Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 19, 1874, Page 2

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE;’ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1874, GERMANY Extent and Configuration of the German Empire, The Soil Far Inferior to That of Our Northwostorn States, Astonishing Results Accomplished with Limifed Xatural Re- SOUTCOSs Producta of Agriculture and Tanufactures, The Rallway and Telegraph Systems-«. Budgst of the Empire, Compulsory Education---Seven Million Childron in the Schools, Ronefits of Natloual Unlon---Unlform Systema of Weights and Measuros, Curreney, and Laws. &necial Corresponscnce of The Chionao Tribune. DEnean, Aug, 10, 167 The oxtont and configuration of the Gorman Empire correapond quite noarly to the tcrrltolry ombraced within the States of Ponnsylvania, the Virgimas, Ohio, Indiags, sug lllinois; and * the olimato and produots of Germany mora noar- ly correspond with theirs than with sny other block of Btates in America, although tho sum- wmors ro not within 10 dogroes. of Laing a8 hok, nor the winters within 10 dogrees of bewg s cold, T'ho South CGerman Btates of murl’,Wurtnm- borg, and Baden, may stand for Rast Virgivia, and Alsace-Lorraine for Wost Virginia; Pennsylvania for the Rhonish Provinces, ondt Westphalis, Iuanover, and Holstein; whilo Obio rolatively occupios tho place of Bran- donburg and Baxony; and Indians and Ilinols " mey roprosant the territory of Paseu, Silenin, and Eastorn Prussia. On this outlino, Derlin would be located just about whore Colmmbus, 0., i3 situated,—Dresdon standing for Cinclu- nati, Steltin for Cloveland, Pbiladolphia for Hamburg, Pittsburg for Frankfort, CHIOAGO POR DANTAIG,~— tho groat grain and lumber market of Norfhe castern Gormany. The similarity may bo far- thor oxtondod by lotting Now Jorsoy stand for Iolland, which lies botwoen Woslern Germany oud the ocean, as Now Jersey intorvenos be- twoon Pennsylvania and tho ocean. And the littlo Blate of Delawara, by astrotch of tho imngination, oy bo maedo to represent Luzem- burg, which is not yot embraced within the Qer- man Empiro, though it is essentinlly German fu evory other regard, Germany oxtends soross tho map of Turope from the French frontier to that of Ijussia, nearly 900 miles cust andwest, At its narrowest part, on aline drawn north and south through Stottin, Berlin, and Dresdon, it does not much oxceed 200 miles in width; while, farther cast or farthor west, it is nesrly twico that brosd, The southern and westoru parts of Germany hilly sud wountainous, and the northérn and eastern portions are n vast plain, almost as lovel 08 Ilinois ; but, for 600 miles along the Nultic, and for at Ieast 100 miles 1ntoud, the country is low nud flnt, elovated but & fow feet above the Bea, Speating in goneral térme, it is a. COMPABATIVELY BARKEN, UNPEODUCTIVE DISTRICT OF COUNTHY, all the way from Holstein to tho Vistula Rivor, 500 to 600 miles. It comprises a portion of that vast eend-plain which oxtends from Bromen to 8t Potersburg. Fir is almost the ouly troo which grows theraon, avd ryo the only grain which yielas norop worth tilling, The soil, ns n whelo, iy thin, barren, and eandy,— producing but scanty vegotatiou, and tho farm- ing populution are, theroforo, poor, and what udds to thoir poverty is, thas the greator portion of this part of Germiany belongs 1o tha nobility, who own vast estates, und tho routals exacted from tho culivators loave little or nothing for thorawardof their labor, Tlieso tenant-peastnty, goveral millions in mumpor, work most indus tri- ously, both wonien and nien, cconomize to the utmost, and snvo every kroutzor that is possivlo, but still roman misorubly poor. all their lives: ‘whichis a ubraking illustration of tho beauty of tho system of lnu(l-mmmpnlf'. In “travoling across Northern Gormany, the tourist will see senttered in overy direction, over tho sandy plain, rounded frazwouts of gramta and slate-stone, which geolugically DO NOT BELONG TO THIX COUNTRY, nor anywhere uenror th in Norway and Sweden. At somo past period they must havo been torn from the Heaudinavisn mountaing by Encicm, aud transported southward over the altic Sca by currouts of water bonring fields of ice, and dropped upou {Lis portion of Gormany 14 the ico molted in its progress towards warmer chimates, T'hoy scom to furnish prouty sirong proof of th glacial theory, and of the ice-period of pro-Adamite times, One of theso granito rocks was found at Purstenwold, 80 milos north of Borun, which, after chipping aud hollowing aown fo portable size, wuy conveyed to iho Capital with enormous fabor and oxpenso. and thon shaped and polished into the form of o basin, 25 feot in diamoter, and.8 or 10 fept deep, and enpablo of holdiug perhapa 20,000 gallons of water! Iuis ealled THE “ KING'S WASI-DAGLY," and stands in front of tho old Hoyal Palacs. “W'his enormons, isolated granite boulder, which originully weighed soveral hnudrod tons, must hiave traveled 300 o 400 miles, iucluding its trip ucroes the faltic, to rench tho spot where it was found restiug in the sand, “[hin fow German sand-plain, of immonse ox- tewt, aloug tho Bultio from Holtein to Ruusia, was most likely formed by the currents and wators of that son, the rund Deing washed up on ho Jow shores by thoee forces 3 or this terr tory muy have been the Lottom of thoe shallow mar- in of tho Ialtic, which a slight up- ifs would clovate beyond tke purface- level or the ogeun, and loave it as uow found—a gand-plain but 8 fow foot higher than the Ualtic, ho send locks like ocenn-washed sand; and it does not rost ona bed of gravel und boulders such a8 are found nndenenth the sandy woil of the great plains of invaris, in the Upper Dauuboe Valley, or like thoto yeen in the Valleys of the lthino, Rhono, or Po. Thia isltic-shora sand in of grent doptlr, snd unmixed oither with clay or coarse giuvel, which sceounts for thesturile character of tho country wherw iL iy doponited, One-third of the surface of Germany may be conrjdared a8 very rich to moderately fertilo lund; snother third Js of fair to middling qualie ty; tud tho ramaining third is poor to wretched, A'ho Wtter part smbraces tha proat slerils sand- pluing. 9% hetier dascription of tho sandy lud i inchuicl in the kecond division, Whe clay and toan lsuds comprise the firtt-numed or bost part of Geriaany, but from it must bo deducted n evgo upras coverod by mountaing ; for it i in tho wnoiutainous and “hilly dintricts of Gorman, wherp the richest farming lands uro found, such & the Riune Lrovinces buxony, Nasean, Hesse, sle. Qompared with Franco,” tho woil of Ger. muny i far inferior in natural rmduuuvcuuun. ‘The nverago selling prico of land m Gornuny s NOT MORE THAN MALY &6 Ligh g that of Irance; which of itrolf provea tho inferiority of the soll in point of feriility, "T'bie bose Eun of Gormany s the Jhine-Vulliy country, including Alsaco and Loyraing, cou- quered from the L'rouch; although this westorn ection iy tho moat broken and mouutainous, ont of Hayxony yppenrs fertilo and vory produc~ tivo, Tho great whest-rogion or Germauy i caet of tho Uder, which is & section of country that 1 did not tyaverse; but tho old Polish part of it is amd to bp a fine wheat coautry, us alio the Bilesian provinces, southesst of 10son, Tho Bouthorn erman {tates did not veom to mo to couluin o groat dev of rich Iand, L'he soils of Linvaris aid Wartotaburg lookoed thin and gray- elly, ‘Flwt of Badon was bottor. he Nassan and Ieesinn Proviuces, with Frankfort for tholy culbe, tontain cotnidorable excallent londu; and 1 hiavo seen no balter crops in Germany, un- loss it way iu the Yulley of tho Lower thing, and botweon Calogne and Aix-la-Chapolio, Contral Gerwuny, in what may be tormed tho Brune- w0k and Lrandouburg Provinces, containy somo 0od, hut mora of middling to poor land; it ls ovotally lavol, b manilz.with thin notl Au n whiole, the noil of dormmy Iy “ FAR INFERIOR TO THAT OF FRANOR or the Northwestoru Statos of Americn. No- where aro thora to bo found such fertilo valloys an thowo in Italy, or euelrich uplands ns thoso of France, or such Tuxuriaut plafng ag” thoso of ungary or Bouthorn Ruasin, After an fuspection of the unfertihty of largo partn of Gormany, tho rearon why tho Romana nevor u‘llm to penotrato any deopor thau thoy did futo this countty becomes apparqut. It i ovidout thay hnd procured pretty accuralo information as to tha aharpoter pf tho rogions hoyond the line of ‘&lm_h- o\}wonu‘ Tlmydpuuu- teatod osutward as fne s zich land estonded In thnt dlrcollon ; and, along the ‘pouthern border of Germany, thoy puabiad thofr conquosts as fr north of tho Danubo ag tha oharacter of tho cauutry tompted thely enpidity. Tho couniry they ealled ** tarrn jucognita " they sonlly did sot rvognid os worlh fighting for, eonquering, and holdiug. " Thoy had gortainly obtained glinprcs of tho vast sterilo nml-rlnln, whieh extapded from the Waser River to the unknown Soythlun roglovs of tha ifllut and Narth ; sud shora wan HOTHING IN TiTE: APPEABANCE OF THE COUNTUY to mvite aequisition, pnd mush In tho charastor of tho wayagn and watliko tribes who roamed over i to ropol uich deaira. ' Romans were not partienlurly foud of fighting for tho mars love of eombaty umy Wore nctu,nma by 1l|arn matorial motives. The ah{ecu they had in view woro olther tho gratiilcation of political gnbition or tho acquisition of woplth, Thoy conquored natjona for tho sako of an aggrandizes 1ent of powar, sn incroaso of rovenuos, or tho aequisition of lorrltur_‘l for purposcs of golont- zation. Tot nono of hose ends would bo enb- sorved by pushing their logions into the moun. tnin-fastuessos and tho sandy wastos wandored ovar Ly the forocions Teutopis barbarians, Ifenco fLwna that Iome abstained from con- queriug sud eolonizing more thay the bordors of Gormauy; but thoge bardcr& cubracpd iy fairest portions and riohost Innds, {¥Tho gonerally inferloy quulity of the spil of Germnny accounty for tho fact that, nobwith- ntanding all tho remarkabla inganuity, industry, cconomy, nud perseveraucg of tho Ciorman poo- ple, thoy hiave REMAINED COMPARATIVELY POOB. The groateat sturt in the world thoy aver rocelved was altor thoy atripped I'ranco of her aurplus wealth and trausferred 16 to their own coffora. Thoy may have some sparo capitnl, and aro nble tp embark in ontervrises nud undertake projocta which thoretoforo were deomed boyond their abllity, yet itis alnost nstonishing \rl‘)nt thoy lava “succeeded in accomplishing with natiral resonrees o lmitod, The svon of the Gorman Empiro is ony 212,000 squaro miles, or mearpoly four times that of 1lli- Ou thiy comparatively small spaco dwolla * to-day rather more than 42,000,000 peoplo, which excceds fho present population of tho United Stntes, senttered ovor a dozon times that oxtont of territory. Gormany producos onough ' brendstufts and maats for tho support of her population, and usually A8 FDNE TO SPARE. Buo ralsos a suficient quantity of beets from which to mannufagture noarly sll the sugar snd molagbed consumed by her iulbitants, whorens tiso Unitod Btates, with thoir great varioty of olimate and eoil, oxpend &100,000,000 annunlly in tho purchpso of thoso commodities from tropieal countries, Gormauy grows juosp of the {obaceg coysymed by hor people, and thoy are invoterato smokors, Tho United States purchages more foreign tobacco than Germpny. The peopla of this country nearly clothe themselves from thoir domesiic wools. Thoy soll enough flue woolen cloths and fabries of wool to purchase all tho wools nnd cattons thoy are obligod fo buy. Thoy manufacture from their own ores and' conls nearly as much iron and steel vy they consumo, and “sell enough coal and cutlery, machinery and imploments, to_pay for yhatever bardwaro they purchase abroad. hair product of -uative wines so nearly satisfies tho domestio domand that their sales of whito wine pay for all tho red and other branas of wine llmy import from France, The whisky thoy drink 18 but little, and that little is supplied from the distillation of apples, potatoes, and rye, of thoir own growing. Doer is the com- moner and almost universal boverngo of tho poople, Tho quantity manufactured for homa consumption is ALOUT ONE DARLEL IER INHABITANT, or more than 40,000,000 bairels por annum; and thoy oxport enongh beors to pay for all the braudy, gin, and other dishiled liquors pur- chased. ‘The production of egal in Germeny has vastly increased within racont years. The total quan- tity mined lnat year oxcaeded 40,000,000 of tops, of which 85 par cent was consuimed within tho Ewmpiro and 15 per_cont exporied, from which lntter was realized 850,000,000, including cout of traneportation within Germany. ‘There e 1,140 smolung-works and foundries in Germany en- yaged in tho manufactire of pig iron, wronght iron, and gfool, ana 225 others in lead, ine, cov- per, brass, and othor mataly, giving employment 10 160,000 oporatives, and producing wmetals of tho valuo of 200,000,000 per pupuw, ‘Thera are now in Germany 15,000 MILES OF BAILWAY-LINES, e iho greator part of wlich iy doublo-tracle willy beavy steol rails, Theso roads ure built in the most perfect and enduring manuer, and com- pletely squipped with roiling-siock, otc., and aro carefully run and handled.” Accidents are vory rare on German rogds. 1In the Southorn States of Gormany,—Bavaria, Saxony, Wurtemburg, and Baden,—almost all tha xailronds wero constructed by those States, aud aro owned aud operated by them. ‘I'ne Prussian Govornment .own and operale fifteon trunk-lines of double-track rnihvn{, of a Jougth of somethiug over 4,500 nules; twonty- seven compauics, representing as mauy different tiney, own and manage G,000 miles of Prussizu railways, bub wany of them are merely single- truck, loval roads.” At s period not far Tomoved, the wholo of tho railways of Prussia will bo nn- tional property, s tho Governmons is contivit. ally purchaxing thom in, aud buildiug new lings Lesides. 'Who Government dictates tho freight aud passengor rates which all tho companies way chargs, and also the iime-tables aud running counectiong, snd tho amouuts Lo bo paid them for caurying tho malls sud express-packnges. Whon the compnnies demur or object to 1his complete Governmout control and suporvision over their busivess, tho Goverumont proposes at onco Lo purchase thor ronds, und thus ond thoir conttovorsy. Thers arano * Grangers” in Germany. Leoplo ars eatistled with tho rates chariged, 08 thoy know thab whatever profit the Gpverument ralways muke goes into Lhe Publio Urensury to lightow tuxoy, And Germany is tho LIGHTEST-TANED COUNTLY IX EUROPE, ‘Che tayos aro havdly lialf aw bigh as in Iranco, Austria, or Il:nlé, in proportion to the vuluo of property. The Germana enjoy the most ceouom- 1cal Government of all tho great natious of the srorld, and perheps tho one most carolully and hopestly sdministered, T'ha wholo budget of the Empire for 1874 is fixod at 148,212,000 thalors, or 111,180,000 of Ancricau money, Of this suw, 71,500,000 will bo pxpended for tho support of thie Linpeiul arwy of 107,000, whick scews like » very small #uw compared with what iv costs to maintain the 80,000 troops jn the Uuilod States ; but then thie purchasing powerof money in Gormany iumuch greater thau in Americe, aud the amy of tho lultor is peattored over tho vast, uninhubited rn{gmun of tho Far West, Lut tho Frouch army. of equal numbers wnder armw costs ono-third moro thian tho German, showing he diferenco in tho economy of udministration in the two countriey, 000,000 por annuw, und it is wvory reapectablo power. For puavions thora is approprialod 12,- 500,000, which iy & legacy from Llo Jale war wigh Trance. " ‘Tho Inrgest eource of Imperial yovenue in from tho torisl, whicl yicles shoug 0,000,000 3 but tha dutics are vusy low, sourcely sveraging 10 per peut, while a majority of imporied artivles ure piacod on the tres linf, Tie Germuny have NO FAITIL IN THE DOCTRING OF PROTLGTION of industry by lnxlug ono chuzs in ordor’ to fur- uish subsidies for another, "I'ho not Ernma ontho Alwsco-Torraine Kailway dues, purchaed by tha Jmpire from tha Franch are optimated wb 42,045,0005 and ther deyive Srom tho postal pervicu eud telegroph business, over and ubovo all expouses, aru estimuted ab £3,200,000 for (ko yonr 1874, Who lmperial Guvernment owns and oporatos all the tolograph wxes i Gepmsny, i counection with the Lo Ofilco Dopartnent, I'up poaplo of Germany. would Lo alraid 10 brust il buniness to tho solllsh rapacity of cowpupy-moncpoly, 'Lho banidl of ouurgas ju ue follows; Kor a mosengo of 20 words moywhers within the * firuy zone, * of, a8y, 400 wiiios dintanco, b groschony, oquil to 13 voutsy within tho *wogond zouo” of 300 wilos, 10 groiehens, or 26 couls; nithin the ** third zons,” from ona ong of dermany to tho othier, over 500 wnd wndor 00 wmilos, 16 groschen, or 40 conts ; sdditionnl words in like Prapoyiion ; and proforontial muessges sent in ‘advanco of tholy tun, opo wad a hnlf to twico the Toregolng Tuten. It will thas bo roon (lint tolagraptirales in Gorpuny ave hardly onw-third ey high us i tho Unitod Staten ) bub thon 1t must b horua in wind that 8 dollar in this country roprosonty vonuiderable more scrvico sud enlaty thwu in Amweriea, Btill the rates io Gormuny sro much luss thun ju tho United Btotow, One reagon Wiy tho Gorman Imporlal expend|- -tures avo so light'ls, that the Ewpire hay A VERY INSIGNIFIOANT DEDT, T'he juterest to bo pald on the National dobt iy 'Llio Germun nuvy only costs $10,- 0. But thk Tinggom of Pruj ln, ity £6,000,000 of tmhnbitantr, £0:30,000,000, of which £160,000,000 yas-inoyrrod 11 tho oonatruction of Stato ratlronds. - This in- cluden tho dobts of the numexod Btatos of Ian- over, Ilosso, Nassnuy, ITolateln, Hamburg, Franks far, oty '{ho other Btatoy hovo dobts in. pro- portion {ntgo‘ l;ifl‘laomfi; thoy ligvp bullty ‘ud monoy oxpaigled fpr otljor purposps. F. Tlxnyl‘nlmuinu rovonmg lgr the yenr 1870, In- cluding tho not roccipts from Btato- rallwayn, amouniod to 2167,5600,000, and tho expenditurcy to 18148,000,000, ‘Chp purplus of 910,000,000 in ;;'p[lfiml in “constyugting pow rallwnys for ue tnto, ‘Lhia salarios of all tho glorgy, Catliolip as well B I'rn&ur}tnut, lunhuunggho -)’:zwlnh llnbh?: arp paid by tho Statp Qovornmonta, 'Uhng the Pruy- glnu Goyarnniant oxpopdod last yoar jabout ,- 00,000 for tho unpvorl of the clargy,.” Thovq srp in all Qermnny 16,000 Irotosiany pastors, ;u!ula- tering to 28,000,000 of Protestant pppulstion, and 43,000 Cathiolio pricata dolnge thio samp Fabig for 14,000,000 of Caiholic inhubitants, v Thoro ‘nm upwards of 100,000 teachors In the pitbiie vol sehotara onvollad, botween the agoes of U and 14, oxconds 6,000,000, Tha ‘sinmbor aitending pri- vato primary reliools 18 sbofyt 560,000, hilo Hioso who dttond the hfi;hur nchools, aepdetnles, gym- naste, tochnical schiools, and umvemitics, oxceod 800,000, "Thus thero aro BEYEN MILLIONS OF SCHOTATS nttending all tho schools cf Gormany. Tho United Statos of Amorioa, with gn equal populas tion, can scarcely oxhibit balf that number ; and yot Americans pro much given Lo Loasting nbout tho vastnoss and snperilority of thoir school ByR~ tem. They had bottor adapt tho Gerinnn Bys- tem of " compulsor; attendance, and forco in 2,000,000 or 000,000 . of * youth now ronmlng ' aromnd tho ' stroobs apd going into lonforism Lofora thoy Instituto chmparisonk with tho public schools of Germany. ', Chilaron in this counry attend schoo! for tet months in thoe yoar, ilow many months do Amgrican ohil- dren nverago? Dock it pxcoed hnlf that time? 'Tho youth™ of Gormany ara ua(nF educated ; tho youth of Amorica aro—vwell, tho Jess bonsting about it tho better. Tho Qermauy would regard our systom of voluntary schools, kopt anly “thros or four months'in tho year in tho coutitry-districts, with more than one-third of the children gevor in attendance, biit growing up fn vice, ignorance, aud deprav- It{,-ne very littlo bettor than no syatem at all. Tho compulsory featurs of thelr systom thiuy congidor ¥ THE DACKBONE OF IT, .. Without it, tho very children who moat nesd an education would receive paio, while tho othors would o drgu-lvnd of bolf tho gmount of in- struciion which thoy raquire., Ren progross will nover bo made, aud unjversnl gopnlnr edu- cation Is impossiblo In tho United Stgtes, until thoe Gormpn’ system of compuileory attondancd for ton (us loast nhm? months in the year is adopled thranghout the ]le})h]jc —In o Sonth us woll ag in tho North, and in th I a4 in tho conntry s and it {s only [ionghtloss, narrow-minded mop and violous démagogucs who will opposoe it. ‘Lhie peoplo of Ggrmany arp continnally yeap- dng the howoflts of nationsl union, "It Is not alona in tho nauso of sccurity against foreign in- torforence, and Lho stronglly they now posgess to repel inyasion and protect their bordora against tho restlees Froveh or tho granping Augtrions, that tho ndvantages of tho umion aro folt, but in meny other wayy. For oxamplo: Thelr hotorofoncous apd confusing systems of welghts and mepsures havo bepn roplaced by ono uniform gystem—that of the I‘ronoh having leen adopted. Tnstead of forly arbitrary, jr- regular, contligtiug standards, thoy fiow have the shwplo,” beautitul Froueh decimal system of weights and measures throughous all Gormany, wituin the bounds of the Empire. * But, it tholr weighty and measures woro hote- toforo bad, thoir varlous monetary ' sys- toms aro woruo, aud might bo enllea _CONYUSION WOMSE CONFOUNDED. Itis mmpl{l lmpoaniblo for s traveler ever to get through lus hond tha relntive valno of the dozen kinds of coinage aud bank-notes iu circalation in Gormany. ‘Ihe nativos of each State uudor- stand their own absurd systom of money; but thero aro mnobt mauy Germang who cen, commenecing ab Drésden, and possc ing' through 3unich, Btultgart, Carlorulio Strasburg, ‘Cologue, Vrauktort, lianover, aud Ilumburg, to Boiliy, comprohoud tho chavging names and changing values of tho thalers, floring, gullders, guidons, groachens, krouzers, end plennings, mares, stivors, and lMamburg shullinge, wll wizod up with Froneh frenes ou tha weatern and Austrisn tlovins on’ tho castorn borders. Itls truly o fearfully, wonderfuily- mado ctitroncy, One cannot eyon judge of tha valuo of tho silver piccea by thoir sizz, o ac- vouut of the great difforonca in the queatity of wloy.with which thoy aro mixed, Lat ail this wretched mongral mixturo of con- flicviug coinage, with its multitndo of uzmoy, WILL BE ADOLISHED * on aud aflor tho 1st day of January, A. D. 1875, which is only o fow manths honee,' und substi- tuted by n déclmal aystemn, of which tha miare will be tho unit. 'Cho valup of the mure is almost that of the Buglish sbilling or the Amcrican unrier-dollar. ~ A 20-mare gold-plece iy nlmout identical in weight nud sizo with the Dritish puund steriing.” Calling the Iatter egunl to &4,89 Ametican money, the 20-mark pieco in worth about 4.88, The shilling. in about 2437 cents, nud tho mark i3 & fonction less than 21 centi. Threo marks equal 1 {haler, which s worth in L'russin about 7134 cents, ‘The roason the valuo of tho murk wis not mndo the same ns tho Huitisl shitling ov tho Prencl frano wng tho dewro to rander it casy to reekon in thalors, which for centuricy havo boen the standard of Pragsian valpea, Tho trausition from tho old currency to the now WILL G MADE EASY n Prosela and nll parts of ermany, hecauso ovory Gorman kuows the valus of o thaler, and threo marks will equal ouo thalor, In tho new currency, ton groschans iilt make ono mayk, and ton plounings onu groschon, which will corrspond vory closely with the present value of thuso coins in Prussis, ‘Uhe groeohen is now worth abont 234 centy, and, sller January, will bo worth 2 1-10 conts : end tha plonning, of which 100 will wako & mark, will bo worlh about 37 cout euch, In turm, American travelots will only have to keep in mind that the mark is al- moat the samo nw o quacter-dollar, or British shilling, sud thnt 20 muks are avont egual ta half-eagle, or n pound sterling, Davarfu ju permitted to rotain bor mint, and bas boen coin- ing her portion of the Fronch piundor Into gokd 10 and 20 mark piecos, to thut the now gold coln has plroady mado it appoarance. Noxt wintor about $200,000,000 of " hetorogencous pilyer colng will be withdrawn from cireula- tion and the wvaulty of tho banks, and roplaced by tho new doocimal systom of coin- age above dwcribed, and 1ty introduction will be & great pubhio blossing, nud will save Gor- man school-cuildron, in the future, all tho troublo and botherto which our grept-grand- fathors and mathors wero subjected” in comput- ing values in pounds, shillings, pones, nnd Inrthings. Anothier refonn adopted siuco the outablish-! mont of the Empiro {3 the formation'and adop- tion of & i INONM CRIMINAL CODE-OF LAWS for all Germany, Lravious to tho Einpiro, ench of tho forly Ktatos hnd it own special cviminnl code; but thowo diverso systoms hayo boon thrown away, and n new ono ndopted for all Gopmany, The Suzon cody was {alon ug. the basiy, aud improved upon by adding to it the Lest provielons found in tho codos of tho othor Btates, A Germeu lnwyer hng now to logrn only ono caile af crlminal law nnd practlee, which on- ablas him Lo practico m all tho criminul conrta or tho Bmpire. ” A Comigsion of gontlomen learnod fu the law {8 now ot work preparing n CIVIL CODE OF LAW AND PROCEDURE for tho whole Tmplra, ‘Thoy have it nearly comploted, aud witll submit it to the Connerl of Hgato heforo tho next mooting of the Im- porlal Papliomont, The Prussian statutes wero takon as tho Dosls of the new codo of civil lnws, and .aro bolng rewritten and amond- ed by iueur{mraung tho hept provisjons found in {ho stntaten of tho other S[u:cu 1o that Gormany willcommenca the now yoar with a unifory deolmal system of monoy, and with uniterm simplifiod codo of civil Jaw to repluco tho forty imporfect old systemys which haye con- fusod bor Judgos nnd nor&)loxncl Nor Jawyors, Who will sny, aftor this, that Qevmany 13 pot. progrossing “In tho eelenco of Governmont uy woll ap of war ? 0 M, z S GirgndeDucnl Mannors, Tho Gormuu papors roport the follawlng jnal- dont, which aceurred tha athoer duy pt Dresden ¢ ‘Iha Horedllary Qrand Duke ot Olonbyrg, who iy studying a6 tho University of Loipme, hnp- pened the ofhor day to Lo at tha station of Dyey. don, aud, while walting for "t train, qutorod the rofreshment room and soatod himsolt wit)y- out corpmony at a tablo voady sorvad. ‘Phawait- or requasted him to tuko angihor placo, Ay that one was _angaged, b the Duko vary radely yo- Juged. ‘Pho mastor of the oatablislimont {hon cumo snd romonstrated with tho Prings, to whion tho lattar xorllml by u blow, Wlia mpstor poe turned {6 with Intorest ; the travelom presant took the ruu of thywaster, and s Ilghnesy wau hustled about and beaten with csnos qud umbrollns, and st last turned out of thy room, W'he polica shorily attor Intervoned and regeuad tho young man fram tho indignuut publle, whe kuow nothing of his rank, but saw that ho b acted with gront rudencos, 4 has o dobt of woln of Germany,” and lho,_ngmlmr of g citlea aa well | -dalepates was annonnced ns foll RELIGIOUS. Closo of tho Sesstons of tho Episcopal _ Diocesan - Convention, of the Bishop Fixod at 44,000, The Salary Jo Action Talken Toward Di- viding the Diocese. The cgntrgl Hiinois Methodist Ep Iscopal Conferanae. et v EPISCOPAL DIOCESAN CONVENTION. ‘e Epiacopal Diocesan Convontion of Illinoin reqesemblog yesterday morping, purpuant o ad- Jourument, nt the Cathodral, cornar of Peoris aud Wesb Waahington strosts. Tho Rorv. Dr. Chano prenided, and but & comparativoly small number of dalegatep yoro prosont, In calling the Convontion to ordor, the Chair~ man aunouuced that thoe Rt,-Rov. Bishop Morris, of Orogon,was prosent, and suggestod that Lo bp conducted to 4 ueat on the platfarm, which wae accordingly dono, the dolegates rising to tholr feot 09 a mark of rospect ns ha passod up the alslo, The calliug of the roll was disponsed with for want of timo, % THE ELECTION OF PROYISIONAL DELEGATES o’ tho Qaneral Quavaention, Lofug {he busjness rogularly In ordor, wns prococded with, threo clpricn] delogatas having to bo chospn,, Tho Rev. Mr. Morrison, in tho courss of a fow oulogistio romarks, moved that tho Tev, Canop Itnowles ba olocled by a viva voco yoto, ! The Rev. Dr, Lacke ceconded the motion; nny- ing that Mr, Knowles had dong much toperd pro- moling he success of tho Couvention, and gwas outitled to tho recognition. Tho Rov. 8. D. Allen alka gpoke 1 fayor of Mr. Knowles' olection, and at tho same timp counseled peaca in all things. Dr. Locko srid the mott harmonious fecling provailed, and thero was no nocossity for such remnrks, - 2 Di., Bullivan onlirely sgread with him. ir, Green then took liy Aoaf, and tho motion to disponso with o bllot was pul and lost, Anumbor of nominations wero thon mado, and ponding tho announcsricht of the voto a livoly diyeupsion arosp op.a_proposed .amendment to Lhie canou reapeting tho election -of vestrymen, On tha preceding dey a majority roport was read providitg that vestrymen shonld he communic cants, while a minority report favored remosing the restrictions from non-communicants, - During the diseyusion the votp olu yx‘n\'[ulo;ml ows: Whola unmber of yotes cust, 06, of whick the liev, Mosers, Holcomb, Knowles, and Dresuer recorvod 8 constitutional majority,” They wera declured eleeted. Ihe discuesion ou the canonical amopdmen wna then resumed, but was quickly stopped by n.:} Cuirman, who ruled that clectious wero in order. . TOARD OF TRUSTLLS, 1t wag movéd that tho ballot be dispopsed with for tho purposo of re-clecting the presout in- cumbontd of tho Board of ‘U'rustees of the Dio- cese, Tho moliou provailed, and the Board wero re-olected unanimousiy, A committee was appointed to nominate o Tourd of Missions, and reported tha follpwing oames: The Roy, Drs. Stocking, Cushiman, aud Wareon, aud Measrs, Cooigo Gavdner, -Buory, Clnbl.v, and A. Tracy. ho gentlemen wero elects cd. VESTRYMEN, A motion Lo postpone turther convidoration of tho amendmout to the canon concorniug vostry~ men nntil the uext convention wau loat, and the diseuesion wns resumed, and contipged at {odie ous longth, tho advocales of both siaes of tha quostion belng sbout equal in numbor, A volo was finally reached, and the amend- mant to tho canan offerod by Judgo Otis,. adding ibe words ‘‘if such suitable persond oan ba found" aftor ** communicants of tho Church in good and rogular sianling,” was enrriod by n Iarge majority, togather with a further umend- ment, propored by Dr. Blockivg, reading, * pro- vided plways thab all vestrymon shall be bagp- tized poraony,” OLT OF PLAGE, Mr. Melvillo W. Fuller offerad the following « Zeeulved, Thet. the olorloal and lny doputies to the Genetal Convontion from this diocess pro haroby fne structed to vole in favor of any canop which wmny be puseed by tho Louso of Mukops forbidding the clevas tiou of tha clemonts {n the Holy Connnunjan i such a manuor un L0 6xposo them (0 tho viaw of tho peoplo, ns objects towatds which ndoration i to hie maglo, i1 orafier tho prayer of couccration, or in tho not’ of admiuisiering thom, or iu cerrying them o or from {ho comniunicanty, or any gestiire, posjure, or nct fme plying such edoeation, und ny 'cereiouy nob pro- #seribed an part of the order of tho adiminlstration of ihia Loyl Supper, ar Holy Communion, in-tha Soole of Qomnion Praver, and tho eolcbration or reception of (he Lioly Comtnunion by any Hikbop or priust wherono paraon recoived with Wim; likuwlse tho neq at any aduduistration of the Holy Communion of any Dhymuny, prayers, colloots, epiatlis, or gospols olher tiun_thoae appotutod in' tio autitorlzed formulng of tho Church, or uuder Sve, 19, of Canon 1, Title I, of thu Digost, o resolution wan Inid on the tablo by tho followiug volo: Clericsi—Yens, 41; nnys, 2, Lay—Yeas, 15; nays, 4, Mauy of {uo delogates oxplatned tlint thoir yofo was 1ot an oxpression of their opinion on the question at fssuo, but an oxpression that tho present was not the propor timo to bring it up, B¢, Paul's Clurch, Rantou), wan admitted o memborship in tie Convention. THE BISHOMS SALARY, i Tho Committoo on tho Bishop's Salary foport- ed that they had fixed the salary at 3,000, Aldulcnmo inquired why n reduation hed boen mudo, Dr. Tooko ropliod that the diocoso was in debt, and could not allord any moro, o Another delogato gaid it would ho “unjust and Insulting to the now Bishop to nsk him to nccopt such a elary. Tho formor snlary waa 55,000, and it yay littlo enough. Tb way not. right to malto tho now Bishop puy tho dubts of the dig- cese, - An nmendment to mako tho salery 95,000 was proposod, wnd was latd on the tablo, The Ltav. Mr. Holcomb movod to amond by ninking the saliry 31,000, Ih Rov. Mr. Donodict said it would ho dia- gracoful to the gront State of Illinois to offer tho now Bisop ruy less than was paid the forinor ono. Io hoped "the Convontion would roflect bofore the reduction was made, ‘I'he Itev, Ldward Sullivan nsid thera were pav- oral. parishon_ in the city which had promiged snlarics to tlxolr}msmm and had fniled to koap thelr promiso. It might bo the eame way In the eass of tho Bishon, It wos botlor to offer him what the diocoso could hououtly afford to pay, than Lo promisa somathing which aould nop hio fullillod. ‘Fhe Iate Diskop's salnry bad not boen paid regularly, z Alr, Bonnoy spote in favor of Liio proposad ro- duction, usin arguntents uimilar to thous wrged by Dr, Snillvan, - . ‘The Itov. Mr, Percival belioved the Diocoso of Tllineis could afford to pay at loast 95,000, 'L'o Rov. Mr., Lorry fuvored adopting the re- port of the Uonumittoo, “Cha smondmont mnking the snlary 84,000 wae then put and carried. DIVIDING THE DIOCESE, f Dy, Grogg, from tho Committoo on Divislon of tho Digussno, tn whom was roforrod a uresmbloe and resolutions favoring the formation of o now diocoso, offered a resolution setting forth that it way tho sonse of the Conventlon that sucha divivion should bo made at the earliost posyiblo: o rosolutlon was adoptad with but ono dis-, gonting voto, 1'ho Uonventlon adjonrnaed sine dio aftor pass- ing tho usual complimentary resolutions, awmong otliors tho following 1 Fewolved, That thu thanks of tho_Convention nrs herehy tondered to the Tav, Ganon Kuowles for Ll ndwirallo managoment of tho spenny servicos o tlio Do L et i s o o SoEved e Hwcass of ot ki, ' R S THE METHODISTS, Special Dispatoh to Pl Chicagio Fribunc, Oanraaag, 1L, Bopt. 28.—The Uontral Illinols Mothodist Episcopal Conforencoe was opeued with dayottanal exevolos, conducted by Father Tlanry Sowers, & minluter of NEty-four yoars' stundlng, A, Andarson, Prosiding Elder of the Bwedish Misston Distriot, presontod the namas of the Tallowiug Swedish winfutord wha wore prapov)y yocommandod fo anntinunnes 1 Ju M, Frioson, Johnunis Noath, A, J, (tuatuon, Jans Patorson, O, ilormon lhnstrom, Yredorlok Obgren, Harl Lindskog, August Wallon, . A. Koller avd A, Beolor wero sppolnted o commlitico to ogamina candidptes for misslon wha have not boon bofors a diotrict. qanforgneo, The followlng pragch- ora woro olected to olders' ordera: II, g. I{lllg,,?.(]}[}llrl\cnl‘ M. O E{guil’fl, JB(I:IID]W‘I:- 0B, birely, ', J. Woods, I, A, Qo o . YH’LT""" oW, 'Ay)(ug,‘ay. W. Otiorman, ‘Al vod Andorgon, A. Gt Lugstrdn nnd A. 8, Westorgraen, tho Uonferenco Ktowards, roportod upon-thio claims OII tha Conforopoa fupd, whioly was_nmandod, dlycussad, aud rnfutrm{ ok to the Commitioo, ‘Pho Yisljap nnl‘ml the clasa of tho sacongd YORr, A fullowss "W, B, Blackwoll, b, Bmith, T M, Dunham, U, ¥, Gilmar, B, 0, Maunin; 4y By Mitohell, 0, 1, Rowo, 1. Tf. ‘IHiteheock, O. W, Shoemat W, 15, 1in, 3. 110 Bhopard, Hdward Vivian, ]3. G. Woallward, (Atter praponnding ho usual quostions, the Biskop addrttyed thom in an ablo and appropri- ntufinu;x{uur.n K -” Becra i Lof ‘'ho Rev. D. Kypokt, Becrotary of tho Hoprd of Ghureh Txtovislon, way Inteptgao. 0 20" C. \V. Shormay was contiuned on tial, and tho remniuder of $4o clays wera eloated {0’ Der- cn.l;u"miduru.J P, Danial LT, T Kol - Wilaon, Danialgon, and J, T. Kjoil- nh‘l‘lll}’, af thio S"olflnh Misujon n'lnn'lcc, were aolg'lltnml on trlur- B, Hpnson, Aloxandor l‘nlhl' N. AL Bandoll, C, ohnnaou, Theodore Lardon, A, Btonholm, U, J, J John Holberg, nnd l!!fl.!!llal Nilson wora ndmit- ted to full conndotion, aud, oxcopt 8. Ianson and Alexandor Palin, who worp lyeady Deacons, wora eleoted to Doncons' opdory Tho Rov. Dr, Kynett addesuod tho Jonforenca on the subjeet of church extonsion. The Cons forenco had contributed to the Board £0.818.03, nnd recolyod in ite limits 38,600, It stands among tha bast of the Canfarencos lll its sup- potb ntltlm Soolety, but ought to do Lotter. Ad- journed, e s J A trin] of cousldorable impartanco i in prog- 188 befora n select commilteo involving o oharge at-adultory pgalnst & mamboy of the Conforenao, Tho " oharge proforrod fx not unlike that of Buechor's . slleged offense, in . that tho roverend dofondant in this case a4 paid to jipve takoen nigh religons” grounds fag his nlieged unclorical commorea, 'Tho Mothe odist Gonforence is dealing with the mattor like honest men wha havana enild to saryo envo truth, Justico, aud roliglon. Tho torm * whitawash " i ot in {ho Meihodist vocabulary, noverthologs it 18 hogied tlio Taverend acensod will coma fortly from tho.ordoal p? examinetfon with su wnayilied namo, ‘the church wan donsoly -crawded last night; '-l'h? Bay, Dr. Fullows, tho Rov. Dr, Tropslor, and otuiers, delivored able addregsos on educns tiongl topicu, g THE UNITARIANS. BaraToas, Sop. 18.—Aftor tho usual Liour of dovotlonal exarcluns, tho Conforonce. nssombled in tho Town Ilall, ang was called to order by Daniol L. Shoroy, of Ghigo, Vice-Presidont, Alr. Hour Luving "begn eafled hiomo by a'tolo- gram, - sy om Ti Prayer was offered by the Rov. Mr. Murzoy, when jr. Warron, from the. Committeo on Cres Contlnls, roported thpt-203 sooiotios wera repros sontad, and 606: delogatas hadl presonted eraden- tials, nbout 800 mombors of Koclotios being pres: at, T'ho followip, officers werg glected for tho ens suilig_ ycai rosidont, 9% Tockweod Iloar ; Vica-Preaidonts, Qoorgo Willinm Curtiu, Now Yorl'; Dayid L. Shoroy, Chicago ; Goorgo Parte ridgo, St. Louis ; Josoph 11, Chionts, Now York ; Soth Padelford, Providenge; Ouslow Stearps, Concard, N. if.; -Genoral Boorolary, the Rov. Qanrge Datcholor, Balem, Masy,; Trony- uror, » Honry .. Kiddor, Loston ; Counor, tho Tov. Meesrs, J, M, lleywood, Loulsvillo! Ky.; R. B, Shipper, Doston; C. G. Ames, Gor- mantowh, Pa. ; b d. Everett, Ounbridge, Mass, 3 J. F. Moniis, Greenilold, Mnsg,; D. B. Eaton, Now Yorlk; O, A, Brovens, Ware, Mass.; J. O, Littlo, Toston; I, M. Sabine, Bangor, Mo, E. Willinms, Now Yorlk, Tho Rov, Mesors. Ellis and Iale, and the Tou, D, Eaton wero appoinad the Commilteo to Lxtend tho Congregational Bynod, A pper wad rond by tho Rov, Angustus Waod- bury, of Providence, R. I, on *(Causes of COrimo." 1o stated that thero aro 100,000 por- BomH in our land who dofy the law, and for whosa control all tho paraphrennlin of eriminal law is designed. Crimp was classed updor twp hoad- ings,—habitunl aud sccidental. Mogical invos- tigntion justifies tho theory that orime isa digcaso of tho brain, Vagrancy and idleucss aro great fountalns of crimo, while its- auxiliarien aro found n vile literature, intemporanco, and vagraney. “The Rov. J, F. Morrls, of Greenflold, Mass., rond & pn{'mr on # Punishment of Crimmals,” It wad an ablo address, and many excollent Bug- geations were made, ‘Fho papers wero ,discussed at considerablo length by Gon. Olivor, of Salem, Maok, ; tho Rov. J. M. L. Babcock, of Groton, Mnss.; tho Rev. C. G Shnn“ ond othors, A paper on +*The Relations Botween Religion and_Blodern Boientitio I'hought * was read by tho Rov, 8. . Calthorp, of Srracuso, assonting to Darwin's doctrine of ovolution, aud claiming that ecienco'developos thelsm and not atheism, Io the nfternoou scssion the Rev. Mr, Cluta oponed the discussion on Sunday-seliools, under the regulnr order of busiuess, Tho dobato was partioipated in by Mra. Coloman, of Syracuso; the Rov. Alr. Calthrop, tho Kov, 3r, Putnam, B: C. "owno, the Ray. My, Barbor, the Rev. Dr. eilows, ox-Tresidont Hill, of Liarvard Univer- sity, tho Roy. Mr, Mellen, of Allmny, and othors, resolution yas mdopted urging the teaching of Unitarinn doctrines in Sunday-schools, The Buslhéss Committoa reported resolutions disapproving of tho Exeontive pardoning povwer, and in favor of public education. Adoptad. Aftor tho singing a bymu, and the pronounciug of tho bonediction” by Dr. Bellows, the Confer: enco adjourned sine dic, ‘The voxt Conferonco, two yenrs henco, will be Lold In Suratoga. e - RAILROAD NEWS. THE MILWAUKEE & PRAIRIE DU ONIEN, Tho prospects of the Milwaukeo & Preivio’du Chion Tiailrosd bocomiug & grand monopoly in #pito of the Pottor Inw are at vroxont very phor, Uesiden the fact published yostorday, that it is bolioved that the road” was organized in May, 1840, shortly after the adoption of tho 8tato Constitution, and is thoreforo subjoct 1o bo en- joined as wolt a3 other ronds, it was discoverod yestorday by o loading rallway attornoy in this city That a torritorial Iaw waa passed as oarly ns 1899 which onacted that all chprers granted afier that dato should ba subject to futuro smondments by’ the Legislature, This glvos the flunl blow to the bright. prospeots tho Drairio du Chien voad had of Loing the only road which could not bo inter- fored with by Logislatures, and which could Taugh at Pottor Inws. It is undorstood that an- aqtlier hill for an injunction hag beon prepared whiol will gontain’ the allidavits in vogard to thoso facts, and thatthe papors wilt bo prosens- ed to {ho Supremo Court Wednesday. TIE PEXNBYLVANIA COMPANY, On tho 10th af Iass March, at the aunual most- ing of tho stockholdors of tho Venusylvania Ttnilrond Uompany, w'committeo was selectod to investigato tho aflairs of the Company. _<Chin Committoo hus roported that tha atlaird of tho COompany aro in vxcellont condition, and that {ho property, evan Aiuoe tho panto, his s valua of £60,810,000,03 abovo pil” linbilitios and clnims upon it of overy maturs, In a supplemontul ciroutar ta tho ‘bondhoklors Mossrs, Fisk & Iiatch stato that tho length of she Chesapenko & Ohio Railway, iuoludiag main lino and #idjugs, is 465 miles, Binco January the oarn- lngu of tho rond from passongers have boen ~5207,874.08, and from froights 700,703,060, THE UNITED BTATES GONKUL AT NOTTERDAM, in bis anupal report to the Bearetary of Stute, submits his obseivationn on tho lossos In, and loss of gonfidonce in, Amoriean socurities in Hlolland, and suggosts that confldeuce in thom can only bo soourod and retained by logiulation, which will scoure tho folloswing objootu: ‘f'lio poenibility of making a rollabl {nvostigation to ascortaln whelher, aud {0 wiint_amougt, money has renlly boen patd on the nominal capital of’ compmitivy, it alous ¢an provent wlinroy of 310 real valuo belng It dn euoriuous quanttles cleculatiug from hou o hund, N —— 1o bio by Inw eleaxly defincd and Wisely fmitad, 1y oxperiunce, the Kiropean publis bava como ta tis can viction that, under thie provont sygicm, tio srbiteary power of Trosiilents 4 porhios the most eflelent waniko of the diwntroun restlts of &0 many rullrosd ens torpeises, ‘Tho capability and houvaty of ono mun Dolig tho main guarantun of the (nebworthines aud success of w company, tho trapafer of that ‘mwur 1o u auan less worthy, cai changs {ulo s very bud, or nt leart doubifyl, utialr, au eutarprise whish i 15 origly aud by {la nafuro offored the Lot sozurity, PG Tha earnlngs of the Douvar & Itla Grando Tinilwray for thio weolk ending Aw. 31, 1874, woro £10,001,0, n‘ynlunl 810,89,11 for tho corrospond- lup weol of lust yor, beligr & deoronss af only 208,08, Tho frojht _uarlll[lz';u wero §11,800,30, and the pauwenger earnjugs £6,704,61, Tho fallowinig etvoular lias boo lsavod by Me, 1L, . Jawott, Tyesidont of the Erje Ruilvond ¢ Jamen O, Clark having resigned the oftico of Goneral Bunagior of {his Gomputsy, wll conmiinleationy wnd ro yorts lierelpfor uade to il will hevafter bo wado o ¥ By Dowey, B, Huperintendont of (his Com- i ¥ 'ho grain carriod to Now York by avy of the .| nguinst Chestor 1. Hall and Mosos Bartlott, " surance Compuuy, olaiming $4,000, New Yorlk trunk lnos, tho Now York Coptral, Ltlo, Ponnaylvanin, aud Baltimore & Ohio:Rail- Tonds, hina Lo bo lightored from tho gara, Hero- tofore tho ratlronds pnid tho aost of liphtorngo, but, nccording to tha following’ eircular, theko of tho tax of 1871 and 1873, atfll nupald, on tho grg}ll;;:m.hr{{; tlhruyfl\vnnli {lloghlly nnsessod.’ 0 o 3 ngatunt Ludwig Kantmagm, © 0 oF 84000 rouds will Loreaftor ot pay tho lghtorago on.| Auermon goynp LBIESTH, Tntn of Tos bhan flyo car-londs s al, va, E, 1t ardy BRh Tk DA "mm n;ul n{lrr‘ u-xu al-}t{ h{{n(i' l}'nullfimu:‘alna llu; %L‘flf.ul, chinld] th..}unL Balomon, and Wiltium ericn of enbu fir Now York in Jom e fivo o ! aria I, e, Tota from potut of ahipment will ceano. Lereafter all | David o Dusand et al, va, Willlsia doliverion of lotn losn than five oars will bo inade from Jubnr ; GARY—O I ronan Willam o gt et 0 Iain vs, 8toph o John H, Sm;i\’: aul“lc’(' " Qublorty va. Blopiicn 1V, iryon S, STAL track at Thirly-thied sirect, Bmall lots will not Lo lzxrtfnlc(l to mako fiv cara, A itoostn from §7 1o &8 to lightor n car of grain, this ordor will ndd an uxfim cust Lo small Wire Company va. ¢ e shippera of 3 ko 33¢ conta por buahol, . $UT.00,—Lonin A, Drawn o gt 't Wlilsm_ Bunker, ACho sunnl meoting of tho Grand Division of | Hi $15055doe g Sy ‘xfi?afi.‘:"’;‘°‘n".,‘.z}fl;',’{‘,’: s . Tallrond Goniduotors will ha jiold st Baltimore | & 3 on tho 80th inal, Thoy havo potitionad tho va- | = Ctrourr COURT~Conprsrrons— A A6s Farnuin, §708,83,—1 Gmg;u;::“nfl{\.'l‘mm rious Buporintendanta for pansos, and i oy ry | ¥ ol 5, inatanco Iavo raooivad favorable roplips, ? :‘;:‘".‘::3: *ég’uz"% - il The. seoond-mortgago hondholders of the OF ILLINoIm, NORTUERY GRAND Montelalr Hailrond hinve submitlcd s proposition to tho boldors of tho first mortgngo bonds in which thoy offor {0 advanco $G00,000 for ro- pairs, equipmonts, ofa,, ole., if that awn bo mnda g fiest Hon upop that road. . NATIONAL CONVENTION OF RAILIOAD PASSENGER AUBNTS, Nuw Yonk, Bopt. 18,—Cha Gonoral Raflroad Dassonger Agents of tho United States logan {heir somi-annurl Conyontion this mnmln§ intho | 3. i Aottt DXVIHVIDH- Om’\’ii,“xn.,‘?.'f;fiwxg.firmuf"éfirfim*um AT ey o At Thonas woro aduilied o (ha ot 1‘.;”:2‘.:?[;: g 8t. Nicholay ITotel. Onaccount of tho inclem- | tonse, ont wenthiar thoro.way Lt small gttondanco | 10 Morels va. Graves, Hubmiseion set maido ang of dolegaton. Tho prineipal husiness {s to regu- Ints tho prsengor ratgs for the enauin, wintor. ‘The oMeors olectod woro : Presidont, T, L, Kim- hall 1 Vige-Presidont, B, A, Drown; Beerotary, tudy of (ho Bleriff of Cook Oounty, Samol Png;ul(lq unmé ;-:ieuuvum ‘?{;mmugcfi, army. Neumnn v, Sollclo, Dlsmissod, & por cont Monara. . B. Shatinck, John N. ott, and 1B, 600 W W, Wran. Lo souslomn aro " oxposted to Inst | 0% Wirrlekotal, va, Wesk, Dismissod, & per cen until Thuraday poxt, and are copduotpd with oALLoF TnE DocksT, 10, People's Docket, Enril ys, Tho Pe l‘l‘)".-ll‘xduu Dickey, In bohaif of J, T.. T t‘is'mfii‘:“lfi'; Uit shateny enitentiary Lo deliver tho pafsonse tg closed donrh. 3 8l Oy B, & QIR va, d, 1, Col TILE WISCONT™S RAILROAD INIUNOIION. oncall,” QR va, J,d, Colo cbal. Tiken Seciad Disputel to Tha Olifoura T'rimune, 285N, Cam, tmosded, ete, va, Fosoph Iogin, Miwaukee, Bopf. “18,—Intorviowy of Tum Tamuse cnrrl!'spau'&ent with Judga Dizon, coun- | & m}mm g":b'n]-‘flwu Company vs, Georgs Hoye 6ol for thio Btato, nnq Mr.: Cary, counaol for tha "I, ML mflf‘" i AT Bt I'sul Rond, aliclt the fact that tho lattor waa » Il Ebeligh, Continuod for servod with o notice of & motion for nu oxtonsion | - g, 1-";" Exl"lfm V& Jollct Opera-Hougo Gompany, of the injunction, so as to fucludo the Irairia | Taken L du Chion Divivjon. Tho Btato takes tho grounds “ll'llv. I\ 8, Woodward vs, 1, Clay Cone, Taken on that tho Company was not organized, aa appoats by ‘tho rocords, until Apsil” 6, 1810, a month ofter tho Stato Constitution, and Is, thersforo, suhfcnfi to the Stato Constifntion. ~(Soc Ryan's doclelon in Tur TRibuNE of tho 10th nst), “Tho Company will argne that tho amondatory Atatita of 1848 gayo lifo to tho charter; alug, that the other facts wero performed r 0 tha ono uotad abovo that wmount to an accoptance of the charter® boforo tho adoption of the State Conatitution. hp motion conioy up for argu- ment noxt Tussdny. . ‘Tho New Yorlk suitmentionedin this morning'a dlsfuwlmu ia tho aunuul ropowal of & wuit, rev~ oral tim{ideul]flnd&r&(n\ifir of thlu 8t. Ir;nlllflcnnh pruy. The plnintift’s lawyer has offored over W Thet Ve and over again {0 withdraw T for 81,000, 5 1’."]‘1’_“&?1&% g’llmmw Wt — - 09, Trank Parmolos va, E. Lowitz. Taknn on cal, * THE COURTS. 24, The geru Coal Conipany va, Georgo G, Merrick, Uol‘;uflu,\fi‘d !Fr rorvice, Teocard of Gusinesy Tramsnctod Yese | Taken on ea” D0 ™ terdany. . Adjournod kil 9 o'clock to-morrow moruing, - PENILS OF A¥ EDITOR. —_— Georgo W. Rugt, tho publisher and propriotor of the Natignal Live-Stock Journal, bogan a suit & few days ngo in tho United States Cirouit Court against Aloxendor and Augustus Shrop- shire, claiming $10,000 damoges, In the afildn- it filed on which to prosure a warrant of arrost Rust aetates that in July last Lo viitod Paris, Ky, for the purpose of attonding s ealo qf bloodod cpttle, eallod tho Warnoch & Megibban's ealo. While at such selo, without any warning, Alexander Shropshiro assaulted him and knock- od him down with a club, o thon Jumped on tho plulutift, and, drawing a knifo, threatoned, with an onth, to cut bis hoad off. At tho samo timo Augustus Bhropshire, with somo bystand- ers, drow pistols, and, forming a ring, throatened to shoot any ono who interfered, Augustua nleo Licked tho plaintiff in his sido and neck. After somo timo Rust was enabled to got away, but wos scriously bruised, and, as le olaime, provonted thoroby from attending to his business. A fow days ater Alexander published a card in the Trua Kentuckian, over his own signaturo, wherein he avowed that his purposo in making tho assault had beon to make s mark on Rust which he wonld carry to his grave. Tho plaintiff states that he canaot sccutately estimate his damages, but thinks thoy aro certainly 310,000, and lest the defendanty should not be ablo to_raspond to tint amount, bo desired o capias, which was granted under a bond for §8,00, by Judes Dlodgett. NILL TO ENFORCE TRUST, Edward Estivant and Felix Estivant filed a bill against Julos Borie, to compel tha porform- nnco of an' ‘alleged trust. Complajnauts 87, J. Berringer va, Doard Trust Yiew. “Appllcation for Tandsmus:” Fonog or kS Taken on call, . %0 E. Bawyor, Some bassel for examiuation, snd loava fo o2} ‘oxsnps 0, K. T1all va, Jomos Iamilton. Tak U3 Relinrd Bowden v, Willumg Howee °@ Call 91, Fred A, Bragg va, Gty of Oicgn 03, William Shirouves va, 1. Allen, The Town of Henoea, Sudden Death of Surentt's Captor, Ilensy Bonjamin Sto. Marlo, who capturod John 1L, Surrate, died suddenly in he streat in Thiladelphia on Tuesday night of last weok, o had beon complaning of feeling i1l for sovoral days, and on Tuosdny eveniug took his suppor 88 usual with tho family, but died sbortly bofora midnight from henart disease, and a verdict wag #0 rondered. Tor the eapturo of Surratt tha Govornmont offered o reward of 825,000, ITo recoived from tho CGtovernment but $10,000, and instituted » suis for 16,000, the remoindor of the roward. o obtained n Judgment in tha Court of Claime, but the casa was carried by tho Attornoy-Goueral to the United States Supremo Court, whero it i5 now ponding, Tlo was a hative of Cauada, and was 41 years of age. —_— Large Shipment of Condy, . Probably the largest slupment of candy over made from this cily, cud consignod to one parly, was sent forwurd yosterday by tho large confectlonery houso Of M. E. Paga & Co, It amountod to over twelvo tons, aud was consfguod to a confectionory Liouso at Galves. ton, T Upon application Leing mada {o Me, Young, tho Contractiug Agont of tha Iilinola Contral Itadiroad, for car-load rates through to that point, bo #ald that e had nover Leard of sucl a thing as o care load of candy, aud It waa tho firsh imo during his business experience that ho had been asked tho ques- tion, . Mensrx, Pags & Co. have an immeuss trade fn their lno In Callfornta, Toxas, oud throughout all tho Western und Bouthern, ns well an somo of the East« orn Hlates, Wonoticed in their store, und ready for #hipment, large cases, mavked for fan Frauclaco, San Diego, Los Augcles, aud Bacramento, Cal.j San Ane toulo and Dallw, Tex,; Whealing, W. Va.; Cincln~ i‘tam rhn% Ihuvl bro vosidants of Givot, | nat gua Cloveland, 0.; Leaveuworth, St Paul, Kan- xumnfi'ichi ll’f 50';" wh‘l’:l':u‘ ";M C“l"ll“!?;:‘"sr""‘l‘: a8 City, and other points, and one lot of five tons igan, ] for the Iudson Bay Company, AManitoba,—whick bas boon tho mpnagor and their agont. In 1869, when Edward was in this country, Dorio callea bis ationtion to tuo advantages of huying - land near Chicago_for epcoulation, and urged bim to purchase, Edward sccordingly bought o track in Rockwoll's Addition to Chicago, paying 312,600 thorofor, sud, on the suggestion of Bo- rio, hind tho titlo medo in his natne, so0 that it could bo sold without it first being necessary to sond to Franco to got o dead. A fow weoks'ago oug of tho complainants asked Borio to reconvey. to them, as ho was in duty bound to do, but tho defendant refuged, Complainants claim that Borio bnn sopostedly ucknowledgod, by letter -aud vorbaily, that he only held the land in tras, nud thoy thorefora ask that ho may bo com- polled o couvoy tha legal title to them. e UNITED BTATES COURTS, . Tho Third National Bank of ltockford com- menced a suit for £8,000 ugainst O, 'F. Ifall, Joses Iartlott, D, . Garlaud, D. W, Holmos, and John McNeal, ‘o Hoger Wheol Company began an action shows tho great oxtent cf tho business of thin firm, Mesurs., Pago & Co, omploy 130 hands fu thefr matnu- factory, and have the roputation of having tho largest and niat completo candy eatablishinont in the United States, i not in the world, and of manufacturiug the greatest varloty of goods,” Tu thelr store-raom they have shelviug for putting away scvauty-five tons of candy without troiible, thereby” cuabling thom to 81 all ocders promptly, ‘Awong thelr numerous ordora roeeived yosterday, aud copied on thelr hooks, wa saw four of over threa lons cach, and several othors which ‘would boconaldercd {ounenss, Lo great fucilitlos of munufosturing and thelr im- monse bustuoss auables this flem Lo szl thelr goods ot o swall monrglu, and they avo cortainly proparad fo meot all competftion, —_— Tb the Traveling Publio, : Onandattor Oot, 1, {ho namo of tho Weet Sids Driggs Touso will bo changed to Akinuer's Hotcl. Thia sril bo dono with tho viow of rotaintug tho patrounge of tho traveling publle, who aro liabla to be led aatray by zopresontations mada by tho hotal eompany on ‘Wells atreot, who are endasvering to interfore with the travel that haa fovared o with ita patromage for tha Dast tenty yoars, ¢ Tho location of this hotel 14 oentral, and easy of no- €e34 1o all parta of the clty. Tho samo caro and atton- tion that characterized tho old Driggs, under my man- agement, fu tho past, will bo extended to all _giest in thio futute, B, H, Sx1vnED, Manager, S Foge T Havo Tou Got o Lucky Number P This reoms ta b tho Inquiry of almast overy ao who has bean to the Expoition, Tho #0OD" Clothfer's priae tickets aro attracting rauch attoutlon, and havo proven “a capital hit,” Mr. Nutling pro- poaes to give away 100,000 of theso tiokets, numbered it conscoutivo oxdor, and Oct. 1 the lucky oucs will b announced. The tickets cost nothing, and crery oun lins 8 falr chatico o4 ono of tho mauy prizes offared, conslsting of gold and silver walches, clc. ete., rang~ In value from §23t0 §100, 'Ths iden s simply fo adver- tiso M, Nutting's clothing oatablishident at Nos, 18¢ and 18 Btato sireet, aud this s ono of hig original Dlos, s The Coan & Ten Drocko Carriagos, Anew brauch of earrlae mauufacture, nevor bo- fara attempted u Chicago, 14 carrled forward at tho largo entablishmont of the Coan & Ten Broeko Care ringo Mauufacturing Company, cornor of Ann and Taudolph strozts, This Companyis now manufactur- ing landans, landaulots, coupolets, cté., i addition to thio Ughter grade of corciages, and ofr lght road- wagony and buggles, none of which aro excolled fox style, heauty, and finsl, A eall at thelr ropository, No. ‘175 Wabash avebtie, oppoalto (ho Vxpusitin Dullding, will repay the visitor for the timo thus clalmmg#6,000. UANKEUPTOY ITPMS, Dlscharges were 1asnucd to Honry Martin, An- tonle Guydon, N, A. Frankel, end’IT, A, Bumnnor, A'lie Chiioago & Chinn Len Cowmpuny wore ad- Judicated babkeupt by defuult, and o warrant fs- suod for Oct, 25, Loo Lotrio wad adjudioated Lankinpt by de- fault, aud n warraut mado roturnabla Oct. 20, W. G. Wathercll was appointed Provisional Assigneo in tho estate of Abrabam Kaatz, with power to talie possossion of tho goods and ad- vertigo thom for snlo, Tu tho onso of O'Brien & Tayes, an ordor was outored that the procoedings bo dismisscd un- losy ol;}uctlnuu aro filed in ten days, J. W. Butlor & Co., Marder, Luss & Co., Oglesby, Varnita & Co., ‘I 8. Gillett, and 8, I, Itounds filed a polition agalnst Joremish S, Thompson, Willlam 8, Higgie, and Mischaol Zim- or, gopartuors, under the namo of J, 8. Thomp- nou & Co. Petitioners’ combinod claims amount to 29,212.93, and they chargo that the dobtors Lnve mada vatious proforentiul pay- monts: that their dobtd aro about $26,000, and they admit their inability to pay. A ruls to show canuso Oct, 3 was made, Lho firma of J. V. Farwell & Co., Knowles, Cloyos & Co., ILW, Xing & Co,, Keith Brothors, Doggott, Dessott & Hills; Bliss, Moova & Co. M. Bels & Co, Lddy, Hnrvoy & Carlor, and J. A. Cowles filedt o petition in bank- ruptoy agelnet Loandor Powoll and Almet Pow- ell, partners, ab Gilmore, Il Tho clalms of the abovo-mentioned petitioners amount to 85,260.96. "Whoy eloim that {ho_ dsblors hwvo al- | spuan: lowed thoir property to bo takon on logul pro- = Sty coss ; that Almot Dowoll has abscondod, and that | Okieago & Northwostern Rallway—Sun. thig proporty [n Likely to bo squandorod unloss day Train. Tho through Pacitlo axpeeas train for Council Dingrs, Oualia, San Pranclsco, and all othor ¥ar-West poluts, will lesvo tho Wells Street Depot of the Chiesgo & Northwestern Raflway at 10:15 a, m, Sunday, Sept. 30, Through fickets via Chieago, Burlington & Quine: amd Ohleago, Hock Itand & Hachio illwaya ars {os3. ou this traln, —_——— A Good Investimont---Planos at Your, Qwn Prices, Planos for ealo, §23 down, balanca In natallments, Second-band planos, o4 guod as now, from $100to 00, Tianoa for ealo or ront on monthly payments. Au clegaut slockof organs, W. W, KiMpALL, cor- nor of Slate aud Adams stroots, somo fmuedinte stogu aro fukon to provent it, A +ula to show cantgo Oot. 3 aud a provisional war- raut of goizwro woroe issnod | UPLRIOR GOUNT IN MRIER, T, Q. Klmball euod William Iyan, Owen Cof- fay, Carlylo Mason, Goorge, Mason, Johu Mahr, .‘1_. UE;IMMOH' H. D, Galpln, and £ AL Beadloy or #1,000, : Mary A, Taylor flled n bill againat the Ohicago Gas Light and Coko Company, and_abant filty Porsons, tonants of tho land I question, nsking that her dowor may b set off to hor in tho romisas deyeribed aa tho weat half of tha aouth- west quartor of Hno. 4, 89, 14, Jumion K, AloVickor filed a dintross warrant againat J. W, Smith and Qsear 0. DoWolf, olaitn- ing 8933.83 duo for ront of two rooms in 1uVickor's Thentre Bullding, Llizaboth Oareln commoncod n sult In trospasy gx}nluut'o. 0. Rosouburger, laying dumngou at The * Golden Sun’ Fire.Place Honter 18 witliout un equal for slmpllcity, eaee of mausgo mont, economy, and swaunt of heat produced, Hune dreds now uging them {u Ohiosgo testify aw to fta merlt, Bangs Bios, Btato and Van Buren streets, ool atatictupaBidel Planoa to Rent. Lyon & Healy, Btato and Monroo atrools, Lave con- tantly on hand a superior asortmont of planos, In- cludiug * grands ¥ aud # uprights,” at $3 to $12 yor month, Nent deduetod If purchnsod, —— . The Inestimablo Dlessing of sound tveth may Lo cajoyod up to * threo scoro years and fon" if 1ifo lasts 8o loug, by tha rogular use of Sozodont, tho pire and unequalod vegetabla toothe wal, ———— Ohickoriug Upright Planos, Biroug aud elear In tono § stand fu tuug splondily " arranted duzablo; ocoupy vory small space, Reod's; "Ruuplo of Music, 04 Vo Duvos strests A ArtomugCartoy filad o bill agalnst Willlam Ran- dolpl and wife, J, 1% Clinton, Charles Dallard, J. 2, Frooman, aud J, 11, Maploy, to forecloo & ortgago for 2,870 on the wost balf of tho northenst quarcer of Blovk 10, in Garland’s Addi- ton to Wiunotkn, g Aary A, T, Buiith filed o DIl aguinst DaWitt 0. Smuth, tar divorco, on the ground of fm. potency, Williwin Post began o ault nm\lngt the Zina In- CIROUIT COURT, Willlam Hearson and Llil'ayne fllod a petition againsl Lotor BoNolly aud others, for a me- ohanlu's ten, far &1,313, on the fir«minqu known 08 Lo gouth 6Y fuet of Lot 7, in Yloel 18, of Xin- zig'n Addition. ho National Bauk of Commeroo filed w hill agalust 11, B, Ahilor, County 'Wreasurer, to roe struln him from solling ita property for n portion T Yy EeEOg fes s FeNERTYE TN S < rnewTCRSR WG i J | ¢