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4 TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE ZERMS OF RUDACRIPTION (PAYAULE IN ADYANCE) (M) | Bunda Braima:n 18081 ety Parts of a year at the same rato. T yravent dolay and mistakos, bo surs snd give Port Oftce address in full, including State and County. , Romiitances may bo made cithor by dratt, oxpross, Post OfBce ordor, or in reglatored lottors, at our ik, TENMS TO CITY BUDACRINENS, Daily, dolivered, Bunday excepten, 25 conte por week. Dally, coliverod, Bunday Included, 30 conta per wook, Address TIIE TRIBUNE COMPARY, Cornor Madizon and Dearborn-sta., Ulitosga, i1k e 8. TODAY'S AMUSEM ** Divoron HQOLEY'S THEATRE-Randolph atroot, botwoen o d. and LaSallo, ¥ Madison strost, botween DeMllgt!rgnKllcr}ss B’l;:ll:AThlitnB‘;ll:-ni of Edwin Hooth. *Othello," . _alstod stroet, batwaon Mad. DO N einant of Oftvaf Doud Byron. *"Donald MoKey," TIEATRE~Cornor of Wabash avonus i ot VArisy SalsrtAETORL. GLOBE THEATRIE-Dosplaincsstreot, botwesn Mad., Washington. Engagemout of Jossph K. Emmos. MR Oar Ootetn Geraan.r Z MYERS' OPERA-HOUSE~Monros atrest, betwonn Dearborn and Stata, Arlington, Cotton, and’ Kemblo's Minstrala, Minstroley and comicalitios.’ Cosmoramical itlusfon, ** Oar Groat Oity. " , EXPOSITION _BUILDINO—Take Bhoro, ‘Adama streot. Dubufo's Painting of thg '* Bon.*" Afternoon and ovoning. foot of Prodigal i AVENUE BAPTIST ORUROMN-Loc- u‘il’f,"‘fl‘.‘f ¥, AVEner, Bubjoot: ** Indian Lifo Bo- ¥ond the Rocks Monntains." B ONAPEL—Cornor Michigan avenuo sud o ot T A AR Bfrull‘. Babject: ** Makivg Love.' DR, RAHN'S ANATOMIOAL MUBRUM-No. 148 Bouth Olark street. Sciance and A BUSINESS NOTICES. TROAT, COUGH, e affestit oy | Ghobibes taourib ect | Frononial Troclics reach diraotly tha aoat of tho dis- easu, and givn slmost Instant relisf. The Chitags Tiibane, Tuosday Morning, Fobruary 24, 1874. BORE LD, AND BIMILAR The Towa Legislature has appropriatod $50,009 ‘for tho' reliof of the dostituto farmora in tho oorthwestorn part of Iowa. London rumor Las it that as soon; a8 Parlia- mont assombles it will bo prorogned to March 12 to allow the mombers who have accopted office from Disracli to presont themsolves again boforo their conatituonts for re-election or oth- erwiao, aa the Intter spprovo or dlsapprovo thelr courso, At their last mecting, the Farmors' Club of Aurora adopted resolutions in favor of freo banking. Thore should bo, thoso resolutions 88y, no monopoly in a National Banking system. No men should have special priviloges under it, and Congreas is nsked to throw banking open to all who chose to comply with the require- monts of the law. # The rofusal of the Oranges to take any part in politics will not prevent the farmers from forming distinctivo sssociations of a politieal cast. An sesooiation of this character, intended to be auxiliary to the State Farmers’ Assaciation, was formed yosterday by the farmers of Mo- Donough Couuty. The membors, & ‘majority of whom aro Grangers, aro roported to be, warmly in favor of the Decatur platform, and to bo con: vinced that evil legielation, of which there is g0 much to complain, can bo reformed only by political action. The Sonete of Iowa has bofors it a bill to regu- Ihte rates of toll on tho railronds of that Stato, ‘The bill in many respects s like the law of thig Btate, Tho roads arc claesified according to their gross earnings per mile, and tho rates for ‘passongers are fixed according to tho class of - the road, at 3, 8¢, and 4 conta per milo, Maxi- mum ratos aro prescribed for the transportation of froight, but the eamo difficulty exists thero that oxists here in arranging theratos on through freight. The reduction on focal rates ia from 40 to 60 por cent., The sssaults of tho Interior upon ths Rov. David Bwing wero discuesod at considerablo longth yosterday by the Prosbyterian clergymen of the city. Its groes violation of journalistio doconcy and Chyistian charity recoived general condemnation by the clorgymon present, and tho subject {8 to bo resumed at a'future meoting. The individual who prosides over tho columns of tho Interior ia apparently a sixtoonth century bigot, born out of timo, snd educatod in the wrong church. His naturnl chief in roligious aifaire is Ignstins Logola. o e In honor of tho annivorsary of George Wash- ington's birthday, thero was no session of Con- gressor of the Legislaturoof this Btatoyesterdsy, In this city, there was no genoral celobration or obsarvance of tho day beyond the closing of the Board of Trade. ' In Washington, tho Do- parimenta wera closed, and thero twas mome display of flage and othor tributes of rospect to our first. President, Now York, the day is o State Loliday, and was colobratod by tho, firing of salutes, the closing of the ‘public schools, of the banks, Oity and National Govornmont buildings, and by a general suspension of businoss, ————, ‘Threo bundred mon went adrift in Esst Sag- . inaw Bay yosterday on a cale of ico, on which they had built s fishing-village, and which was driven away from the shore by'a strong south- west wind. The choerless craft bora them ont into the lImke till & chango of the wind to the. west brought thom up to the ecastern shore of tho bay, 'whero 200 of thom maniged to cscape at different pointa, Twoof the meu werd drowned in attempting to reach land. About100are etill on tho ico, and tho escape of them all from tho porils of the broak. ing ice and tho freezing weather can hardly bo hoped for, Last night must have covered one of the enddost scenos that avor called for human sympatby, and it ia to be hoped that the light of this morning may briug rescuo of some kind to most of theso unfortunata croaturos, ‘Pho State ftegister boratos the Leglalaturo, * roundly for passing “a LIl for the benefit of Chicago,"—that ity boing in vebollion sgainat tho tax-grab law. Nobilla for the benefit of Chicago should bo passed, saye tho Reglster, until tho rebels lay down thelr arms, Tho bill roforred to la'the Lincoln Park bill, Tho benofit arising to Ohloago from thisbill is not clearly pointed out by the Register. 1fthe only penalty of rebollion {s the rotusal of the Legislature to Dass more bills of tho ssme'kind, wo' finoy that the robols will not Isy down thoir arms Immedi- atoly, The Luncoln Park bill may bo o very harmiees thing, and the new functionaries un- Qor lb—~Dlosary, Winaton, Hosing, sud Rehm— , rosult tu serious puls ‘murablo; 1 Brown'k In. may bo Oommigsloners in whom there is no guile, but the public horoabout aro not suffering for stich things to tho oxtont tho Regislor sooms to imagino. An ontrago, without apparontly & singlo pal- linting fonturo, was committed by some Now York policomon on Sunday morning, Thoy on- tored n rospoctablo tenoment-house in purenit of a thiof in the oarly morning boforo tho inmatos wora out of bod, and procoedod to kick in tho doors of all tho npartmonts, As they made no aunouncormont of tholr errand, their slogular conduot was not undorstood or approciated by tho tonants, and ono of thom, thinking ho was attacked by hounsebreakors, undertook to dofond Lis threshold with o shovel, wheroupon ho waa shot, it is bolloved fatally. From tho testimony of tho unfortunato man's wife, it appoara’ that the officors did not knook, or stato that they wora officors, or glvo any olua to their purpose, but slmply fell to kicking in tho door. Most pooplo will bo sorry McNamara, tha viotim, did not use hig shoval to bettor advantags, and will hopothat if ho dies his ssgnssin may bo pun- fshod for manslaughtor. Policomon are too prono, and that not in Now York alone, to uso thoir power brutally, and noed to ba mado to fool that thoy, too, aro within the palo of the law. ——— Charles Bhirley Brooks, tho editor of Punch, and & novollst and dramatist of somo colobrity, is doad. Ho e bost known in Amorioa for his novels, soma of which, a8 *Aspen Court, “Tho Gordian Knot," #The Sllvor Cord,” and * Boon- oror Lator,” have had a good circulation in thig cotntry. Mr, Brooks was oducated for thio Bar, ‘but his logal atudies only strongthoned his love for literary pursults, and ho betook "him- self to writing plays and editorialg, in. both of which ho was succossful. He wag tho author of " Our Now Governdss,” * Honorsand Trioks," “Tho Creolo,” and othor plays which have boon - often presonted at the Haymarket, Lycoum, and Olympic Thentres, in London. Ho waa for fivo yoara tho writer of the Parlismontary summary for tho London Aorning Chronicle, and visited Russis, Byria, and Egypt In its service, to invos- tigate tho condition of their laboring classos ns o contributlon to its articles on British and for~ ofgn *Labor and the Poor.” Ho has long writ- ton political and gocial articles for tho London Tllustrated News, nud was for many yenrs o con- tributor to Punch, of which he becamo editor in 1870, on tho death of Mark Lomon. Ho was G0 years of ago. —————— A morning newspapor, in the inflation busl- ness, endoavors to bolitile tho meoting of the Morohants' Exchango on last Friday by ropre- sonting that it consisted of only ten porsons. It is truo that thore waro only ton porsons pros- ent, but thoy met without preconcort, in pur- suance of a published notico; and the fact that thoy weroe unenimously’ opposed to tho inflation ecliome is as fair.an indica- tion of tho prevailing sentiment of tho whole body of members as could readily bo obtained, I tho opinion of the wholessle grocers of tho city wero wanted on sny particular subjoot, and so Inquiry woro addrossed to ton of them {aken at random, and if thoy all gave the same answor, it would be naturally concluded that the frade were nearly unanimous on that subject. It numbors are so much admired by the infla- tionists, thoy will bo gratified to know that n romonstrance against oxpaneion of tho groen- baclt carrency, signod by over 200 businoss men of this city, not one of whom susponded pay- ment after tho panio, was sont to Benator Oglas- by last weolk, and that o similar pagior, with 457 signatures of the same class of men, is in rosdiness to bo sont either to tho Sonate or the Houso. Tho fact s, that the business men of Ohicago aro not in favor of repealing the Iaws against coun- torfoiting. Tho thing that Logan and Ogleshy oro advocating is really a measure to logalizo counterfolt money. It would be choaper and more expeditious to lot the countorfoitora do it than to jmposa tho work upon tho. Treasury Departmont, for, in that cago, all the dificulties of gotting the monoy into circulation would bo avoided. Moroover, the public would not bo lim- ited to tho narrow and parsimonions viewa of Gon, Logan, who, aftor gotting out enough currency to float his own spoculations, might conolude that the country had enough, whereas othor persons might still bo high and dry, calling for moro. No such dispute could arise if privato countor- foiting wore allowod.. The ora so fondly antici- pated by Wondell Phillips, and other friends of the workiogman, when monoy shall be worth only 8 por cont, would be ushored In more spocdily Ly committing tho work of inflation to individual onterpriso than by restrict- ing it to tho dilatory and oxesperating proceeses of tho Trensury. There will always be somo old fogies in Washington who will think we have got enough, when in fact wo have not, Wo can pick out half adozen mon in Chicago whose stringency will never Lo relioved until the right to issuo logal tonder is made univernal. [ —— THE BOARD OF TRADE REPORT, Tho sixtoonth annual report of the Ohicago Boord of Trade will be found in Tne Trmune this morning, Though the aggregate results of the "statistical tables have beon anticipated, tho of- ficial compilation will not be withont intoroat. Tho report of the Directors showa that tho af- faira of the Board have boen prosperous. Tho ‘The memYership now numbors 1,052, an increase of 208 during 1878, and includos reprosentatives of gubdry branclios of trade and commerco whick bave not until Itely. beon reprosentod on 'Change. Tho Directors express tho hopo that those ongaged in moreantilo, manufacturing, and banking businoss will genorally becomo mombers, and thereby advance tho metropolitan character of tho Board, which to a great oxtent is accoptod a8 a ropresentative of thio ¢ommorao of Chicago. i The Directors report their failure to influonce tho Legislature to make any modiflcations of the oxisuing inspootion laws. The presont Iaw, un. dor which the Stato has assumed tho businoss of inspocting grain, was passed on the complaint of thoso who thought that such & change womd prove beneflelal; but complalnts of uneatistag- tory and erroncous inspection have boon as fre- quent a8 before, and moembors of tho Board have boon obliged to instituto invostigations into warehouge managoment for their own in- formation and protcotion, Tho inveatigations made & year or moro ogo disolosed tho perpotra- tion, undor tho Btate rule, of irregularitios and frauds ‘unequaled in the history of the grain trado of the conntry, and the more rocont in- vostigations showed continued violations of the lawa, The Direotors declare that the inapection of grain in Chicago, affecting tho valuo of so many millions of dollars' worth of property which changes ownorship mauny timos annually, and the excoution of rulos governing grain inspection and the regulation of waro- houso receipts, require euch practical ox- perlonce with tho business, snd famibarity THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1874, with tho wants of tho trado, as to rondor it ime posaiblo for & Bosrd of Commissionors, with tholr hendquarters at Bpringfiold, to attend to tho business proporly, and at tho samo timo on- fores tho laws regarding the managoment of rallroads. Undor theso circumatanacs, it is not surpriaing that tho presont law aund its adminia. tratfon have proved unsatistactory. Tho Di- roctors unanimously sgroo that the system of State tnspoction is wrong In prineiple and in- Jurious in practico, both fo sgrionltural infor- ests and to tho commorco of Ohiongo, Has not the timo arrived for the Doard of Trado, repre- sonting the commoerelal intorosts of tho olty and of the country tributary to it, to tako activo measuros to onlighten shippers and producers a8 to their truo intorost, and to causo tho In- spootfon of giain to bo placed upon, the wamo basls and undor the same control as tho In- spoction of ‘flour, highwinos, provisions, and othor property bought and sold on 'Change in this city ? On thoeubjoct of short weightain grain arriving by rallroad;the Directors think some actlon by the Aseociation is required, o long a8 raflroad cor- porations dony their responsibility undor bills of lading for tho quantity of grain they raceivo, the evil cannot bo remediod by watching the welghing of grain sftor it arrives. Tho law of 1871, roquiring rallway corporations to deliver the preciso quantity roceived, would, if enforced, correct tho ovil of short woights, and would alao corraot othor abusoes -of rallway managoment. Whatover inlost by sccldent, stoalil, or othor- wigo, in transportation, adda to the, exponso of carriage, To remedy tho loss of sliort woights would, thoreforo, lesson tho cost of transporta- tlon. Companies carrying grain .by water issue bills of lading guarantesing the delivory of what thoy roocive, whilo tho bills of lading of railrond companies give no evidenco of quantity or valua of the proporty shipped. Tho Directors rocome mond that the Railroad Commissioners enforeo tho law of April, 1871, on this point.’ . Tho Dircotors oxplain that while thoy united in a momorial to Congress sotting forth tha ad- vantago of a doublo-track railway for froight bueineas botwoon Chicago and Now York, thoy did not do so in the interest of any persons sovk- ingsubsidieaor other Governmentaid, Whiloim- provements in water communication are noeded, incronsed railway facilitios aro also esssontinl, The movement of grain can no longer bo lim- ited to tho senson of lake and canal navigation. New roads nro noeded ; but the Dircctors would not recommeond Congross to gront & chartor for railronds without restrictions. - Tho great issuo of to-day is whothor railroad corporations shall bo pormitted to establish customs and principles for common carriers by rail difforent from thoso observed by all ofhor carriors, Tho excessivo charges to which grain 18 sub- jectod for weighing and towage in New York harbor are discuesed, and it is atatod that a com- mitteo is now acting in conforence with tho New York Produce Exchange on that subjeot. Tho report was writton bofore tha recent decision by the Buprome Court in tho cnse of Munn & 8cott, but the law, which hss been sustained by the Court, is commonded. Tho Diractors find, in the goneral roview of tho events of tho year, that the stability of the Board of Trade nnd tho strongth of tho banks, morchants, and manufag- turers of Chicago hinve boon tested and proved. Notwithstanding the intorruption to businoss and tho financial distress in Boptembor and Oc- tober, tho trado for 1873 groatly excceds that of any provions yoar. The panio overtook us in the buslest soason, Amonoy crisisat such atime could not be otherwisothan dissstrous. Whilethosut- foring was gonoral and sovere, the Chicago Board of Trado did not suspond business, and had no adjournment of its rogular sessions, and not one of its members was veported to have failed in the panio} This exbibit of tho trade and commaorco of the city during g0 evontful a year showa the per- manency and solidity of tho business of Chieago, and proves that it is in no wiso dopondont upon inflation and specnlation, Within one week {from the firat stuncing biow of tho panio, the curronoy began to flow hither from all parts of the conntry, putting traffic into immediate opor-~ ation, and londing to an immedinte resumption of business betwoon Chicago and all ite cus- tomors and correspondents, and from that timo to the prosent the revival has been steady and uninterrupted, —— 5 OUR NEXT SENATOR, Advices from our rogular corrospondent at Bpringfield, which wo print in anothor part of to-day's issue, indicate very sorious dissonsions smong the lending Republican politicians of thia Stato. Tho dosperation of sauve qui peut scema to have soized upon the aforetimo harmonious family, each membor of which is too deoply interoatod in his porsonal prospects to take noto of tho genoral disaster which thoy are colloct- ivoly preoipitating. The political success of ITllinols statosmanship during tho past fow yeara hins doveloped a restloss and uncqual ambition among the gentlemen who ramember that thoy livein tho samo Stato that produced Lincoln, Douglas, Trumbull, and Grant. Thoy aro look- ivg alioad, though in different dircctions. Gov. Boveridge has faith in his luck, and wants Gon, TLogan's place in tho United Statos Senate. ' Ho disrogard of tho interosts of tho Ropublican par- ty in Ililnola, It may bo that nons of tho gentlemen in in« torost havo paused to consider tho bare possibil- ity that Gon, Logan's succcssor may not bo soloctod from the staplo supply of Ropublican politiolans. It not, they havo very singularly overlooked tho county olootions of lnst fall in this Btato, in which the Farmers' or Anti-Mon- opoly porty carrled fiffy-three countles, whilo tho Ropublican party carried only sizfcen, and the Domooratio party only twenly of tho remain. ing forty-nine. It may b, on the othor hand, that all tho promature Republican eandjdatos for the United Btatos Sonato, tho ' Governor- ship, Lieutenant-Governorship, . ote, moy bave henrd of those resuits, and thoro- upon ooncluded to make a last desporato siruggle, onoh for himeolf. Itis a sort of fore lorn hopo, which calls forth volunteors only be- enugo it is tho last chianco, This seramble for placo is not calenlatod to advance tho intorosta of tho Ropublioan party in this Stato; but in- dividunl 1ifo or death is of paramount impor- tanco whon tha ship is sinking., o do not bo- lovo that Gov, Boveridge's Btato Donrds, nor Gon, Lognn'a postal-routo agents, will avail ns ogainat tho demand of the pooplo for o change of somo kind, A MUDDLE IN MINNESOTA, A vory protty little fight is going on just at presont botweon the Bt. Paul Press, the organ of tho Ropublican party in Minnosots, and the Ilon, Ignatius Donnelly, mombor of tho State Benato, in which epithots aro hurled baok and forth with rofreshing vigor, snd in which thore are suf- flciont chargop of corruption, dircctly and indi- rootly, to consiga half the politicianain the Stato to tho Penitontinry, if only Lalf of them are true, Tho Press commoncod the row by oharging Br. Donnelly with divors and sundry acts of corrup- tion, among thom tho following: 1. That Mr, Donuelly Lind sold out the interests of thio Btato by enginecring a chango in the law in roferenco to tho Bioux Oity Branch of the Union Pacific Raiiroad. 2. That Mr. Donnelly had demanded from tho Hostings & Dakota Railroad Company 92,600 for his sorvicos in procaring tho land-grant for that rond, and that tho Company voted him 82500 in paidup stocl, worth par in cash at that timo, 8. That he had mado monoy corruptly through Jool B. Bassott, whilo tho latter waa Chippowa TIndian Agent, and that Daniel Bassott, of Min- neapolis, hnd recoived $1,600 from ono N. P, Olnrke, as Mr. Donnelly's share in a fraudulont contract, This was o protty sorious indlotment, but Mr, Donnelly went at it,. and domolished it with his customary vigor. Tho first count was shown to bo falso by one of the Republican Son- ators, who volunteored his services in Mr, Don- nelly's defonso. The socond was eot ab rost by lotters from the officors of the 'Hustings & Dakota Rallrond. In the third case, Mr. Don- nolly himsclf brought the matter bofore tho Benate Investigating Committeo, summoned tho witnesses which the Press had named, and noti- fled tho editor to appesr and substantinto his charges. Tho result was that the witnessos did not remomber any such facts a5 tho Press had alloged. Mr. Donnelly, not content with warding off the attack of tho Press, immedistoly improved his advantage by an essault upon the enemy, and advocated tho pmesage of o joint resolution which was lylng upon the Bpeaker’s table, pro- posing an investigation by a jolnt committes of both Housces, during the intorval betwcen tho prosont session and the noxt, into tho official condnct of all.Representatives and Senators in Congress and all Btato officers”of Minnesota during the past ton years. Mr. Donnelly advo- eatod the pnesago of the resolution. bocause ho thought ho would thon bo ablo to show that the oditor of tho Press roceived o largo sum of money from Jay Cooke in stock of the Lake Su~ porior Rallrond ; that about £1,000,000 was mado out of the Northorn' Pacifio Rairoad Company bys Ring of Minnosots politicians ; that Windom snd Ramsoy wero electod to Congrosa by cor- rupt practices; and that, in the case of the lat- ter, over £30,000 were raised by the Ring in 8t. Paul alono, with whick Scnators and Ropresenta- tives woro bought liko sheop. Mr. Donnelly concluded his atack as follows: Tt tho resolntion pana j let tho investigation pro- ceed; let my wholo carcer be investigated; thank God thero is nothing in it that fears tho light ; Iet TRamsoy and Windom be put on trial, and our Govern- ora snd Congressmon; and wowill show the world ‘what kind of stuff Minnesota’s stateamen aro mado of, I hopo this Legislaturo will not adjourn without ad- duclng such o complato and sweeping investigation, and wo can spond tho wholo summer in tho work, I sball demund tho passagoe of the resolution, In stirring up Mr. Donnolly, the Press bos ov- idontly waked up o vory lively customer, who proposos to mako it as warm ss possiblo for the Mianesota politiclans, Tho Democratic and In- dopondent papors of 8t, Paul aud vioinity are contributing their offorts moanwhilo to in- crense and prolong the scrimmage, by showing that the _Press is trying to ‘divert publio attentlon from the Pino Ring swindle by making countor-chargos on anothor subjoct; and, to offsot this, thoy are keeping tho publie well informed on the Pine Ring swindlo, 80 that it may not bo lost sight of in this new s sorimmage. Colleoting tho testimony from ail :::!;s :Mkw::;‘;i; v;gg:;;; y;::l, .z::l sidea and sifting it down, there romain sofiiciont = i tion t vesti= scurlty to the ofico of Bhoriff, Yrom peotiabilities of cormuption o ossupy o Turvast, gating Committeos all summor. Mr. Donnolly ghould not romaln contont with flooring tho Press, Lothim inangurate a crusado agaiugt corruption, It isa good:timo for it,. All around us tho rovivaliats aro attor original sin and tho roformers oro stormiog tho strongholdsof in- tomporance, gaming, and the social ovil. Now lot Donnelly lead his coliorts against political corruption. BISHARCE AND LA MARMORA, Bomo months ago the Italinn Gen, LaMarmors. pablished a book entitled ** Un Po' Piu di Luco Bu gli kiventl Politlel o Militari di 1800,"—* A Little More Light on tho Political and Military Events of 1800." In thia bo stated that ho had a lottor from Gen. Govone, now dead, the Italian Minister at Berlin in 1806, which containod an account of an interview botweon Govono and Blemarck, during whioh the lattor said that he 1ad offerod to support Navoleon ITI. in solzing the Rhino Provinces of Hosse and Bavaria on condition thnat Franco should leave Prussin and Austria to fight out thelr quarrel undisturbed. Buch a statoment, of courso, exoited great in- torest, It was promptly brought boforo tho Tm- porial Parliamont of Gormany by Horr Von Malinokrodt, an Opposition momber, Bismarck roso in groat exoitoment to say that ho bud ¢ never uttered asyllablo " of tho words attribute od to Lim by Govone, and that the chargo was “impudent,” “lying," “malignant,” * caluni- nious," *false," “*hiatotul,” and *anandaciously- Inventod falschood." This violent roply put tho stigmmofiyingupon thedosd Govono orof forgory upon tho living La Marmors. Both men Layve bad gpotloss ropuistions uthorto, Who latter the Bliorift's ofice to Congross, from Congress to tho placo of Licutonant-Governer, and from Licutonant, by a happy accldont, to the Gubor- natorial chair. No wonder Qov. Boveridge should tarn hla oyo on the Unitod Btates Senate. Ho is taking time by tho forelock, and proposos to mako tho best of Btato patronage and influ- enco to help him on in his ambitious careor, Dut this doos not altogethor suit Gon. Logan, who, not knowing but he may bo again cheatod out of the Prosldency, profors to rotain his soat in the Bonnte. If Bovoridge has State patron- ago at hand, Logan has Unitod Btates patronage, and he doos not propose thnt the Governor shall have any ndvantage of him in this rospoot. Gov. Boveridge and Gon, Logan go ont of oflico about tho Bame time, nnd thoy have start- ed even In iho raco for the succession to tho Iattor's seat, The contest is otill fur- thor complicated, howaver, by the partisau- ship of Benator Oglosby, who sldes with Boverldgo. Sonntor Oglosby hias not forgotton bis dofeat by Logan threo yoars ago ; nud, 88 he 18 now soquiring » portion of tho Governmont patronago, ho is throwing it on the Boverldge sido of thoseales. As if this situntion wero not perplexing enough, all partios stand sgheat at the throatenod apposranco of Elibu Boanerges ‘Washburne on tho fleld as & contestant for ‘tho Sonate in 1870. If it can't bo Beveridgo, both Bevoridge and Ogleaby would rather seo Ar, ‘Waahburno successor to Qen, Logan's soat than Gon, Logan himsclf, In'tho meantime, the difforont contoatants are ranging their smaller partisans, retainers, and expectants about thom, and tho fght promisos to go on with the utmont has rid himeolf of suspiclon by putting Govone's privato lottor on exhibition in Florenco. Tho isguo los, thon, botweon Govorio and Bismarok, Tho Inttor was thon hoadof Prussia; hois now hond of Gormany, Viows of coding Gorman tor« ritory would prohably Lavo boon no moro hatoful to hln'n a8 & Prusston, than viows of ceding tho Austrian torritory which Lo handad ovor to Italy that samo yoar. Dut avowing thoso viows now would bo political doath, Wo mey bo suro, thon, that ho would not avow thom, no mattor what tho facts might bo. Hig denial, theroforo, made soven yoars aftor tho dato of tho allogod conversntion, doos niot soom to ocnrry tho ‘welght of Govono's affirmation, which was writton on tho very day of tho inter- viow. Tho explanation of tho affair given by the Roman correspondont of tho London Times ia probably the truo ono. o suggests that Bl marck told Govono -that Austria was trylng to socurc tho aid of Franco in tho ponding war by offoring hor Rhonish Prussis, but that this waa s gamo two could play at, for Prussia might bribe Franco to koep still by lotting her soizo tho Rhino lands of Hosso nud ‘Bavaris. It is onsy to translate an bypothesis into an hMrmation, Govone, whoso training was of tho camp and not of the court, probably misunderstood tho diplomatio langusge of tho Promler, and uncon- sclonsly sont a wrong statoment of tho intorviow. This 1s apparontly tho most favorablo showing for Blsmarck that can bo made. Whan ho af- flrms, a8 ho did in the Imporial Parliament, that bo.bsd *“‘nover dronmt of coding a fleld or mondow of German torritory,” ho doth protost too much. — AN URFOBRTUNATE PRIMA DONNA, If any. woman 15 entitled to the sincore sym- pathy of the musieal publie, it is Mmo. Pauline Luces, Blisfortuncs seom to rain upon her do- voted hoad in an uncessing ehowor, Boforo sho enmo to this country, she was tho rolgning favorite of Borlin and the oporatio autocrat of that city, to whom ovon Bismarok and Frodorick Wilhiolm did allogianco. Ono day camo Mallin- gor, o younger and fairor rival, It was & long and stubborn contest for the superiority, and it endod in tho triumph of Mallinger. Tho fieklo Berlinera transforred their allogianca to the now Diva, and, rathor than competd” with another for applauso and fame, Luccs broke her contracts, paid hor forfoits, took the ohancos of over boing ollowed to eing sgain in Borlin, and fled to this comntry, whoro sho enlistod undor tho bannors of Marotzek, whoso name has always boen synonymous with misfortune. Her first season was successful. Tho panio had not ot come, and thero was no rival in the field ; but, oven in Chicago, whore her triumph was the grandost In dollars and conts, the Lettle of troublo commonced to boil. Maretzols, her man- oger, and Jarrett, her ageut, got inton quarrel, and tho interviowera fanned it until 1t beesmo red-hot, When tho season ended, sho procured a divoreo from her husband, the Baron, at great expenso, and immedintoly married anothor Bar- on. Tho 'first Baron, who was in Bor- lin, not rolishing this summary mothod of losing @ wifo, has institnied proceodings to sot asido the divorco mpon tho ground that be was not notified of tho proceed- ings. Blhould his application bo granted, Mmo. Lucca will find horself with ' two Barona on hand. Thon came the panio in the middle of tho second soason, which never extended be- yond New York City. After two or throo wooke' desporato offort, the troupe went to piecos, and Tucoa was loft without an engagement, and with the mortification of seelng ber rival, Nilsson, winning pleudits and greenbacks evorywhere ; and, 08 no affection has evor been wastod bo- twoon those two ladics,. the spectacle was pot an odifsing one to Lmuccs, Even while sho was contemplating ¢, camo & new midfortune, for tho wily Maretzek found some breaches of con- {ract during the firet season, upon which ho brought suit and recovered hesvy damages. Bomothing, however, must be done, She could not remalin idlo in the midst of a season. This would be n loss of prostige which would kill her as an artist. Her plan was goon ma- tured. With the co-operation of Mlle, Ilma di Murska, sho organized & troupo and sailed for Caba, Tho Cuban showor, Lowevor, was oven worso than tho American. The troupe hind not ‘beon einging a weok bofore ono tenor was hissed overy time he appeared, and the othor tonor was olappod inte jail bocause ho bLad dared to havo =@ soro throat. Tamberlik, who wos fo be the main-atay, desertod tho undortaking, and suddenly , loft . for Rua- rope. Worso than el thoso mishaps com- binod, tho Hovancso quickly decided that DI Murska was tho best artist of tho two, and, lovishing all their . favors . upon hor, loft poor Lucea ont In tho cold. DiMurska alone, however, was not capable of carrying on tho soneon, Tho patronago foll off. Tho principals wero badly in arroars to thelr company. Dissat- isfactions incroased, and at last the company struck for their wages. Luces had no money, Di Mursks none, and Jarrott nono; at loast, it appoarcd 60 on the surface.” Then tha mombors of tho chorns and orchestrs, ifinding that the principals woro about to'loave, suod them, and the Court issued an order probibiting tholr doparture from tho island nntil tho pooplo woro paid, Loat Friday, Lucca sought to escapo by strategy, snd attompled to leavo Havana olandostinely on the steamer Columbus, Hor husband, baggage, and sorvants wero on board, and, shortly beforo tho salling of tho stosmor, o lady clogoly vellod was scon to ap- proach. A commilteo of tho ohorus, howovor, discovered her'to bo Lucop, and informed the police, who compelled tho whole party to return to the shoro. An Havana dispatch, dated the, 22d, eays: * Lucca, Murske, and Vizzani sailod for Now York yosterday after dopositing in court the smount demanded by the .chorus and orchioatra of tho opers company. The lattor, moeantimo, aro compelled to romain on the island until logal proceedings are torminated. Thoy aro in want, oud sovoral aro ill, Jarrott has beon suoed by the prinoipals of tho company, who' domand s rendoring of accounts,” This is not tho ond of the troublos, Lucca has engaged horself to Rullmann for n German opera soaton, and whoro a German opera seasan under Rull- mann will end it is not dificult to foresee, Tho Iateat of poor Pauline's troublos iy, that Marot- zek Lias organized o troupe to dispute the flold with her, aud placed Tima di Murska at the head of it. Tho spectacle of so groat an artiat strug- gliog with fate will onlist henrty sympathy for lior, a8 woll a8 admiration for the plucky man- nor in which sho has mot oach frosh disaster. The English popera still continue to arriva Joadod with evidonces of British efforvesceuce in olection times. One Liberal candidato ventured into = Tory town in Wales, and, upon his ap- pearance on the platform, flanked by two clergy- men, was hustled off and not sllowod “to. make himaelt heard, e was flially’ driven to'his hotel, the mob outside the hall stoning the building in spite of tho police. Finding tho une rounded his hotel and held 1t in a siate of alego for hours, At Holt, another Liboral candidate, Mr. Watking Witiiame, whilo slighting from is carrirge with hia wifo, was sot upon by tho mob, who followed him to an inn and there rolleved themsclves by pounding tho unfortunate poli~ tlolan, - Bloation riots aro looked upon as & mat- tor of courso in Bnglaud, but in tho lato contest thay appesr to have beon unusually vindictive ond datgorous in their apirlt. —_— The Bupremo Court of Missiasippl is, without doubt, an exceodingly decorous, not to add venorablo, body, Chief-Justics Poyton, and his Asgoolato Justicos, Bomrall and Tarbell, morely convoyed to an ignorant nnd consequontly au~ poratitions communily that they wero not guilty of affecting n suporiority over their follow-men. Thoy woro 80 human, it was found, that their rolations woro not always ploaannt, Judgos Poyton snd Bomrall notually used * Ianguage of o dorogatory nature" to Judge Tarbell; thia langusge bocsme to tho sonsilive mind of the lsst-named jurist intolorably offensive, inso- much that ho grow ‘“riled and oxcited,” like othor and less aistinguished Mississippians; thon ho ¢ tookastop forward,” without, howovor, intending to convey any hostilo improssion. Un- accustomed to find poople taking stops forward without having hostilo intentions, tho Ohiof-Jus- tico of tho Bupromo Court of Missiesippi uncon- eclously drow his bowie-knife from hia boot with a doxtority In no way disereditablo to tho judicial ormine; and he might havo placed his associato outof tho way of furthor ‘‘unpleasant roln- tiona ™ had not Mr, Justico Bemrall' interposod his arm fo provent a tragedy. Tho great lesson impartod by this admirablo judicial promptitude in the sottlomont of individual diffioultios ia the rapld advance in clvilization which the fortunate Btato of Misslssippi has undergono within tho past fewyeara, The odifying and improving pic- turo of judicial forbearance held up to view must bo ot incaloulablo bonofit to every person in the Btato, p P S Minnoapolis has boen revoling in a disclosure not unliko that whioh was mado in Chieago s fow seoka ago in the Franklin Bavings Bank Invostigation. Perhaps tho Minnespolis systom is more admirable than ours, inasmuch as it is transporent and roadily understood. Thero Woro uo unnocessary transfers, loans, or falso ontrios about tho affairs of {he Btato Bavings As« sociation of Minneapolis, Tho Beorotary do- seribed themanner in which tho bank wasstartod, and its business conduoted, in & very fow words, Threo gentlemen holding positions 1n tho Stato Nnational Bank signed articlos of incorporation ; 250 sharos of nominal stock wore 18suod, oquale ly divided smong the threo, and ropro- sonting & nominal capital of §25,000; and not o ponny was over paid im. Afl monoy deposited with the eavings bank was paid into the State Nationsl Bank ; twico a year tho books woro closed aud intorest pald to do- positors, tho profits: over and above going to tho Stato Bavinge Asesociation. It was quito simple,~banking mado casy and intetligible to tho least practical mind. Tho great diffoulty is to soe how so solld an institution should ever havo como to grief mnd the bankruptey court, and how a more matter of $30,000 in tho way of liabilities should oxort any pressure upon it. It was all owing to the high prico of _money, doubtless. e T ey Broach-of-promise suits are always intorosting, and will continue to furnish matorial for amuse- ment a8 long 58 women confide snd mon betray. Lovo-lettors cannot but resd absurdly in print, tho very publicity given thom by Roman char- acters bhoing itsolf incongruous. A cnso bas been fried in London which is intoresting ns lilustrating tho proverb which forbids discussion 1o mattars of taste, Both partics wore past the sentimontal age, and their condnot was, aa usual in such cases, o triflo moro absurd then that of young peoplo under the same distressing cirenm- etances. Tho lady possessed o fine poetic tom- perament and a little mustacho. The lover pro- fessed to adorothe former, but tho sequel proved thot it was the lattor which really'claimed his homage, . Ono fatal day sho applied a razor to hor lips and removed hor unusual fominine orna- mont, and with hor hair, a5 with Samson of old, her strongth vanished also, Hor lover, discoy- oring tho imposition that had beon practiced upon lum by the romoval of hia iady's prinoipal charm, rated her soundly, demanded an apology for tho outrage upon his sonso of tho beautiful, ond finally stryck hor. The cngagemont ended, and the lady sued him. -The jury found dameges for tho plaintiff of £200, whiok was protty fair compensation for tho loss of a lover anda mustacho. e A New York paper gives a list of unfortunates who are abeolutely depending for their food and shelter upon tho charity of the world. They are men and women of intelligenco and education who cannot find employment, Evenin Chlcago, we have had our sharo of poverty and misery this wintor, and wo can approciato what n consun of migory menns, In another column of the same paper ig given & list of the pnid bass-ball organ. izations, with their rospective cost., Hofar as oxtravagance goes, Chicago is of coursein tho van. The club which ia to play for this city ro- coivea in salaries an aggregato of $17,600, nonrly $3,000 more than any of the six leading pro- fossionnl olubs in tho country. One player re- coives tho extraordinary sum of $2,200a year, and none are paid less than $1,000. This is for servico rondered only during a portion of the year. Tho disparity botweon the esrninga of brain and those of musclo is not altogethor en- ocouraging to the votaries of the formor. — A fow yonra ago tho world was gtartled to learn that a little band of onterprising Americans had ostablighed o Baptist church in tho shadow of tho Vatican, where it has sinco flourished. An- other Amerioan institution of useful character is to rovolutionize stroot-travel in the Eternal Qity. The apparition of o horse-ear creeping through tho narrow stroofs of Romo is to bo angther ovidonco of tho awalkening of tho ancicnt city from it slumbor of conturios, Pick and shiovel aro actively ongagod in_ digging through tho incrustations of cénturies, and loveling’ tho stroots for this practical innovation, The con- sorvatlve horror of the Roman citizens and Mr. Ruskin at this last Americanism would be groatly incrensed by an oxporimental knowledgo of tho discomforta of stroot-car travel.. Stoam-tugs in tho lagoons of Venico could not compare with horse-cars in the ntroota of Rome.: et The Boston Transoript hos made an excellent suggontion with reforenco to railroad travel, which is that cars of plainer finish might be furnished-to wayfarors at & lower cost and yob bo mado romuncrative. The sccond-clags cara on our railroads arc hardly fit for hogs to rido in. It scoms as If cars might be construcled which laborers, who do not care to pay for the finery of a firat-class car, would be glad to rido in. Thoy might bo cowfortable, convenient, and attraotive, At presont, tho man of humblo” moans hos to chooso between a high-priced, gildod luxury and & low-priced, filihy eabooss, Tho oxperiment is at loast worth trying. - ——— Dubuque thinks it soes ita opportunity in the action of Chicago and Milwaukea brewers in ralging tho prico of hoor, Dubuque Iager-beor, it ia claimod, I8 oqual in quality to that made in Blwaukeo, and tho browors of that cily do not fool tho necesslty of ralsing tho prico bLighor then $10 a barrel, iy S — e LAKE PILOTS AND ENGINEERS. WasmiNaton, Fob, 29,—Btrong offorts are making to have tho Booretary of the I'ressury reconsider his recout declsion that tho pilots sud onglnoers of steamboats employod upon tho freat Inkas must be citizens of the United Statos, 'ho ploa is that thero is not a suficionoy of thoso ofilers in the United Btatos to answor the requiromonts of the businoss intoroats in that gootlon. It ia not probable thata change will .ba made in the docislon, gl r—Tha wenthor in California is ploasant, and yory favorable for farming oporations, whioh are fortunate caudidato had retired, thomob Ruxs | beiig pushed forward vigorously, THE COUNCIL. —_— Presentation of Reports, Peti« tions, Ete, The Ordinance Prohibiting the ¥so of Steam-Power on Clark Streot Taken Up, The Report Adverse to Its Pag- sage Adopted, and then Reconsldered, Ameoting of the Common Gouncll was hold Inat ovening. Mayor Colvin bolng abysont, Ald, Minor was called to tho chair, TIHE CANAL. Ald. Hildroth offered a rosolution ‘providing for » apocial committoo of five to report on tho causo of tho failuro of tho Iilinois & Michigan Oanal to furnish suitablo drainago. Ald. Qullerton oalled for its referonce to the Committeo on Harbora and Bridgos. © It was so roforred, 2 . MISCELLANEOUS, An ordinanco was passed direoting’ tho Board of Public Works to causo tho railroad companiea to place a flagman at tho intersection of Carroll and May stroots, : A petition for the opening of Milwaukes avonuo from Kinzie to Lake streot, signed by 1,000 porsons, was roferrod to tho Committes on Btreets and Alleys, West. ' A potition from tho Executive Board of tha Miners' and Laborors” Boucvolent Association, and of tho Board of Trado, of Blossburgh, Ps., asking for reliof for 1,200 destitate pooplo, was roforred to tho Obicago Rolief and Ald Sooicty. A potition for tho oxtension of Thirteenth street, weat to Clark atract, waa refarrod, An order authorizing the Uomptroller to advor- tise for bida for o school-house site south of Chicago avenuo and wost of Clark strect, in_tha North Division, was roferred to tho Board of ZEducation. An ordinance amonding tho ordinanco proyid- ing tor tho asscssment of taxes was. roferred ta the Committes on Judiciary, Tho ordinance contomplates the appointmont of five Asaistant Asgoseors. ‘Tho annual report of the Ohicago Rollef and Aid Bocloty was rocelved and placed on file, An ordinance was paszed for tho straightoning of Douglas placo from Indiana to.South Park avenucs. The Committeo on Bridows!l roported rocome mending the passage of a resolution directing tho removal of the Smoll-Pox Hospital in Line coln Park, It was laid ovor. Tho eame Committeo roported an order directs ing tho ercotion of a wall betwoen the Small« Pox Hospital and the Bridowoll. "It was lnid over. ' The Committce on Liconses reported fori passage an ordinanco rogulating tho salo of liquor Bunday. It was lai epocial order for noxt Mondsy evening. Tho ordinsuco permits saloona o be opon after 2 o'clock p. m. on Sunday. g The Committce on Gas-Light reported recom- mending the Y’usngn of a rosolution directing: the Board of Public Works to roport no ordinan=~ ces for lnmp-posts oxcopt upon atreots in which! as-muing have boen laid or are about to be laid.’ ['ho ropork was Iaid over. : Various reporta of o routino charactor woro presonted, mostly calling for lamp-posts and gidowalks. In everycase a call was mado for laying over apd publishing, and such wns tho dispoeition under ‘the rulos, The number of orders of this kind growso large that Ald, Camp- bell lmi‘uimd whotlier the meeting was hold sole- 1y for the bonofit of tho Infer-Occan. BTEAM ON SOUTH OLARK BTRELT. Tha special ordor, the ordinance providing for tho prohibition of steam-power on Soulh Clark stroot, was takon up. (The ordinance, togothor with tho ma!orit{ and micority réports on the subject, wore published in THE TrinunE of Tuesday Inst.) Ald, Dixon moved to concur in the majority roport and pass the ordinance. over and mado the: 1d. Stono moved to conour in the minority * roport, i Ald. Sidwell said it was an important question whothor tho Council had the Eo\yor to prohibit the ueo of steam, and ho quoted the charter and ordinances to show that tho Council had such: power. It was well known that therc was grent nood for additional north and south streots in tho South Division, and it was a prossing noces- sity that Clark should bo mado availablo by tho, removal of the railrond tracks, Ho hopody tho' ordinanco would pass, ) ' Ald, Dixon spoke in favor of tho passage of. tho ordinanco. Ho had ovidently propared hime, solf at great longth, as ho held tha floor for over, balf an"hoar, during whioh time the Council, practically, took a rocess, as nearly all tho Alder= men left their seats, The Chairman grew tired :l ;;{roaicung ovor empty desks, and called thom nck, Ald. Coay hoped that the Council wonld sym- pathize with tho distressed property-owners and rosidonts on Olark, atroot, and pass tho ordi- nanco, Ald. Cumpboll sajd tho suungu of the ordi- nanco would result in inducing tho peoplo of othor parts of the city to petition for a similar ordinanco, Ho did not beliove it was good pub- liapolioy to pass the ordinance, unless tho Coun~ cll was ready to imposo the samo regulation upon other railroads, Ald, Richardson opposed the passage of tha ordinance on the ground that tho peoplo who owned proporty on Olark streot bought it with full knowledge that tho tracks weros thoro., Ald. M, B. Bnily moved the provious question, and it was ordered. ‘The vote on tho motion to conour in the mi- nority report was as follows : Yeas—Richardson, Warren, Pickering, Stones, Hile droth, O'Brion, Tailoy, T, ¥y’ Clazk, Woodman, White, Miner, Moore, Campboll, Quirk, Cloveland, ckhart, McGrath, Mabir, Stout, Schaffner, Longachor, Canc Mutphy, Lynch—it, e Noley, Disom, Gosy, Fitzgorald, Sldwell, gchintz, Reldy, McOlowry, Balloy, A, B.,Brand, Jonas—31. Ald, MoGrath moved to reconsider the voto, bocause he did not Dbelieve this was a proper way to disposo of a question of this magnitudo. Ho wanted to cast his voto direct on thn pas- sago of tho ordinanco. Conourronco in tha minority report did not dispose of the quoation. ‘the Counocil must yoto on the ordinauce. Ho did not believe, as had beon said, that 1n caso this ordinanco should paes, similar petitions would come from sall parts of the city, Tho sama nocespity did not exist. Ald, Dizon proceeded to arguo tho quostion onco more, Ald. Richardson raised tho point of ordor that Ald. Dixon had spolon Ewico to the quostion. The Chair did not sustain tho point of order, wheroupon the lobbg applauded, Ald, Richardson domanded that the lobby be ko}:t quiet. 1d, Dixon said thoy wero all good citizens. Ald. Moore and Woodman both mndo an offort to repross Ald, Dixon's spoooh, but thoy wore not succassful, Ald Dixpn went on with ronowed vigor, saying that ho was surprisod and_shocked at tho mau- x&ur in which tho Council had troatod the ques- on, Ald, Longnchor moved 1o lay on the table tho motion to roconsider. Ald, MoGrath maved to amond by meking the motion to 1econsidor thoe special order for noxt Mondny ovening, 2 Ald. Woodmnan claimed that tho minority ro- port hind not beon_coneurred in, Tho questiva must be voted ; * Bhall tho report, as amended, bo now adopted ?" Ald. Dixon sajd that ho had somothing more to eny, and ho moved that tho Council ndjourn, Tho Chair decided that thaquostion was on the motiou of Ald, Lt:;lgndmx to lay on tho table the motion to reconsider, ‘This motion provatlod l:{ & voto of 19 to 15, Ald, Dixon moved to adjourn, but the motion . was lost, Ald. Woodman moved that the minority ropart tod. bfl:l?l'.’ll::mphuu olnimod that the question had alrcady beon declded. Tho previous question wos moved and or- d. auz:‘. Dixon rofused to voto. Ald. M., B. Dailoy did tho samo. o undorstood that un Aldermat wagabsent in tho ante-room conferring with s raiiroad man. Tho motion to conour in the minority report was adoptod by a voto of 28 to 1, Hovorn! Aldormon loft tho Counoil chamber, and o sceno of grant confusion ensnod, A motion to roconsldor the vota just takien 'was oarrled, and tho Council then adjourned tor Iaok of & quorum. ——— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. Liveneoor, Feb, —20.—Btonmers chenulo, and Aloxandria, from Now York, arrived out, New Yonw, Fob, 23.—Arrived, tho steamor Coltlo, from l:lvorpool. Thurluls, *

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