Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 24, 1874, Page 2

2 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1874. ——eee e e e e, .- THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADE. The Chicngo Ministers' Association Meot for Consultation, A Woman's Mass Meeting in the Methodist Church Block. ' Further Facts Relative to the Crusade in Ohio. Utter Failure of the Movement in Columbus. Little Practical Good Accomplished in ' the Smaller Towns. . The Cause in Illinois, Indiana, and Other Western States. History of the Rise and Progress of the Movement in Plano, Iil, 1IN CHICAGO. THE METHODIST MINISTERS, The Mothodist ministors of the Chicago dise triot hold thelr usual wookly meoting at No. 57 East Washington strsot yestorday morning, Elder Jutkiu in the cbair, Thore wero tlirty~ seven presont. After prayor. by Mr, Washburn, reports wero callod for. TEMPERANCE, * Eilder Jutkin suggested that tho brethren em. braco in their statemonts whether thera was a spontancous movement on the part of the ladies of thelr churchea in the direction of temperanco. A ministor stated that the women of his. oburch wero roady to put up good prayers snd Lo work. Mr, Briggs, of Evauston, said the ladies of that village had organized o Temporance Associ- ation, adopted & coustitution and pledges, sud wero.to meet to district the town, with the view of circulating the pledges and inducing every- body tosigu thom. The rcligious intorest was incrensing, soventy-six having como forward for prayor Sunday night. Wr. Burus, of South Evanslon, roporfed that the |adies thore bad ns yet done nothing, but wora willing and rendy to work for the cruse. Mr. Westergreen reninrked that some of the Iadios of his church (Scandinaviun) hed beon selocted to work mmonug their nationnlity sud got en and women to sign the pledge, 3r. Bebrogren, also o Scandinavian, said, being forelgners, they could not lead, but would fall in behind, He had told the women of his cougregation that thoy were freo to do what they chose for the caugo, and they had been praying for tho success of the movemant for somo-time, THE SOUTH SIDE. Mr. McKeon, of the First Churol, was sture prised at the small attendance at the annivorsary of thé Ohicago Dranch of the American Bible Society Sunday night, Three congregations, numbering fully 8,000 people, wore dismissed for the purpose of sttending; "vet Dr. Mitcholls churoh was not more than two-thirds full. The ludios of tho First Chburch had organized s so- cloty for prayer and counsel, and ho expected groat good ta result from their offorts. Tho womon who bLad intesested themeelves in the work wero quiet; they ehrank from publicity, though really in carnest. They had already com- municatod with tho othier socloties on the South Side, and seked tho ladies to meet with them m prayer, and wonld roquest overy Christian wowsn to unite with them, GRAND GROSSING. Mr., Holmes, of the Grand Crossing Church, said be had organized two additioual classcs in tha Sunday-echool, those gatherod in being young: men from the watch-factory. Thesp youth went no more to Bouth Chicago Sunday o drink beor, but romnined at home and heard thoe Gospol pronched. Tho women at tho Grand Croesing wore detormined to oloss up the sa~ loons. THE GERMAN WOMEN. Mr. Mulfinger, of the Ashland Avenue Gor- mun Oburch, #eid the Germen: women shrunk from duing anything oponly in the tempetance movement, He did'not believe thoy could bo induced to go to tho saloons, since, if thev did, they would not bo rece:ved well by tho Gorman yraprlewrs. They were, howover, in favor of temporance, and ho thought if the American ledios staxted out some of tho Germon women would join them, but would not march in the front ranks. He thouglt the great difliculty in this gonntry was that men treated each othor too much, If overy man dpuld for his liquor, much leus whisky would be drauk. GENERAL LEPORTS, A clergvman stated that be ** put in his boat lcks Sunday, and was hopeful, Mr. Clendeuning repotted that the Indies of his church wore proying for the success of the movement. Eldor Crews, of Batavia, hoped tho fuol would be yiled on and the excitement Lept at a white heat in Chicago, 88 it would be beucfloial to tho sountry, whare tho people would pray for those sngagod in tho works. Dr, Thomas gave & succinct account of the tomperanco mooting hold iu the Firut Mcthodist Church Bunday evening, eaying that bo folt joy- ful at tho fact that & dozen vld topers had beon iuflyoncod by Mrs. DeGaor's remarks the other evening to form a temperance society, which already liad 100 members. DR, PECK, of tre Contonary Chuich, sald’ Sunday was an unusually interesting day. Intho morning sixty- five porsous were baptized, 'Thus far 340 had hoen recoived on probation, aud tho Beorotury yoported 400 convorsions this winter—110 of whom wero beads of familios, Ho proposed to givo Lis pooplo a rest this wook, aud only threo meetings wonld bo Lold, Wedueuday nigbt tho ladics wore_to gather i all the modorato drinke ors and hard drinkers, and try to convert them., Ho believed & drinking Christian was as much n misnomer as & white blzokoird, nud Loped somo would tako tho hint. [Luughlor.g‘ DMany topers had alroady beou roecucd from the gutter, aud hio did not_ think the work done in Contenary Chuveh thin winter hod beon equaled or excelled suywhere, 4 OURD THEN, Dr, Thomas stated that the Trusteos of the Mothodist Church Block bad notified bim that no mora temperauce meatings would be allowed iu the Jarge room without thair permission. Dr. Peok-thought that & good jdon, us it would curb tha. pooplo who appointed moetings in churches without the consent of the preacher or Trustces, ‘Though tho work was good, it ought not to provent the workoss from belng polito, PECUNJARY QUESTIONH. Dr. Thomas said tho First Church was ouo of the poorest in tho city, aud that the raom could e bud if paid for. ‘Thecarpets wero tramped oi wnd the furnituro waa usod, and ho thought the poaple futorested in the movemont would pn; 625 for tho uso of tho hall. The Young Mon's Christinn Assoclation, though gotting the halt at o nowiual rent, had the impudence tn request ayers for tho Trustees becauwo thoy charged 810 for thouro of tho hall, 'Tho lecture-room could be nsed for nothing, Mr, Folton saw no reason why the hall shonld be furnished froo and thu Trustees be obliged to m% tho expenscs. . Peck reported that he had received $185 on acoounc of 1o Emil Cool fand, The meating then adjonrned, TIj2 JOINT COMMITTEE OF BMINIETERH, A meeting of Oblougo clorgymon was bald yog~ torduy wmouing at No. 57 Wanhiington sroat, the Bev, My, Walker in the chair, he Rev.' Mr, MeObeanoy roported that the General Teinpor- unce Committeo had fnvited mevern! prominent +divines—among them Bishops Ohcnoy, Foley, ‘and Wintohpuio—to attend the meotivg that pftornoon of tae Firat Mythodisk Churchy Lut, ‘hy reason of provious engagemonts, thoy wore vompeiled to dovline, Howeyer, thera would Lo enough to'do all the preaching requued. ‘I'ho wattor of urranging tuture meotings was placed iu tho handy of tho sub-couimittee alrendy ap- poiuted, aud an adjourument was offectod. il i TEMPERANOE MASS-MBETING, Al 4 o'clook yesterdsy afternoon, Dr, Thomp- | aou oalled the tomperanoe moss-meoting in tho Fixal Methodlut Olurch to ordor, by uominating . Ho was bofore thom in the uncomfortable tlioRov, Dr, Folton as presiding oficor, whioh was agrood to, o Tho President callod on somo of his Dbrothor-clorgymen to thka sioata on the platform, and tho Nov, Mossrs, Chiamberlln, Thompson, Wileon, Walker, nud othiera responded to tho in- vitation, . Exorcisen wore begun by tha' singing of tho igmn, *¢ My faith looks up to Thoo! * The audienco thon Jolnod with the Rov, Mr. Booobor {n prayor, which lnsted vovoral minuten. Tho Rov. Arthur Edwards wan olevatod to the dignity of tho Beorotaryahlp of the meoting. OBIECT OF THE MUETING, The Clialrinan, aftor vainly inquiring whother M, B. ¥, Jacobs was {n the hall, stated thac tho mang-mocting was cnlled by tho clorgymon of tho clty for tlio purposo of g(vlngt more impotus to tho'causo of mobrioly and virtue.” He con- cluded by introducing THE REY, 3R, CHAMDENLIN, % That 5]elnllnm1m #nid ho waa ono of those who camo thero unpropared to spenk, hut ho wonld trust to tho magunotism of tho moment, Ilo holleved that that movement was lnspirod by tho living God, Women had commenead tho holy crusado, but ¢ bad grown widor {a its slgnifici- tlon, and mow ombraced the earncst of both soxes. His confldonco in the movoment was in- creased, becruso lio belteved those most engaged init were friends of the Lord Jesus Ohrist— praving souls, whoso zeal enrricd thom iuto tho middlo’ of the atrife, Ho had watched with intorost tho progrows of the movemont in Onio and other piaces, whoro women girded on the sword of Tutth and did good word sgaiust tho Toglons of rum. Thoy hud faken earo to oxtrnct from evory convorted rum-sellor o written rlm!uu that ho shonld no mora engege in it durivg his life, BAnplmms.) Morogood Lind beon accomplished uring the slx weelts of the present movemeut than during the wholo time of otacr agitations for tho eamo object. Thero should entor into the movement an clo- mont of magnificent caruostnoss, thoy ehonld consecrato thomselves to victory and should scorn to recognize defent. Thoy slould not Dbe dishoartenod boenuse of thetr firat faituro with the Common Councll of Chicago. They shon'd try agnin, For lus own part, beforo cluaing, ho would confoss that during hia flve yonrs' pastor- ato in tho city, he hind not stood by the cause of tem‘)urmlee a8 hoartily ns hio might have done, but he would pledgo thom - thore aug thon to Atand with them, in'that causo, from that hour until his dying day, [Great applauso], THE REV. DR, THOMPSON was next introduced, and rolated an anccdote rolative to » stoam-engino and nwn!or—upo\xi« 0si- tion of not boing propared. He hud not bad timo oven to strap on s Babeock Extinguisher, but, whatover the strenm might lack volumo, ho hoped it would make up in Prosbytorian clonrness of doctrine. He racommendod, above all things, carnostness. No man should onlist fu thie rauks of that move- ment unless prevared to enlist for lite. [Loud applause.] Let no woman join unloss sho haa ropared to devote hor life, Lior onrnostness, hor {:opo. herall to the conveysion of the psopls from the domon of intomperance. [Cleors,] It was liko all proat ‘movoments, gnining elow volume, but gaining it still, Gaining it like the march of our Northern columna southward on the foo ; Hrat their blue lines, then fragments of ranks; then reformed ranks, thou wavering lines of fire, and, finally, tho onward march to viotory and to’ endiug glory. [Entbusiastio chgors.] After tho singing of o hymm, the Prosident procoedod to introduce the » REV. DR RYDER, - who doprecated any stlusion mado by proceding gpeakers to spasmodic perlods of axcitement. o saw no cause for anything approaching derpondency. On tho coutrary, ho thonght thoro was good ground for hopo. Truo, peoplo thought they would despair beeause the Common Council had not at once surrenderod. Ho saw no ground for despair in that, Had ho been clocted on that ticket, ho did not kuow, if ho wora an Aldorman, how he might voto. {Laugh- ter.] As for the Alayor, ko might bo tho best mon o tho ~world, for all that ho knew, but what was tho Mayor olected for but_for tho Y\m—pouu of protecting the liquor traffie, [Loughtor and applause.] ‘Lhese wero not tho mon to Lo blamod, Tho question was, Whiat did they do,—where were thoy on tho day of alection ? ~A'he wholo result was bnck of that clection. Ho did not think that the Mayor and Common _Council had dono thoir duty by their party in allowing the blinds to bo put down and the ‘front dooms to bo closed, compolling thoir coustituents to orawl into sulcons by tho back door, [Groat lsughtor] Ho would say—roll up tho bilnds, throw back the shntters, open wido tho privato doors, so_that the world might seo who they wero that drank on tho Sabbath dayin tho Qity of Chicago. [Great cheering,] Ho did not want thom to cousider becauso enloons did not closo up at onco that thoy were dofoated, They had great work to do. "Hedid not want them to confino thomselves entiroly to the saloons, but to fling the radiance of their onthusiasm evorywhere, thut the world might bo purified Irom yum and ruin. [Applause.] Ifo warned them thiat other movements wers on foot quite ns injurious.” Ie warned thom that it over the filthy proposition to liconss thosocial ovil were to becoms a law, they might laok for the liconsing of overy other abunination in the world, {Loud chéors,] Dr, Ityder closed with & bosutiful pororation, in which he drow a glorl- ous pioture of the growth of groat reforme, aud rosumed his seat amid o storm of applause, THE REV. MR, 'CHESNEY waa the next speaker, snd commonced his dis- coursa by n techmcal disguisition on the lignor question i goneral, He snggosted that mnot slono should the ealoons be visited, but oortain_druggiate, who hed s ho- meopathio, madiciual woy of making drunk- ards, ought ta be favored with o prayer-meoting. 'I'here nlso wore the browors, who furnished tho #aloone, and thera woro also tho proprietora of ihe buildings in which snloons were kept. ‘U'leso wore t1i0 mbn who ouglit also to bear the brunt of the crusnde, Mo illustrated lia discourso by several amusing aucodotes rolativa to * com- promise cars,” nosos of u rublcund hue, and wiuisters who wera suspocted of horrowing some of thoir spiritual inspiration from above, and ®n good denl more from Lolow. Aguinst them, too, should the crasaders mulio their 1aids, Ho hoped they would continue to work in the lght of religion with tha sssurance of final victory. [Great cheeriug.] ‘tho Cbuirman, nt this portion of {he pro- coodings, annowiced that five minutes would bo dovated to monotary exeroisos—the collaction of &20 for hail reut,—which was accomplighod, Phe Rov.i Drs, Chensy uud Northrop huving ffiflnd to como forwsrd, tho Chair introduced the REV. THOMAS K. BEECHER, a brother of the great Brooklya divino, to the audience, Dr. Boecher snid thut ho had no time to make an eloquent speoch, but would mnke some genoral remarks on tho question of the hour. Ho enid that tho outenst drunkard could not, in human natare, fail to fecl touched at sooing goud, pure wowon seeking to_redecem thom from misfortune. He recommended thot tho ladies combiuo togothor, aad rofuso to have snything to do, sociully, politically, or matrie mouially [laughfer] with' auy man who dovoted hitmsolf to tobucco or whisky. [Great applause.] W'he Chuirman anuounced that the list of speakers wes oxhausied, those who faile a (5] appoar having boon de- tained without any fault on thoir part, o especially rogrotied the absonce of Bishops Chenoy and Foloy, and Dr. Northrop. Somo men of theoity thought thero was not enough of earucst prayerfuluees in (ho movemeont, but he could nssura_them thal thore was, and that his spirit would gnhor strength with avery ad- vaucivg day. [Cheers.] 11 anuounced thut tho Central Committoo of ihe Woman's ‘Tomperunce organization would wect on 'Ihursday mormng at 10 o'clook, ut the Relicr Blosk, No. 51 LaSailo strect. T'ho mooting, nfter singiug the doxology, ad- Journed. —— BUBURBAN. OAK PARK. At n Jurgo and cuthusinstio union temporance moeting, held at Oak Yark Sundsy ovenlug, ournest, stirring specobes woro made by tho clorgy apd prominout citizens in commendation of the now temperance movemont, and the sym- pathy gud'moral support of tha conunuuity wero pledged to the Christiun workers of Chicago in Lo following resolution : Jtesulved, That wo admire tho self-sacrlfive nnd ear— ncel purposo of tho ludies of Olileago fu thelr olfurta to rid the clty of the acoursed tratie i rum. Thut we recoguiby in (e lutu ordiuance of the City Gunneil, closing tho blinds und openlug tho back doors of the enforns on the Habbauth, wn fusult to tho moral seuso of (i community, atid ‘an_open admission that_ they (e eek to clolc deeds of durkuess, and wo piedge (o {ho Jadses .nd other workers $u the clty our he.rLy syme puthy und wout eainest prayers for thoir succesd, . —— ANNOUNOEMINTS, The Indiek of the Houth Division will hold thelr temponnce prayor-mooting to-dsy ot 8 p. m, at the Filth Pregbyterion. Chureh, Wabash avenuo and Uhirty-firet stroot. Mug, 0. L. Tvoken, Sca'y. Tho ladies of the Woeut Divislon will hold |hel_rtampur-.muo rayor-mootiug to-duy and to- moyrow, at the Yhud l’mnlg'wtmu Qluroh ub 8 pom. Dluy, 8, §, Nurring, Beo'y, The lndies of the North Divislon will hold thels tomperanco prayor-mosting ut 8 pom, to- day, at North Btar Mieslon, on Division stroot nonr Sodgwlek, ‘I'nko Olybourn avenuo cars, Miss I, Dryan, Sea'y. g e ELSEWHERE, TRE ORUSADE IN OHIOQ. From Our Own Correspondent, XentA, O,, March 20, 1878, Columbns was tho firat olty of any sizo which the empornnce-ornsnders commonced upon, It s now six weoks since thoy resolved ‘upon ine troducing tho street-prayor systom in that city, and o far thelr success has nob boon marked. After much doeliberation, the omporanco-people in Columbua called & mass-mooting to conslder thio questton and test public sontiment, In con- formity witb tho views exprossed Ly the meot- fng, 5 committoo of lording oitizons waa appoint- od to confor with, aud nctually proteat, the Iadios. Thon the Indlos commonced praying up- on the sidewalk. Tho YIDST DAY'S EFFORTS woro unsuccossful. ''ho second day the crowd was Invger 3 but the third day it fell off consid- erably. Columbus {8 tho Stato Capital of Obio, and o clty of about 50,000 inhabitants, aud, for a largo portion of tho yeor, the rendezvous of the Logislature. Now, logislatora are not gon- orally rogardod na wondora of temporanco. Shocking na it mny bo to total abstainors, it muost ba ndmittod that they oceasionslly i~ dulge in liquor, OPPOSITE THE STATE-HOUSE is a restanrant, kopt by one Gus Btovenson,—n respoctablo place, patronized Ly Sonators and Toprosentatives, whoro beer or wing, and posel- bly whisky, is sold. Btevenson caters, too, to fashionnble gatherings, supplying native wines or imported abominations to partics or woddings. Upon Btovengon, thoreforo, ag thoe stronghold of the onomy, tho ladics moved in force, hoping that, by abolishing him, thoycould make a broach which would result in the capture of tho enomy entire, They called upon Stevonson, and prayed with hfm and labored with him. Steveneon bowed politoly to thom, took them Into his par~ lor, and listened to their pleadings, prayers, and Liymus. Thenhodolivgredabriofsermon| inroturn, and since then has fiot beon labored with. Ho merely suggeatod that, a8 tho ladies wore his Lest oustomers and corisumed muoh of his wine, Lo hoped there would be' no moro nonsonse about the mattor, for ho had uever sold liquor to do inrm to any one. 1t was usoless to troublo Lim further, becanse ho WOULD NOT YIELD, The ladies retired to pray bofore smaller lnces. Columbus, I am informed, has, includ- ng drug-storcs and honses of ‘Fm!tlhlfiom about 400 placas whero liquor is sold. The drug- atores bnve not all siguod the pledgo, Hall-a- dozen ‘*divep” and ono billiard-ball have suce cumbed, This is the result of seven wonks' In~ boring. It in uselcss to shut ones eyes to the fack that the movement in n dosd fallure in Colum- bus. Tho praying-bands are small in size and diminishing daily, aud, though tho ladios publio~ ly declure thoy uro “ CLISTED FOR LIFS,” they will undoubtedly remain away on porpetunl lenve of absouco, dating from a week or 8o ahond. It i on old etory, aud u todlous ono, to tho paople of Columbus; sud tho flrst *large eltf' " attacked fs n failure. t has L:eon claimod by the friends of tho move- ‘ment that tho pulpit and pross combived to kill it in Columbus. 'The Journal was cortainly nona too favorable toward tho sidewalk-praylug, and snubbed ft. The Catholics held nloof from if and the Rov, Ar. Ketlogg, of tho Episcopal Chureh, proachad agaiust it. Ho contended that prayor, when used 8 an annoyance, bscame an insult to the Almighty 5 sud that, disgulso it as thoy might, tho women wero actually annoyiug and postering the saloon-keopers into relinquish~ ing a businoss which, while doplorable, was law- ful. Noone who bod soen tho results of tho praying movoment would contradict his state- ment, and ovary saloon-keeper who hiad glven in Tis plodgo and retired from tho whisky-business buad done it 0s & matter of oxpedicncy. He an- gorted that the men yielded only to escapo tor- ment or to botter tliemsolves. "Bume found it on adyortisement ; sBome cheated their oreditors, Certainly nono yioldad to tho gentio influonco of prayor, beonuss tho ladies thomselves aznypua in botween the prayors and thoir good effocts, "The facts corroborate Mr. Keilogs's sormon. Itis THE OTEAT DIVES that ylelled ; the profitable ones arc still at worli, In Ohionuy mun can seoure o gront deal of gratnitous advortising. Lot him expend $5 in whisky ond glussos, aud he can start a sa)oon, bo prayed for, and become notorious. It 18 lnges of this kind that have Leon overthrown. Evarybody rejoices at their downfall. ~But, if Dalf the cnergy used in the exarciso of **moral sunsion” wero applied to enforcing tha luw, thero would be but fow saloons left, and thesa only re- spectable plnces, Tho women dofond their ac- tion in piaying on tho strect by urging tho ne- necessity for awakening public opinion. 80 goon as it i awakoned thay miedirect it, in +placo of using it to excellent advrutago in ropressing in- temperanco. Iam afraid that their success in Columbus is only what the Temperance-lndics must expect in all large clties, whore two opin- fony exist upoy ono subject, hl am journeying now among the towns where the * M0ST PERFECT BUGCESS lias beon met with, and am assured that two new enloons are {o b opened by a Cincinnati firm at Morrow noxt week, In that town mosl of the dozgerics yislded. Tho othorg, including avo or two larger placos, are etill doing an active busi- news, Logan is not o very large town, but furnlelies some vory encouraging data to tho ladios. Temperance-man told me that, of the savgnklyi— fivo corner-loafars of Togan, not one remained, From more consumers they had baen convertad into producers, Ono family, swhom bo had sup- plied with milk gratiutously for wacks, was now paying forjt. 'There were childron at school now who never went to school boforo. Circleville is » largo town. ‘L'ho prayor-crusado hoa closed tho aloous agrinat tho masses, You capnot buy a glass of whisky over tha bar. You can buy by tho Dbottle, in ovory place in tow, oo, oo, and whislys aad tho giun who would have Iudulged in o mild glawe of Cincinpati boer carries off & pocket-pistol of whisky, na contain- ing more aleobol in smnller bull, XENIA Liag been in print for_muny weoks, It s in the neighborhood of Millshoro sud Wushington Court-llouse, uud was smong the very first towns to take fre. I sm now wriling from Xeonin, and tho rosult of my obsorvations is thut about balf tho dram-shops in town aro closed, whilo tho others oro open, but doing no busincss. ‘Lhls s iho 1eport 1 rocclve from o warm crusador, ‘L'yndall's praver-gauge was triod heren fow weeks ngo, A saloon-keopur was prayed ut, IIis wifo went into bvsterics. As thoexcitement rose tho womuu's malady—ostromo nervousness—roso with it, until tho pationt be- camo Absolutely wild. Iad this beon coutiuved thiora is rosson to boliove thut tho result would have heon & lmgnd{. Howover, the mubicipal authoritios wero called upon, and interfered to sovo lor lifo, Sineo that time the saloon-keopor lias done an active husiness, aud his wife hus pu\-u‘ully rocovored from tha effects of the oxcite- mont, Ihave watched THE WOMEN AT TIHEIR DEVOTIONS with considerable attention, and have formed conclusions which are confiemed by oihers who havemado o practico of doing the sauie thiu;i. I have beon etruck with tho uniform unlovelis ness of tho lenders,—not in mero feature, but in oxpression. Now and again I recognizo a womauly, gentle face, but not among tho londers, ‘I'lhero are Mrs, Gunumidges in profugion,—*' lone, lorn women,” who parado their lonc-lornliness,— wid Botuy Trotwoods and Cornoy Cailyles, so far #8 spponrance goos, by tho score. But that gentlo dignity of truo Womanliness s utterly Wantlug ; and L am pained to eay that tho gous cral oxyieriance of thoso I moot with is the samo, It 18 true thore ure numbors ot glvls and young women who do_not .hesitate {o glanco morrily, during tho singlug snd ptaying, at straugers nud nequaintances ; bub I caunob yeb bolieve thub oven this recommonds the movement, 1 huvo visited twonty-five cowns and villagey of Ohio, North, Weat, Coutral, anud Bouthwosiern, aud ean, I fancy, form A OENERAL OPINION of what has been elfected, Ins few words, searcoly ,anything practical hos beon accom- plisbed, “Lhe hundreds of dispnichos publishied n ‘Pug Tmsuss are paradoxicnl. Thoy toll the truth when thoey yeprosent s strong cxsitement ; but, aven iu that, thoy aro tinged by the predi- loction of the wniter, Bvorybody in smull towns favors tho moveinoud, and nobuedy reprosents it as & consumiug five, But, wlile theso disputehes are.cortece, thoy convey un untruth. Thoy ex- nggorate, not tho oxoitement, but the offecty, ‘Lhioy mistond ono uto the bolief that the ladies have swopt intomporanco ont of thoir towns, oy have dono nothing of the kind, hioy mlsload ouo iuta the bolief that tho ea- loous havo been olosed up in cortain towns, Bo far a4 I can Jenrn, thero ure LUT TWO TOWNS iu tho Btate of Ohloin which all the suloony Lave beon closed ; and, if curront roport ia true, intemporance provaila thero to-day in a moro ugimvntnd form than avor. Xenla to-dsy prosonta a vory livolv apponranco. I'ho wonther 18 fino, and thoro are four hands of indics on tho stroot, It fs somowhal surpriring that thoy manngo o keop up the praylng aftor tho dinconraging fudifforonco shown by tho wnloon-keeperd,” It is not sltogethor reconolla- bla with the flattoring roports of what thoy have accomplisbod in Xouln, that thore should remain any neconsity for prayor, Dut tho Indios nrostill at “worl, and I have heard from them more ren- sonablo prayers than any others yot offored in 1wy boaring. TUDLIO BENTIMENT P in Xenla is divided upon tha subject, for tho druggiats lwvo rofused i somo cakos to Bign the Elnflgu. Finding thomsolves under n ban, thoy nvo beoomo reokless, snd furnish whisky rondily onough in small quantities na woll ny largo tnos, Xenin is o triflo agitated to-day over the faob that sovoral saluon-Koopora are being triod undor the Stato Inw, on indicimonts charging thom with solling liquor to minory and habitual drunkards, No declulon hins been arrived at yot. ‘I'he Indics have closed tho lowest doggarios In the small towns, In this they have accomplishod no litlle good, for A COUNTRY DOGGERY is about ns vile n pluce a8 can bo found. Thoy liave oreated s publio sontimont agalnut the enlo of liquor, which is oxceedingly valuablo. But thoy bavo in somo places driven tho sale of Tiquor from oren snloons to housos of proetitu- tion, which are fraquented, during these oxcit- fog times, by thoso who would not olLorwiso 80 degrado thomaslves, put who would dare any- thing to expross their Latred of & movement which is aimod at what thoy call thoir freedom of nction. I met a hard-headed Scotchman at Xonia to- day, Learning my bustness, he auked me to ac- company him on a visit to o friend,—a lawyer of somo prominonco. We thronded our way be- tween fourequads of praving ladlos, uutil wo renohod the olfice of Mr, D—, *‘Iam sorry,” exclaimed my Beotch ml}\mmlm!co, ‘“that the oxigencies of tho caso ara in tho way of our cole- ating ** Auld Lang Syne,"” * Nover you despair,” sald our lognl friond : T hnve & domijohu of tho best, unioss you pros for bottled alo, of whioh, as you see, I bave enougl to Inst mo for mouthd to come.” “*And this," I oxcluimed, *iy the efoct of pl‘n;lugt" Yo, sir,” respondod the bost. *' We cannot oL bnd whihy, but bore's snongh of the gond, Tore's to the crusadersl Wo aro noll victualed for the campaigu.” Your roaders may moralize for hours over tho oxcollont offcets of public seutiment niraved agninst dram-grinking, I only offor these faots to nid them, It is Horbert Speucor, 1 balievo, who mumtaing that o malady uunl‘)reumd in the human or socivl system will broak forth in an- other form cor plage, If it is Mr. Sponger, I olfer in evidence my obsorvations of drum- drinking in Xenin aud towns whero *tho cru- sadors havo cleanad them out,” Publio sonti- ment may have causod many to sign pledges and closo tholr dram-shops, It has not quouched the public appetite for inh‘»xicuhm‘,-l drinks, I it could accomplish this it would refoim the world. 8o far, according to my information, it hiny done notulvg of the kind, ** Give tho Iadios their due,” said a Tempor- anco-man o me to-day, ¢ * For what 7" I asked. ‘'Tor creating puplic sontiment sgainet tho use of Mquor,” **I will do more. I will give them tho oredit you ask when thoyshall have turned publio senti- ment in favor of tho tomparate a8 opposcd to tho intomporato use of liquors,” 1 roplhed. # Havyo they accomplishod eyon this you 2" “Not_yot," Lio ropliad, “und will not until every saloon is closod.” #“Ihen why not closa svery saldon 7" I will furnish tue nuswer: Becansa it cannot ho dove. Tublio sentimout is agaivst it, OF tho two ovils, moderate drinking, restricted by 1aw, is less doplorable than fmmodorate drinking in detinuce of law. Public opiuion is a mighty ougine. The ladios hinve not yot dirocted its Lull forco_against liquor-selling. Public opiuion would crush out intemperauco i€ it snw the way, but it doos nob sco that wayin the womew's movemont. G. 5 AT CLEVELAND. CLEVELAND, OF Mnvoh 23.—This morning the ladies on the Wost Side visited o numbor of sa- loons on Detroit streot, and wero evorywhore kindly received. Thoro was no crowd, and the presence of tho polico was unnocessary. In the aftornoon a band of ebout 200 ladles visitcd the wholcsslo ostablishments that deal in liquors on Water -strect. At soveral places thoy were refuscd admittance, while at others thoy were invited in, and pormission given to hold services, Thero were & numbor of policemon presont, but the crowd, though large, was prdorly, and no disturbance of any kind oo~ currod, To-morrow morning the West Side Ia- dies Wil again visit TLornin street, tho locslity in which tho troubles occurred on Tuesduy avd Triday of last week. SHomo opposition is suticipated in this quurtor, but tho procautions taken by the polico nuthori- tios will provont any serious troable. “ho 3layor's proclamntion and tho emphatio expres- sion of public sentiment in favor of Erohwuug tho ladies have dove much to allay the oxcite- mont which existed Inst weok, ~Tha Indies ro- port many siguatures obtained to the oitizens' and property-owners' pledges, but as yet uo liquor-dealer in tho city Los given up. A lnrge and enthusiastic mass-mecting was Lield this evenivg at tho First Progbyvierian Qhutch, on tho public square, nud was nd- dregsed by nlurge numbor of prominent citi~ zons, It being learned that ox-Vica- President Colfax was proseut, he wes callod upon and apoke ot somo longth, warmly approviog of tho Ilndics’ move- mont. esolutious were adoptad commouding tho aotion of the polica force througliout the crusade, and demnnding of the municipal author- ities the strict inforcomeont of nll Inws relatingto the salo of iutoxicating liquors. AT WOURLER, Suscfal Dispatch to T'he Chicago Trilne, ‘Woosren, 0., March 23, —Lhe excitomont on fhe tomporatce question is still unabuted, Thirty-live membors of tho Women's Union wit commence streot prococdivgs agninst the five romaining saloons to-morrow, They ware pre- voutod 1rom doing 0 to-duy by the fire. ‘Succiut Drspateh to the Chicagro Lrivunc, IN GENERAL. Toxeno, 0., March 23,—1'ho crusade bogau at Milun, Brlo County, this morning, Durings tha doy all the saloons In tho town wore visited, but without success, At Deflauco tua school girls in the High School attompted a little crusade on thair own liook, csusing cosriderablo oxeitomont, aud provokiug bio deciviye nction of the School Toard to provent a repetition of the occurronce. At Fostorls, SBcueca County, sud Napoleon, Henry County, all tho churches united in oach placo yesterday in union tomporance meotings, aud considerable enthmsinem is said to have beon monifested. In this city thore is less of outward sbow of forvor in tho cause, but the supporters of tho movemant olaim that this is’ roplacod by o (]lmll and quiot doterminatiou. The' ladies keop up their meot- Ings, but the public interest Lnrdly sooms as strobg ay it was last woek, pikfhdei 2R ILLINOIS. AT DANVILLE, ~peetal Dispateh lo Lie Clicaao Tyibune, DanviLLE, 111, Mareh 28,—There wore no sor- vicen at uny of the ohurohos last ovening owing to & grand mass-tewpersnce moeting b the Opera-House. Every nvailuble spot wes ocou- pied muludiuf tha gallery aud aislos, and oven tho oorridor loadiug lo “the streot was filled. Euthusiastio addrogees wero made by the Reva, Mestis Phillips, Brooks, and Btevens, and the Quakor lady, Mrs, Joukins, A committes of lodios have spent to-dgy at the Post-Oflica sollviting siguors to thospledge und tho Huu- ford perition, No saloons have boen visited during the doy. » AT DEOATUR, Speciul Dispateh to I'he Chicayo Tribune, Droarvs, Ill, March 28.—The tomporance idal wavo seems to havoreached Docutur, if ono js to judgo from the interost mumifestod at w rousing tomperance muss wocting leld ak the Quwst M, B, Church on Bunday ovon- ing, 'The largo audienco-room way crowded, a fact thab moy uot hard to nosount for, sluoo all the congrogations in tho oity, excapt that of tho Christian Churol, whioh 18 ourrying on a protracted meoting unsembled there,” Fhe meoting was organized by oloot- ing ol Herris Oboinman, and Low- Lor Buwrows Beoretury. Aftor the openiug oxerciyes camo short and approviiate aduresses bly; the RRavs, W, N, Mokt~ roy, L Field, J. O, Bonham, avd B, Mackouzie, and by Mr. Mulone, and Mr. Xwing, A slmilar wmooting will bo held af tho same place noxt Toweday evening, AT PLANOG, Suceful Dispateh to tho Chicana Tribune, Prano, Ill., Dlareh 28,—~Tho Plano peoplo aro Jurs now in tho midat of n most dotortinod wir ngoinst rum-solling, Mouths sgo a Teoplo’s oapotnucs Ardscntion Wwas orguutzeu u.ro, composed of muny of tho most lutnlllguul and yospoolable Ccitizens of | tho pluce, They lnmt st etated thncs, © sud resolved upan & vigorous osmpaign. Tho flist trial of strongth was at an eloouion to {iil & vacanoy iu tho Board. of Village Tru which took placo somo two wooks 8go, - Thy soclation buoked John J. Bteward, and suc- ocoeded in elosting by n snfe majority. TIE NEXT MOVE wae to circulato a potition among tho businons men, nsking thom not to employ nn{ ono ud- diotod to drinking, This was _gonoraily slgnod by thouo who employed help. TFor mora than n w;: klllls hiad boon wrulo ut the Marsh Harvester 8, Noxtn potition was clroulsted among the youn, Indion of thia pinco, plodging Liom. o o NOT TO RECEIVE THE ATTENTIONS OF ANY GENTLE~ MEX who !m;nunlml ealoons or nsed liquor s a boy- orage. Ihis rln(lun wat quito genorally sub- senibed to by the falr daughtors of Plano, and it was an important step in {he right diroction, Aftor all this had beon done the lnfilon oiganizod & compony, whoso duty it wasto - G VISIT TIIE, BALOONS . of the placa, nud try by thoir presenco to dotor thio patrons from fudulging in their ueus) drinks, Of courso they tried to induco the proprietors to glvo 11p tho biwiness, but to o purpuso. It wan 1ot the ebject to engnge In roligtous services, as ot othor points, bul simply to notica how tho znl\lmluuna way carried on, and to try the effect of o TREAENOE OF RESPHCTALE WOMEN upon tho business, O courso tho offect was to drive away & Iarge part of tho custom, for the ladios continuad to ba af tholt poits corly in the mul'nln["i' and stoy tlil tho bour of closing at night. This conrso so ouragod the snloon-keop- ors that thoy resorted to every possible dovice to GET RID OF TIIEIR VISITONS, They pald a, dug;rnfim Afcican to sing ribald songa nnd tall in tho most offonsive way In tho resouce of those roflued and sonsitive women, ut this procceding did more to creato n goneral fecling agaiuat the liquor busi- uoss than anything that could powsibly havo taken placo. 'I'he Iadies heroleally stoad tacir ground, and, when thoy were locked out, stood round at tho doors in the cold aud storm, One evoning soveral gentlomon, among them G, D, Touning sud_G. W. Stownrd, mon of largo feeling and rospectablo vharactors, sought to NEMONSTRATE WITIL THE ROWDIES, m one of the saloona against tholr insults to tho Indios, whon thoyjworo sos upon, kuocked down and quite roughly Tandiad" &¢ the snmo_timo ‘tho lights ‘wore suddenly ox- tinguishod, snd tho lndies forcibly pushod out of doors, Theso violont and atrocious acts arousad & powerful soutiment in_opposition to tho liquor-doulors, and at one time it scomoed that blood would bo shed, Iottor counsals pro- vailed, howovor. Tor vome days tho ladies huve not been molosted Lo any great extent. Large aud enthusinstic mectings bave been held, and to-duy tho first of & BERIES OF SUITS against tho unluuu-keupéru was begun, This is oxeiting groat interost. The people have em- ployed nble counsel, snd the vfi:{uuduut Lus dono likewise. The suloon under the Dixon House closed up to-day, and the sulb against its keepor was with- drawn. It is now contidontly bolioved that the LNTIRE DUSINESS WILL BE BROKEN UR in o very short time. Great credit Is due Lowis Stownrt” ond othier lending business-men, for their hearly aid to tho ladics, Mr, Stowart snid in n° specch ot ono of tho meot- ings that ho Lad grown corn where Plano now stands, and ho would do 8o again rather than bave the town run by such rullans as assailed the ldies at the'anloous, Itis proposod to establish & LIDRARY ARD RYADING-ROOM to take the place of tho eaioons, aud Br, Stow- art statod at o mnulhl% last Baturduy night thet Gammon & Durind, of Ohicago, hud’ authotized lum to donato £500 thoreio ns the citizous ralsed s like amount. offor 18 & genorous ono, and it will be azcoptod. Tho noblo band of ladies who. facod tho olements and tho worst nbuse from the rufllang at the saloons are coserving of ail praiso for their offorts to eave-their sous, broth- oy, fatbors, and husbands, AT WABHINGTON, Speetal Diepateh te A'he Chicago Tribune, Wasntyaroy, il Murch 23.—According to provious sunouncement, a large and enthusiay- ic tomporancoe mooting was held ia the Christion Church in this city to-night. Tho offering of a sorie of rosoluilons inmtructing the newly- olected Town Trustees to refuso to licomo snloon-keepers called forth gharp oriticisms on tho liquor trafiie, HStatistica were largely rmunulml, and o number of ideas offerod ouy of ho usual order of tomperance addrogses, Tho sponkers were in carnest, and unusuully intor- esting, aud their remarks wore waell rocetved, cheoring and applause bomg frequont. Tho ob- Joct of the move seewsto bo tointlueuce tho Board of Trustees against licensing the saloons, rathor than to engago in the presout womews crusado. The movo was insugurated by tho olergy of the place, aud, though an invitation was ex.onded to to thiose to speak who might be in favor of liconse, the Bul'ruuudlufis woro such that, 08 might naturelly bo supposed, no oue accepted fao fuyitntion. Wien put fo vole, the resolutions were unanimonely cartied. ‘Tho meetiog ad- Journed to mect in tho samo houso ou the Blst iusg. Tho tomperance paoplo feol greatly olated, uud expoos 1o accomplivh their purpose. D INDIANA. AT JORT WAYXNE. Spectal Dispatch to 4'he Clacaao Tribune, Tont Wavse, Ind., March 23,—''ho temper- ance work Is golng bravely on. ~ Yesterdsy after- noon a large union prayor-mocting was held, and to-night ah iwmense “union tempersnco mass- meeting, conduoted by ladies, ia iu progross at the Tust Presbytorian Church, Gontlomen and ladies began & dmly sorles of morning prayor-mectings distinet from onch othor this morving, All tho ladios' committcos aro potually employed in circulating plod!;eu,. Taising funds, nud exomining liconso ap‘ll cationg, ‘The liquor-dealors are aiso circu- lating applications for signatures, with poor suc- cess, Alrs. Aveline, ownor of the leading hotel, whois prominens in the moyement aud Vice- Prosident of the Ladioy' Union, has received an anonymous lotter, throatoning tho destruc- tion of her building by ilre unless sho conses hor Inbors, The Gorman Turnyorein lnst npight passed a resolution ‘:lfldplug themsolyes not to voto for o candidato known to fuvor fofal absti- nence. Tho Germaug are preparing for an im- menso demonstration against the movemont, to tuke place n a fow days, IOWA. AT DAVENFORT. wricelal Dispatch to 1he Clicago Tribune, Davexaorr, Ia,, Mareh 23.—Au immenso union temporauce m“m.i win held Iu this city yenlerduy aftornoon iu tho Prosbylorian Clurci, All tho minjstors in the city woere preseut, and there were many specchies made, ‘o mooting was opoued by & rogular prayor-mooting, Ab tho clogo all prosont, numbeung about 700, “signed the pledge. Anothor tomperanco munt‘lng WiE held this_aftornoon, On Thursday evoning s rand union mass-mecting will bo lield, aud on unday altornoon meotings will also 'bo hold, “Tho tomperanco fecling lu this city is_growing moro profouud, aud saloon-keepers are becoming alarmod, This atteryoon several Lundred men gathered In frout of o saloon, the proprictor of which bad advortised that the prayor bends would commence oporations ihoro. The men felt digavpointed when {uformed that tho au- nounceent was & hoax. ——— MICEIGAN, AT DETROLT. Bpectal Digpatch to The Chicaao Tridune. Detnorr, Mich,, Maroh 28.~In i oify this afternoon, & large tomporance mooting took Rlncn, ot which aftor uddresgos by the Rev. lossre, Runoll, Flulo, Btalkor, aud othors, it wus voted to form a tompoiance alliance to inaugu- rote an aotive temperancocampaign hero, After uppointing & Committes on Organization, tho meeting adjourncd until Wodnesdny. AT ADRIAN. "T'ho crusading ladies of Adrian havo presantod an uitimatnm to the saloon-keopots to sign the deulers’ pledpe or bo prosccuted, The day of graco ouds to-morrow, aud thoso who huve not signed then will be prosccuted at ouco, Tho duily prayer-moeotings in the chureh are held, but nuo streot domonstrations have been made, as most of tho suloons have closed, ————me NEW YORK. IN NEW YOWK AND VIOINITY, New Yousk, Murch 23.—Iu acoordance with the resolution passod at the pastors' meoting two ook Biuos, yostorday was dovated in nearly all tho ¢hurches to tha subjeot of tomperanco, mons delivered during the day diiferad consid- erably in thoir modos of dlsoussing what coustl- tntes trne tomporance, the ndvocates ol * e ufllllguuc temperanco™ boing about equally’ di- vided. At a moating in 8 Houston stroet ealoon, luat ‘“’“""’fll Mr. MoMullen, tho Prosidont of tho Union omperanca Socioty, eaid that six liquor #nlaons had beon closed Ly the Union tho pust woolk. o nlso snid that Lo had furnishod 200 men with employment, aud that ho had places for sixty moro, ——— ‘The White kiouses ‘I'he uoclal and vital siatistios of tho White Houso me reported aw follows; One marruge, Miss Maria Mourao, dnughtor of the Presidout, to Mr. Gouvoneur,.in 1820, ‘Two Prosidents have diod {n the houso and a third, My, Lincoln, killod alaewhoro, was lald Iy state in tho Eupk Toom. Beveral childion have diod at the White Ifouse, buy it hns weloomed the.dvent of bub one new-born buby, Juwmes . dadison Randolph, tho grandson of Thomas Jefferson,, 'SPRINGFIELD. Proceedings of the Illinois Leg- islature Yesterdny. The Compulsory Eduoation Bill Killed in the Senate, Features of the Rovised Bill in Re- latlon to Liens, The Mayor’s Bill to-Be Let Alone if Dixon Will Come to Terms. JKehoo's Gas Company Job Ap- proved by the Senate, Rumor that Gov. Beveridge Will Veto the Bill, COOMPULSORY BDUCATION. Bpecial Dizpateh to The Chicano Tribune, THE DILL KILLED IN THE SENATE. Benmiorenp, Il March 23.—Compulsory od- ucation was slain fu tho Houso of its frionds, Daldwin koow it was the first bill in ordor, yeb he did not got into tho room uutil attor its op- ponents bad ¥ELT THEIR STRENGTI on a motion to postpoue. It could have boon pagsed informally and have boon eaved, but Honry bad propared & writton spoech, and he ingistad on reading his luoubration to s thin Beuate, mostly the enomies of the bill, ‘Archer mado his usua) talk, a crors botwaeen » stump-gpoech and a hard-shell sermon, and Ousoy and Farrell took emphatio ground against tho bill. Nothing was loft but to filibuster, ans ot thdt neithor Baldwin, Whiting, Henry, uor Roynolds is a success. A voto on tho pass- ngo of tho bill, resulted in ouly 9 for to 18 SEatngt tho bill, 5s follows s~ ® TEAS, Henry, Baldwin, Untan, Castlo, Jucol, Whitihg, Gunuingham, Bleplerd, Willlamson—9, NaTa, Archer, Donantio, MeGrath, Brooks, Forrall, Murply, Burke, tinchelitte, Btarne, Casoy, Hundley, Stealo, Qummiings, Keloe, aro, Cuscy, 0, Warren—18, AESENT OB NOT VOTING, Brown, olly, Blrang, Cauiftola, Nicholson, Thompson, Growe, almer, Yari Dow, Patterson, Gieun, Reynoldn, Green, Sanford, ogier, Gundlach, Buoldon, Youngblood, Hampton, Blior Mr, Proatdent—at, Aftor this voto was talken, motions to recon- sidor, to table, to adjourn, to oull the Houso, kopt Willinmuon, who was in tha Chair, inn perspiration. Finally the frionds of the biil yiolded to tho inevitable. The motion to recon- sider waa tabled, and the bill killed. ———— REVISING THE STATUTES. Spectal Dispatah to T'he Chicago Irbune, THE NEW LIEX LAW. : SeriyormzLp, IlL, March 23,—Tho bill revising the law in relation to to llons has presed Loth Housos aud gone to the Govornor for his signu- ture. See. 1 provides that any person shall hnve alicn upon any building that ho may have ns- slsted In erocting or ropairing for the amount due him for labor or mutorial furnished, or for hig own sorvices. Beo. 8 provides that whey the contract is ex- presse d, no lien shall ho created under this act, it tho time stipulated for tho completion of tha work or furnishing materials is beyoud threo yoars from tho commencoment theraof, or tho time of paymont beyond ono year from the time slipulated for the completion thercof. 1If the contract is nn implied one, no lien shall bo hetd to oxist, unlosa tro work shall be dono or ihe macorial furnisbied within one yenr from tho commencement of the work or the dolivery of tho matorials, - 5 Beo. 11 provides that whon the ownor of the Tand has failed to pevform his part of the cone troct,ond Lhus has prevented the othor parly fiom performing his patt, the latter hai outitled to proportunate compoasation for what Lo has done. DBy tho provisions of Sso. 12, all persons in- torasted in tho aubjoot-mattor of tho sult may bo- mmat pactios to the action before finul judg- ment o Upon questions arising between different cred- itors, no prefercnce shall be given to him whoss contiact way first made, 1 Proportionato payments shall be mado to each creditor from the amount recovered. Lartios ontitled to hous, even lln_auEh thelr alairms shiould not ariso until afier suit had beou commenced, shall be allowed compensation, sube ject to a reduction for interest from iha dute of the judgment to tho timo the claim is payablo, Section'17 is as follows s No incumbrance upon lnnd created before or nfter the moking of o contract wnder the provisions of this ast, ybull oporato upon the uliding ereuied oF materi- als' furnlsbod, uniil tho New in favor of the nerson dolng tho work or furulsbing the materials ebull Lave bean satisflod; and upon questious nrising Lotween yrevious incumbrances and croditors, the provious fu- cumbrance shall bo proferrod to the extent of the value of the land at the time of making tho contract, aud the Court eha)l ascorlain, by jury or otherwise, a3 the caso 1may roquirs, wliat proportion of tho procseds of any 8alo shull be paid to the several parties in intorest, In no case shall waut of preparation for one claim delay the trial in respoct to othors. If any part of the premiscs con bo soparatod from tho residus and sold without douger to the wholo, and if tho value thoreof is sullicient to satisfy all the claims vroved in tho causo, tho Court may order & sato of that part, Incaso o ealo is made, and the amount re- cojved for the part sold is not gufficlont to sntisfy all the clnima, oxecution may issue against the rost of the property. Bea, 29 providos that sub-contractors, mechan~ 1o, workmen, sud other persons who shull ren- der suy service in building, mfiulriux(, otc,, any premisos, shall bave a lion for tho value of their gorvices and tho material they may lave furnished, but tho aggrogate of all such lions shall not exceed the price atipulated in tha orig- inal contraot botwoen tho owwer aud the prin- ocipal contractor: Provided, If it shall appear to the Court that the ownor and contractor fraudulontly and for the purposo of defrauding sub-contractors, fixed an uureasonably low price in their origiual coutract for the ercation or reparation of such building, thon the Court shall ascortaln how much of a differonce exists betweon s air prico for the labor or matorial need in said building or other improvements and tho sum named i said originol contraoty eaid difforouco shall be cousidored & part of tho contract, aud be subject to a lion, but in no cnse shall the original coutractors' time or profits Le socured by this lien only so far as tha sum namod in the original contract or agroomeal. I'hp pergon performing servico for o pnucirnj contractor who foila to escuro’ componsition thorofor. from bis ‘immedisto employor shull, witlim forty days from the complation of his sub- contract, s0rve & notico to that eftoct qun the owner of the building uzmn whioh labor has bean put, or for the construction of which ho has fur- nishod matoiial; and whou tho owner, or lus ugent, is o nolifled ho moy rotain from -any wmonoy due,’or to become duo, to the original contrictor an_amount. sufiicient to pay all do- mands of sub-contractors, moeolianics, eta, In caxe the amount due'the original coutractor in ot sufiiciont to mect all the clains aguiust it, {hon it #hall be divided pfo rata. Original contractors nre requived, under pen- aity, tomake out and give to owuers, or their agonts, when requoxted, = statomont of the nnmbor of persous fu their omploy and the wagos paid thom, and how much, it anything, ls duo them. g Q00K COUNTY AWFAIRS, Speciul Dispateh to The Chicano T'ribune, THE CITANOELLOR DILL, SeniarizL, L., March 33,—T'ho Houso passed tho Souate bill allowing univorsities to omploy Chnucollors, which ig betlor known as tho Chi- cago-University-Burronghs-Ohancellor bill, TIBI-WAYS, i Tho ITonso paaned » Sonate bill giving fish tho right of wuy ovor dams by compolling the con- struotiou of fish-waye, i ek GEBBYAARDERING OII10AGO, § The bill to giva the Peopla's party two mare Aldormon in the Fiftdouth Ward was again o dored to'a third reading {n the House. TUB DEFOBN-H0HOOL. The House passedthoSenale bill appropriating £18,000 to onlargo tho Rotorm-Nonoom, smd 40~ ' | commodato sixty additlonal tumatos. LIOENBING PROBTITUTION, Tho Bennto bill prohibiting tho leonsing of prostitution wasordored to n third ronding, and so was tho billin the Iouso, A dologation of ladics {Em'l‘: lli’ilkagu 18 coming to-morrow to lobby for o in o E swas kilted, DILLE PASIED. Tho Sonato passed bills to purchrse furniture and bedding for/tho Boldiers’ Orphans' Homo, and to,oxtond the_ jurisdiction of Constables in incorporatod townn and oftlcs. : TUIE HTOOK YADDS Reguation bill wau reportod favorably in the Bouato. VOMI8' RAILROAD BILL aAS, 3 I'ho Honeo passed tha Sonale Gas-Regulating bill, which reads as follows : . ‘That tho Common Council of any incorporated city 1n this State shall have power to pnes all such ordie nonees as thoy may deem expedient for the protootion of th cllizens of gald oity, reguisting tho quality of tho gas fufnished to rald cltizons by any gas compant, or compunivs dojng busicss {n said city, and the maximnm price which gald company or compunics iy ehnrgo thorefor, T'hiu 18 Kohoo'a baby, Tho bill to anablo cities . to catablish and maintain gna-works, which Cule lorton has been nursing gvor 8o long, camo up on s passago, Ilo moved to rocommit, which provalled. 1t 1s stated that tho Governor will voto Kohoo's gng-company blackmailing bill, It {u un act to oncourage Lribory and onrich Aldor= mon, * 2 THE ¥AYON'S DILL, - 3 It is undoratood that if Dixon will agreo not to chango tho Committeos in tho Council, thet tho offort to pass tho Mayorls bill will conso. Ilosing nud his mon hero aro nfraid that the traltors in tho Poople's party will_sustain him in remodoling tho committess, and leave MoGrath, Gullorton, and Foloy out in tho cold, MeGrath 8ays hio cal proy tho bill, lealng Lias boen ad- ‘vised not to come down lest ho might spill the fat in tho firo, as e did in tho Councll, Dan O'ITnra, Barney Caulfield, Tom Foloy, nnd Buffa- 1o Millor are_expooted with tho latost nstruoe tions trom Hesiug to the Logslaturo, g SOME NEW REGULATIONS. Special Dwnateh to The Chicago Tribune. LIADILITY OF COMMON CANMIERS, Sraisorerp, I, March 28.—~The Houss passod Thompson's Benato bill regulating com- nion carriers, providing that whonover any prop- exty i roceived by & common carrler to be trans- portod from ono place to anothor, within or witliout this Stato, it shall not be lawful foc such carrior to limit his common law liability safely to dellvor such property at tho place to which the samo s to be transported, by any stipulation or limtation expressed in tho recolpt given for such property. COLOKED CIYLDREN IN THE ACUANLS. Tho following bill has passed both Iouscs : A Bin for an act to prutect colored chilidren in their rights to attend public colioos, 8ro, 1, Je it enactud by ths People of the State of Illinoin, repreaented {n the General Assemdly, Thab all Direotors of Sehuoly, Doards of Education, or other school ollicors whosa duty it now Iy, or muy bo here~ after, *fo_provido in thelr reapectiva nrlsdictions " schaols for tho education of nil ehiidron batween tho apen of 6 and 21 years, aro probibited from exshuding, afroctly or indfrectly, any suck child from sucls chod) on account of the color of suck clld, Sxo. 9, Any such echool officor oF offlcers as tro muntiobed fn tho forezolng roction, or any other pere son who ehall oxcludo or uidt iu tho ‘exclusion from tho Tublle chools any child who Js entilled fo the Lenefila of auch school, on account of such child’s color, shall Le fined, npon'convictiou, in any sun_ nat dess than §3 nor woro than §100 ench for every such offensc. 8z, 8, Any porson who ehall, by (lireatu, menace, or intimidation, prevent any_coforci ohild entiilnd to attend a public schoal fu thix State from uttending such soucol, shall, upon conviction, ba fiued fu any sun not uxceediug $23, . ; INBURANCE, The bill compelling insurance companies to pay- tho face of nolicies was reporfed with o 1ccommoudatinn that it do not pass, T'ho Houso concurrad, -but_subsequently - raconsiderod it action, and the bill iy pending. i WIDTIL OF ROADS, : The ouss pasrod Honato' bllls providing that roads may bo gonstrucled only 30 Toct 1n width if the people so decide at an olection, The Tegnl width bas beon four yards. . 4 —— MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS. Special Dispatch to The Clicugn Zyibune, . ORDER OF BUSINESS, SPawvorierp, Ill, March 23~The Honsa nadopted resolutions prosontod by Armstrong, of Grundy, providing that uo now business shall bo introduced after to-day without cousont of two- thirds; that speches sholl bo limited to fivo miuutes, and the Ilouso shall mect at 9 a. m. ‘Tho Ilouso, liko tho Henato, hag ravaked all louves of mbsence, and membors hayo hoon tele~ graphod to thnt offect, X rav. Tho Mousa disciiesed the bill regulating tho pay of members and ofilgers of the Gouoral As- zembly, whioks docs niot chango the present rates, oxcept by reducing Jamtors from §4 to $3 a duy. Amondments raising tho pey of members from €6 to $6a day, to bulk thie value of the seusion at $400, not to pay mombers whon ab« seut, wero all votod down ; and the bill ordered to third randing, -T'ho voting showed that somo of the presont membors desiro to como buck. . TILS PRINTING FRAUDS, < Tho evidonce taken by tho Printing Investi- goting Committes Lias boon printed and distelb- uted to members, 1t quskes a book of 237 pages, and contnins much iuformntion useful uow and vuluable for futnro reforance, Bow sides being & can\Eleln Listory of the manner in which tho frauds hava bnongumnhumd, it places on record the contractors who couspired to rob the State. ILiu likoly that Mr, Bradwell's ro- port will bo adopted in spite of the manuer in which tho contractors’ organs are abusing bim, - TIE INSANE ASYLUMS, Mr, Mann, the irropregsiblo represantativo of tho Northern Insune Asylum, made o last effort to pret through his appropristion by tacking on 0 the Southern Insnuo Asylum an” amendment providing for #3,750 per month until July, 1875, or 80 muah 04 might bo nocossary to suppost 225' patients_in the southern wing, to bo_inished: during the summer. 1t was aranged that if tho sppropristion was not madoe the now building would havo to_stand idle for noarly yoar. Bradwell and _ Shaw edvocated tho approprintion. _ Streotor apposed it on the ground that the Logislaturo had appropristed more money than auy of ity prode- cossors, Beanlun argued that tho institutions had money enough to support all tho iumates that could be accomnodated if economy was practiced, He warnod tho Ropublioan party against oxtravagauce, Thoy had votod large pums rocklossly, and the peoplo would call theny to account. X[r. Scanlunm, it muy be remarked, is & Ropublican, and was quito frank in arraigne ing the party, ‘Ihe House agreed to the amend- mont, and now tho Northern and Southern iusti- tutions will uuite to got §45,000 cach. NOMINATIONS, The Governor sent tho following nominations to the Beunto : Trustaes for the Doaf and Dumb Asylum—S8. R, Capps, n Jacksonville manufao- turor, and Isnao Lessen, & Quinoy merchunt, and special friend of Hambmger, Clork of the Cen- {ral Division of thu Supreme Court. ‘I'rustces of the Yecble-Minded Institution—Molville A. Cusbing, Postmaster at Minonk, and William J, Tiutledgé, of Pike, & Methodist preacor, woll known in Central 1ilivols. Mawmber of the State Board of Charities—George 8. Robinson, of Sy- camore, Who 18 his own succossor. —_— A EFrench Anecdoto of Amertcan Lifo, Among the most absurd instances of whai Europeuns onn bo made to_beliove true of us, is one incident tuken from La Vie Parisienne, iu which u French writer claims to give o fuithful Ponn\ltm‘a of lifo in America. T'ho author tella his conntrymen what beppened fo his own pore sonsl oxperience on the occasion of o visit to & young Ameriean lady, to whom Lo had been previgusly introdnead, TR ¢+ 1Oune'evening,’ says he; ‘I found Alicenlone in the parlor, Her cousius hiad rtartod out for s walk with their beaux, I was surprised to notice {hat she was not in Ler usnal elogant toilot, and, when I asked tho reason, she said sho was warm and tired, 4Lt us go to Hobokon,’ T proposed. ¢The frosh air from the river will do you good.’ #iNo,! sho roplied. #+Will you go out and tako sowe rosst oys. tors and labatoer salad ? i 44 No, I am ot hungry.' - i Well, then,' I suggested, ‘let us go ta Maillard's aud have un ice. i No, I toll you,' sho said, Dutwait! If 1 ahould go out with you what would the wholn nair ocost, including the suppor, the theatre, and all tho usual expensos 7 . «¢T hardly know,’ I augwered ; bosides, what differenco does it maka? It's of no importanco. Come on, ploase, aua do uot worry yourself about my purse,’ #+ Just liston me, #aid she, * You would spend about $16, Now, instond of going out, lot us romatu at homo, and take a cup. of tea, and yon ean give me the 8161 ‘I'he writor not only vouches for the authon- tloity of this story, but glves others equally ridfoulous, The Figaro xopriuting thewm gravely romarks that it i uot xrnhnbln that snch man- ners are uuiversal in Amerioa—svidontly cousids m‘;ns thay axg, howovor, by: AQ menus Wnooak mon : S R S A 5 S5 R e (e e e T e