Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 11, 1874, Page 2

2 [ ———— THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY MARCH 11, 1874. PROF. PROCTOR. Reception Yesterday Afternoon by the Academy of Scicnecs Romarks by Meossrs, Johnson, Proctor, Colbert, and Others, His Second Lecture at the Music Hall. Degoription of the Wondors of Jom-~ etary Motion, Tho Comots of Nowton, Halloy, Donati, Bicla, Encko, and Others, Meteor Streams and Their ldentifica- tion with Cometary Orbits. Expulslon of This Mafter from Suns, Stars, and tho Larger Planols of Our §ystem. Sun Bpots and Solar Eruptions. RECEPTION AT THE ACADEMY OF SCIENOCE. Tho Acadomy of Sciences held their regular monthly meoting yostordsy aftornoon, nt 3 o'clock. It was auito well attonded by ladies and gontlomen, mombers and frionds of the Acadomy, 'Tho Prosidont, Dr. IL A. John- son, presided, and aftor the rogular business of tho meoting hnd, on mwtion, boon disponsed with, DR, JOTNEON introduced ¥’rof. Proctor as follows ¢ “LApIES AND GENTZEMEN: Wo havo withusto- o o gontlomnn wheso nomo nud famo ave woll Ynows tnyon, Tt i somotimes made a ropronch to tho followors of pure sclenco that tho practi- cnt is nlways put forward, and that to overy now discovory is put tho quostion, Cui bono ? We demand o useful rosult from evorything, yot it is doubtlers becoming more common to appro- ciato the genuinely, intrinsically scientifle for its own worth, To tho pure mathomntics which havo onnbled man to cross the gront ocoaus and discover new continonts, wo aro indobted for tho presoveo of the distinguishod astronomer, Prof. Rickard A. Proctor.” Mit. PHOCTON'S REPLY. Mr. Proctor raplied substantially as follows : “LADIES AND GENTLEM! Ithank you very kindy for tho wolcomo you havogiven me this aftsrnoon, Thavehada special pleasure in coming to Awerica at tho request of your scientific men, #nd in meeting hero the number of peoplo in- terested in purely sciontific mattors. Partienlnrly bus it beon s plonsure to como to Chicago, o city which has beon mado 8o well known by its great dinter two years ogo, and by tho miraculous rapidity with whicl it hns Leen robuilt. * But T hinve not como tosjrenk on thoso points 50 much as to speak of the mauner in which soionce may bo advanced. I cannot -hopo to offer any now mothod to people who have so nuny men bettor ablo to tesch than myrolf, T lave como to learu, not to toaoh, and shall carry wway many warm memories, snd shall cortainly feol thut I have learncd a groat deal.” - Qov. BHOSR, Mr. Proctor st down mid heirty applanse, ond_ex-Licut.-Gov, William Dross, beiug called upon, spoko ag follows : **Oun this occasion, and in this presence, it may scom hardly propor that 1should offer any ro- murks, My lfe-work bms loft mo no timo—even had 1 tho ability ond tho incliontion—to attompt to rolve any of the mysterics ju any dopartmont of sci- euce. But I may bo pormitted, us a layman, to thank the High Pricsts of scienco for tho kuowl- edgo they bring us—somo from o world ko miu- ute that ~thousands of its juhabitants can live and revel iu o drop of water; und somo, like tho distinguished gentleman whom we have met to honor, from tho profoundest depths of miinite spuce. We cannot follow themthrough tho mazes of wathematicsl lore by which thoy sro ablo to demonstrate tho laws which control the vast machinery of the heavens, but wo can at least in somo moasuro comprohend tho results of their Iabors, aud, as thoy point uws to worlds =and svstoms of worlds, and new suns, aud now systems forming from tho bosom of chiaps, we can with thom bow down and worship Him who govorns all things nceording to the counsels of his own fu- finito wisdom nid gooduess. Ho 1t thoirs, to use the languugo of another, ‘fo stake out from soustollation to constellation the groatirailroad of the henvens, on which the comet comes bla; ing upward from the depths of the unive while wo wait tho arrival of the train lnden with the wonders and the glorios of God's far-distant ompires, gathered by Him for our instruction in Lnowledgo and in righteousnoss, Tl growing intelligauce of our peoplo is ehown in nothing more distinetly than the fuet that professors in all dopartments of science luy tho results of thotr Iabors bofore tho massesd. Somo distingnished sciontists may, indeod, bo ‘slow of u‘;euch,' and delyo for o lifetime among the books or ‘thedry bones’ of their speciaitios ; Lut othora tako tho [acts thoy do- velop and bring thowm down to tho comprehons sion und mnke them ministor to the instruction and tho delight of porsous of ordinary intolli- gonce. o somo profossional and ofiginal in- Vestigntors tho faculty is givon to douoribo thoir own discovories und “the facts of seience vividly and - oloquontly to the peoplo, and w rocognizo this among the othor groat ne. camplishments of our distinguished guest, May 1, in bobalf of thoso you will still permit mo to call tho lnymon of this” Academy, oxpress onr gcnso of the honor Prof. Proctor has conforred upon ue by his visit? Having just passod through *n flory furnuce,’ ho will ‘oxouse our meagro collections aud the gouoral poveity of otir nppointmentys, We can only promise onr Leet exortions and nrdent hopes to rondor the Acndemy more worthy of his attention beforo many years have passed nwny.” Dr. Androws, boing called upon, snid that he ald not think ho could worthily sdd anything to what had slroady boon eaid, M, COLBERT, Calls being mado for Mr. Colbert, that gentio- muu voso, and was greoted with o Tound of ap- plause, niter which lio spoke na follows : Mun. Presivest, Lapies, AND QENTLENEN: T am proud of tho opportunity to assisk in tha ro- ception that is accorded to our dintinguished vis- Itor, but would have proferred fo ausist only in the French seuso of the word,—iu silenco, i feol littlo moroe gratification ot bl!iufi called upon to spenk than would a tallow candle, if it worea sentiont boing, whou dosirad to dis‘)lny ita illus minating powor In compotition with tho mid- colvablo oxprosulon fa only nmora orloss in- volved function. I fs novnooossary that this comprohonsive tho- arom should bo domonstratad to tho Ohlengo Acndomy af Seloncos, Ilinnlks to Lho velovity with which intotligence travols in theso modorn dnys wo luow nearly as much as Lho rost of tho world, though olir oty hns grown np alnost ny vapidly s Jonal'y gourd, or tho palaca of Aladdin, (Imay ndd that it vanished nontly ay rapidly au the Iattor, a littlo moro thau Lo yonrs 0, and hn sinco beon rontored by tho Qonlus whoke proper name ia onergy.) England was civilizad & great many conturion bofors tho flrst toloscopo was pointed hosvenward from horsoil ; whilo 1o biave been studying tho stars syetomnti- cally for a wholo deendo, thongh our oxistonco 84 8 oity, with about 4,000 inhabitnuts to bogin with, dntos only from Mare, 1837, tho montli i which Mr, Iroctor was born, I'hose to whom thin co-fucidonce of dates is intorosting, may ro- mombor also, that Lo commenced his astronom- ienl ntudies whilo our obsorvatory way boing oreotod. Food and olothing, thon shellor, thon work- shops, must bo obtained by an individual or o community bofore nrt and scionce cun gnin o foothold, ~ 'T'hosa wero gocurad in the firet won= l{ years of our corporate exiatonco, T'hon scionco Iifted us ont of our pristine mud,<and onabled 8 to got rid of tho daub which porsistontly cling to the skirte of tho early Chiongo. Binco thou our city hns mado considorable progress in hor appreciation, nnd even {n the exposition of tho weloncos, 'Tho prosout Anlulnm?', founded not loas than sovontoon yonra ago, has long sinco mado its matk in the world's recard of achioves mont, and has alroady lost throo men, Kenui- catt, Btimpson, and Foster, whose fama will long enduro in scientifle clrelos. Ton yonrs ago tho Donrborn Observatory was built, and furnished with what wns thon the Inrzost and bost refract- ing teloscopo on tho faco of tho globe. 1t s worthy of noto, too, that our scientiflo pro- gross wag tho result and the roflex of popular appreciation, No royal boun- ty ling rnlged tho thrico destroyed walls of tho Academy, or founded the Observatory. Al 'was dono by privato subseription ; nud prine ally out of tho packots of gontlomon who nro to-day membors of tho Ohieago Acadomy of Belouces, With this approciation on our part of scionco, eapecially of that important soction of which Mr, Proctor is g0 ablo an oxponont, it i3 no won- dor that ho should rocoive a cordinl welcomo hore. Theo groat fire of lous than two and o half yonrs ago, whicls laid tho best part of our city in ashos, may hovo orippled our rosonrcos for tho nonco; but it could not burn away our love of sciontifie rosearch, or our admiration for thoso who lead tho way in thoso iuvestigations, and point out tho path that wo must travel if wo would becomo wise. 10T, BATFOID snid hocould ndd but vory littlo to what had been wsnid, Mr, Proctor’s famo had long pro- ended hiui, DOt ouly us one who ml)opnlnr zed selanco, but who hind pursued & stondy conrso of astronomical reacarch of tho lighest charactor, and algo as the ropresentative of thoe Royal As- tronomical Bocloty of Great Dritain. It was o vory hinppy thought that wo now had more fro- quent moins of communication and coimparigon with tho nstronomers of othor countries. Mr, Proctor, on hiy return, would continue hia re- soarches in tho courso nlready commonced by him—tbo mapping of tho universo. 1t was ploasant to {ind that ono scionco was #0 ably nand thoroughly pursued by o man _so well quulified as DProf, Proctor. It was bocoming common among scien- titlo mon of all conntries to keop up communica- tion with each other, aud thns tho progress of science was uniform _throughout the world. Prof, Safford concludod by hoping that tho pros- ent vigit of P'rof. Proctor wonld result in addi- tional intorcourse butween the eciontiste of Amorica and Europe, anda wam spirit of frator~ und omulation botweon thom. EX-SLNATOR DOOLITTLE was called upon by Gov. Brosy, and spoko s fol- lows : I join in_tho congratulations so kindly ex- presied, and concur 1n tho sentiments of Prof, Hafford that In this work tho scientific men of all countrios arc one, and it is n matter of con- gratulation that mon can riso abovo all local Teoling and Inbor in tho causo of true_humnnity for the olovation of their fellows, Joining in duy sun, 1lowovor, mankind is somotimes cdi- fied moro by wide coutrasts than by clowo coms parisons, Knowing this, I accopt tho situntlon, ‘The visit of Mr. Proctor to Ohicago is an ocen- sion of rare iutorest; both as rogards the ma, and his thomo, Ilo, ranks among tho flrst of living astronomers; i, o8 first of all tho wel- cnced, Wo nll know Liow much Lo has done to open up to the world tho sublime mysterics of tho honvong, and how woll ho bns donoit; and the more wo know of thoso mysteries, tho more thoroughly do wo comprohend “their tromendous importunco in the sum total of our kuowledge. Indeed, it requires but o modorate acqunintatic with tho listory of idons to undorstand that Astronomy is roully tho parent of all tho physi- cal seionces, the origin of nearly all our mytholo- friow, und ovon the ourco from which havo been dorlved o small proportion of the religious be- liefu of tho presunt, as well us of past agos, It i entitlod to tho first placo, aliko . tho dopart- ments of puro sclonce, uppliod wmathemutics, philological resonrel, and motaphysical reasons ng, Iiveu chomistry, whicl, ut thio firat glunco, ight seem to bo lowst dopondont upon stelluy loro, begun in tho numing of Lho flist kuown motuln alter tho pun, moon, and plunoty, and onds fu the hriliaut discoveries of tho spoctruin unalysis mado in our own day, Astronomy is the Alpha Jicla of onr knowlodgo, the skeloton which gives foundation sud shapo to our physical and mental philosophy, In its three londing fwotn of position, form und color, it furnishex thio thres vxes trom which womensure the vahios ot quuntitios, Indeed, wo muy say that it sup- plivs tho radicals, of which wluost overy con- tho gand fecling exproused, I hopo Mr. Drootor will take back with hiim n good opimion and nc- unintance with Americans and Amorican soien- tists, At the conclusion of Judge Doolittlo's re- matks_tho Aendemy adjourncd, nud tho aftor- noon was spont in social conversation among the guosts, TPERBONAL, Among thoso_presout wero the following : Ex-Lieut,-Gov, William Bross ; Dr. 1. A. Jolm- son, Presidont of tho Acadom i gineor E. 8. Chosbrough and wifo ; ex-Senator J. It Doolittle ; Prof. T, 1L Safford, of the Chicago Observatory ; tho Rtov. Dr. J. 0. Burronghs; ex-Presidont of tho Chicago vorsity ; Edmund Androws ; Elins Colbert, of Tug Trr usE ; W, H. Wells, Into Superintendent of Publio Behools ; E. G. Mason and wifo; the Hon, H. N. Hibbard, Rogister in Bankraploy ; J. 1. Ked- zio ; Col. Samuel Stono and danghter ; James A, Smith and wilc Mry, K, N. Doggott, sud many othors, =] e, THE LECTURE AT THE MUSIC HALL, “I'ho sudionce iu Kiugabury Music ITall yostor- day ovening wasa sufliciont roply to the frequent statoments that tho West, and particularly Chi- eago,ere nearly wholly deficont in pooplo of culti- vated and sciontifio tastos. That thoy aro not concontrated in groups and ceutres is true, but this is duo to tho frequent changes and the prossing caro of business which absorb much of tho timo which skould bo given to clovatod pur- suits, No oue looking over Prof. Proctor’s audi- onco yestordny ovening could doubt thot our good sogiety, in tho best seneo of tho term, only needs crystallization to tako tho stand which its culturo and tastes fit it for. 'Fhopurely fashiou- ablo clemont, howover, was noticeubly absont. ‘Mhio sudienco wus very large and appreciativo, and ouly ono or two disturbed tho othors by walking out, with creaky boots, in the middie of tho lecture. Bpace will not permit giving thotecture in full, but tho followlug wro tho most interosting poiuts : COMETS AND METEORS. Tho subject I hnvo to deal with to-night is really o bubject for Lwolve lectures, It is tull of mystories, and full also of great discoverles which Linve recently been made. Lo deal with itinono_lecturo i6 o somowhat ambitious at- tempt. 'Wo Lave, to bogin with, tho great won- der that comets and moteors should in any way bo uwsocinted, thoy are so unlike each other, Comots uro very large bodies mueh oxceeding tho sun in magnitudo aud the largest of tho stars, ond baving that mystorious Taculty that thoy posscss of coming from fathomless dopths of Hpuce, aftor journcys which must huvo lsted ovor millions of years, rushing up toward the &, pussiug olosd nrotnd Lim, aud thon possing sway with no hint o to whiat depths of spnco thoy will fly to. It la n strauge fact thut wo should bave to associate with bodies like mato- ors, so small in dimonsions that u child conld in ity cases curry thom, bodies 80 largo thut our i Bl into inulguilivanco iu comparison witl i, ‘CIE COMET'S COUNBE DXPLAINED BY GRAVITY, Now lot us pass to the facts wost important in this mattor, “Lo begin with comots. We have In tho first placa tho fuct that comets como from outer space, aud ‘aftar traveling almayt dirctly toward the bun for & long period of timo, clrele around him, aud Pm@a uwny sgain into the dopths of mpuce. Thoro 1s & fact which scoms at flwst to yomovo thom from sll the ordinary Inws of motlon, cortainly il tho laws presentod by the plauetaty systom ; but it Was procisely in that tht comots first gavo astrovomers n pront that there was no reslsting the truth of the law of gravity. Newton took "THE COMET OF 1680, and having found that it was travoling on o par- sbolio courso—bettor deseribed us un oxceoding- 1y long oval—wag ublo to suy that thut comut would follow such snd such 4 courso, although its orbit was of an entirely difforent nature from thio planets, aud_continunlly changing duy by duy. Yot howmuid: “ I wil follow that Lody it tell precively whoro it will go ;" uud it was this mastery of Newton ovor tho lnws of coleatial motion that firas convinced astronomoys of the Iiws of gravity, The comot camo and followad the procise path that Nowlon suggested. Let us 800 Low the comet maved, It camo traveling up toward tho sun, sooming to move directly toward him, marked among all comets by tho dircctnoss of its path toward tha sun, When It was within o sixth part of the sun's dinm. otor it cireled around bim and thon passed away on & track previsoly like thut on which it lad arrived, Liko all other comots of distinction it had o tong tail, and us it appronch- ed the Bun, that tail extonded, accordng to tho known Iawis of comots, wway froum the sun, and wud thun earriod bohind the “comet ; but us the comot passed around tho sun—aid prssod around it in a fow hours—whon it was ool on the other sido, o fong tnil—1 cunnot call it the snmo tail— & long tail, 90,000,000 wilos in extent, wan soon, 1o longor curtied behind tho comot, bub trayol: tugg now I front of it; ond in the day or two that that comet was lost sight of, thab loug tail wai thrown aut by tho ratreating eomat, Now that cumot bnd talion four woks in aprronohing the sun ovey a distunco of 09,000,000 miles, though baving, nt staciing, oll the volocity wlth which it had arrivod; but In less than four days that wondrous tail, 00,000,000 milos loug, was thrown ont tn fronf of tho hody. EVIDENOES OF THE REPULSION THEORY. I will now donl with ono of thoss small com- oti; vory eurlonn, indood, In tholr history. Wo Tlavo hero all the avidunce wa can got, althangh it fy not vory utrtking, In the year 1770 o #mall comot mndoe ita apponranco which linving boon watcehad for n timo, was foutul not to ho travoling fn ono of thoso' long oval pathe, such ns aro horo presontod ; but in o path whinn, instend of having ono of thoso long po- riods, wns m)mlflolcd within & poriod of five and a hnlf yoars, 1t was called, from tho nmme of tho astronomer, LEXELL'S COMET, It waa nevor acen again. Astronomersthion woro lod to inquiro what “had booomo of thiy comot, Iraclng it back, thoy found it was in a path so near to Juplter that tho giant powor of that plunet arrestod i in its courss, and sont it out on s path entirely difforent from what it waa be- foro. It was usoloas to look for it. ‘I'his quo- tion then aroso s How was it that this comot of vory striling appearanco had nover boon seon boforo? I'ravoling in a poriod of five and o inlt yoars, how was it it novor had boon seon? Thoy traced It back and caleulatod its path, and found that tho samo gient hand whioh sent that comet awny had introduced it. That comot, in 1007, approached quile clora to Jupitor ; 8o close, in fact, ns to intrudo itsolf among ity satellites, Juplter compolled it to follow anothor conrso. Attho eond of eclovon years, tho comot having made two rovolutions and Jupitor ono, it was ngain seizod Ly Jupiter, aud sont outside of the wolar systom, and wlhoro it has gono nobody knows. ~ But still thoro is ono Pnlut nhout this comot of Loxoll worth notice. It lnd gono into tha midst of Jupitor’s satollites, 'Ulio watollites aro not h\rf:n objects, and if tho comet had any mass ho could disturb them ; but instead of that all thoso satollilos ara still travoling tho ot thoy Iiad boforo that comet had arrived, snd waloarn, thoroforo, that that comet ot auy rato was moro vapor, had uo powor and no weight, slthongh 1t was much Inrgor ovon than Jupiter. 1t lad no power, no weight or attrctive influence to dis- turb those little satcllitos which Jupitor mauages 50 onsily, COMET or 1818, Now wa como {o nuother comot—that seon in 1818—traveling on tho shortest period of any comot wa kuow of, & period of thrao years nnd four months, It 18 noteworthy on this account, tuat this littio comot tooms to Lo gotting closor and closer to tho sun, (raveling always onn shorter and shorter perlod. It iu apparontly ro- tarded by tho influotico of somo muttor ocoupy- ing space. It mayseom n strange fact to eny that it is retarded, and yetit is travoling moro and moro quickly. But that i the offect of ro- {nrdation in any instanco. ‘I'his comot i travoling faster and fastor on n smaller aud smallor orbif. Tt I pnss from UL, and go to ono, tho Incts revonled by which aro among the’ most curious,—{ mean "tho comet which was discovered in 1826, Tt was carofully \an.uhmlL and thon it was fouud that this comet bed boen seon bofora by Caroline Horschel and othors, and & path was au- wignod to it, ‘having' o poriod of six - yors and oight months. Now (his comot was i tha firat placo romarkablo, bocauso ity path crossed tho cartli's path; and, mdeed, on the noxt ro- turn, in 1832, astronomors sunounced that that comet would nctually cross tho enrth's path, and many thonght that that meant that thero would bo n collision, nnd great alavm was oxcitod. But that paased aiway, and nothing more was heard until 1846, and thon thoe comet was fouud tray-~ oliugs on its usual patli, and, to tho great nston- inhwont of astronomers, it was aunounced that tho comot bud divided into two parts, each hav- ing o distinet boad and nuclone, It wan noticed by Capt. Muury at the Obsecvatory at Wasl ington; but, straugely cuouglygon tho night when ho obsorved the ‘comoet had doubled, the records of tho Gorman Obsorvatory showad tho comet to bo ingle, and it would nppoar, there- fore, that tho “greater clearncss of tho atmos- phere in Amerien iud ouablod him_to recognizo tho cbanggo before it was noliced in Burope. ‘I'wo sopurato comots traveled along, sida by sido, aud tho strange circumstanco Was notod that thoy intorchanged light ; sometimos ono and somiotimos tho othor was brighter, as if thera woro communication betwaen thow, ' They were o kind of Sinmese twing, They passed into space, and astronomers thousht thoy conld witelt tha comots ngain and ascertuin how they woro sopurated, but tho comet was nevarsosn again, ‘Fho year 1866 camo mound, and astron- omors enlenlited the path of tho comet, 'Lhoy lopked forat. ‘'ioy oxamined tho path over tho higavens o groat distance an cithor sido, but thoy fuiled to recognize that comot. 1toki you that comeot passed the path of tho onril, and thora aro othor systems whicl plso cross tho path of the eurth. ° 1t was sugycsted thet tho comet hnd encounterod moleor systoms aud_split up, und way ogain and again plit up, and so vanished. You will 506 thoro wad an_important connection between that and what we have learned since about tho comot's history. The year 1872 onmo, and fhot comot waw ngain looked for, Othor calonlations wore made uy to its path. It was Tooked for moro caretuily, but in 1872 it was not sean, 1 lonve its history Tor tho timo, prescntly to return to it. WUY SONE TAILS ARE BTRAIGNT AND OTHERS UURVED, Thoro was 8 comet_scen in 1858, and oalled Donati's comet, Lot us, in_ the fimt place, doal with that comot. Why should the tml of a comet bo curved? 'Tho position of a comet's tail is duo to repulsive ac- tion, and, 1£_that repuisive nction taie placo im- medintoly, it is quito eloar tho tail will bo u\\‘ur: into & straight line; and, if you look at o straight line, no mattor how plueed, it would look straight, Lut, if tho process of repulsion takes plice at n modorate mto, the tail wonld appear curved, You can uuderstand that a ourved tail bohind n comot is duo to ropulsion not taking placo iustantancously. 'Tha hewd of the comot con- sists of two kinds of muttor—one was ropolled with moderato veloeity, very groat but moderate by comparison—und tho othor repolied with reat volocity, nnd 50 swept off into n straight Fhc.’ Tt woulk o munifome, thub Lok tho cuto, sinco thoro was & separation of the matior in tho comot’s tail, that if tho comet’s hicad was com- plicated in wtructuro, thero wonld be an inter- mixture of the two kinds of matler, aud tho por- tion of tho mnttor more readily repolled would cxenpe, carried off by tho other tail, carried into tho curved tail, and at last would be swept nway; and perhaps o littlo Inter another portion would Do wwopt nway, and #0- you wonld_seo oztonding from tho curved tail various stroaks of this mat- tor. CONNECTION OF METEORS WITH COMLTS, 1 pass from Lheso facts, wonderful us they aro, and intioduce thoe subject of moteors, For a Toug timo motcors were looked ou s phenomous of our atmosphero, but facts bogan to Lo ob- gerved which led to o difforont conclugion, Ono fact wns that tho meteors occurred in showers on certain days, ‘Tako, for instance, tho Nov, 13 showor. What could it monn¥ Why should o shower of metoors take placo ou Noy, 137 Iicro i 0 ronson why motoors should whow brightly on the 13th of November or nuy special duy, 50 far o tho corth was concernod, DLut on Nov. 18 tho oarth is pussing o particular part of its course, In November tho ourth, rovolving aronnd tho sun, when she reaches that part of Tior coureo, s saluted by cortnin missilos which ntriko Lier atmosyhors from without, and Lecomo illumingted in_passing through it. ‘Who infer- envo ia thins If o travoler, in passing along o certein rond, found himsolf in o certnin pluco ulways saluted with a ehower of stouos, ha would concludo thut vome mischiovous porsons infested that part of the roud and awused them- solves ot his exponse, [1loro I'rof, Lroctor enid that whon Jecturing in Boston, hio bad stated thut possibly this might ocour in s0mo parts of Buglund, and the papors noxt morning represonted him ns saying thut it was customary - Lnglaud for geliool-boys to throw stones ut travolers. 1Lio hoped o might not bo misundarstood hore,] Trof. Nowton, of Yulo Collogo, motified tho astronomors of ' Buropo that thora would bo wgront showor of Novombor motoors in 1866 ploinly visiblo both in Ameries und Burope, In point of faok It was uot woll soou in America but 1n Englaud, and wo know the differonce in thno it only u fow hours, so that you tco how closoly Lio mude lis culculution, Mr, Proctor hore aid that, though Amorica whe n very go-uhieud country, Groat Lintain would alwiys, in the very nuturd of things, keop sbout flve hours obead ay long ae_the enrth turned sroundin the presont dlrection, [Lisughtor aud appleuso.] PERION OF TII; METEOR STREAME, As {o ko period in whish thoy ruvel thelr courso, it s n third of a contury, Thut was the netual time whou (ho lnst gront disnlay took pluco, Avago Lolng one of the nstronamers wio desoribed "1t most closoly, and Humboldt de- soribed anothar khower in 1779, If thoy travol on their conrdo, huving poviod of 83 yours, wo might accoant for the reeurrongo, livorything ssomed to be dono to show that tlio matoors travelod in the track of the comots: Lut vno test romamed, and that was to prodiet ihat ufior a comot hid passod oortnin placo thoro would bo n showor of metoors, sud the pro- diotion wonld Lo confirmed; then thore wonld Do auow kind of cvidouco, ' And that evideuve wns glven by that vory Blolw's comet which [rightoned pooplo so much in 16892, whish vaniuhod 1n 1800, and ‘wns myain looked 'for in 1674, Aloxander Horchol, in England, prodiot- ed that, whon the eacth camo Lo that purt of hor arhit,—Nov, 4, 1872, —thoro wonld by prabably ® gronk displuy of motovrs, Thut happened, 1t won o glorious dlplay in England and America, but it was sl mora glortously snon 1 Italy, whoro it appeared with il tho glory of the large motoors, with & groat numbor of minute ongs, T'hat shower came frora the foot of Andromodn, or tho exact spot that the comot would luvo fol- Towod if 1t hadk struck tho onrth, Wa linvo then & vory striking foatura in the ceonomy of our wolnr kystom. Vo moteors aro followitig in thio conrus of the comots, In fack, thoro in ovory ronson o boliovo that thora is so groat o gathoring of comotary mattor following theso motoor tracks that,when we soo tho sun in a1 colipso, wo ahould woo a gnthorivg thoro, as wo do woo in the corona. METEONA ARE LXDL 5D FNOM THH LANGER PLANETS, It T was Lo 8ay that the comots woroshot out of tho sun, you might bo startled, or i£-I nssorted that thoy woro also thrown from Jupiter and Baturn, - But tho ovidonco of this s very curlons. In the firss place, wa know that mattor s shot out from the sun, with u veloolty €0 groat ay to bo cairied far away from lim, and so would travol forovor away into wpaco. 'That has only boen observed a fow timos, but it is probably yory froquent, It i8 probnblo also that thoy aro expolled from the groat plauots, .. Lot us consider thus: If comots aro oxpollod from n planet, they will bo carried along with tho forwnrd motion, If 1t could appear that Romo of thom wont bnckward, thon wo would have no ovidouca of tho theory I linve boen ad- vauoiug. 1f most of thom travel forward, thon wo should have somo ovidonco for tho thoory. Now thero is this ourious fact, that all the com- ots of ahort porlods, tho whola of Jupitor's com- ot family, travel forward. ‘Thoy ao not travel in all dircotlons of slopo; all havo & vary modorato slopo to tho pmb. of the planct, Thoy do not hinvo tho slopo oven of somo of the astoroids. ‘Lhat is proclecly what wo notice—that thoy trav- el very much with Jupiler. 'aking tho balance botweon tho two thoories—that of expulsion and that of capturo—it sooms to bo in favor of tho moro atartling ono—that Jupitor hos Lud tho powor to expol theso objacts. Tho fuct must bo remombered, that whito showors of motcors aro unusual’ phonomonn, meteorites fall every doy and ovory liour of tho duy, Our carth is abolutaly growing by those, “I'ic timo is ctually pnst whon tho onrth 1s grow- ing visibly, but yob immonso amounts of mattor nre added to it in this way. And not only tho carth, but tho moon and Morouty, aud wo may gy all tho plaots sre growing undor thiy motooric downfall. Iow nre wo protoctodl from this_downfall, with 400,000,000 of thom overy dny? 'Lho rato at which they nrriva lu vory miteh moro rapid than that of o bullet. If thera wayno protaction wo shiould cortainly bo do- stroyed, ‘That protoction is the atmosphoro. Whén o motoor oncountors the stmosphioro its yelootty s flcet reduced, and then it is consumed through tho hoat whicli 1 generated, and falls in tho shapo of & Vaporous dust. O the tops of mouutuing tho material of these moteors Lns beon found. MICHIGAN LUMBIRIMEN., Formation of n tion in Lan ©f Unequat Faxetion Cunving Much Complaint, snecial Inepatch to The Clicqao Tribune, LavsiNg, Mich.,, Much 10.—The meoting of pino-land owners bold in this city to-doy wus called in pursuance of circular, ostonsibly for tho purposs of o pormanont organizution for the provention of tho destruction of pino, and for mutusl protection. It was developed oarly in tho procecdings, however, that the primary ob- ool of tho maeting was to orgamza for proteo- tion from the uujust and uuequal toxation of nou-rosident pino-land ownors in tho northern and sparsoly-sottled ocountios of the Stato, whore lumbering is Iargoly canducted. In tha articles of nesociation and by-laws prosented to tho meeting, this object was not specifically statod, aud tho disoussion, which oc- cupicd tho greater part of tho uftornoon, was mainly confiued to embodyiug. this idea ns tho primary and chief object of tho association 1n tho by-laws. A lnrgo propovtion of thoso pros- ont fuvored an organization without this specitle object boing understood, tho manngoment of the nusocintion being loft to an excoutive com- Protective Associne mitteo. Tho original draft of tho articles of tho as- sociation provided that sny person. owning or controlling 5,000 ncres of pino land Ia oligibio to memborship,—5,000 was elricken out and 40 Reres subsututed, Tho annunlmeetings of tho association ehall bo Diold b Lonsing, and somi-numual mectings ut Eayt Saginaw and Grand Rapida altornutoly. Fho salory of tho President and members of the Lixecutivo Committes wns fixed at $5 yer day for {imo omployed nud oxpenses, and that of the Corresponding Scoretary $100 snnually aud expenses, Lheso points ure embodied in tho articles of npsociation which wero udopted. During tho consideration of tho by-laws, tha gucmioll first indicatod camo up. After n long liscussion, the whole matter was reforred to o Committoo of Mivo, to report to an ndjourned meoting to bo lield to-morrow morning. Tho meeting was vory largely attonded by Tumbormen from all partsof the State, Por- haps 9,000,000 acres of ping-londs wore ropro- aentod, and upwards_of 510,000,000 in _capital. Ool. Stockbridgo, of Kulmnazoo, ofilvinted ay Chairmun, and Chatles W, Batlor, of Lansing, as Secrotury, e RALLROAD NEWS, FREIONT RATES. Freight rates on tho various railronds leading from this city to the Eust aro now uenrly aslow ns the avornge summer rates when competition with the varions water lines is in full blast, This is muinly owing to tho fact that sbipmouts to the East hinve lataly decrensed to snch nan extout that tho various railroads weracompelled to take off a number of their froight traivs, Our ware- houses and clovators ave flllod to replotion ; still our morchants are reluctant to #hip at present on account of tho low prices obtatned for rovisions. It is snid that corn and wheat bring a botter price In vur market just now than they do in tho tupst. Tho reduction in rates made Monday was not on account of any disnension or bad taith on tho part of tho managers of tho soveral froight lines,but becauso business is so dull that extraordinary inducoments have to bo offered to sbippers to get them to ship at present. Tho fulling off in tho froight businoss commerioes to toll very rerlously on the flunnces of tho various ronds, tho carnings of which, during the last twa weeks, Linve dropped nearly 50 per cont. “Ihoro is hacdly any donbt that the freight war botween the Chicngo Westorn lines sud tho Union and Contral Pucifio Ruilroads will soon be ronewod, nnloss thoro should bo n chauga in the mauagement of the Union Pacifio Ruilroad at the mooting which is holding at Bosion to-day. BMr. Vining has, during the last weols, been dis- eriminuting agninst tho Chicugo rondy’ in -dircet violation of his rocent agreoment, If tho ru- mor proves true that Juy Gonld has obtained n majority of tho stock of the Union Paclflo, theso littlo eceentricitios of Mr. Vining will undoubt- cdly come to a speedy termination. HAILROAD PABSENOER-BATES, Dispotehes huvo beon recolved in this city yos- torday stuting that railvond passongor-rates to Chicngo huvo boon cut in Now Yors, Tickets which horotoforo_ told a §22 uro now welling nt from 515 to $17, 'Tho rates from this city to Now York aro still €22 on all the lines, excont on tho Laltimoro & Ohio, which chargoy only $18, THY TRACK OLEAR, Tho Agent of the Union & Contral acific Tnilrond in thiy city has rocoivod a dispatel in- forming him thet “tho obstructions from the HROW- 'X’uckndn on the Contrut Pucifle hnvo beon romoved, and no_trains hove been deluyed by suow enst of Ogden, All traind nro running rogularly. MILWAURKE & ST, PAUL CONROLIDATION TIONDS, Spectal Diapstoh to Phe,Chtcago Tritcne, MiLwaukee, Mareh 10,—The KI‘ ncipal of tho bonds umlm’lmi on the 1ut of el inst,, as- sumod by the Milwaukeo & 8t, Paul Railrond Company by tha tarms of connofidation with the old LaCrosso & Milwaukeo Rullrond Compnuy, have not beon paid by tho Milwaukeo & Bt. Paul Company, and hoiders of tho honds_ have given notice of their intontion to proceed for thoir ro- cavory, ‘I'ha bouds woro origlunlly fssuod in 1854 to tho olu LnCrosso Compuuy by tho City of Milwaukee, Inquiry of tho Comptrollor olicits tha fuob thit tho oity hus_an amplo mortgage on tho line, snd the Council will bo awkoed” for in- struction to forocloso nt itsnext meoting, Alox- andor Mitchsll, Prosident of the St. Puul Com- pany, i boots notifiod _tlint proceodings ara to o tukon, Tho St. Iaul Road offors to oxohange for the bonds sheot coupons or its own bouds, o intorest has ulways boon punclually puid by tho 5t. Paul Company. e e Wanted To-Day, Lvoryhody to com to thy graud opening of Bleln's ity of Paris Dollr Btoro, at thelr uow nud _epacious #ture, No, 100 East Madleon strect, belween Olork sud Dearbopn, Thioss who wish toseo a aplondid dispiny of goods of every dereription whonbd not full 1o cole, N, Uy—We scil nothivg Ligher thau g, SPRINGFIELD. Proceedings of the Illinois Legisla~ ture Yostorday. The Bill to Simplify Pleadings Passed by tho House, Mr. Vorls Makes an lIssue of Veracity with the Railroad Commission. Petitions for the Repeal or Mod« ification of the Rail- road Law. The Managoment of tho Soldiers’ Orphans' Home Approved. REVISION OF THE STATUTES, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago T'ribune, TUE NEVISION PUDLIOATION, SenorzeLy, 11l March 10.—Tho bill for the publication of tho rovised statutos by tho Btato, ovou if it pansos is open to many objeotions. It Is uncertain as {o the timo whon tho worle shall bo done, as to tho kind of typo, ns to thosmount to bo allowad for editing, would Lisyo to bo paid for at tho high ratos of tho coutraot for printing, ond genorally 1s open to the objection that tho Btato goos into tho beokmaking snd booksollug bustncss, and when the Btato undor takos work that should bo loft to private ontorpriso and compotition tho noopla will Do floocod. Thoro will bo publishod 8,000 volumes of scesion Inwa whioh will sorve all tho purpozes of tho State, aud if the statutea avo needod they con bo purehased from outsido publishors, M, Gross will publish tho statutes, and iy offored 0,000 copies to tho Stato at 52 & copy. It is doubtful If tho Stato ncods any stch nunibor, but 1f it doos thoy can bo bought from Groay b probably ono-balf tha cost of tho pro- posad Hurd publication. M. Hurd has worked hard on this rovision, Tobo bin worky aud will bo blossed or cursed us Iurd's rovislon, 110 should” bo | bt ror g timo, and tho opposition to paying Im for work alroady dono is rathor mean, - Whilo tho Stato should not continue to emptoy Mr. Hurd on worlk which i unnccossary, and would bo an une Justifiablo_oxtravaganco, 1t should pay hit off docently and let hiru go, IMPOUTANT TO HURVEYORS, The Rovision bill relativg to piats, which passed this morning, nocures, by an umondment tuxertod in Commitioo by thio exortions of Mr. Loltzar, tho right to nury compotent surveyor 1o cortify to platsof subdivisions for tho pirposo of recordiing them. It nlso providos for tho ro- cording of w1 plats, in tho Hecorder's oflas, "of all opoittugs, widonlngs, and vacatious of ropds, stroots, or nlloys, Ly tho authoritics by whora theso procoadings’ aro had, for tho infortntion of tho gouoral publio, an object sought to bo ne- complihed by & sopntato bill propared by Peltzor during the sossion of Inst wintar, Stromg introducod tho bill to publish tho re- vised utubutes with W. L. Gross as rovisor and editor. TIE DIYORCE DILL. 'he Governor igned the rovised Divore bill. BILLS ASSED, Tho Houso pnesed Sonate bills rovising tho Taws relating (o no oxeat; to slandor ‘and libol 3 to univorsitios, oolleges, and inatitutions of Journing; to mines. BUMREME COURT REPORTS. Bhaw's bill rogulating tha publicatlon of Supromo Court reports pagsed tho Houso, It dininishen the cost to tho State, providing that only 00 volumos shall bo dixttibuted, instond of 640 s now, which will kavo from 10,000 to 315,000 yearly, Tho Lill lets tho contract to tho lowost bidder, aud fixes tho maxinwum price to tho profession at $3.60 volume ; and wbol- ishos tho luertivo monopoly so matiy years on- Josod by tho roportor, FOMAS OF PLEADING, Bradwell's bill ennplitying forms in ploading similar to tho Massachusolis actund to the forma under the common law procedure act in En- gland, being on_third reading in_tho ouso, Liotzo, an nntediluvian lawyor,ploaded for a con tinunnca in tho old ruts which” the lawyors wero usod to, ‘Alexander, of Montgomery, did not burt tho Dill'by spenking for it. 4o fir=t call of tho Toll shiowod tho bill was lost, bt vigorous bogging sccured 85 volos; and it was eavod, Tho lawyers woro vory bittor agaiust tho bill, Lut the farmors, Tod by Bradwoll, Jonas, and Shaw, woro victor- fous, Desporato offorts will bo mado to slughtor itin'tho Sonnto; but if Qummings, Whiting, Palmor, Humpton, and ono or two othor pro- {rrowivo Sollows ko bold it wil pass withous trouble. LICENBES, ‘Tho bill to ravise the law in relation to liconses came back from tho Committeo on Miscollany with smondments in_soveral rospeets, all tond- ing to mako tho bill harmonize with the prosent law. 'Tho only chango at all mndo was in allow- ing County Bourds to issue licauso for enle of liguots in towns whoro u majority of the legul yoters petition for i e THE REGULATING MANIA. Spectal Disvateh to Tho Clicaan Tribune. CO-OPERATION TRANSFORTATION COMPANIES, Sruiyorienp, Murch 10.—2Tho car-hauling bill is in tho interest of somo gentlomen who have organized companlos to build and operato onrs, and, baviog no rails of their own, want to run thom on other mou's rails. Tho Railroad Com- missioners declined to mnko schedulos for onrs on the plen that tho law did not authorizo it, so this bill is introduced to compel railroads to haul tho cars of companics at the rates preseribed by the Commission- ord, In cmso of disngrocmont the Courts ave to proseribo rates,—a rathor novel judiclal fanction. Suppose the bill bo- comey law—whick 18 not at il likely,—~and the curs are put on tho ronds, is it not poseiblo that they would be convoniontly ditched somo dark night and got out of the way 7 VORIS AND VEBAOITY. Mr, Voris rose to u question of privilego in order to anuwer tho roply of the Railroad Com- missionors to tho resolution of the Senate. Mr. Voris snid if ho had lied in tho statement that railrond oxperts had boon omployed in arranging thoir tariils, tho Commissioners wore responsiblo for it, 2y the information camo from 'the Bocrotary zof tho Wowd, It bo (Voris) hed lied, dt wns because the Socrctary bud liot to him. The Comumis- sianors Iind not boou disposed to tront him fair- ly; and for that renson ho was obliged to come before the Senato iu this mattor. Much of that sumo old speech wa injoctod into this oration, and ratos and schedulos on vorious ronds wero raviowed ad infinitoni. Whitnoy thought it wrong to mako this spoceh anow iu this shupo, aud not very cloarly m tho lino of a personnl &l;lvllugu. o wanted it sont to tho Rovision mmitteo in ordor that they might pick out tho persounl from the stump- wpeecn, Thereupon, Mr. Vorls swnug his long arms and logs and enllod tho goutlenian from Jinrenu a fraudulent reprosoutative of ugricultural in- torasts, in comypotling his coustituonts in Burean County to pay u third more than they ought to pny, Dy indorsing those schedulos, whioli wore oncoived in sin and born in iniquity.” o communication wont to the Committeo on Rallroads, whore it will probably sleap for- over, UNPONULARITY OF THE RAILROAD LAY, Tho citizens of Talono, Chumpalgn County, are not plonsod with tho operations of tho Ral road aw, und domaud 1ts ropoal or moditlcation, A potition giving oxprossion to thoir wishen was presonted in the Sennto by Mr. Bheldon, In the founo, potitiony wore prosouted from Logan, Morgan, dorsoy, snd Woodford Couutios, and from u number of towns, all demandivg a modi- fleation of the law, A LEQAL FENCE, Mr. Moflitt's mizsion was accomplished in the Tlouso to-day by the triumph of the 4l¢-foot Tonca bill, which pussod and will go to the Honate und give Bountora a chunce to piteh into tlint balf foot, TILE RAILROAD COMBIRSIONENRS, At tho meoting of tho lallroad and Warohonso Qommission to-morrow, it 18 understood the DBoard will make a Invorablo raply to tha momo- rinl of the Bourd of T'rado of Ohicago, auking for & change in the Rutlrond law, —_— STATE INSTITUTIONS, speciat Dispateh to The Chicano Tribune, AN AVPROFRIATION RILLED, Brawvariiuy, TiL, Mareh 10,—Mr, Mann, of Tlgin, tho raprosontative of the Tnsuno Asylum, who hais boon teylug o ot w oxty approprin- tion of $46,000 for that institution, failed i the Tfouse. This Is not an appropriating Aoasion. A motion to roconsider wns lost, and Aann mourna TILE BOLDIENS' ORPITANS 'HOME, Tho Bpocial Committes appointed to investl- goto the Boldlors' Orphans' Home reported. Attor indorsing the corroctness of the speeiul ro- port of th Btate Board of Publlo Chasitios, sub- mittod Fob. 21, with respoct to tho finaneinl stntus of tho lome, the Committoe continue at follows ¢ ‘ Thera wors in {he TTomo 307 elildren, Of this num- Der five wuro uuder tho ngo of 5 yenra; olglity-ono, he- tiveen 5 and 10 yoars of ‘ngo; oighiy, botween 10 ‘and 13 ; ninoty-nine, botween 13 and 14 ; and forty-iwo ho- {ween 14 and 10, Of {hoso ovor 14, thirly-ono arogirls andlaven aro boya, Your Comuwitteo tuqitired portiou- Inrly into all the facte conuocted with tho retontion of cach {nmato beyond theago of 1% years, ond thoy Dollova that tho Trustocs acted wixaly in such cane, and within the intent of tho law, which provides tint # Tu ppocial cases of peoullar inabillty of s pupll ta aupport iimuelf o Lerself, (ho said Liourd of Irustecs may sotaln such puptl, altiough above tha ago of 14 joats, All tho applications for admission to tho Ttomo rojosted waro oxamined, and nono wore found rejocted for want of accommodations, but all on tho grownd of not being ontitled to bo admitted under tho fuw, Thio mnount paid for suinrios wan $2,200 loan for the year 1870 thon for 1872, while tho attentiance for 1873 Was considorablo larjor, Thls saving in alaricn wns_owlng fo tho judicions omyployinent of tho ibmates above fho ego of 14 °years in tho weneral dopnrimenta of the Home, | Tho girla of aufil- clent strongth oro assigned to duty in tho kitohon, aining-roou, lnundry, aund dormitorios, snd the boys do woll on o farin, dud about tho farm bulldiugs, For tho year 1874 thoro will bo a still groator saving of Balarics from Lito samo cause, Tho school of tho Ifomo §s on oxcollent one, equal 10 tho graded schools in our cilies, Thio edusntionnl facilitica aiforded tho children ara” cortainly all thut could bo asked for. Tho Commiltteo recommond tho passago of the bill introduced in tho Bonata for the mauage- mont of the Home. The report conoludes as followa Your Oommilteo tako pleasure n oxpressing tholr Doliof that tho affairs of tho Ilome aro honestly, ccon- omically, and ofliciontly managed, . e COOK COUNTY AFFAIRS, Buectal Disvatch to The Clicago Tribune, THE DURNT-RECORDS BILL. SearsarizLy, T, March 10,—Tho bill intro- duced by Peltzor nmending what is known a8 tho Burnt-Records bill wos roported for passngo by the Judiciary Committeo, after it had slopt in that Committoo for nearly two monthe. If Cook Counly i to havo tho relief which this bill is in- tonded to give, this Assombly will have to hurry up. TMECORDS OF POLIOE MAMSTRATES. 3. Tow gob attor Tanyon and other Tolice Magistratos with a littto bill to compol thom to fork ovor thoir books, papors, dockots, and doc- umonts, which it scoms those oficiala’ continuo to iold aftor thoir torma of offico bave oxpirod. Dow wants them to turn ovor theso Lo tho Coun- ty Clork, and tho Clork to givo thom to the net- ing oflleo uoorost o thd dofunct ono, K0 that bustnoss may procood = WAREUOUSEMEN'S FEES. Tho bill raisiug_tho warehousomen's foes was undor flro in tho Senato, boiug dofoudod by Dow, Williamson, Waito, and'Voris, whilo it wns do- nouicat by Whitlog, Sutord, Kohoo, and Iamp- ton. On tho voto 0 ordor 1t to o third rondings, thero woro 24 votes for it, and 6 ainst—Dow, Huudloy, Roynolds, Waito, aud Willinmson, Lator, tho Sykos Registrar bill camo up for considoratton by soctions, whon Williamson, por- coiving it was o bad_day for warchiouses, moved that it lay ovor, aud it did. That's tho end of warcliouso logislation this yoar, el MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. Special Dispatel to Lhe Chicago Tribune, TUE CALUMET BIVER, BeniNarienp, 1L, March 10.—Tho clnssic ro- glous of Calumet wore raugedovor by strango sportsmen to-day. Honry, who nover waa thero iu bis life, was satisfied that the removal of the Calumet Dam was nok called for, and ho wished to annibilate the bill which sought to taoke §15,000 from our people in theso tight timos. Voris, who hag opposod this business from tho start,said Honry aud Copperas Crook were already beforo tho Assombly for damages for ovorflow, and if thoy paid for Calumet, they must also pay all othor claims. Somo othors thought thav if tho romoval was to bo of such value to Indians, thnt Stato should pay for its romoval. Mr, Waito thought thoy should not ** higgle" on » fow dollnrs when a neighboring Stato was intorested. Somo yenrs ngo, Illiuois partly agreed to remove tho nuisance when asked to do 0 by Indiana. Mr. Willinmson, as tho roprosontative of the locality wtorested, putm & eluim for his con- stituents, A lottor was rond from Mr. Thomas, Superin- tondout of the Coual, In which ho stated that the mill of Proiffer & Roll was in rather o dilapi- dated condition, and not very roliuble; and that the water-powor belonged to the State, and was 1o part of their persoual intorest 1 the mill, Tieynolds moved to indeflnitely postpono the wholo subject, ‘I'io motion to postpone was lost—yens, 6; nays, 26. Tho Committeo’s amoudinont of $10,000 was lost, aud tho biil was ordored to a third reading, tho sum betwg fixed at §6,000, OIL-INSPEQTORY. Tho House passed the bill providing oil-in- spectors in cities, towns, and villages, wio shall inupect minoral ‘oile apd fluids, condomning all that ignite or explodo ut a temperature less than 150 degreos Yubrenheit, BTUDENTS' SBUFFRAGE. Tho Houso rofused to pass the bill allowing studonts to_acquura tho right to vote by a resi- donc in college. QUINGY FIRE DEPARTM The bill to ropenl aun act extublishing a fire de- partment for Quiney, passed the Senate, COLORED CHILLLEN IN PULLIC SCILOOLS, The bill to proteet colored children in publio schools was ordered to o third reading, after throwing off the amendment offered by Cume mings to strile the worda * of color " from the 1 OCAPITAL PUNIBIIM] The Spealtor appointed Messrs. (iranger, Obor- Toy, Quinn, Huvoy, nud Hopking u epccial Come mittoo on Capital Punishmont. ALITIA, Mr. Sheridan, Cheirman of tho Militia Com- mittee, roported the bill prepared by tho Cow- nitteo, with a recommondation that it pass, and roturnad tho rovision bill on tho samo. subject, with tho opinion that 1t ebould uot pass. Lokl wora mada special ordor for Saturday. e PERSONAL, Hugh J, Jowett, Roprosentative from the Co- Iumbu (Oio) District, fa making his_ arrango- ments to resign higsont in Congrosain the courso of o fow weoks, He will give his timo to cortain raflrond intorosts now claiming his at- {ention, —1I'wo Ohio candidates for President have boou killed off,—Pondloton, by turning looso his greenback tbenrfv, and Groosbeek, by con- tributing 812,500 to {nduco the Cinoinnati Com- mon Council to purchnse a cortaiu tract of suburban land, ‘I'his reducos tho total numbor of candidates to 698.—Memphis Avalanche. —\William Cullen Bryaut dislikes being ealled tho Nestor of tho pross, Ilo enjoyed 1t tho firat nino or ten thonsand times ho was 8o designated, but o now thiuke the opithet is becoming w littlo worn. Ilo even says in puro Attio what muy bo freoly translated iuto “1can punch iho liead of any follow who refors to mo as tho Nos- tor of anything.” ~—Amoug tho moldonts of the fight for tho Boston Collectorship thore wore misny which wore very comical, Senator Thurman received & dispatol from a Boston Domourat which read nearly ag followa: ¢ I ask it as o porsonul favor that you vote for the confirmation of Mr. Bim- mons,” Tho Senntor looked at the signaturo, and turning to & Boston man ho snid, ** Who iy this porsonal friond of mino that I novor heard of beforo ?"'—Loston Journal, It is roperted that_aftor Bimmons was con- firmed as Collector of Doston the IIon, Bimon Cameron onlled upon him to offer his congratula- tlous, prodicting thot Slmmons would ona day boeome a United Btates Benator, T'revious to his appointinent Simmons had made 120,000 as a Govorumont un‘h —Charlos DBradlaugh's reception at North- ampton, Evg,, on Lis toturn from Awerica, is dosoribed a3 having boon unusunlly onthsiastio. Nenrly 13,000 pooplo mot hiwm at the depot, and, procodad by a bund of musie, conducted him to {lm morkot aquare, where he addressed thom from a neiglboring windo —_— Dickens? Descraption of Georgo Sumd, At tho houso of Madame Viurdot, in 1855, Dickens dived in compuny with Georgo Sand, of whom ho gives an oda_ doscription 1 *¢ L suppuso it to bo impossible to imagine anybody more like my proconcaptions than the fllustrious Sand, Just the kind of woman in appearance whom you wight supposo to be the Quoun's monthly nurso, —chubby, matrouly, wwarthy, black-oyed, Nothing of the blue-stooking about her, oxcopt u littlo thinl way of sottllug al?yu\lr opinions with Liers, which Ltako to liave boon aoquired in the wountry whoro sho lives, and In the domination of a small owvolo. A singnlnly ordinny womun in apposranco aud munuor,” WISCONSIN. The Closing Hours of tho State Legislature, A Roviow of ths Winter's Work in That Body, Railroad and Warehouse Legislationess The St. Croix Land-Grant. Snectal Dispaton to The Chicago Ty{bins, Maotsox, Wis,, March 10.—This morning the Senato adopted o resolutlon instructing the Soc- rotary of State not to publish till May 6, so it would not go into effect till that timo, the not passad regulating the tariff for the travaporia~ thon of passengors and froight on raflways, and fer tho appolntmont of Commisslonars. A messnggo wan received from tho Govornor rofustng his approval to an act logalizing tho longo of the Milwaukeo & Northorn Iiaflway by tho Wisconsin Central Ratlrond Company, on tho ground that 1t was n speoial not conforring corporate powers in violation of the Conuti- tutional amendment of 1871, The velo wag unsnimously sustained, i Assombly bille 1 s, ; ssombly were coneurred in approprint. igg 47,600 for stationory, £2,000 to ||lup,“':l)lnl|:! Ag- ricultural Boclety, 81,000 to tho Northorn Agii cullural Soeloty) and’ §4,200 to tho Northorn N e v q b 1 enato bills passed to ropeal the law of 1863 for a State Bourd of Visitation for Stato Iustitu- tions; making an spproprintion to the Stato Lrinon l‘im;.‘uurg:;l:b%xpclwos, §m}umdnuu~, olc.; nppropriating for completing tho improve- ket n Capital Lark, o ob O 1 A bill for the uuiform taxation of railrond property ‘was rofused indofinite postponement by n voto of 11 to 16 and the Sonato ndjourned to ovening, tho Assembly bill amending tho charlor of the Portago & Siporior tailrond tol tivo to the ronto botween Portago nud Blovens Dolut boiny the ordor. ABSEMDLY, Assombly biils passed to rogtlato tho olection of Dircctors of rallrond companies; to aend thiolaw of 1871 authoriziug Town Buporvisors to conatruct drainy, A bill to apprapriate $8,160 for comploting tho improvomonts nbout Capitol Parl, which hud passed tho Sonnte, was takon up, and opposod by Mr. Rankin, who insisted thero was no suthority for tho oxponditure, It was explained by Case woll thnt the wuwn’was for caucroto walis and roadways in the park, tho appropriation for which had run out boforo tho work was dono. Ife £id tho Chicago contractorsworo doing their work well and chieaply. Gov. Washburn fouud it wonld be much clioper to lot thom o on and flnish than to postpono to another yoar and muko n now contract. 'Iho bitl was rocommitied to tho Committeo on Claims, The Senato nddis tion of $10,000 to tho Stato Prison approprine tion way conourred in. Abill to provide for county asndomlos, aud and mako tho Principals ox-ofticlo County Super. ntendents, was killed by 35 to 84, "lho Assombly Iato last night reconsidored and Ynmu(l tho $3,600 approprintion to tho Insane Tospitn] Liero, and pussed o bill lovying o State tux of $257,625 ; nlso, concurred with the Sen. l\llu_ bill to settle the Calking & Proudfit prinung claim. TUE LEGISLATURE ATOUT TO ADJOURN—REFORAI AND THI REFORM PANTY—RAILROAD AND WANE. NOUSE LEGISLATION—THE BT. CROIX LANDs QUANT—A REVIEW OF THE WINTEW'S WORK, Corresnondenco uf he Chicago Tribune. Mabisox, March 9, 1674, Tho Logislature of Wikcousin will adjourn ina fow days, and tho peoplo of that State will ro. viow the work that hus beon accomplished in bo hialf of good government under the now regime. As tho Reformers did not obtain control of the Souate, thoy cannot be held rosponsible for overything that was done, nor for tho Inck of ability to pass somo wise and beneficont moas: ures, like Wost's Elovator bill, for example; neverthelees, thoy lave mot spent the wintol nltogether in vain, Thoy have cut down tht sencral oxpensos of the Logislatura aud of the Stato oflicorn. 'Uhoy have reduced tho numnbe: of omployes about the Capitol, and thoy have passed BOME WIOLESOME ENACTMENTS that will prove beneficial sud veformatory in their operation. 'l passuge of Speater Bouek’s bill, increasing the tax upon insuranco companios, as & step in tho right diraction, tho rl;;h{’«limnliou supposed to bo the asscssment of sllkinds of proporty so that it will pay ita Iegitimato sharo of the public burden of taxne tion, This tax of 2 por cont on_tleir incomes, and tho increnso of 3 por ceut on tho gross onrnings of the railronds—if tho lattor bill pass tho Saunto, having alvoady passed the Assome bly—it_is catimated will iucronso tho rovenuos of tho Bteto at loast $400,000 per ani:am, which would nearly pay tho entire Stalo tax. After cightoen years of dallying und political Jugglery o tho part of tho Repubiicaus with o 8T, OROIX LAND-GRANT, the Roformers have disposed of it In & way, it ia confidently belioved, that will sceurs’ tho spoedy completion of the designated lines of rond, and dovelop & lurfu and valuablo seation of the State which has hitherto beon aeprived of rail- rond facilitics, They luvo essentially woaitiod and amonded the laws providing for the lotting of the Stato printing in a mannor that will guurd agninst tho payment of such exorbitant prices u8 have provailed of lato years, DBut tho m sweeping and radical reform that hins beon on. actod during tho session, nud tho ono most de- ‘manded by the poople, is tho passago of what is known s tho TPOTTER RAILNOAD BILL. This was the rock on which, it waa confidently predicted, tho Reform ship was to strike and g0 to piccos. * The rmlronds,” eaid tho Repubii- cans, *‘oleoted tho Reform ticket, and tho rail- roads own tho Stato ofticors as woll ay tho Logis- ture.” But the muwst stringont of luws hus ul- ready passed both branches of the Legislnturo, and with doubtloss bocome law, 1ts jrincipal provisions aro chiofly thoso: Ib provides for tho appointment of throo Commissioners, who aro to oxercise n suporsisory control over all tho railrondy in tho State, and theic dutios aro similar to thoso prosoribod by the Obio luw, It flxos tho rates for catrving passougers ¢ § conta por mile ou firat-class ronds, and 4 conts on the othors, and it rodncos the freight tarifla from 80 to 50 por cont. ‘Ihus whoat that is now churged 16 conts por 100 nounds from tho Mis- sissippi River o Milwaukieo is only churged 8 conts under the new luw. The roader will reudily soa that they havo TAKEN TUE DULL DY THE WORNS in this business. It is possible that thoy have gono too far, and will eventunlly bo compelled torccedo from some of its provislons, but it iv o now question, and _they may b oxeused it thoy Iave crred on the sids of the peoplo, It is wsual for tho Legisluturo to orr the other way, and play into the bnnds of the corporations, If it will have the effect to bring tho wator out of somo of tho rallrond stock, it will bo o good thing, mnd it it will keop tho wator out of some of tho now stock it will bo well, Whe bill lus & eurious history, it boing of Robublican origin, When it was flrst introduced it was considered to Lo so radical mensuro that no logisintor, not evon the Grangers, Lhnuf;hb it could be pnteed. Tho railrond lobbyists laughed at it, Whon anothor Rtaitroad bill was undor cousideration in the Sen- aite, and it was foarad it might pans, the railrouwd intorest, thinking tho doso would be slwgother to atrong for anybody to swallow, prooureit tho offering of tho Fottor bill as_a kubstitute for the originul bill, whon lo and behold IT WAS IMMEDIATELY ADOYTED! Tho Houve assumed thnt it was tho bout bill bo- {ora thom, and as tho Sonato Lud alrondy pmssod it, thoy did tho same out of rospect to the Son- rto and to save timo. Thoe railvond man deelt tho cords, but got ' onelired in the game. hoy aro not in the bost of humor ovor this defent, but they will teol bettor after thoy got a little used to it. ‘I'he defoat of ¢ WEST'S WAREIOUSE NILL by the Bonate, aftor pusalug the Honso by a large ninjority, I8 regurdod ny a sorions ealumity bylfiu country membors, but is vat ko rogarded by tho Milwaikee people, who mxllullmla poing oxlon- wively into the oloyator-building business, and don't wih to hiavo tho ohargos regulated by luw. Tho Milwaukeo logislntor is in favor of roform in overything oxvopt the particulur businoss in which ‘he happons to bo engnged, Lot him hundlo all tho grain at his own price, place no restrictions on the snle of beor, oxempt Lis proporty from taxation, and ho will netively one gago in the reformution of all his neighbors, niess somo orudo and ill-advised moururo fs allowed to slip throngh during the elosiug liours of the sousion, the Reformers will have done lite tlo to rogvot, and much to be proud of, at Mudi- o, tu torm of the Loglulajure, Occastoney,