Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 23, 1874, Page 1

- VOLUME . I'RESS GOODS, SITING. a0l Summee FIELD, LEITER & CO. State & Washington-sts,, JIave opeued n fresh importation of NOVELTIES in Spring and HSummer Dress Goods in all the . new designs and fabrics, French Printed Jaconets, Or- gandies, and Foulards. Side-bordored Cambrics and Jac- onots, a new article and very de- pirable. ¥ 100 picces of Printed Piques and Crapes nt 30 cenis; former price, 50 conts. 200 picces of new-styles Pacific Percales, at popular prices. Plain and Striped Batistes,in the natural color. Dress Linens in all shades, in- cluding the VIENNA DRRESS LIN=- EN, which is the shade for thesea- son, and many other novelties, to which they invite attention. CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, &o. T CHILDRENS SARRIAGES! d Marbles, Tops, Base Balls, &0, Bt Onson, B vstoty, ab 1y VERGHO, RUHLING & CO.’S, 138, 140 & 143 Btota-st. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS, NATIONAL LINE, OTICE—"This Cumpany takes the risk of insurance (up ‘AF'I\N,‘W in gold) DI{ ceach of ita stoamors, thus Ivlng Pasvongora the bost Dossiblo guarantao for safely an Liptdafoo of dungor at soa, il Wouk. sauidarly wuiohae slways beon sdopted by i Gompany to avoid foo and b % CITVIRISOOL it (ULRNATOWN, from Plors Non, 4¢ and 47, No Now York th Rivor , (i Slcurn:c. ® Toturn tokots at roducod rat or from Gorman and Scandina Tho Stoamalupa of this litioaro raits 01 Great Britain, Irelaa Rorthcast cornor Olark and Raniy Blormaa Houso), Onicago, WIL! Gonoral Westori' Axout, NEW YORK TO CARDIFF. TheSouth Wales Atlantio Stoamehip Uompany's Novw ecinse, Fufl-powored, Olydasmuilt Stonmeis wit i from' Pounsyivanta Rallrond WhNtr, Jorsoy Oilys . Fob 7. | PEMILE 1 | ANDECS. . U it rengors At through. ratos from o o a0 eeer Ghnadn.to ports n the urlaml Ohannol il all ;ll.)llr ]lnllnl; ln“":::‘m‘lfl-n” i y ek pebasly for tho trado. 3 LA it ATL Tho TetoRt L tavoiaonia foF Lo Goinfortaad ‘convonionen of CABIN AND STEERAGE PABSENGRRS, First Cnbég, 816 and. ',;T eurronoy, Second Cabin, 355 croncy. S e, ourroncys Bl Bt orane sostiioRte from Cardif . 3. far £1 end upwards, For furthor pariioiare, avply (n Candit, at the Gom- panys Othees. Ro. | Dok Cnpmbers, and th New York to ARCUIBALD BAXTER & 0O, Agonte, No. 17 Broadivay. STATE LINE. Stoamships—~Stats of Ponnsylvanla; State of Tani BN OF Minnenata biats 6. Alaumna: Stato of Vir ! of Florids (hulidi o s It Alabamaeailss, ealls Suturday, Aprild.' ¥rom kiy Sailings noxt Summor, '$60and $% gold; Ricornge, $30 urronoy. Dexita o S50y and 800 Gurrericy. Passenzar booked to ointaat Iow Tatod. fargostin ‘tho trads; nd tho Contiuont, at heata: (ovpamia. Gy A3 SACALISTER, surrouior; propaid, B33 o For urior ‘partloulacs apply o 23 Brundweay, Now York. G o B L Wadu'n Ay 0 Clarkeat,, Chicago. ANCHOR LINE. Twlco a wook from Now York to all parts of Great Brit- Aln, Irvland, and Condlnontal Eusops, OANIN from 8(55 3 BIEERAGE 1 30, U, 8. curronoy, Sigt draits'ng i 4 s lergceok i it dpril. Apply at Company's alle lison-ata,, Chicaga, s Medhiin-ate O S ¥tson nROTHERS, Agonts. . I, cor. LEATHER AND FINDINGS. SHOEMAKERS, ATTENTION! HENRY H, HEIMERDINGER, Leather and Findings, 03 LAKE.ST., corner Stato, ¢ returuo! from the Fast, whore ho has banght & B oy Trads ama pairona t0 Hirs Bith a oall, &s ho will nol) ab ONVE_ B RICIESS. ‘WANTED. PARTNER Will be admitted, with $8,000 cash, to de- sirable firat-class business, Particulars aro left with A, H, TAYLOR, Advertising Agent, NNo. 4 Tribune Building, W AINTTEIL, A Traveling Life Insurance Agent For Sta o uf Itnots, A falr salary will bo patd, Mo of gxparimes dsaired, to work for an, old Compdny. 'Ad- freas, with reforancos, GINIERAL AGENCY LIFE IN: BURANOR, Tribuno oftice. BUSINESS CARDS., W.C. WATTS & CO., 21 Brown’s Bullilng, Tiverpool, Ballolt conafgnments of Provisions, Lard, &o., and exe~ oute orders Lur tho purchase and salo of samo’ for futura R S ey K i iy our frtands, Mossra. I & i, No, % Willlum-at., New Yorks - oovree FO% J,WARD ELLIS & I, X1, YOUNG, DENTTISTE, o, 300 Btato-at., cornor of Adams. KINGSFORDS Oswego Starch. 0D8-1000 PURE. 0 othor manufacturar has yot attanod this porfao® tlop, Bold by ull Uryeors, STOOKHOLDERS' MEETINGS, e of the S Louis, Jacksouville & Chiradd Rallroad Company. Cmcaao, Til., March 10, 1874, annual moottng of the Stock and Hond holdoen of ompany for e olootlan of Direotars for tho vnulng and for the transxotlon of othor appropristo busi- The this O Banas il ba tild 5t tho oifs of (Ho Ghioaio & Afton Htail. o3 Gompany i Ghiiago, ‘o0 Soudss,” the iy day”of Al oty haraon tho prni of 10 3. dne st 4 oelue] o i tanulur baok wiih o olosad at he cluso o ahuutil tho Annl it o 2 SRR RO LION, Heo EDUCATIONAL, Racine College. Sprit ) Bumrmar Soarlon of Racino Collogo will o IO IHIAY, Aot 5. rion of Racina Callog fior admisaton ubyly w0 the itov, Jamos DaKoron, D, Diociviors sun Kaprurad n o Morahantst National '8 Qn) prooured al 0 rohiants' 01 Ranit, b at itohold ixthomsyn, Moo 8 Clakrss oties g|von that LINEN GOODS, LinenStore. keeping Dry Goods, which is now ready for the inspection of the public. From the fact that we intend to devote our entire attentionto these goods, making them a §PEC£AL—'EY, House- keepers can feel assured of find- ing in our store any article they may require. Ourlongacquaint- ance with the business, and our connections with XEuropean Houses, enables us to offer the latest novelties at low prices, Ladies are invited to call and examine our stock. CARTER & WARRIN, 77 State-st CLOTHS SUITINGS, &o. Cloths, Suitings & Cloakings. FIELD, LEITER & CO. State & Washington-sts,, Invite attention to newlines of Fan- cy Cloakings and Watorproofs; Fan- cy and Plain Sackings; Fauvcy Cas- simeres and Linens for Boys’ Wear, ronging from 65¢c up; o handsome assortment of Eng, and .Am. Cassi- mere in Stripes, Checks, and Bro- ken Plaids; ¥ancy and Plain Coat- ings, consfs ing of Diagonals Bas- kets, Crepes, Tricots, and Piques: Eng. and Fr. Broadcloths, all colors and prico3; and o splendid_assort- ment of Eng. Moltons and Kerseys for Spring and Summer Garmouts, unusually attractive and remarka- bly low. STATE AND WASHINGTON-STS, BOOTS, AND SHOES, TN OETICE:. 6.5, RICHARDSON &(0,, 128 & 130 Franklin-st, (2d floor.) Special attention is invited to the large assortment of Boots and Shoes now offered by this house, at the lowest prices, to all dealers, both in the eity and country,who arelaying in their Spring stock. Call and exam- ine their Stock and Prices. MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS. SHIRTS, Collars, OU%:FE, WILSON BROS,, 67 & () WASIINGTON-ST., CHIOAGO, And Pike's Opcra Honse, Fourth-t., Clooanati. FINANCIAL, CITIZENS' BANK OF CHICAGO, Cor, Madison and LaSalle.sts, CAPITAL = $100,000 DIRKCTOR Luders o orey, rneys, 1i0'd G sl Edtato, AN AT LW gonoenl Bankinge busin Dapostia rocelved. Py orean. exoham, 0ss transaoted. Collootions ‘Govoramont. honds. baught td. s fur walo.” We saliol ao- from the buvinesu publio, U B TENKD, Frow. D 3t ¥. NEXSEN, Casltor, ROBERT WINTHROP & CO, DANKERS AND BROKHERS, No, 18 Wall-at., Now York, excouta ordors for ETOOKS, NDS, AND GULD, allw 4 por cunt intorest on DI Zad transase a gonoral lankiug anl Lrokorago F0 RENT. BOR REN T, tary briok buflulag, with basement, 60278 2 and 57 North Oliatton-st, nd acgass o throo , Wi il contalning a stowm oaj; aro well adaplod for manutucturing purpt o rontod £.r & torm uf yours at n intlorato rout, Ton A‘l,l\.l Qu(x‘;: r"fiulfil ?{1" e ‘\;llll 1“"]"“( N:l- Ay ta AR ;) v 44 Portian id W KIERIOOT &G0, 86 aat. Wasbing: “TO LEASE, Jor {hroo yours 160 eresof land_ahout 77 wmiles froin Chinugty, hane Brookfioll, Janslio County, 1l Add SO R AT Nl A N Yore iy, A0 _FOR BALE. “Tiow Dramisc Jth Ioro storugo o and ahaflivie, oy ca ATOTION SALE. Lyell offern- Publlo ‘auation, Aty Harmn ane-halt ll3 sunEnof Lo I£EGoalos Hrick Yardv, ok Ues B & Gy L oL ek G ars ol 1 Banab o i iz ekt S act a6, & BULLLOE of alncle” bossok, woll hrokon and good drivers, “Torins: A o SR i R et i Adiaie A _eburches bocamo Tomporanco hally, TEMPERANCE. A Review of the Crusade in Indiana and Ohio. Tho Movoment at Valparaiso, War- saw, Lima, Kindlay, Clyde, Nowark, Columbus, &e. The Raid Upon Lothrop---Tom Granger, the Bear-Man, An Intorview - with - Van Polt-—Dio Lewis at a Prohibition Con- vention, - Tho Baxter and Adair Lignor Laws ---Beadlo and Judge Saflord, Mass Meetings of tho Various Tem- perance Societies. Reports from the Movemont in Other Parts of the Country. H A REVIEW OF THE CRUSADE IN IN- DIANA AND OHiO. JFrom Our Gron Correspondent. CoLyswus, 0., March 20, 1874, 01d a8 the Women’s Wlusky-War, or crusade- movemeut, has now become, thoe question of ity succoss, even in Ohlo, hns yot to bo dutermined. Thero ara thoge who beliove, with John of Gount, that ‘Vialent firen scon hrn ont themselves ; Bmail showors last long, but sudden stormn are slort, 10 tires betimes who spirs (00 fust botines 3 Wik oager foading food dolls choke the feodor, Thoro aro mauy in ovory town in which it has temporanly succeeded, who flumly boliove that the offect of #o much excitoment will bo to leave the country worse off than ever, and pretoud to find a reaction sotting in already. Thore are othors who discovor in it deop significance which thoy would compnt with tueir Inst breath, In the sudJon disturbanco of social cconomy, tho shootod ghosts of roliglous intolorance and priestoratt do squonk and gibber, and por- tenta dire aro dally obaerved in tho movemeat. 8o far, my own obsorvations bave been confined to the immediato nefghborhood of the temper- ance flamo, I Liave beon peoring through tho stilling smoko which precodes an outburst of zenl, or scorching .outside tho flumes. I havo not yot viewod the soil over which tho rad-bot broath of tomperance hns passed, nor can I aesort that it has or has not dono its work oficet~ ualty, Tao popular wish iu father to the popular Dellof chat it Laos curied nway everything, I liavo no hositation in saying thiat tho anti-saioon movement Is pre-eminoutly popular. ‘The oppos sition that exists to it among respeotable peoplo is all confined to utroot-parado, NONTHERN INDIANA lias shown no signa of s strong foeling in this movemont, and, from the symptoms in about o dozou towns aud villages in the neighborhood of the two railroads, the Michigan Southern and Dittsburgh & Fort Wayno,tho offorts of tho tom- porance pooplo havo not funnod tho excitomen b up to blazg point. Bo far 23T can sep, thoro i8 no renson to oxpoct that thoy will doso. cither, The movemout bagen in Ouio; sud to Ohio, so faras practical resalts are to bo looked for, it will be confinod, And those results will bo tho pussago of s rigid lico nso Jaw, AND NOTHING MORE, Publio sentiwent in Obio is very bilter rgainel the liquor-Lrade, but the intelliganco of tae Stato arrays iteoll on the wide of luw, The peoplo me & unit ngainst the Jrovalenco of intomperanco, us thoy ara n overy State. Thiey aro unanimous 1n their de- sire to crush vut the small doggerics which flonr- ish In every country town an villni;o: but thoy are by do 1neans unnnimous, olkcher in Indiann or Obio, in tho bolief that the existing law, backed by thio strounost of public sentiment, can sooiro the end arrived at. ~Whas 18 wantod in Ohio ia a Jicouse law, Indiana aud Illinos hava it ; Ouio Lis not. . THE BAXTER LAW OF INDIANA apnears to PoMBESH many SdvAnLosCH B8 O To- si-ictive agont. Lako the Ilinois Inw, 1t holds tho iiquor-uonlor and his laudlord rosponsibly for tne ovil effects the latter prodnces,—malking it & criminal offonso to soll intoxicating liquors to rmunors or to persons in tae hab- 1t of becoming inioxicated, At tho snme timo, it authorizes tho issuo of pormits by the county to liquor-dealers, upon tho condition thot nm:l{onty of voters [n the ward or district slgn & potition to thal efect, ‘Iho pormit neods ouly ta be pluced at & largo Hgure, suy $1,000, to malto tho law exoeodingly eotivo, inasniuch ns it oradicatos the choap buints of vico, and bus toudonoy to make tho saloou-keeper wary. ‘The working of this provision appears to have been very ehcournging; for, oxcept in Val 1aig0, where n mujority of the maloons wore thriving without auy licsnao at o, the number of places where liquor ean be obtamod iy gig- uiticantly small coinpared with tho population, The estimate would not bo unfaip that there are three saloons in Northern Obio wliore thero is but oue in Indisua, proportioned to tho population, Honco tho domaud for a forvid movement in tho Intter Btato was not by any mesus what it was in Obio, Tho ladics of Indizus, whoro sny organ- izod action 1n bomg takon, have ndopted - tho motto and principlos of their Ohio sisters, ns thoy do tho diesses and bonnots of tho Fiench Capital,—bocause it was fashionable to join in tho movement, not bocauso thore was any very urgent nocensity for it. 3 VALPATAIEO was the firat town I_visited, and there thoe fool- ing wan intonse. It us burned out now, and Joft a Iuaontublo popular anlagoriua ity plus, e Mayor could have nccomplished in a wook what the ladios have not yot succeodod in offoot- ing, Tive wocks ago the movemont commoncad with tho olroulation of temporanca-plogos in various forms. The saloon-kocpors were ealled wpon to sign a agroomont to oloke thaw places, which thoy rofusod to do. Tho drugyists wero next called upon. Some agroed fo sl whisky ouly upon & doctor's certitloate ; othors doclined to commit_thomuolvos to any plodyo,—poiuting out tho rigid provisions of tho Baxtor Inw, und assuring tho ladios that thoy wero bound by Inw to thiy view ot tho matier, nud that any” per- sonnl plodge would, therofore, bo superiluous, Mauny of the bost eitizens dovliued to bind them- rulves to drink nothing stronger than water, on tho ground that they enjoyod, under the Con- stitution of the Unitod States, tho privi- logo of dotermining their own food, ~ The churches backed tho ladies; wuud there wore nob wanting leaders, many of thom notuated by the Dbost possiblo motives, to install the **Crusade,” Tho and the Tndien turned out to pray, 'Vhe Cutholio clemont presorved o disoreet silonce, and consequently came i for o sharo of tho prayer, sud—wlnt “wecompanles theso Tomporanco-prayors—-popu- lur disfavor. In oue waolt TIE MOST LAMENTANLE, PEELING pravailed in Valparaiso, ‘ho ladles woro insulted ; a Mothodist preschor and an editor incitod to viot; and whnt might hnve boon the rosult no- body kows, Somo bright porson liore thought of tho existonto of a Juw, and_commonced by in- hioling valoou-koepess for salling to sunors. In o fow days there Yoro elghty-live indictmonts ugningt five mon, ‘Yhewo follows ** jumpod the town," und the prayiug in public ceased, Tha onges wont over to the noxt torm of court, and vulnnw-‘u lo vnulmrarl to s uoruial nonimkm. oxooph thek boye aud Wrunkards gon RO louger Orthodox . obtain llquor, This much has boon eoffocted thirongh recourso to Inw—not to prayors, I'nero hos boon & whito liost; now tho ombers glosy with a sullon red, 3 1 givo moro prominence to Valparaiso booause the movemont thera hins A TOLTTIOAL BIGNIFIOANOE 3 becnuse tho wotnen wore engineered by n clorgy- mat who I8 aleo an oditor aud a politicion ; and boonyee it wad claimed to bo an offort to plit n tromondons Granger iufluence, 1t hag not hoon 80 doalded a succosa a8 at first hopod; and it was this combination of politics with prayer,— oftlco-recking with offertngs,—that kilied nll its inflneuco for gond, Lt took tho forin of persc- outlon, Tha diuggist who announced his inton- tion of braving tho Indies was throatoned by them, throngh this vory proacher, with pecuniary luss, ¥ Wo will rnin your businesn”, "was tho moral eunsion they sttemntod, I asked n very fino old lady, who 13 tho rocopnized lendor of tho ‘mavoment in Valpatatso, f this was suasion, ov coorolon, Bho replied that *This was tho only way to awako public sontimont.” Bho didn't kunow the law, or auything noout tho law. All sho corod for waus thio objcet [n view. How to obiain it sho was not purticular, Valparaiso's example had A DETERRENT INFLUENCE on noighboring towns, In tho eutlying villages tha Gormans propondorated, and snulad_at. fho. movomont, lnug tho 1lne of tho road I visitod many towns, but fafled to OGud a ropstition of theso nxpnflollnnm Tho pooplo wore not pro- pared, Vhoro had beon temperance mootings at tho tall of the rovival, but they'had come to nothine, Piymouth, Ind., is n lavger town than Valporaiso, but thoro appeared to bo no prospect of any oxoftomont, . In others, tho ladies woro wipiug off tholr moral spectaclos for tha puiposo of discoveriug somo sink of iniquity which had Dhithorto escaped tholr observation, in order that thoy might bo in tho fasbion. Insomo instancos, they found tho monstgr, only to loara_on close inspoction that ho was hurmlo:s, In others, thay wont bravely for him, and, when ho shioved Iy claws, retreated. PERIATS WARBAW would bo as good spccimen ns any. Hora fan Inrgo, dlourisbing coutiy-town, enfoying tho remnants of 1oligious revival and o 1apuintion for londnees and gaioty not unlike thas of Chicas eago horsolf. Thore ju but one saloon_in War- sniv, kept by an Euglishman,—a sbrowd _fellow, who bay made a greas doxl of money. Thero aro severnl * Governinont snloous,” and these tho Indics will ot touch, Upon Lothrop thoy coa- coutrato thoir energlos—such onoigies a3 tloy havo, I hnpponed to follow them ia on one oc- casion, nnd witacssod & most : LAMENTADLL EXHIBITION OF FRUITLESSNESS, Tifteon Indics walkod 1uto tho asloon aud st down, whilo the crovd outside filed in aftor thom, Tho bur-tender mado {ho men removo their linte, and gavo seals to tho Indies. Ono poor, wretched-looking woman, waom I regaided ny tho flgurciYoad of the mdvement, and - it whoso sad eves dud meluncholy oxpression I rond a story of intomporate husbind and childcen, stood by {he stove. A fecblo voico oponed s Iiymn, choson, probably, with the grotesquo iden of nappropriatencss which oharcterizas tho Mothodist bymns «of tho colorod brotaron. and commancod, *Tho water of lifo is fres to an.” ‘Lhon followed prayer. Lf a mers huwan being may pass judginent on those prayers, ho would couidomn thom, ‘They wero ostousibly offered to tho Tiarone of Graco, but flung sida riso . AT THE SATOON-KEEPEN. “Wo don't doubt, ol Lord! that this wicked man bohind tho bar was good and kiud once, be- fore ho wont into thia uarriole business, but wo Iuow ho isu't now, sud cannot bo uutil he gives it up,” was about as muld as any of tho re- flections upon him. One Indy praved that a stop should ho put to the sala of ‘all liquor throngh- tho Jand,—-* not the pure, wholoeome wino which ‘Fliy Bon'mado by n miraclo from water, but tho poionous swull sold ovor tho bars of saloons ;" whereat tho bar-tender pigaied. Anothor of thoso approprinta byms chusen for the occation | onded, b And T mriust mnko my peaco bofore_ T atand upab Thy Bir, Durlng the priying, n lnnfluid widow lady stapped 1p to tia bar-tondoer With & ptronizing air, nud . SHOOK JANDS WITIL HL, bowing and smirkiag all tho time, 1 hopo you aro not offended,” gald this zealous nisstonary, with o seductivoemilo. * Blose your soul, no,” aaid the porson adidresssd, “I'm foud of tho ladics. It ain'toften I have tho pleasure of sosing thom, and I'm quite soft on_them when thay docame.” Al tuis tima the fellow hald hor haud nud posred futo her faco, tho Iady coyly blushiug sud hanging hor hond. “Ar.” Lothrop,” “commenced the languid, mournful person who led the band, * may 1 say somothing 2’ “ Go ahead!" said’ the blulf Briton ; * this is & fron country, and, so long ns voulndies bohave, 2'n|l may suy what you please.” 1 oxpected ono of thoso iurrowing scorics which ure cegulatly told, wizhont variation, in ovory town intho country, Bat, in nbont twenty minutos, the old lady hud narrated & story of hor own_geilons ilness, and tho readinois with winel Louhiop had given hor ica in the summer, nxd charged uathing for it. * Now, would'nt it Lo botter for you,"” “she concluded, ** to sell ica instond of Whiaky?" * Blons mo!™ said he, always do put ica in mixed drinks; you couldn's do without it} ". . A sour-visngod woman took the man to task for tho ¥ EXAMPLE NI SET I8 OMILDREN. That stung the bold Biiton, and thus be ro- plied: “You may talk of noas much as von plerso, but loave my childien slone. Thoy neither hio nor sbaal ; can yon say a8 - muoh for ours? They go to sehool evoty day ; do youra? Tuey nre decently: dressed; are yours? Thoy ate uot nllowed to run round ' tho stroots, gotting 1uto all_sorts of mischior ; are yours over at home? Dou't talk about my children! You claim to Lo Christian womon, aud to Lring up your chiidren to Lo Christiaug. It it thotr Chirlslian education that makes your cbildren porsccute and ridiculo mine, and’ call hew nawgs, bocnuso thoir fathor 18 a saloon- XmuFur? Suy what you like to mo, but you'll do well to Joavo tho elildron alono, madano ;™ aud tho dirty wan spoke with & cousciousness that cowed tho women. H“Is that & gambling-room ?" whispored & misslonnry-lady to o boy in the saloon.” * Aro you dooking for a plago for your husbnd aughod tho fat ainacr, mockiugly. * Ask him; thore 't & gambling iouso iu_the county thag he don't know, . H4'if tell you all aboutit.” Who Indios could make no resistance, sud liled ous &zain as fast 08 possiblo, *rines peens!” © rrve nEens!” ¢ rwo DEERRI™ oriad the twonty-odd men who had followed the lndica fn; and’less than o minuto the saloon- keopor announcod that he bad turned in 81,60 giuce tho Iadies went out, “Istin o sumple of their performances?” I asled. ¢ “U'hiat'n a1l the eatiafection thoy get ont of 'mo,"” ho wpllud. #'Phoy've fought me light and durl, but V1l beat thom yot.” Al @2 you propose to Lreat thom woll *'So long " ns thov behave themsolves, The: hiavo Lo law on-thctr kido o protact thom ; uud, 80 longny I know mysolf, I'll have on it mino, too,!! ‘Iliere ean be no doubt in {ho world that the Jow kaloous of n country village aro about ! AS VILE REHORTS, a8 0 mancan fiud in any pleos i the world, ho country-1mfer who spends his time hoy boy, * It fs tho desporate young follow have nothivg to do but fall abont their pins, who pawronizo the villago Lor-rooms, 'Thoso Vinced could” all bo olosed by law, and all are closad Latoro the ladlos Lwve boon very long hofore {aeir doors. 'l‘hoy nre not_patronizod by men. and boys properly looked after at homo wogid tiot neolc thom., ‘They ylold to prayer, beeausv thoir atoos ond profite’sre jusignificant, anl thoy thomanives aro no worse off whon they are.closol. 'Thore are some suok places in tho Iarger ftowns, and theso yleld at onco to trontmoiat, 'Cho ladies aro abill working {in_some placo, along tho line, bus foobly, bo- cause they bave little to work agalnst, The +drugglsts gonorally dooline to sign tho plodge offered thom, and modify b untl it exactly romucidon with the law, “The ladies, who aro not fawilinr with law, suppose thoy have of- feoted_overything, aud put_them on (o back. Tort Wayno wis the ond of the routes, and the o8t important plnco so far as Indinna was con- carned; qub there wis no exeltomont bi For Wayue,, B LIS O, 3 uninterosting _lown. with soveral dog- goriens und apparontly no womsn cnpable of osainfs o vigorous movement. oro tho ouly 2orm of wpitutlon iu tho logitimate oue of circu- luting pogitions and perdonally romonstruting with saloon-keapors, I sonrched diligently for u soone in Limz, and av length found ono, ag 18 usual, in An unexpoctod quactor, ¢ 1}o you poo that nnn sitting there ?" asked fan agll, mine hoat of & vory dirty tavorn, ! "|¥;:,"” Tropliod * ko looks like o third-olass b " ¥u'4 baster not dab any of the ladisa Liesr ) 1874, you say 80," roturnod the onutlous W That's host, VAN roLT, thg ront Tarmperanco 1 turer " 0ol mo nbout Van Polt," X snld. “ 1o tapt that famous snloon at New Vionna, and gnvo the Indles thara n Lioup of troublo. But thoy prayed for him, and wouldn't quit il ho did, and the first thing be know thoy'd whipped Itim, 1o enved in, poured all his f{mr out on tho aldewali, and thd§ had a high old time. Sluco then ho's beon travoling round looturing, and 18 gotting to o quite populsr with the miie igtors and laches,” I" lltus ho made o succoss on the platform? I osled, ““Why, yes: ho's n tremondous follow out horo,” rosponded the sponlkor, At this momout niy curivalty know no law, I asked the objeot thereof if io was Van Pelt, and b sopliod U b was. L am sorey that 1 way led to tls unwise stop fn sonrch of information, for Vou Polt’ has nover consed to bo a horrible warniug to mo. DIAGINE 1IX ¢ A gaunt, raw-boned follow, with the unmis- taiablo 1mpross of nleobol dpon his facoe: n bruiger's countonance, and s biruch of knuchles that a bruiser would bo glad of; o uluuch{'. swaggosing gait, and a lofty, patronizing alr .abait him, whluh.unnfitlmou [ives way to that oxcoselve modanty of all truly groat moii, A briof canvorsation with him cunvicced me that the whisky business bad lost an oxcollont ropresoutativo; but whothor the platform bd wined by his chauge of baso 8 a question I oavo Cuivsgo to dectdo for itsell. Iu will naye an ovportunity bof.re long,I undorstand, aud T would not for the world attomnpt to influsnce tho racoipta nt tho door. s & spuaker, his oloquenco is not se flory ne tho whisky Lo sold; bub /his style of sponking noeds nbout the snmne nmouunt of corvoction thet his liquor did. 1o lian not miad n partioularly good improssion at Golumbus, from which poinv I write. nor do I believe lie ndvancos the causo of Lempeinnco in nuy very great dogros. Ho how nequited tho sob phirases waich all, Temporance-ngitutors sy, and succoeds well enough 1u the emall towns, whoro tho voico of & public spaaker doos not froquently bolong to n mora osaltod porsonage than o Soe loon-keeper or o country-politician. Acting upon kis sugzeations, I decided to try a town which wag said to bo * red-hot,” and wont nosth ns far ag FINDIAY, Horo, indcod, the ludies wore at work with commondavle zeal. Thoy hed started in nccumiu% to tho anccopted theory of agltation, by circulating pledxos ~ aud holding 'femporance-mootinga, In thoso smudl towns, any meoting Is necosntily o broak in tho monotony of existonco; and overvbody tool liold, netitated by many uiotives. I attondod ono of tho mootings hold in the Court-House, aud hore the ludios hiad oxbibited good judginont. ‘l'ho youngar onos wero ro postod 8 to prosont o formiduble array -of fomivino attractivoness, Coascquently tha room was crowded, It ls bruo that tho oldotly ladios were utterly izno:ad, whilo that po:ulior tolegraphy in voguo umong young poopole kept the astontion of the {uuicrs faly oceupied, ‘Lhis I tho svatom ususily em-~ ployed, sud 1t acts well in_bringing the wuudy of ‘Lemporance lomo w nu attraciive form, Find- Twy {8 whnt is kown as *' A HARD TOWR." It s fast in manuers, and supported no_loss than twenty-two saloons, and mumerous drug- stores. So far—in sbout three weeks—about Dalf the formor wore closod, sud tho druggists Liad signed tho pledge. At 'the mmo tinia, lot mo ndd that whisky conld be obtained at somo of thoso latter pluces, whilo Inger-beor was not pacronized, out of respect for popular senti- mont. ‘The Indios were porsistent in their visits, romaining ot ono timo all day. Sinco thon, they cut their visits & orter, and mako moro of them. Thoy have zet somo dilioult work beforo them, for tho Tiottor saloons ara taoso which hiave held out, conducted by men of menus, aud some of thom of intollizence,— men who will brave tho very-sirong publio san- timent ngainst thom for the malntonance of tho prinoiple involvad. Tho stato of alfairs at Findlay is o falr samplo of tuo other towna of Nortborn Obio of 1ta mzo, —towns of 5,000. inhubitauts avd less,—Bello- fontaine, Konton, Fostoris, Tiflin, and such phices. Fromont, Liowever, is auother wild Dlaco, and thore it vory little intorest displayod oither way. Tl Geruan olement docs 10t pro- pondocate, but i3 of sqme weight, Clyde i auother bard town. It was in Clydo that TOM GRANGER bronght his bears into che snloon and turnod thow loose, Ciranger lias given up the busi- ness,—not beeauyo of religious coavictions, or to plonso tho ladies, but bocause bis Iutornal- Revenue licenso has nearly expired, Possossing amplo means and a passion for pets, Lo has no need of keoping o esloon. Grangor was mnado for something higher than n enloon-keopor. Ho is o fue-looking, pleasant man, hearty and generous, and always polits to tho Iad.es. ~ Hoe hns a quoor triok of l\yunkiug bis mind, much ont of placo undor tho ciroum- otances, o is oxcooldingly folicitous in his roparton, whish made mo romark to him that tho plutrorm would Lo enrichad by lis stumpng thiough the country. * Well," ho replied, * L have mado sevoral specches in my timo, and I might, porhaps, plonse n Tomperance-nudionce. 2'vo uoon druuk ofton cnough : but I'll be d—d i I thwk 1t's anytbing to bragef. Nog I'll koop to my stock-raising, mv horses, and my bears, I'll sin no moto against Socloty by lec- turing.” o I hayo visitod hard towus, and towas where the ladies aro * laboring,” but I have failed to obsorve auything Lut tho.monotonous procos- wlon, the amo half-dozen hymvs from tho lothotst byma-book, the kamo quiat indiffer- enco of the on-lookers, and the snmo stolid ro- fusal of half tho beer-sollors to give in, 'There is nothing uovol in tho mattor’; nothing gro- tosque_bub the occasional choico of Lymns. 'li"llmro is an earuest purpode, which is immuta- o, IT 71A8 NOT DEVELOPED ISTO SUCCESS at present m Noithorn Obio; and what it gon- cral fruit will bo remains to bo seou. The next month will find {ho ladies successful, or tho saloons iu full blast again, Publio opinion in o small town s an offective weupon. 1t seldom follows Insy nliy\vlluxn,—neg- tainly not liere, Bat, wherover g0, I find in tho toeth of this movoment a strong bslief in Inw, Every man you mcot wishes the saloons closed out, but feals conlldent that their sup- prossion b{mn or-forco is not permanont, - Ho sirong is thiy, that n canard to tho offect that Washinglon Court-Hougo, where tho movement originnted, had already fivo fresh saloons atartod, found instant credit, and was univereally eiren- latod with the nccompauying "I told you so!” It was bolteved all over an immense aros, and is Deing bus stowly corrected. AT this points in ono direction: All the intelli- gont mon I have mot with oxpress ona opinion : n fuvor of A DESTRICTIVE LICENSE LAW, placing a liconso as high ns £3,600, if nocoasary, and with 8 good bond. Tho evil iis rondily roen. The Adair law, which was & compromise pro- hibitivo moasuto, malics tho sale Of liquurs to nunors_and drunkards dangerous to the sellor and landlord. But it does not touch the ques- tion of licenso atall. here is, consoquently, nothing to provent a man frowm starting o saloon in auy placo ho likos, IIe muy buy nquart of whisly and » fow glassos, and opon his don ad- Joining & chwch, and thero romain until do- clarod n nuisauce. 'Tho proflts ou the knlo of Tiguor are immenasa ; the capltal roquired insig- wifleant. Honco, thore belng no law sgainst its ealo within tho limits or tho Adair Inw, the numbor of saloons is Inge in Obio, What the londing journals—tho Cinoiu- nati Commercial ot the heud—are domanding is Iegislation to_covor thio leog-hole loft by the " Adair haw 5 and that will bo the_repult of thie ex- citomont,—uut aclual total abstinonco, but @ Hgid restriotion npon the salo of liquor,—its ragulntion by police-powor, NEWARK has appeared in priut protty frequontly of late, and Ivonght to, A heavy urnun:\e ought to bo ndo aguinat Newark until ftis cleanod up a little, Even . chio clouds seomed to bo sooty. But, in upite of its dirty appoarance, Nowark Lus it 'l'cm[mrnuun Loaguo, and tho ladles huve a rathor tough time of it. Lrouble came of their vigorann couversious, Thoy aucceaded in touching the liontt of o very fndurnted cltizon, who oxpori= onced rullfilau. closed his grog and gambling shop, aud prayed vohomeutly, Tho lossladitorof ona of tho Nownrk wocklies oxprossod a susploion that il ponitoneo way feigued and a triflo intorestod. I'o disprove this luinflous assortion, tho gamblor broka the editor's hond, who now bolioves in audden reformufiony, . COLUMIUE in AtllL in the throos of prayer,—the ladics wan- derlng rouud, praying in tho wet, and otherwise oxbiblting - dotormination Which' doserves cradlt. ‘Tholt Aucoaus hithorto hns. wot boon fnttoriug, although they havo the full symp athy pothioon v fedidan B e folhod A 4oa Liglth Foged) WASHINGTON. More About the Investigatio: of District Affairs, i 99 %30 Falling off in the Receipts from It ternal Revenue Sources, Sanborn' Ready to Explain How Beeame a Moicty Man, o, iy President Grant Denies {hat He will Veto Any Inflation Measures. . A Positive Statement that Secro-~ tary Richardson Will Soon Resign. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Speeral uapateh to The Chicago Lyibune. THE INVESTIOATION. ® ‘Wasamarow, D, C., March 22.—The investi- gntion now making into the administration of tho District Govornment hss never had, in many respocts, a parallel, Thers isn dstormined pue- poso apparently on tho part of thoss who may suffor from the invéstigation to bully and brow- boat, if possible, the Committes so ns to securo through fear a vordict of acquittal. This s n Iair evidonco that thoy do not expect to como off olear. Whon a man knows that ho is innocent, he doos not threaton the Judgo and jury wnilo his trinl is in progress, And yet somo of tho mombera of the Committen, possibly all of tuem, have recoived tiweaioning warnings of tho ponalties that will bo visited upon thom If they find tho District oficiala gullty, 1t is just pos- siblo that thoso thcents come from indisorcot ovor-zeelous frionds of Gov. Shophord and the Board of Publio Works, but thoy have come in a shape and maunor that have given thom somo weight and 1mportanco wilh memhors of tie Comaittoo, who are vaturally incensod at such cowardly uttempts to influonce tholr nction. “Theso THREATS WAVE DEEN MADE mora froely and signiticantly wincs the'adoption by the Committeo of the resolutions metting {orth that thoy will not hold themsalves estopped from going further than the charzod of tho ine- morialists will corry thom. Thoso opposing tho {nvestigation hnd, up to that time, belioved that tho Committoo would consider themsolves re- stricted to such charges and, whilo they wero not fiee from apprahension, still they rejoiced to think that the Committee would go no fur- thor, Now they sre greatly disnppointod and chngrined, Itis of course to bo oxpected that, in the courso of tho oxamlantion ou tho chargos, o groat maay things will Lo brought out which, used na clows, may Jead to revelations which the moworialists theinsolvos have not dreamed of, and consoquently havo not charged. Fhe Con- mittee plunly indicate their parpose to avail thernolves ‘of all such cirenmstances to tho {fullest poesiblo extont, aud of making the inves- tigetion eo thorough thet when it shall ‘bo concluded, thers mill bo no stooe loft angnra- ed cn nccount of which thers may oo dissatisfac- tion iu any quarter. Uho conduct of TIOSE WO ABE MANAGING on bebalf of the D kirict Government has not favarablv improssaid tho Commiltee. Professing o dasire to have a thorough and impattial inves- tjpation, they have watched the procoodings liko counsol for a man clarged wish orimo, and sought to avail thomselves of avery technicality that wonld cuablo thom to obstruct, dolay, or dofent the ends to bo roached Ly tho Invostiga- tion, ‘Tho country Ia fortuuate, ana indeed the actios to tho investigation ara Lo be congratu- latod, that there aro members of thoe Comunitteo who' cannot be orought to loso sight of tho euds in viow by uny artifico. Judgo Blacle found this out to his entire satisfaction o day or two ago, wheu Senator Thurmon quiotly gove lum to undorataud thut ho was not bully- ing a Bonrd of I'olice Justices, and oll partios are_comiag to acknowlodge this ns apparont. Aud that, whon it does bocomo &0 univorsally npparent, the parties under ivestigation, of tlomselves or by moenns of their friends, tako to throntoning the Comunittco, it is a sigmficaut and woighty circumstance. LATTA'S EVIDENOE. There is constdoiablo doubt 08 to whother Latta can bo induced Lo mako a cloan statement to-morrow of tho partios concerued in the real ostato ring. Tho roasons impollng bim to scoreoy aro ovidontly of unusual woight. A - THE FINANCES, Spectal Dispateh to The Clitcugo Tribune, RICHARDSON'S RESIGNATION. Wasmyaroy, D. O, March 22.—It ia now arcortained -beyond o 1oasonablo doubt that becrotary Richaidson's rosignation will be finally necopted within a vory tow days. The namo of his successor has not beon mads prblic, but there 18 overy reason to bofieve that the Presi- dout lias mado his choice. Tho contract under which Mr, Richardson becomos o partuer in the Frouch banking-honso of John Alunro & Co. Roex into cffect on tho 1at of A This con- tract was mads somo timo singe, probably about tho time that the agrcemout bouween the Preki- dent aud Richardson that the Jatter would rotire was acrivod at, NO VETO THREATENED. ‘WasmnaToN, Maroh 22.—Fresident Grant, in conversation yestorday with & leadiog Westorn® Ropudliean Souator, ¥aid tho statoment in a Washmgton speclal dispatch to s Now York pa- per, publishea Saturday mormng, that any logis- tion tending to iuflation must run tho gauntlot of hia voto, was wholly without voundation ; thut Lie bad convorsed wich no ono on that subject nt all; and that, if he wero himsclf o momber of Congross, bo should rogard au intimation of & veto'in advance of legislution as an unbecoming thrent by the Exooutive, and shonld resont it. TUE RECEIPTS FROX INTERNAL REVENUE bave dimiuished within the past two weoks, eugecially In the districts in Obio and Indiana, which is attributed to the .womon's crusacdo now in progross, Another causo is tho uncersainty throughout the country aa to what action Con- gioks will talio In regard to the finances and tax- ation, the effect of whicii 18 that trade 1s curried on upon & limited sealo. MORTON. Benntor Morton is cxpeoted to sperk on the finsncos to-morrow. A PETITION FROM NEW YORK, New Your, March 24—A Eumlon of 1,000 merobants of New York will be presonted to Congress to-morrow, asking that the volumo of logal-tondor bo fixed at £100,000,000, and for ths passago of a froe bunking law, gt BAKER'S LETTER, OOL. %, 7. HINTON HAS JIS 5AY IN REPLY, Special Iigputeh to L'he Chicugo L'ribune, Wasmineroy, D, U, March 21,—Col. I. J. Hinton bas published, in tho shapo of au all- davit, » partial angwor to tho chargo mado againet him by Commisalouer of Ponslons Baker, of which notico was mndo in your dispatches Inst night. with nnx porton against the peaco and dignity of the head of tho Ponsion Durouu, Ou the con- trary, ho dopovos thab bo advised Min. linenord not to go to tho longth of protosring tho charges. 1l says thot ho wag put on the rolla of tho pen~ vlon oilico Juuo 19, 1872, uad EXPLAINA A8 FOLLOWS 1 Dopouont stutes that he was placed on (ho rolls of the sforesnid oflico as o towmporary clor, ut a salary of §1,200), on nccount of politieul i cloriosl worvicos, 1le was rotuined sy Beorolury of the Republivan residont Exeontivo Commitios during tho whalo of tho -Btulo otoction of 1871, nnd t“wn hout tho Jast Prosidontinl cnmil:\lgn i that the r Inoinyg of 1ns namo on auch rolls was agafnut bis own judgmont and inglinuzlon ; that ho did nos then and does not naw believe in such mothod of cowpensucion : that hoe aid not thon o at any ume smea porsonally vequost such appolntment§ that it was done, according to the bost of his kuowlodge and boliof, with the knowlodgo and cousont of the Boeretary. of the Interior, and throngh the offorts of the Hon, Jamoy M. Edwunds, Sonator Chandler, and ox- Heuator HMaxian, que of tho propriotors of tho Ihe Colonol donics Laving conspired e @hicagoe Dailp Teibumne, ] CHICAGO, MONDAY, MARCH 23, NUMBER 219, Daily Cl ronicls of this city, and that ot tho timae of tho d« ponnnt's namo bolug Zuo placad, tho fact was voiy well known to the netive Ropubliean managets rosiding In this olty, nud to tho afores said Commissionor himsolf, " Dopouent furthor avors that ho novor donled or ovaded the faots, whenovor quostioned by auv ono wlio tind tho right to mquiro; that lio I8 awaro, of his own Imowledge, that mombers of the Ropublican Commiteco aforesald, who were {nstrumontal in piacing his namo on such rolls as tomporas alorl, aro atlsfled with tho Inbors ho porformed, and ho boliovos thut thay ara willlug to tako the rénpousibility of that not, n responaibility which i| holongs to ‘them, nad not to depcnont. The il Colonel rays hio will bring suit azainst Bakor for Tibol, 'Tha city papors, oxcopt thio Capital, bave refused to publish his card, ~ He hns mads’ him- #oil obuoxfous to thom by his vigoroys attacks on tho District and Governmont, The Capilal wlll contain his afiidavit to-morrow, —_— NOTES AND NEWS, Specwat Dspatch to The Chicago Tribune, BANDORX. Wasnixaron, D. O, March 22.—Sanborn s to appoar boforo the Ways and Means Commite teo on Tuuudny to make, it is undorstood, a statemont in his own behalf. N6, ATTONNEY-OENERAL, WILLIAMS inlylog danantously 11l ot hor resdonce in this oity of ‘8 uiervoud: ulsusse, Gl hino-not beom woll for about thrda wooks, but hor case hns be- como 50 much worso fu the last day or bwo aa to lend to gravo apprehenstons, i, A ‘‘ranty” gom. "Tho tono ‘0 romark on tho partof a grent many Republican Congrossmon and offieialy, with rogard to the rccunlley doveloped fact. that tha Becrotary of the National Ropublican Executive - Committee was paid for discharging those duties 8100 por month out of tha Nationa! Troasury asn tomporary clerk in ono of tho Departmenta, in which he porformod no duty, tho salary hav- ing boen seoured him by the party manngors to suvethat much monoy to tho party, leads to the roflection that thoy are very much grioved that the circumstance has gaigod publioity, If it coutd havo beon kept a corat, it wouldn't have Deon #o bad. An mvestigation might dovelop more such raseality. TIHE BUMNEDR MEMORIAL SERVIORS will bo hield in tho Hall of the House somn tima this woelt, An invitation hos bocn extenled to snch Senntors ne dasire to pronounas ouloyies ta bo prosont, The prociso day is no yot fixod. BUMSER'S BUCOESSOR. Bostoninns in Wnshmen aro [nclined to think that Dawes will bo eleated to succeed Sume ner noxt Tucuday, {10 the Aswclated Press) DEATH OF JUDGE DENT. Wasmivaroy, D. C., March 22.—Judge Dout, brothor of Mra. Grant, diod this morning at o'clook, at bis residonco iu this oity, of tumor in the stomach. *The funeral will ‘take placo on Wednesday, — # CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, BENATE. WasI.NG 10Y, D, G,, Barch 21, Not in Assion. g : HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. DRIDUE TILL, Aftor tho rending of the journal, bills reported from tao Committee of the Whole came up for actlon, tho fivst in order boing tho bill appro- Brlntlug $250,000 for o bridge over tho oastorn rauch of tho Potomac, the onacting clausoe of which bill tho Committeo lind strioken out. After discussion, a voto was takon on conour- ring in the rccommoudation of the Committes of tho Wholo to strilo out the enacting clauso, and it was couourrod fu,—yoas, 121 ; nays, 84,80 the Dilt was rojoctad. “I'ho House thon took up the bill appropristing $97,000 to pay _echool-toncliors of tho Distriot, which was roported yesterday fron tho Commite too of tho Wiole, with an amondmont offerad by Mr, dotrinm requiring the amount to be ool lected by tax on personal estate aud on banke and other corporations, At tho clove of the dis- oussion, M, RANDALL moved to lay the 'biil ov tho tablo. Negatived —yons, 01 ; nave, 116, The Yoto was thou tacon on the amendmount. Agroed to--,112 to 83,—and Lho bill was passed. ELECTION CASE. Tho Housn then took wp the Goorgla contestel clcction case. Aftor sonie” debato, and without cowing to u voto, thie Ilouse udjourned. TilE RO(‘-K“ISLL\'D CONVENTION. Mecting in Janesvilie Gpposcd ¢o the Iullding o the Rocx Island & Ilennopin Canal. Speciul Diapatoh to The Chicaqo Tribune. JaxtsviLLe, Wis,, March 22.—A large meoting was hold last night to consider whothos it is practionl or not to sond dolegates to tha Rook Tsland Cheap Trausportation Convention, to ba hold March 24. Addressos wore mals by Magor Suenerleud, Aloxandar Grabam, William . "Lalls man, and other leading citizens advoras to the vrnpuui!luu, all_opposing it a3 detrimental ta Wisconsin interests, It was thought that it car- ried out 8y pru(poscd, and tho Rook Islund & Honnopin Qanal coustructed wita a feedor from the Iuck River, it would dostroy tho hops of having tho Rook River made navigatle ns is desired, by diverting fully o helf ity wator below Dixon, Resolutions were adopted in opposition the project, and advising Wisconsin dologates in Congress to opposs a il now bofors Congrss appropiiating money for survoying smid caual. X was also doculed not to send delegatos tu the Convention. LANSING, MICH. The Agricultural Collego-=Pisciculs ture, Special Dispatehtv rhe chicago Tribune, TLarsia, Mich,, arch - 22.—The number of stinlenzs ub tho Agrioul ural Co:logo is 10, clas- siied as follows': Buniors, 213 Junlors, 18; Borhomores, 27 ; Irceln.co, 84, Two-thirds of tho studonts aro assigued to labor on tho farm, the remunining one-tuird in the garden, Fiftcon mombers of thoe Bonior class earned 38,334 lnst wintor, in teaching, towards paying thour colloga- expensey. Tuo Pish-Commiseionor, George H, Jevomo, Dbas had on exinbition hore sumples of the Cali- Turnis salmon and other varletios of fsh from tho Stuto biatchery nt Niles. ‘I'bo Califormia sal- mon rengod from the just hatched 1o shosothreo months old,—tho latzost specimous being about. three inchos long, while those just batched are abuut balf aninoh in longth, * The growth of theso fisliis vory rapid; they will average 18 pounds at throo yesis, 'In tho sureams not ono ez in 500 nlil ‘bocomo fish ; whilo of thoso in thio Stato hatohowy, 90 per cont batch out. Fighty thonsud Culifornia saimon, 1,500 whitetish, 800,000 shad, aud 40,000 Atlantic ealmon hava boen distributed in the lakos and rivers of this State. Deecriptions of 160 lakos have boer roge iszorod by tae Commlssionor for the dimpositivl of the future spawn, RELIGIOUS. The Reformod Lpwcopal Church fu Auroriu, Svecial Dispateh to the {:hicano Trfouns, Aunonra, 1il,, Mareh 22.—The Reformed Epis- copat Citeh held ity sist rogular sorvico this morning. A vory largo of Aurora's bost giti- zaus ware uresent, Tho Rov. Charles Tuokar, of Chicago, oflictuted, and announced thab di- vino worsiogs would -bo hold 1n_the eme place, onch Subbath mornivg, The Roformed Epiaco- pulians hold thotr mootings {n the Qity Hal), which the Common Counail hnve permitted them to use, ront rreo, wuntil the church socures a house of its own, Ohuritnable Boguosty. New Yoni, Mareh #2,—The will of the lato Jotm Olnck,'of New Brunswick, N. J., givos - 240,000 to thio Amorienn Biblo swoioly, 335,000 1o the Boad of Domastio Missions of tho o« formed Protestant (Ducch) Churoh, £10,000 ta tho widows and dinblod miistors of the Re- formed Protestang (Dutoh) Churcu. Oatholic Fxcesvos in Moxico. Ciry or Mrxico, Marcn 15, via Huvans,—A Cntholic mob, on tho night of Maroh 7, attacked the Protostant Chapel 1n Puobln and smashod tho windows und furniture, dostroyod the Brblos, and stoned the pastor, the Rov. Antonlo Carrol, —_—_— % MILWAUKEE ITEMS. special buapateh to Ve Chtcana Tritnne, Minwavkee, Wis,, Matoh 23,—Municipal oleo Uoncoring moetings aro in full bluac 1 this city, ‘Threo wore hold last vight, und three will Lo liold to-moriow mghit, &1l tho xoform intorest, which dovelops groator strongth than ever, It is yumorad that Autornoy-Genoral Bloan will shortly commenco a kit nuainst the Sentinel for Iangnage used rogarding him in couneotion with tho waroliousa quaation,