Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 22, 1874, Page 4

TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. UBSbRETION (PATANLE Nt Apyanoz), 18:88] ey Officeaddrass in fall, inoluding Btato snd Oounty. Romittances may ba mado slther by dratt, sxpross, Posk Office order, ot in rexistorod lelters, at our risk. TERME TO OLTT BUDSORINENS. aily, daliverod, Bundsy exeoptod, 28 conte per weck. red, Sunday fnoluded, 30 sents por woek, # COMPANY, 1Y TO'DAY'S AMUSEMENTS, ACADRMY OF MUBIO—Halstod strost, botween Mad. fson and Aonros. Ingagoment of the Mayliton-Rtaynor Family, **GabrielGrub." TRE—Randolph strest, bel O ey &Y Day Afior tho Wodding, +*T "+ Tho Protty Hotsebraakor, Aftornoon and ovenin; M'VIOKER'S THEATRI-Madison street, betwesn imos' Opors~ nd Stato. Engagomont of t] g:\“!h:;f:nw. *+ La Fillo do Madamo Angat.” GLOBE VARIETIES—Dosplatnesstroot, botwasn Mad. fson and Washington, Engagotuont of the Lisa Wobop Troups, Mlle. Foniatnebloay, Goorgo Davenport, sto. Aftarnoon and cvening. BYERS' OPERA-HOUSE—Monros atrest. batwsen Denrborn and Btato, Aslington, Cotton, aud Komblo's Minstrola, Minatroley and gomioalities, Burlesque of *The Border Lily," ADELPHI 'fllfl;fl‘k Cornor of Wabssh svenue ana Congress ntrost. Varloty entortalnment, Alox. Davls, Kasl Lind, Logronia, oto, Afternoon and evening, MONTGOMERY QUEEN'S CIROUS—Madlson atroot, corner Ellzatiolh. 'Aftornoon and sveulng. SOCIETY MEETINGS. 2 %, No.' @11, ¥, and A, M.—Tegular DA A8 Svoniies -tsau clolook, 'Ouf mombors are partioularly Nfllrn‘lvd ‘?"D nu: Wi £Y, Boo. The G’bifagn Tribune, ‘Wednesdny Morning, April 23, 1874, Prof. Bwing'a trisl will begin May 1. The Presbytory gave all of yesterday to amending tho specifications. | Citizens' tickots ava gono out of fashion in Cook Oounty, Hydo Park rofused to elanyl ono yestorday. . e , o | Both Houses of Congress Lisve passed tho bill suthorizing the War Dopariment to issuo ra- tisns to sufforers by tho Sonthwestern flooda, No reliof will be extended after the 1t of Sop- tomber noxt. Tho Farwell-Logan bill for the conatruction of s double-track rallway from Conncil Bluffs to Atlantlo tido-water has boon'raported to tho Houso of Ropresentatives without rocommenda- tion. It provides for a Government guarantce of bonds to the amount of 820,000 per mile of tho rond. The membors of tho Committoo on Rallways and Oanals did not. succeod in conceal- Ing their sympathy for tho projeot; probably they would have mado n favorable report but for tho faot that this is o bad year for subsidios, | Hore it comos. We mean tho noxt inflatlon, and tho paymont of bonds in groenbacks. It comos In tho form of an intorview betwoon Gon: Batler and a roporter of the Now York Herald : Tteporter—If Congress were to {ssue $500,000,000 of papor momey to-day, would it still fail to depreciate™ tho curroncy 7 - e Gen, Butler (with dcliberstion, and ocloaing the famous oyc)—1t- Congross woro to fasno $500,000,000 of greenbacks nnd with them take up $500,000,000 of fn-. terest-bearing bonds, (ho interest “would bo #avd, would it not 2 Would not the grecnback, ss part of tho natfonal debt, bo enchanced in valao 7 - Allthe dif- -forenco would be in the promium, | Congrosn has held out some hopo to the conn- try of an adjournment by the 1at of Juno, but present indications aro that it will not be ready by that time to tako final action on the Appro- priation bill. It is with tho greatest diffoulty that & quorum is held together in Committee of tho Whole, iind, though the bill has been nnder considoration for four or five weeks, only twon- ty-two out of seventy pages bavo beon passod. Where aro tho *workidg " membors,—thoe gon- tleman who tallk somuch when private bill dsy comea around ? Y Anothor engineor in the service of. tho Wash- Ington Board of Public Works was before tho District Investigating Committes yosterday. His namo is Forsyth. Ho testified, with the frank- noss that hag charactorizod many of the wit- nesses, that ho and Babcock’s man Samo wero neenstomed to make up measuremonts in a back offico from their recolloction of ‘the work done. Tudge Jewett, counsel for the memorialists, in-, \imated that the measaremonts were erroncous, ind thot the errors were uniformly in faver of tho contractors. Ho expeota to provo..that in one case a mistake of 100,000 yards was made in moasuring 800,000 yards, To-dsy Col. Kirtland Is expected to appear and tell his story. : The last Illinols Leglelature more than once proved itselt to be careless in tho framing’ of Jaws, and rocent dovelopments of recklosaness in this respect are in advance of its reputation. By alaw of 1805, the Booretary -of State is re- quired to publish immediately after the adjourn- mont of the Lingislature all tho acts passed dur- Ing tho session. With tho intontion of: provid- Ing for the soparato publication of the Revised Btatutes, thelast Logislatureattempted to amend the law, and directod the Seoretary.to make his compilation on this basis, The amendatory act, however, doos not take offeot until July 1. There is & plain conflict of authority botwoon the two laws. The work must be done twica, or one of the lnws must bo disrogarded. Tlie blunders of tho Iast Legislature wero wmany, and some of them woro serfous; but porhaps no single aot has worked Bo much damagoe a8 the ono provid- Ing for tho publication of the Rovised Btatutos, It haa alrondy been construed by the Attorney- General s’ continuing the swinaling printing vontract. It i8 now shown to bo dofoctive from 0 logal as well as a moral point of view. . Tho mon who pnssed it must answer both for Ig- norance and dishonesty. i , The Chicago produce markoets were steady yestorday, with a faic business doing, at a lower ,rango on most articles, Moss pork was very .quiot, and 5@10c lowor, closing at $10.50 cash, and §16.70@10.75 sellor June, Lard was aotive, and 73@10c per 100 1bs highor, olosing at $0.80 @9.823¢ cash, and $0.97}¢@10.00 eecllor Juno. Meats wore in good demand aud a shado. firmer, p.2 B3{@6o for shoulders, B)go for short ribs, 9igo for shore cloar, and 10@I1lc for swoot- 'picklod hams, IHighwines wore moderatoly active and.easler, at Dio per gallon, Lake roights were dull and unchianged, at bo for corn | to Buffalo, Flour was quiet and stoady. Whoat was less aotive, and 130 lower, closing .8t 1.5 cosh, ©1.253¢ sollor May, and $1.27 for Minnesota, Corn was dull' and’ firm at @340 deocline, closlng at 633¢c onsh, snd 643¢o aoller May., Oats weore moderatoly notive, snd ‘3¢o lower, closlng at 40c cash, and #050 sgollor May, Rye was stoady at 02}fo. b6 sure and give Post Batloy was dull and esslor, at $1.05@1.68 for No. 2, and 81.88@1.40 for No, 8. On Baturday evoning lnat thoro was in storo In this city 9,086,270 bu whoat 3 8,397,757 bu corn ; 849,888 buoats; 97,388 burye ; and 142,801 bu barloy. Hogs wore aotive and steady at $5.10@0.00, Onttlo and shoop woro dull and unchanged. ————— Pronident Grant's solld objection to tho argu- mont of tho Boston morchauta against inflation haa attractod ‘somo attention, but up to ihis timo thio dotaila of thie intorviow to which ho bad referonco have mot loon given to the public.. We publish in another column the statomont of Mr. Witliam Gray In rolation to the mattor. Ho ia the gontloman who presontoed to tho Prosidont tho' rosolutions pnesod by the Faneuil Hall mooting and the moemorial of the Committos ‘appolntod by thnt mosting. Mr. * Gray_ slono had an interview with .tho Prosidont, mnone of tho other mombora of tho Commuittoo being nble to go to Washington at tho appointed time. Tho Prosidont's avewor to tho "rosolutions and momorisl waa that thoy found fault with his Ad- ministration, thorofore ho ' did not like them,” Ho did not think it right that the Uommitteo should attack his Administration and then * ask a favor of him.". Mr. Gray was rather staggored by this way of putting tho ease. Ho rocov- ored in a momont, and as dolicatoly a8 possiblo informed tho President that the quostion was not o porsonal ono at all, It con- corned the welfaro of the wholo country, and should be treated from a higher stand- point than that on which tho Presl- dont had placed himself. This astonishing encountor is only another proof of tho intenso ogotism which governa tho prosont Adminiatrae tion, - Tho tost applied to every proposition sub- mittod for Gon. Grant's consldoration is not **how will it affeot tho conntry?” but “how will it affoct my Administration ?* Wo have thus pro- sented tho nnomaly of an-Administration which {8 & law and an end unto itsolf. THE ARKANSAB OASE, At the Novombor ocloction of 1873, fn Arkan~ 808, the people bad prosonted to thom a choico of tho following ticketn s @recley Ticket. Tor Goyernor, Josoph Brooks, Ellslin Boxtor, - For Licutenant-Governor, ‘Danlel J, SBmith, ‘olnoy V. Bimith, For Beorotary of Stato, Edward A, Fulton (col.), James M, Johnson,, Grant Ticket. homsa 7, o, T TTORIRE, omss J, Hun onry Page. : For Auditor, James T Berry, Sleplin Wheoler, For Suporintondent of Publio Tustruciion, Thoms Smith, Josoph 0. Corbin (col.). : For SBuperintendont of Ponitenliary, ‘William L. ook (col), Hend, B, Robinuon, For ; Benjamin T. Du.Vol, T, D, W, Yonloy. For Justices of tho Ell;grnmu Court, Willism M, Harrlaon, Mareh L, Stephoraon, John T, Bearden, E, J, Bearlo, 1 For Congress—at largo, Willisa 3. Tiynos, John A, Bradloy, or Congress—y distilots, 1. Lucton 0. Gause, ‘Asin Hodges, 2, Marcua L, Bell,, . Oliver P, 8nydor, 8. Thomas M, Guiiter, - ' W. W, Witsbire, Josoph Brooks was- unquestionably elocted’ Govornor, with all on_his ticketexcept tho two colorod men, Fulton and Caok, and the oandidata for Congress in tho Second District. More than that, tho State gave its Electoral vots to Horaco Groeloy, Tho majoritics woro: Greeley, 6,000 Brooks, 4,000 ; othor condidates-.an tho Btato tioket (excopt Fulton and';Cook), from 4,000 to* 7,005 Hynea. for..Cobress at largo, over 7,000; Gango,” Ih tho First Distiict, 2,000; Guntor, in tho Third, 0,000y Snydor (on tho Grant tioket), in the Becond, 1,500. Falton and Cook, colored, lost about 10,000 votes and wero benten in any ovent. The Legislature oloot of 1873, including half the Sonato com- poscd of Repiblicana put in by Gov. Clayton, &nd holding oyor, was nbout 50 Ropublicans to 8 Opposition on joint ballot, or, at most, it should have divided on s tie. This was sbont tho situatlon, as the people of - Arkansas made it, in November, 1872; aund this Taz TrinoNz thon claimed and now maintains. Boyond the rojeotion of individual vates by the thousand, at tho ballot-boxes where Gov. Had- loy’s officors ovorywhere reignod supremo, the Clayton-Hadloy Board of Stato Canvassers threw out the roturns of wholo counties and parts of counties, cutting oft such slices of the Greeley- Brooks vote that rooks was declarod boaton by 8,206, other candidates (excopt Fulton and Cook) by from 48% to 2,056, and Hynes' majority was reduced to 246. As it was found diffi- cult to wipo out Mr. Guntor's 6,000 mnjority allin ono lump, Mr. Gunter's voto was divided betwoon bimaolf, “T. W. Gunter,” *!Gunter et al., and the certificate given to Wilshire, an Arkansss-Olayton recrult from ‘Rock Ieland County, Ill. The Legislature, as declared oloot- ed, had 78 Ropublicans to 85 Opposition on joint ‘ballot, That Logialatire elooted Sonator Dor- soy. Such was the situation, ss high Ropublican suthoritics in Littlo Rock made it, in1872; and that eituation has had " the higher' Ropublican indorsement of both Congross and the Prealdont, —of the'last Congress, in counting tho Electoral vote of Btatos ; of the present Congress, in its followship of Dorsoy, Hodges, and Wilshire, ‘whos titles aro founded in fraud ; of tho Prosi- dont, whoso promise to Gov. Baxter was that ho should not be disturbed. The Governor of Arkansas holds ofilce for four yoars, and tho present period runs, of courso, to theelootionin 1876, - But tho poople of Arkansas ehould, noxt Novembor, elect o Legislature and four members of Qougress, by soparate districta. Bince the last clection, the disfranchised white mon on whose behalf Brooks appoaled to the protection of the Federal law have been fully rostorod to thelr rights s votors, by Btato law. The thirty-five Democrats in the Legislature, fortunately holding abalance of ‘power botwoon Ropublican contestants for the Senatorship, were able to exact ‘this measure of justico from tho'| majority, Bo much of tho condition boing changed, Gov. Daxter (s native of Arkansss) bas been ablo of Into to hold out to his fellow- cltizons the promise of a famwr alection in Novembor, *‘A fair cloction " moans the final ond of power to the Olayton-Dorsoy ring. Upon the firat signnl of such dangor aliond, Bonator Clayton spponrod on tho soeno .in Arkansas; Brooks waa installed Govornor ; Dorsoy, odgea, and Wilshiro telographed their congratulations, Tho sudden’ discovery that Drooks was ontitled to tho ofiice, by thoss who had deprived him of it, and the recognition by themselves of thoir own wropgful nct, appoars, however, not so much a deed of graco u a siroke of polioy. Brooka I of the'Ilarlan chool of God-and-Mam- mon-gorving politicians ; tralners under Havlan, Loth in Ohurch-cratt and Stato-craft ; an emi- grant, sinco tho War, from Iowa to Arkaneas, Holias jolued the Olayton standard—that is all. And now that ' the opinion provails {n Wash- ington thiat Brooks will Liold tho ofiice ta tha end of his term,” a8 stated in yestorday's dispatohos, wo shall bo glad to see—but shall doubtless look in vain to eoe—n Licutonant-Govornor, Btate Tronsurer, Auditor, Attorney-Genoral, and two Bupromo Judges inatalled in office, a8 having beon ovon more surely olocted than Brooks was al8o, & rocognition of tho 2,000 majority for Congressman Gauso, and the 0,000 majority for Guatory and, finally, s Benator in Doracy's sent, such a8 tho Logialature of Arkansas sould havo olooted if tho rightful body had boeon convenod. Tho {netallation of Gov. Brooks ia an act of juu- tico, howovor tarnishod by the conditions on which it was brought about, Tho donial of thélr ights to those others who were olested with him would bo but & now {llustration of that bold do- flance of ‘s conslatont rocord which has of lato marked tho courso of tho Republioan party. Tho sltuation at Little Rock bias becomo moro aritical. A company of colored voluntoora ap- ponred, boforo Gov. Baxter's hondquartors yes- torday, and oxprossed n dotormination to roin- stato him whonover Lo gave the word of com- mand. Tho troops and tho Govornor woro having. ojoyfal timo, and, 08 thorowag no hoatile move- mont In tho dirootion of the Btato-House, it is diffionlt to undorstand why thoy wore disturbed. A ghot from an uppor window intorrupted mar- tinl addross by one of tho officors. Thin was followed by a dcattering firo from a- crowd of Brooke' men in the stroot. Tho colored sol- dlors roturnod tho fire, - Further fighting was provented by tho intorposition of the -United Btates troops, Ono of tho Baxtor soldiora was mortally wounded. - If- this conflict indicatos anythlig, it is that tho Baxtor oaugo bas very slight milifary support. Tho intontion was to retako tho State-Houso at once, if ovor; for delay adds to Brooks’ stronglh and diminishos Baxtor's, This intontlon in all prob- ability hos boen frustrated by tho ridioulons domonstration of yesterdsy. Baxtor'a only ro- course evidently les in the courts, — CARRYING THE MAILS, The latest clasa of corruption brought to light at Washingtoh lain the lotting of contracts for the transportation of mails by stages and stonm- bonts. Tho charges are that tho Governmont is systemationlly robbed and plundored on ,all thoso mail routes In the Torritories, The chargos aro presented by two mombors of Con- gross, ono of whom—Mr, Luttrell, of Oalifor- nia—furnishos no less than seventoon specific <¢a8es, giving tho names of all tho parties nnd the amounts plundorod annuslly by them. He makoa. tho furthor accusation that those conspirators havo facllitios furnished them by tho Dopartment which ara prohibited by law. Post-Ofico contracts and the componsation under thom are ono of those mysterious things that seem to have baflled thio ‘sorutinizing wis- dom of our Govornment sinco its foundation. The onse of Ohorponning {8 an instance. In that onse Chorponning had o oon'zmz, tho prico of which,'when comploted, was, it wo romomber rightly, less {han $400,000. : The contract was sot naide and ho made o olaim for damages for a vory largo amount ; this ho was paid, making, with what he had roceived under his contract, moro than the ontire original prico. Not satis- fied, ho claimed some ©190,000 moro, which claim not boing allowed, he continued to in- cronso untfl nocidentnlly ono dsy Mr. Dawes beardin tho Tronsury Départment thaf a war- zant to poy Ohorponning somo $400,000 was passing. through, Ho reached tho. Houso In timo to make s statomont of tho fact, and to havo & xesolution passed perombtnxily torbidding the paymont of the monoy.. Had .this. warrant boon delivered, the contractor. would have re- coived ovor $600,000 in all, Ono of tho moat familiar practices, as well as the longost established, 18 to Liavo soveral bids put in, some at reasonable pricos’ and others at onormous prices. When the awards are mado, it is discovered that the successfal bids are made by mon of etraw, or if not, that tho bidders are bought off, -and that thoy rofnse the conirnct. Under tho law, tho Department thon contracts with the porsons who aro bost able to perform tho servico, and is compelled to pay throo or four pricos. On these stsge-routos; tho pos- sossion of the contract for carrying tho minilis of the utmost importance; tho prico reccived for earrying tho mail is so groat that it enables the atage company to drive off all competition in the ntago business. When a company can ltoep the contracts two or thre years in succession, it monopolizes the entiro trade. Hence tho strug- gle for theso mail contracts, They secure a mo- nopoly in the stage business, and onablo tho pro- priotors to make any demand thoy please for tho transportation of tho mails. % In thoso obarges there is an interosting fltus- tration of tho way in which compousation under original contraote is inorensed. A contract was 1ot at o stipulated. prico "for carrying the mails botween two points, After the contract was Iot, a railrond was constructed over which tho mails was carriod for part of the'way. Thoroupon the contractors made olaim for an oxtra allowauco for *“inarensed spood,” and the claim was allowed ond paid. Not only woro the- hoayy allowances continuod for stago sorvico, but the ‘stage was paid for thio “ incrensod spond” furnished by the Tocomotive. Aswollas wo can estimato from the statoment made by Mr. Luttrell, the United Btates poy §2,000,000 for tho transportatfon of the malls by etages in the Territorioa and Paciflo Btates, ono-half of which i purc _plunder and robbery, tho rosult of fraudulent bids, tho sub- sldlzing of biddors, sub-contracts nnd illegal favors from the Post-Office Department. This mattor was roforrod to tlio Post-Office Commit- teo two yenrs aga to investigato, but- was never throughly examined, anditisto be hopod that the House of Represontatives will now mako n Unltod Btatos lisblonow? _When tho Presidont's proclamation was issued, on tho strengthof & roport from {ho Govornor of Ponnsylvanis, which report was false, docs Gon, Hawloy con~ sldor it honoat to pload that proclamation as an oxouso for bogging? ~Whon Booretary Tish promptly warned tho twoorthroo forolgn Powors which mistook tho Contonnial for s National Exposition that they woro in orror, doos the Hartford Roprosontative esnsider it honest to sy, 85 ho has publioly eald, that tho world re- gards tho entorprieo as undor the caro of the Govornmont, and that it will thorefore bo a national disgrace if we dooline to lavish upon it milliona of dollars, takon from the people by taxation ? If Gon, Hawloy says “yos " to thogo thros quostions, his futuro praises of honosty will boar s painful rosemblance to tho Exeoutive's indorsomonts of Olvil-Borvico Roform. ' If this 18 tho gort of intogrity * gentlemen in politica aro to havo, tholr searcity nood bo no groat sourco of gorrow. P ] A OITY OF GLASS. Consumption has found an earnest opponent, porhapi a conquoror. Mr. Georgo A. Bhove, in a book Osgood & Co. aro about to publish, sug- gosts a city of refugo for consumptives. Itls not to bo in the Buony South, Thero ara such ofties thoro now for thoso who can afford to go totbem. The now onc is to be in blonk Now England, but porpetusl summor is to reign within ita walla. Itis'to consist of nmonstrous structure of iron and glass, covering forty acred of ground. Gracoful iron towers aro to .strongthen tho walls, snd to contain tho stosm-onginos. which will maintain s’ ‘summor , tomperaturo throughout tho long Northorn- wintors, A groat domo will rise in-tho contro,—'‘a dome of tho Inva- lidos," aays the authentio author, * of evon more magnificont proportions than the famous land- mark of strangers inthe Fronoh Capital.,” Withy in tho building the iron columns will bo covered with luxuriant vines, The whote interlor will bo a parl, with Jawn, and ponds, and croquot- grounds, with troes, and shrubs, and flowers. Bands will play, Bixda will sing.” The January sunsbine will pour into this Garden of Eden like that of June. Morcover, the Adams and Evea of tho nincteenth century will ocscapo the intenso hioat of Now England'a briof but scorch- ing summors, Artifloially-cooled alr will Lo forced fnto tho building. Around this central structure o glsa-covered - avenuo will run, lined' on the outer side with hotels, and theatros, and atoros, Tho cost of the gigantic conservatory with tho attached hotels is osti- matod at $12,000,000. Tho interost on this, at 8 por oont, would be §060,000. Add to this sum the cost of bonrding 10,000 visitors from Novem- bor to'June (§3,500,000), and wolave 88,460,000, It the 10,000 pnid only §2 o day aplece, the on- torprise would riet $940,000 over oxponses and intorest on capital. Tho question is, Would tho 10,000 como ? Mr. Shove shows, by tho consus- mortality charts, ' that .pulmonary consump- tion causes ' ‘over -one-fifth of all the doaths {o Now England, in Northwostern Now. York, in -Eastern Now Jersoy, and in other localitie, = It is far moro doadly than small-pox or cholera, but wo adopt the groatest precau- tions ngainst those disenses, and apparontly re- gard the other s n docreo of fats, This resig- nation is partisily explained by tho fact that in its troatmont drngs have proved a failure. So, indoed, bave doctors. The disense is practi- eally inourablo, unloss the viotim can spond the wintera in some sunny olime. Binco the city of g1a88 Wilk ko tho only olty of refugo for the grent majority of tho tops of thousands who axo dying of thia dréad disosso, Mr. Shove considors it ‘but fair to caloulate that ono of thoso tona will ‘bo constantly living in the oasis he wishes to construct in tho midst of tho bleak desort of gnow that covors Now England .with s sbroud for 50 many months aud sota 80 many fingers sowing on other shrouds. ————— A HUMBUG EXPLODED. Thoe “little busy beo” isa fool. So saya Bir Jobn Lubbook. Thia crushing blow to the befe tioir of childhood will be hailed with universay joy. The ugly inecct hos buzzed sround the cars of Inzy poople and stung thom into work- ing when they didu't want to on faleo protonses. To bo sure, tho creature Inbors, but its intolli- gonce, its;high moral tone,—all the virtues com- monly attributed to it, save industry, are non- oxistont. It i3 but o stupid bruto, despite ita hoxagon oolls, despite -its bonsted ingonuity, dospite Linnwns and Dr. Watts put together, Bir John Lubbock has tested the beo-intelloct, and has found it wanting. He entirely rojocts tho idoa that they communicate quite complex idoas to' oach othor. Ho combats the bolio? that they are shrewd. Ho has onticed bees into his parlor, and has thero, by his oxperi- monts, destroyed their roputation as ‘thoroughly ag the epidor did the fly. Furst ho put somo honoy in the room near an open window. Eight ‘beos wera - brought to it, one after another. Each loaded itsolt and flow away. Not one had gonso enough to como’ back. Sir John after- wards placed & hivo of bees in the room, betwoon the opon window and the honoy. Tho main en- tranco was toward the window, but he cut a emailer ono' at tho back of the hivo, by the .honey. Very foww becs enmo out of thia back door, and neatly all of thoso which did eo flow to the window, not fluding the swoots at all, The fow which did find’ tho lonoy worked steadily to get it into the live, but did mot communicate thoir digcovery to -the othors. Either they could not, or clso thoy were inor- dinately selfish. In either ovent their officfoncy a8 moral mentors is sadly Impaived. Por- bapa tho most striking proof of the somi- idicoy of.tho avorage boo is tho conduct of ouo of the tribo.in a bell-glass. Tho glass waa 18 inchos long, with n mouth 634 inches in diamotor. Tho closed ond was turned toward tho window. Tho beo inside Luzzed about for an hour in tho attompt-to got out, but kept always at the ond by tho light, quito- unable to find the onsy ogross ab the other, It waa finally ralonsed, in despair and disgust. Bir John sug- gosts, in viow of this display of stupidity, that the boos ‘which sometimes buzz so. distractingly about our rooms aro not dolng it for fun, but becnuse thoy have lost ¢! way and are roam- ing in helploss soarch for it. If theso journoys aro really a8 distastoful to them ns to us, thoir oxasperating conduot loses ita lnet excuso. On thoso and othor oxperimonts tho iuvestigator grounds his thoory, , Ho will find fosv'to say him nay. Itlsa joy to know that.tho busy beo is roally & zany. ‘‘THE GENTLE] IN POLITICS,” Gun. Howley, who roprosents tho Hartford Alatriot of Conncotiont in tho Houso and wonld 1ike to roprosont tho Btate iu tho Sonate, has Jo- livered & leoturo on * The Gentloman ‘in Poll- tics " to very many Eastorn audionces.\ It was such & good looturo that ite titlo bocamo somo- what famous, and has been used, quite dom- monly, 88 nnickname for itsauthor, Itaaim ‘was, of conrso, to oxtol: tho statesman and decry tho demagoguo, It skotched tho essen- tinla of slatosmanship and it placed high smong thom lhoncsty, Gen, Hawley now hos an nd- mirnblo chanco to shoiv himsclt worthy of his nioknamo by doing what he has boen exhorting others todo. Lothim bo honest, Ho is tho Chnirman.of tho Contennisl Commission. Io and Kelloy are now trying to have Congress do- nate §9,000,000 to the Philadelphia show. Sup- posolio #hould mount the witnoss-stand and answer a fow almplo questions, The Contonnial boggary is basod on tho ploa that Congross, by passing & bll, and the Prost- dont, by Insuing & proclamation, have mado the measuro a national “otie, whiorefore' the mnatlon should pay forit. When the Dbill' roferred to said oxplioitly: “Tho United Statos hail npt bo lisble for any exponse sttending such Exhi- bition or by reason of the samo," and when it could not have been passed twithout this express provigo, doos tho would-ho * gentloman fn poli- tlos" cougfdor It hongt toy 45y to mako tho Tho imprisonod Tweed i8 giviug endloss trouble to tho Commissioners of Obarities and Corroction. IIe appears to bo tho source of all tho troublo in tho Ponitentinry at Dlackwoll's Island, and tho bone of coutontion in the Board - teolf, If was but recontly that ho caused an oxcitomant by onjoyiug luxuries withliold from othors, on the ground that ho was too fecbla in Lonlth to live under tho ordinary constraints of prison lifo, Now: ho figures as tho hero of anothoer sohemo. 1lis ohamplon, Commissionor Btorn, inslated that ho was too slok to work, Tho other Commisaloners dirocted his romoval to tho hospital. BIr. Twaed was indignant but crafty, and honded off tho Commissionors by a triok. Sovoral conviota woro solzud with small-pox, and removed to tho houpllal,’ Others showed symptoms of tho dluoano, until tho Commisslonors conoluded that swall-pox WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1874, THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUN e S provailed. Thoy ordered tho vacoination of the conviots, Mr, Twood rofused to submit to tho operatlon, Probably supposlng that the #Dosa " was too corrupt nlrondy to drosd tho Tonthisomo pestilenco, the Commissionora exonsed him, Ho romained in his-privato apartmont, but unfortunatoly tho further symptoms of. pmall-pox In tho hospital pationts disappeared. - It wns found that tho oruptions had beon pro-' ducod among tho convicta by the application of, oroton oil on tho skin, This last conspirnoy to “ broak out " was tracod Lo Mr. T'wood's friends, somo of whom aro undoubtodly ofiicors of the prison, —_— i Tho -conduct of tho later cars on tho Btate: stroet line, botwoon 11 and 1 o'clock at night, hns called forth many romonstrances from all sdes. |, It ia not oreditable to tho managoment of the'|. Bouth Division Rairoad Company. Every lato car contains ono or moro drunkon pnssongors, ripe for o quarrol, and ready:to take sides ngainet any show of law or justico. In tho orowded state of the car, it Is impossible for the' driver to onforce tho payment of faros by dis- tinguishing botwoen those who have and bave not possod up their niokels. Tho conse- quonce {8 a froquont collislon botween driver and passongers, In tho courso of tha row, the driver rofusocs to proccod until ovory passonger has paid; tho passongers who havo paid insist upon boing carried to tholr des- tination: X'rom romonstrances they proceed to bad langungo, and » general stampdde ocours among the women, of whom there aro froquont~ Iy a dozen or moro, white aund colored. This could bo roadily obviated by placing an omploye of the Company on evory car, after 11 o'clook. Lnto passongors havo a right to protection as woll ns ently oncs, and colorod women aro en- titled to axomption from ineult as fully as whito 6nos. Thero 18 not » rulo of tho Company that 1 not violated on thoso cars bobwoeon 11 and 1 o'clock, If .tho Company docline to enforce order, the city might sce that it is done at their oxpenso. Tho prosent ‘systom is parsimonious and disroputable, —_—— A dorrespondent who resides in the West DI- vision, and who haa paid his Biate, town, county, and park taxes, complaing that he counld not loarn ab the offico of tho County Troasurer tho ratos of the sovoral taxos, and therofore was un- dblo to toll whother his tax-bill was right or wrong, Tho following are tho spocifio rates of taxation in the thrae .towns of this county on ronl and personal property,—the Btate tox boing 8 6-10 mills on the dollor: Taz, Atato County’ North Town—Town, .. Lincol ‘Weat Town—Town. Weat Park and bonlovard, Houth Town—Towa. . Bouth All these rates aro computed on the valuation fixed by the State Board of Equalization, oxcopt the tax for tho * Wost Park,” which is computed undor & epecial aw, on tho Asscssor's valuation. Any person can compare tho valuation given on nis tax-bill, which is the same for Btato, town, county, and ‘othor purposes (oxcept as statod), with those rates, nnd - thus teat tho acouracy of bi tax-bills. e~ - The Philadelphin Press peinfully discusses thio question of inflation, and in its distross calls tho logal-tendor notes the *f coined crodit of tho Unitod States Governmont.” It deolares that the country is absolutely responsible for any amount, of papor which it Is ever likoly to issuc, and *guch paper should hereafter rotain a fixed valuo 28 comparod with standards or commodities which cannot bo made tho subjoct of epsculative comnors.” Congross has alrondy givon it *a fixed valuo," which value, howover, rofuses to romain fixod. It is good for 100 cents on the doliar to pay & debt, and good only for 83 conts 1n tho purchage of goods, We do not know how Oongross can give to tho currency any additional value by moro doolaratory rosolves; if Con- gress would anthorize the funding tho groen~ baoks at tho ploasure of the Lolder into national bonds, then théy would advance to the value of tho bond. The present difforence in tholr pur- chasing powor is due to tho fact that tho one hae o timo fixod for its redemption snd boars interoat, whilo tho other is pastdue, is Irrodesm-~ ablo, and boars no intorest. Wo lmow of no way by which tho Govornment can * coin crodit ™ in tho shapo of irredeomablo currency, and com- pol people to exchango their goods and Iabor for them at & fixed price. —_— Tho floods of 1874, which are deluging tho Bouth and Aweoping away the rising orops, will lave an effect thoy never had before. In pnst yoars tho rising of the Misalssippl has boon at- tendod by much loss, but the loss this yoar promises to bo groator than over. Provious to the War, when tho planter owned his field hands, he flod Lofore the doluge to high land, taking hands, cattle, and implemonts with Lim, The flight was only s tomporary rotreat. When the watorg” subsiddd, the wliole plantation was ro- covered.’ The gail was in oxcellent condition for o lato crop, and no'timo was lost in’taking advantago of it. . Tho harvest was elways of unusual richnoss, and = the abundance of the yleld more than componsated for tho provious loss, Now the caso is different. The hired farm-hands stempeded at the first alarm, loaving the cattle and imploments at tho moroy of the floods.. Thero will be no second cvop thia yeor, when the wators subside: The loss in stock will bo total. It in n gloomy out- look for tho planters, who will be poorer by tho waters than by tho war.. For thoy cannot avail thomselvoes of tho componeation which bountiful Nature offers for hor rude tumult. Bt. Josoph s satiefled. MMr. Brooks of .thoe Gazelle is satisfied.” Liout. W. 0'Toolo Is entis- fied. Evorybody is satisfiod, Tho O'Toolo, it | will be remomborod, called M. Brooks pup, Mr. Brooke challenged tho Q"Toolo’ to mortal combat as the only satisfaction due to o gentle- man. . The O"Toolo responded that Mr. Brooks must exhibit proper certificatos that ho was & gontlemnn Lofore demiauding the singular eatis- faction due to ouo. Hoveral days have olapsed sinco then, We con imaging Mr. Brooks pre- sonting o long potition to'all bia frionds, asking for signatures. Wo must Imngine him mot with refusals, too. IIo has not the necessary doou- mouts, but responds through his ‘paper. He snya that tho 0'Toole, having declined a duol,, must be satisfled with his position. Therefore hio (Brooks) is satlsfied with his.. Though Mr, Brooks Is eatisfled, ho has yet to prove that ho bag tho entisfaction of a gontloman. Slo franstt Tho war In Spain, like'tho ‘war' in Cnbp and in all Bpavish countries, i3 intermiunblo, Queen 1sabolla was deposod in Juuo, 1808, and tho war lias boon raging ever sinco, and with ' no more prospeot of an onrly tormination than five yoars ngo. Tho Carlists avo stronger now thun thoy have beon since the contest begun, and - the Governmont sooms powerless to subduo thom, The fact {8, Spain i8 only fit for an abyolute dos- potism or an oligavchy. . That is the only- form of government for which the people Lava any roapoot, Tho result is that civil war in Spain‘al- waya doscends to brigandage, tho *troops” fighting on tho side which pays bost or permits tho greator licenso. Tho wars in Bpain, torty yeara ago, ovor tha Oarliat anccession, becnmo so atroclously inhuman, that olvilization was at lnst aroused, and the nationa of Europe Lad to Lring it to n eoncluglon by force. The prosont war will have to be closod porhaps in thoe samo way. —_— Tho Rookford Register has boon furnished lottor writton by a Rockford clergyman ordering another kog of boer for hia own use. Tho lottor olonon by eayingt *The ale you sont me was very nico, aud did mo a great desl of good,” Tho RKeglater thinks it vory likely that tho alo Qid bim good, but opines that it would have dono him more good if e had mnot partloipated inatotal abatinenco meeting alout tho srme timo, wherein all boveragoa contalning aloohol were vigorously and unanimously denounced, THE ILLINOIS STATUTES. When Are tho Laws Passed by tho Last Legislature to Be 3 Printed ? Secrotary Harlow Proponnds the Question to Attornoy-fionoral Rdsall, Inconveniences Caused by a Leg- islative Blunder. Spectal Disvatch to The Chicago Tribuns. Brrivomerd, Ill, April 21,—Col, Harlow, Boerotary of Binto, inda himaait in an swhkword prodicamont through tho carclosaners of tho . Tronty-cighth Genoral Assombly. o tolls tho story in the following communloation to the At~ tornoy Goneral s Hon. J, K. Edually, Attorney-General: Dian B Feollng the roaponsibility resting upon mo o ono of the oxecutivo officers of tho Biato, Aud -dosiring (o ot in elrict conformity with tho Jaws, and aldo at tho gamo me In o)l my ofclal ~sctions do that which will rosult in tho greatest good 1o tho peopla of this - Commonwoalth, 1_desiro to lay beforo yon for legnl conaidoration sevoral difil. cultics that meet mo in’tho discharge of my dutios rogarding the publication of tho regular edition of the scts of tho Twenty-eighth Goneral Assombly, re- uired to bo published in tho ot of 185, providing for tho pubiio printing and binding, now in forco ab dffect, I find-that tho lottor of said act s in diroct conilict with tho lotter and spirit of thoact providing for tho publication of tho rovised statutes, which will bo {n force July 1, 1874, tho provistons of which 1 sm oxpacted to carry out bofora it takes offoct, Dy Toforonco 10 Boo. 6 of tho act of 1803, now in forco, you will ace thiat the Inw dirccts that at tho closo of each sosafon of tho Geuoral Assombly 8,000 coplos of thio public and genoful lays of thio slato aball be printed, and by Hoc,12 0f tho ssmo act tho Becroe tary of Btatods direciod o cause true and scourato coples of all lawa, Jjolnt resolutions, ofa., to bo- mado ond’ delivored fo tho Btato printors, his Isw, ws s - woll lmown to you, in the only statuo on tho aubjucnnow(nlomlonu& will continue so until July 1, 1874, when tho act to ro- vine ‘the Iawa in rolation to Stato contracts will take offact, In thoactof the Twenty-Elghth Genoral As- sombly, in forco July 1, 1874, to provido for the pub. lication of the rovisod statutes of tho Btalo, Beo, 11 reads ns follows ¢ “As soonas ik ean be sscortained with cerlalnty what sots dpulud Ly thia General Assembly are: {ncluded fn tho rovised statutcs lhoroin provided- for, the Bocrotary ~of Blata hall havo printod in rumphlnl form 8,000 coples of hib acts of this Genoral Assombly not included (n the roHised statutes, snd nono of thoao published shall bo publishod tlicrein, which odition shall bo printed oud distributed, a8 nurl{u may bo, ns provided for by law, and sbail be m llen of tho pubileation of tho lawe of this Genoral Assombly provided for by goneral law. Tho soesion lawa of tho Twenty-olghth Goneral As- all 10t bo publialiod, oxcopt as horein pro- vided.” This, ft will roadily bo soon, 13 in con- fliot with tho present law regarding sald Mentfon, and s rotroactivo in ita provisions, affocting, a8 it does vory motcrially, Bocs, 8 and 12 of tho aot of 1805 Thora i biit Littlo’ doubt in my mind thint tho bill for tho act to publish tho Rovised Btat- utea of tho Stato waa wrilton with the intontion and bollof hat it would pass tho Goneral Assembly with the omorgenoy clauso, and thus tako offoct from and aftor itd posango; bt this wos mot tho result, and though'the emorgenoy clause was siricken outy still tho rcction rouds “aa tho I was_’ mow in. force, ond tho Commissloncrs of Publio Printing Lisvonccopted tho instructiona made to them to ndvortiso for bids for binding tho statuten in sald soction, bolloving that nothing but benefit to tho peo- Tlo wailld result therefrom, though tho act' doos mot tako offoct till July 1, 1674, Bit I particulsrly desiro to_call your ationtion to tho following s Tam in rocolpt of lettora from County Attornoys, Gounty Clorks, and other officcrs of tho varions coune tics, naking whiothor they csn_oxpoot to rocolve the Stafe oditlon of the lows of tho Twonty- dlghth ‘Genoral Awsombly, donlring cepocially o Tocalve officlul copica of maty aals, whicl, by the pro- isiora of Sco. 11 of tho act to publish ’thio Rovised Btatutes, wrill not appoar in tho State® edition of law, i€ tho roltoactive directions of sald nct aro compliod with by me, Althongh Sc. 4 of tho act aforesaid providos thot said edition of Roviacd Statutea shall bo publishod on or beforo July 18, A. D, 1874, yot 1 hiavo Very sotious donbta {f this provivion.of o law will or can bo carrlod -ont In o timo spocified, Indeed, T doubt very will bo frirnished with enough coples to mako thio dis- tribution provided for In Beo, 8 of said act bofore Sopt. 1, aud T fear it may be muich Intor, If thodoubts 1 binva oxpréased sbiould prova to bo tras, and T should docline to act in conformity ‘with tho provisions and Airootions of tho prescnt law, chooshig to bo guided by tho diractions of o law not’yet in forco, tho rosult will Lo thot the ofiicors i tho varlous courts nd count officors will ba entirely doprived of ail official knowl- edgo of :tho oxisling lawa of tho Btalo i forco on wm stler Juy 1, 187, until montha thoreafter. T om fully awaro that tho publication of fhe rogular odition ofthe sols of tho -Twonty-Eighthi Gonoral Assombly, n addition to the Rovisod Btatutes, will add to tho ez« poee of peinting and biadiog but swhothior I would o Justifiod {n noglocting my plain duty, aa set forth in" the - 4wa now in_forco, o n ' question of gravo doubt in my mind,” Thero scoms to bo o Just ond proper domand from il parls of tho Blate for an official copy of tho lawa of tho State, Radical chnges lavo beon made sud sweoplng roposls pnssed to tako offact July 1, snd, it it 1 posaible, this {nformation slould be placed boforo the peoplo af tho earilost possiblo day. Thore may be thase who are nat particularly {ntorested in the lawa o gur Slato who will say that o seltss oxpeuso Las bean incurred by tho publlcation of the' regular edition of tho lawa of tho Stato, wlen tho Revisod Statutes woro to bo published at on‘enrly day. Othiora wil! conmuromo vory soveroly i I foll to strictiy comply with tho law now in force, and furnish to tho pooplo o8 speedily s possiblo official coplcs of tho statuta lawa of o State for thalr fuformation, und which thoy ato bound to ro- apect, abey, and enorce, Iu vlow of el tho facts nnd theorlea placed baforo yon - in this lettor, and in addi- tlon thoroto of oll tho mnttors of which you have a per- sonal knowledge, I would respealfully auk if, “in your apiuion ua the lejal oflicer of tho State, I would bs jus- tiflod, legally or in considoration of publlc poliey, i ignoring the provisiona of. tho law now In forco, ‘and accopt in lieu thercol {ho direotion of {hu 'aw provid- ing for the publication of tho Revisod Stuu.tesof the Btato, I am,fr, very respoctfully yours, ‘Gromar IT, HAnLow, Sacrotiry of State, THE FARMERS, The Grangers in Wisconsin, Correspandence af. Tho Chicugo Zribune. MinwAukes, April 20.—The Exoccative Com- mittee of (he Wisconsin State Grange have held & mocting, at which it was ascortained that the- whole number of Subordinato Grangoes in-the Btate i now 430, all but 100 of which have been organizod sinco tho st of Maroh, 1873, Thoso have an nyverage membership of 40 each, making 19,780 Grangers in tho State. County Councils have boen organized, to attond to the purchasing of. 'supplies’ for the different Granges, and to manage the co-operative stores, factories, and mills, slready bogun. A Inw has alao been passed cnabling them to incorporato local fire-inenranco compauios, of which 29 avo alrendy doing businoss. Thoy usually in- * cludo about four civil townships within thoir as- signed. torritory, givo tho oflicos of President and Socrotary to somo of the local town.oflicers, charge from 1 to 2 mills on the dollar, besldes n policy and suryoy foo of 81.60, for carrying risks, and 88 yob. thoro Lins not boon a failurg to maok a linbility. Soveral of thom aro carrying from 8400,00U"to $800,000 oach in risks, and, whilo tho jasurance is cheup,; the satisfaction given is uni- voranl, 80 far 08 reported to the Btate Exacutive CUommittoe. Tho Grangoers have become power- ful, and 'the Radical party exhibits groat fear of thom at the coming political contost, which 18 to docido .who will ho the noxt United Btatcs Bona- tor from Wiscousin, — - RAILROAD NEWS, ) ANOTHER RATLROAD WAR, As statod in Tz Inisoxe of yestordny, a war has broken out-botweon the Southorn Dispatch Freight Lino, consioting of. the Chicago, Dan- ville & Viuconnos, Evansvillo, ‘Corre Hauto,& Chicogo, Evanaville & Crawfordavills, and 8t, Louls & Bouthosstern Tailroads, on one hand, and the so-called Bouthern Greeu Line, conalst ing ot the Nashville & Ohattancoga, Nashvillo, Ohattanoogn & Bt. Louis, and Louisvillo, Nash- villo & Groat Southiern Rallronds on'the other hand. W17 = ' ThoNashville & Chiettanooga Rallrond con- trold all business to the Southenst, and has s line—tho Nashwille, Chattanooga & 8t. Louja— loading to 8t Louis. It {sin thonterost of theso linéa to havo thoir frolght for tho Bouth and Boutheant como from 'St. Louis yla Colum- bus, and from Chicago vin Calro, thus_glvin thiem the long hinul, . Chereforo thoy establisho an arbitrary pro-rato to Nashvillo for Southorn businoss, mafing therate from Chicago 10 conts Ear 100 pounde mora than from 8t, Louls, Tho outhorn Dispatoh Line, diseatisfled with this action, claims the right to make the ratoto Noshvillo, belng much the shortest route, Its manngors contend that thoy shonld bo ohiarged {ho samo rates from Chicago on through business as are charged .to other roads. At a muollu% held in Louisvillo in March, it was agroed by tho General Froight Agonts of the ashville & Ohattanooga, gl ville, 8t, Loula & Iron Mountain, 8t. Louls & Bouthesstorn, and Evansville & Urawfordavilio Railroads, that tho rato on_grain - from Ohicago shoutd be at all times & couts higher than oufsvillo & Ny ol & Under thaso, 41 | from Bt. Louls to tho mamo dostination. To ihe 8t. Louis & Bouthonstern and Lvanse- ville & Orawfordsvillo Rallronds, as the shortant lino from Ohiongo, was granted tha right of noming tho rate from Chicago to Evanavillo, which, whon added Lo tho rate from Iivansville, wonld form a through rato which nll linos should : maintain. Howavor, whon tho tarift from Ohicago waa iruod from the Louisyillo & Naahville ofiico, it was found that instond of making tho rate on Emlu b conts mora from Chicago than from 8t. ouls, it had boon mnde iU contn highor, in plain - violation of _ the ngrocmont. Upon this tho Bt, Louls Bouth- cnstern and Evanaville & Urawfordsville Ttallronds and-conneotions, oxorcising thelr right slrondy granted, reducod tho rate 6 conts from Chiongo to Evansvillo, a figuro at which thoy could afford to carry grain, ‘and which wonld mako tho through rate as ngrocd. Immodintely, tho Nashvillo & Ohattanooga and Chattanooga & Loulsvillo Railroads advanced tho ratos from Evanavillo 5 cents, and roqueatoed to ba advised of any future reductions to Evansvillo, in ordor that thoy might advance tho ratos south of Ev- angvillo. Lal nrlni undor such diflloultios, tho agroomont was broken, ‘Tho Loulsviilo & Neshvillo Railroad, running betweon theso points, also controls tho Loulss villo & Momphis -and the Louisville & Mont. gomory Raotlroads. The Lvansville routo by monns of n steam-hoist has tho advantago ovor the above route, bolng ablo to oarry buike froights through without transfer, which has Elvenflmm tho control of considerablo froight hat had proviously bown shippod from Ohiosga to Louisvillo. Tho attompt to assort tholr righta Dby tho Bt. Lonis & Bouthonstorn conneotions, has boen mot by tho Nashvillo & Lonisville Rail« ronds rofusing’to nllow thom to pro-rate on tho samo torms ns the routes out of Ohieago via Cairo and Loulaville, The Southern Dispateh Freight Lino {a still taking froight for all poinis as beforo the coms mencoment of the troublo, and at tho eamo rtos as competing lines, still issuing through bills of Jading. The mattor haa boon takon into the courty, whoro it will be decided whothor such an - llrl:}trmz arrangement onn be Buccossfully oar- ried ouf E GRAND TRUNK, The annual mooting of the stookholders of tho QGrood Trunk Railroad Compoony was held in London on tho Oth inst. Thoe Toronto Globe publishod by special telogram o condensed state- ment of the annual roport for 1878, from which tho following important items aro oxtractods ‘Tho figures of recoipts and exponditures show that thoro 16 only o balanos of £241 lott to pay intorest on first proforonces, Of the sum of "£200,000 approprinted out of tho proocods of the no {asuo of ordinary stock toward payment of dividonds, the sum of £80,453 was rosorved in trust to moot the dividend on the firat-preforonco stook payablo on tho 1st of March Inst, which has boon paid. Tho report olaime an 1noreaso of £95,000 in gross rocelps ovor the provious half-yoar, The oporation of changing tlio gaugo nfféotod tho traitio rocoipta by # doorenso of £26,000, Tho momentary panio in tho United Btates in Baptember disastrously affoctod tho traftio, which still continuos tg suffer. There is atill unissued a balance of .£2,500,000 out of the autharized issus of £10,000,000 of new ordinary stook, tho praceeds of which Will ba availabio aftor the 18t of January, During 1874-5 about 23,000 tons of ateol rails” have to bo pro~ vided at the cost of capital, which, with certain, absolutoly neceseary capital oxpenditures will. absorb & considerabio portion of the unexpended. balanco at tho 818t Decembor lnst, To meot the wishos of many sharehioldors tho Directors have ngreed to rocoive payment in full of the romaine. ing calls of now ordinary stock, allowing dis- count at the rato of 5 por cent per annum, The wholo existin, &lrn-prefornncun oyor firal pre-proforonce stock, including car and bridge capitale, may, it is caloulatoed, in courae of timo, bo redoomed by an issuo of £6,760,000 of 5 per cent dobonture atock, at an average of £00 per £100. The Dircctors. proposo to addto thia £0,760,000, £1,260,000, making n total of £8,~ 000,000 5 per cent dobonturo stock. This £1,~ 250,000, to be avaliablo for the gonoral purposes of tho Company and for tho ourrent year of 1874, not to bo lssued boyond an _amount which shall roprosent in the smount of intorest pay= ablo tho notual annual suving of £86,000 to bs. renlizod by tha liquidation of the oar and bridge: oapitals, r THE DANVILLE & VINOENNES.ROAD, Another mooting of roal eatate doalers who in., toud to _aid the Chicago, Dauville & Vincennes Ralroad, in constructing thoir lino from Thorn- ton to this city, was hold at Kerr, Davison & Welch’s rosl estate offico,.corner of LnSalla and Madison gtroots, yosterday morning. Mr. Young, General Manngor of the road, not having ready tho contract to bo siguod by tho various partics, asked to bo given time until to-day todraw it up, ‘which roquost was granted, The mecting thon adjourned until 10 o'clock this morning. DETROIT, MONIOE 4 TOLEDO ROAD, At tho annual meoting of the Dotroit, Monroa & Toledo Railroad, held yosterdny morning at Dotroit, - tho following Directors wero cleoted & Augustus 8chell, Now York; William Williams, Butfalo; William L. Scott, Erio ; A. Btono, Jr., H. B, Payne, Btillman Witt, Georgo B. Ely, O, P, Loland, Clovaland; Albort Keep, Philadel«. g}):.lh; Morchouse, Ohicago, and Warner Wing, . lonroo, — THE EUROPE. How the Pr1ze Orew from the Greeco Fared While on Board tho Yators Logged Vessols New Yonrx, April 21,—Dr. Constantino J. MoGuiro, the physician who acted a8 intorprotor for Capt. Thomas, of the steamslip Grocce, when lio was haoiled by Oapt. Lemaire, of tho stonmsbip Burope, and who was one of the priza crow that took posgession wheu the Europo was abandoned, arrived yeaterday in the stenmship Italy, Ho suys, ‘ Whon the prizo orew weut on board of tho Xurope, Mr. DunE mustorod his men and esplained tho natura of tho_entorprise, tha dangers which surronndedit, and thoduties which it imposed. Birict disciplinvo and unceasing endouvor, lio #ald, woald ovorcomo those difii~ oultios and surmount theso dangors. He sdded, In the most firm and impressive manner, that no man was to touoh a single articlo on board, that evorything would havo to be given up if we ar~ Sholak port, and_that the strictost account .would be domandod. Weo wore then drifting helplessly with the wind. Mr, Buck tried to as- sist tho holm by floating n lnrgo tub’ alongeide. Wao continued " all duy to bail out tho engine~ room, but still tho wator rose. Thomen wera then divided . into .two watches, ono of which worked ot the,pumps in the night time, and " tho othor during the dny. About midnight wo sightod s brig-rigged stoamer, Wo signalod aud sont off xockots, blue and ‘| us in tow. red, - Ono appeared to pass right over hor bow. She took: uo notice, however. When tho morning, broke wo - wero. still drifting holplessly, and’ tho water in.the engine-room was itcropsing, Ab the widday watch it ap- onrod in the forward and aft.compartmonts. 'hen we becéamo_anxious indecd. 8She was loge ing all buoyanoy, When lier head wont down -sho appoared to have no power to litt it again. Tho mon worked at the pumps with an onergy bogotten of growiog dospatr. - Wo had lifo-boata rovisioned and wero roady to put off in them. uring that-night, Lowover, the water grew 1o8s. ' Tn the ‘moruing the wind modorated, and by noon she bogan to answer hor helm, By thig time_we waro undor sail, the engines having ro- fusod to work, and all the fires haying gone out, There wag & light breozo, howsver, and wo wore -maling slow bub steady progress in our courso. At 1 o'clook in tha aftornoon, just as wo wero at dinnor, tho Egypt wag sightod, - Wo firod olf guns, and she gom down onus, -Whon slo was within speaking distance, Mr. Bucl askod Cnpt, Grogan to take Ho throw out his hawsers, and sont us soventeon mop and gn ougineer, who rigged upapump. Just thon.a gale struck us, the Europo became . unmnnageablo ond bumped ngainst 1 the Egypt, and then the hawserd snapped, aud wo wore adrift. Copt. Grogansig- naled us. to abaudon, her ot once, It wna growing ' vory dark; the sea was raglug, aud tho wind wos rising, whilo tho baromoter was falling foat, and weather was veory dirty. . Capt... d;’ogm sigoaled us o Bog~ ond timo . fo . loivo tho sinking ghip, Wo.asked him for more men, but he ro- fused, and wo wore roluctantly compelled to givo u{: tho strugglo, At this timo thore was 18 faet of water in tho onglue-room, 7 in tho fore, and 8 intho aft compartmonts. 1t {8 the opinion of all who wont on board of the Europe that sha could havo boen saved, evon in hor worst Liour, if sho had boon supplied with an ofliciont sot of dack-purops, New Youx, Aprit 21,—An order of arrest has Loon granted by Judgo Donalo, of the Buprema Court Chambers, against Capt. Lowaire, late of tho steamship Iurope, on eult for libet 'léxm’gm by Copt. Thomas, of tho steamship o000, —_— SUICIDE, Bostox, Mass,, April 2L.—Julius P, Mason, broker, formerly of Boston, but rocently dolng’ business in Now York, out'his throat to-day nt. tho Parker House, o was 83 yonrs of ago, Rooont, unfortunate investmonts ~ affacted mind, ril 31.—B. H. Heyden, of Prrranunan, Pa., Aj the firm of MoGormiok & Heyden, gmminnuh ity, coms dry-goods morchanta in Alloghes mitted suicide this murulng:BO:I{Gn supgosed- t0 bo financlal troubles, N