Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 4, 1875, Page 3

WASHINGTON, A Sapreme Court Decisfon Afecting the Pending Granger Casecss Congross Deolared to Have the Power to Rogulato Intor-State Commerce, Whiteley and Nettlship Come to the Surface Once More. Ono of the Heavy Cotlon Cases Deoided in Favor of the British Claimant. < lntoms'flnz Statistics Concerning the Marine Hospltal Service. INTER-STATE COMMERCE, THR POWKR OF CONGREGS IN THL PREMIBES. Special Dispatch (o The Chicago Tribune, WasnsatoN, D, C,, May io Kupreme Comtof the United tatos, in dociding the capi- tatlon caso botween the Stato of Margland and the Daltimoro & Ollo Rallroad, went somewhat outside of tho recotd to givo an opinion upon he goneral powor of Congress to rogulate inter- fitato commerce, This declsion eannot fall to atiract attention throughout the country, as it practically anticipates s case in the Grangor in- toreats, and decldes that Congress nnder tha Constitution his the power to rogulale com- morca bolweon tho Btatos. ho cass of tho Stato of Maryland sgsiust the Battimoro & Ohlo Ttoad wan o claim of Maryland for £600,000 from that road undor n provielon of the charter of that road which provides that a cortain capi- tation tax stiould ba annually paid to the Riate in considoration of the charfer, The railrond entored tho plea that the provision fs unconsti- tutlonal in that it is an impedicnt placed by Maryland v tho way of commoree, and su ob- structlon to tho pususu of citizena of other Htates through Maryland, The Suprems Court raled that_tho agrcement to pay tho capitation tax [a o valid contract, and not unconetitutional. The paseago in tho decision relative to TIE GENERAL POWKR OF CONGRESS ovar trangportation is somothing in the nature of an obuter dictum, Tho Court, in substauce, says: It {s ofton difileult to draw the lino be- t:veen tho power of Stato over commerco and the provisions of the Constisution, It ir indis- putatlo that the State cannot impede commerce in their attompts to rogulate it. Tho question ractically Is whora the regulation of commerco )y 8 Btato endd, and tbo _obatruction to travel begins, Tha chicf remedy of the public againat oxcessiva tollg is in compatition, The question whetlier Congress Liny tho power to regu- late inter-Stato commerce has occu- lfled the most poworful minds of lio country. Tliis power waa exorcised in com- };‘E“lig tho old Cumberland ltoad and the Pacifio nitroad. It is to Lo Liopod that no oceasion will again arige to_make tho oxercise of tliia power necessary, and that tho Hiates will not be 5o re- gardleas Of thelr own intorosts as to ondeavor 10 1MPOBE DESTRICTIONS UPON TRAVEL. It tho Btates do this thoy may expect that Congress, to protect the citlzons of tho nation, will oxercise to the utmoat degrae its Constitu- tional power to cantrol inter-Stato commerce. The J)mpvnn of morchandieo must be unim- peded, Commorcislly, this is ono country, and tho general interest of the whole conntr demandn that thoro shall bo no interference with tho duo prograas of anmmorce. No loeal* inter- ests can bo pevmitied to intorfera with this great grm:ipla. Lut tho rights of the Stutes must also 0 proteoted. Henco, tho Court decldes that the chartor of tho Daltimoro & Obio Raliroad was o logitimato, reasonablo, aud coustitutionnl contract with tho. State, ‘The nF(nlnn 1s nuan- Jmots, with tha exception of Justice Millor, whd dlesents. His distont goes to the pointa of the main caso, bowaver, aud docs uot refor ta the general staloment as to tho power of Congress over iutor-Stato commorco, —_— THE AGE OF STEAL. AXND TIE DUASH INCIDENT TIERETO, Bpecial Dispatch to The Chdeagn Trivene, ‘WasuinatoN, D, 0., May 8.—Cal. Whitoley, Iato Chief of the Becrot Service of the Ticasury, aud bia gang of dotectives, who wére nllegad to lave put up tho colobrstod Harrington eafe- burglary in this city, bavo sgain reappoarad. Whiteley, A. B. Newcomb, sud othors of his erow, arrived in this city to-day for the purpose of waiting upon the now Attorney-Gaonoral, Plerropont, as goon a8 ho takes charge of tho Department of Justico. Whitoloy and lus fol- loiva ware removod from {he Troasury for thoir connection with' the Harrington safe Job,. but thoy hope to got employment undor Plorre- pont. Congrees makes an annual appropriation of £100,000 for the Bocret Sorvico of the Depart-~ mont of Justice, and B8125,000 for the Treasury Bocret Sorvice, which: is now under Washbirne, formerly of Chicago. Whitalay is ssid to be ATRONGLY HECOMMENDED DY BEN DLTLUR aud othere, who, Le eays, can influence Pierrcpont inhis favar, NottlesLip, who was Whitpioy's Chiof Assistont, and who was indlcted by the Courts of this District an ona of thq rafe-burg- lary cansplrators, also expeots to socure & placs, ahould Whiteloy bo successful. Nottloship was never tried, having flod tho comntry. 16 has sines rotarned, and is now engaged inkeoping o religious boak store and picture-frame mmufiw tory in Nowark, N. J. THE FOSTAL FRADDS,. ‘The Grand Jury to-day considored the case of Tiinds, tho Toxas and Alabsme mall contraolor who s0 succossfully manipulsted tho Toat-Ofice cletks, thoroby defrauding the Goyernmont. Thero are four difforont charges sgalnst him, on all of which he will doubtloss bo ‘iudlcted. "All of the principal witncsses against him were ex- smined to-day, and ib is presoutments in each case were fouud. —_— PUBLIC BUILDINGS. RYZOULATION® CONCERNING THIF. CIICAGO OTETOM- sowne, Bveotal Dispateh lo ‘I'he C'Afcado Tribune, Wasminotox, 1, 0., May 8.—Buporvising Arohitect Pottor will leave for Now York and Boston on Wednosday on offiolal buslnoss, which will reqniro an absonoa of. at least & woek. It doos not therofore seom probable that any decis- ion aan ba roackiod 1o the Chisago Custois-houso mattoy tll his return. If the Becrotary of the Treasury sbould decide to dispimntls the wall, it la not by auy meaus cortain thet Architoot Patter would reconstryct the building upon Mul- lety's plan, Tho new law relative to a change of plan of a bulldiog prohibits an iocrense in ex- pauditure of more thun 10:per ceut upon the original limitations,~—a provision which, ‘I'rosd- ury ofticials atato, is not sliogothor cleay. Yo}~ tor'a friends reprosent that all lng estimatos for guhho bullllin?u sro raterially lous than those of fullast for the samo buildinge. Pottar is re- Eonud 28 baving said that Le thought be would e ablo finish the Chicaga ton- Ilouso for & sym coonidorably \mfu‘ln the limit of the nppropriations fixed by tho lgat Congress, I'his statemont was made, liowover, befors the slleged nocosaity of tho razing of tho walls was sugicated, and of pourse the oost of 1uch #0 Uup- dertaking 1y nod includaed, If the Chicage walls aro destroyed it would give P'otter an opportuni- ty for the exorciso of his architectural tasto, whioh, under tha pressut, ciroumatances, ko can- not have, 1t hlp‘rnul that tuq last Congress, adting In accordauco with the gencral demand for cconomy in ruhllu cxpoudituro, mado 1o ap- propeiations for he ersotion of tho bey buildings excopt whera tho es Lad alr been purchased or where tha bullgy l’wua in fact bogun., The aonoequence iy thiat tha prosent wark St thio bt Er;'xl' g Architect i limited to the oxecution of Sitetty plan. 1t the Uhicago bullding Is to Le damnnd. Pottor will havo an opportunity to vmouatrate bis genius, which tho sppropria- tions for &Y o lc‘\;r'wn:fluc:l:ur do not allo cortain: * Potter fa likely to ebandan 1he use of the Vaux patent rnoflng’ur sl _pobllo bnjldin, s will enable him to make & vaat anyual vaving Lo tho Govermmons. g NQTES AND NEWS. TUE MARINE-IUSEITAL BENVICE. Brpeial Dispateh 0 0 Chicags Tribune. Wasninaton, D. 0., May 8.—Pxcoodlugly com- plimentary notices of the Marine-Ilospital Sor- ¥ice bavo Iately appeared in the English meatesl e, holog olicited by the Becond’annual yeport of tho Bupusvising Burgeon, The third anousl THIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: report of thin servico, by Dr, Jobn M. Wood- worth, of Clleago, is now passlig through the oress at the Government Jrinting-Ofilco, and it Il Tikely to attract furthor notlco from our traps- lantio nagghban, who, by their oswn confernion, are far bbhind ue In providing for the care ol helr nick sailors, 'Tho roport covers tho fincal yoar of 187374, Duniug that time thero ws ox- vendad on scoount of tho &orvice a grand total of 400,061.58, for which sum 400,452 days of ro- Jief wors farniahod, at ninety-one ports, to 14,301 nick and disabled tnerehant’ reanten, thus mak- ing tho avarago cout of tolisf £1 por day for anch pationt. The mortality was sbout 33¢ per cout, Included in the total number of paticuts treated, 3s given mbove, woro 1,759 nunor caaes, which wors furniubed modical and nurgical ssslsiance without admission to the hospital, Of hospital dues thero was collected during tha year a total of SM5,076.01, at 120 porte, leaviug the gum of £54,276.67 Lo ho defrayed from. the dotleiency approprintion, Theaverago sunnal wuat of each pationt treatod win £47.91, of which wnount £24,14 wan -defiayed by Luepital-monoy colloctions from Lhio varivns morchiant craws,— making the netcost to tho Government £5.57 for oach patiant relioved. Tho report neserts that n character of Liespital relief 1n furnished which for resulte, whother professlonal or eco- penne, way luvito comparivon with sny othor liospital system in tho oountry. BECUETANY BRIKTOW'S AARIATANT, Curtis L, Burnham, of Richmond, Ky..who han been appointed an Assistant Seerotary of tho Treasury to succeed John I7 Harkey, reslgnod, is an old resldent of Xentucky, and nn lutimate versonal friend of Hecietary Dristow, Mr. Humlam 18 8 man of middis lifo, of eminont fegul ability, of uuimpoachable chiaractor, and fuependout’ tortune, It bas always boon tho cuatom witls heads ofidoparimonty to seloct their princinal assistants from thoir awn States, and from their own perkonal acqunintance. This Qen, Diristow hLas not lutlierto doun. Burnhiam ia tho ikt npolntment of n Keniuckian to & Dburean ofiice. Tho principal dutios of this offics relato to the Custom kervico Jlartiey goesto Ltiropo on a_epecial contldential miagion for tho Treasury. Mo ik vory old, has Doeu Uhirty-mx yunta in tho Trensurypand baa beon Ansistant Socretary einco 1863, FAT FLUS. Tho decigions of the Nuprems Court to-day furnish sotne fat iAIul(in e aud Aoma groat losscs for tha lawyers, ‘o Elxco cotton cutes, involv- i 3,000, woro decided in favor of the claimants, ‘Thoir attorney horo, Carlisie, received n feo of 20 per cent of this entire sum, and Bon Butlor, whio was on the othar side In thie cage. losex & prospective rontingent fee of 26 per cout aund Ay actusl ceeh invesiment of $25,000, whioh Butler paid for the intorcst of Douchard in_ the claim. ~As oo offsot to this claim, Dutlor liao won the Farragut prize curen, tho judgment balng for #400,000, of which £40,000 i to bo divided betweon DButler and three sgaociate counsel. Till UNITED STATKS BUPREXE COURT adjourned to-day pine die. Tho Court hns din- posed of 310 eascs at thils sesslon. 'ho follow- ing I the progranino of tho Justlces for the rocean: Lo Chiaf Justice will lenvo fmmodiate- Iy for tho Hontherit Cirenit, Clitford 1a 1elieved fromefirenit duty thls eummer, Lo goosto Cali- fornia. Miller will do elieuit duty i Missonrd, JMinnowots, and Iowa. Davis has alrendy gone to Iiiiuois. _Swayne, Stroug, and Ilnnt wlil soon laave for Oldo, Peunsylvanim and New Yorlk, zjhpo;,‘t(ively, and Fiold will sit in tho California Chcuit. {70 the Arsocialed Press.) NTW COMMANDANT AT WEST POINT, Wasmyaroy, May 8.—Licut-Col. Upton, conunundant of cadats at Wost Pofut. has been rehioved, and Liont,-Cul, Tiomas H. Neill has boon ordorcd to thint post. The chanye is meda in accordanco with tho custom of tho War Do-| partmont to chabge tho commauding ‘officer there every four yoars! THE FAIMAGUT PRIZS OAE, . Thoe following Supreme Court decision was nn- nonuced to-day ; United Statos va, F, Farragut oval.y appeal from the Suprome Courtof tho District of Columbis, This is the caso of the comwanding ofticer of tho fleet eugaged in tho capture cf Now Otloaus 1o jrecover prizo-monoy and sglvage, Tho Court suatains the decreo ou- toted below. basod on the findings of atbitratora that the capturo waa an achisvemont of the flect and not a conjoint oparation of tho army aud navy, and that the value of ali tho cap- tared vossels i8 to Lo computed i tbe distribution, as well as these which woro subscquently restored to loyal owners, Irom whom thoy bad beon captured by tho oue- my, oa those whichi were condomnod ns prizes, Tho itom of military snlvage, computed at 10 per cont on tho value of tho zestorad vessels, i dis- allowed, and s to the rest thedeareo is aflirmed, tho Court bolding that thoy couldZuot review tho cusa on the facty on appeal from tho decision of tho arbitrtors, thera boing no sllegation of fiaud or other suflicient grouud for revivion. FIRES. —_— THE OSHKOSH ' SUFFERERS, Bpecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Mansoy, Wis., May 3,—In snswer to a dis- patch sont on Baturday Inquiring whother thoro was any fand for tha Americau fire sufforors un- appropriated in Liverpool available for Oshkosh reliof, the Governor received the following = Z'a Gon, Taylor: The American fire fund {s all ox- peuded for ollicr purposes, (Higned) Famenin, Consul, Tho Govornor, Suprome Judges, Btate offi- cery, and Capitol employos met this morning and concluded to assess thomselves Lall of 1 per cont on thelr pay for tha benefit of the Oshkosh fire pufforors, making a fund of about 600, which will Lo at ouce forwardod, Tho committco of nino appoluted at the citi- zons' mooting on Saturday aftornoon are solicit- ing cqntrlbutions from citizons to-day with suc- cees, showing the dispovitian of the Capitol City to extond & Lielping hand to the Oshkosh suffor- org Sueolal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, MiLwausse, Wis,, May 8.—The Chomber of Commoreo was called to order at balf-past 12 to- day by the Presidout, for the purpose of taking atops for tho roliof of Oshkosh, I'he P’rosident #aid that bo had delayed taking action fu order to secertain just what tho neods of Quhkosh might be. ~ Mayor TLudington had called on” bim at sn carly momant for the _ purpose of ~ baviog & meating called, hut it was not until Baturday thot tho necasaity of tiio step lecamo apparout, Ho thon summoned the Board of Directars and consultod with them, the result being that ho agaln saw tho Mayor, and had a tolegramn nent to the Mayor of Ouhkosh, asking particulars of the situstion, racelving o raply, which Lo read, stat- ing thnt about 150 familios are destitute, soma of them in abjoct poverty, Most of thom will ba oble to got mlong with a litile lhelp till work is fonnd for them. Tho groat noed will ba capital to enable mercbiauts and othore ta robuild, A Commities wus sppointed, conaiste Ing ot G, W, Allen, 8, T, t{ooker, Elins Priend, T,'E,. Baker, It, P, Elmore, J. B. Olivor, and T, A. Duteber, to consult with a committeo of rex 1lef, to ha appotuted by the Roord of Aldermon, this ovening, and tq take whaloyes steps may ke by them deemed nocesuary. AT MINNEAPOLIS, aperigl Dupaleh fo ke Chicaqe Tyidune, A1 Pavr, Blay 8.~An incoudisry flre started laat night in Farobam & Lovo]oy's jumber-yard in Faut Dinneapolls, and dostroyed about §60,« 000 worth of mostly dry Jumbier, Jusurod foy ©40,000, Four thousand dollars’ warth of ships gles bLolouging to-Mays & Oluk wora algo de« stroved ; fully insurad, Alsg @ block of three framo dwolling-honses on Soventh avenno, sout! of and directly opposite tho yard, valued af §3,4% ; Insured for £1,400, AT TERRE HAUTE, IND, Tenng Havte, Ind, May 8.—The Parls City, ono aof the best steamers on the Wabash, burned to-night a$ the wharf hers, with part of a cargo wnin. Total loss 15,000, "Ospd, Willism wlck I the owner. AT BAYOU SARA, LA, New Onceaxs, La, May 3.—The Pleayune's Dayou Barm apecial says: **An incondlary fire destroyed the stores of ¥, M. Mumford, Picard & Woiil, and J. Borge, Loss, £33,000} lnsur- snoe, $1,500. & AT CORNELL, ILL. Dwian, 1L, May 8.—Tha ‘fown of Cornell, Livivgutou County, 1M\, waa deutroyod by fire fast vight, Tour of five business blocke and & number of residences wore burued, —————————— - RIVER NEWS. g 8r, Pawe, Minu, May 8.—A special dspatch from Rsmarck to the PioncerePress anya the stoamer Koy West, from bolow, srrived laat night and departe for Carroll to-ul(fixt. with & I full eargo, Th 3 ¥ ohm'ml, 9 river s falling, with & feas in ————s OCEAN SYEAMSHIP NEWS, New Youx, Moy 8,~Asrived, steamship Adri- atie, from Livarpool,, QGrasaow, May 8,—Steamsbhip Btate of Indi- ke rawt, Hey BSioitipe Tepubllo Ny Ay 8. eams| ul Egypt) from New York, Lave u:vod. & clergy. FOREIGN. Analysis of the Fending Eaclesl- astical Bill in the Pruse slan Dloet, Latest Phase of tho German-Belgian Controversy. The Carlists Teported fo Have Galned Sereral hwportant Victorles, THE CATHOLIC QUESTION. THE PROTEUTED PRUSSIAN BILLu Pante, Aprll 16,—The followiug is au analysis of the projected bill for abrogating ths throe articles of tho Constitution regulatiug the rela~ tions Lotween Church snd Htoto In Prussis : Blnce it hiam lately been fudged necerasry fo reqis Into by legislatien the Indineursble biuita Letweun Church and State jn order to cetablish the defiuito anid fizud position of the two powers {he Governinent Tas often Deard the objection rabed o the eifcet that tho mestures adopled by it tendel o injore tho arrsugements of tha fundee mental compuct which nraures Lo independant siministration of their affafrs to religlots bodles When the queition wan firat hrought forward s Islative meeaure, in 1878, thie objeslion apy plausible, for Arl, 15 of the Conmtitution stlil existe ed fu iin primitive vense, which allowed of & _moro or Iews whle interprotation, 'Tho atbitrars tnterferenco of thie Catholio Ji{shopa and that of $he organs of the Hlate Liad given this article » meaniog which twuch exe cueded 1t real sonre, To define this resl wouno was the object of the lawof Aprit 5, 1850, 1t was intended to re-establich In & defintte mabner, and for every one, momial admiulstration of subject to tho sovercigu ™ ite Jegialation, aud iy rapervition, Noverthelcss, tho amo ob- Joctlon continues to bo urged, and wan very recently Falued o1 the oocasion of every proposed law concertie fug_ ccclenisstical silairs, Cottinually to ropeat this scusation of uncountitutionality in thie two Cliambers, Anwellaabn the prexs, ia_(he nore_grave, beeauno if inrjulets tha peopie, layutho anthorittes nnd legirtators opoi 10 auapicion, and_ ciures tie lawe tu bo conslder- «l invalid and 'of noofect hefore they have been promulguted. Buch a aolution of “the moller ia uot tolerablo in 4ny Biate, cupoctally st o time so frullinl inserious syilalions,’ Buch a'slale of thingy must alwolutely Vs opposod with enorgy and tituds, ~ This cannct be sitained relations Lefween Chnrch aud State Lave beeu ur\lblc ,. no longer by general and equivocal provikions, but Ly speclal laws alone—(hat ia Lo 82y, by & moditication of (e funda— inental compnct, Tho Legislature must find & way aan to” axsure: (e Blate at all ot paslu o ety dlrectedt by Rome, Provoking and battling sgainat the wovercigu rights of (he cvil bawer, rastoredto lbarty \ gt of protap. until by freuli legilation, this power will kuow Liow to du- fend itself agatust ity aggrensors, Thin 1a why it (8 proposed to supprees Art, 16, “This sch of detoune i nat necensitated by the nititrido of other forms of religlons, The legirlative yrovisions whish niready reguiato their position with regard 1o the Htate suffico, Fresh inws are uscless, Whero there are dcfects “the Legislstirs WUl give corjora- tions which submit . to publlo order tho secu- ity which s dus o tuem, The suppression of Att, 10 Ie Justified Dy the faot that sinw tho ros Ilgious curitunitios hisve enjoyed perfoct freedum In their relations wit thelr aforiors, and that the pub- lication of ecclosiaatical [njunctions iv now subject only to the couditfons impoded by tie law on publica= tiona of very kiud, the cuntidenca of the Govorumant una becn soriounly ibugsd. 1t wilt, bo autilcnt Lo re; call tho Eucyetical of the 8thof Fobruary, addressed fo the Epivcopate, to understaud the prerring noceests 1y for restesiulog bxconive liberty sviuged by e satd articlo within Jumits compatible with tie public welfare, +Art, 18 ia but the coroliary of Art, 15, applicable o & sulitary and deterniiged case, ‘he suppression af L 16, therefore, nucoasorily tnvolves that of Ar, 14, The abolition of theso articles will not, howover, bo any ob~ atacle to Lfgh clorical positions buing Lold by med who obey the laws, condition which caunot be giveu up bya Htate, which, i _cousequenco of tho various re- Higlous bellefn of #ta pophlativn, kioe the groatest in- terest I soejng tho different ‘religlous commuuitiss Tivo It peace witls one another, Lhin profected law fa composed of this siugle clailse: *The Aria, 16, 10, and 18 of te Constitution of Jan. 30, 18:0, ore abro’ gatod.” Tho logal atato of the Evaugalical ‘sud Cath- il Churchies, as woll 84 tho other relfgious colamuni- Yles, 1a regniafed by the lawa of the State, The toxt of the articles which it 1s proposed to abolish |s as follows : A Auz, 15,—Tho Catbiollc Churck, as well s the Pro- teatant Church and avers other réliglous soclety, regu- Lates and adininlstors 1is affaira 10 an indupodent sway 7 it it romalus subject to the laws of tue State and {o tho supervision deflucd by the laws of the Stato, Uunder the same_ conditions, avory religio Loeps tho possoasion and the enjoyruent of funds and of the catablishinents and foundations destined forits vmhl}v 116 Lescling, aud ita chnrities, ‘Aut, 16,—the relutious of roligious socetica with their superiors are Tho' publication of ceclualsatical ordinances i1 subjoct only to {ho restric- tiona to which all othier pubtications aro subjected, ART, 18—Tho right of nomiuating, of propos- ing, of clecting, and of confirming eccloslastical posts, I Suppreesed ox far sa it belongs 1o the Slato, and 1& not Lastd upan patronngoor on wpecial legaltitles, Thix provision does not spply to tho nomiuation of cecleatanticain the srmy or in (be publie institutions, ‘Tho law rogulutos the Tights of tie Htate relating to instruction, fo_tho employment sud rewoval of mits of the disciplinary scclealaaties, and fixes the powern of tho Htate, ADDNLSS BY PRINCE DIAMARCK. Denwy, April 16,—Tho Lower Mouse of the Prussian Diet, in its sitting of to-day, eutered upon tho debats on tho firat and second reading ohho bill modlly'mfi Clauses 16, 16, snd 18 of tha Conatitution. }Merren Reichenspergor and Iiruel having spolien againat, and Herron Rich- ter and Schmidt In favor of thae bill, Princo Bis- marck addressed the ITouso in a spocch in which he declared that the Govetnment wors loath to roceod to & moilifieation of the Coustitution, Enk that 1t waa impossible for them to escape tron tho necessity of #o doing. o continued : 1f tho presont condition of things had arfsen n 1851 wo sbiould hardly bave embodied such provislons in {ho Constitution, At {hat tims we thouglt we pos- seancd guarantces that tho Catholle citizeny nud Cath- olio Liivkiope would nover forget tuolr obedienca to the Hiato sud their duties as subjocis, This state of things Los changed sinco the Vatiean Conneil, [Up- rour i the Cantre,) Binco thot Council the Papo iu the Catholls Clirch ; ho atands at the iead of & compact party, Lt well-organized semi-oficial press and an arwy of obeditut pricsts, and bss overspread un with & net of congregations—in short, B0 one POIRossES 80 great an infiuance as Lhis Jallan Prelate, Even if Lo ‘Were n native, this power would bo serious; Lut in this caro it §s & foreiqu Monarch who possenscs I, who, it Lo bad the power to sarry out in Pruasia thy pro- ramme Lo Las solemply prociaimed, would have to Brein by deatrazing o Tajority of Ppusians, . Tie Iattor would elther have to farswoar thelp faith st once or would riak loaing all thoy possensed, e can. 2ok conoode 10 000 who wields suck forces the powar tlsat has bitherto been afforded him by the Consiitu~ tlons wo must limit It, Wo canuot ask for pesce Yefore wo have elearly dofined (hq poaition to thoss {0 whom in moments of Hll-advised und badly-rowardsd coufidence we huve grauted only 0o tnany Tights, This couidence lias causod brescliea fu the strong ulwark of tho Sate, When thoy have been flled up we shall be able to conclude paaca wills the Coutre urty and_with tbe far moru molderato Catbolie Bt 1n o aheltered position of -defenso we shall Lo ably o fuel socure, and lesva tho aggrossive more to education in the achoals than to politice, =~ Then shall o repain that peace ju the midst of which we have Tived Fa Prusais for ounturies. . (Great applatas.] In the further coursa of the dobato, Princa Dismarck rofuted tho assortion of an Ultramon- tano orator that ho bad endeayorod to make peaco with the Popo, e added : Yearaaga 1 described the formation of the Centre party to Cardinal Antonelli as & dauger, Tha Cardiual, Who'at tlat timo was not a0 much under the fufluctco of e Jotuite, disayproved of {he party of ths Centre Delug copstituted, ‘The latter in euvoy to lone and brought a charge agatust (i imal, ‘This charge cay by {he Pope, ull Lava 5 pacific Pope wes Lstened (o with & favora) hope ot ome fulure time wey again, and that 1 shall Aua au Antonelil willing to aa- nfllt 10 strougtloping pesca, Finally tno bill passcd tho firat and second readinga in the followlug form: * Clauses 16, 16, aud 18 of the Constltution are abrogated,” Only the Ceutra votod agalust it. ADDRESS LY TNE POPR. Roue, Aptil 15.—The reply of the Pops to the nddress of P’rince Windluchprats at the reeep- tion on tho 18th inet. s publishod to-day by the Qasarvqlore Romano, Hig Holinews sald s Home (ere ara wo, (brougl leslouey of the Oliurch, would wish to regulate hier condut arcordiug 1o thair'own_will, Olbers, still worse, would like to degtroy the Cathollo religlon, In face' of these eno- mics, we muat, rodouble out prayers, 1 mywelt pray Diare o order to svt & exawypile fo viliers, Whlle re newlug my conderunation of sll sacrileges parpetratod up to the pressut, I address wydlf 1o the King, wlio pan bad aafors §u bis sugust family, and with a fath- or's love I say to Jlis Mafoaly, I finplory you, in the uama of your august ancestors, in o name of God, s 10 your own Lutorest, not 40 sign the decrog fur & military lory which throatens the destruction of the And what J say to you I say to sll Goyesuors peoples,’t Tho Popas went on to urge hls hoarers to in- ozeasa the frequoncy of their prayerd, e, CERMANY AND BELGIUM, TUAY MYSTERIOUS NOTX. DBewwaw, May 3.~Nottlng ia known Lere of any memorandum on the Duchosue alfair, which wau roportod to. have besn sppended {o the Lelgian note, TUE NOTES DRTNEEY THE TWO COVEBNMENTS. Tnussery, Aprid 16.~In to-dsy's sitting of the Chamber of Deputics the Coumte d'Aspromont- Lyndon, linlater for "Forcign Affaire, read tho following declaration : ¥ In order ta reply to the n‘n:fiuun put by M, Du- mortler dast Tuvedsy, 1 read to the Ilouse tho hiotes exclisngod belweén Derlln and Drussels, Afuer roading theso notes, the text of which ia already knowy, the Minlster cuntinued ¢ Tu our u‘plr weo uukmmdl witbout the intervens o of any fureigy pawer, b give & wiucers account of Lo fagts, ‘Tl Clisiuber i pow (08 pogmu\lw-ppn- oclety .| ciato the character snd object of the Incident, 1 ine fenided 1o sxplain them In & #itll more preciss manner had wn nt receieed only yeaterdey evening Ui ey of the lorlin Cabinet to "tho Belgian tote of the 2ith of Tebrunry, ‘Wa snall consclentionaly azamine {his naw commuiiration, #o M 00T 884 1eply but boen #eat we alill Lag it bafors you, Wo munt thus adjourn the expianstion for & short time. The new Grrman note, which ia dated the 1ith of April, without citiug sy freels facis, enters into a disquiattion ipan tha principlen of fnternational faw which ars fuvolved tu ths dincussiyn, 3 think it riy duly ta coms tunieate Lo you,ina fulinwing paneage " The Siel- plati Gaverninent will cerliinly selzo with readinees tis opportaully to alseipste the views which bave Leen expreracd to the eflect that Germany fntended making n attack upon (b8 liberly of the preas {n Del iim. " fdepenieatly of us diflomatic communica- tlona referrid to, verbal expiamationn lave been axchanyert 10 8 corteous mannr, The Guverninent does nol shrink * from ony respousibiilty, bt fhink that ao dmmediato dlscire #on would be You will sgres inopport with ue that §t s right to leave us timeta walgh the considerations whifh Germany Lan Just submitted to e aud 10 give s weil-conskiured reply. | T need nol sl that wa are firmly_resolved to contlune fulfiling all our nternalicoal obligations, and thist otz st e carodesiro fs (o maintain and vinsoildaie uir good relatlona with Oermany, 1t would be superfiuous for e to rensw the recummendation which ob former oce earlons ] linve addressod to the patriotinn of men of all anades of opinion, M. Dumortior thanked the Miniater for hin ex. -pls ious, and for the mauner in which ha had uplield the rights of Belgium, He accoptod the pxu{wul to adjourn the discussion, and the matter dropped, SPAIN, CABLIRT VICTORIES, Loxvny, May 8,—The Carlist Committes bas received tolegrams reporting great victories Ly Don Carlos over forces under the command of Baballs, at Breds, Lorida, and Banta Colomo. Kiug Alphonso'a forcea numbered 4.000 men. * They lest five chilef oficern at Broda, and 360 men at Bants Colomo. Another victory for the Carlipts, nnder Costel. lo, I8 ronorted from Arragon. The Goverument troops aro sald to hiave lost all their artillery and mauy prisonera, Tho Alphonalat Genaral, Dela- tro, was Lilled, > ————— CREAT BRITAIN. TUE RIFLE TEAMY. Denux, May 3.—The subseriptions to the fund for defraying tho oxpenses of the enterininmeut of tho Amerlean rifle tesm amount to o consld- ernblo sum. A numbor of banquels and exeur nlnn:’ Lavo beou arranged, aud Oilioiw are pro- posed. Loxpox, May 2.—The Uhita Catlolica, of Romo, comments 1n bitter terms on the inatalin- tion of the I'rince of Walcs 84 the hesd of the Ordar of Masous in Great Britain, and daclares titat this net Identifies Anglicau Protestantism with Maroury. Loxvos, XTny unfinithed moyument to Wallington in St. I Cathedral, died laat wéek, It wasthe similarity of namo snd profossion which led to the arroncous announcoment hore in the evening papers of Naturdny of the doath of Edwsrd Bowring Htophene, A, R. A, Loxvox, May 4—0C &. m~The Daily News 8ays there arp strong symptoms of & collapse in Houth Wales, Bixty miners rovurned to work on tuo masiers’ terms in oue colliery yesterday. Thrce additiousl deaths by tue Buakors Hill disaster are raportsd. —— FRANCE. THE NEW BENATE, Pawis, May 8.—Mivistor Dufsuro has drawn up regulations for the election of the Beuats. The members of that bodyare to receive the same salary as th puties. —— SWITZERLAND, TUE POSTAL USION. Benxe, May 8,—Representatives of the Btatos belonging to tho Postal Union ratified the troaty to-d;{. Fravos signed, subjoct to the conaant of the Assembly. —_———— CASUALTIES, STRAMER SUNK, 81, Lotts, May 8.—Ilio stoamer ¢, Tuxe,/| bonod from Leavenworth, Kan,, to Bt. Louls, struck pier No. 3 of tho 8¢, Charles bridge, 25 miles from here, about 10 o'clock Jast night, and subsoquently sunk iu 16 feat of water. 'Thio boat was owned by the Mlssouri River Packet Com- 3.—Btovens, the scalptor of th pany, aod was valued st §30,000; insured for $17,000 in Cinclunati and Whoollng ofilces, 3rv. Divan, the wifa of John Divan, a rai'rosd man of Kansaa City or Jeffurson City, aud her two little girls, agod 7 aud B years, were lost oo tho steamer, nnd_six or soven deck-passongera aro supposod to b Jost, but tholr names eanuot bo sscortained. Some additional particulars rogarding the loes of tho stoamor are learncd from Capt, Keith and pagaengers who eame down from 8t, Charles by roijtoad to-day, The night was dark, and the lights on the briage very dim. About 30 feet of the larboord side of the host was crushed in by the collieion with the pior, and part of bor machinery was torn away, Bho mado water Tary rnpldl{, but floated [down sbout 2 miles, struc a bar in the middlo of tho river, and sunk to the burricane dook. The passengers ruehod from their bortls in great terror, and ran hither aud thithor panic.stricken, bat all those mnot lost wers finally | gatborod on the hnrricano roof, ‘whero they remaiuod till doylight, clad only in their night-clothes, whon & ferry-boat camo down and took thom ashoro. Five or six porsons woro supposed to have Leon knockad ovorbonrd aud drowoed at tho first crash, but this ia not dofinitely known. Thoso whoso loss {a cortain are William Brooks, Sreman, Bt, Louis ; 8am Donnelly, deck-aweep- er ; Mra. John Divan, and two children, who took paasaga at Kausas_ City, ono malo paeson- ger, name unknown, aud_threo deck-passengors, usmes also unkuown. Thero ware about 160 souls on the steamor, most of whom outside of the ofticers and craw wera deck-passengors, no lint of whose names was kept by the clork. The 5t. Luke_had avout 100 tons of freight, which, with the boat, will bo o total loss, LAKE DISASTER. Sawpusky, O., May S8.—~Tho schooner Con- mugtlo, Capt. Baussar, of Clovelsnd, loaded with building-stane from Vermilon for Chleago, waa loat in the gale oft Marblehosd on Satnrday nvnnin% and tho Captain, Willism Law, William Clary, Charles Posrson, and a femalo cook, namo unknown, were washed overbosrd and drowned. Frod Donoliue, the mate, sud Jamos King, soar man, took to the ngging aund were rescued by the Clemons brothers, of Marblohead, FOUR GHILPREN DROWNED; New Yok, May 3,—~Tho Evening FPost * The steamer City af Hariford, when passivg through the East River this morning, zan into and copaized a scow, on whioh wers Capt. Casta, his wife, and four cluldren, the - eldest 17 years old, The four children wera drowned." Tyo Captain snd pilot of the City of Harte ford were lockod up in defsult of 36.500 oach to awalt the inquest, e THE WEATHER, Wasmxorox, D. (1, May 8.—~For the Uppor Missisaippl, Lower Missouri Valloys, and the Upper Laka rpgion, northeast to northwest winds, rising baromoter, lower tewmperaturo, partly eloudy and clear weather, LOCAL OBSENVATION, Cuticaao, May % ind, um;:'wm. Tiwme, |Bur.|1‘hr|flu.l Max, thermomaster, 037 min, therm: 3 GENERAL OBEZLYATIONS, Cii3igo, May 7, FoRgy, Oloudy, | resh, itatu, i trout.. - I, 40]8." W,, treab, Clondy. §1[W,, gontlo.. Fuir, 1818.%,, freab, Cloar, I treatening| 42 A3 W, fren, lW., troub. 3N, gentle, MIBOFLLANKQUS. . Sneetal Dispateh to The Chicaao Tribune, Mapiso¥, Wis,, Msy 8.-Ovoer 4 iuches of suow on Raturday was (ollowed h{ & fraeze that night, mlldufl fce halt an inchy thick. Thora is hittle vegetatlgn Lero far enough advanced to be iujurod, Svecial Dispateh to The Chicago Triduns, Tasitie, 1ii., May ‘S.—Bufilcient snow fell hers on Haturday nighit to cover (ke oarth, snd ivo helt an inoh tulck formed on the streste. ‘Fo-day hss been muok wilder, v Specral Dupatch W 'he Chicace Tribune. Iowa (irr, May 0.~Tho westher is atill cold, with hall sod rsiu. Thuzmomeier at zero Bature day night. Fruit lufured. UESDAY, MAY 4, 1876. THE CROPS. Reports as to tho Effect of the Itecent Frosty Weathor., Much Damnge Reported to Fruits in Ohio and Indiana. The Gralus Uenerally Escape Serfous . Injury, INDIANA, Trp1ANAPOLIS, Ind., May 3.—The following Iss snmmary from different nectionn of the Biate, showing the effoct of the Baturdsy night frost upou the wheat-erop. . Marlison—Tlie {reeze Eaturday night did no matorial dsmage. The wlicat-crop In very sliort, not to rxcced one quarer the usual crop. Fruit at killed. Terre Jlauls~Wheat conaiderally injured in thia vioinity. Kokomo—Trom the hest information we can obtaln, fruits of all kinds swero serlously dam- sged, if not ontirelv killed. The wheat-crop i cenerally frozen badly, The coneral opinion ia that 1t will not yield an sverago crop. Lonanzpor!—Tha freeza on Saturday did not injurs vegetation to any great extent. Contitie ued cold woather had kept everything back, ‘I'iera will bo nommall fruit. Apples jujured but little. Tho weather had no offect o whoat. An averago crop is oxpectod. New Albany—Saturday ulght's freeze has done 1o turther damage, fruits Laving been killed by previotn fros The whent crop is sbout the usual ver Jafayelte—The freezo on Satarday night did Httln or no_damage, except to fruit in somo localities, Wheat hian beou greatly benefited by rocent ralng, bnt, in coneequenco of previous long cold wenther, it is gencrally conceded it will not nverage over balf & crop, Crawfordasille—Wheatnot scriously damagnd, but the” prospects arn not flattering. An aver- age crop is not expectod, Qreriicaxtle—Saturday night's freezo did no damage. The prospects aro good for an averago whoat crop. Fruit ail killed by the previous e old. Jofersontille—Wheat will probaply sield half nerop. Truits s}l killed. Peru—The freeze of Baturday did no pereepti- hle damage. Tho proapect fors wheat cropis as gaod If not bettor than Ist yeor, fichmond—Epring and winter wheat will yield about aue-third of tho crop of last vear. Tho freeze obout tho middle of April ‘ruived the ontiro fruit crop except appler, which will aver- g0 ono-quarter the ununl yiold, The lightanow and heavy (rost of Saturday night will not ma- terially harm fiuit prospects, os tho westher ninco tho provious froeze haa been too culd to dovelop, ) Indianapolis—So far a8 necertained, therois no _material injury to the wheat crop. Fruita Lisd been serlously dswaged by former cold woather. Zeanstille—Tho weather was very cold : ice formed, but have been unsble to learn of auy eerions damngo to crops. Fruit was gonorslly Jutlud » fow days ogo. KANBAS, Toreka, Ken., May 0.—Heports from all parts of tho State say that tho prospecta for crops of all kinds were uever belter. The froat,of Satur- day dud uo dsmage to wheat. Therc1s consider- able hasching of young prasshoppers o somo localities, but tho cool raina are killing them a%out as fost ms they mppear. Tho screage of whost in ke Btate is much Jarger then last year, and more comn {8 belog J!nnml than last yoar, sud, ail things conuldered, the agricultural out- ook in Kaneas1s more encouraging than it has Leen for the past throo years. LawseNcy, Kav,, Mav8.—Tho frost Saturday night wes severe, and did somo dawage to varly vegotsbles, but nonc to wheal aud oais, Fruit in just coming to bloom, and was not sufficients forward to bo waverely injured. Cropa of afl kinda in this locality are lookiog well. Tho late cool, damp weather'han been very favorable for {all wheat, which {8 stooling out tinely, Farm- oraaro well up with their work, and & greater broadth than usaat is under the plow, Fonr BcotT, Kan., May 8.—Thore is overy in- dication of good orops. Fruit ismnot injured. The frost of last Baturday night did no motorial _damago fo frait or crops. But s small breadth of whoat was sown n this connty last fail, but what was sown is looking vory -rsu. A largo breadth of corn {s already planted. Leavenwortt, Kan,, May 8.—Tho recent froet did very little harm in this port of tho State, 1t is clamed that fruit and whent arsun- fnjured. Tha weather continues quite cold. ‘Atcnrsox, Kan., May 3,—The wheat in this region promises 8 good Lharvest. Tho cold, moist weathor of the past thros weeks has lad an excollont effect in re- pairing damages during the winter. ‘Lhe frost of Baturdsy mght did no barm. Spring work is welifsdvanced, The acreage of 8own 10 all kinds of graln will bo fully up to the average, if not Iarge, Tho majority of our farmers an- ticipate a favorable season forcrops. It 1 not belioved that the grasshoppers uow Liatching out will do much damago. They aro not nearly as immnxonn 84 i 1867, when tley did so little in- ury. 4 “MINNESOTA. 8. Pavr, Minn,, May 8.—The weather for the 1aet ten days, although cold and disagreeable for the season, has been dry aud favorable to farm- ers, who hiave accomplished an immense amount of worlt jusecding Iands. ‘Cho foar of grasshopper dovastationa fu the fature I8 neariy vanlshed, More than tho formor amount of Jand is alroady sown to wheat. On Baturday uight the ther- mometer foll to the freczing point, but the clr- cumstance occasjoned no dsmage, a4 the an- noxeddispatehes, collected from various parts in noith, sontheast, aud west, by tha ngent of the Agsaciated Prosy, sbundautly prove 3eLios, Swearns Co,, Mn& 4.—No injury done ll: v:l‘mn'. I tha vlcinity by tho frost of Saturday nigh 81, Peren, Nicollst Co,, May 8. —Tho farmers who camo in town to-day way that tho frost of Saturday night Las not burt tho spring wheat at all; and, as thers is Lt vory little winter wheat in thip vicinity, no damsga wus dong. Wirtasn, Kandiyoki Co.,, May 8.—No grain injurod here by the frost; not far enough sd- vanced, Furmers havo most sll thoir soeding done, and sil that is now needed is rain. The waathior 14 clear sud warm, FPawsaoer, Rice Co., May 9.~No Injury done as far as hoard from. Woather fine to-day. OwaToxsa, Steole Co,, May 3,—Tho frost has done no dumage to wheat in this section, as far aa wo cen learu, Kassox, Dodge Co,, May 1.—~Tho frost bLas done o damage In this vicinity, Rr. Jaxes, Watonwan Co., slay 3,—No damage 10 growiug crops from the frost has been reparts ad 1u thia viewnity, B QrexpoN, Clayton Co., Mav 3.—Thoro was & heavy frost Baturdsy night, but no dsmsge was doue to wheat. ¥ MISsOuR. fir, Josxen, 3o, Muy J.—Revorts from eoun~ tios nvho northwesiorn part of tha ftate jead to the baliaf that there will uot bo more thau gne- half, of & crop of wheat, On the up. land yrairje it s badly winter-killod, whila that on the bollom-lands was not mnoarly so badly lujured. A much larger ares of corn than ever bofore will be plantod. Notwith- standiug the sevoro fraeze Faturday night, the fruit, which escaped l:’p ta that time, hns not beon materislly ipjured, Beoarta, Mo., Say 3,.—Prospects for good orops in this weotion this yoor are bad, on sosount of the baskward epring and very ocol woather. ‘The frost Haturday bight injured all kinds of vogotables, Corn'was also’ [njured, Not much wheat way planted, and what le planted is not fur enpugh advancod to be Lurt by Baturday’s l’mTlL Frult doos uot appear to bo“injured kon ernily, lhyman Crr, Mo., Msy 3.—~The crop reports from auciious in Westorn Aliayourl tributary to thia point reprovont wheay about enc-hulf short. In somo localities it is almost ou- tirely destroyed, and in olhers uot waterfally injured. Young grasshoppers have done slight damnage in localitics, but not of wuch importance, Theso pests nre rapidly dis- appearing, and very litle apprehension s’ now fols o their account, Vho fancors ere plantin (helr usual ares of carn, and it is ostimated thal tutly one-third more of this crop will bo ut in, Truit s ‘yct #sfo, tho late frosts nok vng( materially fujurod it, nor ie it supposed that Saturday night's frost hea injured the grow- ing wheat, . 1OWA. Donrque, In., May 8.—~Tho frost of last week, Friday and Saturdsy night, was savers, but no serious damsge has Yosulted to the wheat crop, which, owing to the cold, backward wosson, is xxmt fwr encagh ll‘}“flfl’.d to l;o injured, R, couversstion with farmers from Yvars oud! D:wuanl‘wol this oounty, the frosk vlsitation ia lookod upon light matier, Thi Lreadth of spripg whest sown i larger than vanal, the recont advanca In that grain having silmnlated the desirs to inctoase tho pfoduation, Svertal Dispateh fo The Chicage Trivune, Biotx Cizy, Ia, May 3.—The gtound wah cot- etad with snow moruing, Weather cold and clear to-night, It i9 estimated that pot much damage Lo crops was dona by tho Fridsy and Satarday nights’ freeze. DEsMoises, In., May 8,—Tha freoze of Baturs day night did no particular harm to swheat in thia region, 88 apring wheat is mostly soan hero. Farmera raport no Liarm done. 'Thb mercury }:::; .ulns hds:n to 24, "“1‘ tho gnmnd frozo n fucl on, & uin g 20 Over Lalf an inch thick. Jiohdg ey MirwAtkee, May 8.—The snow of Hatnrdny and the cold weatlier of Haturilay night, thronglis out the central and eouthern portions of tho tate, did littlo or no dwinage to tho crons, Tho ground was very dry geuorsliy, and the mow meited very rapidly. ~ Italn is muck needed, ILLINOIS, Senivorteed, 11, Blay 8.—Tho Tate frost hias not damagoed the whest in this region. Tho late ralng havo greatly improved (e prospects for & tair crop. In many localitien peaches and pasrs are all destroyed. Applos sre somewhat in- jured. but yet thero may be a fair crop. Tho weather Ig cold. Tt hias beeti raining alt Tronta, 1., May 3.—The recont cold weather Tiae dnmagod whest and oats In thia vieinity very much. In gome cases the crop Is 8o badly dam- aged that the ground will be put in corn, feult wan killed in romo places, while, in otlier cancs, Lhere Are ot chnnces for pears, ap- ples, chortier, and prages, and, in & few orchards, the peach erop e not aft killed. Tho farmers aro Lusy plowing for corn,, snd will doubtless plant more than an average crop. OHIO. Cot.vysue, 0. 3,—As far a3 chn be learn- ed from convorsations had with farmors living in this county, the froeze of last Haturday did comparatively little damage. Ou tho high Jands somo fino flelds wers touchied, but In wheitered places and low landa no trouble is noticed, The wheat crop of this couuty will b much smatler than usual. An unusual amount haa been kill- ¢d by tho soyore woather of Lo winter. Home of tho finest 1and in the county, sown in wheat lnst fall, ia being plowed up. For thia or somo other reason flour has advanced considerably Quring the pant faw days. & MNEBRASKA. Ostants, May 3.—~On acconut of tha backward. ness of the season, the Iate froaty have doue but littlo damage, Itis atated upon reliatio su- thority that the wheat, oats, and fruit proapoct i the fincsd ever known in this vicinity. Orchard and forest tree-planting Las boen very exteu. sive, The Lears rain of last uigm has done im- meagurable good, It 1s thought that the lste fronts bave destroyed the embryo grasshopperd. MICHIGAN, s Drmrorr, Mich., May 3.—We havo mads s caroful inquiry throughout the Btate regarding tho effect uf Saturday night's frost on tho wheat. The goueral opivion Is that it sulfered no injury, having been fully protected by peveral inchos of enow, which fsll” dunug Baturday, With a few excoptions, our repoits iudicata the prospect of s much better crop of wheat than has gencrally been expected. -— DENIAL The nte Halstond Article Belleved to linve Hecn Made Out of Whols Cloth, Special Disnateh ta The Chicage Iribune, Nrw Yong, May 3.—Some absurd excitement in political circles has been created by an article in tho Sun revresenting Ialatead aa saying suat, aftor tho Behurz dinnor, o eommitteo met and formed a plsn for an anti-Adminfstration cam- paign aud & new party for uext yoar's work. No such committee was formed 6r such plans tafked over, The Sun's articie was intended to be & joke. SUICIDE. Sneeial Dupateh to The Chicago Tribune. Davexvont, Ia.,.3lay 3.—In this city yesterday n youny German woman, 23 yesrs of age, usmed Mary Jobson, committed suicide by throwing hereolf into the river. 'Tho causes wero home- sicknens and love-sickness. She ywas a straoger bere, aud bad been disappoiuted In love, Ier body waw recovered. « Sracal Disvateh (o The Chicaro Tribune, LeaveswonTis Kan,, May3.—Jobu 8. Conlter, s well-kuown resident printer of this city, and rocently foreman of the Commercial, committed swieide’ this morniug by taking faudanum. Ho was Treasurer of tho Typographical Uniol for faflura Lo properly account for the moitos: in lin possoasion was expelled from the Drder. Tho Union had actermined betoro is death to rencind thio resolution at tho uext meeting. Mental dopresston, rerulting from s pecuniary troubles and loes Lis situation, evidently caused uicide, Spectal Dievateh tn The Clicago Tribune, LaCuosse, Wis., May 8.—A dispatch from Al- bert Lea,.Mion,, states that Dauiol W, Doste, & prominent farmer living in the town of Moscow, near Albert Les, committed mucido yestorday, by hapging himself to a tree, Temparary iue sRnity is the suppased cause, St. Paun, Mum., May 3.—)Mrs, Ortlip, a Gorman woman, of Carver Viilage, nged sbout %70 yoara. jumped into & well this morning and was drowued. — . CYSTER'S EXPEDITION. Speeial Dupateh to The Chtcago Tribune, Br. Pavr, Minn,, May8—A Biemarck dis- patcheays twocompauiesof the Sevanth Cavalry waora expocted to-dey at Fort Lincoln from Furt Totton, sud throe companics sre on_thoir way from Loujsiana to jolu Custer's Black Hills ex- podition. e A Womau's ! 1Right 1o Practice Law, Correavondencd Now York Tribune, PusLApELriLA, April 2 decleion was ren- dered to-lay by the Court of Common Pleas of thia aity whiclinvolves the question of ths right of a womau to bs oxamined for admission o tho bar. In December last Misa Carrle 8. Burntiam, a wtudont at Iaw in the oftics of Damou Y, Kii- org, presonted Lersslf befors the Board of f.ognl Sxannuerd for exmioation, but tne Doard declinod to examino her, on the ground thas there wes no precadent in thls couutry for the admission of & woman . (5 gttornex's practice, Farly in January sel presentod to the Court of Common I'leas No, 1 & potition seiting forth that Miss Burnham was a citizen of tho United States and of Penvuyl- vania, bad applied for examination iu the regu- far way, her papors being fu proper form, and all Bmvlnion- of law sud tha rules of cours auplica- lo to studenis st law being compiied with, and had been rofused l\ml»ly becanse ulio was & wom- an. ‘Ulie petition furihier alloged that this action of the Board preventad ler from esyning hor livoliopd fu her chosen profession, auvd that in this way was devied to her ono of (he most wital 'I'rlrilnuu belonging €0 & citizen of the United Htatos, which **ho Btate shall abridgo,” and that *equal protection of lawa " which no Stato shall deny ;" and that sho waa thus pravouled from “*onjoying and defonding lfo wud liberty, of acquiring, poas and pro- tecting property aud reputation, of pursming her own hapoiness,” which ju naylvania’d new Constltution aro declared ta bo *inhereut and inalienablo zights,” 'Thia petition contained a prayor for & rule ou the Board of Exawiners o abow cause why they should not examine Lor as athor atudents of Jaw are examined. ‘After waltiug & loug timo for s declsion, My, Kilzore fiually publistiod lottor to tho Judges, which scoms to huve been effectiva in hastening their action, Judgea Allison snd Biddlo denfed the motloy for a rilo this morvioy, aud Judl;n Plerce gave & dlnell!lllf opinton, ‘To test tho question furtlior, Mr. Kilgors Las ‘broungh! on bohalf of Mws Durntam sgalnst.the lioa of Examinors for §200,000 damagos, which bida falr to bs carrled up to the Bupreme Court of tho United States. e e Loulso’Lateau und the Doubting Docs tory. M0 ease of the ** Featatica of Bolu d'Haine,” ‘whioss woekly stigmatization and nlloflml pereils nisl fasting have oxcited o much roligious ou- thusiasm, bas been officially conederod b{ tho Royal Acadomy of Madiclno at Drussols, wi hich, in & Ismentable spint of skepticsl materialism, thus enuncistes ita opinfon : + Louise Lateau works and requires heat; every Friday -she loscs s certain quantity of blmra by ber wounds, Wheu sho bresthes sha axhsles water-vepor and carbonic acd; ber weighit liss not decroasod siuce sho hag boun ob- aervod ; sbe thereforo consumes carbou, whioh 18 not furuistied by her systom. Whera doos sbe take this carbon from? l'byilolo;zv eimply ro- plicn, *8ho eata.’ ‘fho alleged sbstinenca from all food of Loutee Lateau b contradiotory to sll physjologieal laws ; {t is, therefore, hardly neces- » to prove that ihis sbstinencs in an inven- tion. Whoever slleges tbat Louise Lateau ls not subjeot to pbyslol n!LIunl laws must prove it 5 until this_is doue, physiology will denote tho ‘mirscle to be » decopioa,” ' SEMI-TROPICAL CALIFORNIA. Advice to Those Contemplating Immbe gration to That Bectiom. ‘Who Bhould Go There, and Whe Should Not, . An 1lfnols Man Who }Mas Had Great Suce coss in Arhorienltures Corteapondence of The Chiedao Trilune, BANTA BARDARA, Cal., April 20.—1¢ Is safe to assumae that & fow worda compelent to Judictous- 1y guido tho thonghts of thoss tending tomards Bouthern Oalifornia will be oppotrinna. A former realdent of Chieago, whoe peenniaty Inter atill attach to that city, I have a care for this re- gion ohly on account of ils real advantages to vigitors and actiters. As an oligiblé part of our common countrs, it has claims to be koown and justly appreciated, bub tone to undue panegyrie, am gréatly opposed to tho usa of such representationa and (nflucncen aa will load to an indiscriminate ond reckless Immigration to Bouthern Californis. Uulees o statoment of tho mpecial attractions of thia region iscountorbalanced by an exhiblt of IT4 LIMITATIONS AND HINDRANCFS, much injury may enene, Tho Prairie Stato will loso many & ugeful citizen, and the Golden 8tale gain only discontented {neum- brances, ‘The law of intelligent soloc- tion ehonld govern the matter, aud $horee by such unhappy results would be avoided. It ordor to decido wisely in ragard to tho policy of changing ono's resldenco from tho Atlantlc to tho Pacitla Blope, a faw facts in tho way of compatistn shonld ba thoronghly understood. The differenced in roil, situation, and climate, between tho tro roglons, aro marked, but by no means antipodal. Tho contrasts botween tue Tatitude of the Great Lakes and the Tropics ara %0 rharp that experionce in the one [s, on ar- rival in the other, dirarmed; sud tho hew- comer iaready to acknowledgo the novelty of his surioundings, and, with a "docllo epirit, apeed= ily adapts bimeelf to circumstances. The radical nature of the thuneition rogulaten itself. Bouthern Califoruis, howover, i only semi- ‘Tropleal; sud, while ths actual necessity of giv- ing up old notloos And hLsblla in many respects in e great ag at tha Equator, the apparent need of such chisnge fs not conspicnous, The result {8 that most new-scttlers bero oxpond & great deal of effort cut of timo and place. THEY PAIL TO ADAIT THENSELYXW to the modifications of familiar thiuge which thia coast presents. Whethor as iuvalids in scarch of bLealth, or andeyotecs to business of anykind, they donot hoed with sullicient caro tho compara- tively slight change of couditions which sur- rounds them. Rtight horo is o dunger, Lot no one be d: Juded by the similarities to his home- 1aglon which will atrike the attention of a via- itor from the Atlantio States. It wero better for such & one that & mull-stonn were banged aboat hintieck, nod that ho ware drowned in the dopth of the sea than that lio should attempt to fol- low the wonted methods of tho Atlantic Blope. ife muet learn to unlearn what be bas learned ansisn—for this locality. 1t an Tilinois educated farmer puts in his erop in California when tho roil is in splendid condi- tion for plantago, alas| light will bo the Iabors of tha reaper! 'I'iat scod should have boon har- ruwed iu bofors tho winter raius,.on fallow ground; euch a course would hiavo put tho crop out of the wey of the eouning dry geason, Na- tare's courso in the ‘n‘udllcl on of California's famous * volunteor” crops must furnlsh the hint for pgrienitural success on this cosat. Ho tha invalul frequently fails to secure tho full panative efectsof this climate by disregarding thin variations of temyoraturo botween day and nizht. Until bealtu is fully restored, out-door Tife st bo limited to tho minlit hoors. Withous multiplying instances, I would em- phasize tho fact that Southern California’s gifts ~—elther of health or business-success—are only ttainablo through b & §TNICT ONSERVANCE OF THE SUBTLE LAWS peculiar to this region. Who, then, ars lilely to meet these conditions, and ho advautaged by sdopting this coast as their nome? . Dergonu having o compotent fortuno, who have found by expericnce thot thele bealth eaunot abide the rtigors of your climate, are carneatly ndvisod to seck a residouco in Sauts Barbars. 1 bavo an instance, among many others, in mind, which I wili cite. Dr, L. N, Dimmick, of Otiz wa. IIl,, o goutloman of wealth sad culture, ha<. without question, saved bis Wfo by re- moval _nither. A bronchial affection hiad roduced his volea to & moro whisger, and, of course, his general Lealth was st & low ebb, Two yeatsin this atmosphera has quite restored his voice, and has enabled him to pur- sue hin esthotic and acientiflo tastes with satis- faction to himeolf and great benallt to tho com« mumty. With such persons there should be na hesitation; lct thom come sod enjoy tho “otheroal mildaess” of thia climate and tho ‘bowitching iptlucuces of this scenery. To another clags I pay, Como : those whoss health demands a chango, oven if they are in vory modorate circumstances, — progided thoy lave' the tact and intel- ligence, not to way . gonius, e intorpret and supply the peculiar demands of this region. I recall an example to point my mesning: Dana 8. Clars, who was & weli-known rosident of Lasallo County, in your State, fot thirteen years, camo to this vicinity fonr yoars sgn, uttorly brokon down in health, snd with limited moaus, ‘To-day he ia s man of physical vigor, aud has Iaid tho foundations of a handsome fortune, And not only so, but his labors have made him & pnblic benefsctor, e I8 n&)plylnz this and adjoining countios with fruit aod soade troos of kinds bost adapted to this semi-Tropical region, and in condition to thrive i this peoul- iar climste and soil. TRE-CULTURE . in Southern California is no supcrficfst art. Xeen observation aud sagaeity, united with patient ex- peritont, are indispansable to succoss in srbori- culture hore. Whe non who bay thedo qualitics and devotes them to the study of Naturo's laws and mitations segarting the growth of trees in » segion nooediog tuom o urgently &% does this Slopo, confors & groat boneflt upon, the community. = Only treee that aro subsctod {o proper culture from the beginuing will perme- nently flourisi through the long-continusd dry mouson of this coast. Troes thuy accustomed Lo withetand tho absonce of raln, however, produce better fruit, aud are in overy way superior to thoka grown b{ irrigation. * How [nvalusblo, then, (he labora ~of {the nursery man who has the judgment to~ select tbo varioties of ‘trees bost sdaited for growth without irrigation, and atarts thein out in life aright, and titted to thrive under the conditions that 1t them. The averago tiller af tho soil bes nelther the time nor talent to dJotormine upon, by cata and thorough tosts A catajoguo of ylants practicslly rolinble for use and omamentation in a new country. It la greas cconomy to engourdge snd patronize the right sort of ‘man for such iwportant work, And poople sre not slow iu appreciating and making use of the rosults of & dise criminating aud judiclous vropsgatar of tfiu. 1'1‘lmh dumnlxdd dffi.mt g'fi'fi'm&'fi’;,’;’ ris season has excocded ths - vions yl:u; alea will reach 813,000 to $14,000, ‘A mvl(u)‘ fafils fu tree-culture throughout Hou‘(hum ‘California 15 devolopiog, It is begin- ning to ba uuderstood that the early fallures fo this direotion wore thio rosuit of an lsnonnt or rooklosa violation of the laws end conditious im- osed by tho uature of thie soil and chimsie, Rleln!lmt AMr, Clark {4 quictly at work in » way that will ' DEVELOP ASTONISHING RESULTA. u o is cultivating the largost orange orcherd in the world,—100 cres,—contalning 10,000 trees 3 ynln old. 'I'welve years heuce, that orcliard »il Th B, Olark, It saves their lives, aud thoy redeem 1t from tho semi-civilization that basoccuplad it. Your_ saction of our Groat Repulio can afford to part i thow, — thair lives would e sncrificed there,—hero they wilk be prolougad, sud bless @ region that only Reods ecientifio development to make it all that its most enthusiastio friends clalm. But spare thesa sauny shores tho incgrslons of jumigTsnts ale lured from comfortable Lowmes by sccounts of Taradisaical porfectious that will” ezempt them trom labonous strugglo, J. A, BoEwsTES. e There was & TiLToN-Brecaze troubls of many yoars' utauding at_Jackson, Misi., in which County-Treasurer WiLLiaus plsyed preacner and Tazxwery Joses philosopher, They had uarrelod and made It up agaln lalf a dozen os, until Joxes' patieuce gave way, snd be hacked tbe poacher to pleces, Perlaps it othe ‘s had not interfered, Mr. TizTox would, aftar all, have graiified his Christisn enemies by make iug wince-uloat of the detsndant, sod saving the newepspors the enormous telograpa hills thay bave had to pay.