Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 12, 1874, Page 2

LOUISIANA. The Conditlon of the Pcople Consc- quent Upon tho Jato Floods - The Fraud Known as the Louisiana Levea Company. Proposition that the General Government Shatl Take Control of the Lovees. . Comparative Merits of tho Fort St Philip Canal and the Eads Plan, Special Correspondence of The Chicano Iribune, New ORLEANS, Juuo 2, 1874 Tho summer opens without much oncour: ment to tho businoss-men of this city aud the rosiddonts of tha Lower Mississippi Valloy, A vory largo proportion of the lands submorgod by Lho overflow of tho rivors still romaine covorad, wnd tho probabilities of raising nuything on lands now undor water ara vory smail indeod. THE DESTITUTION which oxists in somo portions of this State is ab- olntely appalling. Tho worst foaturc of tho cauo fs tho almost universal want of sced to com- menco planting with again, and the lack of monoy to buy food and forago for stocl to last until n now crop 18 mnde. If reliel docs not come from gomo sourco, Ihave no doubt that munny peoplo will die of starvation during tho coming summer, It'is humilinting that this Stnto should bo throuwn upon the charitios of tho country, a Stato which by naturo {8 ou- dowod o richly in soil and ctimate that, to tho casunl visitor and obsorver, it would scom almost fmpossible to livo many yonrs along ity rich bottom Jauds without becoming wealthy. Yet tho fact {8 indisputablo that Louisiaun to- day occupios the painful position of A PUBEIC MENDICANT, ‘Wherd tho fault of all this lios it is hard to say, Bome Iy it all to tho Radicals and carpot~ baggers. ‘They aro undoubtedly responsible for * muny sins of omission and commission, Dut it does not present iteelf to my mind that they are the cnuro of all the ovils whick have fallen upon Toufeinnnsineo tho War, Thave no doubt that hud no Republican ever ontered tho Stato from tho time Gen. Shoridan left until now,its matorinl iuterests would novertholess have sufforad not o fow reverses. The condltion of tho lovees atthe closo of the War wns very bad indeed, nnd in eonsoquenco of the emnucipation it was impos- ¢ible to repair them and keep thom up as under the old xystem, which was for overy propristor slong tho river-front to keep up Lis” own lovees, under penalty of forfeiting titlo to his lands. “Thiy wng not cowsidered very onerons, ns the river-front propriotors woro wealthy, aud could turn their sloves to ropairiog tho lovocs when thore wag 1o pressuro of othor labor. But with tho loss of their labor, thoy were unablo to longer continuo this work, and go the Stato assumod coutrol of it. It was for two or throo years carried on through o Board of Loveo Commissionars, nppointod by tho Govornor, But in 1870 & company was char- tared by the Stafo, known ns the LOUISIANA LEVEE COMPANY, to whom was given the oxclusive control of the lovees, nnd to compensate whom o tox of 4 mills on the dollar has sinco beon nssessod an- nually on tho taxablo proporty of the Stato. I'Lis copipany has fairly coined monoy, and has been fortunato cnough to have escaped an over~ flow until this year. Ono provieton of its gou-~ troot with tho Stato was that it should b held Tinbla in damages for any loss which might occur Dy ronson of crovassewi bub Inst winter a bill way passod repealing that part of tho chertor, in consideration of the Leveo Company abrogating 1 mill on the dollar on their tax. 8o the Planters, though still obligod to pay the loveo inx, cannot recovor from tho Company for hiw losses, oven whore the canse ean bo traced diroetly to its negligence. This Company is justly execrat- od as bemng oxpensive and inoflictont, aud it is highty probublo that its inglorious career will be brought to an ond by the next Legislature. Itis ovidont to all roflecting minds that there in but one way in which this leveo busingss can bo succaysfully conducted, and that is by tho GENERAL GOVEUNMENT. It is requisito that tho lovees should bo under onasystematic management, As the casa now stauds theso citizens of the United States who sro unfortunnte onough {o possees proporty slang this great river ato subjoct to the caprices of helf o dozen Btate Logislnturos, aud in Louisaua thoy are undor tho necessity of look- ing o an irresponviblo privata corporation to rotect their most vital iuterests, A man may ive in Btato whick does take propor care of its Jovees, and yet ho may have his lands over- tlowed and his stock drowned from a crovasse in tho State immedintely above hil Such a thing ns combinod and uniform action between the States fronting on the river ix impracticable. But nside from, and paramount to, sl other considerations is tho fact that the worsk is too enormous for the States. and that tho worl is gradnally ucrcnsing. Tho ‘further north tho leveen aro extended the highor they have to bo raiged st the Jower ond of tho river. Thoy svo now Dichor by nealy 2 feet than thoy wero before the war, and thie wator this year in front of Lhis city was U inclies bighor thau it lnd over heen before. Uuloss $ho planters of the Lower Missisgippi seo thoso levoes takon hold of Dy somo powor which insviros. greator respect Dy tho great blocks of of comont of which Mr. Liads projoscs to construet hiu joltlen,* ‘ DUBINESS OF ALG NINDH . fadutl fn tho city. Tho cotlon bulticss has' not boen #0 large ae Inst yoar, although tho crop’ bf tho country was gronter. » T'ha production of sugor foll off Inst year from what it had beon provionsly, and tho future Is looked forward to with gloomy forobodings, A now Leglslature Is to bo olected noxt fall, but whotherit will ho bettor than provions onos romains to bo rocn. Oue thing is certain,—1t canuot bo_wordo. — An olootion for deloxatos to the Parish Contrat Committco lias rocontly beon lield in tho c"'f' aud tho portisans of Dluchback linve gonorally. Dbeon dofontod, In case Lo t rofused o sont in the United Statos Bounto, his cliancos for ro- clootion nro vory. slim, It {s rumored that ox- Qoy, Warmoth has lonsed the plantation of Efiugham Lawronco, in Plaquominos Paviuh, and will bo a candidato for Uaugrussxllhl% flgl. “Binco this letter waa wrltten, tho bill for tha con struction af the Fort Sk, Phillp’ Canal lins parsed tho Tounn, and tho Eads Joity plan s been Xojected,— Ep, [TRiunuNe, S g UNTAXABLE INFLATION. Greonbacks Avd” Exempt from Taxas tion. Lockront, I, Juto 0, 1874 To the Rditor of The Chacago Trivune: Bin: A discussion hns boen going on botweon Gon. Lipplucott, the Auditor of Publio Accounty, and n fow individunls in Wiil County, which s of considorablo futorest to the geunoral publie. It seemn that nearly all tho banks in the country, bolug bottor postad in rogard to tho decisions of tho Suprome Courts and the United Btates Inw, bave quiotly claimed oxemption from taxation on ihiofr gresuback roserves, und thus avolded o tax. thot hay boon imposed on moro jgnorant poople. 1f tho nitvoeaton of inflation hnve an iden that 2 substitutlon of Unitod Btates notes for United Statos bouds would put Lhe Governwent indebi- edness into o coudition whero it could bo taxed, thoy will learn that thero iy no prospect of nc- complishing tholr object in that way. The Ton- dlotonian plan of taxing greevbnelis is effectual- 1y knocked on tho hoad by the Bupreme Court af the United Btates, which saya that, no mattor what form tho indebtodnces mny tako, it is ox- oxempt by Congressional ennctments, nud the originnl coutract on which its crention was based. for its ability than the State Legislatures, thoeo Innds will “gradually be nbnmfimud. and _the sugar production of the United States will bo only known s o thing of tho past. A great sonrce of digeatisfaction to tho busi- noss men of Now Orloans, and, indecd, to all in- tereated in thoe commerce of the Misainsippl n;vcr, I8 tho extromely unsatisfactory coudition o < ‘INE RIVER OUTLET. During tho high water which Las provailed now #0 long, the river having been heavily charged with sediment, tho bar hag beon worso than usual, aud, indeed, noarly ovory vossol of doop draft hay beon stuck for o pevied raunging froul twonty-four houry to four wooks. At ong timo durmyg March thore woro forty-soven ves- eely oitheron the bar or waiting for othor vess sels to get off, in order to_allow them to pass. Jugt think of it. Millions of dollars ctanding idlo bocauso tho United Statos Govainment dves not take effcotivo measuros ta avoid the obstruction of this big Jump of mud! Great hopes were entertainod Bero Inst fall that something would bo done by Congress in fuvor of the Fort 8t Philip Canal during tho prosent sossion, This eaual project i regurded by the commiercinl mon of New Or- lonny with groat favor, having recalved tho iu- dorsement ~ of, nnd laving beon strongly urged upou Congress bi;’ the Cotton Ix- obango aud the Chamber of Commerco, A vory comsidorablo voto might wun- doubtedly ave been obtained iu that body in favor of the canal, especiully oy it was recom- mended by the United States Bourd of Iingi- neers, lad it not been for tho sprlugiog of the Fads Jolty plan. Mr, Hads camo down hero ouce, aud, with a_party of Congrossmen, wonb to the monthk of the nver, Aftor viewing tho gituation for Lalf an hour or so, ho came to tho coneluwon that ho knew liow tadogtor tha eanul, sud tha torult is the Jotty plan. The idea is to clora alf tho suonths of the Delta oxcopt one, and the ineressed foree of wator pagsing through is oxpovied to tear sway the bar, Very muny #ensiblo poaplo oxproms the beliof that” oven if 3t is posvible to cloke all the river mouths except ono, and granting tha it will not broak out in & now placa For ovory old onostopped up, and - granting that L will tear away tho prosent bur, still it will form anow o littlo furthor out, Oneof the cous pidvrations which is nr{ch to commond thie plan ol tho jetty company is, thut it naks no mone: autil n dopth of Lyanty foot s attuined, st which point they aro to recoive &2,000,000, An thoy Frradunily Inoronso tho depths thoy are to ecoive ‘more, until, atter having obtatned a dopth of twonty-cight fect, thoy aro to recelve 10,000,- 000, Now, by buch an arrangement, this, Coms pany_would bo cnubled to porpotrato a great fruid; for thoy might be ablo to obtaln thels depth'of twenty Teat without doing any work at all, or ut lenat vory Hitlo, as thoro lave been Vinties whion thera was that nmnount of wator on Ahe b during low stagos of the rivor, and whon Alcre was neither Jottying, drnd€lu€, or_any Biber work done, 'Thus it uppears Lhat the Coni~ iy proposo to drive a very sharp barguin, w lnen pretonding Lo bo notuuted by the prineiplo of " No work, no pay.” Even if thia Gompauy at- tained thadepth of twenty-sigut fost, it Congross did not proscouto the workof carrying out the Jottiou into thol Gu'f, thoy would very rapldly d!ll with uud, und thotroublo would bo fncroased Wa caunot chango tho nsturo of an agrooment, oxcopt by tho consont of both partios to said agreoment, A law pasged by Congress permit- ting Btato nuthority to impose a tax onthe United Btatos dobt, aftor it was thus created, would be unconatitutiounl, The advocatos of Inflation would do woll to ut this in thoir pipes of ruminntion, and emoko E. awbile, Whetlior it is botter to have gold and silver (whiol ura subjoct to our roventie Inws) than Qovernment notes (which nre not),is a question of no small import, and should bo taken iuto consideration in connection with that of papor-oxpansion. On tho 1st day of May in cach year, in this Stafe, tho valuo of tho greonbaclk doltar will bo onhionced ovor any othor citculnt- ing_modinm to the asmount that that othor medium is liable for taxes. In this county it will ba fully 8 per cont; and, whou it bocomes gonorally known, I thitk tho **legal-tonder” will bo o handy thing to lave in evory man's breoches-poakot on that day. Bryx, Horewith is appended Qen, Lippincoti's lottor on tho subject AUDITOR' OFFICK, SPINQFIELD, Tune 3, 1874, Dran Sit ¢ Sec. 1 of the Stale Rovonue law raquires o)l pioneys owned or coutroled by porsous resding in this State ta bo taxed, Sov, 3 providen that ceriain property shiall bo exempt from tazation, 1y reference to snld section, you will find nothing therclu exempting greoubacks, Tho oplulona of this oflico aro Lused 1pou tho provisions of the Illinofs Jow; and, regarding ' greenbacks” g moncy, it bus beeh hold that they sliould be taxed, Dut, sinco tho receipt of your fasor of the 20th ult,, tho cago lina been presented to the Attorney-General of Thiinofs ; and now, in_auswer to your lnquiry, Bhall * yreenbacks ¥ bo taxed, I will quoto his opinion as follows 3 g Supremo Court of tho United Btates held that Unfted States ‘Treasury-uotes, commonly ~called +greenbacks,’ aro excrapt from taxation,—Lank v, Su- perviors, T Wal,, 20, “Thia declsion sooms to bo barod upon Congression- a1 legislation In part, ‘ho Bnpreme Court of Indiona ackmowledged tho authority of this decision of thio Su- preauo Gout o tho United States, and adopled tho ‘same,—Rourd of Comnissioners v, 2laton, 33 Indy 27, “Upon a queation of thia character, the docisions of the Supremo Court of the Uited Btates are para« mount autliority, The doclsion reforred toin 7 ai Zucg soema to bo baded upou Cougressionsl logislation 8 3¢ Atood fn 1863, I am not awuro of tho pusssgo of any subsequent act ¢hnnging tho rulo, # Thiw belug tho case, iy opiuton I, that tho United States Treasury-notes ire not subject to taxution og tho law now stands. “ may 4dd, it T think thoy ought fo be mado o when used for éurronoy like bauk-billay but this woutd requiro an act of Congross,” "Ihe foregolug optulon of the Attorney-General des cidea the question of the taxation of +grecubucks, and will govern the netion of Asscesors, ¢, E, Lrr1ncorT, Auditor Fublic Accounts, —_—— THE EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. G, 1L, Juue 9, 1874, T the Editor of The Chicago Tribunc: Bin : The political outlook in the Eighth Con- gressionnl District is bocoming very much “ mixed.” Tha political scbowoers and bummors are abwork sotting up rings and pius, while tho masses of tho pooplo are going forward in tha only safo rond, and that is as an Independont party. Grant’s veto of the Ciuroncy bill, and his Inte manifesto in rolation to specie-resnmp- tion, huve sot tho oflicials and loeal pollticinug in the Republican zanks ** by the ears,” aud they ave trying to dostroy cach other, Col. Fort, the present Mombor of Congress, has been trying to securo the Farmers® Movemont for re-olaction I'ho Ropublican loadors, fenring tho resultif he ia rorominatod by tho party, aro looking around for better timber with which to eatch tho Farmors' vates, We wore not surprised to soo n note from a leader over in Woodford County, indorsing the Hon, C. H. Freer, of Paxton, 18 tho successor of Yort. 'Tho argnmonts used woro, that Freer, whiflo o mombor of tho Houso, worked always in tho interests of tho Efinpln and offored, in the Honso of Reprosontativas, Jau. 19, 1869, tho fol- lowing resolutions : Resolved by the flousa of Representalives,in General Adsembly represented, That raflroad companies aro ine corporated for the genoral welfaro of the community ; that thero s au impiled condition on the part of coin= punies uccepting ratlroad charters, thot the ronds ure {0 Lo managed for tho benetit of tho public, recelving for {heir survices o Just and roasonable compensation, “Tresaluved, Thut alt privileges, powers, or prerogatives acquired by rallrond companics of thu’ Slate Govern- ment aro subordinuto to tho general welfaro of tho pooplo or vommunity whera construcied, and that the riglie of tho Btuto (0 oxereiss o reasounbfo control over bllluh unn(:pnulu 1s one of which uo power can divest the prople, lh]:w ved, That tho fraudulent practices of railroad compaes’ arbitrarily *diseriminntivg aguinst somo places by extorting higher freight rates at” suc places thau at otliers, I4 o misuke of power snd n porversion of tho ubjoeta for which tho companies wero erented, esolved, That railroad companies ought to b open ta competition Justas othor corporstions ; and thil (he coprolidation of railrond compunies s dungecous 1o 1ho Hborties of the peoplo. These resolutiony, offerod over five yoars ago, foroshadow tho political plutfornnn of to-duy upon that subjeet, and show & st excallont record with which to enpturo the Farmers' voles, Whilo Frow was fighting monfully for tho poo- Ele, Tort was voting millious of monpy into the wnds of tho monopolists, It is true the abovo yewolutions wero kicked out of tho House by such mion_ 08 TFort; but thoy utill live to bloss Trow, and to rhio up. in Judgmont nyguinet Fort, 50 Buys Frow's onthusinsiio friond, who is thus worlding for the gentiemnn from Ford, Ui fight is bocoming intenaoly iutorosting to Jookers-on who buve uo sympathy with tho party in powor, Upon tho uide of the Indopondonts, wo expoet Mr, A, J. Aloxunder, of this plage, to bo nominated, Onr Connty Convention iu- structod the dologates to the Congrossionsl Con- vontion 1o yote for bim, first, lust, and al} the time, Mr. Aloxandor s & good man, and will malko an excoltout Mombor If oleolnd, OceAsIoNAL, — The Prince Lmpurial ns o Neulptor, In conncotion with the recont alo of tho worke of the L'rench senlptor, Jules Carponus, a Purly paper publishes the {oilo\vmg anocdote: While tha Jmporor Napoloon was i Algoria, Carpeaux waa sout for to the Tuilories, by the Empross,to make & statuo of tho ~Prince Imporlal. Lvory duy the boy, holding in a leash his father's fa- vorito dog, Nuro, posed for an hour or two, Hoon the modol, who took plensure in sooing the pro- ceedings of b man of such talont, hocatio mota- morphosed futo & pupil, and in & short timo, undor his dolieate flngory, sprang up threo works, if not porfeet, ut lonst romarkablo, uulmldurlux' tho extrome youth of the maker, namoly: ‘¢ Tnngor on Ilorsoback,” and two busis, oune of ho Imperor and_tho other of M. Monuior, the Prince’s tutor, ’l'lx;?' wore caut bly Ourimuux, nud presented to i Majesty Nepoloon 111, on his roturn home, —James Anthony Froudo is ono of about fifty riosts and Duacons of the Inglish Chureh who Euvu volinguished holy oeders hotween August 9, 1870, and July 4, 187), 1o wap u Dencon, and rolinguishod the ollico fu Boptembor, 1673, GRANGERS' PICNICS. Largo Gatherings Near Kewance, It and South Bend, Ind, Speeches, Resolutions, Poems, &c. Nenr Kewanoe, § KSneetal Correapondence of The Chicago Tribune, RewaNex, Henry Co,, 1ily, Juno 0, 1674, Tho Clubs and Grauges of thls part of tho county hold a pienio on tho grounds of Mr. M. 1. Pottor, 2 milos south of this place, to-dny, and, notwithstauding tho muddy stato of the ronds from the reeent heavy .ralns, & goodly number wero on tho ground early, bent upon on- Joymont, sud dotormined to give at lonst ono duy, oven at this busy soason, to soolal inter- courso,—n duty which the farmers have ubunlly boon too apt to nogleot, but to which thoy are daily becoming mora slive through tho good in- fluences of their Grango and Olub organizations, Hots of croquet wero sosttored hero and thoro over tho smooth Iawn, aud tho yonng peoplo aud many of their eldors found plensant employmont at this gamo until tho dinnor hour, Aflor n song by the Gleo Olubsof Galrn and Wothorafiold, cloths woro sprond on the grass or on tablos, ns suited tho taste of ench, and dinner was onton with appotites sharponod by tho ride and exer~ ciso in tho opon air, which Soomod- detightinlly puro and fresh after the recont showors. Aftor divner tonsts and rosponsos woro in order. "Tho flrst tonst was s * Our 1ost and Iostess, To-dny we can vorify the truth of thoir_notod hoapitality. May thoy long live to_eujdy the friondship thoy o riolily dosorvo, snd t0 eco tho oonso thoy 80 “warmly espauso triumph in tho comlxlnlu noclal elovation of the ngriculturists of our land.” In rospouding to this toast, Mr. AL B. Iotter alinded to tho position of the Granges on the question of polities,—showing that, whilo thoy could not discuss politics il the Grauge, yot the duty of tho citizon romained to them, and they eottld and would wield n power that wonld sooner or lutor crush out both of the old political pattios 3 oud thnt the gocial Intlucnca of tholr gatherings would bo a rovolution of itself. I'hio second toust was ¢ *'Tho Farmors' Moves ment, g0 callod. Itiy attracting tho attention of all civilizod nations, My it future prospority, socinlly and otherwise, Lo as assured as Ity pnit record has boen successful.” Iespondod to by Austin Sykes, Esq., who spoke briolly of tho menning and intont of tho movement,” Ho sald thot many did not think that tho farmers woro eullering” from any wrongs ; bub that this, nnd liko meotings boing beld daily through- out the whole country, woro enough “to prove that somothing was wrong; nnd that tho movement monnt the clevatiou of labor, and the restoration of rights that hadibeon trampled undor foot by tho nid of unjust and unequal Inws, proeured by dishonost men for the pur- w‘r:e of euriching themsolves av tho oxponso of nbor, Othor tonsts followed, and wero apgrnpriumly responded to by Gt N, ahoer and 8, M. Smith and an original poem was roud by Misy Bessio Potter as follows: « The buglo Lns sounded : Ol I hicod yo tho enll : Then ratly, then rally; como ouo aud como all, And fight Whilo yon may your righta to maiutain; Let Mouopoly’s futters Do broken fn twain, Zot them blacken our cavisc, and pursuo us with il Our hioarts aud our hands shill yot work with o will § Aud not till our etalesmen are what they should bo Bull wo dofT tho bold urmor,—for w0 will Lo fres, len troura yey bravo lienrln; o fliatoscuo como on— Let the Bondholders read In your bailot thelr doom ; Lhoy haso stolen their millions, but now they must sield, For Lo Furmers have risen and taken tho fleld, Tho hills of Now England shall leap at the cry, And tho North nnd tho far-distant South shall roply 3 1t ahull sprend o'or the oarth U1l tho farthermost gien Gives back tho glad t1dings again and agaiu. Thio forcets spall henr it and 1ift up thotr volco, Aud bid tho grcon prafrio and valleys rejolco And the # Father of Wutors” Join Mexico's sca, o swell tho glad chorus : Tho Faruers are free, “Thon on to tho conflict of Freedom and Truth: Como, Matron ; como, Maiden; come, Manbood and "Youlls 3 Lot Balury-Grabbers kuow thelr day fa just past, ‘And tho Farmer hix freedom will bold 11l thie luat. Bovoral songs from the now song-book, “The Trumpet of Keform,” woro flely sung; und tho gathoring broke up iu time to renoh thoir homos before durk, sutistled that thoy had spout the day profitsbly as woll ns plonsantly, and re- soived that tho pleasant meoting should soon be. followed by another, 8. Near South Bend, Ind. Spectal Correspondence of The Chicugo Tribtne, Soumit Bexp, Ind,, Juns 0, 1674, ZEarly this morning many people in tho city wero on tip-too to see how tho Granger pro- cossion that was to paes through' town would pan out, About 9 o'clock tho procession came, honded by tho South Dend Cornet Band; it was over a mile m leugth, aud brought the Grangers and their familics of only threo townshipg. The procogsion was bound to M. Pleneant Grovoe, about 5 miles west of this eity, whore othor processions from various directions mef them to rovol in a good timo, and whero thoy Leld & good, social picnie. Tho weather was threatoning, which was un- doubtedly the causo of keoping mauy awzy who Lind siguified their intention of being pattici- pants; yeb thore wero present noarly 1,200 toums, onch of which nveraged the bringiug of B34 porsons, ns found by count of dotaclied por- tious of processlons, which would give o totaf of noarly 7,000 present. Thero woro many esti- mates of a higher number, and searcely any bo- low. There are eighteen Grouges in §t. Joseph County, all of whom turned out en masso, aud to whom wore added their friends and noigh- bors, delogations from TLaPorto and Elkthart Countics, and quito & number from the adjoiu- ing countios in Michigan, Bosdos, it soomod as though all the people of Bouth Bend who could prosurg conveyances wero thero. * In o conversation with Ilonloy James, Master of tho State Grango, this morning, bo said thero was not o county in tho State without its Grauge, and the wholo numbor of Subordinate Granges now is 2,100 and rapidly increasing, #o that, by July 1, o oxpects to soe Indiuna ahond of any other State in tho Union, Ho estimates the membership in Tudiana to exceed 100,000, ‘Lho Lodges are organized with about 30 mombors each, und grow in a fow wocks to numbor 76 and upward, Mr. Jamoes is somo 55 yenrs of age, guing his living by the farmn, and lives at Marion, in Qrant County. Ilo is 6 foet 4 inches In Loight, and Lo the faculty of making himself quite agreeablo. 1o was born du Indiuun, and Ling lived {n Grant County sinco hin boybood, 'I'ho . oxercincs began in tho grove at a little afier 10 o'clock, by tho Master of Coremonios announcing that tho Patrons acknowledged tholr dopendenco upon the Groat Patron abovo, and calling upon the Rov. Mr. Itusacll, of Mishawnka, to offer prayer, _ Lixcellent music was given by tho band and choir, the latter of wlfieh sang during tho exercisos u number of Grauger songs, of whicli thera is o largo collection, ‘'io Mastor then iutroduced A, J. Fostor, Sce- rotary of the County Council, who made n short speoch, 1o flattered the suporior ngriculturnl advantogos of £t. Junc[zh County, and then spok of the cnuses which had brought about tho Farm- ers’ Movement, und mado thonoblo aud Lonest yoomanry o recognizad power in the laud, Dr., James P, (irimos, of Mishawaka, both docs tor and farmer, was noxt introduced. 1o bold forth for a fow nioments on tho lnmentablo want of u sufliciont education nmong farmers, rud of tho beautlfying and making attractive thomr homeos, so Lhut, s fust an childron grow up, thoy begoma restless and sought othor occupations, John W. Ziglor, of Lulorto County, spoke of the growlh und Ibfluonce of the Ordor in Ius county; and sald that one of its grandest prin- ciplen was, that mombors might know onch athor all over the land, and honee grent wocinl advan- tagos would bo guined, Ifo called for ranovation within parties, but for tho prosont did not advo- cato any political doparture, 1o olosod by an- nouncing a uss plonio at Pino Luke, near L Porte, on the 18th jnst, Tho Hon, 8, AL, Bmith, Sucmtnr{ of tho Illinols State I'nrmors’ Associa~ tion, will bo the orator of Lhe dny. A recces wan then takon until 2 o'clook, for dinner and soolnl reunion, during whiok time your roportor dovoted himsolf to invostigating tho immodiato and romate prospeots of tho enp~ ply of food in the region Lioreabouts, On tho wholo, thoro waoro nover bottor prospeots, Whont on eluy solls In in part light, but on tho gravelly and sand-loam, woils it is nbove an avorage, Corn is coming forwayd finely, but it iu too emrly to make mugh caleulation ; the lute rains have ma- torlnlly iolpod, Of cats but fow aro raised, but tho few are looking splendidly. Potatoos nre looking bottorthan a yoarago ; in somoe localities tho bugs continue to annoy badly, while in oth- crs thoy appear to have noarly leit, Frait of all kiuds proinises nbundautly, Mr. James, who Liny travolod ovor tho Btute, says that orops look much bettor in tho North than in tho middlo nnd aouthern portions of thoe State. 'I'ho whent In the sonth was badly frozon. thiroughont the Stafo. 1t toole but n sliort timo for tho lndies tosprond nores of table-cloths upon the grass in the shady places, aud sirow thorgon J;mnt quaontitios of oatablos; and, whon all had sufiieiently roplou- ished tho inner rmaw, sufMotent was Joft to have fed a8 mnny moro. At nonr 2 o'clock those who particularly do- alred Lo hoor the orator of tho day bogan to #ral tholr positions nonr tho stand, and just bifo'o tho time Mr, Jamon romarked that Lhis was tuo Inrgost gathorlng yet hiad in tho State. Somo of tho bannora aroun tho stand wora adorned with very_appropriate motloos, llko: ** Farmers to the Front—Politlelans to tho ltear;"” “I'tlo Your Own Brush,” ote. At 2 o'clock tho Hon, Ilonly Jamos wns Intro-~ ducod, Mo enid that a yonr ago laat Fobruary thers wore only 28 Granges in Indiaun, and now thote woro fully 2,100, _1lo swas not in tho habit of Inylng overything to Providential juterforonco, but thore was cortninly something wonderful in this graat uprising, ~ Tho farmers hiad auftered loug mnd - borne mueh, and now they wero com- manding roepect for' tholr power. Thoy had combined forthelr own protactlon, and now thoso who had mado moro monoy by handling tho roduco of the former fhan tho farmor had in _producing must _stand Dack. 'hoxo middlo-men who had mado {beir mouoy out of the farmoer while lying would bavo their sorvices disponsod with; they wero not wanted any longor. When tho farnior ean placo himsolf whore ho can figure up sud obtsin the cost of his productlon with o fajr profit, thow, »and mnet il then, would hio bo' froo man, It wo would oxamlno caro- Tully, wo would find that almost everybody olss had'a way of hiding and covering up so ns to got out of payiug taxes. but overy farmer lmdfllu property hunted out and listed, aud had {o pay moro than bia proportion of tho taxes. Only n fow yorrs ago wo had a Stato lovy of 6 couts on the 8100, aud einco thon the rating had beon doubled, and now the lovy 1815 conts, which Is six timesas much, The farmor jsnble to realizoabont 4 por cout on bis fnvastmont, wilo tho capitale iat, who hing his properly In grecubacksy, s ablo to ronlizo 12 por cont, Tywo yonrs nfio both par- tios mado such exceliont proialyos thal #t rosmod a8 if thora was no difference which party carried tho dny, aud it was probably owing to theso fair promises that both parties were partlally succoss- ful, All seomod bonest; but, ss soon as they were in power, now ofticed woro oreatod and gala- ries woro doubled. This waa corruption, which had its origin in-Washington, tho Nation's Capi- tal; and the disenso is sprending, o that honost men are led to stealing. ‘Thore aro mauy mattors not yet porfected fn the Grange. Bome are for mn\dnr anow party, and starting out on thelr own hool § but, for his part, ho was not roady yot to aesumo tho respon- sibihity, If tho patrobs will whispor in the onrs of politicinns that tho politicians must follow, tho politicians will follow thom out. Tor him- solf Tio was an original Republican ; and, if tho Tlopublicau party, attor having mado 80 many falrjpromises two yonrs ngo, huddied sooner, thero would have been more toars shod than thoro will Lo at this lntoday. [Immonso cheering.] ‘What has boen accomplished 7 "The social and sympathotio foaturea wero worth moro than the cout had beon, {f thore woro nothing else : but thore was, 'I'horo has boou saved to the Indiana farmers in a yonr over §1,000,000 in tho purchaso of goods and implomonts. IFrom a brother in Massachusotts ho bad o lottor tolling of their Ylm:llmsiug Lroadstuile thmu%l.\ a Grango in own, by which thoy nd saved largely. Auothor lottor, from South Carolina, stated that thoy had Burclmucd bacon in Iowa by tho car-load,” and nd saved 24,000 per car-lond. Ho ncknowlodgod that it tukes apital to bufla up tho country, to construct the railronds and start manufactories ; but, whilo ho wanted tho capital duly recompensed, Lo did not want it to oppross by unlawfal combinations and eecret ng- socintions. For socrecy we huve the examplo in the Bacred Oracles, which was sufiiclont. ~ Tho Savior kept socrot until Lo waa ready, and then choso His Twolva and gavo thom His Socrot, and instructod thom 08 to what they sbould sny; and that was all tho Grangers did, But tho ladies were lobin. ‘hat was right ; thoy wore entitled 10 all tho vocinl privilogos thnt man onjoys. At tha olose of tha speech, the following reso- lutions, propared by a_committco appointed for that purposo, were offared, and adopted unani- mously : ‘Wizngas, Our oxisting syatem of national taxation, wheroby the consumer pays tho tax; of Stutu taxas tou, wiilch mulies the for!$hr the greiter tuxpnyer of thio ountry: our tranepoidiilon, piaced n tho hands of monopolles; our_patent laws, whoreby tho many uro taxed to mitke a few rich ; the iucreaso of salariea of our Blato and county ollicors ; thocorruption of gur lawmakon In lgoring tlio ' Just righia of the Inboring elasses,—all tlieso aud muny other sbuses call for action on our part ; therefore, bo it Resolved, That Agriculturc is tha main source of nations’ wealth and greatucss; aud, as the agricuttur- fsts furnish moro than one-linlf of the valio of tho productions of the country and nearly one-half of tho voters, we thoreforo donand equal reprosentation ju all branches of the Governmont, a fulrer recognition af the importance of labor in the economy of u sound Government, oqual privileges an citizend, oqual ‘pro- tecllon of our interests by the Government, equal tazalion, and aqual Justlca in. tho adminlstrallon of he lowe, Jlesvlved, That all questions of gonersl intercst to farmers (oxcluding politiesl and roliglous alscussion) aro logitimate subjects for consideration in the Order, and that tho mghts of potition witl by exercised tlirough the medium of the orgauization. Resolved, That wo are the frieuds and favor tho roliroad fnferenta of tho country : bnt, in_dolng so, o also favor the passuge of such laws ne will provent exorbitant frelght and pastenger tariffs on stk rafl- roads, and espoclnlly provéut ang railroad from giving Epecinl rates 10 auy oue, 2 Zvsolved, That tho accoptance of sny pasea and speclal privileges by Govorument, Stato, or Judicial oificera fa Tooked upon by us with suspiclon, sud wmeets with our soverest censure, Wo favor the paesago of o law whoreby tho aceoplunco by & public oficer of any freo passes on uny rallroud, stesuiship, o transportu= ¢ion llue, ar tho acceptanco of any vaiuablo gift from vy citizen of tho United States, will bo regarded as au attempt at bribers, and a wisdemeauor, 10 by pun- st by thio orfultur of tho odco that the accoptoe may hold, Tesolved, That we favor a chango in onr patent laws fn sich o monner as {o mako all patented artl~ cles freo to be manufactured aud sold by any ono on first paying n_Tenvonable royalty to the patenieo, Resofved, That we recoguizo tho manufacturor s our friend and aid 3 that wo encourago tho establishing of manufactures In our midst hfln liberal patronago of thoso home-muufacturers who do not enter into leagues to"injure, deatcoy, oad defeat” tho objuots of our Order. Tesoived, Thnt wo favor Tetrenchmont in the expou- ditures of tho Stuto and General Government, and de- mand o toworkng of tho focs and saluries of oil ofMcars {o o falr and oquitalle compensation; aud wo do lcroby especlally censure tho increasoof tho Prest- dent's salary to 50,000, It is but ;just to say of Mr. James that for his sorvices he will tako as compensation ooly $2,60 per day and oxpenscs, —_—— RAILROAD-INVENTIONS. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Bin: In your romarks on tho accidont on the Northwestern Railroad, Inst winter, whero so many varrowly esoupod death®by. burning, you coucluded as follows : “1ho firo was caused by tho overturning of the stove in the Lagguge-car, which suggests auother inquiry, whethor hmun ingenuity i unsvailing in the offorl to beat eara without exposing thew to tho corlalnty of destruction fn cngo they uro overturned. If wo nduit thiat theso things are Loyond the Tencl of man's fn- ventivo faculty, then we must udmit that the dinasfor on tho Northwestern ltoad was unavoldablo, 11 not, thou tho marraw cscapo from the most horriblo of all deatls that half » hundred peoplo mado yeatordny morning s aother uppoal (o the {nvontors and o tio raflroad-nien to furnish mafeguards sguiust tho feoe quent rocurrence of disastors from theso causce, #Thoyo things™ ave not * boyond the rench of man's invontivo faculey.” Tho trouble lies with tho corporations,—tho roilroad men. Every ex- porlenced invontor knows that, as ‘s rule, It is timo and monoy lost to work in thint dircction, Tgltroud-mon aro very loth to adopt anything new ; and, when they do, the invontor or ownor of tho patent seldom ronlizos moro than tho con- solousnoss that ho hos bad his labor for hig paing, unleey it i ab tho tail of n long and ex- ponkive lawsult, They male no offorts to seouro the needod improvements ; or, if they do, it i not publicly known. Lot thon give » guaranteo that thoy will pay for ¥ thoso things,” and thoy will soon hava them. I would bo glud LoJearn of o singlo In~ atanco where & railrond corporation has dealt faitly and squarly with the owner of n patont whohiad not wealth and influonco to back hLis olaims, I know of many whero tho caso in the rovorso, Tho courts are [nll of thom, and will continue to be nntil even-handed justica can bo had. An apparatus of the kind required would cout more, wolgh more, sud be more complicated thon the old incondiary now used ¢ all of which thoy would soriously object ta, fllollfih it would #ayo lmndrods of lives “yonrly, and Propur! worth many times its cost. Invoutors, like rail- tond corporations, desire to soe their Jabors ro- warded, G BT, —_— An Eccentric Physician. Dr, Wiltinm Olough, au eccentrio physiclan of Pittafield, Mass,, diod Inst weok. 110 ravely tool an ndequate foe, nover asked auy pn{ of iho poor, und his houso was mudo of marble bowl- dors, which ho hud tnken of tho farmers in liou of feos, whilo thoy woro cut aud laid by the Iaborers whowm ho tranted. As ho grow older, his pooulinrities grow uyan him, and” tho most atriking fosturo about his pmxhau was his ro- pugnanco to recolving nuy romuuoration what- ovor for hik wexviven. Trult looks well, CHRISTIAN . MARTYRDOM. Extormination of a French Catholic Misslon at Anam. Many Villages Destroyed, and Their Inhabitants Slaugh- tered, « Mgr, Gauthior; Viear Apostolio of Tonquin, Annm, writesas (ollows to Lhe Missions Catho- tiques, undor date of Mareh 6, glving tho details of tho massacro of Chiuese Catholics In Fobru- rary last: S “'I'ho Chiof of the canton of Phu-Nghia snd tho Bub-Chiof of the canton of Quihhu-Dol warned us by lettor that o council was belng hold in tho villago of Quinhu-Dol, In tho house of Lion, and that it was deoided that tho massacro of the Obristiang should bogin on Feb. 92. As ‘wo appronchied . TIIAT FATAL DAY the military forces woro incrossed and kopt on tho wateh day and night, Wo rocolved sovoral friondly lotters which placod us au courant of all that was taking place, and_in our turn wo in- formed tho. three hond Mandariug of the province about the’ mattor, but they moroly nnatrerod that wo mnced mpot bo alarmed, tho affair wonld soon ‘blow over,” The Christians of Nam Doung kud already started to coms st dom s, who L0 Grand Mandariu sont thom word notto_trouble tllumuelvuu,' but to go homio qulotly, and all would bo woll, "o evou- Ing of the #nmo day thoy rocelved this advico thoy wore conflued within their houses by order of the authoyitios, and were in fear of tho inva~ slon. OuXob. 24, the Man Chu aud his peoplo mado o SACRIFIOB TO THEIR GODS vory onrly In lke morung, and decuplinted tho twosoryauts of Fatlor Donu. aud o Ohristian, whaom they throwinto tho river, Tho same day llmihurm down the villagos of Trun-lam, Mo~ Vinh and Bau-Tach, and wassaorod all tho in- Linbitants who fell Into their hauds, 'Those who waro nblo to ly wore found out in their hiding places by TLOODIOUNDS, and killod tho noxt duy. Tho nssassings killod nll Ohristinng of tho parish of Iioi Yon, and then burnt their villago, Thoso who ecscaped into the neighboring woods woro rotaken and burned alive, 'he Great Mandarin with B0D mon* at his disposal, romained quictly in his villago of Ha Nam, and never moved hand nor foot to savo tho Chrigtinns of Doung, of whom, howover, fow oscapod. Tho lottera of tho Sub-Prefect Dion show n great zeal for thiy work of oxter- mination.” On March 7, Mgr. Gauthior addressed anathor lotter to his condjutor, from which wo mako the following oxtract s #1ho complicity of tha conrt of tho Mandaring in this fourTul business is casily proved by the lottors wo bave in our hands, In fact, they ONGANIZED THE MASSACRES. .Only yostorduy a Colonel st the head of 200 ‘mon #aid to them : * Caun it bo possiblo that wo are not nllowed to join our countrymon in the oxtermination of "thoso monsters, theso Chrig- {inns who drink the blood of our wives and ohil. dren ?" Ouo of tho Chiofs whohad agsassinatod two Christians on tho high rond, paraded tho affafr befors tho Govornor of the eitadel, who, far from belng Indignant, scomed dolighted, and troatod him with honor, Ho aftorwards massa- el:nd {wonty women ond childien ae & snerifies to the GODDESS OF PROSTITUTION, who has acelebrated tomple on the rondside, In somo placos thoy took entiro families, father, mothor, and children, tied them up like bundles with bamboos ond throw them into the river. Itis romarked that tho number of bodies thus encumbering the river, to tho surprise of ovory one, exhale no bad odor. Hero, thon, is a mis- slon of about 10,000 souls whick can no longer Do oonsidered in oxistonco, Many victims per- ished in tho flames. All the villages of Lang, Thaul, Huyen, Nam Doung, Hoi Yon, aud Dohn Thabn, are destroyed. Thoso massacres took placo with tho consent and eonnivance of tho authoritics and of tho Mandarins.” AL Mario, who belongs Lo the mission of Quin- hialun, whish counted 10,000 Chrlutisus, writes to i\[. Delpecho, of tho Foreign Missions, ay fol- lows : “Intho firat days of February, a number of pamphlets were circulntod ngainst France and tho Ulristians, Tho Auli-Clristian party held many mootings, and oxcited_onch ather to nid in the massucro of tho faithful. In tho pamphlots appoared Eurngm})hs like tho following: * Wo must kill the Christinns, for when thoy aro all doad the Buropenus will ieava us in peace, and \rilium: longer troublo tho Kingdom of Auwam.’ 5l TIE BTOTA DROKE. The massacra commonced by that of two Christians, who remnined two days unburied. Poople went to the Grand Mandurius to obtain Jjustice, but in vain, A day or so aftorwards a villngo of over 4,000 Christiana was attacked, and 400 wero ldllod 5 120 ososped to o neighbor- ing village. Trom houso to houso wo heard tho most alarming nows, The Mayor of our vilingo visitod tho Christian homes and prohibited tho peoplo from leaving them. Some Christian women, fearful to 4i6 of starvation, insisted up- on going to market, but thoy never roturned lome again, and the pagan women enme and told us that they had heen behended. Two mon oscaped by swimming across n wida river; they camo to mo and told ma their misfortunes. could euly weep with them, Al the men of tho villago wero docapi- wted, but the women and coildren were eaved. On the 8th of March I was at Manh-gon, a villago on tho const, Isent two mon to fetch mo somo things from the house of o nativa pricat, Tho; were seized and thrown into prigon, Idid all could to obtain their relense, but the only an- swer I got was this: ‘Whon the army comes wo will sco what wo cando,’ On March 12 they were behonded. I now fally undorstood the dangor which menaced mo in the villago which I inhabited. X heard coufessions pight and doy ‘I'ho people came incossantly to - PREPARE FOR DEATIL Theso dear Chuistians, rosolved upon foljow- ing out the precepts of tho Church and the "will of God, camo at tho risk of their lives, I'earing that I would not have timo to henr thom sopa- rately, thoy would throw themslves upon thoir Imoos and ory out togother, ‘Father, givo us & general absolution tho wicked aro thoro, and o shail perieh.’ Thoy were palonud frightoncd and shod torronte of toars, Iwas overwhelmed with sorrow, and conld searcely forboar ‘weeping myselt as 1 abeolved thom, and encouraged them to mulfer with resiguation.’ ¢ Fathor,' suid thoy, ‘wo aro_dotermined to die for the lovo of Jesus,. Pray for us, that our sacrifico may bo accepteblo to_ Qod.! Many dfled tho village, and T myself, gecompa nied by anumbor of Ohristinns, went off 1 a bout and put to gou, but a storm overtook us about two leagues out, ‘It is glorious,” snid I to tha Christiang who woro with ‘mo, ‘todie for God. What matter it whether wo dio by tho sword or in the waves, Lot us put onr conlldenco in God, and in tho prayors of Mary Most IToly.” It was thoe ovening of March 12, wo returned towsrd tho conat as well as wo could. Tho sen was much ugitated, ‘and we were in groat poril. *Tho noxt day it waa culmor, and I was ablo to lienr tho con fossions of somo Christiuns who camo out from tho main land for the purposo of recoiving this sacramont, Toward noon thoy said to mo: + I'ather, hide yoursolf; Liero comes a pagan.' I hid myself as well as I could, TUIS PAGAN WAS A BY, sont by our enemios to deceive and ruin us, Io snid fo the Chrisiisus on bourd our vossol: *Why do you fly? Why go out to sea? You witl porish fu tho waves ; tho son is raugh, and thoro 18 no chanco of ‘yo\lr cscaping wreck, Remuln biero (wo wore cfoso to tho land), or rather go ashore und retury to your homos.' While this mun was thus endoavoring to persunde us to ro- turn, an omissary of tho Maudarin-in-Chief was dolug tho sawe thing the villuges, bidding the Christinus romain ot homo and not be fright- oned, for all would bo woll, ‘This wa n pleco of dovilish decoption for a little whilo after. TE OUKISTIANS WELR ALL MASSACRED, Two bours aftor tho doparture of thin visitor wo bobold six vousels fillod with armod mou ap- prouching us, 1t was tho enomy who was tlien #wooping down upon us. Wo were terribly alarmiod, Our anchor wau not ralsed, or our sails unfurlod, aud the aysassing wore aboug 400 yards off. Tho Christians_bogan to recito the itaulos and to ory out, ‘Josus and Mury, save us' Tho enomy was now about 200 yards away, We did all we could to sot up our enils, aud for- funatoly succeeded, and the wind drove us out toson, Tho onemy, huppily, hnd st out in fishe Ing-boats, and our vessol was s good sailing junk, uccustomed to sew voyages, They fired severa! thmos upon s, but thoir balls did ws no harm. Bovaral othor big boats full of Chrlstians Lud by thiy tumo joinad us, aud wo found u float con- taluing abiout Lalf tho populution of tho village, and woro soon out of daugor, for the brigunds bocame alarmed at the hmgh{ of tho waves, sud roturned to the shore immodiatoly, leaving us in peace, From our vessel we could sea TUE VILLAGE IN VLAMES, Of courso 1 do not know lLow many unfor- tunatos porishod there. Wo, in the mesntimo, wrdo for tho southern part of our wmission, the rosldenco of tho condjutor, Mgr. Croc. On March 15, wo ontored the port of Ginnh, about four hours' dlstanco from tho Bishop's house, I wréto to tho Bishop and explained to him our dangors, but did not land. I lenrncd thnt M. "Posssor hind, by order of Mgr, Gruthior, gono Lo Haigon, to bog the axnlstanco of tho Government of ZCachin Clina, Mpgr. Uroo sent word tiat ho authorized my going to Saigon, and accorde Illgl{“\m sot sall for that port, nnd arrived thoro in nlne days.” — THE STORM. At Nte Morris, Tl «orresporidencs of The Chicago T'ribune, Bz, Moxnis, IL, Juno 8, 1874, At 5 0'clock this morning wo waro visited by a tornado, which hias Iald In wasto s large amonnt of proporty, and groatly marred tho fair appoar- anco of our town, 'Tho wost al? of Rock River Bominary build- ing, four storlos high, is unroofed and otherwise damaged, Mr. Elijah Lotl's two-story brick rosldanco Ia unroofed; gobles blown in, and structure much damaged. Mra, Elizaboth Mo- Coy's two-story briok residence is unroofed, avd tho baok building ontircly domolished, Mra, McKane's fwo-story framo residenco is uuroofod and much injured. A large and handsomo cot- tngo, tho proporty of the Rov. L. 8, Walkor of IHinsdale, {8 very much damnaged, aud tho barn and fonelng ontirely destroyod. Tho barn, outbuildings, otc,, of Mr. Mr. 8. Mumenn are swopt away and atrown in fragmonts overtho town. Tho residences of Mr. 8, Redfield and Br. Witkiors are entirely wrocked ; and a largo numbor of othor rosidences and out-buildings destroyed or soriously damaged., To give n saliufactory account of tho froaks of this torriblo storm would roquire moro timo than I ean doyoto to tho nccount; but a work of genoral domolition followed inits wako. 'Trocs ard fonces havo beon torn and soattored in frog- ments over tha town, and the debris of build- ‘ings was oarriod with tho forco of shot and #hell, so that buildinge adjacont to the track of the storm presonted tho appenranco of Laving Doon boseigod by & battery. I can malke no cstimato of loss, Burprising as it may soem, not lives wore lost, and but two cages of sllghl bodily injury ccourrod. At Pocatonicn, Il Peeatoniea, 11, (June B},GLhrrwnululnllcu of the Galenc I have just roturncd from viowing tho destrng- fion caused by the foarful storm which took place this (Mondny) morning st hall- 4 o'clock. Tho wind ‘camo from tho sout! t, struck . dwolling jusb at tho odge of town, moved it right around, and then nuroofed an- othor dwelling, and earried fences bofora it It then struck anothor dwelling, and moved 1t from tho foundation; turned north, and struck o barn, moving, it flvo foet from the foundation, A little furthor on it struck a Ireight-car on the Northwestorn Road, which it Hited from the track; aud thon turned cost, aud struck Mr, Trouch's lumbor-yard, scatteriug the lumber in ovory dirootion, 1t then reschod Muln strect, struck Dizon's saloon, took out the whols front; and then turnod nortl, struck the Round-Housa belonging to the Northwestorn Railroad Come pany, took off part of the roof, and, turning onst, moved the trace from its path, but missod the dwellings, Buddenly it turned agsin, and #truck the browoery, whioch stands on the bank of tho river, and aimost domolished it, carrying parts of it scross the river, and, I undorstand, taking somo parts down the river; but, strange ;o m:lv.. no lives were lost and no ono was ju- urc in Iown, From tha Dubugue Herald, June 9. At about 8 o'clock Monday morning the storm deepenad, the rain fell in torrents, the breoczo turned to a gale, and tho lightning and thunder wero continuous and sharp, This phaso of tho tempest Inated nearly two hours, and it wrought an immense amount of damage over a very wide strotoh of conutry. Dubuque fortunately escaped with o small sharo of damage to the proporty within hor limita. i Toports which roach us indicate that the storm worked greator bavoo in Dunleith than in Dubuquo. Nearly every housa located under tho brow of the bluil was drenchoed with water from attio to hasomout, by tho torronts which coursed down tho ravines from tho hills back of the town. INDEPENDENCE. ‘Tho storm raged with inteuso fury at Inde- ondence, Buchanan County. 'The steeplo of the Mothodist ohurels was topplod from its aminenco. The wind-mills of the Codur Rapids, Burlington & Minunesotn Itnilrond on the west side of tho rivor, and that of tho Tllinois Coutral Company, north of the town, were both blown down. Ae- gow's now fonudry building, which was nonrly complote, tho wind convertod into & heap of ruing. Troos in every portion of the town wero shivored by tho lightning or uprooted by tho wind, 'I'he total damngo in estimated at $10,000. FARLVILLE, Tho large framo clovator of Mossra. L, G. Hersey & Co., at Enrlville Station, on the lino of tha Tllinola Central, was thrown by the breoze, and {8 o mass of ruins. . Fivo car-losds of wheat were scattored over tho track boside which tho building stood. WATERLOO. Our Watorloo correspondeut says: *The fow huil-atones that fell were fully as larga asa l)ignnu‘u ogg, oud the writer is credibly informed hat soma wore picked up a8 large as & hon’s ogg. Neer tho Ilinols Central dopot a corn-crib, about 100 feot in length, nnd of o very hoavy, solid naturo, was lifted bodily and carried nway the distance of its whole longth. Wreos from 12 to 16 inches in diumotor wors oither torn down or split from erown to root, as thongh ront asundor by some mighty invisiblo power. I is to bo forved the damago done on tho opon and com- paratively unprotoctod prairie will bo very great.” . BAND BPRINGS, In Delaware County, tho tempest scoms to havo oxpoudod its groatost forco in dumngiug the farmiug community, At tho little town of Sund Springs, the bara of dir. A. J. Clommens, A largo structure, was brought lovel with the carth, Miles and miles of foucing inclosiug farws In tho yicinity of Bowen's Prairio wero de- stroyed, oto. ANAMOSA. . Our correspondent at Anamosa says: “Tho large atovo factory waa cousiderably damagud by baving & portion of its roof removed, A brick barn bolonging to Mr, Hull, noar tho brick- yard, was unroofed. Ed Brown’s residence was gomowhat injured. “In Jackson Township, Jones County, tho ‘houses of Charles Brown and Widow Smith wero blown down. $“In Cnse Township tho Iargo frame barn be- longing to Willlam Dustin was totally demol- tslied, 08 wero also tho barns of Bmith Condis and Kobort Condit, and Mr, Frisby. In tho samo township H, Monros and Darney DBoyle hiad their honses blown down ; the houso of Bir, Doylo having just beon comploted upon the ru- ins of one which he biad just lost by firo, “In Wayne Township” aud in tho vieinity of Langworthy Station, & considerable amouut of dnmage was done. A now house bolonging to tho Lo, P. G. Bonnovwitz, at Langworthy, way takon from its foundation, and & spring bhouse, also belonging to tho same individual, was car- ried nway in tho galo, ““I'ho new M, I, Church located about threo miles south of Lnngworthy was vory sovorely drmaged by hoving its steoplo carried away some distanco into an adjoining fleld, 'The roof of Widow Sullivan's houso was romoved. ** But about the sevorost accidont ocensioned Dy the wind which camo to_our knowlodgo ac- currod nbout one mile north of Lungworthy at tho farm-houso of I, 11, Staoy. Mr. Staoy and his littlo gir) were uluulflng n tho wing of tho main Loueo, in dimonsions about 13x30 foot, whon tho etorm cawme upon them and were both swapt away with tho house for a number of rods. The building was complotely shattored into plecos upon falling to tho ground, and the mystory is that its ocoupauts wore not more so- riously Injurcd, as father and child romained nupon the bed when tho bullding strick tho ground, after haviug complotoly rolled over u number of timos, Mr. Blacy received somo slight outs upon various portions of his body, ;\ml all,l'n little gir} cscaped almost wholly unin- ured. FARLEY, The Herald correspondont ot TFarloy says: 4Tho storm took the roof from Jid Irving's largo Darn, Tho roof upon tho new Presbyterinn par- sonage was also considorably damnged,” GALENA, The ferald'a spoclul correspondont at Galona snyd 3 ‘A seyoro storm of wind and raln occur- rod hero Monday worning, by whioh much dam- age was sustuined, I'roos ‘wore broken, fonces blown down, chimnoys toppled, louscd partly uuraofed, aud otuor like mischiof done, Tho Louso of ‘ox-Mayor Brand lost one-fourth of its roof, Tho Qerriau Lutloran Church on tho hill wua noarly dostroyed, fosiug ono gablo ond and {tu roof, which fell inward, destroging the interior of tho Ghureh.” ————— ‘Chat’s Whoero She Mndo a Mistalke, Fyom the Troy (N, 1) Tiues, A ludiorous scono was witnosued on 8 Ronsso- laor & Suratoga train tho other day, A llo)vly- margiod coupla_ ontorod and took ® seat, The husband, wanting to smokoe, loft his wifo and wont suto tho smoking-cur, ‘Lho bride bewan to | 1873 was 4.96 ngal doze, and, whilo she slopt, aelrangor entered th car, and, ns it was crowdaed, quictly tosk nwent bosldo the young wife, Shortly sho bogan to vod, and, doubtloss imagining Lhat hor hishand wad Bt in the seat, gently roclined toward the stranger, and soon hor head fondly nestlod on his broast, At Lhis juncturo the husband rod turnad. ITo stopd in mute astonishment in tho aislo until tho lady ‘awoke, and, roalizing tha situntion, drow Dack in amazomnout, nnguw\ with blushos, Btraugot oxplained, . husband wag nmlufl;d‘ wud twifo trled hard to appear uncons cerued. & —_—— OUR RAILROADS, Statistics Down to the Closc of 18784 ryom the New York Eventng Poat, Jung 9, Wo havo been favorad with proof-shosts of * Poor's Manun)," which brings tho ratirond sta~ tistics of the country down o the close of 1878 ; tho boolk will ba rendy for tho publis noxt weelt, Reforring to o proof-shoots, wo find that thoro are- 06,000 #miles of railroad in tha Unlted Btates, of which the oporations aro given, nagninat 67,823 milea in 1872 and 44,614 milos in 1871, Noarly all tha now rond -buill i 1873 wae during tho first_auarter'f tho year, building slnco that timo huvlnfivpmeuunlly sloppod, ai lonst 80 far ne now railroad linos aro concornod. "Pho ageregato cost of the sovoril roads ab tha oud of 1874, wan £0,701,075,822, or noar- hv doublo 'tho amount of tho natiounl obt, 'Tho incroaso of cost for 1873 -ovor 1872 was €003,660,205, and ovor 1871 waa $11,085,831,808. "Of the total cost at the end of 151D, 81,040,608,634 was - roprosouted by shar oupital, aud £1,821,834,788 by various forms of dabt, chiefly bonds maturing ot a distant day. Theo totnl grose enmh"fi" for tho yoar 1873 wera 36247,201,023, ngainst $108,241,066" for 1873, and £403,829,208 for 1871, 'Tho incronso of earnings for 1873 was $69,060,208 ; for 1872, §G4,011,857 5 tha total for the two years heing ©128,062,115, ‘Tha porcontage of increnso for 1873 ovor 1874 waa 114, per cont ¢ for 1872 over 1871, 14 per cont. Of tho tolal m\mh;fifl for tho yoar 1873, 987,644,780 woro rocoived from froights and £139,748,634 from passongors. Tho current op orating exponses woro $344,437,628, or 06.2 por - cont of tho gross carnings, The amount pald in dividends was $69,566,316, or 8.07 por cent on the pggrogato amount of share eupital. The ratio of total miloago to inhabitants in 1873 was one mila of rond to overy 682 inlabitants, ngainst ono milo to ovory 600 inhabitauts in 1872, &'hupflrt‘umnxn of net carnings u‘)an tho cost of the roads for nst 5,20 for 1872 nnd 6.33 for 1871, Tho {uoreaso of miloogo in 1873 and 1873 was 17.667, whilo tho incroase of the cost of tha ronds in tho #nmo tuno was $1,085,881,808, As oxplaining this point, wo quoto M, Poor, who goys : 1t was hardly possiblo that the errulngy ghould incroaso in ratio to such ni enormous ex- ponditure, as two or thrao ,';-nrn ofton elupun alter its opening boforo a railroad i in position t0 do much bustnoas, for the wuut of ndoquato equipments, or from tho unfinisbed condition of its tracks, or from tho want of suitablo conuces tion, or from ‘' pecuniury: omburrnssmonts. Oun " tho othor hand, ‘the theso por hoad in |187J, oy B12.80 ngalnst SILG for 1872, and 8,80°for 1871, This ia 08t a0~ cournging feature in connection with {hosa works, as it shows thal under ordivary condi~ tious their earninys must increaso, for au in- defimto period, iy very rapid ratlo, moro clear~ ly sottled,—~the incraase por hoad in the Eastorn Htates boing fully au grent as in tho Westorn and. more sparsely sottlod Statos, At tuo rato of the pust turoo yoara tho onrnings of our ratlroads will double themselves in tho noxt six yoara without tho coustruction of an sdditioual’nila of line ; tho popilation is fucraasing nt tho rato of 1,000,000 annuslly, By 1880, tho onraings of thio roads now 1 oporation will probably excoed 1,000,000,000. The percentage of thoir emrn- iugs to their cost will como fully up to 20 per cohly—a raio whicl, vith good mmigainenty s sulliciont to rouder the wholginvestmont reason- aDbly remunerative.” Classitying the railroads of the country by soes tions, wo fiud that the milenge of railrbudy it the New England group of Btates for 1873 was 5,808, against 4,574 tor 1872, Their cost was $263,697.~ 718, agniust $230,609,704 in 1872, nud was mada up of 8141,473,820 of sharo capital, and $122,- 234,440 of dobe. Tholr avorago cost por mily wad 48,882, ogainst 50,418 for 1874. Theiy rows oarnings were €51,076,08, against §18,~ 19,835 for 1872. Of tho gross oarnings, 39,310,043 wora receivod for the transportation of ireight, and $22,858,646 for the transportu- tion of pabsougors.’ Tho porcoutagn Of Erosg caruings to tho cost of tho rosds was 19.0 per cont, ‘I'io ot onrning wore $16,061,777, and_equaled 2,92 por cout of such ocost, 'Ihe earnings por hond of population equaled 81490, sgainst 313,53 for 1872, . Tho dividonds paid smounted t0 9,004,488, and cqualed 6.36 per cont on tho total shnro capital, “The ratio of total mileage to papulation was 1 mile of lino to evory 685 Inw habitants, agaiust 709 for 1 mile in 1872, The milengo of tho railronds jn the Middla States for 1878 was 12,441 agwnet 11,017 for 1872, Their’ cost was $1,126,702,107 for 1878, apainat $492,700,776 for1872. Wheir gross earne ings were §194,053,802, against $169,205,307 for 1872, Of tho gross carniugs, $152,200,000 wera dorived from froights, aud 42,676,000 from pus- songord, ‘Lho net earnings wera $69,600,000, or 6.22 por cont of cost a1t stood at tho end of 1879, Tho dividonds paid amountod to 300,549, 225‘ or 4.7 por cent on tho share capital. Tho mlles of ruilroads in the Westorn States for 1873 woro 82,880, against 28,778 for 187 Their cogt was $1,703,158,622, agaiust 1,472 »22 for 1872, Thelr gross enrnings woro 17,781, nuninsb $178,826,253 for 1872, OF #01,800,000 wore derived from froights, ,000,000 from Prasongors Tho divie dends paid amounted to $19,055,847, or 2.26 per cont on tho shiaro capital of tho rords, I'ho mileago of railronds of the Southorn States for 1873 was 13,851, against 10,080 for 1872 'Their cost way $609,324, 100, againat 2401, 13,267 in 1872, Their grods ciruings woro $5d- 606,400, sgainst $47,888,53) for 1872, Of tho earningy $38,385,420 woro dorived from froights, and 15,810,080 from passongers. Tho divi- dends pnh amotatod to 851,850, or less than § per cont on the sharo capitul. Tho miloy of ruilroud in tho Pacifio States for 1878 woro_ 1,428, ngniust 1,308 for 1872, cost was §164,000,509, against $131,678,900 1n 1872, '"Cheir gross oarmings were §15,476,747, aguinst 918,900,727 for 1872, Of theso curningd 1,082,780 woro received from Lroight trausports ed, and 85,593,060 from pussongers. Tho net oarnings woro 38,863,080, 2 Mr. Poor coucludes tho jutroduction to biv ook as follows : ’ Within tho past five years 27,785 miles of railronds_bave beon coustructad in thig coun- try at £40,000 por milo; tho cost of thesq works bns_beon 81,111,400,000. In tho moan. timo 50,000,000 Lave 'boun annually expouds ed-in onlarging tho wocommodations and ine creasing the factiltios for business of roads al ready in operation,—iu otlier words, there lave beon oxponded upon our railronds §500,000,000 annually in the lust two years, If wo huvo not oxcoedod our means in the construction of earnin; of of pnp&flmun thoso works, we hayo pushod this great ine torest out of nll proportion to others. We bave only to stop construetion, to have tho equilibrium speedily restored. The mothed iy u very simple ono. Tho carnings of tho railronds of the Westorn Btates tho pust your equuled $14,98 per hond of population. Tho presout year, but for the offect of the recent panio, thoy would equal $15.83 por hoad; and in 1876, $16.93 per bund, This gain i8 cortuin to be mado as soon as tho country recovers from the presont prostration, In tho mountino pop- ulation is incronsing ut tho rate of moro than 1,000,000 sunuatly, The contribution of this in-. cronse to railroads will add, ut tho present rato of earnings, $14,080,000 sunually to tholr gross rocoipts, ho population of tho country incronses at tho rate of sbout 2,50 por cont anuuully. ‘Uho ournings of our railrouds Incroneo 1n nxuuh sixfold groater ratioe ———— Articles Four 'l‘huunml;l Yenrs 01d. ayard Laylor's account of the Muscum at lvolaky ard Liloris cocouid 8 Fork Tvigune, Of oven grentor intorost ure the houschold artioles, implowouts of trado, food, ete., which, like the spoils of Pompeil, restors forus tho domostio hte of the people, - Llare, for inatance, ura stools, oano-bottomed ohnirs, and work~ boxas 4,000 yoars old, yot uo more dilapldated than it ' thoy came out of o garrat of the las contury § nots, linives, necdles, aud toilet ornue monts; plass bottos aud drinkiug oups a8 slens as it just blown; earthonware, glazed in blue and yollow patterus, tho very countorpart of old Majolica; socds, orgs, aud braad ; styaw baskets and a obild's boll for playing ; paint-boxes wtly colors and brushes, and * boards for games of draughtys,—In short, a colleotion ulmost as varied and cojploto as the ashos of Vosuvius preserved for us of tho Qrieco-Rownan life of the year 79 of oureia. But these tgyptinn rolica dute from 1,000 to 8,000 yoars bofora our ern bogan, —_— Explosion of i Nou-Exploders Tho way of tho juventor s somotimon hard, This 18 what happoued Lo Prof. Georgo Now~ marsh, of Now Orloans, on Wednesdsy of last woek: Whilo ho-was nx}:\ninlng tho invaluablg proportios of a patont for rondering korosona and other inflammablo oils non-explosive, the ]mhml explosion-proventer exploded, burning him torribly ovor the Lroast, stomach, hands, and faco, and Intlicting dangerous injurios, A the timo thero was standiug near a largo erowd of peoplo listening to the wondorful story of the non-oxplodor, nud somo of them woro badly burnod, Thou -