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

4 —— THE CHICAGO DATLY e — TRIBUNL: MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1874, TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. closing wonl nt $L.25@5.75, Cattlo woro dull ot unchnnged prices, Hhoep wero in falr roquost. ol stondy pricos, The Cincinnnti Gazelle has beon ot somo pring to nacortain tho offcet of the women's crusnde In Ohio unon the heor trade of Cincinnatl, Up to the presont timo, the decronse is not sufil- ciontly marked to attrnot nttontlon, ‘Cho boor- stampy sold to tho browera in January, 1873, amounted to 818,474 ; In Jauunry, 1874, 810,604, Tho snles in Fobruary, 1878, nmonnted to §17,- 0415 in Fobrunry, 1674, to $10,620. Tho browors TERMA OF AUNECHIPTION (PATANLY, IN ADVANCE), R, Partaot a year at tho snmo rato, "To provent delay and mistakes, hio suro and give Post Oft.conddross in tull, Including Stato nnd County. Tiomittances may lio mado oithar Dy dleait, oxpross, Post Oficomdor, orin roglatored lotto:s, at our risk, Dally, dolivored, Sunday oxcoptoa, % conte por wook. Dally, doliverod, Bundnay Included, 00 conts per wook. Address THE TRINUNE COMPANY, Corner M_nn on and Dearbarn. Uhieago, T1l TO-DAY 3 AMUSEMENTS, who were intorviowed wore unanimously in favor M'VIOR KR! ., of a 2 E“‘;"“'}‘K" “r(nln ,;r‘:«(:c’m) g::mn“nm:"nnfimm atringent licengo Inw, and complained that ticholiou." the saloons wero too nutnorous. ‘Thoy esprossed the bollef thut if the business were conflned to fower mou, tho saloons would bo moro onsily controlled by the nuthoritics, and tho proprie- ACADEMY O MUSIO—Halstad tzoot, botwoan Mad- g g Sonean, ™ Egagonnnt of tha "Bifth Avonuo Yorco. FThoatro Company, HOOLEY'S THEATRE~—Raudolph atroot, bt tors, Ol abi g foueils of Goge diiTe: n}:v,fiz Y kmowing that thoir continuauco In business Writing on tho Wall, dopondod entirely upon their obsorvance of tho law, would keep their snloons ordorly. GQLOBE TIEATRE-—Dosplatuos streot, botwoon Mad- top and Waahinglon, Fngnneticnt of Josoph K. Kmmots B Tha means ndopted by cortain West Bido snloon-keopors to advertieo their busiucss, in hiring women to pray and sing aftor (ho man- nor of tho Ohfo crusaders, is simply fnfamous, If intonded to satirizo the Anti-Rum movemont, itis an outrago; IC simply to attract attontion to thelr saloons, il Is anulganco. In eithor ease, it should renct iu such o mannor as rather to de- croass than iucreago tho recelpts of the low dives which resort toit. T'ho spanmodio porsonal war which has nchioved some succoss in villagos and considerablo notoriety ail over tho country, caunot bo practicnlly inaugurated in ko lorgo a city s Chicngo ; and wo shall hencaforth rogard all announcemonts of prayer-meotings at saloans 18 bogus, and intended to secure gratuitous ud- vortising, Tho women who lend thomeslves to this busiuoss, and thoroby bring prayaer info con- tempt aud pandor to n vulgar appotite for sonsa. tion, ought not to bo gratifiod with $ho notorioty they seok, *Maz, the Morry 8 ADRLPIIT TIEATRE-Cornor of Wabash, avonuo ! Vi A . K ‘ii’d'x“??fni‘.w“’ Varfoly outoctatument. **Tha In NMYRRS' OPERA-HOUSE - Montas atroot, hotweon Dearboru and Stato, Arlingto n, aud! Kombl Hinstrols. MInSiolsy aid o i, i Prioo of Bridgopo ARl BUSINESS NOTICES. WILBOR'S 0OD LIVER.OIL AND LIME—PIR- tons who Liavo boen takiug cod-livor ofl will be ploasod Lo louen that Dr. Wilbor lins wuccoedod, from dircotious of soveral profossional gontlomon, in combining tho puro ofl and 1o n such n manuor that it {s ploasant o tho tnsto, ghdl1a etfeots tnlung compiaints ao truly wonderful, ‘ory MmNy porsonis whiako casns wore pronounced hope. fess, and wiio had inkon the clear oil fur a Jong timo with. ot inarkod offect, iavo boon entfroly cured by uaing tifs roparation. lLokurn and got tho gonuing,© Mauufnc. Fasi only e A T WILBGR, Clofist, Hoaton: " ot by all drugs The Chicags T Monday Morning, March 2, 1874, by, Tho Locomotive Enginoors havo adjourned thoir Convontion at Cloveland, They havo suc- coeded in keoping their proceedings, with tho oxcoption of tho oxpulsion ‘of Mr. Wilson, so- crel, but thero is anid £o bo good reason for bo- lioving Liat o largo majority of tho Convontion voted against ordering & now striko, Tho out- rages of the atrike indulged in by the Brothor- hood last year in Missouri would mako this wol~ como nows to ovorybody. Gov. Shephord, in compliancowiky tho request of tho District of Columbia Invsiigating Corm- mitteo, Lns subultted copie’s of tho 1,032 con- tracts mado by Lis Board vyr Publio Works, and a statomont of exponsea gng recoipts and indobt- cduess, Tho Bonr’, payo recolved, up to March 1, $16°)50050 aud hove spont B14,003,052. P10y owo 94,652,058, and bavo ussols e’ 1 4o ©3,70,207. Gov. Sheplerd dwolls ab” b on thio contrast bobweon tho 2476, 117 gpont by Uho citizous of tho District B’ . 1802 in its improvomont and tho niggardly * 31,116,706 syont by tho National Goverument, Ho proposcs that tho Nationl Govornment ro- Suburss tho District for whnt it ks thus spont to beautify tho Notional Caplial, aud also as- The “two-million comma,” a3 It is called, proves to the satisfaction of taspayors not to bo £0 sorious o matter after all. Tho Treasury Do~ ! partmout roports that tho whole amount of dr tlos which hns beon refunded on fruits, » = tho intrusivo comma throw into tho fres 4% 371,000, aud tho amount duo aud unpy’ ““‘;n‘“ sumo o falr sharo of tho futuro curront ox- 000, Thin ismuch fows than wagat % S | onugs, 1o ingoutously atiompts to divast tho but is ouough to make it worth wt B ¢ i vation of the unpaid city omployes aguitist ailoto provont any more such oxpensive blund® of ougtossed bills, Mr. Corcoran and his follow-momorinlists by say- ing thiat tho credit of tho City Goverumont was 8o called in quostion by their grave and un- founded chinrges that it was found nccessary to abandon tho schomo in progress for a uow loaa, which wonld have ensbled him to pey them, school-teachers and all, e .era in tho systom P uced into tho Ontario _asged, will givo thewomen s rights that Massachusotts rofuse lo their Abby Smiths 5. It provides that in yoting in cctions, and in elections crenting unsis of suffrage shall bo roal prop- Abill bas boen intro Parliomont which, if r of that Provinco thr and Connecticut and Mrs. Foste: mavicipal of debta, tho* Becretary Richardson and Gou, Butler have not Dbeon ablo to suppros tho facts counccted with ity ¥ tho nwindlo known a8 the Sauborn contracts. onge B "mpms"fmm I ::’ l:\':? :::‘:::' In our Now York dispatchos, wo give this morn- gy pXoolon, sucwomen Whe a8 SOk fug for tho first timo fho story of ouoof tho Jors havo the same electornl rights as the woist frauds connected with the fraud- A e breeding Administration of the lnst six Pho Nation bas renderod o publio sorvico by | yagrs, It contains not owly tho infor- showing one reagon why the railrond companies recently declined to haul postal curs for the suws puid thom, This ronson was tho fnordi- pate number of dead-heads who claimed the tight to ride freo all ovor tho country, a8 far and asoftenay thoy plensed. 'Tho list of * Speoial Agents of the Post-Ofiice Department™ not vuly Included all tho big men in the Departmont, _ but all who hang round it; and in this list woro found Gen. 0. E. Babeock, Gen. Horaco Porter, JamesT. Ely, Robort L. Douglas, of the per- sonal staff of tho President, and tho inevitablo Mullott, the Government Architect, who have tbout a8 much connection with the Post-Oflice Dopnrtment ag they have with the Public Library of Chicago. mation that wus forced out of the Secrotary of tho Troasury by tho House of Roprosentatives, but some additional and importaut facts ob- tained from District Attorney Tenuey, of Broolk- Iyn, who is conducting tho prosccution there againyt Sanborn, and from au Informer whom Bauborn chonted, and from other ‘sources in tho possession of the Now York Tribune. This mass of tostimony implicatos ox-Sectetary Boutwell, Boeretary Richnrdson, Assistaut Scerotory Saw- yor, Solicitor Banfleld, Gen. Butler, and Georgo Dliss, Ir., tho United Stutos District Attornoy in Now York, in something that looks disagroenbly liko conspiracy, The law by which this moun- tain of fraud was made wont through Congress as o rider to the Approprintion bill of 1872, Under this law, authorizing tho Secretary of the Tronsury to employ threo persons to assist the rogular intornal rovonuo oflicers in colleoting taxos, Sauborn haa boou given, iu threo contracts, the particalnrs of which are statéd, tho collection of $12,000,000 of taxes, of which $6,000,000 willgo to himsolf and his confedorates, whor- evar thoy nro, in the ‘Froasury, or Congress, or olgowhero. Onoof tho worst features of tho buginess is that by an order givon by Secratary Boutwoll,in bis own bandwriting, Sanborn wan allowed to examine thobooks of all the Assessors and Colleetors in tho country. This gave him thio knowledgo nnd the autbority by which to au- ticipato tho regular oficials, and collect at o cost of 50 por cent taxes that might have boen se- cured withont troublo or extra cost. Thd lnw un- der which those coniracts, yielding Sanborn noar- ly o quarter of o million income a yoar, wero given, ig still in force. 4 — As was prodicted at the timo, the political part taken by tho farmers 8o succossfully in the elec- tions for county ofiicers lagt yoar was but the preliminary drill which would fit thom to defeat tho old politicians on a wider flold. The farm- ers of the Ninoteonth Congressional District of this Stats havo taken o step forward in determining to rTun & candidate for Congress next fall. At a Conveution Leld on Triday last by tho Formors' Asso- ciation of the district, at Fairfiold, a call was issued for a Delegato Conveutiou to bo held ab Onrmni on Aug. 12 to maka the nomination of o Represontative in Congress in belielf of the Tarmers' Clubs, Thisis the third Congressional District in tho Stato in which the farmors havo takon this action, and it will be followed iu most of the othors. ‘Wo rosign a large parl of our spaco this morn- ing to the specch mude by Senator Schurz on tho currenoy question, lust Tuesday, in roply to Sonators Morton, Logan, Cameron, Merrimon, and others, Wodo not exaggorate in saying that this is tho greatost forensic effort ever made in this country on o flnancial topio, and probably the greatest over mado in auy country. ‘[hoyo are porhaps two or threo points of minor importanco—mero mattors .of dotail—in which wa should uot bo ablo to agreo with Mr. Sohurz, but both in its general scope and its mivute il- lugtration wo regard it ng masterly, profound, and unangwersblo. It also possosses tho raror morit of boing plain enough for everybody to un- dorstand, In tho hauds of Mr, Schurz, his op- ponouta in the dobato bocomo objocts of pity. “Iho digjecta membra of Morton, Logan, and Camoron aro loft Iying about tho Sonato Chum- bor in most admired disordor, e ) ‘The Chicago praduce matkots wero rather quio on 8aturday, and-geniorally stondy. Mous pork was firnior and higher, closing 0t 813.80@18.99 ensh or soller Mavol, and $14,25@14.90 sollor April. Lard was in folr demand and fiumer, closing at $8.55@ 8.60 cnsh or sollor Marok, and 88.77,6@8.80 soll- or April. Ments woro fugood demand and fully 3¢o higher, at 53(@B4o for shouldors ; 15{@T40 for short ribs ; and T@730 for short cloar. Drossad hogs wore qulot and casior at £0.00@ £.16por 100 1bs, Highwines woro jn fair de- mand, and unchanged, at 93¢ per gallon, Flour was dull and stondy, Wheat was loss sctive, aud o shade lower, closing at $1,185¢ seller Marob, and 1,10 seller April. Corn way quict and o shiade fiemer, closing st 5TX{@5796 cash, und 634@08% wollor April, Oats woro quict and firm, closing at 429 casl, and 4830 soller Apiil. Ttye was qulot and unchanged at 85s for frosh rocoipts. Barloy was dull and easlor at. $1.50@ 1,60, and $1.44@1,45 for fresh recoipta of Noa, 2 POOR HR, FURBIS, Oulr sympathios aro oxtonded to Mr. John 3, Forbes, of Doston, aud his politicul friends, Qn Friday nfternoon Mr. Forbes and otlier londors of tho Ropublican party, roprasonting the mer- chants of Douston at Washingtow, telegraphed liomo tho Morchants’ Exchango ag follows ; Wasumiaron, Feb, 27, o the Ton, A, I, Tice, Alpheus lardy, John Camuminiz, J. . Dunsarth, and olhers, Merchants® Exchange, lius. ton, urs.: Wolisve performod lio duty with which we wero churged, sud bavo faid before the President, Senator Boutwell, aud others, such views aud facts g will tend to correct tho Jdea tlint o sfuglo member rules tho wholo delegation sud Commonwealth of Mussachu- setts, Wolopo {ho result may euablo you to dispel anather error, which Lina becu industriously efrou- Tated, und which fa cminently coleulutod (o injure the well-tarned fame of onr Prestdent, und to dsturd tho Lavmony of the greut Republican parly, nuoly, that tuo same uniduofous party vuna the President, (Sigued) J. M, Founes, Chatrman, While Mr, Forbes aud hia callougues wore pon- ning ihis dispatel, which was to dispol the error that was so eminontly calouintod to injuro the well-carniod famo of tho Yresident, thut the + gamo audacious pacty (Den Butlor] ruus tho Proesident,” Butlor himself was writing another Qispatel i the followlnyg termn ¢ . WasHINGTON, Fob, 47, T Genrga 1, Baliieln, Hoston : Your courtcous congeatulations recolved, In the trlumpls of tho poor Loy, the soldier aud tho desorv- Jugr man, thio right of tho pooplo to the Lighost obice of tho Govornmont s vindleated ; wod your thanke oreduo to the firm and manly «ction of President Grant—tho mun of the people—and not tome, I join you fn your congratulutious, (Blgued) Braw, ¥, Durees, Pheso two dinpatohoes, Forbos' sud Butler's, went ovor the wires togother, and ono way rend b tho Morchants® xchango and the other ab tue Parkor Ilouso ; tho one declaring that the Prosidont was not run by the audacious Butler, and the othor that all tho crodit of Bimmons! porhaps, was tho ndulation of Boncon streok so suddenty turnod to tho uses of pasquinndo. Mr. Forbon and lis collenguos wont to Waeh- Inglon really roprorentig all that was por- sonally respeatablo in the Ropublican party of Mnasachasotts, They wonl thero to romon- strato ngainet (ho appointmont of a more partisan Lummor and local stekor of Don Bullor's, Thoy oxhibited thomsolves in nll their respectability to tho Sennta and tho Presi- dont. Iaving dono this, thoy telographed back that all was right; careylng tho idon thab the Presidont would withdraw tho nomination of Simmons. At that very moment Butler was sonding grooting to nll MMnsenchusctts that tho erodit of Blmmons’ nppioiutmont was duo to tho “firm and manly nction of tho Prosident,” and Butlor's dispatels wns true, whilo Mr. Forbos' was not. Onc-half of Boston shouted for joy ihat it was truo that the Prosident was “run by Butler, rud tho othor half shouted thoir do- light (hal ho was not. Mr, Forbou and lug friwndn doserved procisely what thoy recoived. What did thoy protest ngainst 2 Did thoy sy to tho President that the Ttopublican party of Massachusotts wore disgust- ed with the goneral abusos of tho Civil Service ; disgustod with the mode in which important oflices wore filled ; disgusted with tho Excoutive wenknoss in consenting to remove competent mon ut the bidding of any Senntor or Roprosonte ative, nud the appointmont of any porsonnsl ro- Lainer of such Senator or Represontative ? Did ihoy tell him that the Civil Sorvice was rotton and corrupt from Maino to Toxas and Oregon ? Did thoy toll bim that the caso of Simmons was merely nuothor illustration of the universal rulo upon which Executive patronago was distributed in ovory State in tho Union? Thoy said noth- ing of tho kind, 'hoy soid, In substonco if not in words, that thoy admired the Prosi- dont nnd his way of doing things, sud that tho *“wall-earned famo” he had aequired through the appointment of Murphy, Cnsoy, Kramer, “8ilo" Hudson, ¢¢ al., should not now Do tarvished by appointing alow follow like Simmons ! Mr. Forbes and his colloagues will receive no sympathy from sny quartor, for thoy stand upon ground no botter than But- ler's, - - Aftor tho defeat, and whon all Boston was ringing with tho news that Butlor did * run thio Presidont,” Mr. Forbes sat down and wroto the following melancholy coufession : WasurNoToy, Feb, 27, Tothe Hon, A, H, Itice, Alpheus Hardy, Joln Cummings, J, H. Danforth, and others, Merchanta® Exzchunge, Hos ton: Sineo tho Committeo telegraphed you, the Sght hore faover, Tho fight ut home 1 to come, Wa proposo to keop tho Ropublicsn party of Massachusolts whero Jolim A, Audrew loft it, Jomx M, Fonnes, ‘With much respeot for Mr. Forbes' intentions, ‘wo beg loavo to say that his second dispatch is as fallncious ns his divat one, It iscquivalont to woying: Wo proposo to keop the Republican party of the Union where Abraham Liucoln left it. The thing enunot bo dono,and, if it could be done, Mr. Forbes' way of doing it would bo n forodoomed failure. THE TICHBORNE CASE. The cablo dispatehiea bring the gratifying in- teliigenco that tho tedious Tichborne case hns como to & close, and that tho bogus Claimaut, Arthur Orlon, hns beeu sontenced to fourteon yours' ponal sorvitudo for porjuty aud forgory, which secures tho world o long roit and probably sottles the caso forever. At tho expiration of Distorm of imprisonment, tho Jlaimaut, if Lo survives, will probably deoido to make his living in some other manhner than by stealing an es. tate. The circumstances surrounding the two trinly Thave beon romantic in the bighest degree, nud tho pertinancity with which for nearly four yonra thia Arthur Orton, tho butshor, has main- tained bis identity as tho son of Lady Tich- Dboruo, and the sympaiby which he has aroused in Engloud, constituto his case onoSr the most romarkable in the whole history of impoatures, The legal foatures of it have boon no less ro- markable, and ontitle it to bo known as o cause celebre in tho aunals of tho courts. Tho firat suit which was brought, and which iuvolved the validity of bLis claim, lasted noarly & year, and rosulted in o disagrooment of tho jury; but loft the impression in the minds of two-thirds of tho peoplo of Eogland that tho Claimant was in reality Rogor Tichborne, This symputhy aroso almost ecutirely from the fact that Lo Liad been recognizod by Lady Tichborne, who is & very old Indy, and sowo of the sorvants, who fiad been connected with the family over bulf o contury, s tho long-lost son and hoir,— o fact which is not remarkeblo, considoring that ‘the genuino Rogor Tichborno had boon sbsent noarly a quarter of o contury, and that Orton bore & strong resemblanco to tho Tichborne fomily, boing, in all probability, an illegiti- mato son of Sir Rogor Tichborno. Ho came from the ssme mnoighborhood, and was Samiliar with tho history and _.evonts of tho family, and this enabled him to carry out the impomtion with tha groater oase. Tho mejor~ ity of the people of Eugland, therofore, sympa- thized with him, looked upon tho offorts of tho prosecution 28 tho persccution of an innocont man and the rightrul Loir to tho cstate, and thoir sympathy took n matorial form. Thoy subscribed hborally to aid him to carry on his first suit and to dofond himself in thosecond, Thoy lurrahed for hit aud fersted him. He madon triumphaut tour of England, and ovorywhore the multitude thronged to sco him and console him. ‘They bought Wichborne bouds which wera rodeomable whon tho ‘‘rightful bheir” should como to Lis own, and, a8 the heir has now como to bis rightful place, the bonds aro ouly worth thefr valuo as waste papor. At tho conclusion of tho firat trial the jury dlsagreod, and Arthur Orton was then brought to trlal for porjury und forgory, growing out of Lis testimony 1 the first trial, and hiy conspira- oy with othors in the manufacturo of documents, It is not at all improbablo that, o would have beeu goquitted hnd it not beon for an unfore- soen clreumstanco, Whon the wituoss Joan Luuio was placed upon the stand, he swore toan areay of fucts which seemed absolutely conolu- sive fu Orton’s favor, The proscoution, assistod Dby some of the ublost bmristers in England, spout soveral daye in trylng to controvert his statoments, Although hoe was subjectod to s torribly sovore cross-oxsmination, ho mnever crossod his tracks, but in voalily strongihe enad his direct oxamination, 'he caso scomad hopeless, snd might lhave boon lout hnd it not heen for tho vanity of Joan Luie. ITe was tho horo of tlio day, aud in un unlucky mo- ‘ment allowed himsol? to bo protographed. His pleture was apoodily in almost every shop-win- dow in London, and ho wau soon recognized as a tickot-of-leavo wan, who, during nll the timo that he clafmed lio was with Otton, was fu ronl- ity in thc DPeniteutinry at Dristel, 1o in turn wes orrestod for porjury, aud theon ho mndo = voluntary confession and 8, Live hogs were noglected and lower, | appoiniment was duc to the Trosldont, Nover, that the whole story which kLo had told on tho wituens-stand was manufactured for him by ono of Orlon's counsel, and that ho com- mittod it to momory and swore to ita truth in court for n conerdlorntion. 'Ihis wes tho death- blow to the case, and not only declded it so far 08 the Court was concorned, but turned tho tido of popular foeling ngainat Orlon. Tho finel disposition of the coss ju o rolief, and the punishmont which has ovortaken the impostor is nono too sovero for his offonse, It will never- tholess always remaln n mystery, siranger thon the mysteries of any fiction, how this man, who was at bost an lllitorato, ignorant butchor, wna ablo to put togothor o mtory with such con- summatoskill ns to Loflo ho ingonuity and learning of the ablest Invyors In Tugland for noarly four yoars, aud to doludo two-thirds of tho peoplo of that country into tho boliof that, Lis story was true, and that ho was a porsecuted murtyr, AN EMBARRASSING LEGAL OPINION, Tho Ropublican newspapors of Wisconsin aro to Lo pitisd, Thoy have boon closoly watehing the conduct of Gov, Taylor and tho Reform Log- ialaturo with tho hope of discoveriug somo mis- tako or willful misdomennor out of which somo political cepital conid bo mado; but, up to the presont writing, wise counsols have provailed, aud tho Roform ship Las sniled grandly on over o #mooth gon, with sproadiug sails and & pros- porous brooze. The varions phases of tho Rallroad question wore 80 many rocks in the fervid Imsgination of par- tissn Ropublioans, upon which the Reform movement was to striko and go to piccos, and thus mako it an easy task for them to rogain their lost power in the State next fall, and eloct tho noxt United States Sonator. But thoy have Dbeou doomed to disappointment. Tho railrond and clevator business is already practically sot- tlod fo tho satlsftion of the’ people, for tho time hoing at all events, and everybody is of tho opinion that the Reformers are doing aswell as could bo expootod. Noy, they havo dono much botter tham many mon who voted with thom dared to hope. Thoy havo ccon- omized in many partioulars whore the Ropublicans havo boon lavish, and bave not in- curred any now and extravagant oxpenditures. They have stubboraly refused to pass efthor tho Calking or the ** Pump” Carpenter printing stonl, both of which, tho render will remember, wore pasged by the Ropublican Legislaturo of lnst year, but vetoed by Gov. Washburn, Both of theso old claims have been presentod at this sossion, Lut they sleep the sleop of donth in tho hands of the Committoes. What makes it especiaily provoking is, that both Col. Calkivs and Curpentor aro conspicuons and ardent Reformers, and probably did as much to carry tho Stato for Taylor as any other two men in Wisconsin, and it was oxpectod by the Ropub- Heans that thoso two claims would bo allowed, which would bove mado an excollont toxt for their stump-orators uext fall. But no political capitnl will bo made in that direction, and vir- tuous orators of the Crodit Mobiler and back-pay grab sort will not burst over approprintions from tho Btato Trensury to pay printlug accounts that hiavo been twico sottled. But recently Gov. Taylor has granted certain cortificates to the Wisconsin Cen- tral Railrond, solting forth that tho said Company has built corlain sections of its road, —n8 lio was advined to do by the Attorney-Gen- eral of thio Stato and other reliablo legal author- itios,—whoroupon all the Ropublican nows- papors sct up a prodigious howl that Taylor had gold himeolt to the corporations, cheated the people, ete., ote. Hore wau a point to be made againt Gov. Taylor snd tho Roeform puty, ond tho cnse wes being judi- ciously worked up, when thd Republi- can onthusinem is damponed by the publication of two lottors from no less porsonages than Senator énrpuntor and bis law-partner, saying that thoy lavo “ exnmined the case, and are clearly of the opinion tat tho Companyis en- titled to tho certificates,” Of course this is o stunuer, for is not Carpenter s groat legal, morgl, and politica light whoso penotrating rays . illungnnte and sublimate evorything thoy touch ? 18 lio not the leader of tho Republican party in Wiscousin, and, bolng such, Is not Gov. Taylor perfectly safo in trusting that Lis ad- vieco will bo nccoptablo to his followers? Horo is a dilemma. To condomn Taylor for granting the certificates, is to condemn Mr. Matt H. Carpentor for giving tho logal advico upon which thoy woro issucd. And, under those _circumstances, wo do not sce how Gov. Taylor's action in this enso can bo used to his disadvan- tago by lLis political opponents, Neithor do wa 800 bow Sonator Carpentor can goupon the stump noxt fall and canvass tho State for his re-olection to the Senato, and doclaim against Taylorand his party, with this letter of advico staring him in the faco. A correspondont of tho Boston Journal of Commieree, who is o nativo Philadelphian, givea rafher startling description of the mauner in which things are conducted at tho luxurious leadquartera of the Centennial management in that city. Among otlior facts, he has obtainud o list of some of tho names and salories paid, of which the following aro n samplo Thumws Wobstor, spociul Hterary service month, .., Wilifun B, ol Mm'hrt, eneral editor fifluoncer “ Alternata " Dinke, u Connectiont man,, - Potlt (don't kuow what ho does)... Churles 1, Norton (dou't know what Lie Tho * special Htorary wsorvicos ™ mentioned abovo consist of copylug eivculars,—z job which bundreds of people in Philadelphia would bo glad to undorluke ny $100 por month, Tho gan- oral editor * fufineucor " who is drawing 8300 por mouth ought to bo ent off ontirely, Judg- ing from tho manner in which the ontire preus of tho United Biatos outsido of Pennsylvauis iy pitching Into the Pluladelphis show, he isu's earning 8 conla n month, . -— Aftor months of talking about rotronchment, aftor monthh of huntwg for the lonk in tho Natlonal I'roasury, nfter scores of eloquont speoches, and aftor long agonlziuglof tha Appro- printions Committoe, the leak lns been found. 1t was o fomalo copylst in tho Filth Auditor's ollico of tho [utorior Dopartment, Tho country Lt got rid of hor and $85.40 hnve boon saved. This {8 oncouraging. Now Congress can go ahoad and order improvemonts of ulil sorts, for tho national debt 18 no longer in dangor. Tho superfinous woman hag beon forrotod out, Lot us bo thunliful that the long and woearlsome tosk in nt un end, and thut the haxd {ask of retrench- ‘mont {8 no longer nocossry. e San Francisco wants a City Ilall, and, having no ready money, proposes to raise $2,000,000 on bonds to bulld one, The Bullelin urgues tho potut thug: 1f the sum of 82,000,000 Lo Lorrowod, an sunual sum of 140,000 must bo raised to pay intorost upon it, Lot tho interest bo raisod by taxation and appliad direotly to the gradual complotion of the building. At tho oxplration of & fow yoars, tho city would own tho building and, haying nodobt to pay oft, would find itaelf the gainor by 2,000,000, ‘Tho Bulletin'a roasoning appears logioal euouh to tox-payers, though 1t bo propostesoud to taz-oaters, SANBORN, BUTLER &CO. How they Set TUp a Profita- ble Collection Agency. The United States Hired Them to Do Its Business, Being on the Make, They Were Not Unsuccessful, Three Characteristic Contracts and Their Partial Ful- fillment, Half of the Collections Go to the Government, The Other Half Divided Betweon the Conspirators, A Nest of Thicves in the Treasury De- . partment. The 'Whele Matter Looks Black for “the Party,” Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, New Yonr, March 1.—Efforts have Leen mado at Washington to dolay and suppross tho report of tho Seccretary of the Treasury on the Banborn contracts, but the Zribune of this clty hns sc- cured &.copy, and to-morrow will publish fiveor six columns, showing the full history of what it enlls “tho biggast conapiracy of tho ago.” Tho official roport does not contain somo importaut faots proviously in possession of tho Tribune and of District-Attorney Tonnoy, of Brooklyn, tho ofil- cor who brings the oharges against Sanborn, Vandorwerkon, aud Huwloy for conspiracy. Tho Tribune has compared its facts with thoso of Tonnoy ; and, with thejadditional testimony fur- nishad by tho roport of Richardson, it a enabled to complote the evidenca of . THE CONSPIRACY. This couspiracy involves George 8. Boutwall, ‘W. E, C. Banfiold, Willinm A. Richardson, and Fred A. Sawyor, of the Treasury Departmont; Gen. B, P. Butlor, John D. Sanborn, and Georgo Bliss, Jx., United Statos District Attor- noy of this District. It is shown tlat tho whole schomo was planned years ngo; that n specinl law was emuggled through Congress to cover the swindle; and that, to carry it out, tho wholo forco of Supervisors and Collectors of Internal Ttevenuo and the Unitod States Courts' machin- ory have beon uged by Sauborn and bis confod- oratos. ‘Tlio specinl net was attached to the Loglsla- tive, Exacutivo, and Judicial Appropriatiou bill of May, 1872. It was attached ng an amondmont in {ho Sonnte, being introduced Ly Sonator Saw- vor, and lmrriod through the Houso by Bofler, although Farneworth, of Ii- linois, domounced it as & comupt mensure contemplating great frauds on the rove- uue. It authorizad the employment of threo peruons to assist tho revenuo ofticiats in discov- oring and collecting taxes duo tho Govorument. Banborn, John Clark, snd Malcolm Campbell were employed, but Sanbora soon got & monopoly of tha busineen. BANDIORN WAS DUTLER'S MAN. Instead of nssisting the rovenue officers to Qiscover taxes due, Sauborn scon began using the rovenue oflicors to assiet him ; aud this was done under an order from Boutwoll, in his own handwriting. This remarkablo lettor, which places all tho Asscssors’ and Collectors’ bookn in the country at Sauboru’s disposal, was writton by Boutwoll, and sigued by him in person, but doos not appoar in tho report. He does not ap- pear to Lavo lind courago to sign the Sanborn contract, which gave Sanborn 50 per cont of il his collcctions, but Acting Sccrotary Richardson wigued for Liny, BOUTWELL'S SARE. The pressuro which must have been brought: upon Boutwell to induce him to sign this lotter must have boon somathing tervible, for it clearly conncets him with the foul couspiracy. Not ouly tho rovenuo oflicors but the United States Conrts wore losned to Sanford to aid him in weking collections, o used the rovenue books to discover what taxes wero duo. 1Mo used tho courts to compel obstinate dolinquents to settlo up, The roportcontains two lottors from Solicilor Banfleld to District Attornoy Blisw, of Now York, and Willinm MeMichael, of Philadelphis, diract- ing them to_briug suit against any porson San- born named ss delinquent, and fo notify all Collectors not to collect tho taxes of porsons mnamed in Sanborn’s con- tracts, Thus it will bo goon that Sauborn could inspoct tho books of any Assessor and pick out the largost claims against porsons or corporations; provont tho Collector iu that dis- tuct from taking tho monoy, oxen If the tax- puyer offored ~ to poy it eud thet whonevor nny _ome offorod to pay Smoborn, tho District Altornoy apphiod TIE BQUELZING PROCESS, o8 the suits woro calied. Sanboin obtained threo sopurato coutracts. Tho first one was {o recover the whisky-tax due by thirty-cight dis- tillers and rectifiors in this city. whosa names uro givon in tho roport. This information, the ¥ribune snys, wne uever collected by Banborn, but a poor old informor was cheatod out of it, The information had beon lodged with Bliss in this city, and was submittod by him to a conferonce, consisting of Dnut\rn]l, then BSecrolury Of tho fTransury, Richurd- con, Sawyor, Butlor, and Sanborn, ot the TFifth Avenue Totel. Tho clnim agninst tho distillors was catimated st $6.000,~ 000, 1t was agroed to give the informor 75,000 for hin oleim o tho moistios as informer, and turn the wholo mattor over to Sanborn, This ig TIE DASIS OF IS FINST CONTRACT. Tho Tribune says that during the campaign of 1872 the statomont of this whole transuction was pubmitted to it for publication. Tho Informer hiad beon cheated ont of his 75,000, and in ro- vonge wanted to publish thefnct, This was nbout 2 month boforo the oloction, Greoley was not satistled fully of tho truth of tho statement, and rofused to publiuh it. Fhe roport now pub- lished confirms tho statemont of two yoars ago in many rospects, and convincos pll who roud it thon of it entire nccurnoy, HANIOLN'S SECOND CONTRACT was for logney und succossion taxes. Ho soems to hove rummnged the Assessors' books in all parts of the Bestern Blutos for fut ocatules and inhoritancee, and to have lnid claim to ali, thus preventing the regular Collestors trom colleot- ng them without cost to tho Goverument. ilia contruct covers 2,452 names, including the ostatos of ol millioniros au John J. Pliclps, whoeo son, Willlam Walier Phelps, is now Congross fighting this frapd; Willium Cur- tis Noyes; Dunjamin Nuthan, the mur- dored Jow-milliounire of thws city; Will fom Btoiuway, {ho plano-malior, and secoros of others w8 prominont, Noue of the taxes had boon rofused, and ail had boen rogulnily nesessed, and in Ling would huvo beon callosted by the rogulnr Unitod Statos Colloctor without oxtra cont to tho Govornmont. But Sanford wont to work, and in & yonr and o month collocted 1562 of theso claims, for which he rocelved §173,103.37, wnd of whioh Lo gob ono-half. 1f tho contruot iv uot roxoinded, ah it probubly will bo nftor this fright- ful oxpositre, tho other 2,200 claims, it is esti- matod, will yiold about $2500,000 mora, of whish Banborn and his confederntos will got one-half, BANHORN'S THIND CONTRACT was for yecovory of taxes duo by railroads for dividonds und interest paid upon bouds, Ho numed vory noarly all Lo 1fironds in the coun- try as subjoct to this tax, 'Tho olicial list con- talus G00° of thom, Including groat number in Illinois, Michigan und Missourl, Ninotoon of tho number huve nlrfind{ pald Sanborn tho total num of $254,927,33, of which ho rotuined ono-holf, At this rato the contract will ylold Hunborn at loast $3,000,000, Hotwoon nllrom]u, Whigky, ana logacy and Buccossion taxos, it is caloulated tho shsro of Bauborn, Butler & Co., canuot well bo losa than €5,000,000, if tho contruot 18 nos rosoludod. 110" 10" astlmatod by _tho Zvibune that ime ‘mengo amounta alrondy collocted havo not boon !mm in, but the maiey rotained at intercat at ho will of Sauborn, It s doclarod safo Lo sny hat 812,000,000 are oxpected to bo pald Into tho Trensury under ihoso tllrnu Banborn schedulon, §00,000,000 of which will, of course, go back again to Banborn, THE WIOLE: RUM might have bean collestod by the regular Col- loctors without oxtra cost, I’raunblr tho worst_featuro of this infamous contract Is that under the law the Becratary could allow Sanborn to rotain tho whole amount if ho go dosired. Amoung othor tables in the ro- port is ono showing BANNODN'S REOKIPTS for a year and forty-gight days, Tho total col- leotions amount to' §4%7,080, Banborn's sharo was $213,500, ———— ‘WASHINGTON GOSSIP, Special Dispateh to The Chiengo Tribune, ‘Wasmnaton, D, 0., March 1,—Notwithstand- ing tho ondloss trouble that has beon Lind in the offort to seouro coplos of all the papors having roforenco to the Banborn caso, 1t apponrs that some of thom lLinve boon withhold by tho Boora- tary of tho Tronsury. Recont events go to show that thoro is good reason to bolieve that, whilo tho law and tho contracts contomplatod tho col- loction of tho dolinquent taxes by Sanborn, and ot big oxponso, the Internal Rovenuo officors Tiave, undor ordors from the Tronsury Dopart- ment, really mado tho collections ot tiio exponso of tho Govornmont, turning ovor one-half to Sanborn. The Inw spocially provided that col~ lection of dnllx:flunm intornnl taxes shall bo wndo undor the direction of the Intornal Rov- enuo Butcau, Whon the Inw was passed under which tho Sanborn and similar contrasts woro mado, how- avor, by an order of Solicitor Banflold's, signod Ly Boutwoll, tho entiro matter was tulon out of the hands of tho Commissioner of Internal Tovenue, INSTRUCTIONS WERE I8SUED that intornal revonuo officials should, upon Ban- born's demaud, roport casos to the District At- tornoys for logal procoodings. This order, which was speciaily designed by the Ways and Moans Committes, was mnot sent to thom by Richarason. o will bo visited personnlly by mombers of the Committeo nud roquested to furnish it, and if it is not then fortheoming, auother resolution forits produc- tion will b submitted, In gome_instances whoro such ordors have been issued the Commiasionor of Intornal Rov~ onuo had directed Lis oflicers, prior to Ban~ born’s application, to procosed and recover the taxes, —_— RAILROAD LABORERS. Conclusions Reached by the Enzincers® Convention at Clevelands Proposed Strike of Mechanics on the Leading Roads. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, CLevELAND, O., March 1,—Ths Engincors’ Con vention adjourned Ingt night, aud tho mojority of the mombors loft at onco for homo, Notwith- standivg tho oxtraordinary offorts to keop the prococdings secrot, the dotnils of thoir work aro now fully known, Tho majority which domand- od tho resignation of Chiof Engincor Wilion was 120 to 18, A large majority was at first in favor of an fmmadints strico. THE ANTI-SRIKERS, howover, inciuded tho strongost. and best mon on the Council, aud thoir firnuess and good sonse paved the Vrotherhood, tomporarily at loast, from nwerious mistaie. Allof Thursday was spout fn n winnglo over o proposition looking to a general stiike, and at tho othor of cowardico, and tho Iatter replying tht thoir opponents wore cndoavoring to care tho Brothorbood hendlong into a contest whicl would result in dofont and ruin. Tho discussion was renowed, in n somewhat calmor tono, on Friday, but waxed hot ag it pro- coeded, and at ono Limen Lolt of auti-strikers wao soriously throntened. This had tho ellect to tone down tho othor clement, the more con- sorvalivo portion of which urged some middle ground upon which the oxtromes might moot. Hubsequeutly A COMPROMISE was sgreed upow, which contemplates sirilo only m certain future contingoncios, ‘whereas tho domaud of tho cloment 1n favor of = strile wus that it should bo inaugurated at once. Undor this arrangoment it is undoratood that a demand will Lo made upon all railrond companics that have made reductions in tho wages of their anginoers to reators tiom to the former figures ; and if this is not complied with a genoral strike will be ordered. CONSIDEIATILE CONTROVERSY wascaused by the question whother, fn the avent of corluin roads conceding tho -domand for res- toraiion, and others refusing, the ongineers on the formor roads should bo callodupon to strika with thoso of the lattor, and it was determined that iu cuso of n nocessily arising for & trike on au of tho through lines it should become genoral, ‘Numerous propositions wero submitted, look- ing to importaut amendmouts to tho Conatitu- tion, moro particularly with rogard to restrict ing tho powers of the Grand Chief Inginoor, which, it was the goneral view of the mombors, are at prosent too Lroad. o question of s strike, theraforo, doponds on whothor tho railvonds will or will not advance tho pay of the engincors to anto-panio rates. A MACHINISTS' BTRIKE. A tologram recoived from the Superintondont of tho Central Road, by tho Gonorsl Manager of tho Luko Shoro Road, this moraing, says John Tolirenbateh, of Cleveland, Prosidont of the an Maclinists' Blaoksmiths' ~ Union, is working up o stiko of gl tho machinists on _tha loading roads. Ho roprosonts to the Now York Contenl ma- chinigts that tho mon on tho Linke Shore, Erie, Ponnsylvanin, sud all tho leading Wostorn roads are ready to striko at a given signal, TFolireuotoh on Priday triod to got through tho Engincers' Council a rosolution prohibiting the ongincors whoso engines becomo disabled from dommg work in tho shops to ropair thom. Tho resclution was dofastod by n closo vote,, Fohron- batch i & nowy, rockless Communist,—n pont and o nuisance {0 tho outiro labor syatom of tho State. ‘Tho dispatch roferred to asked if ho could ot b Lold by lnur a8 & conspisalor. ALl the railrond authoritios hore aro APPREHENSIVE OF BERIOUS TROUDLE, a9 n0 advanss of wagos can bo mad under the presont condition of business. THE WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE. Procecdings Snturday Afterncon and Evening. Svecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. MantsoN, Wis., March 1.—The Assombly, at an afternoon scossion Saturday, considered a very large general filo in Committoe of tho ‘Whole, and ordered a number of bills ongrossed, whilo twonty-one bills wore indofinitoly pos poned, fncluding & bill to preseribo s maxi- num rate of charges for raflroad transportation, regulatiug the consliuotion of railrond-cross- inge, nuthorizing the removal of a portion of the tracks of tho Wisconsiu Contral and Milwan- kee, Loko Bhore & Wostern Railronda; to provent towns, countios, and vities from voting Aid to ratlronds after thoy have boen builf, and from voting aid in suy caso amountiug to moro than_ 10" por cent of thoir valuation ; umonding the laws rogulating the business of firo and lifo insurance compnuios. A 1n the onnte, ut nn evening session, motions woro made to postpons till 2londay to roconsider tho coneurronce in the Assembly bill limiting {he corporate powors of counties, and cuttlug ot tho oxtra pay of tho Sposkor of the Assembly. Bills wore concurred in_ sllowing attorneys' feos in County Courts, authorizing Qounty Judges {o hiold courts for ench other, and conferring cer< talu powors on County Clerke iu cortain cnses, RELIGIOUS, Jteligions Intorest at Morris, Xl Correspondence of Lhe Chicago Tribune, Monuts, I, Feb, +37.—For s long timo, dally noon_ prayor-mootings have boon sus- tainod in tho business purt of the oity, A convoniont ball has boon noatly fittad up, aurpotod, and with suitable pfctures upon its wflrH . Lvory oveuiug one of tho churchos, and twioo & woelk tha Lwo largest churches, sro fllod with anxious listonors, Tho roligious intorest Ling been remarkable for ita quict and freadom from tho unnutural excltomont which usually churactorizos snch soasons, ‘Tho olorgymen of 2ll donominations work harmoniously m‘gftnnr, sud thoroby have accomplishod great goo The Revival in 8t, Louis, Br, Louts, Maroh 1,— Religions conversions to the numbor of 2,180 aro_snid to hove boon made horo sluce tho Nov, Mr, Hammond in- sugurated ble revival meotiogy sight weeks ago, . the close of that dny's mosting's protty bitter feeling bad grown 1p botweon tho two_partios, ono aceiising WASHINGTON, Gov, Shepherd Has His Say Ahout District Affairs, Obligations of the Government to the Capital City, It Is Only Right that It Should Heip Pay {he Bills. The Prosecution of the Ring Said to Be Malicious, Dawes and Butler---llow They Are Working Togethers Both of Them Making Eyes at the Sen- ate Chamber. The Durell Investigation-~-tVhat ‘Will Come of It. DISTRIOT OF COLUMBIA, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, ‘Wisnixaron, D, O., Maroh 1,—The District Tn- vestigation Committeo will meot to-morrow at 11 o'clock in tho roomiof the Benato Pacfile Railrond Committeo. They expoct that the counsel for tlre momorinlists will submit o statomont of the facts that thoy oxpect to bo mbloto provo, with rogard to tho ovorcharges, falso meagurement, and other frauds alloged to havo beeif committod by the District Governe ment., They will also doubtless submit s list of witnossos whom thoy with to have summonod.’ Boyond this the Committen do not oxpect to do anything ot to-morrow's soesion, They will have Bliephiord's nuswer printed. | ‘The Committeo have concluded to admit nows- paper men, and tho partios divectly Interostad in tho preceedings, but thoy will exolude the mob. THE BOLDIERS' MOME, 1 An effort fs being mado to bavo an investigas tion by Congross into tho affairs of the Soldiors’, Homo'in this District, It is chargod that tho insticution is gonerally mismanaged; that un- wholesome food is provided for the inmuotcs; that the funds of tho concern aro improporly usod; that, although tho law prohibits the poyment of pensions to noy porson other ‘than tho ponsioner, the Trcnsurer of theH oma talies tho ponsion from ponsionora assoon Rs thoy outor the Homo, and that tho poor old veterans ore afraid to go into tho hos- pital-of tho institution because they are told by the surgeon in chargo that thoy do not como to bo cuved but Lo die, and got n docent funeral. GAIFIELD AKD PIATT. § With relation to tho maiter rocently tolo~ graphed implluntinfz Gon, Garflold and Donn Linct with the District Paying ring, thero scoms to be norenson for bolioving that cither Gartiold or Piatt had auy guilly connection thorawith. Tho fact in -~ rolation fo Gerfield sooms to Do, that on the occasion of Col, Pargons' sudden doparture from the city, haviug been called away by sickness in hin family, ho requested Gurilold to mako an argu- ment beforo the Commissionor of Patents as to the lugnlfl_v of tho patent held by Do Golyer aud McClollan, on what s kuown as the Do Golyor now pavement. As o personal favor to Parsons, Garfleld did mako this argumont, and he never expected, nor ha3 Jio over rocoived, a cont for doing so. ‘I'be dis- patches roforred to say that Lo got $10,000 for higinfluonce, He did not indordo tho morits of tho patent; nor tho Compony owning it; bub #imply dolivered &n opinion a8 to tho titlo of DeGolyer and McOletlan to the patent. The ou‘lg way in which Piatt is involved at all, a8 shown by tho lottors rofarred to, is 1n tho fack that he wroto a lottor saying that 1f tho puyc- moant was a8 good a8 it was ropresonted to bo, all the streots of Washington ought to be Iaid with it. In the Capilal, tie morning, bo_ states cmphatically that ba uovar received o cont of the monoy that Parsous got. o also statos that ho will at once suo ond uin attachmont on Parsons’ high-stopping bay, to recover the monoy of which it scoms ho was dofranded, The net result of tho haul, there- fore, appoars to be the catching of Parsons, who ot the timo ne did this littlo log-rolling was Max- shal of the Supremo Court. [0 the Associuted Press.} GOV. BUEPHERD'S ANSWER, ‘WasmivotoN, March 1.—Gov. Shepherd hns ropliad to tho interrogatories propounded by tho Committee to investigato tho affairs of the Dis- trict of Columbia. The papers include the orif- inal contructs made by tho Board of Publio Works, numboring 1,082, togothor with tho orifr- innl, mensuremonts aud vouchors, numbering 10,587, In auswor to the quostion as to TIIE INDEDTEDNESS OF THE OLD CORFORATIONS of Washington aud Goorgotown, sud the Lovy Court, whon the new (iovornment wont into effect, 1t is stated at £5,620,626. Tho bonded debt of the District of Columbia on Jan, 1, 1874, was 95,627,860, Tho present msscssed value of 'mpurfi if now 96,443,072, ns against $70,907,- in 1871, NP EXTIBIT OF THE AUDITOR shows tho actual cogt of the work dono under tho coutract with tho Board of Public Works was loes than b por cont in oxcess of the esti- mated cost, In tcpl{)m the question, What amount, if any, does tho District Govornmont ostithato ought to be paid by the United States for the improve- mouts of public proporty mado by tho Distric Govornment? the anawer is, that tho Board of Public Works, in thoir roport to tho President, dated 1st November last, estimated such indobt~ oduess snd geve tho u[.:gmi;nla at $4,000,870, This, however, is & Bmall portion of TME SUX EQUITABLY DUE DY TUE GOVERNMENT, on account of expenditures mado by the citizens of Washington, in their corporato capacity, fer the improvoment of the stroats and avonues of the city and the roads and thoroughfarcs of otlier parts of tho District. Tho stroots acd avenues uro held in foe-simplo by the Generul Government, according to the decision of tho Supromo Court. Acting undor such congtruc- tion, the Unitod States have, in ono caso, gained 507,480 squaro foct by inclobing stroots in the viemity of the Capitol, which sro worth, accord- ing to tho appraisoment of ndjoining proporty, 676,500, 'I'he Goueral Governmont has aléw retained tho ground reclaimed, by munlfi up tha cunal—worth at the valuation’ of adjoinin= property, $2,500,000. 1 apponrs from THE STATEMENT OF THE REOISTER that, from 1804 to 1871, when tho now Govera- mont went into_operation, 89,109,432 had boou oxpendod by tho citizens undor tho old cor- Furltim\s for public improvemonty. Tho expatid- tures of tho Board of Publia Works sinco the croation of the District Government haverboon, on streets and avenues, $15,562,685; total ex- penditures by oitizons inco 1803, 824,762,117 "Tho amount oxpondod by the United Btatos in samo poriod on streots and avonuon way $4:440,- 700, showing an excess of expenditures by the cltizons ovor the Government on tho improvo- mout of stroots, and avenues, aud roads, nin tontha of which aro uscd ubsolatoly by the Gov= ernmont, of §20,265,411, It is shown that the 1PAL, ESTATE JELD DY THE UNITED HTATES in the District of Columbia fully squals, if it doc 1ot oxcoed, invaluo that owned by citizons. It fs unggosted that, worea plau adopted by which the Government would reimbuxse to the Distriot the umount of uuw(.\md(u},' judobtednesa of tho UnitedBtates on account of lnproyemonts, and anuuslly thoroaftor contribute a just pro- portion toward tho current oxpenscs as well 08 tho oxtinguishmont of tho locsl debt, such ar- sangomont would bo in accordunce with STRIOT EQULTY, and cowpare favorably with the liberality ex- bibited by other governments toward their capi- tal oitics, Undor tho avts of Congress and the TLoginla~ tiva Assombly, 80,100,463 worth of proporcy D longing to clurohos, elc., is exempted from tax- ation, 'I'o only aid granted by Congross in do~ froying the ourront expensos of the District in an unnual spproprintion toward tho Board of Tolico; and it Is hoped that thay will adopt & slmilar courso towsrd the schiools, Firo Dopart went, and the lighting of the strooty, 1t i suggested by tho Governor that suthority ‘be givon for VUNDING ODTSTANDING BONDE into one connolidatad loan, benring a fair rate of intoroat, und that the Committoo soverally visie and inapoot tho vhrlons Diatrict oftloos and ime provemonts, . iy, ordezy, that b Loy may s8e