Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 22, 1875, Page 5

THE GRASSHOPPER. ° Advices from Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouti, and Kansase Expeotation that the 'Hoppers Will Speedily Disappear from Nobraska, varls Green as @ Destroyor of {30 Pests— Good Reports from the Inte- rior of Missonri. Letter from State Entomologiat Riley as to the Best Means cf Palli- ating the Evil. ¥7hat Missouri Papors Think Abont the Governor's Fasting-and-Pray- ing Proolamation, Magulfcent Prospects in Southern Kan- sag=-The Wanton Slaughter of Inscct=Destroy= ing Birds, ; tatest Telegraphic Reports from ‘Various Quarters. NEBRASKA,. (0t ENCOURAGING FACT8 — VIEWS OF FROP. AUGLEY, Spectal Correapondence af The Chicano Tridune. Heonasza Orry, Neb., May 19.—~Inquirios are pouring in from all parts of tho couutry in re- gard to tho progress of tho grasshopper plaguoc in Nebranka this season, and, knowing the peo- ploof your Btato to bo much fnterested in tho motter, I borowith send you & truthful sccount of tho dronded dovaatation. As 1a woll known ta the world, Kansas and Ne- prasks suffored terribly from this scourge fnst car. imm Colorado and New Mexico, crossing Kan- gas disgonslly from southwost to northoast, on- ring Nebraska at the Republican Valley, loyiug wasto tho westorn avd middle portions of the E'ato, and disappearing in Dakota and Iowa. Tho osstorn ‘portions of both Kaness and No- brasis escaped the visitation, This seseon, grasshioppor-eggs wero carly discovared in vari- cua portions of theState, aud ospeelally in thone 1acslition whore thoy wero last soou 'sel yosr. 1u the Countias of SESIALA AND NCIARDION, inthe extromo wouthoastorn past of the Bln'te. the egas latched to sn alarning extent, and, npon tho sprouting of the emall grain planted a | few mouths ago, tha young 'hopporn begaa a vo- 1scious nttack, and cleaned overythivg green {rom tho fields. T'hey thon took up their morch jn & svatheasterly dicection, and, nat lest ac- counts, wero giving tho peuplo of Missouri tho bonofit of their gormandizing effoxty, dinco thoir deparlury, e young grain hos sprung up again, sud the prowpects naw ave, that tho cropa il bo fully o8 goad m the two coun- Hon named above an if nat A lncust had been reen this nenson, Tho locusts bhave enticely dis- appenrad from thoso localities, and tho farmers aro congratuluting thomselves over the renults thus far. IN THR WESTIRN COONTI®S of the State, myriads of oggs wore depositod, as was ehown by the discoverics iu 10auy places. The backward spring, cold weatbor, and cold rains, hava beon tho friends of the farmer, how- evor, and bave killed all or nearly all tho cggs, thus undoubtodly makiog thoso counties socnre from ravago, unloss now hordes come up froa tho southiwost, as tas the caso Inst year. Prof. Aughoy, of our Btata University, s Jearned and soientific gentloman, Los, together with Prof. Thomas, your State Eutpnologist, and Prof. Riley, Btato Kutomologist of Missouri, given tho grasshopper question considorable at- sontion during tho last fow years. Your Prof. ‘Thomas has already publishod a valuablo work on tho Acrydii (migratory grsswhopper family), and Prof. Riley has contributed somo valuablo papors on this lmportant aubjeot. Prof, Aughoy, siuce his rosldonce fu the West, Lias glvan the subjoct earncst attonticn. Mals of the oplnion, with Prof, Riley, that the grass- hoppota BUN OUT IN A FEW GCNERATIONS after thoy leavo their native saudy and gravelly plains, Prof. Aughey states tiat Lo hss for several yoars mado experimonts ihich fully verity this opinion. o found the grasshoppers ‘of tho firat year's coming much larger aud strong- Jer, and mora agile, thau thoso of tha subsoquent yoar, and oconsequonily of mora deatructive capabilitfes. Tha Professor says that, in soma laces, the oggs l1aid in 1864 did not hatch at all, g‘hs ohanges from cold to hot weather, or some other unkaown causos, sooms toeap their con atituticnal vigor; aud, were it not for thls, loug ero now theso graashoppers would, from their enormons numbers, have desclated tho whols cauntry &g far exst as the Atlantio. Prof, Aughey aleo nays that, as onrly as 1865, e noticed that enormouns numbers of graashop- pers over large areas in Northorn Nebraska took dight, early Juoe, in a eoutherly or south essterly direction ; but ha eould not oam.b{ 1. uiries made 1n many ways, whera the bulk of om went to, Ho arke if it i not possiblo that they roso hl{;h enough to got into the trade. winds, which watted them futo the ocenn, ‘Thie Profesaor also mantions a fact of the great. mh‘amu‘immn“l About Lhree yoars 850, ho first notles: BMALL, RED PANASITES working on tho grasshoppors—about one ina hundred appearing to Lo fufeatod by them, Two years ago, tlio antu ware vaaily tmare abun. danty sud, last year, two-thirds of the locusts examined had from two to thirty of {hoae little «ed onomics of thoir pieace upon them. Thou. wands ot the graeshoppers foll to the ground while flying, sud all seemod 10 bo destrayed by thia parasiteeating 1uto their body at tho base of %he wings, Late In tho sesson, it was noticed Rhat tho patasite wes doatroyiug tho grasabop- por-ogge by the mitlions, Thg sasson, tno Professor has examined eav- eral localitios where grasshoppers wero reported to be reappoaring. sud in oachi caso haw found the g:onus covorad with tholr dead vodies, and, upon placing them under the nucroscupe, th were seon to ho literaily dovoured b{ this mi nuts paraaite, Thoso facts the gentleman r reru, with the suggostion of thio great probabll- ty that, atter tho analogy of naturo, the natural enemics of grasshoppeis will so increase as fnd\ully to reduce them to & minimum, and ro- oaso the land from thom for & great uumber of ru, " The Profeasor ateo contributes anoihior state. ment, which the attoution bn lins given the sub- Ject makos valuablo, viz, s that, as grasshoppors migrate from thirty-ive to forty days after thoy are hatchied, thosa” soctlons ot the Htalo iwhora ilie young aro now devouring tho crops will bo VBEED VIOM TUEM FAULY IN JUNE. By that time, ho gives it as Lis opinion, & faw fields of small grain will have boou deatroyod § but the moet of them will have only a fow rods of aropa taken, fu the direction in ‘which thoy travoling, which evema Lo bo southe Even theso scotions will probably have au avors 8Re crop veanon, uuless now Liordea should uflm{mmdmw; roglons in Iata summer, whick ia bafoly poraibla thiu year, The effcoly of suother visitation this yoar, auch as we Liad last soason, would prove almost overwhelmingly disastrous to Nebraska, Tho ©ffocts in this State lust yoar ave woll known all over tho country, and (o licliof Hocloty, that has . uucumnl for woutby past, has just campleted {ts work und disbauded, Our farm- ere, however, aro not discoursged vvor tho pros- pect, but hopo that the threatened ovil will bo averted, Crops look well, nctwithatanding tho latencas of the soason, East and weet, the countries roport aboutb 25 per cont more corn, aod from 328 to 85 per cent moro wheat, in sore- thaa laat year, crop this year will A good als Ihuiu lS\uu will stwoed yuln ber, ) h Js 650804 0f mitoks Oouxiis n Lm 1 i mdiaste m The hordos of grasshoppers came up | cresss otwfl on {0 the last year I8 sbout 12,000, and it is eatimated thet [t wonld hiave ‘been 15,000 more but for the mrssshopper inva- sion. A few montng mare wlil go far tomards the final ralvation of Nobrasks, and our fnith i strong. GRASBHOPPER. FAVONARLE ACCOUNTH. Apeetat Dinalch to The Chicaan Tribune, LixcoLa, Neb,, May 21,—Latar accounta from varloua portionn of tho Btato in rogard to grauy. hoppors, axo mora favorable, ‘Thero s liardly & doubt now that Nebraska will escapo sorious injury, unless now swarme como in from the South In timo to damage the matured crops. The placo whera tho hoppera appenred Inat seanon is now free from thom, and 1o daroags of conee- nence ia donn. ‘'lfoppora_from Southwestorn ebraska have crassad Into Misaourl, Foars sro enterinined that that Stato may saffer connld- erably this year—if roperiy from vartous pore t{ous of AMissouri prove tu be true. ——— MINNESOTA. PARID OREEN A8 A "MOFPER-DESTROYER. Currespondence of the Chicago Tribune, Laxy, Orry, Minn,, May 20.—1 suppose that any information io rolstion to eomo munnor or mode of destroying the grasshopper will bo in ordor Just now. Wo have but fow of tho pests in our section yot, Lut still I found cnough to oxperiment on. : I took a small quantity of Paris groon, mixod with fine flour, about equal parta fn bulk, and dustod tho miztare on the grass whils tho dow wad on {n the morning; aud, in o short timo aftor the 'hoppors bogan to eat, 1 had the satis- faction of socing them tutn over and give their lnst kick. This is an expetimeont in a smali way; bat, shouid the ‘hopper viait us, Ishould most certatuly givo mg whoat-flold & dustiug in (ront of them, and think I could stop their headway, providiog my veighbors would adopt the natno wnonsures. And, if the farmersa of Missourd, Towa, Kanens, aud otlier Blates threaloned, will go_ ot them i doad earnest, with tha abovo poisoi, or something of equal etrongsl, thoy mnay yot eavo their field and end tho pewis, for by kithog nor, in thio way, 1t will proveat tho deposic 0l tho oggd for avother clup noxt yoar, MinxesoTa Farnen. DLUZ FADTH COUKTY, Alinneayolts Trivune, 3r. Hulburt, of Dayton, reutrned yestorday freta a trip through Biue Earth County. Ifo re- ports that tho grasshoppurs aro hatehing out by milllons {u that section, and thero is little prod- peot for tho farmers f;emm: Any crops. He brought along & landfal of earth, and s fow loucs It way alivo with vonng ginsshopperd. ‘I'heso desteuctive poata will undoubtedly wweop tho (round clean of vogetation, but na tho eogsunt hs heen ko backward. it fy ponsiblo that crows may put forth snaw after they have passod. TUE PROBABILITY, Tho geueral courso of Jocust migration is east- erly ur nouthieastorly, Wo holieve the red-legged Jucusts or geasshoppors of tuo Northwost Liave nevor moved in a uorthward or wvorthwestward diroction, excapt whon retitrniog ono yoar upou tho livo of tho previous year's migration. Tho probability is, thorefare, that tha isolated sec- tious of this Stato likely to bo nillicted this yosr will vot bo jucroascd "fi irruptiops from” tho myriad swarms now hatching out iu the btates south And southwostward of otrs, GiUTKD TO BFOTS. 81, PauL, Mny 21.—fho 2’ioneer-Prezs pub- Jishes dispatehea trom & conkideravlo putmber of localities in nll parts of tho binto relativa to the graoxhoppers. ‘The purport of thoso roports is that thero aro no grasehopers in the district devastated by them lagh yewr, nor in any part of Miuncsots, “mnorily, _south, oast, or wost, excopt in o wr{ smn!l nrez, and 10 com- puratively emall numbers, confined to the group of counties on or near tho groat bond of thio Minnesotn Diver, conwisting of the small district of Bus 4 County, sutmo townubine of Brown, Vicallet, aud Lo “Saeur, with some very small and feohblo detashmnuts of skirnuuhe ors”in ecizer andj McLeod Countior, "Lhers gooms to ba 1o davger of suy sotious damage from locusts this season, but that the rmd of the pests, I any rewpin long, will Lo limited to spots in the sraall dwtr e nisiousl QQOD REPOLWh V'iiudt TUIE INTERIOA, sl Jowal 1 aelie, At tho provent Lin2, during tie parads of the grausboppens ateong the Tiver counties, it fa cheoring to bear good reporty from the interior. Gentlenmen who bnvo passed througl tho eountry 90 miles eeat of Lere report agricultural matters to bo in & most flousishing condition ; that tho graeshoppery aro thore unknown, sud that the pooplo aro tirm in the belief that befor thess poata arrive in tholr localitivs they will take wings and fly awny. Whoat, rye, oata, and coru, are all promising fiuely, althougl in avmo localitios tho chinch-bugs have alrealy meds their ap- ponrance. Fruit of all descriptions pronusen well, and great hopea ara entertained that the general prooperity of the farming community is assured, although sowmo soctions, and some fn- dividuals, will Ls thoroughly and offectually cloancdont, « o o o o« o o *Whydid Gov, Hardlu procrastionso the waviug of his wand at theso grasshoppors unltl the 94 of Juno? ¥ That wos a conairum olfered on the strectn yonterdsy by oue who betieves fu tte offorig of prayor. LUTTER TROM BTATI LNTOMOLIGIST RILET, Br. Lovis, Muy 18,—T0 the Lililor of the Qlobe: Wil regurd 1o tho Leut wmcand to bo employed 1o paliiate tho ovil that hangs over the couutioa invaded In-t tall aud now alivo with tho young and winglosn lacusts, purimic ma to say a fow wordy, Mauy of our puople uro taking alto~ gethor too gloomy & view of both the presont sud futuro prospects, Tho esnso of eainmizy, famine, and distress, as the sense of death, **is most in approhousion,” and thera is uo neod of exnggerating the posslbititios of harm, I still insiat, os L Liave svor doue, that tho vary goneral Impression that theso jnscots are woing to over- Tuu the Btate is & fuleo one, sud that the farmers of the Htato cast ot tho line carcfully mappod out In_my roport Lavo littie or wotling to foar from theso jurecty, ‘I'lio wenns to bo employed agalnst thoe plagus 1n the stricken districts sro uarrowhng nud da- cronaing 88 tho poason ndvauces, and thoro whish 1 bave recommonded to bo used in fall and carly spring sro uowW out of tho question, Io is not too lato, hiowover, to vmploy soms of tho monns suggested iu tho roport mentioned, fwnuld urge upun the farmors to go to worlk with will and courago, andin concert. Lmploy ‘what means are at houd, nud do not ook for mi- racnlous intervention, Wuero small grain and garden truok bave been destroyed, roplant with cory, bLroom-corn, sorghum, castor besns, and leguminous planta genorally, aud plant as large an area a8 poseible of tomnatocs sud sweet po- tatocs. Those plants aro Jenst subject to atiack Cultivate thoroughly, and keep tho wurfaco of the ground, more espocially, aa friable aud loose &s posutble. I decply and sincoraly ap- prociate the sympathy which our wnorthy Uovernor manifests for the suffering peoplo of our western ocountles through the proclawstion which sets apart tho 84 of Juns as & day of fast- 1w aud prayor tbut the groat Authbur of our being may be involvod to removo 1mpoding ca~ Iamities, Yot, without dikcussing tho quostion aa to'tho eflicacy of prayor tn afTocting tho phys- {cal world, no obe will for a moment doubt tliat the supplications of tho people will moro suroly be grauted it accompaniod by well-directsd, ou- orgatio work. Whou, fu 1853, Lord I'slmerstan was besought by the Booteh Presbytorlsns to ap- point & day national fasting, huiniiation, aod prayer, thattheclolera mightbe averted, he sug- gestod thas it would be miore beusticial to fosd the poor, cleanso the cesspooly, ventilato the houses and romove the causss aud -nourves ol gontaglon which, If allowed to remaly, will in- mllbfy brood pestilonce, *“in epite of all tho prayors and fastivgd of » umted bub inactlve nation,” Wo aro commsanded by the best authority to provoour faith by our “worl, For my part, I would liko to 800 tho prayers of tho peoplo tako on the substantial form “of col- lectlons, mmado i tha churches througliout tho Hute fur the bonellt of tho sufferors, and dis- tributed by orgamzed authority ; or, what wonld Lo atill beiter, tho Btate authuritles, 1t 1t is In thofr power, shoutd otfer » premium for cvery busho) of young locusts dostroyed, In this wav the mora destitiite of tho pooplo in the infested districts would have s strong Inceutve to dostroy tho young locusts, and thus avort futuro h?llx)‘ and at tho samo timo furnish the means ol ning & living until the dauger is past, “The locusts thus collected and Jeatroyed could bu fod to poultry and hogs, buriol as wmauiro, or driod, pulverlzod, and sold for thosawme pur~ poso, “tho moavs eated 1 my roport for the pro- vootiun of locust injutios have already Leen publishod in the Gloiw, but the following pas- ssge will, porbiups, bess ropoativg ju thls con- nuetlon ¢ 9, Nosttothe destruction flon of tho younw, vl Jocists 13 mast Wit wan's power,” 'Thas, i go sl can bo sccomplishul by tho usv of & Lieavy roller, when the yauug Loppors tivat biatch in wpriug, o¢ tute fu the fall, ke thoy oxcope tiouslly ¢0 wheu hat scaiou i prolosyed and warm, Iu weailows and prairied they mny M‘ywlmud by fire startod in & circlo around them; or tiey may bodrven futo winrows of atraw or Loy, aud then deatroved by fira; for wheu uuurmuu aTe_travellug w;lu-u Lo driven almost as casily as 8 Liozd of shooj s N, O, Mecker, of Ureoloy, Oolorado, states that this way € thy egiy, tha destruc. 06 bere Bisurre ta gave Uty adres of graln " 3 Haai SR SRR S MR CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1876.~TWELVE PAGES, uard iaturned, when (he balance follaw the Ioaders, Whereser thera sra rinning itches on a farm, ths o1nq can be driven §oio thess aud thon raught and illod 1 sleves or coarso racke, Thin metbod 18 quile commonly employed iu thots rarta of {he Weot whera frrigaiing ditches and canals sbound, In locust conntrios it §a alsa & quita commoen practice to drive the soungt inta n heap sgafnst any converaing batrier, andthen to destrog ther by layzing or cruebing, Whses the meani alieady rugiode], enmiok I auh. Vil 1 prtisie s protected troia the ravegea of these yonug by good 18 ir. Bnydar well ehown in hia tetter, which In the Appendix, mo § euitivated plants msy enlifyution sud a constant alurring of tio soll, The young hava an antipathy ton looze nnd friablo murfa il incommiedos thier anit iindera thele progres undl they will always Jeave anshia surface for ono niora Burd and fier, T any, therefore, (o {hotn in the din- 1413 whern tlio docyata lstch out, got your eropm {n oarly s cmploy sownm one or all of {he moana here fudi- cuted; get your nelghbora {o do thn eame: bt by rll meatis " enlt'vatn thoroughly, Tst the local firanges take tha matter in Land, ond by rosu. Intfon oblhge wnited action smong thetnseisen, at feast, by establisifng a ine of poinio atties peusity, o Lin pali hy any rocusant and negl al tnembern. If tho means bore ounnierated aro ndonted fn concert over thio mora hickly-rottled portlons of the (hreatoncd osuntry, s in onr owin westein coithtlen, prapottive tnjnry mins be averied, un 1 thn ctrmy be rendered comparatively hatmlnea until the danger 18 passed, Two or thico montha' etsreeds work will aufiice, Determination, porsey nd unjted wcton miwt s tho watewirords, With theee, 1ho people In the rricken countien will neeoplish mora good ihan would have been necomplisharl by the £30,000 which thie Laxiniatura refised them Jast winter, ‘In {he loss itied patie no human agancy 1 ilely to t, anel wa can only hope that Provldcnce, nt ntural sgencien kuuwn to b fatal t0 v where aan b fuspotent, Cnanrzs G, Rtiiey, Btate Entomologist. PRAYING AUAINST ISUENDING CALAMITIES, St Lowts (ilobe, The Governor of the Blute, by sirine of au- sority in him yanted, and in accordanen with tho provisiony of tho Conatitution, and of thestat- utes 1n much casen made aud provided, has sot hig haod and caused tho grout kaal of the Htato of Misnousi to ho aflizod to s proclamation, eet- ing forth that divers calamities sro Imponding ovor us, and that tha 2d dayof June, proxime, i appoiuted as o day of fanting and prayor, that Almighty God tnay bo invoked to removo from our midat thows honveadays catamitics, Wo know this, bocauso Mr. McChuth has nttested it in bis ofticial character ns Bectotary of klato, and the peoplo aud ali tho ofticors af tha State aro requestod to desist from their usual avocations, and otherwiso observe the day as one ot proyer and frstiug. Wo bave alrendy intimatod that the torm * im- ponding calomitics” 1n & gubsroatorial eupho- miam for grasshoppors, ana that no concelvablo amount of prayer or fasting ia likely £ have any offect upon thero voracious and nimble insects. Woavo afiaid that tho averago Missourian docs not tako much stock Ju the dovotional exorcise of tasling, and wo nre also afraid that thoa who know most about prayer will alsd be apt to differ from tho Governor with regard o the proper function nud placo of that form of deve- tlen. Dut if thero aro oy who considet that the dircot fuvoeation of Divine nssietance for a pur- poso which scoma to baflo tho utnicat offorts of an, will have a mersitablo nnd appreciablo ro- sult, it {s unkind iv tbem to limit their invoes- tiotr 1o a einglo form of distress, and lo pray agafnnt a s1ogle ovll, wien thers f3 such amelo Taugo nud iniliito veriety of kubjects on which to try thoir haods, Tho Governor eugaests that tho weapen ot prayer should be usod against tho grasshioppers, only because Lo 18 convindod thut sl other moans a0 inofficient. Light plowlng in the carly spring, h{ turning the eggs up, will de~ stroy toany. Tho migrating lusects may bo de~ voured by poultry, or drowned in slusces, or cought in nets, of potwoned by Tarls green; but it fu ubvious that tho boat of thezo remodics are but of Ym-:'ml applicaticn, and that when tho plagne hag reached corlnin proportions, there is uuihing to do but to—{est nud prav. Tuoe same rulo shuuld apply to athor ovils, Thero aro tho Jnmea bogs and tho Youurers for inetance, who will ot bo pov nd of by ordinary means, o wards Liave heen offared for their apprehenelon; Chicago dolcctives hinva been freoly offerod hip a4 & sacritice to thom 3 their house bas beon Aur~ vounded nt miduight; bt all in vain, Yhe vasshioppurs can bardly do more damaga to tho gtnw than tine Loon ‘done by theso outiaws, Thoy do not more cowpletely dofy human de- viced, When wo pray ageinst tho one gcourge, why not nssinst the other? And it woaro Lo givo a wholo day to it, why not mnka our litany com‘ruher.nim enough to embrace all the sctual and imponding calamitics, and got rid of them all by 8 mighty elfort? Ir wo espect our proyers to bo auswored when wo Krny to Lo rid nf grasshoppers, why not pray to 0 1id of election contoats, of libel puits, of whisky tings, aud of amateur poetry? Tho proclamation of the Governor opsns up a mag- nificont fleld of possibilities in the praylug ling, [ thore is any point at which wo should stap, it is for lum to iudicate it, aod togive a reason why official prayems, uttered by antherity, ehenid bo potont as upainst o plaguc by inscety, and noy against other an! worso onot. A PREIHATURE PROCLAMATION, ISansan Lity o2, It mooma to the Fines that Gov. Uardin was momewhnt promaturo fn his proclamation for fastng nnd yrayer on sccount of the grassliop- rors, aud that the policy of such a prociumation 1 any ovent a very questionable. 'Lhero has cortalnly as yet heon no very considorchble or alatmiog amount of destraction dono by theso iokects, and wo fucline to the beliel that the whole panio i3 mora tho canse of approhension for what may happon thau for the injory elready inflicted. But tho piving to it ofiicial ‘recopni- tlon such ad tho procinmation implies, cerites tenfold more importance sbrosd thun the pateal facra justifv, We fear tho dawmngo will ba ir. repatable, aud wo wish the Uovernor had not proctamate:d jus: yot awhilo, 4 ON Tl MIGRATE KORTINWARD,' Kaiwutn Uty Tamen, May 20, The warin weatber of yoztordny had its ussal offect upon tiro fueact Kingdom, tho grasshop- pers marehaling thoir hosts in cxeaedingly livoly v nud wolcomiug to thoir ranks countloss legious of new fledged recrity, Althoueh the very earth {8 in misay places block with the pes- tiforous thdoes, ethiljllin foeling nmong peoplo gonersily la steadily fmproving, ns i s uo lougtor nny question but what tho ‘liuppers are on tho migrato northward, tho rate of wpeod at- tained being variously compntcd at from 2 to 4 mules an hour, At wevorsl poluts u the elty andd conutry largo hodies of grasshoppoers have Leen aoticed with wings nearly I2 not quite doveloped, aud fn somu fhstances they are re- ported to havo been 8o far matured ad to bo ablo Lo take tu the 2ir and whon_last ween woro wmoking their way mnorthwnrd at s rapid rate, The massing in Iarge numbers still continues, oud tho vosulla thue far hnave Dbeon such a8 to verify the prophecios of those who ciatmad that the gatheriug togother in large bodiea wanld oo the signal, as it were, for specdy depariure, From reaant Indieations 1t would be woll for tho araiers of lows, as woll aa thosa of Hintes farthor oast, to set their honsen lu order for dlsstrous visitations of the red logs, sy the rec- ord of past umrahop&:'r-scnumcd yoars domon- etratos tho tendonoy to wmizration "to new felds immodiately upon full development, Dut n fow d-?'- auch as yostordny will be sufticiont to de- volop the prasshoppor into such maturity as witl oloud tho heavens with the denumty of their numbors, and then hLumsnh power over them will bo mimply Impotont. Just ut this stage of their oxistouce, aod whon manaed a8 (hay aro by (he bushel, millions upon millions of them can rold:ly bo de- stroyed, While devoutly recogmzing the Lowor on high, and not tor a mument question- ing tho oficucy of prayor, wo nevertlioloss think .tuat, had Goy, Hardin proclamated a dag’ of de- struct{on inetend of aupplication, tho aclaal bon- ofit dorived would hiave boen sottled upon & basls #0 practical as to admit of no questioniug. ITad bio bet o day for systematio work, caliing upon ‘overy mau, womau, and child {n the State to lay Baldo all business aod profossional pursuits and “for tho {ime beiug ougage in o whaleaalo warfaro upon tho rod-logs, wo doubt not that, if, ns claimod, 100 came to every dead one's funcral, the mourneta would bo wade to jump about sight lively to got in at all tho doaths, What with ker- oseno, hot wator, torohos, paddles, and the like, with all hands, mou, womon, aud cbhifiren, on their motsle as to tho quantity of gumo bagged, u'lmn—‘{\nhly tone—~0f grasshoppors mught bo do- stroyed, rens, About Hamburg, on the line of the K. O,, 8t. Jo & 0. B Hailrosd, miilions of tho devourors van bo seen on tho fencos and trncks, Bt littlo damage has buon dono me yet, and it is hoped thiat as soon aa thoy are large ouough tho grass- bo&,wn will aigrate. mthrop, opposite Alchlson, 1s not loft out in the cold by ‘the varmints. For many daya tho ground haa boou ocoversd with thom, and the whicat tlelds, au also the youuy corn just bogine ning l: sprout, las boon caten off close to tho ground. . Tho couutry about 8t, Joe Las sufferod as much 88 nuy placo up the valloy (rom the rav~ lglu of the rod-legged destroyor. XIn somo lu- calition tho young whont, it js feared, has been complotoly ‘deatroyod, and unloss the insocty start for new homea before mauy days the loss will bo incaloulablo. A trainof cars on the Conucil Blutts Road, whilo near laswburg, yesterday, was almost stopped by the thousands of siaall imlhnvpcn lhnnmc ated on the sail, and when the W over 1haid (ha Wack Wed 85k @ l a nlipnery condition that sand hed to he used by e enginver for a distance of over balf & mile. <o KANSAS, THR SOUTHEAN PART OF TI'S H7ATE. N Kansas Oty Timas, May 20, b All reports from Sonthorn Hausas, the earden of the Btato, agreo aa to the magnificent pros- pect aud slight damago thus far dome. Mr. Goorgo M. iolloy, tho popular manager of the widely known dry goods house of J. B1. Blelloy & Co., of thin city, returned from an oxtended trip Boutl yestordey, and in entlusiantio over tho outlook. e doclares that while tho farmern genorally aro much frightoned at tho reports of the grasshopper doluge in this roction, they atl agreo that §f not molentod by tuo piague they will hav tho Iargeut and fineat crops over known in the Btate, As yoc vory littlo injury has beon done. PEOPLE, NP.ED NOT BE AFaAID." aaccenworth Timen, Thn grasshoppers are ho oreo than thoy were in tho epriny; followiny thelr last virlt w1867, and they will do no mors damaze, I'eople nood ot Lo afraid, and our exchanged should not mit- ropreseht ns, When Tuz TRIBUNE suys Lhat ** o rounwal of Iagt year's duvostation and riia 14 nx- pectad,” it is mistakon, furtim{) aly will not de- Bhoy onythiog oxeept' the early garden vogets- o8, and they will thou loaye aba spend the fall in womo othee Htate. Kavwas ia safe for this yerr, at lnau, WASTOX DESTRUCTION OF IN4FCT- &1, Joserh Gazelr, Passing down Fells stroot ths other day wo ob- sorved a boy going along with A numbor of quaits strong togadior by their necks, Wo stonpod him aud inquued if La didn't know the law forbade tho killing of quaila 6t thia scason of tho yerr. I'ke boy lovked amazed, ** Vhy," paid hio, ** na catchos ‘em alt tho lime over in Kaoeas." A pity *tis, "tis true they du cateh tho birds at all sea- s0uR of thy year over thoro, and the chances aro that until the Lu to the contrary iu mora rigor- onaly enforeed, the wholosule slaughter of the Lirds will continue. Last year one party alcue brought in 17,000 quails ‘duriog tho Heason, which had been netted within an azos of 7 squero miles. It estimated that the uvumbor of prairio chickens lkilled in Rorthern Kanwra anoually to eupply tho Bt. Louis and Jastern iaricets oxcoedy $00,000—of this uumbet, s least one-half syoi beforo reacitug the markots, Dut this whole- palo platght 1 io not eonflaed to the quail and rairia clicken alono, Thousanda of 1ea birds, nya, eparrosy, thrushen, linnote, mocking-bids, woodpeekiers, nnd other amaller bizds, are killed off cvery weneon merely to gratify man's pro- penmty to Lill, Thia butchory of tho feathered tribo bas brought upon us 8 scrioua ovil—the prasshoppois, ‘Tho wanuton destruction of the birda bhos causod the incroase of thuse noxlons insects that destroy the crovs, and, as a ccnae- quence, produce famino and all tho depressing iuiluenees astendant therounon, The entomolo- giets toil ug that onc of tho Lest and quickest ueans of ricding tho countey of tho crasshopriers in to protect tho birds, to let them Jivo, to ¥pare them for n season or two, until theso terribla peats are extorminated, A writes who Lias tnade tho subject » careful atudy seya thut a quail de- stroys not lesy than 20,000 tueects during one seuson, Admitting this calculation to be & fair oug, Ltaoss 17,000 quails, abovo refurred to,would this season Linve walked away with 840,000,000 giareboppers, ood that would Liave made some- tujug of a holo 1n the grasshoppor family, vro- vided the supply had met tho demsnd, This sounds pretty huge, but wo state it au o serious fnct, hauene peoplo are beginning to awakon to o realization of the fact that steps must bo taken at onco to prevent tho wanson destruction ol tho birds, fue Granges ore dealing with the mattor fuiriy sud squncely. 1ho other day in Atciison County the fullowing rorolutions were unanimonely ndopted & Witnvas, Tla cropa of the conntry cto being devas. tateil Ly awarine of youug grarsheppesa; Witeueas, Yue Lirds are tho great thezo {nccete, tud soum (o b thoTarmier's Lot fincady 1n destroying lizceo pesta; therofoze, octerd, By the members of Shannoh Hill Grangs, No, 760, Atahlaons County, Kansis, thst wa will tiot mi low buy one to il birds oo any farm within the jurli- diction of thin Grenge, and hurely givo notce thit avy renvon fouud Lihing birds on'our promises will to proteculed 1o the full exient of tho L, Anotlier (irange, near Topeka, ohys : There aro ccrtaln persoua in this cummnpity who, from taoughtiesnors or fznorance of tite jicaizu'atls injuts they are doing ihe farmers, &z ahueet ii-y shooting {irds in direct violatlon of thntare dustroying unumerable numbers of irappere, aud otler nsoets tht at this timo ore tireat- coing {0 desiroy alhmost entiraly the crops n vwhich ey przsans have dnvested almost thelr iast dolisr, ‘Taauy days of hierd work, aud fn which [ the only f0p0 fur the fubure mistenance of thelr familivs 3 doeming it of tho highest fnportance that some united snd eacrgstic action be taken to remove an evil which may el o greatly In brlnging butn upen our Slato amd starvation to thousanda of our eitizern, 4 genflornn fn the Eaut, who ecot a sum of monoy to Knnsas for the relinf of her destitiito peoplo, gave tho follawing advico along with it 14! fie peopla of theen Weatern Ktates take batter cate of thelr binde, For ycars past they have made » syutematic war sgainut thiom, sud the marke's of cven. fio Telernt cltles have been glustcd with grotee, prsiria lens, Wilid tarkeyn, olc,, which, if not moieated, worllid iavo kept thie fusocts In ckeck, We cannot de- rauge Nature's balance of pover aud udt expect to suffer someliow, A law (0 prevent killing any bizde fy Kannan aud Nebrarka for five yoars woalt bea betlar remedy thaa subvesibing movey every winter for thess cutlerere, . And yet tho kiltingz goes on, and 8o it will con- tintie, till ono and wil cleatly vee tha fatal conuen qaences of the foolivh, nut o way fvbumaz, sfort, KILLING BIBDS, cogess af LATEST RETORTS, Spectal Disnateh & The Clifouan Tridune, Toreaa, Linw., May 21,—There has been no metarinl chance in the grasshopper outluok In Nauzaa for tho last fow days, ‘The little pests oro sl withons wings, and their work of da- struction is imitod ta partienlar localitios. They appear ta bo mest plontiful and toublesoma i1 the goutueast tier of Lorder countice, und In two or thres counties along tho lino of iha Contral Branch toad, from Atchison. Tlho twonty or thirty counties so xo- riauely tujured Isst yoar havo entirely oscapea this season, and tholr proepects for erops of all kinds havo not Lovu 80 woud for the last five years. Bomo damngo 3 beng done in the con- tnl portion o the Btate, but not enouch to causa alarm, In tho southesstern counties, whero tho fnscols are thickesr, abont one- fourth of thu farm area fy embraced in the scope of thelr operations. Thoy scem to bo maseiug in large numbers, which 18 wall to bo au unfalling eign of early depariuro for other tields aud pasturca now, It 18 a well demon- strated fact they almost universally migrate upon full developmont, and prosent fndicatinns point to such courss, [n that ovent lown, Mis- sourt, and Illinols, and porhaps other States atill farther Baal, may expect a vielt from them during June avd July, Tue tendenoy of such as can do it 1 in » routhoneterly direction. Milizons upon millions of them ate belug kiilad, but enough will escapo to do gerious mischiof somewhero beforo tho nummer ends, The farmers fn tho doprodated portions of Knnsas are considerably disconraged, but not distioartencd, They say thero will bo plenty of time to revlant the dostroyed craps, ana get a fafe viokd it they can got rid of tho **’hoppors ' by the 1(th of Juno, —_— I0WA, DAIAGE IN KOBSTTH COUNTY. Des Momxus, Ia., Moy 21,—Tho grasshoppers are dolog considerablo damago in Kossuth Co. pistnt s b WALL STREST EICITEMENT OVED TELGLAMS—DEPRESSION LAILROAD 6TOCKS. . New York Sun, day 20, Tho grasshoppers aro coming. Wall striet way excitod yestorday sfternoon by the omiaaus tolograms from Iows., The country vust of Ne- brusks, untouchod by grasshoppers last year, ia bolog enten up. Tho news that the grasshop- pera wera cating the corn and whoat in fowa caused & dopression in the stock of the Huck Istand,' Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, aud Chi- cago & Northwostern Raulroads. 'Fheso roads Tun through Iows, and tap the Union Pacitle at N Omaka. ‘Tho firet telogram received comss from Coun- ¢l Blufts, on tho bouadary tue botween lowa and Nobraakn, It reads thus: Covncrn Diurrs, la., May 1Y, 1879.Ts Clinton B, Fur, Freasurer Jlissours Pacido Ruifraad: Tho srassboppers aro pasaing over from Nebrasks futo Towa, rhey are hatching—ulllions of them, but vuly sewain {n Nobraaka il lanse onough to ily; thens ey wtart for Jowa,' They are eatlng every live ihiug aloug the Rock Lulsnd Railroad, the Chlw:t“»LHurlinqu & Quiney, and the Northwestern Lallr . O, D, Nomsax, The following lul;“rnm! ‘woro received yesters day by Clinton B, Fiuk, 'L'ressurer of tho Mis- souri Pacutic Itallroad, in regard to tho grasshop- persy . ks Mosps, Is., Msy 10,—The frst grasshoppers aro apyeariug bere, They vome only now and then, but 1o grest wavl is advaucing from Nedruka where thoy wro baiching out, It appesre ibat oid Tucalities ¥ Liat year aro to bv freo frum tho plague (his year, but new scotivus like lows, Il Uuls, and Wiscouals, are 10 be sateq up. 1, D, Masow, Dos Moloos Is in the centrs of lows, on the “ng “"lummd ““\llm.fi-amm Datching out ‘o e AN sadl B7104 towenls Missourhe A Barasine 1o doalrosing (B, "Thes ate o) Ulek davugh ig dp auage. We 8ikGao0, Thy May e Gasboiect hare y#4, bot wa are apprehensire, for they Ars coming from Nebrasks, whato they ace hatching out by the o Mo, May 10,—N oppers o ite ARRTPLZLD, Mo, May 10,—No grasstoppers in vicinity, and 10 fl:nflu by chinch-bugn yel, Good crope are ganerally sniicipsted. J, L, Butaos, 3 Ageut Alantis & Pacifio Ratiroad Company. Marshflold in on the Atlantio & Pacific Rail- road, 217 milen west of Bt, Louis. Hotors, 3o, Bay 19.—Grsslhoppers’ ravagen are fight a8 Jeb in GhE Imediats visineg, LAOk fog wores 2 routh and weet of ne to the fitate line and consider- abiy inlo Konmas, They re reported 1o b takiug all thin vegntation rlean over 1lio groater portion of coune try, not leaving even luaven of underbrusi for starsing atock, Chincheliga nnmerous, but the damage they will do cannot_ by naccrteined, 8 18§ 120 early in the scacon for thelr work to sbovw, M, L, (inay, Anent A, & P, Raileind Company, Holden, 3o., ou the Pacific Bailroad, 232 miles from 3¢, Lama, Yzince: G, Moy, May 19,—~No grasehoppers here, A few chinch-briga, but (e 4y they L Hkely to doany harm, Acreage more, sul general crops good average, H, T, Wicxs, Agent A, k P, Tuiiroad Company, Trinc. Crry, Mo,, May i uo prasehiofpers (n thin seetiou, They are hateling and dlylug cantward, Noting knowa Jero by loaiiuy en of frassopper prochamation, Crap good. | Privce, Peirco City 15 291 mifes sonthwest of 8t. Lonis, on tho Attantic & I'nsific Itatlrond, T1r10%, M0, Max 19,=No gretsnappara a8 yet have msado thelt npjeurien hiere, " Ghindi-uogs sxe_ doiug very Bille damsge, Prospects for crops aro vory good, T, W. ANpRRAs, Agent, Tipton is on the Missouri Prclfic Itailroad. CaLIFORNIA, Mo, May 19,—Tlore fre no grasshop- vera i thin cotuty, but thers are mijtions of chinche An yet they Tive dnno o dsinage, Grast foars t and Torth, . R LuNrn, Aguut A, & I Rafiroad Cownpany, Calitornia {8 150 miles weut of St. Louis, on the Migsouri Pac:fic Rtailroad. LATEN DISPATCUES, A prominant Broad-straes bovkar recoived the HANRIDAL, Mo,, by 19, —) Ing up the raibyof tin Heans der o alop the tranamisatan o mation, BT, doeren, May 10,—Tho nprers a freigistrain oupored of greetiepuuied catn | ternnan, aud dovoured everyth wheeln, cized & is afs by but the nxlen and 0. ftorrce, THP LATEAT. Anvieteted Press Lrapateh, Pansoxs, Lian., ilay 19.—0he party of sixty gentiemen, canitalista and baokers of Now York, who have travoled, Etnco Moaday, 1,000 miles throngh Missour, Indian Teritory, and Kansas, report that not oue grasshiopper ias besn ween. = g RAILROAD NEWS, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL. The fight between Atexander Mitchell, Prosi. dont, and Rueeoll Bago, Vico-Preeideut, of the Chicago, Milwaukeo & Bt. Paul Railroad, which hua been going on for some tima past, will coma 1o an jssua on tho 12th of June, whon the aonual meoting cf tho stocsholdera will be held in Now York and, judming by appoarsnces, Mr, Mitebell will corry olf tae victory, The follow- ing circular to tho atack and bondholders of the road bas just been isaned : We duvite you to sond us suthority o vote for youat the suuual meoting of the atockholders of this Come Py, to Lo held at Siilwkukec on tha 12th of June next, We arc in_favor of sccepting the law, auproyed March & 1375, which yepcis the Clansification act, and yrovides for an elestiun cach year of a full Doar, of Wilttern Dircetore, nnd rhail, if einpowered, voio on your shazca n tecordance wilh thiy view, uniea other- risu lustructed, Atnong other contempiated reforms, it a tntended that the oftice fn New York rusll be used exclumively for thie businesa of the Comgatty, unc bo wides witie sgetment that will bave o futerest fn the stock-market in istent with that of tho alsrebolles o secure rupreazitation at ihe annual election on June 13, it is of the Arat importance to every ownez cf Toncs or stock of the Chiczwo, Milwaukee & 8¢, Paul Roliway Company tht bia butids or stock rhoukl wtaud fu his own name when {hu trapsfer books civse on Friday, 224 just. 1L fs thevefero rozommended that, where bonds and etock do not uow stanid {n the name of ke owner, transfors he mads at once, Yorproxiesapply to Avzxawprs Mstcmpry, Joux E. WiLLI1Aste, £t the Matropoliian Nattoual Bank, ITEMS, Tho General Ticket and Passenger Agonts of Chicago bield their regular mesting yostorday nf- ternoon, but beeidea the ocomparing of sheet- 1ates uo busipess of {mportanco was transected. Tho summner time-tables of oll the railronds centering In this city witl go into offect to-mor- row. ‘Tbo changes will be found in the list of departuies aud arrivala of trotos, in snothercol- umu, A NEW HARROV/-GAUGE. Spectal Dupatch to 4'he Clicago Tribune, SrpixorizLp, IlL, May 2l.~Anotlher narrow- Rraugo ratlzond is projectod from this city south to the lowor edge of this county, maluly for county tratife, B CROPS. IN ILLINOLS, Spestar Divietch to The Chizago Tribune, Cisarratas, 11, May 21.—The past two weexs have becn fine for farming operations, and an immense broadth of corn Laa beeu plantad. The st plantivg, befora tho rains camo two weeks 8go, will requizo to bereplanted. Broam-corn is coming up floely. There will be & very good crop of cherries and pears; but of apples, escept Den Davie, wiua eap, and Smiih's culer, the crop will bo light. Tihe endeavor of some intoresied parties to got up o grasshopper acars will como to nouxht, for the reason that it isan cutomological impos- wbility for the 'huppers to ever get east of tho Missisntppl. Thero s far more roadon to fear a devastation of cropn by the elinch-bugs, which, durioy the fow past warm daye, were fiying abont in_great numbers. A caroful iuvestigution of u field of rve nnd rcvernl piceos of pring wheat on the Bxperimestal Fann of the lufin!‘. Umiversity shows that tho bugs are depositiug their eggs on each piece, but uo far the effect iy ouly vizible ou the Epring ryc. “L'he effect of the Into fraine Las already dicappeared, sud, nuless wo have abundaot raivs buiweeu now and the 1t of July, 1t will be impoasiblo for the grain crops to sscapo tho chinch-buge. A very light ! slower fell tius morning, but DOt exteLsive euough to do auy guod. et visvatih ta The Chicago Tridbune, Srmivarielp, IiL, May 21.—Your corre- spondens, within the Jast throe or four days, has hud occasion to travel through a great portiou of this county, and Lo leagued that there will not by oue-foucth of tho broadth of winter wheat uown laat fall that will produce any yiold, On all vides Inrgo wheat ficlds aro .belng plowed vp aud planted i corn, and 1t is said that, for the st part, wherevor winter wheat is ralsed in the State tho failuro ia in tho above proportion. A mueh-needod rain fel! bers to-day—not enongh, however, to intersupt ccru-plauitivg, which is belng prosocuted vigoronsly. Dwioar, 11, May 21,.—1banks bs to God for thy beantitul warm prowiug raw of this mwaru- wg, Our pastares were almost ruiged aud tho onts wera suiforiog for sain., The clover and tiomothy sown this spring will bo savod, and the corm, which WAS coming up very alowiy, alroady may bo soon 11 long rows of green, choering the heart of the plowholder, and gmnx bopes that his long and arduons labors of tho spring will be amply re- wardod, There's millions iuthis rain ioihe rlowholders of uia regivn, NEW BANKS AT DES MOINES. 8pecial Dispatch to The Chicago Triduns, Dzs Moiyss, 1a., May 21.—Two or thres new baoks are on the tapis horo just now. Parties from QGenoseo, Ill, who have s Natioual Bank, aro negotiating for a private bank, with & capl- tal of 2100,000. 8. B, Ingham—ho of Pacific Mail colobrity—ia aleo proapecting to lnvest his pleshioric purse uf ducats ; and Col. J. N, Dewey, well-kuown over tho Stato, will brobably join with lum. Whether it will bo s National Bank, or uudor tho Slato laws, or private, is not you determined. The othor day 1 sont you an ftem similar to this, s which “the unme was given Isham, and atatiug that he was formerly in busiuoss hero and failed, Bomehow two efories got wixed, Mr. logtum forwerly had a bunk hero,—a good mauy years ago; but it did not fail, but wound up its affatrs in dus form. ‘This is due to the I)u-lins in the new projeci, a8 the publiv might ho misied a4 to the facte. It was tho futeution to secure tho largo snd woll- fittod bauking bwldiug of 1L F, Allen for the new bank; but the barkruplcy proceod- ings sgaiust him havo twd up Lid aifairs 6o as to provens it, There is room fora new bank, sud as thosa parttes have the moans, the expurience, ‘md the name abroad, it will at onco step to tho ront, e~ WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Nxw Yurx, May 21,—The ¥nternational Metrio Conventlon has been sigued by tho representas tives of all kke Foners paruicipating La the son- farasse, . THE WHISKY RAID. Two DMore Chicago Storekeopors . Held for Trial, The Evidence Shows They Neglected Their Daty. Col. Asn Matihews Appointed to Succoed Supervisor Munn, Removal of Revenuo Oficors in Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin, A Slight Falling-0ff in Revenue Recelpis (n Con- sequenco of the Raid. CHICAGO, TWO MORE BTOREKELIERS EXAMINED, Tho casos of Fredorick Witta and Goorge D. Tholps, the latter being the day Biorskeaper and the formor nigbt Storekooper of tho Loke Suore Distillery, both charged with complicity in tha United Btates rovenus frands rocently nn. earthed, camo up beforn Comotssicner Philip A. lloyue yesierday morning, WITTE The case of Mr. Witts was first on the docket, . Tho Govornment was represented by Aeslat- ant Unitod States Atlorney Burke, and the do- fendants wern eliampioned by Judgo Dunlavy. Tho firat witness svorn was i L ¥, noYT, Doputy Collector of Internal Revenue: Witnosa was assigned to the Lake Shore Distillery on the 1t of oy ; he mado un reports of irregularitios at the distillery, so faras he could remember, about Moy 10, At this point Mr. Burke banded witness the rules and regulations governing the condnct of Storekoepers, requiring them to bo on duty nt all hours until relieved; and, further, requiring them $o bocomo conversant with the ruuning of tho promises, with the spparatus need, and to tako tho weight and measure of the material to be u<ed in ruash ; nlso to test tho accuracy of scales aud to mako a daily report of the amount of apirts taken nway from the distillery. Wilness read the rules, and said £hio? wero cor- rect 3 tho Storckeerer was required” by law to rely eutiroly upon bimaelf ; to make his reports from *peraonal obgervetion, not upon second- hand ioformation or npon ecatimates mads by unauthorized, uuoflicial parties ; Mr. Witto was assigned to duty as night Storekeaper; thero “un: Bome 8ix or elght such officers in tho dis~ trict, Judgo Daalovy—Did any of the night Store- kecpers, to your knowiedge, make daily reports ? Mr. Buriie—[ obfect fo the quostion. The witness must not anvwer it. Comminsiouer Hosne—Iha objection is sus- tainod. Mr. oyt continusd : Night Starckeopers wero only roquired to make reports whoa irregulari- tios weru committed ; they are required to report s laid down 1n tho law; "ho was not awars that other instructious wero issucd ; if ro, ho did not hear of or receive them ; bonkn wero furnished to keep the accounts required, as wontivuod in tho rules and rogulations junt read. Tudze Dunlovy—Haa Mr. Witte bean required to maxo theoss roports ? Witnere—The day Rtorskeeper makes tha ro- parts, and I am not awaro of any excepticn to tho practice. : Judfi? Dunleys—It resms fo mo that this whala businoss §s very inderinite. Will the pros- ccution be good cuougi: to state what AMr. Witte {8 charged with ? kir. Burke—We claim {n this caee that thero han bean a distinet violation of all ths rikes, Judgo Dunlovy—Isubmit whethcrslis chargo hae been sustained by the ¢vidence xa far. Call your next iitness. WR. A, P, TCTTES, Supervisor of Tuternal Revouue, was next called aud gworn: Romembered soeing Mr. Witte on tho 10th or 11th of May; was at the Litke Shoto Distillery on the J0th ; reached thers ui; 60'clock in the moruing, and found c7erything in tull blasi ; mash was being made ; did nt seo any Siorckeoper &t all; found tho meal- room wide opon; B0 far a3 ho could remember thore ~was no way of mccar- fug tho door; the hoppers were unlocked ; ehould judre from the appearance of things that the focks hiad not beon used for & tong time, —perbaps for several monthu; thero waa uothiug to Linder the disiller from retting all the meal e requircd : he conld tnake the marhos Justsa thick a8 Lo had & toind to ; remembared that Phelps, tho day Storekeepar, came abaut 7 v'clotk, Just boforo wituess loft tho distillory ; | met Witto in the evening. Judge Dunlevy—How did yon know that there was no Storakoceper arouud that wmorning ? Witnees—I eaw 00 one, s I have stutrd, notil Phelps came along, aod two men &t the vistillery told mo that no Btorokeeper had boers around duzing the whole morninz. Judgo Dunlevy—What is the law relative to runuing the distilleries during the dark. hours ? Witness—The Iaw says tist distiifers may commenco to operate at 1 o'cloek, it there boa Starekeoper prescut. Otherwiso the prooeeding would bo irregular, Judye Duntevy—1 wish to say to your Honor that tho Govosnment ofheers lLiave tsized upon the books ot tho Storekeerers, Woich coutain all the entrica made by thom. Tuese have been bidden away, leaving no oppors: 1or defense. I denounce this procecding as 2z been car- ried with a high baad, It'is unontrage upon tho defendants, and o bardship which they ought not be required tosabmit tu, 1 wish to have the Lools produced and shown in evidotica. Commietioner Hoyne—I caunot sllow such a courss of procedure’ during the crods-sxamiua- tion. Judge Dunlery—Did rou, Mr, Tutten, closcly examiuo the maek to re2 118 comporiion ? Witness—1 did ezamine it, but could not u:dny kay whether aoy oxira iwcal had bLeen used, ~Judge Dunlevy—Could you undor oath ssy whether fraud baa teeu committed 7 Witness—I merely stoto thas the Btorekeoper was absent, and that fraud could bave beea com- mitted. Judge Dunlovy—Answer the direct question, Witaess~—I could not swesr that any fraud had bogu couaitted. Assistant Attorney Burke—Your Homor, we Tout our easo bete. i Judge Dunlevy called Alr. Tutten for the de~ ons Q.—Have you pot the Brorekeopet's books in Four possesdion ? Mr, Burke—I object; tho question is irrelevant, Judge Duolevy—I nold that 1% is bLigbly relo- vant aud most lmportant. Mr. Burke—Wo charge Witte with haying failed to report & violation of the revemua law by the Lake Shore Distilling Campany, Commissioner Hoyue sustawned Mr. Burko's objoction. udgo Danlevy—What specitic act of Witts {s complained of tu thid caeg? ‘ ‘The Assistant United States Attorney thought the question should not bo anancred, Then followed a lively cross-fire Lelween the oppoying counsel, whon the Commissioner inter- fered “io say that the quostion might be an- swer Witneas—He ia charged with absence from his dp?u:"cl duty st tho time I made my visit t0 the stillary. This {udod tho caso, 5o far aa evidonce waa cqucerned, COMMIASIONER MOTNE eaid that negligenco on tho pari af the dafond. aut ap) wnmi‘m be auiliciontly proven. Ilis ab- sence from his post had not been accounted for, ‘Therstore Lo held the churge sustained, sud held Mr. Witto for trial in bonds of €1,000, PHELPS, The next caso called was that of George D. Thelps, the samo witnesses being examined. The charges wero almost the wame as those moade agaiust Witte. ME. TUTTEN tostified that the hoppers had rewmaiued un- locked,apparently for & long timo,snd that I'helos did ot put in an appearsuce at the distillery uu- til fully an hour after witness arrived theto v tho moruiug of May 10. Judge Dunlevy, on behalf of the defendant, atated that the distillery was about to ebut down and that the lovks could not bave beeu obtalhed fn tune for use, had thoy been onlered, claimed that Alr. Pholps sras not required to bo at the distillery until 7 o'clock, and that, no case haviog beon made against him, he ought to o discharged. Ar, Burie took exception. Thoe standing rule shoned that she Storvkvoper was mlways supe posed to be on duty uutil proporly reliaved. Judgo Dunlevy—That iy all very well; bot I hold that thess charges are tri! \ 88 proved by your own witucsses. My opluion is that the Jeosecailons sgminat tho’ Fsorekoopers have sn obfect in viow. Parbapa they may be pursa with the ides of carrying awa -’unnugn lmfl the acls of thoas in higher official capasity, Commissioner Hoyne said that thora was suf- floient ovidenco to ehow that Phelps had boen ;:r‘yd?:rfilnn. ‘fh n‘{ ‘v.ho‘i lu:'ut o‘ll 1 'nllnl“ Asxonld chargs tho defendant, and wo 1! Bonda at 31,000, 1 e IN WASHINGTON. PROMINENT OFPICERS REMOVED, 8peeial Diaputel to The Chicago Tribune, ‘Wasitxarto, D, 0., May 21.—Tho President, undor the Tenure-of-Office act, to.day suspended tho United States District Attornoy for tho Easte ern District of Wisconsin, This doubtloss fore- stisdows the romoval of the Collector of Inters nal Revenuo, Erakine, aa well a8 of tho Umited Btatea District Attornoy, Jndgs Hubbell, Tt is not known that thore have boon any chnrges made againet Judgo Itubbell, but the opinion * pravalis that ho i not the person whom tho Hee~ retary of the Troasury and the Attornny-General desiro to intrust with tho prosecution of tha Whisky Ring. o is accordingly romoved, Jt is ‘mat probablo that any successor will Le appointed until afler ‘he moating of Con- groes, and until atter the Whinky Ringg prosocus tions im that district are \vel(y ndvanced. Tt acema to bo the policy of the Government to engage legal asalstanco outsldo of the regalar nttorneye, a4 far as s practicable, Thore sooms tobe uo doubi that the Attorney-Goneral undor ths faw haw amplo suthority for thia without eny specific appropriation, Tho ;vcu troublo which tho anthoritiea hero fenr s that the Whizky Rtinz will retain all tho best counsel in their own interest. MUNN'S FUCCESSON. Asa Matthews, Collector of tho Ninth Htinols Internal Revenuo District, s to bo the anccessor of Danfel Munu a4 Bupervisor of Internal Rova enue for Iilinofs, Wieconein, and Michigan, Thia was decided in Cabinet meoting to-day, Tho fact thot no chargen have been mads agalnst 3unn was carofully considered, but the gonoral fact that the frauds wers committed without the kuowledgo ot Mupn wes decided to be o enfll. cient reason for acesptins Muun's resignalion, which the lattor lett with tho President. The following i the test of 3Ir. Muun's lotter of reaignatio JTo I Exeellency I, S, Grant, Pirmient of tha United Ytates: 1 have the houor lieroby ta tendes my Fesignation an Bupervisor of Internal Liesenve for tha Dietrict of lilinats, Michigan, aud Wiscouein, For the jeriod of my oilicial earecr, now threa and s-half years, I have cnduavored faithfully to do my whola duty,” There have Tecently been sent into my district, without my knowledge, other officers to make seizurca on account of allegeq frauda aguinat the Government, This perns tome to fudivate ibat I havaloat tha confi detice of tho Secretary of the Treasury, to which T sm entitied, "I am aanurcd by oflicers of 1kio Treasury De- partment, and positively informed by, ths olfcerd wio socontiy mnke the selzires in my district, that they Liave ween or heard nothing szalnai my fntegrity as an otficer or honor asn tman, Nevertheleea, an I wish to in 06wy embarrass the Department.’ T hercby re Fpectfully teuder my refanation, ta take eftect upun the apromtinent and qualifatidu of my micorssor, Jieapectfuliy, DaNIL MUNN, REVESUEL MECEIPTS, Tho diminution of tbe production of whisky, owing to the peizuro of se meny distilleries, i3 ohservable in tho 1nternal rovenue roceipts. Tho castum receipts do not inprove Vio the Jamented frress,) THE BT, LOUIS DISTRICT-ATIORNEYSHIP, Wasussotos, D. C., May 21,—~The Presidont this morning appoiuted David P, Dyor, Unlted Htaten Attorney for tho Eastern District of Mis- souri, in the place of William Patrick, suspended, The Presidont, after tho Cabinet mecting to- day, recalled tho oppointment of David P. Dyar tobe United States Attorvey for the Eaatorn Dintrict of Missonsl, vice William Patifck, It is intimated, howover, that Mr. Vatricik will ehort~ Iy tonder hia resigoation, THE ILLINOIS SUTERYISORBHIP, _Col. A, Mathow, st present Collector of the Ninth Ihinois District, has been appointed In- ternel Revonue Bupervisor for the district com- prised in tho Btates of linots, Mickigan, and Wiecanein, vico Muno, resigned. DISHISIALS, The tollowing dismissnls_of Internal Revenuns oflicers are sunounced: Gaugers—L. C. Eber wine, First Indiana; G. M. Campball, Highthy Iilin A. 3L Evorest, I, A, Mead, J. A. H aurett, First Miesouris Ed L. Red- + F. J, Mooller, Firat Wisconsin, APTOINTHENT. Louls Dementor has Leon appolnted Internal lg«_wemt\ Storekecper for the Secoud Minnesota intsict —— AT FORT WAYNE. MOBE BrIZURES, Sypectat Dispatch tn The Chicaqo Tribune. Fonr Warsg, Ind., May 21.—To-day United Buateu officials seized some whisky consigned to A. Lavdier by A, L. Frauck & C», and mann- actured by “the Iliinows Diszilling Cowpany of Chleago, The otlicers claim to have evidénce that it wes illicitiy distllled. THE BLACK LLILLS. AN INTERCEPTED EXPEDITION, Spceiat Drepatel, to e Chicago Tribuns, Sroux Ciry, 1a, May 2L, member of the Siguz City & Black Hills Transportation Come puny's traln, in charge of F, T. Evaus, with which Gordon was connected, arrived hero this afteruova. Ho roports that while pursuing their way in Northern Nebraskn, in a southwesterly courso and 50 miles awey from saoy Indian reservation, thoy wers, ou tho 13th inst., over- taken at a poiot 300 miles west from Liere by a body of sldiers from Fort Randall, numboring thirty-seven, who acrested the train and started with itor Fort Randall. - Juige Huvbard, I. D. Boago, Johm H, Charles, and James A, Bawyer, promiuent citte zeus of this city, aud haviug an interest in tho train, teleyraphod tho Socretary of War this afteruoon, stating that tha company becoming canvinced that the Hitls would not be openod by tho ime the Evaus train arnved there, had chianged their provious intention cf entering the Hulls. aud Lad resolved to pass around tsem to tho Big Xorn country, without lmugnwng on resersations, sl demanding that the train Le immodistely discharged and” eafely returned o the point of arrcst, THAT PATERT SCHOOL-DESK CASE. Special Lupateh to The Chicayo Tridune, Des Momves, In, May 21— sent you the other day a decreo of the Federal Court in the Ppotent school-desk case of Hildroth ve, The In- dependent District of Jefferson, Tho Diatrict were usiug deekns made by Roberts, of this city, aud Bherwood, of Chicago, The Roberts deeks are not made now, The factory, with al the patents and territory thereof, was turned over to the Stats of lows with Raukin's proper- ty, tuat befug the factory Lo bought with Ntsta woney. 'Che Stalo still holda a large amount of territory under the patents granted to Hoberts, Tt appears the pluintul in thus case knew tiress facts, and that, ss to the Itoberts seats, no de- fense wonld be miade to tho” suit. The prescus ownerd of the factory, not not now making that desk, did not oo 11t to defend, bocause thoy had wo fntervst in it, .1 am told the plani® ngreed to give a recelpt to the districs in full for damages if it would wmake no defensa and allow & decrco to be made. Tha District was, of caurue, glad to do it, and 1t was dono. The query arises, why was an obsoura school-hintrict pelected, wlhen tae mannfaciurers wore acceasible; jolned, and suit brought sgatnst them, or they muude parties to the swit? As thero are a good nany dlstricts in this State using these desks, and uobady to defend the patent, it [s likely they will be called on to pay damages. It 14 tha duty of the Biate to protect theru, as the saats were tnade under letters patent trom Washington, WISCONSIN IN LUCK. Special Dispatch to The Chicaan Tribuna, Mapisoy, Wie,, May 21,—Iaformation is re- ceived bere tlat through the porsistent efforta of Gen, J. M. Rusk, member of Congress from thu Seventh District, who s Instant in season aud ous of season, a8 the Seripture has it, asek- ing to promoto tho inlereats of his constituen: about 100,000 actes of swamp lands, au ol Indian reservation in the State, has beon se- for Wescontin from tho Geuersl Govera- wment. The lsnds Lave been awarded to tha Sisto by a declslon of the Baecretary of the Iuterior reversing sn sdveise oue of the Com- missionerof the Qeperal Land Ofice, refusing to recogbize the claim of Wisconsn the fmm of 1850 to the swamp lands, subsequently acluded fo 1854 lu the lodisa ressrvatious. Tho procosds of theso lands aro by law divided Efi“’:m the awamp snd Normal 5chool fuuds of 9 Btato, gy He || A RICH LEGACY, Purtanerrina, Pa, May 31.—Bythe willof the late John H. Towne, the University of Poon- sylvania are made gesiduary legatoes, and as such will receivo over $300,000 immediately oo the settlemont of tho eatate, The University haaalso areverslousry intercst in ‘the estate, waoich may ulimatoly wiake the total bequest to that institation over §1,000,000. money in tobo bold a4 part of the endowment fund, and the {ooome is 10 be applied solaly to the salaries of Profeasors. aod why were they not em- -