Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 28, 1874, Page 1

VOLUME 2 DRESS GOODS, DRESS G REDUCED! AT THB Gioeat West Sile Dry Goods Hm_lse. CARSON, PIRIE & (0, Madison & Peoria-sts, Have made tho following changes in pricos oxpressly for tho HOLIDAY TRADE. ‘We havo solectod from our stock Froach Morinos, 80¢ to $1 quality, & large lot now reduced to 50c yd. All-wool French Cashmeros, 3714c. Fino Fronch Wool Diagonals, 50c. Lot of Hoavy Mohair Poplins, re- duced to 30c. English Morinos and Balerno Stripes, now 260, All our richest and best qualities of Dress Goods roducod. NEW PUBLIGhTKOI{fi. BENJAMIN ON SATES. HURD & HOUGHTON, New York, The Riverside Press, Cambridge, TAVE NOW READY THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF i) A Treatise on the Law of Sale of Porsonal Property ; With reforonees to_tho_American Dacl ¥onch Codo of Civil Law. Iy J. P. "G, of Lincoln's Inn, Dareiator-ntlaw. 1id! fila Hon, 4. O, PrREING, from tho Secand Unglls ition. * n ono volunio, 6¥o. Law sheoy, $7.50, TENIAMIN ON SALES honalrendy acquired an envlablo rei utation both In ~Groat Britain and f_tho Amierican Btates, 'Tho tirst cdition wan fsstied In 1563, and was very it exhaustod. ‘A sooond odition waa callod for and cliatlon of Amerlean decitions, and has fa_all other e -peota adantod tho work to the ueo of the Josal pro- feaston In this country, followlog tho metitod of tho author 88 far as praoticablo, LATELY PUBLYSIED. Greon's Criminal Law Roports, Caitty on Contracte, 3 vol Jiigolow's Lifo and Accider 1 sunott’s Iiro usarando Cases, B vol Sent, prepuld, on re. 4 For aale by Law Honkaellers, celpt of price, by tha Publichers OCEAN NAVIGATION. Nationol Line of Steamships, NOTICE. "Thiomost sontherly roufo liss aliwasa boon adoptod by R e e 0 VAR O B ana QUENS- 0w rk for L] it P E o8 Lo RN ooty SATU DAY, " @ Satling from N, York far Loudon (dirogt) évory fortnlght., Gubin nasané, 00, $70, GUTTONCY : MLoerFor At Kreatly reduced ratas, Noturn ‘ll;k?lul. 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Sicumors sail evory two weol ST. AUGUSTINE HOTEL, BT, JAUGUSTINE, TLA. Thts favorits Houso ha beon cnlnrged and rofurnished, snd Tsnow apon for tha recoptlun of wusta, 1ot Sale Water Butha have b d, Adtr R VAL G Bropriators, Augustive, Fis, INSTRUGTION. SOHOOL OF VOCAT, ART, A Sohool for tho oducation of Teachors andt Astists wil o apon o Istof Japunry, 1875, Prine)) pal, MRS, 1, AT Buthior of Vi th Singing, s wad' *+ Volso b Bposking.® Circulers giving full fnformation ot masto storos, or gon iy e Spaifapplienion S Actuirs, 0 Ulaiomats Piiitudol FRACTIONAL CURRENCY "$5.00 Packages TRACTIONAL CURRENCY IN EXCUANGE YOR Bills of National Corrency, TRIBUNE OFFICE. A STATE GF ANARCHY. Touisiana Is Near Being That _Kind of a State, Its Troubles Will Culminate with tho Mecling of the . Legislature, Gen, Sheridan Is Expected to Talte Command at That Time. But He Denies Absolutely Any Knowledge of Such a Mission, The Movement in Opposition to Republicanism. How the Old-Line Democracy Suc- ceeded in Getling Con- irol of It. A Respectablo Element Foreed into tho Posilion of a Shield to Reve- Tutionists. Trying to Guide a Bull by the Horns. The Metropolitan Police Clamor- ing for Back-Pay. SHERIDAN AND LOUISIANA, . PROFOUND BECIEQY NEGARDING GEN. SHERIDAN'S MOVENESTS. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Triounc, ‘Wasnsaroy, D. 0., Deo. 27.—Tho Govorn- ment authorities for gomeo reason are ondoavor- ing to maintain profound scerecy rogarding tha movaments of Gen, Sheridan, . 16 is statod hero to-night, howover, upon authority which caunot bo doubted, that Gon. Bhieridan lins loft, or soon will leave, Chicago for tho Sonth, ostensibly upon & pleasuro trip, but that the real purpose of Lis mission is to persounlly investigato the military and political situation, and, if neod be, to tako immodiato tomporary commnnd of tho United Stntes forces at Now Orleans, 1t is stated that Shoridan has in Ina possession sealed instructions ng to tho courso to be pur- sued upon arriving at Now Orlequs, Tho friouds of Gen, Emory are making a tremendous effort loro to prevent his removal, and are nsing vocin influences to that ond. In viow of the OPPOSITION TO EMORI'd NEMOVAL, which has becomo go formidablo sineo yester- doy, itis possiblo that the dotermination to ye- placo Emory poermancotly by Gen. Torry may be reconsidered, cspecially in view of tho presonco of Gon. Bheridan in New Orleans. Thore is a curions story here nbout the causes which are supposed to bave in- duced the Government to order Sheridan to pro- ceed to Now Orloans in sccret. It is enid that trustworthy information hay been received hero to tho offect that, at & moeting of tho Whito Lengue at Jackson, Miso., it wan resolved that no army ofileer of high ranlk shionld be pormitted to go to New Orleans to strengthon tho forces thera, nud that, if nuy attempt is mndo to send such nn officer South, TIE TRAIN WOULD DT WRECKED, Ttis the purpoeo of the Government to hava Shoridan in Now Orlennn nt tho time when, if thers f8 fo bo any diliculty, bostiliien will be mozt likely to oceur, on tho assombling of the Legislnture on Jan, 4. Thero aro oxtrava- gont rumora hero to-night of the probability of an immedinto outbreak, ~ Lato private dispatches received by Eeoutor West, huwever, show that theyo i nO mnyo rearon to expeet immedinto tronble than thero has beon for soverzl days past, [7o the Assoctated Press.) THE COMING ALSSION OF THE LEGISLATORE, Wasmixaroy, D, C., Doe. 27,—The Loulsiann Togislature moels Jan. 4, when it is expacted stern opposition will bs made in the Ilouse of Ttopresentatives to the rulings of tha Hoturning Ioard, and to this timo prominent persons hero aro looking with much golicitnde, 'Firero iasomo color totho report that should it become neces- gacy Licut.-Gon. Shoridau will proceed ta Naw Orlesns and nssumo command, If rumor is to bo credited, be will be in proximity to New lOrlmmu on 'the dsy of tho moeting of tho Ligis- nture. A TrinoNe reporter called on Lieut.-Gen, Sheridan, nt his residence, yostorday aftornoon, to nscortnin tho truth of the specinl dispateh from Washington stating that Lo had beon ordered to procoed forthwith to New Orloans, nnd there take commnud, until relioved by Gen. Terry. Gen. Bheridan disclaitmed all knowledzo of siich orders, and saylng that, o8 yot, ho had not received any intimation of thas naturo ; that tho {irst ho had henrd of it was the special dis- patch in yosterdsy's Tninuxe, With a bland #mile upon his good-natured face, ** Liltlo Phil” informed the reporter that, should ho over retiro from tho military servico, ho would like to becowme o nnwupnlwk reporter, an Lthey kuow everything, and wero in adviuco of any one elso, 1o flattored himself thiat bo was a8 smart a tho avoragoe reporter, but this time thoy had boat him, and if orders had been issued sending him to the Gulf City, thoy had not reachiod him. 'Tho roporter thankad tho Gonoral fortho information, and nssurod him that should he concludoe to join the band of roporters ho would receive a hearty welcome, and tho boys would do tho square thing by him and ** whack”™ at ovory opportunity, and with o parting salute bowed himself out” from the presenco of tho Lioro of Winchestor, . —_— BYERLY'S MOTIVES, A CIIVALROUS KULE. Speeial Dispateh to 7'he Chicano Tribune, ‘WasuinaTon, D, 0., Dec. 27, —Loulsianaians hero oxplain that the attack of Byerly upon War- moth was to prevent Byerly's friond from fight- ing the ducl which it had boon agreed would tako place this wedk with Warmoth, It oppears that under the ocodo, ns practiced in New Orloans, & duolist, even whon s challengo hins boen accopted, onn declino to fight pravided cithor onoof tho parties ia publicly cowhided or outrnged after the nc- coptuuca of the chullougo. Liie purpase of By- otly is #nid to have boon to givo his friend tho opportunity of availing bimself of this provis- jon of the codo, ag_the latter did not imugine that Warmoth would accopt Lis ehallengo. e THE OPPOSITION TO REPUBLICANISM, Bpecial Correspondence of The Chicago Tridune, New Onueaxs, Deo, 24,—This quostion of parly, ag conuceted with thy united and bister apposition to’ Republicanlsm so painfully avident in Loulsinna, ia ono not quito so readily solved an might at first thought bo imagined. " Like tho cloments composlng tho body politie, it i at best decldedly mixed, The call for o Htato Canvontion fonnd far from » united peoplo, It developed, in fact, not a little of foeling, as well a8 @ varioty of {ntorests and differouces, the overcoming and harmowmizing of which occe- sloned no Littlo solifiudo in the patriotle coun- icCouye Dailp CHICAGO, MONDAY, DECEMBER cila of the faithful. Thero had been nothlng' 1iko political harmony, and vory littto liko organ- ization, sinco Reconstruction, Tho genorally- admitted fatlure of amisnrablo attempt at fusion, a8 ropregonted In tho ticket of McEnory and Ponn, had dono littlo to improve tho situa- tion, T'horo was a comploto and auttor bronking- up of anything and overything’ lilo pnrty-tios. A fow would-bo ropresontative individuals claimed to apenk for tho Liborals. Cortain sec- tiong of tho Slato lnd got into tho soomingly- confirmed labit of roturning so-called Inde- pendents, Thero was n recognized oloment that bad passed for Reformers, Thero remained n voatigo of tho voleran Domocracy, To offect an organizasion of all tho different clementa WAS THE FRODLEM, Thero wero othor isauos, too, that occasioned no Iittlo troublo. Corlnln parishes on tho wostorn frontior, for Instance, doveloped s strong foeling in favor of soceding from the Stato and annoxing thomsclves to Toxas. Thero wha o ponoral feoling of jeslousy, too, nmong tho politicians in tho country as ngninst city supromacy. It showod itself, on tho start, in o call for an Indopondent Convontion. 'I'o cap the climax, quite n stroug organization had sprang up In the clity, known ns “Tho ilives.” Ita members distinetly ropudinted all porty afilia- tion, They wore repudiators, in fact, in both a material and political scuso. Their platform was nothing more nor lesa than ropudiation. They claimed & mombership of sovoral thousand votors. ‘Thoy ropresented, as understood, sov-~ oral millions of real estate, Tholir peeuliar tonots wore known as far from uapopular throughout tho Btato. ‘1be Domocrats, truo to thoir nature, throngh all their dofeats had alono mamtained anything like s party-organizatiou, The State at large having beon Democratic in the past, too, tho country pross] wero of thoeamo olden school, Botwgon tho two, tho Democracy turned out MASTERS OF THL SITUATION. Thero ‘must needs bo something liko party-ma- chinery through which to effect anything of an organization for the future, That of tho cam- Daign of 1872 bad fallen to- piecos of its own weight. T'ho various conflioling olemonts mak- ing up the original fusion bad no joint repre- sentation in any shapo, snve a8 found in tho so- called Commutivo of Hovouty. Tho Commitioo of Soventy, limited in ita dutics to tho prozecu- 1ion of the claims of McEnery & Co, heforo Con- {reag, were vocoguized as having no furthor au- thority. Whoy had paved tho way for o campaign, Thoy hiad 1aid tho foundation Tor abundanco ot campaign-materinl for tho Northern Demacracy, They had pul the ballin motion that wan to giva tho le to tho proviously incontrovortible fact, a8 ndvauced by Souator dorton, of o gon- erally penceablo and quiet condition of affaire, Tnoro could no longor bo a claim of & general acquicseenco on the part of the m.-uplu m the oxisting Governmont of the State. ‘Lhoy wure Docoming stirred up to a spirit of revisianco, quito as domonstrative au even tho mout ranpsut of tho Northorn Domocracy could desire, 'Ihe Comitteo of Soventy hiad quite fullitled thoir duty io tho premises. 'Fhov wero npeither cu- tharized nor preparcd to taka the initiativein n movoment looking to the organization of tho gevorally-convulsed and discordant olements. The old-timo Dewmocracy, ovor_on the nlort, took advantagoe of the cituntion. Under the aus- picen of o relic of » formor Demacratic Central Commitleo, & call was prommigated for a Stale Convontion, 1t brought forth, s before stated, a call tor s AN OPPOSITION COMVENTION, o8 emanating from tho northern nnd western portioun of the Btate. Qriginating in the jealous foars of tho country politictang, tha fzsucs wore a4 between tho White Leaguo cxtremints nud the former moto politic Domocratie leadors in the city, The call us premnulgated from tha conutry 1ind for ovo of its siguers no less a persomago than Me ry himeclf, It wno at onco n decla- ration of independence and conscious suporiority on tho pmb of tho cowntry oxtiemisth, ‘It was a Llow, opon und dircet, atthe moro consorvative or lending chwses of tho city It chnllonged immediate action, too, on 1ha part of tho Liboral clements, an rep- resented by Mr. Poon, LThey must show 1 atrong and energotic haud, or be hitorally overridden by the rank and thie, Detwoen tho Conservatives and the Liberals, a# o consequonee, n moyeront was forced on tho part ol the Commitico of Soventy. The Committeo of Sovemy :must needs nttompt the somewhat despounte fout of riding tho clements it bad boen chiefly instrumental in puttng it mation. It camo outin tho rolo of a madiator. ‘Iho immediato result was a new and J call, through tho machiuery of the so-called Demo- cratic Contial Counmnitteo, indorsed by the Com- witteo of Soveuty, fora gensval or ' IEOPLE'S CONVENTION.” Tha situation, in tho maantin moro party-connidorationg, was baconuiyg alurm- ing enough. Mhe process of slirring up Lho people for political effact was fast producing it legitimato fruils. Peacoable, and quiet enotigh, at tho close of tho Inst sestion of Congrera, thoy wurfi now geen evergwhore turbulent and ox- cited, ‘Fhrough a largo portion of the Stato, tho or- gonizazions of Whito Leagues bad obtained o complote and abvolute control. Combmiug, very naturally, tho vicious and lawless clements of, 1t best, o somowhat Inwless community, such cloments, us was natural, fast gained the aseend- oucy. "Lheir hatreds and animoeitios woro kept at fover-loat by constant_appeals to their proju- dices through an intonsoly-bitter and partisan Thoy wora as constautly stirred to action by lacal and generally unprinciplod politiclaus of the old-time Demoeratic uchoot, It wae n ro- enactment of the oponing scones of 1861, All of the lower clements woro fust wolded 1uto a com- puct mags iu the lend of the same old PELL BLIRITS OF NEDELLION, As then, tho apirtt of partisan hatred and law- lessmoss overrodo and erashed out by its very intensity, and conscauent intimidation, ail of opposition among tho better and ‘moro pesco- n{; ly-disposed citizons, Through s large portion of the Stato, more perticulily ihe northorn and westorn parishes, tho Stato oflicinls had beon foreibly driven from thelr homes, ‘Tharo was, consoquently, nothlog of legnl authority that could offor any restraint, It was genoral Inwlessneay, with not u little of outrnge, aud ovon murder, It was s Robol De- wocracy, rampant for possossion of tho Stato, The wituation as doveloped in New Orleans, too, boded but “onrly indoed for tho supremaoy of tho maro Liberal clemonts, Tho various Or- ders or Councils of tho Whito Lougue, original- 1y framed, ns understood, for politival effective- Ti08B, wore beeu grudually ssswning the compact form of n mulitary organization, Composed, in tho main, of tho youngor and more inflummable olements of an intousely-inllammablo commnuui- ty, tho organization, at best, wag far from Con- gervativo in its tondonclos, It was wado little losa 80 by constant sud inkldious appeals to its projudicos and . Lutieds, through the most ultea of ‘a moro than - proseripe tive press. Tublic opiuion, from sheer foreo of projudico, rapidly drifted futo tho_ old-timo .chsnnel of tho liebel Democraoy, {The Ficayune, ay tho assumod and recognized organ of the more rospoctable aud Liberal olements, strove in valu to mtom tho tide, Thoro was presonted tho despernte and impracticablo ex- podient of scokingto direct the current by load- g Lho way, "'ho offort to organize r * Poople’s Convon- tlou ™ through tho mashinery of o Democratio organization could huve but the ono rosult, 1t must necesserily rosult in bringiag sll of the varioun olomonts UNDER CONTROL OF TIIE DEMOCRACY. ‘Thero was presonted, lLiowover, no resource, oside from Thoto of the miore rospectable or Libersl oloments, too, must uvoods take tho lesd. ‘the voprencutative mercantilo and busi- ness classos,. ay_found in the Soull, and particutarly In Loulsinnn, are the vorlest cowards imaginablo i #0 far as politi- cul indepondenco 18 councorned, _ Iirave, nprhaps, ovon to rashuess, in a porsonal sonwo, they yot cower in ubjeob submission at tho first crack of tho whip, as applied by _thoe recoguizod conservators of public opimlon, "It is the only explanation of muoh thut must otherwise seomt incomprobiensiblo fn Southorn, und partioulacly Lowsians, affaivy, Poblio opinion, nt best, is o moro fivesponublo mob; its consorvators, o bovy of equally irrespousiblo politiouun, T'hoso who, from thielr socisl and imornl standing, should ut loast ggive tone and charactor,—should, in fuct, divecet,—nro as complotely N TIL JACKGROUND a8 thongh dovoid of u A)allucnl oxiatence, Worso then this, thoy aro mado toaot as & sort of u mioral shield for that which, howaver repignant, thoy have not the proper porvo to donounce, X¢ in thns that the murdors and outrages so In. timatoly asroglated with the name and scoming cread of the Louisinna Domocracy find an ever- roady npologist in tho persnn of any of the moro rospoctablo clnssos. 1t 14 thus, too, that in all of tho ro-called * popular domonstrations of the peoplo,—such, for inatance, ns that of tho 14th of Boptombor Inst,—all thoso of the uppor clasdon aro agsumod o3 in tho load. This moro respoctablo or Liboral cloment, roprosonting, 1 thoy do, to no Titile. oxtont, tho old-line Whige, conld havo littlo of sympathy, Bavo ns basedt on mutual projudico, with tho old- nchool Democracy, T'ho two olemonts, in_fact, lind beon gradually drawing nsunder. Public foeling, lowover, or porhaps I shonld more rraperly sy, public projudice, was fast assum- [ug an unmistakablo dircotion. 'Thero was littlo, if any, attempt on tha part of tho moro respeot- nblo clagson to stem tho tido. I'heir gons, too, wora tho loading spirits of tho Whito Longuo organizations, Thoy formod tho creme-do-n- cromo of n socond genoration of Loulginon chivalry, anxious todo and dio for their native Btate—Tor its indopendonco from Radien! ruto. With tho netion uf tho Commitico of Seventy, the Liberal, clemonts, poworloss to rosiet the pressuro nnd undor tho spur of their pro- judices ns stirrod up in overy couceivablo shapo against the Ropublicans, wore FONCED *NTO T, Tt was to bo o *Pouple’s Convension,”—a second fuelon, that was to bo an ovorwholiniug defent to the Radicals, and o consoquent regeneration ot tho Btate. Tho Libernl or maore reapoctablo olasges must needs, perforee, o8 o patriotic duty, display a proper zeal In the cnuse. 'Uhoy mitst givo n propor moral tone to the movement by showing thomsotven in tho load. Thoy might thus hope'to direct tho elomonts for the good of the Stato, It wan thus o preesure on the one eldo, and an oxbortation to'duty on the other, Detwoon tho wo, they took up the cross of the Demoeracy. ‘Mo rosult, as might hovo boen foremcon, ehowed the Whito Leagne oloments in full and comploto control. That which was to bo ** vgople’s Convention ” rojeoted tho appollntion, aven, with contempt. Whilo tlfo doors of tho congrogntion wera opon to all, nono but thoso of tho simon-pure wero allowed to partako of tho Sacrament. The nominations, in thg main, woro of tho most ullra of tho White Loaguo Domacracy. I'hose of {ho moro respactablo or Libernl olemonts wora gonerously accord- ed the right hond of fellowship, to tho oxtent of boing nllowod to oxtend their countenanco and nupport, They wore givon something more : they wero givon tho honor of nffording A SHITLD OF RESPRCTADILITY to (ho mustor-uphrits iu tho rest. Thoy woro ropresented on tho original tickue of 1872, in tho pesgon of alv, Penn, tho candidato for Licuten- ant-Governor. ‘Thoy had atond by Mr. Penn through nll tho controverrios of iho past. They could not desort him now, iu tho opoti ing of & wsccond’ campnign that was io rodeom the Btate from TRadical rulo. Thoy had committed themsolves, too, in a joint pmticipation in tho Couvention. They bad been representod in tho Commilios of Sovonty in the peraon of ils President, dr. Marr. Lhey had contributed the means, in tho maln, through tho Commitles of Soventy, for o prozecution of the clrimy of Mclinery and Penn. ‘Tho Committoo of Soventy, in neoming requital, wns takon iuont of tho cold. It way mergod into tho Democratio Cenlral Committee. Mr. Murr, tho formor President of the ovo, in re- ward fov hig rorvices, was made Chintrman of tha other. Of all men in the State, if to be judged by bLis services, bo desorvod most at the linuds of tho faithinl, - Ho was rewarded with ompty honory, while thoso of tho simon-pure pineged tho fruit. Ag a spur to continued patriotien, ho is to receive a Hon's shave in tho futuro, Mo is 10 Lo decorated with tho lionors of & sont In tho Unitod States Sonnte 3 that 1s, provided thoro is no elip botween tho onp and the lip, Incho meantime, U FILLS TUZ DOST OF REAPONAINILITT. Mo is tho ronresentative, too, ay understood, of tho respectablo clessen 3 Lo i n Liberal and an old-line Whig. Thoe. Liberals, throug him, may bo eeid to form o reraeu of reapectavihey fur the revolutivniats in th roar, We havo thus tho more' respecteblo eloments, noewiogly in the front, nnd lacking the moral conrago to relioye thowselves {rom the situstion. In tho remr of ithoso, us well underdtood, i o buvy of rovolutioniets, in 2etual cantrol of tho meehive, Dehiud thoio rovolutiouists, ngain, aro all of tho elemouts of rovolution at secining command, 'I'no revolutionary massos, from tho first, havo erowded their ravolutionary leadors, . ‘I'bo lead- ers hiave forced tho issues with the Governmont and tho party in power. Tho Goyormnent and party liave recedod atep by utep, through weak- nees and o deiro to avold n collision. ‘Cho Tab- orals would faiu control tho clements by riding tho storm, “heir ropressntalivo, as Chinirman of tho State Contral Commitiee, a yonornblo old- lino Whig, is riding the Demoeratic bull, in the desperato offort to guido bim by the hum]u(. ENO. PR~ A POLICE ROW, TIG SLW ORLEANH **METHOYOLITANS" TACKLE GOY, LELLOGU—THEY WANT THEIR DAY, BUT T QLT 1T, vain the New Orleans Picayunc, Dee, 25, Yostorday, at abous 11 o'clock, tho ditforont membors of the polico foteo began to ussomble ab the First Procinct dtation, in uniform, with <es intontion of, at 12 a'clock, matching down in & Lody to Gov. Kellogy, at tho State- Ifouso, aud then demandiog from him their pay . The forco, it will bo remomboered, baa not been paid for nt least four mouths, and, heing unablo to procuro the bave neeessaries of lifo, havo s last bocamo desporato, and claim thas, if thoy aro not paid ab loast somo portion of their mon- oy by Saturday night, they will quit. Asgombling accordizngly somo 150 in number, with all tho members from the Tirst Precinct and dologations from most of tho others, they, hondait by tho Sorgeants nnd Captalos of tho difforent precinets, marched down Carondelet stroct to Bt. Louis, pud theneo {o the hotel and up.stairs whora the Govornor was in his offico. Tho Captsing of tho dilferent precincts and the Horgeants wero appointod & Sommitice aud went in’; Capt. Planigan, of tho Fiit, ncting as spokesman, Ho slated in o fow words thut the ‘mon Lnd not Leou paid for monthe; that many of thom woro destitute of ovon tho bare neces- oarios of life, aud that if they wore not paid tho mon coild no Jonger romain on the forco, o thig tho Govornor roplied that ho had been trying to got them a littlo monoy, but that ho had found it imnogsiblo, Mr. Ol;hm_b , the Prosi- dont of tho Nutionsl Dank, declining to glvo them money. 1Te might bo mandamused under hin contract, but this” wonld tako timo; but if thoy were to walt until about tho 15th of Janua- xy, whon ranttors could ho sottled, he was suro thoy could got their pay. Tho Govarnmout was very unsottled, thoy wore nob sure what wonlkl tako plucaany day, but mattora would at Ieast bo sotiled by that timo, and overy ono would know how thoy stood 3 in the meantimo ho roforred thom to Mr, Oglesby. = Wit this tho Committeo rotired to tho of- ficers, but immodiatoly tho oxplanation wns mado thoro was n most terrsblo uproar, and tho crowd, pushing by tho door-lkeepor, pourod into tho room, hended by Ofticor Glonsou, of the I'irst Procinct, and n Yarge negro. Kollory; snid **Woll, boys, I'm gind to sea you, and I'm sorry I can't'got your money. Your officers will oxplaiu the matter,’ Uliicer Gloason—**But that won't got us our money, and by G— so want it. 1 dou't knuw to-night whother I shall havo o houso ovor my lioad or not; and all tho thne wo huve hoen sorv- ing your Governmont and upholding your Con- ubitution for nothing." Gay, Kelloy Well, well, 1'm sorry for you." Olticor- on't *woll, woll ' us—wo want our monoy—wa stood up for you on tho 14th of Bop- tombor, and somo af' us wore killed for you, sud 10w whok Wo waut oug pny wo can't got it." Gov, Kelloge—*Tho Jast timo you got any monoy I ralsed it mysolf, giving my noto for 14,000 for lm“ of i, Your Board mado n con- tract with Dresldont Oglesby for your mouey, Whero eau I got it 7" Ollicor—*" Joubert hns over §200,000, Iray took ovor 8o much, and wo wunt ours, aud by G, intend to havo it,” (loy, Kollogg (excitedly)—* Put that man out, put bim outl whiat is your namo?" Lurning to Commissionor Joubert—** Put thnt mnn off tho force, put him off." Oflger—* Iy (t— you can't Ent any of us off; ill you do you can’t got anybody to wko our lages,” ) Gov, Kollogg—"*Yos I can; thero aro many White-Loagu. s, now ready to take your places— many of tliom." B Olficor—'*No, thera a'intj po, thero a'lat. Thoy wou't work without pey. No one hay 28, 1874, #erved or wiil sorve you as we hayo, and wo want our ducs.” ‘Thoro was quite an uproar at this, and, when 1t _subalded, “tho mon wero porauaded to go off with tholr offioors n sonrch of Mr. Oglosby. o thoy saw at hia bank, and Lo told them ho wonld givo thom o moooy ntll the city paid him what thoy nlready owed. This being ruur satiefaction, thoy rotired, boing much out of humor. ‘I'his manifestation by tho police shows plainly their attisudy to the. Xellogg Govornment, aud that thoy will, nuless somothing ia ehortlh done, bo its bitterest apponenty, ————— WEARY OF LIFE, A Prominent Minister of the Gospol Cuts 11is Ovwn Thront—£lo is Detects od In Stealing o ook in n Storc— The Shame of Bxposure Supposed to 1o the Cruseo of the Acts Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune, Wasitrxaro, D. C., Doo, 27.—Tho Rov. J, M, Cooms, pastor of the Western Prosbytorion Churol of this city, committed suicide hero this morning under extraordinary circumstances, A Bundony papor contained tho following paragraph ¢ “For many months tho store of a prominont bookeeller ka8 boon vikited by & mau woll on in years, and noatly dressed, aftor tho fashion of a ministor of tho Gospel. Ho would walk around jthejstore, examining books, ronding passuges, but never making & purchase. Latoly our stationer hns misged books, and all attompts to iind bow thoy wero taken failed, until yestorday, whon tho clerical-looking gentloman was discovored to bo tho klepto- maniac, Ho was standing in tho store quiotly rending o book ho had taken, whon & customer cntored, upon whom the proprictor turnod to wait upon. , Tho instant his back was turned tho Gospol gontloman loft_tho store. Tho nta- tloner immodintely followed bim, nud, coming up, atked what he aid with {hat book. Who rever- end gentloman tumed palo, and with tho ox- clamation, *For God's salio don't oxpogo mo publicly,’ brought forth the stolen book from under ~ hin cont." That clergyman wag i . Coomp, This moming ~ his con- grogation at tho fashionnble Wost Lind assembled at the wsuul time, Tho nour for services enmo, but tho pastor was ab- sent. A meosengor was dispatched to his apart- mont., 'Cho door was barred, T'ho messenger forced tho door to find the dend body of Coams in bin chambor, with biy thront so terribly cnt that the hoad was nearly severed from the body. "o imeasenger, horror-strickon, nunouncod tho fact to tho cuugm?mum Subsequent inquiry digcloges tho following facts : Conms has been an fhonored and successful clorgyman of this District for a quaricrof o contury, ab firet in tho Mothodist, and Intely in tho Prouby- ‘torian denomination, Cooms' wife for wome yoors hau boon insano. his calamity oo at timea clouded bis mind, ‘Fhero were no chil- dron, Tor nomo weeks tho old family maid-n vant has noticod that Cooma was unusunlly de- preesed and oxhibited symploms similar to thoso which were manifested in tho carly stuges of Mra. Caoms’ insnuity. This moreing, for tho first time in very many years, Cooms orderod all the Sun- day papers purchased and brought to lum befora church, The papers wero found in his room carefully exninined, $hio ono contalniug thoabovo parageaph hnd last beon road, aud fay on top ag if this pnvagraph bad been carefully rood, Tho euicide, according to tho account of tlwe, musi have speedity follow- od tho rording, Thers was 8o much method, however, intho madness that n con- giderablo quantity of Government Londs wero found carefuliy srranged upon the {ablo nent tho fatal nowspnper. Tho clorgyman wus o man of proporty, ‘Llso throat was ous with {wo rezory, and the work was thoroughly douo, e CAIF: SCEIUR! Flattering ficeeption to.the Distir gualzed Jenator 1 Moston—is Lee.. o Fowrs v B Spezial Dispatch to The Chicaao Tribunc, Dosrox, Dec. 27.—Senator Schurs srrved in Toxton last evening, from Kow Yoik, to Legin his lecturo tonr in New England. e dinod with tho Iom, . W. Bivd, as Parker's, and in the oven- ing dolivered bis lecture on ** Educational I'rob- Jems"” under the auspices of the Nercantile Library Aesocintion. Thore was a good .wndi- ence, and tho leclura wan well reccived, After- wards ho went with Mr, Dird to the rooms of tho mnow Commonwealth Clab, vhoro tho wao informally secoived. M. Rtichard Olney, ono of the Vice-Uresidonts, way in tho olnir, though it was hopad the Dresdent, Judge E. L. 1ionr, would bo ablo totako hig seat. Scontor Schurz was heartily welcomed, and, tho courso of tho conversation which followud, lie gave much intoresting inforniation nbout the progpce: for legislation during tho provent nud tho coming pessions of Congresa. ~ To-morrow ovening ho will lecturo at Fitchburiz, Cuorday at Cambridge, Wodnosday at Lynn, Thursdny st Nowport, Friduy at averbill, and Saturday at Provideuce, R. I, CASUALTIES, FELL UNDER A MOVING TRAIN. Spesiat Dispatch fo Tho Clican P'ripune, MaNggIzLD, Pa., Dec. 2G.~A boy 9 years of egonamed John Riloy, was run over bya freight- train hero this afternoon, cutting off both his legs. Ho Jumped on the train at tho station to ride to tho west-ond yard, noar whera his peronts Jivo, When Lo nttompted to et off he slipped and foll under tio train, e will not swwive kis injurics, DISTRESSING AUCIDENT. §r. Louts, 3o, Dee, 27,—~By the explosion of a apirit-lamp Jast night at the residenco of Her- man Bour, No, 1720 Liun streot,” Mra. Bour, an infant 8 days old, o porvant-girl named Adela Kloucly, and Mr. Beckordt wero frighttully burnod. Tho Intter's injurios were recoived in oxtinguighing the flamer, which were ronsting &hg Wwomsan aud babo, and which ho succeeded in loing. TIRESS, / AT BOSTON, MASS, Bostoy, Macs., Dee. 27.—The mill of the Nor- ton Stoam Yower Company, n¢ Norton, Mass., was hl:‘rncd lngt night. Loks £40,000 ; pactially ingured, AT NEW YORK. Nrw Yonk, Dee. 27.—The turniture-storo of Ward, Warren & Co., corner of Spring and Cros- Dy btroots, was burned to-day, Loss, 8140,000, Iisuranco not nscertained, Incondiary. —_—— AID FOR THE GRASSHOPPER SUFFERERS. Special Dispatoh fo The Chicuao Tribune, MinwAuxez, Wis, Deo. 27.—In responso ton call of the Chamber of Commerce Nobraske lie- liof Committos, ull tho churchos closed to-night to give their congregations an opportunity to ot- tend tho roliof mass moeting at tho Academy of Mugic. William Brigham, of the Committoo, prosided. ‘The Rov. Mr. Tibbitts, of Nebraskn, addroseed tho mooting for one bour, dotniling tha destitution aud suffering of 10,000 familios in thirty-threo counties. Tho meeting contrib- uted liberally. A rogular eanvass will” bo mado to-morrow for money aud olothing. — JOURNALISTIC. 8r. Loute, Mo, Deo. 27.—The ZTimes nn- nounces to-day that Tnesday next the man- agerial and oditorial control of that paper will bo transforred to Stillson IMutehins, n formor propriotor, and for somo time past tho manager of tho Evening Dispateh. Thoe Times will bo ro- duced inslze aud prico, aud chnnged from itu presont quarto to n follo form, It is clalmed that th chnngo will add to, instend of detract from, it yulus as o comprolionsive nows journal, and that it wiil continuc to bon reliablo and con- slstont ndvoeato of true Dewocratio prinelplos, OCEAN STEANSHIP, NEWS, Nuw Yonx, Dec, 27,—Arrived—Stoamer Adri- atig, from Livorpoal. DPrynovry, England, Deo, 27,—Steamor Cam- brin, from Now Yorl, arrived, —_—— KING KALAKAUA, New Yonm, Doc, 27.--King Kalakana and suite attondod Bolomn Lligh Mass thil 1 B B, Al opioute Ol S0 diam thle morlug R Zaqp WASHINGTON. President Grant Will Not Aban- don Civil-Service Re- ¢ form, The Responsibility for Such Action Must Fall on Congress, Significant Nints of Donn Piatt Touching the Pacific Mail Swindte. The Rock Island & Hennepin Canal Before Congress. Status of the Ilinois Delegation—The Quarrel Between Dixon and Sterling. Plans of the National Board of Trade for & Department of Commerse. The Limitation of Claims---Lettor from Congressman Lawrence, Relative Value of Silver Coin and Fractionnl Currcncy. Counterfeit Bank-Notes--~Tle Necessity of"a New Issue, CIVIL-SERVICE REFORM. TUE PRESIDENT NOT 7O ADANDON CIVIL-BERVICE . REFORM, _\r_ Snectal Dispatch ta The Chicago Tribune, . WasmiNarox, D.C., Dee. 47.—The' roports bt the Presidont intonds to abandon tho Civil- Bervico Reform do not seem to bo well founded, Tho friends of Civil-Sorvico Reform. on the con- Lrary, are auite confidont that Congross may yot make an appropriation for the continuance of tho Civil-Servico Commission, 'This expectation ia hosed on tha goveral desiro forunity nmong Ropublicaun. In tho evont that an approptiation should b rofused, it will still bo competount for the President to maintain the syatem, esposinlly in tho Lxceutive Departmont. It mny not bo generally known that, by a law which has nover Deow ronealed, the Sceretary of the Treasury iy specifically direoted to SIAISTATN CIVIL-SERVICE Examining Doards in Lis Depactmont, of hmch 2, 163, provides that “No clerk shall bo appointed in any of tho Jour closses in tho Treasury Depart- went untii afler no has been oxawined aud found qualitied by n Doard, to consist of hreo exariners, ouo of tham to bo the Chiof vf the burean or oflico into which tho clork is to ko appointed, and the other to bo seloctod by the Lozd of tho dopartment to which #uch clorlejs to bo nssigned.” Lhia clauno of the law of 1837 is re-enncied in the now coditication, 1o ox~ awinctions vero contiuned in full forcs from tho dalo of tho onactment of tho law until the War duyy, whou, owing to tho great pressuro of busi- nosy, tho law scems not Lo huvo been closely ol served, From tho time that Doutwell ontered upon tho administration of tho ‘U'rensury umil thanew Civil-Servico Reform rules woro put in force, tha old luw wae %o RIGIDLY EXECUTED, Durlug Secrotary Boutwell's timo there wara 2,000 ¢. ations under this law, and the ox- aminers in chargo state that they never recoived any information trom Bowtwold us to hia dosires concerning the appointmont or non-appointmont of any of tho porsous examined, g NOTES AND NEWS, MULLETT. Spectal Dispatch t The Chieago Tribune. ‘WasmxgroN, D. C., Dee. 27.—Supervising- Arcbitoct Sullott makes known his now busi. ness, 1lo is to becomo counccted with tho Chrome Steol Works, of New York City, at o lurgo ealary. SIEYER VS, TRACTIONAL CURRENCY, Ofticers of tho U'rcagury Dopartient eny that after a carelul examination of - the provisions of the now Financo il they aro couvineed that sil- vor enn bo rendily substitutod for fractionel cur- renoy without any cmbarrassment to the Treasu- Ty or disturbaucs of commorcial relatious, - DENIES PUE MGHT TO QUESTION. Friends of Representativo Parsons state that when put upon the stand in tho Paciflo Mail in- vestigation ho proposes to deny the right of the _Committeo to press inquiries into tho charactor of the privato rolations botween attornoys and olienty. Y BONN PIATT ON THE PACISIO MAIL INVESTIGA- TION. Special Diepatel to The Chicaao Tribuns, Wasnixaroy, D, C., Deo, 87.—Donn Pintt this morning in his paper makes this curions, un- qualitied, oracular statoment rospocting the Yacitie Mail nvostigation: * What s curions whout fhe aftair is that precisely what tho Committeo ssleed Irwin 18 wichin tholr knowl- edge, Thoro is mnot o men on_ tho Wuys and Means Committeo, who cannot give mn exnct list of tho lobbyists engaged iu this vil- Inin Why not call “theso gontlomon to tha stand 2 1t {s rumored that ju one of the secrot invostigations the Committoo and privato gontle- mon, and under peeuliar conditions, were por- mitted to seo a list which contained about thirty nummes, but whethor of Congressmon or lobby- strikors doey not appear, [0 the Associnted Press,) INTERNAL REVESUE REGEINTS, Wasmisatos, . C.. Dee. 27.—Tho Internal Tevenue roceipts to duto for December are 7,684,169, 1t is estimnied thoywill bo 9,000,000 1or tho entire month, boing moro than 1,000~ 000 over tho corrosponding mouth last your, 'Tho receints for tho aix wonths cuding with Deo, 81 will be ovor £58,000,000. TIHOWN QUT OF EMPLOYMENT. Four hundred men and women wero yeaterday dlactarged from tho Lngraving and Privting Bureau of the Tremsary in consequence of a largo part of the work of tho Bureuu having been trausforred to Now York, —_— SILVER AND CURRENCY. BILVER Wonri 2 PEI CENT PREMIUM IN OUR- NENOY—ITODABLE BFFECT J0F THE SILVER-COIN HECTION O¥ TILE PENDING FINA Dispateh to the New Yor) Wasnixaroy, D, 0., Doee. 24,—Mr, E. B, El- liott of tho Buronu of Btatistics hay boon muking sowmo carvoful computatione to day to aecerlain the rolutivo value of United Btatcs silver coin and fractional curronoy, in ordor to datermine how groat sn appreeiation of the lattor will bo uccesnnry to mako both of equul value, and con- soquently to ascortain whother the silvor-coin poition of tho now Curroucy bill is likely to ro- bulk aa its nythors nominally desiro, 1ls chain of rensoning nud its results are us follows : "he United States Mint rulio of gold to siiver fs 4 9511,000 to 1, Tho markot mtlo of gold to silver, o4 shown by the latet quotatious {u Londun, i un 16 510 to1, “‘Plereforo tho markot satio of gold to sfiver {u Toudon {4 to the United States Mint yatioof gold to silver us 105-10 §4 to 13 934-1,000; o us 108 0 100, 1n ather words, thu sllver Delco'of gold fa,in tho lngiugo of tho street, 109, JBut” the averago curreney pries uf okl In the New York murlket for komo timg pust hav Hoen about 111 1-0, - ividiag the Juiter by the formor fives 1911000, tho erieren Siorids, §1 - silyer v o vopulur phrase, silver cent premiut i enrzoney, 1t will bo obgerved that theso calenlations ara hnfim? upos the wnrkes value of silver in London, and not in Now York. My, Elliott considers this much proforablo to compututions based on the voluo of silvor In Now York, If any lurgo move- went of kulver was to tako placo it iwould bo gove Tho act leq of wilyor, Tuother wiorth 61.01 44-108 3 or, 9 0w worth ot gquife 2t per NUMBER 128, erned by the London markot, The auotstions in Now York nro for small transactions. Nr. Elliott thinks that thera fs ronson to bopo that. tho difforenco hetwoen paper nud ilvor in ting conutty mny bo reduced to notling by tho Adinfstration hefora tho mint is ready to put in circulation any largo nmount of silvor coin. ‘Tho bill nuthorizes tho Secrotary of the Troasury to hoard gold in tho Treasury, in ordor that ho iay bo ablc to redeom fn 1870, If thin was hogun soon it might havo,tho effoct of rais- ing tho valuo of our papor, ond of conrso tho fructionsl currency would approciate with ft. It {8 foir to uny that Uhin divcusston of thls Aubjooct 18 not in any way an_official one, and it must not bo supposed that tho Troasury Department ia in auy way committed to it. ——— ROCK ISLAND & HENNEPIN CANAL, T8 PROSPEOTA IN CONGRESS—NETORT O THE COMe MITTEE ON RAILWASR AND CANALY, From Our Own Lorrespondent, ‘WasmnaTox, D. 0., Dec. 2£.—Tho porsons fn ‘Waebington wha aro most confldont of tho suc- cess of any special leglslation thiy winter are the friends of tho Rock Teland & Honnepin Canal, Homa very encrgotio men have boen boro astivo- 1y ongaged in promoting €ho interests of this qiroject, and thoy havo not boon dishenrtencd by Tom Scott, tho Holman subsidy rosolution, or tho witness Irvin, Tho advent of tho Now Year will witnoss an increased forco heve for the project. T'hoso having it in carge wish to have THE CIIOAGO BOAND OF TRADE tako offlcial recognition of tho mattor, and. doaig- nate two or more porsons nt tho oxponso of tho Board to prosent the matier to Congress after tho holidays. Thoso who have beon speclally montioned in this connection aro Jobn C. Doros, Joaoph J. Utley, and Charles Raudolph, Theso threo gentlomen have alroady been hero for that purposs, but hnvo, for tho most part, acted in their capacity as privato cltizons, and have paid thoir owx bills. Thoy Lavo beon nssinted by Mr. DPotter,’of Davenport, In. Gon. Hawley, of tho Tock Island Distriet, is makiug tho bill for this imurovemont hiy spomal work this wiuter, and Liopes to oo it passed heforo his own term oloses, "ho proposition is, that tho Doard af ‘I'rado ehall dofray the oxponses of {wo or moro sgents. 10 the Board of Trado hiave £750,000 to sparo, perhups a man as good a8 Irvin can bo found hero. Tho Northern Illinols delegation appear to give thin bill open enconragoment, with, por- haps, tho oxception of Mr. Burchard. Ho has Jitto to suy about it, but may not oppouo it, 1lis position is, doubtless, determined by the SEALOUSY BETWEEN DINON AND ETERLING. Tho people of Sterling nro not at nil comfort~ able about tho figures of tho estimating ongi- neor. 'Thoy claim that the * fooder® would cor- tainly drain Rock River, and leave Sterling liko onoof Lhiosaold Yeninsular towns of Lower Muryland, land-locked, bigh and dry, yot with warchouses and wharves for commerco nud ship- ping—a scaport town withont nwon. The en~ gincera ingist that, ot low water ovon, only one~ twalfth of tho water of Rock River would ever be ngea for the ** feoder.” Tho Southern Iiiinols Congressmon cannot bo certainly rolied upon Lo favor this monsure, Thoy lean towords 3¢, Lonis, nnd the latter city, it s #ald, regards this caual project with disfavor, That disfavor, belug interproted, mesns oxay Pacifio, tho joity systom, Eady sud Tom Scott. Tie following is tho story of the Hennepin Canal, ns told by ita friond: B hncmorr o tucmorials many eltizons praying tho ronstruction of the Ju Canial, hog leava to ropark : " ‘enggiorta aud eographers amiiiar with tho t that tho natural and most direct routo of comumniention by water Louween tho Minclesiupi and tho geat lakea 18 Ly the way of tha Tliiuofs River, 1t 1u beyoud donbt that at oue tim the wators of tho inlnd sea, of which the exiating lulkes are remnants, found their way throngh tho wido valley of tho Tili~ nols, Tho Uarrice whith ougo restrained (o overfow of Btarved Rock was bralicn in ngou Joue past, and tho witla vatloy of evoston which now makes Lottom.Janda o preacnt rivor testifies to tlo vuatuess of tho body ter whicls swert through it, Stataof iliiols Lan- availed {tsolf of this notue xal channel, und, by the construction and imyprove mont of tho Iiiiwits & Mich'gan Canal, and now draws tho waters of Lako Michiitu through tho Clie cago River Lo tha linolsnear Lisalle, T'o completo the agaem the Stata Lns found it noc- cavary, by u_esstem of das and locks, 0 prodice perminnont dopth of navigation ot nll thney u tha siver, In this endeavor shio hos beon assiated by tho United Blates, ond tho Jolut moans of {lio Stato and antion havo been expeided ond ure now bolnge oxe pended i permanent dams, and Lisyo po far succsaded i porfoct iecord with the phirposcs intended, 1t 48 now salted by tho Wl roferrod {0 us, by the memorinla of the States of Towa and Tillnols, ‘and the Jetitions of 8 very lunto number of citlzeus, to cone struct canal from tho Iifaois Itiver, at or nenr the City of Henneyin, to somo pofiiton 1ho iesissippl River, oud thus completo tho system, ombracing by this Fet-mentioncd fmproveract {h whola torritory al:ove Rocl: Islnd on tho Upper Missiastypl and its tributarics, na tho main camal f4 proposed to do with thiat river and i tributarios below or near the month of the Iiiinols, At the eocoud session of tho Fortioth Conpress, il prepared by S, A, Iuribut aud T, ¥, Commilealoners on ohalf of the Slats, was aenled, reforred to tho Committea of Roady and wals, unid printed aa Miscellaneous Doounient No, 48, {0 whiél your Cownnuition fusiio tho atteatiuu of ‘fh ouse. In tho voport of thoe Enginecr In charge, den. . 1T, Wilson, tho following paragraph, cipecially directed {0 tho Wworls now under considerition, occurs, and 18 Lero roprinted 1 444 niont nportant branchi-lino fo (s great improve- ment was surveyed by Col. Hudnutt, of Chicago, in 1860, e reports that's cansl canbo Budlt, of dimon- slons somewhint Iarwor than the Iilinols & Michigan CCanal, from Rock Isiand, on tho Misslssipp, to tho yi- einity'of 1ennepin,on tho Iilinois, u distance of 66 miles, with n navigablo feeder from 'tho Rock River, at Dixoti, of 39 miles in lenath, and {hat this work can Do buflt for about 24,500,000, I crnsider Col. Hude 1tts etimate snfliefently Bigh, and wonld Tecome mend, f tho branch bo adapted, that tho size of the woris e ficrensed #o na o correspond with that recome mended for {ho Roel River improvoment in Gen, Wilsou's roport of 1606, th branch in question Leing uléo &n imporiant brauch of tho latter work, The iz recommenit by Col, 1udnutt fa, for tho locks, 150 feee Joug by 21 feat whio and 0 feet deop, with & progor- tionato canal prisn, ‘o Rock River lock is 200 fost loug by 50 fect widd and 7 fect duop, 43 final location of {143 work und cconomical con- struction might declilo that tho enlarzod sizo rocom- ‘monded linew Would ot cxeeod §6,000,600 In cout, and would probalily fall ehort of ft, *And it wonld ho'n do- clded sdvantago to havo this grent Lraneh-line con- sttt o 8 {0 colucido with at Ioast oo of s parcut stone. “113 colneldenco with the Rock River improvement would rais it 10 a cupncity embracing o vory Jarge pro yortion of tho boats on tho Upper Mieslssippl, und to i 1egistor of at Jeast 50U tons,® Ly aurvoy, mado by Col, Hudnutt, {9 one of rare valuo and corrceless, Tho high reputation of tht gentleman os o canal-ongineor s given grcat welglib to his recommendations, uiid his report {4 tho foun tlon of all othors sinco tunda on thosubject, In brief, 1t proposcs by a canal of 64 milcs, and at 8 cost of 4,000,000, to open tho whole Upper Misulesippl to direet Wuter-communieation with Chicago and lake navigation, W'l summit-lovel of this canal 'to bo supplied with water from the Roek River from a navigable foedes Trom Dixon, Itock Rivor itself, by a_wniall oxpenso, curlly borne by local essessmonis, can bo mado naviya~ Do to tho Wiscousin luu § aud thus tho valley of that Deautiful and hold streani, comprising the fuost land I thio Weet, will enjoy tho ndvantagea of cheap and Termnuout water-transportation, . Yaur Comulttea find, in thy’ recont roport of the Senats Commitioo on Fransportation, Aopork oo, Busk 1, tho following clear wnd oxbaustivo statomont in re- dtion to the coct, advantages, wud advisability of (he .canal proposed, which they fully adopt sud horewith Topriut 1 HOCK ISLAND AND HENNEPIN CANAL. Tt inprapared t0 wbito the iliuoiy Liver, at Hone nepiu, & poitk 10 miles below tho woutlicrn terminus of tha Hifnaly, & Michigan Canal, with the Misiesippi iver, at Watorion, & point about § 1afles wbove Rovk Ist:ad, "5’.‘}(‘; (o fustauce of cortain public mectings, bold ut varloys pofuts in tho Stato of Ilinols duriny the your 1050, prefiminnry survey of the licunopin Csnnl Tonth wis mado by Col, J, O, Hnduutt, eivil quginuor, Tl ditmensionn of tho canol nid ta locks npon which Qol. Jiudnutt bused hik calcutations wore s» follown 3 Trfaus, G0 feat ut wnrface, 30 fvet at boltowm, und G fooy \deay, " Locky, 100 feet long, 21 feat wido, snd 11 feod e, Capnesty of boats, 430 tons, 1 “, It, 145) ol aivo of tho States of Iilizois and Towa, aud ¢f of Hiinols end Jo Rewtk Iniond & st It b mree Uy m Tengthof canal, main o, ..... A0 Toouér from Mook Biver, otal lengll,.. # Estimaled cost £1,600,000, |, Huda nutt declured that this wonld b the eheapest cunal over constracied §u the Unliod Statea, A areful wurvey and series of cstimates was niado for 1 vanat vpon Hcatly the sumo route by Mr, Gorham 1, Low, civil euginvor, under tha direction of tho War Dopastiient, {u the yedr 1870, The estimates wera for o ship-caun! of the following dimenslouss | Yrivin, 100 foot ot surface, 133 feot at bottoin, and ¥ ' Jeot devp, Locks, 850 fedt long, aud 76 et wids 0 The |