Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 10, 1875, Page 5

THE CHICAGO DAILY WASHINGTON. Action of the Ways and Means Committee on the New Tax Bil, The Tax on Whisky on Hand to Bo Increased 15 Cents, An Increase of 30 Cents on that Hereafter Manufactured, Tho Dety on Sugar and Molasses to Be Increased 25 Per Cent. Prospect of the Abolition of the Tax on Matches. Passago of the Indian Appropriation Lill in the House, Tho Choctaw Swindle Shelved for the Present Session, Frtends of t:e Hennepin Canal Bill Give Blt up. Whiting Fromises to Come Homo and Band Investigation. THE NEW TAX BILL ARTICLES TO BE AFFECTED. Speriat Dispatch to The Chicagr Tribune, Wasutxoron, D, C., Fob, 9.—ho Sub-Com- mitteca of the Ways aud Meaus, to which, av was indicated yestorday in theso dispatches, wero referred tho vatioua articles upou whiok it fs proposed to increaso taxation, this foronocn mado their report to the full Committee, Tho Committe came to a substantial agreement upon the features of tha bitl, and st witl doubtless Lo | Feported to the House to-morrow. The strictest wocrecy ia onjoincd upon the mombora of tho Ccmmittes ay to tho character of tho bill, but the following aro tho most important provisions: It increases the duty on sugar td molaeses 25 por cont over tho present tariff, or}¢cent per pound inall grades of augara ; adi 80 o-nts to tho present tax per gallon on whisky, thia to apply to futuro manufactures, + ‘Shilo w tax of 15conty per gallon islaidon whisky now in stock, whether beld by rectifiers or whole- bac dealers, ‘Lue 10 per cant reductiun on to- bacco made by tho act of 1872 is restored, and sn additional tex of 4 conts por pound is laid on future manufactures of tobacco, tothe & z ARTICLES TO BE “TARED, Wasntsozox, 1. C., Veb. 9.—Lne Committeo of Ways aad Moans to-day reported a draft of a {ari ond tax bill, It proposes to raive about $20,000,009, should no inoditicution of it taio Paco boforo it ia reported. ‘Tho 10 por cont lascu from tho duties under the second act of June, 1872, will bo restored ; tho articles thus to be aifected are inannfactured aud steol, paper, books, Lodia-rubbor, gutta- Percha, lenther, ete. ‘Ton and coffaa aro to ra- muuin feo of duty, but sugars of all kinds are to bowr on additional “duty. ‘Tho whisky ard tobacco will also be increase: Tho majority of the Committee dected that sugar and molasses can boar an additional duty of 25 per cent, and tobacco an increago of 4 conta ise pound. ‘fhuc matches shoul! bo relieved m tax, aud that tho tax on spirits chould be Inerenged 15 cents o gallon, operatiog upon all JoW on hand, but that 80 cents should bo impos~ 34 on all aes manufactured aftor the paosage af the bill, aud tho stamp on bank checks to sengo at thoend of this year, Theso changes Will be incorporatodin the Lil + ee THE INDIAN BILL. ‘THAT CHOUTAW BWINDLE. Spectal Lisputeh ta he Chicaas Lribune, Wasuixaton, D.C., Fob, .—The House, after threo weeka havo baon wasted in Gilibustoring upon tho Civil-Rights bill and the naw rulo, hag Yecommenced the consitoration of appropriation ; bills, ‘Tho Indian till fret came up. This bill, i+): before tho Alibustering upon tho Ci l-Rights, vv: bill began, was thorovebly considerod, and would f have Paseod oxvopt for the adoption of the Bwin- dling Choctaw amoudmont, That amoudmont defented tho bill, The dobato upon it wos to- jt day ronumed. Whatever may have boon the foundation of tho original claim, like most old Poy slaims its frauduicnt character has incroauad with Hig t8ago. Its dishonest charactor won established in Sug (ho latter written by Mr. Bontiold, ato Solicitor Hf of the Treasury, to Secretary Boutwoll, on Nov, td, 1! in which on exhaustive history of the givon, Mx, Fort, of SHinois, inn very arnest Bpecch against the Choctaw swindlo, cited this lotter to-day, and, fn connection with B the fect tho claim is oxcinsively owned by the lobbyists, cronted a considerabla sonsatlon by Pointing to the strangers’ gallory, and statlu; that at tho tine aman sat thors conected ith the fobby who bad inyested a considerable sum. in tho stock of the lobby-:ool, Mr, MeNulta, § of Llinoiy, who ts a momber of the Indiau Com= tulteo which reported tho claim, is very earn- at in his opposition to it. Ho was tho leader of tho strong miuority in the Commicteo against m tho claim. io «MADE THE ATANTLING DECLARATION, Which was not disputed upon the floor, that ov- B cry olfort in the Committee to adopt au amond- g tbent which ehoutd provido that all tha monoy thould be held in trast by the Goyoramont to be paid individually to the porsons who aro woutled to it, “if any such thero are, wag ‘defeated, ond only such aniendments tccopted as mado it cortain tuat tho wholo of tho eutiro fund should go iuto.the bands of tho lobby. Tho formal releava of the Choctaw Zounell was read, showing that, in consideration Mf $972,000, in 1862, tue Gorteral Gavaroment sou roloared frem all the Choctaw claims under tho fourteouth article of tho treaty of 1830, f bere is nothing to ehow that the Choo. ee tuwo oat that timo sopposed that but o amall number of familics would over tako ny edvantaxo of that treaty, aud there ia evory feaxon to know that tho claiin bes been suatainod fae by the conspiring mtorosta of its Jobby owners, fH {eis eaid that ono promiuont lawyer” MAS AN INTEWEST oF $126,000 fm the claim, aud that an ex-Cogroasman from ltinoie, waid to be precticing law Ler, haa alao S vory larga Intorout in it, ‘{bere is 50 plobabil- its that, oven if tha claim wae just, a consider. b.'o past of Lt would ever go to the Choctaw In- —_—-— CANNON'S LUCK, ROW THE MOUMON ELDER KEES HIS seat, Srecial Lneyatch to The Chweaao ‘Trioune, i Wasuixatox, D. C,, Fob, 9.—Mormon Apoutle Canon, of Utab, has wonderful good fortune in otluing lis gent in Congress, The Committoo mu Elections has been ready to roport him for Woeks. ‘The pressuro of other ®& queation only goce ; ‘ ‘The Bpoaker derired time to consider this en tirely novel Belk ot order, ond the casa wont oven. To- was again call decision upon this important Paton a one woe Rot rendered, ay the question of consideration yas mado whon the Houne decided that the be sone and ithe Powtpone- ‘apouition the Co andthe shortness of the session, will probably not ouable tho Committes to again brivg up this cade. =e TOM SCC7T'S BILL. TRE PROSPECT NOC ENCOUNAGING, Speciat Visraten to The’ Chiewao Tribune, Wasninaton, D. C., Fob. 9.—Tom scott, it In Lolioved, las abandoned his plan of attempting to secure tho passage of the ‘Toxas Pacillo Job ia an indepandent menanro, and will now dovoto his energies to securing its adoption in .an ap- propriation bil, Thoarrival of Sonator Stewart, Chairman of the Sonata Committee ou Pacific Railroads, who ia bolioyed to bo unaltorably op- posed to tho Scott achotno, insares the defeat of that Dill in tho Senate Comraittee, There is nmall probability that tho plan ‘to attach tho job to sp appropriation bill can Lo snecost- ful, Jn tho Renate now legislation in an Appros pristion bill is impossible ; but in tho House o tingle objection under the rules will prevent the monsure, which is new tegisintion, from being attached to an appropriation bill, ‘lie omy way to accomplish this would bo to eecure strongth enough to place ft on ao appropriati.n bill under suspension of tho rules by a two-thirds vote. It docs not seom probable that any such voto can ‘be secured. =e NOTES AND NEWS, THE WENNEPIN CANAL MILL. Soreiat Dispateh (o The Chreaau Pridune, Wamtusxatox, D. C., Feb, 9.—The Hennepin Canal bill fa undoubtedly defeated. An arrango- mont ig nakiug whereby tho motion to tablo may bo withdrawn aud a motion to recommend to tho Committee bo substituted. Thia would enable tho bill to dio more gracefully, but would not give. itany now advantage in the present lemper of the House. ‘Lue condition of tho National ‘Treawury, the extrome gpirit of economy which provails in Conrross, and tho opposition of u portion of the Llinots delegation, havo united todofent for thin rcssion the paxsngo of this bill. ‘Tha most earnest friend of the Lill docs not now oxpect Unt it can 1.883, Lo the Assceiated Pret TREASURY PINTING. Wasmnaton, D. C., Fob, §.—T'he House Com- mittes on Appropriations to-day camo to a do- civion regarding the printing of National Bauk notes, namely: that two impressions of tho threa should bo wado outside of the ‘Treasury Bureau of Printing and Engravingt by tho Bank Noto Companies. ‘The Committee on Banking und Currency have not yot made their 1eport ou that aubjeor. REVENUE APPOINTS The following Internal-Rayenue Storekeepars wero appomted to-day, ‘Turnor R. Maniiton, Boventh Keotucky District; Joseph B. iluit- mans, Seventh Kentucky; N. MeClure, Seven teenth Obio, The following Gaugers were ap- pointed: Thompson N. Vinnel, Sevonth Ken- tucky, PROSPECTIVE APPOINTMENT. Thoro is reason to believe that the Propident will, in w nhort timo, nominate Gov. J. A. Camp- ball, of Wyoming, to be Third Assistant Secre- tury of State. COMING Nowe, A. H. Whiting, o brother-in-law of ex- Souator Cole, miesing witness No. 2, was digcovored in’ Cuunda yesterday, aud ws tole- grophic summons was eorved upon him, which ho ncknowledzoi, Ho tolograrhed {o the Sergeant-at-Arms that itis not nocessary to get out warrant, as he will appear before the Ways aud Means Committeo of the House on ‘Thuraday, Whiting was hiding, but o {clographio measago sent to him by his wife, from Now York, ! wippl River routs and F TRANSPORTATION. Twelve Groat Water-Rontes fro IMinols to the Seaboard. Bpecial Report of Gon. Lyman Bridges to Gov. Beveridge. Facts and Figures for Sunday and Holiday Reading. Tho Mississippi-River Schome Most Fa- vorably Considerod. : Special Diepateh to The Chieaga Tribune, Spnisarimiy, Il., Feb. 9—Goy. Leveridgo will in the morning traunmit to tho Segistuture the following report fro Gon. Lyman Bridges, Commissionor ou Wator-Communications trom this Stato to the snaboard : Hon, John Le. Heverutae, Governor af Libnoia, Spring fetd.—Sinz Th compliance with your coundest uated Juntrnetions, Lherewitn wubmit “a brief snucmacy of ped upon the | following water -voutes between Llinota and the ocean: | observation madg and fnforniation ob ENUMERATIO’N OF ROUT! Tirst, the Ottawa & French River Canals, Crnida, rerand, tho Great Valley Marg: Canal, Canata tuird, ‘the Maron & Outario Bbip Canal, Cin ada;” fourth, the Wollamd — Cimal, Canadas fifth, the Niagara VFaila Canal; sixth, the elo’ Canal; seventh, the Oswego & Troy Caunt; elgath, tha Atenigan Canal, Lower Penlnants 5 ninth, tite Chesapenke & Onlo Gaul th, the Jainen Kiyer & Kuuawha Canal; eleventh, the Atlantis & rest Western or Tennessco Blver route; twelfsh, the ALissta- Bt, Philip Cynal, THE OTTAWA & FRENCH BIVER notre, This, tho extreme Norther ro ite ar ouilet, com- menren with the French River, wich flows inte dé glan Bay, tho northeantern inte: of Tako Lacon, aud Yollowiug this ustural water course with a Raccessio: of small lakes, crawalng all of which 14 Lazo WN! fusing, which’ hon a length of 30 inftea, nud whreadth of 20 miles, having an ares of BW equare mites, and an clvutlon above the rosa of G32 fut, with 49 miles of uutuea! navigation, and 1 mtte of ure tifletal navigation iu the French Hiver, 30 mulien of uate ural navigation in Laku Nipisstug, and 6 miles of the Sumunit Canal, connecting ‘romt Lake w:tl ousting snto Taka Niplaig. | Wo find $n dist of 83 tnilos from Goorgian Bay to the Sufiini: {wean tho waters of Like iron and th foot a apacity for as large veavclt as ure ou Laka Micligan, On tue portion from Govrgian ay to the Sunuit, only two locks and eleven draws aro required, ‘Tus divide betwoon Luke Michigan and ‘Trout Luke has 0 portsgo of loss tun one mile, tho total heizht of the bumnat above the lake being 667 fect, ‘Trout Toke, nirenly mentioned as planued to Le connected wil Lake Michigan, is connected with the Mattawan River, und is 834 imilen in length, and from 20 to 290 fust deep, Connorted with this tako fs Turtle Tako, 415 miler in Jenyth, of about the rance depth as Trout Lace, giving 13 squire ralius uf deop water for sunuuit suppiy wd navigation, Following tho Mattawan River, wo find Lao Tuton, 7 miles in length, oud with a genural depth of 10 to 2 fathoms, ft passing several moro minor basins oa ths route, we find the Mattawan, pareing through the Saxe Viton Chant about 514 inites {a lougth, and from 2 to 2,000 fect in width, with o general depth of 6 fithoms, ‘Yu{s lake Ueinga us to within about 20 milew of thy Ultawa River, and tuts natural outlet ts con- noctod with tho Summit at Lake Kipplelugue, e dis- mado known bia whorcabonts. it will be remom- bored that Whiting was paid 860,000 for Lia eup- posed influence of Senator Colo, {The reauiar recor of Conorearional proceedings wilt befound on the Sixth Page.) FOREIQN. SPAIN, REPORT ADVERSE TO THE ARMY OF ALPIONSO, Lonpox, Fob. 9.—'The Carhet Cominittes, in this city, cintm to have information that Don Carlos’ troops havo won o great victory over tho Alpbonsiats, the loss in killed and wounded of tho luttor being 7,000men. The Committes also report that Dou Carlos nue issued a congratula- tory address to his troops. Mapnm, Feb. An official dispatel admits that the advauco guard, nuw tho oxtreme left of tho troops operating against the Carlistu in Na- yarre, has suffered n check, owing to the over- eontidence of its commander, SUOT FOR TREASON, The Carlist chiottain, Mondori, was srrestod for treason and whot by the order of Don Carlos, Count Valmaseda is to bo appointed Captain. Genoral of Cuba. Mapgsp, Feb. 9,—Gen. Moriouos has boen ap- pointed Commander-in-Chiof of tho Army of tho North, TRE ALPHONSISTS, Henpare, Feb, 9.—Lho military oparations of the Alpbonsists in the north have been mo- montarily suspended, Tho troops aro fortityins tuemsolyos in tho positions which thoy oouupied in thoir advanco, Lonpox, Feb, 10—5:30 a, m.—Tho Daily News’ tolegrama from Spain gay the Alphonsists lost 500 itilledand woundod snd thros ploces of artil- Bate in the recent check they soccived near Es a. —_-—__ GERMANY. THE BISUOP OF STHASLUULG OFFENDS THE Gov- ENNMENT, Panis, Dab. 9.—'Tho Bishop of Strasbourg hay- ing issuodo charge to bis clergy in which he alleges that the Church is persecuted, tho Gor- man autiorities have seized copies and forbidden the promulgation of the document, THE WEATHER. . Wasuinoton, D, C., Feb. 9.--For the Lower Missouri and Upper Mississippi Valloys aud tho Northwest, falling barometer, warmer south- east winds, posnibly shifting to southwest aud to northeast; cloudy woathor aud rain or snow, Yor the Lake Rogion, falling barometer, waimor wouthoast wanda, aod partly cloudy weather, ox- gept clouds, aod possibly enow ob tha Uppor Lakos, y : vr LOCAL OBSELYATIONB. Curacao, Fob. 0, Wind, jiiarny Wither. 60 W., fresh. 64.N,'E., gontl GOL, frevh, OTH, frovh., o2.8,'E, Acls, EY fresh, eter, 16; mintinura, 11, GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. Gurzaa0, Fob, 9, ‘dine, [Bar Phe [ea 4%, 70.190,62) —7 a Skiton, | har Chr Wand, passa Weather, Cairo. E., brink : 3, E,, frovh, 13.5, Cueyenne, Cleveland, Lit, snow, 1, rain, cloudy, | 29 3. Ey Dita ite... /30.0Ulzera 9, Hy fresh, Milwaukes ,|40,47! 7/5. 2 feowls, Leavenw'th ;u.0J| 21/8. 12, fresh, Toledo, 3 94 130,66) » Beatle, «129,05, GIN. gentle,, MISCELLANEOUS. ut Special ln hake ite ake ‘ ‘a ANTE, Mich., Fab. 9.—Tho mercury 04.85 below zero wt 7:80 thlu mornings? UAE Spectat Dispatch to fhe Chicago Trioune, Entz, Po., Fob. 9.—Uhe cold snap struck this city {guterday moiolng, sinco whoa tho weathor haw beon intensely cola, A strom wind bas pre- Vulow, but no suow bas fatten. Wusluess for tho mit part ae bean auanonded. ‘The thermome- ter bas utood at 10 degrees Lolow Zoro this morn- fug, oud aglow as 3i and 43 in high exposod laces. It now stands 10 bolow, and the mercury # stilt falling, In the country the cold 1s felt ac. verely, tho farmers hugging their flrevides, Several head of cattle, do., Lave becn frozen, TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES, Chensy'a Grove (Il!.) Townuhip ‘Treasurer, J. W. Losroy, who hus seryod for sixteen years, shurtge of #2 inter ae Gomenroningd ls individdal notes for thd balagces Ss StVIRR ‘The third meating in the soriea of the masa UVaiverealiat Covtoronoe tor the Noithweat will bo held in Codar Rapid to-day and to-morrow, Distinguished speakers are engaged. ‘Topics of Toat interes will bi 4 fe Weenend 0 dloousged., A large mont. A partlally isgane may, named Stillroan, at Heyworth, Mol jounty, made an attempt 10 lail & neighbor named Follunwider with « havy revolver, but inissed bisalin, “Tbleis the third attempt of this kind within the last four Feary, ard it le suid thus in Karaas, somo yen ogo, he wbot and kilied two men, He line fiteedy pauued & )uar OF iwo ig an invane aay- tance of 40 nillos, with 30 miles of natural navigation, and 10 miles of canal navigation, requiring only 14 Jocks aud 13 dame, ‘Thu trons the deep water in Georglan May, or Lilo Huron to the Otiawa River, the total distance 1s 125 sud €2-1U0 miles; ascent and de- scent and deacent, 253 feet extent to ha cunaled, 153 iniles; number of locks, 24; number of dame, 24, The Ottawa River, between the Mattwan Iiver and Ottawa City, 18 105 ‘miles, nnd by buliding dame, fin proving the «amo channels and bars, and sbout 20 “vuf caual, the route would Ue complete, ine following 14a statement of the relative amonnt of natural and artificial werk te be dona on tho Otta- wa ltiver $ total distance, 193 miles: natural nayign= tion, 173 thilea $ caual navigation, ¥2,195 feot, Tein 110 mile from Ottawa City to Montreal by the Uttawa River & Lacheno Canal, of which 2934 miles are canal navigation, ‘Pho total distance from’ Lako Turou_ to Montrosl 14 40 nilow—river and lake navigation, 972 miloas canal navigation, 63 miles; total, 410 tniles, Ivo from Lake Huron to tho stinmit, 83fect, Lock= age, 84 fect, Fall from the sumit to Montreal, 64) ol; lockage, O15 fect, ‘Total lockage, 608 fect, Tio Hon, Walter Shanley, a dietuiguised encincer of tho Dominion of Canada, se, aftor great care nud examination, prononucod the wator-supply ample for 1010 13 fest o depth of water, aud for locks. 60 and 430 feet or 350 feot, with » capacity unarly double that of tho Exfo Cuval, aud a saving in dintance of 368 aniles botween Chicigo and Montreal over the Welland Canal route, and a saving from Chicago to Liverpool by Montreal over tho Erle and New York Ceutral route of 76U miles, ‘ho total cust ostimated by Bir, Shqnloy t4 $24,000,000, TUE TRENT VALLEY DANGE CANAL, A charter wus obtained|during the part year from the Dondnion of Canada tu coustruct u barge canal throngh the Trent Vulley, st or near Cobourg on the Bt, Lawrence, and following the ‘Trent River and the wuccession of lakes towarda Lake Simeoo, Enginecre aluto that a clinnuel, having mearly the capacity of the resent Erie Cans}, enn bo constructed for $5,000, it hue not. re been commenced, but ite projectors are vanguine that they can follow the Traut Valley to Sime coe, und the river from Simcoe to Georgian Lay. ‘THE AURON & ONTARIO BHIP-OANAL, This central and long-needod ontlet counecting the noutheastern portion of Goorgia Bay with the nurtli- woitern auore of Lake Outarlo, having Tako Slaicor, of aver Sustsqusre mites, at an clovation of 46d fect avuve Lake Qatarlo, o# ult ample resorvolr and feeder, tu perhaps tho mort importaut route that lag over bectt contemplated, sa combining tho adlvantayes of the ‘Lrent River route to Montreal, and aiso being in 0 rect Huo from the Gtruits of ‘Mackinaw to. Osworto, a saving by this latter route stout 40 rullos “of Ufstenco botween Chivage and tho City of New York, ‘The best cngincera of Grest Britain and of Cauads have made curefil survoys and estimates for a caua’ commencing at Number iver at ita junction with Lake Ontarlo, abuut 3 ralles from the City of Torouto, Canada, 234" fect above tho ees, and ruuving 47 miles along tho course of thy Humber River, and connceting with the Holland River and Lako Sinicoo, which {704 feet above the vee, aud tho Nattawusoga River to Georgian Bay, G04 feot above toe fea, of which 24 miles is deep-water navigation and 16 niles click-water navigation, Jesving Dut 6U miles of eaual proper, of which JJ mies iv a wunmnilt level, ‘This Grand Geutral usturel water route avoids all the Gungeraus navigation of the Bt, Clair Vlutw and of TakeEries saves $00 miles between Coicaga aud Liver pool, via Montreal ; unl 409 wllos vin New York City sud canal ways, whon the Straits of Mackinaw can be aused, Uaving passed aver the route and invealigated its practicability, wo have no beaitation i sisting thit-4t' fa only 9 question of the Duceasnty capital to ‘eomplota a ahtp-caual capable of floating ships drawing 1 feot of 9,000 tons fapacliy, ‘ho people ry alive to fla importatuee, and aro mnaking great otforia for ils construction, The coat 4a ustiinated at $4,000,000; and with the grunts of the Aubyidica now belug sought by thu Company kuown aa tho Huron & Onturia Bulp Canal Company, whore Prinoipal oifeo is tn Toronty, Gonads, Euyllsh capt- Hist uro Willing to advance the amount necessary to Hinure tte early goupletion, ‘This route, as well us the Tront River route, has & counection with the proposed Champlia Caual, connecting tho St. Lawrence aud the Hudson, by which a auving of 20 millos ty made over the route Ly Buffalo and the Hele Canal trom Chicago ta Nuw York, ‘Tuty route has bad for an udvocate the voucre ablo i, U, Caprol, of Toronto, tor 8 quarter uf a con- tury, who, with lita associates, are wocurtug practicable nutaldies “fiom thie poopie in Canada, and ciatin that, as the groat Louciits ure to be derlved by the poople of the West and other portions of the United States, thet tha Northwoat, at loast, ahould give tholr oneouragament and support to thia' route, Dowbilons you wit! be pleased to do go, for your nldrat support nay assist them, TH& WELLAND CANAL, CANADA, ‘This interneticnal chanuel, bulle and’ managed Under the auspices of thy Canadian Goverument, and yractically free to tho commurco of the United States, tn now belny enlarged to allow a veeral to draw 23 fu Au entire new chuguel ts baing constructed from Bake Ontario to the Summit, and (ho eawal is to be enlarged from the Summit to Luke Erle. Great venoilts havo Oceurred from ite provent capacity, und geoster ben its are expected for the comuorce’ of the Northweul ern Stutos wien this enlargoinout ta completed, cx posliliy in tho diruct Juropeun trade, THE NIAUARA YALLS CANAL. For tho past tty years many eiforty have boon mado by persons futerdatad, both “eat and wast of tn poiut, in belalf of a cinal ubout the falla, Tho efforls thos far mude have domoustrated thit a wuip- @ a5) of only # miles in length, having but 810 feot of Jockage, costing Lut $19,000,000, em ba bui.t, while tie Welland Ginal fe 23 :ntios tu iength, wud turough 1» foreign couutry, which now cccords ia times of yesee all tho ‘privileges to the commerco of Slates that ura accorded to thulr own Vourels in passing through the Bt, Clale itiver or Lake Michigan, ‘Yo Lutfule alone cau tho delay in the eon lotion of thie grost ational Lighway be uttributoc, ‘he ouwurd courwe of conmuvrce will nat Le long de layed, for the wautof thia caval {8 porumonnt to tho local aggrandizetent ot any city or State, and eelf- Protaction demands the oarly connactton at fa and Lake Ontarto with s olilp caual, with the capacity of puoutuga Vewsol of 4,000 tons througa the territory of the United States, and utilizing the entire length of Laks Ontario to Ouwugo ur Ogdouuburg, N, ¥. TUE ERIE CANAL. ‘Thia ploneertrunk-water highway, the monument of the wisdom of DeWitt Ciinion, Blorriy, Fulton, aud Others, of New York, was conimoured’ in 1817, aud completed frow the Htudvon to Muifalo, 960 inives, in ibs, oud to Oswego in 1633, for » capacity of 17 caual-boule. ‘Tuis was thought’ to boa great uculeve- it reducod freigut chergos frous $110 per tou Par fon between Now York wud bi iu 1833 the capacity of the Waa lucreaued €0 a8 to allow Loate of 240 tous, aud {hiv roduced the carrying charges 60 per cent, From a to- Sent report of to Comptrolior of tho State of Now York to tho Logialutury of thut Blate, it iv pronounced: by competent engincers that this canal can be wideuod by removing the walls at the sldus aud deopoulug 1 foot in the centre, by increasing the size of wu lycke 4 fect tu width, “and using stes as a iio tre power, The capacity will be {ucreavod aufliciunt- ly for the passuge of boats of about 700 tous, Which wuttld again feduce the cust of carrying to uve Of Wd preasus price, ‘Lhe cosh of tus eulutyung et TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, the ranal Ja cetimated by tho englnecr in chargo ta bn | $10,303,170, z I, Dobbin, F of Mafinlo, N.¥.) wo learn that the Hine ftom Bniato to New York, by the iutrediction of oxta eanaleboate or barges, haw been re tuced tram fourteen days to flya daya; atid that the | tinea required Si, parsing 9 team barge througa | the loska fn lait three minutes exch, nMicte nn oudnntes at ene 5 an reenured Ly the hores eauat-boata ; and that twice the number of sleam canal-Loata ow puma frei Jb New Yerk ifthe satae nimtwr of hours ny ‘Tous teams ia practicably doubling tho ty of this canal ma the report a Seok, dated Jan, 0, TATE to ihe} A ee Atats, wa find tel for the twentyente yorrs ending Lath tea, after crediting the toile atl dedacting the Letpenece’ for cost of o'le-tinn, penta lenne, id ordinary. repr, the Erle & Champalgn Canals wn paid a profit of '§5,1199371, the Oswego Canal & prot of $592004,5), and the Oneida Itver ime pruveineht $167,514.03} while coven of the lateral wt Hat have drawn upon eurconaful nak to the amount of $5,167,164.63 fraply that the people fog tolls to inake up the defisiuuey: on the Wate owned by th State of Now York, By) m eonatutianal provuion of the inte of NewYork, in {urea mtnce 145, 71,200,000 af beer annually pald from the recelste ‘uf ‘the dover iy and for the tneof the state of Sew York, whiea has already amounted to about 710,090,050, Under puch e.reumslances tho minal) smut required to complete the enlargement of thot Canal, at would scons, ought to be cheerfully end promptly expenied by that THE OSWENG & TOY SHIP i This route, often design: a Onetda Tako ‘roti exteuta 193 iniivd between Ovvego aud Troy, Taaking enrouto Lake Oneida, which a to rile. abel Ome ef whith ow g i fa also tlack water in the which in AL weed in thie draprover ‘Kue Hon, Willtam J, MeAtping, tue ihe engmece of New Yori,’ har esti u eapal 140 fet wide nt the surfare, 120 white at ue ‘om, and # foot deejy with G3 locks 143 feet long and | fille, with w tot lo kage OF GUD fone bes Troy, ca be cousteucted fur $2 claim that’ a sulp~ : a nar 14 feet (or ga the rl Canal ag now being enlarged) an the water- HL warrant—which wil not fo lew than 12 feat on tii—ean be secured for sn expenditure of [they advurate the claiut tus wick hea a capzelty Of supply for 24,C00 fout yer wn Lake Onclds, ond otier suurcen of fupply neat the awanit,’ axe ample for a whip toga fur an Dewega; but that ly will not furs ightent ort, andl only route fur a win Laks Unterio md the ud. 5 his ie y natuval outlet for the Niagara SulseCanal and | Huron & Ontario Ships Ta addition to the pres- ! cut Welland Ganat, 1t would hea channel for tue Treut Vailoy Bargo-Caual, aud ba when complied fs fart the mala fran! caual be he Lakes at er {21 timo of peace or in cake of war with It {4 hardly poselile to enamerate antuges auch a shi[-cunal would give ty UNE LOWER PENINSULA For many yeats tho atizous of had on ticary of cuual navigation, cowering | tho St, Joseph River with “Luke’ Erin, pass: {ing through Conetantine and reseluug Lake Eri hur Myates, During the present year ome wtben bas been called totuiv routs by locel in.evests in Uist State, It was proposed to have a canal aud wateraagy i, having 8 to 2) fect deptli, und estiinutcd to coat $16,000,000, Lut ua the United st.ten will bardly soa its ‘national necexsity, tt is quite ine probable that private capital wit undertake it, It ree inulns with the State of Michigan to decile wheter this cut-o. will ever be mude, THE CIUESAYRAKE & ONIO CANAL, This Company waa chartered by t gina, aod tt4 chartor ratified by ! tie Sites of Maryland and Feuasylvanis in the year Iv. ‘The line coutempisted waa from Washington to via Cumberland, Md, a total dice at iniles, "of which 164, miles, from Washington to Cumberland, having’ ternurfaco of from Gi to GU feotand ¢ feel in depth, lng been completed, having a capacity for uino months of 4,000,U00 tona per anni, et ® cont of $11,000,000,” It is claimed by the officers of tho canal tua’, with the completion of 90 miles of cunal, and the Jmprovercnt of about 63 milea of alack-watir navigation aif the Xoughtogneny iver, lie- tween Pittsburg ond Conuereville, Pa, fucluding a tunnel 5 miles in length at tho Summit, and also i cluding tho cant of te present 184% iilon, that. $3 {00u,n000 will cover tha antire cost fur furuishiug 6 fect of depth of water between tha Chesapeake und the Ohio, It fs oluo whown to be but 119 miles 1 Vittsburg to Laka Erfo by a fearibla mal route, From Ooi, WE, Merrill, corps of Engineers, United Statos army, wo learn that in the tutal diatanes of G4 inilos there is on agcent and de- rcont nf 9,158 fect and 393 lucks, and that the Middie Division tof 70 miles will’ cout ¥10,093,122.86, Foracanat he suggests a freight railway, With ¢ feot of water provided for Pitt: surg, the Ohio wonld havo to ba improved to doutls its clanuel eapuclty to take this Chesapoaky and Oulo valuable to tuis State at Cairo, TIE JAMES RIVER & KANAWIIA CANAL, This central water-Ine, av ite advocates teria tt, tn lovated in Virginia and West Virginia, Commencing at Richmond, on the dantes River, {t la to ronnect, through tle Kauawhs River, with’ the Obie River, a distance of 471 miles, ‘the vision, from Richmond to Buehanan, niles, ‘embricos a suip-lock and hmprovementa peria! Ing tu the James River & Iauawia Company, at Meh mond, consfating of 160 nities cauat nnd 31’ miles of slack-Water, ‘Illlu diviniou has a water surface of 60 foct, and a depth of G fect, lockn 100 fect in Jength ond 15° fet whie,’ passing boats of 150 tons, ‘Tha cost of this division, of 197 miles, haa deen $10,436,869, It in proposed to enlarge the cannt to a water siivfuco of 70 fest, and s doth ut 7 fost, {6 propoxed to enlurgo tha lacks to 120 fest long and 20 fout wide, with a capacity for boats of 290 tons, ‘The cost of the eulurgemont of thie division 14 entinatod at $8,528,271.51. “Tia socond or contre division, extend- jug from Buchanan to the Green Beler River, in 705 mites, having about 10 miles of nlackwater navigation, and a tunnel throngh the Alles ghenics Of 7 8-10 miles $n length, and will Coat aliout $22,000,000, "Tho third or western diviston, trom Green Brier through tho routes of thu New and Kanawha Itiyers to the Ohio diver, is 107 44-100 mitos LF j vingie quif ntorma, cau Le rested with Munuphrey aul ' Abiwit, woe ate next morentine oterra of the FEBRUARY 10, 1875 temporarily fora few dayy, bat whici ij Carpa, United Btater Aris nuelly floated down, gud depewited at the montis « tha “Mesiasipol, 4 pody of weitiine tol 10° one" anita quae anid feet deop, ‘This fs 119 miler below of Now Orleans, pnd not lea th in fifteen years, oF froin 40 to 500 fort ground each year, ia meds ont dute the Gait, Since 1723, when there war 25 fect of water on the bere, tha depth has rteadsly deereaand to 1 feet at the pronent fine, The Mimsivatppl River, the grant Father of Waters, run with ft4 prints! tritat tuples, over 5,00 Intex, of 7 Mnebes per nil, wad eosin tbe dee fertilo banin in fhe world of ayer Lobyaue square miler, 6 but partially available for watt of reliable connection with Ude-water, which th Fort 8t. vhilip Canal will afierd. The abla sursey r “ and reporta of Gen, Humplirey, Cutef of Eugine United Staten Arms, and "hha able aunetanty, upon the practicability, und rocowtendiug the coustrnetion of tha ” Fort Puiiip Canal, 6 mils in length, having a width ot the hovtenn of 290 feo, wut mloring outward with 9 deptl of 26 fret, supmited with locks of 449 feet {a Inngth, 80 feet in width, and 27 feet ou the mttre-stil, "& once for all, all quertinna ax to th the protien of how ta om mike trunk avaliable the great natural slvantogsa of this water channel of commerce, in of peare, und the fimacuve sud {nealcuiall: beneidia to nur country 1 time of war, ‘The guns of Furl St, Patip evinn the conneztion with the canal and the rlyer, Le. tho fnereseed and aecamed wat this canal route will avoid (he mecesry dutolt of tan svutiiweat pasa at the mouth of Uke river, whieh cften requires rovetal hundred rites i en route from The cost of thin 6 mated by tho Enginezritsyy 1) and the xaving te the co hecome tribntary to this pert: inerce would v Ithin ter oatiog in a ningls sear, to gain from i Ny when ft 42 #1 eat ls that ur alle tocarry tonnaye, Pa aut Orkut hay nent to be Z7,400,¢ (1, y ttt ds and wont aunel of cutis his date pay for Thinois baw certataiy 30 1 r 3 than all the Alanth: ane tuge for the eatna Abt of thier Atlan the luke porte for th tnose fron the Allutic nn i gy AT parizon of tho pot Now York will how the thts gest tntuwd — elty, rivals at Chicago for the b 12,0087, ‘he average tr geaccivel, 0 number 01 ib atthe port of A Jecthy for th to wages xt pal saver The portot New York during the peasy 3 waile the tounigs cloured wan & showing that Chicaga aud cearancen ‘than «th r port in thie United States during tho past yrar, end mora tonne enterest and elcared then any Atlantis ond Gif port, any of New York, and this whei j@ save turongh the present with tho aiugie excep! hore U4 no willed 16 small Wellsad Canal, Daring the present year two vorsels havo assed thruugh tua Welland Canal for Great iriisiu—ous laden twa gralu and tho other with pbonhates, end trom Uap.t, Bierce, who haa crossed the Ailantic keveral times wit! wr Vennela, and ater coinpetent Judges, we Sto pa sured that whon the Welland € TF euipacaual constructed giving thn St, Liven 4 arg an outlet, with capacity of poreiuy wlia uf 1,800 to 2.00) tons burden, Ut ore taint iu the carrying trade to aud from Clivage, Wilh the St. Lawrence route eniurged, the Uewee and ‘Troy, or CneldaeLake, route “ewiarged to tho car of the new Wallund canal, 11 River improved, ut least to ay acity of tho Welland & 'St, Lawrence Canale, and lie Fort BL. Philip Canal constructed, Mlinois will have tho St, Lawronce ond Oneida "Lake outeta jn tho summer, and the Missiar;pl Iver ontlet an the winter, Tho Cynadion waler-wuya cen bo greatly facilitated = by frimmdiy aud moralad, ‘Cho State of New York oucht to be arged to complete the Ouclds Lake route, and the delegat.ou in Congress from Illinois can reeure the necessur: propriations for the eurvey and improve. Inent of tho Mistlerlnd — Iiver, theas last named greatly-n Nat rebaunely, which are praviicabia "and capabie of it complete), Mhinola wou'd double ber population and ‘Ve evabled to receive the full value of her productions, aud obtain froin tide-wator her exchanges at « greut waving over present cost, Thave the houor to be, very respoctfulls, your obeblent servant, i may Daxpags, Commissioner, — FIRES, AT PITTSBURG. Prrrsnuna, Fab. 9.—A flra broke out to-night between 8 and 9 o'clock in the wholesale and re- tail hardwaro establishincut of Wiitley, Wolff, Lone & Co., 50 Wood atroct, and, before tho flames could bo checked, destroyed entirely tho two upper stories of tho building. ‘Thia was one of the oldeat establishments of : .isburg, and had a Yory large stook of goods, tho priuc:pal part of which wea dontroyed, tha goods on the first floor nod in tho cellar Leing ruinod by water. The tiro originated from dofective flue on tho second tioor. Tho loss of Mossra, Whitley, Wolf, Lane & Co., frow fire and water, will age aggregate $75,000, sully covered by insurance. Tho damage to tho building is very hoavy. ‘he two uppor stories and tho roof sro destrored. ‘Iho _ building was owned by E. Lawrence, of Philadelpnin, whose Josa fs also covered by insurance, A good deal of dificulty was experienced in getting in longih, A betlar portion of the line tn alackwater navlgution, and will cost about $15,000,000, ‘The ontire Une ‘will bo: Cans}, 231 milos ; nlackwater navigation, 161 29-10) miles opon river, 795-100 milew ; total length 47141-1060 miles, Cort: JArst or Fastern Division, addtiona, — $3,539,871.01 3 Sacoud, or | Mid= die Divistou,’ additional, $25,000,990: Thin, or Weston ’ Dividon, additional,’ $16,000,500? total “cust, gakglg.ar18l, A Tord" of distinguished ongiuecta of the Gorps of Eugiucers of tho United States Array, concieting of Gons, A. J, ar~ nant, Q. A, Gilmore, Godfrey Weltzol, Goi, W. P. Cranghiil, B, 1, Latrove, Esq. 0. E., aud Licut. ‘Thomus Turtio, U, 8. A., having, by order of the War Dopartoront of Juni, 27, 1874, oxainined this route fully, report that It in feaviile, With an ample water anp— ply for 7 feet of “depth, and — recommreid to tunneling of the summit uid completion of tho canal, which thoy roport can Le Dullt for front $50,00C,~ Huo to $0,000, he States of Virgiuta aud Weat Virginin have, ofter antrupgle of nosrly a hundred years, {n 2870, ts0morialized Cougrers to complete this "work, aud that thoy would relinguish the $10,009,000" thut they have olroaly udvunecd, livery ‘connecting link between the seaboard wvl the Gato and Misslanippl Rivers or the chain of great lakes will be bailed a8 one more outlet, aud (his will bo unother curmmercial bond that will dt lost Lind the Last and West togother, and ensbla the great iron and coal-told of Virgiuls to bo uullized, It fe clainod that less than one nionth tno year will bo lout to navigation hy ice, or that eleven Inonths of the year this route will bo opan, ‘THY ATLANTIO 4 GREAT WESTEUN CANAT, ROUTE. In thy route it 48 prayed to follow the ‘Tennusnety River from tts coniluencu with the Ublo to Gunter ding, in Alabama, whlch t¥ about <0 miles above the Sfivlo Suoalt, at Foren ta, Front this point canal and lackewater —_navi- ation, will vonnect wita Ude-water Either throush the Havauaah or Oemulgeo Rivers, a distunoo of utanut 169 ‘The general route will be ort Crock, Mill's Creek, Cousa Liver, by Nemo, Qa,, Hlowab luver, Astonuola, Chattakwebo, Goniulgee, Attumahe, Ovuolee, aod Savauuuh Rivers, 'Thid route will euable the Eastern autlat ta ‘connuct with the Chy of Savannah or Port Royal, Another owtern outlet is urged by soma cit'zou8 of Georgia, : eo and Alabama Rivers wud the ‘thers i an cacending lockage frow the ‘fenuesiea Iver to the aummit of but 409 fect, ant a deucent of less than 6:0 fet to the Coos iver, and an avcent of feot, w descent of 75 fect Lotween tha and the Ocrnulgee, which the Unite? Statca Enidueer pronnauead enuirsiy proatieublo, “Tue Atlantis and t Western Canal itnprovement connecting the uunoxien Tver on tho west aud Ocmulgeo River on (he euat, {8 73g aniles of slack-wotor navigation, aud wary intlog” of canal, ‘Tuo route inclites the Vennesaco River and Olio Yivor at Cairo, I, Tho tobi dintanve fron Calro to Ravaunah, Gi. fi open river, 078 mi cans, 75-10 milsa; slackwater, 7589-100 auiles ;’ total, 1,809 23-100 anilex, It is pros pased (a bulld tho canal suiticlont for 70 fot of water at the surface, and & fect deop, with locks 1s feet by 37 foct wide, carrying ud tons, The supply cf water bus besn’ fund wuficiont, and the cost to Le about $40,000,609, and ite enpacity 14,009,000 toa sautuall Ax there will ba no obsiraction from tee, Ute canul can be ured ult tho year, ‘This route, ns aberge caual,ean ‘bo used dutta the four winter iment that the St Lawreuice outlet fa uot avatlable to erg ei ‘THE MtssiasIPPE RITER NOUTE, from Cairo, Tl}, at th tivtive of tho Ohio River, and tha BMissisy Tue Hlate of Iiinoin ass deepur interest tu thie t tha lever beneflts of finproverntaty above Calta, ‘Il Chief of t20 United States Eugiuoer Departracht reports thet thors nover was a completo survey of the Missit~ Mippl Raver bulween Cairo an Nuw Orlow, Frou, toformation ut thote command tint 10 feet of wator can be sesurred ut the lowrat sluges of water, aud noarly twice that depth fur poveral mouth ot high’ water, tere ts no doubt but that» Kreator depth tan 10 feet can bo obtalus) between Culro and Mompbis, and between Mempaie aud New Orlesny, the principal obstructions or bare beiug those of those of Wo rivers Shou Fly aud Island 95, atove Lake Provence, with tho dykce, dawn, aud jetties }Topowed by the eugiveera in ‘charge, ‘There ia uo question bus that this route, which {6 open all the year, cau be tady availalle ut a leas cost than any routo be- tween the Statu of Tiituols und tdowater, aud expecially vantages apparont duriug tha winter mouths, Were tovius to be yo queatioa sa te the pructicability of (a route fruin tho sea to New Or- Iwauis tho great queationfarlaas Low to connect the laat- named cily, through which the Mirswalppl River posaas, aud Which river often Lesa dopt of 109 fect ja ita channel ew Orluaus, ‘The tures principal “mouths of the Misslasippt— having channels of from 8 to 16 frat in depth, the two largut pul, to the mouth of the Intter, 3 pases having but trow 12 to 16 {vot iu dopth, After the movt soloutifia aud peraistout effort uf the Ea~ ginsors' Department, but 18 fest bas been attained wud the ‘preseut yor, wien Mf Mawel, iu charge, why bad’ conatrnete &® Meain-drodge, which is @ wuccession of cyUdiloal Aulvos, bas buccesd OUtaluiag 19 to 20 feet water, many of tho fire pluga being frozen, AT ESCANABA, Speeial Dispatch to Phe Chicago Tribune, Escanaba, Mich,, Feb. 9.—About J o'clock this morning a firo broke out in the notion store of J. A. Burne, in this villago, Tho rear ond of tho building being oseupiod by tho owner, a Swede, as a dwelling, in a suort time tho whole was consumed, Burns saved scarcely anything, and loat about $2,500 worth of goods. Insurance in the Northwestern, of Milwaukee, 21,700, Tho Bwode had no insurance, snd loses about £2,500, ‘The moreury stood a¢ 35 to 40 below zero at tho time of the fire, and the joug lead of hose was auacly filiod with ico before tho tire was eub- ta AT SALZEBURG AND MIDLAND, MICH, Speciat Dispatch to The Unicagv Tribune. Easr Saaixaw, Mich., Feb. 0.—Standacher Bros.’ store, st Salzcbury, 2 milos below this city, together with its contents, was totally do- Btroyed by fro at 2 o'clock this morning. Loas on building, 81,000; on stock, $15,000. Thero was $10,000 insuranco on the stack, coneisting of general merchaudie. Thoclork jumped frou the window to savo his lifo, aud wau weverely ine jured, ; ‘The Union school-house af Midland sos dam- aged by firo this morning to the extent of $500, Coverod by Jusuranco, AT HUNTER’S POINT, L, I New Yonk, Feb, A firo in fire engine- houso No. 5, at Huuter’s Point, 1.. 1, destroyed vhat building, a school-houxe, and four neigh- boring buildings, Tho loss iy $40,000; tho in- surance, €4,500. Three officora were sovercly burned while rescuing tho children, and ono child was fatally burned. The fire fa wuppoued to bo the work of an incondiary, and to bave arisen from a riyaley between member of Lo- gloe Company No. 6 aud auotbor, Ss AT EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. Special Disnatch to The Chinas Tribune. Axtoy, Ill, Feb. 9.—This morning, abont 8 o'clock, tho grocery and provision store of II. IT, Lobmiro, at Edwaidevillo, was dicovered to ba ou firo,and was damaged to the amount of $1,000, toatl, on atock, bofore the fro was ex- tinguished. Mr. Lobmire’s insutanco on stuck had oxpired, but the losson the building waa fully cuvored by insurance, AT BUFFALO, Special Dispatch to Phe Chicago Tribune, Enis, Pa, Feb. 9—A fro in the Lums Block, Buifato, last ovenlug, damaged about 300,000 worth of stock, Only partiatly insurod, ‘The losora aro Waruor Bros., clothiors, daniage on ay Ot $250,000 ; insuraAnoYG ALOU YS, ovo, ‘vous, oiotbing, $100,000; insurance about 630,000. AT SPRINGFIELD, ILt, Syectat Dispaten to ha Cincayy Tribune, Sraiwariery, Il, Fed. 9.—The residence of Co}, John P, Baker, oue of tho former propric- tore of the State Journal, waa burned this afcor> noun ta thia city. Lows, 7,000; inuuranoo, 1,000. AT BROOKLYN, N, Y. New Yona, Fob. 9.—Samaol Farnwalt & Co.'s weaving establicumont, at Nop. 25%, 254, and 250 Water atroet, Brooklyn, was turned to-day. Tuo Jona on stock and building iy 55,090 ; tho tusur- anco is net known, Quo buvdsod persons aro thus thrown out of ewploymont, possesion THE GAMBLING-HOUSES CLOSED. ‘Two aquade of police wera out at a Jato hour Jast night, and made visits to all the gambllug- 1ooms, but found them all closed and no pleyiug iu progress, —-—_—__ ‘The first bouse ercated In Lanving, Mich,, hea duet boun tort down for improvemante, a omenn Iuclmation ual is enbirced, af any. i | ‘eaair way taken by Merriyon Tavdivgt Tt will "to xen’ by the forencing tebie thet | tho ornva at the debe pauls for the pant aro nemly one Wed inte | 1 SENATOR CARPENTER. Wis Threnody Before All the Milwau. _ keeans Last Night. His Love for the Dutch and the Irish and the Poor, , He Clores the Breach in the Republican Party Alter His Own Manner, Syevial Vispateh to The Chieaay Triton Minwacrec, Wis, Feb. 9.—There Lava been lees thin 4,000 persona assembted in the Academy of Music this eveaing iv hear tho Hon. Mazt II, Carpentor enlarge on the story of id detent. Every eeat in tho hall was ocenpied. & few tujuutes aftor 7 o'clock. aud it way dificult to obtain atanding-room in any part of the built. ing long before the time named for commen: the meeting. ‘Tha audicneo had ovidently been attracted by 1 not ng the expectation of s good epeect:, rather than by 7 ivimato personal — syinpath: the hut fact wea Ly seedingly partial detavnetration of | vplauve when the orator of the eveuiny cama Upon tho stoye, Keurcely one hand an ten joing iu tia plandit of welenme. At 4 o'clock tho y ES'foy Mayer, who biielly introduced Me. Carpenter, faring thet he wes eure the immenen auditory | 1 had not vembied to hear Lim, [Applause.] Mr. Carpenter, on rising, was greeted with w:dereble clapping of handy, and a few hand- kerchiels wluch fwd aoen gerviee were madly waved for a eecund, silence being obtained, Sen- i said: We havo not met on thia oceamion to mourn over our defeat, done, What is written is written, Jet bygones be bygone: the parjpoucs of our parry. A war of four sears Wits hecessary Lo secure the aboution of elayet and the abclition of the wiave hos acl: ed in no stunt degree to cast upon this day tbe yet larger prodlem of capital aud Iabor—the quesiion wuieh mat determing th. etusugef the rich and the poor, The Republican party along cau deal with puch great issues, but cho work to be aceci: pened renders unity and baimony in our dwn indnpensable. Checks met be received by tome few adividuais [AD ve “he lozes?"} 5 wome fow victiius iintst fail; but the people will eo steadily cuward, and the giewt ueed of the time is, ikat tue Hepab nhouid be held rogethar. It watt his duty, on ikat occasion, to thank tho people of Milwaukee fur this mianifeataiin of theit recurd, and to ask his pohtieal friends to consider the imvortance of union for great con nua objects, (0 which end ho would adsjure thon: to smooth ther wiinkled brows, recover their no ‘Tbereforo, acd move onward to | crptomied sweetness of temper, ana preserve the guity of the pariy. Mr. Carpenter ti.cn entered into some particu. Jory wilh reference ta its tinet artival in Wiscon- win, and his gettiement several years later ju this city." Ie ld ever Leen treat. ed with kind:ces and ecirideration, and here. 10 te of announcemeurs to ihe contrary, he pro- poued lo live and_to dic, standing by the graves of bis children, Mero ue had ucen surrounded by warm hearta and moiet eyes. aud When lan dures bad agsuiled Lim, as perbups no other man hind ever Leen assailed, men of honor una position, meu of character, who them- relvos wero unassaited, Lind’ rallied around him, [Applauee.) Returuing from Muli. Bon recently, in the sackcloth aud aphes of his personal ambition, ho bad been me: at the dez-ob by a throng of frienda whono kin: ness made ample compensation for all dinnp- Pointments. Even this evening he believed that, had tuo weather beou plensant, there might uave Deen a good uttendanco. |Mueh laughter.) Snek atnecting absolved him from all charges. Mil- waukeo might heuceforward bo referred to a8 au answer to wil elanders, Aftor referring to Uo election in Milwaukeo for the presont Leginla- ture na personally complimentary to himeelf, epecifving Mr. Korslaw ond others a8 his ospe- cial friends elected to support him Mr, Carpenter went on to say that he could never forget tho kindnoss he had received st the hands of lrishmen. ‘There was. a bond of sym pathy alwave subaiating betwoen them and lim- xelf, for thoy belonged with him to Gcd's great congregation—the poor, ife then vowed that whenever opportunity should be afforded him, he woud aesist them by such meana as are, or wight bo, within bis power. Of the Germansho know lesa, for, owing: to the dofect of bie early education, be could not speak thoir lauguage, but be had received innumerable kindnesvea at their lands, for which he could but offer thanks, thacks, thanks, Rock County had gone forbimas one man. [Applanse.) Mr. Carventer named other districts which bad favore3 him, and oxpreeaed his gratitude. They must look tothe futuro, ‘Yhat was their duty and their privilege, Thero wau no time to com- pusin or to regret morely petsoual defeats, Ver- hupa, bowover, he might be expected to enumer- ate afew of tho causos which contributed to- wards his personal disappolutmoit. First in thai category must be noted the fact that we havea Warhburn among us; noxt, he bad of- fenueil capital by dofending tho people. The Bpeakor Wout on to enumorate frionds of his who had been uominated by the Ropublicang in bis interest, aud liad afterwards boen approached by Washburn men with specious promises and threats, under the preseure of which they had given plodges to oppose his election, Mr. Os- Lorn, of Rovk County, waa thus captured by Democrat, who procured hia pledge by 8 prem- ige that ho should have no opposition, and Os- born, much regrotting the cumpact, étill held limectf in honur Lound by the obligations, al- though it involved tho misrepresentation of a wholo constituency to giatify tho whim ot ono mah. “Oller instances were named, Tho next burst was eloquent in abuse of Goy, Washburn, and a strange com- inontury on the rdvice proviously given as to the smoothing wrinkled brows and promoting harmony. He (Mr. Carpentor) had sympathized with the poor from hia boyhood, and, in order to account for that fect, ho mentioned that, when ho was abous 10 years old, ho had been sent with hia father's dinner ona very hot day, aud, returning terribly opprewwod by hoat and fatigued almost ready to faut, he kaw a Deputy-Shorif named Rikor driving to- ward inm with a team, ‘Taking off his bat ag politely aa ho conid, ho had asked that man to give Lim a ride, ploading bis oxtaustion ag an exeuge, but tho driver pussod on, refusing bis pravor. At iret he sauk dows by the roudside, and shed tears of shame, ond sorrow, oud humiliation, bat, rousing himsolf, ho ssore that bo would never paus & poor boy on the road if he had team, and the poor boy bad not. (Ap pinuco.| lis sympathion withthe poor tad cons tnbuted to his downfall, but, God helping hito, ho would sland by his principles. Next to the abelition of tlavery, he had held that tho dosreet purposa “of tho country sbould bo to ‘control the railroad monopoly. ho had ennaciated Uno opinion thut railroads ate public highways subject lo State coutrol, Nani ing the veveral cecasions on which be bad pat forward such views, when bad he taken the other wido? Itmight have been worth $10,090, and mizht have obviated tho present result. Fuurteon Democrats had promixed bim that they would not, under avy cirenssorives, support another Ropublican aguiust tim, Lut the railroad mag- nates had ooutralled hem to eee & rogult which no argument could reach and "no indignativn euliciently condentn, ‘Tho whole body wore prevailed = upon to for Do:httle's ret of propositions, which might imean eometbing or nothing, but which verved to cousiimmate tue coalition. Mr, Cauferon wae, however, a true man, Wo bad been a Whig anda Hopublican all. bis life, sud ho had no sympathy whatever with tho Demo- crats, ‘The Actos ond some athor papers alain ee him ag Democrat, but the statement iv un- FLO, Mr. Carpontor then ‘read a lottor which had been soilt ta Madison Ly Mr, Cameron during the recent coutcet, speaking in tho highest tor of Gov, Washburn, but urging tho Republi oltersy to clogs up their rapa und gup- port tha nominoa of tho caucus, Such w nan could not go over to the Lemocratio narty. Mo ig winun of wtegtity and bizh principle, and although bo iva raitroud atterucy, be will not top avide from the coue prosciived by bouor, {luimenso applauro). ‘Iho speaker noxt desorlbod how the bolters had operatcd to seturo hiedefest, He was ao bad ® man that the Domocralsy were appooled to for help, Itza nudoubtedly trae that Ceiaoron bus moro wympathy with oapitalinte than bim- solf, but, navortheloss, the Democrats would fad thowselves sold—badly soli—as Cameron, being a true aud straivht Hepublican, would nat favor railroad ner other corporations ayeiuas the pooplo. Joudge Doollttle's specch afforded the material ier u lecgthy phillipio, bocause ho bad made out the deodw of transfer for tifcy-one Democrats whom ho cartied in hia breeohea povket, At this time those waa tmiuch confusion in tho What ia doug : the ball, After waiting some fow seconds, Mr, Carpenter invited tho sjacutators to como to tho wtave, ‘The Doolittle diatrino continued, the *peaker walking to and froon tho stage as ho poured out his contemptuous demnciation, with a brow moro than slightly furrowed, and tempor aint entiraly ao siveet aghe had prosembed tor othere, ftor exhausting bis antagonint's peraonal his- . the speaker wont on to ray that Indge Doolittle invored an abridgement of the suffrace by applying an educational toat, which would affect the poor, whether white or colores, and atrongthen the hands of monopolints. Ife would alzo juvada the secrecy of tho ballot, which would tend inevitably 1 the samo direction. An im- tense party tu the nation would be found com- mitted to that policy, but Doolittle had blundered it out tooroon, An eloquent appeal was hore made on Lelialf of tho ignorant and wniettored, who shed their blood and imperiled their ttves ta maintain the Union, [Arpinaso,] ‘Tho organiza’ion known ng the White Teague Was next described, and the claima which are being hold in verervo in tho Youth —tntil the White Houso and Congress should Le filled with men ready to pay for South- orn property destroyed during tho Rebellion, ‘or to prant pensions to “loyal Soutb- Tern soldiers who had suffered wounds and defeat in fighting against thea Union. {aps | plause,] ‘Tho principio of the Nebelliou wil } fonght over again in Congress, Southern Nep- 1 reseniatives alwaya support auch claisng, no mate ter what they maybe, and if such man are ) eteengthened, what muut be the reault? Thenext ‘ceidental camprign wili have all auch ineites to fight over, and ho did not hositate to ; fav that the anlvation of the country depends cn 4“ Keputlican party. if their hands should Lo pueld in the ext fall elections they could contra! the Presidential election, Never, since the tworning wlace sang togethor, Mas Leen peek on cre na the iovefore all dilfurences toust be wate to uphold tho ublican party. sl] conelude by repeating the appeal with whicn to hac commer that they sbonld not murmur about a certain individual failure in Madison. ‘Cho party must firet he considered, and a gran‘ raily of ad tbo forces would ba necea- gary ta carry the stato Leynblican next fall, to which end they must march together, keeping htep ty tho tausi¢ of the Urion, and the consume { tention of buman te over all tho globe, [Ap- #e, which iasted #evera) minated.] After } Glenes had been restored, Mr, Carpenter again , Came forward to sunounce a Lethel Home cou- | cert on Thursday eveuiuy, but he wished it une deretoud that ho shoud personally receive po. thare of the proceeds. The huge meeting thon tlowly dispersed, i" 1 brush ‘ as i SENATOR GUCKINGHARYS SUCCESSOR. ; _Hantrony, Conn, Fed. 9—Gov. Ingersoll has appointed Senntor-clect Wiliam W. Eaton, i of this city, to Bll the vazaucy in the Uuited Siatew Senato caused by Senator Bnekingham'a death, his tery puting March 4. Senator Eaton will leave for Washington un Weduouday, ferent pieces Tieuriey pains, asthmatic, ard all throat affections, are soon relieved) by that curtain remedy for coughs and colds, Dr, Jayne's Expectorant, DRY GOODS, Lb BROS, 63 and 65 Washington-st, Being determined to close our entire Win ter stook previoun to romoval to the new and elogant building, Nos. 12] and 133 STATE. ST., we offer UNUSUAL INDUCHMEHNTE in all dopartments. 5,000 yas Diaconal Stitings At 260, a Bacrifico, 100 ps. Winter Suitings At 350, 406, and 46c, 40 per cont below former price. Our entire stock of BLANEEATS AT HALF PRIOE. 100 doz. Huck Towels $2.25 per dosen, old price $3.50, 500 pes. Loom Damask At371-2 cents. 100,000 YDS, OF CHOICE HAM- BURGH EDGINGS AND IN- SERTINGS Very Much Under Price, In Ladies’ and Gents’ Undervear ‘We offer extra quality at 37 1-20, 450, and 500; aold formorly at 65, 76, and 000. ° 63 and G5 WASHINGTON-ST,, Between State and Dearborn. J. B, SHAY, 84 & 86 State-st., Having still on hand a very large assortment of desirable goods which we desire to convert into cash before opening our Spring goods. To ac- galery aud exclamations from many pate of complish this end we have concluded to con- tinue this sale andmake S wri, FORTEER REDUCTIONS In many of our lead- ing departments will be found prices Below the Lowest Yet offered in this mar- ket. An inspection of goods and prices invited TRUSSES, &o, RUPTURE. RELIEF, COMFORT, AND CURE, BANTLUVI'N COMMON SENSE TRUSS, adopted dy 8, G eo RAnERG RUtaAN ry PAM Gh, tu tha: bs OuicaNo, maaufaoturers of TTeansas, Wa Biveke fi a te haeute Boe i tee, ews, \onteas eaiehul adjutuienh ballsiection g oad