Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 13, 1875, Page 2

9° w~ courte of the District of Colambla will be kind enougi to admit evidence for the defonse, Correspoudant—Didu't Chsndicr br.ng A CIVIL SUIT againat the Free fress? Yes; before ho prococded against nally. Uorres.ondent—Why didn't he push thet suit? ‘Mr. Bue 1—Woll, his attorneva mu Derrott mado Bdlundorin their petition. They included both charses as ove libel, and when Chandler found out that ono of (he charges conld bo proved, as I havo stated, be aaw it would bo uselovs to push the thing, and no desisted. At lenat, thie fs my Jnforence, and itis sustained by some fnfurma- tron have from Detrolt, Ho did uot wen on me vntil a month or moro after he lad sought anit agninac the Free Press, Corresncndent—You woro firat expelled from tho Senste reporters’ galiory, I beliove ? ‘Mr. Buell—Yes ; that was dooo Immodiatelr, Theu the Rev. Byron Sunderland, D. D.. Chap- lain of tho Senate, filed information ayainat mo BEFORE THE THRONE OF URACE, Correspendeut—How ¢ Mr. Buolt—Why, bo prayed to God to palay tho hand and paralyze tho. tongue of the wile slaudorer, and sfcerwarda told diainadell, of the New York Tribune, that ‘bo meant that fellow Buell,” and did not Intend to tavoke Divino ven- Keauco upon any of the roxt of tho bova. But the Court bofere winch tho Nev, Sunderlaod filed his information bas not as yet issued avy ‘warrant, Correspondent—Probably that Court has ne Gag-Law in ita code of juriprudeuce, Mr. Buetl—Vrobably not. Correspondent—Thia indictment waa found early leet sutamuer,—nearly 6 year ago,—tas it no! Mr. Buoll—Yes, in June, or about the Ist of for damages Me. oe mo cri spondent—WWhy were you not approliend- ? a then Mr, Buetl—The electiona wero coming on, and {he would-ho managers of tha Republican party feared tho politieni effec: of a prosecution under ths GugsLow, a fear which tuo subsoqnovt tate of Polsud, Carpeutor, and Den Saclor proved to be well founded, But, after Chandior was do- teated, he had nothing inaro to lose ty tho palit. teul eftect of the Gac-Law or anything else, sod so tho order fer mr arrcat cawe Lere within a week after ho ratyrned to Washington fiom the gcoue of his dmcomfture at Lansing. I uave a private totter from Washington stating thst tha revival of proceodings agaiuet mo was che result of aconiidenti:! conferouca betwoon Chandler, Wiliams, nnd the Prosident, bat 1 presoma tho parties Co thiy confidential couference wore only Chandler sud Williams. I don't believe tho Prenideut takes any in.oreatin auch trifling mat- ry tard, Cuirespondont—Yon speak of ‘WILLLAxE. I presume you refer to the Attorney-General. Wuat lins ho to do with the matter? Mr, Baell—A good deal. As much as anybody. His affection for me fy of that sort which prompis a devire on his pait to oxtend to me the liespi- talliieg of the Albany Penitentiary for au marile nite period. You niay remeinber » letter priutod in tho Republican about tho lat of January, 1874, iy which tho romantic career of Mrs, Williams war ciccilasea wilu some fresdum, Also a surice of letleru nud epedisl dispatches in which, upon tho authority of o1-Senator Nesmith, of Uregun. I mage tho pubite disastrous y Camiliar with some’ * peculiar phages of tha record cf Williams himself. In tals proseentlon Lere be has mamfeated the utmont matignity, telegrapbing to tho lucal offl- siale to expedite action, and all that sort of thing, and actaalty refusmy to allow a postzone~ inevt for two woeks, thoagh exch pcatponement was loquested by Judgo Trent in open cours. Withaoais also forsvarded te Lis efllcsia a bonch- wa'ruut from the Suyrema Court of the United States. to be used in case tho Gag-Law failed to +holdie. You willromomber that Mr. Patrica inaio this statomout dvfore the Court on Natur. day. You sill tind his remarks in the abort hand remarks of tne procoadings. (Yho folluwiag oro Mr. Puirick’s remetke, taxeu fvom the shorthand repost of tho bt, Louis Globe 2} ‘Tho District Attorney then read the atipwdation, end said bo understood ike cise waa presentod 10 Lia Honor inen umicable wuy, to solve tho substantial gueations, ‘Cho pepsi had Leen forwarded to bin, with a bench warraut from’ the Supteme Cuurt of tLe Dated Statca fo: tho errist of the defendant, Ie wee wihing, however, that Mr, Bus!) showld bare ainple oyrortuutty to ba heard ou nny quewion that mlebt be rand, and therefore did not xiseet lim under the bench warrant, but took the ordinary course Lefora w ‘United States Commimioxor, = Coirospondent—A bench warraot from the Supreme Court! That wa new gag to me. Mr, Luell—This gag business is fall of new things. Williwmy bois that undor an old ruliug of ChiefJustice Laney—n a caso of honneide, I believe, tho ruling was mada—tuo Supreme Court hoa power to jewue a bench warrant that will tako aud hold the ofeuder In spite of any writ of babess corpus trom goy myetior court, Corespondeut—And Willams iutonded to ap- ply this extisordinary process, orginally anpliod rf tye olleuse, to your insiyulficant cave uf ibe! lr. Duoll--So J am informed by Mr. Patrick. Corraspondont—Well, doran’t that amount to a suspension of the wnt of inbeas corpus? Mr, Buell—If 1 understood Mr. Patrivk oor recily, {¢ dees. I believe he said no writ of badeas patna trom either the Dis rict or Circuit Court would Lold mo 9s againat this benub-ware wut from tuo Supreioe Court. Cortespoudeut—He most mean business, Mr. Buell—Lhat would be the readiess Infor- mee. Correspondent—Wiat is your OBJECTION TO BRING TRIXD IN WASHINGTON? Mr. Buoll—In the first place, there ts no change of Venue from that court. In the next place, thera ts praoticaily no wppeal fromit. You yee the Crimmat Court, betore which I will be tried if takou to Washington, i# presided over by ovo of tha Judges of the Bupreme Court of the Dicirict of Culumbiany so that, in appoaling from th» Lower to_ the Upper Court, I sould only appeal from one Judge to the watne Judgo, sitting, with three othera lixe him, upon another Bench. It would be ti from V’hillp on foot to Pnilip on horsal to peraphrase an old Greek gaw. ‘Then, besldes ali tals, Widlams' tools could, and I have no donbt would, pack » jury to convict me, as thoy did to sequit Dick Warrington, aud I kuow ovongh of tne temper of the Judgow there, uot to expect any lenency or latitude in their rulings ae to tho odmissibility of ovidenco. Ina word, I shontd pape to bo placed practically defensaleas at tho at Correspondent—If Patrick servos his bench- Watraut, you will Luve to tace the music? Mr. Bueli—Yoa; probably to the tuue of the Rogues’ March, if Atroruey-Goneral Willlama leads the orchestra. AN OPINION OF CHANDIZR. Corrosponden;—What is your general opinion of Chendler? Mr, Buott—We'l, Old Zack ia w pretty clever and rather hilarious oid fellow, foud of # foko, prety womau, and of other degirable thing: a8 @ good deal of rudo humor, and a fund of rugged common-gense, and is withal along waye fron: being the worst old cock in the world, But he will make a better citizeu than he has been Senator; at least, ho will bo of greater usefalnesa ie eociety in private than ho has been in public 0. fi i Correspondent—What 4s your opinion of Wilk Mr, Bucli—I Lavo none whatever, HESPONSIMILITY FOR THE Gag-LAW, Correxpondont—You said the Republican Mauagers feared tho politioxl elect of » prosecu- tlou undar the Gag-law prior to the elections of last fall; do you cousidor tho Republican party at lary Jnutty rouponalble far the enacimeut of taw Mr, Duetl—Strictly speaking, no. The votors of tha Republican party, {f givon an opportunity to expreay thonwolvos, wou.d. I think, repudiate thatiow, Ateclleveute they havo repudiated ita guthory evorywhore, But, under our political eystem, tho repute of a party is tu some extent (useparable from the acty uf ‘men who cay have Secured piace aud power through tho ageucy of ity organizstion, Thta law waa framed by ick Herringtoa, at tho instance of Loss Shere berd, aud wau desigued bythem aya meaus whereby the Washington ring oucht work yon- po upon thi jourualistu—Whitelaw Held, » L, White, Ge: yuton, dtr, Data, Mr, Gib- won, Wiluon J, WS. J. Medill, aud ono or two othory—who were couupiouous in kuocldng the Props from under the Boss and bis pang, I$ was lauded to Judge Poland, with arecommeada- tion from the Juages of the District of Colum. bla cousts that it pass. Judge Volaud introduced It, and the only oxplanation ever giveu of ity scopo ;prior to atu passage was the statemont by Poland that it did uot affoct my caso iu the sligutest degree, 2 think Poland was Loncst iu Shia pellet, Aud I know that, if ft had been kuonn that the bit could be wade aprticable to Caxes of libel, it would Lave buen defcated in the Houte by the yores of the best Hopublicans iu tbat body, Jt waw simpty eauygled throuzh bi Washington riox. wea lika at the jobs of that rings -fraud, onact- ed by surreptitious meaus. Tho ouly reapousi- bility that I cau woo justiy attaching to those No- publicans wo would have beaten it had thoy ows itw character, reaty in the fact thut thoy eruutted it to puss wihont suiticiant inquiry Ite true scope and effect, BUELL'S FOLITIOS. Correspondent—Ate you a Democrat. Mr. BuollThat devends. 1 wes suised a Re- prbisen. Became s voter in 1863, and yotod 4 eouviican ticket once. I never voted a Den- peratc tokor uutil last fell. I bave voted ouly pudoe Lo my Ure, with an Lotesval of fire yeas ef Dotween the two votes, As things are going Low. 1am preity likely to keoo on votlug the Demootatie ticket—or any other ticket that n't Republican, or that di en not raprasenut a ** v.ndi= cation” of Den Butler, V.siams, Boss Shep- he1d, the carpot-baggors, and that scum gener- ally. UL. H. JUDGE TREAT'S DECISION. St, Louta Republican, March 10, ‘The decision of Judge ‘Ireat yerterday, in the caue argued on Satuiday by Col, Broadhead and Mr. William Patrick, {9 ono of unusual intarent, not mors booause of tha naturo of tha case tt- welf, than because of the striking boldness 3 the decision, and tho originality and iudepend- enco of the reasuning by which lt waa reached. Whon ha began the remarks main points , and rule ou the matter ont of hiv,own learning and ac- cording to conclualons derived from his own in- yeatigation. ‘Ihe question of power tnder tho Toland law bo set aside altugsthor, Not ono of the points advanced by the provecutlon was con- aldored by him, And he turned to the Indiot- mont itself, sho insufilciency of which had been auerally charged by Col. Broadhead. Thty io- Gieunent Judge Treat picked to pieces, aud when bo had separated ic into fragmento he sot ono fragment up egainst soother, and mado tho thing quash Itxelre if that bo an admicsible phrsse, Tho offenea of libel consisted i its publication, ‘The dofondant war not alioged to have puulabed tho livel in Dotreit, but to have written ition Washingtou, What right had any Grand Jnry to dotermine the quoxtion as to wlio wiites thé things wiich are published by a firm or corpotatlon duly orgamzed and engaged in the buainess of painting a nowspaper. Nor was tha devondant properly alleged to have published tho hbo! in Wauulnyton. If the eitculation of copies of the paper in Waublugton coustituted = publcation thore, sud he did not gay it did not, still no such offonse was properly alleged by tho inuictment to bave been com- muttod by tho dofendant. Reverting to tho in- dictment itself to tnd tho offense with which bo was cuargod, it avpentod that, whetaer pubilshed in Warhingtou cr uot. tho defendant in tuivcase wag only properly charged with baying * twrit- teu and compoacd, and caused tv be written and comporad," this alleged libel, Time and again it had been decided tnat the offengo of bol lay in tte publication. The indictment stated that the paperin which the Hbolous nratter liad been publiebed was cire culated tu the District of Columbia on the sama day that it was published fo Dotroit. The Judge regarded thin usa fata: defect; thot tha papor coula not, in tho nature of things, have been cir- cu ated in tho Diatrict of Columbixattho timo a!~ lego: in the ind:ctinent, and cousoquoutly Buell wag not guity,as charged. In abort, Judgo ‘Ereat’s remarks, delivered ae thoy wero in un aby, converssticnal tone and manner, turned nto ridienle the entire proseeiling, of the Dis- trict or Columbic Grand Jury, aud inferentially consigned its instigatois to the scorn end con- tempt of all decont mon. Tho gag-law, so-called, did not apply, and heneo coud nut be cons:rucd. Courta wero not called upon to construe the powers of officials under Jaws, when the processes upon which the oficials acted wers yold. Thi» procesa was void at tho beginning, Alto aubseqnene mocosnos for tho arrest and dotention of tho prisoner had boen founded upon tha information embodied im the fuaict- ment transmitted from Washington, and the in- dictinent was not information. Henco, all tho procesves fell. The oripinal order of transfer bad already been yoldod by agresment on Sature day, In coneequenco of n want of authority on tho part uf the ollicial issuing tho warrant. The cau0 hut rosied on an application to this Court for w wartaut of transfer or remuval, Thu Court could not fod from tho indictmont that the prisoner waa pronerly charged with aux In- Aictaulo or trinula offons*, Hence, the applica» tion for a warrant of removal wax denied, The above fs a vumuuery of the oral opinion doliverod by Judze Lrest. “It doea not purport to bow reproduction of le woran, but mmply aims to prevent the ideas watch be advanced, GALESBURG. Scandal-Mongers Uncarthed—The Lo- eal Art Gailory—A Gay Affair on “Quausy Mu1%—0he, Police and tne Gamblers. snecial Correspondence of The Cldeage Tribune. Gauxsnunc, Li, March 12.—A acandalous paragraph in the list Christian Unton, reflectlug ‘upon a promivent citizen of this piace, has been tho tople in loading circlos, aud public acutiment pronounces tho ineult without caitse orexcuse, Tho namo is misspelled so as to presorvo tha sourd, and a dotble entendre sand- wiched In between porsoual alars calentated to Gisgiace tho members cf ono of our wealthiest and moat respectable familes, Tho absence of Afr. Boechar from bis post was no excnas to our Christiza people fur sie sppeut- snco of such ® paragraph in such # paper. Wholly without truth or touadatinn, and no ono hore fo repressik the great Carstisn weekly, a number of leading pons revolved t> find the au- thor an? hold him up to pablie cousure, if wot public ecorn, Tne aggrievod party glad- ly meslsted, of cow ho eitair has fuat come to ligi It was trav. ed to obuiling ocenpied by an obscure newspaper. A worthleue acribbler cou- nected mth the concern put the pacagraph fo type to reprosent anewapncer exiract. 'Thie was forwarded to the Christian Union by a» money-broker, who has on otffico {fu tho saine building. He tas since mado ackuowlodgmonts of the fact toa friond of the ivjured party, ond the neas of saudcrere and ecavdal-mongery which infest the building named sill be bioken upand destroyed. Farber the hellish scheme wasto attive vthora who it seems cennot be reachod in maulyor Jogitimate way, By at- tributing the authorship of the paragraph to an {unoceut party who is much in the way hore, it was hoped that the vengeance of an influen- Ual family would do tho work, Tinppily, che achomo failed, and the hated rival gues on Io apite of onvy aud malice, justas be doosin all reanectable booka, Tuo Angelo avniversary recalls what thero is of art nows here,—s commodity not alnaya pleaty in fearned towne. ‘I'he parlor of our mon Hotel is our art-gallery fur tho time, Some very tine eulorban sketches taken near Bouton, marino views, and = superior animal pioce adorn the walls aad attract much critical attention. Tho tirst is the blithplace of Eenja- min Lombard, Jr., of this ciry,—the home place on Capa Cod. Next, the residence of B. 1. Harding, Eaq.. in the same viciuity. The Porapective and coloring are remarkable in thoir eforte for their truth to nature. A marine viow, tuclading Navtucket brack, strikes the Galoa- burg Yanuee as tho moat pleasing selection, af not tho best. ‘Tho Rock foune at Nabant fe a bappy effort, but “Wasraoh’s Horses Crossing tho Hod Sea” ina masterpiece that ought togive tho fair artietau extendad temo, ‘The lady Sa Mra. Benjuwin Lombard, Jr.. of thin oty, now pursuing her stadms with Norton, the celebrated palntor of Boston, and Alive Alovtt, wls:er of tho Nosed Louies, ‘Tue lady is making rapld progress, aud has given ovideoco of xcniua in the falthful presentation of animals and mailno views. “Quality Hill," as our fadhionable quarter is known hero, waa the scene of @ brilliant assem- bly of unaactiod peopts lavt night. It was the ovcaslon of a superb reception given fo honor of Misw Matiue, onty daughter of ifenry Hitchavok, 40q,, tuo popular Suporintendent of tho Chicayo, Burlington & Quincy Relroad st tula place, Some 200 of gay young peoye, representing thu leading familios of this city, kopt the palatial wangion on Rroad wtreut livaly with social oon- Yerss uud retina’ amanement for several haopy hous. Miss sfattin received her guesta in por- ava, dolog the bouors with an elegance and graco remarkable in ona #9 you 5 tds, Uttchcock turned his back upon tme- 8 and telegraphs for tha iirst time in a lung calor, aud in“ wide- tisculug on this occavion carried with hin us morry a load of passouguce afi ovor filled a car, ‘Lhe spasms of onr expiriug potice force havo Juat rewluded tho poopte hare of the mau Diag douw and other questiouabss rosorté which have been runing sarceustally ‘uore for over a Year, A victio faueating orthe Kens of 8300 causeu tho arrsst cf the brokers Farr, charged with geinbling, aud thay esespe with a nominal five of ¥10 Gach. A second = spasm strikes an o'd buynio nest our dovct, and five women andamertied usu ithe yield, Inthe mesutim weburban retreat empties its vare aished cairuptoo into our wtzeots without intor- ference, whenaver the church ta abroad looklug after the torodgu missions, or the State's Attor- nev ie sufferfie trom an atinck of club or con restedlaw. Much of which will be remembered at tho elev How noxt month, BIRPHE, Sees, ahi delta was Dreams. @ fHliowing story 18 told by the Franktin urw.) Hegaer: “Two nights betore tho tate iseut@r uf ctre rullway train et Norwoud, tle oe wiveor of that train dreamed that bie traiu ran olf te truck at or near that place, aud that ho Gécapedivjur’, but his Qienan was badly to- jured! Avozber enygizeor, on thu day of the ac cident, werced biu to run carefully, as he had dioamed te night bafove the accldeut that his tualg rau oif thotrack at Norwood, but that be, tia ongluner ef the wrovsed train, wau nut {i+ jured, bot the toman was hurt, Lere are tivo Sigs! bolls ern Ee the aoe Tesult, which econ: and with sing truth 0 thu detalles uf the asams.”? es / . THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE. SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1875.--TWELVE PAGES. ——eeelllooIoaea>ananaqoqauoooaqqquuaaeaaauauaooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeSS eee ee GRASSHOPPERS. Refusal of the Kansas Legislature to Ald Their Sufferers. Selfish and Heartless Reasons tor Dolng Nothing, GLNumber of tho Destitute, Tothe Sdttor of The Chicago Tribune: Toren, Kan., March 8.—I havea been hore at Topeka, using all the Influence and all propor offorts in my power to praval on the Legislature of this State to make provision forthe tato’s own poor aud destitute, The Houso of Iepro- sentatives, by mw large majority, passed a bill known as the “Rollef biit;” but the eastern part of Kansas, having a large majority in the Senate, defoated the bill, because tho raoncy ‘would be mainly unod, under tho bill, for the re- ef of those on the frontier ; and from local causes, as Tconcoive, the bitl wasdefoatod. I have, white here, collected from each Reprenent- ative, corroboratod in many casos by personal kuowledge and certificates by the Beard of County Commisslouers of the several couatios in the State, the ACTUAL NUMDER OF DFSTITUTE PERSONS In each county iu the State; and I herewith sond the same to yon for publicatiou, It is as follows: Statemont showing the number of destitute in the State of Zunvus, and amonnt of provislous required to supply thon atx wouths, of unlit auuther crop cant Le rateed Names of counties, aShezhoface 30d jf 72 800 1B 1,302 at 125 3 “0 10 2,000 45 Seon “u aves oe 405 o ‘gath Poprenentative District! 10 Ww y-uluth Representative District.| 1,0) Diy Barton Gounty.... 7228 23 Eightcenth Re, 482 18 ‘3 TOtal..ssserserreserseserees The above oatimate of the number of destt- tato was taken from cach Reprosemtative Iu the Stato Legislature,—thoy heme backed by each County Committee, whoue business it ig to know exactly the uumbor of people thor sre issuing to, Tno cattmate uf tho amount needed to supply thees poorle is mada on tho bass of 16 pounds dour, 80 pounds meal ,21 j.cunds meat, 7 pounds beans, 1}¢ pounds coteo, 3 ponnds angor, 2 rounds soit, and 1 quart vinegar, to each porson for thirty days. OF courvej it cannot be exnected to raiso this amount of supplies by donution. Perhaps muny of taexs people willbe able to shift fur themselves in various ways befoce «ix months, It wonld take this amount of provisions to make theses pounta comfortabie; aud, frou this eutimate, nono ides cau be forised of the mar nitudo of this worn, and of the amount required. tu keep them from actual aufferiag. A kind Providence has greatly blessed the pro- ducare of [lkzoi4 aud many other Westorn States with pleutsoxs cropa, garnered without providea- tial disaster of any kind. The scarcity here af- tords an opnortunity for the exarciua of tha best qualities of homan nature,—symoathy and char- ary. Mnz. M.A. Brogenpres. ——-——_——. FAILING BANKS, Commonts ox an Kowa Paper. Clinton (Lowa) Age, Vile tho genera! public thinks bat little abcnt tho recent falara of two Chicago bauks, there ie yet an fuvisivla crowd of depositors, whose money is lpckea up in thelr vaults, who think pretty deeply, and feol quite badly over the absent dollars, There te av xching void in tho pocuot, which thuas two banks will probably never fill, The lessous depositors elould learn from those failures aro few in uomber and vory aimolo. i Lesson Firat—Paisted words In largo gilt Iot- ters upon plato-glass are vot #tequuie evidence of seciulty of funds within, These indicate the owl liko wolemmty of the mon behind tho countor, bat they nre not = true index of the quahty 0! aqylaueity of tho asgats. Lesson Second—'I'ne Provident bohind the Pretentogs sign shall be knuwa to bea banker, tig notachurch member you demand. it ia a banker your pocketbook needs. For religious avsistanoe ond comfort go to the Bible. Dor moral lostiuction go toachurch. But when you muh to Prt money tu soine place from whica a merciful Providence will let you check it cat, aeck not a pretentious man; not @ Joade:: of re- forms; Dot ® sBpecuiator or # churchist, buts banker, If habo » Christian, ia a quint tay, (hero ia no objection, but oa a placo for dbpasit- ing money, the Bank of Enylaud is better than aquaui-church treasury, Locanse checking out depends more upon the habits and assots pf tho institution than apun ite platy. If the chlef of- tices are known tu be bailding railways, bayfug nO Bwamp lots, und fast horses, and cheap graiu, allof which will “quicaly doubie,” we sdvise the depositor to go up aud down the astreitt, and touk up a banker, Leeson third—A banker ia a man who tives in and for his bank, Asa painter whe who blends bis colorw together so au to make a correct pict ure, so a bankor ia s man who succeusfully brings bia bestuste bear upon hfe bank. His croad Is all boiled down tn ona Wind aoouHlty. ‘That word ig bis confegalon of faith. Hlu soug is, ‘The man who puts bis monev dot must drow ft out, and wil!.” Uuohkars who farar their own salfiuh enda fist (ond hercin ore eerved a magn of Mppling and irrespoueiolo apeculutors), and who refuvo to favor a poor devil, wihoao dashing and pompous habits Ey Bot comy up to ther own sboddy display, bowaver responsiblo he may bs, aud wha stand Iike bull-doge at thelr vault-doors against the ‘needs of humble business men, simply to favor large achemers aud izhty ballooniety, aro uot ox- pected co ontride the wmallout rpriie on Guancial ecas, Theeo bank fuiluroa akould t¢ach Jasting lessons, ‘Their coursa has been watchin, They hayo giver humble applicauta the scold shoulder, nnd bayo favored risky upcculaticm, and dabbled fo speculations the:mvelves. Z.ke motel banter owes his great poputarity, in a@ meaatire, to his sympathy with te wer Ho can way “No” with moto oniphusia to @ prot¢mtioua sy¢culator than to pera glue, though roliabic, mon. With his vaulta full, he ls moro wifllpg to dqscount a small poto and favor those who work than holp the strong. He lends his brai.es to Ais and depositors always find thetrt none: deposit tt, Such a banker ca:snot fail QUESTIONS OF SOI.DIERS’ PRY, Te the Fiitor af Tne Cateago Pribune: Quricy, Ll, March 8.—Now that “Unclo £am bev bad ten years in whlch to diaplry his gon- ercelty to the soldiers, in tho ebapo of ‘Equiliza- tion Bounty bills, eto, it mill probstly be in ordor for bim to counitier the claims of a mout meritorious class of them to simple justice; for, wo far, thoy covaider thonmelyes to have becu: very sbhabbily treated indood, I s#y meritonons, in viewof the fact thet thoy were mon at the front on whom alono the lujastice o)peruted. I will filuutrate the point by reciting the caso to my own company, which happened to mywolf and two others, and which, I eupyjose, ropro- gente that of thousamds, ¢ Being Sergeants, aud vacancles occurring, we ‘were recommouded to Springtiela fort p-omotlon ag Licuteuante, wad imniodiataly commonced avg duty as suok,—the command ‘boing then tn tho tleld, iu front of Nashville, Bome time bavng elapsed, wih no returos froin tho ap tion, a second Waa fide, tho re- ply to which, after chusiug av around, at leugth Toached us, with tbo comuissious, sad the iu- turmation that they had becn duly forwurded in reply to the Qirvt communication, aod Ladin some way wiscerrisd, Wo wore then mitered fu, after having werved turea mou tba os Lieu tenant, but only deawing Serpesot’s pi Ac tho cloxe of the War, when wih caine to be mustered out, at Chivago, on apy dying tor tho i mtonths’ pay proper, which, ty mot of Oon- bad beea qomleed to officer in comsnls- sion March 9, 1866, who would romatn in tho servico till the closa of tho War, we wore dis- agreeably aurpriced to loain that re lad neither part nor lot in that instrumout, not being technically in commiseton March 9,—that phrase, aa it appeared, being interpreted to mean ‘mustered it ;” aod as our otuster-in was o for days later than that, although our commissions dated thrao months earlier, we, of couras, had to submit. Acco dingly wo loat the difference bo- tween Bergeants’ pay and that of Lioutonauts for three months, aud, iu addition, wero deprived ot the three months’ far proper; aid all bo- cause ve tocre at the front, for otherwise tho circumstances that led to this reaule could searcoly have haypenod, Now, I think thls was poring pretty dear for tho privilege of being at the front; but posmbly “‘a qtatetul country” may be of the oplnion that, having fought the good fight, and finished the course, with that wo ought to be thankful; aud tht tha ides of contract-prico for services renderad in altogatbor too vulgar aud mercenary to bo thought of by the sido of tha crown of plory laid up for uv. But so does not quite nk ONE or THE Viewua, To the Editor af The Chicago Tribune t Ciicago, March 9.—In roply to the communi- cation In your iseno of the 7th, algnod ' Attor- ney," I would say that my statemont in rogard to my $100 bounty in strictly correct; that 1 have repeatedly triod to collect it, and Lave never boon able to dono. ‘Che mattor {a like this, and is nothing moto nor lesa thaua quibble: I agrood to sorvotho United States Government for tivo yoars,—I to receive $11 por mouth, aud $100 bounty. Bix woeks (and, with four of my comraden, only ten days) bofore the oxpiration of our torm of service, wo wore promoted. Now, {n otder to bo mustered in as Second-Liouton- ants, it was necessary that wo sboull be mus- torod cut os Sergeants, ‘The Secretary of War decides that, ax wo did not servo ont our term 08 Sorgeants, we woro not entitled to our $100 bounty; that, by aceeptnig the vecant honors of a Secont-Liautonancy imo volunteer co:psny for ton days or six weeks, wo wero out $70 for uniform, &¢., sud our 2100 bounty. Fr, Sustren. THE FARM AND GARDEN, Tho Xellow-Necked ApplesFree Catcre pillar—Planting « Cxmily-Orchard— ArboreDuy—Sheop-fkusbandry—Agris cuJtural and Expermmonial Act=Lore eling for 'KileePrainsa Goud Story Apropos of Mrninnge—Earth-Hoads dn AMinoia, Prepared for The Chieago Tribune. ENTOMOLOGIVAL, Ourcorrespondent, ‘Adoils,"” of Peoria, INL, — ono of tho best amateur entomologists in tho Stato, and one who dovotea hor catire loisure to thia fasolnating sclonce, purely from & love of its study, and ospociatly to tho study of aoo- homie entomology,—senda ‘Tho Farm and Gar- den.” this wool, an artialo on tho Yellow-Nocked Appto Caterpitlar, Tuis laly has kindiy prom- ied to furnish an occasional articlo on ingocts, noxious and beveficial, Ibis subjact of vast importance to the agricultaral Jnterosts, and wo cannot “now too much of their habits, and tho moaus for thoir destruction, “ Adalla" says; THE YELLOW-NEOXED APPLE-TREB CATERPILLAR (DATANA MINISTIA, DUDIY). To every Orchardist the larva of the Dutana minttra takuown, yet foware able to recognize the moth it. tll, Te belongs lo that family of Lspluoyters callod. Netsdontidin; 1s seldom seen, and, if seen, uuly reo- oguized by tose wno have kuown It before," It tei ured, when tua winys are exyanded, frou 15 10 1¢ locker, Tae moth varies {0 eolor'according to the food previously fed upon; aud, since the larvs foels Upon the leaves of the spples, cherry, quince, al, tikory, and numerous er tres, the color of tue moth varies, Too under wings ore mich Tgiter in color th. the — upper, veing tsusally of m pale-yelluwish or whitiaa 3 tha posterior muryin of adusper color, Tus wings vary from Uriget yellow tu amoky brawn, er uy four Of tive narrow vands, ‘Tne body Suit {a of a yoilowien color, somettmos incminz to red, ‘Sho Larva, when fully grown, fs geusreliy about 2 inches lung; thore feeding on tue louves of the apple being covered wich wuito uslra ag long as tha Lody ia wlie, ‘Tuey vary wi b the food eaten, but uro genes adly found of 4 Ulsck color, with four yellowLsh sirlpor on exon sito of tha bady ‘The exya aro deposed on the undor aide of tho Jeaved, uu deus patch, nearly 100 In numer; these are wattle aud round, As soon ea batched, tue larva commence cating tho under aldo uf tua leaves; but, us they fucrusse in alze, they est the wutiro leaf, excopt tha midrib, Taeydo noc spina vorutuvh Wels a4 the tent-catorpiilurs do; yot (hey are atricly gregstlous, cattug fro ou branch or twig until the leaves aroull consumed, aud tuen migrating tw enotnor, ‘Ths most interesting feature of these larve {a during tuo moulilug season, Waen they ull coma down upov dus trunk of the tres, sud cling iu cue buy to the burk, aaaieted in tals position by a suken turuad paused among then, ‘uey remain Ip this pontion, witnout Toou, naualiy two duys and two niyate, whon they cust of ther od saing, wud cummene crowing up the trunic of the treo to thelr food, leaving the old ommpty skin) attacued to the troz. T have obsarved them on the hickory, clinging to one of tho nyper Lranches, wuen moulin, tustead Of com- lug down; but tuly ty only the case when tha tree 1s old enough for the branches to becom as larze as thit of 3 common-sized tree, Whe suddenly wluraed, they aranius a yecullar position, by throwing the head aud tail at right auglen with the rest of ths body ; ond this is alvo observed when nesting, They hava six true legs and elghs prop loge,—thto Last-moutioued dis- spyasring whew changed to the moti, When tucy Locome fully grown, (heir social habits change, aud for the firs: tae tuey'soparato and wane der vif slone, bufore enteriig the pupa state, ‘Chetr larva do not mike thelr uppearanos until mid~ sumer, nud romain uusil the frost baa destroyod the Jeaves iu tuo fal, ‘Choy remain iu tho pnpa state dur. ing the winter, chauging to tho moth stute when warm weather comes, Owing tothe fact that they eat We suira leaves upona brunch before migrating to an- otber, the troo depredated upon assumoa an unsightly appearance when cultivuted far shade or ornament; Lut, upon the anple-tres, it decrossed its vigar, am thereby loxeus thy valuo of the fruit, Tuerefors care abouid be taken thut they be dostroyod, ‘cule cun ocaliy bo done, duriag any of the moulting scasous, by detaching the caterpillars from tue trunk or mb, and buralng ur scalding ther, ‘There aro but fow birde that feed upon this insect in the larva state; therefore feuit-growors sliould dopend principally aj0n thatt own exertions for the dewtruce (on of tule enemy to the orchardlit, PLANTING A FAMILY OROHARD. ageteultnrat Leoartinent of The Chcaay Trivura + Bast Lrnw, Ill. —Yeeling nsaured thut Vre Tarounz takes « otrong interest tn whatover has u teadoacy tu improve tue farm, I atl tts advica in regard to setting out an orchard of 60 troes this scrsou, I want to know tho best varieties udapie! to this locality,—south live of Iroquole Couuty; sino, the nuinber of suni- mer, fall, aud winter sorta § would be bevt to hiavo in such an orchard for home uss, Wo alllove apples, amt hops Tiinols will soon give tiem to us os ploutifully as eastern aistera, We bare buen putting down considerablo tilo here, using the Span ievel, Lut find it dose uot altogether an- awur our purposo; Wo with to gut the exact amount of fall before we beyda the work, Where can an inatri- ment be purchwo] tit will do the levellng am requir. ed? Av the au‘juct of coat of mating tileditehe has bean syoken of, it way not be amis 0 say tha, grity apaalee ues, we get au axoulleat ditch, averaging wis feat in depth, for 25 Sant sy of tile not iekitded, of foubaes baakemean ar Vat A In relation to varieties best adapted to your especial locality, we cannot anawer tho question satisfactorily elther to yourself or oursolyoa, ‘The nearest wo can do is to give you a Jist that ia genorally good iu your frait-disteiot: Rbodo Island Greoulng, Esopus Spitzenburg, Northern Spy, Baldwin, and Moxbury Ruswet, are loading commeroial varieties in the !axe-shore fruit-dis- trict of Michigan, On tho weat sido of the Iske, they aro comparatively worthless, except per- hapa Northern py, ou well-drained sandy loama. in Central Lilinols, the Witlow Twig is one of tho boxt lato-koopiug marsot-eorts, and iin- monsely productive. Hopa-of-Wlue, Rambo, and Porter, aro among our best sorts, and usually do well, Keswick Coding Is an oarly and o great bearer, and tho frult may bo used for sauce whilo yot qaita groeu. Tarncuse or Snow Applo is atso a good bearer and hardy. Gilpin and Red Astrakan aro fair boarers, and valuable. For family uve, you would of couise plant a good Rumber of vattoties that for market you would notwaut, Why? For market, you plant ouly those sorta most productive; for fanily use, variotios would bo plincod thst, alshough not 59 productive, aovorthelesa make up in quality what they lack in quautity. The following ut will bo fonud to do well geuerally iu Northern and Contral Iilinoia, and maz ba recommended both for market and fauily ase, and ripen some what in succession aa natned : Sumner—Cacolias, Bed June, Duchess of* Oldoubarg. Early Autumn—Golden Sweeting, Bope-of- Wioo, Keewiok Cootlog, Lowell, Purter, Late Autumn and Eurly Winter—Maiden's Diush, Lalman’a Swest, Fall Orsuge, Standerd, Ravadoll Swoot. Lhese two latser not ensirely hardy. Winter—Neu Davis, Jonathan, Peyor's Ted, Wegener, Whito Pippin, Westfeld Seek-no- Farthor, Winovop, Miuklay, Willow Twig, Lim- ber Twig, Eawies' Janes, Northera Boy. Btark isa tua apple aud a fata booper, but ft naw vot yet bacn suilleicutty triod to decide 63 to ite gen- eral adaptatility for oultury, Yor tsmily use iu an orchard of 600 troos, you woald uot nevd usore than tieuty treca of sui merapples, ond seventy-tive of Zall apples; the romainder should ali bo winter sorte, If for market, still leas of aummorand fall varietics wold be needed, sinco it is tho standard wintor kinds that command tho bighoat pricee, either {n tho home or general markets, OF there variotios, wo should plaut largely of Duchoss, Keswick Codling, Bnow, Stannard, Bon Davis, Jonathan, Wagener, Wino Sop, Limber Twig, and Rawton' Jauct. If you want cidor, edd Litt!s Red Romsnite. It produces tho hoay- igat juice of any known applo, and is first-rate to imix with other late aorts for cider, and it koopa forevor, Wo should also try Smith's Cider, You will, of conrso, want somo erab applow. Tho ald yellow Siberian is the best. ‘lranscondont is also good, aud aluo vory beautiful. Wo do not sdtiso you to adopt this list, al- though it has boen solected with oxcocding care. Tako it to your nonreat neighbor who hag an orchard on oeoll and location and with protection ag noar like yours 04 possible, Ex- arolne with him vory carofully av to the sorts io thia Ist that havo been tho most hierdy aud the most abrudant bearers, one year with another, ‘Tho sorts wo hare named are all good in guality, aud some of them beat, Tney are also genorally hardy and productive, When you plavt your orchard, hedpo it In, ond, if you have nut tho protection of timber, plant lines of Nmbor and overgroon trees to shield (t. It wilt pay, ANDOI-DAY 1a not far off. Aro yon roady, farmora of Itlinois, Towa, Nebraska, and Kansag, to contest, ench with the other, for tho palm as tree-planters ? Remember, * Irecs grow while you sloop: " aud, since tho pifucipal valuc of a now farm, and tho preatost profit to ovary farmer, Ia in the ituprovo- ment of tho farm, what can you do thie will ine crongo your riches faster than to plant trees on Prairies, that only need the woalth of shade to mato the tnoat country the auu over shono up- on? Provideneo has given all, aavo trees. Cannot youkupply these? Ank yourself thu question, which you had rather dv,—open s tinbor farni, deaden tho forost, roi logs, pile brush ond barn, wait long yeora Leforo you can use improved im- plements iu tiHage; or sot ont lor aerosa year until you have your querer or half soctiun protected, aud with just such timber ay you want, and tho trees Just whore you want thom, Exoertmouts in Europes have — decided that at lomst ono guaster of tho aro of a couftry shonld bo in timbor, to teach the best reautts in tilago, “Tho Farm aod Garden" bazarda the opinion thet 1 acro in 10 throughout our prairie-region, planted to wind-breaity and «mall groves, would add 25 por cent to thu vatuo of rhe other ctops cultivated. Beandor thi, it would allow tho cultivation of plauty agctupa uow exotic, by rondering tho chinato wilder and mora equahto. Wo live not alono for ourselves, but also for onr childien, and humsvity at largo, Evory man hopes to leave those who aro ¢o inherit, a aub- Btanco thoy will be proud of, Can you lesvo a butter one than & home shaded with troos; fells sorroanded with living wally; 9 grove that may give birth toa rill of water; a farm whose own- ec may lie down nt night satisfied that be had iabored to a good end, and, thon called henco, wonld know that his posterity would call him bicased? Muok of this may bo brought about oy working falthfully, Arbar-Days, SHEEP. Agrtenitural Editor of The Chicato Pesbune : SEVFLESON COUNTY, {ta coveriut of snow, looks budiy:" but s few warm dass aud g.utlo xbowers will produce a great clings, We cannot compete with tha West fu ralsing stock, Noither can we rulso corn on our worn laud, at ordi- Bary prices, and Kcap the books balanced, Sheop ro- quizes gcol deal of attention; yot I know of nothing that Dotter repays the care. Crosalug the loug-waoled Canadians upon good comniou ewes has produced for me good lanits, ruther coarss wool ed. I now woan to siiortcn this wool by crossing with fuil-blooded Bautltowns, Will the Agricultural Editor, or sone of Tie TrsmoNs’s readers having experieuce, give tho mode of operstion? It bas beon aald, an truly, “Tho tread of tuo sheep ia golden,” Lot ua tuetetors try sheep,—good whocp,—and wheat, and drop corn aud hogs, ‘Thus, Ithink, wo may renovate Oar exhausted lauds, ¥. You will have noticed what wo have proviously said sn rolation to sheep. By crussing either Canadiaue—by which wosuppoeo you mean Cots- wolds—or Leicesters, and then tollowng with Southdowus, you will not mee: with the success you desire, We supposa, whon you apeak of ood common ewee, you moan aboep with moro or leau Sletino blood in thom. If you wish tino wool and tolerable mutton, and orpeos to keop your sheap ip largo flucks, the only fensble plan ia to improve tha native eheep by breeding them to tho bost Amorican Merino rama you can get. If you want sheap carrying heavy fisecaa of combing woo},—twhicl tor soars bas Leen steadily increasing in demand and value; and also, exceitent muttou,—uso Cotaroldor Leicester:ams. 1f you want superior mutton, with fair wool, thon usa Southdown rome. Dut, whichovor breed you adopt, breed constantly up to the type of the malcs solected. Sofavas We Imotv, all attempts to ostablish a permanent intermediate variaty, by crousing any of the mutton or loag-wooled ‘broeds with the expoctetion of combining any of the especial excollences of oxch, hav resulted in complete failure, Wo havo proviously stated that the fourth cross upon eny aulmal, and their progeny, would resuit in 15-16 breed animals. Now, whilo this would render thom neatly equal to pure bloods, eo far av flow oints wo:o coucerned, the wool would not increase in such valuable proportiou, or io like manner. Therefore, you cannot hope, by crossing on common swos, to orrivo at superior excollouca in wool for mavy yonts., For this reason, we bavo always advised, while brooding up fa both sloop anc hogs, at tha +amo time tu pregorve sud breed to pure females, Thos in fimo your sheep might gro into s pure flock or drovo, It coats you simnly the price of tho females, for tha mates you havo alrendy bought for crossing on your natlra stock, Will Triune readora who havo oxperimoatod in crorsing, not only sheep, but oibor farmenni+ mals, xive the result: for :cinembor, 10 ogticul- ture It fs only by the dissominunon of facta that progress ismade, WHI you not put your shonl- lers to the wheal and Leip roll siong tho car of Progress? AGHICULTURE 15 AN EXPERIMENTAL ART. It always must bs, To mske it progresuivo aud farrenoking, each must tmpart the jaforoa- tlon galoed. Tuua the Improvomont ts mutual ; aud, aiuco the preas ta the only truo medium of ognenitural iaforaiation, why not w9o it to its lo- gitimatoood? It is tho business of tha editor to wook and collate information from varied sources and widely-separated chanuols, ‘Chis ho bas facilitios for, and mcans of sonching that fow private individuals hayo, He has also, if he be, or hag been, « practical farmer, bis own personal exporicnce to guides him, Evory practical man ha valuable exporienoe, if mado kuown. Ittstrue that the oxporieace of all farmora must, of course, run in purailel linos tn cer- tain and routines, aud theys routine ines aro totorably well known, Bo faray thoy do, agri+ culturo becomes a scianco, Lvory new fact that {4 constant, and can be fired, ards to tas secpo of this eclence. Tho-mau, woman, or child, who discovers new acts, and makes them known, ja in eo farascientist, and, moro, 2 benolactor to the rade. Suck benofactors in agricultnro wero Tull, Evelyo, Leibig, Bartram, Downing, Keuni- cott, Overman, Duolap, and o hozt of other practical azrioultural and hortlonitural workers, whose uames will not soon bo forgotton, It is tho untirlog, working, thinting, pbitosophlo minds who have mado dzrioniture what it is, ‘Tho preas wag and ts’ tho fulerum upoa which their lover was ranted aud this thoy bave beeo en- abled to roach aod bonelt thoir race, Yet wo pre only on the threshold of whatistocome; the arvana still nuextlsived ora wanitold. Lot us word and watt, ‘Thoro ara groat poesibtilties still In the futuro for those who seek ufter tnem, LEVELING FOR TILE-DhaiNg, In relation ta yan qusellon rolating to dratn- age: Arsilrond ongiueer’s lovelis tha iuetru- iment you require; but to use chia you must un derstand surveying sud leruling, Those ine atcumonta are wuld by any Sosrwolable optician ia ourlargo citios, Unless you have a good deal of dralniug to do, It will bo choapor to gat a come potent cuclower todo this work for you; and thiw advice is given under tho supposition that you understand engineerlar, If not, all tho Ine strumonts in the world would do you no good, Amiap of the laud, mada froma careful sur Voy, i4 tno frat thing hecaadarr platted, eay, to a scale of 60 or 100 fect to the Inch, accordug aw tho Jand 1s morse or tows broken. ‘Ts wil uhow the Jocation of obstsclea tuterfering with the reyulorisy of tbo drain, aud whatever bogn, aptings, Water-ways, olc,, may oxwt, ‘Then the horizontal or coutonr Lnve—thuse of equal al- evation—vwill suow you tne slapo of the laud, ‘Tous the Jocation und depth of the drum may enclly bowtauod ana marued, Then, by meauy of your moasutlug-atag, boving rods, ond plunib- rods, you may cauily got tho grado of the dralua, ‘Tg we ouce dratued @ field of 20 acres, soma pestions of which woro #0 flut that the grade was U6 @ balf-inch to the 100 feat. APLOPOS OF DEAINAGE, It pote The Farm und Uardon” fn miod of a foud story told us, last fall, by oue of tho prowinont citizens of the northorn part of your county, which ilinatrates tho value of diatnage batter than wo evor heard beforo, aud la too good, tobo losses Au honest, old-faabloved, and ignorant man, ono of the firet xettless of Iroquois County, wag fioally ditvon out of ust rogion by tho fever aud ayuo,—the ronult of tho flac naturo of tho taud, bufcro eciwntitly drabiage rendered that county ong of the tincst for cultivation in thy Stato, Ise moved umay to uuother Sinte, woe-boyone, stricken with digeato,—himself gud family loaving his land, because be could tind nobody to puy 2t, and sellog it aftervurdy for w moro nominal price, At last, by dint of bard labor in ‘Dune : Til.—Wheat, Just otripped of | a poorer country, he accumulated a little money, ‘a the moantime enterprising and energotio Men,—and smong them ono capitaliet,—recog- nizing the woatth lying dormant (n those ila Jande and marahos, lial gottled to them, Tiudertook # thoroagh aystem of road-makio; and Attetring 3 and where onco wore lakes inuav- ated by fishes, marshes aud ponds wadod by Uerons and cranes or crowded by wator-fowl nataral to tho West, nnd flat prairioa wator-soaked until tho July and Augurt sun slowly evaporated the stagnaut moisture, with hero and thore alight knolls,—tho pecoral characteristics of this and other prairio regions uncil the putlding of the Ulinois Central Raltroad ave some tneattons of whnt might be done by rainnge,—vow fertile flalds, amiling farms, flno houses, good barns, first-ulass roads, and oll that goes to makea rich, and riaing country, oro found throughout that rogiou. Woll, aftor the lapse of yoars, tho old pionoor, hearing of the rich country into which bin old wading grounds had bean transformed, and, like tho Queen of Shoba, daubtiog, concluded to como and aca for himself, Ife did so, and In his travols met and fell into couvorsation with s well-kuown landed proprictor there, who, by his ovorgy and porsevcrance, nud the judicious oute Any of capital, bas accumulated one of tho largest, if not dhe largost, rutal pasture it tho Wout. Bo tho following dintoguo took place: Mornin’ strangor. Thld ia a right peart try.’ 0 “Yeu,” urbanoly rophed the gontleman ; "good encnel for any ono," ‘That's 0 mighty amart crap o’corn, Oughter go nigh onter itty bushels th’ acre,” “Yes, fully that.” “Other crana good about hore 2” “Vory good, indeed ; corn iv the lightest crop we have hed this zcason, It is sound, but the deourht Jufured it to somo oxtornt,” “Which!” “Tsay tho drought—diy weathor—pinched tho corn soine.”” “Oh! ya-as, Thor wa'n’t rain enought T uaed to lvo in thave partyin the ajrly settloment, \ Never Lud no drouts, as yo esll ‘em, thon. hy sud was wot—all wot—nuthin’ but ni pwamp, aud bog, and pond-holes, with a kinder high placo now and thon. Tuged to Ive on ono. of them high placos hereabouts vonowhere, but Tean’t find itausinoro, It’s cur’ousanyway. What with fover-'n-nager, an’ chilis, au’ sich, au’ bad craps, and pure buntio’ aud flabin’—on'y geese, and ducks, an’ muslraty, an’ bull-yrours, au’ tho lixe,—TI fike to a diod, wnd so clared out. Tt was low, no-'oonnt land aus-ay,” “Oh, no; not low,—only undrained, 1n fact, it Is higher than many parts of tha Stato,—roally one of tho dividing ridge, The water runw from boro to tho enat and west.” “Yo of, it seema high now. How did it come, anyqay yt ‘ “Ob! wo bought machines, and ditched aud drained, and bnilt roads, a8 you gun. All it wanted was letting tho water olf, LEutorprise, and working with braless are what have inndo our farms what you sce. Ditching-machinea and road-gradera have done more for ts then all elso put together, Why, sir, wo havo a ditcla, or rather a caval, only a fow miles from hero, dhir- teen wites long, fifteen to twenty-five foot wide, aud from tree to itvetleop, built au liandaomoly as over a pieco of work was dove, with & good road on cach bank, built entirely by machlnory, aud graded go micely that it can bo crossed wiih horses ond a wagon auywhore. Yea, air, brains, Rood busiieus sonee, aud the appifaition of mas chinery, aro whore the seerat to snecoss kes,” “Wa-al, atrauger, I doa’ ‘cackly underatan’ all you say, but thars ono thing I do kuow: A low country ‘a a fovor-'n-ager country. Thin nuod to bo low, and fover-n-dzory, Iva socn big cight-horso Hoosier teams, io old times, wal- loring through the swaps that was bore then, for thoy ain't bore now, bauting apples and other truck to Shocaigo, And, stranger, I dono o right amart chynco of walerin’ mysolt; ou’, ta toll tho truth, I pntty noar waltered myself to doath, There ain't no use talkiu'; this kentry iy high aud dry nov. Thore mest a bin s airthquako hero, and ria tho Koniey vp. Yes, slr! ‘Lhe kentry’s ris up} And, [fT hadn't been a dog-on fool, I’do o kop’ my land aod ris up w.th it. “Stran-gor,”"drawled tho o!d man in con- olasion and solemnly, “Tain't very poart, but you kin bet you can't fool mo with any talk about runnto’ machines with brains, Brains is good in thelr placo, ino foller's head; but thoy can’t make water run up hh); and i$ used to have to run op hill to got oulan hero, when 1 used to wado around ; loastwive, It used to git got back and dam up till it got hoad anough to slop over, and then somo of it would run olf, and some vould got dried out ‘pout August, Ya-ng, this kontrs's ris up.” BAUTHSROADS IN ILLINOIS. The subject of Roads and Road-Makiag has, for the laut fow years, attracted imuch attention 1y the Wost, especially tho pripirie-rezions there- of. ‘Tho modorn system of raitway—doiny away, a it doos with tho traveling uf goods for long uis- taucos—has rendered oxpengive main thoruugh> fates for wagons o thing of tho past. What tho Weat now wanta iso syetom of tirst-nlass oarth- ronds, that shall bring the farmure of tho State into easy communication with tho nearest rall- road stations,—a svatom thet, whilo it shall vo good and complete carth. ja, over witch jeavy loadu may be hauled cur the principal season of delivering farm-products, shall, at tie same time, effect, as for nu poatabls, the drains age ofthe country. ‘Lhis, 1 am woll sativticd, from vyidence 1u my poescaaion, in now porfect- ty feaeibia through the preteriicn of machines, that, whilo making good roads at light cont, aro alao capadie of choaply making ditches af any size, up toa width of 26 fest, anda donth of & feet. [t laasubject that shoold canimand thu attontion of avery farmer, nud eapecially of every Boad Commuuefoner, iv the West, q ‘Tho Llinoia State Board of Agricultura, fully } appreciating the Importance of good roads to the State, and dealrous of bringing out the bost and most economical dovices for rond-making, decided, at the winter mecting of tho Board, to offer the following premium : For tho beut one-half mile of earth-rand, mado in 1876, under tho supervision of a committee of |. threo mombvers of the State Board of Agricul- ture, a premium of $109. Tho pointato be taken into consideration will bo 1 the kind of soil; tho devices adopted in con- struction; tho time io which the work ia done; and the cost of construction. The road-bed to bo made 25 feot wide, and ditches 7 feot wide. The work to be accom-' plished inthroodays, ‘The time aud placo of trial will be annouuced at lexst one month boforo tho test will take place, Twoentrlog at lost will Ko required to insure tho trial being held, Entrics can be mada with the Secretary at any time bofore the 15th of May, 1875. Looulitiea desiring the trial will communtcato with tho Secrotary, at Springfeld, stating their proximity to railroads, aud what facilitios [p tho way of location, teams, oto., they will provide, woera of machines or dovices for road- maldng desiring to compate will mako entrios at aa carly a day as may ho, wo that tho necounary arrangementu for tho trial can ba mado, bo ——_—_ THE NEW VIRGINIA SENATOR. To the Editor of The Chicaao fribuns: Paxton, Ill, March 8.—In your issue of lant Saturday, undorthe head of “Tho Now Bun- ate,” you published a whort suetch of tho public sorvicos of the now membora aworu fn lout Thursday. Tho portion relating to tho new Sonator fram Virginia, Col. Ro, E. Withers, is facorrect in many paiticulara ; and ft affords mo great pleasure, from a loug pervonal knowlodge, w erite this correction. Ro. E, Withers waa 8 physician previous to tho Wer, Io ssrved.as Colonel of tha Eighteenth Virginia Regiment during the firet throo years of the War, but retired in 1884, fin consoqucnce of severe wouudsreceived, Melthen resumed theprao treo nf his profauslon until 1866, when he .vok obargo of the sditorisl departmaut of the Lyach- burg News, one of tho leading Conzorrative or- rans in Virginia, Io 1su7 be wos nominated by the Conservative paity for Governor, bat aftor- wards withdrow from the cauvays on the adop- tion of tho Fitteunth Amandment to the Consti- tution of tho Unitod Siatea,—bia political digs. bilities not having been removed. Ie romalned au editor of the News until 1809, and waa thon oatled to tho editortn-chiol'y chairon the Rich- inond Enquirer, which 'attor post ho occupled, with but a ubort Juteriolasion, until he was elect~ ed Ligutonant-Gorerner, in 1873, aud by the Logisluture, sn 1874, a8 Uulted States Senator, ol, Withers ia @ atrong, forcible writer, aud o most accomplished scholur and goutleman, and ig destined to make bis mark ou a utatosmnn in the American Senate. Ho lw unt, iu any sones, 8 partivau, but has elwaye in the past beon eml- nontly conservative. Ho novor held auy political offca until his eleo- tlou as Licutensat-Govornor in 1873. Tne Colaao) has # family of eloven children Lving,— fen daughters, and tho youngest a sou, GA B A Lady's Sure Way to Catch Fleas, : Buttinore Sun, Go to your roouw," aio says, ‘look your door, closo your bilids, upread a large blankut out oa the fluor, tao your position ia the mid dle of it, wich » bauin of water bovide you,then ro- niove oach article of dross, one pice at time, turo it inside ont, and shako it carofully ovor the Dlanket. ‘The lntle wrotchos will diop on and become cntungled in tho Bap of the blankat when they can cugily bo caught and coumigno pith appsopriste aitea to ® watery grave in the ’ g shor ‘The Citizens’ —_£_£_£==. THE NEW CHARTER BILL, Associntion Responsthle for All Tis Provisions, Lotter from Mr. E, 0, Larned, Wo the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Qurtzaao, March 12.—Statemonts tave mado in tho public papers, to the offect that the bill now before the Leglatatte, to provide Anew ehartar for Clilcago, has beew altered or Mod}. fled by Mr. A. ©. Hesing to moet his Person: views, sod tho interesta of tuo party with Which ho is connected: and that Mr. MaoVengh and the Citizens’ Asrociation hnve beon “*manipy, Inted” and taken posscasion of by Mr, Healy ‘ ‘Thesia atatemonts, whothor made from red ratico ar from desigu, are calontated to Projudics the bill iu the minds of many of our follomeiy, zons, and are imputations upon tho intelligensy and goad faith of the Rxoontive Commiites tho Citizen’ Association. I dosiro, therefore, to stato that the bill now ponding before ths Gonoral Aszombly isin the charge of the Citi. zens’ Association ; and that ite Exccutiro Com, mnittco fave unanimously approved of it, ang mowilllugtoba . . JIELD RESPONSIULE FOR ALL ITS TROTIAtoNs, Mr. MaoVeagh and Mr. C. M.slionderion ate Bt Springfield, roprosenting tho Citizens’ Aro. ciation, for the sole purpose of Ffarthoring thy passago of the bill; and Mfr.MacVeagh hag the vaulted support and approval of tho Exoaatiry Committes fo hiv ontire coursa with respect Ty ‘th bIIL ‘The bill, as it now stands before tho Legit, ture for tmosaze, differs from that which wy first gent to Sprimeficld, aud which was Ptoparey by tho Asnovlation, tu only two material pointy, First—It retrins tho proeugt ward divisloo instead of providing for ther redistricting of the. city, Aod Second—It ls in tho form of x gonoral lem, ip stead of amendmionts to the axiating lav, ‘Theso alterations wera vnenimonaly apprond b7 tho Exoentive Committed, aud mest tha on curronco of tho teadiug friends of the measns, With the oxcoption of sorz0 winor mattenot dotnil, pot involving in aus rospect tho Print. ples of tho bill, aud all of Which havo been mi tinder tho suporvision and with tho coucurrens of tho Executive Committers, it ia precisely ny ramo in all rospecta as tho bill fleat sent dow; ond nny statemonts to the contrary oro cloe toade In ignornnce of its provisions or for iy purpose of misrepresantation, ‘Tho bill aw drawn 18 IN THE INTEREST OF No PARTY, and hag in It no personal or parceita echemsot any kind, 1 iad bosn drawn by men who ner property-holdera and have the inter‘csty of thy elty at hoart, and for the purpose, nad the sy pipers, of ramedving existing ovile and abst nn our Municipal Government, and bof affoni:, some further securities agaivat ha fegialatiz, Uisbonesty, and trand, fa our municipal ate It is, in my Judgment, a good biilt; audited. feat will Lo a derlous Injury to the bint intern of ourcity, | ‘Lhe Exonttive Committea have sion ght ton’ to the support of this moagure chicas fromit political parties, without rocpect totheir partis: politica, They have novernllowed themssly4 tohave nny regard to peey, ties or rr-forenc4 on anyaction which bas coe jboto:o the. And it would bo strango Indecd if} ia mest« snch na this, affecting tha wholo city ther.) sought eupport from Repudlicanasonlr, and sg nored entiraly the party ot prosant ii themalori both in tho city and Stato; aud ‘Lm go state thay Mr. Henry, Judge Dictuw, diy. Ji gov, and other loading mun of thm’ party, his given ue tholr ald and jufinenca further; these most important reforms whads ar tc bodied in this lexis ation, ‘Che whole measure romains, howars, fut it did at the outset, IX THE CMARQR OF THE CITIZENS’ AM OCITY, who oro responsible to the public fertthe osin bil ond ali its provisions. Ido notdeon.it necessary to refer to ie provisions of the billin detail, as son hates recently oxplniaed them at length Iu your gay, aad given tham your boatty oiproval, Idesiro at thie timo only to corruct ths e Toneons statements which have beew eb regard to the till, and to xak for It, om botalf cf tho Crizons’ Association, who are evecar b wocnra its paswage, (io cordial and urtited so port of all our citizens, without respecd of pen, who have a: hourt tho bout uterests of oar ctf, E. 0, Gansta. CUPID REGENERATED. Sliver Weading ut Roscoe, Mh Speetat Corresrondence of The Chreago Inu Rosco, 1N., March 10.—Out fn our Bittle o> ueurity, su affair of auch graodeur sa @ttendant on this occasion 1s giooted with 0 little expectancy; aud, great na yas tho ctor! that awarmed through our kindly aod m+ beloved Doctor's palatial homne, wo can afd say that there was no foelingof envy nourirled by any prosont, in thio, his moment of ¢2t happlucss. Tho genial influences which be orts ost a pleasant sense of welcomo over ret guest, That freoneaa of menrimont aud gx! cheor made Jt a timo not to be soon forget. Dr. Ransom camo into thie Wostern mio when st bordered clowely on the wilderness, 0! msy bo rankeu among the pioneors of the come ty. Ho bogan bis studicu of modliciue wie adverse circumetauces; and in bis case {n numborlosa others, advorsity tae 1 mill through which ho passed cleznsed of the dross which medfoarity generates, Jesia tho pure, sterling morit a8 tho noblest 1b! Hapeo o man possesses, “At the end of bd atudiog, with nis mind onriched and strenche ened with wide und oxtonsive roading, ho ct mouced the practice which ho still retaius. Ost of Llu most plencine traits of character is tht Idinduess ond watchful cars ho oviucea for elovatlon end advancement or -youth. ‘tho tlonaty tics that bind the Doetor’s family to tie immediate community ore of sadurlug street Ho saya, “Ihave not only many friends, bt thoy wre the beat in the world.” ~~ TUE UNCEPTION. é On tho ovening of tho &th, the stream 0 puesta bozan to collect. Nearly all tho avulshe syucu in the Jarge honso waa tMlod with gues who numbered above 200, Afior the preity tioo aervico by tho Rev, 0. T. Easton, and sf I ing prayor by tho Rey. W. H. Shar, tho vuzs © social converses bogau to fill the imionitied © the arrougemonta, Band aud arclostral ooh swelled aud ,roverborated through the rows, lendiug & sense of onubantmout witchery of harmony, Nor mrt woe forge profasion of the supper,—si Ifboral, 60 cht! “ ‘po lhonght{ol, The ingenious profciaste 0 hoe culinary art loft no room fer criticism; hae glance over tho lony-exteuded tables, at ¥ wore sittlag the morry parti, told piswly watlofaction vorgad Into wulli sty. TUE PRIBEL ITN. atte ‘Wo will fonve thiu ncene wf feanting, 802" | Aparting glauca at tho prevent, ‘Choy we Sproul onan extonulyo tabhy in the parla if the inspection of ull, The firatto greet vision auove tho soa of heads was 6 largest dolier, bearlog the tnucriptio.,, “To our {8 and mother.” ‘Che oamos uf tho pment douors muut, of nocossity, bo omitted; Ce enumeration of articles must suiice. One A caster, ono fiut-dish, four spoon-dishes ich cake-dish, throa butler-disbiew, one pickle ove salt-dredge, one tea-ura, ono wateruld, fw coffee-nra, tlirce cake-kniyea, ane plo-kulle, burtor-kulvag, one dozen syoone, three spoons, ano gravy-wpoou, dno male ‘eg oho epoun-roat, two pairs of Icpifo-resth tO bolls, one creatn-pitcher, two airuppitcuer augar-bow), ove fower-vase, tliyoe pairs oedureh Klu-rings, two wets of chundelsors, to PO two booze, and $7.60 iu witver coin, Com the list. ‘The total value amounty to $300, G. W, Laranor —— oe Discovery of a statme by suche Anzolo. ait Tho Academy says; ‘+ Au Intexesting Oh ot ery haa been mado at Pisa, Tho ooble fen, Pescioliol posvessod at Viga ono of t et ‘on éoinvat palaces inthe city. It costal apr Interesting works of art, among others FA of St, Jobn, given to Douatello. long “auinbabited and uoglected, to the Count — Boesslaiin, statues’ woro submitted to ink, ment of tho sontptor Signor Balvit’ bos provounced tho aupposod Donatello abit statue by Michol Augelo, sud in xf we ‘col that 8t, Jol which, ay Vasari relates. Wer fy tured by tho great master for the Dorset cf bino,—that Is, Lorenzo de Mfodiai. Se goulptort Catherine of Fiance, A nutber 6! BOE and other artiste Lavo scen at, and there agreed dissontiout voice among thers: alt ae thas It la» wort of Buousrottt. ‘Rae Ova ete walmlul ilborally allows rt to be wep, po hare® sombling Lis countrymen guuorel{y, bi range much pleasure in allowing uatived au otra to wee the works of art whieh thoy