Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 19, 1875, Page 4

4 TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE RATES OF SUPRCRIPTION (PATANLE IN ADYANCE), Postage I'repald nt thin Onice. T4 | Wankls, 1 yaar., 3‘3.?3 Fiva copla Tox cop! WARTED—Une actire agent fn each tewn and villaga. Bpeeial arrangements made with suot., Hpectmen coples sent free, To pravant delay and mistakes, b Office address ln fmll, ine ing St Temiitazoesraay Lo ma OR.co ordur, or in regintored letters, at vnr risk, TERM8 70 CITY STTACRINERS. Tiaily, delivered, Sunday exceoted, 20 eonta por woek. Daly, delivered,’ Buaday incladed, 30) conts por wook. Address THE TRIDU. COMPANY, Cornar Madiaon and Dearba Chicage, Il TODAY'S AMUSEMENTS. nd Connty, HOOLEYT'S THIATRE~Tandoioh strest, batwaen Clark snd LaSalls. Emorzon's Minstrols, Afternoon snd avenlog. MVIOKER'S THEATRE—Madison steoat, botwoen Daoarbora and Siste, Engagement of Chaslos Fopo, ** Bameon. ADELPHE THEATRE—Deatborn strest, cornor Mon- ros, Varlety latertalnmont, Aftornoon aud evening. AOADEMY OF MUSIC—Halsted straet, botw: Json and Monros. Eagagomont of the Fox Pantom! Tronps. ' Humpty Damnty." Alterooon Aud evenlng, TESPENIA LODOR, No. 411, A.T. & A, M.—itogn. Lar somuaniention Wodnwsday ovening, S{AF 19, for work el oo a4l Ball cifnar Handin & D5 order of thin V7. 31 & Halstad e Br TS R, YORRSTRR, S0y, BLANEY LODGE, No, 31, F. & Ax M.—Spoelal com- fmuacatlon tlie (w&«l‘rn‘ oreaingateoich s, Wark Y A ar invitsd, oa 31, 31, Degras. The fratofiir e SURELY WA OHIOAQO MUSICIANS® tINT raquosted to mant at thoir hall en Biay, at 3 o'clock p. m., f ozdar of the Prosldent ~The members ary nuesday, the Sth o or biuslaers of imeasianpo,, 1y 1i. KLINL, Bec's, BUSINESS NOTICES, FROM NUDDING GIRLHOOD TO WOMA: smaturdty, and oven far fnta tho evaniag of lifs, n snd radiant comolazion may o prasarved by ths ro @sa of tha hiealthient of all boantliierd, Lal Youth, Snld by ali d wl fAacy goods The Chicage Toibune, ‘Wodnondasy IMorning, May 19, 1876, #Excessivo enthusinsm * is what ailed Rasmy, nceording to Morrzrr, now namoe for it, and must bo regarded as an improvement upon *‘biled owl," ** under tho influence,” ete, It will now ba in order for Raxxiw to tell what ailed dourrurr, and wo 1rust ho will couch bis statement in languago 04 delicato and considerate as that employed by bhis late scperior officer. There comes from Osage s story of tho state of desperntion to which the people of that scotion of Kausas have been brought by the grosshopper ruin. A party of farmers, 'reorning conconlmont, boldly entered & grist- mill and boldly helped themselves to sixty «p2ks of flour, snying that they had noither food nor moncy, and that they would not per- mit their families to starvo while food was ,within reach, It is said that tho condition of ;the peoplo is more critical now than ever “before. That wos an unkind cut which one of the fiomeopathic doctors gave Chicago yosterday, ‘Here we hiave for yenrs taken on airs on nc- count of the delightful quality of our water supply, only to bo told by a local gentleman of the small-piill porsunsion that the erystal fluid from the loko i laden with the elements of discuss, and that hydrant cocktails are dangoerous, If tho consumption of lager aliould suddenly increase, the Temperanco ! Union will know how to account for i, sud who to blame. ‘The last expedition of gold-hunters have camped upon the bordors of tha forbidden ground, and, undor the vigilant eyes of tho poldiors, aro doomed for n cortain time to foel ithe restraint which kecps them from wune ‘bounded wealth, and to Lring to the minds of lelow-going stay.at-houies the uneasy wander~ 'ing: of theshudes of unburned mortals on !the off-shoro of the Styx in Pagau paetry, iana their ghastly impatience for admission to |a Hades no moro mythical than the auriforous ‘magazines of the Black Hills. Mourerr offers to bt his head that he ean complete tha Chicago Custom-House in nc- cordance with the original plan, and without removing & single stone from the present walls, This is not so reckless n proposition &5 it would at firet secem. It is what Geon. Honrxex would designate *“n rank bluf,” which nobody will care to *‘call,” becauso the *pot” isn't big enongh to mnke’it an object. Who would want Morierr's head, it ho wonit? Not cven a member of the Chieago Common Conncil, we sra sure. Beerolary Bmistow hnving concluded that 1o has tho authority under the law to appoint & commitxion to investignle the alleged frands in the building of the Chieago Cuatom-Tlouse, there is every renson to expect o thorough exposuro. Tho indications are that the walls will kiavo to come down ; but if it shall be- come necessary to take this extremo step, it will be consoling at lonst to have the judg- mentof o competent soientific commission that it wns inevitable. The oxposura' of frauds will probably not jmplicata anybody who hos not been alrendy punished by ro- moval, but to this should be added the dis grace of ofiieinl condemnntion if they lave boen guilty of frauds. Ienca wa groct the uunouncement of a comulission as timely and sdvisable, The removal of Bupervisor Musy is nprac. fieal indication thot the Becrelary of the "Ireasury proposes to abide by tha logical re. mults of the rnid which ho has begun against the Whisky Ring. It is not necossary that Bu. pervisor Muxn should bo convicted of any collusion with the Ring to justify this removal; it Loy been deemed wufiiciont that glaring frauds wero committed in the district over which be presided. 1t is perhaps proper that the respousible revenue officers who have per- 1mitted frauds in their districts should wmako It may have been their foult or thelr mislortune that these frauds were committed ; but it has been con. siderod that the interests of the publio de- mand thelr removal all the same, and the ap- pointment of mon who will have this warn- roomn for their auccessory, ing bafore them, ‘Tho Chicogo produce markets wers rather alow yosterdsy., Mess pork was quict, and declined 200 per brl, closing at $21.00 cash, Lard was dull and 12}o lower, closing at $14.95 for June, Meats were «quiet and oasler at 8)o for shonldors, 11jcfor aud 13}o for short cleaws, ltighwines wera 1o higher,at 31,17 per gallon. Flour ‘Wheat was leas ao- live and jo higher, tlosing weak at $1.03 cash, and $1.03) for June. Corn was qulet and 10 lower, closing at 70}o cash, and 71}c forJune, Oata ware quist and sasles, eloaing sd G2jo and $21,05@21.074 for June, and §15.15@15.20 for July. short ribs, Lake froighta were quiet and tame, was quiet and stendy. wure and give Post. thor by draft, espress, Post- That isa cosh, and 330 for June, . Ryo was dull at £1.00, Barley was qniet nnd fimn at $1.35 for May, and $1.06@1.06} for Beptember. OnSat- urday ovoniug last there waa in store in this city 4,805,747 bu whent, 5,240,040 bu corn, 567,156 bu onta, 1,408 bu ryo, and 33,928 bu barley. Ings wero activo ot @10 decline in light weights. Bales principally at $7.05@ 7.00, Cattlo wero fairly activo and unchang- od. Sales at $2,90@0.75. Sheop wers scarco oud firm, 1t was a rather curious notion suggested in the Council proceedings of Monday night that the passage of tho resolutions ealling for aninvestigation into tho frauds of the charter clection would convince the public that none of the Aldormen wero conneeted with theso framds. A Common Council, n majority of whose members conspired to secure the adop- tion of a charter with the purpose of continu- ing in office without n popular vote, will searcely be nble to command much confidence in the investigation under {heir auspices. Nor will the pnblie have much faith in the hon. esty of purposs prompting an investigation by o sct of men who deliberatoly violated & legnl injunction in order to completo the frand they now propose to investigate. Tho ‘publia will prefcr to await the result of tho investigation in tho courts. A remarkablo discovery is snid to haveobeen mado in Wnshington. 1t iu to the effcct that tho enforcemont of an order issued by Seere- tary StaxtoX in 1862, and continuing until 1865, lovying n tax of $56 per month upon the wages of each colored atlachu of the military servico, designed to create a fund for tho {emporary maintenanee of freedmen, amount- ¢d to an enormous sum, of which:$15,000,000 were never expended in the mauner contemn- Dlated, but remained in the hands of Quarter- masters, who, being under no legal obliga. tion to turn over or ncconut for thoe money, hevo had it eversince. 'The Sceretary of War refuses to entertain o clnim for the restorn- tion of tho money to the cmployes from whose wegos it wea deducted, having no funds | whorewith {o pay mich claims, if allowed, and 50 nu'appenl is to be mado to Congross fornn | ‘ i walking o hundred miles a day and nover appropriation, It has a queer look, this pro- posad haul of $15,000,000,—as though it 1night bea Democratic bid forthe colored vote, or probably o mingnificent reheme concoeted Dy partiea into whose bands the claims have fallen for a mero song. It is a matter which will bear looking into, THE PRESENT CITY GOVERNMENT. The Mayor and Alderman who ara interost- ing themsolves in the cfort toimpose upon tho people of Chicago the charter of 1872, under tho coverof a frandulent clection, have nlso undertaken tho difienlt political task of carrying woter on both shoulders, Tho me- jority of them are actunted in their partisan- ship of this charter by the hopo and belief that it will extend their ofticinl career beyond the term for which they wera clected. At the samo time many of them desire that the cily shall he mannged in every respect tho same as if the charter of 1872 were not in forco; in other words, thoy dosire that it shall basa dead lettor in everything oxeept in its effect to oxtend the terms of office, This double and conflicting purposo will lead to innu. mernblo complieations, a snmplo of which is nlroady prosonted in the matter of the Conrt- THouso architects, Under the old charter, tho saporvision of tho building of the City-Hall wns clearly placed in tho hands of the Board of Publie ‘Works, and when tho Common Council eloct- ed architoots, such cloction was promptly do- clared illegnl and void, and the sclieme was abandoned, The first thing the Coundil did, after cauvassing the chartor voto in spite of tho injunction and declaring it in force, wns to exorelso their now powers by again elect- ing architeots. This did not suit Mayor Corviy, who wanted the Borrd of Public Worka to hava the same control of the matter 13 before, and ho sccordingly desired one of bis law offleors to give him an opinion on the matter, Why the Corporation Counsel or City Attorney was not asked for this opinlonis not cloar, but Mr. Apays, an assistant in the Cor- poration Counsel'soffice, was applied toand has givenanopinion, in effect, that the Couneilhave 1o more right to eloct architects than they Lad before. This is a very romarkablo opin. ion in view of the fact that all that portibn of tho old charter which confliots with the now isrepenled. The chartor of 1872, in the long list of special powers vested in the Common Council, expressly gives it the power— Hihty-slcth—Ta provide for the eroction and eare of all publio bulidings necesasry for the nss of the city o village, If this wero not sufllcient to warrant the Council in appointing architects, it certainly becomes 80 iu connection with the following provision of the charter of 1872: Art, V1, Bec, 2. The Clty Councfl may, st its dis crotion, from tima ta timo, by ordinsnce yassed by 8 vote of two-thirds of all the Aldermen electod, proviile for the election by tha legst voters of the city, or the nypolutment Ly tho Mayor, with the approval of the Clty Councll, of » City Collectos, otc., and such other afficers ar may by aaid Councll be deomed necessary or esvedient, Tho Olty Uouncil may , . . discontinue uny offico 6o crosted and devolve the dutiss thereof on any other ity ofticer, Thus, according to the first seotion wa have aited, tho Council i clearly vosted with the Tight to cxerciso supervision and control aver tho erection of the City-Ilall. By tho second section they may creste any oflicos they like, including architects, and moy abolish the Board of Public Works altoguther, if they seo fit, and put their dutios upon the city srobiteols thoy mny solect. It is possible that their recent election of architects was not pro forma, but that thoy binve tho power to take tho mattor out of tho hands of tho Board of Publio Works altogother, if they dosire to do so, ls suffl. clently cloar, Having nlready moved toward tho abolition of the Board of Police and Firo Commissionor, the next step will natarally ba toward tho abolition of the Board of Pub- lic Works, The building of the Cowit- House, aud the right of appointing archi- tects, will cortainly devolve upon the Comneil in that cse, 1t it was the purpose, in eliciting this opinfon of Assiutant Corporation.Connsel ADaus, to decelva the public as to the Uoan- cil's powors pending the opposition to the charter in the courts, it is proper that tho public mind should be set right on the matter, Thero is no doubt that the Councll has the power, under thio charter of 1874, to take the building of tho Conrt-House under its spocial obarge, if not in one way thon in anothier, and that it will in the ond avail itsclf of this power, If any one thinks that tho cffect of the new charter will be limited to extending the term of offico of the Mayor eighteon months, and that thot officor can proceed, with the halp of lege! opinions, to ignore every other pro- vislon of the charter of 1873, he will find that ha is mistaken. The Counoll will not be wlow to assumo the swesplng powers granted (o it by the chartor of 1872, if that charter ahall be beld (o be ia forcs, the Mayor andlegal opinions tolhe contrary not- withstanding. Aftor the Council shall havs abolished tho Bonrd of Public Works, the first huge job that will prosent {tself will probably be a proposition to uell she Water-Works, under the following authorization of the charter of 1872 Af.X., Sec, 1. Tho Cify Connell o Board of Tri- + 4« to tuthorizo any teeanhall have the power ‘person or private corporation ta construct or mmntalu o Kama (4, £, Wator-Worica) st such ralos sx may Lo fized by ordinauce, and fors yeriod nob exceoding thirty years, This would be a fob in which your avernge Alderman wonld revel, and tho result would probably be the grantiug of a franchise far moro valuable and oppressive than the gos companies have, nnd at Lhe srine Lime deprive tho city of tha only self-sustaining institation it hins, and one that will some day be n source of profit, In liou of this wo shall find our- aelves in the same Inmontablo condition that the City of London is to-day relative to ita water-supply by private contractors. The health of the city will be soriously impaired in order to extract more monuy from the pockets of tho inhinbitants for the bonofit of the men who know best lhow to manipulate tho votes of the Common Council. 1t is proper tbat tho dangers of thiy oharter of 1872 bo properly npprecintod beforo a fraud- wlent oloction, eonducted in violation of the law, be permittod to fasten it upon the city. Noither tho Mayor, nor the law advisers, nor any other Mnyor, canhopoe to restrain a Coun. cil eleated under the old ward systom in the exercise of powers that are swueping, abso. lute, and unrestrained, HOT BLOOD Al THE HOT BPRINGS. Visitors ot the Arknnsas ITot Springs can herenfter not only be boiled but shot, and tho latter torture, unlike the former, will coat them nothing, Southern chivalry hiog taken n fresh shoot in the town; bullets aro whiz. zing nronnd tho streets ; nnd the healthy, s well as the sick, aro in hot water. The ren- son of tho row of lest Friday is somowhat nuncertain. We gather from tho confused re- ports of the local papers that somo vietim of the pravalent lunacy which kesps its votaries getting anywhare has turned up at the Town of Hot Springs, has had bots made on him, and has thus becomo the sourco of a quarrel and on attempted murder. Tho parties to the bushwhacking fight wero Faav: Frawy end Dr. Manemave. A most exiraordinary fight it was, if wo mny trost tho National Democrat, Ench ocombntant squatted be- hind a post and kept upa fire from his re. volser that would have rofleoted oradit ona magnified mitraillense. One wasin front of * tho bank," which ceased doing businces nt once, The othor was before the Dcmocrat offico, This thoughtful kindnoss to the re- porters of the local press was not nppreciated, for *our dog, Modoe,” made a flerco nttack upon the unprotected flank and rear of 3iaz. ansve. Tho latter, therefore, dodged hastily up the stroet, firing Parthinn shots rs ho wont, and escorted by Frynx, who ** was fol. lowing with » largo silver-plated rovolver, seniing in a blizzard a3 opportunity offevod.” A man with silver-plated blizzards howling oround him needs no excuse for a willing- ness to stop fighting. Manonave bolt- ed for the first policeman, who arvested iim and then yrabbed Frywnw, The two wore bronght bofore s Magistrate, who held them for trisl. Frynw gavo bail. Man- orava could not, and had to go to jail. Then two very chivalric things occurred. Iivst, Fryxy set npon Murorave, when the Istter was unarmod and fn custody, and shot at him. Then, when ho was sitting in the ante-room of the jail, Fryw spit in his face and slapped his mouth; *“and tho officers with difficulty suceseded in restoring ordor.” ‘This littlo controvessy, which ocoupied balf an hoar, took place in the prineipal strost of this Qolightfol resort for the sick, Tt is pleasant to s00 the noble indignation of the Demooral, evidently due bath to moral and pecuniary reasons. ‘‘ Such conduetis shameful,” it says, * and keops hundrads of visitors away from Mot 8prings.” It we may beliove the report of tho Grand Jury published in the same issuo of the Demo- ora$, iho visitors who are kept awny aro to ‘bo congratulated. The jury Srst pathotically remarks that, *in the spring and summer fensons, a man caunot atay in the prexent jnil withont o greut risk of his life,” Having thus shown the evils whioh threaten the native-born population, it takes up the visitors, and says that *'tho city presonts a Lad appenrance to our visitors to obsorve our city: in such a filthy condition.” The ovil ig not merely in apposrsnes, for * tho place would socon breed o pestilence of a most donthly charncter, in tho form of fovers, cholors, and othor disensea wo oannot rocall to mind.” A calin viow of theso differont pocnlierities of lifo (and doath) at tho Hot Springs makes ug wonder that anybody cares to live thore, aud that Mesars, Manonave oud Fryww did not respoctively rojoice in the chaucs of boing killed, instead of shunning it so desperately. But then the Democrat soyn that the people of tho town aro about to “‘rize in their mAjenty” and do something or other; and the population of Iot Bprings rislog in ita majosty, its amarzing mnsjosty, wonld ba a noblo sight,—porhaps, indeed, a sight worth going to Hot Springs to ses, A correspondent, signing bimaelf ¢ Cru. sador,” challenges the Hon. Srewanr L. ‘Woobronp, Reformed Episcopalian, to a dis- cudsion of tho question of Faith, His chal- lengo, which has appesred in our celumus, we are freo to koy hos given us tho shivers, Henr bim : ** The writer of this articla horo- by publicly pronounces your toachings to ba ungound and untrue, and that such delusions are doing their full share in destroying the honor, bonesty, and integrity of tho Amori- cun peoplo as illustrated by tbe many glaring onses of wickedness, fraud, hypoerisy, and corraption existing amonyg peopls who aro under the influence of such tonchings. This i droadful, but worse remains to como, * Crusader " avers he ** will spend Lis bottom dollar and shed his last drop of blood in the fight.” Now, if tho Hon, Stewanr L. Woon- ronv shall alio decide to spend Lis bottom dollar and shed his last drop of blood, we trust that tho Bishops of the diocese, Ro- formed nud otherwise, will put o stop to this ruinous and bloody business, The peace of the city must not bo disturbed even on the ground of presorving Faith. We would vather that tho Reformed Episcopalians sbould go on dostroying the homor snd honesty of the American people, The great featival at Cincinnat! s sucosed- ed by a smaller one at Indianapolls, whick, as thé telegraph reports, opened on Tusaday evening with success, under the conductor. ship of Mr, J, 8, Braox, fonnexly a musio- teacher in Chicago. It is only an eoho of the Cinoinnati ono, both chorus and orchestss be- ng weak, bub ibhas the aficative ueraiowy of Mrs. HL AL, Bsnrmt and Messra,| Wrxon and ‘Wirryee a9 soloists, in the porformances of Haxpet's *‘Mossinli,” Harox's * Bescons,” and Mzxprrssony's ¢ Elijah,” and is n step in tho right diroction. ¢ It shows that tho great succosses of 1873 aud 1875 in Cinein- nati are beginning to take root elsowhere, and are doing good work. Meanwhile, an we have onco beforo nsked, what will Chifeago do? Turovong Trionmss atands ready to givo n festival here in 1870 or 1877, Womny not bo nble to nccomplish all that Cincinnati has done, firat timo trying, but wo beliove it can Lu douo in time, Tho effort i3 worth moking. At 1east ous plan for tho oxtirpation of the peatiferous gragshopper seems to have boon at- torapted. Tha following extract from a letter to Tosten Cirarssy, of {his city, from his Lrother Vorxsr, of Valmoni, Boulder Conaty, Col., shows both the condition of things there aud tho romedy suggestodt 1 havo been fo-day to ses s machius conslsting of & hallos grate, 18 feet long aud 315 fect wile onrhiuners which Xeep 182 or 3 huches feont o ground, In tig grate & Tiot wood firo Is buiit and kept Lurning, while a pair of horaes haul it over the ground whors the "hop- ers sre feeding, and scorches (howto deatl, 1 think rom what I have peen and hoard today that it wlil prove s micooss, 1 shall siact 10 get up one o= smorrow with n hiw of trsing o sive enowgh of my craps—oaty und whest—for tread awd reeil anothor year:s but aw afrald that the raots nen 8o neorls gono or dead that hey whl not survive, Ihave norer pson ¢ blite a (fme rluco I camo to this countrs,—I mean wheu T Lave ind 80 much reason for fecliugz biue, ‘Tho 'hoppor so far appoars to have eshibited a eapacity for withatanding one extroino of tem- peratuto, which scems to indicato that enough of the other to ruin him will ruin ihie growing crops alao. Br. Axonr MarzesoN must be partloularly gratified at tho indorsument be Loa recoived at tha biands of Mayor Cotsix and tha Aldermen, M. MaTrrsoy, {tscoms, is tho gontleman who bas been running tho Chicago Times fn tho in- and the Aldermon, it soeme, bave boon faruishe iog Mr. MarTeson with bia idess, They pro- posed if tholr sccrot ccnferonce, aftor wiving Alr. MaTr2s0N an Informal voto of thanko for “doing all that any ono man could da for the cause,” to continue thelr calld npon Mr. MaTte- fow *for (ho purpose of pointing out material for editorials in tholr cause” Ioocolorth wo may look for Aldetmanic effusions ad libilum on tho editorisl page of tho Zimes. It was rathor unkind, and perbaps s litlo short-sighted, to ignoro Mr. Bronry altogother In this mwatter, but then *honor to whotw houor (s dno,"” { A painfal ramor comes by way of New York to tho offcot that tha lote conualidation of news- papots in Bt Louls wan accompiished by tho Whislty sting, The raombora of tho Rivg, it in eaid, thought {t ehoaper to hoy tho Democrat than to fght it, aod. cheapor to soll it again than to keop it. Wa lopo to Liesr & prompt avd om- phatie donial of thls otatawiest from 1ho now propnefors. Corteinly, any arr2ugoinont of tho wort describod viorld bo eraditabls to none of the partios concernad. e Mr. Epwanp Bveperr Oarc, with all his gontna aud versatility, bas at lnut confeesed his inability to maiutain o monthly niagnzive sin- glo-lnnded, and has, as tho modorn ouphemfem goen, *“ panssod in his ehcelia ™ to the proprictora of Seribner’s Monthly. Ta the future, Old and New will bo issuod from Now York ; it witl havo purpla covors insloed of groon; avd ths rame atylo, table of contents, propristors, sad title »8 Scribuer's. —_—— POLITICAL HOTES, The Southern newsparors are gatting rome comfort ont of thelr dull situstion by ealling Harper's Weekly the ** Journal of Snivelization,” Gon. NxoLsy, of the Pittsbarg Diatrict, ls not at ail Burprised at the oxposuro of tho Whisky Rivg. Ha koew of ita existouce last winter, and hizs boan wondering over sinco that the Intorior Departmont delayed doing ia daky. It fa a ourious fact that noue of Gen. Neavry's constite uonts wara favolved [n tha flael oxploston, Ex-Sonstor CAnrcNTER bas beoa retained to defood tho dlstillors in Milwaukeo who have fallen into tho elutchos of tho revenuo officers, Tho CanrerTiR journals about the State daro anybody to usy that their boloved is * tho mer- oonary champion of the Whisky Ring." Knowing that thoy will bo disappointad, aud not wishing to gratify them, Tix Toipusg declines the chale longe. Lous B. Trsnzr I3 strongly aupported for QGovornor of Minnegota by tho pewupapers of 8t. Paul, ond by & Iargo msjouity of the country editora. At the presont writing, ho seoms suro of » nomination and an olootion. Dut thocem- paign 18 not yet far ouough advancod for posi- tive statemont. FPisnuen is o nowspapor man himaalf, aud the elsmor for him is not therefore fairly repressnintiva, Gov. Kerroao hiss appointed meveral Demo- crats to ofiios, and shown a sttouger disposition thon evor to appeats tho sogry poople of Naw Orleans, He has in soms muasnro succosaed in thns quarter, but only to cause n greator dis~ turbauce ac the North, whoro somo of the news- pupera oponly acouse him of solllng out to tho Democrats, Prxconack's seat in tho Besnate fs wald to be Kxrroaa's price. ‘Tho Eau Clairo (Win.) 2'res Press notices tha articlo In Tix Tawonz which explained tho offecta of the PorTen law in keeping oapital away from Wiseonsin, and boldly announces that the peoplo are not weared, They proposa to malntain thelr constitutioosl rights &t oll hazards, aud will put thelr nosas to the grindstone rmathor than yiold n fot, Tho errurof the Xree Press lieain the soppouition It mokes that tha poople of Wis- conwin aro acting on tho defonsive, and that tho capitalints of tho civilized world aro combining to starvo thom out. On the contrary, it is tho capitalista who havo boen attacked and routed. 1t Is soarcely juss to abusa thom for runving awag. Qov. Wxstoy, of New Hampshire, has disop- pointed thase who lopad sud belisved that ho would risa abovo wero partiean conciderations and declds the conteated elections in Now Hamp- slire with regord only to truth aud justico. Tho two disputed woats in tho Bonate have been given toDomocrats. Tho votosoast for NaTT" 1lzap were thrown eut on account of Lho ab- breviation of the name, although is {a per- fcetly well kuown whom tha votea were intended for, *Narr" Heap hos invariably slgued bis namo in that mauner, a4 woll to ofileinl doou- monta as to all bis privato eorrespondencs, Yet ho gives way to aDomocrat hocause of the ine formality in most of tho bnllola caut for him, Iuthe Fourth District, tho Prohibstlon candie date waw oxclided from the cauvaa as baing o non-rosident, and iho Domocratio candidate, who othorwiso would have lad culy & plurality and not & majority, au raquired by law, waa sosted. A oonclso statomsnt of the faw will show that tho Governor aud lis Councll had no ight to canvase tho votos ab all; that, oven ir they had the right, thoy exercised it unjustly; and that thoir motive Ls to return twa sadtional volea in the Btato Bonato for the alection of United States Souator next year. Fortunatoly the peoplo yot remain to pass o fudgment oo the whols proceeding. Mr. Sonator SamoeNt, of Californis, bas writ- ton a letter to an Inquiring friend, in whlch he positively sunonnces that ho does not intend to be a candidato for re-election. Ho bas four years yot to serve, and thoso ho dedicates to the iutorosia of the people whow he roproventa. At the oxpiration of that timo, ho will retire to pri- vate life with tho full consclonsnoss of good fo= tontions aud industrious application to publio intoreajs. What daes thia lotter of declination from ¢ Henator Bamoesr moan? The gouers! opinion seoms ta bs that It mezns a formal sbaudonment of the Indapendent orgaulzstlon iu California, and niou of altthe Bopuhlican faotlons in tho Gtate for @ vigorous sud suo- ssaatul sampsign, The Ban Francieco Dullsiin eapimsies Be viaws of e Iudapendasie tereat of the hold-aver Mayor and Aldermen, in* this lsngusga: % “To effoet © anything tho Republiean party of Californis must saorl- fice itn Jeadore, not in mers phrasen, but actu- ally sl positivoly. Thoy have led it into s false position. perhapn nob nitogsther withont a pur- pose, They bnve been long uslng it a9 o more npplisuce for the furtherance of thelr own pri- vata schomon, ‘They Linve run {t for tha railroad, and avory othor Interost out of which they contd dorive profit.” Tho Chronicle is not so positive in it statemeonts ; but it slso calls for n uulon of Ropublicans, and admita that the breach, if contlnuod, will give control of the Htate to the Domoorscy, 1t calls for tha formation in San Tranclaco of an * Indopendont-lepublican Club, whose aim it snall bs to Lring about this recon- cilintion, and with the forco of numbera aod lu- fluoncs crush out and destroy tho narrow, Jealous, nud {Mliberal policy that now canutrols party deliverations.” The influonco of Senator Twotu doubtieas had much to do with thia ro- markablo wovemout. 1o Liasdiscovered that an wbsolute waslo of suorgy is cansed by every sus- taiuod indepoudont-party movement, PERBONAL, Col, Jenonr Narotron BoNAPARTR will mot sumaier At Newport, Jures VERsz's etories bave piven a tremen- dous tmpetus to tho sale of ** geograpbies " In Patls. Wirzrax Beecuen, son of the dofendsnt, will cominenco the practico af law with Tracr, the trieky, Lanxmt's balloon went off from New Haven with a pleco of aboy's car, aud he weot off on tho other, Tho Hon, Jaxes LupivatoN. Mayor of Mil- wakae, and Ravenr MacKuxzte, ot Dundes, Heotlnud, are at thoe Tremont Houno. Tho melanclioly days have come, the ahad- dest of tho year, a5 thoso fish aro selling in Now Yorl ot €15 & Lundrad, bonos and all, Lizzie Bratey, of Albany, hung herself with & linir switeh, becauso—well, Locatise it waa tho Landiost thing slio could got, probably, Tho Turkish Government sucecssfully black- mailed Dr. Boucisstany out of $10,000 for tho pnivilego of keeping the Trojan trensure found by him. 4 Profe. Wirorn and CoxsToct, of Corvell, aro going to lecturo at Peoria, aud that town will bo- come so unbearably valn is will refuso vur Ohi- cago Ilver wator, **No, mistor, Lgive up them vanities now,” g the votart of o blusking bride to the parsoa who tried to kiss hor, If thin thing contlnues salarioa wil! hava to go up. The Kiug of Burmah enproprintes tha protite of Lils newspaper, somo §330,000, to the Cincaleso Goveroment for tho malutenance ef the Dudd- List monumonts in Caylon. Tho philosopby of Comyucrvs sl murnves. | When At Lo, of Los Augalng, was prossed to pay adebt, ha remarkod, sententionuly, *If no have, Liow can 2" which ia indabitably so, Rin CLoup gsys ho's alwoys roady to smoko tho ptpo of poace with his palo-faced brothren, 1r they'll only furnieh him a Jittio botter tobsoco. ~—New York Commercial Adverticer, Witrus Avnvzx, of Ohilo, remarks: “No, I didp't take Ticondorogr. It was my brother Froan, Ilaid ont ths programme, but it was Emiax who took the post."—Rochesler Dem- ocrat. Nothing can ba moro correct and chasto than tho olceution of tho I'rince of Waloy, ia Fonney's opinlon. Dat, whilo his convorsation ia thus ox~ emplary, bis daily walk could not be ao ealogiat- ically moutioned, Mora perjury, perinsy, perjury. ASTONELLI, tho Cardinal, now ralees a quession of veracity botweon bimeolf nnd Disuanox, He'd beitor not. DBiavAuncx Lxs the biggest artillery, and oongequeutly is much more respeciable goa credible thau the othor mau, Neire Coienvs, of Dallas, Tox., wold ber stage-clotbies to feod wome starving emigrants, and, betng destitute, took te evil courses. Bhe whaa arrosted. and would have beon sent to jail but for tho intorvention of womo wicked people who hoard of hor goodnosa. Tho Amorican Bible Scclety is amply ropre- sonted at the Tremont House, by the Rev, WrLL- 1au H, ArLEY, Presidont; the Rov, Epwano W. GiLaax, Becrotary; ihio Rev. MoLuax, Asslst- aut Secrotary; D. Taveon, Troasurer; and the Rev, Mr. 8uzrpoy, Buporintondont, The Virgin Manx's statuo at Viterto, moar Romo, Lina boen winkiog. A priest eald he snw it, and crowda havo daily gathored there, contrib- uted coppers, and watched, Ut she hnan't winked since, and won't till the pennioagivaont, and os tho pricsl *counts the pauss,” slio'll probably laugh long and laud. Thoro is somothing in Risvorr's voies which hos tho offoct on omo critio of * corrylng Iim back to his mothor's knee.” It this is the “baptism of song" moutioned by our twilight brother round the cornar, it {s o coremony from which tho mind revoits, and skepticiam as to its efiicacy incroases day by day, ‘The young lady astudents of tho Syracuso Med- feal Collego are very carolcsa, Recently Lisroo of them parclinged the body of sn Aubuin convict, aud, after cultiog it up, threw tha pieces futo o vacant lot, causing intovse excitement in the vi- clmty, the gonaral oploion being that a diabolle- al murder hiad baen cowmmittod. Ao caterprising Englisbman has discovered the foratop-sail of Lord Nursox's flag-ahip Vio- tory tn tho eail-loft of tho Chatham dockyard, It lias ninoty shot-holes iu it, The malntop-sail has sixty holes ju it. Tho name of tho seil. makor is asll visible on the convass *‘Muaxe, contracter, Portsmoutl, 1805, Judge FurLerroN it wiry anxions to get away to his utocle-farm 1o Virginie. Amoog tho curi. omt{os upoa it ia 8 young crocodile, sont to him this ppring by n fslend in Egypt. It is bls in. tontion to catt it “*Buesmiay,” and several dis- tinguishod genllomen hava beon invited to at- tend the obristenlog.—Lirookiyn Argus. Antmus WaRD wan ono duy lying upon the sofa onjoging o clgar in the littlo offico of his publisker, o Now York, whona tolegrapbio dis- oatch from San Francleco was handed him, It waa from BMr, MaoGuimng, of the Opora-House, who inquired, ,* What will you tako for ten nighta in Callfornia?” Withont o moment's ro- floction or chauging his position, ha wrote lia reply in throe words aud handed 1t to the mos. songer, a8 follows: “Brandy and water.—A. Wanp." Thiswas not all ko did take, howover, for soon aftorwards MoGuiue engaged thoshow- ‘man, and ho loctured In Californla with extraor- dlnery succese, The littlo dispatch—a 910 joko —waa pablishod 10 tho Ban Francisco papers, and Bot svorybody to laughing and saticlpating tho author's arrival, MOTEL ABDIVALS. Bherman Houso—Edwin Hayllss, Masasilou, 0,5 Capt, . Lynch, Oxhliosh; Perkina i, Coox, Boston; B, @, Fishor, Kauson; J, D, Layvg, O L, Cole, F, Alatapar, T, R, Myors, Pittaburg; W. 3L Hayes, Cloveland; Phllo B, Wright, Washington ; J, 8, Daut, Rock Islad ;. W, J, Criscoy, New York; Joswph Greuael, troit Fres press; B, B, Parker, To'elo; J, IL Fuirbanky, Now York.,..7remunt Houss—A, f:;. Dy, ) . Binart, 81, Londe; oot arorid, S Mo A Gogta adoipidey G I Toud, Masutlon; Eger, Now York ., Gage, W. Binith, Eoglaud; O, W, Msson. New Yorks Horlon, Detroit E. I'. Dotiglass, Keokuk; 1 Now York. ,,.(frana Pacijlo—Juwes V, Tsland ; Georyre Marding, Phlladeiphia’ 1, P, By’ Boulb Carolgna; J, . Lehmer, Cincinusit; rd, 8f, Louis; J. ¥, Busby, J. Hickerion, Hew e . Tuomiae, bt. Loulsz'8; B, J Lllanlu ‘Collin, St, Louia; D, T, i( Bulol ¥, Downd, Kanuas W, Morris, London ; C. 8, Lidgely, nds, Now Yurk ; 1homnas A MeArthnr, New Jorsey; E, M. Peet, Rochistert OaluGun anham, San Fran: elcu W, &, Hpencar, Wealington; George i, Yolds, baduan | J. O, Caldsrwaod, Now York i 1), T, Lagers, Wisconsin§ ‘L. H, Leighton mum.:fnlu E.'0, Hive, fixmon; corge B, Wals, Brooklyu{ Feancls Filat, Detroit). . W i THE GRASSHOPPERS. The Van of the Great Army Has Reached Chicago. Appearance of tho Infant Phenomena on the South 8ide, Impending Ruin of Parks and Gardens. Destrootion Lurking in o Flower- Pot--Lagor-Beer Halls, Auticipated Consternation of Fruil-Sellors and Dry-Goods Dealers. Possible Fate of Neglected Children— Sireet-Car Horses. Tho Situation in Kansas, OUTBREAK IN CHICAGO. THE HORRORS OF TIE FUTORE. Tho great army of grasshoppera that poured ita vast multitudos over the Northiwest last sum- mor reachied far in thia diroction, tha van peno- trating a8 far a8 Vinconnes, although not {n suf- ficlent force to make any gencraldovaatation, An irreguler trianglo with that for its apex aud the Tocky Mouutsina for its base, would inolude the territory thus far swopt over by the victorious post, ineluding large portions of Kansas and Missouri, olmont all of Minnceots, Nebragks, lows, and Dakots. Tho question which now azitates tho commercial interesls of tlso country is : Can the prasshuppors be kept nthin that territors, or will they, a4 somo pro- dict, overtun Canada, Northern New York, and tho Esstern Stntea? It ia beld that in thickly- sottled parts of the country, whoro small farma abound, there ¢au bo nogreat danger from them, a8 the birds and dotestic fowls will keop down their numbars, Lutif the invasion is made by such overwhelniug hoste as defoated nll mess- ures of proteotion lnst xumnier, aach lostrumen- talitiea will have little elficioncy at fret, Lowaver vowerfully thd¥ may thin their rankein courwo of time. And even lu the event of tho ndvancing plague belng successtuily atayed In its prograss oast, it can hardly ba expected that tinois, Iying ns it doos on the bonder line, and ulroady partially invaded, will cscaps tho attack of voragious leglons, if the vast hordoa of grasshoppera ahall iksus forth agaln, Thoe in- tounre cold of Iast wintor and tho protractod frosts of tho epring have bean rolied upon by the agrionltural community to effoctually rid them of thia plagno. As late as tho lsat dny of April thors was a evers frocze, dolog much damago to frult, bok which wus borue with choerfulnosa aa being aure death to the grasshioppers. _Afl the crop reporta made wontion of tais. From Kansus thso news camo: “4'fho wajority of our farmors anticipat ablo geassn for crops, It fu not botieved the grasshoppors will do much damage.” From alwneaota : ** Tho foar of prasshoppor dovasia- tiona n the fulure {8 neaily vauished ; more thun the former amaunt of Jand s already wown to whoat,” TFrowm Missouvis * Those y6sta are 1apldly disappoariug, snd very little apnrohon- sion i8 now felt on thoir acoount." [ramn Ne- DLrogks s ** It fn thought that tha lats froets bay Jo-lroyod tho embryo grasshoypers,” Tbis was tho tuns pipod by the jubilaut agricalturiat at vo rovout a dato a5 May 8, NOW TR REPORT COMLS that in Bonthwestern Miwwourl ‘‘the voung grosshionpors are davourivg everything greon. ‘The pooplo nro paulo-stricken, Cattlo aud liordos aro dving of starvation. FEverytlung ia being oaten by tha R Bimilar noig_comos 1rom Bouthorn and Westorn Kansis, and largo uectiona of Mioneaots, Tows, and Nebraskn avo declared to be doomed. Iu the mouthwestorn portion of tho latter State, thoy are alroady ewarming out by tho willion, withi miilions yot jn the ground. Al this, and auly two weeks ainco » frost. WIith thacessation of tho cold rams and tho increasing warmth of tho sun, it ia to be expectod that tho milllons of ogge In_ the ground wil send forth their myriad swarms, and tho Invasion of tho gragshoppers bogin, In that caso It can hardly Le hoped that Chicago will escaps a visitation. ALUEADY TOE PREMONITORY 51ONS WAVE APPRARED. The wariath of tho eun during the past weel has lad t oot of eausing tuo npponyance of young grasvhioppers in the soutborn soctions of thus city, on thie Hydo 'ark line, and, although st rosont u a atate of mactive torpor, the estab- islment of warm weathor will send them scur~ rylog through the air, thelc numbers rapidly iucrensing, ontil the vast und compact hoat of tho main nrmg Joins thom. Ia yiew of tho im- minency of the dauger, it may bo well to give some considoration to tho POSIIDILITISH OF DAMAGE PTLOM TURS. “ A persou wonld grontly decoivo bimself it he viag to arguo from tho shors flightd taken by the common fleld grasshopper that a largo ity like Chicago would bo wecuro from Lhoir presenco. Thae so-~called grasshoppers that Lavo bocn tho plagua of tha West are really o nquiflu of locust, and biavo all tha voracious appatite and omniver- ouy toute of the gonuine Afiican locuet, Io- stoad of prooosding by jumps like the co:nmon anuhoppor, thesa loouats o long distences in tho air, tlying aud borno by the wind, Thoy move along at o hoight of from 30 {o 100 yards aboyo tho ground, aud extending upward sa far 86 tho ayo can 1each. Theso flying swarms ara dercribed an looking Mg great banka of wnow whon Illuminated by tho eunshine, and ngatn liko clouds tonsing and rolling iu o strong wind. When waking thele doscont upen tho country, and under lm{mlamn frum the wind, thoy rattlo agelust the w! udn\v-finnu hike hall, ond boat against the feoe of whodoever may be out at the timo, doscendioz fo such myrinds that it would bo aa mpossible to excape their contact a8 it would bo to avoid boing raiued on when cut in w whower, ‘The concuasion of their mullion of wings oun the air makes & whizzing roar, plainly hoard aa they fly ovothead, It iwthis abilily to make long and bigh flights (hat bidu fair to maoke thetn such apest tn Chicago, Thoy fly with tho wind and without intelligont di- rection, dropping, after a flight of o fow hovurs, on any laco thoy may happon to be over, whefher lsnd or wator, town or country, aud attack destroctivaly whatever shey can. The country iy trippod baro of green and Lving things ; cattle, and oven hue man bolmiu. dia of starvatlon. Gen. Ord, com- maodiug tho Military Dapastmont af tho Diatto, lass fall rovortod thne tho bodios of peoplo who disd of starvation wore found by his mon (a thoir marchos, and jpon and woman were discoverrd whosn only means of eubsistence for days was clothing, which they gnawed ot like rats, Had it not beon for tho efforts or the charitabla ell ovor tha country, thousands whoso crops had hean deatroyed by this post woald lLave starved 10 denth Inst winter, I¢ romaiua to be scen what ?llfocélulu waleflo & pest will bave on a groat city ika Chicawo, In tho firsl place, it may bo stated that thelr. Inyasion will Lo tha certain DEYTHUGTION OV ALL TUE GANDENS. Tne Tipuxa of the 14th lost, contained the following extract from the latter of & lady writ- ing from Westers Iansas s ot s s e el b s f cli fongs, 'The blenks aroun -bods are 7% oot wils th 1t s Trapoasitla to walk m'"mumnmi l:un. .‘gnm “n:;}:'ull::;. -u& @ nlants, have been an T Sach Ik T Whl s tom Fetely rulus ‘The resdor will meo that the bruniof the rasshioppor sssault will probably bave to be finmo by Cook County, sa the vaal hoats will arrive Bere ot thoir most voracious atage, The aituntion of persons interested in toricultare s callod to tho faots in roxard ta TAKIE APVEABANCE IN FLOWRR-TOTH, aud_tho great devastation made by them in gardens, At this scason of the year there is & brivk malo of potted flowers, oud many Iadios who liave uot tho timo to caro for a regular gardon cultivale those in their wiudows, Thoyneed uot be surprised, should tho fair wsther continuo, to use tho sall about their plauts become fruitinl of Hfe and swarma of grasshoppers omerglug thenco, stripplog lants of leafaud tlower, and aff 2 olso Lbat 1o edlbls, acoording to the lowest standard whish almost takes rank with 1hat of the ontricl, by ewarois of locuxts, ‘butter, valy dry, beat thom ta powdor, sud make the:n s party of farmerd came to this place and cibly weut into the mill and took sixty eacks of flour, Tuey had no money with which to pay for it, and mado no promisoa to pay. nod hed were boppers aro producing a terrible panlo among farmers sod Dbusiness Missouri aud Fastorn Kausi ing dovastation over tuis couuty, sud, unlosd thelr ravages soou coaas, groat deatitution must ensus. 14 1 reported that 1o Fort Boott, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY MAY 19, 1875. — Clileago to bo the Gardon City § tho vigitation will make thet u'e-mufiflfi.'"fifi'?:: frony. THR NFAUTIFUL OARDENS that ara the prido of our housolkofdors wit ba It tho sucenient proy of the atlsconqueiy looust Pouning down in such vash multiudeq ow to blaoken tho ground whate thoy lght, af} odible things will ge into thair voracioun® moy, From the rosc and tho lily Lo thoe pinit and thy all tho flowars will ba oatou up, and )y trean snd shruba atiipped baro—eveu the fugged fir aud tough box, Ono cannet nsa the gardey xalkn during tho continuauce of tho plague, uy. Texs Lo conytaut. orsieh and spalior of huadreds of gra!nhoplmru undor foot will not be qjg. agrecable, It the devastation shonll bo ., {unnl na In tho reglons viwted hom laut year, and thera {4 10 roaron for ox. pectivg any lossening of tholr destructive abiy. ty, tho various parks throughout the city will be werously Injured, nud for the timo rendore] alniost “worth'ess au publle pleasirn groysnds, Bub thin in not th sorat of 1b, Flin graunt i Dbo silled wich their exgs to produco frosh snarmy noxt Aummnr. Tha offcct, of this will ho to antail sorkous losy on au induetry of considorablo imporiance, ‘fig favorite roeorts of onr German povulation andy largo propostion of othors who Lave eaughy tholr tastes ts 5 THE DEER-0ATDENR. In oxpectation of tho swamer's business g great many have been fitted up during 1hiy Hpring, in addition to the Iargo number alroaly in operation. In many of thoso tho proprioiors have gono to groat oxpenss to beautify thom with hanging banlots of fowerd, fine plants, aug abrubbery, Tho clouds of grasshoppers heatin, down upon them will not ouly destroy the plants aud flowars, but will mako itting out {q tha open wir intolorablo, Doer and rrasshop. pers can hardly be oxpectal to anter the lias of mixed drinle, and the gardonn will bo deserted, But the boer-gardens will not be siugiod onf for damage in a way that wid give tho Temper nnco Alllauce & ohinuca to cita thoar an llustrat ing tho wrath of lloaven mgainst the hquap irafito, for flowera rnd grenn thines are not thy only proy of the erasshoppors, In thespocial cor. rospondones of Tii Tntpuxe from 8t Payl, Minn,, last year, the following occurs ; The Governor's Bocrelary, Mr, Wilson, has recent Visitod Noglod, Watonwan. anil UhoF sonation foran) vurpore of obtaining moro detailed information with aview to the diatribution of reflef. Among fhe curi. onitios ho oxbibite s o lneu MandXerchief wisich wre wholo when dropped on a prajrie bya school-gir), bup whilcl the locusts, iu a vary abott thue, convertod'inta o pieco of opeu.work to show tha shand and size of thg Dandkerehief, Whilo hey wero ut thelr most voractous slago of existeuce, whinh wea fust pravious to tyeic Leggluning 1o rise, they devoured everytilng that came u their way—oven {oold boots, sorups of hides and Lscon rinds, rags, and papor, It {4 to bo keot fn mind that of the countlem myrinds that will bo poured urun thocity a very smal proportion will find eubsitonce in the patks and gardone, and tho ;fmnz bulle will doscond like bail in the stroots aud avenues of the city, snd what destruction thelr yoracious appotito’ may clfcot can bnrdly bo estimatod. Frows the do- reription sriven of their doscouts in tho accounta of Just stinmor, ono cau obtein some notloo of th seene that would bo presonted when tho denso clonas of tho liylng grasshopoers BETTLED DOWN UPON THE CITY. Whitling wnd addying sbout like snow-fiakos, tha shower of Joouaty Leats down on hongatop and on the stroet, Thousands poerish in the smoku of Chicago's thonsands of chimuoye, or ara trod- don under foot, but tho diminutlon of heir nnr- Ler Iy tnavpraciablo, ~Curiosity uoon changes t1 disguat, ag tho crawling, jumping myriads swan up uver oue’s faca aud hauds, unidl one fs taiy to seek any sholter against thor loathsome con- tact, 'Tho strect-stall keoperacesseto voeiforats thw oxeellonco of thair oranzes and bananas, in order to sava their staci if posmiblo. Bwara.s sottlo thlckly Jon apples, oranges, banauas, pai nuty, caudy, or whataver olss o donlor may lava exposed, and o8 80ap Ay 80100 ara brushiod awa7 othiors taks thoir places, uutil, to his rage anl consternalicn, tho poor man fludy his efforts q‘:flln unovalling ta save Lis stock. Noeanwliis 1he stores nra busy NZNOVINQ ALL TIB AOW 000TH they may Lave fu frout. That bad custom pro~ vailing amonyg rotail dry goodn dealers, of hoa « 1ug up pilos of guods i frout of their storcy, wiil ve severol7 punished. As fast as may tlo canir-boya aird countor-jumnars bo marshafed 1 run tho'goods under sholter, tho grasshoo will invo welzed upon thour, and earcying then into tha atoro will only enlarga their pasturd s, Tho clotbing utares will hardly be ablo to yet their slow pisces in beforo they will Le thig! ly envared with locasts, and atrooc veoders of wil Tdndw, oxcopt doalora in metal ware, will bave to talko to hasty flight ¢ they would save th ir poods, Dut the oity will be very lucky if only such lodes and dixcomforta as thoso” suzgosted uix opdured. In Livingstouo's lutest work, ¢ rathor tho work mads “K from tho journais 1 1t by Lim and found with his body, thare s an - toroating deacrivtion of the > KILLING AND ZATING OF AN ELEPIANT Tho poor beast ssom: to havo been in extromities «f hunger from :'0 destruation of all horbage and folizga by ¢ Iocusts, and waa sulering moreover from tha won of the tsatan fly, whose Atings, in groat o n- bor, have tho effect of J;rmlumnx in animals 14 lirinm, ond finally desth, In this conditlon, the herrging of conntless svarne of loonsts sacms to "have actually ovorcomo tho oc'ise sal boast, and, dylng ono affernc n, hig bones wore rlckod clean by tho nigbit of + 11 noxt day. Aa the locusts are torpld durfn~ ' e night, and do not stir in the morntng unt. 9 Bun exerts bia dioat, his vast bulk must havel. -u reduced in about fifteon houra, Although thus far the Aerican locnat hat ant come up to bis African congenarin voraoity o! 4 - potite, yet thora iy sama room for doubt whet' «r, with tho rapld incrogse fn thoir number wi b bus Lonw uoticed doring the past faw years, und tha falluro of suliciont subsislenco for thei jn foliage and hurhl,io, our grasshoppera mnay not ~ moro moarly approach tho de- ntrucliva abillty of tbe African loccute. Clueago will be fortanate if 1t i not made tield for tho oxhibition of tholr puvors, I'we Juut tho conditionn exist which would pro'uhy Buch a trial of enpacity, ‘'Iho myrinds of greas hoppers falling in our streots must havo av uo- thivg to fesd upon, and, ather thinga failing, AY ATTAUK TUAAN DEINGH, Hwarms of thouennds surroundiug oven an e luli Enmon might with their inccasaut nipping sad iting do conaideralilo jujury to the tender and oxposed portions of the body, but with 1tule children and bables their attacks might ove: Le fatal. A swarm of loousts snddenly desceuriug on an infant Iving helpless in ity perambul. tor might eat away tho soft portions of its fuca and bauds hofore the buxso of porson fn chrrie could carry it to n place of eafety. If some uve trustwortly pereon wora with tho little ueloc- tnnate, and, torriued by tbo ottnoks of the v+ custs, siiould laok to her own satety, daser,u tho cild, closn-picked bLones aud parforeio. wrapplngy might attest to tha griof-stricisn pavonts thoe terribla voracity of tho locusts. TUR BUFPERINGG OF OAIL-LORWVA will ho vory grent, and travel r.m{ have to he stopped during tho provnlonce of the gransd - pera, 1t s fortunato that they aro migrator; in thoir habits, or they roight eoriously impair e busincss intereuts of tho oity, but their vi-iwd ranorally extond only for briof poriods, wi.en Loy again talio flight, In cpeo of wuch vael descents 8 goem 80"10~ whxt probable, it may be woll to Lknow iisf grasshioppera may Lo vonverted into A VEUY NOTIITIOUS ¥OOD, when Litled, hy boiliug wator and fried I8 Oure shou!d bo takou, however, to ov & tham thoroughly, as they are infosted with p.r- acitos that dlo ‘bard. The hair-rnsko, for in- lauce, hoa s habit of occupvlngwllfldslll'l;: 4 for - good portlon of in the interfor dopartments ~of the grasshopoer. In portions of Afriea rnd VWoaiorn Auia, tho graeshoppor i eaten wib Rront mulo.l' '.l‘nay“nn a staple article of fo.d with many Indinn tribes, The Arabs, the Iit- tontota, and tha Dakota Indisnu teke thoir graz«- hioppnrs ronsted whole ; ur olso tosst them uusil fnto vakes. Chicago restarators will doubtle s bo sblu to devise somo sitractive mods of 00¢ .- ory, Lus concerning al) theso things timo will teacn us, If tha waros weatiior bouing 1n & day oF tw.n wa may oxpoct by tho oud of the woak to see tl.o Boutb Diviston a scone of utter dexolation, fow- erlons and loafless. — OSAGE COUNTY, KANSAS, CRDMINAL ACTM BY DESTITUTE PARMERRS—THE BITUATION VERY DISTULSSING, Epeeint Dispaloh o Tha Chicaas Triduns, Osaox, Kau., May 18,—~On Bouday night lest, They did mid they and, Grass- Atsgulse themsolvos, bub no bread and no money, detornlned uot to atarvo. mon in Woetern They are spread. the peats are dieap- P the Feo e aring af iy nnn:imqn of tke peopls i eari [y ‘Ebo great Ore ceatly 8id away with she alalm of | £h0s bscticu 14 7ar niose esilios) dhai ever batare. -\ wenEoRTaYRR e