Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 25, 1874, Page 9

“'THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1874, HUGHES VS. WASHINGTON, L Interesting Decision of the Su- preme Court, The "Title to a Large Amount of Val~ uable Property Involved. A Decision in Favor of the Appellant. The Cnso Reversed and Remanded, The following is the toxt of thoe opinion of the Bupreme Court in tho case of G. I, H,Hughes, sppollant, ngaiust R, B, Washlogton obal. involy- Ing tho titlo o o largo tract of Iaud, and also some fntorosting points on the dutics and powors of no oxecutor. Tho oplnion i writton by . Sustico Cralg: + This was o bill in chancery fiioil, in the Circuit Court 3£ Gook Gty by Rictini 1, Wasbington, oxecnior and the holrs-nt-low of John A, Washiugton, sgainst Georgo R, 1, Mugles o ol to it awldo cerain ducis and s coniract and sctilonient, sud to veat tho thls to sertain lands 1m Cook County i complainant, “Tho causo was heard on_bill, suswer, replieation, and_ proofs, and doereo was reiiderod for coniplain: fots subatubtially as prayed for b tho Uil Iuglon riugs (ho caso hora by appoal, thoothier defendanta hbaving wmg)rnmhcd with the complainauts siuce the Fondition of the decres, Thfh ‘eaitssarid_nuollier Letween tho ssmo_pariies havo beon_conslderetl togotlier na oo casc, tho suino evidenco having ‘been -niroducod in cach, and oito argumont Laving boen miads in both, Tils opinion is Intendd for both cases, 3 it FAoTH. In 1859, John A. Washioglon; of Virgluis, purchased ” coftain _zeal ecstato in 'Caole Couuty, consiating of four tracts, and dosdguated In this ook 25 tho Kingbury tract, tlio Wobeter traut, tho 10-acre Iract, and tho unitivided balf of oo, L, “Tuo itigation fn s cong s growu Gut of o cou- Boction of Mughes with theso lads nco tho pu- azo, In November, 1860, ono Ogdon_rocovared a juig- micut fu tho United Biates Gireuit Court for tho Nortia- g, District of Iiuols of €90,i61 ogaiuat. Jobu A, Vashingtonand William I, Tarhor for an instaliment uo upoh a tund purchisso mado by Washiuglon and Turnor of Ogdon, An oppesl wan tuken Trom ‘this Judgmeat to tbo Supreme Gouet of ths Usited Statcs, ugzhes liad boen ongoged §n the Circuil Court us ou of tho attorneys of Waskington aud Turner, In Sop- tembor, 1801, Washtugton, who was tliou a Coloul in tho Confedorate Ariny, 'was killed, In July, 1501, \Vaskington bad glven fugios n poxor of ntlorney (9 sull the’ Cook'Couinty lauds, and it eems from tho evideuce that, owlng to the then troubled condition of {lio coiutry, fio wns excoedingly anxious to muko salo of bis Gook County lunds even at u Lienvy sacrifico, TNE KINGEDULY TRACT ‘a8 ncambered by a doed of trust for$10,000 duo Biehop O'ltcgan, dilo Bept, 31, 1843, with 10 or cent intereat, o uindividod Lalf of Sec, 1 was also fnotmbored by & trust-deed for #,00, with 10 pier cent {ntereat, which ‘becane'due on tho 24th of Fobruary, 1804, Tho otler Arots wore clear, At tho time Wasbiugton died thero wus no communication betweon Richmoud, bis resl- deuce, and Clifcugo, and Huglies bud already advanced omb 600 for tha” purfioss of paying interost on the mortgago apon the IAlf woction of laud, Taxes on Fhio 184 wero maturhug, (o nppeal taken by Wanhing: 16m and Turnor to the Supremo Gourt of th United States was pending, and Mugion, Wavliuglon'ssacu, Lo In 1its hands ub meaus 10 pay tuxcs, or tho ox- panvo of tho suit, iwhich 1L was fmportant to havo Trosceuted to a sutceseLul termination, Utider thoso ciroumstances UUGUES #TATTED FOR RIONNOND fur the purposo of affcoting somo nrranigement with tho excontar of io cstato of Col, Washiugton in re- gord to tho Cook County liuda auil the pending suit, Upou reaching Richmond, Uughes Lad un interviow with Itiohard Washingion, solo executor of tlic estutool Jolm A. Washington, docoased, and W ith Win, . Tur- er, L result uf which was 3 writtou coutruct way made ‘otiveon Hughies and tho oxecutor, thut Tughcs should Bt his own cosls anid cxpouse prosecute tho sult peud- ing in thio Bupremo Quurt, Turner and the estuts to bo 8t 110 axpense whatover, clther costs, attoriey's fecs or otticewise, and u.case thie Judgmant sbould bo attirin~ ed, then Hughes wis fo fecaiwe nolhig, but fu case 116 Sudgmout should bo rovoraed, and tho eatato sud Turier relieved from tho sume, <hon Hughes waa to have one-third of the procecds of the Cook Gounty Iauds belouging to the estato of Col, Waskiugton aftcr thie paymeut of tho Incumbrances ofi_one-tiurd of tho Tunds w8 o might eloot. Turner also owaed cortain Junds du Cook Couuty, and le on_Lis part sgreod with ‘Hugiica to couvey onv-turd tioreof on 1ike torms a i il exeontor in tho ovont that ko wus rellovud of Hlio judgment. i b Al tho sama tmo ANOTIER CONTRACT was madobotwoen tha exeeutor snd Huglies, by which Tughios, by which Hughes was to take chargo of and ‘matiago tho real estate u Cuok County, Ho wus tosell 30 much af tho incumbered property a8 was necessary 10 dichurgo tho fncumbrauces, ho was to vay ta xcy, and tuke & geuoral managemont and coutrol of tie’ roperty, ¥or his survices in thiw respoct riuuhu was to Dbave one-fourth of o procecds of the males of fhe incumbered property, after deducting, firat, the claimns that wero pon it fn case he advuticed mmoney to pay tazes or @iucharge Incumbrnces this was to b refunded out of the proceeds of sals with 10 por cont iuterest, ‘After the uxccution of theto agrevinents, Hughes re- 4urnd to Chiago and_employed tyo ofient attor- Dgeroreo i Gileago wid tho oter 1n Washinglon-to arguo tho Ojgden cago {n lie Supreme Court, he catise was Loard, and a decision rendered rovorsing $uo Judgmient, and relioving tho Washiuglon cutiio and Turzer extizely from tho paypient, not ouly of Lo Judgment but of otlier large sums thercafter. to become dueion tho contract upon which tho Judgment kind been reuderod, ‘On tho trial of tho cause, tho Girouit Court. decrecd that Tughes was not entitiod to one-third of tho landa O ono-hird of the proceeds thereof, and decreed ha liould v ouly $7,603.92 for his meryices and. moncy By lim advanced in defonding aguinst the Ogden Sudgment, This was dono on the ground that tho exccutor had no power 10 mukoe the contract, This Erings ua to a conslderation of EXE POWENS OF TIE EXEOUTOR under tho will of John A, Washinglon, de o fourth clause of the will ls Tollaws : T iuatituto snd spyolnt oy brother, R, B, Washington, fi jam T, Alozander, and L, . Turuer, osecutors of ed, ta vy last will aud testament, and 1 hefeby emporor om, or tho succcesors Or uccossor of thiem, 10 soll sy property of which I may dfe posscssed, and which 1 boyoud thio 1imits of Virginia, in such mauner and by Yjeh terma nnd for Buch price na to thow or Lim mdy,koen bost for the ipterest of my childron, and to rolayedt the prococds arislug from such salo in such ot properiy s they maoy dren, and I beroby request the Court before which thy'may quality not to roqulre from thom uy sccurl- ty on thelr execittor's bond.” ‘Tlio question {s not whether, 1n view of subsoquent éveijty, 1t would havo been boiter, financislly, for the Wasluitigton catata had tho ezecntor -contracied with ‘Hugles to pay him a definito sum of monoy for do- feuding agabst tho Qgden judgment ; but “the polnt nLYDIl Ju, Hud the executor under {he will the power {0 Ao b cuntract? I tlio excentor bad e au, thohity, sud no undun $afiuonceor fraud wa practiced b# Hughes in obtainipg the cootract, then it in the duty of courts to enforco the cantruct according toits torme, regordless of tho fack whether & was profitable or unprofitable for the estute, ¥ "Thero can Ve no question but it wus the duty of the exeontor to defend tho atato agafnat tho Ogden suit; tlio dufenso could not bo made except by eiploylng counscl, . 118 rendored, lands, : THE EXECUTOR NAD NO MONET. With which to defend tho sult excopt Confederato ‘morioy, aud thiat coilld not be scnt North, sud bud it Decnscnt through the linca 1t would lnvo been worth- loss. Iio was practically compolled to rely upon the Cook County lunds, 88 8 mouna from which {0 raite {bo necemsary funds to defend sgainst tho Ogden Judgument! '[fkia bxeoutor lind sold a dofnite placo of tho ook ‘Oounty lands, and obtained mooey and used it in de- Tenwo of fhie uhit, appeliees would not have complainod, Tu lieu of this the executor contracted to give Hughes one-third of the landw for his services ir succoasful, yni Lo was to amploy and puy couusel, oy costs, an xpenses, “‘1’?‘;‘:‘;‘1‘:“‘ it could make no difforence whether the exeaior aold » gortion of thio landa to o strangor, aul ‘wod lio:money to defend uguinit the ault, or guve dicsotly a past to one amyloved to defond, o - We whellier_{he pawer of {he executor was o naked one, o one coupled with an intorest, Upon tieeo quustions wsny nice distiuctions are laid dovn in the books, “Iiie vxecutor bud, wnder the will, sn . ABSOLUTE DISONETIONAUY FOWEN OF BALE ‘of theso lauds, He Lad this powor na & Triist 4t bud boen apeciticlly davised to b . It was the undoubied duty of thoe executor to pre- Bervo tho outate. Tho will gave him full powers of and s position wou'substantinlly ihie unino au would bayo buon hwd fio Wil iu tormo pluced the legal itie f Limj ko n auch mauuer, on puch and for such prive, a8 to bim might soom bost for tho intereats of 'tho children of the foxe sule, aud clotlied him with s {rus! was_empowored o well . term, iator,. snd to fyvest lPu ;lrflctudl in puch othe: property os be might (hink Lest for tho chllde Yikorey o Test, teo. 410, 1t 8 snid: ** Tora ances where a Trustes muvl ireum creliondby power of Josa might bappen to tha estate, ' e moment may demand fimmedigte custulu que teust igny bo numerous and ton, ‘wndor dubillty, or not In existonve, 5o that thoic Mschion cannol 'ba oblained witlout' grest lucouve. nlguc jost forover. 1U'ls therafore evl “interest of the given iu the fustruiment of trust,’ Aud 5o it 16 & ‘afely do that without tho decree of the Court wi it to do, do not decido the execulor would have beep Jum;nuaam mkl%g the contruct’ with Hugles thinle Leat for my chil- arly nceded by the counsel for appellees that the pxeculor bod powcr Lo omploy -counsel snd bind the estate IO“}I{ o definito sum of money for services . 1t fs also s conceded fact that tho oxecutor Bad the powerundor the will to gl the Gook Gounty t deemn it material to determine, under tho foctu in |fl§’n m::, whether, under tho will, tho fve of thio Coox County Innds was vestad in the oxecntor, or in tho pumo manuer ss ho would bave beld under the willif orcipe tho dik- ‘alwojute owner, atherwive great o oxlyenules of Tho wttorod or 0, | Tiiolternativo of apglying do (he Coust waay ba aiteudud with cousiderable r_disproportionals oz« “penso and delay, 8o thut the op,mumlly i gone and ldeat thut it iu for tho stufy que trust that thie Trustes ‘hould inve o roasonable discretionnry power, to by Gxorciscd in ouicrgoncles, 1ough uo”auch pawer 1 of wyully thut o Tristeo wmay hich the Court, on & cavs made, would order and decreo had {lio dincrelfonary powor of sale mot ox- .isted in (ho willy elthovgy tho _aulhority cited gocs fo Alat extent, uut regording tho act of the oxooutor as a Trustea fn connoction with tho aincretionnry power of silo giveu by tho will, and con~ siloring the pouline_ clronmatancen under Which tha oxeentor wan aituated, and the porilouscondition_of tho ook _County lanid, tieso ‘things sil oonaldored woro elearly of tho opiniou tho ozcontor wan uos only Justified, Lut it wns & duty $eating upon him 0 meko thin or soma otlier contrack for tho purposo of vro- surving the oatato of tho deceascd. 1715, HOWEVEN, INMATED thia contract fa éandulont fn’ fact, Wo d0 ot think e proof ahiow fraud,on the part of Itugherin ob- talulng the contruct, Tho onus probaudl Teals upon tho complatunnts whio avsert tho fraud, Aw dtin {0 bo expectod, tho textimony of Hughea and the executor ‘mpon {11(3 polut 18 in cantlict, ut Hugles' voralon of thio transaction fa mubstantinlly sustatned by the evie denoo of Turnier, whio fh 0 rolative of the Washinglons, By lls tertimony fl_appears tho contract Was fuirly ontorod {nta by tho oxuctor, after muturs deilbaration and ipon te conual and ailvieo of aminent sttornoya in Richmoud, Judab. T, . Bonjamin, tho Confederulo Bocrotary of {\ar, aud Nobert 5. Bcott, ANOTIIER RTHONG FACT to vopel any prosumption of frand is_that Turner, 310 was o parinor 10 tho judgment with John A. Washinglon, mudo o imilaf contract with Hughos, and, aftor.tho War was over, cxproued bimsoll ent tiroly aatistiod with the contract and the actlon of ILughies widlor i, and conveyod to_Inghes one-third of thio lands o hzreed to convey for Hnghes' services in defonding ngaluat tho Ogden Judguiont, Turuer and to exccntor entored o thelr Tespedtive con~ tracts with Hughios undor prociaoly tho autne_elroumie stunces ond wpon the sy ropresentutious upon. the Pzt of Hughies, und 3t Is very strango that, i fraud Wwas practiced wpon_the exceutor and Turner, the Iufler was unabla to discover It or ovon utlor & ‘word of complafnt, Uniter tho Tacts fn (W8 eass wo_ore,. thorgforo, cloarly of thoopiuion tho Conrt errod in disregardlng 1hfs contract upon eithor of thie grounds relio Ly appellees, upon 3y TuE NEXT QUESTION piresonted by this record in, can uglies Liold tho title of ong-half "of the Wobater tract, obiaindd by deed from the vxoautor to ltoberts, and from Roburts to’ Hughen? Itnppenrs from the'record fhat’in July, 1862, 1ho oxocutor gavo TLIghos n power bf nltorney ‘sutliorizing him to loaso, morigage, Acll, aud dinposs of tlis Couk County lands, In Aiguat, 1802, Huglics sold tho Kingsbury tract to ‘ono Robert, & cousiu of his, for $20,250, e did not, however, convoy uuder tho power of attorney, but had i Jand'old un » trust-deed, which bad_Leen given by Jolin &, Washlgtou 1 hfs litet to ocura somo 10, Un tho'20th day of January this same Robert sub- mitted n,writien proposition 1o purchuse (ho Webster truct, as Tollows @, 7 M. Hughes, Fa, : 4 Dean Bin: I'have made up my mind fo offer you for the tract of Iand on the South Branch of the Olt- cuyo ltiver, shown ‘mo some dnys 8go, known on tho city and county mnj lota of J, D, Webster, and comahlluf] 71} acres, $18,000, {u terms as follows: Cash on delivery of o good and sufiiclout title, 0,000 in wix monthy, $6,0007 In telve months, $8,000; in. ferestat 6 por cont on ‘the deferred payments, This offer to be accopted in thirty days, or its withdrawal to be at my option, Letturs will reach me addressed a6 bolow, ~ Respoctfully, 8, Ronenr, “ oinciumatl, 0, On tho 23 duy of April, 1603, .Tughes, then belng in Daltimoro, muomitied thronghi & speciul messouger {0 tho axeeutor thon estding 1o Cliarlestown, Va., tho |Eobonition of Itoborts s it tho o timé wrSe » Jotter to the executor, in wrhich Lo stited the Wobstor tract was. dn u slougli of the river and would not for many yéars come into market; thot the offar was & goou onc, and Lo recommended the sale. A bluuk deed ‘was also scnt. for tlio exceutor to execite, conveshig {ho yruperty to obert, The cxoculor cxecutad tha dued ud sent It to Hughes, ‘Tl CONTRACT DETWELN TOBENT AND NIUGHES wan ot Lowever at thiat tme closud ; the lund was fne croising i valug, aud {n{ho meautime un offur of $20,000 was submitted fo Huglies for the laud, In ‘August, 1863 liowroto Tobert that Lo must sce bim powoually ; thut thelr businais could uot bo closed Ly correspondence, Robort then went to Chlcugo on thie 4h day of Septemuor, 1863, oxceuted o deed to Hugles For an nudivided ono-alf of tho tract, No mouey was paid by Robekt on secount of the purchase or socurlty given, Tlughos Xupt tho deed from tho ex- ceutor to Toliert i 1is ‘own hauds until the 26th day of Decemlicr, 1660, wheu o recolved tho 86,000 cau 10 mocurlty for the Fést of tho purchuse-mioney. “Au arly ay September, 1863, sud ‘beforo Robert had mado any payment aud rocuived a deod, Uugles, it seome, fi: takinga decd for half ‘of tlie proporty, agrocd with Tobert that they Wrould unita In {mprov- g s doveluping the property, aud Ilughes wis to take ehargo of 1t und act for Rubert as well’ aa himsolf, These uras few 0ftho muby facts sppearing {u tho rotord that # Cutcaco, Jan. 20, 1873, RIEN TO DE AMYLE to convinee any unbided wind Wi, tn the pale of the Webster tract toRobert, Huglios was condueting the #ulo on tho ono Lind for the eXccutor, nud on the otlier was purchasii:g for imself ; in other words, o assumed the position. of Lotk seller aud purcluser, Tugohulty was usod 16 nako it appoar that Hughes was buying of Robert and " thut Tobort was alon purchas- ing of tho execator, but it 15 epparent the gslo to Tobort was for tho Joint bonofit of Robert and Hughes, On Nov. 10, 10), while Tlughcs was the ugeut for tie Wnehington estate, and Kohcrt bud not coucluded e pucinso by yaying tho cash puyment; ughes, 1o daubt fearing (hat bo would lovo tho benefltof tho doed from Robert {o himecif for oue-half of tho property, uuless Robert closed up the *trade, after oflerlug io 1ot Tobert Luvo §500 of fuuda-thit belongod to the entato it ho would ralve $5,00, kys: “ Tho most ur- gout._considerations mako this . ndvisable, und cs- pecially tho rapid advsuces u the prices of ' fhat kind of projorty. L luely ieard of yome pricca whick wera asked for Jots on the North Brauch which was sur- priemg, Every oue oxped an_active movement in real entato during the coming spring, aud it is there. fore most importaut for you to foliow tho terms of the offer you made, and to get the purchusa secured to you before any obe'ncuam growing out of tho rapld rise of property can be taken,” ? NUOES ItAD KO MonT to speculnte in the property commiticd to his care, Zolgler va, Hughes, 65 Ill, 988, Nelther had he, sgent of the executor, any Hght to put himeelf in pusition advere to the interests of the Wushingto 1st Pursons on Coutracts, 74. Cotton vs. Halliday, 69 Iil, 179, The docd that Hughes obtutned of Rovert for sn undivided e-boif © of the property was not placed upon record until after the commoncement of this suit, aud the executor ‘was entiroly fgnorant that Hughies hind auy interest in the Innd as purchaser until 1867, Wa aro sware of NO TAINCIPLE OF TAW. upon which this purchass cau be mustained; it was clearly s fraud upon the oxecutor and thu holrs "of Jolin A, Washington, Hughes, however, 1s entitled to one-third of the land uuder the original contract with the oxecutors, the one-wixth be should be required to convey to the claimants, aud account to them for rents recelyed after deducting taxes yald; and the $3,000 which Hugles hns pafd o the land should be refund- ed by the complujnants, together with 6 por cent jne tercat from the time it wae reccived by the exccutor, A8 TO THE KINGSBUBY THAOT, tho Court find 1t had passod into the hande of Bowers, su funocent purchuser, but decroed the contract tween Hugles and the executor under which HI)?\I(‘I was to Liave one-third of tho proceeds of the salo of tho 1ands, or one-tbird of the lands for defending tho Ogden suit should bs set sslde, and the only compeu- natlon allowed for the dofense of the suit was the itern of $7,603.03 In thie ecount roudored by Jughos o the execitorin the settlonient of 1865, “This vwas ercor, as wo iave before said fn mponking of thio Webster-Uract ; the contract betwoen tha exeon- tor and Huglics wos bindjng, and_ Hughes on. #alo of ‘the Kingsbury tract way entitled to one-third of tho roceeds, as 18 by the contract provided, ‘Tho decrees will bo reversed and the canses ro- imanded for further proceediug, constatent wily this opinton, 3 e - D. Magrudor appoared for tho. appl- eos. THE LAKE-FRONT. o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: 8in: I have read with intorest your remarks relativo to the building of tho Court-House now, and to tho increaso of our taxation for that pur- poso, "o Common Council think only of tho prosont, and not atall of tho future Chicago, I would liko to call your attention to govaral matters which should bo most thoroughly dis- cussod bofore anything final is dono, What should bo done with this Park-front ? I suggest that anothor avonne should bo' constructod be- yond Michigan avenue; in & word, to extend Tudinua avenus to Randolph stroot, - As the city growa sauth, s noede moro ways {o got dlora, &nd this wodld make anothor ono, aud ba n lovely drivo aloug the Luko-shoro, and inorosso thio value of, aud mako dosirable, tho propeity on Michigan avenue. 2 oy say th propérty-awnars along Michigan avonuo will oppose tho #alo of & portlon. af tho Dark.front, on the ground that, if it bo logal for tho Common Council to goll some ofit, they may Why not find it logal to soll all at somo_timo, keop it all for publlo purposes; opbn & now avonno, fwd have also a Market-Touse liko Nowark, N. ., and Milwaukee, Wis,? wbon tho leuko of Lhe Lxposition Bullding oxniros, lot tho city buy the building fof » Market-Honso, Tho Indiaus ovenue railrond-track could bo extondod 0 Rlandolph street, and the North and West Sido cars oould bo run fo_ the Markot-Houso, so'that it would bo ‘sccossiblo to North, West, and South Bidors aqually, Tho Court-Houso, too.—~why mnot have it on tho Lake-front? As Ohicago grows Jargor, It may find it nocossary, a4 Now York did, tn.orast more_buildings, or “Tather add to tho Gty Hall ; and would ¢ not bo as wall, to build tho new Court-Tlouss whara thoro was mostland, 50 thab tho futuro Olioago could oxtond tho publio buildings whon nsedod, and have sufi- olout Jand for that purposo? 'Large buildigs look handsomer with a park around thom, "As for tho railyonds, tho dopot might as woll be at Hixteenth street or Twenty-sixth strool as thiarn, ‘80 Jong v thoy oun uso thio old dopot for fraiglt-purposcs, The Now York -pooplo would hove thougbt it vory absurd if Commodoro Yan- dorbilt hud inlstod upon buying tho Battery for Jiw rand dopot, hecauso it would bo convonfont to firookiyn und ‘Jorsoy Gity, and, instend, ho buiit 1t noar Torty-0eth troet, A Looxen-Ox. e i —One of the most promlsing mon admitted to Wont Point Avudomy for years Is said Lo bo Georgs M. Derby, wun of poor #John Phonix? | —tho Iate Capt, 1, Dorby, U, B, Enginoor, . payment, and * dolivered the deed, but took | 0SAGE CEDED LANDS. Important Coniroversy Between Set- ilers and Railroad Companies, A Milllon*Acres of Land in South- ern Xansas Involved in the Controversy. Correspondencs of The Chieado Tridune, TAnsoxe, Kan., Juno 1, 1670, Oneot tho most importany land-casos ovor presented for tho docision of & court has been ‘arguod bofore tho Unitod States Cirouit Court, now in sosslon at Loaveusworth, viz.: The Uni- ted Statos of Amorios va, Tho LoaventiGiu, Lawrenco & Galvoston, and tho Missourl, Knueas & Toxas Railrond Compnuies, Tho plaintift is ropresontod by ox-Gov. Wilaon Shanuon and Me- Comns & McKioghan ; the railroads by thoir ro- spoctive attornoys, 8. Thalicer and T. C. Sears, ‘This is & controversy botwoon tho sottlers and tho roilroad companies, involviug tho titl what is known as tho ** Osnge Ceded Lunds, Tho body of tho land comprises NINE HUNDRED AND BIXTY TIOUSAND ACRES of tho most beautiful and fortllo prairis in Southorn- Kanses, 1t is worth, on an averago, &6per acro without tho Improvements. The couso i an intrioate and complicatod ono, e Dracing o sorics of Congresvional acts, rasolu- tions, and trontios, oxtouding as far Lack a8 tho yonr 1825, Titty years ngo, o tribo of Indians, known 08 tho GREAT AND LITTLE OBAGES, codlod to tho United Btatonn largo body of land, comprising portions of Missoutl, Arkansas, sud also what aro now known ss tha Indian Torritory and Kaneas, On tho2d of Juno, 1825, 5 Lroaty was mado betweon thoso tribos and tho United Statos Dy tho torma of which thé Osagos rolinguishod all titlo, jntorcst, ond claim to tho lands l\?’- ing ' in Missourl and Arknusas, aud in tho Indinn Torritory and Kanens, mouth of tho Knnsns Rivor, north and wost of 'tho Rod Rivor, and east of & iuo drawn from tho hond-sourcos of the Knnsns ltvor sm\mwnrdl{, oxcept tho 1ands now in quostion, whic,{by tho socond arti- elo of tho abova-numed troaty, woro “raserved io aud for the Groat and Liltlo Osngo tribo 6o long aa they might choose to ocoupy tho anmo, Tho laud now in controvorsy is partof tho lnd describod in this treaty, ‘I'ho groator portion of 1ho Jand lios within tho limits of NEQSIIO AND LADETTE COUNTILS, & vory small part boing found in Allon and Mont- gomery. Tho tract oxtouds about, 60 milos nortl and south, reaching to tho south tinc of the Stato. Tt is 30 milos in width, ‘Ihis resorvation wos oc- cupiod by thio Indinus, in necordance with tho forms of this treaty, 'until tho treaty of 1805 went into offoct. ‘bis troaly was mndo on tho 20t of Soplembor, 1605, and was ratified on Jan, 20, 1800, with cortain awmnoudmonts sug- gouted by tho Sonate, which wero accopted by tho Indians on Bopt. 26, 1866; and said troaty waa procinimed by tho' Prosidont on Jan. 21, 1807 1y a provlsion of tho trenty, it did not tako offott until proclaimod by tho Prosidout. In the first articlo of the troaty, tno Jands_in disputa aro described as the * Osago Cedod Lands,” and their limits proscribed. Thie track of land, G0 miles long and 30 wido, waa sold by tho Iudians to tho United States for £300,000, for tho pur- poeo of raisiug a little cash to rolieve their sul- Torings and improvo their coudition, Thoy lind beconio destituto and wrotohed, Liko huudrods of Kausaus to-duy, Lho(Y woro land-poor. Thoy Tad thousands of broad acros, but not s cont 1 their pockets. Henco thoy woro will- ing to disposs of fheir lauds for aod, clothing, monoy, &o, It is. claimed, ‘thoro: foro, tiat the titlo to this rosorvation rostod in the Osngo Indinna up to tho 21st of Jauunry, 1867, when tuls treaty wovt into offect. But the ncts of Congross whioreby theso railronds olaim thoso Iands woro passod. < PRIOR TO THIS TIME, Tho olatm which tho Leavenworth, Lawrenco & Galveston Railroad makes is founded on tho act of Congrosa dated March, 1803, granting cor- tain lands to Kansas, conditionally, for the con- struction of Tailzonds, ono of which was to be run from- ths City of Leavenworth to tho southiern boundacy of the Biate. Tho Missouri, Kansns & Toxan claims by virtuo of tho same act, and conurack mndo with tho Atchison, To- poks & Bauta Fo Road, to which, i thoe same act, & grant was mnde on condition fhat o road uhouldbo constructod from poiut whero sl road anters tho Nooshio Valloy, in o southonst di- rection, to an intersectlon with tho Leavouworth, Lawrenco & Galvcston, Both the Loavenworth, Luwrouco & Galveston, and the Missouri, Knnsaé & Poxas Ronds, olaim by wirine of the samo act, ‘The attornoys for tho sottiors oltim that thote was uo grant through these Osnzo lauds contained in the act of 1863; that Congrossdid not titond to mako such & grant, aud. bad no power to make such a grant if thoy did intond 5o to do. “lho counel for th raitronds claim, on the other Tiaud, that Congress intended to make suoh a grant through this resorvation, as indicated by & cortuin BENATE AMENDMEST infected Into tho first articlo of the tronty of Jau, 21, 1867, The Benate amondment is con- thincd within the braokets in tho following son- tonco : *Bnid Inuds shall be survoyed and sold, under tho diroction of the Secretary of tho Iutal rior, on tho most advantageous torms, for cash, &s publio lands aro surveyed and sold undor ex- Tatiug lawe [including auy sct_granting lauds to the State of Kansas iu aid of the construction of a railroad through eaid laud),” ote. This is the uphinx which dofos the ingeuulty of tho inwyers to intorpret. But, even should it bo admittcd to Tocognize A graub through this resorvation, it doos not prova that Cougress Iutoudod to make tho grant, nor_ does & moet tho quostion s to tha powor of Congrosa to mako such grant at tho timo tho nct was passod. 1T 18 CONCEDED hat the title to theso lands vested in the Osago Indious until the_proclamation of ‘the Prosidot iu 1607, Tho nots of ‘Congress Ly which thoso railroads claim a grant through thess lands wero ansed in 1803, ‘Tho inevitable conclusion ls Tiat Gongress did not futend to mako s grant to Tands to which the United Statos bad o titlo. But, should it bo determined that Congross in- ‘tondod to make s grant of thoso lauds to tho railrosd companics, thon f¢ is cluimod, and Juuti tog,that sucha grunt o vold and {rhuds: eut, for tho ronson that tho Governmant could not give away that to which it had no title. We conclude, therefore, that Congross could mot munke s grant of theso landu provious to tho treaty of 1807, Itcould not muko s grant of them after the troaty, bocauso it Is exprossly provided In ssid troaty that tho *land shall bo eold for cash on tho most udvantageous torms,” Honco, by THE EXPRESS PROVISIONS of the instrument through which tho Govern- ‘mout acquiren powor to convoy,.tho railronds are pruveuglnd from gaining title, oxeopt by purchase for cash. In May, 1867, Josoph Wilson, Unitod States Land Conmisslonor, gaid ; **In tho oplnion of this Ofico tho torma'of this treaty.[of 1G7], o ‘wboyo quoted, with tho amondmont, do not give the Ianda along tho lino of its routs In aid of tho coustraction of the rond; but, on the contraty, aroso comprobonsiyo as to roquiro all of such Jands to bo sold in trust for the purposos speci flad in tho trosty. Tu April, 1869, Congross paseod 4 J0INT NEROLUTION Dy which thoso lands, including both -odd and eten vections, woro Lhrown open to pre-cmption ‘ottlomont and purchaso at 1.25 por aoro. Thin wan douo with o full knowladge of tho claims of thosa ruilrond: companios; nnd of tho fack that Seovetury Browning Lnd withdrawn tho lands from warkot on tho 4th of Fobruary, 1808, ‘Thia shows that Congress did not con: our with tho viows of tho Interlor Dopartuont, an oxpreskod by Drovaing. | O souro this Join rosolution could not affect the rights whicli had proviously vestod, . 1¢ tho railronds had & grant attho timo this resulution was pssed, tholr titlo could not be affected Lhornb{. But it aro- at0s o sympathy for, aud an obligaifon on the At o, o sotulors wlo, ating uudo this roso- ution, ‘camo by - thoneands and eottled upon thoso lands, Under this nvitation thoy cume, mado tho Tequired improvomionts, proved up | tholr eettiemonty bofore tho lacal’ offico, paid their money, aud roceived tholr cortifientos of Query. "Tliroa hundred and fourteon thousand two bundrod and tnenty.oiglit acros wero “entotod undor this resolution, for which the eottiors rald - §454,072,10, 'Nearly sl the ra- ‘maindor of thesn fands Lava boen sottled upon in tho beljof that tho provisions of tha tioaty of 1807 and tho -Jolat Forolution af 1800 would bo carslotl out in” gaod faith, “ireno soltlors wers not intruders, “hoy aame by invitation, bougho the lnnd of tho acoraditad agonts of the Govern~ wont, and pajd thoir monoy, belleving that thoy could thus noquiro s valid titlo to tholr houios, VATENTS IIAVE DEEN ISBUED to huadrogde of thous sous of tuil, who Laye loze nolup Lhoir attars und outablis oxpeatiug to huvo a ablding pluce, Nov, thesa antrics havo boon ordorad to bo cancoled aml tho patonts sot audo by o Seorotary of the In- torior, on the ground that these reitroads Jind & prior grant. oy have vearly all boon can- colod, Tho samo roason - for cancellug ono npplios to ail. "ho work. of caucolla: tion will soon bo comploted, unlosa a doolsion of tho courts shall put an ond to it. Thousunds of mon who linvo spont theao or funr yoara {n im- Droving thoir farus sud boutifying thoir homen find _thomsolvos homoloss, wanoylces, nnid friondless, ‘Tho Jabor of tholr own handa hos so advancod tho valito of the lands us to place thom boyoud their ability to purehinso, Honco i is not aurprising Lint $hoso mon bnve bauded to- othor {u nucrot organizations, sworn to protoct homnolvas aguinst tho rapaclly of thoso corpo- ratious, Yrom tho timo thoso railronds sob up n clatm to thoso Jands to tho prasont time, tha nots and opinions of Lho oxocutive oficors of the Govornmont hav boon n series of CONPIAUTB AND CONTIADIGTIONS, “Ilio T.and Commissionor docidod thnt tho rail- ronds hnd no grant througl these lauds, Soore- tary Drdwning overruled Lis dogision, aud do- clarad in favor of tho rallronds. Hocrotary Cox, who sucooadod Browulug, outartained viows ox- actly oppasito to thono of bis prodecossor; but, on tho grounds of gourtosy, xofusnd to ot tha rulings asldo. Tho Stato Courts have unifoimly decided agofust the railrond companios, 1tina mattor, therafore,, of cougratulation that tho cato is 80 Boou to bo sottled finally, Thoro is but oue remove from this Court, aud, no mattor Bow it may bo decided horo, it will bo takon by the dofanted parly to tho Supreme Court of tiio- United States. It {8 a quastion of vital fm- porlance to tho settlors, It involvea their houschold goods aud fheir firoido slinrs. On ts doclsion _ doponds, tho tomporal ap- iuoss and prospority of 20,000 peoplo. It nvolves tho growth and dovelopment of “this entiro section of oountry in which thoso lands aro situntod. Bhould ‘this case bo docided against tho sottlors, thou the plow will stand atlll in tho furrow pud further improvements canso. Tive thousand men will bo doclared home- Joss; mon who facl that they have booh doesived by tho Govorumont. It i dua to these sottlors, 10 tho ralirond companios andi thoir mortgagacs, to tho Stato of Kanens and ber poople, ta the Qovornmont nolf, that this question be'dotor- minod, and thatkpoodily. ‘Fivo millions of dollars’ worth of proporty is lianging in tho sealo, Every day of dely is working jucnloulable injury to ‘oth parties. ~Justico domands that tho caso b sottlod, aud foraver. ‘lic genoral improssion nouong Iagryors wha aro familiar with tho facts, and wio have honrd the argnments of counsol on both sides, is, that the settlors havo o good caso, and that tho flual decision will bo AGAINST THE RAILROAD OOMPANIES, Judgos Miller, of the Suprome Court, aud Dillon, of the Clrouit Conrt, luve talon tho caso under advisomant, and will dolivor o decision on tho 20tk of August, In Loavonwortl, t a special sossion of tho Court. Bhould this Court—com- osad, ba tin, of to of tho ablost aud mout onrnod furists in tha land—docide that the ruit- ronds lisvo no xight to thoso “Omsge Ceded Londs, thore is littlo probability that the do- cison would bo reversod in tho Huprome Court of tho United States. This controversy has boon . disturhing ble- mont in tho politics of this State for ho last five vears. Thoro is not & domagogua politictan in Kansns but has boon . zeolously ondeavoring to ciroulato tho fact that Lis sympathios wore with tho eoltlors. Caudidates for Governor and Con- o aro all ardont sympathizers with tho sot- tlors, It 18 to bo hoped thut this fs tho Jast op- portunity that douingogios will lavo to rido lnto power by false oxpressions of love for tho unfor- tuuato kottlors, : 8. )L F. —_— THE EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. hod their homos, i’ PaxToN, 111, June 22, 1874, To the Editor of he Clicage Tribune: B1: ‘Lho politieal sitaation in tho Eighth Con- gressional District 18 unusually quict at presont. Thoro seems to bo but littlo offort on tho part of tho old politicians to.malo & stir. Tho Ropubli- cans expect Lo carry the distrlot thia fallon Con- grossmau by o majority ranging from 2,600 to 4,000, Two years ago thoy Lnd » mnjority of somothing over 5,000; but thoy count on n fall- ing off of some 1,000°cr 2,000 this fall. Mean- whilo the Tndopendents aro bird at worli, with & vlow of defeating the eutira Ropublican tickat in tho district, Tho recont organization of the Farmors' Movo- ment hod s origin in tho Liberal party of 1872, uco its organization it hns oxercised consider- lo igtinenco on the politics of the county. Thoro ia this difficulty about its succoss: ‘Lhora are so many farmors that are over-zenlous that thoy aro driving hundrods and thousands from them by thoir porsistont course of Loatility to othor mon who do mot hold the plow- Landle,—men who bavo always been considercd honorablo and upright, aud indecd: by a long and uoright ‘business-lifo, havo proven them- selves outitled to the appollation of honost men. Many farmera throughout tho State aro now ur&mz the nomination for hlEh and responsiblo oltices of mon who, nutit the Farmers' Movo- mont commonced, woro not supposad o be capa- ble of filling even the lowest townsbip oflicas. If this class of men aro mominated, wa are doomod to defeat, for wa cannot carry the intel- ligont voters withi thom, What we want to da i8 to present men of known ability aud honesty, 40 a# to command tho confldenceof the country ; and uothing siort of thia will enablo us o suc- caed. Lot it not bo eaid that T am finding fault with thio movement itsolf, for Tam not: an the cou- . trary I am in henrty sympathy with it,and bolong to one of tho bost working Clibs and Grangos iu this district. Tt is of its faults that I nm sponk- ing, aud thoy must bo remorad, or e will fail to accomplish our object. . Oue of the bost things that has boen dona in the wholo orgnnization’ was tho rebuke given to tho zoulots and_place-buntors at Bloomington, at the Btate Advisory Committos’s Convention, whers thoy, notwithstanding tho fight mada against it, throw open the doors, and wvited all o, witliout regard to kind or calling, who woro in honest symatny with thom, to assiut in re- forming tio counlry: and ‘vhich was_ agai adopted at tho Spritgfleld -Convantlon s a part of the piatform. 1t was tho - wiso couclusion of s intelligout couvention of men that were not neokivg oflico or sorving ofico-aeekors. Tho farmors wore looking out far tho goneral good of tho wholo causo, lot the consoquonco bo shat it wight to the place-hunters that are hanging on tho piovoment with thoir grand expoctations of politioal honors ; and, 80 Tar as oltico-swoliug i conoorned, moan that hearoatter, in all 0asos, tha ofico shall sook tho man. E Bome minor farmor-politicans sro golng around telling us that we havo a largo maorly, and can bave ovorything-our own wey. Lot mo aposlc the words of solioruoss wnd trut sbout thia majority that thoy sy we havo, We are divxdmlhnnd, from the very nature of things, caunot be edirely united. Our cirsurnatances, oducation, and advautagos, are differont. Thon, again, wo'sre vory likaly {0 diffor on monsnros of graat publl polioy, 46 much ao as any othor olas with oqual intelligonce; aud will, if we aro houoet, voto our eentimonts, with tho party that oomes nenreyt promoting thom, "Thon, too, it must ba romomborod that thoro are thousands of farmers who do not, aud wijl uot, bavo anything to do with the so-called Farmor's Movamout, and are a8 firmly bound by pasty-tios as ovor, Thoso, taken with thono whio Liavo been drivon away from the Farmors' organi- zntion by tho zoalots and placo-huntors who aro it tho miovement by occupation, would, ou - tost yoto, overwhelm tho Koform party. 'If any oo doubts tho truth of what I 81y, leb - him i vostigate, snd look at tho Springtiold Conven- tion of tlio 17th fnst,, with its horda_of oftice- Tiolglors, who aro sanguine of succoss in_ tho full campuign. A littlo railoction will convinco tho most ukopiticul that thoro i# o great work n tho tuture for tho Roformors to aocomplish, . 1o doponds aimost outirely upon tho mon nomiuated in our district whother wo can over- come tho large Ropublican mefority this ful It wo should'be so unfortunate” as to prosont soine candidato who Incks tho confldenca of tho pooplo ns to bis ability to reprosont thom, o will bo. doomed to certain defonb, ' Our candidate should command tho respect and con- fidonce of tha whols pooplo, and not the farmora along ; for hunualr and ability ar il the people waut, aud thoy will accopt of nothing loss. It is to ba Loped that tho Convontlon which oot at Tairbury on the 1st of July will put in nomina- tion an nocoptablo nan a8 our standard-benrer, Tharo aro many good men n tho dlatrict who would ba, I thiuk, accoptadlo to ll the peoplo ; and I wil venturo to metition ono or two. of diomeyithont, 1 trust, disoroditing othori-— who would juspire_confidenco, aud, it elactod, “would do houor to the distriot. Judge Pillsbury, of Poutiac, now Presidivg Judge of thiu distrlet, an ablo aud upright Judye, was raisedon s farm, snd knows the needs of producers ‘goueraily ; i In full acoord with tho roforin movomnent ; “was a mowber of the Coustitutional’ Convetition of 1870; and has a good record for honesty and ability, The flon, A, 3, Cavan, of Woodford County, wis a momber of tho Twenty-neventh Gonersl Assombly, nd has & good rocord for tho two great qualifications that tils people aro look- Ing aftor s honosty and ability, Though I mon- tlon buc theso two mon, thoie are others that would b n erodlt to thu movemont, With & good tokot {u the flold, thero is bopo of success ; but with & poor one, none at all. -~ Foup Counzy, GANADIAN RECIPROCITY, Full and Ofelnl Text of the Treaty. IFashington (June 20) Correspondence of the New York ribtine, It 18 now hardly probablo that. the new Re- ciprodity Troaty will bo formally consldored by tho Souato duriug tho prodout sawslon, allhough 1t is oxpoctod thut some mformal talk in rogard to it may take placo 1 excoutive session boforo Congrods adjourns, It s also roported that tho Trostdont hns donelidod to call no oxtra ssesion Tor tho conslderation of his trosty at presout, hut that lio will, by proolamntion, couveno tig Honato for that purposo about tun days boforo the mooting of Congross uoxt Decomber. ‘Tho Glicial titlo of tho trontyls as follows: A treaty for tho roctprocal reguistions of tho com- morco and truda Lotiveon tho Unitad Btates aud- Cana- du, with provialous for tho enlargoment of tho O~ diin canaly, nnil for thofe o by tho United Statow ves. s0ls on torma of oquallty with Dritlsh vessole, ‘The Prosidont, in ‘l‘nnumlltlnfi tho draft of tho troaty to tho Senato, sonttho following messago: 1y the Senate af tha United Stafen ‘Tho pleuipotentiarics of hor Britannio Majosty al Wanhivgton lave nubmiltod to tho Becrotary of Blate, for my cunsldorution, a draft of a troaty for thie ro- clprocal regulation of the commerce and. trado bo- tywoon tho Unitod Btates and Ganads, with provisions- for thio eulargoment of tho Conadinn cansln, and for ol uso by Unltod Btates vols on terms of’oquatiy. with Britlsh vossols, I trausmit horewlth o Yeport froin tho Secrolary of Blats, withi a copy of {ho draft thua proposcd ¢ T am of tho opinion that & proper treaty for sucl piirpones would rosult bonoflclally for (o Unitod States, Tt would tiot only open of oblarge markuls for ‘our production, but it would increaso tho fuctlitics. of transportation frow tho graiu-growing Blates of tho Went Lo the seaboard, The propoded draff has many features to commond It to our favorablo considoration; ut “whether it makes all 4o concossions which could Juntly bo ro- quired of Great Dritoln, or whethor it calla for more concossions from tho United States thon wo hould yleld, Tt not proparod to say, Awmong {ta provislous are articlos proposing to dls. ponse with tho srbitration respeating the tiliorics, whioh wan provided for by the Ireaty of Washington i the ovont of the ,concluslon and fatifcation of a troaty, aud tho passago of all.tho nucessary Ieginlation to enforeo it. Theso provinions, an wall as other eoraldorations make it desirablo thiat thiu subjoct sbould recolva ot tention before the close of ihio therefore oxpross un carnest wish that tho Bedats may bo ablo to considor aud delermino, before tho ad. Journimont of Congreas, whotlor it will givs its cousti- tutional concurranco to tho concluslon of & treaty with Great ritaln for the purposes already ndmed, oither in wuch form au {8 proposed by the British plenipoton- tiaries of In such othior piore Accopiable MEum 18 tho., Schute mny prefor, U, B, GanT, © Wasnisazos, Jiine 16, 1874, i following is tho xoport of tho Socrotasy of to: - DEPARTMENT oF BTATE, WABHINGTON, Jue 1T, 1874, T biave tho konor to fucloss & copy of thy dralt of & treaty for tho reciprocal regulatious of lo conuitores and trado botweon the United Btales and Camnda, witl provislous for tho enlargement of tho Canadisn chnals, and for tholr use by United Btates vessols on terms of oqunlity with Brital vosscls, whict (I Deital ploni- potentiarios have propoved (o thls Governmont, IauizTon Freim Tho followlng is a comploto copy of the treaty: Ier Majenty, the Queen of Great’ Dritafn, and the United States 0f Amorics, boing desizous of fthproviug tho commmerce nud navigatlon botwrecn thoir respectiva torritories nud_people, und more especlally between Her Majouly's posscaaions in North Aworica uad tho United States, fu such maunor oato render tho samo reclproeally benollcial, havo ‘reapectively named ploni- poteutiaries to confer'sud agres theretipou, that s (o WY: .oy . e . . . whosafter having commu- nieated fo ‘oach ‘othior thele respective full powers, found In goad aml duo form,kaYe ngreod upon {he following articles s - AnTione 1. 1t §s ngrecil by the high contracting: partles that, in addition to tho Hborty wecurad to the Unitud Btatss - fisnormen by the couveation batween the Uniled Statew aud Greal Tiritain, sigued bt Loudou ou the 20Lh day of. Qctober, 1818, of tuking, curing, sud drylug fieh on cor~ tain cddsta of tho Nritish North Awaerican coloniow therein defined, the inbaliftants of the United Btates shall bave, in commou witli the bubjects of Her Britan. nio Majeaty, the llberty, for thoe ferm of ye ‘men- tioned iu Article XIII, of thistreaty, to take fish of. every kind, excopt shollfish, on tho sea-coasts aud shores and fu the bays, Larbors, and crocks of tho Troviuces of Quebae, Nova Bcotis, New Brauswick, and Prince Edward Tuland, and of the soveral isiauds therounto adjacent, without being. restricted to any distane from the shore, with permisalon to land upon 0 safd coasts, aud shores, and islands, and also upon lio DAy llllflrl Lslauds, fi:fi the D‘xalwlu of drylbg thole nole iid ciring oalr providod that T 80 doing. thioy do not interfore with the rights of privata prop- erty or with Dritish fallermen - in the peaceable of suy jiart of buld oasts Iu thelr oceupatioy for the same purpose, - Jtis undoratood that tha above-mentionod liberty spplies solely to the seu-faliory, and that the salmon ud shad sberies, and all otlier Asherics in rivers and mouth of rivore,'aro Leroby reserved exclusively for British ishermen, Az oLE I Xt {8 sgreed by thie high contracting partios that Dritish suvjects slinll havo, in cammon - with the citi- ona of the United States, the liberty, for the term of years meutloued 1 Article XIIL'of this trealy, to take fsh of evory kind, excopt sliell-Oeh, on tho onstern sca-¢onsts and shores of the United Btates, north of tho duth parallel of nort latitudo, aud on the shoros of the several {rlaads theranuto ail in the bays, barbors, and slioros of the Uniited Btatoannd of the said fslands, ‘without Leing restricted to sny distance from tha shiore, with permission to land upon the sad coasts of thio United States and of tho fslauds_aforasnd, for the purposé of drylug thelr nets and curlng thelr fshs rovided that in so dofug they do not interfore witli Tie rights of private proporty.or with fha fshierme of tho United Statcs in tho peacesble uee of auy part of {120 aald coasta in tholr occupancy for tho eamo pur- pose, # 1t {8 understood tliat the above-mentioned Nberty ap- miien solely to the sca-flshery, and that salmon and shad fishories, and all other fiaheries fu rivers and ‘mouts of tivers, ara horeby resorvad cxclusivly for faliormen of the United States, 4 anricLE I, Tt fa ngrecd that tha places dexignated by he Com- misslonors appointed under tho firat article of the treaty between the United States and Great Briluin conciuded at Washington: on the 6th day of June, 1831, upon e consts of hor Dritanuic Majeaty's do- muinlons and the United States, us places resorved from thio common right of Mwbing under that treaty, shall be rogarded a8 in, ko mannor reserved from tlis ‘common right of fishing undor tho preceding. articles, In case any quostion slonldariée betwveen tho Govern« monts of the United Stutes and of Her Dritannio Majesty au to tho common right of fishing in places not thus desiguated as resorved, it is sgreod that a Commission fahall bo appointed to doslgnate suck placos, and sball ba constitated 4n tho same mauuor, and have tho sama powers, duties, and _authority, us thio Commisston appofnted undor tho said first article of tho treaty of tue th of Juno, 1854, ANTIOLE 1Y, 1t 1g sgrecil that tho articles snumerated fn the sched- ules A, i, aud O, Lereunto anuoxed, being the growth, produce, or manufuacture of the Vominion of Canada or of the United States, shall, on their impartution from the oue country iuto tho other, from the 1st duy of July, 1875, to the #0th day of Juue, 1870 (both fu- cluded), pay only two-thirds of the dutics psyablo at tho dato o!’lh!l flml{ on the importations into-such country of such articl utrll\:eclimlg; and from the 1st duy of July, 1676, to tlie 30th day of ‘Jun, 1877 (hoth ineluded), shall psy only one-third of such duties; and on aud after tho let day of July, 1877, for tha pe- rlod of years mentioned in Articlo XILI, of this treaty, sl bodniled freo f duty o oadh couutry, s0- apectise) " or s ferm mgitioned I Astiels. XIIT, no othor or higher duty shall bo fmposed {u the United Statea upon nlfisr articles not enwmerated in waid schodules the growth, produco, or manufacture of Canada, or fn ‘Canada upon such oflior artioles (ho growth, produce, of manufacture of tho Unlicd States, thun dre respoc: tivoly 1mpossd upon ko arlicley the growth, prodiice, wanufecture of Greatdiritain, or of auy other country. OUEDULE A, Connisting of the followlng natursl products: Ant- muls of oll kinds ; ushes, pot, pourl, and sodu 3 burk; bark extract, fof tanning 'purposes: bathebricks, ‘Dreadstutls of all kinds; rioks for buflding aud fire* Uricka; broomcorn; burr or grindutonus, Lewed wrouglit, oF unwroughi; bultor; chcoss: ‘ooal nud coku; bottou-wool; cottpn-wustos dyo-stuifa; carthu; cluya’; ocliros: saul, ground or unground ; eggs; flsh of kiuds b, products of, and " of 1] Gllier croatures fi'“"i T thio wator, oxcopt fisl presorve ot in oil ; firowood, flax, uumanufactured § flours and eals of " nll kinde; fruits, fonn or ariod 3 furs, un- Uresssd s groln of ol kiude; gypsum, ground, un. round, or caleluwd ; hay § heémp, unmanufactured ; xhln horne ; lard 3 Ume 3 malt’; munures ; marble, ulone, wlute, ot granifo, wrouglit or unwrought ; meats, ko, or saitéd ; oros of all kiuds of metals ! Teus, Wil or split; petrolsum_ oll, crudo of or " Louzole: pitch ;' plaute; poultty of all +'rage of ll kinda s rlce; vx4 ) twods ; shrubs; wbrnw § tafle ; tailow ; tar 3 amaver and lumber lnds, round, howed, snd- pewa, manufactured <! of all i Wuole of in puit; tobdn, tmtuauutactised { Lo, Tnmanufaoture wool, trees; turpentino; veyotubles § AQUEDULE B, Conslating of the fallowing ngricultural implemonts s Axes; bug-holders; bee-hlves; bone-crishers, or parls tliereol s onllivators, 'ur parts thefeof ; chall-out- cra, OF purts thereof ; curniiskers, or purts thereof 3 chedse-vata;. chceve-favlory Luutora; uhucyo-pircevce, or parts theroof ;* churns, or parta thereof nud steaniors, of Varts thereof; cattle-foe ditehiors, or P hereof § tield-rollers, or parts thereof § funniug. inilly, r parts thereof | fati-choppors, or s thore. of : forks for hay sud 'tanure, Uand of hotee § grain- drilla, or parts thoraof ; gralu broadoast-sowers, or jparta thoroof ; grafu-crusliers, or parts thereof ; har- Town ; hoos bund or horse'; horsurakes: horso- powet ‘machinos, or puris’ thereof, Nay tod- or parte. (borenty Hlquid ‘uanurs carls, or parta therool§ toanUre-50Wers, OF DAFLE theroof; mow= ‘ora, o parts thereof ; oll und ail-onko crushire, oF s fuoreut; plows, dr parts horaof ; zoot wad dool ‘Dlantors, o parls Wreof 3 Foot-cutiors, puipors, snd ashote, of parts thoreof ; rukos; Tespors or pArts thbryof § ‘rospor and wower combitiod, or parts thero- bf ; apados, whovel, moythes, 'snsiths ] thravhiug-ma- chines, or purts thereof, SOMEDULE 0, Cousisting of tho followlug matiufactures: Axles, ull kinds 3 bools sud whoes of leather ; boot sud,alibo wmakiug Machines; bulalo Fobi, dfcissd aud’ trimmed; cotton gralu-baya ; \:ullYu denlume ; cutton _Jeane unbloached ; “cotton driilings, un- bloaghed’; cotton fickiugs cotton plaids; col- (ousdsa, ' unbleached ; vabluet ware sud furul- lors, ture, or .parts {hereof: carrlogos, carts, wag- o and Toburhoud " seilonta g sligion o yarta thareof § fire-ougines, or paria tieroof 3 folts covering for boflors ; gutta-percha beliing and tubing iran hn-‘llon 0, |lg,‘pudilln , rod, huhar scrap; fron b andln, apikes, Yolls, tacks, brads, ‘or apcigs s jroi'ca inge } T rubber boiif and_ lubiug ; Jocomotives for Fallwoys, o parta_the roof ¢ loady hsot o iy leathier, wolo or ug]lflr: leatlior, hiarnoss and maddlery of mill’; mill, or factory, or sleambont fized ongino aud’ minchitery, or arls of_ marblo, stono thereof } mauufactires luto, or granite; manuface sololy, ~ or tures . of wou wood malled, Ton Linged, or -locked with | mofal mator tal mngles, wasliing-machines, . wring- Ing-machinics, und drylug-mncliines, or pnrls thoroo printing-paper for anspese . paper-iaking Mo chinas, or parts thereof ; printing type, prosscs, and folder 3 Tilnes, ruling-machiies, page-nume Dering ninoliines, and_atercotpying. snd oloctrotyping Apparatus; or parts theroof; Teirigerators, or purl Taflrond earn, carriages, and truokn, or paris § watinola of wool and colton 3 atears-ongines, O yarth ‘thereof ; wledl, WroghY o cast; aud. nico plates and rallag tin tubos and piping ; tweeds, of wool molely ; waler-whoel machines and appatatur, or yorts thereot antiouy v. It 4n ngreed that the Canadian canals on tho maln Tonto from Lake Eirla to Montraxl whiall bo_onlarged forthwithy it fho' expensa of U Dirinion of Canads, Jo.aato admit (o paseago of vemels diawing 15 Teet o water, and tha locks on Uhe watd canals shalt 1o anade of ot fusa than 270 feet 1n Tengili, 46 feot whith and ot lew than 19 feot dopth on the miter-sll; and that {ho chnunel of the B, Lawrenco liver il bo duepened i tho weverat rcaciies botween {lio catile, wwhonover.{ho snia may Lo niccensary, 80 n {0 llow thofreo pamiago of varacla drawing' 12 fect of water, And tho work cuaged to bo dona In thls articlo shall bo complotad by tlie Iat of January, 1830, , ARTIOLE, VI, 1t 18 ngroed that tho Government of Cannda alinll conntruct, on or befare the 1at dny of January, 1830, ‘canal to connnch tho L. Lawrenco River ut aurio. cofie yeniont polnt, ot or near- Gaughuawagn, with Tako Cliampinin, ‘Thio dimensions of said <l ¢l Lo auch an toadmit the paseigo of . voumls drawiug 13 foot of water, aud thu locl nbnil b of not Jon diuious slous than iHoso named i tho precoding rticls, Al tho United Blates engags to uryo upon® o Goverae, mout of tho Stato of New York {o cawso o extaiing canal from Whileliall, on Lake Chatpluiu, to Albany to'bo enlariged, and, it necensary, cxlended, or auotlier canal or caunlh o Vo contructed of equal ehpacity with thio proposed Caughiuawags Canal, na lercinbeoro s cified; aud the navigation of th Uudson Liver to o improved, 50 as 10 admit tlio pasmage from Tako Chiame Dlaln to tle Tower waters of - tha Luduon iver of Yk sols’ drawing 12 feot of walcr, - awrions vir, Cltizens of the United States niny, during tho ferm of yeurs meutlonod {n Artiola X1IT, of this treaty, oar 1y In thelr Yorsoln catgo and pewsengers from one Canadian port to auothor on tho freat laken or Mver &t, Lawroice, Ruciprocally, iulibitants of Cuusds, aubects of Fer Deltanrilo Majesly, may, during flis Like perlod, carry in their veasels Gurgo and passeiigera £om one Rort of thi United Slaten on: tho great. Inkon or Itiver 8t. Lawrcuco 1o ouotlor on o matd lukes or xiver. ~Gitizens of the United Biates- in thoir vossels, and iababitants of Guunda subjeots of Iior Dritunnio Bajsty in tholr Yewwoly, may, during the Liko term, curry carwo nud pwsehgers’ from uny port of th United States or of Canads on (e Red River, or the watora connocting therawith, Lo uny ollier port on tle aald river, or waters-connectiug theromti, Tt ta agreed that, £or tho torna of tloned b ced that, for tho term of years mentloned in Artcle LT, of 1 trealy, (o cliseum o oo, Bton Blaton abll éujoy e une of the Wellend, tho St, Taw- rence, and ollier caunls fu tha Domiufon of Canada (ite ludld (o provored Cauglnunga Gunal) ou lorms of eqality with th inbabiiantn of {hs Dow(hion of Orui- adn ; and that, without futerforing with:tho Tight of the Goverument of Ganuda to impoks auch tolla on the Aforcasld Gunndinn canals rospectively as it moy Uik it the tolla shall bo lovied n relation to tie number of'the locks fn esch canal, withont any drawback oF discrimination, whntevar’the destinution of the vessel, or whethor o or moro catial or canaly, or part. of canal, bo passed. And {¢ s alio Agreed that for Il ltka form of years, tho iubiabitants of Canada slailonjoy tho e of thio 8L Clalr Ylats Caval, on teris of oguality with the lu- hubitunia of tho Uniied Stutes ; aud that tho navlgn- Hou of Lake Clamplata aud of'Sako Michigun sill b £re0 aud open for tho purposas of commerce (o the fne Linbitants of Canads, Aubject o any Iaws or regulations of tio Unjled Slates, or of thie States bordoriugy icroe on, respectively, not incousistent with auch priviicge of froe navigation, Aud tho United States furthior engago to nrge upon tlio Governments of he States of Now York aud. of Micligau to securo to the fuabitants of Chunda tho 1no of the Erfo, the .Whitehall, tho Suult Ste. Marlg Cunaly, ond of any onlorged or extendod ot now conal or otlibr fprovomont - councsting Take Chumplsin with thie lower wators of thie udson iver whicli may Lo matle, an contomplnted fn Arlielo VT, en torins of oquality"with the fuhabiiauty of the Uniled States, “And it is mutually ageeed that full power alinll ba givon and allowed to trauship cargo ‘from vosaols fhlo cauniboats; aud from caunlboats into vesscls, ot olthor torumitnis of avery canal, ‘And furihier, at I fho Ll or other canal connecting Lako Champlain with the lower waters of the Hudaon River, and ‘of Bauit Bte, Murfe Ganal be not granted Lo the inhubitants of ‘Gunuds ou tormms of equality with the eitizens of tho United Btates, as coutemplated fu this urticle, thon. fha ke of tuh proposcd Csughumwnga Canel by cltl- zens ‘of ‘thio United States, us. abora contompinted, shall Do sunponded nd ceass until tho uao of tho sald canals in tho United Stics sbul' Lo secured (o tho nbabitants of Canada, ss aliove contempiated. oL 1, For tho torm of sears mentionsildn Acticla XIII. of fhis treaty, veusels.of all kinds Lujlt fu tlis. Unitad Stutys my be purchasod by fubnbitanta of Caunda subjects of Great Dritain, aud reglstered In Crurdn iy Canndinn vesnels ; and, reciprocally, vossels of il iiuds builk fu Canada may be pureliscd by ckiizens of the United Btutes, aud regletered in tis United Staten as United States Vosselo, ARTIOE X, hull Ve, extabllsliod nnd tained ut Jolnt expenve durlug tho, opezatl Ureaty, fof advislug tig orestion an | of all iight-louses on the kreat Inkes, coinnion {0 o countrics, necessary to tho secumity of the e i thercon, ARTICLE X1, ;i A Jolnt Comunfasion sl nlxa ba estublishicd ut Joint expenso, und mafntafuod dutkg e tho tradty, to promote tho pr tof fish i inland waters cominoy to tofls fes, il [ e foreo tholuw enacted for the Trotection of the fsh en i fishing-grounds, Antionz xit, It is further agreed that the provisfonms nnd stipul tlous of this 'Treuty shall extend to the Culgny of Wow- foundlaud 86 far uy they are _agpheable. Jil (1t Imperls] Parlioment, the Logirluturs of Nnwfomud- land, or the Cogress of the Uniled States vill embiace the Calong of Newfouudland fn tiele lu wuncted for carrylng the foregolug artlelus futo v then this article akall be of no efiect ; but te ov to muku.}mwlliuu by Jaw to glve it et by the logistutive bodles aforcunid shall nob ia u, inipai auy ofhior articles of this treaty, ANVTIGLE x1IL, 'This treaty shall take effcct us soon ne the laws ro- quired o carry it into operation shall linve been passed by tho Imperfal Purlismeut of Grent Britwn und by tho Parliuinent of the Dowinion of Cauais on the oue band and by. the Congress of the United States on (ho ofhor, If stk legislutivo nssent aull uot kiave becu givon within — months from tho_dato herdof, then tius treaty sball be null and void; But such loglulative assent huving been givou, this treaty mhall remain in force for the perlod of twonty-oue rmn from the date ot which it shall come 1mto operation, and, furthor, until the expiration of three yesrs after eftherof tho bigh contracilng pastis sl Jave iven nolice o the other of itk wish to terminate the sume, each of the biigh contracting partlcs eing ok liberty ‘to_givo_such notice to the to the other at the end of eald “poriod of twenty-ono years, or at any thine afterwurd, ARTIOLE IV, ‘When {ho ratifications of this treaty sliall bave been exchanged, and tho Iawa requiring to carry it into operation ahall have been passed by the Tmperial Par- liamant of Great Dritain and by {ha Purlfament of the Dominion of Canuda ou the one haud, aud by the Con- press of the United States on the other, then Articles XXIL,, XXIIL, XXIV,, and XXV, of the treaty of May 8, 2871, betweeh Groat Britaiu and tho Uuitod Blaten, shall Vecome null and vold, ANTIOLE XV, Thia tresty ahall o duly xalified by Tor Dritrnte Majenty und by the President of tie United Siates, and tho ratifications aball bo exchanged either at Washing- ton or xt London withiu — muonthe from tho date liereof, or earlier, i€ possiblo, THE CAPITALSTOCK-ASSESSMENT DECISION. BrenuiNg, 11, June 23, 1874, To the Editor of T'he Chicugo 1'ribune B The decision of tho Supreme Court sus- tainiug the logulity of assessmeats of capital stock made agalust incorporated compauies, causos much excltemout and criticiem, It is cx- tremoely difficult to mnke people see the justico of making a oompany doing businees under and by virtue of tho corporation laws of the State pays tax of about threo times as much as parties doing the samo kiud of businoss as a tirm or n individnals, ‘T'here are a lnrge numbor of Such corporations liore, aud thoro 14 a goucral uncasiness manifestod, livery one seoms to feol that it is a blow at tho munufacturing intorest of the Blato thint will cheol any furthier dovolop- lm!llf;i ‘ll!fl materially eripple” thoso alveady on- gagod in it, 2% the first tnstance on rocord of tho poaplo of a Btate, through its Legislature, (discriminat- ing AgRINE manyfaotuning incorosts of & Stato ; and many feol thut, unlows tho Legisluture mod- ifles or repeals thut part of the law, they will bo compelled to moye to some Btate where the lnwe ‘76 aus proworiptive than iu Iiiinoi. A Blate Conyention of all tho manufacturors ahould bo enlled at onco, to seo what courde it iy Baoi ko pusso it viow of tho racont daclslo. —1The will of tho loto John Cartor Brown, of Trovidenco, makos the following namod publio Voquosts: o the corporation of Brown Univer- sity, for tho oreation of & fira-praof building, 60,000 ; to the Rhodo Island Hospital, £25,000 3 10 the Butlor Hospital for the Insanc, 85,000} tothe Redwood Libraty, Nowport, ‘fund for Liooks, 6,000, Bosidos tho abova boquost to- wards tho orection of o library bullding for Trown University, br, Brown, a fow years' ago, avo the Universily o sum of monoy for tho lsmo objeot, whioh was placed on doposit by tho 'ranpuror, aud now umounts to full $30,000, in addition to the value of the lot of Jand given to tha College and roforrod to in bis will, worth {robably - §95,000, Wo_understand that DMus. Lvown, M. Rovort I, Tvos, Mr. ‘Chomas I Goddatd, and Alr, Georgs W. R. Mattoson mo named ds Trustoos 1o 140 will—Lrovidence Journale of the Erlonnd White- THE GAME LAWS: Provisions of the Statute on. this Subject. Tet Offenders Beware, Within a fow days informations have been lodged by tho Audubon Club, and by varlous privato indlvidunis, gaiust keapors of rostaur- aut, ote,, who Lisyo boon gullty of violationa of thio Gumo Jaws, by rolling or offoring for salo wild fowl and birds when it s unlawful go to do. 1t s tho intontion of thoso gentlomon, who nro fnterestod in the prosorvation of gamo, to cone tinuo this good work, and causo the prosocution of overy porson found bronking tho law. All thoso already brought to trial havo plended fnoranco of tho provisions of tho statutos on this subjoct, and in somo instances this is likely, for (he Inw has beon_changad in some raspook almost ovory yonr, Tor tho information of lotol and restaurant koopers and othorw, the Inw on thio subjoct which went Into forco July 1, 1578, I publiaiod In full, 50 tiat thoy may kuow what i {llegal, aud tho jonnlty thorator s Bro, 1, It alall bo unlawlul for any person or #ons o Lt or pursuc, kil or irup, ot or cne deatroy or attempt to kill, trup, uet, uusuare, or othore Wiy destroy nuy wild buck, doe, orfavwn, wild turkey, pruirie hen or chicken, Tuficd grouse, commonly called partridge or pheasant, botween tho et day of January and tho 16th day of August $n cach and avory Jear, oF any quail botwaun {io Tut ey of January oid tho 1st day of Octobor fu each and overy yesr, or any ‘woodcock betiveen the 1st day of Januury and the 1nt’ day of July of cach aud cvery year ; or any wild goae, duck, Wilion snipe, brant, or ‘othet wator-fowl Letweon “the 16th day of April-and tho 15th day of Auguat iu ech nnd every years and every person #0 offunding ahall, for each and overy oifouse, bo deemod guilty of a misdomaanor, and, on couviction, #brll be fined in any aum not less than $10, nor mora- than $25, aud conts of suit, aud shall stand commiited £o the County Jail until atich tno I8 pald : Lrovided, thut auch hmprisomnent ahall vot excoed tan days, 8ro, 4, 1t shall bo unlawful for any person or cor= porution to buy, solt, ot Lave in poescesion, auy of tha wnlmals, wild fovls, or birds mentioned in Hee, 1, ot ting when the killiug, trapping, netting, onsuar- or dertroying of suckanimais, wild fowls, or birds shiail e unlawral, whioh shinll b killed, entrapped, or destroyed contrary to tho provis- nd auy porson or corporation so ofs feudiug shall, on couviction, be fued and deslt with declured-in Bee, 1 of this act, 3, No person shll, at any time, within this State, KN or attuupt to tra, not, cuwnirg, dastroy or Tl any robin, bluchicd, swallow, wmurtin, mosquito- Daw, Whijepoor-will, ouckoo, ‘woodpockor, browi threshor, red-bird, langlug-bird,’ buzzard, apurrow, ' wron, ' huniuing-bicd, dove, ’goldfiuct: mocking-bird, bluojny, inoh, thrush, fark, cherry= bird, yellow-bird, orluls, or Lobolink, nor rob or de. stroy thio uests of wich birds, or vitlier or auy of them ; aud_any porson a0 offending ehall, on_convictlon, bo fned tlie wum of $5_for cacli and overy bird 8o killed, and for gich and overy nest robbod and destroyed Frovuded, ‘Ihat nothing ju this section shall bo con- strued Lo provent tne owner or ocenpant of lands from destroying .any of tho birds horcin natncd, on tha sume, “wlien deced nocessary for tho protection of fruits or property. Bxo, 4, Itsbull be unlawful for any porson or persons to_dotroy or removo from tho newls of auy_prafries clicken, grouse, or quall, wild turkoy, guose, duck, or Lrant, any ¢gg or eggs of such fowl or bird, or for iy poratn 1o buy, acll, liavo in powession, or tralllo in such eggs, or wiliCully dostroy tio Hosts of such birds or fowiK, OF auy or ofther of them § and auY porsun ko offonding shall, on conviction, bo fined and deslt with au specltied in Hec, Sof this act, ‘o, 5. No pervon or persons sall at sny time, with trap, ot aAusry, or not, tako any wild turkoy, prairios obicked, Virglula partridie, pheasaut, grouss, or quall, oxcopt ou hix or (helr own premises; aud overy rfl(- son o offending shall, ou conviction, bo tiued in o wum not Jess thun $16 nor mor thun $25, and costs’ of sult, aud stana_committed {o the County Jail unfil il flue in pufd © Provied, That such [prisonment shalt not excred fifteen days, 0,0, No perwu or peragusshall sll o oxpoto fos sale, ot liuvo Ju Lis or tiolr pusncsslon for tho purpose of folling or oxposing for sale, auy of tho anfmals, wild fowls, or birds montioned in Sco, 1 of this act after the explration of thirty tays next stccoeding th first day of tho period in which it shull be unlawful t¢ il {rap, or enauare uch ouimale, Wil fowls, o1 Dirds ; and_eny porson o offendiug’ shall, on con- kioh o aned und dsal Wil us apacied e 1 of ais et Bro, T, The provisfons of this act shall not be cons strued ng applicable to any express _company or cout. miou carrier into whoee posecasion any of the animnld, ild fowle, or birds boreln meutloned shall com it tho regulat course of thelr busiucsa for trosporiation ‘whilst they ore in transit through this Stato whera 1ho kKilling of auch snlmnaly, wild fowl, or birds shall bolawful, Dut, noiwithetanding this provision, the eviug oF boiug in poaveasion of nny such aatmal, wild fol, or birds ax are montioned sm Sec, 1, upon any of the Uaya upon which the killing, entrapping, ensnore g, o, b, aellng, o avini i oo amy wutcl untm, Witd fowl or birds ehall be unlawfal by the provisions of this et shall be deomed and tiken on prime facla evidence tiiat the samo was cu- smared, Lapped, netted, o alled in violation of this 1 cat-bled, ¢, 8, All prosecutlons undor the provisions of this L abiall e brough! by any peracu b tho uanio of tho e S of Ilifhots, agulust any porson or g any of tho prosisions of this act, Lo- 11y duisfica of the Pesco of the connly fn whicl et stotatlon 1d ullged to* huvo taken place, or beforo woart,of cowpoient Jurlydiction t aud it' in hereby (s (o duty of tlia Slate’s=Attorucys to eea that tho Jrovione of (s act ate enforced jn thelr respectiva “unpitier, st they Fligl] prosceuts all offenders on ro- 5 ving Thformation of the violatiou of uny of the pro- il 1€ 45 mad the duty of Blerltis, , Constabiles, uud polles oillcers to ful i ngafust e roceento wll: porsous whom thero i o belevs arg gullly o violiting sug of in Ifa net, The aimonnt rocovered 4 ny 1 4o tothie School Treasiirer o T, towashty dn which il act aball bave been viclted 0 tie dded to tho scliovl-fund of siick township. 0, Y, All prosconttous under tils act eball o com- Awitliin oo tontls from the 1o such offouse witted, anil not nftorwards. ot A BELIEVER IN EIGHTEEN GODS. Batrr, 1, Mrcm, June 23, 1674, Tu the Editor of the Chicago Tyibune; Sm: A lighly-oducatod but accontrlo man s now residung in the Villago of Burlington, in this county, by tho name of Houry P. Jouos, who hns becomo colobrated throughout ihia roglon on acconut of hig accontricitios and ourie ous astronomionl aud sciontifio roscarches, ITo sottled In Burlington in 1835, whilo this Stata was yob & douse wildernoss,—leaving a homo of Iuxury sud rofinomont In tho City of Now York, wheto hio was connactod with some of tha best fumilics, that ho might pursuo Lis studics fax aviny from thia busy world, Ho is now about 70 yoara of ngo, unmarriod, and not partial to socioty, Ho' hns o emall obsorvatory in tho Villago of Burlington, whero Lo pursues bis investigations, His obsorvations aro maiuly. divacted 1o tho plauct Jupitor, of Which ho has wado & large numbor of oxcellont slotches, finielied in oil. It is enid that ho is tho only amateur astronomar in this conntry who enrrics on Lis observations when tho sun is shining. A sliort, timo ngo, Artiur T, Bartlott, the +Joy-Astronomor," and G. 3L Dodley, Bnto- mologiat, of this city, mado him o visits and wpon informing hiwa Who they were, e admitted them on Lridny,—n romatkablo incldont, which Lud not happoned, as o told them, in soventoon yosra, aa 1t was only » fow dayw bafora thnt ho fiad rofuscd to sco his brother, who Lad como from Now York vololy to sco hini,—thus ehiowing how much moro ha valued solouce than tho claims of kindred. A Hig recoption-dsy for visitors is Saturday of onch weok, Ho mformed Mr. Bartlott that bo lind deduoted trom hiy obsorvations on the plan- et Jupiter conclusivo arguments to provo tho ‘xiutonco of, and positivo nocossity for, cighlcen Gods { 1o bns o large aud woll-solactoti ibrary, and hiy tables aro supplied with tho latost Now York journsls, 1lis obscrvatory is furuished with & numbor of excollont idsiramonts ; but his bost flowcone wa purchuned o bt of soura ago for the High School of this oity. Thoré aro, ivis undorstond, only i more:pavarful tolo- ecopes in the State thun this. ‘Mr, Jones mokea an obsorvation on tho sun every day ut 12m., which hus not boen inter- Tuptod £or thirty-ilve yours, oxcopt on the ocoa- sion of tha visit boforo mentioned. Some of this gontlomau's nolghbors doduge, from bis bo- Tiof in alghtesn Gods, doubis of Lls kanity ; but cortainly » nian who can calaulate_sclipsod’ and the orbite of tho plaets i outitlod o beliove in as many Goda us e plaases, whilo many of tho: samo nelghbors do not boliovo in vy . pibudbisadoiidind il 'he Delnware Peach Crop n Failure, Aliddletown, Del, (June 19), Correspondence of the New York Timea, Thers can bo no farther doubts about the pesch crop of the poninln, Mok eroharda Whioh ouly s fow Wooks siuce gavo such fino promiso of n largo yiold now prosont a mouk forlorn_appourauco, ~ Tho ground s liturally covored with tho fallon young ponch, and the trees aro almost bnro, ‘Orchards, which, undsr avdinary oiroumstancos should havo' made & yiold of o 1,000 baskots, wil not mako n 100, Indeod,’ I doubt if oven oua-tonth of o crop will bo ploked. One gontlomuu nour this pluco hias offored all tho fruit ho wiil havo, on u tine arohard of 9,000 troo_ for $100, and uo ono thiuks well anough of the speculation to buy; and yot this 14 on of tho orohards wiioly only & fow ook sitco, was oxpacted to havo ups ngdof 16,00 baskots. e Frult-Grovorst Ao soolution thinka tho crop of the Donigs it Do ovor 600,000 nakens, el sord. -0t b {10 small borry crops do'not oont to bo infurs adut ull, and as" for strawborrior, thoy Ase ag abundunt that they caunot bo vold,