Waskington. 1Io produced tho nbstract mado of the bond in {his cago, and snid in the course of busingss ho lenrned tho sighatures of 'lhompson & McIn- tyro, anl that tho original bond was signed by their penuino signuture. McGrow, when ho eigned tho bond, was u stotckoeper, and was dismissed from his place for sign- ing i, us in doing so he had violated the law, After Dheing dismissed, lio denied laving signed tho houd, amd Ifuwrper went io Trekin with the original boud, showoed McGrew tho signutiro, and MeGrow then and ihero ae- knowledged it {o La his gonuino signatire. Touching the other signature lo gaveno ovi- dence. Hoswora positively that tho original Dond which was stolon was all regalar and gon- nine, that the copy hie produced was n true copy of the bond. CONNOBORATIVE TESTIMONY. Uou. Bloomiield corroborated Harper's teati- mony, go faras it reluted to tho couvereation coucorning tho bringing of tho suit, uud us to tho digmissnl of Metvow. Mr, Hozen said he made n copy of thoe ab- stracts, and hio_compaved thom with the original bonds, 'I'he. nbstract produced was tho ono ho copied of the hond in this cano. ¢ [r, Cnatla saw tho copy of tho abatracts being mado in the oflico of Inrper & Castle, nud heard ihe parties reading nnd comparing thom, Col. Dudloy Wickorshan, tho Cotlector at tho time, was eulled and showed au nbstract of tho bond which ko had made of it in Septomber, 1808, witich ho tpproved, and, althonghmade © year previons, it was found to agreo nemrly or quite with the abstract made by Harper, and JERE THE CASI REBTED. Aithough theso eases- hayo boen ou the docket since 186Y, it was uover discovered until last night that Col. Wickersham had au abutract of the missing bonds, 1o hed been noglected in conucetion with tho matter, nud overlaoked. ‘Ihig will help to clear up tho matter. Who tos- in this caso will doubtless be roproauced h of the cuses na they aro called. 'This suit in to recover tho deficioncy tux, os provionsly esplained, Ry e— TWO0 MORIBUND PARTIEF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, Specinl Dispatel to Tl Chicago Tribuae, SeRrIN 10,11, Feb, 5,.—Tho coudition of the Democratio party as ropresonted by Democratio members i3 uncertnin this worning. Some of them think thoy killed it but refused to bury the corpse, and that it is now heing waked. Southern members who aspira to Congross from Democratio districts nre afroid thoy will got no encouragement from the farmers; and andi- monopolists are anxious to rotnin tho mngic of tho Domoeratic name. They rofuso to put the corpze under ground awey from the sight of mon, and are dosing it twith stimu- lauts, with {ho oxpectntion of doveloping rglymptamw of vitality, ‘I'hey injectod Tom Hon- dvieks into the enucus, aud le performed tho miraclo of bringing the dead to lifc. lcforo ho entored, the party wasus dead 8 o red herving ; bub, when he began to blow about 8,000,000 voters, tha boys conld nob endure it, They de- cided to gtand by tho corpse o winlo longer, and, if thoy could Ao uothingelse, postpona it burial, Gov, Tlendricks was vory foolish to go near tho eancus, At first he yefused ; but n com- mittee was gent after him, and ho coukl not re- it cheir wheedling. o wenl, and was aston- ished to tind reportors thore. ‘PILE MEPUDLICAN PARTY. The Ropublican party is slipping wway from TJanes, who has lost his grip and his eminenco ns o lender, e has been lending now three deys. I'o-day, when Aunderson moved to suspend tho rles o tako up iho Registry-epeal bill, Joney, the porsoniflention of tho cancus, vose in_oppos ition to call tho clunsmen rouud him. ‘Cho ap- penl was in vein, Republicans bolting both Jones and the canens, leaving him_in tho nreli, fhere wero 72 votes to rocousider, not two- thivdy, but sufliciont to show that Jones cannot pravont the passngo of the repenl bill by » fnll ouse. As o lender, Jones is not hull so good as Bradwell, e SUCELLANEOUS MATTERS, Kpecial Dispateh to The Clieaqo Tribune, THE GRATIFLAV, Berixarrenp, 1, Fob. 5.—Uels on tho docis- ion of the Supremoe Court on tho grab-law aro slightly in fuvor of ita constitutionality being #ustained, The following colloguy between two I boi you n box of cigars the luw s pro- nouneed unconstitulional.” “ Lotmo seo, there's ———, Lo has grabbers in his district, that'sono ; there's -, hie Ty geabbers, that's, two; thero’s , Do hus srabbers, that's throo ; there's another with grabbers, I kuow, thul's four—a muajority by thundor. Pl take the cigmws;” aud ho took them, PROIIBITING ANNUAL KEASIONS, Shumway offerod a yosolution in the Houee, providing for nn nmondmont (o the Constitution prohibiting nununl sesnions of the Logslature, and making an adjonrnmont for mora thau five duys & sine die adjowrnmont, Of courso it was not entertained by this ouso, anything with the word adjonsnment in il being aiorror to thow, M. Tiakioly, wio I concloutions gontlonin, dosires it to ho known thut ho voted for udjourn- ment on Monday, and is & Democrat, taka his uane 34 Incindod in tho list of bers, who voted ugainst golng home, LAKI FRONT. Mr, Waito will Introduco the followiug bill re Inthuyg to the Lake Frout : Ao it enusted, efe,y Hee, 1, That it shall bo lawfnl for tha uur{mrnlu nuthovitivs of _any city, town, or town- ship fu ity State, witbin tholimits o Which s situute allof any parle or publio grouuds (o, i¢ all of such ]mrk or ‘lu blfo geeoumnas ore not eitunted entirely with- i tho Jmita of nuy onecity, town, or Lawndhip, it hall o lowful for tho corporate wufhoritics or Come- isloncre, huvimg control snd_snunagenent of giieh park or_poblic gromude) to grant ta uny ratlroad » Kt oF Way ovor, 0F uccess 10 Lho ranio; an may he requived ov douivad by iy rativaad for either tracks, klde~trackn, dopol, oF dcpof-grounmls, nnd oy proe serihe wnd i tho terms” und couditions for’ wnol 1y mis- £ grub- | wrant s Provideds thob ft shull rpntiran fwoeiisde votoof tho corporato anfhortties of any mch eity, or Gyostlifeds of auy such Commissionors, to. uaka suy such grant, Mr Waito has nlveady shown his bill to mrmf monthers of the Sonate, und it bas recoived tholr npproval. IS INCURADLY INBANE. 3 Minko introdueod o Hill it the Sonata, ro- auiring tho goveral Tusane Asylums of tho Stato to ndntit und earo for the incurably insnne. GOSPEL YOR THIS CORVIOTS, Oneo more the Ponitontiary Clhaplain wagdo- Toro tho Honso, laving como from the Comilé- teo nnonded go that tho vinits of clorgymon mey conform to tho rules of tho prison. This I8 o fortilo tople for thuncombo, which way indnlged in 1o somo oxtont, aud tho bill was ordered o s third ronding ny amanded. TAZY AND INCOMPETENT LEGISLATORS, _ Sonntor ITampton, this morning,wus impresaed Wwith the notion that tho provieions of the Lail- rond Polico bill passod upon yestorduy, putting drunken omployoes 1n tho Ponitentinry was too dovoro. Tlonrhig of the big leyihslnuvn npreo of Tnat night ho introduced the following bill, Srorzon 1, That any Senator or Representative in the Qoneral Assetubsly who sholl Lo fonnd drunk v dnyz tho howra inwhich the Leglslatuvo tany ho 1 se wlon, or who shall willfully, muliclously, o negllgent- 1y cast wuy yole upon uny casure which shall ba det- rimontal fo the publio good sliall, on conviction there- of, e vontlued n thio Pendfentinry notexceeding five years, or o fineil ot exeeoriyz $600,000, Bro, 2, Wnrneas, This Goneral Assombly hns addoptad the polley, na'sot forth in tho st section of thiw hidl, by yroviding thn raiirond employen rhall ho impeisoned for deunkennears and, whorens, all eligs- eglalation i to bo depreeated, thercfora and cimergens Iite, nd tho provislons of this bill shall be i ores from and afier {ta passage. AMENDING THE REVENUE LAW. ‘Cho arrival from tho House of the resolution concornmg the amonding jof tho Revomio Inw aroated quito o stir among tho Hounators, Tha goneral tonor of ihe sontimonts exprossed was that the reerolution longthened iho scseion to four monthbs, but that thoro weza n greater ne- ceesity for such logislntion than for any other,— whicli is probably go. DILLS PASSED 1Y THE THOUST. Tho Tlouso passed tho Senate Coroner Rovi- sion bill 4 the Bonnto bl providing that vacan- cics in Clorksbips of courts shall by temporarily {llled by order of tho Judges ; tho Senato bill of- fering bounties for planting trees; tho Henato il rovising the law rolating to Recorders, VILLS PASSED DY TIE BENATE, “I'ho following bills wero passed by tho Sonato Sonato Revison billa concorning no oxent ; frauds and porjurion ; fugitives from juntico ; and ofileial bonds ; and the bill for ilo compen- sation of militin companles onservice at Chicago auring the fire, + THE CALUNET DAL ‘The Cannl Commitico introduced a hill pro« viding for tho removal of tho Calumet Dam, and approprinting not execeding £6,000 to cover dumagos, JURY BERVICE, Cullerton introduced a bill that none but tex- payora shonld sorvo on juries. DUBLIO LIBRATIA, Tho House ovdered to o third ronding a bill permitting public Jibraries 10 loan books outsido the hmits'of tho municipality, undor such rules a4 their Boards may direct, LICESSES MAVE DEEN I185ULD, from tho oftico of tho Heevolavy of Stato, to tho Turnor Turl Assooiation, capital £5,000; and certifienion of organization to the Allatoons Iron Company, of Ghieago, capital 3300,000; to tho Toone County Grango of Patrons of Hushandry, und to tho Bement Shipping Associntion. TROY. TURNER'S LECTURE. Tho Houso of Nloprosentatives was fillei this evening by the announcement that Prof. ''nrner, of Jnckuonville, would reply to thoe criticisms ot tho Scuate on his essay in tho. agricultural re- port. Ie camo by invitation of the Farmors' Club, ITo rend lis picce, which was an clabo- rato dofonso of his essey,and briatled witl sting. ing allusions to Soontors who voted ageiust hia confirmation. He koptit up foran hour, The mnazin[l: pessed renolutions roquesting the ngri- cultural papers to publish his spoech. s i bl AGRICULTURAL; Annunl Meeting of the Wisconsin Stnte Agricultural Socictye-@eading of Valuable and fnteresting Pupers. Special Dispateh to The Chicago L'ribune, Mawisox, Wis,, Feb. 6,—The - State Agrienl- tural Convention at tho Court-tHonse to-day was well attended, and tho papors and discussions highly intoresting, After congratulatory and introductory remarkn by Socrotary Field, thoe Ion. Mat Anderson, tho Cross Plaina farmer, read o puper on +“'fho panie; its lessons and remodies," Ho said thet currency, tnxation ond transportation were subjects of chaorbing interest to farmers and legistators. Ho demanded nu abundance of currency for tho business of the country; regarded tho idea of yoturning to & gold basis now absurd ; was will- ing to stand by tho curvonoy busod on the fuith of the Governmont. Ho clnimed that farmers had'to bear an undue proportion of the taxes, and complained of the unfair exemptions and diserimiunting duties. IIo atlacked tho docirino of Secrctary' DBreezo, of making railvoads sustain the moot of the taxation, when suck a tax would finally come trom tho pockets of the producors and consumors in incronsod froighis, 'lho best thing the Legislaturo could do in relation Lo railroads was to appoint & Commission to REGULATH FREIGIE. Choaper {raneportation musthe had. Tle doubt- cd the expediency of some proposed wator-ronto improvements, uud thought the railroads under control of Congross bottor, He nrged farmers to mako their power folt by Reilvond Companies, c:umpteluug them Dottor to sorve the public in- croste, DISCUSSION FOLLOWED, in which Me, Cavewell, of Richland Connty, at- tacked tha doctrine ot direct taxation. Ar. Robbing, of Grant, showed the cost per milo of raitrond tranpportution to bo one cont. Alr, Stillson defended the Fox and Wisconsin River improvemont, and aother wator routes, showing thet thoir competition with railronds kept down froights, and dIr. Anderson doubted tho Wisconsin Rivor being made a navigable stream on accouns of sand, Rufus Clieny, of Whitewater, gave an able pa- per on the importance and advantages for MANUFAOTURERS XN WISCONSIN, nnd clnimed that we bad sufiiciont wator-power, if dovoloped, Lo drive the wmachinery of the world, Iu tho short disenssion following, it was claimed that wo must have more capital at lower interest, und replicd that manfacturing nesocia- tions would bring capital, 2 WOIK OF TIZ SOOIETY, The next papor was by the Ilon. O. K, Dea, of Boscobol, on the best means to secure ko legit- imnto onds of the Wisconsin Stato Agrieuliural Bocioly, aluo read by Secrctary Field, 1lowanted the discnssion confined to ‘movo detinito points ; wantad Stato Faira hold at Madison, snd have horsc-racing and rlde-shows excluded, and advo- catod the publication of o paper by the Socioty, to which lnsl strong excoption was taken by sov- oral mewbers, CORN-RAISING, W. I, Allen vend o papor on corn=raising, with many good practical unggostions, na that clovor was o good proparative of the soil; the sood to ha eavofully sowed, planting closo, and doop, nnd thorongh cultivation, Somo of his positions were coutroverted, and wido planting and generous monuring urged by MMy, Beoville, who hnd raised 8,000 busheld on thirty ncres, NOTATION OF GHODS, J, W. Wood followed with a papor ably show- ing tho advantagan of the froquent rotution of crops, and_loss dovotion to wheat-raising, ife closed by declaving that prices camsot ho con~ trolled, but production can, nud co-operative eftort could secuyo this; bub doubted the valuo of tho recrot vocioty to securo such results, My, Andorson DEVENDED THI GRANGERS, and thonght thelr benoflty vory great; that nigns and {;[rlpn wero nocesnm‘? 10 keep off im- postors, Ay, Robbios claimed that farmors who owned largo farng were ihe grontest monop- olists. e ndmitted that ho was ono, and Lad more land than he could cultivato; but, by good superintendonco aud tho uso of the plow, ho lnd sueccedted in making monoy by farming. 1la waa partioularly down on middlemen, TEBOLUTIONS, ‘I'he following Conunittoo au_Resolntions way appointad : O, 1. Warner, of Dane ; 1. J. Bird, of Rock; U, #, Uollistor, of Walworth; 13l Blwi'm:\n, of Columbia; W. BL Dixon, of Fond du Lo, QTHER PATERS READ, ‘I'his nftornoon oponed with u good papor by s, D, Putnum, showing some of tho incon= sistoncien of furmers, especinlly in rogovd to oduention, U, D, Fox, of Boloit, road n good papor show=- ingg tho mutusl independenco of all industrios, ancl doctared that ho bad no wympathy with tho war hotwoon farmors and thoso ougagod in othor pursuits, declaring in_ favor of n nutional rail- roud, and exprosoiny tho lieliof that the oxeito- ment about the Farmers’ narty will dio out, Mrs, olon 21, Huntloy road an admirablo pa- por on farm-lifo, “As It 1o and Might Iie,” showing its prosont hardships sud powsible plensuren, J. 15, Thoms was announceed in “The Tarmor and Iliy Thne," but conld not bo here, Br, Grehame voud a poper purtly devoted to talling what bo Lnow about farming and ortit | gulture in Now York and Wisconsin, 1o spoke of tho dignity of lnbor, and_ divergod into an srgumont for temporanco leginlation. § My, Robbiny humorously romindod tho Con- vontlan that tho gentleman had killed tho Re- publiean parky by his Liquor Inw, and fenred ho would Jnm tho Grangors, . Drof. 8, I1, Carponter, of thoe 8tato Univorsity, rond nn ablo paner onIndustrial Liducation, hold- ing that nfirlnull:m‘nl orany othor tochinieal traine ing must bo based on, not substituted for, gou- oral intelleetunl culture, and argiod that moto timo of tho youth should ho, givon to utudy. Honto discussion followed, Mosars, Andoraon, Tobbine, and athors strongly dissonting, while Alr. Fox and others warmly indorsed. A papor by Lovi Alden, omlmdylnps somo good +| views on tho cduention of farmors' sons, Was partly rend by Secrotary Field, + Mhero was'n lively dlscuspion in regard to efil- eioney in tho protaction of shicop by tho present Ty, lonving it optioual with connties to imposo n tax on dogs, resulting in o voto to stand by tho existing low, ” To-ulght, . _H. 1. CARIENTER, a woll-lmown ex-editor aud iuventor of tho Stato wwng introduced by Sogrotary ¥lold to o sl audienco, including Gov, ‘Taylor, tho Presi- dont, Sceretary, aud sovoral officers and mom- bers of tho Le%ml:\hm, and dellvered his nd- droes on * Production and Consumption,” which was veploto with valunblo statistics, 1lo tronted lent, tho eapacity of our canals a8 at pmxnu[ constructed ; second, the amount of imports and exporta nt the prominont Atlnutic ports for the years 1851, 1665, and 1870, deducing there- from tho conclusion thmt New' Yorl i ot prorent the only practical mar- ket for tho Western ~ praducer; third, showing tho nctual capacity of tho oxisting trunk inos, n8 obtained from offieinl figures, proving that theuo ronds, if woriod to their ul- most limit, avo not. m}unl to the panual clearing of the granariey of tho Wost 3 fourlh, givos tho cost of froight por mile by railvond, canal, river, and oconu, with spacial referenco to tho various digeriminations made sgaiune cortain points by zilronds ; fifth, arguca in favor of the Fox and Wigcongin River Improvement, which lo con- siders the simplest and most feasible solution of the froight problom in that diroction. The pa- per clozos with highly interesting statistics ro- gavding valuation and {axntion, railway prog- rous, ete. Tho eddvess wan listoued fo wil much interent throughout. NELATIONS OFF GROLOGY TO AGRIGULTURE, Prof, L A. Tapham read a papor on the * Reo- Intionss of Goology to Agriculture,” ‘Tho Inw providing for a geological survey ol tho Stato of Wisconsin includes also, and vory Pmpurly, provision for somo woilks for the special interest of ngrlenlture, it hoing now generatly known und admitled {hat theso two subjecly are so inti- miately releted that whatover is dono to incroase our kngiwlodgo of tho local and speclnl gaology of any district, tonds at Lho samo time to pro- mote tho interest of ihe farmer cultivat- iug land’ in tho samo district, The un- derlying rocks- aro oxamined 08 {o their chemical compositions and surface nriange- meuts, or geographical oxtout, as they uro tho sources from whenea i derived tho vory soil into which tho farmer annuelly intiugts his seod, “Iheir dip, order of succosaion, depth beneath {he surfaco, their porous or imperyions nature ure investigated, for theso aro the data for de- ciding about artesien wolls, ofton tho only re- source for & permanent supply of water for farm purposes, 1u deseribing the disintut:rntion of rocks #o an to render them the beat suited for tho growth of vegotntion, tho Professnr said: ‘I'hio mineral and othor netive resourcos are digcovered and made known, They are ihe materisl for various mauufacturcs; and thew dovolopment erontes & lomo market—tho bost of n)l markets—for farm products, thus deciding tho gront uestion uow so el nxitatod rolat- ing to cheap transportation, by nvolding tho ne- nessity of any transportation of theso products, it is now vory gonerally admitted that the cheminal analysis of soils docs not lead to all tho boneficinl results that wore formerly antiei~ gated drom this somrco, ‘Phe healthy growth of farm crops is depondent upon {00 many varying conditions bosides tho mero_quantity of plant food that may oxist in tho koil to enable the chomist to detect tho cmigo of any given failuro by #aid analysie. It was onco enpposed that wo Tind only to anulyze a 6ol before cud aflor o crop had been takon {from it Lo detect the substanco that had been abstractod, and thus indicato what shonld bo artificially supplied to stimalato tho growth of the next crop ; but such is the minuteness of the quantity of plant-food, compared with tho mass of the soil, that chemical seicuco Liaa not yot,ox- cept to n limited oxtont, beon ablo to nccompfiluh this taslk. Geology is now vory proporly included amony the studics to bo pursiied in agricultural col- loges, with o view to its speclal ndvantages in the proper enltivation of tho soll—a cultivetion which slinll, without the least diminution of its annual produet, perpotually maintain its fortllity. Lvory farmeg should know whether his Iand is underlald by racks whosa disintewration iy benefleinl o otherwiso; whether these rocks are of the granitic' kinds, or whoth- cr they consist of sandstono, limestone, or ehinles. Ho shonld also bo ablo to determino the naturo of the pobblos, Iurge and emall, abounding in his flolds, the gradunl decay of which from year to year, by reason of expo~ sure to wenther changes, frost, rain, sunlight, and niternate exposuro to hieat nnd cold, willndd ueeful or uscless, or oven doletorious qualities to the woil. Yimestone pobbles especially, by gradual dis- jutegration, aro of tho grentest valuo, by restor- ing fortilizing substences to tho soil that would othorwlse soon bo exhaustod by continual crop- ping. If theso pobblos arc of such quality ns to bo thus beneflcinl, the land possesses nddi- tiounl valuo ; if otherwize, & lnrgor annual ox- ponso for fertilizers will bo roquired, Tho sys- tom of foym mnnagoment suited to ihe one case would require modification for the other. Tlenco it is Buliclently apparont that somo knowlodgo of geology is quito essentinl to the inteligent farmer, and that it is wike to includo it in o courso of studied to be pursued in our ngricultural colleges. —————e s THIE SAULTY CANAL, il Repore for the Year 1873, . Species Dispateh o Lhe Chieago LTribune, LA Mich., Fob. 6.—Tho aunual roport of tho late and presont Suporiutendonts of tha St, Mary's Fails Ship Canal states that tho busi- neas of tho canal bogan on the 5th duy of May Tast, and ologed on the 18th dny of Novembor, Thao balauce of cnsh on band, Dee. 25, 1872, was $04.03 ; received on account of tolls, ele,, 34t~ $98,17; total, £46,006.21, There has Dbeon de- posited with the Stato Trersurer 826,210,483, and oxpended £19,715.29,—lenviug a balunco on hand, Dee. 25, 1873, of $40.49. Total amonut of ton- nnyo of stomn-vossels passed through the eanal, 611,844.05 ; ail-voeeels, 581,601.20 ; totn), 1,204, 415,25,~showing an inereaso, compurad witl tha tonnagoe of 1872, of 281,710.22. 'ho whole numbor of?pasnngea through the canul, both ways, during {lio past senson, was 1,517, as follows: Sleam- ery (ineluding elghteon passnges of Govornmont ntcnmnrl). 968 ; snil-vossely, 1,644 rafisof lnFs, 5, Of tho amounts recoived on nccount of tolls, Vize: ©44,040,17, stenmors paid $95,046.06; sail vosnols, $21,757.11; twenty-two smull Btenmors and vessels, at $5 por vessol, 8110; five rafts of logs, 830. O travsportatlon-lines, thu Buifalo, Etlo, Cloveland, Detrols & Liake Suporior ling paid tolls, #7,405.183 Chicago line, 23,250.11 ; Unnedian lin §2,102.46; rogular trausiont steam-barges, 59,695,01; trousiont steamors not in linen, §097.27. Esthunated oxponss to repair tho docl west of tho point whoro tho canal- improvement stops ; 1,651, and oxtension of ])ln)l'mnl the east ond of canal, north sido, §9,~ 003,48, I STAMISE TWINS, Pheir Romains Going to Philadelphin for Disscetion, Nrw Yongk, Feb. 5.—A Richmond, Va., dispatch says: “'The bodien of tho Binmeso twing nro now on their wuy to Philadelphia, in ] medical. commiseloners who wore racently sent from_thnt city. ‘Uho widows mado {ho uitopsy conditiounl that tho romaing of thoir lato lumbauds should not be uunceessarily mu- tilatod,™ Y Puinaverrensa, Fob, 6,—The physicians who wont 1o Novth Curolinn for tho bodies of the Sinmona T'wing have roturned, Tho examination will not take placo for two or throo duys, und will then bo conductod by & collegoof physiclnny privatoly, but u roport will bo furnished to the public, “The bodicd ure in o good stafo of pre- worvation, e —— SPORTING MATTERS, IRncos at Suviannie PAyanNAn, Ga,, Vob, 5.—~Tho spring meoting ‘of tha Savannuh Jockey Club commanced to-duy, with an uuusnally Inrgo attendance, ‘Tho fivat race, o hurdle-race, two milos, over eight hur- dlos, was won hy itnvmgun, beating Limestono anly by o throat-lateh, with’ Tawlor o length be- hind, “Fho rocond raco, ‘Lon Brooels stukes, ono milg, for throo-year olds, wus won Ly Flowor- Qirls timo, 1:6834, Tho third ruce, two mile }mn:n \57& “fl‘(‘ lzy Tousio {i.m:1 Iubtn'%_utmlggndf hont:s; Jim ilinton seoond; Vireball distancos Lime, 8:60}¢ nud 3:6354, SPOILING LIQUOR. The Women’s Whisky War Re- lentlessly Prosecuted. Unconditional Surrender of Mr, Ven Polt, the Wickedest Man, ffis Stock In Trade Emptied in tho Gutiers, Minor Engagoments Elsowhere, Reported Special Dispatch to The Chicaqo Tribune, UAMITULATION OF VAN DELT, C1NcINNATY, O., Fab, §,—Tho most notoworthy foaturo in tho nows from the Women's Whisky War to-day is tho intelligenco of the suddon surrondor of Van Polf, at New Vienna, Ohio, who way rapidly becoming known ng tho wiclked- ost man in Oblo.” Vau,Polt swore ho would novor capitulate, but yestorday ho gavo up the slruggle very unexpectedly. A dispatch from New Vionna says u request was circulated from Van Polt inviting all tho citizons to appear in front of his placo of businessat3p.m. At1l p. m,, the ladics mot at tho Baptist Church, and at 2 they took up thelr march, sbout 100 in number, to VanPelt’s. Tho church bolls were oll rung, and in o fow minutes an immenso crowd vau nssembled in front of tho saloon where 80 many prayors havo been offerad. Aftor sing- ing aud prayer by tho Indics, Van Pelt camo - to the door and snid that he was LLADY To QIVE UP his entiro stock in {rado for the good of tho caugo of Temperance. In n fow remarks, full of omotion, Lo oxpressed his dotormination to make a full surronder, not because of law or of forco, but he sid le yiclled , to tho simplo laborsa of Jove of the women. ‘This wus what renchied bis heart. Ho then gave tho Rov. D. Hill, of the Frionds' Chureh, privilogo to bring out his whisky and heer, ‘Thay rolled out two barrels and ono kog. VanPolt then took an nxo and stopping forward held it up crying * This is the same woapon I uso to terrify tho ladios. I now uso it to sacri- fica that which I fear has ruined many sonls,” 8o saying, ho knocked the heads out of tho bar- rols, and the bung out of the kog; and omptied the entire contenta on tho round. Prayer wns offorad by Drothor \Witter, during which time o, pholographer took & picturo of the crowd with Van Pelt, nxo jn hiond, Aftor another song, and prayer by Broth- or 10l, thero was an annvuncomont medo that A TUANKSOIVING MEETING would bo held in the Christinn Church at 7 p. m,, in whicl Yan Pelt would givo somo of hig ospericnco vy o liquor-dealor, dud somo argu- ments in favor of temperauce. Tho woulon gathered nround Van_ Tolt to sheke hands and congratnlate him. Ho enid ho rojoiced with them that it was not man’s work. Mo hed stiflod his convictions for days, nud Liad been having thoughta that he had not made known, THE TEMPEIANCE MEETING, At the meeting in the ovening Van Polt eamo forward and apoko about fwenty minutes, His manner was chnrneterized with n good dogreo of humility., 1IIis remarks woro interesting and frn:}\wntly eatled forth hearty applause. Ilo flust mu o apologles to individuals, and corrected 1o roporls, - flo thon procecded to givo is views of theliquor trafile, and thetom- perntice worlk, Ho hud folt for sonie days_doop ictions that e way dolug n moan business, buy had used every argument Lo could to susiein Dimsell, Ho had tried o argno with_the Jadies and got the best of tho argument. It was not arguments, but prayers and suffering that TOUCLED HI8 NEAT, No men, or sot of mon, would suffer and endure what tho ladies had endurod in_ this work. e reforred to his saloon au a low doggery, suying, *Yes, I'll oalt it a low doggory, for no man can Leop w high one,” Ho had often inken the last ten conty from u man for whisky, when ho know tho moucy had been carned by Lis wifo or childs Evory mau who gells whisky does this, Little faces thus robbod had ofton appenled to hig hewd with greater forco than any words of man, Ho was now detor- miued to quit this businees forover, and Lhrow his streugth on Lhe other side of tho question. Ho thought places of innocont nmusemont and rosort ought to be established to ontortaiu thoso le-l_m rook company at saloons, o belioved hig LMPHATICALLY A LADIES' WORK, o holiaved God had led them into this work, 1lo wanted to oncournge thom to go on till tho country is freed :from tho groatest curso of the land, Mo bnd been thinking for sovernl duys that porbaps tho great Qod, who ovorrules all, had allowed him .to go into that low business, that he might sce the great iniquily, and . ba Tottor nblo to influenco othora to quit the terrible business, At tho closo of tho upeeeh, tho rudicnco ox~ rossed their dolight by prolonged applanse. jomo of tho ledics are to attend tho Hilisboro masg-meotivg on Saturdey, und Van Pelt is in- vited to accompany them. "Tho andionco mado “Vun Folt n present of $150, uot as o compensa~ tion for his whisky, for le did not nsk that, but a8 an expression of their good fooliugs towards Lim for his snerifice TUE FEVER EXTENDING. Sinco yesterday tho ‘Temperanco war hag brokon out in Dlawaro, Doluware County, and in Lomeroy, Maigs Conuty. At Pomoroy yes- torday, Nty Indies organized aud visited the enloons, winging and praying for the propriotors, and agningt tho sulo of liquors, "Whisis their first demonstration. At Washington, Foyetto County, an injunc- tion has been [imuted y Judgo Safford ngainat fifty-soven of tho ladies engaged in tho crussdo. Tn obedionce to this logal demand, tho taberna~ clo edjoining Beeks® boor-garden hns boon ro- moved, Counter-suits have been immtitutod apaiust the soloon-keepers Dy the wives of Lip-, lows, B At Greenfield, Highland County, & resisting druggist was _finod yestorday, and mauny nev cases avo pending against him, A DAY OF TEMPERANCE THANKROIVING has been appointed in tho villaga for next Fri- day, when buginess and the public schools will bo suspended. Of tho filtcen snloon-kecpory in Greonflold, eight havo yielded, and tho ramaining soven aro thio objects of constant prayerful attontion. [To the Associated Press,) 'TIT; GOUD WORK IN RIPLEY, OIITO, Rrerey, Ohio, TFaeb. 5—Undor tho superine tondency of the Rev. J, IL Patel, of Circlovillo, tho ludies of this place have formed o missionary band for Iabor in the temperanco roform. ‘'hero liave been nonrly 100 womon undor the loador- ship of Mr, Granville Moody, Mrs DicMillen, and Mrs, Weeks, hard at work all day. Under thoir . TRAYERS AND TLATS, and the power of God, six liquor-sollors have pledged thomaclves Lo abandon tho businoss, Thero aro still othors who have thua far refused, but all sre kind aud respectful to tho lndies, The public sympathy for the causa of the women in Intengo, “Tlo power of those womon, wilh (lod on their sido, is wouderful. Men, who at first inclinod to mnke sport of this movemont, huvo acknowledgoed their mistako in tanrs, ALL DENOMINATIONS ARE UNITED Lieartily in this work, ‘The men gathor {n prayor, winlo tha ladies work, A tromendous mass- meoting is now being held in tho Iresbytorian Churoh. A Lndy’s Prayor. Waynesboro, O, (L'eb, ), Corrennondence of the Cinoin~ aati Commercial, Anxious to Aco tho \n‘hlclpnl dealor, Mr, Will- inm Rapo, before the Indies got to his place, I enterod his snloon, und was about applying tho roportorinl gimlet to his knowledge-box, whon the ladies, linving chaugoed their route, enterod to tho numbor of thirty, lod by vonorable Quakoross, Lxtending her haud, with o plons- ant_wmilo, the Quukorcss, Mrs, Jano Jones, of Burlington, 0., asked *ITow's theo 7 and mado fhe ususl requost for leave to pray, which was courtcously granted, Tor two minutes or moro ovory head was bowed in deop sitenco, which alono would have showed tho Quaker olomont in tho movement liore, thon leanlng on tho bar, with oyos roverently turned toward heaven and bauds clnsped wupon hor bosom, tho lady offerod up the most earncst, moving prayer 1 have hoard for many o day. 1t wns 10t tho words 0 much ns tho ‘occasion und tho spirib in which 16 was uttored that gave it farco, I roproduce it ns nenrly ag possiblo, for c|n\'t‘.\h| ronuons which will apponr in the pe- ruenl s Our Valher fn heaven, who knowcest the Inmost thoughtn of all hearts,wha eannot ba deceived and will 110t Do mocled, wo come agai I a sono of onr wouk- ness, neodiug great belp from heo to du what litto Jyjwowr power for ho relef and salvation of Thy creatures and to Thy honor, Wo comte agaln, in tho namo of Jeaus, niking Theoto pnt words dn onr mouthu und windom {n our Learts when wa try to tulk lo this our dear Lrother, Wo implore Llice to Diean uts donr famifly ¢ wo aulk ngnin, an wo hinvo ofien awind hefore, Hiot Thou wonldst' eend Thy ward with power nta tho lieart of hin dear hrother, thal o auny glve up this terriblo ain thnt bns ro long Kopt him away from God, Thou who hast moved ho many hearty, in merey condescond to move upon tho heart of thin mun, thit o may no longer endunger hiy fm- mortal souk, O, lioln iln Lo sny, # Lot others do ne Hm{ muy; a8 for mo Lwill gol rid of this tralllo, which 1n thu eauiso of 50 much sin antd sufforing, o o o € Lord, have' wo not seon nud aufforcd cnovgl of 4 great ovil, whiclt filla onr Jand with ruin until our dear country s h'e)nblln{( on tho vorge of destruc- tlon, Often woknow thin dent brothor haa trembled at Thy word ko Felix of old, hut still slands where Tio did, eaying ¢ * Gothy way for {his time; when 1 hayo n nioraconveniont soanon I will sond for theo,” O Lord, bless this man that sits writlng here, Giyo him wiadoin that Lo may Inow tho truth in oll its heauly and $nportance; and grant him power to con vey that truih unto others to tho good of their sonli, Impross upon his heart that many—yen, very many, nrndnlmndcul upon hitng that it Iiin own koul wero oll that ie imperiled, it wero onough, but that (honsands_look to him for exnct Iruth, 1fo cannot sy, “Am I my brother's keeper,” for tho sonls of many may bo dragied down to Pun'll(lml Dy error and falschood, Help him to realizo tho fmportance of bis Words, o o o And may Thy blessing reat upon nll oro asscmbled, and finally mcet us ngain ot Thy ighit innd, wo nsle for Jemus'ugke, Amen, ‘I'horo was very littlo singing, but botwoon the anynm selections of Beripture woro rend. Tho 010 of most of tho prayoers indicated that they wero dolivored by Quokerosses, At the eud of two weoks' labor, tho only progress mado has Doen inducing tho drag stores to promiss to kol only for medieino, Mousrs, Fom ¥ranoy, Will Ita- por, and Tim Liddy, tho throo * wickedest mon," will sell liguor, and declino to sign any plodgus— #0 no saloon hag been closed. 'ho cilizons ap- pear to to think that tho snloons aro not too mnny for place of this size, and I find nt lenst ag many opposed or indifTeront su thoro aro onr- nest in” the worle, Ts this movement losing ite powor a8 it sproads? It beging to look liko 1t. A GERMAN ACCOUNT O THE OFERATIONS AT FRANK- Oh, bik LN, O, rtamisburg cw(mn&mc& of the Cincinnati Couricr German), In tho neighboring town of Franklin, the shamefal acts of thatomperance-women aro still in full bloom, On last 8aturday tho women enmo to the enloon of Th. Wober, aund ho bnd hardly opened tho samo, botwecon & aud 6 a'cloek, bofore they streamed in, and at onco bogan to sing and pray. Thoro wero from fifty to moventy-iivoe womon pronent, and 1hoy draf tF(:Ll with thom an old lady of 00 voars who could hordly walk, and thoy wero hardly in tho saloon bofore threo parsons putin an ap- pearsnce. Thoy romeined 1n Lhe saloon until 6 o'clock in the evening, Mr. and Mrs, Weber quictly pormitted thom to go on with their rongs and prayers ; but durlng n pause Mrs. Wober told thom to betake thomsolvoy awny, as they wisked to close tho ealoon; but, instead of roturning an _ angwer, tha women roturnod n Jeering, epiteful Inugh. Mrs., Weber, novertheloss, attompted to close the enloon ; buta man named Jacob Bchorzor tool n seat full beforo the door. 'Llio powerful woman thereupon attompted to pull tha fellow away, whon two mon sprang forward, and ono of thiem struck tho woman acrous tho hand with o slungshot with suck violence as to sond the key flying ont upon the sidowalk, so that it was long beforo it could bo fonud, The woman thereup- on hastoned to the Marshal in order to got aid from bim, but ho only laughed at her, and said, 41 bholong to the other party,” and’ thus Nr. Weber must, whethar ho would or nat, suffer tho “i’l‘o}u prayiog sud singing compauy in bis galoon all day. Monday morning ently tho women came ngain and bosioged tho Weber saioon for a short time ; then they divided up into two partios and be- sicged two other saloons. W in Miamisburg hind meanwhilo hoard of the affair, and ten of us wont over—uot to hol]; tho women eing and pray, for ** we bolong to tho other party.” Wo fora littlo while viowed tho swindlo trom the strect, but this soon disgusted us. TFortunately, our friend Poter Weber still had n backe door apen, through which wo got into the ealoon. Seonnfter Lhis, hawevor, tho womenagnin bogan tosing and pray, aud as wo conld holp oursolves in o other way, we also bogan to sing, and tho Deautiful gong, ** Die som’ orwaclit ' (fho sun awakes), **Als ich an einom Sommmertag * (When I upon o summer doy), * Grad' sus dom ‘Wirtbshaus ” (Out from tha tavern), end othors of lico import wore sung with clear voices, and, of courso, botween the songs o drink was hind. Thoxo outsido made foarful grimaces. Thare were about fifty to sixty women and thirly to forty men, of whomn onc-half were Assistant Mazshals, probably a o protection against s ten Minmisburgers. On ‘Tuesday morning tho womoen came ngain, aud sung and prayoed all day in front of tho house. Wednosdny tho sceno was repented, only, ns it was cold, thoy had brought along o small stove, which they pliced upon tho sidowalk, 8o that thoy could warm themeelves, In conclusion, I wounld remark thut there ara two large malt-houses in the villago, Tho owner of ong, Mr, C. Schenck, takes his wifo and daughter to thero places in n carringe overy morning, and vakes them home agnin ot nighit. —_—— PERSONAL, Joshua Vansant Bayor of Daltimore, cele- 'l,)mtcg‘i with his wife, their golden wodding, an. 27, —Commodorg W. I, Davidson retires from the Uppor Missineippl Rivor steambont sorvice to by 17,000-acro fann in Mingesota, with tho smbition to raiso moro whoat thau any other wan in America. g —Chayrles J. Pennington has Dbeen appointed o act as Scerotary of tho State of Marylwd dur- ing the illnous of Seerotary Holliday. —Bancroft was Caleb " Cushing's classmato, fitty-soven yonrs ngo. ~Lanra Fair hus recently * struck it rich in Opkir stock, to the gain of 375,000, —Alox. R. Banks hes been Chief Clerk of tho Kansns Ilouse of Roprosentatives for ton cou- secutivo years. —Jacob G, Vale, last yoar tho Anti-Monopol: candidnte for Governor of Iowa, is quite ill wit! upinnl discaso, —Henalor Btowart'a now house in Washington commands twelvo streets, It has o tower and o Dorle, Gothio and Corinthian dancing room, —CThe St. Lonis Crasus, tho lato Jumes IT, Luens, left £7,000,000—this in addition to $2,- guo,uuu which ho gave his sons during his lite- mo, —OCharles Astor Bristod was tho richost litora- ry mau in tho country, having o snug little in- ml:m of 360,000 a your, mhortted from Grandpa or. : —Richard . Dang, 8r., tho old poot, tho friond of Bryent and Irving, is sponding his old ago in reading and listoning to muslo. 1o is fast approaching 90, andlooks tweuty yoors this sido of it, —Gan. Samuol B. Maxoy, wholns beon elected United States Benator from ‘Lexas, is a nativo of Kentucky, and enrned distinetion in the Con- federato army during tho lnte War, Ifo is a law- yor of somoe noto in his adopted Stato, —3L T. Curnnban, a Domoceratic mombor of the Indiona Sennto, died at Now Liarmony, Ind,, 1nst weols. - —Tho resignation of Monry XL, Palmor ns Judge of the Milwaukeo County Court is an- nonuced. Tho duty of filliug thoe vacanoy de- volves upon Gov. Taylor, —Tho Tondon Zimes closes tho obituary of Agossiz thus: ““In Agasgiz tho world has lost o philosophor and naturalist whose namo will be romembered along with thoso of Duffon, Cuvier, and umboldt, and of whom both his ualive Switzorland and his adopted America might woll bo proud.” —With the exooption of 2I, Alexandre Dumas, Jr., nono of the names of newly-cleoted mom- bors of the Froneh Acadomy aro vory inmiliar to Amerlean eard, Wa thought that M. ‘Caino, tho opular and brillisut author of ¢*'Cho Iistory of inglish Litoraturo,” ote., was o candidato. Wo hope tho rumor was unfounded, for wo should ;ugmb to hear of his dofont.—I'iladelphic ress. ~—Joln Bhorman fs responalblo for the ap- ointment of Martin Wolker Judgae of tho orthorn Ohle District—nn appointment mado withont rocommandation from u dozen of tho at- tornoys in tho district. The rosignution of Judgo Sliorman was & scerot only known to a fow, and tho nppoiutment of Welkor wns a sur- prise to uvcryhpdfr.—fllvuclmul Plaindealer, —0no of Charles Sumuor’s rominiscencos of Danicl Wobstor is, that, whon ho was quite n young man, ho and the Godliko bad boon om- ployed as counsel for the Commonwealth, and lind boon awnrded $1,000 onch for their legal sorvices, Wobster collectod Bumner's bill in spito of tho Inttor's remonstrance ; but Sumner was unablo to colloct tho 31,000 of Wabster dur- ing lifo, or of tho cstate aftor Lis doath, —_— Chopines,” High hosls, then callod chopines, woro intro- duced in Llizabotl's reign, * Dy'r ‘ndy." Ham= Iet ways to ono of tho Indy notors, in his play bo- foro the King of Donmark, *your Indyship s nourar henvon than when I saw you last, by the altitudo of n chopino " T'hig fashion also camo from Italy, and Coryate reports hnt in his {Imo the chopine wns s0 common thnt no one could go without it, ©Itisa thiug made of wood," he suys, ““and coverod with leathor of sundry colors, fomo white, somo red, sowo yol- low, Many of thom nroenrlously painted ; somo ulso of them [ have scon fairly gilt, T'hero aro many of thoso chopines of u groat height, ovon Lt ynrd highs and by how uch the neblor a woman s, by 8o muchs {ho highior:are hor chop- incn, Al tholr gentlowomon, aud most of tholr wivad Aud widows that are of any woalth, aro agsisted and snpported cither by men or women whon they walk abroad, to {) may not full.” brund, to the oud tut they ——— AMUSEMENTS, LECTULE 1Y TIFE IEV. FATIEER RIORDAN, Tho Rov. P. W. Itlordan, of 8t. James' Catho- lie Chureh, lectured Inst ovoulng boforo the Une ion Catholio Library Associntion, on the subjoct: 4 Bomo of tho Hooinl Crusos Lo which I'rotcst. antlsm Owes ils Orlgin.” A largo and fino-loolk- Ing assomblago of ladlos nud gontlemon was In attondnnce. Iho lecturor, having beon introduced by Mr. ‘Waebington lering, sald ha should speak on the cauos of tho Nteforin movoment of the sixtoontls century, pointing out o few landnarks to gulde young people in tholr sbudies. Al tho progress and eivilizalion of to-day dated from that movos mont, Il should show that it was not o re« 1ligious, but o political and social movement. 1t was not to ho expected that tho wnity of tho Clrlstinn soctety should romain intact to the ond of timo. Ialso guidos nroso, and heresies and #chisms + existed from = the boginning of tho fist contury of tho Christinn ora. Thoso horosies wera commenced in tho namo. of doctrines which thoir moss ardent adhorents nover understood, and of which many of them had nover heard. Thoy rallied around a banner, caring not what was writbon on its folds, So with lnter heresics, and syon lovdn¥ thousnnds procluimed themselvea diceiplen of Nostorins who never know who Nestoriug was, An abstruso point of doolrine was pub forward as bearlug upon the salvation of men who did not oven undorstand that doc- trine. All thero herosics owed their riso and progress to oxtornal circumstances peouliar to tho times, At tho bogiuning of the sixtcently century the nations of Europo awned ono spirite ual head ; Church and Btato worked harmonious- Iy togother, mutunlly benoticia) to cach othor. Leerning and iho fino arts revived, and_in fifty yoars progrossed moro thuu thoy lind dono Tor fifteen conturies ' bofore, It socwned that only Ecncu and prosperity woro left {o the Clurch, ub the strugglo of Protestnntismn was yetb to como. Fifty yoars after Martin Luthor issued his proclamaiion, not o nation in Northorn Jue- ropo, excopting Ingland, acknowledged allos ginnco Lo tho Sco of Rome, The conutitution of tho Church was attacked. During fifly yoars tho movoment progresaed, ‘and then stopped, and it was somothing tonoto that tho Protestan boundnvies in Liuropo woro tho rame that they woro thon, Tho success of the Reformation was varlously aseribed to tho desiro to bo freed from tho intolloctual despotism aud flo many nlnres of tho Church of Roma; to the genius of Lu- ther; nnd to tho fact that he translated tha Seripturo into fumilinr tongnes ; while others allogod that it was a politicul movomont altos gother. Lither it was o roligions or o political and social movement, If tho former, it must have Dbeen toward o highor and moro rigorous stence ard of morality. If nota religious movenient, it must have Licon political andsocial, This wns & question of history, and it wne ndmitted by Protestant historiuns that the Reformation had not o roliglous _character, and wus nokan at- tempt ot roligions amelioration. Thoro wero abuses in tho Church of Rame, snd Luthet's protest ngainst indulgonces was actuntod by o noblo nnd_houest purpose, Had that pro- test recoived n proper apprecistion by thoso in authorily, thoro was no_doubt that Luther's gront zeal aud talent wonld bave boen for und with tho Church, instend of agaiust it. Tho existenco of abuses nover drovo a natlon out of the Church, though it sometimes drove out weak-headed poople, NMorcover, tho abusea could only be. correeted within the Church. Whatovor doctrinal bullef Tauther hold in the boginniug, ho was not slow in repudinting or altering it, according to circumstances; nnd to-day not o singlo churéh taught the favorita doctrino of Lutber,—thatof frco will in men, Doctrinos_ wero nob tho end for which they Inbored, but only the mesns to opposo the Church. . ‘Ihe popular notion that the Raformation owed its success to tho ronding of the Seriplures wag tho samo which mow -induced Protestant chmrehos to attempt to convert the heathon by readitig tho Seripturer—with what euccess nced not bo mentioned. Before Luther began bie translution thers woro sovon editious of the Biblo in Bohesnia, while thera wero in all thirly- three editions in the German Jangunge. Tlicra were Itallon, Spanish, Roman, Vanetian, Fronel, and Belgian versions of the Scriptures'in oxinte onca boforo Luther's translation. There wera over 600 different editions iu Europe up to 156 A nation nover was, nover conld bo convorted Cluistinnity by the ronding of the Bible; far bo. youd this was tho mighty spirit of tho Church of Christ, tho only powor which had rovolution- ized tho world, socially and morally, The Dibla was tha soul, the Chutch tho body of religion; the Biblo the Constitution, tho Church the or- gamzed govornmont, without which thie Consti tution was not potont to touch the latestcuergica of man, . The Roformation was, theroforo, not n roligs ious movement. Tho enusos which produced it wera wholly sociul and political, peculinr to tha timog, nnd the monent tho causes censed 1o ox- ist, tho progress of tho movemont censed. In the fifteonth century o movement was going on which destroyod foudalism and crented the mon« archical system iu tho sixteenth contury. Tho Inttor syitom wns thon mulagonistic to the Chureh,” whilo its relations with ,foudalisny had beon of tho most intimate "character, The Roman Poutiff, and various , Bishops aud Abbots wero' foudnl lords, tha temporal sovercigns of tho fairest portions of the lmnd. Tho Church posgessions incronsed continually, and such an order of things conld not bo chauged without injury to the spiritun! ag vell oy tho tomporal interesis of tho Church. orything connceted with tho chango tended to wealkon tho Poutificul influonce, and, added to thot, tho Pontiff arrayed himsolf ngriust Charlos V., aud meurred tho hostility of tho Giera man Pritces. Al thess cruses nssisted in bring- ing about tho sfate of things which cxisted ab tho time tho Noformation began. Tho Church might Lavo abandoned foudalism with proft, but it woy not done. Thero was then, a8 at tho present tmo, o luunan and chungeablo loment 1n tho Cliureh, whereby its extornal regimo was eflected by political ehanges, This was ti tho boginning ot tho sixtconth century, un to opposition {o the monarchical systont, Tho Reformation grow out of tho political chiangos, and was easentinlly o political movo- ment; sprang from human motives, and was de- viged for the furlhorance of humun interests, ‘rho contest to-day was botween Catholicity and infidelity, botween liberly and despotism, By tho allianco of Profostantism and tho sbsoluto monarchics which provailed ng tho boglnning of tho wsoventeenth con- tuvy, tho Princo wns tho expouout of tho religious faith of the pooplo, which hq nltored to suit his own intorests. Lrotestnntism lind thorofore hecome a roligion of nntions, nse similated to nationnl characteristics, and varg« ing neording to loeation, How diffevent froma tho Church from which it revolted,—the Churcl of theuniversal world, "Tho leoture was listened fo with the closcst atteution, and, nt ita eclogo, tha lecturer was warmly applauded, TINS TINHERSEANA, Thero aro thounands of people In {his city to whom tliero are no songs lika thoe old songs, These lovers of old-fashioned musio will un= doubtedly go and heur the Wonnesseans. Thera aro vory many enthusiustio dovotecs of mnwsio who will avail themselves of this_opportunity to sty o closs of music composed without art, preserved without any systom of musical notae tion, and attributablo to no known composers, T'hero is n host of habitual concort-goors who will bo glad to descend from oporats Toights ta the valos of humblo, uupretentions song. And they will go to lear the Tennosseans. “Lhoro axo many peopla who_will hail a really oujoyable sacred concert, and theso will go to boar tho Tenuessonns, [n Nashvillo, in Lonis ville, in Cinclunati, Dayton, Richmond, Indinne apolis,—wherover this popular band of singors Ly gone,—it Las ovoked smiles, and tears, and rupturons applause from' packed houses ; and, no doubt, in our music-loviug city it will win g Frnutor trinmph than any it has already gained, "ho Tonnosseans sing lu Musio Ilall tive nights, commoneing to-day. ART. Mr, A, J. Conant of Bt, Louls, delivorod a bighly intoresting locturo at tho lixposition building, lust night, beforo an nudienco of fair Bizo, 'fihu subjoct of his lectuvo was art gonor- elly, whioh ho treated in & masterly mauner, Terhups the most interesting part of his lectura wag that which related to the I'ronoh sehool of historio paluting and'his eriticlsm of Dubufe'y ploturo of tho Prodigal Hom, which added groatly to tho enjoyment the audienco folt in viewing this mastorpioco, HOOLEX'S TIEATRY, Thia ovening John Dillon tukes a benefit, and, hoing n protty genoral favorite with the public, Lo will undoubtedly draw a full iouso, 'ho Imrfnmm“cn will ineludo throo farces, * Wha {illed Coelt Robin?" with Dillon usJack Kagge! ; # T'oo Much for tiood Naturo," in whiok ho takes the putt of Komeo Jufler Jenteing 3 and “'Tho Horse Omrs, or Tho Inconvoniones of n Cous voniont Distanee,” with Dillon in his Irish ahare nctor, Pat Kooncy. A Vill of unusunl strongth is mumounced for to-morrow aftarnoon angd ovens iug, aud Miss Lucille Weatern 35 cnuguucoi for Blonday iu * Lust Liyuue," 5