Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 2, 1874, Page 4

4 ‘ THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY,.JULY 2, 187 TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TRAMA OF BUBACRIPTION (PAYADLE IN ADVANOE). aily, by 512,00 | Bunday.., 03 rieWeok S18:081 oy 93:00 Lartuol & yoar at the same rato, o provent delay and mistakos, ho sure and give Post 68 conddrers in full, Inciuding State and Connty. Remittances may bo made olthor by dratt, oxpross, Post "Ofica oidor, orn registorod lottars, at ourrl TERMS TO CITY SUDGORIDENS. delivored, Bunday oxcoptea 25 conte per wesk, livored, Bunday Included, 80 cents por wooks TIlLE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Cornor Madison and Dearhon Ubioaga, il » k! TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. M'VIORKR'S THEATRE—Madleon streok. hetwoon Doarborn aud State. Jngagomont of the Iingard Troupo, **La Tontation," HOOLEY'S THEATRI—Randolph streot, botwaen Clark and LaBallo, Kngsgoment of the Kilth Avonuo Comody-Campany. ** Olivor Twlat.” ADRLPHI THEATRE-~Cornor of Wabash avanuo .nu Aonkross stroot, Vatloty porformance, ** Robinmwn wyrusoo," RXPOSITION BUILDING—Lakashors, foat of Adams mtroot. ** Parin by Moonlight." Atternoon and pouini, Tlhe Chicagey Teibumne, Thursday Morning, July 3, 1874, NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS. Though noxt Saturday (tho Tourth of July) will ba gonorally observed sa & hollday, Tis TRibuNE Wil be published, as uaual, on Sundsy. For the nccommo- dntion of the busincss community, advertisements for nest Bunday's prper will bo recelved at any time Quring the weck, though the Counting-Room will be vpen Boturdsy 8 on othor days. % Mr. Henry Grinnell, whoso death at tho ago of 76 yoata is roported this morniug, was s mom= ber of ono of tho oldest and most distinguishied fomilies in New York. His busincss rolations woro lionorable both to himeelf and his assoclates, butit is for his munificenco in fitting out an ex- padition of search for Sir Jobu Frouklin that he was bost known. The Hon. Eugeno Hale bas withdrawn his ac- coptance of tho Cabinet oftica mnde vacant by Mr, Greswoll's resignation, pleading tho state of bhie health o8 an oxouse, 'Tho political prophets wora protty well agreed that the sppointment of Halo ind s poculisr significanco; if 8o, his deolination must moan somothing oceult, and tho country ought to bo enlightoned. That sor- vico will doubtloss be rendered before the coun= try orles for it Wintormute bas been sontonced to ten yoars' fmprisonmeut in the Iowa Ponitentinry, s mo- tion for & now trial hoving been refused. The ciroumetances attonding the McCook murder aro still frosh in the minds of the public,—so fresh, indoed, that tlis judgment upon tho niurderer will not bo dieputed on thacore of justice, Eithor s heavier or lightor punishment would ot havo given o gevoral satisfaction. e e Contrary fo the sssurance which was recolverd from Waehington sevoral days ago, that all the original membors of tuo District Commission would nccept oftico, ex-Senator Cattell has da- clined. This newa will chuse Bomo consterna- tion in tho rural diatricts, for the President hea now another excollont opportunity to dsmage himself and the Ropublican party by moking s scandelous appointmont, and oxperioucs teachs that ho scldom pormita such an opportunity o “iase unimproved. e Ministor Bancroft's depsrture from Berlin has +iven opporiuuity for an exprossion of the &s. toem in which he 18 held by the German Go7- ornmont, and the vesult must ba as gretifying to him as it is flatterlng to tho people that he réprosonts. It is too much to bope that tho official career of his successor, Mr. Bancioft Davls, will be equally creditsblo, It is moro than possiblo that his fiual doparture for Ameri- ca will be au occastou of rejoicing in BDerlin, ‘Wo print this morning a letter from the Hon. J, R. Doolittle, who has boen Acting President of the Chicago University for somo months, urging that the Board of Trustees elect Prof, Lemuel Moss Prosidont of the University and tho Rev. Dr. Burroughs Chancollor. In this arrangemont Dr. Burroughs will continue in charge of the business affairs of tho University, which he hag adminiatored from the beginning, and the Uni- veraity will gain an accomplished educator in the soraon of Prof. Mogs, The University stands in noed of ofiicient men in both theso ofiicos, and tho persons named are strongly commended by Ar. Doolittle. Matt, Carpenter writea to the editor of the Milwaunkee Aews that it is not true he opposed the nomination by Gov, Taylor of Mr, E.G. Ryan to the Chiof-Juaticeship of Witconsin, He hes no doubt that Mr, Ryan will makea good Judge; thatheis a ripo scholur, every inch a awyer, s man of profound logul knowledge. Ho seodicts that ho will be courtaous to the Bar, and “hat his opinions will bo impartial and Inwyer- like, and finally, that he will honor the Bonch more than the Bench will honor lnm, This is sigh praiee, and it may boall belioved, even coming from Mr. Carpenter. Mr. Ryanis one sf the most learned lawyers and one of the mout sloquent orators in tho country, A gentleman who has recontly returned to St. ?aul from o tour in Weatorn Minnesota says bat the grasshoppers bave lald waste & scction 3 country 60 miles wide and extending in- lefinitely trom the southern border in tho diree- Jon of tbe Northern Paciio Railroad. At tho srosent rato of progross, the destroyers will run ver the border wome time Dbefore tho lose of the scason, Dispatches rocoived in t. Paul ropresont that there are 4,000 Juople In. the dovastatod roglon without food, nd in dooger of starvation. Legistative aid s wkod, 'This nows merely confirms tho predic- long that wore made last year In theso :olumns 88 to the probable reappearance of tho rasghopper in Towa sud Minnoaota, and the 7oat suffering likely to ousue. A more dis- ressing calamity thun a visltation of this do- cription osn ecarcely bo imagined. Tha Chioago produce markets wera modorate- v active yeatorday, and broadstuffs woro casier. Jess pork wosin good domand, and a shado rmor, closlng &t £17.70@17.76 cach, and 817.05 118,00 soller August, Lard was quict and firm, at 11.10@11.1234 per 100 ibs cash,and $11.20@11.25 sllor August, Ments were quiet and utoady, at * '@0%¢o for shouldors, £8,00 per 100 Jbs for 1ort 1lba, 8)¢o for short clear, and 103¢@11c for woet plekled hama, Highwines were inactivo ad oominally easier, at 93@9434o per gallon, ke froights were vory activo, and firm at 4o s comn to Buffalo, Tlour way dull. Wheat a8 loss activo, and 3{c lower, closing at 81,1835 wh, §1,10) noller August, and ©1.20%¢ for 0, 3 Mingesols, Gorn wassotive and 1o lowes, oloslug at 593¢o cash, G590 nollor {ho month, and B33¢0rellor August. Oata wera dull, sud 1@20 lowor, cloaing at 420 cash and 403{c sollor tho wonth, Rye wasinactive and lowor, at about 830, Barloy was quiet and firrs, at 800 soller Sentem- bor. Hogs wera active and 10¢ lowor, with salos at €5.00@6,20. Cattlo and shoep wore dull, A constitutional bill hos beon drawn up by a Bub-Commlittea of the Committes of Thirty m the Fronch Assembly. It provides for the crons tlon of a second chamber, and the organization of o puroly personal soptennat, The programmo liero aunouncod 18 in the interosts of tho Mon- archists, who wore in power whon the Committen of Thitty was appointed, and of the Donapartiats, who profit by delayin tbo same manner, and porhaps to as gront an extont, a8 the Monarchists. It is oxccodiugly doubtful whethor such o gottlemont of the Government would bo agroed to by the Assembly, It is merely a fartler postponemont of tho day when o constitutional government is to bo estabiished, Thinking peoplo in nnd out of Franco are con- vincod that that dey has alteady beon poatponed too long, and it is the growing power of thin eclement which Lay prolonged the crisly in tho Asgombly, An iustration of whal was mesnt by Clvil- Borvice Roform whon the cry for it was raised durivg the lnst Presidontlal esnpsign is fur- nishod by the promotion of Mr. Conant, who bos been for nine years at tho hendof n Trossury Bureau, to be Aesistant Becrotary. This kind of reform hos not boen so much oa at~ temptad bofore. Wo supposo that tho credit for making o beginning belongs to Becrotary Dristow, who seoms to have pocullar notions about » pure and efticient ndministration, and not to bo at all embarrassed by tho ** record of his predecossors in ofice, Befora departing from tho subject, wo moy ns woll recall the fact thnb Richardson's promotion to Doutwell's placo was nleo said to be o cano of unmistakable Civil-Ser~ vice Roform, Buch talk is Nt to produco toars, since wo have learncd more about the bargain betweon Boutwoll, Richardson, snd Dutler, in necordance with which all thres wero to receive political proferment, while Sanborn raked tho chestuuts out of tho fire. As lively and interesting a political fight as has occurred this gonson was setlled yesterdny by the nomination for Congress of Mr. A. H. Hamilton, of Fort Wayne, in tho Democratte Convention of the Tywellth Indiaua District. Tho District being Jargoly Democratic, the con tost was for tho nomination, and the fight was very bitter. Tort Wayne enjoys the distinotion of being tho firat city to sell pools on tho rosult of s Couvontion’s action, which it did in this ense, though such action is usually uncertain onough to jmstify botting. Judgo Lowry, one of the candidates, withdrew in anger, and, in his chagrin, charged thnt Mr. Floming, an influontial politician and Hamilton's chief supportor, had abusod bim, snd wauted to take Lis lifo. Political disappoiutment has seldora gono so far as to croate such imaginings as those. Mr. Hamilton, who received the nomina- tion, is a gentleman of large means and culture, and happily new to politics. The Hon. George G. Wright hag been keeping company with tho Mon. Joln Logan for some time past. These atatcamen eutered the Senate of the United States on tho same day. Thoy wero lenders in the movement for the introduc- tion of wampum currency, which éame near sug- ceeding in the lust Congreas. We aro glad to learn that a8 thoy wore united in the offenre, so they are not to bo separated in the punishment. Logan's course Lias been condomned by the Re- publicans in Ilinois, nud now the Republicans in Towa havo oven mors deoidedly condemuod Wright. The terms of both Senators expira on March 8, 1877, Tho coincldence of their carcers would ba surprisiug if neither should bo re- elected. Then the ecoffing inquiry which has greoted tho Honorablo John in these lattor daya could o longor be passed around by a ribsld public, For Logan womld mourn for Wright, and Wright would mourn for Logan. And when the shadow of denth should overtake them, and they should disappesr mystoriously from the people's vision, the aatronomers would pick them out goft places in the constollation of Gomini, and they would be ranked by thé historinns with the lamented Lycurgus, who gave to the people of Bparta tho inestimable blessings of cheap iron-mouney. There 18 an ordinance which provides {hat no person shall fire or explode in the City of Chiv cago ‘“‘any caunon, gun, fowling-ploce, pistol, squil, exackors, or other things containing pow- der or other combustible or explosive material " without permigsion from the Common Council or the written permission of the Mayor. Tho latter ofticial, aftor considering the provisions of tho ordinanee, hiad decided, like a prudent ond wise Mayor, Lo strictly enforco it, but, before ho had time to aunounce his decision, the Conneil gave its permission in the following resolution : Renolued, That permission bo and s hereby given to se ordinury Oreworks on the coming Yourthof July, 1674, fn all ‘our public parks, and inopen mpaces of lznd remoto from Lulldings wud combustivle materal, Thisis o resolution which grauts whlimited ‘permiesion to every one to fire, burn, aud ex- plode combust:ble materis! at will, and It virtu- ally makes avory one the judge of what consti- tutes & space romolo from buildings. In other words, it opens all the streets, alleya, and lanes of the city for the purposes of fira on the Fourth of July. At tho timo this rosolution wa# pasecd, thie Council was engaged in rajsmp saletos and ncrensing taxes, Dy the passage of this incon- diary resolution they bave now offered a premium for o genoral conflagration. If the oity escapes it, it will not be due to the Council, If it doos not, the peoplo of this city will have still further aceasion to remomber tho burdens imposed up- on thom by tho present City Governmont. Gov, Tulbot, of Mussachusctts, hoa vetoed tho Licensa bill recontly passed by the Legislature, the voto meesage bolng read to that body on tho 27th of Juno, 'Tho only ronsons adduced are tho oft-repestod statements of the evils which flow from intomporsnce. Haow the vato ta going to check thom, the Governor doos not stuto. Prohibition hias dono nothing for Massachusetts bitherto except to increaso tho evil of intempar- snco, ag it does overywhore olse. Tho only oftect of the veto will bo to loop the corrupt State Constabulary in power; (o prevent some old women and country store-keopers from goll- ing spruce beer and cidor; aud to increnso tho number of samplo-rooms and parlors In tho cltics, How much Gov, Talbot knaws about the subject of Intemporance in Boston s ahown by the followiug oxtraot from the Globw of that citys The Govornor calls attention to the “ubience here of the flaunting and sttractive Lur-roors that apresd tholr susres to capture tho thoughtiess and sasily tompted," Lat the Govoruor (ake s walk up Wasling= ton siteot aud ‘notice tue many phowy olgarsiores with “sample-rooma” and “parlors™ in tho roar, 1t hio docs ol know (hnt these * ssmplo-roomn sud "4 parlors ¥ aro attractive bar-rooms,” and that one of thom Loasta of liaviug the bandsomeat bar this sido of Chieago, “tho thoughtless and caslly- toniptod of our young men do know it, aud it Is muiel easfor for them to entor through o liarmicss- aprearing clgar-atore then tho fawuting entrance of o Mquor-aaloon, Gon, Sliorman rotires to 8t. Louis on the samo conditiona that wero imposed vpon Gon, Beott whon hie was drivon from Washington to Now York., IIe mny woar his uniform, and enjoy tho oxnlted station {n socloty that his rank will give him, bt beyond his Lis dutios and priviloges are unsubatantial, Ho {a not allowed to mako any matorial changes in the stations of troops or in commands without the approval of tho War Ofce, and in other respects is os atriolly amenable to Delknap as the Department com- mandora, Bheridan can abide by & programme of this Lkiod; e is willing onough to amooth his wrinkled front, and capor nimbly to tho Inseivious plonsings of & string-band, but with Bhorman the cneo i different. Ilo is a Goneral without an army, a beggatly commandor of his own staff. Such a position is no moro endurable to him than it wos to Gen, Grant bofore ho bo- came n civil olficor. Tho politicians will do well to keop au oyo on Gen. Shorman ; he may tuke the way out of his difficultios that was traveled by his prodecessor. I tho utternmces of political conventions might always bo accopted with implicit faith, tho Towa Ropublicans would ba entitled to very alrong commondation for the position assumed in tho platform they adopted yostordsy, With referonco to tho currency question, they woro rathor too conflding in their conclusion that the Ropublican party #bas afforded the peoplo o safo, sound, and popular curroncy of equal and uniform worth in every portion of our com- mou country.” A ourroncy tbat lns vacillated from par to 200 in gold can scarcely bosaid to Lovo boon uniform; and, as long a8 California is in the Union, it can scorcely bo eaid to have an equal circulation all over the country, But wheu the Convention recommends free-bonking ou & spocia basis, it offors somo very good edvico which wo fonr the partyat Iarga will not follow. When it goes furthor and says that the obligations of ' tho Govern- ment must be redeemed in the world's currency,—to wit: Bpecio,—it enunciotes an old principle, which, like many othior old principles, the Republican party in somo parts of the country Lave very mearly ebaudoned. Tor tha rest, the Towa Republicans aflirm the constitutional right of Cougress to rogulate commorco among tho Statos oa applied to railroads, call for the improvement of tho national waterways, and demand the enforce- moent of the now Railroad law in Iowa, They alao daclare fu favorof electing tho Prasidont aud Vice-Prosidont by direet voto of tho vpeoplo, dosira n modiflcation of tho patont laws, favor the submission to tbo peoplo of a constitutional amendment giving suffrago to women, and successfully evade the licenso question whioh hss aitracted congiderablo attention in Towa, The ticket nom- inated is sald Lo have boon the *'slste” agroed upon, but novertheloss to be better than pre~ vions Republican tickets made in that State, and the Couveution ia ropresonted to have bean harmonious aud entbusinstic. BLAINE AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. No littlo gossip relative to the Prosidoential succession has beon started by the nomination ot Tugono Hale, of Maine, for the position of Postmaster-General,—and all to the advantago of Spoaker DRinine, For r, Blaine is mow in that attitude whero he needs, most of all, to be talked about; and, whilo there {8 no probability that Gon. Grant nomineted Mr, Halo in order to make things casy for Blaine in tho noxt Natioval Tepublican Convention, or that Mr, Blaine had any agoney in proouring the appointmont, which bas pow been declined, still, anything which cnuses him (Blaino) to bo talked sbout, i greatly to his advantago ot this time. Mr. Blaino {a not & mian of positive etrength out- sldo of lus own State,—that is, ho docs not Joy hold ou the masses of tho party,—nov- orthicless lio is favorably regarded by the local leadera In othor States far and nosr, and Lo needs only to be “ trotted out" to make a very good impression. Brillinut, vorsatile, athletic, endowed with thet admixture of sudacity and fincsse for which the present Premier of Great Britain is distinguished, and posscssing withal wuch social fascination, ho s just the sort of man to captivate thoso lesser politicians who bo- liove, with good reason, tuat the Ropublican party hins too loug prosentoed ita hindor parta to tho public, and that it is timonow to turn nround its faco. Morcover, the fact that ho is burdened with no convictions of a political sort applicablo o the present time, comwends him still more strangly to this clavs, Of course, Mr. Blaino ia a sincoro Ropublican, and whon wo speak of bis lack of convictions we place him merely on tho samo sand banlk whers most of his ocol- lengucs havo been siranded by tho subsldenco of the groat anti-slavery wavo. Furthermoro, e it evor an tho alort to kaop Lhe party out of mischief,—atleast that kind of mischiof that would do it harm, and hia reputation iu this way Lag hecomoe well established. Ho lag thus come tobo looked on a o #afo mon. Ila posi- tion ns Speaker bns Lopt Lim out of emull squabblos, and bis duties in that offics have boon discharged succesafully in a party senso. Those things aro known to tho party loaders, snd it is only nocossary to got the mosges of tho party to wagging their tongucs over his real wmerits to make Lim a very formidablo com- petitor for tho next nomiuation. Since the sloughter of Morton by the I'rosidont's voto of the inflation bill, Mr, Blaine hina no dangerous rival iusido tho party, unless Grant himsolf msy bo counsidored such, ‘Novertholess, thero's many a slip 'twixt the oup and the llp, Bince the days of Anrtln Veu Buren no man has been able to cateh the Presl- doney In a teap ; yot, notwithstauding tho long list of failurcs, politiclans will utill set tholr traps for it. The tomptation is so strong, the prize so great, that oaok ono hopes his bait will prove #o alluring that tho otsptor of accidonts sholl uot provail agoiust it. Mr. Dlaine's trap was set & long time ago, and it 1s only lately that it hee bogun to presout au attractive appoaranco, It 8 now & rather promising machine ; but tho groat impodiment In tho way of jla succossful worliing fs tho bad luck of the party by which Mr. Blaino is to bo olected, if eleoted at all. T'be Ropublicans have curried no doubtful Stato elnco lawt October. Thoy have lost somo which were not rcgarded doubtiful, and they will loss moyo next antumu, Tho Lard times, the currancy wrangle, the nslary-grab, the rottennees, indifteronce, and oyniclem of poli- tlos, are slowly dragging the party down, and Mr, Blaine can rlse no highor than bLis sourco, ‘The queation lu whetlior the passy will £all into aminorily In thewhole Unlon boforeit gotsa clinuco to vote for lnlno, THE OITY APPROPRIATIONS: T'ho Commox: Council on Tuosdny, about mid- night, pussod the snnunl appropriation ordi- nanco. Tho Mnyor had no altornative but to sign 1tor defont the wholo yoar's appropriations. This {8 nn old triek, and n diagracoful ono. Tho Council added nearly §100,000 to the ap- propriations rocommondod by the Financo Com- milteo. Tho principal fight was ovor a come bination for mnin sowors on tho outskirts of tho city. To offact tho large addition made by tlis job, tho appropriations for streot-cleaning and othor mattors wore cut down, The following table will show tho amounts recommonded by the Fiuanee Committoo and the amount appro- priatod by the ordinance : Jeeported by Contained {n Commiltee, ordinunce, Ansesrmont officn,... vuus. 29,04 40 Board of Lubllo Worim, 1,181,248 Contingent fund, 5,000 Tax enles and ovon! ¥ire Departiment,.. Ilealth Departmon Touse of Correctlol Intereat on hondod debt. Judgments snd costs, Police Coutta, Bawerag " SBoweraya tax fimd, Binking faud, 2,000 Stroet !fump 450,000 ‘Tax-sale certificator 4,000 4,000 AWater tax fund,..o 312,000 312,000 Printing snd Library. 40,000 40,000 Tolal JGU8 54133 545,114 A00R by Counel. v svusseresnersessenes 03D Tho principat ndditions wade by the Council wore $163,000 for sewers on Westorn avenus, Cottage Grovo avonue, Halsted and Centre stroots; tho addition of Doputy-Superintondent and forty patrolmen to tho police forco; §25,000 for land damages for now bridge at Harrison streel; §35,000 for opening Fourteonth street to tha river; 815,000 foruow sites and buildings for Firo Departmont, and a general increaso, ins small way, iu oach cage of the minor ealaries of the employes of tho various departments. The Comptrollor's salary was incrensod $1,000, and that of the Superintendent of Police §500. Tho Council cut down the appropriation for strect-cleaning §60,000, the Health Department 8,000, for police barn §,600, Isrrison Btreot Station 23,000, and some other minor matters, Tho aggregate increate mado by the Council over the recommendations of the Finance Committoo amounts to §07,000. The ordinary revenue of the city from liconscs, ete., will avornge about 312,000, Assuming the essessad value of taxable property to bo 8312~ 000,000, tho samo =s last year, it will requiro a tax of 17 mills to produco $5,301,000, Deduct~ ing for abatements, non-colloction, eto., $250,- 000, wo havo as the resul Tox of 17 millfaeesovers Revenue from Heendes, 616, oo Yrom sale of real estute, , £5,304,000 Br2,000 * 200,004 5,116,000 sbalements, ote, eeeres 250,000 et roveno. $3,506,000 Appropration 5,433,043 BUEpIIE TEVEMNG. v s erseresssererronses $ 183,658 Ataxof 17 mills is, thorofore, uuavoldablo, Tue sdditions made by the Common Couneil wero equivalent to an incroase of tho tax of a third of one mill. Had the Common Council made no ndditions to the appropriations, & tax of 16 mills wonld not have sufliced, and thero would have been auother large deficioncy. Noth- ing is gnived by baving & doflciency, Tho fail- uro of tho Council to lovy o tax equal to the production of tho needed rovonue Las hitherto sauly embarrasued the city. A large portion of the floating debt of the city is the result of in- adequato Laxation to meet the authorized ex- penditure, thereby oceasloning an annually in- creasing deficioncy. Wo have not included in this statement the ap- propriation of $600,000 out of the building fund for the new Court-House. Infact,thay fund ex- lsts only in uame, It is eubstantinlly in the hands of tho late City Treasurer, aud is by no moaus available. No draft on that fond can be honored for a long time to come. dforoover, tho appropriation, even if the money were on Laud, could not be used this year. Thoro are no plaus adopted for the Court-Houdo,—and we Lope will not ba for & yenr or two,—and no money cau be expended on that work, supposing thie money waro now ou hund, for at least o year to come. To show how municipal expeuditures grow, and hiow the tax levy for 1874 will compare with last year's, wo roproduce the statemont of the valua- tion aud tax income for soveral yoara: Valuation, Taz incoms, s u4487 7 3 Tn 1868 for tho first timo there was an approxi- ‘mation to renl values io tho cityasscesment. The render will, howover, roadily soo in the compara- tive expendituros of 1864 nnd of 1874 the vast growth of the city in the inforvoning ton yoars. . I'ie city has not quite recovered from the em- barrassment caused by the fivo, supplemented ns it way by the defaleation in the Uity Trossury, A year or two mote of cconomized administration will enable the city to recover hor wontud finan- oinl atanding, THE COHIOAGO, RCOK ISLAND & PACIFIO RAILROAD, We publish this morniug & lotter writteu by order of tho Exccutive Committes of tho Chi- engo, Rack Ialand & Pacific Rmilroad Compuny, by its Vico-Prosident and Geueral Suporintend- ont, to Gav. Carpeuter, of Iowa, exprosulug the viows of the Directors of tho Company concorn- ing the nct establishing maximum rates of chatges for tho transportation of freight and pasgongora on the railronds doing businoss in that State, T'he law 1oferrad to was passed at the last gession of tho General Assembly of that State, Tho objeot of the lotter is to show that tho road cannot be oporated undor {Le schiodulo of rates fixed for it and othor roads bolonging to the same olass by tho act just meutloned; that to compel tho Compsuy to run ther ronds ot the ratos roquired by that act would be to doprivo 1t of tho means of paying its bonded indebtedners or a dividend to its stockholders, and virtually to confiscate Il proaperity, Itls oluimed, in tho lettor, thab tho rates are uob auch ae tho bill llaclf contemplatos, nor such as the Leglulature mtended to fIx, viz,: roasonablo rutes, ‘Tho complaint made in the lotter ia sub- utantially the same ey that mado by tho Wise cousin companies, DBut horo tho resemblance ccakes, for tho Ohleago, Rock Jsland & Pacific Company intonds to try the exporiment of operatiug so muoh of its road as Hos in Towa in accordanoe with the law for s timo; if forno othor purposo, to demonntrate that it {s imposale Llo to coutinuo to do &0, It haw aocordlugly prepared a scheduls of satos in aocordance with tho Iaw, to which {t intends to adhoro, for & whilo at loast, Roilway companics oporating ronds in Yowa aro, by tho new Iaw, not pormitted to chargo ovor 00 per cont of tho rates fixed thoreby ns maxima, The new logal ratesare between 30 and 40 per cont lower than thoso which tho Com- pany hins boon charging, Tho law divides nll rallroads In the Stato of Towa into classes in accordanco with thoir gross earnings within tho Stato por mllo; all roads with a gross annual eproing of 84,000 or moro per milo to belong to the flrst, or Olaga “ A" Tho Rgross earnings of tho Ohicago, Roclk Island & Pacille Rosd wore, for the yoar ondng Deo. 81, 1878, 667166 por mile, which fixes it In OClass " A Tho first tablo publishod in Mr, Riddle's lotter shows that, siuce the date of tho organization of {ho Company, t. rutes chargod por mile, both for persons and property, have steadily dimin- fshed aa the numbor of tons of froight and of porsons carried have incressed. Theso figuros, however, are deceptive. Abeolutely there hns boen a diminution intho ratesof fare and froight 08 tbe amount of property or the number of passengors increnscd, but relatively there has bocn a vast Increaso. If anincrease in the num- ber of pasmongers oarricd warrants any deduce tion at all, whon the number carried has doubled, tho rato roceivad by tho Company per pas- sengor for s milo should slow a very porceptibls diminution. But the table produc- od by the road shows thnt whon, in 1807, tho numbor of pussongors carriod ono milo was 23,701,661, the amouut charged por passonger por milo, 1n conts, waa 4.857. For tho yoar end~ ing March 81, 1874, the number of parsengers carried ono mile was 40,180,817, aud the smount per passenger por milo, fu cents, was 8.80% Thus, while the numbor of passongols became about 2}¢ times groater, the cont of earriago per passongor per milo dimmished only in tho ratio of about Gto 5. Again; whoroas for tho yearond- ing March 31, 1807, the number of tona carried one mils was 79,506,002.40, aud the smount ra- colved por ton per mile, in conts, was 8.05, tho amount chnrged por mile per ton for the year onding March 91, 1874, wag 2.07 conts, and tho number of tona carriod one mile was 219,523,401, That is, while the number of tons carried one mile incressed In the ratio of 4 to 1, the cost por mile decreased only in tho ratio of about 134 to 1. Wo think that investigation would show that the decrease per head might have been greator, a4 well ay tha decrease per ton, not- withstanding tho leavy expenses incurred to increaso the comfort, speed, and safety of transportation, It docs mot follow from fhis, however, that tho Rallrond Compauy bau no good ground of complaint in the premises. The most that can b unid of the argument it bages upon tho tablo in question {s, that the Exccutive Committea of the Compuny havo mot reasoued very cogontly in oue instance, They mako astronger point when they say thas leat year the Chicago & South- westorn Railway Company did not carn ewough to pay its oporating exponses, and suggest that tho new Jaw would, at the end of this year, Ieavo them in oven & worso condition than they wero at the end of last. And eo again whon they poiut out that the discrimination between the railroads of tho State of Iowa is based, not on the character or future prospectd of the road, nor on thesmount of their esrnings, the valua- tion of their property, uor even on the costof operation s compored with tholr gross earn- inge, Thoy show good roason, too, why tho rates of faro and frefght in Iowa should bo grentor than in 1llinois, although those prescribed Dby tho new law are substentially the samo as thoso prescribed by the Bailrond Commissioners of this State. Nor can their argumont sgainat & enst-jron schedule bo well rofuted. Tha Company intonds, Lowever, to obey the law for the presont,—being moved theroto, un- doubtedly, by tho fact that ita officors filed & written aggroment to obey such laws at the time its land-grant was voted by tho Towa Legisla- turo, Thoy will oboy tho law, so far as Iowa is concerned, but will endeavor to make up the doficit thus created by incroasing tho rates applicable to intor-Stato commerco. This, thoy sy, thoy will be compellod to do in order to in- sure tho payment of intercst on their bondoed indebtedaess and of reasonable dividends, Dr. Hammond, of Now York, scoms to have dotermined womo important facts in regard to that terrible and hithorto iuscrutable diseaso called bydrophobia. As detniled in our dis- patches yesterday morning, ho carefully exam- Ined with a powerful microscope the medulls oblongata of William McCormick, who died fow days einco of this malady. The medulls is thub portion of the spiual cord where it is connooted with the base of tha brain, It was selocted for tho roason that from it the emall nerves take thoir rise that go to the throat, thorax, .and Iarynz, snd in these organs the diseaso seoma to be most active and virnlent. Themicroscope re- voalod * at differont poiuts in the white and gray matter which makes up tho body of the medulla oblongata black spots of irregular sbape and various sizes, Indicative of extravasated blood.” Hewuco it is Iuforred that, what- ever the cause, lvdrophobis s & dis- ease of tho wmorves, aud not a poison of tho blood. Dr, Hammoud thinks ho could traco tho poison from the wound inflicted by the dog to the medulle ; but no tesson s given why it should conceuntrate thoro, this point, where the nervous eystem of the en- tira body is conuected with the brain, is the mout intousely sonsitivo aud endowed with moro vitality than any othor ? Tho wmatlest puncture neroe kills the largost animul, as butclhors well Lnow ; and caruiverous animals soizo thelr proy by the necls, o8 near the Lond a8 possible, for thls, doubtless, among othor ressons. Tho othor fact npparently determined by this case 18 thut rabics may bo produced in man by the bite of a dog not rabid ftolf. It is said that the dog that bit Mr. McCormick has boen posi- tively identitled, and shows no elgns of tho dis- oaxo that its bite produced, Such cases havo Leon beard of bofore, If this be & fact, it will doubtloss soon bo conflrmed by other membors of the modical profossion. It will still be an open quostion, however, whother tho disense is not s product of tho imagination of the person Ditten, forit is diftlonlt to perceive how it ean bo «l:lnmm‘\:ui-:ntad by adog that does not himself nye it —_——— Lsn't it about timo tho organization of young athletos known ue the White-Stocking Baso-Ball Club came homo and vested from thoir lnbors ? During their Enstern tour thoy have beon Loaten out of all gom blance of human shape in slmost overy fustanco, The Lastern cluba have uot only defentad them, but thoy havo taken paing to rub in tho defeats, and they have plled up figures againut them which romind ono of thouiza of tho publis debl. If thole mauager Line soy regard for the roputation of Chicago from & muscular poiut of view, ha will bring bis athlotes home at onco, and disorganize thon, or set thom to playing during tho remainder of tho sonsun with some of our echaol-boy clubu, Buch playlug ay thoy have exhiblted would bo a dlseradit even ta sit, Louls playors, and, whou {6 gotn to bo s bud uy that, itisabout tims to stop, Como bionte aud stoy, (o to brick-making or sower-laylug, whero " thore is no champlonabij ponding, but dou't play auy moro witl profekuional olubs, 16 v growlog painfully mouvlouous. Muy it not be that, THE COURTS. DModifleation of the Injunction in the Grab-Law Case. Results of Buing a Lawyer for Larcony. Bankrupt Insurancs Companies, ‘The injunction granted Tuendny in tho cass of Tarwell va, Mitlor, roported Tuosday, wus modt- fled by Judgo Witliams yestorday morning, o a8 to prohibit the collection of 7 mills on the doliar of the Btate tax, instoad of 0 mills on the dollar ag ssked. It appeared thas tho County Tronsuror recotved n lotter soon after the injunction was granted, stating that sovon-thirty-sixths was the amount {llogally loviod under the *Grab law.” This will make tho robate $613,032.76 loss in Cook Connty than was anticipated, The quention waa on the conatruction of tho deciston, Mr.Ronntree claiming that, by the case of Rameny vs. Hogan ot al,, ho woa ontitled to nlne-thlrty-sixths, or one-quarter, rebato, as, if thoro was only n roductton of the formor amount, thora would st bo collectod $339,953.8% in oxcens of the amount authorized by law, * TIE NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE GOMPANY. Kirk Hawey, Assignca of tha Natfonat Life TInsurance Company, filed n potition stating that all the svaflablo asaots of the Company, ns far as Is known, conaist of promissory notes for tho nominal value of about 2£100,000, and & bullding on Third avenue. The notos werogivon by stookholders to pay for thoir ataok, aud ara 24 followa : Two notes fur 81,000 each, made by Tornando Jonos, due May 1, 1875 ; oue note for $5,000, by Jones, duo May 1, 1876 ; ono note by V. B. Tillotson for$1,500, dus Mny 1, 1871 ; ono note for §10,000, by O. L. Mann; ono note of W. 0, Lombmd, for £4,000; ono noto o W. C. Lombard for $10,600 ; anothor by tho sams party for S13,150: another, also, by W. O. ombard for 13,000, sud six more for 22,400, £3400, $2,760, $1,630, 81,300, 81,760, also given by W. C. Lombard. All theso notes, oxcot one or two, bear inzoreat av 10 per cent, puynble semi-annually, and the remaintng one or more draw 8 per cont. iutercat, aud all a0 secured by morigago on varions lots, The building and lot ars oniy worth about 260,000 or £70,000, and ave iucumberod for ovor £40,000 by mottiazea or meohuuio's tions, Tha claims agiinst the (}anmly azgrogate $300,000, of whicl ovor $100,000 i3 for death losses. The ofiicers of the Company, it 13 charged, have callected about 8113,000 of preminms and sesoss ments, which are a trust fund _in their hands for tha bencfit of the polioy-holders, and which tho oflicors are morally bound to pay over. W. C. Lombard, who bas given notes to the amount of £68,000, 18_now insolvent, and W. B, Tillotson and 0. L. Mann aro anid to he worth bus little. lie Acsighes w cordingly aske that he e per- mitted to declaro dne and pavable all notes that havo fallen due, and that bo may bo_ allowed 1o sell tho lands under tha mortgages, that ho may be anthorized to commence suiis against tho ofiicera to callect the amount of the trust funds squandored by thom, aud to employ auwitable counsol for euch purpose. The prayer of the potitioner was grante A NEW DEPARTURE, William T, Butler filed an aftidavit in the Cir- cuit Court yostordny, on which to obuain capias againgt F. Van Hamm and Willinm O. Robivsou. Butler atates in his ailldavit that, on iho 22d day of June, the defoudants, couspiring to injure him in hig profeseion ns au attorney, ‘went to tho office of Justica DeWolf for the pur- lm" of geition out s warrsut against him for his prrost on the ground of larcony. DeWolf re- fused to issue the warrant on_their complaint, and they then went to Justice Boyden, sud filod thoro the following * nondoscript wiiting,” in- tonded tor nn aftidavit and complrint, subscribed and sworn to by Von Hamm, bofora Robiuson, as Notary Public: Stata ca, Welliam T, Butler, efore N. B, Boyden, Justice of the Peace, ¥, Van Hamin, bieing Qulysworn, on lils oath deposes xud says thatho was n prosecuting witness in un action of the Stato ve, Clinrles Mills, who waus charged ‘with the larceny of a book from sald deponent, but who was discharged on account of his having ucted under the advico of William T. Butler, hia connselor, and therefore this dponent asks toat for sufd Witliam T\, Butlor. 2t On_ this nondescript writing, without form or substance, Butlor enys, & warraut wes issued, and be arrested aud taken bofore Boydou on o charge of larceny. Boyden then, at deponent's roquest, looked at the pretended compleint, and. saeing what it was, nesuted Butler that if be had seen the writing before lio would not have issued the warrant, sud then dischargod him, Butlor exys that there was no ground for such arrest, aud therefore commonced n suit for %120,000 damngos, and liad a capias issuod for the arrost of the defondants, on the ground that ho fearod whatover judgment he might recover would bo lost unless they were heid to bail. It appears that Mills was & young man eme loyed by the defendants to distribute books. Iailing to recoive Lis wages, ho spplied to Butler to know what he should do, and was ad- Vised 1o keap hold of one or more of the books, and gee if u gettlomont would not be obtained by that means. Ho did so, but was arrested for larceny., On an oxamivation, Lowever, ho was discharged, it appearing that e had azted uuder advice of counsel, and Van Hamm aud Robinson took the above uovel method of getting re- venged. It furnisiics also an instructive com- mentary a8 to the way business 1 sometimos doue in the Justices’ Courts, DISAGHEEINQ PARTNETS, John A, Calton filed o bill yesterday agninat his partner, A, T. Doty, foran iujunction to provent Lim from collcting any tirm debts, Complainant aays that in May lesy e formed a copaitnersisip with the defondaut at 193 Washe ington stroet, inthe livery businoss, he con- tributing 81,000, ana the dofendant 4,600, T'hoy woro to shiare slike iu protits and losses. In June an agreemeut was mads by which Doly was to buy Colton’s intorest for 81,450, poying 100 cash, aud giving seeurtiy for the remninder, Tho 100 was paid, but the socond noto Lisk never boon given, About the 1oth of last month Doty privately publivhed in Tns TRIBUNE a notice of dissolution of partnersbip. Complainane charges that e, Doty, is now _col- lecting the partnorship assoty to his manifest detrinient, iunsmuch as thera ars debts due by the tirm to the wnount of 2,000, whicl will nec- essarily bo paid out of the tirm property in case Doty it sllowed to collect avy amounts owfuyg the partnorabip. Colton thorofore asks for an in. junction to prevent Doly from further collscting, wud for a dissolution of pattnership and #seount. TIK BAUCE SUITS. Tn the cases of Len & Porrin agalust Charles Fastings and Edward Cola, a deoree was entorod Yorterday in favor of tho complawusnts, granting 8 perpotual injuuction against the defoudants from uwing thoir trade-mark, * Worceatorshire Baueo,”. or menufavturivg an imitation of tho Bamc. TIE GREAT WESTERN INSUNANCE COMPANY, O. W. Upton reports the couditlon of the 9ront Wostocn Xusurauce Compauy to be ag fol- ows: On hand Junol.... Rooelptaseees £53,470.05 1,850,208 $35,002.91 3201 .. $34,720.40 THE MUTUAL SECUNITY INSURANOE OOMPANY, The tolloming is tho showing of the Mutusl Boourity Insurance Compuny : Amount June 1, Recolpta,. Disbursements, Balaneo,, NOTIOE, Attornoys will romoabor that Monday, July 6, Judge Gury will calt the Bt 2,000 cason come niencud vines the fire, and now pending (oxcopt i s aro o'y on 1o duna- agtondar), ud all caves will be dlsmissod at plaintily’ cosls, or, if appenls, at appoellants® costw, in which thele is 110 appoarauce at thie time of such oall. Judge Jameson will digwiss pil cusos commenced bo- foro the fire, nud now pendivg, in which tho files have not boon restored. Judge Moore witl ceall the chancory casus commouced boforo tuo 1ivo, nnd now pending, and dismiss all onsos in winch tho flloy have not boou rostored. And Iasuly, thoro will be 5 poremptory call of ll mo- t1ons for new trials botora Judgou Jaweson aud MoRoborts this morning, BANERUPTCY ITENS, In the mattor of Joun Hugues ot al, an order way made tur the Assignoe tw ol the bankrupie' stock arter giving dua notico until the L6ih, The procaodiag ngainse the Groat Wostern Telograph yostorduy, {n accordunce with tho decislon of the Ciruic Courc’sotue tiue ago, BUPERIOL COUNT IN DRIEF. Raphasl Phillips bogsu & wuit in trespase sgawst O, F, Julip, clufming $8,000, Vreibloy & Rholnatoin bugwn & sult for $1,500 agulust Louls B, Btululta, Nimrod Wintors sued M i el Winler ed Mary Smith and Patriok 2 OIRCUIT COURT. TJncab L, Btono by ot e a1 B #4000 ssd an, oimo L B. Sylion Watktun for e aon A1+ 8- Buslnall and m&‘é‘p{l‘g%m{‘u:‘but an b' nit in replavin to ro- govor tha ul arbor-shiop at Ne. 173 4] TR OALL. Jobar Roarns—b9l, 533 to 600, gm)us Bouzii—214 to 200, uvoe Tnge—319, 1,051, 1180, 1,018, 8,1 1,010, 3,055, auid otliorh 1t foashed, "0 H10% Jupar Gany—161 to 195. g i.hlnmn MoRoperts—No call, Motions fornew rinle, 3 Junar Bonng—Asalsts Judgoe Gary, JUDGMENTS, BUPERIOR COUNT CONFRARIONS, Drurclla Clark, oxocutriz, va, Willlam L, Baranm; $2,045.70.~J. M.’ Durand of al. va, Thomas Gurtissy FUT.06,—Esthor Wadlow va, David’ Rundlo, $336.12.0 Qllnton Drigys, Teinteo,otc, va, Boajamin ¥, Guyion, Junax Ganr—Toreph Homan ve, M. D. Dushinel 8, Waliti, nad P, 1 Lawlor, $1,036, 7o’ 8t o ¥ of Oubuaga ve. Ot l'.§\]r:ulnrnnlg. 150,80~ o) aker Bowing Machine Compu Ongae O, Charn, 82770, ELam Jubix MolornTe—Trederlck Dahn v, Ohiriato~ phior Bchultz; verdict, $225, snd motlon for how trial, Juno: Dunwa—Lelmnu’ va, Commorelal National Bank ; verulot, $220,00, aud mation for now trial, Cenorrr Count.—Iunag Ronkni~Cathoriuo Burge moler va, Latira Thompson § vordicr, $9, Jupar foor—Lmmuntiol Aucrbach va, Peter Tegitz : $370.77, Jonox Tixi—0. W, Bhumwsy v, Joroph T, 8in~ clie and Amos I, Tompkins; vordiet, 124,84 okion for mew e Ve 183 Vool 3444, asd g GRASSIIOPPERS, Erichtful Dovastation nud Conses quent Suifering in Western Mine nosota. Special Dispateh to The Chicaao d'ribune. Sr. Paur, Miun, July 1, -Mr. Athorton, of the American Lxpress Company, just returnod from travel along the 8t, Paul & Paclfio, Lnst~ inus & Dakotn, nud Sounix City Railroads, snys tho grasshoppors, commencing south of the last- named road, havo devaatatod 60 miles wide, moving northward toward aud boyond the St. Paul & Paclfie, and will, at the present rato of progress, probably cloar off all vegotation on a strip that wido ns far north ns tho Northorn Pa~ cific Rond. A dispatch to-day deolares that thore are 4,000 poople iu the grasshopper roglon withe out food or means to procura food, and urges that an estra nession of the Logisiature bo called to give 3100,030 for thoir relicf. 170 the Assnciated Pre - BT, Pavr, July 1.—All sccounty from ¢tho southweatern Emor tha State and Northweatern Tows agrao that tho grasshopmors aro rapidly destroying evorything green In a large extont of country, Tho inbabftauts of & wumber of coun= tios nro alroady suffering for food, thoir crops baving been lagt yoar destroyod by the samg scourge, A large populazion will aoon bo almost cutirely destitute, Gov. Daviais considoring tha proprinty of an extra seasion of the Legislature to provide for the reliet of tho sufferivg aud pro- vent starvaton, A singlo wheat stalk, eutivaly stripped of 1ta leavos, was recaivad in this cily thin arternoon, nccompaniod by the massage’s # Thiy Is the best to bo found in 800 acres of whout on Battertlold's farm, noar St. James," Disnatehes recoived this svening from a num- ber of stations on the St. Paul & Sioux City TRoad uny the hoppers have boon flying sil day, the nir being full of thom moving from exhaustod to frosh flelds. OBITUARY. George 1. Upton, of Roston. Specral Dispatch to The Clicago Lrioune. Bostoy, Mags.,, July 1.—Georgs B. Upton, one of the most promiucnt and iufluential of the citizous of Doston engaged In mercantilo pur~ Buits, died to-day at his homo on Beacon street, in tho 70th year of his age. He was bornin Enstport, M., but early romovod to Massachu; sotts, He was apprenticod to the dry goods businoss in this city at the age of 14. For twonty yoars altor his majority he was i busis ness in Nantuckot, and becsme prominent in the sperm-wholo fishory snd manufacturo of candles. In 1812 he romoved to Boston, whero o Dhas since resided, being sctivelv engaged in the shipping businets, butxparing much timo for public affaite and charitable enterprises, Although never holding a high public office, ho hns exarciuod preat influence, During the War his acuvity and liberality wore conspicuous, and ho did great sorvice by his writings in shaping the pubtic sontiment of the nation to & just ssti= mete of the wiong of England’s course. His protest to Earl Russell, azamst the fitting out of the English cruisers, is & remembered document, Ho was for eight yoars Treasurer of the Michi~ gon Central Railrond. In later years Lo bag given much attention to the seitloment of tho Alabamna claims, and to_plilanthropic offorts in bebalf of wariners. Ho was au oflicor of soveral baulke, insuranco companies, and ochor- itaola inatitutions, and illustrated in all the walks of life the bost characteristica of tho Doston morchaut, Henry Grinnells New Yonx, July 1.—Heury Grinnell, whors doath took placo at his residenco in this oity, yesterday, et tho ago of 75 years, was for many years at ths hend of the house of Grinucli Minturn & Co. He was a well-known oitize but will be chiefly remembered for the muni cence which he exhibited by fitting out two vea- Company were formally diumissed | sola and placing them undor the ohargoe of an olticor of the United States Navy, to mako soarch for the lost Sir John Frankiin in tho Aro- tie regions, EF+ Gs Lo Struve, Usnited States Consul nt Quobees Quenkg, Can., July L—¥. G, L. Struve, the United States Consul at this place, died last evening, the last duy of his ofiicial torm hero, and on tho eve of Lia salling for Loghom, to which place ie wwas appointed Consul, HYDROPHOBIA. A Suppnscd Case Froves to Ixe Dos lirinm ‘Tremony—Anothior Citsos Suectal Dispteh to P'he Chicago Tribune. New Yorx, July 1.—The case of Roderiok J, Entuwistle, a printer, who died at Dollovue Hos- pital this morning, was & peculinr one. He was Ditten by s dog which did not havo the rabies, April 20. He was taken sick last Monday, and some doctors of questionsble reputation, who wore oalled, suid ho bad hydrophobia, Io was taken to Bellovus Ilospital yestor= doy, sod the physiciaus ot the Hospital supposed it was a cose of dolirlum tre- mens, in which are exhibiled some of the symptoms of bydrophobin, bocause ha feared violent death from that disosse. He droaded walor, but when, i his calm moments, he wad inluced to take it, ho arank without dificulty, In bydrophabia the symptom 18 not fear, Ib 12 an actual wability to swallow, caused by & apasm in tho musoles of tho throat, The inquest thid aftornoon proved clearly that death was caused by Qolinum tremons, which ncoountod for the convuldions the man suffared unlor, DIED OF UYDROPUONLA, A gentleman pamod Amos divd st an early hour yosterday morning at his home in East Orange of hydrophobia. ‘The family of the un- fortunate man suy they do not kuow that ho was evar bilten, or ecratclied, or injared In any way by & dog. TIE MILLERS. Tllinots Millers in Convention. Spectul Dispatoh to The Chicago Fribune, Brawxartenp, 1., July 1.—And at lest come the millers to hold & State Convention. The call was {sned some timo agy, and m responso to it about forty mitlérs put in an appoarsuce. But little was done, aud nothing really of prace tieal importanco, save the perfooting of an ore gonization, They talked about making good flour, abous machinery, about gottiug cheaper ransportation on railroads, sbout chenper insure anco, and sbout the prices to be pald for wheat, but thoy never once apoko of selling flonr cheap- or. ‘LLio organizution wus porfectod by electing 11, 0. Cole, of Chester, Presidout ; William Mo« Cagne, of Springtiold, Vica-Lrowident; H. Le lolhday, of Cairo, Seoretary and Treasurery and rosolvod to hold semi-amiunl mootlugs Lera on the first Monday of June snd Devomber, The weatlug thon adjourned. PR A S Sir Johu's Liqnor i Londun fiet er to the New York lerald, Bir Johu Dolatiold Astloy, ono of the members for Wiltshite, ia an occontrio min, with 8 Lably of sayiug ome good things. At & meotlug of bis constituents the otuer day, st whioh ho waa Prosbat, & man In die orowd oalled ont, #\What Sbous tha lignor bit?" * Well," anl Blr Ty W mine wua wuguaunouly Ligh last yoar, how w yousu 5 0N,