Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 15, 1876, Page 7

8 S o TN, 50 s i et e s e | i Vi B 4 i b v s ITALY. The Antinorl Expodition to Con- iral Africa. Yooting of the National Geographical Booiety to Take Loave of the Explorers. geligious Mattors In RomesThe Popo - and tho Protestant Misstonaries, pios 1X's Non-Oompromising Courss At tributable to the Influence of the Jesuita Failuroof Protestant Propagandism..- Italians Who Dosert Catholi- cism Becomo Free-Thinkers. ho Fall of the Minghelli Ministry---Consecration of tho Amarican Episcopal Church ot Romo. Snectal Corrazpondence af The Chicago Tridune, Tlour, Italy, March 24, —Italy may well ask L. E. L' last question: ‘Do my ald friends gemomber fo 7" so cnutirely has shio beon sent to tho roar sinco Krance, dermauy, and ovon Bpaln, woro brought to the van. But Italy, and eapecinlly Rome, is fraughe with lntorest for avory studont sud philoyophor, for sho is por- hape tho only example of a nation thros timea roborn. We have had tho Italy of the Crsars snd the Iialy of the Tapos: now we liave the 1tsly of the Tcoplo; and tho hoart ot Iialyis pvor in Rome, Those who Lave ceased to take intorost in Italy sinco her strugglos and revolutions were over, cau hardly realizo tho prosaic, mattor-of- fect atmosphera which provailsat Romo to-day. At tho Vatican, the Popa lives, movos, aud has tua being, According to the Josuits, hio is a pris- ouer; but, in reality, hia insults, oxcommunica- Lions, and imprecationa sgalust tho Kiug of Italy, sod all that Lolonga to tho now ordor of things, wo printed, published, oud sold with the moat porfect liborly, At the Quirinal, tho King roigne and governs, whatever those who know pothing whatever of that astute paysan du Danube bolisyo, or try to make ollier peoplo beliove, At Villa Cnsalini, ontsido of Porta Dia, Garibaldi Liolds Lis court,—a mounarch who baa abieated, if you will, but who is still more pow- crful than many who woar tho crown. llaving fusold Lie gword into & plow-gliaro, he I8 natur- ally deslroua of naing the plow-share o8 effi- saciously 10 the csuso of Italy as he did the gword iu pnat times. e would like, in aliort, to plow tho Lottom of tho bod of the Tibor,~ron- der it capablo of recoiving nud carrylng on to tho sea tho surplus waters that now Inundate the Campagus. Thon ho would like to trans- form this desort into a gardon of Sharon, aod bid It blossom 88 tho rose, And 8o for & whole fesr ho hins kopt quist, belloving fn the fallncioua promisca of tho Minghotti Ministry. Now wo muat admit thal tho fact of ths Popo, the Kivg, and Ganbaldi, svjourning in Home, ageibly * baving molico in their 'arts,” but g&omnu it art-fully coucenled, iu a facs without » precedent, But my intontion, inreoponing my old corro- spondeaco with ‘Lux Cricaao Thinuxs, i8 not so much to dilste on politics as to rolate facts, I commence, thorofore, with religious and social spocinlties, and will record in the firat placo tho Iatett dolngs of the GEQUUATHICAL BOCIETY IN ROME. ‘Lagt week the Presidont of tho ltalian Gao- rrapbical Society summonod a meeting of the mombers, to bid good-speed to thoir Bocrotary, the Marcheso Orazio Antinorl, on tho evo of his departire on & new oxploring expedition jnta tontral Africa. _Abont a hundrod persons, in- tluding Princo Humbert, responded to the invi- tatlon, aud listenod with tho deopest attontion lo the explanatary disconraes of the Presidont, Bignor Correntf,” and the Tressurer, Bignor Gunstalls. Tho mow route traced by tho vngi- neer Marajui loads from tha southern limits of Absazinia through a hitherto unexplored portion of the Provinco of Gallas, with tho object of as- certaining whether that Jino of mountaius tormed of yore ** the Backbone of the Globe,” continuen 1n ono unbroken chajn from Sova to tho Equa- tor, or whethor it is broken up into a number of datachod heights. The travelers ara to noto whetler the Valioy of the Godjeb reaches to the Nilo, to tlio Guiba, or to the Bquetorinl lakes. Important information is expected to be obtained by tham as to whother $he giant peaks of Keoin and Kilimangiaro are counccted, or delached links of o groat comtral cliatn; nnd whether other chaivs ruo pornllel with ghis ono. Whether, witkin such intricalo labyrinila of imprisoned valloys and table-lands, the tor- rents rushing down from tho snow-mountains, and compalled to subtorraneat coursos, may, by their overtlowing, sccount for those flooda of wator that go to swell the grent lakes, And further, whother Loke Ssmbura and Lake Daringo actually ezist and lLave tloir being northoast of Lare Victoria, The fleat halt of tho plrl{ headed by Antinori, Cbifarini, and Martini, will bo =t the Capital city of the King of Sclioa. This soveroign would ap- pear to bo well-disposed towarda Luropoans,— at loast towards Italinuy, —for he pormits tho ex- istonch smong bis subjects of s voncrablo ish- op, Mousignor Masssis, and, two or threo years ago, sont an Embsssy with gifts to the King of laly, Hora the travolors oxpect Lo procure an escort to ausist and protoct them in their jour- pey through tho laud, as yer untroadon by ptraugors, (rom Behoa to thoe Nile Inkos. Dunng the pasy year, funda have been col- Jechisg from public aud privato sources, Big- nor Ciuastalls told us in his statoment that, fat this apocial puryoso of the Africanaxpedition, 110,000 franca lind: beon recotved, Of this sum 47,000 francs had been expended for out- fits and nocesrary disbursoments ; 33,000 was to bo placed in Antiori’s hauds, aod 50,000 franca bold iu sone bank at his future disposal. Aftor Blgnor Guastalla had exhanstod the financial part of thio subjeot, Marchoso Autinori rona ta maks his porsonal adioux to his friends pregont, THIE VETERAN PATRIOT AND OROGRAPIIER lafn hus Gith ysar, erect of bearing and kindly of aspook, of undaunted snergy and esthusiasm, sud goes forth onea more ou oue of thess peril- ons undertukings with which his namo 15 asso-~ ciated, Innvoles that now and then faltersd with omotion, he thanked the maeeting for the proofs of ipterest and sympathy shown by their presenco on the oceaston, Ho folt no doubt, ho vaid, as to the ullimate sucoens of their efforty ; woko warmly of the advautage ha shiould bave in tho companionsbip of such mon as Capt. Martini and tho eogiheer Chiarini : and wound 2p with the declaration that the oxpadition would do its duty, and morit tho mmP acod in « by the natiow, QGreat applaneo followed ou Antinori's mpeech ; snd I'rince Humbort, going 1p to him, toox Lim warmly by both hands, and oede him a frisndly farewell § 2ud his exsmple wad followed by most of thoso prosent. After a parting bauquet at the flotel Anglo- Americano, Antinori aud Cbiarini loft ltome that eame evoning for Naplos. At 8 o'clock of the follawiog evening the Arabia steamed out of the Naplen Liarbor, bound for Aden, Tho trav~ elors will thence pracesd at once to Zoila, whore thoy will flud Martiui, who precoded them by a fow weaks, to invost 1n camels for tho transport of their impedimonta to Ankobor, A largo atock of Loads has yoi to ba parchased in Aden, aud tha prosents sont by the King of Italy to thio King of Hchon will also be forwarded thithor. The Geographical Hociety will expoot their eas- lieat conumunications from Atrica noma two months hence ; and punctusl roporis of thelr vrogress, aud good or evil fortaues, are prom- ll:'i\l-l“l:y the Presidont, the Commandatore Cot- ‘Tho last vewa from tha oxpodition o a tolo- Eram announcing the arrival of the party of ex- plorers nt Buez, und thoir immediste doparture thence for Aden. Pasaing now to an entiraly different subjact, I will tako up tho aa yos unexhausted topic of PROTESTANT PROPAGANDA IN HOME. When tho Italian troops snterad Rome through the breach In Parialus, tho Yrotestant Dible Bacleties vied with each other in introduoiug the Bible ‘into ltome. As the Diodati edition ta Lictly probibited by the Catholia Church, the portenrs woro menaced with sxpulsion by the Priests ; but, as the people kuow that thero was Bow no fear of & rotitsn to thie old times, or that the Papal Governmont would be able to take re- Yooge on the sympathizers with tho new order of ‘hingw, they were not sfraid to purchase. Cyriosity and” the extrema cheapuess were tha chief wdugementa; for the Romans, o getting #id of the Papal yoke, required breathing tine, sod 1o the newly-imported missioparies gensral- 1y made answer, * e have fosb goy xid of our u own priests, and wa do not waut any others.” Now, although, for_political roasons, the Goy- ernoient of Victor Emmanael han besn at war with the Ohnreh ever sinco 1848; althongh religious liberty was tolerated In Turin, where tho Jewa were free, and the WWaldanaos allawed to build s churchy although the Convent-Bup- resalon bill wae passed, monks and nuns sec- arized, and the convent wenlth soqnestrated; although, when Rattarzi was Miniator, in 1860, tha most swaopling laws against the Charch and Clarch-property were passed,—it must never La forgotton that tho first articls, of the atatuto, 7Tho Catholic vehgion {s the re- ligton nf (e Slale, remalnn uncanceled ; and that the King iw ono of the dovoutest Catholics that aver reigned over Itnly. But, ss tha siatesmen of the old Yenctian Repnblic used to my, * Veo- uetian firat, and then a Catholic,” an Victor Em- manuel, by tho force of circumstauces, has hoon compolled to make his Catholio sympathics sub- sotviont to tho unity of Jtaly. Repeatedly excommunlcated, npoatrophized and josulted inall the Pope’'a speoches, ad- draeses, and harangues, he litersily oboys ths Christian procopt to offer the second oheok when smiiten on the firat; and, from the time of his aganming the orown of united Italy, haa songht and compolled all saccessive Adminiatrations to soek & ronlizatton of Cavonr's ideal, **A Froo Church aod s Froe State." Compolled to_apply to the Roman Provinces tha Inwa apptled to cceloaiastical property else- whers, the King snd the Governmant, on taking forciblo porsession of Ilomo, sot thomeolven to socure to tho Pope aud Church the vory utmost liberty compatible with thelr own existence; and the Papal gunrantees woro patscd by the Iiallan Pariisment, and theso insure to tha Pope the absolute and unlimited spiritun} Anlburnr ovor all the faltiful. Hle poraon is s invtolablo as that of the King. Tho Ministors and Ambaguabors to the 1’|Fn Court _cnjoy tha samo privilegos ns thoso nsthoso accreditod to the Quirinal, 116 hiae s privato post aud telegraph, Whoreas & cortain number of convents have been supproased, all baildlngs connected with tho Gonorals of difforent ordors have beon re- served for them, with tho fon'ls for their main- tenauco. "Tho Cardinals rotain their position of Trinces of the Chareh. The right of eanctuary Lolougs to the Vatican; which means that any person, even malefactors, may tako rofugo thoro from the civil authoritics. Aoroover, tho Ital- tan Government, sseuming the wholo of the DPontilfical debt, guarantoes a civil list to tho Tope of 8,000,000 francs per anuum; and, had he nceoptod these terms with a good grace, there would have beeu no limits to the concensions mado by the Government, Fortunatoly for the future of Italy, Plo Nono {a as valn and hoadstrong in nis old age =8 he wag in bis youth; and now, glven ovoer alimost entirely to the Influenco of thu Jusuit s, Nor posstmus—vulgo, KO COMPROMISE— ia hin watchword, ile haw declived to toucha farthing of tho three totilions; whicl, howover, ara sccumulating for bim in the Stato bouds, at intorest and compound intereat, and will con- tinus to do so up to Soptomber, 1876, whou, if still unaccopiod, they will bo forfaited. The Pope shut himsolf up in the Vatican, whoro tho Iapal organs vronoutice him to be a prisoner ; whero, 1t ope souse, he Is 8o, for ho bimsslf very socon becanie tired of Lis voluntary martyrdoin, and would long #inca have beon out aud about in Tome, ond!fmvu spent tho hot months at Liy ta~ varito summer-residonce_at Castel Gzudolfo, nnd his soa-side villa st Porto d'Anzio, had not the Jeswits kopt him 1 durance vilo, {n order to mako money out of his supposed suforings and privations,—giviog lum to undorstand, at tho same time, that, it Lo yiolded. all wana lost, Whilo the hopes of ‘roconcillation lasted, the Government, most anxlona to_give no oflfeuse, gave the I'rotestand mivsionariea tho cold shonl- dar; and, indoed, the first iustalimont of Bibles was gelzad in tho atrests and at tho rallway-ata- tion, ana copsidorable ciflicultios wore mado to tho opening of schools. But, when it was found that no concessions oftened tho Lioatt of tho rigoner &1 the Yatican, things wore aflowed to ako thetr courso, and no further opposition waa mado to Protestant propaganda. A eocio- ty of Ameticans, English, and Italiaus, publisbed an editlon of Diodati's Bible in llome itsolf; aleo, o moro coutly cdl- tion, called ‘Lo Xoman Family Dible,” Dofore tho entranco of tho ltshans, the Proteatants were only allowed to perform public worshlp in chapels outsido tha Portadel Popolo; and Pope Gregory XV, shmost on bis death- Led, fssucd a bull anathomatiziug **tho transla. tion of the Iloly Sesiptures into the vulger tougue, under the pretenss of popularizing thom, sa though they could be intelligible, with- out propor juterprotation, to porsous of all con- ditlons, to chattoring womeun, o cmply-pated old men, to_iguoraut disputants,” Then, after approving ol tho edicts and ordinnnces of Loy- oin against the horotia transintors, and confiru- Ing ull the bulls of hls prodecessors, ho enjoins on ths Cathollo heirarchy the sequestration of all tho Iiblos pubtishod in thoe vulgar tonguo, nll ‘books proscrived and _sondemued to the Tu- dox. Then le coudomns by wuawme the * Christian Alliouce of Nuw Yoik, oud renowa all provious decrees. Pio Nono, especially after his return from Gaetn, was down at ouco o * that orafty dovice of DBible Bocioties, which undormiued tho vory fonadations of religton,” Honcs thu mero facs of freely circulating aud actually publishiog tha Biblo in'ltoma was {n itsolf a great triuwpl, sud funds wero immodiately raised by the various mccle for charches ~ and chapols within the walls. The Lstablished Cburch of England otill koeps to its flno rooms outaide the Porta dol 'opolo; and, a4 this was consider- ed too High Church tor mauy Protestants who now tool up thelr rosidonce in Itome, A now Protestant Lpiscopal Charch was budt in the Pinzza 8. Bylvester, Opposite the Euglish Clurch, outside the Y’opolo, are the buildiugs of tho Latablishied sod Ires Church of Beotland § and tho Americans 8uill hold their sorvices iu their old quartes, in that vicinity, until their now church, dedieated to 8¢, Paul, now in pro- cees of eroction fn the Vin Naziooalo, shall bo complotad, They have also a Uniont Church in Via Condotti., 'Tho Baptists opeued o now chapel iu Docember lnat, in tho Piazza’ San Loreuzo in Lucins, and tho Mothodists s little Gothio edi- fico in tho Piazza Poli. Trom s matorial point of vibw, this jsa {air list for five yours of liberty, LUT 1T WOULD DE UNTRUR to pretand that Protestantism bas takon sny so- rious Lold on the ltoman population, Either the Romans oling Lo tho falth of their fathers with stronger tenacity on account of the supposed peraccution of their chicf, or they throw religion oveibonrd altogether, assnming that all pricats must bo impostors, and ali oreedu fablos. It waa o remarkablo fact that, at a lato trial which caused great scosation throughout Italy,— that of Luctani for tho murder of Ilafaollo, Honzafino.—n uumber of witnosses refused to taleo the uath, becauso requestod to swoar on the Bible,—i. ¢., oo the Old Testament in Lutin, which (n Rowe, s elsewhers in Italy, Las boeu substitated for the cruafix. On boing prossod for their reasons, all, wen and wemon, Asslgnod tho samo cauro : that thoy wore Iroo-Thinkers, Thoy were tiied and condemood for conterapt of court; but uevertholess it hocomes avory day & question of increastng popularity, that of tha abolition of the oath, Tho only chance that Protcetanta have of spreading their religion is by sosuring tho afloc- tions and guiding the intelligence of the young genorations, And avon hera thoy must be ex- tromely careful that tho inatruction given in thelr echools Lo up to the mark,—romombering thiat inatruction in the municl Pul schioola in Rome ia now at a vory high wmark {ndeed. Moroover, they mnat avoid even tho appesrance of futol- erauce or bigotry,~aeoking sather to inetill chorr doctrines by iudirect means, than to msko them thio ine qua non of the instruction liqparted. TUE VALL OF TUR MININTRY. I biad just buen about to record the closing of the Vatican University and of various semi~ paries by tho present Minister of I'ublic in- struction, Hignor Bonghi, and now I must acore out tho word, aud pat thoe lafe Minlstor, for the Mingbettl Cabinot expired on Sunday last ; and, for tho first time siuco Italy Lacame s King- dom, thie Liberal porty has boon summoned by the King to forma AMinietry, With ua it bhas bappotiod pratty much as with you, ouly the toru of power differs, ‘YourHouthorncys, aling Democrats, rls Slaye. bolders, governod for sixty years; aud the in Leritance bequeatted to thv Northern Repub. licana would Liave been s burden vory licuvy to bo borne, had not war, with ite soathing fires, como to burn up the ovil and the good, Tha Jtalian Opposition linlatry hss no such chianco; they have fallon on prosaic thoes, and must maka tho best of them. If you copy the lendors on Italy in tbe Euglish press, you will ba called on to boliove that the Alinglicttt Ain- istry lad_not only attainod to that Lidorado of equttibriun foretold b{) the prophots and be- lieved in by patriots, Lot had actunlly real- izod & nurplus, Now, if such an expletive bo ad- missible 1o Chicaga, nilow we to esy : osh! Or, in vulgo, to oxpound that liahan inance passsth. all understanding ; that vurplus ang defloit, liko imports and oxports, get summed up together, sud the sum total astunishes the uatived. Jesay Wiirs Mawo, CONVENTION OF TAE AMEMICAN OMUMCE. Blaucu 25,—I bave detained my letter ona day, in order to roport the openivg ‘service of the frut Americsu church in Bome, cousecrated this mosaing by the Rev, Dir, Littlejobn, mlhnv of Long Island, tn the presonce of lve othor Yre- latos, mbout twenty clergymen, and a very aue merous congregation. * I'he church, built after » design by she well- known English architect, George Btraat, is in the Lombard-Gothic siyley wod pesfoct in its aim- plicitv. Uptothe presont Hme, tho sum of 2160,000 Las hean exponded, and much remaing ,lfl- to ba dono In the fnishing of thn intorior, 'ho bolfry ta being erectod at tho oxponso of ono Individual, Mr. Bcott, who haa contsibuted for this purpose 916,000, The procossion of tho olergy, hesded by Dr. Tittlojobn and Dr. Novin, onterad the church at 11:30, and the acrvice of the day wasprecoded by tizo formalitien af Lo consecration, All shiades of Protestant coloring wero reproscnted by the Enplish and Amorican residonts and visitors in oo, And, st this sort of fele de famille, thers wore many fromn the highways and h;vrnyn of Italian Protostantism, and not a fow Cstholica. The altar was ooverad with froah Hiies; and croames in loaves aud flowors, and other arn- bleme, sdorned the gauctuary. Tha gervice, which Iaated until 2:30, was vonductod aftor the strictost Iigh-Church roatine, JoW. M, ANDREA DORIA, Death of o Gront fRoman Prince. Anna lirewster in Philadeiphia Bulletin, Roaxny, March 21.—Ons of the groat Roman Princen {8 dead—Princo Andres Dorls, o man about 63. o was at the thoatre on Haturday night with his youogest mson, Don Alphouso Doris, enjoyiug " La Jolis Parfumonse. Ho roturoed home about 10 o'clock; he went through bLis stables and looked at his horges after bo arrivod at hie palaco, and asked if the carponter who s nattached to tho palace was In tho oflicon. Thon Lo wont to bod. Ie has been out of health for n year or two, bLut the family thought him botter ~ this spring. on Baturday night tho Princo was aa woll as usual, At 4 o'clock he rang for bis man-sorvant and asked for a cup of Lroth, Thia waa heatod and given to him, Tho Prince turned over aud wont to sleop. At 0 o'clock the valot found his mea- tor dead. Ho hind nover wakenod after drinking tho broth. This afternoon, at & o'clock, thero will bo & prand spectacle in the Corso—the funcral of the Princo. Thora whl bo as littlo dinplay as possible, for ths Prince loft a writton request that his funernl should be made snore pauperum, The body wil be taken to the Charch of the Arch-Cantratetnity of tho “ Sacconi Iianchi,” You will suroly remombor the '* Sacconi Bianchi™ if you evor visited Roma during tho fine pictureaque old Pontifical daya. An they begmod through the Romau streeta for the poor every I'riday they woro eaaily goen, and wero alwaya objeots of great curlosity and inter- for avorybody knows that the brotberhood ie composed of Cardinals, of tho bhizhest Pro- lates, und of the moat aristocratio of the Romsn Princes. Prince Doria nndoubtedly belonged to the brotherhood, and has often asked atms for thie poor on a Fridsy. Thoy ussd to walk baro- foot, and wore a groat sack of coarao whits linea tied 'ahout the walet with o lieavy hempen cord ; froru this cord hung = chiaplet and crucifix ; over tho slioulders bung a gack or bag : tho head and race wers covored with a hood or capuchon, also of conrse linen; In it wero large boles for the eyes, and on the forehesd was s death’s head. I romomber how I nsod to look at tha soft, artiatocratic hands and foet, and notico the bright oyes of some of the Sacconi. Thero was one fine, (all, military Sac- cono, with vory bright oyes, whom we used to eall Cardinal Duonapsrie In tlhoso days, and whenover wo heard his littlo tin box rattling, wo dropped into it mors than we would have given 1o auy other ono of these mystorions men. Thelr placo of meotiog ig as tho old church of ¢, Theo- doro de Rondo or Bt, Tato, as tho Romans call it, & cirerdar ehinreh under the Palative 11, a8 yon go Irom the Forum to the Bocea dolla Verita. It 13 = curions littlo anciout ohnrch of tho eighth contury timo of Adrfan I, but re- stored in the Inst contnry. Tho moeaica aro of the eighth contury, and are on tho hemirphero vault Lohind the altar; the band of God liolds e crown of . flowers above the bond of the Lord, who is_seated on a globe in act of Louediction, and has o long croea; 8t. Paul ou ono sido: 8t. Peler on tho other, pro- senting 8t. Theoidoro, The classical tradition is that the Templo of Vesta stood thore. Princo Dori’s body will bo taken out to s family nep- ulehro at tho:Villa Pamphili, After ton yoats tho romnina will e brought jnto the tombe gens tilzie of the Doria family. in the Church of Ht. Agnen, Piazza Navoua, the suporb church buile by tho Pamphili Pope Inuocent X. who was burned thero in 1644, Prince Dorin’s wite wns an English woman, Lady Mary 'Ialbot, daughter of tha Earl of Sbrowsbnry, a very bonutiful woman,.oud a most devout Catholio. Bho died mADy YOArs ao,—in 1858, i THE OMAHA INDIANS AND THE PEACE POLICY. To the Fiduor ef The Clitcago Tribuns? Unrcaao, April 12.—1 sm in receipt of & pri- wato lotter from T, T. Gillinghmih, Agent of tho Omshn Indians, whoge reservation ie in No- brasks, 30 wtles soull from Bioux City, Io.; which lotter contains n statement that will-be of interoet to all of your rosders who aro dis- gosed o be favorabla to the peaco policy to- ward tho Indians. In tbis tribo aro aboot 1,000 porvons, fvcludicg oll ages, Their present Agent hes been among them a8 teacher, and aftorward ay Agent, for about fivo and a half yonrs, aud i4 fully competent to Judgoe of their oapacity and progross, n tho summor of 1874, ten or twolya of the triba, sccompanied by thelr Agent, visltod Wash- ington for tho purpose of consulting with the Department st tho Capital In roiation to their funds (of which thoy havo, I baliove, ovor 150,- 000 acres). During tbas journey thoy roated o day or two ot Chitcago, and a fow hours, &t my home at Genova, on thoir return home, Thoy socmod quito appreciative of tho garden, rounds, aud shrubbery, sud much interested n such craps a8 they saw growing. “T'his soring, by the band of their Agent, Taeut toonoof them, for Lis experlment, two Iarge potatoes of the Poorloss varioty, of the delivery and rocolpt of which the Agont writes : I gave Ebabombs the potatocs day before yeaterday, Hu was much plossed (hat Do waw remembered, and requested me to write and eay that ho Ia very much obliged, and would try and raise all ho can from them, Ho ulso dosires mo tossy that e oxpocts to sow 14 acres of wheat, and plant 14 acre of corn, and 1 acre of potatoes, Ifo L3 cows, § horaes (3 very good aucw), 10 iogs and 22 pigs, 120 bushels of potsiocy, 30 buskcls of whoat, and plenty of hay and corn, " Thd *Government furnlebod the tribo, last yoar, with 200 wagons, and as many plows, be- gidos a large number of other Itnplomonss, all of which were put o uss, and corofully taken care of whonoutof use; snd tho Agent informs me that half s many moro could be profitably bostowed. Plesso keop in mind that the uum- ber of theso persons who can uso sach imple- ments doos not exceed (if in fact it reachos) 300, and you will seo that productive industry is bo- goming rooted aud established. A largo propor tion ol the chiloren from 10 to 18 yoars of sge can read and writ nd I bavo myself roceived o fow letsors from the ohildren that were very oroditable judeed, and well wntten, The Agont further informs me that, during his two years of Ageucy, bo has known bat of one case of drunk- eunoss 1 the (ribe, and I bolieve thnt the oot of & half-broed, misguided, 1 should say, by the vices of civilization. - WLat will be tho result of this virinous, tom- porate, impresaible tribe of harmlcss peoplo if our groat Uovernment shall seud ita” soldiora auong them, with thoir ability to teach vice aud crima in all tholrdistrassing branches ? Iknow— sud you know, Mr, Lditor—what the eud will bo. “Their confidonce in the Great Father at Washington (now, by tholr great respeot for the Governmont, very great), snd their large hopo for the future, will, within & year, be turned to liate aud covert troagon, and other argumenta will thus be ndded to the loug list now put fore ward for tho total extermiuation of tho whole reo0, I uay this with no uukindly feeling o the mili~ tary; amid the rauk-snd-ilo aie many noblo, gonerous, and canable geutlemen | but the army ia made for destruction, and it soems aa if all of thie olements of devastation, physical sod moral, were of ita native inutincts, sud the barracks are tho most perfoct schools of vico possible to imagipo, 8hall such educstion as tho aymy af- fords be forced upon such o tribo a8 I Lavo’ de- scribed, against their wish oud all of their nstural instingts 2 1 srust the (overnment will tarry long st the argumont bofore tboy reach such a couclusion, T hisvo #ald 1¢ sincerely, for Lo intereat of hu. manity, Very raspuctiully, J. C. Rupiason, THE MISSOUR), Special Disvateh to The Chieado Tvidune. Sioux Crry, Ia., April 14, Lhe rise In tho Migsous] Rivor Liero sinco Wednesday is about 7 foot. It is now as a stand, Jeo 3 fest thick fiow sbove, Alling the rivor from bauk to bank, has been running all day. The steamor Benton, which lefs bers yestordsy, was obliged to tie up 20 miles sbove till the rivor is clear of lce snd drift, ‘The steamer Uarroll, dus hore from be- low yestorday, is tiod up at Dekota, 6 miles be- low, walting for s cloar river. THE BLACK HILLS, avecial piapaich e Ths Chicage Triduns, Stovx Orry, April 1i.—Four hundred miners for the Black Hills will reach here by mpeoial tran from Bprivgfold, Mass.,, next Wednesday, A pow stage line from Brule City, to sun via tho White River route to the Dlack Hills, will bo uson by Colby & Nussell, of Fort Dodge on E\n 25th of this montls RAILROADS. Meceting of the Htockholders of tho Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. Amending the By-Laws in Reference to Purchasing or Leasing Railroads. A Free Fight on tho Subject of Nates to Missourl River Polnts, Efforts to Organize & Oinoinnati-8t, Lous Pool. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY, STOCKIOLDERS' MXETING. The stockholders of the Chicago, Durliugton & Quinoy Itailroad hold & vory important meel- ing yostorday at the effico of the Company, cor- ner of Michigsn avonue and Randolph street, for tha purposs of rovisiog the by-lawsin re- gard to extonsions and leases, The following romarhs, made by Mr. Robort Hartls, Preeldont of the rosd, at tho oponing of the inecting, fully et lorth the ressons wby such revislon of tho by-lawa ls made noces: ok ‘The by-lsw in regard to extenslons Lsa ramed and s recommunded by the Doard as cooe scrvative messure. Whatzvor may be the tachnical powers of the Board, the fon of many years has éatablished precedents which would under the old by« lnws warrans the Directors Iu concludiug sl such eon- tracta fof extension OF loara a8 they dom casentiaito the interests of tha Company. 'We think the power, whatovor it may-be, whethor derived from or_olher souroe, stiould ba litmited, but, if the steckholders do not res fit 4o define 14 by s by-law, the 1aust of caurss scceph tusir decision, < It a carnostly hioped that there may be soma pause 1o the Dulding e roscia Wil thoso. alresdy 1 x!stouce become ressonably producilve by the growth of the country, There canbono doubt that tns . fercata of capitalisis aud the farmers are identlcal in the long run, Whero & new road wili pay ss good & return for capitalss sny otber enturprine, peoplo wili be found to build it, i€ they bave confideuco in the permanence of thecharier or the laws under which tlioy are obbiged to bold it, Tioada prematurely bullf, {n advance of the wants of {0 country, slwaga tond 1o discoursge other rosds which sre nocessary, It is estimated that to-day the Toada weat of tha Alleghanics cannot, under the beat managament, be mad Lo earn in tho sggregato § per cant upon whiat they could bs built for, even at pres- ent fow prices of labor and_capital, sud of courto & Jauch emaller porcoutage upon the actual cont, Wien 10 this discouragoment ia added the effcct of this ad: verne legialation of #ome of the Weatern Htatea in gard o railroads, which, if pusbod to fbe extreme cons sequences, would bo simply conflacation of all money Inveated i raflroads, thero is every reason for capitai- 1t to pausa before thoy pnt any more monoy into new roads, ' Had tho wonuy invested in premoturs roads been put into those which would pay fair returns, we should to-iny bave som a much belter chiance for the conntruction of th0se roads which are really wanted (n some ylscos, Your Board are fully imprensed with the necessity of cautlon, but tbey would not conalder an entirely pasaive policy consistent with your interesta, ‘Lhey will refer to the stocklolders all cases which come up,. evon those involving s less amount than thas mon- tfonod {n te by-laws on this subject, when they can da no coustatently witls dhicir viows of ‘the interesis of the Company. "They canuot donbt that you will sminimously sp- frovect tha only otiter imiporiant change iu tha Ly- wa, that In by-law No, 1, by which {he snntia) mest- fug fa postponed a month'm_order to give time to dis- tributethe roport beforo ssking the stockliolders to ach wpon it by electing Directors or othorwise, WEW BY-LAWS. The following new by-faws wers then mub- mitted: 1, The annual meeting of (be stockholders shall be Reld o the Uity of Chicago, Iil, on tho Wednesday after the fourtls Mondsy of 'March in each year, and tho anuual repors of the Directors shall be printed and distriboted prior to waid meetivg. A special moeting may be called by the Board of Directora whenover, in thelr jndgment, clrcumstances require §8; and 1t'shall po thlelr duty to call ono whenever re- qusated in writiug to0 do it Ly ten stockhoiders om~ 1ug st loast 10 per cent aof the capital atock. At all meotngs of the Company abeent members sy vote by proxisa duly authorized in writiug. %t The stockliolders at the anuua) meoting sball elect from among thefr numbar & Board of eleyen Di- rectors, to hiold offico until the next annuel election, and until thele succassors nro appoluted and qualied, sud to Lsve the powor to fill vacanciea in tho Bourd occasioncd by desth or resignation. They ahall at thelr first mosking thercafier, Or 58 00T 84 3 GTIOrU can be convened, Hrneoud to nmmlu by the wleclon of a Chalrman and a clerk of tho Dosrd, a Presidout, Vice-Prestdent, Tretsurer sud Seccetary, Assiatani I reasurer, and Auditor of the Company, 16 hold ottice only durig the plessure of the Board, 4, Tho Directors aball have the control. manage- ment, and direction of the Company, shall sppoiat its ollicery, detcrmine their dutiss cud respounibilisies, and Ax'their compensation, 4. Any six of the Dircctors shall constitute a quo- rum for tho trapsaction of Lusiness, 8. The Board ehnll refer with dus notice to the elockholders for confirmation sll extensions of their awn roads, or leases or purchissea of oihier rosds or arts of roads, whenovor in their opinion it cau be ono without feclons injury to tho interest of the Compauy; but in caso of such urgency that tho Board deem fnimediate action necessary, they tnsy, with tha written approval of nine ombers of ihe 1Board, maks such sxtensions, leasen, or purchoses jn any one yuar 8 in thelr Judgment will not involvsin tho sggrcyate over $150,000 of sunual futerest or rental, 6. ho regular moetings of the Nostd of Directors ahall bo Lield at the ofico of the Compaay, in tho City of loaton, Masa,, on tho first Thursdsy of every month, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. A speclal meet- ing shall be called by the Chairman wheaover request- od by the President, or any three memrers of the Board, allowing for due notifleation of the members 1ot loan than fAive days, snd ot such pico as the Loard may diract, 7. 'Tho Clerk sball kecy 3 cowplets journal of the dolum of the Hoard, and furnitk o copy of the samo to tho Socretary of the Gampany for yocord with the proceedings of tha stockholders. 8, The Beeretary, Who may be (Le s3me pernon na thn Treasuzer, ahiall keepa full record of the proceed- ingw of tho stockbolders, mid of all acta of ths Joard of Directors, 9, Transfcrs of shiares shall not bo valid, oxcent an between tha partles thoreto, untii sectlarly entored on the books of the Compsuy witl o wurreuder of & certificata or cortificatea for & currespouding smonnt, 30, Thia by-laws msy be nmended and altered at any meeting of the slockbiolders where a majority of the stock I repreaciited, aud Yoto on the queation, Aa a majority of the slock was not rerre- sonted At tho moeting, I8 waa decidod to post- pono action on Lhis important matter uotil to- day, whon enough prozies are expectod to Ar- tive to bave s msjority reprosonted. oss of thoso prosent srs fu favor of tho changs, sud there is but littlo doubt that it will bo adepted by g0 majority, Thin action wiil snablo the managoment of tho Chicsgo, DBurlmgton & miney to teaso or purchsse such limes b tho Wost a3 they dosm of importaucs to the pros- perity of thoir rosd, Thero are namberless emali roads now iu lows which cannat bo cor- pleted or oporated for the want of eapital. Tho Onicsgo, Burliogton & Quinoy han tho menns to complete them, and make them in time moat ex- colleut feaders, —g—— IN COUNCIL. PIXING A TABLE OF DISTANCES. The ropresentatives of the various raads, Fast and West, who bave been {u scasion during tho last two days 8¢ the Grand Pscitic Hotel, to sdopt s table of distances ou which to baso iast-bound ratos, and to establish uviform through rates on forefgn businers, completed thoir work last evenivg, Tho Comumitioe of Fleven appoiuted tho day provious mado its re- port, and submitted a table of distancos from compoting pointa in the West toihe Yaatorn sea- board, which was adopted. In regsrd fo tho establishment of uniferm through ratew, the Cummittas reported tuat it was unablo to devive auy plan by whbich such rates could be maiu- mu«& Tho Grsnd Trook Rulroad rosched tho asaboard &t Quebos and Portland, and would act {ndopendently of tho wmooting, esldes, it waa impossibie to gel tho mansypers of the ocean lines to agres to any fixed ecoeduls of rates, The Commiltes thorefore concluded that it would bo best to do notbiug m this maiter, 'The suggostion was approved by the moetibg, A now claseifioation of freights was aleo ar ropged, Mot of the articles recently pisced in a spocisl cluss wore put bLaok into fourth class, Beyond this, no changes of importance werd de- cided upon. UATES 7O THE IS80URL HIVER, A mosting of the Uonersl Freixht Agents of the Chicago and Bt. Louis roads leadiug to Mis- nouri liver fizlntu and boyond was held attho Graud Pacific Hotol yesturday, Yhe followin roads wers represontad 1 Chicugo, Luslinglon Quinoy, Bt. Louls, Kansas City &_hunhom, Missourd Pacitio, Miwsourl, Kausas & Texas, Chi- ‘j:‘i? & Northwostern, and Clucsgo, Rock Island aeific. Mr, James Smith, of the Chicago & Alton Rall- 1oad, was olected 'Chairwan, #nd Mr. A. O, ird. of the £t. Louis, lisnss Oity & Noriborn, Socrotary, ‘The obj of tho maeliug waa to & considor the elaim n{uls by the 8t. Louw ramds st tha difereuce iu rates in favor of St. Louis to Aliasourl River poinls waa nos sufilciont, and st the 1ates from Chicago to thoss pointashould ba raised. The Chicago roadd clumed thas the differonce 88 made a6 pressut wWas mara than sufiicient, and uug oould Boe DO reason why 1oy sbould allow St. Lauie uoy further advan- agew. 1f the differonce wu rates from the two o,nu wad mado larger than al preseus, then @ Obiorgo macchauts would bate mo earthly 'IE CHICAGO 'I"RIBUN E: SATURDAY, APRIL 15, I87(—TWELVE " PAGES. show for competing with 8t. Lonis onthoe Bouth- westorn husiness, Thoy conld soe no cause for thie hoggishnosa of the Ht. Lanissna anyway, r‘n:!hnmnxm hd mnl;l hm}moithm nmgfl otiar ey ntopped their averlasting grumbling, ‘The Qeveral Frolght Agent ulgth- hmimpl Missourt Pacifio demnauded thist the Chicago Jines jucreaas tha difforenco to st losat twico the smouat it was at presant, aor olso thero would be hloody wat. Tha Chicago loes sald uwyflmn)ihl thoy wero In aa good o condition, financially aud othewian, natus Missonri Pacifio, and, if war wae decided 1pon, thoy could stand it juat »slong. if not longer. Tho agont, thowever, wauld fiaton to no srgument, aud, s the Chica’ Ro agents rofused to comply with his unjush do-~ imands, ho left the meeling swearing that ho wonld hereafter fight tho Chicago lines until they wera oxterminatad. ‘Thoroupon the Chicago rosds doclared all negotiations off, and at ence docided Lo reduce thoir rates Lo tho pama 06 a8 thoso charged from 8t, Louis. The follotring are tho new raten: From Chicago and 8t. Louls to Atchi- non, Leayvanworth, St. Joseph. and Kanass Clty, which pointa aro known ss the Dlissouri Rivor points, Orut claws, 60 cents; eecond claas, 40 3 third clags, 30 cents; fourth claem, 20 cenls and mpecin) class, 18 conta, If the 6t Louis rosdn reduce theso rates alill fartber, the Chicago roads will follow suit. And thos the war will bs waged unttl the Bt. Louisann come to their sensns and loarn to recognize thie suprema- cy of Chicago aa & railway centre. gk sy MISCELLANEOUS. ONOANIZIXG ANOTHEG POOL. A mooting of the managers of tha railromda leading oast from Ciucinpatl, Indianapolis, and Bt. Louta will bo held at the Grand Pacific Hotel to-day for tho purpose of taking somo action ro- garding the formation of & pool of all the lines enat from the sbove-named towns. Mosera. Bcote and Vanderbilt aro the primo movers of this schieme, and ju ite success theyaee tho only way of gaving thair own combination, which in now on tho eve of disruption. The Eastern rnilroada aro beginning to soo the folly of tueir, action in forming o pool of the ronds leading out of Cbicago, and pledgivg them to malntain ratea whilo competition 18 kept intact from all other Western citios, Had they In she first place seen to it that s aimilar pool way formed by the roada leading East from 8, Loutn, Cinciunati, and Indlanapolis, thers wonld not have been snch opposition to the pool in this city, and our merchanta would haye bad loxs cauee for complaint abont discrimination, Now, however, it 19 too lato to rectily the mis- take, and it {8 not probablo that the manngers of tha Cincinnati, 8t. Lous, and Indianapolls roads will form m pool similer totbat of tus Chicago linee, in viewof the failurs of the other veature, THE ONAGL LANDS, Syectal Diss.aeh to The Chicoge Tridbune, LawisNce. April 14,—A large delegation of the editors of newspape:a aloug the line of the Lawranco, Leavenworth & Galveston Bailsosd are in consultation hero to-day with the sutbor- ities of tho road to dovising plans for increasing mmikration into the section of jhe Stare tribu- tary to tho road. 'Tho Ossge land decision is regarded 88 settling all quoations of land titles along the rond, and the feoling mow is to tako hold and do evomumg’})onuibm for the dovolopment of tho conutry. Tho railroad an- thoritien expect to muke decided reducticns in faro and froight #o 88 to eucouraye settlsmont snd stimulate business. Every editor on. the lige of the road from bere to Indepondence snd CufTayvilie {8 prosont, snd the most harmonious snd ontuusiastic feoling prevails. THE LAND-SLIDE IX 10WA ON THE D. L & P, ‘Specal Diepatch to The Chicaan Tridune, Towa Cir%, In., April 14.—The teriible block ade of mud ov the track of the Clucago, Rock Istand & Tacific Roilrond near this city, of which I made meution n yeaterday's dis- potches from this place, still continues to ob- ateuct tho pasaage of trains. Tha slides laet pight were moto oxteusive than tho firat, and in suotber locality, Large iroes have slid down, and stand on_tho track ovor several feet of dirt and mud. Passengers woro transferrcd this evoning, It is imposaiblo to ray when the track will bo cleared, as tha sliding does not yot cease. The Towa Iiiver has not boeu so high for years as it fs now, WIilliam Acktey. a passenger cou- duetor, wan quite scriously infured botwoen two cars laat nght while conpling them at the Iand- shde, but is getting bettor, MACKINAW & XARQUETTE. Laxarxo, Mich,, April 12.—~Tho Lansing Re- publican snvs the contractors for the construce tion of ths Mackinaw & Mamuette Railrond bave declined to uigo the contract, which was to have been completed to-dsy. ——a GRAND HAVEN, Pisciculture=Shipbuildina. Suectal Corvespondence of The Chtzago Tribume Cinanp Haves, Mich., April 12.—0On Saturday, 927,000 young whitefish were bronght from the batcherios ot Detroit, and doposited in Lake Michigan, noar thiscity, Last evouing, forty cans moro arrived, contaioing 875,000, which wero placed on board the tug Kaiser Wilhelm," and taken southward, being distributod se fol- lows : Digeon Creak, 60,000 ; Holiand, Bauga- tael, and South Haven, 200,000 each. The ro- maiudor wera deposited at varions points slong the lake-ahore. ‘I'ie Itosabelle was Isunched to-day from the ship-yard of Squier & Whito. Sue bas boon en- tiroly rabuilt, at an expanso of $1.000, aud is now a atanch, trustworthy vessol, Blhe willrun from Whitohali to Chicago. Carrying capacitr, 150 m. A fine new propelier will' bo lsunchod pext woek from tho same yard. ————————— A DAUGHTER LOST FOR TWENTY-THREE YEARS. Hpecial Dirpaleh to I'he Chicaon Tribune, MrxpozA, Il, April 14.—~Mr. 1. C. shony, of South ‘Windham, Conn,, had his little girl ttolen from him somo twenty-thres yeses ago, when gho was ooly 2 yosrs old, auct brought Woet., e Laa nover relivquished his search for her, Bome monthy back the waoman sha looked upon ee her mother died, but,'while on her death-bed, told ttio gir of her abduction, and gave hor the name of her father and hia address. She wrots to him for his photograph, aixd he immediately ¢ame on Imsolf, aud found his long-loat child at Wal- nut, sbout 10 miles from hure. Sbo in marriea to & man of tho pame of Iierry, 'Tho old gen- sleman tried to _have his daughtor and son-in- inw go back with him, but tho latter declinivg to do wo, blr. Alaliony and Lis doughter re- furned to the paternal homs, and it ia said that sho kiaw abandonod ber husbsnd for good, TELEGRAPHIC NOTES. New Yonx, April 14.—Franz Rochal), a tobscco merchiant, baa become jusane, maklng the eightl cago of lunacy brought to tho Tombs from the Hippodrome sinca Moody and Sankey began thoir minwtrations thero. Stecwal Dispatel te The Chicago Tyidune, BruNoyiELd, L, April 14,—A couple of car- Jonds of school-furniture snd specimeus of achool-work, prepared for exhibition at the Cen- tonnial, under tbe dircction of the Ion. 8. AL, Etter, Buperintendent of Tubhio Inslruction, will bo shippod to Philadelphis trom Champsign to-morro®. avecial Ditpatch (0 The Chicaan Trivune, Tiasxwze, Mich., Apnl 14.—Aiaeatazuh Ste- hacki 'Toyama, a student of the Agriculturat Colioge snd University, law been compelled to quit his studics and return to b home in timalznm, Japan, by resson of his slonder purso, All lia exponsea Lo dolrayed himself from Lis pay a3 Bocretary of tho Japanoso Lo- eation in tns country. Ho was tho most pro- hmm Japsoess student over in ths United States, thongh from the poarer ciastes of the Empire. e Dpom edro, Dom Pedro 11,, the Lmperor of Brazil, and tis Pupross, now journeying toward New York, hiave & goodly retinu In it ars the Grand Chsmberlaln of the Brazilian Imperial Court, & geutleman in walting, a mald of honor, a phyai. cian, » Privato Becrotary, a Trossurer,and soven domostics. The Tmperial party will arrive in New York on (he 17th. 'Chs entirs parlor sto of the Twenty-third stroet wing of the Fil Avonuo Lotel ‘will be in readincss for them., ‘fhe Emperor and the Empress will occupy the parlors and bedroom wnearcst Broad- way, and their reiainers will range in the order of thelr ofiicial nearness to the Twperial persona toward Sixth avenue. There are wx parlors in the wuite. The geatlemen's parlor bs to be the dining-room tor ‘fio Tmperial YVisitors, acd theis more oxalted attandants, Tho suits ia now Nln%oocupisd by (eu. Williamson and family, Miss Calboun, Dr. Giay, sud s mem- ber of the firm af Calgats & Co, uunr mukera. 1t was ocoupied by thae P'rince of Wales duriyj hie visit to New York, Duriog the Emperors sojourn in the Fifth Avenuo bis Ureasurer will bo required to disburse svout $1,500 a week, ‘The coach n whichi the Aldornien futend to tal the Ermparor snd Empress through tho straets ia exhibited daily before a Liroadwsy carriage fac- tory. It resembles the yoysl ntste conches of Europe, but bas less gildiog than most of them. Tha cloth bears » golden crowa, i AMUSEMENTE. ADELPHI THEATRE, ALL LADIES® NIGHTS for this week only. After ‘wooka of pregaration, Positively the last week of TUNCLE TOM’S C.ABIN; Or, Lifo Among tho Lowly, In neven acte and thirteen Tablesux, CITARLES HOW- ARD, eapeciaily engaged. for Uncls Totm. Also the ARLINGTON JUBTLFE S1NOBNS, the former Blaves of Gen, Hober R. Les, will appear in thelr original Hongn, Dustd, and Plantation Melodlea, dorg:mu Heenio Rilects, An Allegorical Tranaformation Ecene of Burpsauing Splendor, occupylag (ks entie deplh of Tho sage. - AGrand O, LELIR & AVERY, the Im. m, risl Oymoata. TOMMY RYAN, Irish Comedlan, stinees Weduesday and fiaturday, Popular Prices. THE COLISEUM. MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, And eveey evening this week, it addidlon 10 the Wouderfal BIRGLIST BOYH sad all of the Favorites of 1aat week, the nuanagement liave engaged at groat Cxpense s Wonder of the Warld, FIARK A. Gl HONS, thie AERIAL RING, the embodimont of dariog, e, and perfection, in'his Miraculous Champion mlancing and Trapsze Act, introdncing Musin fn the Adr, and oonoluding with his New and Original Bansa- tion (nover Lefors attempted by any artist in the world), entitled The AVALANGHK, or HLIDE FOIt LIPE, descending with fearful rapidity, whil g by one, {ooh iosd downwacl, fruin elght of the Weatra 1o the stage, » distan 0 advanca in pricas, THE TOLEDO, 141 Kaat Madison-at, (GRAND MILITARY CONCERT GLVEN: DY TUE GREAT WESTERN L. @ BAND, In the new Milltary Tniform, on BUNDAY NIGIT, April 16, Admisslon, 25 cenls. “Also every Night snd Sanday Aflernoon Grand Con- cert by tus Helna Quartotte. Adrmirsion fres. . HOOLEY'S THEATRE, AAGUIRE & HAVERLY. 4, 1. HAVERLY.... THE, PAMOUB CALIPORNIA MINBTRELS Every Night, and Wednesday snd Ssturdisy Matinees, Return of GChicago's favorite Comsedisn, BILLY TICE. BILLY EMERSON, BEN COTTON, snd J. I, KEMBLE hold{ng thels respoctive positions, Continued success of I, M, HALL, the n.ma ““’f' Decided kit of BANFORD snd WILSON, All theold brilllants re- ned, $¥~ Remember the.popular Wedncadsy Matinees. McVIOKER'S THEATRE. 2D BOOTEL BATINEE AT 130, The Stranger-—Kathariso and Petrnchio. Edwin Booth an tho Birengor and Petruchio, Mirs Ellen Cummins, Alas Jennie Carroll, Mes, Mardock, Mr, MeVicker, eic., In the cutn, faturday Night, THE APOSTATE, Pescars, MIL. BOQTII; Hermays, F, B, Warda; Naloc, ¥, Iarc Florinds, Miss Ellen Cummion, Next week- G LEAR, RICHELIEU, sul LADY . OF LYONS. SUNDAY LEOTURE SOCLETY. Mrs. M. Efi..ivermore “Superfiluous 'Women.” McCormick Hall, Sundsy, April 16, 3p, m. ADMISBION, TEN CENTS. HOOLEY'S THEATRE, SUNDAY AFTERNOON CONCERT, April 16, at 3 o'clock, Mr. Arthur J. Creswold. AMoai- cal Director. Admiseion only 23 cents, In aid of tlie Good Bamaritan Homa. OCEAN NAVIGATION, AMERICAN LINE, BAILING WEEELY BETWEEN PHILADELPHIA AND LIVERPOOL, OALLING AT QUEENSTOWT, The Btoamera of this Line have SUPERIOR OABIN ACCOMMODATIONS, and combins all the modorn jmprovoments, The Blaterooms sre extra larg and ail ** putaido” rooms lighted from the side, an well ventilated. Ratzs oy CABIN PASSAGE—Fi8 to §100 currency, ac- cording to location. Stoorage Pnssago at Lowcest Ratos. Drafts on Europe in sams to suit. Apply at tua Company's Ofiics, 133 LaSallet, cor- ner Aladison. 3. T MILNE, Western Agent. ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE, The Genera! ‘Tranastianuo Company's Mail Btasmers con Nuw York aud Havre, calling at Plmmouth (G, iog o1 Pusengers The splendid vessols route for the Conunent theing more tuorly than ln{ other), will sall frow Plor No, 43 tn Hivor, as follows: Norta & I LABKADUL. Sangile . Tac ol 4 SR Trudella. "Tareuar. April ‘O PABSAGH duolt g’“c“ ({ooluding wine). Firet cabin, 8110 and 8120, socordiog o acoommodation } scrond cabiz, 873; toird, 840. Heturn ticksts a3 redused Tatos. Bisorige 326, with Suporior AccammoaAtions. in- filld\nlf'\ne» fn&h&}r‘ l;d m:::flfln'wi‘lhoul LTS ONATRS, oame s marksc us * do no steny Dassongers, Bt IS DEMEBIAN, ARants 65 lirasdwar, N, X W. I'. WHITK, No, ¥7 Clark-st., cor, Randolpa, Agent for Chicagn. NORTH GERMAN LLOYD. The steamers of this Company will sail every Sature day {rom Uremon_Pier, foot of Thinl-st,, Hoboken, Rates of prassgo—From’ New York to Sonthampton London, Harre, sud Breunen, frss cabl, $100; socond cabin, §0, gold: rteerage, enrrency, For freig] o phdeags Spply to " OELRICHS & €O., FAVORITE ! THE POREST STIMULANT: SOLD BY The Finest Whisky Kaown, J.K.VANDUZER: 128 LAKE-ST., CORNER OLARK, " *Bonasy s NEW PUBLIOATIONS, ~ POPULAR SIC BOOXS! Bellacks Aualgtical etuad fie Piauo, fs_an casy, ttractive, and pleasad’ (75 conts) methed for tha Aret alx months a8 the pisno. Getze's School for Parlor Organ, 82.50. Immonsely popular, About 0,000 coptem Bow in usa, Gentennial Colleetion of National Songs. The most tnilliant compliation of Patriatic Bom extsnt. The Natwnal Alrs of Amarica, Euglan Soatland, Wales, Lreland, France, Spain, Italy, Sweded, DenmarX, Germany, Ln Paper, 40 Cen 81500 Cloth, 76 Cents. Masen and Boalley's Mothod for Beginners, (83), It & handsome, comyicte, well errangod Tni {ion B0k for tho planoforia. Sl German Fonr-Part Sougs, for Hixed Voees. atria, and Tunsis are’in it. ta, Honrde, 30 Contae A rith treoaury of most for Bomatlen, tte 7 0sd areslient mosts LYON & HEALY, Chicago. OLIVER DITSON & CO., Bostons S RAILROAD TIME TABLE, KRRIVAL AND DEPARTURR OF TRATHS FXFLANATION OF RXP cepted. * Banday excegte: e, @ D rive Sunday st 8 T MARKS, —F Hatarday ozd Moaday axeopul. N CHICAGOX NORTHWESTERN RAILRIAT. feket Oficer, €3 Clavkat, (Sherman. Aoute), and 18 Osnad o, corner Madisorat,, and aé the depots, Geneva Lako s—Depot corn: —-Depotoornarof Casslan roes.. By or of Well: Lease, ik TEEPyOPOTOF RugRERE o nd Kinziests, d Kinsis-ata, BEFEIEEIEIRIE MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD. Depot, Soot Tekelofice, and af Paimer Houw. Lake-st, and forl Of Twentyaseondort, '67 Clarkittes sotkiast corner qf Teania =N I CHICAGD, ALTON & 5T, LOUIS. and Chicage, Kansas Cily and Disnver SAart Liner, near Maditonat, 123 Randsiphest. Dnion Depot, Si. Louy Peoris D, Obf Ko fcaso s Padac Htreator, Joriat & Disht Avoomnodation. 1 R g LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERY. Weat Side Oficars 4t Devot, and rusa. ... Washingto ah Raiimaa x. o Ex beidze, turdayana Banday Kz, § Dalg. Tichat Mail. vis maty Bpact ipscial N. Y, E: Atlantio Expross, daily. coommudati Michigaa A Night Lzpress., Nae., Ezpros, Leare, CHICAGD, MILWAUKE] E & Tnion Derot, corner Nadivon an i ST, PAUL RAILROAD. * d Canal-ata, Vet Ofice, 63 oulh Clark~3t,, epposite Sherman leurs, andat Dipet. Leave oL Y Arrise, 40D o 11:008. e’ 10:00p. ma, | ¥ '1:80 p. . INMAN STEAMSHIP LINI, Carrying te Bails botween LUROPE AND AMERICA, Yot psessge, apply at Compsoys Ollios 32 M, Olark-st., Cbicago, " FRANCIS O, HROWY, ten. Wast. Ag't. &0~ Drafis on Great Britatu aud Irdand. NOHOR LINE. T }’.vlfl Saturday to_Glasgow, Do Liverpool _Ac. Cadin, 1 U' S' rom Biom . naludt i uufifl?fi_&un"'fl}?fl}'fififii'fi"fl.M fl II eau : LaSallo sud Madiron-sis,, PHILA OELPHIA ADVERTISEM'TS WALNUTL-8T., From Thirty-third to Thirty.fourth-sta., ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN, ‘WILL OPEN APRIL 15,1876, Distant only 1,500 feol from PENNSYLVANIA RAIL. RUAD DEPOT, Paxsengor cars for Centounisl Gromnds pass door avery few mninuted. Jlestaurant wuexcelled fn quality, Billiard Hoom with nine Collender Tables, Accommodations unsurpza: iress JAMES T, BTOVER, Manager, UNITED STATES HOTEL, Farty-second.st,, and Columbia & Elm-avs., OPPOSITE MAIN EXIIBITION BUILDING, CENTENNIAL GEOUNDS. This Flegsnt Pire-Proot Hotel ts now apen for tho reception of gucsts. It contains M3 rooms replets with all modern fmprovements, _Visltors to Pulladak pisia will nowhera moet with better sccommodatious r I0re reasonable rates. T, 8 BOOTHSY, Manager, THOS. WATTSON & BONS, 140 Norths Delsware-av., Philadelpbis, EXPORTERS AND COMMIBSION MERCHANTS, Trinidad Aspbaltum, Crude & Retived, by the cergo or 1o lota to suit. Hegular veasels for the West ludia ports CENTENNILAL—Punnsyivants Allliary Academy, Ghioster, Pa. Thiews spaavus brildings, occupylug s Qlavated aita and cowmanding an exteseivo Yiow of ibe Delswara Rivor sud surrounding connéry, will be apemed during the sumiier vacatlou comuienciing June % for the sccommodation of yisltors (0 $h Exgo- witton, HMourly tratna dircet to the Centennial Busld- inga, 40 minutes side, Circwiars oo upplicstiun, HYALT & CAHTEIL, Managers. NTENNIAL LOG M8 - ACCOMMODAL A O O teaes 1 oy it -up private for gentlemen Kk rooms, A, LUPA'S furaitire wareruoma, 121 Hflllll: lfl:"v“’llk'h::-. Philadelobls i EDUCATIONAL, ELMBURST BOARDING SBCHOOL ¥or Young Ladles and Girls, Next term commences Aupcil 17, Ness School Year, Mouday, Seph, 11, Band for Clrgular to f0e Yrincipal, Ebuhurs, DuPage Couns ty, I e ——————— FIRM CHANGES, POSEEEEE DISSOLUTION. The firm of Ulement & Quinsn Is this day dissolved D s o Clemsad wil Am o irs. MARY A, CLRMENT, Agril 14,1878 GEUUOE QUINAN, oot andatdepale. Matl and K1press, ... ULLaWa auu biruat Rusatues.Lal ‘Paciio Faay 1an0, anmas Paoitic Nixl 'HICABD, BURLINGTONA QUIN Lak Indland urors Pasenser Dubudus & BlouxGity K. it Kxo, Racsas UlLr, loaveuwors! caleon & KL, osepniix mod| ruve Acoomniodatioal o (irave Accommudatio- |* 62 b, m., us ) Tor Umaha. . Uiy, 1arauwortd, 0 n via Milwaukeo. Trakots for St Faal and 2 Bowling Green, Now York, | Minncapalieare xood eicher via Madisaa sud Prairls dn e T Culen, or via Valsrionn, LiComn, And 1 inona. Great Western Stenmship Linc. INDIS CENTRAL RAILROAD. From Now York to Beistal (Koglaud) direct. Depot, Faet D R sty sasnd t, Trove > Haturdsy, April 16 Office,, 131 Kundulphat, wear Clark, ¥ Bleoraze, 830, AR Bsourtion tekste $120) Frepsid Seomes g.mr?i_fil-‘ 8. Loaks Eap 3 -'_:':m: ¢ ¢ Gantaral Fro Lo 9 E $ APV ACD ONALD. Ao ok Rowo T CY RAILROAT, 4-av. and Sheltenihost ! Al *1 18 14 ts, Toksd ONoss, b3 Olark.st o “eEx.Hunders. TEz. Balurday, 3Kz, Monday ERIE AND CHICADO LINE, Tieket Ofeas, 83 Clark-tt,, corner &/ M ahing . Ml douse und"at Lepot, L Michijunar, wpite utison, Truins leute from Erposition Dy ExpressPullman, 196+ o Bl ace Deamin Cres asd Hol “Quiy liua runaing tie b Now Yore wit Atlaatis Rapres wauing Ro 1C ut ey Pullman Pai- Bleupiug| iding. Luaes, [ _drrive, [ETYEN I T et iifi“ it o: 9 Sundar cept Baturd Morning Rapre Accumuiodaiion, Kreaing Kapresi o 7. Nixns Arpreas. T7opasals wi Apsil 0, 1878, Box Cars, for vy, eocond-of, mabs, Lk, iy A tad§ Dally, T Ex = c.v:“m% nu:‘.' t Kxoupt Mundaya. § Lx: BALTIMORE & 'rum rear o/ oHio ‘I!Allflfllbn Expgrition” Buil iing and faet Devot corner, Nadieon-st. and Cily afica, 83 Qlarkeal,, eorner of Waad. ™ Van Burenand Dol ornar B e ™™ B0 by PROFOSALS, NOTICR T0 CAR-BULLDERS. Jtzowrvan's Orrice, Broars, Mo, Agril & l.} Il be received by the until or Euilding tuo bondred (20) standerd usa of Tozas Hail- ‘Misko For information as {0 specificat i two ust, Kausas Leave, Atcblaon s | 1) s, ! +10.00 0. m. |3 8:38, w1 Taave. | _Arvive, CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PALIFIC RAILROAD, Sfi:"‘.‘fln—flu MNeketaflaa ] drviva, patterns, drawe e et A P GARN Lk, Obnars) Buperiae teSdunt, Bedslis, Mo, Paymeats will be msde {n tash on dalivery of ears sb Hanaibel v Bt Louls. BOND, Receve: Miagourt, Kaass & qull-fl-‘};. %