Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 30, 1874, Page 2

RAILROAD NEWS. The Opposition to.the New Law in Wisconsin, Letters from the Presidents of the North- western and Milwaukee & St Paul Roads. ol By The Law Belicved to Be Uncon- stitutionnl and Void. P Amfin That Railronds Cannot oy Operato with Profit Undor Its Provisions. Otlier Railroad Matters, THE WISCONSIN RAILROAD LA\W. THE NORTHWESTERN ROAD. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. MApigox, Wis., April 20.—Tbo following lotter, which oxplains itsolf, was delivered to tho Gov- ernor to-day: Aprit a7, 1874, * His Excellency l'll fln'n. William R, ZTaylor, Governor Siate of Wisconsio s B i Birootorn of tho Ohfcage & Norih- weatorn Rallrond Company, having carofully conslder~ #4 tho provialons of tho two ncls in rolatin to rail- roads, approved on tho 11th aud 12th of AMarch last, Geaird (6 Btato tho reasons why tho rosds thioy ropro= Eent cannot ba operatod undor tho schodulo namod in aid acts, e vates prescribod thoroln avarag 90 por cont losa thian thoso mado Ly this Company, To operato tho Wiaconsin s ina hitherto cost wA 70 por cont of {ho gross carnings. Tho Toccut additfon of (ho Madi- Son tEoxtonalon will carry tho percontago stlil Lighor, Tmyoso & reduction, thon, of 88 per cent in our earnings, and the working oxpenses conld hardly o met 3 while tho intorost on tha bonded dobt, irrespoct- ive of nuy surplus for dividonds, would Lo loft wholly unprovided for. This, in effect, would bo o conflaca- tion of tho property, “This Company operates 660 miles of ratlway in Wis~ oonsin, Itwas constructed nt o cost of $28,074,317,35, Thio nctual cost of tho 129 miles from Madison Korth (6 Winons Junction, without cquipment, was $5,201,~ 134.41, or $10,783.08 per mile, The Lino knows' sud oporated na thio Wiaconsin & Kenosla Divislons, bo- oo tho Tiigols wnd dioligan - Siato lines,' cost $10,521,001.47, Tho meauo for this. vast_ontlay werc sdvanced mainly by non-residonts snd forclgnors. Thoy wero induced to mako tho investment on tho ns- suranco that the people who invited {t, and whom it most bonclited, would nover rondor it procarious, nor dony tho ownafs a volce in thio mazagement of own proporty. "Tlio alngulir good-fealing which has hitherto sub- atsted Lotween tho peaplo of Wisconsin and this Gom- {any haa been to u o soureo of conatent grafifcation, 0 havo striven 1o mainiaia: theso harmonious relas tlons, nnd lavo been oxtromely anxlous to remove overy just cause of complaint, Tho ocourrenco of o difference, howover slight, is to us, then, especially, & mattor of deop regrot, A, wora It posaiblo to avold 1L by u sacrifico ovon moro thisn ordinary, wo ehonld Rot scruplo to mako it, - sSut, whon th concesslon {n- ‘volves our cortain ruin, no altornative i lott, Tho oflicors of this Company Lavo ot all times been wiliiog to accord oy saformation regacding tho opr- ations of their road In Wiscousln, It might reason- 8bly havo been oxpected that, when 8o grave s measure 28 the arbitrary reduction of tho Company's tariff, without rule or.roason, was contemplated, the partica ‘most intercbtod would hnve been requestod (o slato what it cost them to do thelr business, Without that kmowledge it Is manifestly impossiblo for any nutlior— Ity to fix an equitablo farid, 3 ‘This Company would gladly have given tho informn- tion had it been desfred. Tley had amplo rosson to know precisely what those oxpensea wore, They had Iatd, nud arranged to lay, in ther track, Where traflic ‘was hoaviest and moat constant, 250 miles of ateol rafl, —a moro oxtonsive improvemont in thot lno Tun_projecicd by any otber Company in tho West, This ono oxponditure of about $5,000,000 nocessilated & spocinl incresso in the ponded debt of tho Company, Usving no cosl-mino on this lino of road, thoy woro_obliged to pay moro thnn double tho prico pald Dy Tilinols companios for facl, Thoy had purchased Aty now locomotivea from tho beet monufactories,—among thom six of tho most gowerful Mogul cngines, for epecial sorvice on tho Tunnel Division of tue Company'a Madison Extension, whera two of theso_largost engince ore roquired to bioul ono-half tho load on ordinary locomotivo can caaily humdlo upon o comporatisely fova lino, Tho 30 miles embraced fu {lis Tunnel Divielon cost tho Com- pany more to construct, and will coat it moro to opar— ste, than any 75 or 100 miles of the Company’s other proporty, Yot tho tari® named in tho oct allows us Do biglior rates upon this divislon than upon tho most favorabiy-located iino in the Stato. If enforced, they srould compel s to oporata that division at a positive 0, Tho same Legislaturo which wéuld ruinously. do- ereaso our vovenu, incressod tho taxes lovied upon ho Company one-third, Lt will b wridant to Your Txcelieney fhat somcthing oyond the bare worldug oxpenses of & rond must bo socured. Tho interest upon its bonds must Lo met, T'ho tarill numed in tho uct, applied to our business, sould not yield the requisito sum aftor poying oper: sting cxpenscs, Cen tho Intter ho reduced? The, Company “emplogs soveral ~ thousand mon in Wiscousin, mono of whom oro oxtravagantly pald, Wero wo fo enforce ‘s roduction in thelr wages corresponding to that attempted to. bo made in our tariff, n goneral strilto would ensue im~ mediately, ud tlio publlo would Juslfy tio men. Olearly, fhien, oxpeuses cannot bo reduced in that way, Tho next item of mognitude is tho cost_of rencwing and maintaining tho track, bulding, and cquipment, Wa ara obliged to furnisl tho best sppolntmont known o tho service, otherwiso tho courts mulct us in hoavy damagos for neglect, Therofore no opportunity fora ceduction {n this respoct s affordod. In proof of tho Company’s willingness to roduco its fari o rapidlyand convonfently o possible, tho fol- lowing statement of {ho rates 'chargod for tho pest Joven yoars fs presonted ; to which wo may ndd that tho dividends yiaid tho stockholdera hiavo nover been {increanod progortionntely to tho -reductions mado in ‘4o tariff, nor havo they ever exceadod tho rate of in- forest ullowed by your Statulow:d . . Earnings per pas~ Earninga per.(on - “menger, er mile, freight, per mile, Tor tho yoar anding B May 31, 1807.......$ .03 93-100 $ 0.3 48-100 For tha year g % M“i 41, 1808,,... 0482100 103 18-100 For tho ylar endiig Mngs 5 1800....0 * . For the year ending 51, 1870..... 0320100 10310100 4 . 0031-100 0387100 g May 31, 1673 ... ,0323-100 40201100 ¥or the yoar endin May 81, 1873,,, .E .0310-100 0235-100 * Tho records for 1800 wero destroyed fn the Chicago firo, and cannot bo reproduced, This. constunt roduction grew out of tho enlargod sud improved facilitics of tho Company for moving trains and traneaching Luwiness,—tho benefits from which wero invariably given to tho publio, and 1ot re- sorved for o looklighors, Slould Your Excellency bo desirous of confirming tho corroctuess of theso atatoruents, overy facility wll bo afforded tho pereon or porsous whom you may do- llqnn(fl for that purpose. Wo court thls invesligation, " in tho nssurance that, wero tho peoplo posacased of all tho facta in the caee, thoy would demand the immediate ropesl of the statuten wwhich premeditato such gross {njustico. For wo cannot belfovo thet, in tho full light of all tho clr- cumstances, the intelligent cltizens of Wisconein would rpotuato u wrong which, if euforced, would virtually onfincato u proporty. thist hoa_vontributed na mucly porhiaps more, than any othor entorpriso, 1o tha growth aud proaperity of thoir State. Tho fuct {hat this rallroad ennnot be operated upon tho achiodulo of rates contained in tho acta reforred to, without incurring heovy loss, na woll as renderiug it Impossiblo lo pag, tho Iufercst wupon s bondod debt r dividends to”its utockbolders, places ita managera n o very embnrraesing position,’ Had the power to afford relfef been vested in tho Gommisalonorn whom Your Excelloncy ia o uppoint, wo sliould Liave waited sud presontod our casa to thom s but, that dlscretion Lelng withlield from them, wo havo thought It proper fo lay heforo Your Excollency a alotementot the facts known to u, and which, wo belfove, were not fully uown o, nor nppreelated by, tho Leglalaturd whon ¥o acts roferred o wero passcd, Vory respectully, Avugnr Kevr, President, R s i THE MILWAUREE & ST, PAUL, Byecial Dispateh to Phe Chicago Tribune, Mizwaukee, April 20.—Tho Milwaukeo & St. Paul Railroad havo forwarded to tho Qovernor s statoment of thoir position as to tho now law. {t roprescnts that the right of n railroad to fix 48 own charges was rocontly hold by the United Mates Bupremo Court to bo “ou. atiributo of swnership," which attribute the now law ignores, fho law aleo arbitrarily fixes difforont prices for lifforont clnescs of roads, without inquiring shothor thoe prico eo fixed i roasonablo, Jr will afford fair romunoration npon the capital nvested, Tho obligation and promise, which thief-Justico Dixon enys *spring from tho act »f incorporation, nnd the invitation by tho State loporsons to invost their money,” is disrogard- 1d. Thoe Company’s charters provide that tho Board of Direotors shall UAVE POWER 'TO NEGULATE TEIR TOLLS, ind on this solomn pleaga tho roads were bullt, ind thelr right to a falr and ronson- ble return on tho investment booamo sottlod, oyond tho power of the Lu;}lalntum o destroy, It 1t 1s claimed that tho public intorosts demand tonflscation, that nmounts to taking the prop- E-t,y for public uso, nnd just compenuation must jo- made. Tho onnotment has offoctuslly do- royod nll foturo rajlroad onterprisos, Thoe ompauy has oxpended §25,000,000 In porma- ont hn{»mvnmunlu on the faith end crodit of ipolur ory, all of whiok Iy soriously afteoted, &till opon for corract] THE CHICAGO - and must bo ovontually dositoyed, it tholaw s onforoéd.> Tho ontiro rond hna COST AnouT 30,000 PER MILE ne_now constructed nnd oquipod, that portion In Wisconsin, including Innds and improvomonts, nvoraglng 88,000 por mlilo, It I8 oapitalizod o thoso soma rospectively in bonda and stook, Its Atock has nover boen watored, Much of the forming “Iand now-worth 850 to #100 por acre would notbe worth,without the ronds, 10 to $20, and_ all induetiies corrospondingly benefito would proportionately loso, It ia only within tho Inst ton voars that dividends hava boon pud on tha stook of nny Wisconsin fonds, “Tho boudoed dobt of tho’ 8t. Paul Company boara 7 or cont intercat, and'amounts to but Iittlo over Knll tho nctusl cost, TIHR CAUF DIVIDENDS PAID Blnca the organization, May, 1863 on ita stock, which repre sonts tho other half of tho total cost, nggrognto ©8,818,257.73, or 24 por cont -for ten and n bLalf yoars, or 228-100 por cont por annum, All oarnings over and abovo sald stook, dividends, and the Bnymonz of intorest on the bonded dobt, have _boon consumed In operating oxpansos and bring- tho rond to it prosent condition, Taking the intorost on bonds and onsh dividenda togothor, tho Totum to nll invostors hinve boon 4 04-100 rut cent por annum. A small amount in stock has boen distributed in dividends to roprosont that portion of tho not earnings used in com- ploting tho oonstruction of and improving the pro[wfl.y. which dlvidonds amuunt to 2 8-10 por cont por annum, and theso, added to tho cash dividends at thoir nominal value, give only 6 por cent por annum of tho actual cust of the prop- orty, which the Company considora NOT AN UNPAIR OR UNREASONASLE IETURN, The bost cconomists admit that 10 per cont sliould bo allowed on such invostmonts,, yot tho Logislaturo attompts to assume tho rogulation. of this incomo, and reduco it below opetating ex- penses, . Tho Company is relaying tho road with steol, and hopos, witl: incroased faoilitios and sarnings, to pay modorato dividonds, and reduco il ratos. For four yonrs prior to 1878 tho Diveotors hava BTEADILY REDUOED TIEIR RATES, a8 follows : TrERonAY] DISE, 1|2 3 4 5 8 SIERRE R 5| Y 15|81 2] S S Sla o BlmeElaafly Bla . R &3]z et gl Slas|S= FIEER STelnds EEEE LR g g gd|" | g-.wg 3inizel 8 §|gRFl38E oF §[TE HEE &E ] SIFSF Bz'alsl 8| <| g8 <3| 2% afys RRA 8 | T8 S Ry Rl Ml d " 3l 3| 5§ 25 o8] gigm 3| s8] B3| ¥ §78% 6 12| s s qls ofs 8 7| 14 201 8| 8 B 10 8l 10 22| 0] 10| 10| 12 of 18 24) 10| 13 19 14 10| 20] 26| 11 14| 14 16 11 29 23| 12 16] 10, 18 12| a4 30| 14| 17| 18] 20 12 2 83 144 18] 20| 22 18 26 B4 b 100 22 24 14| 28 30| b 20 24 2 15; 80| as| 17] a1 20| 28 10; 89 40} 18] 22 29 30 17) 84 42} 1v| 23| 804 92 18] 3| 44| 20| | 3 84 10| 38| 40| a4 25, 84| 36 20| 40| 48| 23 20| 8| 88 21 42 50| 2 27| 38 40 23] 44| 69| P 28 39| 42 23| 4o B4l 251 20| 40) 44 24| 48] 58] 201 80| 41 40 25, 60, o8 - 27 o1 49, 48 20| 69| 60} 28) 82| 46| 50 21 b4| 62 20] 83) 47] 52 28| 60) 04} 80} B4} 49] o4 20/ &8 6| a1 83| 60| B0 80| 60| o8| 82| 86 51| 68 81 09| 70| 83} 87| 62 €0 92| 64 72 a] 33 63 62 3] €o) 74| 85| 30| 54] [ 04| ©8| 70 06| ‘40] 65| 60 ‘When rates nro not sliown for the oxact distanco ro. quired, uso rates given for tho noxt greater distanco. nnle, Passengera pir mile. | Ereights per ton per ;Sgg“ s WM T it ‘Tho passonger rates the now law proposcs to roduco 26 por oent, and freight rates sbout the same, : % g DEBIDES TMTOSING AN ADDITIONAL TAX of 1 por cont on gross oarnings, an equivalent to 8 par.cont on not carnings. 1t is not protond-. od that too many trains arc run; or too great a spoed attnined, or that tho rond can be snfe- ly operated and "improvements kept up at o lowor oxponso an at present, and tliose oxponses must remnin a8 beforo the new law, aud avernge two-thirds of the gross onrn- ings. Tho sct, thereforo, takes 20 per cent from. tao gross earnlngs swhich, takon from tho 33 por cont averago of ‘net earninga, leavo ‘only 7 per cont of tho gross earninga as tho ontire net earn~ inga of tho rond, out of which to pay interost on tbufiliy:uda ound dividonds on stock, or in other, words, ' E TUE LAW TAKES AWAY TIREE-POUNTHS OF THE PRESENT NET EAUNINOS, and yot those earnings were not sufliclont to pay G por cont on tho actual cost-of tho property Iast- oar. . Tho momoralista will not " bolleve stich o aw “ constitutional until afirmed by tho highest authority. : The Jaw has .been oxnmined by the Company's couneol, and tho most eminent jurists 1n the land, and declered unconstitutional and void. Tho Diroctors aro trustees, and bound to Il:rolnut the truat from spolistion and ruin, Thoy rbdes won . SRy . JS0UGHT TIE ADVIOR OF,TIR OOUNSEL, and beliove it thelr duty to disregard so much of tlio law a8 arbitrerily “fixes ratcs, Sbhould tho law bo obeyed, tho fact of its Euangn would be no justifieation if aftorwards doclared void by tho conrts, and 1t is out of no disrespect to tho constituted nuthoritics that the Board havo do- tormined on this courso. Thoy are-awaro thoy are not able fo contend with tho Stato or defy its Iaws, but from tho ronsons stated, aro compelled to disrogard it. S D, (Signod), Axzx. Mitonerr, Presidont, F } x e THE SCHEDULES. "Tho rebollion of the railroads ngainat the Wis- cousin Railrond law isstill progressing. Tha Milwaukeo & 5t. Paul and Wisconsin. Contrat Railroads have comploted their schedule ratos ‘without in tho least consulting tho provisions ot the new cnactmont, Tho managors of the OIICAGO & NORTHWESTERN DAILROAD ' havo just Teturnod from Milwaulico, whore thioy havo.been in congultation with; the mauagers of tho other Wisconsin ronds and with' Gov. Taylor. Both Mossra. Xeop and Porter are very roti- cont 'a8..to what ‘thoy' have dono, oand what thoy intend ., doing, But thoro i8 not tho least doubt that thoy are dotor~ mined to fight tho law to the bitter ond, Gen- eral Froight-Agont Wheelor oud his assistant, My, Wicler, wero busy all dny yesterday prepar- ing now tariffa in conformity with that issued by tho Milwaukoo & Bt. Paul Railroad.® Thoy.aro also preparing for tho printer a p e ' NEW DITSANOE TIME-TABLE,' - which has boen determined upon by this rail- road, and which will bo as follows : This tarif has not Y“ beon' published, and is ong, { TUE DEOLATATION which tho railroads will iusue in a fow dnya will be a rocapitulation of 'the position of the Coms auics and the unconstitutionality of the new aw, Tho question-of tho respéotive ri hts, of tho JCompanies’ and the people will bo sot forth, and lozal opinions supporting tho right of tho Companios to malio - rensonablo chargos, and showing tho unconatitutioriality of- tho law will be appended, This statement, the managors of the railronds say,” is simply for the purpuso of placing on rocord the motives that guldoe the railroads in tho courso they iutend to ursue, and to show that far from defying tho law, they simply _QDEY A NEOLSSITY. . It is admittod by all that tho more the new law 1s gtndled by oxperts, the moro bnngling and in- conuistent ‘ita various provisions apponr to bo. To comply with all its fostures is simply finpos. sible, for it is o mass of conditions and contra- dlotions in its moat importaut parts. THE LATE TARIFFS ° of the Milwaukes & Bt. Iaul and Chleago & Northwostorn Rtailroads are a reduction of "from 20 to 80 por cent from previous rates. The magagory uny that the running oxpenses of tho roads last yoar wers 70 por cont of tho gross earnings, and that the remaining 80 per cont of tho gross earninga was davoted to the payment of intorost nnd dividends, Tho presont roduc- tlon by tho tariff just promulgated will yicld grosa receipts barely suflicient to cover op- orating oxponsos. Tho reduction of rates undor tho now tariff doos not on an avernge bring chargas down to the figures nsmed in the now ratkrond law, but on some oluesos, and for short distancoy, tha ratos of tho tarifls are far bolow thoso provided by law. Only on_long distances 8r0 tho ratos above thoso of the Potter bill, gt GOSSIP IN MADISON. Spectal Dlapateh to The Chicago Tribune, Manso, Wis, April 29.—~Nothilg oan bs Tearnod at tho Governor's offico in rogsard to the railroad imbrogllo, the Governor having declined to auswer all queations desigued to procure In- formation on this subject, It Isunderstood that both tho Milwaukee & Bi, Paul and the Ohlosgo -tion to violate tho Railrond law, to bring aolion “& Northwestorn Railway Companles havo ' ssnt communloationa to tho Governor, . an; that thoy fool obliged to Hysanciinting DISREGAND THE NEW RAILWAY NEQULATING TAW, sud attompting. to juatify thelr course, but tho contonts of theso lottors hinve not boon divulged, 1t bing boon suggested that the Governor: should issuo a proclamution declaring in favor of the nnrgn‘:fimene of tho Iaws, but 1t is not constdorod probablo. Siash Dispalchen from Milwaukoeo in rogard to tho confotoncos botweon the Govornor and tho rafle \\‘A{ mon, and tho roported compromise of tho Intbor aro doniod. y TIHE RAILWAY COMMIESIONENS, * “Tho Governor savs thoro ars no Railway Com- misslonora yot. Tho namo of Ohinrles D, Robin~ gon, of Groon Bay, is ona of tho last mentioned by rumor In this conootion, P 5 “Pho Slale Journal "to-day has an article reciting tho Constitution™ * end laws - on this subjeot, and quoting n recont decislon of tho Buprome Court, Intherto unpublishod. iu tho easo of tho Wost Wisconsin Raliway Coin- Plny, an aotion to compol the Company to Iny ta track to Tomah, and concludes (herefrom that it fa the duly of tho Governor to sco_ that this ;low s faitbhfully oxconted,” and of tho, Attornoy-Genoral under Bco, . 4, Chpler 160, of tho Tovised Btatutos, incasoe tho Railrond Companies adhoro to thoir, determina~ . PROF, SWING. Ho Is Rendy to Stand His Trial Monday. And Has not Yet Decided to Loavo the i Preshytorian Churoh, ; : s T?ID ““Staidard” on Tolitieal Papers. | * A statoment appoarad in tho Zimee yoatorday day morulug to tho offoot that Prof. Swing waa ‘proparing o lotter in whioh ho would announco lis withdrawal from tho Presbytorian Clhurol, sud that, consequently, Lla trinl on tho chnrges’ proforrod by Dr, Patton wonld come to naught, tho Profossor taking Limsolf outsido of tho ju- riediction of the Prosbytory.’ 'This statomont, which was basod upon s misinterprotation of somo remarks mado by.Prof. Swing, In confl- danco to o friend, {s not strictly correct. ' Prof. Bwing will stand his-rial boforo the Prosbytory of Chicago, and is ot proparing s lot- tor of withdrawal from tho -Presbytorian Chureh. Yot it Is by no monns unlikely that ho will leavo}tho;Church witk which Lo has 80 long and g0 promiuently boon conneocted, If, aa geems to bo unquostionod, lio is acquitted by tho Ohicago Preubytory, aud his prosecutor, Dr, Patton, carrics up tho onso to tho Synod, Irof. Bwing will unquestionably, loavo thoZOhurch to which bb s attached yather by assoolation than by oroed, in orderto got rid of tho troubls and worry of a continual trial, and also, posaibly, to avold the conviction which would be almost in- ovitablo were ho,brought bofore the loss liboral miniatera’ composing the Bynod of Northérn Illinols. This, Lowever, {is far ‘in tho futuro, {The many rumors which lavo been olrculating mnpon the stroots in roference to his withdrawal from tho Prosbyterian Church, and which found an ox- pression in the 7imes yostorday, are more pro- sumnnom of what may hiappen than statomonta in tho Bupremo Court to VAUATE TRE OUARTERS OF THH CORTORATIONS. Allis quist along tho railway linoa in this ros fon 8o far as known, and tho railroad businoss s moving on as if no_law regulating it hed rnnsm], oxcopt that on the Milwaukeo & Bt. Panl Raflway weat of hero, to-day, soveral pas- songors got on tho train and TENDERED THI LEGAL RATE of 8 conts a milo, which tho conductor declinod to racolve as mfliciont. As thoy rofusod to puy moro, they wero allowed to ride froo. s e i OTHER RAILROAD MATTERS. THE OALIFORNIA FREIGHT CONTRO- VERSY. &t Jamos Smith, Gonoral Frolght Agont of the Chicago & Alton Railroad, hina roturnad from Omehin, whoro hoe has been for sevoral days por- focting mrrangemonts with Mr. E. P. Vining, Genera 1 Frolght JAgont of the Union Pacifio Railrond, 1n regard to the new routoe to thoe Pa- cifio canst. As statod herotoforo, a contraoct has ‘boon drawn up by the two parties according to of what will immediately ocour. 1t s unques- :,vfl{"hh.,,:',lm,o“gf,“mé‘, :,‘;;"“Bgl'“mg"“fl“f flonabls tht tho rofossyr, will nppulr]\lio(llxdny Alton to Toufsinos, thonca vin~ the morning at tho Preabytory, unless ho changoy his mind matgriaily botween last night and thon, and proceed with tho trial of Ins oase. WIAT PROF. BWING BAYS. A roportor called upon him yesterdsy, and talked to Lim, with tho following rosult : Roportor—Is thore any truth in tho Times' statoment of to-day rolative to your waiving trial, and to your belng busied in writing o lettor giving up tho Presbyterian Ohurch ? Prof. Swing—It is altogother unofficial. I Honnibal, Quincy & 8t. Lonis Raiiroad to Honuibal, and thonco via tho Hannibal & 8t. Jo Tiailroad to 8t. Josoph, and thonco via tho 8t. Josoph & Donver City fiailrond to Fort Koarnoy, on tho Union Pacifio. _'The new freight tariff to Ban Fronciaco, adopted for the now route, will bo l:]ulwlmtlnfly the samo ag that of ‘tho Tows Tondd. § . Tho rates are as follows: Firat-olass, 885; Bocond-class,” §3; third-class, 82.76; fourth- t to appoar . Monday for trinl, Tho clag, 82,60 Olusa A, 82.95; Olnss D, 82; Olasa | Tioece ot ita lden from o privats. aonvorss, ©, $1.60;Olass D, 8160, ton - 6f mino with o Tdond whor It "As moy bo supposed, the Yowa lincs arg very indignant. Thoy sny Obicago nhlpflurn will pre- for to ship over their lines, which are much shorter than tho new routo, and since the ratos nro substantinlly the eamoas theirs, they will got the bulk of the California busincss in spite of Mr. Vining. . Bhould Vining rofuso to take {roight from thom on tho samo terms as from tho “other roads they would- appeal to Oon- gross and domand their rights, The threo gooflnk Towa lines aro considoring the advisa~ ility of reducing tho rates to Omabn, thus out~ ting off tho Alton, whick will bo unabla to com- {mto with them for that trado, having no line to hint city. Thoro is hardly o probability that the new nnungemunt will lngt for any longth of timo, a5 Omahos by it has boen- left out in the col all’ tho through froights ing aroun it by way of Kearney. jome of tho General Froight Agents of tho Towna linos stato that.tho samo torms - which My, Smith bas nccoptod wero offorad to them' by Mr, Vin- ing somo timo ngo, but refused.: es0 torms wore that Lo (Vining) would prorato with thom provided umg ‘would ship their thmu%h froight ouly via tho Michigan Centrsl ond firio Rail- ronds, which they rofused to do, bocauso it would havo beon ‘s discrimination’ against tho Mmu;gnn Bouthorn, Pittsburgh & Fort Wayne, New York Contral, and Ponnsylvania Railroads. ———— - would appesr, was guilly of & breach of confidonce. That was how the mattor gob around. Tho Times man was afraid something was going on that ho did not know. ‘Then ho wroto the affair up on guess-work., That is all thoro was to tho wholo affair, All that I enid was that I might, undor cortain olroumstauces, lonvo tho Churob. 4 DR, PATTERSON, A roportor aleo callod on tho Rov. R. W, Pat- torson, one of tho Profeasor’s frionds, and inter~ viowed him to this offcot: Roporter—1Ia it true that Prof. Swing contorn~ latos withdrawing from tho Presbytorian hurch 2 Dr. Pattorson—I have not seen him, but un- dorstand that he has not decded to withdrayw. Roportor—Would such a course bo adyisablo? Dr, Pattorson—No, 1 sliould not think it would bo. Ithiok it would Le much botter for him to remnin and havo tho trial go on—botter for his own intorests, and bottor for tho cause, to Lave tho charges inveatigatod, siuca it would clear up many things. * : Roporter—What nature of things ? * Dr. Patterson—Tho oharges. I think they would bo shown to bo insufliciently sustained, Roportor—Have you heard anything about tho Professor's lonving tho Church ? 3 Dr. Pattorson—Only by rumors, Roportor—If ho - intonded doing anything of tho kind would you not bo apt to know it ? Dr. Pattorson—X think go. I do not bohieve ho would mako up his mind to such a course without consulting his frionds. " Toportor—Has ho intimated anything looling that way ? A 2 Dr, Pattéreon—Not to mo: I think ho must have expressed himsolf as wavering, but tho pordon to whom ho spoke must *have misundar- Btood him, from tho published account of tho mattor, 1f ho bad 'dotorminod on anything T would know it. My improssion is that Lo will atand’ trinl boforo the Prosbytery; but, if tho thing is not sotiled ' thero, I would not bo sur- prised if ho did’ withdraw from tho Churel, though I have no nnl:hnrlsy for_saying so. He is a'veory sensitivo man, and, na Patton will pur- 8ue him to the Synod snd- doneral Assembly, ho would not waste his timo' tor two or threo yoars and suffor the naunoyance and bo disturbed in his work, inevitablo whilo- tho charges ara hang- iog ovor him. ' I kuow that he is not willing to do that, -Ho hns the confidence of the more generous patt of the Prosbyterians, and I do not suppose—L know nothing about it, though—that he bolieves ho.could ever satisfy those who are sumuinphl.gn in this mattor, whatovor he might 0 or eny. ' 3 TUE BTANDARD ON HERISY-HUNTING. ‘Tho lust number of-tho Standard has an odito- risl on * Horesy-Hunting,” from' which the fol- lowing is extructod: ¥oaE MISOELLANEOUS. . REOEIVERS ATPOINTED FOR TIE OAIRO & VINCENNES BAILROAD. 5 Spectal Dispateh to Ths Clicagn Tridune, 2 BeninariELD, I1L, April 20.—The Cairo & Vin- connes Railrond Recolvership wasa .sottled this afternoon after two days' strugglo, by the ap- pointment of Wonry L. Morrill,’ Esq., of Evahs=~ villo, Ind., and John Crorar,, Eeq., ‘of. Ghicago. Notwithatanding: the Oompany’s opposition,to the union of these two namos in the appoint- mont, it 1s not too much to say that thoy are tho very best that". coutd have beon soloct- od.” Mr - Crorar is o woll-known' oftl- zon of Ohicngo, tnd , . .was,~ interosted thro_u;lrh lis Now York ' partnor, in the con- struotion of tho rond with Winslow' & Wilson, tho complamants at whoso instance tho ordor for tho Racelvor was mado. Mr. Morrill sas Super- intondont of' Construction under Winslow & ‘Wilson, {8 an ablo, honost man, and is thorongh- 1y scquainted with tho rond, 'The new managers hinve o most difficult task boforo them, as tho rond I8 uttorly insolvent, but they will male all ont of it of which it {8 capable, and do the best for all ita croditors, . R $ TAILROAD ELEVATONS LIADLE TO DE TAXED IN ‘WISCONSIN AS TIIVATS PROPERTY. Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, MILWAUREE, w:u. ‘Apnl 20.—The opiuion of DAILY: TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, APRIL 30,:1874, purchase cost, 8073; maving on old prics, €818." - As plastor has boon solling lioro, at-yo:' tail, during tho past sonson, at $10 por ton, it is ovldont thint tho Grangors, in paying $11,20 _per. ton, hnve rot mado a eaving of $818 on tho present prico§ ond, as_plastor never sola horo for moro thau 312 or $18 per ton, it is oqually ovidon® thint they have not saved that amount on tho old prico, - Whoover mado that siatoment ouglht to rovisa It, na, in' itk p'x;ouout shape, it 3. G wiil cortaluly not **hold watoer, % THE COURTS, Mincclianeous Husiness ‘Tranancted: Yestordny. GREDAT WESTERN TELEGRAPI COMPANY. ‘. . Yostordsy Solah Boove, ono of tho defend- suts in tho caso of tho Groat Weatorn Tolograph Company v. Sclah Reeve et al., by his attornoy, Thomas J,, Buthorland, filod his answor to tho bill of complainant.. Tho anawoer is vory full ood exhaustive, and donios nearly all of tho matorinl ollogations of the bill and nlloging much new mattor. Xt sota up that the.Com- pany ia indebted to Toove for lines built for it cnst of tho Misslésippl River in tho sum of nearly $30,000 ; and that as to the linos now oporated By tha Company west of tho nflnslawlrpl River, beiug about 800 milos of complotod telo- graph lines, which cost about $260,000, thoy aro ouly used by sald Compauy undor s loan from Roove, the'fall titlo of tho snmo boingin dofend- nut, 08 recoguized by tho Company under resolution of tho Directors of June 5, 1872, and that no money was ovor patd Roove on tho linca. Tho nuswer donles all fraud or fraudulont in~ tent, oithior on tho part of Roove, or defendant, Gnge ; but charges tho presont oMoors, manas« gors, and sollcitors of sald Company with o want of falth to its intorosts, tho dofendsut allog- ing that complainant, during tho proscou- tion and dofending of the Terwilliger sult, spont noarly 816,000 of ita stock and money, which was uged {n ita own dofenso, in -paymont of counsol foos and tho oxponses of that suit, which aro not chargeable to defendant, nor was tho money pald undor and by tho advice of defend- ont or by dofondant ; and which sums of mounoy and stocks woro paid to porpotuato tho exist- onco of complainant, which, it is tho bollof of dofondant, tho prosont oficors and attorneys and golicitors of tho snid Company complainant nro sooking to dostroy as rapldly as-their ine: onuily and succass in imposing upon the eredu- fily and confidonco of tho stockholders sud tho courts will permit. - LIBEL SUIT AGAINST THE TIMES, Oharles L. Ingersoll commenced a libol suib ngoinst tho Chicago Times, Jaying. damagos at 100,000, Ingersoll says ho is a resident of Do Boto, Wis., and engagod in busiposa with his brothor, On tho 18th of March last an_ article apponred in the ZTimes hoadod - *Beduction, Bwindling, and Libol” In_ the arlicle it was clarged that tho plsintiff had usod false or load- od weights in buying grain, and whon discoverod by his brothor had threatencd to drivo him out of tho county, It was also .dl:fsd that tho ‘plaintiff © had been guiity of Boduciug his' nigeo, a girl only 14 yoars of ngfis, tho duughtor of his partnor and brother, Tho noighbors have naturally avoided him, and his bm%hur rofusod to Linve anything (o do with him, and bo thinks bis businoss hins suatainod §100,000 damnge thoreby. & DANRRUPTCY ITEMS, K An attnchmontwas ordered to be issued agalnat: Aunio Johueon unless sho filo hor achedules in five days after notico, § In the mattor of Willism Mills s creditors’ meoting was ordered for May 29, 1874, and tho cago roforrod to tho Register for a final report. Jonns Kuppenheimorwas appolnted Provisional Assiguoa of Adolph Kuhu et al. SUPLRIOR COURT IN DRIEF. . ... Honry Witbeck bogun n_suit in attachment agoinst Joln ¢, Barnes and James T. Authony for £8,008.60. . Wolcott, Smith & Cb. bogan 'n suit’ ngainst ggwsgg MoNair and Patrickk ' ‘Cavansugh for ,000. CIRCUIT COURT. James Sutton besguu a suit against the city, tho Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railrond Company, J. H. Laughlin, and the Wilmington Star Coal Compnuy, claiming $1,000, Morrid Foloy bogan a suit for $1,600 sgainat | tho Manufacturers’ National Bank, - Reuben M. Edgeworth bogan s suit in roplevin for $1,000 nganst B, M. Daveuport and — Beanlon. E TIER COUNTY COURT, 2 In tho mattor of tho estato of Jobn W. Smith, ant of administration was issued to Jonnie W. §fmm under an approved bond of £80,000. "Tho sppraisoment of tho eatalo of the lato William Laiston was approved. Graut of ndministration was issued [to Emily Hucko, to administer upon thoestato of tho lnte Josoph Hacket under an approvad bond'of $36,~ 000; nlso lottera of guardiauship woro fssusd to her as guardian of Joseph Hackett et al., minors, nodar nn approvod bond of $50,060, ‘Louisa M. Tilliughaat was nvnlulcd adminis- tratrix of the ostato of David V. Tillinghast, and Lior bond of £3,000 was approved. . ol Anton Doniling was appointod administratorof. tho estato of tho Inte Ursula Demling, undor an approved bond of $1,600. In tho matter of tho estato of James Ormrod- Hoyworth, graut of administration was issned to Julia Frances Hoyworth under an approved bond of £300,000. X - St Arthur Nelson was appointed administrator of tho estato of the late Potor Nolson, and hia bond of £4,600 was'approved, * Tho will and codicil of tho lato Joshua Garri- #on was proven, and lotters testamentary were issued 1o Ountino Gurrison. Exeoutor’s individ- ual bond of §22,000 was approved. THE OALL, Jupare BrobaerT is occupied: with the Howell coso. JUDGE BLODGETT. A Potition to Have One of His Rules Overruled, | Bpecimons of Judicial Inoquality. | A potition waa filod yostorday in the .United Btatos Oironit Oourt by Adolph Mosos, ‘Eeq,, to toat tho legality of a rule which hns boon eomo- #imos onforcod in.bankruptoy procoodings, At- tornoys ospecially will romember that somotimea thoy have, when fillng & polition and ewenrlog to it on boholt of non-rosidont oreditors, boon roquired to filo & bond a8 scourity fof any dam- ngos that might bo sustsined by resson of a wrongful procoeding, or. a8 proof of tho su- thority of tho attornoy to act- in the promises, or againat want of probable cause, TILE PETITION of Mr. Mosen atatos that on tho 23d of April he, 84 attornoy and agent of Z, Btorn & ' Co., of Now Yorl, filed o potition, voritied with his aflidavit, sgaiust Harris Lovinson, of this oity. This practice of bavingtho pelition voriflod by the attornoy is often nocossary it is claimed in tho oago of nou-rosident. croditors, and has_boon sanctionad by goveral Dlstriot Courts and also by tho Ctrouit Court of tho Northern District of Iilinols, Itis claimod that NO TULE OF THIS OARACTER has ever beon l’rlntufl among the rules of the Diatriot - Courf, but tho Court - claims to havo Inaugurated. such & practico. Morcovor, If such bo really o rulo, it appoars to Liavo boon Lonored rather in the branch than in tlio obgorvanco for out of tho fifty-tvo casos in which attornoys havo filed petitions and vorified thom on bohalf of thoir clionts sinco May 14, 1873 (tho date whon such an ordor was firat mado), in only twonty onsos have bonds been re- quired. THE RULE WAS FIMST ENFOROED against tho petitionor in tho mattor of Lisbon- agsln ot al,, No. 2,800 of -tho bankrnptoy doolket. Arule to phow causo only was issued, but n bond was required, for no specifiod amount, on tho condition that ho should be lisblo if tho procoodings were wrongly commencoed. In Nbo. 2,384, in whichn rulo’ and Erovlalonnl WoT- xant was lssuod, potitionor was obliged to give o bond for gonoral: dmagos in caso of wrongful procooding. ¢ No bond was required of him in a similar coso, No. 2,416, nor_in Nos. 2,430, 2,443 and 2,638, Inthe caso of Levinson, mentione above, howovor, ho was roquired to give a bond against damages if ho should not bo suthorized to commonco proooedings. This ho refused to do, and'no rule to show causo was allowed. ' Alr, ‘Moges alleges further, that the > CONDITIONS OF THE VARIODS TONDB differ widoly ; that in his case last mentloned, tho fack that ho was authorized to commenco procoodings was sworn to iu bis afidavit, and an ordor requiring 8 hond carries logicslly tho inforenco that the Court doubts his” statemant, and that, by reason of such doubt, the dobtor sliould boindemnified. Judgo Blodgott has statod in answor to repeated remonatrancos to this rulo, that bis action was basod on tho practice of requiring such bonds, ‘but gavdé no furthor roasons. No act of Con- groas, norulos of the Snpromo Court, and no goneral practioo in othor Disiricts, justify or sanction such a practics, . nnd potitioner clnims that it rofleots invidiously on the integ- rity of .the profession, who are sworn -officors of the Court, to require such a bond, es- pocially a8 it is not required at all times nor of all attornoys, mor aven uniformly of the samo attorney, Alg clork or travoling agent of n non-rosidont firm might como hoto and sign-and swoar to a potition without ;zlvlng a bond, and it 1o gross_injustico to require it of n romident sworn offtecr of the Court. In addition, no suroty besido the attorney is required on tho so- called bond, but it is merely signod by the attor- ney. Lo, ) deud ¥ FORM OF BOND, Thefollowing is & copy: District Court_of the.Uniled States, Northern Dutrict of Allinots 1In thio matter of Harrls Levinson sgainst whom o Rn!mtg l;)r adjudication of bankruptey- was. filed on )i, tho undersigned, do heroby enter mysolf as suroty in 5aid caugo to pay fo sald Harrls Levinson tho sumn o8 $0.000, should it Lioreatter snpoat iat aald procecd- iugs were instituted by sald undorsigned without aue thority, »._. . -.. -Aporpic Moors, - But it is nlleged such bond creates no addi- tionnl rus&?nulhllily. uor doos it givo additional security, tho attornoy. being responsiblo by com- ‘mon law for any malfensancoe, v & -LACK OF UNIFORMITY, . . ' ... Thig rule, it is conceded, .would. be legal if it had tho ' nccessary pxiuclpfn of uniformity, but whon tho racords ehow that it has been enforcod in only about twvo casos out of flve, or twonty oases aut of fitty-two, it can not ba ealled & rule, but it oxception, DBut should it bo insisted on, it ought to be extended to all porsons, whether agents, attorneys, or_principale;.as thero is the samo danger if a New York creditor, for in- stance; comes' on hore himself and commences proceedings ag though an attorney hote begina them, Potitionor asserts moreover that thoro ia s MUCH DISSATISTACTION ; ‘smong the membera of the;Bar, but that the rule Ling boon tolorated 6o 88 ok to_raito any ques- tion with Judge Blodgett, tho District Judgo, 80. poreonal in ita character as this would be, and «tho simple dosire ia to have the rale abolishod or mado uniform in practice, if rotained. - ‘- ‘Wherefore, potitioners ask that an ordor be ontered by tho Cireuit Court, that a ralo.to show causo, without any ' bonds belog filed, be issuod against Harris Lovinson, end for such other xsfinl asmay bo consistont in the premises. AMITY CHURCH. “ariiong you track Juno 23, 246 25, ond 26, tho Supromo Gout fn_tho casa of tho city agaiust the Milwaukeo & St.. Paul Railrond for taxcs on the elovators is publiched. Tho opinion afirms tho liability of tho olovators ns private proporty to city taxation, 'Whis is rogordod ne sottling ‘the unconatitutionality 6f Gon, West's bill rog- nlnlln;i,l_h! elevators an tho ground ' 'of thoir be- ing public warehouses, i VERDICT AGAINST A RATLROAD. . Special Dwvatch to’ The Chicago Tribune, Brooyinaron, IiL,” April 20,—In Fobrnary last, oug Jamos ‘Waofl, of Arrowsmith, this conn- iy, was cjected from o' train on tho Lafayotto, Bioomington & Misnlssippi Railroad, hocatise ho offerod in payment of faron round-trip ticket whone time liad oxpired. Waod brought suit in tho'County Court and obtalned n verdict for fln?, and to-dny tho defondnnt asks for & mow rial.' e THE NEW JERGEY BOUTHERN TAILROAD® TROUDLES BETTLED, TrexTON, N. J.,April 20,.—The New Jersey Boutbern Railroad diflloulty has -been settled by an order of tho Chancollor turniug over to George B, Upton and' Benjamin Willinmson, Trustoes, who held the proporty as mortgageos, all its branches, and roal and personal property of tho road now held hir or under- control of William 8. 8nedon, RRecelvor, RATLIOAD APPOINTMENT. ¥ Special Dupateh to The Chieago Tridune, i Omana, Neb,, Avril 20.—It i3 announced on the nl§hest authority that Mr, T\ E. Sickles, Gonoral H:(fcrlnlandhnfi of the Union Paoiflo, hos resigned, and Mr. 8, H. H. Olarke lato Assis- tont General Buperintendent, has been appointed to fill the yacanoy. Alr, Biokles rotains his po- sition ag Chiof Engineor of the Union Pacific and Colorado Central ronds, Mr. Olarke's ap- Ppeintment gives goneral satisfaction, . £ —_———— ' . LAPORTE COUNTY, IND,, FAIR. ., Bpecial Disvateh to Tho Chitcago Tribune, = * Taronrte, Ind,, April 20.—The noxt summor- meoting of tho Laporto Agriouttural Socloty will bo held at thelr beautiful grounds and suburb Premiuma to the amount of $3,600 will bo offorod, The grounds of the Laporto Associntion contain 81 acros, nd- Joining tho oity limits, and within ten minutes’ walk of tho Unton Depot. Thoy are high, sha- dy, dry, undulating, and afford s fine view of ovory part of tho course. They sre embollished with namerous halls, oflicos, shods, and shade- troos, and m1nmph\thanhm._ or grand stund, built’ upon the most approve Ilnn,‘ and capablo of ‘comfortobly seativg 4,000 poo- plo. The timo-track .i8 A - fi hialf- wilo, porfactly graded, 50° foot wlide, scoursly foucod on both sidos, froe from dust and pob- bles, firm yot olastio, andepronounced by expe- rionced obsorvers and drivors to ba nnaqnni)ml in tho country. Four wollsof puro wator are in oemmtlau, aud there aro stalls and dry and safo stabls on tho gropnds for tho accommodation of 100 borsos ; bosldes these, scores of private alables will bo at tho aorvice of thoso who do- siro thom, Tho city contains 8,000 inhabitants, with unsurpassed hotol nccommodations ; eltu- ato 00 milos oast of Chicago, aud 75 milos north- Wout of Peru, Tho Lalio Bhore & Michigan Bouthorn, aud tho Indianapolls, Pory & Ohicago Railronda pass througl tho elty at right an los, mnking ensy ncces8 from overy direotion, Hpoolal rates for froights will Lo arvanged if poi- le, aud overy pain will e takon to mako this mnut\na 100g to be romombered by all who may onjoy ity ploasures. — P THE REFORMED EPISCOPALIANS. ew Yonx, April 20,~Tho Rev, Mr, Sabine, who loft the’ Eplscopal Church on Burday, Lay accopted tho pastorato of the First Roformed gm-cu al Ohurob, latoly organizod by Biehop ummins. -wus allogod, to tho princlyles and measures of th A rellgious denomination La for its Lnsls certain fundamental principles and doctrinos which nroome— bodied in its cread, ~This creod, iu uo fur o it differs from other creods, In tho ouly apology for tho oxise tenco of soparate denominations, Eack tina something distinct from all others, which is rogurded as of sufliclent fioportanca to Jualify an indepeudent ox~ fatouce, ~ Evory porson Who Jolus a chureli of any denominations “doos it voluntarily, sud of his owi froo will subsoribos to its orcod, ' Ho takos his stand buforo tho world upon it; ho dvowa it to whom It inny concern 08 -his bolief, ANl nro privilegod fo cluogo thelr roligious viows: to exorelsa fully tho rights of conuctuinco ; but no nau s sulborized 1o attompt to ramadn fn n church while opposod Lo fis nr. tlclos of faith ; and whitle within tho pala to pat forth offorts to undormine them, It fu his duty o sock compaufonship and .commuinton_congoufat to Lls own ideaa of truth. But if Lo fufl to recoguize (s, it be~ comoa the duty of tho chirch and of tho mombership to maintain tho purity of its doctrines by oxpelling thy offonding party—a duty which tho cause of truth fin- punhvuli' ‘domanda of thow fo perforin, howover un- pluasunt It may bo, To mointain truth—to presorva thio fnteyrity of Chrisiiun doetrine, ns liold by tho de- nominatioy, is, then, ** heresy-hunting,” Without this vigilauco ; ‘without 'this firimess and falthfuluess, clinos would Boon relgn fu ovory church, nnd 8 o’ Dorship would bo as lioterogendous in thlelr boliefs and doctrines as 14 our population, But lot us Jook n little further, and sco what thego political papors, who mako themolved 6o offensively ofticioua in Oturch matters, Livvo beon about in thelr own particular aphiere,—in political horesy-hunting,” ‘We remombor nbout two years ugo, Tux C1ir0a60 Tii~ DUNE, tha leading Republican paper of the Northwest, ~ith athors, took o notion fo_kupyort Mr. Gresloy and tho “ Lilieral Movoment,” Towediately tho Journal and all other pupors elmilarly minded, bocamo * Panl Prya” and went to “ eress-hunting,” and ondeavored to Liont Tite TRIBUNE, not only ot ‘of th Ropublican party but ont of existence. It had proved {nllhlm!l.‘u o Tto- ‘publican organization, and should, therotore, bo cast ont, Aud ovorybody' who refusgd to voto for any drinkon togabond who may havo recolved ‘{ha “#regulur ¥ “nomfuntion, fa hunted down by these olitical ~ popers as o ‘“gorohead” or “lolter. ~ Now, Mr. Patton boloves that Prof, Bwing hos Bm\'ed faithless to tho doctrines and creed of the Pres| flil!rl\m Church; if an houcst man, & con- slstent Preabyterion and Clirlstian, ho fa Lound (o bring about an Investigation “tosoa it theso things aro 50, 1o coks, slniply, o presorvo tho purity nud futogrity of thedoctrines nd crood of hfa oburcl, which lio rogarda 83 bojng endangorad by tho toache 1nge of Prof Swing, If he fall to muko good bia olnta efore tho (ribunal which will try tho mutter, Foviit sluspiy provo that o misjudged 1f o sust taine tham, the rosponslbilly falls buck upon tho re. spondent : o 18 Judged no longor a_truo osponcnt of Pregbytorfaniam, sud a8 on honest man and truo Ohiriutian Lio will doubtless cheerfully submit to the declaion of his brothron, and scok Lia raligions aflinily olnowhoro, Thomatter'fa of gonoral inforest 0 i rincipios applicable ta all denominations, Tn tholr dlsoussions tho polftical journala oxbibit a Isntontablo ignorance of thio principios which underito rollglous orgavizations, Thoy progecd, spparently, upon tho suppaaltion tit & chuceh o mpiy an ai- grogution of individuals priviloged to Liold and propos getonll sorts of diverso and conflloting views and opinlous, and that any sttomyt to eufarce conformity to 1Lu creed, to whio all, on_ ontoring Its portal, sub. scribo, {8 ‘opprossion aud poracoution, Htarting out with wuch viows of church_foundations, it fs no won. der that lh? take positions utterly untenablo and {n. dulge in_denuyoiations wholly inwarrunted by tho clroumstancos of facis of any glven caso, e ailvine our friends, tho cdilory, ta study w liitie morn into olurch polity before ihisy venturs opinions ex-cathe dra upon important ccclosinstical questions, At nost, Wo lualat that thoy shall allow cliurches {ho smua sighta snd privilogea of diacipiiuo which oy dlaim aud oxorciso for tholr respectivo nolitioal parlics, —— A PURCHASE OF PLASTER, ArPrETON, Wis,, April 7, 1674 To the Editor of The Chicago d'ribune * Bmy Tho following statoment hias appeared . twico, to my knowledge, in your columns, aud, " bolog vory far from corroot, it ia time some ono contradioted ft: *Tho Outagamio County, Wig,, Grange honght 00 tons of plastor at ono Jupae Roaers—299, 801, 805 to 808, .Junax Boori—111 to 130, nxcn}:: 127, Jupox Trre—2,868, 6,079, 1,101, 422, Jupar Fanwert—No call aunouncod. o BJ rInD:;n MoRonenre—88 to 110, excopt 89, ‘96, 0! . 2 JupaE JaupsoN—128, 127, 128, 180 to 140 in<, clustve. B b 2 Jupax Sarri—Hlotions for now trials. - JUDGMENTS, The Rev. Florence McCarthy Organs 1zes His Flock. . Amity Baptist Church was duly organized lost evening at Martine's Dancing Acadomy, on Ada- streot. The attondanco was quite large, and tho procoedings woré charaoterizod by decorum and expedition.”. A floral cross and a wreath of ever- groous constituted tho adornments of the hall. ' Dr. Briggs.was called upon to proside, and Mr, O. E, Parent was electod Becrotary vro tor. Tho namesof tho sixty-six signers of tho Amity Baptiat Obaroh conétitution wero then read by the Rev. Florenoo McOarthy, Ho aleo read o " lottor from Union Park Baptist Church, granting dismission to forty-four members of that community, ‘Tho latter number eleatod tho oth- ors who had signed tho Constitution membors of ‘hg'fi‘;{:gflun of offlcors was noxt in order, Borenion Jount—OoNrrssioNs,~Willlam Matihie v. . W. Dirkmeyer, $454.72, Jupa® MoRonents.—Iugh Maher v. A, I, Bron- son, £3,043.32.—Oharlotto Spoer ot .al, v. Tho Oity of Ohicago, $360.—Jacob Mayer v, Josoph Wilson, John 1L, Curpeuter, Willlam "Carponter, aud Josoph. B, Fiynu ; record of judgment for $476.04 restored, JUDGE JAMESON—S, B, Parkhurat v, ‘Jool Grubb, $160.10.—I, N, Harman' v, J. O, Denison and J. 8, Bartlott, $60,7¢.—Unlon Foundry Works v. E. J, Mont= gomery, $291.564.—Jolin H, Moyor v. Willlam Ewers, ?Est}'m = -Artemus Carter v, Willlam X, Steolo, 2,048,09, - Onourr Counr—CoNTesstons.—Jamon B, Floyd v, Catliorino M, Kolly, $268,—John B, Colton v. Petor Bloutin and Peter Eruckson.—Tohn B, Colton V. Later Eruclson, Peter Dlontin, and Nols Erickson, Junar Boorn—Elizabeth MoDonnld v, Jares Mur- ray ond August AcGowsn ; veidict, $138.80, . " JupaE Turs—Jobn Schinfltz v, Willlsm' Bowdon; and yGoodman; ‘Trusteos, "W. W. Biogham, W. M. Lucas, and J. J. Montague. .. “ Tho mattor of electing Doacons was indofi- 1y mitely postponed at tho suggestion of the pastor, T = =T o wishod -t wail “untt other mouwbbra had AMUSEMENTS. joined the organization. : ‘The following resolutions, whioh were adopt- ed, wero offered by tho Rov. Florence McQarthy : * Resolved, Lhat tho Trustocs o instructed as fol- Towa ¢ > ‘Thoy shall opon at Gnce a_ subscription-lst for a fund for tho pirposo of proouring luid and bufiding and furnishing o houso of worship thoroon for tho itia of thia Ohureli, o bu callod the Amity Baptist Ohurch-: Bullding Fund........, PR £ ‘hio monoys and Sthor proparty belongiug to this fund shall o kept sacred from any, odhior use what- GTiERK. By - The third reproscntation 6f “La Fillo do Mme. Angot™ was givon last ‘evening. at MoVickor's Thentro to n good house, and 'this evening the favorito opernof * Genoviove doBrabant " will bo performod. # ' DENEFIT CONOERT. i A voeal and intrumental concort will be given', thus evening at the Unien Park Congrogational Church in nid of tho -Homo for the Frlondless, witl tho following programm i 1, ¥antasio fn A miuor..., . Dir, Loufs Faik, 2. “Qood Night, Beloved ™., Alres £, . Siridiron, {Ulrdhml Wolsey, " Jemmy Daweon, AMr, John MeIntouh, 4, Aria from * Masuntello”, T, over, “I'lio public {a to Lo sppealod to, s uearly as possible, for noolhor donatlon 't o Eliureh except €or thls The Trustees ahalt bo empoworod to manipulsto and "tnvest tho hulldlug“{um\ in auy way that they skall unanfinously approve aa the most profitable, "o ront of tho hall shall bo paid out of tho Suudsy ‘collections and tho constitutionsl contributious. . Tha pastor shial¥rocoiva tho residuv of thesa funds, after tho hall-rent ia pald, until furibor arrangements are wado, A recoss wan then taken and many other por- sons sigued the Coustitution aud some pledgos +eveser Richter ++iBalle’ ‘Bhakspeara Anon, +1easAuber 8. Rondo Capricclos Mondelssohn | of monthly puymonts woro mado, Aftor the Aiss Hattte Leonard, = singlng of * Newrer, My God, to Theo,” M, Me-" .8, “Qupa Fatal ™, ++.onttmmerl | Carthy read the following lettor from' the Rev. e daunaaer Mgt Browad qarg | John Liordon : . 7 oniors O Oneaao, April 29, 1874, JIr, John 8, “Jack 0'Hozoldean ™, Alias Uelic 0. 10, iev, Florence HeCrrihy. ‘My Dean Brotnin: Our Teguinr church prayer- ‘meeting forhids my accopting your kind fuvitation to Bttoud tho organization of your church thiu oventug, T would gludly havo minde’a fow romurks, but foar you would not yuch eujoy my ! protost ” ngalnat your &o-caliod “Open Communion,” In iy opinlon snd experience, it 18 iudofinable, llogleal, and_ unscrip~ Susals Knd, e » mnsge of policy, it 18 riot caloulated— udglog by tho histary of #Ohen Communion in apiist obitrchios—to provo a succoss, 1 havo no desiro or authurity to condomn you for Bolding to opuu communion, sugd his change, I ain uwary, is by no meaus sudden, for I wall romembor rouding aud !u.-nrln5 mml TOMATks Upon o £ormon roached by you in Unfon Park Baptiat Cliurch soma wo years ago, in which you dissontod from the viows of thio regulur Baptlats, i I avo never lookod upon you as Laving dopartod Romanza for tenor, Ar. # Souvenir to Napica % Messre, Masor and Faik, — Gnrdening on Shares, From the New Bedford Mcreury, A good story, and all the bottor in {mln true, is told of one of our citizons, who lot a pioce of rouud to s man on shares. T'ho man would fiim tho lot, but tho owner, doubtful of potting auy monoy of tho tonant, proposed to lot gz upon tho promise of recoivivg Lalf the producte. Oc- caglonally during tho summor ho passoed the spot and was ploased” with tho oultivation it was re. | from tbe Daptist miniatry, for.no demand was colving, B it lta goodly shiow of vogetablos, | ik nade o my kuowladgo, - for Jou te Hurvest timo camo and vassed, apd: Lo hoard | &5 P no_ {ribunal civil or ssered, would sustain tho parado: vordict of tho [ato Gouncll, but your prosont o do- parturo” sovora you from our great donomination, "Chls X muoli regrat, for I bellovo, under propar influ: onges, your miulalry would bo groatly bleasod, I stil} recoguizo you &y s minfater of Oliriat, ane will'bless you i bringinig many elunors to the Savior, Oh, my brotlier, in (i ago of wiokedness and horony, Jréacticuriatl Oling to th Orous] Do dstorminad 0 koW nolbing ainceg men #AYe Jeaus Olrlt, nothing from his tonant, till, in respose toa Lint, tho latter ont to him = watermolon and threo sbrivoled cuoumbers, Indignant at this shabby treatmont, he called upon tho man and askod” Lim what ho moant, Wiy, you seo, 'aquire,” roplied tho touant, **the 'posky boys nculub :;l' of ‘your halt but the melon aud fho cu= oumbor, resultod: a8 follows: Oburch Olerk, ' Willism - d trust dad. snd Him orncifiod. The 80108 aro whito— tho isborors are ‘fow, ¥iol M4 DDA eharaor f i, T 8, 18 story of Calvary and tho procious blo provo o E«;wo’r of God unto -;mulu:.fl o6 Siag il resont thin evening, motmberahip b pray much for (helr. B 1 ke fomind them of Paul'a advice to tho Thessalonfunet e beavech yor, brothiron, to know thom who Iates o snd are over yait in the Lord, and admons hiagioUs and to csteom thom vory Lighly in lova for ik ararln aako, oud o st posca aumong yoursolves, y . oltn GoRDON, af 'hn‘ Rov. N, F\.: Ravlin, of Temple Baplist. : hurol, was thon introdueod, and, taking his oxt from Matthow, 18,, 18, doliverod n Bormon in whiok ho maintalnod thdt Ohuroh dissanaions 60 far from produclug domoralization, L culatod to do good in rolj fon, whon basod on & just foundstion, Balvation could not bo oir- A"I‘,“’- e, m""“l’l“b'“' ? i, was univorsal, in~ Tayor was thon offorod up by tho Ry, Mr, "Tafts, of Miobigan, and the twonty-sacond ;!y]:zt:l;l Was sung to tho organ rocompanimont, After ‘bonediotion by the Rov. Mr. Ravlin, tho pastor aunounaed’ that opon communion, in el rollgioniats of sll eroods wora fuvited to join, would be Leld fn the hall noxt Bunday morming, and the congrogation diapersed, privae i mcitons MATRIMONIAL, A llln.m!_llld Wedding to Como Off in Now York Wosdny. * Bpeelal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune., New Yon, April 20.—Ono of tho largoat wed- divgs sinco tho,fomous dinmond wadding of Oviedo, twonty yonrs ngo, will take place to- morrow night, in this olty. Tho groom is the Bom Moxioan Minlstor 1o iho Courbof Durlln, Gon. I, Bennvides, n personal friend and. par= tisan of Presldont Tojada. Tio is abont 45 yoarn of n%n‘ and enormously wonlthy ; and is noted in tho Olty of Moxico for his groat learning, intondod brido {s Miss Frioderika lunbufil Hol« den, daughtor of Fredoricle Holdon, of thia city. Bhao is only 18, and not woalthy, oxcapt in charn of poraon, boing ono of the most Loautifal brunottes in tho city, and of tall and Rraco. ful earringo. The groom's gifts of silvermara aod ?awu to tho bride have boen on oxhibftion for somo daya. A dinmond cross, which has boen manufactured for tho bride, con’ tains clovon of the finest brilliants over ' soon Liére, ng{eragntlng iftoon carats, valuod at 6,500, 1t linuga from o nacklnco 'of the most dofiento and exquisito workmanahip, from whiohs are pondant a largo numbor—probably 160— of dinmonds, about a half-carat osoh in wolght. Tho solitairo oar-rings acoompanying tho crosa ©oat §5,000, and are asInrgo as ono's fore-finger néll. " Another ct, of cumeos, consiating of n brooch and ear-rings, s sot'in small diamond sprays.eud laxgo poearls, Thero ara bracelota innumorable ; but tho most remarkable aro of largo poarls sot in bluo enamol with dismond bands, Tho chatelaine watch is univorsslly ad- mired a8 the noatest thing of the kind ever pro~ duced hore. Tho chatelaiuo is of the raro cop- per-colorad gold, with elnborato piercod worfl- manship. Tho faco of the wateh 18 loss thun o quatter of a dollar in aize, the dial marked with both Arabic and Romen numersls. A mag- nificont flesh-colored cameo, with a fignro of Spring orowning herself with flowers, forms tho * baol of the watch. SPIRIT OF THE WESTERN PRESS. The Galonn Gagetle, in an editorinl signed '*H." (Mr. Houghton, the yoteran editor, now rotired from eorvico), takes the ground that tha Prosidont’s veto was s duty, and snys: I¢ tho matter is puranicd by the poopls, s 1t hes boen Ly Congress, tho inovitable result is the formation of tivo parties that will be divided by & geographical line, Now partfes arrayed in this way are the meanost and most dangorous of all partics, aad ny ono who ling tho. power to bresk them up whilo in tho embryo ;" -etate, and does not use it, come what will, omits somos thing, if ho dues not dof, 1f ono_voto, ora dozen, can break up the Inel&hmt formation of such s party In this country, atthis tme, tho powier sliould ba ez~ ercised, b FAE —The sentimont of the Wostis by no meana 80 overwholmingly for inflation as.has. been claimed.—Bloomington (I1l.) Pantagraph. —It is olaimed by the more-currancy advocates ' that the Western farmers demand inflation. This i8 not true.—Cairo SIII.)‘Suu. iy 8 $ —Wo very soriously boliove that the inflation. ist nowspapers nud. advocates are following an dgnis fatuus that'will load_thom far satray. By whnt nuthority nny ono wil] protend to say that tho Wostis in favor of inflation, wo do nob kaow. .., - The fact is that tho Wost -wanta bettor ourrenc; Terre Haute (yind) Gazelte. it wants monoy, it wante gold.—, | -~ —There is one himbug in connootion with this' oxtont that is amazing -to everybody who is cog- nizaut of ths facts in the cu:ol,-ynml’thnt is, vtlfiy - ery that ‘throughont tho West there is a public” sentimont which- domands moro monoy, -antin- “ourronoy-discussion that has -been carried-to an ' crongo of ciroulation, a8 n moasure of.roliof.— -~ Janesville (Wis.) Qazette, s 4 —Tho 8t. Paul Press publishes the reportof a sarios of interviows with leading. baukers and bysinoss-mon: of that ecity. .. .- The pre- ponderance.of opinion scoms to be that the voto was right, and that the President's roagons for it woro in the main sound. A similar stato of feel~ iug, wo bolieve, oxists in Winona, and, indood, throughout the State.~Winona (Minn.) Republi- can. 2% ¥ i —Tho West and South are not #o entlinsiastio nor go foolhardy as to provoke a war of, soctions simply to ostablish tho corredtnoss of a theory whiol nine out of eyery ten undet stand no bot: tor -than a North Amorican Indian doos the tenchings and theorios of Contmoius. . . . ‘Wo caution them {inflationista in CJongress] to go alow, if they would not find themsolves in the humilinting eituntion of leadors’ without s following,. Roprosontatives without a cone stituenoy,—ropudinted and discardod: by thoir former frionds.—COcdar Rapids (Ja.) Republican, - ~—A Radica! Presidont in favor of retuming ta .8pacie payment! Now, Lord, lot thy sorvant dee pa}-z in'poaco |—Ohariton (Jowa) Leader—Oppo- {sition. > —This is tho beat nct of his entire Administra~ tion, for which ho 18 ontitlod to tho.thanks of the.paoplo, itrespoctive of party.— Washinglon (lowa) Gazelte. o —It i8 80 easy for a President to throw tho ro- sponsibility unon others, by offoring tho samo’’ argumonts the inflationists do now, and ploading: - the superior wisdom that must lie in an sggro- Ration of humanity, iu contrast with a siuglo mind. . Gon. Grant, too, more than ordinary impuleo to do this, innsmuch a8 Lis veto menas urably condemned Lis polioy in issuing the * ro- gorve.” But ho hus choson todo otherwise, to do o noble, manly act, tho moat important act of his fivo years' Administration, and tho,ono act that swill brighten that Adminiatration in the history of tha country,—Indianapolis News. i . —Wao caution tho people of this Congressional - District to try well their favorites, and soe if au; of thom are inclined to open tha dykes and floo tho conntry with-paper curroncy, -'As they value their prospority and honor of the nation, lot thow steor cloar of womi or utter Pondlotonian= lum.—Fort Wayne (Ind.) Gazelle. —Tho poople are in no humor to rush pell-mell into ono 1ssuo [inflation], forgetting all others, and forgiving the .wrou{ca they Lave suffered at tho hauds of tho domiuant party. '[he people want, and are dotorminod to havo, an honest and cconomical Government, The - thioves aud money-changers must bo turned from the tomple; : ¥ And if Mossrs, Oarponter, Logan, . and. Morton oxpeot to.blindfold and lead the poople in the. {ucure, as thoy have succeeded in doing-in the poat, their failuro ‘and disnppolntment is & mat tor of cortainty.—Oshkosh (-Wis.):Times, ' '—The pooplo are repudinting” their would-ba londers in Congress, and they will inslubona .~ now doal at the noxt elootion,—Madison ( Wis,) Democerat, - :—Mr, Cannon; membor “of Congress “from Tllinols; o in_a:convereation on the veto of the Currenoy bilt, exprassed tho opinion that *fthe - ‘poople of his district will never accopt any finonolal thoories. whioh will- compal them to ny their mongnga dobts in o ourrenoy in which hoy wero nat contractod.” Considaring that tho peopleof Mr, Cannon's distriot giadly availed thomsolves, aftor the passage of the logal tonder =~ act, of a doprociated currency with whioh to pay thoir debts contracted on a gold basis, thoir prosont position seems slightly lilln donl and une’ fair, Porhops Alr..Canuon is mlu{nken in his ostimato of popular opinion, Perhaps it is only Mr. Cannon himuolf who objeots to paying his mortgage dobis in an_appreciated ourroucy, aa his coustituents would be very foolish to rofuse ::M]lm{fl h:n gold, !{dll:lollr, ooru and pua'kuwould N any gold dollars ns papo; — St. Paul (.fllifl{l. Pross, BresE Lot —_—— Ouriositics of tho Engligh Language. A corwespondont favors Galignani willi: the following additioual lit of tho curlosities of the Euglish mfiungn: ** Fowlors speak of,a Boge of horons and bitterns ; a herd of BWBNA, orancs, or ourlews ; a dopping of bholdrakes; & spring of teals; a covort of gaota; s g8gglo of geosa;'a badolyngo of ducks ; & sord or suto of mallards ; & muster of noacocks; o nyo of phoasants ; & buvl\{ of qunils; o oongrogation of plovers; a walk of suipes; a foll of woodeooks ; a brood of hona; a building of rooka; 8 murmuration of :&vn;‘lll:\s:;‘ :nh m:mr-um of lorks; o flieht of o8t of sparrowa ; o watch of nigh lggnlnn; and o chiarn of goldnohos," s ——— * —An ox-Iinglish oMeor who once outy Bir Gnrnot Wolseloy in his own regimn:fi:?:g & zeportor on m Now Xork ovening pspor,