Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 25, 1874, Page 6

| \ ) i ] * words, stating tho same thing over o dozon or ' moro times in difforent lsoguage. Tho ossontial ' the goneral wolfaro and prospority of tho city.” . lnst groat fire In Chlcago, and Rachol may bo (] THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1874, TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. MATEN OF SUNBCTUPTION (PAYADLE IN ADVANOR). Dt [ T— EafpoiaS15:001 ety Parts of s year at the same rato. To prevont delay and mistakos, be mure and ive Post ©ftceaddress In foll, including Stato and County. Tiamitances may be mad eitier by Office order, orin registored lotters, at onriak. TARMS 7O CITY SUNGORIIEILS. Datly, deliverod, Sunday excoploa % conte por waek, Daily, gelirered, Buoday included, 30 cant. por wuoks dross THI TRINUNE COMPANY, Coruer Madison and Dearborn. Uhloago, TODAV'S AMUS! 5 AOADEMY OF MUSIO—Halstod atraok, betwooy Mad- i R e talof T Do 4 Vol Hagton do Boota™ and " Homeo Jattar Joakius." AL taifioon td ovaning, 0SITION BUILDIN skoshare, foot o Adamy ** Paris by Moonligh "Alternoon and eventug. KX atreot, DEXTRIL PARK—Trottl teh betwoon Goldamith A ead T Beitorion. - mote NTY-THIMD.AT, BASK BALL GROUNDS- uu"'.‘,';’.}mm.?}‘m. Botwoon the Atiantics and Obloagos. it ey SOCIETY MEETINGS. . Lo, 4wk A oot Bierl ekt B ! Grionial iail Ny 123 L eas and work on the 1. 0. N s of o monibors 1# roquastad. Visitors.§ a Soime. "By ovdor of Ea Wa Dl o eru, Bocrolst o] 3 BUSINESS NOTICES. EVRRY PRRSON GOLS TO MOHRSNTYY oA Qinrkents,, (o Ll sot & QOR- B e " Filling warran{ed at balf 1o hoas g $10 TO 31,00 INDV‘I iy H 1 8 AN T A O R R . Bk O @he Chicags Tribuy), . 12, Baturdny Morntng, Jwy 36 T\'l.‘ 7. . ~cPAPERTRA! .m','.ns SUNDAY NEWS, . apoctal mowspsper tralo, whics will bo run on GoLD TUM- z= " g Northwestorn Rallrond nest Sundsy aud subso- quent Bundays, whl staz ot 416 0, m,, apd resch il waukoo at G:48 &, m, Tuw TarouNe will be dalivered 4o nowemon and newsboys in Milwaukeo from the offico of tha Afilwaukea Sentinel, Newadealors at the intormodiata stations must bo on haud to receivo tholr ‘vackegos, as tho train will make nostops. The fol- lowing ttme-table will be thelr guids: Distance from Time, Stations. 2ICEO. e s vt Qlybourn avenua. Ravonswood.. A Munich artist has suggested to the authori- tiea of Cincinuati that the bequeat of §50,000 for the improvemont of the Fifih Streel Buare in the Iatier city might be well usedin the oree- vlon of & monumental rostrum, Wa hopo the ‘monumontal rostrum will not be built until pro- vision is made for the construction of o monu- moantal orator to Al it. A moeting in tho Palmor House last ovoning resulted in the organization of the Citizons’ As- sociation of Chicago, The proamble to the Con- stitution of tho Asgociation is a queer jumblo of object of tho Associationjgoema to bo *topromoto Certainly the field of labor i large and tho lo- borors fow. The Railrosd Commissionors® Convention is to be held inDubuquo on Aug. 12. The good thet msy como of it is an unknown’ quantity. Thore would be no groat dangor n adding anothor olomont of uncertainty by in- viting mon prominent in the managomont of Wentern gallroads to & consultation meeting. Wo should Lii~a mora hopes of such a consulta- tion than of tho exclusive war-council which tho Commissioners biave summoned, The Lincoln Monumont will bo dedicated on Oct, 16. President Grant has bosn invited to delivor tho address, Ho might commit & protty Litt)a spoech to memory, and dribble it oub In audible terme; but that would not beanad- dross, Tho Prosident has sonse enough to know tuat ho couldu's speak if he would, aud he wouldn't if he could. Ono of tho Souators from llinois is tho man for the oceasion, It in hoart- ronding to think of it. Oglosby would bo bottor than the other, for he makes up in good fooling somothing of what he lacks in abllity, Tsaacson and his Rachol have boen committed $o await the action of the Grand Jury. Many of the witnessos havo also been hold in bonds, the Justico boing convinced that thero hne been too much hard swesring on ono sido or the othor. The touchivg history of this faithful Jewish pair bsa not beon o widely resd as it should bo. Isaaceon moy bo the very man who started the tho vory woman wno urged him on. Boro dis- tinguished euccossors to the firat Isancson and ‘nis Rachel nover came to the aurfuce of affairs in this country. ‘The Chlcago Times says that itaclt is directod by an original and powerful human wind." ‘Wa had boon under tho impression that it wag directed by a mind origiual only in nastiness, and powertal only in tho production of libols upon privato character, We have nover beon able to dlscern any othier powerfulnoss or originality in 1, Wo havo nover found & mew 1dos ia ite polumns or an old one well oxpressod. Its sditorlal calumne, whoro ono would look for originality and powerfulness, ‘if anywlero, are conspleuously weak, and for the’ simple rexeon that they are dirocted by a mind deficlent in education and vold ot onginxlity, except of the kind slready mentionod. Originul and powerful ‘minde genorally succoed in acquiring tho reapect of somebody, and somo influouce in the com- munity, Themind that divects the Times has never acquired tho reapoct of anybody, aud hao 00 influonco whatover, Even its bullying pro- poualties have coasod to bo foared sinco it has baen shiown to ba tho mnind of a braggart and & coward. The Ohicago produce markels were' gon- erally unsettled yesterdsy, with less doing. Mesa pork was aotive, aad ndvauced 760 per b, but closed weak at $23.60@20.00 cash or soller Auguet, Lard was loss active, acd Ge pur 100 lba higher, closing at 811,75@11,80 cash or salley Avgusk Meats wore quish aad firmer, at 7% for shoulders, §3gofor short ribs, 103¢o for short clear, and 12@12}¢o for ewoot plokled linms. * Highwines woro in bottor do- mand, and firm at 060 per gallon. Linke froighta woro loss activo aud wealy at 8o for com to Buffalo, Flotr was in falr roquest, and un- ohangod. Wheat wag less notive, and averaged 1o bighor, olosing at £1.00 cash, $1.003{ sellor Angust, and 81.16.for No. 2 Minnesota. Corn was loss active, and Ifo lower, closing at 64}¢0 cashy and 02}40 eollor August. Oats wera in fair domnud and irrogular, closing at 5o sollor tho month, and 87 sollor August. Ryo was quiot and 8@4o highor, at 80@820. Barloy was quiet and firm at $1.03)¢@1.03 sollor Boptember. Hogs woro in activo domand,s and prices’ again advauced. Bnlod nt $0.00@7.00. Cattlo woro dull and unchanged, with light salos at $2.50@ 6.90. Bhoop woro quict. The timo has comowhen tho Plymouth Church Investigation ahould bo conducted oponly. Tho congiderutiony whicl onco justified privacy and gocreay no longer oxist, Mr. Tilton complaing that s garbled voraion of hia testimony has beon given to tho pross by the counsel for the do- fonao, and My, Tilton hLas tho right to a corroa- tion and vindication by tho Committeo, Tho truth is, that ho naver enid under cross-oxami- nation, aa roportod, that ho had no evidonco of Mr. Beachor's adultory excopt what Mrs, Tilton told bim. On the contrary, bo testified that Mr. Bocohor had confessed his criminality to him (Tilton) and to soveral otber porsons, includivg Mr. Moulton. But it is not only to provent mis- roprosontation that wo wonld bave tho inquiry mado with open doors. Wo liavo alroady shown that tho Investignting Committeo is quito as much on trial a8 Mr. Boochor. Not only its con- clusons, but tho procossos by which thoso con- clugions ste roached, should bo subject to soru- tiny. Tho susploion la now vory strong that tho 8pirit of the Committao is hostile to tho proso- cation ; whothor it ia or not cannot bo detinitely known unles thero is opportunity to judge of the manner in which witnossos aro treated, and thio lconso which is allowed to counsel. Ono of tho most inosplicable clroumstanco iu connoetion with tho inquiry is that thoro is no counsol for the proscoution. Wo should like to lnow how this want is supplied, if it is supplied at all. BEECHER AND CHRISTIANITY. Wo givo place to n communication making a bitter altack on Theodore Tiltan, although we deom it for the most part unjust. It is also ir- rolovant, for tho roason that Mr. Tilton is not on. Lriel, and for the furtlor ronson that tho nccusa- tion against Ar. Beochor, iu its present shapoe, doos not depend upon Mr. Tiltow's voracity at all, or only in. very selight dogreo. Mr. Boechor, having acknowledged tho goenuinoness of the documents written by himsolf, is now concernod in oxplaining how ho como to be “sufforiug the tormonts of the damned,” and wishing ho wero doad, ond all that, upon any thoory consistent with his own honor and with his Christinn profession. Mo hes not come any= whore ncar that achiovomont yot, but wo will wait and seo what he eays when he makes his further statemont and swears to it. Mra. Tillon, wo observe, haa not sworn to hor Atutoment—in which rospect hor husbend has gomethiug the advantage of her, na well as of Air. Beacher. DBat, wo confoss, if the accusation alrendy made aguinat Boecher is woll founded, the crimo of perjury wonld add uothing to its blackness, - Evory act of adultery begins with perjury, and it ie no worse if it ends with perjury, too. Novertheloss we note the fact that up to thio prosont timo neither Boecher nor Mra. Titton have made oath to theiratetoments, When they shall have succeeded in explaining tho doc- uments writton by thomselves, it will bo time onough to inquire whethor Mr. Tiltou is a credi- Dlo witness. Thoy will havo no chance of enfllad- ing Lilton till thoy surmount tho ocarthworks they have themsolves thrown up in his front. The writer of tho comtuneation reforred to takes a vory low viow of roligion when no speaks of “the immonsurable injury which practical Christianity will undorgo,” adding that * Boecher and Christianity have overytbing to lose.” Boochor, we grant, hus overything to lose, but Christianity nothing! Does Christianity dopend upon Bocchor? Does Christinnity depend on any man? Aro the teachings and examplo of Christ apy the loss valuablo or potent if Honry Ward Boocher turns out & hbor- tino? We would not give n Confedorato shiuplastor for tho roligion of auy man who holds so demoralizing o proposition, Is virtue any the less virtuous becouso o man namod Boeoher hus transgrossed its laws? Non- sonso! Then why e religion any tho losa relig- lous? Allit smounts to, ot the woust, ia that s wolf 1 shicop's clothing has boon found and his cover strippod off. Christ prodicted that such would come, and If lie wore horo now wo should bear bim saying to W. €. I aud bis like, **0, yeo of liitlo taith}* ‘Tho real enemies of Christianity in this matter are thoso who seck Lo involve relizion somohiow in the downfall of Baochior ; and lot us say right lioro that, up 1o the prosont ilme, wo hiave ot hioardl ono scoffor, ono infidel, attompt to do so. On tho contrary, the only onos who hiave sought to construot o yoko botween Boecher and Chris- tianity, so that if the ono fulls the othor shall go down lkewlse, aro professed Christiuns, We Tiavo uo words to oxproas our coutompt for that sort of Christianity which couplos tho fato of religion with overy rasenl who hos stolen its livery to sorvo the devil in, The duty of tho genuine Christian in suchk & coso ia to theok God they aro rid of & kuave. Even Dogborry had wit enough for that. In nlmost every case where the ate tompt is made to assoointo tho causo of roligion with the roligious Rypoerito, prevarication, «doublo denling, and downright dishonesty ensue, Ir, on tho othor havd, Christiaus would laok upon an accused person weariug tho Christisn name #8 ihey look upon any othor porson, aud Judgo him by tho same rules as they judgoe anothor, remembering that, if bo is gulity, ho Lag sionod moronguinst tho Church than sgalnst wocloty at Iargo, thoy would poworfully support and atrengthen ihoir own cause, sud give no ‘room foisooifors and unboliovera to say that thoy are all _n_.mm. Thoy are not all atike. ‘Ihoy differ from odoh othor Just a4'the world's peoplo diffor from oach other, Thoey' have rascals in their midut, and they ought to assist in oxposing thom when ozposure comes. We vorily bolievo that the lurgo majority of tho Christisn Chureh bo- liove Beochor to bo o guilty man. We bollevo that the Drooklyn Congrogational Councll sop-~ arated with tho conviction that thero was somo- thing wrong there, Cortalnly tho phirassology of tholr report implied that an invostigation should be had bofore the congregations of Dra, Storrs and Dudiogton could bo roquired to “fellowehip " tho congregation of Dllymouth Church.. They at loast wore not for covering up things, snd tho ovont has Justifiod far mave than thoy recommendod. An £0 tha fack that Beechor coouploa high po« sition and has an oloquent tongue, wo caro not how high or how cloquent, that fs tho more atubblo and ohaff of tho wholo controvorsy lll ing tho oyes of foola so that they cannot seo straight. It ia a suporatition that sooms to have dazad & portion af tho Now York pross, unloss, indeod, thoy hisvo beon tamporad with tm other ways, Tho Herald prates like an idiot aud tho World liko nbedlamito on this subject. Thocom- mion-senso viow of the mattor s, that if Docchor is oxtraordinarily giftod, as he {s, thenso much toss oxousnbla is ho for any orime by bhim com- mitted. It {s n common falling of mankind, and onpocially of womankind, whon a great man sins, toeny, *Ilo was a gonius and couldu't help 1t loc ne covor Liim up with warm blankets, and stono off tho consorious world.” Those wonk- lings to the extont of iholr ability domoralizo their day and gonoration by tonching that gonium i an oxouso for dopravity, and that sin {s to bo moasurod by tho status of tho sinner. CROAKERS AND CROAXKING. Tust now tho prophota of ovil ara aatisfled that tho Iast firo has ruined Chicago. Eastern oapi- talists aro snid to bo withdrawing thoir invest- ments; building must coaso for yoars; busi- nost is sosking othor and eafor oitles, and evory- thing horo is going to tho demnition bow-wows. The fire of tho 14th burnt over somo sixty nacros of tho cily, A fow large, substantial build- ings woro consumed; lut at loast forty acres of the sixty wae covered by tho mos® migorable shanties n the babitable world. ‘Whilo to individunls the loss was sovere, to tho commuuity the destruotion of theso firo-traps waa & positivo blessing, Thoir oxistenco on tha south sldo of tho buainoss part of tho ity was & con- stant menaco to its safoty. And if even ono- half of the reforma proposed and the safegunrda this fire is likely to proauce aro cnrried out, tho groator sccurity of tho oity inthe futuro is pur- chased at o vory low prico. 1t our citizons proflt by thelr experience, tho capitalists in tho Fastorn States and in Lurope will vory soon have moro confldence in Chicago than ovor boforo, While & fow have withdrawn tholr loaus, othors havealroady sont hither funds for invostment, eatisfied that our last groat firo was 1ot o calamity, and that in fact their invest- monts will be bettor protected than if it hud not accurred. After tho groat fire of 1871 tho croak- ers made tho afr bluo with thelr dismal plunts; but their voice was soon lost amid tho bustloand din of tho rebuilding of tho city. Thon camo the Boston flro to couvineo the world that Ohica~ g0 wab uot tho only city oxposed to such ravages. That fire and our own scourgings provo thab overy American cily i8 lirblo to great conflagrn- tions,—at all ovonts, that Chicago is not singular in her liability to dostruction. Still, wo admit, Chicago hine Lind the most omphatic lessona ; aud if now our peoplo would substantially carry out tho toforms bogun, the fires of last wook will havo uo dolotorious eficet upon the volume of ‘business now doing or to bo done hereafter. Our merchants will eell just as many goods; tho Board of Tiado and warchouses will handlo ps much graln ; onr maunfacturers will Do asaclivo ; our cattlo-denlors will handle ns 1many animals, and our packers will do as largo & businoss, and all dopartments of trade will bo conductod at as fair a profit 2s if no fires hed oo~ curred. Honco, wo say to onoand all, stop crosk- ing, go to worl, and tho prosperity and tho growth of the city will take tako care of thom- selves. INSURANCE IN CHICAGO. T'he subjoct of insuranco has peculiar interost at this time for tho paople of this city. Chicago ks always beon o liboral (nsurer, both on build- ings and on mercbaudise and furniture. Good and substautinl companies Love boon attracted hore, 88 havo also woak companics, ‘Whilo this city bas furnished & profitablo fleld for well- rogulated compunies, it bas beon equally pro- ductivo to that othor class who do a rackless busiucss. Thero are cortain particulars which onght alwaya bo prosont in every insuranca con- tract. Tho insuror should bo responsible, and should do business in n prudont and caroful man- nor. Evory company ought to be ablo to declino insurance when the risk is more than ordinary, and should demnnd ratos that will eusble it, in case of loxs, to meot its obligatlons. The facility with which o man can got insurance on any kind of building ho may choose to eract is a danger to the general safoty uud an ultimato loss tothe insurer. Each ownor ought to be peouniarly interestod in not having his property burn down aud, s & protoction to his own property, ho shou!d take cave that his neighbor'ashull not take firo. But whon cach man holds a policy for more thun his building is worth, and coh tenant i algo insured for tho full value of his stock, thero ia an absenco of intorest in the preveution of fire ; and, in caso of monetary stringency, falling warkot, or stagnation In trado, fires ywill kappon, and thero iy & genoral sell-oup to tho insurance companios, Now this mode of doing businessis fatal both to insuranco companios and to tho insured ; and tho remedy is partly with the insuranco compa- nios, partly with the properts-owners, and partly with tho public authorities. The public author- itios auould, in the firat place, provido adequato laws, and rigidly enforco them, rogulating the mnnner of building, tho materials used, and the managomont of suy business of a moro than or- dinarily hazardous choractor. They should aim to have the city o built that the property wowld be genarally freo fram deugor from fire, aud wubject only to auch accldonts aa human eara caunot sntlcipato. To moet such accidents it should have uot only an availatle and sufliciont supply of water, but the machinery and akillful hands to arreat such firo, ond conflue it to the place of ita arigin. Under thoso circumstances insurance com paules might talo risks at ratos £ar bolow thoso which azo now required for & safo business in cities whore tho public authoritlos have not dono their dutyto tho public. Covornment in this country has dogenerated too much into & mere strugglo for spolls to expect logislation of this wholosome claracter. Tho only laws for tho gonoral eafoty are thoso ill-digosted moamres that are prasod :mmodiatoly upon the occurrenco of somo atartling cslamity. Under thoso oir- cumatances, thero must be a concert of action Dotwoon respectablo insuranco companios and the proporiy-ownors. This class of insaranco componlos must adopt cortain principles, viz, 5 1. Strong disorimipating ratos; that Is, ono rato of insurance on buildings sud the proporty there- in, whevo all the architectoral protootious againgl firo have been secured lu the construction of the building, aud whero ull tha moans and applisncos to extinguish or supprosy flres have boen provided ; and a muok higher rate of insurance on bulldings whoro thoso procautions sre not found, An equal tarilf of jusurance s unjust to the owners of wufely-conutructed baildings, aud tonds to dis- courago garo I such mattora hooauso wll classes of bulldinge sxo oharged alike, 2, The rospon aiblo insurance companies musé make ib & vom- i dition to writing a polloy that cortnin pro- tectiona sball bo supplied, and that such modes of conutruction ns avo ostablishod to bo davger- ous and fire-inviting aball bo changed. In tho yoor 1873 tho Iusuranco companion of Now York adopted thoso discrimivating rieks, and tho polioy produced an altoration of no loss than 622 business buildings in that city. Thess altor~ ations cousistod In the romoval of woodon Mansnrd roofs ; the oroction of parapot walls botwoon warchouses ;. closing of stnirwsys; trapping of hatohways and olovatora ; closing of communiealions ; plaolng of iron-shuttors ; orootion of vortical stand-plpos, ote., ofe. Thoso chongoa bad the effoct of reducing tho ratos not only on thiese buildings, but upon their contonts, and upon the other property in tho vicinity. Wo hava already roforred to the fact that much of tho waodon building proporty in tho city, snd tho stack {n trado of tho tonants, s oxcossively insured. Thin {s reprobcnsible, and such in- auranco, Instead of boing a benofit to tho in- sured, 18 acurso and nmeuace to the goneral public. Companies takiug auch risks are con- fossedly unworthy of public confldonce, aud should bo dlscouraged by all thoso who, having Inrgo risks, oro dooply intorosted in mnintaining reaponsiblo fnsurance, The other meaus of forcing public sttontion io tho nocossity of praper precaution agaivet fire {s the rafusal to inwuro any proporty boyand thrae-tourths of the valuo destroyed. Iun tiia way oach property- awner aud eaoh tebiant is mada his own {nsuror to the extont of ono-fourth of hialoss; but tho saving iu insuranco will, 88 a gonoral fhing, covor tho cost of providing tho proper precan- tions againat fire, Tho Insured, howaver, will enjoy the full bonefit of the fact that all his noighibors aro oqually intersted In proventing firo on'tholr premtscs, PASTOR AND PARISHIONERS, ‘Whatever slus tho Boochor-Tilton scandal may finally dizcloso, it will probably havo one good re- wult. Ttwitlebeol tho grent intimacy that now pro- valls, 88 8 rule, botweenz populnr proacherand hig fominino parishioners, Womon are mote plous than mon. Thoy idealizo moro than men. Tho Church moang moro to them. Thoy aro its main stay. They are apt to worship God as embodiod in His sorvant who ministers to their spiritual comfort, or thoy have tho dovil as ombodied in the minister whom they dislike, Whou a church I8 divided into two factions, ono for and one against tho pastor, the women sro over the florcest foos. Thoy lovo or thoy hate, Witnoss tho McCarthy trigl, during which scparate en- irances hiad to bo provided for the two factions, ‘becauso the fominino church-mombers fought 8o bitterly. A minfater who was driven from s Chi- cago church somo years ago by the active offorts of ouo Iady seid that ko had novor belioved In o pergonsl dovil until he mot Mrs. ——! But wo are taking the caso of o popular preacher,—s Phillips Brooks, with his barrelfull of slippers, & Dillingham of Aldricl's fiction, who would have bad to be a centipedo to wear all ¢ho slippors, and lyydra to wear all the smoking-caps ho ro- ceived from admiring ladics of bis congregation, Buch o man is, porforce, on very intimato torms with women. e comes to thom 88 & messen- gex of tho Boing they worslip and revero, Their rondy fancy invests him with some of tho atti- butes of his Master. Ho can do no wrong, Iis words aro holy. Fair dovotees relate to him thoir troublos, Buch conseless adulation can- not but barm. No men can stand it loast of nll & member of the singlo profession which deolaims, week after wook, to an sudience that regards doubt or eriticism of the dcolama~ tion es & gin, A ministor gots no healthy criti- clem, It ho gets, nstoad of it, constant sdula~ tion, ko is in sigual danger of becoming & Rev. COroam-Chooso. Aud boyond all this, there lics o a deoper pitfall, If bo i saturally a man of low pusaions, or if sudden tomptation can burn through his self-control, his opportunities aro vost. Ta it wondorful thot ho sdmetunes yiolds and brings deadly dishonor upon himself and bis victim,—or himsell and his tomptor? It is not riglit that the ministry should be exposod to such trinls. Tho fack of sox cannot bo igvored. A man, though srrayed in tho straightost of coats and the stiTost of chokers, is & man still. This should be romembered. Enforced, ns it has ‘boon, by tho Boecher scands), it will doubtiess gorvo to broak up the falso social relations which now too ofton oxist betweon pastor and parish- {onors, BMALL FARMS, The reaction against tho onco dominant beliof in the superior advantagos of lurge farms over small is rapidly galuing ground. 'Tho largo hold- ings aro losing ground, in & double sense. Tho Fronch Rovolution estnblishod the principlo of pensant propriotorslip o firmly in Franco that noithor Bonaparto nor Bourbon bas dared to dis- turbit. Tho principlo has Iatoly obtained somo scant yocognition in Gormany, InItaly, tho vast estatos of the Church have beon sold under the bammor in many amall lots, although onch foot of ox-ecolosiastieal property is welglited with the Papal curse upon the purchusor. In England, the land-question is & gront one, Jobn Btuart Mill was =n oarncat sdvocato of smal forms. Ho trocod tho oxtinction of tho Toglieh yeomaary, whoso cloth-yard arrows won Creoy and Agincourt, to tho absorption of small holdings by large. Many pages of his * Politicel Ecouomy" aro dovoted to a roasoned oulogy of the peasnnt proprietor- ship of France. His praiscs Lovo latoly boen {uatified by the cnormous investments mado by tho peasantry, who hold half tho sl of France, in M. Thiors' national losus, The corresponding claes in Eugland—eo far a8 thoro is auch & oloss— Lag not a ponny in the funds, The strike of the agricultural laborors hes turned English opinion to this question aguin, Br. W. I, Thornton has takon advantego of tho fact to reissue bis # Ploa for Pensant Proprictors,” first publishod in 1848, It ia a alyong ples. Mr, Thornton shows by stutistios thut small farms yiold botter erops to the ncre than largo oucs. ‘L'bis, indoed, i o dictato of common sonso, ‘The smaller tho farm, the greatar caro oxerlod upon it. Turnor said ho mixed Mis colory with brajus, and therofore produced groat paintings, Thorulo Lulds good with pota- taow ay woll as with plotures, The avorago yleld of an English whoat-fleld s 20}¢ bushels. In tho Channel Tslandy, whioh hiave o light soll ill- adapted for wheat, but which have small farme, the avorage product is trom 82 to 40 bushels, The soll of Flanders was origiuslly o coardo, sillecous sand, partioulatly uusultablo for whout, Nevertholoss, tho avorago produot is 36 bushiels, Tho wwall farms of TFlinders yiold 41 to 60 bushels of borloy to tho mare. Tho Imge farms of England yiold from 83 to 90, Romo was onco & nrosperous ngeloultural centre. Lhe people wero *‘divorced from tho soil," and Rome became ** o vast pau- perwarron,” England hos chungod her yeomanry into paupara, Al hor poor could bo maintained by sgrioulture, it the Jand were only to ba got, On tho othey hand, in Francs, accordlog o sho Speclator, * in many ports of the country pau- vorlsm s almost unknown.” Tho bhabits of hrift fnculeatod by land-owning have chacked tho rackless multiplication of familios. Consorv- atism runs with land, Tho ponsantry of Franco 18 tho one anti-rovolutionary cloment in iho country, ‘Iho systom promotes avarico, but it Is bottor for tho poor to bo migors than spond thrifis, Tho proposal to allot an more or two to each agricultural laborer at a fair rent, and allow him finally to buy the allotmont at a fair prico, has not boon woll rocolved by Englleh laud-ownors. Ono of tho Queon’s Counsel, Mr. Hodwoll, hns denounced {t as “tho rankest possible com- munism.” Thisfs & curious thing for s man who lives within twelve lhoura of Paris to say. A vory fow land-owners have put this fright- tully communiatio thoory into practice, Lord Bpencor has atarted Lis laborors with an acro apleco. It is worth while for Amorican farmors 1o con~ sider whothor thoy have not too much lsud on thelr hands, Too mauy of thom huve acoumu- Intod acros and mortgages togothor, Dy aban~ doning tho foolish attompt to outstrip oach ather in ncrenge, and by concontrating thelr work on comparatively small arcas, thoy might make more money in the end, 3f thoy canuot well tholr eurplus land, thoy might leaso it ta thelr progont cmployes, and 80 aid others while aiding thomsolves. If thoy cangot ra much whoat from 76 acres ag thoy got now from 126, why should thoy carry tho dond-weight of tho exira 507 GERMAN EMIGRATION. 1t hins boen romarked that, this yoar, whilo the number of omigrants from Germany to this country was incrossing from month to month and from woolk to wook, thoro has beon & coun- tor stroam of emigrants back to the old country. A corrospondent of tho Staats-Zeitung, writing from Rastadt, under date of June 29, undertakea to account for this singular phonomonon. Many, heo thinks, aro led back to Germany by the notion that thoro, at presont, thoy will find betior men and a bottor condition of busincss thau in this country. 'This is characterized a8 a sentimontal {llugion. It s supposed by many that Gor- many, sinco the lnst war, is A kind of poradise. It fs thought that the political rovolution which bhas beon accomplished in Gormany haslod to a corresponding rovolu- | ticn in German viows, ideas, and maoners, The correspondont of tho Slaats-Zeitung warns all who bave left Germany for this country in goarch of a home, and now think of roburning, that this is & groat mistake, and that they would bosure to find tho placo only such as it was when they loft it, Those who did not flud the princlplos of the Gorman Constitution lo.thelr tasto somo yoars sgo will mot bo nny botter pleased with thom o8 they aro at presout. Tho poorost olagses in Amoriea are rich compared with the poorest clasges in Gormany, If the outlaok hero is dreary, thoro it is more dreary. If the chances of improving one's condition are ‘amall boro ot auy given time, thero thoy aro much smallor. Wages aro not na bigh, Tho cost of living is incrensing. So much for the matorial side of tho question. But, says our informant, it ono is looking for liborty, it would bo o gross arror to suppose ono could finditin Germany whero military. rule obtaina. It is felt that Franco and tho Ultramontancs have boen mado tho oxcuso for dopriving Gormanyof s groat mnny privilegos. Many feol bt the gonoral legisintion introduced sgainst the Oburch will bo continued; avd Bt & precedont ls ostab- lishod for furthor {Morforonce with porsonal liberty. The correspondent of tho Staats-Zeilung moy atato somo good grounds for tho return of Germans to tho Fatherland, Ho omits one of the principal,—the panio Jast fall, which brought so mavy outerprises to & stand-still and noces- sitatod tho disclargo of so mavy laborors. This, we thiok, Is tho maln causo, m—— THE QUESTION OF ENTERPRISE. Thera Is o nowspepor in this clty which has the Liubit of informing tho publio at great length and In flatulont terms of ovory somblanco of outerprise which it attempts. Tug LRBUNE, which understands it to bo o simplo matter of daty to nccomplish overything which ean bo dono to bring the widest range of nows within the reaoh of tho widest range of peoplo, prefors to Jot othora puss judgmont. To this end we sub~ joln & number of newspapor extracts on tho mattor of entorpriss which bappen to be at houd: From the Auburn (N, ¥.) Advertiser. Wy OpicAGo. TRIMUNEW account of tholast great fire vehileh uceusred fu ity bulliwick may Lo rogardod s un unporalielod foat in nowspaper reporting. On (e morulig ufior th firw it Wlad. twenty-four of fly ainplo colunius, enibracing throo full pagos, with the account of {he scenca and fucidents of thio Liaze, giv- fug 1 complotoides of the ground buruod ovar, & st of ownors of tho property destroyed and sppsoximato Toases, and coplous deintls of the progress of tho flanes und the vxperioncos Incident thoroto, As tho fire wau yot burning when the paper wont Lo yrest, the cxploit tay bo regerdud s Jittlo uload of ‘avy Jrvxious fournallas scbievomient b ihis country, and v will nil linmensaly to tho already apiondid toputs~ tlon which that paper onjoys, From the Kakomo (Ind.) Trilune, Ty Cinoaco Tabuy of Wediiesday, the morutng afior tha fire, contafued twenty-6vo_coltmns of mat~ Tor wrltton dcscriptive of tho second dustruction, bo- slilen s diugrans sliowing the Hmits of the burned dis- trlat, When it le romembered thiat tbo firs commenced at § o'olock in the aftornoon nd Wue not subidued un= £l nonrly 1 i1 tho morulig, the panur goiug to presu at 3 o'clock, our resdors will agrco that thls amount of Work wad u renwrkablo nowspuper schiovemunt, Bu- sidos this interosting motter, that paper olso dasued & Tour-page supplement, 8o its readera could loss nono of tho mportant tologfams, snd guvo aa 1uch reacing s usual witbout” that written of tho fire, 'Tik Onr. CAua TuTuNE, by 18 (hdefatigablo onurgy at sovoral titmes, lina placed fteclf head and - shouldord above any ‘nowepapur i th Groat Wost, From the ro (H1.) Sun, Teatordsy marnlugé Chiengo ptiors, Tirs Tamoxey (ko Tanies, nnd tho Inder-Gceun, Linyo ‘lovy and jutor- esting nocounts of tho great fire on Tuesday atternooi and night, The Tiineahas elgnteon columuis, aftor tho Kencationa! utylo; tho nter-Ucean sls: Lrowd columna orsolid matter aud description: but Tux TAIoNE Qistances fts compatitors, It gives tweniy-four col= o, fuld of facta pnd intoroiiioy incidcuts, with » Zulr 100p of tho burned district, It 18 by fur tho'besk ac- cotint, ond s un evidenco of eatorpriso hurdly to bo oxpocted, even from tho groateat nhewspapor In tho Wiie, W tip our hat in liouor #o st TRIVUNE. From the Adriun ich.) Frets, Thio Ohicugo Ftimes s conplderablo tosny about ene toryriso I tho newnpaper busiuces, Lut July 4, ‘Tue CitioAaa TRIBUNE hiad soveral columns dovated fo tho Auitoration of ten, cailee, spices, musturd, and pu- Tnorotuy urticica of food, ‘ThoChicaiio T4mes of the 11th Hak & poiu duvotod fo tho samosubjoet, Wo can lurd. Iy seo iy Lo ‘ontospriso comea 1n sccordlug to tho e NS b dlton (111 Tutegroph, a0 onterprising Git10A00 THILUSE Lo collocts lts uinor nows ftems from oll parts of the Wout by tels firaph, In addition to e regular xnd specls) dispatehca, . wmuwe bas Do superior fu tho coutry au s complute LEWORAPLT, Wo niight add many othor newspapor pura- graphs equally signiticant, but these axe proba~ iy enough Lo lllustrate tho point. A i, A yeer or g0 ago, an Englishmun, residing in Hindostan, orentod o sensation by turnlng Mghowotan, snd iminedintely murrying & native wifo, His English spouso complalned of the faot, aud Lo wau tried for bigamy, Iisncquittal on tho ground of religion led to su elfort to chango tho English law in onder to cover uuch suspiolous cesos of convorsion, A womnn lLas uow dono tho ssmo thing, Mra, Lennon, of Bowbay, bocsma & Maliometan, and & faw min- utos thereattor becamo Mra, Moer Alunod Xhau, Tfor English apousio complained, and shois now in juil awalting her trisl. It {a gratifylng to note the progress of the woman-rights cauge in far- off India. % PERSONAL. ariELp, Maes,, July 24.—~Barauel Bowlas, Srnn oditor of $he Republicasi, salls tor Jurops to~ TiGrow G & $110 JioRtl ADUATOA B REFORM. Orgauization of (ho Citizens® Asso- clation, Constitution Adopted for the New Movement, Hs Aims and Objects---List of the Signers, Committees Appointed. A mooling of citizons and insurance mon was Lol at Parlor No. 27 of tho Palmor Houso last night, Gon, 3. D. Webster in tho chinlr. Gon. Wobstor said thatat s provious mecting committoo was appointed to draft s couatitu- tion for an organizntlon, indopondont of politi- cal partios, for the gonoral wolfaro and eafoly of tho oity, Ho undorstood that the Committes was roady to report, which would bo tho fiist business in ordor, Mr. Goorge M. Rynn wag, on motion, elocted Becratary of the meoting, Alr, Emory A. Storrs, Socrotary of the Com- mittao, then road THE REFOLT, an follows : In ordor to nsure a_more porfoct adminatration in our municipal aifuira; 1o promote the goneral welfara and proapirity of the city § to prowect our citizons, so far os poaslbie, ugainst tho ovils of carcless or_corrupt Iegivlutfon ; 10 offoct tho prompt cuforcomont aud oxeention of the Liws ; to protect aud oncournge cnlers Drines necessory and caleuluted to_dovelop and oxtend our busluess oud commercial iutorests; to fouter and - malntaln our eredit o mo " aud sbrosds o meaure much leglulution, Stato and nutionu, a8 the futdrests of tho city may from timo to tluo roquire; to urousou moro widely extonded futor est dn our mumicipal lalalation sud sduinistration ; to correat oxluting abuses, sud to provent. tholr futurd recurrunce, o velluving that o seouro thoso euds orguuized ind unitad activn fs necessury 3 We, uitizens, tax-payors, oud voters ' the Oity of Ohicigo, huve Tormed” this Awsociation, and, fur its goverunieut, bove estabiislied this consiitution : AT, I, Srorson 1, Tho namo of this Association shall bo # Tho Citizos® Associution of Chicugo.” 8o, 2 Tho gonoral purposos of this Assoclation shuil Go thowo sct forth i tho preambloto this conti- tution, employing such means to axecuto thosu pire pokos ‘ay. this adopt, Bra, 3. This Assoclation shall not cngngo fn fur. thoring tho Intercats of any roliglous scct ur donomi. natiou, uor of any political party orgrulzation, nor of any orgaulzation engaged or futercsted in promoting or socurlng temperance or sumptusry legislation, Associition muy from thuo to thmo aur, 11, Secrion 1, Tho officers of ths Association sianll con- slst of o President, Vieo-Presldout, Secretary, and “Lrcusuver, whouo terms of ofiico sball bo for tha torm of oo yeur xespoctivoly from tho dato of eloction or appolntment, 80, 3. Tho Prosident shall presido at all regular meetligs of the Associution, aud shall perform all tho autics ordinarily incideut to tho oflice, 8, 3, Tho Vico-Vresidunt sl i1 the nbsenco of thio Presfidont, presido at all reguiar meotingy, and per- form cll tho dutles in_tho wbvouce of tho Prosidont which would otherwis bg incumbeut on him, B, 4, The Secretary shull buve control of the books, iors, und documents of tho Assoclation, aud shall Eotb Tat) und corroct racords of iiu proceodings. ko, 6. The ‘Creasurcr shall recelvo thy monoys of {ho Assoclation : frow timo to timo disburso and pay out the same 83 he may be required ; kooping full and correct uccoltuts of all such nioneys ruceived and dli- buraed by hini, ART, IIL rorton1. Auy person desiring o becomo o member of this Assoclution wisull, fu ordor to become mich Tmeni- er, o s cltizon, legsl Voter, and tax-payer lu the Gity of Chiieuga, and shall sirst siien thia Constitution, Sk0, 2, Tho Exceutlvo Commnitico may miako such rulos and regulations with roference o ‘memborship I this Association a8 thioy masy deem best; bt ho toata of creed, religlous or yolitical opluloy, of uation= ality sbatl bo fmposed, ant, 1%, Srorion 1. At tho first thesting of the Associstion thoro abull La » committeo solocted for tho purposo of appoiutiv » % Contral Committee,” composed of fivo ‘Derrons from oach ward 1n the city, aud who shall Lo anembers of {ho Association, Tug 'Central Committeo tiny appoluted shial, from eir own nhumbor, soloct 1lve porvons as su Executive Committee, Bto, 2, The Ceutral Comuwitteo thus appolnted alall continuo in offico for tho petiod of ono yeur from the timoe of thefr sppointmont, ut tho end of whicl tiino o now Committee sbull bo appolnted or olected by the Association, in such mauner os tho Assocktion may tlen determine, Such committeo nuy be diminishell iu numbers, as tho Asgociation may then dectn bost, Aud, when'thus appointed or clocted, shall sppoint 2u Execntivo Commitieo for the enuning year. Seo. 3. Tho Executlve Comuittes ehail, from thelr 6w numbsr, seluct o President and Vico-Presl. dont of such Comthittee, and tho Presideut and Vice- Prosident tuun olected siiall be the Presldont and Vieo- Presidout of thia Association, 8x0, 4, Tho Exoculiva Committeo sbaft alco appoiut from tho membersof the Ansociasion tho Secrotury and Treosurur of this Avsoctation, auz, G, Beorion 1, It shall bo tho' duty of the Executive Commltien : 1, 'To provido for tho ralsing of funds to dofray all necosnary legitinste oxpenses of this Ausociation, 3, To ‘provido a commodlons rom or rooms in whicl: thio wootings of the Association shsll bo hold, 3, 0 provydo for the organization of such subordi- nate and uuxiliary organizitions fu tho various wards or divislons of thd clty as muy ba deemed advisable, 4, To preparo such rules, regulations, aud by-lnws for'this Ausvciation b they sy devin Docossary, ud report the samo to a regulasr meoting of the Associae tiou for itg uctlon, 5. To flll uny vacancies in ofice which may occur by death, reaiguation, or othorwise, 6, Aud gonerally to amploy such means s to them may seow beat to promole tho Intorests of tho Associa~ tlois, and to advagce tho purposes for which itis or- gonized, anT, VI, Thin Conatitution may bo ultered o smended by vote of two-thirda of the mumnbors of this Assoclation ‘roacut ut reqular megtlug 3 but, beforo snch altera- tious or niucudments, at loast two ¥ceks' provious no- tisa sl bo plveu i eiing, dled with o Soerutaty, nnd rocordod by bim, which Lotico sbull set forth the ‘propoeod ullerstions or amendionts, "To this Coustitutlon wo Luyo subscribed our nomes, theroby approving und adoptiug the Jrojocta Lieroi declarod, aud plodglng ourselves to sld In carrying shem out, J. D, Webster, L, B. Boomer, A, L. Chctlain, Wm, Wirt 8mith, 11, M, Wilinarth, 0., Heuderson, Lewis 11, Duvis, " Jolin ) Iau?‘mi-, 1L, 11, T{ouore, . 8, Kendall, Jobn A, Hunter, B8, M, Moore .2, Blonchord, 36 R, Payeon, 36, AL Avortil, G, C. Benton, 4.0, Dore, Geo, T, Lyot, P, J. Suiil, N, Serwood, ., 1, Caxo, "Llig fallowing geutlomen, Wwho woro uavoidably ub- sent, Ind proviously readthe Couatitution, sud an- nouticed thelr intention of elgaing it: Sol, Baith, v, Fisk, G.L, Duulap, Mr, Wiling, of 11 W, King, 19id, Lolter & C0,, ‘W, E, Doggott, And othors, . Armour, Tha Chairman, after the document was rond, #nid 1t was now opon for the mootiug to take ac- tion upon 1t. Ar, Hendorson moved the asdoption of tho Con- stitution, which was uvanitously carried, with- out provious dobato. CHOOBISG & COMMITTEE, Mr, John Mason Loomis moved that tho Chair appoint a Committea of Soven, who, in turn, would solect the Committeo of Tive from onch ward, for the purpases nsmed in tho constitu- tion. 3Mr. 0. M. Hondorson moved to amond by makiog the committos twonty, and that tho mombora bo solocted irrospootive of wards, and that thay bo appoiutod at tho samo timo by the Chair, which was carriod, ‘Tha tollowing Committoo to solictt signnturcs to the Coustitution was sppoluted: L. B. Toomer, Poitor Palmer, Goorgo W. Gago, Gon. A, L. Chotlatn, B, L. Mooro, J1. X, Payson, 1L, 3. Willtugg, 0. M. Heuderson, Goorgo O, Walker, and G, 0. Bonton, Theso goutlemon will immediatoly commenco work and canvass the rospestablo portion of tho community thoroughty. Tho following gentlomen woro prosont at tho firep meeting, Yost Tussday uuibt which_orgaus~ ized tho Gonunitton on Constlintion: Willwm E. Doggott, Ohntles G. Wioker, Robort Law, William D, Tak, O, M. Iendorson, Qon, J. D. Wobstor,Goorge L. Duulup, L, 13, Boomor, Gea. Losllo, and R, P, Blauobard, ‘I'io meoting thon adjourned to meot in tho mamo plaoo Monday eveniug. —_— CANADIAN ITEMS, Snecinl Dispateh to The Chicaao Tribunie. Bariuvnst, N, B, July 24.—Thore is a strong fooling tlroughout Now lirunswick i fayor of tho reciprooity rreaty, notwithstsnding tho sd- vorse oritioianis of nowspapor articlos, A fow intercslod persons In_ 8E. John aro working hard nutong the manufacturors aud othors to croato & strong opposition. ‘Tho troaty wiil ls.;lvn an impotus to ship-building throughout Norihorn KNow Brunswick. . Salmon-fishing bore has boon unusually sbun- dant thiv testor. _ Beveral wolghing over 10 pounds bave been kitled with fy on the Jegis- quit and Itestigouoho, Qurneo, July 24.—Yestorday was tho anni- voraary of tho fulp Luborors' Hoolety, The rocossfon was oOuo of the largest over mown, Thero could not have beou feps than 7,000 persons in it The bunnars earrlod roprosouted the-flags of all tho diftevont leading uations, with Canada's snd Enogland's at the hosd of tio procoseior each ide of the Presidont aud oitlcary, TonoNto, July $4—Tha Goyoruo untess Dusterin aud sulee, aerivod so- wore racolvod by the clvie authorities. To-mcye ol morning tlioy dopart for the northernlakis, enlling ot soveral polnta on tho routo of tho Northern Rallway. Lord Daffrin will bo away on Lk tour smong the northorn Iakes for about threo weolks ora month, Roturying, ho will #ojourn hero for thrae or four days, at tho Gov= oriment Houso fu this city, THE INDIANS. llcx;orli lllr)om’ :1‘;--;[.,”. Expedition, uectal Dispateh to The Chteago Ziributie, Br. PAur, Miun., July fll.—qA courfor from Custor's oxpodition, whick ha lofton the 16th arrived at Fort Lincoln to-day. Tho expedition was thon 185 miles out, expocting to roach tho Dinck Hills tho night of tho 18th. So far thoy had bad no trouble from Indiaus, of whom but fow, and thoso stragglors and at o distanco, had boon soen, The hoaith of thomenand condition of tho atock ware good. Not one men was lck. Pnnlc Caused by the Appenrance of Warlike Indtons nt farshnil, Minue Sypectal Dispatch to I'he Chicavo Tribune., WiNoya, Minn,, July 24,—Tho oporator at Marshiall folegrapliod yostorday that tho sottloia of Lako 8hetok woropanio strickon by tho ape posranco of & warlike band of Sioux, who wore 10avily armedl and mado hostilo domanstrations. Many of tho gottlers loft their homoy, their cat tlo, and ovorything, snd fled to Maruhall, At the lattor placo, alvo, moroe than the uaual num- bor of Indiaus woro noticed in town, and thoir manver was vory bold and doflant, Ono of them Lonsted that ho had takon eix senlps within thopast fow days. ‘Iho people at Marshall on Thursdsy wore filled with apprelionsion, aud ‘muny of thom paskod o slocpless night. Marskall 1 m'tho extromo woatern point of Miunesota, about 7 miles from the Dakota lino, The Indians in tho Seminole Region of Wyoming, Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, Tont Fnep Sreecse, Wyo, an’f July 19.—Tho citizons who slorted in pureuit of the Indiana have rotwned. Thoy struck tho trail wheu it was only two houry old, but found it imponsible to oyortokio thom, Rumors aro plonty, and it i8 hard to get at tho truth. From tho mont relin- blo information, 1 learn that the minors at Semi~ nole, 35 miles Dortlioust of tho post, were cor- rallod, but offorod so detormined s rosistence that tho Indinns wero forced to rotroat, Ouly ono miner was killed. The Indians aro sup- posed to havo & camp on Sand Creok, about 12 iniles from tho minivg camp, and, if such proves tho easo, wo hovo not yob hoard tha last of thoir deprodations. ompany H, Third Cavalry, has just arived from Cheyonno. It loaves at onco £or & prolongs od secout in tho Sominole region. It is accom- papied by an exporicuced guide and sn oid In- dian fightor, Undor his dircction the Indians will bo found, if thoy are in this rogion, which 18 hardly prabablo, as four days havo elupsed sinco thoy Woro firut Soon, S e THE CROPS. Reports from Various Quarterss Special Dispatch to The Chicago I'ribine, Qosuky, Ind., July 24,—Considerablo rain fell Dore thiu afternoan, groatly bonoflting tho corn, oto., and tho farncrs aro rejolcing. Tho rain was accompanied with sovero thundor and light~ ning, but no damages aro roported oy yot. Speciul Diapateh to Lhe Chicano T'ribune, Drsg Moixgs, In., July 24.—~Roports aro re- ceivod {rom vurious quartors that much of tho whent In ghock hag suffored from tho three days® raiu, havivg sprouted a gaod deal, and much of it iu'this Jocality will b Tight in consoquence. ‘Sho Cotton and Graim Crops at tho South. Mexrems, Tenn,, July 24, —~The Committes on Information aud Btatistics at tho Cotton Dx- cliango huye made s gt recelved from cighty- four rosponuos from Wast Tennossoo, eighty-tvo from North Miseissippi, eighty-four from Ar- kansas north of tho Arkanens River, fittcon trom North Alabawa, of averago dato July 16, a8 fol- lows: OF the 206 respousos, 108 roport fuyors ablo weather mneo the 16th, 167 too dry, 4 too wet ; 171 roport more favorablo weather to dnto thau at the corresponding dato last yoar; 235 por cont of tho crop planted hns been abandouaid from drought aud overflow; 42 por cont of tho crop wos plantod early, Of the early planting,’ 170 report bottor stands than Inat year, 95 nit s0 good, Of the late phminé, 165 reporc bete tor, and 100 not o good. Of tho carly plant~ ivg, 2006 roport tho orop well formed oud bolled. Of the lato plunting, 0% roport favorably on Iabor, 106 report Jabar work- ing woll, and 100 only modoratoly well to bud, Of tho oarly planting, 141 repost & bottor coundie tioned crop “than last yesr, 63 as woll, 53 not so good. Of tho lata planting, 102 report Lottor, 74 4 woll, 90 not 80 good. liesponacs to tho gen- oral condition of the erop indicate that it has not ‘boeu bottor cultivatod for yoors, but is sufloring matorially from coutivued drought, auticip.tcs danger (fom frost upou o Iata & crop, with slight indications of rust and blight. Twonty-vino por cent of tho crop planted did nob como up bofore Junol. Ninoteen and threc-nuarters por cent Was plantod aftar tho 20th of May, Eighty-six roport good corn crops, 88 fair, avd 90 iufarior. Ono bundred and fiity report good whont crops, 81 modorato to poor.” Fifty-soven ropork good ont crop, 174 moderate to poor. Guasyos gonorally poor, owing to drought. Mmichigan Eruit Prospects. Special Diapatch to The Chicago Trivune, GRraND Havey, Mich, July 24,—Sorious alarm 18 folt in regard to tho peach crop, which at first proved unusuelly promising, but now i8 in & fair way of boing destroyod for lack of moisturo. Otlier smallor fruits sro dying and disappearing, trocw, grass, and verdure plainly showing tho torriblo need of rsin. Evory ono i8 most unx- iously wishing and looking for rain. Presont sppoarances indicats rain_bofore morning, with & fair progpoct of having it, rain being being ro- ported from Dotroit aud other places oast of us. —_— G POLITICAL, Georgo William Curtis Declines to Xun for Congrous. Special Dispateh to The Clieago Tribune. SPRINGIIELD, Mass,, July 24.—A vory promia- {ng movement to eend Goorge William Custix to Congress ss s roprosontative of Masuschusotts has been thwartod by his absolute refusal to ac- oot tho placo undor any circumstances, Mr, Qurtis las & summor rosidonco at Ashfield, in tho anth Oougrossional District, which in now roprosauted by iha suparannuated Cracker, aud siuco it s become clonr thata now man munt Do takon this full, o strong sontimont has devel-. oped in faver of making Curtis his sucoussor, Bo strong, indeed, had thig soutiment grown that thoro 1 searcoly & doubt Mr. Curtis could bave ‘been onsily nommated and eloctod, but ho uttorly rofuses to staud, aud 80 ono modiocrity Wil probably be succeeded by another. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. Tho Supreme Court of Ohio Rendors a Pecsion in a Liquor Case, Cixoinyati, July 24.—The decision of Judgo Wolch, of tho 8upreme Court of Olio, rendgeied in chambora at Athens, has beon rocoived hero to-day. About the middla of Juna, Bayor . J. Ilaldoman, of Gleudalo, tried Conrad Weos fur buing found druuk in tho stroots, and sentauced Liim 0 thirty days i the Workliouse, aud %60 costs, An applieation to Probate Judge Matsou for a habons corpus was rofuged, ' ho caso was talion Laforo Judye Avory, of tho Common Dlons, on & wiit of orror, Avory sustuincd Mayor Haldoman, Application ws mado to the Supromo_Court for & writ of orror, Juduo - Waleh refused to grant foavo, This decides tho caso, finally sustaivivg Mayor Laldoman, of Glondate. CAPITAL AND LABOR. No Change in the Xron Strike in Michigan. Spectal Dinputeh to The Chicagn Z'ridune, Esossasa, Mich., July 24,—No chauge hn occurrod in the status of affuirs amoug ihe strikers st Ishpouniug sluco tho lust report Nouo of the mines Luve commoncod work yvb and will ot attompt it until tho troops arna {haro to protect thous who_dosiro to work Companics A and O of tho Firut Michigan Ir fantry, undor commsnd of Maj, Fox, uu;r'wa,\ ore at 4 o'slock this afteruoon vis Grand Tray- oruo, and went forward o ouco by special trsin to Isliponning, whore (thoy arrivod about 6iti0 olalock. ‘hoy will at onco be placod in position to dotend tho mines if nconssary, and work wilk undoubtodly rocummenco I tho morulug, Al THE JAY COOKE BANKRUSYG“Y CASE. nrApeLpiia, July 24.—The dividond of 6 Do e bortted by o Comimitta of urolil- ora of Jay Cooke & Co. hins not yot Loen paid, thio Togistor Laviug donbts an to ita biuding of: foot upon him, Mo has, lowever, prococded with tho nocossnry esleulations, so that thero should Lo po delay 1f tho court ordered bim to vacued, Tu the moautine the fuudn in hiy }mm‘n haye increasod to vuch an amount w3 will winreant (o raymont of 7 lustend of b por canty 16 18 ospocted ho will bring the matter Letora ootirt, when Itd oplnion nan bo obtained, and, it the proper ordor i mnado, tho paymont will be mw’m\o\l Wit a3 ewly ay 'pmmh ¥