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

AFFAIRS OF STATE. Procecdings of thoe Xilinols Legislature Wess terday. Tho Lower House Expands and Magnifies Its Amazing Disgrace, A Crescondo of Ungovernable Disor- der Lxpected Tl (o 1541 The Kaloidoscopio Compass of Its T2iooy Equal to tho Ro- quirement. Tho Fiscord Infensifies Upon the Dosglas Kouument and Raitroad Ticket Bills, (he Formcr.Dafcn!ed by lts Injudiclous Friends. The Bill Excmpting the Capital Stoclk of Certain Corpora- tions Passcd. Tmportant Probate Measurs Pending in the Michigan Legislatn-o. ILLINOIS. TIE TAST DAYS OF TIIE CTICUS. Srecial Disputzh to The Chicawo Tribune, Bertsariziy, Avril .—The Housa opened this morulug with redonbled tumult, mombera allre- alizing that this wasto be in reality tho lant working day of tho session, In contequenco, the scrambis among mombera to fotch up their own particular bills was greator than over, and thero Loiug no partisao measures to ho takon up (the attempt to reconsider tho voto by which tho Togistrs act ropeal Dill was lost hnving been abandoned), tha serimmoge was goneral without rogard to party, ago, or provious enndition, Ziversthing, howaver, lind to ba done with dis- potch or nothiog could bo dotie, a8 was rezlized Ly all, and with all the tumult the Huuse quickly Froceoded to bustucss, Onoof tho firut billa takon up was Vaito's Bonato bill exemptiug capital stoak of manufnc. turing, nowspaper, and stock breeding compan- jos from taxation, which was pssed without de- bato. Tho bill now geea to tho Governor for his spproval, 1t ls as followa: Hxottox 1, Do it enncted Ly the People of the Stats at 1iliuofs, represcuted {n the Genoral Amembly, that Bee, § be wnended w0 as to read as folluwr: Wgge, 3, Personal property shall bo valued as fol- Towe Stirat—ll porsonal property, eseept o berein otiormiay directody auall ba valied ot lie fle”casl valuo, “s5econd—Every credit for s sum certain, payablo eltlier in money or Iabor, sball bo vatied at & fafr cash walue for the siun 80 payable; {f for any article of uc]mfly o for labor or services of uny Lind, il shail valucd at tho carrent prico of such projerts, labar, or eervice. & Jprd—Aunuilics and royalties stall bs valued at ihedr then prescnt fotal valuo, “Fourth—Tho eapital #tocis of all companies and anvaclations now or Lereafter created uider the liwa of thia Glato, shall bo 30 valued by tho Slite Hoard of Equalization na (o ascertaln and’ deicrmine, respect- .Ivnl{. the falr cash valuo of such capital atock, in- cludfug the frauchise, over and above the assessod valuo of the tangibls property of snch company or aeeoctation, [Safd Doard shull adopt such rules and prlnclrlu for ascertaming the fair cuth valuo of such capital atock ns fo it may weem oquitablo snd justs and such rules and priuciples, when eo adopted, it mot inconsistens with ‘this act, slinll bo as Linding and of the same eflect as if coutained in this nct, anbject, howover, to such chanze, alteration, or_smendment as piy bo'found, from \mo ta timo, to be Nocessary Ly maid Dosrdl: Prepded, thib dn el caeos whero tho tangible Incmcrq or caplial stock of any company or arsoviation fo nsscared uuder this act, tha sharca of capital stock of any such company or #sio- cliation shall not Lo sssessed” or taxcd In thin Buate, This clnso aliall ot apply th tho eapital stock o rhares of capital stoek of banks organizeid under the goustal binking laws of this Htate 3 4 provided, further, That Injasscasing companies aud asaoctations Orgaulzed for purely mnnufsctiring pur- posos, or for printing, or for publisbing of nows- Jbess, or for tha lmprovlng nd breeiug of stock, e sascrement alinll Lo so niado that such companies 04 arsociations eo organized shall only be saascavd 23 Andividuals under ke clranmstances wouldfbo sascas- e, and no mora; and sncli companien and associs- tlona puall bo allowed the same deductlons o uro al. lowed to fudividuatn,” WILLIANSON COUNTY. ‘The bill appropriating 3,000 for the arrest of tho Willlamson County outlaws was also passed without debato, and now goea to the Bonsto, whoro, unless it s ovorlooked in the press of business, it Is belloved It will carry. ETATE LEVT. Confleld’s Bonate bill providing for tho gon- aral Btato Jovy, 21,800,000 for 1875 and $1,500,- 000 for subsoquent yoars, was passod, THE INGANE “DIvVT" The bill makiog sllotment to the soveral countios of the number of paticnts to bo ad- mitted from thom to the Inenne Asylum wan also passed, and gocs to the Governor tor his ap- proval, It ots apart the Llgin Asylum for the accommodation’ and caro of tho insane of thd Conatics of Jo Davicss, Stoplheason, Winne- bago, Boone, Motloury, Lake, Cook, Du- Poge, Kauo, Kondall, DeKalb, Ogle, Car- roll, Whitcside, Loe, LaSallo, Grundy, Wull, XKankakes, - Iioquois, Fard, ‘Livingston, Put- nom, DBureau, Btak, Ifenry, avd Knox; iho Jetkeonville Asylum for Lhe insane of tho Countlos_of Rock “Island, Morcer, Ienderson, Warron, Hancock, Adams, ['ko, Caliioun, Lrown, fohuylor, MeDonougl, Fulton, Peorls, Marshall, Woodford, McLean, Tazewell, Mason, Cass, Moaard, Logan, DeWitt, Diatt, Chnmpaign, Ver- wilion, Edgur, Clark, Cumberland, Colos, Doug« 1as, Moultrie, Bhelby, Mscon, Sangamon, Mor- an, Beott, Greone, Jermoy, Macoupin, Meadispn, nd, MomgomerAy, and ‘Christiang the South- oru Asylum ut Anna for the {nsano of tho Counties of N\Woite, Edingham, Jaaper, Crawe ford, Lawrence, ..Xichland, Clay, Marjon, Clinton, B, Clair, Monros, Raudolph. 'Perry, Washivge fon, Jofferson, Wayne, ldwarde Wabasly White, Mamiiton, Fravklin, Jackson, Williame son, Baling, Gallaiu, ardin, Papo, Mansso, Johnson, Pulaski, Unlov, and Aloxauder. Enoh couuty by Lthe bill is outitled to the ndmission of one pationt for overy 2,600 of 1 population acoording to the census of 1870. In il cases whoro the quota of any county is not full, the Buperintondent and™ ‘Trudtees may adout paueuls from other couunties 0 tho ox- wat of tho ca‘lmclly of the hospital; sud tho Saperintendont and Trustoes ehall yo- colve il rccent and curable cases frow any couu- 1y iu tho dilstrics, auything ju this sct to thecon. $rary notwithstandlug ; and, iu the admiesion of Tatients, proforouce eball b given to patiouts Wlio aro indigeut rather Lhan to thoso who Lave $his ability to pay for their board sud troatment, and to those who are dangerous rather than to thowo whoare harmless and fhoffensive ; and dangerons vationta may be admitted eventhiongh :ll:cllhl:’n:ll::lgn uh‘uum reduco the guotus of sowa oustios, going Galo, , A% atated in tho foregoing ! Thus mcu“.fiu?"";um":%' otoet us contest aprang Detwoen the frends of the Douplas lll;uul.';nn? it aud theopponsuts of tho auti-ticket scalpers bill, paasod the other da; ' y. The objuct of eaoh way geb up ~ motions l’o ro- coneldor—In case the Douglas Monu- ment LIl she yole by which It was loat, and, as to tho other, Jh' Yoto by which 1t was carried. As to the anti-acalpers”bill, making it penal for anybody to speoulste in railroad zuim after the Company has beon paid for them, whien it passed Moonoy enterod a malleg foreconsider, Yestore day bo sttvmpted to call it up, and then die- coverod that on tho day of its Passago the bill was gont 10 tho Beuate, notwithstanding by on 1o veconalder. Mooney tharoupon BlTered a resolution recalling the bill from tha Banate, which tnis motolog was ocasried. Tho obiect waa 40 roconsidor snd kill the bill, The uglas Monumeut peopls, however, camo out hiead fn tho conteat. Thén she troublesoms ntter wan to provent tho delivery of speaches oaloglatle of Dovglas’ course in support of the -3 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY APRIL 10, 1875 —~TWELVE PAGES, . The Bourbons wers willing to pasa tha fl'\'x"f,‘:mfiafi’u- paARngo woro not mads tha oe- . oaslon of on indorsemont of his ervices {n tho ion of tho Rebeltion, and jt began ‘n: 7‘;2"::“"““ in thinrogard when aftor tha reading of a lottor from ox-Speaker Callom, who was de- tainod at homo by sicknees, rocommonding the onanago of the b, Wasson, auathor TRapub- can, roso and sald that thongh he had never votod with 3Ir. l)muilml ho folt that if, for naught olso, it was fitting that the monument atiould bo built in commemoration of his servicces in Lol of tho Unlon. Then Stickuoy, of Cook, daspite all offorts to he contrary, insiated on delivoring s éulogy of Donglas, which, howavor, ns it consisted cbiefly of vootical quotations, hnd no effect. James, of Linko, called nttontion to the fact that té-day thore wora 149 INinois familics at Konrnoy Junction, Kau, (sufferers from the rasgliopper plngue?. who wera starving, Ohio find scut & commission to care for her anfferera other Btatos had inade appropristions for the like purposs. The Ilinols *Lemalaturs hnd done nothing, aml instead ot voting monwments to dzad g 0 tuess, he woull voto mcnoy to alloviste tho sufiorings of the iving, Aftor s apoach Ly Ilerron, in which ho sald Tilnois could not be 400 poor ta crect & monti= mont to hee gront _mom, the previous quoation wos ordered, aud the motion to soconaider was Jost. What Wasson and Ierron had said in thelr wpeaclies rolative to Douglas’ efforta in bohnlf of t{zu Unfon did_tho husiucas, Igyptfan Dom- ocracy evon to this day couldn't o brought to votiufe n monument to. Dougtus when remmdod thsat ho belped crush tho Rabellion. During_ tho roll-call on tho passngo of tho bill, Janea, of Jo Davices, roge, and paliad Joave to expluin his vote. Jonea had voted against the bill, aud wantod not only to record his vota ayve, Lut to appeal to Reputlican memberato joln with bim and pass it. Ilainos, while voting for tho bill, was dater- mined to Lill it, pethups in order to puuish Ifize, its author, for his tepentod failurn to etand by Haines, * Not in ordor,” yelled Haines, oa though -umehoddv had stuck n pin into him, whion Jones ankod Ieave to oxplaln ; and ITataes kept yelling **not in ordor " till Jones taok g neat, and with that at Ieast & dozen Depuliican votey wore lost for tho bill, ss Ilaiues meant shou' be. Arhiton nsked to havo his name catled, and fu‘r Teava to oxplain his vose, * Not iu order 1" solled Taines again, Bomebody moved to suspend tho rulesin order to pormit Asbland to axpliin. Mot in order while tha roll-call ia fn prog- roea 1" yollod Hafnes again. ‘This “oxtraordinory porformance of Ilalnes ralsed 3 tremandoua tumult, seeing which bo bo- an to crawilsh, a8 ho always doas whou the re- wintanca Lo hin arbitrary rulinge is reaolute, and, aftor o doal of pentor, backed out sltogothor, and sllowed Ashton to explain, hin oxnlanation Loing to the offect that ho votod uyo bocanso of Douglas' great sorvico in behnif of the Union, DOUULE BUNMENHAULT. Morritt then asked to havo Lis name called, and attempted to oxplais, Ifo was choked off by objections and intetruptions, but wound up by cuanging his voto to aye, A fow minmine lajer tho voto stood 70 ayes to 55 noes, whon the Ilouse, boing in tho “usual tumult, wich friends and oppoucnts of the bill rushing round asking mombera to chango their vates, gte., JInines 1ose and srid ho wanted to remind membera that the prococdings were of o disgreeeful nature, sud that ho would now glvo notico thiat a meeting would be hold at 1 o'clock of members in favor of proserving or- der to draw up a protost against tho disorder that bod charactorizod proceedings Intely, Coming from Iaines, the prumoter aud con- trivor of l dinordor, this wan slinust as fluo s satiro o wonld be Satan's robuking sin. Merritt changed his vote aznin to no, snd the vato was doclared 67 nxon to 63 nosa, 8o, after thio motlon o raconsitvr b L ezriied, the bill was ‘l‘m\t, tecoiving less thau tho conatitational ma- ority. THE RAILUOADCTICKET J00. At thin juueture, a mossage was rccelved from tho Senate anponneing the passugo by that body of tho outi-ticket acalpors' bill, ~An” affart was mado by the opponcuts of the measuro to save tho motion to reconaider, but it was not clear what onght to b= dune, and o motion to suspond the rules to notify tle Sonato of tie stato of af- fairs, and_requost that badv to recousidor itn vota 8o that the Iionse might got the Lill back was lost, "I'ho manner in which, with & motion to recon- slder pendiog, this bill was rushed through be- foro tbnt motion could bo taken up oxeltos mnch commont, as daos 11ajues’ uction in persintently donying tho floor to Moouey aud to Dunne, of Peorin, both of whom on yesterday nod to-day mada contivuous offorts to call up tho wmotion to reoconsider, OREAT CHALLENGE ACT. Tho fireb porformanca after recess was a squabblo for tho floor, pouding which Calialian succecded 1 offering a rocolution for tho pay- ment of a pagn whose vatne bad not boou placed on tha pag-rolla. This ot off & resolution which Mooney was meeking opportunity to offer, reciting the faot that the mx[‘x-nnalyum‘ bill had been wout to the Sanato pending a motlon to roconsider, aud ro- qnesting tho Governor to veto. Hence tho rum- pus, durtng which Lnines put the quostion on tlio ndoption of the roaolution viva voce, thongh the aves and noes were domandud, and doclared it carrled, swhercunon the tumult wha multipliod, Inthe midst of it llaines loft his soat, and said 3f anybody elso conld ruu the Iouso he wanted thom to comeand tryit. No one ro- spondod, and Hainoa resumod bis seat. Rogorw'thon spoke in favor of the reaolution, which had been doclared carrted, and a motion was then.mado to table the rouolution, which wras put and lost, No rosolution was adoptod. PHINIINO, Tho Committeo on Printing roportod as to tho ominafon from tho priuted repost of tle Panitontlary Tovostigating Commitico of aer- tam of ‘tho testimony, that, om in- quiry, tho mauuscript roport af the teatigpony had beon found in & drawer in tho printibg office of whiol tho foroman, ITuglies, Liad tho koy. o did nqt remembor ]muhm it thoro, though o supposad he lisd. In conelu- elon the Comialtteo report that there sro sus- Iclons ciraumstances connected with tho case, ut that it doos not appear tiat the omisxion was purposely made, and gonorally that tho looso method in which tho printing in done makes frauds easy. 'Fhoy also roport thiat, after tho copy was sont to tho printor, it was placed in tho Lands of Maj, Wham, ono of the Penitentiury Commlssloners, for tha purposo of enabling him to tako notes therelrom. RELIEY OF PINEMEN AND FOLICE. Keohoe's act to provido for & flremon's and policemen’s relle? fund, was passed and now goes to the Govarnor for bis signature. It pro- videa thac, by ordinanco, any city msy act apart all linos imposed upon tiromen aud policemen for violation of rules of the sorvics, fines for violae tion of tho firo ordinance, and moneys accruiny from tho unle of uncluimed prorerty, to constl- tuto auch fund for the bonelt of diuabled police sud firomen, ROUTTIENN INSANE ASYLUM, Theo bilt making appropriation for the Southern Insano Asylum was passed with minor amond- wonts, on which it goes to tha Souats for conrur- rence, . AMECIAL ABSESRMENTH, ‘Walto's Bonata Jiill for the appartionment of special assessmonts whore tho tract un which thoy are lovied 1s subdivided, ro that each of the subdivided lots shall ba chargeabilo witl Its pro- portion af tho arscssments, was puesod uid goes 10 tho Governor far approval. wan takon up and passod, with the omergency clause, and, upon approval by the Oovumgl!. will take etfect, 1t provides that all city ofllcials not olected” aliall bo appointed by tha Mayor, with tho consent of & mn&omy of the Counctl, or, if thore bo two Doards, of the Board of Couucil- wmon. Tho Mayor shall hiva the power of ro- moval, but in'case of the tomoval of any officer 0 appointed aball teport the samo to the Coun- cil at the next mooting. If the Coincil, by aye and no vote of all the membors, shall disapprove of the romoval, the oflicer removed ehall Lo ro- atored, Tue bill also empowers the Mayor to voto any {tew or itoma iu an appropriation bill sud lgprovo the rosiduo thoreof. It requires s two-thirde vota of all tho mombers of the Coun« cil to pass any ordinsaca over the Mayor's veto, TUE LAKT OF THY APPROFKIATIONS, ‘The bill appropriating $2,400 o meet tho de- flcienoy incurred 10 tho sroction of the centra building of tho Blind Asvlum was passed, belug thio lugt of the approriation bllly, aid of which ato now disposod of, COLLEUTION OF TAXES, Tho Honss concurred in tho Benate smend- moutd to the Rovenue Commissioner's bill for tho callection of taxes, It now goon to tho Qovornor for his signature, 1t provides that tax appoals way bo taken to the Bupremo Court durlog the same term In which the Judgment was rondespd; also that in all cason of “appeal to the Buprome Court from the judgment of the Coooty Coust for any taxcs or mssessments lovied upon roal outale, the Hfluem- Court may ronder judg- mont sguinet ali the lota and lands, or auy par- ticular lot or tract of laud awbraced in tho ape poal, for 8o much or such part of tho tsxes aud uusessmonts, OF any particular asscsameat, 84 ib may flud to be legally charged agalnst tho usme, snd, in casa it shall lind any part of tho taxos or ssseaamonts, or sny partionlar tay or smsoss- mout, sa charged sgalust tho daese, has not boen logally charged, it may elthier reintt uaid 18308 OF Assenswonta, or pavtloular X ur AssOLS~ | went g0 fousd W bo od, o8 may reverss mo much of auch part of {he of the County Cunirt an rostes to asgosnmients or particalar lex or asroenuiont i illogalty charged, oud remand tho suino to rul inferior coutt that olher procacdinga may ba hat | thernon. _ WWhen Jndgment rhall b rendorcd Ly | tho Bupromo Conrt sgainst auy. fot or tract of ¢ land ombraced n such sppeal, it sball Le tha ! duty of the Clerk of tho Bitpramo Court to niaxa and doliver to tho County Cletk cf thu connty from which snch appeat s taken a vecord of tho lands and lots against wineh judgmont in rendesed, which shall ret forth the tinwe of tho owner, if known, the dencription of the propess ty,tho total amountof tha Judgmént on each tract ar lot, st shall attach thereto a copy of the order of the Bupreme Court, and his cortiii- cato that auch ordor tu correct, which shall ba siled in the offico of said Uounts Clerk, and khall Lo tho process on which such real entato or any intoreat thoroin shall be sold for much taxos or resossments, or particular tax or asneun- mont, as woll as tho record for the salo wheroo! and it shall ho tho dntv nf the Connty Cotloctor, asnisted by the Connty Clorl, to procied sud acH the same for the amount of wiich ""‘li""“" nd coats in the manuer provided whou judyment fa ronderad by the County Conrt ayainet delin- quont real eatate. Tho Collector shall publish & genoal notice of such sala in a nowspaper pub- Itsbed in his county, 1f any such thero be, aud If there ba no much papor published in bis county, then in the nearest nowspaper published in tha_ Biato to tho county-sost of snch county, Judgmant | taxen or maid notico to be so publishod onco in snch nowspaper st lemst throo weeks provious to the day fized for much wale. Upon tho dismissnl of any appoal and up- on Hiling in the oflico of the County Clerk of tho county from_which tho appesl s taken a certi- flod copy of tho order of such dismissal, tho County Clork shall mako a record of tho lands aud real estato embraced fu sucl appes], which #hall ba the process on which tho real esteto om- naced in aneh appeal shsll bo rold : and it shall o tho duty of tho County Coslector to proceed and aotl this samo, in tho manuor provided horo. inbetare in cason of Judgmont renileied againnt ronl eatata by tho Supremo Court on the heariug of an nppeal, aud all the provisioun of Jaw shall spply to auch caues. PROCELDINGS 1Y THE AENATE. House bill 303, autboriziug forelan corpora- tions which bave loanod monoy in tuis Stato to buy In the property moartgazod on sale under {;lu,ment ecroo or trust deod, was passed, and 88 beon rignod by the Uovornor, Ilousa Committeo Rovonuo bill sas passed, snd gaoes to the Goveruor for his signature. Bradwell's bill providing foradditional Judges In Cook County wos paexed, and goes to tho Goyernor for his signatiro. The Polico and Firo Iiclief Fund bill wae assed. 4 Alka the bill authorizingtho Penktentiary Com- ‘miseionera (o restore gund tinme erodits of con- victa which had boen forfeited by violation of tho prigon rules, Tho Henats concurred in_the House amond- mouts to tho bill- making appropriastion for the Southern Insans Asyhun. Tho'bill nutharizing the appolntment of women gsnotarios public swas passed by 34 uyes tu b novs, and now poes ta tha Governor, I'io bill authorizing Mayors and Aldermen of towns containing lean than 6,000 population to loaee gas works, in which they may themyelves be part owners wan paesed, It is a bill to enablo tho Mayor and Aldermon of Carlinville, who own tho gnsworks thoto, t0 contract with thomyelves for tho lenso of their works to their town, Commings' bill authorlzing towns and ejties having outastanding railroad bouds to levy thxes o pay tho samo wan alao passed, and uow goes to tha (lovernor for approval. ‘I'ho bill making appropriation for the oxpenses of the Geoeral Avsombly was passed. Clafiin's Ifouse ill codifying thn lass rely- tive to Stato charllabla institutiona was possad, alpin's bill, providing for tho clceiion of n Buperintendout of Nuildings in citica exceeding b0,000 popuintion, sud to rogulate wiorayo of ex- plosives, was lost. Honan's bl providisg that, in clties whaore thoro I8 or may bo organized a chartored bonevo- 1ant woeiety conmisting of firenien os policemon, tho city authiorities miny aunaally appropriate to itch #octety ita equitable portion of monoy in the City Troagury to tho cradit of the fircmen and polic reliof fand, was paseod, snd govu to sho Goveruor for his anproval. THE COPPENAS CHEEK DAL Mossre, Braloard, Utley, aud Auderson, Canal Comminsioners, haveo been here for vovoral daya covsnlting with the Gavernor {n referenca to the work oty tiso lock and dam at Copperas Crenl;, and other mattors in connoction with thoe caual, —_— MICHIGAN, TMPODTANT MEASURES ACTED TFON, Bpecial nsatch fo The Chicazo Tribunt. Langivo, April 9.—Among tho most notabls avonts in the Legislature to-day ware tha follow- ing. Tho Houso passed, by 79 to 4, the bill ro- ducing the annual salary of the Railroad Com- missionor from $4,000 to §3,00. Tho fato of the moannro fn tho Bonato is uncertain, Senals bill 6, alrondy passed Ly the Benate, way defeated in tho House, to-day, after & warm dabate, 8ection 1 ,provides thot it shall bs 1awrul upan tho examination or trial of any pore Bon or porsous i coaminal cayes for ona or wora atigruoyseat-law ta ape pear for tho peopls “and aseist the proxecuting attorney, or, in his absence, to act iu hia stead in bolialf of tho peaple, with tho ap- proval of the court or rungistrato before nhom thio cauda is pending, and tha fact that such at- toruoy or atlornoys receive compenantion fiom others than the peoole ahall not bo wlleged as crrors.” Sec, 9 proyides that, in all criminal trials or ex- nnuuativns, the counsol for the pooplo may call euch witnossos as to him seows propor, and he thall not bo obliged to call sa wituesses auy whom ho may deem prejadicial to the causo of tho peuple, and tho omibsion to eati accomplices or others dootued by the progeoution Liostile, abmll uot e allozed as an orror. Both nacctions wers objocted to as not in ac- cordance with tho true priuciplos of conducting ciiminol trials, and not giving to porsons ag- caned of ctime their due rights, The Houso dofeated tho bifl authorizing the City of Dstroit to sxpend £175.000 in erocting & phblic-tibrary building inutead of $123,000 a8 betore provide:d. RETTLEMELT OF LBTATES, A very important bill Is peuding before the Legisiature concorning the setiloment of catates in Probate Courts, aud affocting tho acttloment of the estata of tho luts Capt. E, . Ward, of Dotroit, As tha law now stands, durlng tho pondiog of mppeals from Probate Courts, & spoclal edminleirator (s generally ap- polntad, who supsrsodou tho oxetutors aud has chargo of tha edtato untll it is settlod. Mrs. Ward and tho legal heits who side with her sock to hava tho law o changed as to give tho execu-’| tora control of the estats during ita settlement, white tlo sons of Capt, Ward and their friends seek to have the law atand as it s, A large lobby s boro concorning this mattor, componed of lawyers and of frlends of partiss wha ata golug to contest tha will. The ostate involyos at lesst €5,000,000, and the fight over it promises to bo the grontest one of its kiud avor kunown fo Michigan, WENATE PROCEEDINGS, Tie Govornor notifled the Bonato that he had approved the acty dafiniug the powers of Incor- ‘mmml v!ll:;(eu( smeuding the aot relativo to e Fire and Wator Commisslonersof Marquette; amouding tho eot rolative ta tho collection of tho statlitics of the Btate; incorporatiuy Mon- on, The tollowlng bills were pasaod by the Benats: Inoorporatiug ~ Evart: relucorporatiog 8t, Charlos ¢ rolucorporating Clam Lake 3 fncorpo- rating Mt, Plossant ; legalizing the election of Directors of consolidatcd railroae companies ; snonding tho sot relative to assessmonts ; rela- tive ta the nala of land for deliuquout taxeay incorporating Middleville ; incorporating Batito Orook ¢ ralating to administrators, oto. o lant bill way lost—4 to 23 ¢ raconaidered, amondod, and pasoed—2d to 4 ¢ authorizing lLiafayetts to 1asue ordoru to pay for tha Wheclor Ditch, TOUSE YROCEEDINGS. A mensage was racoived by the Ifouse from the Govornor that he had aporovad tho following acta : To autbiorize the City of Flint to lovy taxea to pay i1a bonded indebtednoss; re:}umng rallroad companiea to nolify Coroners of accl- dentas Incorporating tho Villags of Lauks amendIpg thechartera of Lapore, diuskeyon, Easl H-&huw. sud Iolland, lie Benata resolution enlargingz tho powers af :!&u Prison Juvostigating Commuttee way adopt. A resolution inatracting 3fr. Livingstone to act with this Commitica was adopted. ‘The followiug bills waretpsssed by tha Housas To roduce tha walary of she Itsilread Commis. sionem to 3,000 {o amand Hoo, 20 of the act relative to bauking ; to amond tho Isw relative to the formation” of telograph compavies; to ;:l'n]-‘nd the samo relative to skating-rinks and . —— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. BAx Fnancisco, Aprit 0.—Arsived—Pacifio ;lnl'l‘l' steamer Dakota, from DPsusms and way La;mun. April 9.—Arrived out, Btate of Geor- gis, from New York. % SUICIE, el e Pine e et commt| 0 WasdAy Wik morghine, | A INSPECTOR HARPER. His Suspension from the Functions of His Office, The nailr(;ad Comminsioners Bring the Letter from the Governor, A DMeceting to Be Meld To-Day to Receivo the Mouey, Oplnions of the Comunisstoners as to the Alleged Defcite 0, L, Porker in Charge. The report of the late Jovestigating Committeo of the Benato into the affairs of Chiel Grain- Inspector W. H. Harper, submitted to the Sen- ate Thuraday, and foreshadoved in theso col- umns the dav provious, has had the effect of susponding Mr. Hsrper from further pertorming any of tho duties poitaining to tho oflice of Grain Inspector. Tho firat intimation liad of his snsponsion was received yeaterday moming, by tha atrival of Mosare, Pearsou and ieelo, of the Bosmd of Iiailroad sud Warchouss Com- missioners, who about 9 o'clock fonnd their way to his oftice, Thelr arrival, in sdvance of thelr business befug mada Lnown, creatod susplcion among tho employes of the offico that something of moro than ordinnry naportance had drawn thom hitler, especially minca they had but o moment provious turned from & pa- rusal of tho Investizating Cominittoe's report. They woro preparcd for the visit, howerer, and, after exteuding thom s wervous welcomo, all turned to tholr respective dutles, wondering to thomaolves how much of pain and anxioly the vislt would coat them, snd paiticuiarly what effect their misaion could have upan their future connectlon with the inupection department. 'Flio Commiasionars were kinaly received by Mr. Harpor, sud, after tho uaual remarky upon tlie woathor, ote., were closoied with bim in his private oftico, the desk of which still bore traces of tho soarcbies of iho Inventigating Committen among the boolis of tho entire dopartmont for soveral yoars, The moetiug was entiroly pri- vate, and tho conyersation 8o soft ay to bo logt heforn it could reach_tno reportorial ear. Iut, ne actions speak louder than worie whst oc- curred was not entively fost. Scarcely bad the tria got comfortably seated befora Cowminsioner Pearson handed Mr. Iarper THZ TOLLOWING DOCUNENT, whicli was oponed, burriedly glauced of, and conwignod to an inwido pocket Srate or ILLINOWR, EXNOUTIVE April 6 —=W, Il lanpen, ‘re hereby suspendad from yecforaag tie Chief Inajuctor of gratn, and the Iiairead Dhaitse Commiselondrd aro hereby fuatrusted 10 takn porsu-aign of the ofice and ail booke, papers, and property pertulug theroto, Joux L, Beveninar, Governor, Attor reading tuo documont, dr, Harper ro- marked that he would of coursasubmit to " the powern thut be," and vacato the ofiles, *+ Bat,” tald Mr. Deatson, in an sudiblo yoico, **Liow about the . TOOKS, PAPERSA, AXD TROTERTT pertaininy thereto 27, Tansing & womeut, Me. Marper replied {n aub- stanco that Lofare giving any decide! angwer ho wonld liko to have opportunity to cousult with his friends and counssl, The Commisuousrs replied that of course they would allow Lim ‘any rozaonable Lma, diveetiy after which it was mutually agroed to bold o fur~ ter conferenze ot 4 o'clack, Mr. Harper then cwmerged from the oftics, and calllug his chiof clork atarted to see the Hon, James D, Root in lenau of legal advico, 1le entared tho oflice Jegsily and nanted to vacate it in tho santo way. Ontho wav to Mr Root's office horenarkad to Mr. Pucdle that ke was {u re- coipt of 8 noto from tho Governor,in which it was suggested that bo had bottor vacats the ofiice of Innnector, and tura the affalra over to the Comn- missioners until a thorough_luvestigation of his accounts could be made, 1o did not show tho noto, howovor, but loft IMr, Purdio impresred that the sugpension was only temporary, and mnotner “ovidenco of the Goseruor's frionduhip. Alr, Koot was nat fn when lus otlica v renchied, but was found during the day, and of course guvo all tho advico at his comman: the naturo of which nt this writiog is unknown, TISE TEAPIRALY INCUMBENT. After Mr. Uarper left tho Commissioners, O, L. Parkor, First Assictant Inspector, was eallad, who, aftor n kories of questions, was promoted to the oflico of Chisf Inspoctor temporarily, and subsoquently duly fostalied. Tha firet order ho issued was that his namo should bo sizned in placo of Iarpor's to oll papers, whick was tho first iotimation several of the em-. ployes had of his promotion or of Mr. Harper's suspecaion. Ho wes congratuluted on oll bands ab bis nccesslon (o tho ofiica of #Chiof,” and Lcads that had beon swaying an the historic brokien rcod sssumed thoir woated uprightuoss again, ‘A TuinuNe rovorter subrequontly had . A CONVERBATION WITH THP COMSISSIONFRS, They were frce to expres their belief that Mr. arper's alloged doficit wau beyond his individ- ual power to remody. They complsitod of his conauct towards tho Iavestigating Committoe, in failing to attempt & showiug of his roal con- ditiou, nnd of his having persiatently docoived thom ms well as tho Govornor ou the samo point, They wald that whon they nveatis gated hia affairs Lo was bolind just about as ho was now Zroportod,—that is, his booka showad such & aate of affairs,—but, attho same time, his bank acconnt was ample, a8 ho then domonstrated, to cover tho apparout defieit. Thoy bolieve, however, that ho borrowed the motioy that appoared in bank, to make hld ac- counts bear losncotion, aud that such & coursa waa necossitated by his haviug uscd the €14,000 doflcit fu private speculation, né waa charged, but not provon, at the tine. This was tholr thoory of tho origin of the doflelt in the light* of the prosent ciroumstauces, but they hod no Ides at the timo of thoir inyeutigation » yoar or moro agzo that thoy wero daceived, or since, up to yostorday, tbat Alr, Mnrporiwas not. just as horoprosented himselt, roady to pay avery doliar of what ho Liad received at & momont's wun(.‘fx . ‘The tirst intimation that eithor of them or tie ‘Gavornor, or any of Harpar's frionds, evor bad of bhis loslng 810,000 by the Cook County Bank was received attor tho prosent fnvestigation had commouced, and way ol‘;_lnlnnd only by following up & rumor to that offact. Derants . Ciiicean, distles of d Wares XOT ‘THENL, The Commirsiouera wero at Harpor's ofilce at 4 o'clock tn tho mfternoon $o meot Lim for & further conforence, wheu it wos expected ho would unbosom himseif, and, if unable to kand over tho * property " of the oftico, would at loant indicato jn what directlon f¢ hud vanished, They woyoe dissppolutod, however, for, insl of Ar, Iarpor anpearing, L nenta lettor stating that not until that time (4 o'clock) Liad he succecded in sceing his attorney, The mote closod with oxpression of kindnoss, and the reqaost that the Commisuloners meet him at his residence, ‘No. 167 Douglea place, at 7:30 o'clock in tho evening. Ihe Commissloners acoeded to Alr. Hurpor's roquest lsat evening, detormined to pive him overy opportunity to vindicate bimsolf, and wmet m AT 118 HODSE, An Interviow of scvoral: Lowis was had without :un.lng suy nearor n sottlenent with him than ofors. 1o stated to them that he had nov completed hla conunitation with his attorney, ana in consoquencoe could only ¥ay thus when the domand waa mada the amouut of thealleged de- ficie would be fortbcomiug, whichis what wag told roporters sevoral days sgo. Il do- uied that thore was any delicit whatever in bis accounts, and without eaying where the desirod and unoxplained $14,0008pecitically was, naid that it waa at his command or conirol. ‘The Commissioners sald they found hitn clingiug to the hopo that nla susponsion from oflica would ba recalled, temporarily, if not permauently, and that Mr, Jloot adurewsed tho Goveruor to that end last evoung, o told thom also that ho was in communioation with His Escellenay on tho sibject, and wag not without hope that he might borcluntatod, They were inclined, how- ovor, to look upon the corrospondetice, jnsamuch as Harper's suspendlon had eo fur boen kopt from the publlo, as sn stiompt to delay the rolinquishing’ of the olico until lio biad kiad suflicient tlne to tost bis sbility to ma¥o up the alleged detleit, whon he hoped, 1t wuccessnl, to be rainstated. Tha Commiusion- ors left Lo, after his many sssurauces, with & little doubl as to whothor there wes really a deticit in his socounts or uot, aud at tho ssme timo loaucd toward the belief that thero was, which was basod upou the [uvestigaling Com- mitieo’s report as well as thoir own expetionca in investigating his afalrs. Tue povition of their minds was novel but siucore. ¢ T'his mosning at 10 o’clock thoy will make A YORMAL DENAND upon him for whatoyerof Btato property o has in his bands, ivcludiog tho alloged doteit, bub | Tis ravelations to-day will netite 1) will not rafoas b further th boasever. 1€ ha has the money, ant naca question tha right of the Commissioners to de- tand it under the Iaw, it must bo buried quite deop to bo bayon reach, THE COMING MAN, Wwho will he Mr, Ilarper's auccessor ia a quen. ton of na necondary importanco, It i% wnder- wtood that as much ns tvo wooka ago the Gov. arocr wos casting arouyd for & suitabio man, and that O, §.. Parker, now acting Chief Inapector, wan recommended by at loast one of the Rallcond and Warchouss Commissioners, Tuo Governor is nlso undarstoud to fecl quite friend- lrv toward Alr, Parker, At the presont writing, rom what oan bo gloaned from varions sources, nirone I8 mora likelg to bo appointed from this city than Mr, Parier. Iis application will be indorsed by s largo proportion_of DBoard of Trade men, and, no doubt, by the Board of Hail- rond Comtnissioners. To the Editor of The Chtcaa Tribune ! Cutcaao, Apnt 9,—Tne Trinuxe is evidently undor an errousoun 1mprossion rogarding tho ro- poit mado by tho Railroad and Warebouso Com- missioners at the time ot thelr investigation of the Grain Inspector’s accounts law year. Dy roference to tho report, ps published in Tnr Tutnune ond other papers a: that time, it will bo roon that it apecitiod in detail tho ntate of Mr. liarper's sccounts at the ond of each month, and charged precisoly sach inegalaritien s are nuw sliown to have oxinted. ‘Ihe Comtnisston- arn immodiately took such action an u{ in their power to preveut s similar state of loosonoss in the futura; aod, to ull appearanca, Mr. Harpor's necounts since than wate perfectly atrright. An noon as tho firet rumors of the preseut dofict tranapired, tho Benate appointed an lnvestigating Commities, and it was eminent- 15 prapor for the Commgmoners to await the re- port of aaid Committen, Now that this bas heon mnde, I vonture to asy that you will find them prompt to act upon it 8o far from their having any desise to cuvor up any facts, Mr. Harper's case rathor proscuta tho exceptional and gratify. ing apcctacla of nn_nccusod person recelving mote lenioncy from the public ptess than from nu{ othior source. When tho Times, slwayn dealing in oxtramen, makes the absurd statsment that tho Itailroad Commission costs the State =100, a yoar, there in no paticular cali for contradiction; the exaggeration is so palpaolo an to defeatb itw ob- Jaet. But Tue TRINUNE s upposod to advoeato oroppose existing lasws and public niessures solely on thoir wmorits, and henco cannos allow miseistemonts 1o stand uncorracted without perpetrating ap {vjustice. R — . THE BLACK IIILLS, A “BIG TALK." Specral Ditpateh ta The Chicago Tribune, Cneyesse, Wy, April 9.—J. 8, Collins, of Omali, Indian Commissioner, roturned to Fort Laramio? tha 5th, o was sent to ancertain tho viows of the Iudlans shout Lhe salo of the Black ILls, e Leld s councll at the Iled Cloud and Bpotted Tail Agcrcies—tho lsrgest siuce 1563, Red Cloud, Nted Dog, sand Spotted Tall wero tho principal speakers. Iod Cloud said: *It i3 bard to givo up our homes ; wo are glad the soldiers will keep tho miners out until sonething 6ball ba dono. Wo want to goto Washington. Nortliorn war partics aro out. I can’t be re- spopsiblo if they fght the miners going into the Black Hills.” Bpotted Tail said: 3y peopls ate stasving. There hay boou tuch stexling by Apents and Coramisgioners. The groat fathor Liad o big council of white men in Congress this winter, but thov didn't esy anything ubout the equaws and papeoscs boing fod, I want Lo go to Washinzton 1o tall about selliug tho Black Ille” Noiling detinito was determined about the purcbase. Collins i3 only to roport tho feal- g of tho Indisun, 1lis opinion In that they will sell, austounly, 1o thinks it will bo nt lcant Aix woeks bclurqnni possible arraugoment can be made to_open the country,—more ltkely gixty Qays. Tho Indians considor it incviiable, snd want to make the bost bargain they can. Thoy aro in a pitisble condition. Their ratlonn ere short, and thev don'v kuow who hLas done the stealing, Colling' eouncils wers held purposely nwny from tha fufluenca of tho Ageuts. ‘Iho chief heading the war party s Wounded Antelope. All ara armed with breechi-loadiog arms, and with plenty ot smmunition. 1o bolioved likely that they are not Northern Indians, but from tho Agen- cies. Threo war-pattics are nald to hava latt Spotted Tail, abont 600 wariio. s, which onons a good ciance for the Bozton party with their ar- tillery. A detachmout of cavalry from Fort Lasainie, sont after another lot of minora from here, returned thoro tho 7th, compelled by a ter- rifie wind sud suaw atarm, A LARGE KANSAS CITY PARTY. Sreciad Inwvatch to The Chicado T'ridune, Kaxsas Crry, Mo, April 9.—C. C. Carpenter, v:hio was Colonel of tlo colebratod Jessie Scouts during the late War, Is organizlag s party to start for the Black Hilis from this city on or about the 25th inat. The men a1 alrvsdy com- ing in from the surronnding towns, and the expe- dition will pumbar 1,000 men, All the provisions and equipments will bo purohiaced here, ol Carpeniter has securod epecial ratos for troapor- tation over tho Hanass Pacific Road both for tho mon and toams, Thoy go thoroughly armed and prepared_to meet Indiaps or United States troops. Thoy will go by rail from bese to Den- ver, and thence to Cheyenne. There other com- panies will meet them, swalling the oxpedition to ubout 1,800 mon. 'The orgautzstion of tho party has created quits an oxcitoment hero, e e BIN WADE. His Reasous for Declining (o be a Cangtdnte for Governor of Ohio, Wasnmarox, D. C.. April 5, 1875, —Joseph H. Darrelt, Kaq.—My DEanFaiexp: Yours of tho Sist of March is roceivod, sndits contents anxiously reflocted upan. Tho question has Leen fraquontly asked me by many porsons of Iate it 1 am a caudidate for Governor ot Ohio, oto ,—and my auawer has hoon uniformly in the negativo ; but this answor uas not been prompt- od any want_ of rzoal in the geat Ilopublican cause, On tho contrary, I have no daubt that tha beat interosta of tha Republic, it uot indeed tho lepublic itsslf, will depond upou the ascondency of cbat great party 1u the councils of tha nation for many years to come, 'The Demooratio party usver had but oue prin- ciple of policy beforo the War, sud that waa tn nphold and extond human slavery, Bince the oud doapotical, aud should thoy trjumpl, ail that, wo galood by tho War would bo lost, sud worso than lost, Why, then, yon will ask, do you besitata to bo acandidate? "3y snawer is: 1. DocausoIsm not qualitied for the great strugelo that is before- us, For two years past my voico has been uo used up thas T uot been ablo to mmake s spoech, aud it Is worse now than ever, Aud this roason of itaolf is all-sullicious, as you will agroe, . It hua evor boen a fundamaotal principlo with me, and nover yot vialatoed, that tho oftice should sook the man, and not tho man tho odize y and, in accordauce with this principlo, 1 rarly took a solemn oath that [ would’ uever stuinp the pub~ Mo for, or in favor of, an oflico which 1 wus to fili; aud even if I weroablo to do xo, that vath wonld bar e, I never yet solicited any mortal man for aa oifes. 1t would bo too humilising. 1 would sooner beg for ol¢ olothos, Theso, you will ney, are very old-fashioned idosa ml but, 1f tLis glorious Governmont is evor ruiued, it will be by oMco-soekers, Another reason, which, howover, docs nol aniount o much, s that I canvot well afford to take the position. ‘Thiough & long time In oftice, I'mado but Little out of1t. eat dobt of gratl- Iam not insenaible of the tude I awe to the paaple of Ollo for their canfi- denea and support, and willdo all I can to re- doomit, Truly your friend, F, Wavs, POLITIOCAL, MICHIOAN ELECTIONS, Spaciat Dispateh o Tha Chicago 1'ribune, Laxsixg, Mich,, April 9, —~The Duard of Su- porvisors in Toula County will stand 12 Pepub- licans to 6 Democrata; Darry, 13 Republicans to 7 Domocrata; Livioguton, & to—8 to 8, ‘The Ropublicans gain two Bupervisors in Inglsm Uounty, aud will gain in Genosea nnd Bhixwaa- oo Couatics, * —— . A CORPSE IN A SKIFF. Special Dupatch to The Chizags Trlduns, Dunvque, Ia., April 0.A son of Birs. Bmlith, o residont of Bmitn's Ferry, 12 miles below tho clty, while playing upon the river-bank yeater- day, discovered a large ekiff apparently empty floating down stream. Ie at once seb, oul to seours it, but, to his surprise and hor- ror, on roaching tho ekiff ho found it contained & dead man. At Jast the Iad summonod courage, took the skiff iu tow, aud notified the authoritica. Tho body was that of & young man, but no clew was found o tudicste name or frieuds. No marku of violea War, all fts prsciples and practices are nepativa, | doe! BEECHER No Prococdings in the Trial Yes. terday Owing to Mr. Beacl'’s 1llneys. A Clergyman's Theory of the Scandal Business, Facts and Gossip Itelalive to the Great Trinl NO SESSION, THR COURT ABIOURNS TILL MONDAT, Nrw Yonx, April 9, —Owing to the absonce of Mr. Beach, in ennsequence of nickness, the Til- ton.Jloechor caso bas been adjourned till Mon- day noxt, S e CORRESPONDENCE. A CLEROTMAN'S VICW OF THE DERCHER DUSINEAS. ‘The following communication on tho Beechor neral, which in varlone Catholl Preparationn for the for Monday at 8 The latios aro making oxtonsive uNctL B ;unurAll. 11 9.—Tnd, oUNCIL Bturrs, In., April D.—Indgas 8, 11, Riddls, one of the oldest and bent-knfnm elxer. 7enn of Western Iowa, and formerly & District Judga for five years, diod at Lis reoldenae In thia clty this morning. CASUALTIES, THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TO ) CrnToN, DaWitt Co., lll.,oAp;';l g”—‘sfir oity and vicioity was vimtod by s young hurricano yestorday evoning, which fur & faw moments sent things spinning wildly about the miroets, sud cansed goneral alarm among tho peopls, Abont haif-past G o'clock It became enddanly dark, aod aAtromg curront of wind from the southwost came toaring along with a forco seldom mcen in thia country, In the ecity it blow off the emokostack abovo the Gaxlle offico, taking it into the publlo equars. It toro up tho west end of the tin roof on Frendan- stein & Chambera' brick block, A small portion of tho cornice on the Mazili Houso was tomn up, and the tin roof on McGraw's building, casc is from the pen of sn orthodox elergyman well known In this city: Ta the Ziltor a7 The Chieago Tribuns Ci1cAn0, April f,—~You rifer, ln & recent artlcls, to the puzzling aspacta of the lisectier antl Tiltou contro- verny, Ttin a noteworthy fact, in thin connectlon, that there hove beeu pernann, snd among them some who Lave beeu coguiziut of the scandala £r many years, who Lave held, aud stili hold, the thcory ihat ‘neither garly can subatantiate by proof the position they nre takmg dn ihis Ht- Igatton, On this tleory, Mr, Descher hav not been guilty of adultery i the anal snd proper senreof Wiat tern, and can tritly swexr 10 & denlal thoreof, as Lo hax done. On {ha other hand, tho thiedry affirinn that tha rearons thun far asstgned for tho apoken aud written words of remorss which are roved to Liava eutne from Llm, ara only given tn part n the statements which have Bithorto appeared. 1t in t, I the whioln trith eball over come out, fn Drouklsn that, st & cer- golug, good-nntnred Beocher lad n0 far ro- Iy among nilierwise re. tnel and Curiaifan womn, the authority of God'a srritien late, tiat Ioas Testraltlt was put upos tho sockal {ntercouran of the fesen than Lian boea regardnd afo and decorous smongy sl Englivh-speaking and English- lired communities, It {8 will forther bslieved by thene porsons that ks general laxity of opinton soon ripeued it natural frult, i lndecorous and possibly inilecent familiaritien, aTd, fu_ Yery many case, what wan even wotac, iu that’ * a-iltery of tho heart” which srema to have' become a _familiar phrasa to the paties to {hin auit, Some ladles, who hold to thix theory. affirtn postitvely that no small namber of Mr. Decclier's femalo bearera wera awept uloai by tha Loro-worahip natural to womest, and by the extranrdie nary personal magnetism of the great preacher, some. timen unconaciously, into the state of mind which In known as belng “in lovo’s that, while In tlat atate of mind, somo of the weakor aud more tsophire ticaled fell fufo foolish and puepicious mys of Eaioiug attentions trom hins, which be, in thoindependont atylo eculiar to the Decher fainiiy, wonli often give, te- irardicen of tho couventionalities of nociety and I:s lawn un manuers ; while, in the eano of otliers,~married women enpeclally,~compariron would aften’ be Inktl- tuted bevwosn somn minhitions, energetie, ovactlug liiaband, and the * delightful, emotjonal, and witty yastor, ot st all caleulated to’ promote domestis con- went and happincas, “Theae perwons think that thin peculiar drift of flings wan eapeclally eunpiatzed fn the Tiltun, family, wiiero a gantlr, lmitg, poetir, rellgious, sentimeutal Woman wus Hinked with s man wilh the atmbition of Julfun Cenar, thn nusceptitality of Mark Autony, snd the feckiom eucrey of Lord Bivzn,—one of the men who'ean Le, With nimost equal facliity, an anuel or o flend, according 10 tho uducaces wuder which bo s placed. Proecding on hin thears, thes suppos that a state of wiud extraincly distoyal to ber huaband waa pro- dnced by the jolut Lat very discrgout tuflucice of her nastor and her mother, sud that domestic te! sost atul sunshine were the alternating reeult, thl, at ast, Mrs. Tilton became aware that Ler heart’ xas’ no longes in'the keeping of Ler lawful husband, but was the property of another woman's husbund, Ter coufuswions to hor luwband and tG oth explalnod upon the aupgasition that, in the co exciterent, nni often remornc, occastoned by occupled by R. R, Cralg & Co., was torn off. Eigny, dry-goods boxes, and boards went fiyiog arourd promiscuously, Oune side of the roof of tho Rov. §, C, Adsms’ house, formorly the old Mothodist Clnreh, was strippad completely off, A number of fences and chimneys wore blown down. A statlo belonging to £, H. Mills, weat of this cily, was blown down and demolished, tho roof Ueing carrind bodily in tho air a dis- tinco of mbout 200 feet: bnt the greatest damsgo wes done at the machine-shops of ta0 Gilman, Clinton & Hpringtield Lailroad, cant of thecity, Eight of the ten stalia comprising tise round-houss were blown down, tho walls Vlowiug in, and letting tho heavy ‘slato roof down upon tho masa. ‘I'we engiues nero In thae housa at tho time, and wero complotaly smashed up. Thero were five woriimen in tho atalls, who crept foto the pits under the enginos, and, atrango to say, they all escaped without nny Injury. Two cars wera blown off the track, while the forco of the wind carried along a nome ter of cars ou tha side-track, which,§striking otliors, tolescoped thom. The damsge at tie shiops cannot bo less than 410,000, The Circuit Court, which waa iu session at tha time, adjourned without the usual formula, tho Judye banting the Bar in thae raco for tuo door. ‘Tho atorm did not last over teu minutes, and duriug that timo those who were not too busy in dodvite brickbate, signs, smokostacks, and boxen ohsorved a curious sight in the sky. Thera wore threa distinet atrata of olouds, all goiug in difforent directions. Tha lower ntrata presouted a hight, rinoky appearanco, snd appeared to bo traveling nosthensterly ot tho rato of abont 10 miles o tinute, Tho “next strats was a littla darker, and appoared to bo crossing tha lower one at tight augles, thoneh not ns saptdly, Tha upper atrata was foky black, and sppeared to bang over all likeo a pail. DESTRUCTIVE STORM., Suecwnl Dapatch to The Chicano Fribune, Auvroy, IiL, Aptil 9,—Last evening quito » serious wind-storm, accompanied by & heavy L1l of rain, parsed over this oction. Tho storm eano from tho southwest and at Grafton, Brigh- ton, aud throngh the farming districts, a large number of barns, sheds, and fences were blown down, At Godfiey abont 40 foot of the tin roof waa blown off of Monticello ¥omioary, avd other dumage was dono to the buildng. Tha steamer Htichmond, tied up opposite this city, broke loosa and was blosn down the river quita a distance and lodged ngmnst Maple Ialand. ANOTHER TORNADO, Litrre Tock, April 9.~The storm of Isat evening prostrated Lolegraph wiren in nll diroc- normal_ state of aifairs coutecte:l with the deluions aud deltrium of wieknuss, sl imagined or oxpressad Intuch more that waa actueily true, AR the philoss pher would may, her subjective states of mind wero projected, in Ler concoptons, into objective » aciy mot al the rame, mor alwaga origioating from the suas party; Leing mow suggsations of propotals it which e was pansive : now crimes in which sho participated, Mr, lecchor's confesious ond impilcations arg much mure ditietlt ta disposs of on this or aus ottt theory. it the supposition 14, that at laat ko wuked to o pereeption of tho vast amount of un- happinces ho was eauslng by hin reck. lesw enjoyment of this particular wsort of adalstion, and postbly of the reat sfu of familiarities and indecornma which the expericnce nud good sense of mankiad have gencrally cugemned. 1t was, they 1l the cousciuusness that,after having Inficted up- on hi¥ old friend tul criiol wrong, be Lsd been fn- strumental (a1 depriving bim of powiiion and income, that hronght upon bin tho “torments of the damue:h. Alr, Tilton, ntaried in o wrong direction by the ramn “autivomist ™ jniiuenves, possessed with tho fdea of 5 Werica of comiug reforma which should rival tho abolition of Slavery in importanca aud_renown, benet Ly n modern Lai withous belnty bimpelf Zenocrates, crazed with the smbitfon of izuring iu history as the Qarrlsnu of & new emancitation, and Anally, fright. oned by o danger of the explosury of the' secrots ‘which hie had himeelf intructed to on unscrupulous womnn, enlered pnn @ catecr which Lias woarly recked Lifs reputation and that of s of hls lunc- cont frlondy, sud over which be now monrna with o Vitternees which had its paraliel in the agouy of Alr, Bescher years ago, Thia theory dorn not, pethape, account for all the faeta, copeciully for the clear nnd decided {mprosafons gained by Mr, and Mre, Monlton in thelr converss- tions with 81, Muecher. 1t auy other theary that I hive hioari 43 baaet with diieultles Which are abao- lutely Ineuperable, Tho lasii, ut how mado np hefors tho Gourt, 1s simpiy an_ opposition of incrodibilitier, The resul of pressing the cass to such wn {saue wrill prabably be ta leave the reputation of both parties i thosame uncerdaln and unmtifactery position iu which it was ot the commencoment of the trial, 1 givo you thia for whiat t in worih, simply addings that 1t ia the only way of explaining tils uuparaliclod muddle which seems to indany favor with woll-bal- zncod minds, Tiie theory of blackmaflon the part of wnch mon s Tilton sud Stoulton is certaoly a very weak invention. 1f Mr, Beochor's Iawyers follow the -oxample of his Church-Comumittes n putting tho reputation of tneir citent in the keaplug of surhia_theory, they will do Inoro to Injure Lini than all his enomios combined, Thie thwory of abeolute gullt tnvolveaa degrea of epravity, both on the port of Ar, Heecher aud Mrn, Tihon, suich 34 aven the feniun of Milton haa not wrought 1nto the conception of the Counnil of Pun. demoniuw, No Naur. — FACTS AND GOSSIP. THR PEECHER PARTY DISSATISFIED WITH JUDOZ NEIHON, Jos Howard'e New Yor’s Star (Reecher's orgun). Judge Neilsou may bo 50 os 60 years old, Iu- man nature is oldor. Doth are on exhibition over here. Netison doesn't tike Boecher, liuman paturo « Xr. Rogern” 13 a dovil of & follow in his way, .but the old woman who attempted to stom tio oceamnio tido had just abiout a4 much pawer au o Las. {n the prosetice of trth, When Tillan's brass wak mads evident, neither } Judge Neilaon nor ¢*31r, Rogers" felt it incum- +bent ou them tointerfere. And whou Moulton's ohenk robbed upon tho hand of Justice, Moul- ton's coat, and hat, and solf fonnd hospitality h; Ncll;on'u private yoom, Wby this sudden chrage Whio is Boocher, anyhow ? What bank bas ho robbed ? ~ wero found, sod tho wan iy _supposed to ba died from matural causes, Tho uvknown way l conuigned (o & grave ok tho bank of the sived ' lathls (ha asme Deecher who leads thio best mon of the natiow, and stands in the very vaa of progress# 18 Lo Lioocher the refuriner? luhe Beeoher tho Evlujml(n? Ot is he somo damned scoundrel upon whom )y, Rogess,” Judge Neilaon, Bill Fullecton, and Frank Moulton can vent tleir potty spite ? Shame on euch partiality, It's sn outrage on decency and a pavody on justlcs. Eviaently Juuga Neilsou was woll brought up, Ho lot 'em all in to aco Tiltou and liear Mouiton, but the dear creaturea can't boatluwed adimission whits Bescher {s on the etaud, Tweodle dum to-day, and tweodlo dee to-mor- oW, THEODORE AND BESSIE. New York Sun. Mr. Tilton was up to Lis ears In work yester~ dap fumbling over old lottas, reviewlng Ar, Beocher's teatimony, aud Knmnix roady for tlio robuttal, ‘The doorsof the up-stairs bedroomnsin his houso ave boon moasured in viaw of a probable catenlation before the jury to show that it would be au extraordinary foat for & man nearly 7 feat high to carry & qirl 20 years old from: one bedroom through sn unusually uarraw door 1utatna lall and fute sn adjolniug room through s smaller door without Waklug ber up. —_—— ORITUARY. Spactal Dispateh to The Unicaco Iribune, Lavaverre, lud, April 9.—Fbo Rov, Father Qeorgo A. Hamilton, pasior of tho Bl Mary's Catliolio Church in this city, died suddeuly of boart-dlscass at bis residence sbout 0 o‘-lockl:ut eniug, 1[0 was boru in Marion County, Ky., L7, 1840, sdneated for the ufleulhmd’ul- thd ‘Theological Semiuary of Bt. Louls, whero bo was ordained in 1840, Mis enorgies have becn due yoted to migsions, buldiag churchea st Johot and Lockport, iu [linols, and Winusmac, Hari- son, Fulton, Colfas, sud Kokowo, Indiana. ile tinus below the city. A nuwber of housos were biown down, fivo poraons killed, and soveral wounded. About the eama hour tho storm - diruck Texarkaua, nurooflng the public school building, fatally woundiog ono and slightly in. juring sevoral childron, Wator foll in torrents, aud tlooded Lhe stroets throughout tho city, DETROIT FATALITIES, Special Dravateh to The Chicaun Tribune, Dernotr, Alich,, April 9.—)r. Johin Lung, of Tomulus, aged 70 years, died horo to-dsy from tio effect of injuric roceived yesterday by boe ing thrown from n wagon by a frightened team. George Conlrill, s wwitchman in the employ of tho Detroit, Tansiog & Lako Michigan Tailrond, was killed this moroing by beisg crusbied between tw0 card in the dopot-yard, JUMPED FROM A MOVING TRAIN, Loaassrorr, Ind., April 9.~A boy named Ed- dle Ktuart was run over and killed st Buck Creol:, on the Toledo & Wabash Railroad, this alteruoon, o jumped from the traln whilo it wan in motlon, foll upon tho track, and wos stunnod. 'The train, vackiog up to the station, 1an over him. RESCUED AT SEA. New Yong, Aprils 9,—Tho bark Msggle M., from Cork, saved tho Captain and elaven men from sinking on tho Corman ship Madeirs, Lound from Bromon to New York. One boat with tha firet and secand matea and nine men had proviously left tho enhip. Ono man was drowned. RUNAWAY FATALITY. Spectal Dispaleh to The Chicaan Tridune, Gneesvinug, 1, April 9,—Jobn A, Young, son of M. V. Deuny, Casbior of tho First Na- tionnl Bank, was kiflod hero to-day by being dragged by bis borse while bis foot waa in the stiriup. WENT DOWN. New Yong, April 0.—The echoonerr Jennle Stout, from Savauush far New York, fouudored off Hatteras Shoals with all abosrd, eight in number. KILLED BY A WINDMILL. 8. Pavr, Mion, April 9.—Wilism MeCaron waa caught In tho machinory of a windmill at Pottsdam to-dny, sud lustantly crushed to death. THE TURE. MINNESOTA MEETINGS, Speecial Dispateh to The Chicano I'ribune, 8. I'Auw, Blinn., April 9.—The Bt. Paul meet- ing of the dinnesota tripartite jockoey clubs is sunonncod for Juno 30 ¢o July 3, inclusive. The purses offered aggrogate $3,000, It is proposed toadd #1,600 for free to-all trotters,—$1,000 to tlrat, Also, to hold a bLorss fair at the same time, for which liberal promiums will be offered. Tho Mankato meeting will commence June 15, aud continne theeo duys, The Bhillwater mes- ing will commencs June 25, and last throo daye. ‘Flio purwes aro not anuouaced. A GREAT RACE IN PROSPECT. Sax Fuavcisco, Cal,, April 9.—Au tho meoting of tho Pucitio Jackey Club in November next s purso of £30,000, gold, will bo offered for & - wmile and repeat race, open to tho world ; §15,000 to the firat horwe ; £6,000, 35,000, aud 4,000 to tho second, third, and fourth bhorses. From Earope thera will be allowoed §1,600 for traveling exponses, nud from easy of tho locky Rouu. taiug, $1,000, NEW ORLEANS RACES, New Ontuans, April 9,—The following pools woro sold to-night on to-morroy's Tages ¢ Tlurdle Race—Limestock, 60; Bilox{ and Shillalaly, 693 Capt. Hutollnson, 153 Capt. Jack, Littlo Fhiet, and Dob Britton in the fleld, Becoud Raco—Dickwlick, States, Cotirlll's Nauuip +., and Lesvpyesr, luo;Wufuu. F R Bacon’s cutries, 15 ; Alignon, 11, Third Raco—Lanavencuce, 200; Stampede, 40;: Granger, 30; Galway, 21; Fu\muuu:. 133 Col. Notiigan, 12. FINANCIAL. A FORT WAYNE FAILURE, Srectal Dioaten tw The Chicane Tribunes Font Warye, Tod,, Apsil .—The late failurs of C.Orft & Co., wholesalo and refail dry-gocds aud millinory denlors, has resultod in the eatab- Msbment being clused up by tha Umied Btatea Marshal. ‘Ulie liabilities prove to beupward of ©100,000, and tho valuo of the stock on haud to bae not moro thau §10,000 “Am‘:xlgl;nulwnu ml;‘:l 0l deo tirm to dettlo with the oz g:uanut“as z{n‘lx:unu tho dollur, by glving notes with good security. Tha gocunty flually offered bolug uneatisfactory, resalted in the store p-h:{; clonod summurily, Fhe tirm was one of the old- eut and most extonsive n sheir lne of bocawe a residout of Lafayosto in 1864, was iu- strumental in building St. @lary'a “and Bt. Anno'’s Churches and the Brothers' Behool. Ho waa a very sorlous sud eflicient worker in the Churcb. . Tho Rav. Dr. Bpaulding, Archbishop of New York, who (s a rolative, haa beou sume monod, aud [4 oxpested to bo presout akdbo fa- iu Northern Indisus, ——————— THE WEA:&IER. e asmoratos, D, 0., A) 9.~] the Lake o Srathes oo alog e agature, w.th wiuth to weat winds, aud ollov.edd ) swililg Lddvies il