Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 17, 1874, Page 5

t THE .CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, APRIT. 17, 1874: CAPITAL AND LABOR. The Industrial Congress at Roches- ter,- No Yo Reports of Committeos and Plan of Organization. The Sovereigns of Industry Not Popu- + lar with the Congress. special Dispateh to The Chicaao Tribune. Toonesren, N. Y., Aprit 10.—Tho Industrial Congross assombled to-day at 0 o'clock. Among tho now dolegatos present wore Mr, John Binoy, Prosidont of tha Minor's National Assoointion, +' and Mr, Saftin, Prosidont of tho Moldors' Intor- national Union. AUDITRATION BUREAU RECOMMENDED. Tho Committoo on Arbitration presonted the following roport, which waa adopted : Your Committeo woull recommend that the dele- tes of o Interuntional Gengrons bo requantod to lay thio mnttor of arbitration as laid down in the Declara~ tlon of Principles, Hec, 7, togethor with the resolution on thio samo aubjcet a adopted at tho lust soasfon. of tho Industrinl Congress, beforo their respoctivo organi- + zations and hinvethem organizo a burcau of arbitration for the purposo of settling griovances botweon thelr ©employora and themsolyes, AMALGAMATED UNIONS, Tho Committco on Amalgamated” Unions pro- sentod tho following: . Tlio Committeo on Amalgamated Unionn ask loave to Toport that, n tho rural districts of our country, thero 48 soldom a'sufliclent number of ous occupation in n givon locality to form o {rades-undon; but thero aro +those of dliferent trades, occupations, and* employ- monts, Loth physlonl and mental, Whoso aim aro sine ‘ceroly'in harmony with our fundamental principles and whoso unfon would protect tho welfare of all, 16 | 4 thercforo desirablo that sociotics or unions should o organized upon tho busis of & fow fundamental or ossentinl principles, 1t §s, theroforo recommended, When oven or moro persons of good maral clinracter, who, without roserve indorse thieso principles, that provision bo mado to or- ganizs them into a Union or - Councll, auxdliary to this National Tudustrial Congress, For this purposo a ritunl aliould bo prepared, with n constitution and a charler for much ausoclations, aud any Btato or District Doputy should bo_authorized to perfoct such organization upon tho payment of a moderate feo for tho charter, ritual, and other jex- ponses. & The feport was nccopted and roforred to tho Committee on the Decliration of Principles. NO CHINESE NEED APPLY. Tho Committeo on. Importéd Servile Lobor *presoutod the following, which was unanimously udopted: . . WiEnEAS, We recogmizo this country to be tho home of tho oppressed of all nations, but thiat wo ompliati- cally protest against the hnporiation of sorvilo laborers taservea torm of years for any fixed price, to com- peto with the industrinl classes of our country; and Wienras, We view with alarm tho lorge infiux, within the Last fow years, of Chincso and other scrvilo Iaborors o our couitry ;' therofore, Resolved, That we demnud tliut Congress pras auch Inws a5 will protoct all the interesta of our laboring classes ; Resolved, Tt we hereby demand the repeal ‘of tho Burlingamo Treaty, aud thio withdrawal of the subsidy granted by Congress to the Pacifio Mafl Steamship ‘Company, to the detriment of our home {ndustry ; Resolvedl, That, if our publio sorvanta will not pro- tect us weil in our rights ns freo men ond citizens in tha present doprossed condition of our wholo country, 4n tho futura we will bo very careful touso tho God- glven right, tho ballot, for tho redress of all tho ‘Wrong upon us us freo men of a froo country ; Rewoleed, Thnt Congrass is called upon to piss Inws muking fnporting labor ocriminal offense, punisho- Dle by tine and imprisoument, THE MOURS OF LATOR. ‘The Comimnittee on the Hours of Labor pre- gonted a longthy roport, recommending the adoption of tho cight-hour sysiem; upposing over-time, Bleco, and Sunday work ; recommend- ing the aholition of the contract syatom on all Stato and muuicipal worke under tho control of the Govornment; censuring Sonator Booth for Yestoring tho twelvo-hour bill passed by tho Legielaturo of California; and recommending tho holding of mass muotm\qu throughout the country on tho 18th dny of Muy next, to nssist in gecuring the reduction of the hours of laber. Tho report was ordercd priuted. “Tho Committeo on Organization and Constitu- tion prescnted a majority and minority report, the last-mentioned being argued by Willium 11, Enrlo, of the Soveroigns of Industey, rocotu- mending the moving of the Industrial Congress 1into that organization. TIE MAJORITY REFORT advocated the appointment of o Committeo of Beven, congisting of the Prosidont of the Con- ey, two Presidents of the Interimtional mions, two of the International Trades Unions, and two persons not members of trade unions, who shiould roport to tho next Congross, or to i &pecial Congress ealled for thal purposo, a dofi nite flhm of organization, with & Constitutior and By-laws for the Nutional and Btato Con- gressed, and tho subordinato Industrin] Unians, i conformity with tho sguit of the following objects : 1 1. Reduction of tha hears uf tho hours of | ) 2. Tho establishment ¢ co-operative shops and atores; . 8. Tho sccuring of.such loglslation as shall angwor tho intorest of tho laboring clanges ; 4. Tho establishment of labor burcsus ; 5. The Stnte and National abolition of the contract system upon publio works and in State Prisons ; 0. Tho better protection of life and Hmb in dangerous employments; 7. Tho provention of child-labor more than fivo hours per day; i 8, Compulsory education and the prevention of such logislntion ns shall oppross tho masses ; Tho roports wero accopted and mede thespecial order for 2 o'clock, aftor which the Couvontion adjourned. AFTERNOON BESSION, On the regssembling of the Convention, on « motion, Mr. Earlo was raquested io stato the ob- i]eam of the Bovereigns of Industry, and tho onofits profosscd by that organizataon. A longy aod desaitory dobato busued, participated in by Mossrs. Blatiers, Dow, Walsh, Fobrenbateh, Dny, and McNeil, aftor which tho proposition of M. i Earlo was unanimously rejocted. The Congress then went into Committeo of tho Whole to considor the mnjorit; report. Tho entire nftornoon was devoter to digoussion,' during which, nonrly ovory dologato’ expressed Dis | opinioti. With o fow slight amondments, the roport was adoptod, and made the special order of business for to-morrow morning. A, C. Cnmeron offered a resolution providing for tho sclection of two or moro questions by tho Congress, the samo to bo discussed by the Urado and Labor Unions, and dofinitely acted on be- fore tho next session, Adopted. Mr, Fohrenbatch presented the report of the Platform Committee, which, with-a fow amend- neunts, is o reaflirmation of tho principles adopt- ed at Clevoland., Tho Congross thon adjourned, to mest at 9 o'elock Friday morning. Strilies Among the Gluss Fucto: New Jersoy.' - Specral Dispatoh to The Chicago Tridbune., OnxoeN, N, J., April 16.—For some time paat thero has hoon much dissntisfaction among tho umJ)lom of tho glass fnctories situated in Sovith and ' West Jersoy. This discontent, which s wmaiuly attributed to tho compeny store-ordors, instead of in Governmant currancy, hus rosultod in o stand-out at Glayton, whoro are located muany of the most oxtonsive works, from which thousands of casen of glasa- ‘waro aro g\xrchmxed monthly. Cho malcontonts, ‘who number about 1,600, demand & rogular poiv- day evory two wocks, and $10 in moncy, inaf end + of recelving orders for goods at tho Company’s store, P A bill which was bofore the Btate Legislaturo, asking that the issue of shinplastors bo declares unlawful, has been actod upon adversoly, and has cronted considerablo indignation among the glasa-workors. Lurgoly-attondod mootings, ut which rosolutions wore pnssed omplintically do- nolmclnF such action, have been hold, It i atated that the depression of the United States currency in New Jorsoy, by tho circulu- tlon of company shinplasters, is £5,000,000 nn- nually, As the digcoutont i8 general in every dopartment of tho trude, it 18 apprehended that the strike will bocome more extended. icR of peyment of wages in Anticipnted 1ot in Athens, 0. Swecial Disnatch to he Chicago V'ribune, Arnens, O, April 16.—TFive hundred miners from Nelsounville, with & baud of musicas the head of the procession, came on a specinl train ta-day, and suddonly appoared on our stroots muarching up town. Bhoriff Warron had gono up to arrost sixtoon rioters who tho day provious had slot two mon, bui the Union would not lat thom Lo brought to jnil peaceably, but demand- ed an oxtra train for tho coal operatives, that thoy might accompany tho In'llmlmm and get o speady triul of thowr cuson, This was tho cause of go unusual domonstrotious, and approhon- sionaaro rifo lost a gerioias disturbauce should take placo to-night. Striking Printers Scntenced 10 Fino and Impriconment, Trrosvitie, Pa., April 10.—Sontonca wae givon. Ip tho oaso of couspivacy 0l the Typographioul Union of this placo agninst tho Daily Courier, the declsion of whioh was given by the contin Inat wook in favor of tho Iatter: Tielve Union- Ists wera sontonced to twonty-four hours in jail ench, $40 fine, and tho conta, Do FINANCIAL. The Inflationists and Their Cuban llobl»y._ * New York Capitalists Would Have the Senate Finance Bill Vetoed. Special Dispateh to Tha Chicago Tribune. New Yonx, April 16,—Information was rocoiv- ed horo this moruing that an organized move- mont was on foot in Washington to caueo tho immedinto recognition of tho elligorency of tho Cabnn Ropublic by the United Btateg, and that tho soliemo uns boen quiotly worked “up in high Administration and Congrossional clrcles, . and would bo sprung upon Congress in o fow days. Tho specinl agont of tho Cubans in this olty claims to bave no knowlodgo of such nmove- yuont boyond the.prosontation of a potition em- odying tho rosolutions adoptod ot tho mnes- meoting hold nt the Cooper Institute during lnst Docombor, Othor prominent Cubans, who have been sopnded on the subject, also dony the knowlodgo of such a movement. A Washington dispatch nppenrod in somo of tho aftornoon papors, statitg that Scnator Carpontor liad In- troduced a reolution in the Senato ealling for the recognition of the belligoroncy of Cuba. Put ol theso facts_togethor, and the conclusion is unturally reached, and it is about the only one that can bo arrived at, that tho movomont is o deep-laid plot of the intlationists to promote thoir cause with political partios of all countries, and in all timos, Ithas boon n favorito trick, whon thoyhad & plan to earry out which was difil- cult of accomplislmont by fair and opon means, to Lrew an oxcitemont abont n topic of national interest, aud, by uniting their opponents on somo popular question or othor, attract attention from themsolves, that thoy moy not be interrupted in their private oporations. The probability is that this is the lateat attompt to put this same- what backnoyad trick in practice. The New Yoric Antt-nfintionists, New Yonu, April 16.—At n meeting last even- ing of somo bankors, capitalists, sud merchants, to consider tho action nocessary to represon! the feolings of tho Dbuainoss mon of Now York to {ho President regard- ing tho Sonato bill for tho oxpunsion of the currency, Peter Cooper was called to the chair. A potition to President Grant was rend, It is signod Ly Brown, Bros. & Co., Houry G. Btebbins &.Co., Droxel, Morgan & Co., S8amuel B. Rtuggles, aud about ' 2,600 olhors, ncluding o majority of tho Prosidents of tho banks in tho Clonring-Houeo Association. The potition sayva that thoy apponl from their-own judgment to the Ianguago of tho most eminont statesmon in tho Sonato and Houso of Roprosontatives, in 1862, in Justification of their plans, that the furthor issuo of groenbacks, under oxisting circumstances, without tho warraut of mneceasity, jwill intlict o stain on the honor of this Iepublic and impair confidonco in every future pledge and promise given in its namo.” Addresses in sup- ort of tho potition wero made by Stuart Brown, Lio Rev. Leouard Dncon, August Boimout, and others, and & commitico was appointed to pro- sent tho petition to tho President, asking him to intorposo his voto to provent tho onactmont of tho Benato Cnrrency bill, which has recontly passed both Houses of Congroes, or any other bill having in viow an increase of jncontroverti- Dblo curroncy. The Committeo includes Messrs, James M. Brown, Howard Potter, D. Williy, Jomes Jacob, D, Vormilyo, Jonathan Sturges, William M. Bvarts, Cyrus . Field, and othor ropresentative citizons. Tho potition tvill bo prosonted to-morrow. —_— = CRIMI. Jr— Arrest of a Elorse~Fhicf in Cairo, XL—Xhe Catre Rufrinus Not Yei Captured. Snecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Carro, IIL, April 16.—A man bfl the name of Charles Melinor, charged with hiring a horse aud buggy from'a livery stablo in St, Louis, fow days ngo, and disposing of tho samo to sn- other person, receiving in pay $10 in monoy and a uote for tho balance, was arrested in this city this murnlus: by n dotective from 8t. Louis, to whom he confessed bis guilt. 1le was taken Dback to St. Louis this aftornoon. Up to the present time no nows has beon Dieard from Suoriff Irwin and_his posso, who nre in pursuit of Parke and Black, the perpetrators of thio ontrago upon the two little girls 1n this city night beforo lnst. Rcported Capture ok Gang. Sax Fraxcteco, April 16.—Vasquez, the notori- ons bandit, and gang are again henrd from, this timo nonr Los Augoles. ‘They aro still cotumit- ting depredations. In bis lnst oxploit, the Chiof toofk an Italian trader prisonor, and obliged him to givo o clicck onn bank in San Gabriel for 3800, and sent his son to draw the money. The BhonfI’s posyo i8 in pursuit, with a fair cbanco of overtaking the dosperadocs, ~ Bax Fuaycisco, April 16—Evening.—Thero is & roport in tho city to-night that tho desporado Tiburco Vasques and gung havo boen captured by the Sherit? of Los Angoles. the Vasquez RRumored Defaleation, GREEY Bay, Wis,, April 16,—Thero it considor- ablo excitemont in town over a rumor that tho accounts of Anton Burkart, City ' Treasuror for tho Inat eight yonrs, nro abont $60,000 shorl. A committeo, appointed by the City Conneil, i in- vestigating tho mattor, and the report is looked for with o great deel of ntereat. It Is rumored that Burkart Las loft town, Fatal ¢ Sport.? Correspondence of T'ho Chicago 2'ribune. BentoN Hannor, Mich,, Aprit 14—Gus Braudt, an {nfirm inan, was quietly riding to his home, In tho_township of Bainbridge, Berrion County, last Triday, when ho was ovortalen by two young men, nAmed Hallnnd Levwis, who woro undor the influonce of liquor, and wie, do- sirous of somo ““sport," fell to tossing tho man in and out, of the wagoh. Tho usnge proved too Tough, sud resulted in his ‘death on the follow- ing duy. Tho roughsloft tho man whon they sow_Liow badly tlioy had Lurt him, and, but for ihio pnasago of & Mr. Hill, tho man \would doubt~ Iess have died alongsido of tho road thnt night. Iiall aud Lowis aro under errest. —_— THE WEATHER. ‘Wasnrxaron, D. O., April 16.—From Missouri and Tows northenstward over the uppor lnka ro- glon, rising temperature, partly cloudy weather, and winds veering to the southenst and cast, LOCAL OBSERVATION, Giicaao, April 10, 1874, ST E 5"5 § H £ [ Hourof ob-| £ £ |Dircetion and srvation, | § | § | & Jforce o wna.| Weather, |5 6:63 5, m...[30,18] 83 | 70 \N, E,, freah,.(Cloudy, 1118 o, m, .. 80,10 34 § 79 |N,, £ Cloudy, 200 p,m. .. |30.16] 34 79 Cioudy, 3:60 pym. .. (8018 34 | 73 [NLE fresh..|Gloudy, 9:00 p, m, ,.[40.16] 86 | €0 Cloudy, 10:18 p, m, .. [s0.10] 47 | 8L [Oloudy, Maximum thermometor, 34, Miujmum thormomeler, $7. ’ GENERAL OLSERVATIONS. Cutoaao, April 17—1 8, m, Statfon, | Bar,|Thr| Wand, [Kain] Weather, Brockour'ge[30,13 42/8, X, bris Cloudy, Cafro...,,., 10,03 43|N, W,, {1 Cloudy, Falr, Davonport . 40,19 Tiscannba, 1, Gurn Leavenwth, 10,10 Kaokuk,.., 180,14 5[, 1.] gentlo| YWIN, B., hrisk, 4311, géntlo, e ———— NAVIGATION, DZTIIOIT,‘]‘\I:}?J!., Al)l"“|l lfli—l\'uws from H“]g; 180 BLYH 0 wonthor is fair aud calm, wil tho chnnomntnr 0t 86° ebove,” 4 iy Opon water is now four iles wost of Che- Toygan, A fow days of wanm weathor will olenr the straits, The propeller Obuwmplain is in the ice hnlf & mifo off Cheboygan pior. Kinaston, April 16,—Nuvigation is fully open- od, ton days iu advangg of lust yoar. Tho port in‘?ulw oloar, and the blookaded vessoly have ail ok, E THE PRINTING FRAUDS. Atforney-General Edsall’s Opinion on the Poinis Submitted, The Contract Void at the Option of the State by Reason of Frauds in Obtaining H. Presswork Charged for nt Dou- Dble the Legal Rato. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicaao Tribune, SeriNeriEL, I, April 16.—The followingis tho opinion of tho Altornoy-Genoral on tho printing contract : QENTLEMEN : Your communeation of tho 3tet ult, was duly recolved with tho atated inclosurea of doou- monts, wheroby, in pursuanco of bo resolution adopled by tho Houso of ltoprosentatives, on tho 37th of Maroh last, you request my opinion on the fallow- ing questions: 1, Whethor, by reason of tho alloged froud fn obtalning the contract for publte printiug, tho Btato would be justified in volding tho ssmo, 2, If auch contract fs voldabloat tho election of tho Hiato, thon o detormine whetber, fumy opinion, tho Intorests of tho Stato would o botter serve ol by not volding tho samo, I, And should the “lntter conclusion bo roached, * you then diract my attention totho dtoma in tho ‘report of {ho Telnting Commiteo purporting to Lo overglinrges of tho contraetors for publfo priuting, above tho muxi- {num ratos proscelbod by la, and foquost my advico ioreon, Tho facts found by the Gommitteo on Publio Print- ing upon which tho question of fraud i procuring tho contract fu prodicated, aro briotly ns follows : Thero woro ton persona bealdes thoso to whom tho eontract ywoa awardod who proposed to id for cach olass of tho publio printing at various rates less thon the mox- imum preseribed in the law, who with ono excoption; respectively gavo (ho requisite boud approved by tho Govornor to compl; with tho con- tract in caso §t whs wardod to bim. Tho nasiguors of _ tha present doniractors mado out and filed a bld for at lesst tho muximum ratcs, uud, o provent comjetition, pald_each of tho otlie? proposod biddora sums varylnz from $300 to 81,600, mounting I Lo aggrogato (0 $10,600, to tuductheut 1ot to put in tho bids thoy Lad ‘severally mindo out, 2y this moans compelition was avoldod, and but ong Lid was filed, upon which the Commissioucrs swarded o coutract it tio, Lighost. xatos mamed fn tho law. Tlio Qoantitution, Art, 4, Boo, 25, 0s well us tlio statnica of tho State, required” tho publio pinting to bo lot by contract to {ho fowest responsiblo biddor. 1880 clonrly in conlict with tho polioy of tho law, and 16 80 contuminnted with fraud that the successfuf id- ders acquired thereby no right o tho contract, is too plain o proposition fo sdmit of argument, 1 Stdry, equity jurisprudence, Bee, 293: Smith v, Greenlce, 3 Dovercaux, 128 ;'Gordiner v. Morec, 23 Mo, 140} Wooten v, Hiukic, 20 Mo., 200, 1iad {6 Gomunegioncrn of Publio Printing then boon informed of theso facts, It 16 not probablo thoy wauld bave uwarded the contract to Diddors who bad _resorted such meons to provont ccmpetition, ~ As soon a8 {ho facts wero discovered tho Btata liad the right to olect whether it would treat thio awnrd of tho contract a8 vold or ratify the same, and hold the contractors bound thereby, 1, aftor th tho Btate, through ita Legislativo nnd Exceutive de- partments, Lreatod thio contract o8 having n valid cxist- euice, and ordered public printing to Lo dono there- undor, thls, lu my judgmont, would conutituto A WAIVER OF THF 10T, on part of tho Slate, to desforo 1ho confract vald, nnd would bo covsirued, in 1ntv, 04 o ratification thoreof Thio biddIng took plsco Auglist 20, 1872, and the con- tract was awarded on tho 7th of Soptember followlug, for thio perlod of two sears from Nov. 4, 1873, Bincotin data tho parties to whiom tho contract wos awarded, or thelr nssignees, have boen recognized a8 tho- public printers, and itvo recolvod and oxccuted tho orders for public printing ssucd from botls Lranches of tho Genoral Assembly. o contract will expiro by ita own Himitation in s fow montiys, whon now lelng il tak. blaco under thiolaw, It's doubtful ot least whether the right has not boen waived by tho Stato to declaro tho contract void, "Tho now rovision of statutes is_required to ho publisticd by tho st of July next, whon tho samo will tako offect, - In view of all tho_circumstances, ¥ think it {a not advisoblo to altempt to declaro ho contract void ot thia Into day, . Upon the mntter of charges abovo the maximum rates proscribed fn tho Ta, two questions arlsc, viz : Tirut, tho uumber of pages conslituting nn “1mpres~ slon * for pross-wark ; and socond, What I tho moxi- it cato, If nny, présceibod for 'pross-votk for tho £fth closs 'of printing, Theso questious will bo con- sidered {n thelr order “I'ho second woction of tho * Act to provido for and regulste the Public Printing, approvod April 9, 1875, TLiaws of 1879, pago 01, divides such printing info five classea, and definea cach class, Tho third fection of tho act'contalna this provislon: * The Commissloners of Printiuyg sial, between the ad day of July aud tho st doy of ‘August moxt after tho passago of this act, and “blennially thereafter, within tho samo poriod, causs {o bo pubfiabed in ‘nt Teast oo dufly newspaper printed i cach of tho cities of Spriugfcld, Chleago, Peorla, Rock Talaud, Coiro, and Quincy, an advertisement, ' which advertisement slnll” coniihun two weeks from tho dato of fls first publication, giving notico that realed proposals will b recelved at tho oflic of the Socrotary of Stato for the exccution of the sovoral classes of public printiug, in separato coutracts, for tho torm of two years from und sfter tho first Mouday of November loxt cusuing § suid proposuls o Lo filed $n tho oflico of tho Bocrotury of State, onor beforo the fourth Manday of Auguat uest aftor waid public notico, which proposals shail distinetly and spocifically state tho prico per 1,000 cms for the composition of ol malter ombraced in tho proposals for nny or all of such claues of printing, tho prico ez 100 imoressions for all press-work cmbraced {n tho first, second, tird, and_ fourths clasucs, nnd tho prico yior 25 presstons for tho press-work contafned fu tho fifth clnss, ot which tho biddez will do tho work embraced in thio class or classcs of tho printiug covered by his ‘Dproposala, ‘Cho 4ifih scotion of tho nct provides that *tho maximum rates of printing done under this uct shull boas follows : Pluin composition, 60 cents per 1,000 oms: figure-work, 90 cents; rutlo and figuro-work, $1,90; pross.work, 25 cents por 100 {mpresaions : Jro- vidfed, That no fob’' sball bo counted at Tess than 200, Tho number of pages which slnll constituto an_ im- ‘pression §s not deflned n this act, “Thio fifth scction of tho act of March 9, 1867, relative fo o pubio printiug Szcs tho muxiimuta rmida thiore- for ns follows : “ ‘Tlo maximum price of public priut- ing alall bo_ o follows, to-wit: For plain work, 70 conts per 1,000 ema; for Aiguro or rulo work, $1.05 per 1,000 ems ;'for figuro and ruto work, $10° por 1,000 ‘o for compoation; and 70 conts per token of ix- toen poges for press-work, For blanks of auy deseription, $1.60 for * the first quire, and_for ‘oach additonsl quire of tho wund Dlanks ordered at tho samo timo, 51 per quire, oscapt- ing when sold hlanks are lorgor than 5 ehcet of lat-can ‘papor, or contain g0 much composition us to roquire additionnl compeusation, then tho Public Printor ssll boallowed to clinrgs o fessonublo advauco ipen tho prices abovo epecified for printing blanks, which sald udvanco churges will bo pussed upon by tho officers uuthorized to ettlo Printer's accounta as horetofors provided.” Gross’ Statntes, 1860, pago 621, Sco. b, 1t will bo observed that_ the word * impression ” fs not hiere used excopt 08 fo tho printivg of blanks, Tho meximum prico thoro fixcd for prosswork la token of sixtoten puges; i words msed sppear to - Lo tochnical terms of ,ort_peouliar to tho vocation of priuters, In Wobstor's Unabridgod Dictionnry wa find tho word token, ns used {n_printing, detinod thua : “1n printing fon quircs of yaper un oxtra quire iv added usually to ovory oflier tolon when countud out for tho press.” In tho ilustrated edition of 1809, of Wobster'a Dictiounry wo find tho definition’af tho samo word os used by printers modifled thus: % Tou quires of paper; o whilo token is 350 shaots of paper printed on Doth'sides, or about ten and o balf quires ot twenty-four sheets,” Tn “ Tho Printers’ Price-liat,” which purports tobea ‘msunal for o use of clorks and Looklieopera in job- Jiuing atlces, Ly licodors 1, Dovinuo, und_pul- iahed in New York by Fruucle oxt & Cou'in 1671, it s hug slatod = All kinda of book and pamphlot dnd press-work aro computed by tokens, fustoad of {hou- Bauds ¢ prices aro conscauently mudo for tokens, ouly tho tolien ag licro used o 250 Lmpressious,§ or uny frac. tion thercof,” As variously dofined by Webster, 4 token would consist of 240 or 250 shects of paper printed on both eldes, which s equal o twico thut number of impressions, According to Doviume, it consists of 950 slicols of paper printed on oug i, or 125 sicet of papur, printcd ou Loth sidos ; 1y ollcr words, 250 #{mpressions,” 1f tho word “tokon” fs regarded ne ropresenting n cortain num- Lor of sheols of paper printed ou both sides, & #1olren of mixtcen puges must rofer to wuch & nume Ler of sheets, having clght pages on cach eido or on cach impresafon, . On tho contrary, if tho samo desiye nates a certain number of impressions, then tho words # per tolen of sixteen pagea® rofer o Auck & numbor of impreuslons of sixicon pages cach. - Tho dofiuitions of tho term as given in dictionarics und books pertuiu- iug to the art of printiug aro conflicting, wud shed o vory uncertain gt on tho question, "Lho teatitmony taken beforu tho Commitico on Print- Ing, 1aigo 6, scema Lo aliow (it tho term * token,” ua usedl by printers and publiehors, has varlous meanings atiached o it in difFerent parts of tho Uniled States, Hero it Iuwald to ropresent 240 Impreasions ; in Now Yorl, 210 fupreselons ; in Now Egland, 480} and fa soma of tho largo Louges i Bostow, GO impresslons, Tt weams to o conceded, however, by all partics, [t tho term “foken,” as ' used in tho fifth soction of the act of 1667, was fntended to menn elthor O or a0 Ciwpressoums s Uit clause, ‘and 70couts per token of afxtoen pages, shiould Vo read or understood us if wrltien, “and 70 conte pier 240 or 250 impresufons of slxteon pages cuel” Uudor i coustruction, tho law of 1607 dosigui sixteen o4 tho numuor of pages which alioukl consti~ tutoan fmpression, or forn from Whicls the impres- ston is Luken, aitliough avlthior of thicso words a usod Iu tho ptatutd, : 11, w8 seenns to Lo Lo caso, from tho unintmous con- curronce of thio Commitico on Printiug, and the uni- forin understandiug of ull parilos in fiorest, the law of 1867 {3 to bo undarstood as eatabllshing slxtoen pages ua tho sizo for tho *form” ar © lmpression upon witich prossework 18'to bo_computed in hook and pamiphlet printing done under that law, tho sune fuvulubios uu Saporlant ity (0 uscestuli (o proper conatruction of {ho uet of 1873, 41t jn tho eatablishiod rulo thit, 1 tho construction of & doubiful vlututo, snd for tie purpose of urriving at the Legluluture'a fitent, ull act on 'ho eame subjoct- suntter uro to bo taken togelher ud_ozsminod, i or- dor to arrive st tho'truo” vesult, "—Kodgwick on Biate tory and Constitutional Lav, 47, 4o rulo that statules In ‘pard materia aro to be | consultéd for the consiruction of each othor, obialuy, discovery of the meauns ured to prevent competition, . Thut a combinution of the character above indicated although tho statuten to which sueh reforonco {8 mado ‘may liavo oxpited or heen ropented."—1hid, 230, "Hhi0 PrIOF AGtR 870 conntitel N0t nceamtbiio ge Tnwa atill in farce, ut o8 lds 0 discovor thio utont of T Teglslntize, whot in subsoquont, statuics Ianguago b iead of uncertain im; “Thiat part of o Orth sectlon of tho nct of 1607, which fixoa tho muximtim rates for press-work iy tn bor s Wit tho corresponding Provisions of tho fit(h sostim of tho not. 1873, and Waa ropealod thorehy & bt th words, *of six{oon Pages,” {n tho clatiso of Seo, 5 of tho acl of 1807, “snd 70 cants por tolken of nixteen pages for press-worl,” 3F constriiod na dofning (e mmalo of poges i1 an Impression, ato not necesnarily in con- fllat Wil tho clausa of Bot, 6 fn tho not of 1872, feioy tho maximiim rales of press-work at 23 conts pot . dred improesionn.” Vet it would appear Itk cutting up Seo, 5 of tho act of 1807 tuito oxcectingly no particles in Fogard to fhy Tesiduo of (lint part of tho actlon ropealed. and ks threo worils, “ of sixieen pagee,” na Atill in Yorco, Tlowaver this muy bo, Tam ' cleatly of tho opinfon that, 4f thoao words, 18 vscd in tho act of 1807, wore intehded as dclning tho number of pages in nn e preasion atsixteen, thosame moy bo consultod to solve any doubt s to thio meaning of tio word impression \Vhen nppied to tho samo clasees of printing, I thonet of 18721t I, T think, & propes applien- tion of tho rulo it ‘slotutos ' i’ purt meaterts aro to bo conmulted 'to ascertnin Ttho pronor Gonstruction of o lator statuto, tho meaning of ‘wiler. i dowbicul, liough (e DroF aos moy Liva boon ro- ealed, P Apncars rom {ho testimony takon by thio Goronor that Ifom 1863 up o o Umo of {10 penengo of tho act of 1607, it d . bee tho custom for tho Tubils Printers to chargo for press-work douo for tlo” Siate t tho rato of elght pages to tho form or impression, Tis contructs seom to inve been muan on thiat, bosls, Dut tho act of 1667 introduced 5 now rule, and for thy firat timo, an all_partica snpear to buva ‘nnderstood, the net gavo » piatutory definition of {ho number of g which should Coustlula an improseion iz, sixicen, “Tho Gomiltos on Publlo Printing ‘proposition thnt in baok snd panphlot work, liko that oo for thio Blate, Aixicen 1oges 1 genorally recog- nized na o form or impreselon in printing or publish ing houses, whon It §a not otherwiso hrovided in cone tracts for Jomq such work, It fn ot within my yower to determine or express am opinfon upon a qucation of fact of this charctor, which dopends for ita olution upon tho {estimony of Scporta: it assuming tho facls to b as found by the Gommitteo oh Printing, and regnrding tho act of 18617, whilo In torce, 18 dofiiiing an fmpreaslon to bo aixteois ‘popes,and conptenlugthat ackns in parimateria with tho notof 1872, My concluslon 1%, in- the estimation of press-work In book and pamphlet priniing, under the iict of 187, alxteen pages hould Do considored as an improsaon, 1t 1a o fact worlhy of attention that tho Iaw required tho lolting of publio priutiug {o be sdvertieed n many of tho principsl citica {n tho State, Such con- struction should o placod upon the word impression nw printors ond publishers in the Btato would generaily plco thereon, A partioular local custoin ovan ot tio Capilol whoula aot prownl ovor the gogral wndor- standing of printors in tho State, Othorwiao tho vari- oun bidders would not stand upon an_equulity,—Scdg- wick on conntitutional and_statutory law 257, Livan v, yorn 3 2 Peunsylvanta Stato Roports, 114, 1f, iowover, it 1 truo that in boolk and pamphlet rossswork, gt pages 18 regarded 08 tho iz of form or_ihupression by tho printers generally in the Blnte, all coneur in tho where the contract s allont, or no othier num- ‘ber specified, then, I think, the samo rule shonld bo applied in_tho eathination of work dono under tho act of 1872, notwitlstanding tho provisions of tho act of 1807, 1¢ puch were tho case, thero would be 1o room for. tho application of the rula that, whera tho construc~ tlon Is doubtful, nll statutes in par materfa should bo construed together, for tho construction of tho word improssion on that bypotheals would mot Do doulitful, This, however, {8 mot & question of Inw, but of fact, to bo dotormined npon thio testi- mony Of experts, ‘Tho Gommission of Publia Print. ing are Lotter ablo {0 ascertuin thi fact than mygelf, You iy the benefit of fho unanimoua opinfon of tho Commitico on Publio Printing, which secoms to hove Lioen arrived ot na tho vestlt of fhat investigation, Yon hoyoalso tho voluminous teatimony takon by that Gommittec, 1f furthor investigation {8 desirablo, vou have tho power to mako it{ but unless you ara satisfied that ‘oight pages inslcad of eixteon 18 tho practico of print- ers gonerally in tho State, sud {8 estimated ua u form or impreasion for hook and pamphlct press-work, tho Tulo recoguized in tho act of 1867 must bo considored ns_ expluntory of the indefinito languago of tho act of 1872 fo ik oxtent, that un_ impression ia to bo composed of sixicon pagoa for book sud pamplict work, o question of law_remaining to bo considored s, whotlier tho act of 1873 preseribod any maximum ratq for presg-work in tho fifth cluss of printing. 1t cannot bo'queationed that if suy maximum {a fixed for the ‘press-worl iu that clats of priuting, it I8 * 25 conts por 100 impressions,” for no other maximum is numed in {1 act for sny class of prossavorkc] ‘A sarlous difficulty in tho_construction of this part of tho nct arlses from tho fact that tlo varl- ous kinds of printing aro divided futo five glasses; tint porties fliug ' blds or proposala for tho'workiaro required to fllo eoparate proposals for each class, i1t whichi thoy aro roquired {0 specify tho rico por 100 upesslons for ul press- worls ambraged T2 i first, secou, third, and foutih classcs, and tho prico per (wenty-ivo improssions for tho pressworl contained in tho fitth claes ab which tho bidder will do the work contained in tho class or classcs covored by his proposals,—Lawa of 1872, pago 614, Sera3, "oho ciéude of tho feth scctibn fixing tuo moximura rato for press-work quoted above, docs niot separate- Iy nomo any maximum for the prese-work of tho Afth class "ot any spocified Tato per twenty. Ovo imyprossions, us o propocals for that class are required fo bo mmde. If the ‘maximum is fixod at all for thin class of pres-work it must bo included {n tho clause which apecifies pross- work ot 25 conts per 100 impressions, It must bo concoded that theso words are moro africtly appli- cuble to tho clnsscs of press-work which {8 required to Dbe specificd in tho proposals e so much per 100 impressions, aud not unnaturally ofiicors charged with thelr practical enforcement moy huve construed th;m a5 golely applicablo to tho first four classes of printing. ¥ Tho \Fv‘nfl!u aro suaceptiblo, howover, of n broader {n- terprotation, It should bo obzerved that the Constitue tion 1s mandatory that tho General Asseumbly shall fix o maximum price for the public priniing, to be let by contract {o the lowest responsible bidder, ~ Art, 4, Sce. 25, of the law of 1872 purports to regulate the entira subject of public printing, snd, in obedience to_tho Conatitution, to fix a maximum price thorefor, If wo givo the fifth soction of the nct tho broadest con- struction, then tho Goneral Assembly performed their cntire duty, If the narrower construction proval then it must be held {hat, without any apparent rea- son {herefor, tho General Assembly neglected to per- form this part of their plain duty, At thio concluslon of tho acetion 1t 18 “ Provided, That no_job shall bo connted at less than 200," Iu the practicatapplication of thelaw no case could ariso whero it would. be neccssary to estimato Ym&\vork less than impressions, This Leing tho case, it may haveo been 200 deemed s8 convenfent as any other mode to fix tho lun[nx‘hnum for oll clussca at o specified rate per hun- ed, - . X am, thereforo, of the opinfon that tho section in question shiould be construed aa fixing the maximum rato for tho press-work for oach of tho five classes of printing ot 25 cents per 100 finpressions, It is not Tmproper to add, that the vagueness and uncertatnty of thelangusgoof thestatulsin{ho particulars herein discussed sro such as to bo greatly embarassing to the officors chnrged with its practical construction and enforcement. . In coses of this characler, honest difforcices of opinfon a3 to the trie mesning of tho luw aro almost nevitable, I huve experlenced no smull amount of difticulty in satisfying my own mind on some of tho questions presontod, nud the conclusious {o which I havo arrived are the result of tho best consideration 1 have been sblo to givo the subject, 1 hiavo thie hiouor to be, very respectfully, JAs, K. EDHALL, Attoruey-Genernl, To tho Hon, Geo, 1. Harlan, Bocrotary of Stato; Hon, 0, ., Lippincott, Auditor Public Accounts; Hon, Edward Ttutz, Treastrer—Commissioners of Publio Printing, ‘TIRES. . At McGregor, In. Special Dispateh to ‘hicago Tribune, McGueaon, In., April 16, —John L. Dear- born's_residenco and furpiture was partially de- stroyad by firo last night, with n_probable” loss of £1,000, Tho loss on the residence is_fully covered by insurance in tho Qirard, of Philn~ dolphin, and tho Stato, of DesMoines, Total loss on furniture. At Fonclon Falls, Ont. TexELON FALLS, Ont., April 16.—A fire "this morning dostroyed tho Quoboc snd Ottrwn Housoe and a largo building by Smith & Co, Tho Astor Louso wag partinlly bunrod, nud was pulled down to prevout tho firo from spreading, ~ Losy | not known, At Middieiicld, Conn, Iantrory, Conn., April 16,—A. fire in Middle- fleld, Conn,, Inst night burned the buildings of tho 1l Manufacturing Compnny, manufuctuy- ers of cotton webbing. Loss, 60,000 ; insured, 40,000, . o= OBITUARY. %o Moy, Dr, ‘Chomns Carlton. Tuizaverit, No 3., April 16—Tho Rov, Dr. Thomas Carlton, late of the Mothodist Bool Concorn, died at his residenco Leve this moruning, aged 06 yonrs, Ho was tho Trossurer of Eliza- both at tho time of his death. Mathow Allison. Dunuque, In,, April 16,—Mathow Allison, an insuranco agent, expired {his morning nt 5 o'cloals, In the 47th your of his uge, 1lo has boon nu invalid for ovor s year, and was stricken down with an npoplectls stroko yostorday, o \was o native of Ashtund, O,, was n brother of Benntor W, B. Allison, of Iows, lonves a wifo lfi?dlavu childron, aud 'hnd $5,000 {nsurauce on s lifo, CASUALTIE! Two Boys Drowned. ‘Wonoesren, Mags, April 10,—Philip and Jo- soph Adumis, agod 15 and 18 years, wero drowned to-day whilo sailing on a pond, Starbor Collistou—'wo Lives Lost, Piiuavrrasa, Pa,, April 16—Tho stoamslip Thilnols which loft this port for Liverpool to-(ay, Lelaw the vity ran into s tow of caual-boats sud suuk 4 of thom, Tho crow wero savod, bub a womon and ohild woro drownod, The ateamer waa uot damaged, “ndopted o repl POLITICAL. Nominations Made by tho Oregon Farmers’ State Convontion, . A Model Platform Presentefl‘ to the People. Still no Election of Senator in the’ Wassachusetts Legislature. The Orcgon Farmors? Stnte Nominae Y Spectal Dispatch a8 Chicago Tridune, SAvew, Ora,, April 16,—The informal meoting of the dolegntes m the Farmors' Stato Convon- tlon last night, evincad {n tho good old-fashioned way unbounded enthusinsm sud good will, Every man avowed an honest purpose to adopt doclaration of principles and present o sob of candidatos thut would command respect and votes, Thoro wns no log-rolling, wirc-pulling, or cross-lifting, but earnost, deformined men consulting the best Interosts of Orogon, Bi Bularies nnd unwarrantablo texation in th young Stato must bo stopped. NOMINATIONS. ‘The Convontion met this morning, All the nominations were unanimous, For Congrous, T, W. Davenport, n_formor, twico o eme bor of tho Legielatwre; = for Governor, ‘Thomas F. Campbell, Proskient of Monmonth College and editor of the Ohrislian Messenger ; Scoretary of Stato, J. 11 Doughitt, & farmor, ond ox-Prosident of tho Stato Agrioultural Sogie- ty; Treasuror, D. Bonch, mill-owner; Stato Trintor, Willism M. Mand, publishor 'of tho Mounlaineer, Wasco County’s Buperintondent of Tublic Instruction; DL, M. Ogloshy, of Douglas County. THE PLATFORM . sots forth that thereis no hope but inthe peoplo to correct tho oxtravagonce and corrup- tion provalent in State and Natioual administra- tion. Oficials pnid by the Governmant should dovoto their full timo to the Government. It asks_for tho building of the Portland, Dalles & Salt Loko Nond, the improvement of rivess and Dinrbora; tho complotion of roads already Bogun; favors tho proper oucouragement of transpor- tation companies, .corporations and persons on- goged in Iogitimalo Lusinoss, il undor subjo- ion to law; that freights aud fares should bo fixed by the Loglslaturo; a roturn of the salar- iosof Stato ofiicors to tho constitutional limits ; tho reduction of Olork and Shoriff.foes to o fair compongation for the sorvices performed : for a Tibornl systom of #ckool ; condemus the monop- oly in thio salo of sohool 'books ; is owonod to tho Stato lonsing tho locks of the Willamotto Talls ; condomns tho acts of tho Legislature on- abling rflmcuhtom to get Inrgo tracts of land to tho detriment of sottiors ; considers porsonal charactor the critorion for fitness for offico ; that the Goueral Govornmont should pay the losses and domages of sottlers by tho Modoo war; fa- vors tho locnl option and civil damage Jaws 3 in- dorses tho Grangor offorls sgaingt oxtorlions oud monopolies. The Orogon Stafesman and Willametto Far» mer of this doto howst tho independont ticket. ‘Iho Oregonian follows suit to-morrow. Ono- lialf of the press will indorso the ticket. The Massachusctts Senatorship.. Speeial Dispatel to The Chicao Tribune, HOAR'S FRIENDS' NEPLY, Bosroy, Masg,, April 16.—Mr, Hoar's friends Told a mnntin‘; this morning, and unanimously y propared by thelr Committoo to thie Dawes missive of yestordny. It is a remark: able paper inasmuch a8 it definos with unoxpect- ed clearness tho roal renson why the opponents of Mr, Dawes do opposo him, namoly, that ho i loast objectionable to Butlerism. PRINCIPLES DEFORE PARTY. It nlso sounds o high note on the thoory of party obligations over tho scueo of porsonal re- Eponsibility. They say thoy canpot conspnt fully to tho ap- plication 6f party obligations to tho discharge of their presont duty: individual proferences should, undoubtedly, be yielded to the deliberato judgment of tho miajority, where thoro willl be 1no eacrifico of prineiplo or conviction of duty Dby thoso who aro requested to mako coricessions. Those who have voted for Mr. Hoar feel that they can not note for Mr. Dawes without sacrificing that which transcends parly ties; their judgmout may be erroncous, bus their bolief is steadfast, CORMUPTION UNDERMINING THE GOVERNMENT, ho;eclfish in politics is undermining tho administration of public affairs, and the gronteat danger to tho Republic i3 corruption and dishonesty in the Govornment. That all who carnestly desiro to re- sis this olement may uuito mpon & cendidate for Senator, whose election will be the ‘most emphatio protest_against it, and whosa in- fluonce will be most offective in future warfare witl it, is of tho lLigheat importance. Thoy do not deom it nocessary nor desirablo to disouss tho existing difforoncos of opinion,—tho fact of Buch difforences is obvious. It is sufii- ciont to stato that the supporters of Mr. Hoar cannot, with their viows of public duty, consist- ontly voto for Mr. Dawes. THE INCONSISTENCY OF THE DAWES PARTY Ex- FOSED, 2 Tlio logical weakness of the cxcuse made by Mr. Dawcs frionds for deolining Lo withdraw hig nnmo is neatly oxposed. 'Tho supportors of Mr, Hoar dasire to act withont regard to tho person- nl intorests of tho candidates, and have sup- ported him solely because it lng n})punred to thom that, by his_ clection, tho public wolfaro would bo best subsorved. In the communica- tion of tho Dawes party, they say: “Tho sup- porters of Mr. Dawes aro not suthorized to withdraw his name, a8 it is of thoir own free-will and not at his blddlus ibat they have lhitherto given him their votos,” ‘I'he Hoar mon do not appreciate tho forco of this statement if by thir own free-will thoy bavo pregonted his name, tlion, by tho sama authority, 118 NAME CAN BE WITHDRAWN, Tho namo of Judgo Hour was brouglit torward without cousulting’ him, sud thoss who have voted for him will tako the responsibility, with- out conforring Wwith him, Lo ceuso to do o, when- ever thoy shall deem it proper, ‘Fhey do not admit tho right of any candidato to direct thoir sction, Thoy dony that o ‘majority of tho party has at nvy time voted for 1r, Dnwes, aud sav that tho reeson Mr. Hoar's vote s diminishied is not from a desiro to for- salte thelr fivat oholce, but to show a willingnoss to waive personal proferouccs to meot the rossonnble demand of the publio for the speedy cloction of o ilt man, THEY OANNOT VOTE FOR DAWES, Quoting the declaration of Mr. Dawas' friends, that thero is no obstaclo to provent them from transforring their votos o anolhor, should it appear to bo tho preferonce of a mujority of tho pmty, they ndd :* ** We nve plonsed to foarn this, but must say that numbers slono could not romovo the obstacles which mako it impossiblo g:r the supportars of Mr. Hoar to vote for M. awes,” In conclusion tho Committeo say that they aro not authorized to deeido to have a couforonco on any athor bnsis than that proviously proposod by thom, whil thoy hope will ot “couond itgolf to the good judgment of thoso who sup- port Mr, Dawes, HOAR'S LARGE YOTE ACCOUNTED FOR. It was agroed to cast a full vote for Judge Honr in tho Convention, to'show that the ecattor- ing waa mcrolg concilintory. Adjournmont was bad aftor ono ballot, tho result of which was as follows : ‘Wholo nunber, Heuttoring.,.. DAWEH' PRETENSION REUUKED. Tho surprise of Mr. Hoar's frionds was almost as groat a8 tho conaternation of the wupportors of Mr, Dawes, Tho Adams mon wore unex- ecledly moved to rebuko the assumptions of rho Dawes fuction, and, by their aid, Hosr re- colved six moro votos than on any provious bal- lot, . . ‘Lo-night both faotions are Lolding moparate cauCHEos, v 3 TUTLER TO THE REAODE. Atthe Stato-louse, a diupatch from Waeh- ington says thut Gen, Butler iy coming on jm- mediatoly, ——— —Alra, Van Cott was in Kankakoo I, yostor day, on lior way from Now Orloans jo Minnesota,’ A dolegation of 600 colored poople bado hor fare- ;ml at Now Orlenns dopot lust Monday morn- ng. 4 —At tho annual'mesting of the Lumbormon's Associntion of tho Saginuw Valloy, luld in Linst Hoginnw Wednakday morning, the following of- e wora clected : Prosident, Jumes Shearor; Vioo-Prosidonts, Newelly Buruard, W. R, Bur Boorotary, O, D, Hoadloy ; 'Irensurer, W.J. Barlow, and o Nourd §f nino Diroctors, & com- mittep of #ix on arbitration, and six on apponls, The Board and tho Comm{ttoo ata composod of an oqual numbor of mowbers frow oach of the three valloy cltlng, ' WASHINGTON. (Continued from tho Pirst Pago. sominatlon of a knowledge of tho lawa among e Yod Mr. ER romarked that in Pennaylvanis the laws wero published in two cuu::tyynv:ml- apors, and that those nowspapors were not road y ouo porson out of overy 1,000 of the popu- Iation. * Io venturod to eay that tho laws, as so {mblluhud in thouo two papors, woro not read by on porsons, aud any one who advocated such an nbuse, on the ground of spreading intolligonco, wns oul, m““"fi a dunco of himselt. Mr, GARFIELD opposed the publication of the laws in two nowapapors in cach Stato ab the cost of $70,000 as » undofended and indofensible roposition. ~All that thoro waa of it Wae, a8 [r. Purman bad frankly admitted, that it was n subsidy to two nowepapors in onoh Stato, and it wis ono of thoso abuges which Congross had thought fit to wipe out, Aftor furthor discussion, tho motlon to strike out was rojected, and the Committeo roso, hav- ing gotton through four pages of tho bill to-day. TIHE GENEVA AWARD, Mr, BUTLER (Mass,), from {ho Committeson® tho Judiciary, roported the bull for tho distribu- tion of tho Gonova award, Ordored printed and recommitted, The Housio adjourned, TAQUATIC. Rowing-Match on the Thames. T.oNpow, April 16.—A rowing-match, for the championslip of tho Thamos, and .£200 ‘o _sido, took placo to-day on the river, bofwoon Sndlor and Baguoll, ‘Tho courso wns' from Putney to Mortlalio, Badlor won by throo longths, Tho botting was five to four in'his tavor, o i e OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, Queexstown, April 16.—Arrived—Stoamship Nestorlan from Baltimoro, New Yonk, April 10,—Arrived—Stoamehip Franco from London and iTayro, New Yonu, April 10,—Axrived, Stoamer Rus- sia, from Laverpool, MARKETS BY TELEGRAPIL, Torelgn Murkets. * Lavenroor, April 16—11 n. m,—Flour, 378 63@288 0d, Wheat—Wintor, 128 1d@12s 84 ; spring, 11s 7d@ '| shouldoes, Bzie; * BireseyTg—Flour, 8,000 bl 124 4d 3 white, 12+’ 8d@12s 10 ) 198@13s 0d, Corn, 40s@41s. ' Pork, 643, Lard, 4%, Lavenroor, Aprii 16—2 p, m.—Markot unchanged, —Markot unchanged. Lavenroor, April 16—3 p. m. Livereoot, April 10,—Cotron—Firms middling uplands, 81¢d's ‘middiing Orloaus, 87d; Balos, 16,000 Dales; Amorican, 8,000 bales ; spooulation and export, 3,000 bales. nEADATUFFS—Butoyant: avorago California whito whoat, 14 B1@128 104 club, do, L 4d. TROVIRIONS—Mees ork, 63+, Bacon—Long cloar midules, 423 ; short clear, 42390, April 10.—Bulllon decreased in_Dank of England £13,000, Ataount of bulion gano Into Bank of England on bulnica to-day £78,000, Tho proportion of bank resorvo to Hability which 'Inst week waa 39 per cont, i now 413 por cont, Consols—donoy, 924G 93 "nceount, 9@303¢ : Uniled States necurltioh—0-u04 of 1805, 1062 ; 6m, 1033 ; 10-40's, 1033¢ : new Ow, 1043 é\'low York "Centra), 80} Ero, JI@42) ; proferred, DA TALLOW—37s@3Tn 00, PETIOLEUM—I1@10d, Lavatrp Ou—iTs 0d@20e, TuneeENTING—308 6008 D, 2ant, April 10,—Specio in Bauk of Franca decrens ed 3,384,000 franca during tho past week, ' Rtentes, 01 daye, . New York Drv-Gaods Darket. Nzw Youk, April 16,—Thero wia only n moderately active {rade movemont -day with commifselon Liouses, and e’ubh!lln branches -were generally quiet; brown aud bleached pnttorns, tickiugs, denimb, and grajne bogs were in falr request und firm in ' first hands, Gottoundes woro active; prints, printed shirtings, cambrics, aud pereales ore sclling” well, Tho Daily Zulletin snys : There 18 o greater pressure to sell Cons tinental dross fabrics and other fmported goods, ‘The Produce Marlets. NEW ¥ NrEw Yonr, April 10.—CoTToN~—Tirmor and ad- vanced ; middfing uplands, 174¢c; futures cloned firm malos, 16,000 balos ;” April, 16 0-16@10 10-3%; May, 163¢c; Juue, 173(c July, 17 21033 August, 17'27-3%, Frour—A shado ' firnice; recolpts, 18,000 brls; su. perfing Westorn and State, £6.00@0.40; common o gond, $8.50@0,70; gaod to cliofce, $0.76@7.00 3 white ‘whont extra, $7,04@7.40; oxtra Olilo, SO.65BT.H0; Bt. Louls, §6.05@11,00, ° Ryo flour firnior, ot $4,85@0.90, Corn meal firmor; Western, $3,85@4.40, GnarN—\Wheat 8 slinde belter, Recolpts, 80,000 bus No. 2 Chicago, $1.I6E1.60; No, 3 Milwauked, 1,63 3 ungraded Tows and Minuesota spring, $150@1.06 5 winter red Western, $LOI@LO5; nmbor Aichigan, $113)¢. Ryoscarco and 'firm at $1.10@L15, Darloy in’ buyers’ favor; Btote, SLE0, Malt quict. Corn oponed Uetter, but' closed’quitt, with ndvance lost Teceipls, 176,000 bu; nuw Weslern mixed, 83@dla} old mized 'Western, 00@02¢: now Wostorn yollow, 90@0lo; whito Weslorn, 83@00)e, Oata dull nn lower ; Tecolpls, 93,000 bu ; mixed Western, 02@0ic; whito Western, 813@oc. 11ax Anp Hore—Unclanged, Corree—3hudo firmer, Svasn—Easler, Mor.AssEs AND RioE—Quict and unchanged, ETnoLLUN—Dull and easier: crude, 707 refined, 163@15%4c. TunPENTINE—Firm at 45c, Ecos—Firm at 16g17c, Trovisrons—bork lowor; now mess, $10.00 spot; $16.00@10.05 May ; $16.75 'June, Boof quiet. Cut’ meats iu fair domand; bellies, 95@9%0; middies auiot and firm ; long cleal, D @93¢o; short clear, 93(@ 97¢c. Lard hieivy; primo toain, 101-10@10%0 spot § 0 6-16¢ June, Western, 24@270; Now Wostess <, 'Irndr ut 971 @08e, LOUISVILLE. LowisviLue, Ky, April 16,—CoTToN—Qufet and un- changed at 16Xc. BurapsTorFa—Flour quict and unchanged, Wheat and corn quiet aud unchanged, Oats quict and un- changed ot Gi@00e, Har~$18.00, LitovistoNs—Demand falr and frm. Mess pork, $17.00, Bulk meats—~Shonlders, 6c ; clear Hib, 8k5c} cloar, fc, Bacon—Yhouldors, 7lic; 'clear rib, 935c} clear, 97z, ‘pmea. Lard, 10@10%c, Sugar-ctred s, 1315 @ e, Winisky—dc, (310} ¢ PHILADELPHTA. PILADELPRIA, Avrll 10.—Brrapstorrs—Flour active; superting, $5.00@5,62); Stato, Indlang, und Ohjo oxirn famil) S}.N)@B 5, Wheat active; md‘ it LA ot o Wliitc, 63@Gio. 8553 Wiy B0/ Quta PrrROLEUNM~Crude, 110; rofiued, 164, 'T., LOUIS, 67, Louss, April 16.~CorToN—1eld firmly sbove buyers' viows, BneADsTULES —Flour In falr demond for low grades at yeaterday's adyance, Wheat notivo and advanced 3 No, 2 Chicago, $1.37@1.273 ; No. 3 rod, §1.40; No, & red winitor, $1613¢, on frack. Ouis firmor; No, 9, 40@ 493, ou track, “Harloy firn and beld bigher; ssmplo lofs Yowa spring, $1.23@1.40, Ryo quict; No, 2, 04c, Wisicr—Searco und Ligher, at 9o, T'novisioNs—Pork qulet:slfl‘fligu(?ld.’lfi'. Dry salt meats strong, and held higherut closo; cloar rib and clonr ot Kausas City, 834@8%40 cash ; elear iero, 830 for cash ; 96 for May, Bucon stroug; 7o for sboule ers 3, 9 @V2(e for cloar rib, Lard firm ; good held ot 030 ; saled of sununer at 10, DMEMPUIS, Mespits, Tenn,, April 16.—Corroy—Good do- mand at full prices] offcrings lght ; ordinary, 11%@ 12}0; good ordiuary, 13%@I6e; low middling, 153¢ @100 § middling, 16350 ; strict, 10X@17 diing, 17, Receipts, 610 bules; s balos; atocl, 40,000 Lal ; good mid= [pments, 350 Bueavsturss—Llour dull and unchanged, Corn- aunl (uict ot $3.05@5.25, Corn, 8lc, Quts firm at e, TiAY AND Brax—Quiet snd unchanged, TROVISIONS—Pork—Qulet und unchaniged at $17,75 @150, Lard firm at 81030, Bacon utendy at 7l (@3¢ ehonlders, 92;@1100, lear Tib, 10j¢@10% sugnr-cured howms, (@13 e, SALTIMORY, BatTIMORE, ML, April 10.—LneapsTurrs—Flour | strong, good demahd, und nuchuuged, Wioat firm, \good -demund, and uhchanged, Corn atroug; now Wostorn, B50; 'old, 80¢, Oatw slow ; Western, $@60c. yo firn) aud hnproved domaud, at $1,0091.05, ProvietoNs—Iirm_and unchangod, WitsKY—Firm ot $1.00, CLLVELAND, OuevrLaND, Aprll 10,—BREADSTUPFS—Wheat firny and unchuugell s No, 1tod, $LG0; No, 2, S146@L4I. Corn firmer 3 Ll mixed, 700§ cars on track, TI@12a+ Oatd quict aud unchanged s No. 1 Stuto und Westorn, Bigs No, 2 do, G2o; whitd, B0c, TiTnoiusi—Dull'sud heavy ; standard white, car- lote, 133@13%c; Ollo Stato, teat to 160 degeces, 16 Bldye, TOLEDO, ToLEDO, O, April 10, —BRUADSTOFFE—Flour falr aud flrm, Wheat fuir sud advaneed ; No. 1 white Wabasis, $1,80 ; No, 3 do, $1,64; No, 1 white Michigan, $L613¢ 3 cxtra do, $1,71; amber Michignn, §1,61; sell V) $L843 5 welior June, $LETi¢5 Nou'1ved, $1.60 i No,3,. $L.61," Corn fuir nud ndvaniced 3 high mixed, casl and woller Aprll, 193¢o; seller Moy, 7To; scller June, T3io; low mixod, 7303 no grado, 71%c. Oata fulr snd ad- vnguml: Ng. 1, GW#@, LOVEN BEEL—35,70, Likorirre—Flout, 2,000 brls; wheat, 15,000 bu; corn, 19,000 bu ; oaty, #,000 Lu, Bupanirs—Tlour, 000 brls; whoat, 81,000 bu; corn, 40,000 bu ; oats, T00 bu. 110, IEortarrs—Flous quigt and: DerroiT, April 16, —LREADATUFFE—F qul nd. vbatgot, Whieat atoatly 1 oxtra, $L60 § No. 1y sLaog amber, §1.60, Corn steady ot 75@770. Oata in goot ot t Bi@EGe, e o Hionr, 2,000 brla wheat, 19,000 bu; corn, i 000 bur, our, 5,000 brla wheat, 16,000 buj 3 oals, 700 bu, coru, 0,000 b oaley Tl + CINOINNATY, Oy April 16,—CorTon--Fairand frm st O e AvsTovra—Tlour stoady. Whoat scurce, firu and Lighor ab $1.40B1.43, Coru uetive und wdvanced af G4taTe, Oabs dull nid unelanged at 48@370, liye fair and firm at $1,05, Barloy stoady ; epring $1,60, O1ns—Unchanged, Eaas—Fair and Aim ot 125G 180, Turren—Dull and drooping, Oixesx—iearco and firm, PHOVISIONS—TOrk quigh and unthanged} beld . " Ohlosgo, Ml& 1874 $10.75@17.00, 9,10010,00, Lard steady s steam, 03(@95¢0 5 Kottl Dulk moatn ng‘g;-;.‘: .!nmf.fi i B A B e . 1 il Ky ore, 6343701 Fib, £0.20@0.235 clears nage. + "1OUdeE, GT0; dloar ‘Wintsxy—Bteady at bad, MILWAUKEF, A“Hfl“"fim]’.fl‘ : P pr] ), = 1} ‘P quict and uncianed, Wheat fote sy ey oS Milwaukeo, $1305 No, 3 oo $1.30i¢: sellde bay, $1,91/¢ 3 Aollor June, § Oat falt nud fiem 3 No, 9, 4530, Corn nteady’; G303, melor Moy, Gsig follek Juno, 600, Rye falt and firms No. 1, 0oy, fst ley dull and nomina! (0, 3 $1,603 No, 8, $1,40, OVIATONA—Dess pork, firm at $10,006 1 Bweota Flnkled hams firm ot 104 @110; dry-salted shioulders, o, looro_Lard held s keitle, 1005 ateam, 97, ! Rroerrra—Four, 0,000 hrls Whlf“l‘ 60,000 b, eat, 40,6 . 'BUFFAL i .0, Burraro, April 10,~BuksvsTusss—Ges and unchaged. i al Wido, penano, Aprl 10, neaperorrs_Weat i ; 8 whilo .80 § 3 Oamfimntmgfic.n’; fie AR, SR ey MARINE, £ Port of Chicngo. ARRIVED, pichr Rauso Stmmons, Suskegon, lumber : schr 3, all, Munkegon, Inmber ; wehr Lincoln Dall , Musle~ Hon, Yunibior'; scow Flors, Baugutuck, lumber; achr Kato Liwnn‘,, Muskegon, Tumber 3 achy A, Ttust, Mus: kegon, Tnyaber ; wehir J,' Drosden, Muskejon, Infnbo nchr Punr!nhhmal(efl»n. lumber ; schr Dolphin, Mu lmg?n, lumber; achir It. J. 8kidmore, Pontwater, lnm- ber; schr @, 8, Davls, Pentwetor, umbor schr Ella Lllinwood, ' Whito 'Lsko, lumbor; schr . Bese sio Tooth, Monisteo, Tumber; ' achr | Magio, Two ~ Rivors, lumbor's sclr Regulator, Pouts Ty swator, lumber'; echir G, Barbor, Miiskogon, fumber 3 sohir Lyman M. Davis, Muskogon, lumber peht T borman, Grand Haven, lnmber : schr alolgh, Maniss tee, lumbor s gohe Myrtle, Muskegon, lumbor s nohs B, B, King, Pontwater, shigles 3 schr’ Good Tl Wilto Iuvor, lumber ; 'tug New Eira, G, D,, Grand Havon, lumber; bargo Oity of Grand Havety dinnd avon, umbar { scow Houth Bldo, Whita Take, Tumber ; polie 'Pilok, Ford. Tivor, umbor’; ache G. Michelson, Manisteo, imber ; Large Mars, Ludinge {on, lumber § kehr Diack Huwk, Hamiln, lumbe 3 Robr Toun boluo, Ludwig- Pior lubnbors feow Goistor , lumber ; and 16 other vesscis, wi ‘codar posts, or sundrics, e orEAnED, Stmr Alpenn, 8, Josaph, auiiries ; Stm; > Ogdennbuby and Iniormedinto. polnth, suadei s et ‘lni.zplcl: Doak, St Josoph, sunirica :fimixr Horeules, At , sundrica; prop Arabin, Bu It Whoot snd 116 bogs Bam sceq. "~ oelos 48,000 bu s towlng Largo wood, i i Luke: Froizhts 0 achr Bunirlao ‘was chartored for corn to Baffalo atbe, Capaclty nbout 33,000 bu, - Tho schr Homise phera was taken for corn 'to Ogdensburg on private o?’k;rgg.ul;.mlnml of for corn to Buffalo, sa reportad lagt Iilinols & Michignn Cannl. BRIDGELORT, CHICAGO, April 16,—Anniven—Indus. {ry, Morrie, 6470 Iby soodn; Cuba, Ottaws, 6,100 bu §u prop Dipue, Lasially,' 97,4408 dron} Oatarie DMiscellancous, Yeaterdoy ito cold nat” seint il dag was quito cold nd wintry, s st chilly Droozo framn tha worth provaflig, malting it quite unw Dleagaut for lhnlnllor'ulgut on (s dake, & Julte n ~In consequence of tho favorablo wind *sesterday, £ largo number of lumbor-ladon vessols areivod at. s Tort. Thocargoes found n ready sulc,and it tho ovoning only twoor threo loads woro loft o tho lumber matkot, About pixty or soventy more lumber-vessols ek, thath th 4 —Yeaterday, tho tug Howitt towod Into port one of Hovard's sutid-ncows that had walor-logged & fon g0, —h’l‘h?“v“e«m]l Ainnio Slawson and Moary aro Josding wit hat poetion of the South Branch of tho Chicage Rivor Iyug botweon Mud Lake and the new Bridewol had not been navigated by a aulling craft until yoster~ doy, whou tho sehr J. Boan miado tho effartaud safely reachod the Houso of Carroction, whore sho un-~ loaded a cargo of wood, She would’ hinye explorod that nky rivor to the head of navigation hud siié not been provented by tolegrapls wires running ncross tha branch o phort” distance above the nforementloned Tlaco, Bho was in tow of tho tug Hurrison, ELSEVIERE, ‘Dezorr, Apel 10,—Advicos (rom thio Stenita zaport, 1ho weather falr and calm, Open water four miles weat of Oheboygan, A fow daya of wari weathor will clear tho Struits, The prop Qbamplain is in the feo linlf-milo off OhoboyBan pler. —At Cloveland, the following vesseln bave boon gun\(;l“lif ‘;rlcllnl,l‘l ‘llv Uh&gu 3 cflchn John O'Nell, P, . Mursh, Pathinder, Emima Goyne, David Stowss Eixle, and Danforth,”, i o i —The t\l{{ Winslow, which went to Hammond's Bay to rescuo tlie barge Fayotto, auccocdod in her mission Monday night, ‘Tho wreck will bo brought to Detroit, —Tho Detrolt Post of Weduesdny' sayw: “A flerco northwest \\1ud,whlr|l£r!lmg upsbortly afterroldnight Inst night, kopt up untll sundown yesterdny, snd the river was in a bolling conditlon ull day. Al the crafta ot anchor swuug round stern to {lio stroam, and it wos found necessary tolook well after tho linea of those gitaolid to o docks. No aceldeats of consequancs o, —Tho atnr Moving Clty went hnrd on the head of Hog Island Thursday morning, and up to 1 o'clock that night had not hoou gotton off, Tho tugn D, D, ‘Ward, Jr,, and Bartlett. were ot work all day trying to pull lier off, but sbandoned tho work, tud ulio moy nok get afloat until a riso of water occurs, —At s Inte meeting of tho Board of Trado of Ogwos 10, 8 communication was recelved from Col. ‘Wilson, United States Engincer, informing that body that éia Fovero gales of the past fow montks had soriously dsmnged tha old weat plor, botweon the stono portion sud the light-house, and thut in cuse of anothor licavy gale it might bo qeached, He, thorefore, does not con« wtder it proper for vessels to depend upon it during tho noxt storm, As soon ns CEG ico permits he Wlfl contmenco tho ropairs and continuo thomn 28 fast s Hmfll\‘.d fulldill: hl‘! ln‘wmm:md admit, —In rogord to Iuko frolghts tho Day Glty Tribune aays: “Lumbor frolglitaopon thisscason decilcdty low. Although soveral cliarters Liavo bean roportod at 3,60 1o Builalo, & prominent vessol-owner said to us on Sat- urday that hé know that no chnrters ko lower lako ports hud been made nbovo $3.97%, At all ovents of~ 1 g8 of shippers aro low nuaufu. ‘We were to-day v by u broker of this city a lotter from n Detroft firn who own o large number of bosts, in which was tho following: “Wo cannot send onr bLoats to tho Baginuw Rivee toload at tho rates you say aro being Mmu;‘t!. 'l'li‘eroml!lnnflling to be mado at that figurs, oven if we khould clear uxpenses. When frof better wo siiall pond our boats, L% axo * —Tho By Clly Chronicle has tho following : ¢ Tho ruloin calculating salt froiguls, as compared with lumber, ia that 123 barrels of salt cqual in bulk, and very nearly in weight, 1,000 feet of plno lumber, So 16 conts per barrel for salt §a equal to $2 yor m for lumber, “and 24 cents for kalt fa 44 good as $3 por m for lnmber, 8alt, howevor, {8 gonorally cousidersd lh|0 ’l)c(lfir freight, oven at an equal proportionato Tate,” —At Detrolt freighta aro unchanged. Tho follow- ing charters wera reparted Thuvaday : To Oswego— Schr 11, M, Scovel, wheat at 116, To Erio—DBrig 0. G. Dreed and schr Baveland, wheat on through rate, To nlo—Sche Johu B. Morrlll, whent at 6o bark Nelson, wheat ot 6%fc ; schra Guido Pfister and’ Allco B, Norrls, whoat al 6 E Burrato, April 14,~Tho following charters aro re- 80:!0(1 at this Polm + Belir City of Painesville, coal, lovelaud to Mitwatikee, ot 60c por ton, freo; Rolir Beat Dird, conl, Cloveland to Ghicago, 60c pér ton, froe, BAGINAW, April 13, ~Comparatively fow chartera havo ‘been mado thus far, and theso ut & rate that carriera aro lotli to roport, 'Tho prevafling figures appear to bo abont $2.75 Lo 3,00 to Ohlo ports, 0awEGo, April 18.—The shippera ut Little Sodus havo conoeded to tho demands of tho vessel-mon, and ;hc m&o mll coal to Lako Michigan {s 850 por tom, free 1 and out. ‘WATCHES, JEWELRY, &o. DIABIONDE, WATIES, JEWELAY, Ono of the FINEST STOCKS in the country is now offorod at EX- TREMELY LOW PRICES. Thedo- signs are all NEW, ELABORATE, and RICH. Every article worranted os describod at time of sale. Call and inspeot at R. J. MORSE & CO.’S, Cor. of Clark and Lako-sts., (Noar Shorman Tlouso,) MEDICAL. s - mmanan A DR, CLESSON PRATT Author of Motopathic Medicine, . For Disgasos of tho HIEAD, THROAT, and LUNOS; compristng Oatarcl, Hoadache, Nouralgla, Throat Dis- Guso, Bronchiitls, uud Incipiont’ Consumption, B f A Bafo, Pleasant, and Painless Trentment, ORleo, ut the Palmer House, Kntranco Stat oxt daor to Jowolry Storo® Hours, 1Wtoldand 3 ltation fr DISSOLUTION NOTICE, s e DISSOLUTION. The copartnership horetofore’ existing be* tweaon the undoraigned under the firm namo of @, V. Christian & o, is this day dissolved by mutual consent, The said Charles Arw nold will continue tho busineas, collect all billsand acoounts, and pay all debts, G, V. CHRIATIAN, OCHARLIS ARNOLD, i