Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 11, 1874, Page 2

W A, Konkoy, Pred, Fsrmory 8, 0, Wilkips, i, Duoyde, " "THE INDEPENDENTS, Oall for an Tllinois Tndepend- ent State Convention, To Nominate Candidates for .. State Officers. Thoe Convention to Bo Weld at Spring- ficld on the 10(h Prox: “The' Real Issuo Involved In the Farmers’ Movement.” An Address Delivered by Mr. Charles W. " Greeno, Secrotary of tho Nationnl Agrienjtural Congress. ILLINOIS INDEPENDENT STATE QON- VENTION, . In accordanco with the power vestod in thom by Art. 8 of tho Constitution of the Lllinols State Tarmare' Assaciation, tho undersigned, the mem- Lers of tho Advisory Board, do heroby invite the farmors, mechanics, and otlier laboring men, ns well aa all othor citizons of Tiinois who bolipve ag doclared by this Associntion at Deeatur, Deo, 18, 1873 : ‘That, thraugh tho departura from tho primary prin- clyles of our Govarmment ul‘}vtwmlllxulml by {8 foun- dors, oud through tho jmprudont exerclso of thot bigh- gt prerogativo of the freaman,—tho right of suffruge, TR pos ekt neplocac o b spbcn o el el {heir pust nelion, scqniosced in o &) -leglne lnllnnw;v}\ish nln‘kt‘nn‘lm roat majority BVIsHY 8un eorviont to & small minorlty; “IFlnk Ihla coudition s clinly tracoatlo to tho fostara ing protection that ling been nceorded. by our leglela~ 14v0 bodics, both Stato and Nationul, to tho Auancial, mercantile, munufucturing,aud trausporting intoroets euabliug tliom to_accumulite sn undio proportion o 118 national wealth, aud eucouragiug ten in iho ox- arcia of the corrupting Influonces which iy become asgnciated with our logislutivo system ; That tho preseryvation of our natfonal Iife fmpera- tively demands thut overy American voter shoulil at- geud with cacd all primury nominations and eleations £0 0 to Insuro tho election of competent sud Lones ‘men to all oltices I tho gift of tho people; and Thint the recont record of the old polliical porties of {Uie conntry i3 suck us to forfeit tho confidence and reupect of tho poople, and fhiat thoy are, thicrefore, Shaotvod feom allafiegiuos fo thow aud ebould 2t u Towgor with {iom,"— To send delegates (in the proportion of one dologate 0 6,000 inhabitauts, and fraction ex- ceoding hnlf that number, nnder tho coneus of 1870) to o Convention to bo hold at the State. Houso, in Springtield, on Wednesday, the 10th dny of June, 1874, at 10 o'clock n. m., for the putpose of noninating candidates for Btato Troasurer and Superintondent of Public lu- struction, and transacting such other business 08 may bo brought bofore tho Conveution. Yo overy cowuty where o County Farmars' Association exists, the President of suoh Asso- ciation i3 roguosted to immodiately call a County Convontion composad of delogates from the various townships or proclocts, on such basis s, after copsultation, lie may find most expodient, of tho farmers, laboring mon, ond other citizens of such county in sympathy with tho opinions exprossed in this call ; and such Canvontion is requested to anpoint delegalos to the State Convention, and take such othor so- tion as may bo necessary to perfect thoir organ- ization, and nominato and olect thoir candidatos. Inench county whoro a County Farmors' As- sociation dooa 1ot exist, the Vico-Prosidont of tho State Faumors® Association for that distriot I8 requested, aftor consultation aud in conjunc- tion with the Industrinl Organizations of thab county, to call Conventions in liko manner for iko purposcs a8 aforesaid. Counties will be entitiod fo ropresentation fi: iho Stato Convention, us follows ¢ Counties, I’ac;l,l‘;llfm, Delegates. Adams,.. 1}‘ e wmmamaga a3 eZae AT 83051 0,481 BuoavvoccasampuencSanoausblaarsurcanvoncbeopoosansorasrassepossrcensseson o 0. 1y Weodlord lecvscummavovas 2,519,801 W, C, FuAtc, Presldent, onfdout, i Disriol, " P fI. P. Tmory, Vioe-Pr . i, hcreas, 1. A Pitterson, L I 3. 1, gttt " at Chsgles Sudnd “ iy W, A, bl Kleghon, 4 st LY. s st il L. ¥, tmith, Wi Wl Els, by 3.W. 1omeer, 12 L J0 Fitzputtlok, b "B, Surtariield, 1tk ' A, M. Uooton, 16ib. David Gore, il . ohn A. McQlure, = 8l {v. F, Foa o Wt Foncr, ) urer, 9. I Fioueut TIOMNISS, o yex, eoretary Tiinols Btite Farwaera’ Aveaclutlon, 7, W, Lumumls, Pros, Exriors” Asa, Adu fy Dis Hond Dty b - 4 e ) Bamunl Licie, * ‘: OarToll b 5.3, Yousiol, " @ Gusé Bami John' Wentworl 8, M, Thorp, . B W, T, vedler, " y AL Wilig, A D, Haling, 3! Gonner, 3. C. Burruas, Tluflifp Oulling, @rundy A M. Stueman, Mamilton It IF, Iiinman, Houry Edwned Swartz, Snckson W, By Curoy, 5 offerson W, It Mears, ' - #." Jorpoy Gliarlew Booe, 0 Diviens « 1, 8. Bloo, Lot s ‘holloht, LV, Snmer) ) L.K ULty Knnkakoo Tendall L L. Boad, 538 Sty Tivingston 3 1. Vickerell, Macon avid dore, Macaupla D, 1}, Gilllin, Madlnon Jahn R, Vaughan, Harion Willinm Huaiar, l;t-uunruah Chod, 3eD, Rloliaras Mellonty© - 3 M, Gy, Mofean Humnic) Mihkloy, Honroo 7.3, Tatuor, “ Bargan . W, Ssmals, “ oglo John Moss, o~ Yoorln b u,»cniu,hm, 4 Dt 3 jcagu] ‘opt 4 fivards, w Tk Teland orking, “ * Bangamon iner, “« Beat| 11, Shiors, “ Htarlt 3., Frazor, “ Wiilo Giinflos Bnoad, “ W Jamea Pipo " per, Woodford ‘Blaomiuglon, 11, K.l May 6, 1674, " —— TH® REAL ISSUE INVOLVED IN THE TFARMERS' MOVEMENT. The following address wag dolivered by Mr. Obarlos W. Greono, Beoyotary of tho Natlomal Agrioultural Congross, st Bloomington, Iud., Moy 0: During the paat tywo yerrs the people of tho United Htatos have been agitatod as never he- fdre, Trom tho 8t. Lawreuco to the Gulf, and all tho way across the Continont, wo hoar of strango commotion, iuvolving all of tho hum- ulor clagags, aud commanding the “altontion of thoso in tho highor walls of life,—as wy o become neeustomaed Lo rank tha profe.algnaly [ and tho favored ones of woalth, The word hus gono fosth that . TIHE PEOFLE MUST ORGANIZE, ond the commaud Las boon acceded to withont question as to itg origin. It would indeod bo difioult, porhapa_impossible, to detormine how, whon, or whero this idea possessed tho poople, 80 that they wore alroady, sa by ene accord, to Join hands apd bearls, to touch shouldar to shoulder, for tho advancomont of the gouernl wolfare, That thoy weroe #0 possossed is clearly ovidoncod by tho epontancous responso to tho first enlls mado for gonoral conventiozs, Theso conventions were colled in the South, in the ‘Wost, in tho East, and in tho Leart of the coun- try. Whocalled thom, andthe immodiato occasion thorofor, is a matter of so little moment that it hos bardly become matter of resord, It would bo diftioult to eatablish precedenca in this rogard for sny locslity or for any individual. Nor is it necessary to do so. Tho movement is an agvancing ono, The past {s loft belund, and accomplish what ? I have said for the advanve- meut of tho genoral welfare, Tho termisnvague one, but it probably convays as dofinite an idoa u8 it is possibla to oxpress now. ‘Tha work to bo done bns not yet beon cloarly deflued. We say it is to ovorthrow mouopoly. But wo find the poople a8 fully *astir where monopo-~ lies have not_ becomo opprossivo as where they bave. ~ Wo say ita mission ja odu- cational, " sod ngain that 46 will promoto gocinbility and fratornal feeliug. Daos it _not rathor recoiva its impotus from the gradual, rovions cultivation ~ of tha mpopular intel- ct and heart? Again, it Is nsslgned tho ignoblo tosk of cheaponiug sugar and ploys, and of “ Jongthening ' tho puices of corn and potatacs ; but, 1 the fivat stagea of davelopment, this busi- ness fnr!nlmu atrongly of the monopoly flavor. Notwithstaudiug thia confusion tho work of or- geuization goos stoadlly on. It is uot tho farm- ors alono which aro Zealonsly gathering iu tho workers, but tho mochaoics and artisnns and la- borers ato ouroliing themsclyes for the conzast, Tho questlous ara now preseing foranswer, what isto bo done? Whero aro our antagonists ? WE ARE HERE A MILLION STRONG, rondy and waiting ; what great work ave wo ox- pectod to porform 2 ‘The timo has artived when the answor must_bo given. Whoro tho move- mont firet startod we alrondy sco manifestations of jmpalionce. Much mongy aud mora tima has been doyoted fo the worl of orgamizing, aud the results are not Bufficiently apparent to sabiafy the lukewerm and doubtlug oues. While I MOy 308 Present to you unv dofinity’ plats for future action, it will cortainly not bo amissif I roview gomo of the causcs which havo cone tributed ta tho present conditions, Perchanco such n roview will suggest to your minds tho practical angwor to tho questions go anxiously DPropoundad, : Iropost, to give it groater cmphasis, that it may safely bo snid thet tho opposition to monop- oly, in 1ts prosont contracted sonso,was an alters thought, and that it hed no pari ws o definite urposo in promoting tho earlier action, In- Soon, Hio Tpalon wea. 1106 i indepentont 0no, nor of recout origin, T'his prosent condition of tho public mind has been reached by A PHOCESS OF BLOW DEVELOPMENT, It in ono of the succossive stuges in onr national life in couformity to tho srbitrary Iaw of eyolu- on. Mr. Gchurz, in hig eloquent tributo to tho memory of Obarles Sumner, refurring to tho charactor and publio services of Wobster and Clay, says - “Such men filled tho stago during that' period of construction and conservative national orgnuization, devotiug tho hest efforts of thoir statesmauship, tho stutesmanship of tho_politicul mind, to tho purposo of raising their conutry to greatnoss in wealth and power, of makiug the people proud of thoir nationality, aud of imbodding tho Union 10 tho contontmont of prospority in onlightoned patriotism, no. tional law, aud_constitutionn] prosperity.” And whon they drow near thoir end they conld boast of many & grand achicyoment, not mdeed oxe clunivafy their own, for other poworful minds Lind thoir share in the work, 'Tho United States stood then among tho great powors of the earth, strong and respected, The Nopublic hud no fore eign foo to fear, its growth in population and wealth, in popular intolligonco aud progressivo clvilization, tho wonder of tho_ world, Thore was mo visibla_limit {0 its devclopment; thora seemod to ba na danger to ity integrity.” It was just os theso men steprod from tho public staga thnt Sumner appenged upon 1t, tha ombodimaent of tho moral ideas which form tho only (ruo basis of national upity, Throust his uniliuching integrity and his mtelligent und ndomitable porsovorance in {ho work Which dovolved upon him after o long protracted stiugglo, ending n s sauguinury frat- ricidal conflict, 'tho nation has been hborated from the blighting incubus of human slavery, But wo aro not yet free. Iuman goverumont s not yet attainad perfeation, Searco havo wa ovorcome owo stupoudous ovil ere another has raarcd its hydra hend, one of a more threaten- ing aspect than 118 prodecessor, one which per- vades overy lucality. THE ARISTOCBACY OF CONCENTRATED WEALTI, which quistly assumos to usurp tho proragatives ot Goverment, and ateadily undormines tho vir- tue of the publio gerrants, {8 moro to ba feared than was tuo slavocracy of tho Sonth,” It is ar more threstoning to tho integrity of our free Governmont, Itd deeds are of darknoss, Ity works aro geerat, and, Loeausa that thoy aro so, multiplics thoir power for evil a hundrod-fold, In thn fafuncy of the Kepublic, tho wealth- holders, having mastly capoused the Tory cause in tho Ttovolution, oxeited no unduo influenco in tho qonduet of public affairs, Neithor Lad the riuciplo of nssociuted cupital been doveloped ; ut 8y Lha couutry waxed strong and vigorous, as it expunded its inhabited aven and filled its honndarios with the peopla and wealth af othor Innds, now flelds ware' opened to enterprising wealili-seekers, and tho opportunitios wero not dwregarded. P10 douiro for weallh Los no prac- tical limit in the luman mind. A littlo stimulates the uppetita for moro, It incrouses in & geomet- ricel talio, and, after & cortmn stago Of s cumulmion, the shility to hoard i greatlv nugmouted, Porsisient monoy making and hostding dovelops a solftubmaoss which 1 turn leads uaturally to unscrupulous und dishonost deuling. Tiio vory labors of Olay and_Wolstor and their compeors contributed directiyto tho growth of Uiy mioney rower. In thoir laudabla efforts to tlrengthion the Uopublio und sugmont hs wewlth, they doyised measures Whioh ovorshot {ho magk ut whioh they simed, BYSTEMH OF BULYIDY VRIVILEGES Wexn melvuu and nrmurgud ta promuto entor- rnmu‘u scombinad public sud priveso chorao- or. T liows wito ventured privato copital, ox- rdlualy giantd of apecial power wors oxtand- and ¢ horo was tho boginnig Of our prod- ent woeu. \I'iat tha raprasantatives of the peo- plo votod I, scsord ity the demand of thoir conatitnoneivy cano bo questioned. For many yoars the eckporations wore wonls., Thev waro cowpotad oBany andividualy, each Lolding a comporativdy small intorest, ‘The fimllu ot mulvidogos whro moat lborally canstrusd: by tho gouliy 1danco with the dompud of p{lhllo overy oye and overy thouglht is cast abend,—to', septimon 'ho poople thomaolvos ara oloarly rospongibla for tho wrong a3’ woll as for tho Booq foatnres of ‘such lemslation, In tho doarac af time tho conditiona chaugod, Prosperity was vouohsafed fo the corporatiops s arosdlt of honost managoniont and the natu~ ol growth of tho business which i}:_n conalruge tion of tho raitways stimulated, Whioy woro no langer wonk aud neoding assiatauca, . “Cholr oar acily a8 worlih-onrmiors was ofearly demostratad, Ylml the pollcy boon changed at this timo it would have beon well, It may woll bo, and s, within tha proviuca and auty of tho Getoral Govern- ment to domanstrate tho utility of puch entor- ptlsag ae ‘will promoto tho gonoral praspority, {)lfi it is quostionablo whother nnrmnmhgpu m o duhl\F ava admysslhlo, 8o soou s sucoss Wwas ausurad, dosigning nion songht anil obtafned con- trol of tho sugoussful corporallons, apd from st mawaont thoy beeaina n&mmnulm fooking porronnl advancomeut rogardloss of tho publio guod, * i E*Not cantont. with inthod boon givan, oy reedity aakad for mole, aud could kiford to offer Hidiouttigntu wivots sogived almst o tho. it oxtont of the neking. 'fo woonra the favor of Ltho oftlelpl ropresantativen of the people townard any now onterpriso was equiyalont, and fa yob in many looulitles, 4o obtaining to tho full {imit of thelr demauds, It woa only vatural that thoy should 8o oxtond thoso limits that an amount was providod suliolont to seoura the favor which was gopofent. Such offfces, uuder thess eiroums slanced, woro o templing prige. It mattored littlo wiiat tho ordivary sniary and emofumonts of the oftieo might bo. By propor mauagement it wan posaiblo to moke the porquisitos tha chiof inducomont. OFPIOE-SBERTNG, which, tndor tho oidinary rulos of otiquotts, wottld bo uubesoming to gontlomen, gradunily grow into gonoral favor, and.hag bocome now nimust insoparable to the politicsl system, Darty wmanogomont has been constrained to rocognfzo it and to couforin to its require- monts, In fnot, it 18 now the ohiof eloment in party organization and the poople have be- como aconsiomedl to rato the oilioes in impor. tanco, not mccording to the etipulatod enlaries, bub to tho amount which may may ba ronlized by “good mauagemont ” or from this oppartunl- 108 for honorabfe stonliug, Bluce 1860, and os- poclally duriog the yenra of iho robslhon, the opportunities for plundor and tho forcoed for- leatanco of tho people in tha prosonce of throatenad disastor contribtited to and Lnstened tho domoralization which had proviously com- ‘mencod. : 1" hsve glanced thus hastily st tho romots cauzos wWhich have led to the prosent lamentnblo condition of our political systom. A vitulent poisou has pormontodjevery artery and voln, and tho lifo of tho nation §s In fmminent dangor. . Tt i8 this disensod coudition of tho body politio which ias compelled the attention of the poople, It 1s this which acoonnts for tha wide-sprend, univorsn! iutorast which s insupuratod and prossed forwnrd the farmer’'s movement. Its damning offects nro ovorywhoro apparent. Wherover logislative bodies assemblo, st the natioual, Slate, or county copitals, wo hear the chavges made of official corruption, Bo long as tho Leneficiarios of tue stoalinga—I can nso no moro approprinto word—nagred among them- solvos, thora fs nothing eaid; but, ns Tuns tho old suw, ** when thioves fall out,” ofo. Recontly the thioves bave been falting ont so constantly, and thoir oharges and coubter-charges Are =0 thoroughly cireulated by tho pross, that the poo- plo have becomo alarmed, as weil they may, Any ouo who will givo the subject “cnreful thought must admit the truth of every position Ibhave Lthus far advanced, If thia bo 8o, 18 it not ovidont that any REFOB MEASURES $0 bo offactive must bo dirceted to corracting the primary gourcos of the ovil, There must be a radically thorongh chinngo of polioy, in rogard to Joiut uadortakiugs botween tio public, ns xopro- sonted n legisiatiyo bothios nud private corpora- tions. If the rule bo mado absoluts, adwmitting 0 excoptions, that no subsidy shall 'bo grauzed by Natiounl, Btato, County, or Municipn! muthor- ity, Ia muuef land, or Apuc!al]{yrh’flugcs, o Btart~ ing point w1 cortaivly bo gninod. It hoeds no furdior do.gonatration that builaing lines of rail~ way through amsicultural or mining districts will pog tho fuveators, even through an undovelopod county, if thero be reasonublo intelligenca in tho managemout, & bandsome profit npon_tho actual monoy required Ior construciion and op- erattun. It hns been fully demunstrated, too, that there aro land-owners and capitalists in overy diatrict whero rallrond may proporly bo built, who derive a largo profit by such building. Lot thom pay tho cost nod they will be apt to look well to ccouomy in the exponditore of {heir subseriptions, T havo used raflway builiing as o tomillar il Tustration of the svitem under which all of tho public onterpriecs huve been conduetod, But it rups through all our public servico, In the oraction of publio buildings it Les Boon songht 0 spend ps much monoy a3 possiblo m o struce tura of givon size, The building matorial on tha spot, which serves every necessity of private en- rpfiluo, I8 not good orough, and A subatituce uét bo transported from New England to Now Oxlonns apd the Western cliies. TUE PAY OF THE GOVERNMENT LANOREUS is genorally above current rates, and the nuymber of hours por day i8 reduced (o tho shiortost limit. Tuo cliet quatification far a gaverment omploys i8 » digposition to vote tho domfuant party ticket, and the “influonce ho can oxert in so- owring sucl voton. Tho Dopartments at tho National Capltal are crowded whh supor- nuwerary elorks, appointed to positions oreated for thom, us n roward for sorvico to the parly. Six hows o day i3 the limit of their capacity for the arduous labog which they are paid feom $800 to 3,000 to perform. It is time that a chango should be fuantutediu this rogard, Wo eliould domand o reduction of expeises,” outitar by incroasing tho hours of Inbor or by ro- duclag tho pay, or both, Wo stiould deminnd, too, that all’ puy and emolumouts in the publio sorvic sliould be o upecilio amouut, eliminating tho viclous systom of Porquwito focs. We sliould demand a reduaction of expanditures upon public buildings. Thoro is no nocessity for such uiatial buildiugs as aro now boing constructed u il of tha pecticipal cities for the propor con- duct of the public busivess. Wo aro heavily in debt. The paople ara overburdened with taxes. Wa ozouot afford such oxtrayagasce. But it is not our Romrly which chiolly prompis the ro- form, _Theso bulidings aro aiways built by cou. tenct—fat contracts. ~ Whero is jobbory aud favoritism in all of them, and tho demoralization resulting is far moro objectionable than the ox- ponditure of tho monay. T inight go oo and paiticularizo further, bt it is not necessary,® You ull undorstand as well as I that there is HEED YOI BEFOW throughout the catiro governmental system. It ncads o thorough remodeling. It musk be puri- fied. This fs vhie woik for which tho peoplo ara organizing, Now, how is it to bo nccomplished ? Wo cortuiuly do uot desiro to_averturn oxisting systoms by rovolution; but, if no other measuro vili sullice, thot will cortaihly bo resorted to. The uifuu of Lhe times are ominous, Wo have roceutly socn some of our foremost mon ap- S‘nmully intont upon arousing soctional proju- co duting tho discussion of the fluaucs quos- tion. Wo huvo seon influontial papers indulging 1v tho most_inlammatory exprosgions, throatons ing war. Wo havo soon the samo apparont intonsity of fooliug manifested which preceded tho late civil war, Wo have scen tho proju- Qlees und pocsions of ano olnse fuclted against othera by tho hLeartless demagogues who would hesifate a6 pothing to sccom- plish tholr woltlsh purposos. Al of this, too, in Toforance to & quostion about which all sensible mon wonld practioully sgree if they wonld oan= didly and tomporatoly disouss the subjoot in all. its ‘bonrings. Wo “aro conatantly notlag tho offorts of partizan pupers aud loaders to encour- 170 Antagoniem botween CAPITAL AXD LABOR. ‘There {8 no contlict between them, FEnch is necessary to tho othoer; capilal rendors Inbor wore romunerative, and vico vorss, They are [ indeed-intoparablo. Not that thoy always agree in dotails any more than do some men and their wivos, Iiug bocauso thoro are exceptionai disne greomonts among hot-tempered Ymplu we would not consider it necossary to set the wholo human family by tho curs, Let us use somo judgmeut in our naction upon those important quostions, We may not always e correct in our'opinfone. Wo form them from such infore wation a8 wo receive nml it may not presont both sides of o question fuirly, Wo ncod not, we must not, be intolerant. “Iho worls boforo us is an important one—pro- eminently important, It wo wonld proserve the intogrity of our Qovernment, and by this Govornment I mesn the solf-imposed resitrslut upon licouse whioh is necossnry to l)mtwt tho peoplo, tho wenk ss woll s uo utrong, tho poor as well uy tho wealthy, the may and tho woniun of tho West, of the Houth, of the Tast, and of tha Norih, giving to oach equality bafore tho law, wo must’ aob promptly, wigiarously, and abovo all wisely. 3 o work bofore us fs . A U0~OFERATIVE WORK, Lvory good citizon has & part to parform, & park whioly lio eatnot shirk without assuming fearful rospansibility. 1t should be an Individual ser- vico of an entive pooplo concontrated upon a slnglo purpose. That purposo muy be-exprossed ina vory fow worda: to establish bruth sud se- ouro justica through all our rolntious o8 cfsizons, soclal, politionl und commerolal, Now, thls 15 vory oaslly said. Tutting our thoory in prooe tive 18 anathor question, "And yob all of tho ' reforms that wa 8ol arg practicall d{ attainable, - Nothing {6 roquired bus that nll indiv idunls aliall 800 tholr duby cloarly and then work. It pannoy B0 hogomplishad nt L sty Ogcorcl Jidk ough orgauization {a’ required, Nob such or: mnunuonm\{n layp reprosontod in auy avm and prosong politioa] parties; foalty to whidh s patsmount to uvur{ poraonal considoration. Wo Ywant juatsulliclont cohioslon o designato n moot- ing polat; and Lo relact such officors NsBro nocos- sary ba conduat a doliborativo body, so that sub- Jeotn may bo discussod and ho rosulting oninioys mny bo évidongod by p aliow of hoada or by tho ayas and nnys, Wo went no man to sponk for us oxcopt a4 ho oxprossos our opinions. I1f io attompts to lf;o Turthor wo mugt pib o 8top to his golug. Ta do tho work wo hnve in hand we nood nodigpensarlons fram self-appointad oligarchs, 10 palico n[;mu-, ug copyrighted sovg books, no clioap jowalty, nor have wya timo fas foolish I»y- plav. “Wo lidve n hogeulonn labor bofaro us, * o ortiem auccossfthy wo mist. Lo unAnmporad y trivial aud nop-casentlal formatiuos. Wo must tako hold of it in earnoss and with detor- mination to win, To gooura communication betwoen the local bodics wo muat bave Oouoty, State, aud Nationnl Asspolntious subordinata oaol la tita othar, with tho local organizatian at tho head of all, 'Mayk this arrapgemont caro- fully, I place the Individual, usanindopcndont, xosponsiblo mombor of the local nnnlob{ in the first and highost plnc of all. The dolegutos who constituto the county, Stato, aud national organization are but tho roprosontntiyos of the lacal coustituencias, This in tha ivuo order of our ropublionu systom of govarnmont, anil its radusl xovorsion, to whioh the pooplo bavo cousontod Dy pilent submission, has fnollitatod tho ucl:cmingu of tho professional politioa) cor- maorsnty. . INDIVIDUAL AGTION: Formulnting my propositions, thoy are as fol- Jows: Intolligont, individus! otion Ia tha first desidoratum, “Such naotlon can puly -bo intelli- ®out aftar the fullest and most thorough dis- cussion, The disoussion of all questions should bo public, 50 thay thera may bo no misinterpeo- tation of tho resullant agtion. To rendor indi- vidual action offeciive roquires general sud uni~ form orgauization by township, county, Histe sud nation, having suporiority, one with tho othor, i tho order Bero giyen, You, in thls couuty, have commonoed the work so tar na local organization fa concerned. You have, in a ro- markablo dogioe, beld yoursolf aloof from on- taugliug allinnco with scorot sssocintions. You 10 now nroparad for the next stap forward, and it should bo at once, by effectlng a State organi- zotlon. You have, aa 'L understand, boon wnit~ ing for somobody to tuka tho iuitiativo. Othiers, too, oro °waiting, but waiting no- complishes — nothing. t is quite com-~ potest for you to lnd off in o call to tho nsaociations of the State ta mect in Goneral conveation, Indoed, it is within tho province of auy ono of youto dosa, If the peopla aro xuud{ to respond, they will give Lood to the oall, and It muttora not whodo name, or whotber any namo, is attached. Tho promulzation of tho ro- cont ¢all for a, Stato Convention, of which so much hag beon ssid and writton pro and con, vory distinctly suswored 8 quastion, which I bLava ofton been asked, Low we shoutd bo abla to cull county and Stato Gonventlons without party machinory? Tho only objoction was tho vory sorious ouo that the names of those who doclded upon makizg it wore not n“‘wnded to it upon ita fiest appearauce, As it hns, howover, trans- pired that they wore respectablo cltizons, whose unames wors withhold ouly torough timidity, end a8 thoy camo nrom?fly forward to ackuowl- odgo and oxplain their " action, it has partl ataned the mistako, It is now ovidont .that al parts of tho stato will Lo fully ropresontod in In- dianapolis on tho 10th of noxt month, Tho orll way mado aud is mooting rosponse. ‘st is quite sufticiaut, IN TLLINOIS tho successivo Bteps woro taken quite rapidly. Trobably thove nevor was seen in this or ocountry anything appronohing tho rapidity \vltg which tho poople of thut Biate onrolled thewm- eolves, aud 1 think I may say that no pooplo over mado ol rapid progress In learnpug of thoir duty us citizens aud {n camprohonding tha un- necessarily and uunaturally complex questions of political ecouomy and commorcial usage. Thoy havo boon_poculiarly favorod in Lnviig such men as 8. M. Bmith and W, O. Flagg to do- voto thoir ontiro time to the presentation and diacussion of these questions ju ail parts of the Btate. 1do not spoak epprovingly of all thoy lavo said, Thoy aro mortsls lika Lo roat of vs, ond ora lablo "to make mistakos, That thoy linvo made them thoy would be frao to admic thomselves. That thoy have bocn actuated by proper motives, I have no doubt, My ac- qnni&nmucn witn them onablea “mo to suy this contidently, The merit of their work is_ uot, however, {0 bo construed ps porsonal, What thoy and othora havo said at tho open meetings of the poople, whather prudont or otherwiso, has attracted nttention, It hins sob tho poopla to thinking, and that is the groat point gained, 3f wo oau gek tne people to roading ana think~ ing, tho rost 18 of orsy ncoomplishmont, Thos nood uo leadors Whon they aro proparod o ot thomsolves, e s 'ABd horo T Lavo n.w i day I ADOUT LEADILRS, The party papers aud atump-orators ars anxious- Iy inqu.ring ‘whoro are tho loaders of thiy farme org' wovemont, They waut somebady that is tangible brought forward, towards whom the can lovel thoir weapons., They dars not do it towards the peoplo in the aggrogate, bocause that would lose thom votes. Now, if I undor- stand tha uaturo of thia movement, it is, aa pro- viously iutimatod, tho aseortion of indiidunlity on tho part of tho poople. Thoy havo had ouough of blinily tollowing party leadors. They are now proposing to fead thomsolvos, to dictate how thew officors shall conduct thems golvos in tho porformanco of their assigned du- ties, Tiao progross thoy ars making in this solf- leading is scen in the repenl of tho Balary-Grab Inw—with o Prosidontial excoption—and in tho influence #o directly and eectively oxertad upon Congressional and State logis:ation. Thoir pows or is 80 ovident that tho demagogues aro hum- bling tuomsolves upon their miarrow-bones, pleading 80 earnestly for a little longer to scrve tho ‘dear poople. Ignorant mon mny desire loadors, baso mon may noed masters, but tho large majority of American citizens are neithor ignorant nor bago. Lhoy aro competent to load themsolvos, and they must do so if thoy would hove a freo govornment in fact as well as in ngme. You will boar with me a for moments while I explain, yel more oxplicitly than I Lievo, ‘" WIAT KIND OF ABSOCLATION Iwould recommend, In tho focal orgonization Lhere ueod ba no othor oflices than President, Yico-Presidont, Sectetary and Trensuvar. Tho last two con bo vory wall combined in ono por- son, The constitution need bo only a slmplo ox- pression of gonoral purposes. Tho bLy-laws should bo fow.aud simple. L would have nothing arbitrary about i, aud would dopond upon the solf-iuterust and selt-rospoct of tho members for tho preaeryation of order. Ail membors might bo roquirad to sign tho constitution after Loing ndmiteed by a vote of tho members. While it would bo well to oxcludo thacordant or disor- gavizing clomenty, it is clearly {o tho advautnge of il {0 have a8 many {rue friends repseseuting other professions as ay bo in accord with tho advancement of thoagricultural intercat. 1would hiave them as mombors, to obtain their views upon such quostions us came up for distuasion, No fiud]i\e is compotont to moka o decision until he has beard Doth sides and qontidered tho ovi- denco upon {rinl. Nolther ave farmers compo- tony to discuss and doclde morcsntlle quostions without o full ropresentatiou from thipe mer- ohan's standpoint. Thero aro times whon wo must all onsult lawyors, gud we may bave to diseuss questions {uvolviug poluts in law, aud a good lawyor does mot como amiss. In iho’ dincussion of political quostions, thoso who havo given study to suoh questions ghould bo heard. Don't misundorstand mo as directly rocomuonding tho one-liorss, pot-houso ollico- soekors for momberabip, becuuso thoir knowl- odgo of political economy only extends to buy- ing votos. But oven of thess I would hardly recommend s total exolusion, By bringlng them under good influencasy they wlght poastbly be re- formed, and bo mado useful citizons, s railway- Inborers or dry-gooda clorks. Cortainly honost , men neadu't bo vory much afrafd of them, Thoy ara only daugerous when let alono and out of sight, DIBOUSTIONS, I would dlsouss intho locnl meotings, and equally 50 in the dolegated bodios, any quostions of puu‘lu concern, .whothor educational, sociul, commorciunl, nolidcnl, or gven roligious, Theso questions are subject for sotion in varlous forms, hey should bo understood, aud thoy cannot Jbe without due examinotion, Who ex- amination should be couducted with coustunt doferonce to tho opinions_of thosa who may diffor_with the sponker, Lnch nud cvery one shonld bo heard if Lo bas an opinion to offer. I would have absoluto froedom of spocch. I would havo tho women thote, too, ns membors, with the full rlfiht to sposk nnd yoto, 1f thoy uro thore wo need fearnu unbecoming conduck or lauguage from the masculino members, I wonld koo thom Laking au aotive part in this ro- torny movemont, 'Cholr {nfluonco ls most potout overywiere, aud slmost universally for good, and nowhore i there more neod for an infuvjon of tho olovating, pnryf{nuf, wmoral intluence of waman than inour politioal system, £ would bave no sooreoy Whatover. .Our whr i8 aguinst secrot mouopolies, socyot cancuses, snd socrat lobbjos, I wo aro dolu%rlght, thero 18 no noad for hiding, I we nra doing wiong, wo quphit nof to be pormitted to hido, Besldes, seorat sotlon iy Jinblo to misraprosentation and to misoonstruction, Thoro iv, $00, & Yery gvoat loza of influonce whore mectings are gooret, and the prors s phut ‘away, A gpad Apgoch, or & good sontonco in o speach, when rmt in print, may ronch thousands, whan it 18 only hehrd fi\y s dongn, Tho pross 1a o mont officont ld In any good, work, ‘but, pnfortus nficugy, Its power To Somotimos wofully misap- phioit, THE COUNTY ASSOOIATION should. moot se ofton: ns ouge o month, nnd shiould b composed of dologntos from each loenl olr u\zwnfi ip sooloty. gl"l‘m ofl{ficn E" :m:l:! rado shoul 0 tho spmy ho apbjecia for disena- 1o om0 St s Nablorml boglcs will o such a8 originato ip tho looal orpaniza-~ tions. Tho oxpenso for all of this needs bo but & moro triflo, A singlo dollar from oach malo mombor will bo smnlo, of which 5, 10, and 20 conts_ rospoatively will bo suficlout to provido for {ho nopossary . oxpepees af the Nutional, Btato, and Qounly organizations, loaving 06 conti for loon] axponsce. 1 haye bpan thys partjcular in dotails as, I have haon often psled for my opinion in. referonco to this subjoot of organization. THLIE FINAL APPEAT In conolnslon, I would appenl to nlt of you, an §wm] citizons, a3 honest, iniolligent mon, to join u tho gront and important work boforops, Uil 1t in accomplishod wo shall havo n babél of ‘con- fuslon, injurlously affocting our prospority as in- dividuais and py a'nation, Our fSnapdes now are ouly diaturbed by tho stnto of incortninty atpros. ont existing. Capitul, which I8 gonsitive, and yot which nlways desires omployment if 1t is nesured- 1y enfo, 14 being hoarded in the Enst andin Europo \whore tho surplus hns acoumulated, While por- tioua of it may hnvo been $ho yesult of question- ablo transactionn, by far the lasger ehara is tho accumulation from logitimnto businoss and por~ sonnl enterprise, No ono hore would justify the taklug forciblo possossion. Lot us, now that tho work is so woll com- monced, press It virorouely forward to the end. When tho poople comprehond and” nooopt thelr reaponaibilitions whon thoy havo loatnod thut good goveynmont is o prorequsite fo national fud individual prosperity; when thoy shall undorstand that the flling of tho county and municipal ofiicos involvos n grontor responsi- bility I.Ean tho olection of n Presidont or Con- gresuman, 88 affordivg protection against gor- ruption, thon may wo 108t secure o tho por- potuity of ropublican governmont ; then -shall wo enjoy o freedom nover yot experienced ; then will prospority abound in all of tho laud. Wo shall have more monoy and better money. Of- flcinl corruption, monopoly opprossions, ring combinations and demngoguory will be known only as of tho pust.’ The people of our Whole country may dwell tofieflmr in unity and har- mony.” Sectioral biokerings will §llvn pluce to common eonso concossions, and the people of the United States, representing ovory natiopal- ity undor tho sun, will pross onwaid and up- wnrd toa’ moro complots dovelopment of pro- grossive Amorican civilization, BICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. A Card from tho Senior and Sunior Cinuson. 0 the frionds of the Untversity of Michinan : In viow of tha recent suspension of a largo number of gentlemen from tho 8ophomore and Freshmon olagses by the Faculty of tho Univer- sity, nmooting of the Senior and Junfor olasses wag colled to-dny. Feeling that an ndequate statomont of tho matter has failed to appear in the press, and that such o statement io duo alike to tho {frionds of tho Univorsity and to the un- dergraduates, whothor the subject of suspension or uot tho undersignod Committes waa appointed to proparo & ciroular in bohalf of the upper classos, We underatand that away from tho University thero is provalont a vory strong feoting against what i termed *hazing."” But we are of tho opinion that such sontimont is gonerated through an ignoranco of the real naturo of tho custom. As practicod in tho University of Michigan, Lazing is simply au_athlotic contost botwoen the Sophiomore and Fresiman classes, aud, lilto othor athiotio sports, is par- tioipated 1n with tho best of wutual good feeling. Only hazers are hazed, A principlo of hazing hiera {8, that those who rofeain from it are nob molostod. o deom 16 unjust to sssociato hazing bore with traditions of linglish and Eastern dor- micory-golloges, and with oustoms whloly are uadorstood to have provailed st the Usitod States Naval and Militavy Aondemies, ‘Tho Lazing for which tho first six mon wero suspoaded did not oceur during collego hiours or upon the University premises, and consoquently wo conaider iv 08 noz within the jurisdiction of tho Faculty, In suppork of tho opinion wo quote irom tho calendar: ¢ Studonts are tem- porary residonts af the city, and, ke all other residonts, aro amonnblo to the Iuwe, Whenover guilty of 'disorder or crimo, thoy aro liable to arrest.” uatlug bna froquontly oconrred under tho diroct observation of tho city ofii cors without romounatrance from “them. Tho _-practfcs, then, hos aot baen 1egardod by tho oiyil authoritics 0s & broach of the penco; nor is it in violation of any published University law, o heartily indorse tho sentiment of {ha Fac- ulty, that *Tho University cnn bettor afford to be without students. than without governmont, order, and rovutation.” Tut, it unfowndod roe port lias gouo abroad to tho injury of the Uni- vorsity, i8 not the romody to bo sought in its cor- xaction, rathor thun in the abndgemont of those libertics, which the most right-minded of ue arc confident we havo excreised thus far withaut fne fringing at all upon tho good order of {he Uni- xm t,\; or tho rights of nuy of its officers or utu- onts. % On April 25 six men wero suspended for hoz- ing. ‘This was tho firat time it wos muda the suijoct of collego discipline, Immediatoly tho following statemonts, sigued by 110 of the suse pended gentlomon's lawimatos, woro nuded to ho Univorsity Bteward for presentation to tho Taculty : o [ropoNOnY. PAPEN,] o the Facully nf' the University - itichigan ¢ WitnEss, Some of our cloasmiates Lave rocently }Imu‘z cuulwu‘lfll from the University for the offenso of zing 3 s . iiatis, Tho undorsigned desire at justico shalt bg done to all 2 ‘Turngroie, We respectfully rcrélwnl the attentton of tho Fucully of the Univermty to fho fact that wo also huve baen engagad fn knzing, [FRESUMAN PAFER,] T tha Faculty of Michtgan Unfrersiiy: g Guyrigen: We, the undorslyued, members of the Froshmun clags, wish respectfully to inform you thut, in tho affair for which threo of our number Luve been suspeniled, wo aro cqually Jmplicated with thom ; and orotest agalust the injustice of suspending tlirea of us ouly, Tho Faculty did not take offelal action upon theso potitions for » weolt, but gavo it to be un. dorstood thaf they desired them to be withdrawn, Provious to the moeting of tho Faonlty, soverni namos wore withdrawn. At this sossion, eighty- one whoro signatures still remained were eua- ponded for the romoindor of the academlo year, Ahose who at firat ooufossod themselves par- ticipunts with the eighty-one, but, in "the menntime, had withdrawn {heir names, woro mnot suspended. What other inference can we draw from this action than that the sus- Eonslouu wors not 8o much for compleity in azing 88 for prosonting tho papoers above quoted ? Can they bo constdered dferespectful oras intorforing Improporly with the colloge governmont, * Gontlemen of thejFaculty woro nesured that such wes nmob the spirleot the Biguors, . urfng tho excitoment attonding the firnt nnnouncement of the suspension, the two classes made cortain ungontlonmianly dom- onatrations, but full aud ample wpolggiss for thom bad boen made and accepted, This cer- tainly evincos a manlinoss and courtesy on the part of the classes entirely at variance with many publishod nocounta of thom, : 1t gives us pleasurs {0 tostify that the Soph- omoro and Lreshman olasnoss have been wui- formly disposed to ordoer and decorum during their conneation with the University, COMMUTTEE ; Olass of T4, Class of '15, B, MaxwkLL, Jn., 3. 0. vAarpELY, OAL, THOMAS, L. Davis, Jn,, J. D, Waunes, H, 0. Fonp, DeWrrr OnanLs, 3. W. Panxin, UNIVERITY OF MIONTGAN, ANN Hanuon, May 7, 774, ek il i Stugnior Acoidont, Tho Poughkoopsio Fagle says that & faw days agon lad at Fort Momuomurz, attempting to gain access to an fco-honse, olimbed tho alevator, and crapt in through u sllding. 1o stopped on what ho supposod to be a plutform, which gave way, and ho was precipitated to tho layer of fce bolow, a distanco of thirty-six foot, whoro ho lny unconcfous for nearly forty-cight hours, Whon hin sonses came to him ho found that both feet wera frozon, bul no bones wore brokon, Noatly doad, bo dragged bimeol! along over the ico to tho wido of tho houso, where, with a ploce of tased, o rupped ngalst Lo sdihg il sasistanco arrived, and lio was rescued, 1t 1s fearad that ono of hiy foot will havo (o bo amputated, —_—— Potrarch. Tho tomb of Petrarch was opened on the Bth of Degember layt, by o committes appointed by the Bovolonta Acmlnu‘:{. Tha bouos of the potll, instoad of bolug collected in n wooden or wotal box, weve wmoroly spread on a comwmon board; they wero duwmp, parily munla{: snd of swber calor, The alze of tha honos haws that Potrarch was of middlo staturel A statomout h“:\ btnfin d:awn uJ be:lud( algyod b; (fl:“ ?(im"tfi" and_thouw depos| n & soalod bottlo i tomb, whioh Lias boen closod agaln, | THE CQURTS, Miscoligneons Xjusinoss KTranspotod Satardoy, Another htop, though preontious, was takon in tho Swage Block case’ Saturday, by tho flling of tho Master's amondod roport, Somo timo ngo & Topork was'filod moking tho dsmaeges miuch Jargor than this. Excoptions woro talien, nnd, aftor four or five days’ argumont, tho cnse was rolorrod agnin with Instriiotions. M. Bishop, tho Mastor; with sovoral olhor portios, then took an oxouralon for tho pur- poso of messuring tho tlog pt differ- out placos, This lnst roport awards 8144,051.48 to tho complainant as due from tho 1llivola Contral Rallrond, One lundrod snd eighty-ivp thoueand sofen hnndred and fts-sjx Tails wore ropiired aftar all nilowances, and 4,602 foot of trogs, Lo avorago number of tuchag por rall 19 17 72-100, whiol, ok 48 conts por foot, tho smount saved by ualug compltu- ant's patont, gives tho abovo sum. 'The Chicago & Alton Brl'mnd 1g dacread to pay £6,008.04 for monding 112,809 foot of rails, Tho' Michigan Southorp & Northern Indiann Ralirond Gom- pany aro taxed 8412,331,04 on 572,083 rails, tho avoraga amoitnt mended ‘on_onoh' 1all belng 18 tnghan, Fitty-nine thousand uino Lundrod and cight dolinrg and oighty conts i dooreed to Lo dua from tho Pittehurgh, Fort Wayne & Ohi- e00, and £61,101.92 from tho Ohicago, Durling. toh & Quinoy Raiiroad Company. Thin niskers total of $731,701.68 found to bto dno tho com. pisinpnt, which i o deduction of over 46 por cont from tha formor roport. ® MIBLACED CONFIDENOR, Spmuol R, Childs fllod o bill, Friday, in the Olronit Court, :fzm'nn‘ hia partnor, Charles N. Morton, for s dissolution of partuorsiip, The Dbil} was auflxreusod ono day, in ordor to obiain dervice. Chlids states thab in Mny, 1873, ho medo n partnership, in tho resl estato business, with bis brother-ju-law, the dofendnnt, Lach partnor was to cootributo an equal amount of manoy, and the q\;nmu or lossos wara to bo equally divided, Morton has alwaya kept tho books, and touded principally to (ho buslnoss, Childa baving tho utmoat coniidenco in him, About tho 29th of Novomber, 1873, complainnnt a8 called avay fram tha clty by tho Rlucss and death of his wifo, and shortly nftorward ho was Limsolf taken sick,-and for weoks it was not ox- pootod ho would racover. When e loft, the firm owned notes of varlous parties amounting to unearly 34,000, and porsonnlt praporty on a farm or futheir ofiice, amounting to 500 more, to- gashor with tho botel at Dalton, Cook County, whara tho perties resido. Complainaat charges that Morton has kopt tho Looks laosely and im- proporly; that bo has crased somn items and substituted othors; o that tho bnlance-shoet sliows apparontly that tho firm owes complainant nothing, whilo it should shaw a balance lu his favor of at lonst 83,300, * Complainant's honse is_situated near that of tho dofondant, and, while o was sick, o wos compelled for o time to live with Morton. Childa chiarges that Mor- ton Lo abused bim, and attomptod_vitkuully to shorton his life, g0 that ho (defendant) would get tho properly. Morton, ‘whon Childa was slokoss, wisliod theb tho ‘partnorsip &ftairs should bo closed up, and ‘askoed that the firm books should o takon as the basis to this. Qom- plainant would not agree, aud tho ill-trantmont continued. Obilds hos' only been abla to como in town for & _shorb timo, and in nob yob ~ Awaro of tho cxack oon- dition ot affairs, but, as far as ho does know, ho alloges thet Morton has, besides fraudulently obtnining tho haoks, acteally sold a large pottion of tho partnorship assets, and is attompting to disposo of tho romainder. Complainant thero- foro nsls thab b Necoiver may bo appointed to tako chargo of tho firm affeirs, thatnn injunce tion muy bo issucd ngninst tho defondant to re- strain him from further selling tho partnorship notos or othor nesats, and that an_account moay be bnd and tho partnowsbip- dissolvod, ‘Tho fn- Junction was grauted, BI0NE INSURANCE LAW, A quoation of the Liability of aninsurance com- ‘pany under a policy owghio ife of au assured, was raispd Saturday, tho oaso of Chapman aghlnst thio Republic Lifo Insurance Company, Thepol- icy wad somowhnt difforons in 16 torins from tho ordinary covenauts, It was provided thottho Compnay shoald not bo beld liabla if tho asaured diod by his own biaund, sano or ingane.” It wag argued that it had boon, docided in Now York tht the Company wos to bo ro- liablo, a8 fl.Enrty could not bo hel sponsible when ho committed suicido when in- 81Do, 8 it Was not by his own band. The othor sido offered cortnin Dlassachusotis decisions to tho contrary, and olaimod that this casa was not within the scops of tho Now York decisions, Judge Gory hold that tho anlfi question wag a8 to whether o man could bind himself to such & contract. Tho terms of tho E°"°y wero cloar, and noedod no oxplanation, and waro nob cov- ered by the decisions hithorto made. Ha held that a'man could bind himsclf for bis futuro aations, aud ovorruled tho faulty roplicatlons. TIE BOSS GAHE, Tho contost over tho property in tha Boss cago way out short Naturday morning by an agreement which was onterod [uto botween the parties, - When tho injunction was lssned some 8500 or 8600 of property was put into the bauds of o Redeivor to awaib tho issnio of thosuit, An aproemont was mwade Sntnrday by which the Ro- ceivor should be discharged, and each party loft to onjoy posscssion of tho house and its con- tants, tlio dofondunt sgresing not to disturb the complainaat, or to intarfero with her busines ia keoping boarders, It is probablo tbat tho mat- ter will bo amioably adjusted, and never brought 1o trial, DANKRUPTOY ITEMS, Qachrane, MoLean & Co., of Now Yorls, floda potition agaiust Oaldwoll Ladd and J. 8. T'alcott, partners uncder (he name of Ladd & Taloott, Pe- titioncrs cluim & note of §419.47 whick js oyorduo sud unpaid. It i8 chargod that tho firm is insoly- ent, and that Talcott in November Inst trans- ferred 310,000 of property to G. M, Lvarts, and Evarts transfered the sama to Ellen Talcott. A rulo to show causo and injunction aguinst Mra, "Lalootd wera fesnad, SUPERION COURT IN NBIEE. TJi Kinnoy, Phulender O, Kinnoy, Francis 3. Tuibard, and W. I Lowo bogan o snit against Francis A, Riddle for 10,000, 8, Zelmer and Frodstoln bégan a suil sgainst M. B. Ewing, W. F. Maghon, and J, J. Maybon for 81,600, Willism Thompsou sued the Machanles’ Say- ings Bank for $1,000. Minnie Blattor brought » suit against Albert M, Biliings, laylog damages nf 10,000, Jobu Kitch sued Witliam Miller far $20,000, William A, Kung bogan & suit for§5,000 agalnst J. Logor, 3 OIMOUIT ‘COURT. Obarles W, Pool bnfan o st agninst Edwin O, Gale and Willism ¥, Blocki, olsiming $10,000. THE OALL, Junce Dauanronh—47 to 40, Junoz Rooers—~i29 to 832, Junae Boori—170 o 100, t.{xm:m: Toee~2,767, 1,496, 917, 101, and othors, Jupae Gany~-100 to 124, oxcopt 102, 10, 106, 108, 112, 113, 116, 118, glmmt JauzgoN—154, 166, 164 to 166, 168 to Junce MoRoseRTa—Assiats Judgo Gary, JUDOMENTS. Jupa Ganr—Froderiuk Gobliard etal, v, John Maerz, £1,201,95.~Ell Sontgomory fot nl, v. Bonfamin Ditworth, §7,60,~iirsm Wlaon v. George I, Olnrk and Obarlea B, 8ilvs, §05,t0,—J, W, Fox v, . D. Dewu pooord of judfament Gr $j28.04 restared~Jon Ti Lddman v, G:rectt V, Orton, §1,798.50, Jupax MoRobEuTi—Potor Mare 'y, Oity of Chicago, yerdiet $3,00, and motlon for uow trial by (i p A 01RouIT CoUnT—JUDar Moorna—Ohnries A, Bticet o i, il Tanger S0, e I Juiak Booru—Philllp Blierwood v, James Warwlck, Jovox Tner—Jamen 7, Walworthotal, v, Ohappoll, $261.93, ah . Gaorgo Ourfoun Sconcs fu o GAurch, There soems to have beon s great dosl of sport at tho auousl ‘Iub"fl esting in connoe- tion with tho Pastora’ College, lxalfi recently in Mr. Spurgoou's Tabornaclo, Tho proseodinga, saya tho Fall3fall Gazelle, having opouod wil peayor, and the specchies having boen dollvor- od, 5 song callod “The Lifebost™ was aung by & gontloman who explained that it wes sung in Amorica *to endeavor to touch the hearts or hinrdoned people who would not Jiston to rogular and well-known hymos," This admirable song, which, it i stated, *hns nmorsl or roliglouy tormination,” was & great success, and bronghf down showors of applagge, Ar. Spurgoon noxt introduced Dr. Hilllor, who, he Eaid, had beon o soldier, aud could play avery wind- ipstromont in oxistonos, Ho askel him io show the audience Low ho drow poople togather when bo wanted to proach the Uospel tothem, and conoluded with * Coms along, Daator,” 'I'ie Doctor, thus urged, did " oumo nlong,” sud having ployed **The lust roso of swwuwer,” with variatious, on a clariuot, ad- dresred tho meoting, esymg that ho way under a misspbrobension, sy he oxpooled Lo should havo to make & spooch upon ‘‘the holy stiok® Lo had just luid down, Ifo then, to {linstrato tho lack of musioal tasto fu_thosa who conducted tho singlng i the churohes of the prosent day, told a story of a Northern oburch where & difficult tune was choson, the ro- {rain of the hymn boing repoatad ouco or twico, ‘Lho lagt line of the first verse was “Aud bow botoro His throno,”" Tho result of the solection waa that it was rondered *And bow-bow-bow," “Aud bow-bow-bow,” “Aud bow beforo Lis throno,” 'This atory produoad ** roara of laughe lex;l"lroUn\vnd by & 'briof address and s hymn, :n ho procoodings olosed with tho bonodlos on, —ige o COLLEGE-ROWING. The New Howse of tho Yale Donts of Ciubt'he Coming Xegatta at Sarne toga, ok Correspondence f Tha Chicagio Tyfbune, © " New Haven, Conn,, May 6, 1874, It will bo romemberad that, eatly last montl, the Yalo Glen Olub gavo n concort in bekinl? of the Univoreity Dont Ofub. T'he trip notted §800, This will bo matorinlly incraased by two concorts wlhich the Club nre to give ot Saratoga op tho avenings before the raco. T'ho Club bave been notified ¢o remove tholr proaent hougo by tho ownors of the gito, snd aro about to ercot & sultable building upon land avout o mile from tho Colloga, The victory st Sprivgficld was lucky for the Club in more nonsca than ono for, with the {impotus given to rowing, tho offort to rasio monoy to mect the nocossity of & now boat 18 rendored loss laborjs oue. The now houeo will bo of wood, with & watore frontago of 60 foot, snd & depth of 75 feot, ‘Cho flust floor wilt bo dovoted oxeluslvaly to tha storago of -bouts, affording room for sixty vrivato boats, in addltion to thouo of tho regulnr orowa, Arrangemonta are being mado by which rowlng will bo put within Lke reach of all, 6} & small oxpouso, thua rondering o large storage. cn(melu necessary, In the mocond story there Wil Lo drossivg-rooms and a club-room. A brond balcony runs around the ho o over zhn‘)‘a&ng’r‘:‘om. p uneydleeally lhe studenta have boon notiva in helplng themselves, having ralsed, mostly AMONg nrmu. selvos, 80,800, in nddition to back and curront oxpenges. Tho cost of tho now house will ba 16,250, of which §0,800, 58’ above, has alrgady beon raised. o The budget {8 $15,230 Thus thore i ©5,400 yob to ralno, which it a hiopad tho graduatos aud fricnda ot ‘ho Colloga will make up, When compiotod, will bo o desirable addition to the Col- lemo ' proporties, ag thus a stimulus will be given to this dalightful summor oxercius. Wiilo tho work is fn tho hands of graduatos, & committeo of profassors and graduatos closoly oxawming all bulldivg oxpensos, aud aro tho Tinancisl Committos, ‘The Chalrmen of tho Commutteo is Prof. B, L, Richarda. In the rowing dopartment, Capt. Cook, who visitod England, introduced the Cambridge stroko, and traiped his arow for the victory of 1873, will continuo to have charga, Tbe craw hasnlrendy boen fu practico in bargos, proparatory to sheil-rowing, and will go to Saratoga after tho Collago Commencoment, Juae 25, Its come position ia as follows: R, J. Cook, Captain and stroko; Julisn Konnedy, a member of the 78 crew; 0. N. Fowler and M. A. Nixon, now men; T Wood and G, T, Brownell. of tho viotorious Tragman crow of '78, with D. H. Kollogg 08 sub= atitute. Averngo age, 21{ yenrs; prosont weight, 168 pounds. 'Two of the crew ato from Tilinois, one—Nixou—{a from Chicago, The Froshman crow is not yob dofinitoly sos lected, but will undoubtedly be a atrong one, 1t 18 oxpected that thore will be a raco with tho famous Atalanta craw, of Now York, duing Commoancoment wock, to giva the University tho " houes crew practico for their more important raco ab Saratoga. 1t ia now oertnin that nino orewa will entor: Yalo, Harverd, Wesloyan, Qolumbis, -Cornoll, Drinceton, Wiliiams, Trinity, Dartmouth, Bow= doin has not been derinitoly heard from. ~Ame horst and Ambhorat Agricultural will nob row, Alrendy extonsive arrangements have been made for- tha regatin, and * Collogo week™ will un- doubtedly bring to Saratogn o vast concourse of visitoys, koY s HOUSE-CLEANING. The reign of terror has bogun! Mattrossen hisug from windows liko flags at Lalf-most. Oarpets, heavy with memorinl dust, suggeat the pathways through which our weary feot wore led—last yoar, Obalrs aod boys stand logs uppormost, oblivious of deonrnm, Tubles groan like Yonkeo poddlors be- neath thoir packs, Disseclod bedateads, rodolont of kerosone snd former inhabitants, lean sgalnet walls, scomlng to sigh: “O whora can rest b found ?” Cbests of drawors appest draped in momory of departed spiders. Tha piavo, which nlone cannot bo overturned god cleaned, stands & silont sentinol, guarding an empty purlor; whilo the guitar fs cof~ fined and Jald to rest beneath a- rase-bush. Rusty * stoves and lounges keop company on the lawn, Mirrors, In noox- peeted places, shook ono with their incongrions rofloctions. Cellars and garrots vomit forth their odds and onds, mold sud mildew croop forth from tholr hiding-places, ond cast a bligh upou the spring-day. Dogs bark, lons'enckloin satonishmont, snd birds, struck dumb, fly from tho soene. About tha houso, brolen crookery jingles, and kottlos drum in tunoloss musio:- whilo hammers, tuncd invarious koys, tap-tap a norvo-shattering accompanimont. Btove and whitewash brushes laro at each other In bristliog rivalry. Mops ilirt about,—restloss spirits in a noisomo sphioro, Borubbing brushes croak: away thelr lives, hko fsh ummglimi‘ . in .. muddy pools. Brooms woar out like the ' women who wield them,—Amnzons with frowzy balt anq Pumuplno tonguen, who storm tlirough the houso, * conquering and to conquer.” Husbands snd eats shrinl into oornors, and deyonr doughuuta bohind the pantry-doors, Cbildren, bribed to keep peace, tiptos over the slippery floor, with dows of molnssos, Goap-suds, and briny 'tears falling from thor noscs, Everything drips and drizzles like o Novembor day. = Tho shronded clock tok-ticks: * Clean house! OLRAN Housz} CLEAN HOUSE!" T'ho slng\ma of Egypt were many, but it was not said unto her: ‘“Clonn honse 1™ ¥ 0all thy ‘women Logethor, and clean house!” Tho trials of Job wore grievons, but it is nop recorded that ho was driven forthlike a dos with & bono, whilo Bedlam wasraised within his doora. *'0, forvon little cot-bedatend away in the voods!” whero rumora of goiled paints ond fiy. spocked panes might naver reach nio more. Swixa Ourag, e An Aristoerntic Gamblers ““In club life," suys a London correspondont, 4 tho particalars of n torriblo scandal are ia ove ervbody's mouth. A gentlemwn bonring o hige torie namo, and connected by marringo with a Ducal Liouso In the northorn portion of the King- dom, snd holding an important public post, bas Loen roqueated to rotiro from the Arlington and Marlborough Olubs, and will bo invited to & sim- ilay coutso by tho Gorriok Club. Tt scoms that for some timie past the successea of tho porsou in quostion in the card-roows of the Arkington and AMerthoraugh have attractad attention, and le was watchod, At length tho gentlemen who habituslly playod with him ‘wero satisfiod that by sloight-of-band ho was euablod whonavor bio pleascd to deal bimself vr partuer, or both, o cortain card. ~ Iiis winnings snionnted to £6,000 before ho was discovored. 1o was then waited upon by members of tho two clubs I have named, and fuformod that, if ho did noc immediately votiro, tho matter would b mnde public. Ha has nocordingly rotirad, but whother 1o has mado rostitntion I ain uuabio to Eay.’ ———— Tho Lottor ¥i. - The following amusing potition is sddressed to the {uhabitants of E"E«:“‘;:L X 1oroas by you T hisve boen drivan o s oo e, Fom apes from aved, ‘And placed by your most loarned Bocioty In Hoxllo, Hauguish, aud Hsnzlety ; Nay, clinrged withaut ona just protense, WiTh Harfogance s Jmpideicse 1 bgro demand full roatittion. ‘And beg you'li mend your Helocution, Towland Hill, whon at college, waa remarka. Blo for tha fraqiont wittiness of bis obsorvatious, Tu n conversation on tho poswors of tho letter I, in which it was contondod that it was no letter, but & simplo aspiration or hramdnf, Rowlan took the opposlte sido ot the questfon, and jn. slstod on ts bejug, to all {ntante and purposes, nlottor; and conolndod by obaorving thate 1t 1 wore nof, it was vory sosious affalr to bim, a8 {f{wunw ©occasion his bowng il nl) the days of hig 0, s A Water Oity, < The pork of Brunel, Borugo, has beon ealle by travalars whio biave visited it ' " & wator a:zl,"" tho Lousos being biult on plles driven lato {)m mud og olthoy uido of the maln stroam or chiane ol of tho rivor, All communiention is by wae znr,l but whon tho tdo Js ous tho mud Iy left bare under o groat parl of tho town, ‘Tho river acts a8 a most ofliojent sower for the whole town, pud though at low tide an unpleusant odor Arlnos from tho oxnosed mud, no unwholosoma rgrzglr‘n:i mpailuficofi. M&n tha uontruyl the urkably ho ono. 3 moat unknowu, o i Foie