Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 26, 1875, Page 4

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Wo publish this morning a eerics of intor- views with lending architects and engineers upon the subject of the report of the Cus- tom-Honso Examining Commission, The feeling is qnite gencral that, if the Commis. sion have correctly reported in reforonce to the character of the soil, the walls and foun- dations must come down Something over twenty-four hours have passed, and the jury in tho Bexcuen case hiave not agreed nponn verdict, At 10 o'clovk Inst night Judgo Nertson left the Court-room to go to bed, and tho jury were locked in their room ior tho night, The most sanguine of Mr. Brxozen's friends, who anticipated an acquittal afer 8 bricf consultation by the jury, now givo up all hope of an agreement. Merchants and importers at interior ports ‘of entry willtava accasion to rojoice at the sottlomont of the question of the timo for damage allovances, ‘Tho Attorney-Genoral yesterday gavi his opinion, which upscta the conatruction ‘ef the Inw adopted by Mr. Gonaxr, Assistant Secretary of the Treasnry, and decides thit the ten doys for filing claima for dawages mas ten days after the goods have arrived atthe port of final destination, and not at the scean port of arrival, ‘The first atop toward tha abolishment of the Board of Pdico and Fire Commissioners by the Common Council, in tho face of tho unanimous opinion of the Law Dopartment that such action cannot bo legally porformed, was taken last night in the introduction, by tAld. Hapnetn, of an ordinance dosigned to legislate the Bonrd out af existence, and to fill the places of the present Commissionera by creating the office of City Mnrshal os tho solo and supreme head of tho Police Depart- ment, and of Fire Marshal with oqually un- Uimited powars over the Fire Department, Nobody cares much about what Wexpein Pumzairs writes or ssys nowadays, and his letter to the Chairman of tho Industrial Con- vention at Cleveland Iast March will not cause a goneral rovolution of viows throughout the lond. Ho ig an inflationist of tho most jn- Gated kind, and when he says that “tio -nation can attend ta but one issue ata time,” “of course he means the ‘ fssuo” of additional greenbacks until every workingman becomes @ virtuous and happy millionaire, The fact that Mr. Pixies favors a third term for President Gnanr will probably not havo the effect of recalling the latter to tho Pennsyl- vania Republicans, Vice-Prosident Wrtson has written a letter in reply to various newspaper articlos ascrib- ing # political significance to bis recent visit to the South, and mentioning him as a candi- date for the Presidency. In reference to hie dealgns and motives, Mfr, Wiaon deniog that his Southorn tour was for eloctionsering pur- ‘poses, and ho disposes of tho candidacy , quoation by stating that be bas unolther tmoney, patronage, nor af organ with |which to enter the Presidential race. His jutterances concerning tho third-term folly twere, ho gays, animated by no hostility to \Preafdont Gnawz, but solely by his solicitudo :for the effect upon the Republican party of ‘ancertainty in this matter. Tho lottor is ‘manly in' tone and outspoken and plain in {expression, and carrios the conviction that the writer means what ho says and soys what he means, —_—_—_— New England furnishes an extraordinary supply of horrors in the oxocution yesterday af throe murderers, secounts of whoso death ‘upon the scaffold, together with a resume of tholr respective crimes, are given in thia ia- suo, At Dedham, Moss, Janes H, Costner was hung for the murder of Jurta Flawxys, whose killing waa traced-to him upon ovi- dence purely cirenmatantial, but of the atrong- ost and moat conclusive character. At Thom. aston, Afe,, two murderers swung together, — Lovis Waownn, the bloody actor in tho Isle af Shoals tragedy, whorein the viotima wore ‘two Norwegian women who Were so unfor- ; tanate aa to have 820 in ailvor in thelr pos. Beasion ; (dered in ing of bis execation. was firmor, closing at 980 for September, Hogs were ensicr, at $6.00@7.10 ¥ 100 ths, Cattle were moderately activa and easier. Sheep wore quict, A eontonce in yesterday's collection of city taxes, replying to Mr. Fr Apans' strictnres, contains 9 sorious typo- graphical error, It reads: ‘At that time {n Jane, 1872, the State assessment of tarable property It (hie city wan less than $180,000,000, which, at 21 milla, would have yletded teas than $2,000,- 000, when the amount of the appropriations made by tho Council was between four and five milllone of alotiars! 4 ‘Tho valuo of tha taxable property of tho city in 1872, under the Stato assessment, was only $80,000,000 instead of 180,000,000, as printed by mistake, It was this low State valu- ation that rendered it impossible to raise suf- ficient tnxos for tho support of tho City Gov- ernment, 3 the charter limited tho amount to be approprinted toa certain number of milla and fractions of mills for each purpose. For example, it said that not more than 1 mill should bo levied for sewerage extensions, or 1 millfor water-pipes,or2 mills for lighting the streets, or 3} mills for the support of the po- lice, or & mills for support of schools sud erecting now school-houses, These per conta on a valuation of $80,000,000 were utterly in- adequate, ‘Two mills on that sum would not light the streets for five months, and 3} mills would not yield half onough for the support of tho police force; and it was out of tho question at that timo to limit the sum for water-pipo extensions to $80,000 per year, or to build sowers only to that extent, Some of the wards of the West Sido needed as much as $80,000 to ronder them inhabitable. ——_—— ‘THE CUSTOM-HOUSE REPORT, Some ten days ago ‘Tux Tnrmuxe gave an outline of tho probable finding of the Com- mission appointed to investigate the work which has been done on the Chicago Custom- House, Tho outline was based upon somo knowledge of tho exporimonta and testa which had been made by the Commission, together with thoir results. Tho official re- port follows very closely the results that worothon prodicted. Thedifferenco is that they have now the forco of utterance by a civil engineer, an architect, and a practical builder, all gentlomon of acknowlodged posi- tion and capacity in their several professions, andacting under the responsibility of an official commission, Unfortunately for all who hoped that a scientific oramination would warrant a continuation of the work, tho investigation of Mosers, Suuri, Post, and Nononoss ap- pears to have been excoedingly thorough. ‘Thoir report is accompanied with drawings, photographs, and tho exhibits of chemical tests which at once illustrate and confirm their general verdict. Gen. Sarria o rei. dent of Chicago, and would naturally incline to tho preservation of the walls as they now stand, if it were in his opinion at all snfe ; and the motives of the other two gentlemen can- not be impugned with any show of reason. Whatovor subsequont course may be suggest- od or adopted, the report ia o full warrant for the order of the Secretary of the Troasury suspending the work until after Congross shall have passed upon it, . Both the stono and the foundations aro condemned, It scems that the blomishes in tho former sto moro serious than has beon gonerally supposed. It has boon patched up to such an extent and in such a way thot it in already believed thedropping out of somo of the patches, comented only with a gluo,would cause serious accident. An examination of tho quarry also revealed the fact that it would not furniah enough good stone, of the aize required, to finish the building on the pres- ent design. Had tho design contemplated walls of any reasonablo thickness, the patro- Joum Inyors of the stone could have been cut away, aud tho remainder properly seasoned so that it would have served. But in order to got stone of the required thickness it hos been fonnd necessary to retain these layers which undorgo rapid discoloration and disin- tegration. Still, while tho Commission find objections to tha stono, which they torm ‘'in- superabla,” it ia doubtful whether thoy would decide that the walls should come down on secount of the defects in tho stone-alons, ‘Tho trouble with the fopndations is much moro serious, After, taking noto of the cracks in tho walls, evidonces of sattling in the arch. os, the openings between the stones and joints, otc., they traced them to the character of tho earth underlying the concrete. Whore tho earth is best thero is a comparatively thin layer of clay under.the made ground, and the clay roposes upon a bed of mud, varying in depth from 3 to 14 fest For about ono-third the aroa covered by tho building there is noth- ing but a quagmiro, according to the report, and the weight of o man is sufficient to press an auger through tho mud aftor boring through tho thin covering of the olay, It is not nocessary to follow the detail of the vari- ons oxporlmonts which were made, both un- der tho concrote and at the sides; itis suf- fictent that the Commission say “ it is a won- dor that tha walls, oven with their present wolght, atand at all on euch ingsoure founda. tions,” We reproduce, however, the ganeral conclusions of the Commission : ‘The first {a that, had no mud-holee been fownd un derlying the building ata alight depth below its foun- ation, the clay upon which the foundation resta {a too weak to mustain the great weight of the building when conipleted, and # dangerous setting under this weight would occur, 2, Owing to the existence of these mud-hotes of the depth and in the position shown, tt adopted to provide a tirm foundation for the buildiag, whfoh oould be only done by w vory larga expenditore of time and money, 8, ‘Whe stone used in the construction of the build. ing, having disintegrated rapidly already, being of varlous colors, and patched, putlied, and painted, ts now totally undt for the purpose, 4, If the foundations were perfect, the character of the construction aud materials of the building is such that It would not deservo to stand, So that any costly ‘The Commission, therefore, roports that it is of opintan that it will be impracticable, and s waste of time and and Joun Tavs Gonpon, who mar- | money, to procead furthur with tbe construction of thelr beds bi/ brother and the latter's wifo and info child, and thon sot Gre to the house to oticeal the crims, Gon- Dom was hung while in a stato of insenstbility resulting from OF attempt at aniaide by stabbing bimsclt in the broast on the morn. efforts to make It good would be added folly, the buflding, It ianot strange that the Commission should express wurprise that the experiments which they have mado wore not made defure tho building was bogun, and that certain testa which rovealed the same state of things short- ly after the work was begun wero entirely eS unheeded. The Commission do not under- ‘Tho Chicsyo produce markets were general- | take to fix tho responsibility for this, but the ly firm yesterday. Meas pork was quict, and | public will not bo go lenient. It resta prima- 8o por bri lower, closing firm at $19,00 cash, | rily with Muzzers, thon Supervising Architect and 919,20 for August, Lard was dull'and | of tho Troasury, and secondly with Nanam firm at $13.05 per 100 tha cash, and $13.25 | and his subordinates in the immediato charge bectute fulure of the building taiuevitable, unlove means epould bo for August, Mecata wore quiet and finn at 8o | of tho work, My, Muzurrr’s designs call for for shoulders, 11j0 for abort ribs, and 11jo for | walla much thicker and heavier than wore de- abort clears, Highwines wero nominally | manded by the necessities of tho building ; easier at @1.16 asked per gallon, Lako | he then directed atone to be solocted from freights wore dull and unchanged, at 230 for quarries which could not furnish stone of good wheat to Buffalo. Flour was dull and steady, | quality and the requisite nize; he alvo per ‘Wheat was actiyo, and $@jo higher, closing | mittod these heavy walls to be erected on & at 87fo cash, and 98}0° for July, Corn was ‘bed of saud without taking any note of the in bottar demand, and 4@lo higher, closing | character of the ground, Buiterr drove at G7jo cash, and G7jo for July. Oata were | pilew for the Naw York Custom-Houss, apd rather quict, and yo biyher, closing at 50jo ‘also for the St, Lonta Gustom-House; in both gash, and 48jo bid for July, Ryo wasquiet, | casos there was « gravel-formation reatlog 06 00s cash, and 79@75e fox Angust, Barley | won eolld'rock to sustain the foundations THE CHICAGO TRIBU. But in Chicago, whore thore was nothing but mud and alttsh, he drove tio piles, though the comparatively inoxponsive safogunrd of pile. driving might have saved tho building. Mr. Mutnerr may swent and curse till tho atmosphere Is blue aronnd hia bend without being ablo to escape the rosponsibility for his criminnt neglect in this rogord. It is a pity that thoro is no adequate ponalty and punishment attached to it, ‘Wo fenr that the report of tho local archi. tects may bo foreshadowed by the association of Messrs, Van Oanez and Borixotoy with the Government Commission when tho latter were making their investigation, We hope that it may prove otherwise, At all ovonts, the gentlemen who haya undertaken an in- vertigation on behalf of tho city should pro- ceod with it thoroughly and impartially, with- out yielding to any special influence which the report of the Government Commission might have upon thom individually, If tho conclusions of the locnl architects, after in- dopendont oxamination and tests of their own, shall agree with those of Messra, Sasrri, Post, and Noncnoss, there will be nn end of the matter, But if their conclusions aro not the same, it will not be snfficiont merely to announce them ; it will also be necessary that the local architects point out the waya and means for repairing the foundations, over- coming the defects in the stone, and com- ploting tho building so it will stand, either on Munzetr’s plan or some other, and at the same time prossrve the work alrondy dono. If the local architects can suggest a plan to this ond that will commend itself to a com- potent and impartial commission, they will confer a blessing upon this city and the whole country. THS OLTY TAXES FOR 1875, ‘The Goueral Revenue Jaw of Dlinois pro- vidos in Soc, 122'that tho Common Council of any city may annually, on or before the second Tuesday in August, cortify to tho County Clerk the amount which gach city ro- quires to be raised by taxation for that year. Seo. 127 provides that the County Clerk shall estimate and determine the rate per cont up- on the propor valuation of proporty in the city that will produco not less than tho not amount, cortified to him according to law. Sec, 128 directs that all city taxes shall bo extended against the assessed and equalized values of the property in such city made by the State. . Tho assessed value of taxable proporty in this city, as equalized in 1874 by the State Board, was about $260,000,000. For 1876 it will probably not be much less, and may be about the samo, ‘This assessment in round nambers is about one-sixth leas than that mada by thacity. It is anfficiently large at a moderate rate of tax to produce all the revenue the city may need. It in no way changes the amount of tax to bo paid by individuals. Thos a rate of 18 mills will produce the same amount of revenue on a total ngsessmont of 250,000,000 that 15 mills will produce on a valudtion of $300,- 000,000, or $4,500,000 in either caso. This assessment is made by the county officers an- noally, It is first returned to the County Board, and is thon revised by the State Board and cortifled to the County Olerk. All that the city has to do Is, having mado its appro- priations for the year, to certify to the Coun- ty Clerk the gross sumof rovenue it will need to meot those specific appropriations, and he, as in tha caso of Btate taxes, computes the rate necessary to produce the sum, and ex- tends the tax on his books, The tax, when due, is receivable by the County Collector, and paid ovor to the City. Treasurer. Undor our presont system we have an Assessor, with numerous assistants; thoy makea valuation which is returned to tho Tax Commissionor, who, with his assistants, manipulates it, and thon hands it over to the Tax Collector, who, with his assistants, ro- colvos all taxos voluntarily paid to him dur ing several months. Ho then makes out a sot of booka showing the taxes unpaid by him, and hands it over to tha County Colleo- tor, who thoreupon proceeds by law to colleat the taxes. The cost to tho city for tho lost year, of assessment and collection up to the timo of transferring the books to the County. Collec- tor, was in round figures $60,000, not includ- ing the cust of the Law Department or of ad- yertiaing delinquent lists. - ‘This dual asacsament and collection, which costs $60,000 annually, is about as useful and necessary as tho fifth wheel of a wagon. It sorves no possible purposo than to draw $00,000 a year from the City Treasury for salarics, tax-ating Asacasor, Commissioner, and clerks, who perform no wervice that might not be dispensed with, ‘To maintain this dual assessment there {a a necessity for having a special law authorizing the city to have a double assessment and a double equalization and a double collection. This special law, as previous special law had been, has bacn deelarcd by the Court to be void; and that nolawfal judgment could be rondored for taxes under it, The Supreme Court admonish the City of Chicago that the policy of the Constitution is to havo but one saseaament and one colleotion of taxea in each county of the State, aud, spenking of the gon- eral act of insorporation of cities of 1872,— the charter which the same department of this city insistsis now in force in Chicago— the Supreme Court saya: That act (charter of 1872) does not even indicate a alsponition on tha part of the General Assombly to al- low diderent systems in different cities for the cullea- tion of municipal taxes and assessments, for it pro- vides for thelr collection by substantially the aamo process aa is provided by the Geueral Revenue law, It in insisted, as @ reason why tho city should not have ita assosement and tax-ceilec- tion wholly under the State law, that the old City Tax act has been so patched up that it will overcome the objections made to it by the Supreme Court, It should bo remember- ed that wheu that law was testod, a year ugo, thero woro perhaps a dozen or more objec- tiona to it filed by able lawyers, ‘The Au- preme Court took up but one of these objec. tions, and, finding that fatal, sold it was unnecessary ot this time to examine the oth- ers, All these other objections, therefore, stand over for judicial inquiry in future cases, and it is not pretended that they are obviated by the amendment to the City ‘Tox Jaw. ‘The General Revenue law might have been so amonded last winter as to have pormitted the collection of the taxes of 1874 under it, ‘but that waa not done,—the Law Department and clty officials clinging to the system which distributed salaries, They objected that it was taking broad out of the mouths of poor officers, Bat, in the light of the recent deolatons of tho Bupremo Court, there can be no rational exouse given for not having the taxes of 1875 collected under the State law, Af the charter of 1872 be in force in this city, then, as the Supromo Court cays, it ro- quires the collection of city taxea under the general Btate law, aud excludes the system of separate aasesament and collection by the ality, The Law Department of Cluicago, as af ATURDAY, JUNE | 26,° 1875 -—TEN PAGES. present ooustitated, has given an opinion that tho chartor of 1872 is tho Inw of the city, If, by accidont or otherwise, this should turn out to bo correct, thon to attempt to collect tho taxes of 1875 under tha City Tox law, even na amended, will result in another flat failure and positive cninmity to tho city. It cannot bo claimed that the charter of 1872 has been amonited ‘or superaded by on amondment to Bill 800, because no act can be amended in that way. Tho tity charters of the State cannot be amended by amending nsoction of some other Inw vholly incon- nistent with tho general act of incorporation, Undor theso circumstances, the Mayor and Common Council can alford to tako no rinks with the collection of tho tates of 1875, Evory considorntion of sconony, prudence, fustico, and construction of hw demnnis- that tho city aball now abandon, its separate ryatom of nssessinent and collection of taxes, and resort to that Inw of the State which the Courts hold to be effective and yroper for the | purpose. —__ THE IOWA ANONYMITES, ‘Tho Towa Convention of mon who had no name, and who rejected all mofons to have a name given to them, and who [nsisted upon boing anonymous, ofter goncially adopting the platform of the Ohio Ddnocrats, in a most cowardly mannor met the|ssue of infla- tion by the following quibbling, doublo-mean- ingreaolution : | Tenth—That ve arein favor of te resumption of apecio payment a8 soon 88 the game cin bo done with- outinjury to the business oa ot the conntry, and meantime s muficiont aupply of {atlonal cnrrancy for buainras purposos, Oppoaltion b the present Na- tlonsl Banking law, ‘What does this resolution mian? What is resumption of spacio payments desired for | save to furnish the country wilh o currency for business purposes? ‘Thisresolution is o tub to the repudiation whalo, {It is a bid for tho support of thoso who aregambling with the business of the country; a bid for tho men who profit by Baving the ommon money of the country rise and fall every day or two; of the men who buy whon mmey is of tho loast value and sell when it risw; of men who lond out money when it is worth 60 cents on the dollar and collect whan i\ is worth 85 cents, ‘hig resolution will warrant tho issue of o thousand millions of dillars moro of groenbacks, will warrant any dgree of infla- tion, even to bankruptey ond gnoral ropudi- ation. It is enpablo of any construction which tho most rampant inflitionist in the country could ask for, “« Opposition to the prosentNational Bank- ing law” is a vory indefinto expression. ‘What part of the law? ‘The Ohio Democrata hnd the manliness to say thoy would abolish all National Banks. Do tho Inwa aronymitos mean that? What kind of banks, then, do they want? Private banks 01 Stato banks,— a roturn to tho system of wildcat banks? Last year tho Republican and Opposition Conventions in Towa took sigh ground in favor of reliof to tho hones; money recog- nized by tho civilized world,and the credit of the peoplo of Towa was adtancod in all the markets of the world. Now, this anonymous gathering hes declared itself in juggling phrases, and many moaning torms, to hide their return to the worship of rag money, inflation, spoculation, extravagance, and finol repudiation, It is befitting that thoy havo no name, and it was considsrato on their part to disgraoa the name of ndother party, evon that of the Demogcratio pirty, by making it ovon inforentially reaponsille for this swin- dling, dishonest resolution. St. Loals haa an Aldermm, and his name ia Tom Monnis, Having due regard to the rep- utation of St. Louis, tho Yon. Tom Monn ‘was bound to outdo any Chicago Aldorman, so ho knocked down anotler Alderman and mauled him ofter ho was wis down, to the edification of the other Aldmen, Then ho ‘went out on the atreata and knocked down one Kino Cunimane, and wis proceeding to cat him'up when ho was btorrupted, His third diversion was to go ‘0 o house of ill fame and get into a qurrel with somo strangers, ‘The police intefering, the Hon. Tost Monazs pitched into tls policomon, with tho result that the Hon, Tor Monata had his noso battered and his tesd handsomely pounded, and has had to zivo bonds to ap- pear and answer. 8t, Louk is ahead, and no question will be mado. - PERSONAL Ekenezer Buckingham, Bag, has returned to the city aftor » oven manths'absoncs in Call- fornis. ‘Thore were sevoral hangings going oa yeater day, but the most interesting was io Brooklyn, where tho jury hung firo, Anybody can tell why the tiermomoter tum- bled so euddanly yeatorday. Thoro was an ‘igh- Bebool exhibition at MoCormick’s Hall. Italy has instituted a cruel hoax on bed-bugs by constructing tron bodatoads which cannot be dlatingutshod from mahogany by tho eyo, Tho irreverent Ciocinnati Tintes apoaxs of ‘Mr. Alexander Bothlo, of tho Milwaukee Sentt- net, a8 “tho playfol Milesian." Tako any shape but that, Aleck. “Nature bath not commanded theo to bo witty.” How oxtromely ennoying to have Mra, Tilton now come forward and upsot the whole argument of the plainti® at this atsgeoft the game by denying hor guilt witn Mr, Beecher. It copfusea peoplo who have made up tholr minds upon the evidence. . Aporipatetio * Paofessor™ who has boon edi- fying Alabamian sudlences with Sonptural loo- tures dlluetrated by a “Biblical stereoptioon,” 1s under arrest for manufacturing and olroulating spurious nickel conts; which, in viow of hiv clerical charactor, is aot regerdedas » canonickel porformance.—New York World, ‘What encouragemont does an aatronomer. get nowadeya? He prepares two eute to illustrate cortain phenomens in connection with the plan: et Mara, and Tus Taimone publiahes thom, ‘Tha ‘Oraphio, ut Naw York, roproduces thom without orodit. Cond anybody Lame the autronomor if, io » Bt of desperation, he destared that I wane etoaler, not a ateliar, operation ? Gen, Horaca Capron, who during the War commanded the Fourtoonth I!!lnots Cavalry, and was promoted to tho ravk of Brigadier-Goneral, inin the city, Five years ago ho left thia coun- try for Jspan a8 Commissioner of the Japan Agricultural Departmout, taking with him o groat deal of machinery, agricultural tmple- ments, seods, and skill, The General lain good bealth, and is glad to return home, To speaking of tho assault on Vickeburg, of May 19, 1863, which proved wosuccesaful, Con. Bhorman says that the heaviest logs io bis corps fell on the Thirtoeoth Regulara, the Eighty- third Indiana, commanded by Col. Bpoouer, and the Twonty-soveuth Illinois, lod to tho assault by Lieut,-Col. Eldridge, which Jowé sbaut 200 men, This officer is s well-known lawyor of Chicago, of the frm of Eldridge & Tourtetloite, Thp St. Louis Democrat, in its palmy days, be- fore McCullagh ran his Globe agalust it, dis- chargois versatile genlue for inventing somo bademathpoxnows, It did thls at the bidding of cortan indignant tradeamen, ‘Shas veresiile genius vow live in New Y on a salary of 850,00 & year, more Or leas, and amilse between medlsat the recut ef this wouk-minded be- bevlor, Moral for newspaper manageces Never be bullled Loto dalng aassen thing, | standing this big! POLITICAL. Vice-Prosident: Wilson's Reply to tho Criticisms of Some Republican Journals, We Was Never Even Winted that Ie Desired to Be a Presidential Candidate. His "Opposition to the Third-Term Folly” Was Not Gaused by Hos- tility to the President. Ho Asserts the Existenco at tho South af Hopeful Progress and o Kindlier and Bolter "Feeling. And Advocates a Policy that Shall Secure a Reunited, Reorgan- ized, Reinspired Re- publican Party. Wendell Phillips Approves the Finan- cial Plank of the Working- men's National Con- : vention. And Thinks that President Grant Should Bo Electeit to Oflico for a Third Term, THE VICE-PRESIDENT. NEPLY TO NEWATAPED CHITIClaNs, Nartox, Mass., June 23.—To the Editors of the Boston Daily Advertiser: Recoguiziug to tho fullost extent the rightof the press to reviow and criticize the words and acts of public mon, I claim tho right, aod belioye it to bo somotimes the duty, of those so criticised to vindicate those words and acts. Acting upon these convictions I purpose to notice somo adverso criticisms that have recontly appeared in a fow Republican Presses, Bight yoara ago, there was printed at tho Capital a journal which aesumed to bo tho organ of Andrew Jolnaon and tho exponent of his policy.” That Journal atill lives, and acems to be hugely gratified with tho imputed reputa- tion of boing tho organ ot the prevent Admlols- tration. Recently returaod from a short Journey in a fow of tho States, South and Wost, I ind myself and trip to have been the INNOOENT OAUSA OF EXTARUE SOLICIT UDE to the conductors of this assumed organ aod to those who inupiro it, if there bo any, of which I entertain moro than adeubt. But all auch sollei- tudo, I assure them, 1a uacalled for. That littlo Journey of mino was but the carrying out of ad- yice to take a fow weeks of rest before I com- menced upon tho task I pad marked ont for tho gummorand autumn. Kindly woleomed by the people of both races, by Domocrata, Repybll- caus, and Cousorvatives, I visited colleges, school, and marta of varied industries, Boing woloomed by people and presses of every abade of opinion, I eaid nothing, in the tweuty-nino briof addreasos I mado, of pcbhio affairs or of party politics, Iapoke of law, order, peace; of industry, matorlal dovolopment, education, tomperance ; af justice to black men, and of s generous policy to white mon. 1 visited the graves of Jackson and Clay, of Taylor and Polk, of Crittenden, Dell, and Benton. I visited, too, s dying ex-Vico-Presideot, and chatted a mo- ment with Mrs, Jefferson Davis in tha stroota of Mompbis, Nover did I mako @ moro innocent ar agroeable Journey than was crowded into those six wooks, But I find, on my roturn, that ali thiais very “slgaidoant.” Thoso weloomes from all, without distinction of raco or color; thoso brief specchos; this visit to the couch of a dying man; thaviittie taik with the wife of the Piosident of tho Iste Coufedoracy,—wore full of moauing. Tho **wandoring Vico-Presi- dout” was “too unanimous ;” he was “OTHE VICTIM OF PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS.” and,be most be robuked, ay othor gentlemen auxpectod of like doaires had been, To all this I reply, that I indulge, with thousands of my coaptrymen, tho idea tost the Proaidency {s a lofty and responeitlo position; that to bo eleoted to that high olfice, aud clothes qwith ita vaat powore for good by forty millions, is an honor by tho sido of which uncounted wealth must weigh a9 nothing. But, notwith- entimate, I ausuro the organ, and all others alike exercised, that there is no! ‘one being in all this broad land to whom I havo over written, spoken, or even hinted, that I de- aired, Loped, expected, ot intoudod to bo ® can~ didate, Tassure thom, too, that I have beon a0 neglecttul, nat to sey discourteoua, a6 not to re- ply to letters written me upon s subject theso Imaginative ones deom me so Intorented in. It may soothe their anzisty furtbor if [ asaure them that I ‘ UAVE NEUTERR MONEY, NOD PATRONAGY, NOM, AN ° HOGAN that I never mado promise, in p political lito of thirty-five yoary, to givo ‘olfice or patronage to persons of presses for votes or utluouco, aud ihatI oaver intend to do vo, No monoy! no Pationage! no organ! Suroly this pitiable con~ dition shoutd cousole and reaguure, if it dooa not placato, those distroased gentlemen, who sco snoli mighty intluences in movey, patronage, and organs, and protect me from their jealousies and their suapicions, ‘But there is another offense, hardly leas hein- ous, On the mormng of my return to New York Iwas visited by a rezorter of the Tribune, who propquuded goveral questions concerning my viait, and the condition of puis and pas affairs, Thoso queationa It sanswored jem Kis, ‘as L woutd hava douse for suy other paper; acd these anvswors wote publishod without any revision of mine. They were In- tonded to reach and induonce, if possible, thowe Republicans who supported Mr. Greeley, and the tena of thousauds of Republicans woo sided {ust yoar by thoir yotos, or by not voting at ail, in Jouning two-thirds of the States Wo had cariied in 1872, and in converting a Nepablican majority of throe-guarteru of a muilllun to a mlnoilty of half amiliion, Thoy who do pot seo that tleso Republicans of 1872, and those now deeply dis- satistiod, but whoare still proud of the record the party bes made, hotd in thelr hands tho fate of the noxt Presidential electlon, little cowpro- ent aoe condition of publlo affairs, and of whet NECESSARY 10 BUCOEAS. A journal that doca not #00 the wisdom of trylog to iufaonco dissatishod Ropublicans vaye tiat the Zvibune hea said sundey unkind things of me; and it tauuta ma with being “ the mont forgiving of men," and declares that amy action Bey be oD excollent Curietianllfy bus ft ww uct aelf-reapout", or “manlinoss. 2 camata the Sanolusloe, youre ago, that life 4a too whort to be upont tn rovonging mere porsoual wrongs; aud Thave beea for a Joug, wuile forgiving wen sod reseus that have ead unkind, unjust, or un~ Fratnrul things of me. 1 0xpact to forgive thous who are go foolish o# to sty untruthful things of menow. hoy weed forgiveness, and, i¢ Laan wotin the apisit of “excellout Christlanity,” I can afford to let my “‘self-reapect™ and my “ maptiness ” take care of themuelros. Tam acousod, 600, of uot troat’’, the *Presi- dont with becoming Tespoct, Where? Whea? How? I sa ewol 4 uncouscious of any auch purpose. Jbave soldom obtruded my opinions upon. the Prosdent; and, whenever I bave made suggestions, it bea been because I relig- totaly beloved that what deferential wug- gouted Would ba tor the credit of bis Admlnintra. tion, the success of the party, and the good of the nation, ‘MY OFFOSTTION TO THE THIRD-TERM YOLLY hes been construed, too, into opposition to the President, But nothing ie moro uutruo. Whon IL waw that jssue raed aud pressed with such disastrous effect upcn the party, bythe adroit represeutatious of [ta enomies, I took early oc- caalon to aay to timid friends thas there was no real danger; that it was contrary to tho eettled convictions aod traditions of the people, and that they would elect vo tsa Presidsat for a thisd term. I was actuated by me boalilliy to the President mat by fever to any ono dosirous of boing bis succons: I deomed tho proporition, by whomaoavor favored, quito as fatal to tho Republean party na would have boon A proposltion to aniend the Conatitue tion so as to elect & Prostdant for Ifo. Having opposed tho policy of Hoconstruction whov adopted, it ia not surprising that the orga Been little or nO progross in tho Bontharn Staten; and that it criltoisew mo for oxpreesing the apin~ fon that thore has boon progross, and that there fu m bottor feolng than herotoforo, faving boon an Anti-Slavery man for — thirty-nine years, and having road, and — thought much of Southern affairr, I exatmined with some caro tho present condition of the South. There havo boon unquoationably mietakes, misinanagoment, aud in some cases corraption, on the part of thoro callad to the Ingh duty of working unt tho practical protinm of n recountructionin those lsordered and do- vasintod Commonwoalths. But, with all thoso mistakoe and cairapt practicas, TSAW POURERS,— stow, but I think sure, {ado nrophot, at the closo of tho War, predicted that. in the short spuce of ton years, thero should happen just what has bapponed, fow wonki bavo helloved juin, ‘fhen, the colored raco, jnat omancipated, had neither proporty, homey, education, nor po- Jitteal or civil rights. Now, though little aocus- tomod tohabits of economy and thrift, it possost- es millions of property, lias hundreds of thot- sands of children in schools, bas beon clothed with clvil aud politial rights, occupies high po- eitiona at home, and lina representatives in Con- grest. Thou, the whito race, with institnations, Sndustries, and Isbor dikorganized, tnaccus- tanied to toil, disappointed and dofoatad, wero caroless alike of the rightaof biack mon and of the opinion of thelr countrymou. Now States, fodustries, aud inatitationa have been roorgan- ized, labor is becoming wore honorablo aud more universal, the Government ia more respected, tho old tiazis more loved, and tho favorubio opinions of the Norchorn poople moro highly ap- prociated, Much ramains to be dono; but a bo~ giuning bas been made, aud hopeful progress haa beon alroady secured, There are yot unacru- puious mon who are sooking to di- vido soclety and parties upon tho pore flous lino of race. Enemica of thoir country, of maulind, and of God, these reckless men should receive tho stornost condemnation of the patriot, the plilanthropiat, and the Curiatian. In spite, however, of all untoward infuovcos, thera fa vaquestionably A RINDLIEK AND DETTER FEELING porvading the touth. I pity the head of that man who doos not nea aud comprohond it, and the hoart of him who does not aukuowledgo, bail, and woicome it with gratitude to God, and with and tho nation, Lope for humanity it may bo that I have spoken too often and too much; but my convictions have forced mo to | raino quite often the voice of ontroaty, advico, warnjug, romoustranee, and protext. 1 fear, from tho proses’ outlook and tho tempor of a fow presuos, it will bo my duty, a6 {t mill ba the duty of all dovotod, oxporionced, and thoueli- fut Republicaua, to continua to do wa, Lowaver dixtastotul it may bo to thoso who scom to heed uot tho lessons of dofest, I am not one of those who believe that the way to takes party atrong is to make it indofonsiblo, or to closo its rauis to tho betlevera in ite principles. ‘Tho sin for which Iam now #0 sharply robuked by solf-conntituted censors appoars not to bo un- faithfalness to the Republican organization, but my coutiouous effoits to win back to tho Hepub- lican rauks honost mon who still adhero totho Ro- publican faith, Having advocated tho idexs om- jodied in the Republican crood and ittustrated in Republican deods, in nearly 1,600 speoches, in twontv-sovon States, I ought to know something of tha feolings, desires, and purposes of tho Amorican poopie. Finding nothing in tho Cou- gitution, nor in the traditiona of tho poople,.that forbids & Vico-Presidont to ontroat or sdvie political associates to beed tho losgoue of ox- perience in legivlation and administration, I have Watnud, roronstrated, aud protested sgainst mistakes I botievad WOULD MING DEFEAT, IF NOT DIsTONOR. Eighteen months ago, I thought I saw danger looming upin the near future. I warnod my Re- publican frlonds of the imponding poril, and ad- vised that wa akould, by wiee and prudont legis- lation and admivigtration, aud by timely aud oficient organization, strive to save tho proaont Hous, But 1 was considered, by somo who gid not ‘scare well,” sn alarmist, sad waa told, with that gupercilious arrogance which hag driy- en from ug 80 many Republicans accustomed to osganizo victories, tuat ‘Tha Vice-Prosident had better not play tho rola of « political prophet.” In epite, howavor, of confident a3 surances of those presuming, but not very aa- gacious politicians, wooxampled disaster came, Thad no doubt then that theso were Republic an dofeata rather than Demooratlo victories, Nor have I auy doubt now that a wajosity of the nation #til sdhere to tho distiactive principles of the Republican party, fud cap recovor what was thon 80 hoodlosuly thrown away. 8o beliov- ing. L think duty to tho country domands that Topublicans should do all they can to so roin- atate thoir party that it sball ogsin lovite and command the support of all who profess to bo- liove iu ita principios, and who rojoice over every reform of acknowledgod sbusos, have one doavored to look tho situation aquarely in tho faco; and I have dono and I fatond to do all in my powor, in spite of carping and captious criti. elsme, to rounito Republicans, aud to SEOUNZ AGAIN THE ASCENDENOY OF TOE TAnTY that bas saved the Union and omancipated a TACO. .Bolloving tho contiaued succoss of the Repub- Iican party to bo conducive to tho sure aud more speedy developmont of tho nation in ite variod interests, upon the achioved basla of human righta, I think its presses aud (ts leadors suould now, in the spirit of eelf-sacrifice, subordinate thoir personal aapiratlong, rivalries, aud ambl-, tions, and wolcomo al} to their rauke with @ gen- erous maguimity, and so leave to » rounited, ro- organized, aud roiospirod party the eoloction; at tho fittiog timo, of ita candidate for tho Prosi- dency. Thoy sbonld now forgive and forget; and, by sroformatory and gevorous polley, aod by earnest apeana for unity, win back, To tho elections of thie autumn, Ohio, Ponnuylyania, Now York, Californis, and Massacbuseitu. Sno- coages, 80 won, will assure 4 national victory in 1876. Such a victory will give to tho Ropublican pay with Ita brilliant record for Liberty and inion, agrand opportanity to illustrate the opening of tho second contury of tho Repablic with glorious deeds, Aenny Wosox, —igeee WENDELL PHILLIPS, AN INVLATED INYLATIONIS7, Inpunarous, Ind. Jano 25.~—The Indian. apolis Sun of to-morrow will contain the follow. fog letter from Weudoll Phillips to James Buchanan, Eeq,, of this city + Bosrox, Juno 19, 1870,—Dzan Bin: The fret clause of tho Cleveland platform, adopted last March, haa my candid approval, No words can filly describe tho {u- portance of the financial plan it recommends, I. am aureit will be soon adopted by the natlon, and that will revolutionize the relations of capital and labor, It will put capital Loyond all danger of {nterforence with Its rights, aud immoasurably tocreaso the comfort of workingmen, No single measure of change will da asmuch ae this can for the happinese, virtuy, and progreas of the rice, and, in my judgment, everythin tends towarda auch’ a aysiem of and heralds {te speedy adoption, No sbarp and successful s& baukruptcy and the Sherif, Even bere iu Boston, the very Gibraltar of bulllouism, Tcan 020 that the rauky are beyinaing to broak, and some few representative men are vending thelr thoughts aud steps to our side. Dut thero [s no tse of ty yiving you this exproralon of my opiufon, J baye publicly advocated # third term for Graut, unloss some one can be found ax aure aa beto rully the waole North, and as true os he hue wen to claim from the South all the fruits of our vio» tory, He bas not by any means doue his duty When he claimed of consented to the rejection of ihe school tat of the Civil-Rights bill, he made thet usable measure bi ¢ the nations uu T balked te hopes of the nation; i know no apa tore to be trusted than Le who lav any chance to be elected, But your party ropudi- ates biva becatiae bt is joined to buluoniste and stock. inongers. 1 lament thle aa much sa you can, still a jation Hover can attend to Lut one taaug ata time, All Mintory proves this, To-day belouga ta tha great Struggle for equalliy before tho law, and the South, hatec tule and meaus to defeat tt, ‘tho North bas hidden tis yrand rule tn tueltgurt of Loar, provoked and justified the War. ‘The battto aver, It ta Pitended. For this struggle tho uation is rlpo,— Hipaited. by, forty eare of disquaslon ant | five of war, Mucn as Iysfue your great nancial measure, Hiei seraescereenstg ori eet a other standard of loya! thi liberty.” Guow ovo aie true to thivand also to Ananclal Feform, and witha fair chauce of suocess andIam bis earnest, devoted, aud singlo-hearted upporter everywhere dad at al mes, | Vary respec tully, WENDELL PUILLing, pee MISCELLANEOUS, (THM NEW BAMPSIIRE TMBROGLIO, Coxncond, N, 8, Jane 28.—-In tha House to- day e final yo! as taken on tha resolution causaring the Govornor and Counoll in the Soa- torial matter, and they were adoptod by a party vote of 174 ayoa to 106 nays. TUE IOWA REPUBLICANS. Cover, Biurvs, Is., June 25,—-At the Ropub- Mean County Convention beld to-day, John Ack- or, A.B, Avery, W. A. Rapp, L, Kirscht, Jona T, Stuart, O. R. Boott, T. P, Lreywor, John T. Bald- ‘wip, aud Jobn W. Chapman were appointed del- egates to the Btate Uonventlon, and Spencor Builth, F. 8, Thomas, J. F. Evans, K.P. Foes, Janios Leduisch, W, T. Loud, E. 8, Barnet, Fin~ Jay Burke, and J. W. Chapman to the Senate: Convontion. Tue Couvestion instructed the deleg the Stata Convention to work and vole solidly for the Hou, J. I. ead tor Hu- proms Judge WHISKY. Decision in a Peculiar Rectifying Case at Milwaukee, Wis. Showing in Exactly What Mannor the Law May Bo Violated with Safety. A Mon Has But to Livo In Germany and Let His Son Do Business In Milwaukeo. Undor Which Conditions Bookkeeping and Tax-Paying Aro Options! Mattor The Government Puls (ts Stralt-lacket an Three Crooked “ Vinegar ’-Factories. LIABILITY OF AGENTS, DECISION IN A MILWAUKEE WIKEKE CAST, Rgeerat Correaponence of he Chicago Tribuns, Mitwauner, June 22.—United States Com- misatonor Bloodyood, in deciding the cata of Victor Schlitz, son of tho colobrated wine-graw- or of Mayonco, Germany, Charles Schlitz, and carrying on busivess aa rectifyer horo, in the name of the latter, who was charged with mak- ing falso entries in Lia books and failure to pro- sorvo his books, a3 required by the Iutornnl Revenuo law,—s cage which lias excited grent intoreat on account of tho poculiar questions raiaod,—mado tho following remarks ‘Tho charge againut the defendant, Victor Seblitz, Is that, belug s reetifur and wholesale lquor dealer fro tho ist oy of ‘May, 1814, until tbe ith day of Muy, 1815, at Mitwaukes, in thin district, ho neglect 2d io muake tho entries proscribed by Sou, 3J1d of th » viaad Statutes of tha Unitod States, of the recetpts an 1 dispionuls of all spirits that paxsod through bis handle jn stich business, during that porlod, fn a vook whit o d by wid goction, he was required to keep; and th. during nald period, le made (alga ontries {u aati bo. and that be did willfully destroy waid book, and did fall to preserve the aatne and produce st for tho f1.- spection of tho reveniio offivara of the United Btatcs, 28 Pequired by such fortion, In tha examination, tho attorney for tho United Biates olocted to procced only on the tures lif chargea,—tat of destroylug Raid books, failing 10 rr verve utd to produca thom for the iuapeclon of Wwe Tereuue officers, ‘THE TRATIMONY SHOWS that Charles Sctiitz (whore reaidence fs deslgntted on the liat of tho Collectors of Intornal Revenue ua Gormany) hay, siueo 1609, carried on the Lusin se of a roctitier aud wholesale doalor in Hauors at awa t= kee, aud potd the apectal tax preseribod hy LW for the'carryiug on of such businesa; that tho nosice uf tntention to carry ou auch businesy (being 9 revowa), datod Aprit Wd, 19:4, is signed Carlos Senbitz, by Victor Belititz,” aud that of Sopt. 3%, 1874, la aan t dn the symao Mmanuor sand that the returus proserit. d by law mado to tho Coltector'a office, from Ayrll ‘Dy sit, ‘have buen wlucd *Guario Sablliz, Uy Viet E Hoblitz,” and wamotimes by unother porann; tat, ab tha time of tio eeiziire of the’ establistinent’ of Cunrios Schlitz, on ths Mtb of Blay, W973, by the rove pve officers, Victor Schhits was foand fn “pos.cest with otuers, he, Victor. conductiog himself 1a havi chargo aud direction of anid busines; that it wan wit nim that all communtestions by the officsra 12 yequrd to sald volzitrot hava Leet! made; aud that Le thou aud thora claimed hy hed charge of sald basins + on bobalf of hia tatuor, whom Lo wld was abecnt In Tropes ; that at tho tims of the valzure he stated thot be could ouly praduce tho book covering receipts frow tho 10th of April, 1374, wud disposals from the, 20th vf “April, 1874, stiting tut the other books nad been die atroyed aa Waste paper ; that upon the ollicers visiting the ‘establithinent sgalu, on tye 28h of May, 18: > Victor Heblitz produced Enother book—form 6)—cuv= ering receipts from the 96th of August, 1a74, and dis posale from the Wik of August, 137k, Tt nowhere nppeara that Victor ScbUtz was in any ‘way vonnectod with this Iitainess prior tothe 30h of ApH, Isi4, He has prodicod tho books kept by tue ‘ostabliaimentalnea the 10cb day of August, 1874, and can theroforo only be keld reaponslvle tu any cablin= gency for the production aud preservation of form bh required to be kept between tho Oth of April, 18°4, and the 10th day of August, 1874, period of three mmontha and ten days, ‘THE COUNSRE FOR TIE DEFENAE cisime, that ws thero bas beeu no proof made by the Government of any transsctloue by the rectifying catabliaumont of Charlos teitticz. uring that pertod, there ean be n9 presuniption that tua book or books required to. be Kapt between thore datoa havo not peen furnished; but that the pro- sumption is that the book having the first entry therce in, under date of tha 10th of Auguat, 1874, 1s the book wilteh was opt ia that eatabllsnment during tho re riod from Aptil 3), 1374, to Aug, 10, 3874, and that no entries were mado thorein fram the want of any transactlous to be entered, It lu not necoasary to pat ‘upan thie question, because the wholo cuss can be otherwisa finally dlaposed of, 1 HOLD THE TRUE CONSTRUCTION of Bec, 9,314 to be, that the duties in regard to theee books are imposod upon the rectifier alovo; and the penaltios Lmpored upon him wlone, Tho Innguage ia Tegard to tho ponaltios iv, “ Whonevor any rectilt £ ‘or wholosale Uquor dealer destroys apy part of sucd book, of whonover such {a not proservest, or "ta Bot produced any rectifier or wholesale Hquor-dealor = as hereduvefora directed, bo shall be fined not lest than $100 nor mo.u than $5,000, and iniprisonod uot lesa than thres months, uot moro than threo years.” Tau offense hore chargod ja one created aud delined by statute ; the statute nelther contoaplutes nor provides for thy piateliment ‘Of GU xcceanary tu bho Hue pridctnt fu theao cases, and the ono Who alone can comuuit the offense, in the rectifier uimeelf, ‘Auid ules 1¢ cal be decided from the testimony on this examination thet Victor Schlitz, the defeudant, was euch ctifer, bo cannot be bell, It ie contend od WA tl ttorney for the Uultod Btates OLE should be permitted to evado his duties unt and sbicld Limself from the penaltios of this atatite Ly corrying on his business ag rectifier and paying tre tax in the nemo of auuther, or Actitious person, ‘This HE ition belng coucedod, the defendant cannot be |, booause there fw no proof sbowiug, or tending to show, that Charlee Schlitz ts @ fictitious person, ur that tho bueinors carried on {a thet of Viotor Schilts, or that bo has any Interest 1a it, ‘Tha teathinony slows, on the contrary, that Caarles Boblitz, a roeldent of Germany, tus, undor the recog nition of the propor revenue ofiicers of the Vatted Bates, carried on the business of a rectifier and whole galo quor dealer ainoo 18¢¥; that his business hero hat, during that entire period, been transacted th.ough agonta, whose applications and returns in the name uf ‘Qburles Schlitz have beou received aud recogniz yd by the officers of the Internal Revenue; that Victor Schilts tea aon of Ohurlos Sohiltey and te his proeent ‘employe and principal agent and attorney in carrying on the business, ‘The construction here given the statute {6 aurtyinod: Dy the caso of the Unitod Btates va, A quantity of dis Aled spirits, atc,, Jd Hauedict, $52, ‘The toatiinouy faillug to show that the offense al- Jeged to the complaint haa been committed by Viotor Boblits, bo ie dischargod, ———— MISCELLANEOUS. M'OREW, OF BT, LOULS Special Dupatch to The Chicaco Tribune, Wasninotox, June 25.—Mr. Con MoGraw formerly of Cincinnati, has been tndioted at Bt, Louis for bribery. It appoars that MoGrew is charged with having acted sa @ aort of midis man betwaon cosrupt officials and tho fraudulent distillers, and itis sald thet both partios pald him,—thas the distillers would frst pay him to approsch the ofiicials and then the ofiicisls would whack up with him. A bench warrant for bis arrest reached bere from Bt. Louis to-day and was piaccd in tha handa of the United States Marshal forservico. McGrew haa been here for the past fow dava, “QUEER” VINEGAR, Spectal Diapatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasuinaron, June 25.—Threo vineyat fio~ torlos were asized in Cinoindati yesterday for Ue Holt distillation af whinky, THE INDIANS. noree-Meating Raide-The Millis Negotiattous. Omaus, Nab, June 25.—Tha Indians have atolon snother large lot of horses from @ ranches near Lookout, Wyoming. Private advices from the Red Cloud Agenoy say the Indiaos will undoubtedly sign away thelr huotiog rights in Wyoming, ana probably in Nebrasua, Evorything {s qulot at both Agencies, Wasurxatoy, June 25.—Tue Duard of Indian Commivuloners haye requested that officers of tue army be dotailed to inapoot the aupplica at Kanaag City, Mo., Hionx City, [o., aud Cheyenne, The Becretary of War bas directed Lisut.-Gon. Bhoridan, commanding the Military Division of the Missouri, to aetai! officers to make lnspoctions at she points designated, OCEAN FREIGHTS FROM BOSTON. Svectat Diapateh (a 1’he Chucage Tribune, Bouton, Jane 95.—Jowe Woods, froight broke er, No, 02 Stato street, reports Huropean freighte ea follows: There bas besa but very little bustle ness in froights during the past week and grein vessels are generally beid above the views of shipper. Wonote the charer of a British burk to take 26,000 bushels of wheat and 600 .barrola of flour nonce to Bolfaut Treland, at 46 Qt per quarter for wheat aod 26 per barrol far tlonr. The steamer Lord Clive takes a full carp. to Liverpool to-morrow, lo« cluding 1,100 topa of Wa: 1,600 balew of cotton, The Bleck