Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 8, 1875, Page 3

RAILROAD NEWS. Report of (ho Minorlty of the Con- gressfonal €ommittee on (he Central Pacific, They Believe They Have Discovered a Oredit Mobilier of Great Dimensions, The President of tho Erie Offers His Services to Mr. Garreit, He Desires to Play the Part of a Peace-Maker. Mistory of {ho Growth of the Chieago, Burlington & Quiney, Bill Giving Roads & Right of Way Over Government Lands, The Detrolt & Milwaulkee, A NEW CREDIT MOBILIER, b MINORITY REFORT OF THE COMMITIZE OF INVES. TIGATION ON TRE CENTRAL PACKTO NAILNOAD. Dispate to the New York Yridune * WasmxortoN, D. C., March 6.—1The following was propared last spring by tbe Ifon. 1L D, Btandeford, membor of Congress from Kontaoky, o be presonted to tlio House of Iieprosentatives u8 the * viows of tho minority” of tho Iacliic Railrond Committes on Mr. Luttroll's resolution calling for an investigation of tho affairs of the Cootral Pacific Rallroad end the Contract and Finance Compauy. As tho majori- 5 of tho Committeo havo never yot mado any report to tho Houso on thia subject, Alr. Stando- ford has, of course, boen debarred all opportuni- ty to present his viows. The termination of tho Congross, hawevor, loaven him at liberly to give them publicity, aud thoy will be found of iotor- ost, Ouo cr two othor mombera of the Cormit- teo ngroed to tus conclumon, bLut would have adopted a somewhat differeut wode of reaching I Anone of the Committes on tho Paclfie Ralrond, to wiiich, on 1he 121 of Jauuary, 18id, was roforred the preswble and resolution asking for the uppoiutment of & commilties to fuvestigate the affalrs and cxpenditute of the Contral Pacifio itatiroad, I olfer tha following a mithority report of wadd Conuvittes, aud may : 1 sompalled to iffer with the malorlty of thin Commit- te6 o8 t0 tho necexnity and practicability of the {nveati- @ation into the affairn of thy Ceutral Tacifc Raliroad, aud bellevo that tho invoatigation asked for v proper and Smperativery dowanded Ly tha necorsity of the o “Flits roud 1a a creaturo of subelales and danationn granted L it by (e United Stutes; i land smounting 10 many miilion neres, and iu bonds Innt to the smount of $27,639,120, upon whicls has alrexdy boun puid mure than §4,643,050 by this Government, Deaidos thie mu. nificeut otd rendered by tho United Bistes, tho Stato of C.hifurais buraclf, aud tho varous corporations witbin ber tersitory, Lavo grauted end dowated money and land to aid du its conatruction Rorod that the Biate of Novada sna the Tertitory o Utah hiave increauod the aount by valuable grinta. Tho Unitod Brates has cortafuly tho right, whicl jus- tice to it taxpayera detn=nd should bo strictly and un. eompromiwingly excrcisod, to £03 that the Iminense sums contrilutsd by it Linve beeu properly uscd, and only for the objocta intended to be sccomptiabod, "This 1t ix our duty o seo doue, not oniy In the cano of this ‘road, but fu tho casa of every othier enturprine to which tlio United Btates hna lent, or may In the fature leud, flaald s and a rigld secountatiiity ought 10 be de Tounded of those who are the custodians of {ho Nation's unty, ‘Tlp undisputed facts connected with the construc- tion of this rusd are: First, it Las Lecn pructicall completed sluca 1848, aud in running order since that time, avoraging Ju grons earnings nearly $10,000,000 n eur—{ucreasiig from §3,070,884 In 1650 1o $13,018,830 n 1873 (the nut carnings for the latter year wero over $4,000,000), Bocoud, tus handling of thess vast sums oF tuunes, tegetlier with the subwidies amil donstious 10 tho road, 1ise been jutrustad to tho nine Dircctors of o road, of whom Iaolaud Btanford, Chorles Crocker, C, Huntlugtou, E, 1, Crocker, Mark Hopki Clarles {arsh com-~ ns, -and ¥ poso the tajority. ‘Tuird, the atockhollors have not n pald any divideud up to July 1, 187, Yourth, tuo United Siatew lisa not bicen pal atly intercat upon the bonds busued Ly it, 1t la aliegod that tho moness and crodits coming into the auds of the Directars of tie oad biave bean misappropristed and fraudulently wmisapplied by tho aforesuld Directors, who compuso the uajorlty of o Board, 1t 1y also alloged thut \lies Directors Lave conspired fogethor for tho purpose of defranding the wiockhgldore and tho Unitod Blates ont of tho momsy which they would be entitled to receive fron tlis earniuga of tho road, 1t s furthor allegod that these Diroctors havo combined together to_award ull Gontracts to a come pany kuown s iba Coutract snd Fiuatice Company, of whish Huutlugton, lopkine, Leland Blauford, . Orocker, and K. 1, Crockor, Diroctors s aforesald, are piombers, sud iat all coniracts for tho ounntruce 4o of thia road, and furnisning the materlals, rolling stack, otc., were aciually wsds with ihis Gonpany by the Toard'of Directors at a cost fur abovo what shoull bave beeus paid, sud for which the work and material aliould have beeu oblained, thus ghing the awount over sud aliova what the zoad alionld bave coat ta tho persons composlug the Contract and Finaure Come uy, (0 tie groat lujury of the stockholder sud cred- tory'of the road, llegations aro true,~of which, from tho testimony before us, there fs more than o kTave sus- piclon,—ihcso Dircctors, viho are the Trustees of tho Compinys property and of its earaings for the boe- 8 of the Uniisd Blates oud the atockhold. e, ahould ba compelied tha amounts so fraudulentiy and it willamount n all prouablity to many millions of *dal- lars if theve chiarges aranustuiued, And if, os bas boon charged, they Lave conspired togetlior to form & Gone trac of wiiich thoy themsalvea form s wmajority, sud. Directors'of the road, lot all coutracts to tlat Compauy st a large pric whatovor proftwas made byuny of the fudlvidus! Directors balouging to sald “Contract and Fluauce Compauy belogs Justly 0 the Unitod States and tue other cfeditors of the Toad, aud should be applied to the paviment of Interest aud thies dobts, 14w chargod Uint mombors of Congreis ware united n this fraudulent combiustion 1o deiatd i ereuile ureof the Coutral Paciio Raflrosd out of their dues, aud that, a8 & member of this Congress,was able, from lis oflciil poaltion, to sell bla stock i the road at two aud ouc-alf t/mies iis yaz value, when other atock- Lolders were uot able to rualize 10 per ceut on tha of theirlock ; and that anctlier mewber of Congr ¥holu alioa ‘member of tha Qontract and Piu Compauy aforesaid, was abla to sell hix atock a¢ seyen a1 ove-Lalf tmed Its faco valus, It is charged that the Diroctors aforesald, in com- ILination wiis otliers, bave conspirod and are atiempt- ‘4ng 1o oblaln sUroluie control and possession of the road without paying its dobta or Habilities. Thess chiargor agalnat the inanagewent are made Ly the sov- #reigas of the State of Ouliforula, throtigh Lier Leglala= 4ure, sud cous to us through onie of ior Bepriseuta~ fives 1o Congresa; and, whether accompavied by Froot sufficiont to_astablish their truth or not, cughit 30 recelve serious counideration from uw, andy if Jiot shown fo be without foundation, the luvestigation sliould Le grunted. Ax it uow stands, (e charges hiave 20¢ baen danted Sxcept Ly the paid sttormoy of the The circumstancos connected with thee charges, that uo Aividuuds biava bocn patd, aud that Iarge sums of mouey have boon used, the methods of using which doed niot appesr, atu certainly, if aot prool pouiiive of fraud, at least’ the foundation for grave suspicion of dishoncat management, ‘Thore has baen & growliig fesle that tlls Contral Facifio Kellrosd hias eon disliona waily munaged ro before ux, aud come from source tha respectabllity of which wa faimot dany & 15 the opporialty ought (o be given L0 4lis Directora to shiow ilat Loy are funocent, 1f, on the ollier Land, the charges are sustained, a aysteid of fraud and peculation wil loped aatonlabing 1 ita propar of giyantio ew- i dumauds o Pa- iunocent, es thelr friends clatm, calls uds an invostigation, Thero- i s, & wilnority of the Committee ou ths Vacifio ol recomiiend tho appointument of 8 come fulitee; aaked for 1n (o Ycablution, with sutuority o Curing Uie mestiga of Gougreas, and wilh power It _‘: wflh&mm 4ud papars, uud 10 report as suon ——— OVERTURES OF PEACE. NLENOB BATWKEN PIEGIDLNTS GABRETT AND JEwETT, ‘The roduction made by the Pennsylvania Rail- £0ad from this city to Baltimare nmlywuhmglon bas proved of bus Mitle value to that Compauy, owlug to the reatrictions placed upon the uale of theso tick In tha fires Place thoy required People to pay tha full prics of the ticket, 819, aad returned & check which was good for €11, to be redesmed by the sgouts of the Company at Haltimore and Waabington. They this money would be forfelted if not pressuted within forty- eight hours ; and besldos, if not used within that ®pace of time, the ticket bocame eatiraly value~ loss, Thia Iatter restriction has boen removed, it 4ba provislon pequiriug the full paymans of 0ORNR3PO; tho tickot in this city and tho roturn of the bal- anco at Daltimora and Washington in rolatnod, and also tho forfuiture of the 211 1f not pre- sented within forty-olght howrs; though the tioket itsolf is now good at any tima, In consoquonce of thesa rostrictions by the Dittabury & Fort Wayno Ralirond Company, the salo of tickets by Lthe Baltimore & Ohlo Lias not heon impaired in'tho least, though they hiave made no additional reduction. It is not bolleved that a furthier reduction in rates will tako placo. The Haltimore & Ohilo has already signiflod ite inten- tion to ndboro to tho prodont tratos, and will noithor raise tnor reduce them nnder any eir- cnmatancos. ‘I'ha reduction of tho Pennsylvania Company is of but Jittlo avail unloas the restrice tion now placed on the of raduced tickols ta romaved. And this the Comuany will not do, as it caunot afford to ecll an unlimit- ed amount of tickels at Buch & iato to roalpers aud othera for futura speculation. Ovorluros of peaco have beon mado to Mr. Gatrott by Mr. i1, J. Jewelt, D'residont of the Erie lailroad. Tho following correspondonce bolweon 3Mr. Jewett aud Garrott, in rogard fo roferring the pronout dinicultion to arbitrators, will prove highly uter- osting reading ¢ PARSIDENT JEWETT TO PRESIDENT GARNCTT. Nzw Yonx, March 1, 1818—/, I, Uarrett, President Itin a publio calamity that two wreat corporatious like thio Baltimore & Ohlo'and the T'ouneylvenia Iiaiirosd Companiea stiould be nrrayed fn sich bitter watsg- ouimu {oward each otler, A continuation of this strifo must scrlously 1mpair the credit and standing of ull American outerriacs aud American manage- ment, 1f tha Mfferences betweon tho two Companios aro so radlcal thiat they eannot be raconciled by yoursclves, are not the uferesis Sou reprapent 80 goucrsl, and do they not to aucn au extent ifivolva the intorests of otlicry, a8 Lo Justify the publio aud those whose inter~ esin aro diroctly fuvolved, In expecting, and mysclf ns ropresentativo of one of {hove interents] in suggesting, thelr reference 1o fmpartial aud expsriencod men in whom yoit Luth hava confidence, and in whore advico, under ordlnary elroumatances, you would both place reat rellanco 7 1t would give mo wreat pleasurs to gm fustrumentsl 1n the setiioment of tho existing un- furtunate controvorey, and to that ead iy setvices ara at your command, H, J, JEWKTT, PRESIDENT GANMETY 70 PRESIDENT JEWETT. Battistone, March 3, 1878, J, Jewelt, Pres dent, New York: 1 am much obllged for your me mage. T regret that the unprocedented and unjuntifia Dle uct was commilted by the Penneylvants itailroad Company of closing thelr Camden & Atnboy load tn Now York against thie Baltimore & Olifo Cowpany and thoss whom it earves, Untll the Pennsylvania Rallroad Company reatores sbaclutely the use of that road for the great sections aud interosta connected with the Daltimoro & Ohio Toad, it will, 1o_our judgment, bo injudiclous to at- tompt to make any co-operative arrangemeuts. The managera of the Haltimora & Olifo Cowmpany feel tnat tho entiro responsibillty of the prosent condition of Fatlmiy alfits in the cointry, {ncluding the enormous roductious in freight rates from Baltitnore and Phila~ delphia, Teats with the Pennaylvania Compauy, J, W, Uannxrt, Prestdent, FRESIDENT JEWETT AUGAIN, New Yonw, March 3.—J, I, Garretl s Without re rd {0 the ¢ausos loading lo tho present autagonism fetwecn tia Daitimoro & Ohlo. and Pennayivania ail- rosd Compates, of which 1t does not ecome me to oxpress auy opinlo, would it not be judiclous, wise, am creditablo to all pariles to refer the whiola ‘ques- udgaent of disintorcsted mon, by wuosa i causes of ference might be reconciled and adjusted, including in such referonce the Ihila deipbls, Wilimington & Baltimore Company, o that hatavér might bo Anaily dotermined skould spply not only to the connections Weat, but the conncations Eaut to sod from Now York, muil to bave such adjust- wment put in such form;’ and ratified by the Board of the respoctive Companloe, that hereafter it could not Lo disturbed upon tho ingre matlon of an agont or ofll cer of aitlier Compeny? I would bo glad It I could bo thie means of aaving the Gompanice, &3 well as the pub. lic, from the present disorganized aud disastrous 1, I, JewerT, FACATDEST GAMDETT AGAIN. DavTrtone, March 5, 1838,—H, J, Jewett, Prestdent, Xewr York ;1 have recelved your telogram’ of yester day, " The Daitimoro & Obfo Company ndberes "to i deicrmiation to maintatn its iudependent relations, 1t canniot, therefore, sabmit tho control of iix policy And busiziers cither o olber railway companics or to state of affuirs, |, third parifes, In order 1o restoro harmony the Pennsylvanis Mall- road Company must rotrace i3 steps, tzcklosreduce Yom of xuies by that Company will prova fllusory in accompllsbing tho object proposed by forcing the Taltiniozo & Obfo Company iulo auy combiuation con- tracy to the fixed principles of ita management, Good will follow from tha prensnt extraordiuary caurso of the Pounssivaula Ralfroad Company. Tho aerlonu leascits which will bo (aught’ by tho bistory of the presont Boutilitics againut tie Baltiwiore & Galo Company wiik luad to calmer coun- sels, 101nore guod sctime, aud to fairer dealings In the futiro, T thauk you fof courtcous and friendty come miunicatton, ¥, GAnnerr, Lresident, iy THE CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY. EARLY HINTORY OF TILE 10AD, The fight which has beon going on for some timo past betweou tho Eastorn and Westorn utocklioldors of tho Chicage, Burlington & Quin- cy Natlroad, nud whick Laa ended In the over~ throw of the Westorn party and their leader, Alr. J.F. Joy, has lately boon much commonted upan, 1n view of the racont difiicultion, o history of tho ropd, abowing the connuction of Mr.Joy and otler leadrug Western capitalista ju buildiog np thia line uytil it bacamo one of the leading and most prosperous ju the country, must bo of con- sidorable intorost, T'us Tninuse bas therefore taken the troublo to collect such dota as will prove of valuo to those interestod in this splen- aid road. Tob, 15, 1851, an sct was paseod incorporating tho OENTRAL MILITARY TRACT RATLEOAD COMPANY, of which BIr. C. 8. Colton aud othors, of Galas- burg, were the incorporators, authorizing the coustruction of » rallroad from Galesburg, in a northeasterly direction, to connect with the Rock Taland & LaBallo Railroad at such polut in ITen. Ty or Burean Couuly zs tho Company might dosignate, providiug aleo tnat this Company might attach themeclves to and form part of the Northorn Orosa Hallroad Company, which rosd :ns at that time projocted from Quinoy to Galea- urg. The act was amended June 19, 1853, authoriz- ing the Compauy to coustruct tho road from Galosburg on the nost dircet and eligible routo toward tho City of Chicago, on or near the line of the Chicago & Rock Islaud, or ou or near the lne of avy othor raflrosd counecting with or_extendlng to the said City of Olicago, with s branch of the 2““ to the Town of Iienderon, in Knox “ounty. 0 THE AUORA DRANCH, 13 milos, extending fiom Junction to Aurora, Lulit by the Aurors -Branch Railrosd Gamplni, was oponed for buuinesy ju the fall of 1853, Dy a lator act, way authorized. to extond it road to s polut at least 15 milea north of LaSalle (Mendota), and to change its uams to the Chi- ohago & Aurora Hailroad Cowmpany. Mr, G, B, Colion, of Galosburg, at that timio ane of the foromout busineas-mon of that partof tho Stats, was the prime mover in getiing the original clharter, as well procuring tho amond. mouts, Btimulated thereto Ly AMr, J. F. Joy, who at that time was mseoclated with Masars, Drooks and Forbes In the mausgemont of tua Alichigan Contral Railroad,—Alr, Joy sgresing to wake an affort to induce his frionds who had owmbarked in tbo Michigan Contrsl Riatlroad to furnish the mosus to bulld the road. Apfin— ciating that tho road would run tbrough a country of unsirpassed fortility and productive- ness, and that it would develop & business which could be made to larze dogros tributary to the Mluhlfln Ceutral Rallrosd, Mr. Joy euccoodod in entlsting the ald of thuse intercsted in the Michigan Central Rallroad In the enterprie, TiIK WORK OF BUILDINO. The canstruction of the Chicago & Aurorn Railroad,. kuown as the Aurora extension, to & connoction _with tho lllinols Coutral ' Iiaile road at Mondots, and of the Cou- tral Military Tract Ratlroad from Men- dota to ~ @Galesburg wero prosscuted simultaneously, the stockholdors in each baing the same gentlomon, ‘Che Ailitary Tract Ill[f- road was euln]ghled to Galosburg in Docember, 1881, and the two roads were consolldated July 9, 1856, taking the vame of ** Tho Ohicago, Dute lington & Quincy MHairoad"; tho couneation betweon this road aud Durlington belng bad by the Peoris & Oquawks, aod botwesn Galesbury aud Quinoy by the Northern Cross, After much uarreling boiweon the Peoris & Oquawka and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, the former wea floally purchased by the lutter in 1862, 1ha Northorn Crosa Raflroad, whick was originally projected to do the local business of Quincy, way also purchased by the Chicago, Durlington & Quincy in 1803, and bocame a patt of its rosd, AMONG TUX LOADS PUOJECTED IN 1837 ‘was oue extendiug from_Jacksouville to Havan. uak, on the Missleslppl River, and likewise one from Yeoria to Hanolbal, Varta of theso twa roads form what is now kuawn as the Rush. villo lirancl, extendiog from Yates Clty through Cauton and Lowlstown to Rushville, ‘The -people along the line from Yates Oity to Lawistown who Lad for many yosrs striven’ in- effootually to fit;nuy railroad outlet, applied to the Chicago, Barlingtou & Quincy for sid In buildiug the road trom Yates City to Lewistown, which vesulted i the road's beius opoued for business in 1803, sfording the people along on ite live a conuoctivn with Chlosgo, which bag beeu 60 fully sppraciated that thiey Lave not had it in their hoarts 1o add any very loud voics Lo the clamor that has been ralsod sgaiost railrosdy by those wlhio bave been so larguly euriched by &cm. This branch was esteudoed to Rushville ‘The_Chicago, Burlington & Quincy adopted the polioy o; it i FURKIHIKG SYALL CQMPETING LINES to stop disastrous compatition, sad to lurn thels H THE CHICAGU businoss ovor its maln line to Chicsgo, In pur- sunnca of this policy, aid was roudered to tho Amiorican Central, Cartliage & Bumlington, and the Quincy & Warsaw Ronds, Thano Itoadas woro opened for buainess in 1309 and 1870, Tho Amorican Contial was extouded to Keithsburyg, shd opaned for business to that place in Janu- ary, 1871, The INlinois Grand ‘Crunk Rond, which nas oginally intondodto be s trunk line, was likowise startod st an osrly day (19563)§ was opened from Mondota to Prophetatown i May, 1871, and in July, 1872, was oxtendad to Cllnton for tho purposo of making connoationa with tho Chiengo, Clinton & Dubuque, aud Chicago, Du- buque & Miumesots Railrosds, which liad been nndortaken by othor parties, and tu whone afd mont of the Iargo stockliolders of the Chleago, Burlington & Quinev contributed, In order to mako tho businoss of theso roada tributary to thoir lino. ‘I'he Ottaws, Qswogo & Fox River Valloy Rail. rosil was undertsken origiually by parties intar- ostod In the coal mines at Btreator for tlie pur- 080 of gotting an outlet toward Clicago. 'fus [ands of fhia foad wero nold o tho atoaklioldors of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and It was inan3d to thoir lina and opened for buainoes in January, 1871, TIE CIICAGO & ROCK RIVER ROAD, was projected from Rock Falis, ou the Rock . River, intending tu cronn tho Chicago, Burling- ton & Quincy at Sandwich, and thenco to soma point on ths Chicago & Alton, Chicago, Rock Inland & Pacific, Illivols Coutral, or auy othor road by which it could make s connoction and ronch Chicago, Running, ns it did, through a country already woll sorved by the Clhileago, Lur- lington & Quincy on the ono kide, and tho Chi- eago & Northiwestern, or Chicago & Iowa, on tho otliar, It was thougut wiso on tho part of tho Toard of Diraotors af tho Chicago, Durliniton & Quinay to purchaso tho bonds of this roa, and termirato it at s point on tha Cneagn & Towa, noar Shabbonas Grovo, and called Blabboua, Tlis road was opened for busiuesa in Qolober, 1872, 3 ‘I'he rords montloned cover nil of tho Chioago, Burlington & Quincy Raliroad Company's roads 1n tho Stato of Illinols, Although the policy of controlling those tributarles was ono forced upon the Compauy, it was an nlternativo to hav- ing s wild aud reokloss compotitiou throughout ita wholo lino. Tho wisdom of thua controlling ther has boen shown by tha roport of that Com- pany, just published. TIE BURLINGTON 4 MISSOURI RIVER RAILIOAD in one of the six laud-graut ronds that wero projected across the Stats of Iowa, 1t was originally undoitaken by partics who wora una- blo to’ control mosns suficlent to cou- struck it. Afior tho Clleago, Burlington & Qnincy bad reached the Misdissippi opposite Barlington, soveral of tho stock- holdata hocamo conviucod that & road axtonding from DBurlington to tho Missouri River would bo & valuable feader, as well as givo thom a connection with the rosd, which, eveu st that early day, somo bold aud confldont upirits 8aw In thoir mind's eyo oztonding from n point noar the mouth of tho Platte River to Bsn Fran- ciseo, aud took chargo of and reorganized that road, It was oponed to Ottumwa, 75 m:los from Burlington, in Auguet, 1850, In consequouce of the War it rosted for a time, but nuder contracta with the Chicago, Barilugton & Quincy the cou- struction was again uadertaken and tho roul openod to Plattsmouth and Couucld Bluffs in Docomber, 1864, Dy tho coustruotion of a branch from Creston to thio Btato Jino of Missouri at Iorkins a con- noetion was bind with Bt. Joseph and the South- west. This braoch was oflgnud in Decomber, 1871, Also o branch from Red Quak to Nobrasku Clty by way of Hamburg, thus giving a connee- tion with the Midiand Paclic of Nebraska— opened in August, 1870, ‘Thbis road lng also TWO QTHER SYALL BRAXCHES— , ona from Ghariton to Leon, 47 milos, opened in August, 1672, and ons from Villieca to Clarinda, 14 miles, opeuad in October, 1872, ‘The Burlington & Missouri River Rsilrond and ‘branches wera loased to tho Onloago, Burlington & Quincy Katlroad, Jan. 1, 1873, thus completing the magnificont road osuod aud controlied by, thst Company. In overy movomont that has contribuled to tho maguificont property now controlled_by tho Ohicago. Burlington & Quiney Railroad, Mr., Joy has boen oither the projector or chief adviser, and may weoll bo prond of the well-desorved rop- utation” ho has won, o has noi sought to enter 1nto tho works of otbers, bul with o faith that only bold men possess hina labored to creato and dovolop ; and, whilst it is easy to criticino, considering tho number aud maguitude of tho onterprises hio has shaped, it Is bellovod that no rallroad managor can point to greater BUCCEBI, 3 —_—— RIGHT OF WAY TO RAILROADS. TEXT OF TIE DILL PASSED BY CONGNESS, ‘Wasuinatoy, D. C,, March 8.—Thefollowing i tha text of the bill granting to railroads the right of way through the public lands of the United Btatos, and which awaits the Presideut's sigua- turo to become a law : De it enacted, etc., That (he rizht of way through the publio lands of tiie Uulted Batis is hersiy granted to sny railroad comnany duly organixed under tus lawa of auy Btate or ‘Torritory except the Dinteict of Columbia, or Ly tha Congress of tho United Bta Which shall bave filod with tho Hecrotary of ta terlor & copy of fts articles of incurporation and dus proofs of fts organivation under the same, to the ox= tent of 100 feet un vach mido of the contral lfne of maid r0ad: also the right to take from tho phblle Jands ad- Jacent to tho line of sald rowd, material, ezrih, atone, and timber necossary for the construction of said raiic 10ad ; also ground adjaceut tosuch right of way for station builtings, dojiots, machine slops, side tracks, turneouts, sud water statlons, not to cxcesd in amonut 20 acres for sach ststion fo the tion for a3l 10 miles of its road Hec. 3, That any rallroad company whoe right of way, or whose track or road-bad upon auch right of way' passes through sny canon, pass, or dezlo, shall not prevent any ofhicr raifroad company frou the use and accupancy of the said cauow, pass, or detila for the urposes of fla rosd in common with tha road first ocated, or tho crosming of otlier railrosds at grade ; aud the location of aay siich right of way through any canon, pass, or defilo uhall nat cause tho disuse of any wagon-road or other publlo higbway now located therein, nor provent the locstion through ths sama of any such wagon-road or highway, wuch road or Lighway may be uoceasary for (b accommoda. ton; snd whore any clange In the location of snch n-raad {8 necsasary to permit tha pousage of such rallrosd thronugh soy canon, pass, o dotle, 8adl rajle ro:1l company shal, before enteriug upo: round ocoupled by such wagoneroad, causa the same to be reconatriicted, at ita own expouso, in the most favors- blo locatlon, and In 81 perfect a manner ax the original roud, Proctded, That such expentes shall ba aquitably di- vided Letwaon any pumbar of ralirosd compiues oo eupyiug sud uslug (s ssme cauan, pass or dellle, . 3, That the Logislatira of ihe proper Terri- fory may provide for the manner jn which privats lauds aud possoasory claling ou the public Lands of the United Btates may Lo condemusd, and where such pro- vislon ahal) nt have be:n mads, such condemnation mty beamade fu ascardzuce will 802, 3 of e act entltied * An act toald in the construction of a rafl. rond and telegraph Lins from the Missouri River ta the Pacltie Ocoan, and ta sociirs to the Goverument e uioof o iug for pastal, wflitary, ud obior approved July1, 1812 Approved July %, Tggee 4, That any railrosd company destring to se- re thio benet of this act sball, withiln twolva tmontba after the location of any sectfon of 20 milea of ite road, If the same ba 03 surveyed lands, and if upon unwirveyed lauds within elgbtocn months afier the survey thareof by the Unitod Htates, fllo with the Reogistor of the Laud Oitice for tha distr} laud 14 located, & 1720l of 118 road. thereof by hs Becrotary of ame shall be uoted upon tlie plats in exid ofca. And thcreaflor all such lauds over which suoh right of way aball pasa shall o dlsposed of subject to such right of way, Fiovtded, That ¢ any woction of sad road shall not ba completed within fve yoars after the lacation of sxdd soction, 110 righits Leraln grauted abiall ba forfufi~ od ax to auy such uncompleted section of said road, 8o, 8, I'bat this act shall not apply 1 any Lands within the limits of sny military post, or Indian rotervation, or oftier lauds eapocially ressrved from fale, unleas wuch gt of way ail be provided for by Urosly atipulation, ur by sck of Cougresy Lerelofora P'8ko.'s, That Congress Lereby regrvea tho right at :‘1’11 Iil;lo 10 alter, amend, or repsalthis act or auy part aroof, . exlent of onu sta DETRCIT & MILWAUKEE. ANNUAL BEPORT OF Ti¥ DIBECTONS. The annual roport of the Dircctors of tha De- troit & Milwaukee Kailroad for the year ending Doc, 81, 1874, shows that the gross traflic re- ceipts and ronts for the year, exolusiva of the Lake Mlichigsu proportion, wero §1,151,200.70, belug §53,070,67 loss than in 1873, The Dirco- tara alsa atate that, whon tho last sanual roport Wway submitted, thoy had ressou to expoct reliof from the embarrassments of the Compauy, through tho futervention of the Great Weatorn in Canada, who aro (La owners of a majority of its sbares. Nogotlations wors still pending on this subject. Aeautime, the line, in ils erippled sondition, under s grest roduction of freight rated, and with a wharp cumpotition from nins roads crossing it at various poluts, las :llllld & not jovonue of $200,734.43, which 4% beon applie ar ayment of {uterest D«?n ¥ them flvsr ‘fmrft, and othier early mortgages, arraars of wages, and wood sud stores purchased iu the previous year, 1f the pending negotiatious are succossful the tioe will at ouce e put into a condition equal to that of apy other in tho Btate, Until that s ac- complistiod ths Dircotors Lave no predicilons o proaiics to make, ‘Thio fact that the building of railroads far in advauoe of the business wants of tha country hiss randared many of them of little value to tbair peofectors, Rot diminish $hely Lm- TRIBUN MONDAY, portance a4 an elomont iz the conveniance and proaperityof the poople. They have opened tracts of cunntry which without threm would bave remained " comparatively valueless, and hava carricd popnlation to parts of tho Btates which mithout Lhom would etill have Lean dosarta, Unless wholly abandaned by their pro- molers, tiey munt bo kept in gafs condition for travel and’ trafle, Thoy sre onutled to every protection and ewcouragomeut sistont with proper legal murveillance, With regard to_the Detroit & Milwaukes Line, the peopla of the Bisto are not genaraily aware that thay hiave had tho benefit of the expandi. ture of more than 212,000,000, all of which hss baen a lo4u to the promotera, axcopt to tho ex- tant of tho prosentvalue of tho mortgaze honds, supposed to be less than 5,000,000 and sinca tho vear 1860, tho sum of 8340,008.0¢ bas baon pald ioto the Ststo Treasury for anuusi taxes, and more than $11,00,000 have been expended smong tho peopls of Michigan in repairs and working expensos of the line. ‘Tlin roport of Buperintendent Mulr calls atten- tion to tho importanco to tho road of having two can. good propellera on Lako Miohlgan, = and 1ta own freight representation In Mil- Alno tho necessily of improved d rolling stock, If the road is Lo maintain ding, and combeta snccesafully with the numerous woll equipped roads which tap itg territory. The Engincer's roport gives a dotailol atat ment of the expondituros on constraction count, aud for maiutensnze and rewowal of way. There aro now taid G milea of uteel-rail track, 7The samo number of miles of track re- quire renewiug thin yoar. ———— MISCELLANEOUS, MIOHIOAN RAILROAD LANDS, Sezial Dispateh o The Chicans Tribune, Lasaiva, Mich, March 7.—The amount of land grauted to Miclhigan, railroad companies, that has not boan sold, and thnt will Lo kubject to taxation according to tho recont decinion of the United Statos Bupreme Court, is as fullown: Jackson, Lanslug & Sagiuaw. Yart turun & 1wankoa Marguet Grand Rapids & Chtcago & Northweatern, Marquetts, Roughton & 4 The amoauns of tax unpaid on these railroad lands in 1873 was £82,000.60. Adding the bidw to tho State and redomption intorest, it would cost the railroads, March 3, 1975, #132.103 to ro- deom tlisso lsnda. Only tho Chicago & Nortn. wedtern Compsny hasa paid its tax upon such andy, The bill for epening the Indian resersation lands in Mason and Oceans Counties, Mich., to lomentoad eutry—a tract of over 100,000 scres of fino farmmg lands—ineota with favor smong the young men in the.vicinity of Lanaing. B. F. ALLEN. Messrs, Stophens and Blenuerhassot Re- ply to His Bill, Statement of Their Dealings with Iim. The New York Sun of Baturday has the fol- lowing letter fromsMossra, Ktephens and Blene nerhnssot, New York pattuors of u, F. Allen's, jureply to the allogations contamned in his bill of complaint Fxtracts from & bill of complaiat tn au action begun by 11, F, Allen against Willtam A, Stephens and Her- man’ Blenertausett, Amorican ® Exchango Natiouat Bank, snd otlers, wers publishod o the newspapers Of thi dth nat. As thess extracts contained allegn- Ugua of an excoediogly Injurioun characier, wilh sl Foluctance we now make soine cxplanations, Wo antert that the publication of this Lill wae ac- tuatcd by malice and with the fntent ta dustroy our credit an bankers, Tho solo auccess that could bo oz pocted waa from iLs eirculation in the public press, for avory allegation of wrong _contained thereln ' not ouly falee, but can readily ba proven to be falso by Mr. Allen's own writlen atatements in otir Possession. Tho declareil purpuso of the complatnt s to dinsolva copartnerahip, appolnt o Recelver, and get an {njunctiou, 1t was awara to on Maruh'1, and flied in o Circuit Court March 2, Mr, Aled was at that timo, wa are told, bidiug tn Now Jersey, and wo wera uuatle to obtan 4 personal faterview with bim, Alr, Allen and the Cook County National Bauk fatled on Jan, 18, From thst timo we hava sougut by lctters, telsgrais, and messages & personal foterviow with him, thet o might sctle tho business of Allen, fito- yholis & Co, Fallingin this, and being troubled by attachiments lssued i1 our oourts aguust him by Lix oreditors, and other anuoyanves wrising from his baukrupt coudition, wo,un_Feb, 13, apylled to tha Bupremo Conrt for o dissolution of 'sald copartner- shup, and an ascounting aad notice of gaid apileation aud copy of tho complaiyt wero at guce scut ubn,” W alio pant & messags 0 Alr, Allen when wo learticd he was fu the viciaity, stking Lim 10 appear in tho auit aud bave au minodiate ccounting, Afierward wo learned of this action, If . Allen wanied a disolution through_the courts, iero was an action alrealy commeaced. 1f s » Recolver anpoluted, bo needed but {0 provs 401 OF the allegations 1o mikes to have vbiainad 3t tirough the Stata courte, As residentaof New York, wa could not bring our actlon in the Unlted Bstes Court era. Tho baoks of Allon, Blephens & Co. hiavs ben kopt in perfoot order,—have been balincod svery six wonths, We never speculstod, altior withs tha Hrm's money or our own, or for tirm or uividsl account, Wa Derer bought & rulus or part of a miuo of uny sost, for aurselves or anybody clio, A dood of the property oallsd the Mono put futo our bands as ssourity, Having usslated in the usgotiation, and belng partics tos lona by the advico and approval of aaid Allen far cortain partiss iatorast- od {2 sald mine, wo bontis by soma luterest fn sald property. \We purchased into sald property or paid suy money for ald Lntarost, ad wa iava nok yot received said bunus, Docause the deod was mads to e, Stephenn ss Trustes, 1t was rumored that Allen, Stophens & Co. chasod the mine, aud Mr, Allen, knowlug wall facts, was soino t4me alnca most - energatic In donsing suslpurchase; all which ean be faliy proved by his own former atitemonts, Wa have boau wilfuliy dssarved, Undor atsurances solemnly mado, we isvo sdvanced the Cook Counly Natiooal Baok & lirgo smount of mouey, Haviog en ea70 {0 uoe that wawero proparly secured, and baving lnststod that sald Allun shiould mortgago bl roul astate bofore we would maks uncoverod advan: 10 said Cook County National Bank, wa ars now mado the targt for bia sualice, Lo bss, f we are correctly advisad, teken from the Coox Cotinty Dunk nearly all 1ta oaplisl aud doposits, leaving little o Dotbing to poy its depoaitors with, If ho could get back from us tho securities plodged to repsy our advanues, and we wore lefs unpald, the ollar creditors would Lo belter off, Ilis creditors (of his individual baik at Das Sowes), finding Lis whole resl estata mortgaged to us, naturally con- domu a mau who buf docelved them, abd sispect, fraud, 1f ho c3u got froo from that morigage he can Tegaid tlelr good opinfons, 11is olim s to lead people Tobellave that neithor he. nor (b ook Gonaty Beak owa us; but & aum of $KV.00 ia tou lar 11, a0 for this um wo acs glad Lo say we fullést wocurity. Wa iave found oursclvcs the posscesors of papers hypotliocated with us by said Allen for tho' Goak wers to recolva our commission or Oounty Natlonal Uapk, and found the ocollat- aral for wame h{pa‘nmtnd slaowlere, Wa have had securities st us to rawo money on, teral to notew bypotliscated cliewlicra, Money bas een obtalued of u on Lills receivabls on rojrisentations that havo proven false, ~ We have basn constautly and persist~ sutly decotved 86 1o tho condition of tha O30k Count Natfonal Bank aud said Allen, As long as the boul contintiod bitsiness these things could be hiddea, but when the bink failed many thiogs bacame apparent to e from the invastigation of artios concernod, Wo Th u tho Aterlcan Ei- change Natlonsl Bauk, the Dry Goods Dk, sud the Contiveutal National Bank, as to suything irvegular (n tlielr doalinge with us, are wholly falss, Wu, A, Brxruens, H. BLEXNEBUANET, —_——— FLRES, AT JONESBORO, ILL, Srectal Dispate ta The Chicago Tribuns, Joxessouo, Ill., March 7.—Tle store-house and dwelling of O, M, Gortoy & Dros., st Lick Crock, In this county, waa destroyed by fire last Friduy night, Thero was no ogo 8¢ home, The building aud the entire stock of dry goods wero deutroyed ; no jusurance. AT SOUTH FRAMINGHAM MASS, Boston, Mass., March 7.—The factory of the American Duttor Company, at Bouth Framing. Lam, burned this moruing, Lovs, £39,000; in- wureuce, $10,000, The Boot aud Bhoo Bhauvk Compainy lost $4,500, surroundlug propeity way considerably damaged. Total loss, €35,000. AT PAXTON MASS, Woncestes, Masa., March 7.—A fire iv Paxton ihis morning descroyed the boot and shos fac- tory of Bigolow & Hou, aud {njured ono or two other buildinge, Ineured for 930,000, CRIMNL, Hons 8 peclal Dispateh fo Wanatay, Ind., March A 1an by the nama of Pickels, living 4 wites westof here, ad & team of horses and a slelgh utoles last night. No clue to the thlef, EMBEZZLEMENT, Soeclal Dinuwh te The Chicuyo Tribund, Laxgtxo, Mich., March 7,—Thero is a requlsl- tlon fu the Hecrotary of Btate's ofiice, on tho Uovernor of ‘Yeuucsses, for the capture and roturn of Josophus H. Peach, for embozzlomeut of 82,400 from the Township-Treasurer's ofice of Hast, Cosnty. MARCH 8, 1875. VATICANISM, Mr. dladstone'’s Reply to I1lis Critics. Reassertlon of 1iis Yiews on the Bearing of the Vatlean Decrees on Clvll Alleglance, The Objections of Dr. Nowman and Arch- bishop Manning Analyzed. New York:'rthune, Marel 6, Mr. Gladstone's recent pamplilot on the Vaticau Decrees. considered in their basring on Civil Al- lsgiance, draw inta the field auch a larga number of able antagonista that ho has felt compslled to afllrm hisoriginal statomenta and nssertions ina socond tract unlor the titls of ** Vaticanlwm 3 An Answer to Roproofs aud Ropliea,” Tha Tribuns fs [ndebtad to Harpor & Brothcrs for carly ehecta of their edisiou of this pamphlet, now ready for pubiteation, In his tract on the Vatican Dacreor, Mr. Glads ntone dwelt principally on two main pronositions. L ‘That Homa hed reprodnced for activa servico thore doctrinos of former timss termed by him '* ruaty tools,” which sho waa fcndly thought to have discussod. 11, That the Pope now claime wita plevary authority, from every member of his Cliurely, that Lo shall placo his logalty aud civil duty ot the mercy of another,—that other bolug himaclf. Tho truth of theso asecrtions wanimmediately and vigorously denled by some of the ablest men of tho Catholic Chntrel, nota« bly by Dr. Nowman aad Archbishop Manning; and to these able autagoniats Mr. Gladatone's anawar is_pringipally wddrossed. His object iu two~ fold § first, to stato in what degreo ho concaived tho immnodiato parpase of his expoatulation to bave been served : secondly, to examino whother tho allegations of autazonlsts havo dislodged bls arguments from their main positions, or, on tho contrary, have confirmed them, and to re- state thosa positiona accordingly. After s splendid ontline of eulogy of the charactor and ability of his principal autagonists, Dr, Newman and Archbishop Maaniog, Mr. Gladstono pro- coads to.discuss the ** rusty tools.,” Ho has bsen clharged with misrepresenting the lauguaga of the Syllabus, and Lo defends, at the outser, his good faith and care fa bis summary of that im- portant document. Ho then proceeds: THE MARRIAGE QUESTION, Agravo clinrge fs made againat mo reapccting the toatrimonial propasitions, because I Lave cited the Popo sa condemning those who aflirm that the matrimonial conteact is bluding, whether thero is or is not (zevordivg to the Komau doc- trino) & sacrament, and have not at thosama time atated that English marriages aro held by Rome to be pacramental, and therefore valid, No chatge, serious or slight, could he mors en- tiroly futile. Bat it is sorious, and not elight, snud thoso who prompt the oramioation must abide tho recoll. I bogin thus: 1. Iam consured for not having tinctions betwesn ono country an: wiuch the Pope himself haa not given. 2, Aud whicb are aldo thought unneccssary by suthorized expoundors of the Svllabus for tho faitbrul. Ihave befora mo the Exposition, with tho test, of the Encyclica and Sy)tabus, publish- ed at Cologuo 1 1374, with the approval of authority (it oberkirchlicher Approbatien), In » 45 jtia dietinctly taugbt that with marrisge tho Btaie lha. nothiug to do; thal it may wafoly rely upon tho Church; thet civil marriage, ” In tho cyes of the Church, iy oply concubinago; and that the State, by the usa of worldly compulsion, preveuts ths two concubinary paries from repunting and aban- doniug their gutity relations to one anather, Ex. actly tho samo i tho doctrino of the Pope him- self,in bis spaeches published st Rome, where civil marriage iy declarod to be, fur Christians, noth. ing mora than a more coucubiuage, and a fllthy concubiuage (10110 concubinalo). These ox- truordinary declarations are not dus to the foudness ‘of tho Poutif for speaking ime prompiie. In bis lottor of 8opt. 19, 1852, to Kiug Victor Emantiel, he doglaros that matri- mouy earrying the Bacrament is alona lawful for Christiaus, and that s law of civil marriage, whicls goos to divido them, for practical pur- 0484, canstitutes a concuoinage in the guies of nvallillnte warziage, §3 that, in truty, in all conntries within tho seopo of thego denuncia- tlons, the partios to & civil marriaze ars do- clared to bs living in av illicit conuection, which thoy aro called upon to rouounce, ‘Lhecali 1s addressod to them soparately us well au joiutly, the wifo being summoned to loavo her Lusband, and the husband to absndon his wife; and, after this prosended repentauco from 8 stato of ein, unleas {ho law of tho lond sud fear of cousequonces prevall, a new connectton, un- dor the namo of mariiags, may ho formad with tho sanation of the Church of Rome, I know not by what lofatuation it is that adversarios havo compelled mo thus to dovalop s stats of fact orosted by tho highest autborities of the Roian Clurch, which 1 sbalt now not sbrink from calling horriblo and revolting in itself, dangerouy to tho morals of maciety, the structure of tha family, aud the poaco of lifa. TUE INPALLIDILITY OF TIE FOIE. Aftar citing various outhoritios to eustain bis wlow of the dogmatic force of tha Syllabus, de- utod by Dr. Newman, Mr, Gladatons proceeds ta considor the **Vatican Oouncil and the Infallis bility of the Pops Like tho ohiofts bislop Manniug iven dis- avother, ng of the horolo time, Arche s his place with prompti~ tudo, and operates in frout of the force he leads. Upon tho tirst appearaucs of my tract, he in- stantly gave utterauco to ths following propo- sitiond ; nor Liay he sinco roceded from tnow: 1. That the lllhlllhlluflenf tho Papa was o doctrine of Divine Faith befors the Councit ot the Vatican was Lisld, 2, That tho Vatican Decreea have in no jot or tittle ohinnged either the obligations or the con- disionn of civil alloginuce, 8. That tho oivil allogiance of Roman Catholics 18 a3 nadividod as that of other Clristians, sna noither moro nor less limited, at the claim of the Roman Church againat obodieuce to tho civil pawer 1 cortain caves is tho enwo as_tuat made by other zeligious com- muuions in England, Of tho four propositious I will say that I ac copt themn all, subject to tho very simple condi- tion that the word “mot" bo insoried inthe three which are aflirmative, and its equivalent struck out from the ono whick is negative. Or, to stato the case in my own worde: My task will bo to make goad the two follow- ing assortions, which wera the priucipal wubjects of ‘my farmer argument 1, That upon tho autbority, for many genara. tious, of thoue who preceded Aschbishop Mau~ ning and hia cosdjutors in thoir vresent vflicial osition, a8 woll ax upon other suthonty, JLapal Infalllbility war not *a doctrive of Di- Kh’ns Taltl bofore tho Council of the Vaticau was old. And that, therefore, the Vatican Docreos have chianged tho obligations and conaitions of civil allegiauce, 2 That the claim of the Fapal Church against obodience to the civil pawer in cerlain casos not only goes’beyond, Liit ie essentislly difforent from, that mado by other roligious communivné or by their wombers in Kuglava, Aund_that, therofore, tho civil allogiance of thoss who admit the claim, and carry it to Its logical conaequences, {4 not for tha purposes of 1ho Blato the enno a4 that of otbar Chrstians, but is differently limitad. s In hia able wud lengihaned work, Arohbishop Mauning Lias found spave for s dissortation on tho great Uerman quarrel, but bas not fucluded, in bia proof of the batiof of Papal Infallibihity before 1870, any ralersuce to tha lustory of the Chusch over which he presides, or thio sister Church in Ireland, This very grave deficionoy T shall endeavor to make good by enlurging and completiug the staterment briotly giveu in mE tract, ‘Tuat wiatoment waa that the Jnghul aud Irish ponal laws sgalnst Itoman Catholics wera repealed on tho faith of assurduces which hava not been fulfliled. Alad all autagonists boau contont ta roply with tho simplo tugeuousasss of Dr. Newwman, it might bave been unueccasary to resume .this poition of the subject. 1 make no complaint of tho Archbishop ; “for such & roply would bave destroyed his ra. Dr. Newmnau, struggling bard with the difticulties of hin task, fuds thal the atatement of Dr. Doyl requires **some plous iuterprotution” that 1 1826 tho ciergy both of Ingland and Iroland were tramed in Gsllican opinlous, sud bad modes of thiuking * foreign altogethor to the miuds ot the cnlonrage of tho Holy Boe ;"' tuat the Bntish unnisteis ought to have applled to Komo ta lesrn the civil duties of Dritin lnb{ncu, and cbat * no pludge from Uatbolica was of auy value to which Roime wan uot & party.” ‘This declaration involvos all, sud more than all, tbac 1 bad.veutured relustantly 1o imputo, Altbough pledges were given, although their validity was firuuly and even pasetonately sasert- od, although the sabject-matter was one of clvil sllegianco, **no pledgo from Catholics was of auy valuo to which Romo was not & party.” 1o all seriouancas 1 sk whetlior thero is not involved ju thesa words of Dr, Newman an tminous approximation to my allegation thiat kscodor to the Roman Church “places hlg 1ty and eivil auty at the mercy of annther " But as Arclibishiop Manning hsa asserted that thio dacices of tha Vaticau hiavo * i no jot or % alterad civil a)legianco, and that * befors lsm Louncil was held the Infallibility of tha Popa wan & doctring of Dirino Faith,” and as lia I tho ofticial iead of thn Anglo-Roma Lo history which his haa somotimes said ara troa- sou to the Clurcl, an indecd thoy nre in his seliuo of the Church, and in Lis songo of trnason. The first oflieial head of the Anglo-Roman bady in Englaud was the wise and fiwnl Arche priost Blackwell, He was deporod by the Lops 1 1694, * chiefly, 1t In mupposed, for his advoca- ¢y of tho Oath of Allsgianca.” which had bean devised by King Jamen, 11 order that he might confer pency and security npon loyal ltoman Catholics, Dallarmiu denouncod as heratical its dauisl of the power of tuo Popo to deposa the Kingand releaas his subjects from their allegie anco. Pope Panl V. condomnad the oath by a brief in~ Ootobor, 1608, 'Tha unfortunsto members of his communion could not beliova this Dbriof to Ls muthentie, So a wocond brief was eent in Hoptember, 1607, to confirm and euforca tho first. Iilackwell gal- lancly advised lu flock to tako tha oath yy de- flanco of tho brisf. Priests confined in New. #ato petitionad tho Popo to bave compassion on thom. Forty-eight doctora of ths Sorbonne axainat six declated that it might be taken with guuv.l conscicnes, And taken it was by many, ut takon in despite of tho tyraunical jujunction of Puul V., uubappily confiemed by Urban VLI, and by Innozent X, Whon it was proposod in 1618 to baniah Roman Catliolics on account of the deposing power, their divines met snd ronounced the dootriue, This renunciation wae condemnad at Rome ag horetical; but the sititudo of France on thesa ‘uentious at the time prevonted the publication of the decroe. Wiien the loyal ramonstrance of 1661 had boon rignod by certain Bishopn and others of Ireland, it way condomued st Rome iu July, 1662, by the Congregation do propaganda., and lu tie sama month the Papal Nuncio at Bruasels, who super intended the concerns of Irish Roman Cathiolics At the time, dunouuced it as airaady condemued by the conatitutions of Faul V. azd Innacent X., and spccially censured the eccleslastics who, by wigniog it, tisd misled the laity, Well may Butler sav: * Tho claimof tho Popen to temporal power by divine right las heon one . of tho most calamitons events in tho Listory of the Churcb. ~_Its effects sioce tho ltcformation on the Lnglish aud Irish Catholics have buen dreadful.”™ * And azmn: * How often did our aucestors exporieuce that ultra-Cathol- lcl‘!m?: ?lfl ons of the worst onemies of cath- olfcity?” . . . I now paes to the period which followed the Itovolution of 1638, espaciaily with reteronce to tho bold asusrtion that bofora 1870 tho Pope'sin. . fallibility was a doctrine of divine faith, "The revolutlon, brought about by invasions of | tho law and _tho couatitution, with waich the | Church of Rome was disastrously associated. | nocessorily partook of s somewlnt vindictive character “as taward the Angio-Romsn body. Qur nenal provisiona wero a outigated, but also & dobased copy of the I'apal enactmonts agaivst heresy. It wan not untll 1557, on the appoint- ment of the Duko of Bodford to thn Lord- Lioutenaucy of lIreland, thst the firss sigu of lifo wus wven, Indeced, it was only in 1756 that & now penal law had beon proposed in Ireland, But in tha ucxt vear the Irish Itoman Cattiolic Committeo’| published a declaration which divavoned tho deposiug and abaolving power, with other oaious opinicue. Heie it wng averred that tho Pope had *“no temyporal or civil juriadiction,” directly or tndicectls, within this realm.” And it was also nveired that {t **is not ac: articlo of the Catholic faith, noither are wo theraby obligad to belieso or pro- fcas that the Pova 14 1nfallible ;" iy diamotrical cootradiction to the doclaration of Archbishop Msnuing that persons of his religion were bound to this belief befora the Council of 1570, 1f enything bad been wantivg in this Declara- tion, it would have been stuudantly supplied by the Protestation of tho Roman Catholics of En- gland in 1783-'80. 1In this very important docu~ mont, which brought about the passiug of the great English Rellet act of 1791, berides a repe- tition of the mssurances generally which had boen theretoforo convoyoed, there are contained statements of tho greatest significance. = Thae doctrine of ths consent of natlons {3 & pura imagiuation., Tho general truth of the master i, that the Popes of the !Middle Ages, lika romo other porsons and professions, tarove fipan tho discords of thair noighbors, Other [mwnrn Jvero only somowhers ; thio P'ape, In tha West, & overywhero, OF tho two partios to o anarrel, b wan “worth tho while of cach to bid for tho assistanco of tho Popo againat hin enemy ; and hethat Lid the bighest, not merely in dry acknowledgment of the Papal prorogas !’l'!l..bul aleo commonly iv the eolid tribute of Petor's ponce or yatronsgo, or other tangible ldVll!hgb!, fmoat commonty got tho support of the Papa. Thin is a b\'iefv and rnde ontline ; but it i history, and tho ather ia flotlon. But It {8 not to the mora moderats viowa of the Bishop and Dr. Newman that wo ara to e fort for information on Lo ruling faslions of Roman doctrine. Among the remlly orthodox tdefenders of Vaticaniam, who have spplied the Iarga majority of Reproofs aud Replios, I do not recollect to biava found ons kingle disavowal of the deposiog powar. Pathaps the nearest ap- proach to It from any writer of thiy school insup- lied by Monsignor Capel, wao remarks that the Pope's oflica of arbiter is'at an oud, or.**at Jeast iu “ahoyance.” Bpesking in his own porson, Arclibishop Manning eachows the grops fortious to which in another worz has lant 8 aud Kocins o to tinnk ho has mended the position when Lo tolls 16 that tho Church—that s to say, tho Pope— ** has & supremo Pdlclnl oftico, it resyeet to the i sanction, moral law, ovor afi nationa and over all peruone,_ botb governors and govorned.” As long a8 they dorightitis dircctivo and percoptive; when they do wrong, tha black cap of tho Judge [s put. on, ralione peccati, ** by roagon of in." ‘That in to say, in plat sworda, tio right and the wrong in the conduct of States andof individualy s nom, a8 1t always bias Leen, o matzes for tho Ju- dicial cognizaucs of ‘tho Chnreli ; and the entire Judicial power of tho Churel 18 summed up i 0T ivtttan 1 ¥ hiristian Princes and their laws deviate from tha law of Gad, the Church has anthorit: from God to judga of that deviation, aud by afl its pawern to enforce the correction of that do- patturo from justice,” 1 must accord to the Archbishop the praisa of manlinces, If woare hooceforwand in any douby as to his opinions, it is Ly our own fault.” I sor- rowfully bolieve, moreover, that Lo dock no mora than express tho gaucral opinion of the teachers who form the ruling body tn luw Churen at largo, and of the prosont Anglo-Romlials clergy slmout without excoption. THE WEATHER. A Great Snow-Storm Raging to the South of Us. Fifteen Inches of the Beaatiful at Memphis, 1LLINOIS. Speelal Dispateh he Clieago Jribune, Camno, Ill, March 7.—A Polar wave struck Calto last night, while maving at a 2:40 gait, auy scattered snow-flakes for $wo hours, bogiuning abous 8 o'clock laat night. The snow war accompanied with s dl-mile wind, The enowfall was 8 to 10 inches, but tho temper- ature wea not lower than 23 degrees. To-day tlie 8ky cloated, and the suow bas boen melting fast. Tins storm iz ahead of anything over scen Lefore ia this scction, PENNSYLYANIA, Swecial Dispateh to The Chieado Trivune, Pitrasony, Pa., larch 7.—Snow commonced to fall this taorning. To-night Il lies about 2 feotdeep. Travol is greatly impeded. It is the Lieaviest wiorm of tho season. Tha storm, from roporis recoivod bere, has been very hard on the Allegheny Mouutains. oo, Special Dispateh to The Chicaco Tridune, Darroy, O, March 7.—The Revercst and heavient anow-rtorm of tho sesson et in about 2 oslock this afternoon and continued until even- ivg. Boow foll toa depth of G or 8 inches, and iudnfte 3o 8 fest. All the streoct-car linesin the city temporanily stoppad running in conse- 1. That the subsciibers to it * acknowledge no infailibitity iu the Pope." 2. ‘That their Church has no power that csuy directly or indireeily injure I'rotestasts, ss nil sho cun do Is to refuse them her sacraments, which they do ot want. 3. That'no ccclesiastical power whatever can dizectly or indirectly affect or iutorfero with tho 1wdapendence, soversiguty, laws, constiwn- tion, or government” of the realm. ‘Lhis I'rotestation was, iv tha striclest spuse, & ropresontative and binding document. It was sigued by 241 priests, includiug sl the Viears Apostolic: by sl the clergy and laity in England of auy note: and in 1743, at a general mostiug of the English Catholles ln Loudon, it wus sube scribed by every porsou present. ‘Tie act of 1701 for Eugland was followed by tbat of 1703 for Ireland. The oath iuscried fn this act is founded upon the deciaration of 1757, and embodies & large portion of it, including tho words : **It s not an articlo of the Catholic faith, pelther am I theroby required to believe or pro- feee, that the Pope ia infailible,” i 1 rofer to this oath, not Lecausa I attach an especisl value to that claes of sccurity, but be- cause we vow come to a synodical declaration of tho lrish m.nm which constitutea perhaps the most salient point of tha whols of this singular history. On the 26th of Pebruary, 1810, declnred &3 follows: ““ILat the eaid osth, and tho promises, declarations, adjurations, and protestations therein contained, are, notoriously, to the Romaa Catholic Courch at large, bocome s part of ths Roman Catliohc religmn a8 taught by uy, the Bisuops, aud received sud mainiained by the Roman Catholie cuurches in Ireland: abd as stich are approved aud sanctioned by tho otber Roman Catholic churchos.” ODEDIENCE TO TUF POPE. Had tha Decreca of 1370 been in force in the mizteonth and sevanteenth centuries Romsn Cattiolio Feurs could uot have dona what, uuril the roign of Charles IL, they did ; could not have made their way toho Houso of Loras by taking tho outh of ailogisuce, deapita the Pops's comwsud. Dut thivis not all, Tho Poposex cathedra had bldden tbe Roman Catbolicy of England {u tho eighteenth centuvy, aud in the sixteonth, and from the fourtecnth, to believo in tho jdeposiug power as an articlo of faith, Dot they rojected it; and the hignest laws of their Church lsit them fico to reject. las it not bound thom now 7 The I'opoin the mxteenth contury bade tho Rowmao Catholics of England sasiat the invason of tho Hpanish Armads, They disobeyed him, ‘Ie bighost law of thewr Church Joft thetn free to disabey. Are thov fieo now? ‘That thoy will assert” thie freedom for themselves 1 do not question—nay, I entiroly bolieve, From every ntanding-poiut, excepl that of Vaticanium, their titlo to it is perfoot, With Vaticanium to uuprn' thelr promise, how are they to concludo? 1ir. Nowman naye thore are exceptions to this pro- those Bishops cept of olodieuce. Hut shiyis just what tho Council Lias not ¥ntd. 'Fho Church by the Coun- cil §mposca Aye, Tho private conscience reserves to Ltsalf thoe title to aay No. TUE DEPOSING POWKR OF TUE I'OPK. quence. The wind {9 blowing almost a gale from the vorthwest, CixciNyat, March 7.—Snow commenced fall- ing about3 a. m., continuing until dark to-niglt, abont 8 {uches haviog lnlleQ—-lha heaviost fall of the resson, CoLuunus, 0., March 7,—Soow fell Liere this afteruoon to a depth of 0 inchen, aud drifted in nome places no as to make the atroots nearly im- passbale far padestrians, . INDIANA. EvaxsviLie. Ind., March 7.—Eight or 9 inches of snow felt last night aud to-day. Itis clear to-nicht. and the mercury is 81 to B7 and down to 27 alove. BOUTH CAROLINA. Cuanveatoy, S. C., March 7.—Recent thaws and 1eins Liave swollen water couraen throughout the Hiate, rosulting, in many cases, in dissatrous freshots, TESNESSEE. Azxeas, Tenu,, March 7.—The avow-storm Taat uighy was the severest ovor Luown here, 15 inchies baving fallen, while in many places it drifted to the depth of 4 feet, atopping the streat-cars. NEW YORE, Pont Jenyis, ' March 7.—The thaw ia rrogresaiug gradually, and althongh tho water i sing a httlo it still keops within Lounos, 1f the prexent mild weatlier lasts fo.r or five days the daugor will bo over, New Youx, March 7.—Snow foll most of the day, folloved lo-night by wloot sud & heavy ratu, Snow is reporied througliout this Stato and Northiern Peonsylvania, with slect and rain in the southern po:iion of thie latter Btats and Maryland. TROBABILITIES. Wasirxaroy, D. €., March 7.—Vor the North- woat, the Upper Laxos, and Missouri. falling barometor, soutlietly winds, warmer aud partly cloudy weather. OBITUARY, THE HON. JAMES BUFFINTON, Tary Raves, Mass,, Mareh 7.—Tho Hov, James Bufiinton, Represeutative of tho First Congros- stonal District of Massachuectts, srrived home this mornjug with bLis family, and weut to tho residence of his sou-in-law, where he disd sud- donly an bour later. e was 08 years of uge, sud beau indwposed for w long period. MRS, HENRY M. FIELD. Nzw Yorx, Bfarch 7.—Mrs, Henry M, Fiold, wife of the editor of the New York Evangelist, died ou Baturday evening. LIEUT.-QEN. JAMES HOPE ORANT, Tonnoy, Maroh 8.—Llout.-(ien, Sir James Hlope Graut died yesterday, aged 07 years, ARTHUR HELPS, Loxpox, Mareh 7.—Arthur iHolps, Eng! author, dlod yesterday, agod 57 yeara, CLAUDE-LQUIS MATTHIEU. 1t will nonngu bavo boen obuorved by others, 881t has boen by me, that fiom the charges AgaiLLL my account of ths Syllsbus are notably atuont two of ity most iwportant and wuetructive heads, Iaccuso the Syllabus of teschiug tha right of the Church’ to uss force, sud of waintaining the depoming power, Lisuop Cliffard, indecd, wistaine the deposiug power on the ground that it was accurded to the l'opa by the uations. It waa mmulr’n care like that of the Goneva srbitrators, ~ Dr. Newman deleuds it, but aulioupou conditions. 'The cir- cumwstauces muxe ba 1are and critical. The pro- coediog must bo judicisl, It musi sppeal to the woral jaw. Lavtly, there must be s united con- sont of various nations. Iu fiug, Dr, Nowwan sccepla tha deposiug power ouly under the cou- ditious wlicl, ss Lo thinks, the Popo himoll Iays down, ‘Those allogations quiot my fears, but thoy atraty my faith, sud, purportiug to be historicar, thoy shock wy judgment. For theyare, to spoak platoly, withont foundation. The arbi- trators at Goneva sottled a dispute, which thoy recited in formal terms, that the two partics to it lad smpowered aod iuvited them to detlle. The polnt of cousent is the ouly weiglity one among tue four conditioos of D, Newwan, and 18 the sole [mlnt ratued by Bishop Clifford, Did, thon, P'aul III., as arbitrator inthe case of Henry VIIL, puraus & ko procoduro? The firet words of his bullure: ** Thecondenationsnd ex- comwunication of flewry VI, King of Lu- glaud Y—not an auspicious beginulng. There s uothing st sll shaut sibltraliou or conseut of auybody, but » eolenn sud Herce racital of pow. er roceived from God, uot from the natlons, or from onoe wution, or from auy fraction of nutivn; power * over the nations aud over the kingduwme, to pluck up sud ta destray, to bund up sud to plant as chief over all kings of the whole oarth aud all peoples posscesiug 1ule.” Exactly wimilar is tha ¢ arbicrasion " of Pius V. betweou Limself aud Ehzabeth to the * arbitration ™ of Paul 1L betweou himself aad Henry VIIL Panw, March 7.—Clando-Louls Mastthien, the sstrouomer, died yestordsy, agod U2 yeazs, JUDGE J. R. HALL, OF DE WITT COUNTY, ILL, Correspandence of The Chicayo Tribune, Havisvieey, N, March 3,—J. 1. ilall, late Prabate Judge of DeWitt Couuty, dlod al his late residonce, near Hallsville, on the 23d of February, sged 47 years. Mr, Hall was ona of the fizas sottlers of this part of the county, hav. ing moved to this nuighborhiood when Le was a boy, o hes been ono of our beat oitizens, be- ing useful to the commupity at large. He doslt in tho beat of Bhort-Hom Durham stock, which it was his delight to ses aud have about bim, be- g s good judgo of the wame, being alw: o suute of tho coluittecs ot our Falrs, Heserved ane terw av Couuty Judge. 1io was one of the Ieadiug wen in scuring the coustruction of the Indisnopolis, Bloomingion & Wextorn Railroa:t oatension through thiy county, ani, us s compli- ment to him by the Compauy, Hallevilte Bration was pamed for him. At the time aof Lis desth ho was connected with re ab Hallsyille, kuown by the firm name of 1alt & Wassou, doating in dry fioodl. rocarics, aud grain, Prior to hin death, this firm Liad thelr storo burnt, and most of thelr goods wera burut, losinie abudt 4,000 1 Ineured for €1,700 i the Hrus, of Hartford. Judge Hall was a membor of the Masonio Oider, and was buriod wits Masonio houors, Ju W. i i ot bl 8T, PATRICK'S DAY. Spezial Dupitch ta The Chicago Tridune, Dusvquy, Is., March 7.—Froparations are on foot o observe St Fatrick's Day in this city with much powp sud corvmony, The Irish Cuth. olic Beuavaleut Boalsty, ats meetivg Lisld to-day, resolved to parade ou Bt. Patrick's Day fn full m&-un Balls will ba given by other societies, and a poriod of general foatlvity indulged fa,