Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1874, Page 4

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 187 W———————_—————_’—_‘—‘—M TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. Tartnol 8 Ta provent dolay and miatakos, bo sure aud givo Post 01 coaddrons in full, including Btato and County. Tlomit{ancos may bo mado olthor by dratt, sxpross, Post Ofico ordor, or in registorad lottors, at our risk. TERMS TO OITY AULSCRINKIE. Dalls, dallvored, Bunday ozcoptod, 2 conte por wook. Daily, delivorod, Bunday includod, 20 conts porwaoks Addrons - TIE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Cornior Madison anil s)oathorn-sta.. Uhloago, Tl —— TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. ACADEMY OF MUSIO—1Tnlstod atroot, botwaen Mad. s nd Mlogon, - Jingagomont of Joha McOuliough, “Richoltow." 'S TIRATRIRandolnh atrooty hotweon o A rommect ot Al Kaihorine Smaes ¥ athml. " Attorhoon atd ovoning, WIOKER'S THEATRE—Madison atraot, hotweo n’o\}u‘l’:zrnm«smo. Engagoment of Mlss Jano Coombs. **Hohool fur Scandal,® MYKRS' OPFERA-HOUSE--Manros straot, hotwosn Dearborn and Stato. Arlinglon, Cotton, ad’ Komblo's Minstrois, . Minstrelsy and comlcalltios, ~Burlesquo of “4TThe Bordor Lily.* GLOBE VARIETIES-Desplninosstroot, betwann Mad- jeon and Washington, Enmagoment of tho Lisn Wobor froupo. Varloty porformancy, Aftornoon and ovonivg. ZLPUT TIEATRE-Comor of Wabssh avonus LG stveot. Kigsgoment of Havoriyis Siastrals, Aftornoau and ovoningt, : MICK MUBSIC.HALT~North Olark streot, cor oy ST iR M it forsmsare ™ 014 R tornoon and ovoning. i e —— OCIETY MEETINGS, Cll BLANEY LODQE, No. 31, T. and A, M.—Spocial 3 ol 3 Communieation (bis SFonlgs, sbri gk Worke The Thicagy Tribune. Aprit 15, 1874, ‘Wednesday Morning, John Jay, United States Mivister to Austris, * 8 coniing homo on o visit, His son-in-law, tho Gorman Ambagsador, will accompnny him. A practical step tho direction of retronch- ‘mont hag been made in tho National House of Represontatives, at the instanco of tho Commit- too on Civil-Sorvico Reform. 1t consists in abol~ {shing the offico of Appraiser of Imported Mer- chandisa at elovon ports of entry. Included in this number is Evansville, Iud, & “port” of undofined protensions. Tho Bonate Judiciary Committeo has roported = ubstitute for Mr. Sumner's Civil Rights bill. It secures to all persons the use of inus, public conveyances, aud theatros, and admission to schoola and charitablo institutions supported in wholo or in part by gonoral taxation. The pro- visions for the enforcement of tho law are very stringent. ‘ , Capt. O"Toolo, of St. Josoph, Mo., hag beon thoro was in storo in thin clty 8,130,697 bu whont, 8,187,824 bu corn, 887,767 bu onts, 30,802 bu ryo, and 170,018 bu barley, Ifogs wera netivo and etrong, with salos t €6.00@0.00. Cattlo and shoop wore dull and lower, Prof. Bwing hns mado o statoment in rogard to tho conversation with the Rov. Robort Laird Colller, and tho correspondonco with Mr, Bhufeldt, which nro'tho substautial Lpsis of tho cbargos made by Prof. I'atton, The Bhufeldt lottor was writlon oight yoara ago, and Prof. Swing suggests that ho may have bocome very much moro orthodox sinco that time, As for tho conversation with Mr, Colller, tho Profossor raises tho fatal objoction that it was mover hold. Ho did use languago that might bo distorted into the shapo 1n which Prof., Patton s drawn his spocifioa- tion, but hia sympathy for Unitarianism was so slight that Mr, Collfor zaon afterward, ina pub- lishiod sormon, lamented hfs (Prof. Bwing's) nacrifice to tho Molook of Calvinism. At last Congress has taken action on tho our- renoy quostion, Maynard's bill passed tho Houso yostorday by a vote of 126 to 117, and the Sen- ato bill was aftorwards taken from tho Spoaker's tablo aod passed by & voto of 140 {0 102, Both bilis are given in full in our Washington dis- challonged to mortal combat by tho editor of tho Gazelle of that city. The oditor domands tho satisfaction duo o gentloman; the Captain ro- torts with o provoking request for credontials o8 to his antagonist's Tight to tho title of goutle- man. The Captain's own standing is probably woll sssured; no man who proporly values the flooting momonts of terrestinl existence will ask for the pedigreo of an 0'Toole, —e Civil-Servico Reform will goon receiva & finish- fog Blaw at the hands of its consistent and im- placnblo enomy, Gen. Butler. Tho Committeo having charge of the subject, of which Reformer Butler is s membor, has agreed to roport an amendment to tho Appropristion bill prohibiting any farthor exponditures of monoy to carry on tho system, or tho detailing of officora to conduct tho oxaminations. Xt re- mnins for the Committes yot to 1oport that it bns faithfully oxecutod the business which it was organized to transact, whereupon it mey be honorably discharged by thq Houso. - Thomas Russell, formerly Collector of tha Port of Boston, who was displaced by Mr, Butler's man Simmons, has been nominated by the President for Ministor Remdent at Vene- zuela, He was promisod this offico at the time of his reaignation. Tho losson of tho negotin~ tions preceding the promotion of Simmons is vory plain. It is that Mr. Butler controls nom- inations in Massachusotts; and, since this is the doarest prorogative of the . Administration TRepublicans, it may fairly bo assumed thnt Butleriem is the type of Republicanism most in sccord with the Exccutive's principles. One of the twelve investigations that aro now under way in Washington concorns the Pacific Mail Company. It is charged that the Com- pany made lavish exponditures through a lobby to gecure a subsidy for itscl? and to provent the ‘establishmont of & rival lino of stenmers under tho patronago of tho Bank of California, Mr. Trovor W. Parks testified yesterdsy that an sgent of the Company, to whom S§600,- 000 was intrusted for purposes of Con- gressional corruption, conveyod half of the fund to his sistor, who judicious- ly invested it in Philndolphia real estate, Mr. Park will plonge explain what becamo of tho §800,000 that was not invested in Philadelphin ronl estate. The dead-lock 1 tho Massachusetts Logisla- taro over the olection of n successor to the late Senator Sumner bas probably boen broken, Tho firet ballot taken yostordsy was not materially difforent from any of its immedinte predecos- #ors, but on the second ballot & pumber of Mr. Hoar'a supporters gavo thoir votes to otbior can- didates. Thig oxsmplo was followed on tho third ‘ballot by many of tho Dawes men, and tho not re- sulb was & very perceptiblo gain for Adams. The changing continved throughthreo more ballots, Adams gaining largely in cach, On tho last bal- ot bofors adjournment Adams received 87 votes sgaiost 18 votes on tho first ballot. During tho dny, Hoar's vote dQimivished from 71 to 84, Dawes' vote from 87 to 69, and Curtis’ vote from 70 to 2. Adams certainly nppoars to bo the coming man, Tho Logislature of Massachu- sotts, albeit the course is thrust upon it, it on the very brink of a creditablo actiou, The Chicago produce mnrkots ware irregular yostardey. Mosa pork was dull and easier, clos- ing ot 816,90 cash, and $16.85@16.873¢ sollor patchos. The Houso bill provides for free bank- ing, and fixes the maximum amount of United Statos notos outstanding st any ono time at $400,000,000. Tho Bopate Lill places tho snme limit to tho legal-tonder circulation, but substitutes for tho free-banking measure a sec- tion inorensing thd'ciroulation of tho National Banks by $46,000,000. Thoroe is somo ovidence of a bargain botweon Mr. Maynard sad Mr, But- lor, by tho terms of which both parties sgreed to tho programmo carricd out yestorday. 1 this bo tho truo explanation of tho peremptory manner adopted by Alr. Maynard and the suave acquios- conco of Mr. Butler, it speaks i}l for tho acuto- ness of the ono and tho sincerity of tho other. Tho Sonate bill, which Mr., Butler cham- pioned, hns gone beyond tho jurisdiction of Cougroess; it now awaits the Prosident's sigua- ture, Nr. Maynard’s bill, on tho other haud, gocs to tho Sonate, whore it may or may not bo acted en favorably; it may remain untouched 1l tho ond of tho sossion, If the Senmato wero anxious for free banking, it would not probably bavo limited the increaso of National Banking circulation to $46,000,000. The oxtont of tho Sanborn swindle will proba- bly never bo dofinitely ascertained, nor is it nocessary that much more of tho disgraceful story should be told. Wo bave already learncd that Sanborn and certain high Treasury ofiicials conspired to dofraud the Government, and that thoy succeeded iu doing se. As the fnvestiga- tion advances, its results become simply cumu- Intive. Tho Committeo aro piling Ossn on Telion. Tho ovidonco. submitted yestor- dasy glone would furnish sufiicient ground for annullivg tho contract and dismiss- ing from tho sorvico of tho Govern- ment the Treasury officials implicated, yob it olicited nothing which had not previously been entablished. MMr. Odolt, Tressurer'of tho Dola~ ware, Lackewanna & Wostern Railroad, testified that the tax due from that Company was ro- tained for tho renson that Mr. Pleasonton and Lis successor mado conflicting decisions as to tho amount due. Whon tho point in dispute had been sottlod, Mr. Odell sont to tho Tressury o checlk for tho tax assessed. 1le held no com- munication with Banborn; was not aware that such o porson oxisted; but hos ginco learned that two days after tho dato of the check Sanborn sent a communica~ tion to the Dapartment claiming one-half of tho amount recovered, and assorting that the colloc- tion ind beon madounderhiscontract. Bupervisor Lucion Hawloy teatified that ho mado collections under o contract granted to ono William P. Wood bofore Sanborn esmo to tho front. Wo have had oncugh of Banborn; the Committeo wonld do woll to give Mr. Wood & tuin, THE INDICTMENT OF PROF. SWING, Prot. Patton bas ot last ofiicially promulgated his indictmont of Prof. 8wing bofore tho Chica~ go Presbytery, and has agked loave to prosccute the charges at its bar, The document I a for- midableonein dimensions, cmbracing two charges and twonty-nine spocifications, and, as peo ple enguged in the respousible avocations of this world have undoubtedly found lifo too ehort to wado through them to the end, it may ba a faver to prosent the substanco of them in brief, The material points whioh Prof. Patton alloges arc as follows: 1. Equivocal language in respect to fundnmental doctrines. 2. That ho (Bwing) de- livered s locturo in ald of the Unitavian chapel erectod in memory of the laic Mary Prico Collier, snd thereby aided to pro- mulgate horesy. 8. That ko has givon approyal to tho doctrine known as Sabellmniem or tho Aodal Trinity. 4. That bis opinions are in har- mony with thoso of the Unitarian Churel, and that ho declared to tho Rev. Robort Laird Collier that ho agreed in substanco with him, B, That 110 hins used unwerrantable Jangusgo with regard to Penclope and Socrates. 6. That ho has pro- duced & falso oharity ‘for fundamental error by oulogizing tho late Jobn Stuart Mill, **a woll- Xuown Athelst” 7. That in gencral ho has either not preachied, orhaé spokon disparagingly of, tho dootrines of tno Trinity, Predostination, the Porson of Christ, Infant Baptiam, Divine Calis to the Miuistry, tho Judicial Naturo of tho Condom- notion of the Lost, Justification by Faith, the Plopary Inspiration of tho Biblo, the Perse- verancoof tho Snints, and TotalfDepravity,—tho. Iast throo being threo of the vital poluts of Calvinigm, ns afiirmod by tho Synod of Dort. Thoeso sovon charges cover the substance of the indistment, which is strotched out to gront length by reason of much formal repatition and numerous quotations from Prof. Bwing's gor- mong nnd writings, O the gonoral basis of thia indiotmont, namely, thot Prof. Bwing is pronching Liorosy, wo do not attempt to speals, That is o matter bolweon Prof. Patton (us proscoutor) snd Prof. Swing, and we presumo that the Iatter, if ho cares to make suy defonso May, Lard was quiot at an ndvauco of Go per 100 10E, closing at $9.65@9.073¢ cash, and $9.70 @0.72}¢ eollor Moy, Meats wero quict and flym at 55{@530 for shouldors, 98.30@8.85 for short ribs, B3{o for short cloar, and 10@11o for swoot- . pickled hams, Highwines wora quict and lo highor, at 940 por gatlon. TFlour wag in good de- mand and o ehado firmer. Wheat was aotiveand wenk atan averago advanco of 3o, closing at 8124 caghy, and §1.879¢ eoller May. Corn waa loes nctive and woal, closing 4o lower, at 02X(c cash, and 0534o soller May, Oats were more ac- tive and Jge highor, closlng at 44ocash, and 47){0 goller Mey. Ryo was In, good demand and 3o highor, at 82)¢@980 for frosh recoipts. Barley was dull and eselor, at §1,06@1,08 for No, 2, and 1.88@1.40 for No, 8, On Haturday evening last at all, will attend to that chargoin his own good timo and way. ‘Thore aro, however, other pointa upon which it is compatent for an unprejudiced observerto form and oxpross an opinion with- out boing linblo to the chargo of sooking to proj~ udjco tho cage, nud these pointe sro such as do not properly bolong to the indlohment, The chargos that ho hina dolivored a lecturo in 8id of tho Mary Prico Collier chapel and a nulogy upon tho charactor of tho lato John Stuart Mill, ard¥ of a kindred character, They are prrt aud parcel of that scctarion bigotry whieh forbids you to spealc woll of any person who doos not belong to your sect and mub- soribo to your dootrines. With regard to the chapol lootiire, tho apocification seys: ¢ Ho hos manifestod s oulpablo dierogard of the ossential doatrines of Ohristianity by giving the welahs of hla infltonce to tho Unitariau doctrine, and by the unworthy and oxtravagnant laudations in tho pulpit and through the press of ono who I8 known not-to havo belleved in tho Ohriatian roliglon; that is to sny, that somo time in the wittor and during succossivo days ho was ad- vertisod to locture. in the Oty of Ohicago In ald of o Unitarian chinpol erected in momory of tho Iate Mary Drico Colllor, and that he did leoture in aid of enld chapel, aund in doing ro aided fu the promulgation of tho heresy which donfos tho Doity of our blessed Lord.” Tho frionds of this gontlo and stainloss lady sud dovoted and unoatontations Christian, in tho boest sonso of the word, to whoso memory mon of all donominations contributed to ereet tho chapol memorial, will be quick to resont tho uncalled-for and. ornol slur which sootarian Dbigotry sooks to onat upon hor memory. Tho samo eriticlsm will suggest itaclf s rogards tho allusions to M. Mill. Prof, Swing spoke, o8 Tobort Oollyor oxprossed it, **a swaet, kind word" for Joln Btuart Mill,” and for tho good he hnd done to humanity, As to tho charge of Athoism brought ngainst Mill, that does notaf- foot Prof. Bwing's discourse ono way or tho other, becauso tho charge is mnot truo, The gravamen of the gonoral chargoe is that ho apoke wollof Johu Stuart Mill and Mary Price Collier, who were not Clristisus, ‘according to Prof, Patton's viows; for this ho is formally ar- raigned and called upon to answor, Tho fifth point is almost too absurd to dwell upon, Because Prof. Swing thinks that Penel- ope and Bocrates may havoe rocolved hoartier welcome in Heavon thau the infamous Catliarino 1L, thoreforo Prof. Bwing is a horotio! The only inforcnce which a porson outside of Drof. Patton’s bniliwick can gather from this is, that Prof. Swing should navo consigned both Penclopo and Socrates to otornal damvation in ordor to show that ko was thoologically sound. T8 not this one of thoee charges which Dr, 8wazoy 80 happily characterized as frivolous? Tho only othor point which suggests itealf for notico istho charge that Prof, Swing has given his approval to the dootrino known as Sabellianism or tho Modal Trinity. Ifthis dreadful chargo is urought up for serious discussion, it will not only stroteh to tha orack of doom, but will entail wpon this community, already sufforing undor the ‘burdens of trying to understand the differences in ofber denominations, the rolativo morits of formented and unfermented wine, and tho exact quality of the Rov. Arthur Edwards’ homie-mado, trituratod carront juico, & fresh burden more griovous than all the others combined, As wo underatand the doctrine of Sabollius, ho taught that tho manifestation of God was s trisd; that is God in himself 1a one, and nlways romaing 8o, but he appears to tho world as three, and these threo forms are not threo porsons, but oaly manifestations of the Deity. Prof. Patton's thoory, if wo understandit, is tbat thoro is a trivity of persons in the Godhead, each distinet and yet one. Tho difforence, therefore, botwesn Prof. Patton snd Prof. Sabellius,—if that African thoologian may bo allowed a handle to hia name,—is tho diffor- once between ono in three, and threo in ono, it thero fs such & differonco. It i8 to bo hoped that this distrossing mathomatical and theologi- col combination, neither side of which is sus- coptiblo of proof, ia not to bo sprung upon this agitated community. The genaral viow which tha antsida world will talo of tho wholo indictment is this: Bo far as Prof, Patton believes thot, in his sermons and other printed writings, Prof. 8wing is proaching beresy, he bhas tho undoubted right to prosecute him. 8o far the indictment is proper, in & denominational senso. Tvory portion of that indictment, how- over, which alleges negative mottors,—that is, doctrines which Prof. Bwing does not preach, —and every part of it which is based upon hear- say or upon words spoken in private conversa- tlon—words, the real purport of which may be misunderstood or forgotten, and whioh are near- ly always distorted by ropetition, should bo ex- punged from the indictment not only as frivo- lous (according to Dr.Swazey) butalso nsinquie- itoria], impertinent, and ungentlemanly. If thoy ara allowed fo stand, the prosecution bocomes o porsecation. If thoy ero taken ont, therois no roason why Prof. Patton should not go ahead, and may the best man win, CITY BUILDINGS. At tho Council meoting on Monday evening Ald. Cannon offered & resolntion providing for “anew deal” in the construction of the pro- posed Court-Houso. It contemplates the em- ployment of o competent architect, which of.| course implies the rejection of all provions plans. 1t this proposition eignifles s roturn to economi- cal viows, it is highly commondable, Thore is nosensgo in spending from $3,000,000 to £5,000,000 (mninly for purposes of ostentation) on a city building. We have enongh privato buildings to auswer all tho purposes of show, for at loast twenty yonrs to como. Wo havo a groator num- ler of gorgeous buildinga than the City of Paris, and it is absurd and wicked to tax the communi- ty to oroot anothor to outshine tho world with. 1t wo lack anything on that scoro, wo can afford to let tho United States Govornmont supply tbo deflcioncy, ns it is sbundantly doing, on tho now Custom-House. ‘Wo must havo a new Court-Houss some tume, and the only objection to going on with it now is tho ombarrussmont of tho city finances and tho hard times, rondering it impossiblo for tha taxpayors to furnish the monoy. Tho power of ‘borrowing by issuing city bonds is exhausted, and that is a great pieco of good fortune, eluco tho power to oxpond monoy doponds upen tho ability and whlingnoss of the taxpayors to fur- nisk it, and not upon the facity with which bonds can bo thrown on the market. . This fact nocessitatos tho practico of a rigid econ- omy, =@nd suggosts that the gorgoous plans o much admired bofore the ocour- renco of the panic be consigned to tho flames, and that an srehitoct be employed to draw plaug for o servicoabie building costing not more than $1,600,000. Moro than half of this sum can bo obtained by tho sale of tho throo blocks of ground on thoe Lake 8hore, wantod by the railroads for n passengor dn'pnt, and & largo portion of tho romainder by thesale of tho ground whore the present city buildinga stand. At all evonts, tho nocesslty of rosorting to taxne tion can bo doferrod & yoar or two, if an eco- uomical plan is adopted ; and no othor then an ecohomical plan should bo thought of. It is the ‘buainoss of arohiteots fo build vast monuments for thomsolves with other people’s monoy. It is the buainoss of tho oity authorities to prevent them from dotug 8 with publio money, Another fact not gouerally kuowa in Mr, Bumuer's political oaroer has beon mada publio by Mr, Calob Lyon, It must come with rofrosh- Ing graco to the parly which turped its back upon him, Soon aftor tho death of Chlef-Jus« tioe Taney, Alr, Bumuer recelved & card from Prosidont Lincoln, placing the vacanoy at his disposal. Mr, Bumner showed tho crd to Mr. Lyon, romarking that this ofiice would Lave ro- alized the droam of hia youth, but tho broach be- twoon Mr, Chnso and tho Prosidont was daily growlng widor, and tho appoiutmont of tho formior wag tho only thing that would ologo it #No porsonal anorifico s too groat,'nor ¢an any- thing tompt mo to dosort my post. Tho Ropub- lican party must remain intnot until ita misslon is fulfilled,” was Mr. Sumner’s disposition of the tomptation, ow tho brave dood of tho po- Titical Ourtius, who flung tho ambition of hislite into tho broach to save tho party, wWas subso- quontly rewardod by tho party, is o mattor of glowing history. _ POOR RICHARDBEON, Thoe ox-Tudgo of Probate is baving & hard timoof it. Bneored at by overybody for his bopeless failures in overything oxcopt lnw- breaking, Lo finally relapsed into fa do-nothing policy, which it waa forvontly hoped would bo stondily maintainod, Tho ohorns of lsughtor over hia $5 plan of spocio payment hind searcely diod away whon tho Sanborn investigation Le- gan. Richardson must rogard Sanborn ag a man born of sin. His contract has played havos with tho already ragged roputation of tho Sac- rotary of tho Troasury. Mr. Richardson testifiod that ko know pothing abont tho contract. ¥o Lad nover hoard of it. Ho signed it, indoad, but that waa an act of rou- tino, And so on sud so on, until tho Committea took pity on tho man who was pleading donso ignoranco of evorything it Lohooved hiwm to know, and morcifully dismissed him. Thon como Banborn. The Committqe, by questioning him, wont back, stop by step, in tho history of tho transaction /until they found in the centro of tho mob’ of intrigue—Richardson. Why, yos, quoth Sanborn, Richardson hiad talkod with him about the contrsct balf-n-dozen times. They bad fully discussed tho subject. Then como Bolicitor Danfleld, Mo alded the Committed to tonr awny various disguises, under tho Inst of which he found—Tichardson, To liad mover dono anything about the Sanborn contract, gnid Banflold, save by tho advico of Richardson. And now comes ox-Congressman Kolsoy, who drafted tho olauso of tho Appro- priation bill under which theso contracls wero wade. Ho, it appears, convorsed sbout it bofore its enactmont with—Richardson, If the latter, after all thia conversing and consulting and ad- vielng, was really as utterly ignoraut a8 he pre- tonded to be, his montal incapacity for bis placo is vory apparent. If tho ignoranco was butsa pretonso, his moral incapacity therofor is oqually evidont. PARSONS AND GARFIELD. The disclosures at Washington, in the District of Columbia investigation, involve two mom- bors of Congress from Ohio, snd it will require some further explanation to satisfy the public that others bavo not shared in the plunder. Tho facts oro theso: In 1873, Mr. Goorgo R. Chit- tonden, of this city, mado ovortures to De Golyer & McClolland to obtsin large paving contracta for them from tho Board of Public ‘Works of iho District of Columbia, in considora- tion of one-third of the profits. ‘Tho agrecomont +was mado, and contracts wero subsoquently lot to Do Golyor & AcClolland for laying 200,000 yardsof wooden-block pavement at $8.50 o yard. Chittenden, aftor obtaining tho contracts, ro- turned to Chicago and demanded $100,000. This cloim Do reduced to §97,000, which he received in cash and notos. Chittonden represeated that tho $97,000 was, in part, to pay expenses ot Washington. Part of the agroement woe lat Chittonden was to stand betweon tho con- tractors and the Bosxd of Public Worke in caso of any trouble. Thoy luda considerable amount of tho pavement, when it was reported in July, 1873, to Gov. Shopherd, that like work with the game materinl in Chicago biad proved o failare, sad that, in fact, the *ironized" process was o tumbug. Tho Governor {hereupon ordered o discontinuance of work under the contracts with DaGolyer & McClelland. When the work was thus abruptly suspended tho contractors had on hand material suflicient to completo 67,000 yards of pavoment, which would prove to them s total Joss. They urged tho Jocal Government to allow them touso up this matorinl, but that was ro- fused, As o last offort thoy induced Mr. Charles B, Farwoll, of this city, to go to Washington, in Soptember, 1878, just on the ove of the panic.. Ho lnid tho caso before Gov. Shopherd, who con- gonted that the contractors might go on and uso up tho material thoy had on hand. The testimony of Mr. R. O. Parsons, the pros- ont momber of Congress from' Cleveland, is to tho effcct that ho was rotained by Mr. Goorge R. Chittendon to arguo before the Board of Public Works the suporiority of the DoGolyer patont for wooden-bloclk pavements. Before the Board mado tho final award ho was called homo to Clovoland, and ongsged Gen. Gorfleld, ab that time Chairman of the Honso Committea on Appropriations, to act in bhis placo. Thia was nbout the adjournmont of Congross in 1872. Subsequontly, upon tho award of tho contracts, ho rocoived hia fee from Chittenden and pad Gorfleld, Tho books of DeGolyer & McClel- loud show that the $97,000 paid by them to Chit- tenden was thus recorded: Goorgo R. Chitten- den, {nnotos, 872,000 “ 1.0, P." (Richard C. Par- sons), $10,000; “R, 0. P.”" (Rchard C. Pardone), £5,000; “8. W. B.” (8. W. Brown), $10,000. Tho second paymont to Parsons is supposed to bo tho foo paid to Gon. Garfleld, The name of “8. W. Brown" is a flotitious ono, and it will remain with Mr. Chittendon to oxplain whon ko gots to Washington who that personage ia. Datc ake important in this caso. Mr. Richard 0, Parsous was ot the time of this troussotion Marshal of the Supreme Court of tho United States, According to tho evidance, Gen. Garfleld mado his argument for the DoGolyer contracts aftor tho adjournment of Uongress in June, 1872, just after the Philadelphin Convention. ‘Ho was thon Chairman of the House Committeo on Appropriations, and in the succeeding winter o million of dolinrs was nppropristed for paving atroots in Washington City. Mr, Parrona was thon o candidate for Con- ross in Oloveland, sud was duly elootod in No- vomber, 1872, and, though he drow pey from Mareh, 1873, did not tako his seat until Decom- ber Jast, Ho was not in faot a membor of Con- gross whon he rondorod thig service to DoGol- yor; he was a candidato only, and went before tho peoplo with DeGolyer's 10,000 in his pockot and told the peoplo that s party whiok 1ad abolished sla¥ory and onrried on the War to a successful conclusion was undoubtodly able to carry on this Government. Wo Lavo no idea what oxplanation Mr, Chite tonden will make, nor why ho solooted Mr, Targons at tho high figure of 5,000 to prove that the **ironized” wood was bettor than any other, Mr, Parsons hiad no particular ability or soputation that would rocommond him ut such & priod, Dut Rr, Pardons was an Ohlo politivian, an activa man, having influential rolations with tho party in powor, and it would pay to omploy Mr. Parsons and thoreby sccuro his influenco, particularly ns othor persons conld not be om- ployed dircotly, That Mr., Chittondon soled wisoly and discreotly in solooting Parsons Is bost shown in his puccoss. is ehrowdnoss will, por- haps, bo further illustratod whon it is mndo known who 8, W. Brown {8, and why it was nocos- aary {a pay him $10,000. Tho onso against Gon. Garflold e dark. What- ovor smirching homay have eustainod in the COrodit Mobilier was trivial compared with this, Apposting boforo the District oflicors arguing thint they should give tho contract for paving to ono firm which was to pay him $5,000, to tho exclusion of other firms whioh wero to pay him nothing! Appoaring thus as counsel for a'con- traotor when he was Ohairman of the Committeo which was to grant or withhold any appropria~ tion by Congrees for paving at all, Mr. Parsons excapes logal responsibility bocauso ho was not at tho time a.momboer of Congross, Navorthe- loss, taking o town-mooting view of hia case, it ig cloar that Mr. Chittenden, in omploying Par- sons, thought he was hiring something clse than his knowledgo of *‘ironized” wood. e THE IRON STRIKES, At tho time of the panic, the wagos of workora woro out down about 25 por cont, men now domand tho old rates of pay. Tho mastors rofuse, Tho mon aro thereforo on & striko. Tho rofasnl a probably & just one. The check given by tho panie to railroad-building has groatly lossonod tho country's consumption of iron, Tho long debates in Congress have un- ottled all sorts of business, and the general ox- poctation of curroncy inflation will but carry on tho procoas tho dobntes began. Just or unjust, however, thorefuanl has boon mnae. Bomo 20,- 000 mon are now on a atriko. On Monday, 630 Ponnsylvania furnnces were ont of blast. The number increases daily. It 1s predicted that the 18t of Juno will soo every furnaco in the State idle. Tho quarrel scoms to bo botweon all the cmployes on, the ono hand, and the National Iron Puddlors’ Union on tho othier. Tho employers can probably woil af- ford to stop work for some time to come. Tho Union claims to have o full troasury and o mom- bership qf 60,000 to fall back upon when tho funds on hand aro exhausted. There scems to bo no thought of arbitration betwaon tho oppos- ing intorests. Yot Mr. Mundella’s Doards of Arbitration havo succeodod in sottling trade dis- putes, in England, not only m cotton but in iron mills, and in mines bosides. Thero is ono gleam of good senge in tho story of tho strtko. The workingmen of the Reading district aro agitating tho estoblishmont of a co-op- erative irou-mdl. Should such & thing bo etarted, its cost oqual half the amount ita workingmon-owners would waste by living in idlencas for wooks. This strike is of importanco to the whole com- munity. 1t will, it prolonged, Incroaso the prico of iron everywhoro, and so diminish its use, It hes been said that the civilization of o country varios with its demand for this motal. It enters, in groator or less degroe, into slmoat every pro- cess of civilized life. To male mnttors worse, 65,000 Ponnsylvania miners Lave left work, and there aro foars that tho Minors’ National Union will soon order a goneral strike, Morcover, the English iron-manufacturots—or ¢ numher of them—have locked-out their émployes in retalia- tion for an attompted strike, Tho offects of this stoppago of production are just beginning to bo {folt horo, espoctally in tha tin-trade. The mar- ket has beon steadily falling, but prices are ral- lying agaln undor the influence of a reducod supply. 1t is an unpleasant commentary on civilization that strikes are moro frequent and oxtended, and of greater duration, year aftor year, Work- ingmon seom to bo intoxicated by their Iately- discovered power of combination, Thoy rarely use it aright. A strike genorally costs tho mon moroe dollars than it doos tho masters, It is eaid that the laborors loat,.in wages, 86,765,000 of the 87,850,000 wasted in oight English strikes from 1850 to 1861. A strike implants in mony men loblts of indolenco that are fatal to their efficioncy theronfter. It is apt moveover, to drivo capital from a trade, and so to diminish tho domand for labor. tholess, fn tne faco of thess facts, to which intelligent workingmen cannot bo wholly Dbling, strikes continue. Tho fact ehows that tho presont zelations botweon masters and men are radieally wrong. A troublo thnt requires such dosporato romedios must bo dosperato iteelf. Paying by tho pioce, and on & scalo that slides up and down with the markot-prico of the pro- duct, a8 thoy do In tho iron-districts mow, iss quasi aclknowlodgment that an cmploye should ghore in tho employer's profits. Lot tho iron- ‘manufacturors make that noknowlodgment plain- or and moro practical. Lot them tako their workmen intc partnorship. Thoy can issue stock to thom or they can promise thom half the iron- The surplus profit nmbove a fixed porcont- age. In cither way, they would re- move the chiof ground of complaint, which {a that the mastors male cnormoys for— tunes, while the men must live from hand to mouth, Bo long s this state of things oxists, so Jong will there bo trouble. Itwould bo worth tho masters’ whilo to shara thoir profits with the mon. Tho expondituro of a fow dollars in this way would catablish rolations of cordiality which wonld make the mottlement of disputes com- paratively essy. Strikes would boalmost un- known, for strikers would loso not ouly their wagos but their dividouds on profits. Now the mastors hive tho mon's musclo, Thon they would get musclo, mind, and good-will. A rome- dy liko this would, we venture to think, bo bet~ tor than the ono suggested by tho mastors highor tariff on iron] Bome weoks ngo 1 was takon to task for atating, on good authority, that Prof, Patton was the *importation" of Mr, Qyrus.H, McCormick., Tho viow of this matter which we then prosonted hus not hoon nuccossfully gain- sayed, Wo undoratand that at the racout meot~ ing of the Prosbytery of Chicago cartain things occurred which tond to prove that the lattor gontloman, in company With his friends, etill feols himself rosponsible for exorolsing n faith- ful watch and care over tho Professor whom he noa imported from DBrooklyn, to tho end that he may be the guide of the blind. Mr, McCormick and Mr, John Forsythe, though not mombers of tho Proy- ‘Dytery, aro ropresontod to us ns having' boen wmont ausiduous in thelr atteudance upou its mootings, and most notive in their labors to Leop that body straight, and to propare it for yisiting oxomplary and awful puishment upon the distinguished Sabollisu and Sotoriological horetio who I8 now arralgned at its bar. Llose goutlomen probably roalize that thoir protege 1ias embarked upon an undertaking in which wuceoss cun be won only by the most suporhu- man offorts on hia part and also on thelrs. Honce tholr presonce in thomostings, not morely an intorosted spuotators, 6t which there could be 8o objootion, bud alio a8 active lobby< late would probably not, Nover- | ANTI-INFLATION, Large Moeting of the Business Men of Cincinnatl Resolutions Adopted Condemning the Action of Congress. Snecial Disbatch to The Chicago Tribune, Crvoinnaty, 0., April 14.—A public moeting waa hield {n Pike's Opera-Houso to-night, to give oxprossion on the subject of iuflation. Tho platform was crowded by promiuent bankers, mauufacturors, and business-men, snd tho ‘body of tho houso was filled with the most intolligent peoplo in the community. | Spoechies were made in which tho absurdity of inflating tho currenoy wag prominoently snd forcibly oxhorted. Judge Btallo was particularly folicitious in this direc- tion, and whon Lo sald that there was just a8 much gonso 1n telking about o olsstio yard- stiox or an clastio bushol meastre as an elastic curronoy, his romark was recolved with thundora of applanso, Soveral of tho bost and mosc forvent aponkors in thie city occupled tho aiton- tion of tha mooting for two hours, and the FOLLOWING NESOLUTIONS WERE ADOITED UNANI- MOUSLY ¢ Witkneas, An Increaso of irrodeemnblo papor our- rency would bo n departuro from sound financial prin- cllen and s violatlon of ho ropeatodly-pledged faith of tho natlon ; and, 4 WitEnEAs, Congress, by n bill aiready pdsed by the' Sonatc, and by votos "Mpon menaurcs ponding in tho Tlouse, linashown a disposition to anthorizo an in- croaso'of papor curroncy without making ony’ pro- vison for tho redomption of tho legal-tendor notes ; therefore, be it . Tigroleed, Thint wo carncstly protest sgninst apy in- croako of irrodeemnblo pupor monoy ns daugeraus to our national interests, destructivo of our national credit, and dnmornllr.lnf to tho community, Teesolved, That wo will oppoge fu ovory Tosaiblo way 4o nquity of infiation, with ita inovitablo traln of .M]mu‘ ion, demoralizat{on, bankruptey, repudiation, snd ruln. kR Zteaolved, That wo thank the Senators from Ohlo for ttiofr coneplotious opposition to tho Banking snd Cur- rency bill that haa passed tho Sonatd, and wo call upon ‘o Roprosontatives, and capocially wpon tho Topro. ‘sontatives of Hamilton County, {0 oppose all moas. urea that will delay tho reatorstion of thoe specio ndat Resolved, That wo would rospectfully romind tho Presidont tuat tho oxerciao of his voto power, should it o needed 3n tho defenso of the proaperity and credit o tho countsy, would meot with general commondae oo, LETTER FROM BENATOR TITUMIAN, An oxtract from o private letter from Senator Thurman was roud to tho meeting, in which the Sonator complained of tho misreprosentations and.attacks upon him for his courss on tho sub- ieen of inflation, and stating that ho bnd choson his position after due deliberation, and would maintain it. Hoalso statod thnt ho intended soon to doliver n speech upon tho subject, ‘which bo would mordalearly defino himsolf. THE BPEECI OF THE HON. 0, E, YUGH, formerly Senater from Ohio, delivored almost impromptu, abounded in teolling hits, and was received with marked enthuatasm. mLetters were received from Murat Halstoad, 0., editor of the Cincinnati Commercial, and from C. W. Rowland, Esq,, and Judge Hoadley, mombers of tho Constitutional Convention, henrtily concurring witls tho sontimonts of the meetiug. i 2 specch: by Richard Smith, oditor of tho Ga- zelte, and ontiroly consistent with bis woll-known conservative views on the subjeot of finance, wag woll received. 'Tho fact that the meoting was prosided ovor by Goorga F. Davis, Exq., an EX-PRESIDENT OF TIE CHAMDER OF COMMERCE, and ono of the prominent pork-packors of thie city, and that there was o list of 100 Vico-Prosi~ dents solected from all bronches of business, embracing bankers, manufacturers, morchants, tradesmon, clerks, capitalists ; and nlso tho fact that the meoting was unoxpectedly large, is & wholesome assurauco that thore 18 & strong consoryative feoling in this community againgt the inflation of irredeemablo ourrency. ‘'CANADA. The Noew Election Law—Debate upon the Munner of Llecting Senators— Itiel to 3o Immediatoly Expelled. Special Dispateh to The Chicago J'ribune, Tononto, Ont., Aprks 14,—Tho new olection Iaw is now printed, and containg 187 clauses. 1n roply to o question, Promior Mackenzio has intimated that the Government will probably bring down their Paciflc Railway measuro next weolt: Ho intimated his desiro to havo the on- gineer's report in the hands of the nombera be- foro that ttmo. ADDITIONAD SUBHIDY TOR NOVA BCOTIA, Tho Ion. Mr. Doriou, Minister of Justice, in a discuysion on the question of the adjustment of the public debt, ndvocated granting to Nova Scotia the claim set up by tbat Frovince, for moro subsidy, au error having occurrod through n defect in the nct of 1873, This ground was also tuken by the Hon. E. Blako aud others. TIIE UPPER NOUSE. The Houso was yestorday resolved into the committeo of tho whole to considor Nills’ reso- Iation respectiug thoconstitution of tho Cauadian Senate. Tha wain features of Mills’ schemo aro that Provisioual Legislatures should clect Soua- tors; each mnmbnrhnviu,} ouo vote,thusgranting yoprosentation to minorities as woll as to major- ities, Othors ndvocated the selection by & pop- ular vote in districts requiring, residonce in such distriots 08 o qualification. Others doubted the ability of the Sanate at oll, whilo but & fow fav~ ored that body boing nominated instead of alected. Tho Committeo roso and will sic again, NO DELAY IN THANSACTING BUBINESS. Government business i8 pusbed with unusual activity, sud _though there {3 o largo quantity of privato logislation to bo offected, it is probable that tho session will not be an oxtondod one. But littlo timo 15 frittered awry by tho House, mombers generally not being disposed to speak for tho mere sake of speaking. RIEL TO BE EXPELLED, Should Riel not present himuel? by to-morrow & motion for hig expulsion will be "made, and without doubt be carricd under sny eircum- stances, (To the Associated Press.) O1TAWA, April 14.—The motion for the expul~ slon of Rial was not reachod in the Houeo lagt night. Bowoll iutimated that he would bring it up :a & question of privitege on \Wednos: noxt, B PR RAILROAD NEWS, THE MARQUETTE & MACKINAW ROAD, According to rocont surveys, the proposed Marquotte & Mackivaw Railrond will be 150 miles in lungth, Tho line is to connect Mar- quetto with the most accossible harbor on tho Straits of Mackinaw, at which point junction was to bo effected wish two lines from Contral Michigan—the Jackson, Lausing & BSaginsw, and the Graud Rapida & Indiana Roed. Tho rojact is intonded to divert tho Lako Suporior Fmdu to Detroit by a routo ontirely within Michi- gau torritory, Tno prospoct 6f Chicago reuping all the ndvantage of this trade was not ploasing to the Michigna people, Bosides, tho rosideuts of tuo Upper Poniusula weroso out off from Lansing and Dotroit, that ideas of sgcossion wera frooly oxprossad. To uupslwsn theso, mollify tho poupfije and racover tho lost ground, ten soctions of Stato swamp lauds por mile wero offored by tho Logislatura to any responsiblo partios who_would undertake tho consuruction of u railrond from er(kuultn to Aackinaw within u yoar, Mr. W, L. Wotmoro, of Marquatto, formed » company and got tho contraat, but failed to got tho necossary funds, At its rocont session, the Logislaturo cxtouded the time for tha complotion of tho road uutil Dee. 81, 1877, For tho it forty milos east from Marquetto tho typograpby of the lino is not favorablo, Ihoro arc no nutural valloys in tho dircotion of thio route, 'Tho dividing ridge betwoeon the two Inkos—Suporior and Michigan—astaiue an elo- yation of 600 feot abova Lnko Buperior, and tho gtronms run townrd eithor luke, vo that numor- ous bridgos would bo roquired, Tho maximumn grado would bo &8 foct to tho mile, The thabor along this portian of the routo is heavy and woll adapted’ for making churcoal. YTor the romainder of the ling, tho arades ave ousy. 1t penotrates considerablo = swamp that offers littlo inducoment to the sot- tlor. 'Tuo timbered land, howover, Bhows oxcelleut soil, uud would deubtless koon bo taken up. I'hio totul estimated cost, Including road- 1o rendy for uwo, buildings, snd rolling-stooks, in 88,165,707.60,—an avoraga cout of 821,016 por wilo, which i8 considerably loss thau tho cost of any othor similar lino, Enginoors’ entimutes, howover, sre soldom rolinble os an mdox of the actunl cost, The nupposed diftloulty of orossing tho Straits at s poiut five milos in width is demissed with tho assuranco thut tho improvemonts mado in forryboats would euablo the Company to out & pastngo through tho jce during thoe coldest woathor, Thore s little probability of the line belng spoodily coustructed, Tho ruinous dullnoss Iflmly to provall in the lron industry this vear will alons put a quictus upon any new project until tho advont of bunlor times, Our oiiizons aro not, thoreforo, in immodia to dangor ot losin, tho rich trado of tho Uppor Poniusuls, sand, should It nssume formnidable shape, tho adyan-, tagos dortvod from this marlot will bo sullcient to rotaiu tho businoss roourad, TAILROAD EARNINGS, Tho orrnings of the Illinols Contral for March show a docrenso of $05,205 compared with tho correspouding. month of 1878, Tor tho threo months n)ndlmfil with Marol, tho decrease is 149,716, Jout the operating exponscs have been 8o correspondingly dimmishod $hat no not loss 18 oxperioncod, Tho Milwaulteo & 8t. Paul continugs to show an incroase, though much swaller than for the prior winter months, Tor tho firat wook In April the gross earnings of the Chicago & Northwostorn Railroad, oxelu- givo of tho Winonn & 8t. Poter Rallroad, the Northwostorn Union & Jowa Midland, woro 8246,667.48, un incroses of ©25,206,18, Tho fn- oronge for March was §72,727. THE OMAIIA DEPOT. Tho noy depot of tho Union Paciflc Railrasd at Omabn s expocted to be ready for occupancy in about four weeks, Dusinogs will bo transfor- rod thors ag soon ns possible, and_tho Westorn rt{on of the prosont depot will be dovoted to mcwnaud accommodation to emigrants, and the enstern to froight aud baggage. ‘Work in the Union Paocific shops will be imme- dlataly incroneed, and a large oxtra forco ndded to tho number of mochanica now employod. Four hundrod box-ears, 400 cosl-cars, and twolve passenger coachos will be built immediately to uc(‘z‘mmodlw tho incroasing businoss of the road. TATLIOAD ACOIDENT. . Yestorday mornivg, whon the west-bound mail-train of tho Miohigan Contral Railrond was noaring Turneraville, & boy, whoso name was not learnad, fell from tho train, An omigrant by tho namoe of Schillingoharr, who was on the samo Plnttorm from which the boy foll, jumped aftor hMm, although tho traln ‘was running about twonty-fivo mnilos an hour at the time. Tho' train was lmmudiately stopped, and tho noble- hoarted omigrant was found 50 severely injured that bo died in & fow hours, No barm wes douo to tho boy. . MISOELLANEOUS. Tho competition betwoon tha three Esstorn trunk linos still continucs, and the New York Contral & Hudson River Railroad mndo a fur- thor roduction in emigrant rates wostward, which aotion was followed by the Erio and Ponn- sylyanin Railronds. The rafo from New York to “h(cugo is now &5, with othor poiuta in propor- on, It s authoritatively donied that tho shiops of tho I’iusbur%’h, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, now at Fort Wayno, Ind., are to be removed to somo othor point. Theso shopa are very ox- tonsive, omploying about 1,000 men. During iho last yoar thoy turned outtwenty locomotives, ten slooping and twolvo pussongor-cars, snd nearly 1,000 frofght-cars, besides doing the ro- pairs for tho Westorn Division of tho road. Most of tbo Govoral Buperintondonts of tho various railroads in this city loft last evening to attend tho Time-Tablo Convontion, which assom- bles at St, Louis to-day, The business to bo transaoted will bo tho arrangomont of timo- tables go that the various lines will connect with each othor on timo. Thoro is & probability that romo othor business may also como bofore the Convention, THE FORTIETI FARALLEL RATLEOAD SONMFNE. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, SrniNorieLo, I, April 14.—The Exccutive Committee appointed at tho racont Convention to dovise waya and menns to build the railrond on tho forticth parallel, mot hara this aftornoon, at tho Lolaud. "Tha ecssion was consumod in the considoration of & number of chartera which wore submitted, but a8 yot tho draft of the ono to bo submittod to Congress has not boen :;Irrnad upop, and thero scoms to bo such & radical dif- ferenco in tho views oxpressod by tho members of the Committec] that it will be difficult to rench an agrooment, although they will probably agroa upon & momorial urging Congross to charteraud provido for constructing the road. Special Dispntch to The Chicago Tribuns. SprixorieLp, I, Aprll 14.—Articles of incor- poration of tho People's Freight Railway Com- peoy wero filod this morning in the offica of the crotary of Btate. The corporators ara O, 8kin- nor and Rodolphus K. Turner, of Quincy; John Gordon, of Norgan_County; T, J, Carter and Jobo W. Bunn, of Sangamon ; J. G. Sholdon, of Champaign County; W. T. Moffett, of Macon County, and John John K, Van Dorw, of Adems Gouutg. The proposed capital stock is $10,~ 000,000, and the principal business office of the Company is to be in this city. Tho road is to run from Quincy east along tho fortieth parallol to & point on tho Indiana line, RUNMORED CHANGE OF OWNELSHIP, Special Dispateh to 2'he Chicago T'ribune, Davexronr, Iown, April 14.—1t is_understood here that tho bxvnnpon & 8t. Paul Railroad will very 8000 pass into tho possession of the Chi- cago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company, who have long been desining & northern outlot from boro. 'Tho Dayenport & St. Paul Road is now 1n operation 150 milos, butis very much run down. ‘The Rock Teland Company will buy out the Penusylvania Contral’s intorest, and coim- loto tho rond to St. Paul. When comploted, is road will boone of the vory bost in Towa. i e s WALL STREET. Vagarics of the Rumor=NMongers. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribnd. Ngw Yomg, April 14.—Rumor-mongoers o Wall' street mado to-day an articlo which wag published recently in a Washington newspaper, nud which was originally only a geries 8t reasona alaborated to the extent of columus, why the United States should recognizo -the Cubans s bolligerents, do duty as s semi-official announce- ment that the Governmont intendod to recog= nizo their bolligerency, and henco thore wonld bo trouble with Spain, "As, In the ovent of such troublo, the ships of the Facific Bail Company would bo liablo to danger, the stools dropped from 473¢ to 46%(. THE NEXT STORY OF IMPORTANCE on the strect was to tho effect that tho Senate Curroncy bill, which was supposed to bo in~ tondod to croate inflation, wns, in reality, a con= traction bill, and that the effect provided for in ono section would bo to contract 846,000,000 aguinst an lseno of 18,000,000 provided for in a provious section. This ~ theory was based npon the interprotation of the el- loged contraction clauge which provides that of threo-fifths of tho reserve heretofore allowed to bo usod at rodeaming points, only one-fourth shall remain, and on this latter amount no in- terost shall bo paid ; that tho balance of the ro- sorvo ia to_be withdrawn and locked np in the vaults of tho respoctive banks, and literally hald e roserve, thus tsking this amount out of air- oulation, It ig undorstood that tho Erie Dircct~ ors will bold & meeting to-morrow, at which Pregidont Wateon will andwer charges of ox- Auditor Dunan. CAPITAL AND LABOR, Mocting of the Industrinl Congress of thoe United States at IRochestors TRocuester, N. Y., April 14.—The anousl maoting of the Industrinl Congrass of the Unitod Statos met in tins city to-day. The first gossion was spent in receiving credentials and in mak- ing arrangemonts for future sessions. Delogates aro present representing moarly every Stato in the Union and noarly overy organized body of workingmen in the country. The Ten Hour v the Eight Hour Sywstem. NEw Yonrk, April 14,—The muster mochanica engaged iu tho building trade hold n meoting this afternoon in regard to tho proposod rotura ta tho ten-hour systom. Tho Committeo n‘wo‘mud at o previous moeting wore cmposored to cor- rospond witts all the organizations of master mochanics in the Umited Btatos, with a view to tho establishment of o National Exchange., A numbor of new signatures woro received to the resolutions bindiug tho signers to roturn to_the ten-hour systom, and the meoting adjourned, i s ol THE HUSSISSIPPI FLOODS, New Onveaxs, April 14.—~Tho river has risen about 8 inches, and fs now about 5 to 7 inchea above the flood of 1871, 'The wator is over the Aavao, and atands over » foot doop on tho Mobily Railroad track from Johnaton stroot to the lowoz eud of the Frouoh market. ‘Iho McCuliones and Bounot Carro Crovasses wore both boyond cons trol. Nothing is likoly to bo donoe with them until the river falle. Gov. Kellogg to-day ade drossed 8 circular to all the Polico Justices, in the river parishos, Haying tho circumstancel waero boyoud all provided means to control the thrnntuninievarfluw, and advising them to gr to worl and build up aud protect the laveos ir their respective parishes, promising to recom- mend the next Logislaturo to reimbureo ths t)nmhnu for money exponded. _ Tho authoritia havo ulso advanced to the Leveo Company, whicl, by tho act of the Logislature creating i, has & monopoly of_the levee-building in Louise nna, GSD@U in advange of the conditions @ this yoor's lovee-tax, to holp thom most tie emorgency. NAVIGATION, Qopgnton, Ont., April 14,—The gchooner M- Qameron arriyed to-day from Oswego. It s to ficut arrival of the agaton, Bho reports that no asued through a large feld of ice on Lxo uron,