Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 3, 1875, Page 3

R e s el ARG g s i AFFAIRS OF STATE. Debate on the Question of Final Adjournment in the Tllinois House. Protracied IMiscussion of the RRights of Alien * Corporations. The Proposition to Tax the Money Loaned by Them in Illinois Defeated. Passage in the lonso of a Bauk raptey Bitl with an Ex-Post- Facto Clause. The Sonato Regards the Stato Mili- tia Bill with Disfavor. Bill to Restrict the Cost of the Pro- spective Chicago Court-House. A Slight Modification of the Potier Law Passed In tho Wisconsin Senate, 1 Yhe Kansas Legislature Doing Nothing for the Grasshopper Victims. Business Transacted in Other Leg- islaturcs Yesterday. ILLINOIS, HOUSE. aipecial Dispateh to The Chicana Tridune, Brarvarizeo, Iil, March 2.—The question of wjournment was brouglit bofore the House this norning by the report of tho Committee on Ap- jropristions sending back the resolution offered e other day, fixing tho 4th inst. as date of ad- lonrnment sine die. Tho Committoo recommend- 1d that tue rosolution Lo tabled, aud reported & wbstituto providing that, after the 4th {ust., no 1w businoss be entortalned except from the standing committocs unlesa by consent of two- thirds of tho onse. Armatrong moved a recommittal to the Appro- priation Committen, lio was in favor of an early adjourument, but thought it proposterous to bo fixing auy date for adjournment 80 loug a8 thoe appropriation bills were not disposed of, and £0 long as thoro was busluess to bo transacted. ‘Whon they wore through with their Lusiuess ho wanted to adjourn, and thero was no use of cut. ting off businces at this atage. Aftor Yastherdizoussion the motion to recom- mit was loat and the ayos and noes wore called on the substitute, Pendivg the vote Bradwell called attontion to the fack that the resolution (whicl, had the vote boen announcod was then earried, ) prohibited tho introduction of new busi- ness not after tho 4th {nst,, but aftor the 4th of March next, 1876. Motions to amond woro offered, and, the main question having beon orderad, wore ruled out of order. The usual turmoil eosued, everybody clsiming the floor, overybody trylog to get off something amart, sod overybody making s mess of it gonor- ally, At last tho Clork succoedoed in getting through the roll-call ou tho aycs and nays, and the substitute was lost. The original was then tabled by 66 ayes to 33 nays. Other resolutions were attemptod to be iutroduced, but Inscoro and othera shut off fartber fustian, and thus the question of sdjournment, 80 to spoak, was kicked under tho table, and the House signifiod ita detormination to sdjourn when it gots ready. ‘Tliat out of the way, tho ponding questior tho rocommittal of the Foroign Corporations Tn- terest bill to the Committee on Rovonuc—was takon up. ‘Tho bill ia as follows : A pILL for an act to enable corporations In other Blatea and ' cotntries to lend money in ilinola, to-entorc their pecurities and acquire title 1o real estats taken aa pecurity, Ercrion 1, Be it enscled by the People of the Siste of Lilinols, reproscntod iu the General Assembly, That any corporativn furmod under the lawa pf auy other Btate or country, aud suthotized by its charter to in- ‘Yout or losn inoney, may fuvest or loan monoy in this Btato, and any such corporation that msy bave fue veatod or lont money s aforossid, , msy havo the same rights and powera for the recovery thiereof as private persons, citizens of this State; and whens als der any Judgment, docree, or pawer in & mortgago or deed, #uch corporation niay purchaas in {a corporate name the property offered for sale, and bocome vested with tho titlo wherever a natural person might 4o so i like cases, But all the real estats so stquired aliall be Hable tomio, and be sold in the man« er npeclfied in Beca, 11 and 13 of * A act conceruing corporations,” approved Aprit 18, 1872, Ierron took tho floor against tho amondment instructing thio Committos to roport a bill sub Jecting 1o taxation iora monays of foreign cor- -porations wo loancd in this Btaio, He waid he ad oxamined the statutes of Peunnsylvania, Connecticut, and other Eastern Siatos from ‘which capital is sent horo to ba loanoed, and hiad found that in each of them tho moneys of the corporationa located thero wero taxod. Tarthor, 1lliucis was the only State in the Union which sttompted to tax capital sent into the Biate to promote its {ndustrial and busincss iutorests. 1o hnd nover heard of s borrower iu Hlinols who wanted forelgn capital taxed bero; ho bad heard of no nowspaper that advocated it; and questioned whothor i was ad- Vocated on the tloor ouly by gentlemen whoso constituenta did not demnud 1it, but who expect- ed to make capltal for themsolves by thoir ®poeches ugaloet capital. Weo wanted capital, (c'l it was proposed fo drive it away by taxation. We wanted it at the loweut rotos, and yot it was proposad to add to thie rates the borrower would ve to pay, |, 1. Winter followed in the llereatlypedn eech of Iguorauce againet tho {udisputabio and immuta- blo laws of business, Ho wantod ** the tax to doscend, like tho gonilo dew from hoavon, upon all aliko," ''ho fatmors and propoRy-holdors of Iilinols wore taxed on their money, sud ho was gainet any discrimination which would excopt tlis monoys of foroign capitaliuts from tazation. The goneral impreusion was abrond that tho law- 8 0n this tloor wera in ths interest of corpora- . Heo wauted to olear himself of such jm- Dutation, and to declaro duumn{.nm L waut- ed the mbflfl{l of corporatious taxod as other uonoys wers taxed, A Tackor followed in another of tha argumenta of ignorance, and was followod by Landrigan aud othors in the same vein. Thess orators repre- 8ent tho schicol which cherishos tho original ides that the Logiulature overralus the moKoy-mar- kevas it doea runy much all elss of mundane concern, The forelgn eorporations, they hold, uuatlond thoir moneys hera anylow ; they aro gvbbllu: up tho poor mau's property; if ha{' are not mado to_ disgorge park of thelr plandpr from the people, they will prove our ruination Reuarally—theso gormoragt capitallsts trom whom the monoy ia rTowed to develop the resources of the Biate sad build up our cities. Ho, to force tha cor- n?“h Cormorauts foresald Lo divgorgo thoir m-xo!t-n Ralua, let it bo done by taxing tho onoy thoy lend here, Notbing sbort of & sur n"&?.““"“' it would weom, could get it fnto ' heads of the membors of this schiool that the. tax ¥ould bave 1o bo paid, not by the foreign ool oo atlons, g by the borrower, ¢ tho Taweoom, imposslble 4o convinoe (hem fhit used by “:“1“‘1( aud domand, aud uot the lawa Lot vaterz b Diiuois Logialature, fix (ho mar- e Lama o, TI008Y, and that, o’ mattor what o a0 b osn't Lo Lorrowod for leas poued o conpis Fales. - Further, ail taxoy fine Piees. G SaPial loaoed, aud all sieka of loss by Cratas sy ill Ve aided o the rogulsr hancs tond charyed the borrower, 'Thoy chance to tax capital, and that 18 enough, et %0 much reduca though it may cost lou, WEak 16 Jusredied ratov for wouoy ¥ tho veduction of The only variation of the ar was that of Callihan, Ho said !l tho people “'moh wore uok borrowors, Hupposa the tax vhl;? sxz the hc:u:l- 38 wanto h %0 that foreiga corporationy 'wes oqual Laxa should be subjact Lo the same tax as those of thia State, Dr. Royzors eald he wanted the men who talked about the poor mau, and on tho poor man's count, to romember that mavufacturing snd i duntrial ontororises had beon checkod for want of capital with which to continne ope ations, and the poor man waa, in consequence, out of work. Thopoor man was not & borrowor. Money was loaned to those conducting entor- princs hore, 'Iioy gave employinent to the voor man, but if 3 or 4 per cent of taxes wore added to Intorast rates on loans, none of our manufac- turers could_afford o pay it’ for capital where- with torun thoir works. Tho proposition to tax forelgn caplial wau & proposition to keep it out of the Stat Cullom said the billsyaato enalile non residents who loaned meney in this Siato to voma time get it back, The proposition lo tax foreign capital sras nuconstitutional, The money lent bocame tho property of the borrower 50 soon A8 it was loaned, and sircady wastaxed in his hands, ‘The forelgn corparation bad Lis note. t have ing Lho monoy, the forsign corporation could not be taxed on it. Lhe credits, which woro all that waa loft in the posscssion of the lenders, woro, in fact, in the safe of the Company making tho loan, In snotber State, and thora wubjoot to taxation. lu law they were but ehoses In action, and bad no exiatence oxcopt at e pircs of rosldonco of the craditor. ~Colium cited deoisfonn of the Huprems Court of the United States holding tazation of credits of a forolgn corporation to bo unconatitution Ho oited tho Iowa cases, in which similar had boon attempted and held nnconstitu f} aleo docislons of tho Supromo Court of Penusyl- vania to ho same effect. In conclusion ho showad the fapolicy of prullullfl adding our taxon to tho rate of lnterest paid by tha borrow- er, who, at the sama time, was taxod on the taonay borrowed. Effcetlve spocches wore made on the same sido by Contolly and Jirndweli, and the dol continued during the afternoon sossion, At its conclusfon the amendmont providing for the taxation of the eapital of foraign corporations loaued in this Hiate was lont—,ayes, 80 ; noos, 74,—and the bill was orderod to & third reading by 71 ayos to 40 nocs, A BTATE DANKRUPTCY BILI Landrigan introduced s bill relative to colleo- tlon of judgmonts agnlost corporations. It pro- vides that when & judgmont mgainst any corpo- ration (othor than s bankiog corporation) shall remain unpaid for ono year aftor its rondition, aud oxecution Lo not stayed by appeal or auper- sadean, it shall bo the duty of tho Circuit Court of the proper couaty to appoint a Raceiver to convort tho ssssta of such corporation into money. The Recelvershall tloroupon give notice by publication, for sixty days in somejnaivspaper of the county, toall creditors to prosout thelr claima. Theso within the noxt sixty days shall ba auditod by tho Racaiver and roportod to tho county, which, thereupon, ehall fimmediately ordor the sale of tho corporate property, or 80 much_thercof as may bo necessary Lo pay the debts, and shall order tha Recelver to distribute tlta procoeds of tho eale among creditors according to thoir claimms, 0 bill algo provides that thess romodica sball ap- ply as well to judgments herotofora rendercd as to thoso tlat inay bas reudered hieraafter, The bill would socm to conflict with tho provislona of the National Bankrupt las, It f8 evidently simed at tho railisay companios which have Iato- 1y gona to the wall, TiE PAUPER'S FIANCIIGE, Dunlap introduced a bill to cut of ballot-stuf- nngh&vvmiuglnmptu of the Ioor-House. It rovidos that no pauner ahall paiu a residonco by ving at the Poor-Houso, and that only those who ware rosidonts of tho gounty whon tioy en- terod that institution shall be altowed to vote. STATE CENsUS 13 1875, . Dunlap nlso introduced a bitl for taking a cen- sus in 1876, It provides that County Boards ahall appoint one or more Commiusionera to take an enumeration_of the ivhabilants, which shall commouco July 16, aud closed aud returns mado by Oct.1 to tho Conuty Joard, and n cortifled copd‘ sent by tho County Clork to the Bocrotary of State. The penalty for & faise roturn is fixed s 8200 fine, 'Lhe fee of the Commissloners for making tho enumeration is to bo 91 for avory 100 poraous, to Lo paid out of the County Treasury, THE CHICAGD COURT-TIOUSH, Higo introduced s bill designed to limit the total exponditura for tho now Court-Ilouso at Clicayo to $2,000,000. It provides that no pab- lio hufidlng for sny county, city, or town, or for tho jolnt uso of auy city and county shall be con- teacted for, or bullt at & cost whon' finished ex- coeding that amount. TUE REGIATRY ACT. Anotlior bill to xepoul tho Tlogiatey act was in- troduced to-day, LOOK APTER IT! Also » bill probibiting fire-insurance com- panies from canceling any policy without the consent of the policy-Lolder, unless thers be change in the occupancy of tho promises insured or in their axposure to risk of loss, — SENATE, RAILROAD TICKETS, Bpecial Dispatch ts The Chicage Tribune, Sraxoviero, I, Maroh 2.—A bill for the supprosalon of rallroad-ticket scalpers was in- troducod by Buchler, Itmakesita misdemeanor, puaishable by fice not oxcoeding $500, for any porson to soll tickats without a certificate of authority so to do from the road over which tickats are sold, AGAINAT TAXING CAPITAL, BTOOK, Mr. Waito introduced & bill to exempt from taxation the capital stook of manufacturing companlos. . THE CIIOAGOVELECTION DILL PASHED, The Citizens' Asaociation Election bill was passcd without debato, Its provisions, in the event of & vato In favor of incorporation under the Gencral Incorporation act aro Buch that, as Leretofore stated in thess dispatches, the first elaction for eity ofticers under the naw incorpo-~ sation could not bo held until April, 1876, tho fall eloction for Mayor and city officors to hold iu the interim to Lo held undor the provisions of the old chartor. Tho Commuttes on Milltary Affatra reported back the Militia biIL, with the recommendation thaticdo not pass. Tho bill was tablod by an almoat unanimous vote, indicating small pros- peot of tho pasaage of avy bill making appro- priation for arming and oquippiug the proposed Hiate guard, TASSED, Tho bill appropriating &2,000 to the State Hor~ ticnlturel Bocloty was passed ; also the bill pro- viding for the incorporation of mutual loan com- [mm:l and homeutosd sasociations to loau monoy 0 mombers at any rato of interost agreed on. TARK BONDS, The Mouso also Pnud the bill providing for the paymont of the interest on park bonds, ‘whieh wilt apply to Liucolu Park Louds, suthor- izing the imstio of new bonds for thoee outatand- ing, tho luteroat on the new bonds to be payable sowl-anuually, s OTHER STATES. WISCONSIN, DRAWING NEAR THE CLORE, Svectal Dispawh to The Chicago Tridune, Mapisoy, Wig,, barch 2.—~Tho Legislaturs has been yusbing busluess to-dwy, It being .the last for passing bllls under the renotution herctoforo adoptod for sdjournment Marok 4. A resolution to postpono adjournmont to Maroh 8 was offered ju the Assombly this morning, but withdrawn undor threat of fillbustoring, if pressed. Tho Honate, howo this ftoruocon, after a long dobate, paseod & resolution to extend timo for doiug busiuess to Thuradsy, and to ad- journ Friday, The Ausemnbly adopted a resolu- tion to oxpedite business by placing all Senato bills in goneral filo unloss spocially referred to Committee, aud then nobly devoted all the fore- noon to talk. A resclution suthorizing w stipa- lation by the Attorpey-Genoral with the West ‘Wisconain Raliroad Compauy, in the sult for for- felture of ita charter for romoving the track from Tomah, was sharply dobated sud {ndefinite. 1y postponed—b1 to 80. The resolution author {zing psyment of twenty yesra' iutereat, smount- 1ng to 816,000, on tha claim allowed by the Com- shissionersof Morgan L. slartlu for $10,000 for work on the Fox fil\'lr Iwprovement, was dlg- cussed st leugth and rojeotod. bill waa concurred fn allowing uarrow-gaugo rail- yoads to form coutinuous luss with those in INli- now. A long dobato, such as has taken place sunually for years, ou tho policy of siding local charitable iostitutions, ocourred on the bills ap- ng from §500 to §1,000 each o weven asylume, hospitals, and homes, montly in kol which they were concurred in— b1 to 39, other protracted debato took place ou thae blll frowa tha Btate Buperintendent's oftive, which passed, autborizing appropristions for eatablishing 1ligh-Behools “couditioned ou cor- tuius amounts being raised thercfor locslly. The Honute devoted itsolf to businews with very lit- tle debate, Hotno sixty Assombly billy, wore cone curred fu, swouy thems For the rovision of the statutos to exeuspt tho Wiseonsiu Ceutral Rall- road from the 4 ypor cont liceuso fea for five yoars, sud to or tha Madison & Postage THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY: MARCH 3, 1875. Rallrosd from Clase A under the Potter law to Class B, thua raising it rates tiog Lo rall- road side-tracka aud” fonces ; to pay attornoyn for prosocuting Pottor faw mnita; to punish the eslo of prize packages; to protoct porsons engaged fu breoding furred animals ; to punish crueity to animals ; fizlng the terms of Buprema Cousts providing for furntali- Ing property to Ktate inatitutious by tho Btale Drluon s to protect librarion ; rolativa to service of Jrocens n forelgn fusuranco companies; to @ofine the liabilities of railroads for damagen to employds. Amony tho Scnate bills paancd was ono for the lovy uf » Htato tax of £215,126, Tho Bonato this afteruonn, after agrecing to oxtend- ing the scesiou, took up the ratirond bill report- od from the Beleot ommities (the Quimby bill, with & fow amendmouts) raising frelght rates, sto. Tha firat offort of tha railway oppouenta waa Lo sechire delay by printing, which was oar- nestly sdvocatod. o Botb Housea Liad noesions Iasting till 11 p.'m. TABSAGE OF TITE BAILNOAD BILL IN TUik BENATE, Iu the Henste the Hpecial Comamiitee on the Tialirosd bill reported amendments to tho Quim- by btll, advancing rates oo cl I, and J; no clangs in and ouly on 1ralght after the first 50 miles, After eome sharp parliamontary skirmishing, the awondments ‘wora adopted, under the oporation of the previ- ons question, tho amendments balog sdopted by 17 to 11, The main question thon was put, and tha bill passed by nrltku vote. An attempt to nrihn the bill” by a motlon to recon- slder and lay “that motlon on tho table fsilad, and the Hauate adjourned, In the Aesembly much paesed In akire rolshing around the bill, Quimby amend- mente, ulmilar to thoss in the Honate, wore finally ordsred printed, and tho whale busi. ness was pottponed till to-morzow, The remolation extanding_ tho timo for final adjournment was adopted after much de. bate. A bill passed to approprinte 531,000 to thie Bt. I'aul Railroad for unjust taxes. 'The amondmonts to the Quimby biit will mako tho Potter Jaw more juat to railroads than horeto- e fore. It will probably pase tho Assembly to- MOIrow. e MICHIGAN. ONLY ONE HOUAE IN BEGSION, Special Dupateh to The Chcaaa Tribune, Laxsiso, Alich, March 2.—Both Houses ad- Journed last Friday until Mouday oveningat8 o'clook. On Sanday, bhowever, a great snow- storm sot in all over this Btato, which continued throughout Monday, and readered all railways except the great trunk lines almoet impassable, and hardly any members reached Lansing until T'uesdny morning, No quornm waa found prea- sot in the Honato to-day, and that body adjourned until Wednesday morning, The Iouse ob- tained & baro quornm this afterncon and trans- soled o considerablo amouat of businees, It way, however, almost all dono in the reports of Cowmittees and o Committee of tho Whotle, no bills being passed, beeauso tho attendanco wyas so small. The petitions against the CountyBuperintendency act continue to come in, and this system of managiog the school alfalrs of tho State em at present con- ducted doea not seem to galn friends much. The petitions for and againat the Prohibitory law are also very numerons, but tho aggregato number of potitioners sgainst the Probibitory law is far greater than thoe nomber in its favor. A peti- tion was rocolved to-day praying for sanitary im- provements at tho Roform Schools, und also prayiug that tho business of cigar-making may be discontiuged at that institation. This is poseibly but the prelude to a general attack upon the carrying on of trades at the Htate Pridon, Houso of Correction, ote, It is claimod that the contract Iabor worked at theao Institutions intor- feres with both the valua of labor and the busi- ness of mauufacturors, It is, bowever, vory doubtful whotbor any change will be made in this matter, Bomo slterstions may result, but no sweoping chango will bo made, because it would too greatly diminish the revenucs of these institutions at & time when the 8tate wonld not be willing to make its penal and reformatory institutions more burdansome than {4 noconsary. The House, in Committes of the Wholo, agraed to-day to the bill probiliting trospassers on privata lands for tho purposs of hunting and fishing ; rendoring the trespassor liablo to the owner in $100 damages whona notice forbidding treespnening has boon st up. s i INDIANA, BENATE. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Ixpravavouss, Iud,, March 3.—The Senato to- day indefinitely postponed the now State-House mattor by tho casting vote of the Lisutonant- QGovernor, who thonght that time would bo ‘waated at this date of the sousion, in view of the sction of the Hougs. The Camp-Meoting bill passad ovor the Governor's voto by 27 to 17. The Special ommittee on the Northern Prison reported everything correct as (o finances, and the inmates well fed and kindly treated. Bills pasaed changing tho date of delinquancy on tho socond instalimont of taxes to tho first Monday of November ; incorporating Granges of Fatrons of Husbandry ; providing thas bad fences sball be no bar to recovery of damages from stock rauning at largo ; giving landlords a lien on crops far tho amount of the ground-ront; allowing cities to lovy taxes on county sssessments; sllowing thirty daya for redomption of peraonal property aold for taxos. An attempt faled to pass tho bill taxing ehurch proporty, and to ropeal the BILLIARDS AND BEECHER. A Mixed Interview with Tom Foley. The Alderman and the Reporter on Different Tracks. Happy Blending of Bowen and’ Gar- nior. Tom’s Oplinfon of the Brooklyn Scandal. His Talk with the Defendant in the Uase. A Relapse into Billiards. Chicago's favorito siatosman, theologian, and billiard impresario, Tom Foloy,—~our leading Alderman from the First Ward, whoso silver- tonguad eloquence haa alike stifled municipal stoala in thair incention, and wrought giant im- Tyovementa for the public woal ; whose active brain and kindly hoart removed tho onerous tax on bllliard-tabies § whose approving nod can make & Benator, s City Weighor, or & ralroad flagman ; whone mind fital comprehenided the extent of the disastor threatonod tho People's party by tho extra taxation on whisky ; whoso Iropartiality has always msde him a favorite raf- oroa at billiard-matches ; and whosa ecclesine- tical windom has mado his opinion on the eloction of Dr. De Koven a0 carnestly sought sftory the popular citizen, the friend of Mark Bhoridsn snd Mike Geary,—haa just retarned frown a visit of soveral days to New York. It Laa been annonnced that ho went there to witnaes the lata billiard con- teats between the two Frenct experts, Rudolphie sod Vignaux, Tho statoment is truo, but this object was far from embracing the full purposa of his yisit, It waa a very pood excure to make to the boys, to whom Tom was unwilling to con- foss that he had in mind a matter of much doop- er inlorcst, Tho truth isthat Tom bLas boen groatly excited by THE BEECHER TRIAL. Iio haaroad overy tweuty-column statoment that appeared before the trial mec iu, and since has fotlowed, with the most eagor interost, overy de- tall of tho great scandal capo. IHis prominence 28 & Wostern theologian Las placed him on Inti- mate terma with the defendant, whoso ** Life of Christ" ho looks upon as second only a8 a work of «groat value to Ahern's “Great Revolution," and his prominonce s s statesman Lies brought him, upon various topica of great litical and mocial sigoificance, into tho most riondly communion with Tiltoa. In araco which 1o #eriously involved his two friends he could not but ba doeply intorested, aund, sloce the opening of the case, his enforced absence bas fliled his heart withmany pangsof bitternces. At Jast lie found an opportunity to visit New York, sud, upon the preteneo of witnessiwg tho bill- iard-matches, procoeded thither to become a spectator of tho Boocher trial. Ho haa just re- turnod from tho stubborn battlo-fleld of tue great Plymouth scaudal case, deepiy impressod with the scane, and inbued with tho mighty sig. nificance of ita rosult. APPRRCIATISG TME VALUX OF THE OPINIONS OF 40CH A MAN npon such s gubject, a roporter of Tne TuinvxNe juterviewed tho gentlemau yeaterday afternoon. Ho discovered Inm attha_billiard hall 8o popu- latiy known as *Tom Foley's,” lcauing upon tho’ bar with a graceful poise, abstractedly re- tloctiog upon tho contents of an ale giass which Lo beld fu Lis hand, or perhaps upon the cons tonts of the ** Life of Woodhull " whick e Liold undor his arm. Ths newspaper ambaasador Intsrrupted his ‘meditations, whatever they wore, with the re- mark: “8o, Tom, you have attended . tho Lseecher trial " Yen, sir, I havo,” ha returned, *and 1 GAN NOW DIE NIAFIY. 1 wouldn't have missed it for augthing, It wam # rattling gamo, I toll you. Tilton—L mean Vig- naux—~{s & bosutiful playor, You ought to see Lim, Boochor wes & littlo scared, aud couldn't lay bis bost game. ¥o ougut to have won it but the testimony was sgainst him from the lay off. He played in bad luck all tho time." The reporter saw that Tom was wandaring & littlo from the great question upoo which he wished to intorviow him, and interrupted mim with esying:.* No. ‘The Beecher case is what 1 ‘want to know about.” *Well, it was just s case of - * SCRATCIILUOK," " continued Tom, still on the same tack, **‘Rue’ ought to baye won; ho had the best of i} until the vory laat.” i “Buf what is the impression in Now York as to bin guilt 2 “Well Ldon't tifink he Is guilty, Lavo koown *Ilue’ a good many years, and. in apite of all that haa been said agaivst him, I like him." **Imean Boacher's guilt,” said tho reporter with Znnruuiu; symptoins of dosperation. +*Oh! 1don't know. I rucss ovorybody thinks he'a guilty. But about * Ruo.' I believe that he Inw probibiting divorced peraons from marrying within two years. HousE, In the fTonge a special committes roported that four or fivo more employes were beiug paid thau allowed by law, and one appears as clork who has nover boon noar the Btate-ilouse, The raport | guests that tho parties be discharged and tho ount drawn bs refunded to tho Treasary, The Revonue blll pawsed with s Stata levy of b conts, § sobool lovy of 8 cents, and 2 centa for bullding a new Ineano Asylum, Bills passcd providing that wivos of insana husbands may ol and convey their property, and restrictiug mubicipal eorporations to the incuring of debt to moro than 6 per cont of their capital, In the afternoon tho 2genoral appropriation Wil paased. The appropristion for Pordue Agricul- a%;nl College waa cut down from €30,000 to $20,- § —— MINNESOTA, PHOCEEDINGS, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicaso Tribune, 87, Pavr, Minn,, March 2.—In the 8o ths amended Tax-Law bill was perfected and passod. ‘The Sooate bill passed authorizing countles to lovy a tax for treo-planting, and making towns reaponaiblo for the protection of publio troes. After a long debate in Committeo of thoe ‘Whole, sevoral rallroad bills wore disposcd of, tho last vote being, on division, 16 40 13, to substituto SBonator Molghon's bill for Ropresontative Morse's, The Committee meath azain thin afternoon, when frionds of the Morse bill hopo, Laving & full Comuittes, to replacathe Morsa bill. Moighou's amends tho law of last year b{ raducing the Commiesion to ono, ana probibits him from fizing maximum reasouable ratos, 1t othorwise loaves aw undisturbed, In the Houss, the Bonato bill d requiring ailroad companies to furnish lita of their tauds $o0 the several County Auditors whoro locatod ; alao, tho House Appropriation billa for tho sup- ‘mork of "the Naforia School, and tho Asyluma for the Insane, Deaf and Dumb, sad tho Blind,—al- together §130,000, —— KANSAS, THE GRABSHOPPERS, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribuna, Topzxa, Kan,, March 2.—~Tha socond Confer- euco Committee on the relief businoss js unable to agres, and the Legislature i Jikly to adjourn without dolng anythivg for the benefit of tho grasshopper wufferers, ‘Tho Governor sont a #peclal mossago to the louss to-dty strougly and earnestly recommending au appropristion of #50,000 for the purchase of secd. OTHER MATTEUH, . A big lobby o county ofticlals fs here working to defest the bill reduclng fees and salarles. Bome {mpreesion has been made on the Benate, ;mifldu% ‘I:od& to-day re]:lct‘?ld lgyslrtl bills of t‘hn . 8 Houus 0 bill approprial 5,000 10 tho Pouiteatiary. Conudersule dia: cuasion took placo ou & proposition to disponso with a Chaplain for that inatitution, but the mo- flon was tluatly voted down, s s PENNSYLVANIA, TOCAL OPTION DEFEATED, Hanrisouko, Pa., March 2.—~The bill to repeal the Local Option law passed the House finally thle morning, by a vote of 124 to 54, —————— OBITUARY.S Gén, Lorenzo Thomag, Wasurvazox, D. 0., March 2.—The late Adjt.. Qen, Lorenzo Thomaa died in this city to-day in the 724 year of his nge. has boon charged with a good des! that ho never was rouponsiblo for. 1 see they ar poing ta ex- cludo Lim from tha Assoclation of Billiard Pls; era for_unprofessional conduct, I think it wrong.” *How often did you vislt tho trial ?" hfl[ naw both gamos. Vignaux won bath, you ow.” ¢ But the Brooklyn scandal case—what did you think of it ¢ Oh1 tho Boechor trial. Well, it'a » big thing, *Rue’ will be out lere, I expoct, duriug our bills {ard towrnament.” *How do tho New York peopla TUINK TME TRIAL WILL NESOLT? “YWhy! they are not much intorested in It. You uoe no players cast of Littsburg aro allowed to enter, You'ought to know that it is a tourna- mont for Wostorn and Southwestorn playera ex- clusively.” 41t must have heon & gratifyiug sight to a mind like yours, raul the roporter in another attempt to concentrats Tom's wtellect upon the Dleechor case, **to seo such a constollation - of Iogal talogt gathierad togoiher, and to beliold tho various witneesos to whom tho scaudal has given & wotld-wldo famo.” ** Well, yen, it was, IT WAS A YINZ AlONT. At both tho gatncs, though, thero was a large at- tendance of talent. Daly, the two Dions, Gure lor, Ubasay, aud all the promiuent playets of tho Fnst, wore thero, Anud thoro were sowe vor! prominent peaple among thom who witncssod them,—Ilarry 1AIl, Bllly Edwards, Arthur Cbombors, and a host of others. I got sc- mainted with -xrvood mauy Naw York Aldermen. ‘Lhoy aro a hard lot, I toil you, TALR ATOUT OMICAGO ALDERMEN | Why! they dissount our worst member,” “wDid yon visit Pl;mnlllh Church while yon wero in Now York ?'* despairingly sskod the fu- terviewer, * No, but I was in Harry lil's & nomber of times.'! * I suppose in such circles thore wan but one opinion concerning the case. Al of them took sidey with Tilton, undoubtedly 7" ‘*No, Vignsux had tho call from thoe start, Tho battlng was protty much all ono way," **There was conslderablo contcoversy, I be- "E"'& Mr. Foloy, whilo you wore iu New York, abou! ALLOWING BOWEN TO ATPEAR as s witooss, What wore your improssions on this point " “* I don't know,” sald Tom, abstractedly toving with hia empl[ alo glasa, ** They are trying to watoh him with Vignaux for a 5,000 stake, Vignaux lss offered hiui a fair proposition, aud 1 thiuk he will have to sccept it, ‘They Lave had quite a controvarsy about getting together." «**But, Mr, Foley, you misunderstaud wme. I 1 0 Mf‘ Boweli's posltion i the Boscher sl caso." : I thought {nn alluded to Garnlor,” +You aro mistaken. You aro determinod to talk billisrde, whoreas tho public woald like to kuow your oplnion of the Doeoher trial." “%‘.’“ don's want to intosview mo ou that, do you Why, lul; th 4+Why, I thought you moant uuortlui: tho time. The fact is, I'm ctock full Lilliard gamew,' *Kuowing vour reputsion as » BTATESMAN AND THEQLOGIAN, and a3 a keen, fntolligent obverver of events, I think your Imbressions of tho great scaudal wuit would'ba of the greatest value.” “Well, I attended the trisl, and was very deeply fmpreesed, Beecler, .fl““ kuow, [u ai old church-friend of mive. I differ with bim ou some poiuts of doctrine, but ou the whola thivk Lo Is the greatest preacher in tho country, aud am sorry tliat our cause—ile mera diffezences of doctrive never {nluence me—will Jose his jutlu- eace. We Liave argued the five paints of Cal- vin's creed onough to fill twenty volumos Like the repors of the Swisg-Faiton Dl you s exactly what I came for,” naws all of thove avor notico that controversy I had with him say- oral years ago in tho Indeperdent}” **No, J am sorry to say that I did not. Did you linve any PERSONAL CONYERSATION WITI NEFCHER?" 401 yon. Ife asked mo what llewing, Mark Bheridan, Mike Geary, Matt Denner, aud Miko MecDouald thought of his cano,” ** What did you tell him #" » *1.told him'most of the hoya out hera thought ho was guilty, but Chlnnga wag different from Btooklyn, and *The Btore' generated very liloral principlos; that eno wan tho only one bigoted and narrow-minded enough to think his Jittle orrars had involved lin ruln,” 4 1Wnat do you yau think of EVARTH? " **116 in a remarkable man. He in ao thin that 1t alinost weemn ns If you look right throtgh his body, Hais fleshlers, bloodless, Phyaically o in tho abutract idea of & man, o beata Ald, Cawmpbell in objectivg. 1e's up and down like o Jumping-jack. © A« for Khearman, put chin- “hillk"'}ll on Rudoiphe and you bLave him ex- sctly. “They {hink down East that Beechor is Rgullty"? “Yen, sir. The testimony of Mrs, Moulton sottlod it. 1f & hundred witucesen ehould mwear that Beacher nover vaw Mrs, Tilton, it wouldu't chanza tho imureskion now,™ ** How was 5 TiLTON looking " *He looked & good daal * tempest-torsed.’ took him to task for the Woodbull bunin Here Tom smilod and winked suggeativoly. **Tlow did Doechar appear? " He looked happy and innocent ennuravh; but guilty. Now, in relation to billiards, just #sy ju TUE Tninune that wo expoct to arTange a match botwoon Slosson and Csiills Dion, and that Vignaux and Jtudoipha will be here during the tournamont to play exhibition games, And you might may aleo"—but the reparter, neoiug that Tom was back again in billiarde, beat a retreat without calching tho Iast of this remark. e e AMUSEMENTS. " WILKINS MICAW/BER." To the Edltor of The Chiragn Tyilune: McVicken's ‘Tizainz, Msrcl 2,—~The notice of MoVicker's Theatre in your fsaus of this moruing tempta me 1o hreak my riile of alience in reapect to all newapaper criticiam, 1 Lue been maiy sears bufore the publio ax an actor and dramatic writer (ous of my latest playe being houored with & German translation and now acting in Berlin), but Titz: Cuitcaao Tajstyx 18 tie firal nowapaper which bas distinguished me with the fmputation of Lelug wn tmpustor, sud aull worse It fa the lstter part of the Imputation which indaces me to rosent tho remarks juade Ly the Individual you deputed to writs about ** Littio Em'ly"” and myrelf last evening, The drama was written by Andrew Halladay so myself, upon the spocial Fermireion grauted me by thelate Cliatles Dickeus to represent the character of Micawber in Loudvir, and wan preeented at the Olymplo Theatre, with fow intermisions, from 18C) 101871, thess Iniermindona being filled by tho shift- fng of tho_represoutation to. the Nath a Theatre, The quotstion lu the sentence from o humorous note of 10 tue du the sarly part of 1870, Having succersfully run he gauntlet of the trom ihe 71, the exactiug N ‘vindicate uiy ve eraly suggeet colobrated orter & vers remarkable young gentleman. Possil when he s older, ha may discover Limself to be arceacd Midoe, acd will, doultless, be crowned approj x atcly 1 wish Leould fnclose you'the vendict o1 the most see complished of all Aworican drsmstic critice, bo of the New York Tribune, prioted by the side of yours; it would affard your réaders food for marvul and amiso. weut, Your reporter can dincover no atom of merit {n my {mpersonation, but, 1f he were anlmated with the triie kuowledge of art,le muight at Jeast bave thrown a grain of prafse to the exceilent acting of the com- pany at McVicker's Thestre, especiaily that of Peagotty, Lttie Envly, Heep, sud ety { 16ficonl, Tt a8 T am informed the geutieman compared notes with Another peraon repressntiug tha Inir-Occdt, 1y per- formauce was doubtless for both of them so siceped in the bitter waters of Marah that they hud no time o pluck tho Lierl thav miight even aweeten i, The Inter-Ocean te, I brllove, a print cf such littls {mportance and circalation {hat I'donot reply ta it Yours obedlently, OroRoe FAWCETT RowE, Mr. Rowa, 1t will be ecen, has Lindly anewered the questiona put to him in Tue TRIBUNT yester- day, with some degree of circumlocutlon, it is true, but definitely, at all events, The main question, when and whors he plsyod Micawber for 500 couaccutive nights, is suswerad by tho assurauco that it rau from 1569 to 1671 with a few inter- ‘miseions, which banishes anyerroneous impres- sion that it enjoyed an uninterruptod run of 500 pights. That Mr. Dickous, in an outburat of merriment, should have written Mr. Rowe o linmorous noto, complimenting tho latter's per- formance of Mficarrler a4 the cmbodiment of his ides, ia quito intellegible with the exvlanation 1r, Rowe gives, but it shows how earafal great moun sbould boin committing thelr opinious to paper, when those opinious are meraty the froth of exubersnt bumor. Mr. Rowo touches upon a point, however, opon which, with his por- misuion, %oshould like to sy a word, too, Tho fact that the London Times, the Salurday Re- view, snd even tho graceful and accomplished eritlo of the Now York Tribune eaw in Mr. Rowe's Micawber the ‘diving embodiment of Dickens' idea, whilo of necessity vatusblo to him beyond nnfl oxpressions of Tux Cuicavo Tris- UNE 08 to Lia performanco, does pot restrict every other eritic or green- * reporter " to A re. dtoration of their opinion. 3lr. flowe's remarks sliow that ho Las Dot expected independont criti- ciem in theso Wostorn wilds. Diut with such pow- erful ndorsement a8 that which he has quoted, it is little straoge that an sdverso noiico i a Chicago *nowspaper should have betrayed lnm tuto using langungo which cannot bo excused on the plea of yonthful impetuosity, and which 1“ a well-brad, educated geutloman he muat sure- ¥ rogret. Wo prefer to think Mr. Rowo's lotter ons of tho devices of the stage to draw public attontion to Liin performauce, atid as it Is ovident that such & result can only be outained by a sousational effort, wo cheerfuily aid in accomplishing his object, while deprecating his manner of doing 80, rear, d the scorching Saturday to otk Teibune, I bl hiot attempt to of Wiletna' Micarrber, but 1wonld* t efthier the hundred and ona critica printa are intoierablo idiota. or your me of thei “CASTE" AT HOOLEY'S. It required no bittlo courage on the part of the manacemont of Hooloy's Thoatre 10 pro- dvees Robertson's ** Caste " ot that thoatra last ovening, It is & play which the public of Chi- cago will remember for years as one of tho most faultleas reprosentations it bhus had tho good fortuno to witness. It has had so much of “Caate” by tho original performer, too, that all the regular play-goers by this time kuow it by heatt; recsll, aa tho lines aro read, ovory telllog littls bit of stags bumness which the otlginal actors introduced, an tho perfect accuracy with which the parts wore sitted together fulo ono harmouious whole. 8inco Mr, Wyndham camo o Chleago for tho firat time, accompanied by Me. Belvil Ryau, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Gid- dens, Misa Cowell, and 3lias Young, and gave *“Oasto™ attho old Dearborn Theatre, it busbeon repested fraquently. The same party played it after the firo, Thon with Ryan s Eecles, Alies Hiduey Cowoll as Polly, aud Mr, Giddens as Sam Gerridge, it was ropeated by Hooloy's compan; The foflowing scasou tho uawo performers gava it apaiu, until by conatant repeltition the Chicago pablic came to identify the sotors with their party and tho dramatis person with the artists who porsonated theu, ‘I'nug any perforiuance of “Casta™ at Hooley's Juat now must necessarity lubor under the disad- vantages of contrust with what wau as noarly rrtuct A roprosenitation a4 can bo expocted. 1o udge it In this way would bo to placo it below ts proper levol. Intrinsically, however, tho por- formane last eyoniug wus not aliogotlier credit- ablo. It was rather uneven. The need was shown of =& really competont soubrotte sctrava 1o occupy tho ace which Mus Uowoll #a accoptably fillod lass aenson. The Fecles of Mr, "Crane was s distiuct and original conception, not lackivg in humor and singulaly free from exaggeration. If tho piece can be mado to run & fow nights, Mr. Crane will doubtless enricls his performance with adii- tional action, rub down wome of the angles, and amplify its dimonulous. A it [u, it is clevor und croditablo, It hsa not the full English tlavor, but for an American 18 strougly charsctenstic, My, O'Neil's J2'Alroy is onsy and retined, and, ay that is all that tho g:fl. demauds, may bo con- pidosod oxcollent, Mr, Buckley played Capt. Hauetree, and, but for » hittlo stiffncss of wanner, ‘which should wear off in & day or two,showed him- aolf very compsteut. His coucoption of the char- acter Is correct, and a littlo wore easo and good- natwied condescension would vastly improve it, Alr. Balabury's Gerridge wad notas bappy au olfort as sowo of Lis cliaractorizations, 1t'was not tho *little Cad™ of Itobertson, with the Londonmud on lis boate, and the {il-brad {a. miliarity of the shop-boy. It was u councien- tious attempt, however, and i not a truthful luterpretation of character, was st any rato amusing. Miss Hawtborne a3 Esher was oqu to the part, and Mrv, Maeder's liues lost not shade of meaniug by Ler resdiug, Hut Mn Maeder's aressing was a little outre for the J/c quisede 8t.Maur, Miss McHoury's Polly Ecel not & vary fascinating foature of the perfor- mauce. _fler juclluatlon to extravagaut aul bolsterous action aud rivioua bobavior rum tho paxs. RAILROAD NEWS. Arrest of the Officers of the Union Paclfic at Council Blufs, Demoralized Condition of the New York & Oswego Hidland. The Pouglhkeepslo Bridge. OFFICERS OF THE UNION PACIFIC AR: RESTED. Couxciy Brorss, In,, Murch 2.—President Sid- ney Dillon, and the follosing Directors, Oliver Ames, J. Gould, E. M. Baker, Lhsha Atkins, Oliver Ames, Jr., Jamen D). Smith, C.J Os- horne, Georgn H. Heott, Jamen Richardson, B, M. Mills, ', Gordon Dexter, R. I’ Datos. and 8. IL H. Clarke, Buperintendent, have been at- reatod under an indicimont in the United States District Court of Iows for failuro to uporate the Unton Pacific Nlailrond as ons contintona lina from its eastern torminns in fowa, Thay have Mied their bouds in tho mum of €4.000 cach. Thelr trial will take place at Council Blaffa on tho 22d inst, THE RIVAL ROADS. While tho battlo betweon the Baltimors & Obio and Pennsylvanis Iaitroads is raging fiercely at all tho cities reachod by these linos, Chicago Ia comparatively free from excitement, the former road slono Liaving made a reduction, aud that an passenger rates only, The Yenuayle vania Railroad Company still remains stubborn aud refuses to make & reduction from tiny cisy. Tho Western roads are all more or less work- lvg In the iutereat of the Baltimare & Ohio, as will be seon by tho followivg circular just jssucd by the General Ticket Ageul of ane of our lead- Ing Western lines to his coupon ticke: agonts fn the country : Citicano, March 2.—I deem it advisable to notify you that the Baltimore & Oho silrowl have very materially reduced the rates from Chicens tn Dalif- miore, Philadelphia, Washington, and New York, and. 1o provent any cowplalnt from patrons of tLis line wha desira tickels via Baltimore & Ollo Raiiroad the pointx above mentioned, 1 desire you to rxylatn to them that they will xave money Ly burchasing thelr Hckets to Chirago, and rebuying tickets from this polnt 1o dentination, ‘The other trumk lines from Ulicago, competing with the Haltimare & Ohlo Italle road for business to the paints mentioned, Dasing de- cided (for the present, ut least) to maintain the old atow, R0 changes will be tnade i thie rates &t prosent by Weatern lnen, “This juformation to the passengar, you understand, fnto Le given to applicants for teket via the route wamed, and in 1o case to ba used agaiust other routes to their detriment, Anotler eloment in this conflict relatos to the petroleum from the oil-producing districts, Daltimore has been gradually taking it away from Thiladelphia 8o far as exportation 18 coucerned, and the latest Raltimore move s to suppsy cani- tal for & company that will lay pipes from tho Oil Valloy to Intteburg, convey tho crude petro- leum to ‘the Pitteburg retincries, ana hava it siipped thence over the Iitteburg connections of the Daltimore & Ohio Ratlroad to Baltimora, and there Iad:u for traneportation abrosd. 'I'bis requires the rassago of what is known as the Pipe-line biil by the Pennavlvama Legislature, to which the Philsdelpbin interest in making such strepuous oppomtion. At lutisbmre aund tho oil-region the project’ meets with general faver. The refloers and ebippera® thers desire to Aco & vigorous compotition begin, be- cause it wilt bo for their benetit, and thoy nro fighting Philadelphia at Hatrisburg with the Ject of wecuring the uecosrnry logialation. Mr. Garrott {3 also moving to briug the trade of the Meditorcanean to Daltunore, and nevotisiions Ao now in progress to establish a regular hine of steamsaliips botween Baltimore and Marseitles. ‘Lho Baltimoro & Olio Kailroad Companv is now taking ail ite Chicago freights das New York, Philadelphia. Boston, and gland points via the new Mansteld r the Atlantic & Great Western and Erio Rail- rosds. ‘The rates are thn esmo a8 thoro estab- liskted by all the roads Jeading to the Eaat about two weeks sgo. ‘Lhoy are still rigldly cbserved by ali the lines, and thers 18 no chance for an immediate reduction. THE NEW YORK MIDLAND. The-report of ths sitsponsion of the New York & Oswego Midiand Railrons bas creatod conald- erable excitoment in tinancial cirvles. The road was conatructed in 1833, and it was predictod that it would ve a great pecuniary success. At that time & lsw waa passed t5 aid tho now uu- dertaking, cxompting tho Compauy from tas- ation for the term of ten years, or until such timo a8 tho Company Iald tracks to New York. At first everythiug went on prosperously, but as time progressed the road took n stop backwards, snd Sept. 17, 1373, Reosivers nere appointed. ‘There was then = floating indebtedness of 300,000, The last Leginlaturo ropealed the original law of 1843, thus placing an additional tax un tho road of upwards of £60,000 por year, Antdo from the new expeuse, the cthor expenses could ndt be mat, and weeks and muuihy pavsed lnn. adding additional eums to the unpaid tax- 1ste. ‘The tax-collectors no saoner he: of the no- tion of tho Legislaturo thau the to work tocollect the unpaid taxes. Paszage, d {reight-cars wero geized all aluni (ha road, and not only the cars_of the Unwegzo Midlund, but the cars and freight suich wero Tun vn their track, but owned by “other railroad companies. Ogo of the collectors, to eatisf) claim of £6,000, seized sevonteen freishit-cars and con- tonts, worth upwards of $50,000, and would Lave seized moro1fan opportunity bad offerod. Al the collectors, it s claimed, soized more than their claims juatitied. Batur tho Hocoivers iau1ed a circular antouneing that, in conraguanco of the lavy mado Ly the tax-callsctors npon the property of shippers, and the nozarranted sefz- uro of 80 large un _amount of rolling stock us to impede and prevent shipments and travel, tho time-table would be susnended, or, in other words, the regular tiaina would ceaso running on’ and afler midnight of Batarday, I'vo. 27. The Colleclora have bean brought up befora the Judgo of tho United tates Circuit Court to show cause why they ahould net bo resirained from peizivg auy more properiy of the rosd or selling that alroady serzed, Thue Judgo will give his decision next Saturday. THE POUGHKEEPSIE BRIDGE. The Committes appoiuted at s publio meoting in tho Board of Trado rooms, Boston, last Do- cember, to inquire {uto the best means of cou- necting the Hast aud Weat by anothor all-rail and {ndependent luo of road, predented its re- port Friday aftornoon toa meeting of citizons. This iaa very important ouc, as it offers a solu- tion of the vexed gnestion of cheap and rupid twnsportation botwoou the preas produciung sec- tions uf the Wost aud Soutliwest and tue msnu- facturivg and consuming districts of Now En- gland. ‘Thio membera of the Commitico unanimonsly recommend the construction ot a Liit;o aerovs tho Hudson River at Poughkcepaic. 'Fiicy found upon a oloso and searchibg ecrutiny ihat tha statomonts made by the ouginoors relative to the feasibility of bridging the river at that poiot were truoin almost overy particular, and they unlieeitatingly assert ihat 1t will be & good in- vestmoub fur capialists seoking au outlet for surplus funds, Aesuming the bridge to be comploted, some-~ thiug must bo done on tho othier side bofora it can bo utilized. The Commitioo rocomaiond the removul of whatover disabilitios havg over the Now York & New Eugland Railroad, and ity com. plotion from Hopowail Jusction to Fonghkeepsis, & distance of 13 uules. 'The only way to reach that pont from Loston at Yru_-om s by way of the Conuecticnt Wostern Railroud from Hart- ford, which hus, so far, sttenuouely opposed through (froight tatos on morchaudivs deds tined to Massachusotta from tho othor eide of tho Mudson. The New York & New Luglaud could bo finished within six wonths, and with tho Bouth Mountain hue pushod through from Harrisbury to tho westorn extromity of the irou link, Boston could hava a througsh line 418 miles Toug, and coniroiled by ouly two manugements, The mors wortheru Toute, Leforo wlluded to, would be under five different carporativns, and it would bs tuo mucls to oxpoct that harmony of interost or action which is always necessiry to the wilicient rogulation of 8 large aud u:omun froight tratito, ‘I'nat the bridga will be bul socms (o bo an eetablished fact, aud the road which cun best aceomodato the imwmonss busis ness sure $0 como over its rails from the West witl ustarally obtuln the largest sharo of patvou- ago, 'Uho Now Yurk & New England could bs ta Bostou very much hke what the Ualtimore & Oulo is to Baldwore. MISCELLAREOUS, Special Déapateh tv The Chicaya Tridune, Sparvurieep, ik, March 2.—Home time nco the Bpringticld & 1iuois Bouthesstern wus sold under wortgago, sud was purchased by J. I. Bloodgood, of New Xark, for the bondholders. i 8¢atoken of what stud Tho rnmors ars that tho road has agaln been 8old by the bondholdes to the Ollo & Mirnis- .| #ippt Radroad Companv, st what prico hns not Laen tated, ‘There i no doubt truth in the rumor, a8 ncgotistiona have been Roing on to that ond fur somo time. Tho ronl, under the rocent managemont, Lias boen i m the intereat of the Pennavivanin Central Ballroad Company vis the Vandalla & Tarro Iaute ino to the fest, and this_purcharo ia in tho iutarest of the Baltimore & Ohio Iiallroad, and prolahly Lastenod by the fieht now going on botween the Pennsylvania Central and the Dalti- more & Ohio, € € €. 4 1 o Snectal Diswat-'to The Clicasn Tribune, New Yous, March 2.—Jtopresentatives of the TLile, Allnuh‘c & Groat Wester, and Cloveland, Colundus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Itsilroads have gone to Clovaland to pacticivate in the an- nual election of oflicers of the Jast-nnmed Com- pany. Itin not definitely known whather thoro will o & contest ornot, (e fimof Leland Dros.,wha represent the indspendont atockholders, have been in Claseland for a day or mors ascartalning the probabilitiea of o succeentul contost, Rit Jaha Bwinburne, it s undorstood, will probably voto tho Erio aod Atlantie & Great Westara ticket, inanmuch as the voting-power of a largs amount of tho rtock | which hoe holds i vested in the TFrio Railwav Comrpany, The inderendant etockholders atate that the Fria and Atlantic & Great Western rop- resentatives have offered to give thom five noats in the Direciory and a majornity of the Exceutivo Cgmmittee, Judge Durke, of Claveland, loral counenl of Sir Iohn Sxinburne at that place, will represent the Enclish intesost in the matter, J. 1. Devereux and M, B, Hurlburt, who have been moat active in oppoxing the oporations of the Eughsh Trustee, Sie Joln Swinburne, will also probably remain in the 1ard unlos the Letand opparition shionld ho o strong ay ta rouder nee- creary their retiroment, THE DALTIMORE 4 OHIO SIAKES ANOTHER RENTO- TION, Dartistorr, March 2.—The ofiicer of the Dal- timore & Olio Raileoad Compauy announce that, on aud afier Marcls 3, they will reduce the faro from New York to Columbus from %17.70 to £15.25; Zanosville, £16.5 to 215,23 ; Indianapo- Ie, 221 to §17.25. - FAIR HEALERS, Commencement Excrelsey of Womnn's Slospital fledical fezes Tiio #ifth annnal commencement of the Wom. an's lowpital Medical College of this city was hield Tnat eveniug in the First Methodist Epis copal Churel, ecrner #f Washington and Clark streets, Tl attendsuce of the friands of the Facnlty, thp stndents, and the institution was quite larg>, filling the main portion of the lall comfortably. The gpraduates oceapied tho pows radiating from the platform and nearest it. On the speaker's siand the I'rofessory were reated, with Dr. Dsford, who presided. The introductory exerviscs con- strted ef au crgan voluntary by Drof. Louls Falk, av invueatian by the Dev, Dr. Thowmas, aud a gong by the blaney Lodgo Quartet, T'rof. Dartlet prononnced the address of the tho Cule eveving on Leball of the Faculty. Ilis re- marke, which were ostended, = were an exponitim of tho profassfon into which tho gradusting _class had beon inducted, ita influence on the world, ndviss to the novices goiuw out to Eractico, and an enu- meration of what was neoded to succesafully prosccute tho medical profession, Tho Blaney Lodze Quartsito rendered roma excellent music, after which the awarding of di- lomus foljuwed. Dr. Byford, on bebsif of the oard of "Trustecs of the iustitution, delivered 2 biief address, In which he said thet the wraduating clagss had been recommended by the Fazulty to the Trusices, and nere to receiva they had pnrsted, diplomas with which they wera to go ouc and co tho nealing ort. o hopod that ther pirofersi sl carcer wourld alwayn reflect well op their aluat mater. and that they woutd remerber Wwith veneration the institution from which they eraduated, Mo then awarded to the following named ladiea ; Miss Barahi A, Brown, Wisconsin ; Mies Tottio B. Calliduw, Nlinow ;s Mre. Julia N, Marsly, Cali- Sarah Hachett son, New York : izulieth Darr Sheltoh, Kausass Mrs, M. Wagstaff, Kauwas; Mies Dofight J, 1. Michigan Jith A Boat, Til tt BLevenron, of Now Yor member of the graduating clas, read an esting thosly on ** The Lvolution of tho Heart. Tuin lady aiwo pronounced the valadictory ad- dresa on behall of the graduating cluss, *The hich was ilinstrated, was a ecientitic dis- n on the nature and functious of the heart, and was of an oxclusively seientitic siyle. Tbe concluvion bLad special ref- erauce tu tho oceasion. Tho heart was deceitful atova all things, and desperately wicked. It was of no sort of conrequencs whethor man was ascanding from the apo or de- seondivg from the anvel, 80 long as Le was giv- 1ng woman the advantases of education in all ite varfous branches. Tho question was now ne longer. **Must women stidy miedicino?” but **Flow beat mey shp do it ‘The eddress cou etuded with » “touching tribute to D, Mary Thompson, Dr. Byferd, Dr, Dvas, and Dr. Paoli, in their offorts to perfect medical science, ani their afforta to rame ¢ho Woniau's Hosyital Modi cal College, Dr, Barah3rwy, 1 0" af the zrada- ating and junior_clusses, delivered an nddress preseuting Ur. Mary Thompuon with four vol umes of Giocles's works as n token of then Appreciation of that lndy's loug and Inborious kervices. Dr. ‘Thompson repued Lriefly m g happy manner. At the close of thesa oxerciwe: tho Rov, Dr. 11, W, Thomas mado a concluding adaress, aftar whicth tho benediction was pro. nounced and the audiouce was dismissod. o 413 0 IN CHICAGO. Atabout & a'clock yesterday morning Ofiicer Cary discovored a fire in the bascment of a tvo- wtory brick builaing, No. 174 ‘Iwenty-seconé atroet, owned aud ocenpiod by Dr, Nowman. It wag extinguislied witbout the ueccssity of an alarm. Tt waa evidently tho work of au incon. diary, a8 tho bassment was unocsuplod, aud s pile of kindlings with which the firo wan started was dinzovered, A window in the rear was found opgn, through whieh the ndiary bad entored. AT SPRINGFIFLD, O, CINCINNATY, U., Murh 2.—=The Gazelle'sSpring. flatd, O., special rava tho Ciuciunsti, Sandusiy & Cloveland Inilrosd Company edtimate thoir loss on thie round-houso aud engiues buryed yes. tesday at £50,000, with a totalinsurancoe af about 3,0i0 in tho Peoplo’s, of Memphin, Nations] Firo and Marme, of Dhiladolphla, Franklin, of Wheeling, Firewan's Fund, of Ban Franciseo, Mereantilo, of Cloveland, and Wostchester, of Rochelle, N, Y. . NEAR BEARDSTOWN, ILL, Special Disputch to The Chicazto Tritune, Deanpsrowy, il March 2.—Sunday night Inst tho residenea of C. (. Itobinson, a farmur Iiving In the east end of tho counly, was con. sumod by fire, Loss, €5,000; lnsured in the Pheeaix, of Harttord, for 31,500, AT CHAMPAIGN. ILL. Special Disgatels to The Clacayo Tridune, Cnauraiay, 111, Mareh 2=\ tesldonce hauss in thisoity, owned by Jokn Norris, was burned oarly this morning. Tho fire was caused, doubt- lesn; by an ncondinry, It was partially insured in the Phawix, of Hartford, o —— PORK-PACKING STATISTICS, Cra 71, 0., March 2.—The ofticial report of Col, Biduey D. Mazwell, Buperintendens of tbe Chamber of Commerce, on pork-packiug in Cinciunatl for the wouson of 1874-'3, was made publiv to-day. Tho total number of hogs cut this soasou [» 510,344, o decreaso of 40,919 from the previous sonson. The aggrogate grosy weigh iy 150,846,458 pounds. a decreaso from the provious season of 12,811,697 pounds. Averuge 1084 wolght Jer ead, 27317 pounds, a decreaso of 214 pounda, Awgregata yield of lard from bead, “gut, leal, and ° triwwings, U 671,799 pounds, a decrenso of 501,93, Avorags ¥inld of lard, 41 77-100 pouuds, an incroascof 3 7- 100 pounde. Averago cost of hogs per 100 vounds gross, £8.99 17-100 ; iucreaso, #2.40 %-100. Bur- 1aled pork produced, mess, 35,263 : pritis mos, O01 clowr, 2,70 ruip, 2,303 ¢ lard produced, torces, 70,313'; hatrels, 2177 kegd. 6,69, Hr, Louw, Mo., March 4.—In tho absence of ofticial returne of the hog-packing this sessou, ke following estimate s mulo, which, It is bu. lieved, will approximate ¢losely to thu Lusiuces done : Numboer packed, 401,047 § last year, 763, Averago weight, 248 pounds ; last year, 261, Tard, wer bog, 31 pounds, walch doca not include November, when hoge were light; last yoar, G4} pounds. living near Deavertown, O., ug siuce last Weduesday, Ho ount of woney on Lis person wuen of¢ home, and bis family i groatly distresuod about Lim, 14is feared e hay been fouliy deals with,