Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 22, 1876, Page 11

¥ BRISTOW. e People’s Centennial Choice for President. Sketch of tho Career of the Present Saorotary of the Treasury. An Tonest Man, 2 Chrislian Gentleman, a Patriotic Statcsman, and a Reli- ablo Repahlican. The Mary-Merritt €Case, and Br. Beistow?’s Conncetion with Hy A Complete Refutalion of the Slanderous Charge Against Him., BRISTOW'S CARZER, TUR AN WIIO I8 A PLATFORM—TII PEOPLE'S CEN~ TENNIAL CIOIGR FOR PRESIDE: [Ny D. H. ilndicr, 0. D, af Cosingtan, K Rocheater Demoerat and Chrondele,) . To contributo a chapter to history, furnish the publie with Information, and do justico to & modost aud nublo man, nrotha inspirinz sources af tuls acticls. Not fluding any comploto and ntisfactory biography of Col. Lirstow - puli- fishied, I have Lenn at palun to gathior the follow oy facts concermug the hfo of the prosent Boc. rolary of tha Tremsury, Thov wera obtamed from varied and authontio partios, and ars per- foctly refiablo, T know of no pablic man named for Lha oTice of Prosidont whaeo eharactor com- munds auch nniversal rospoct amonys all mon of honor ond intoirity, frrospective of party,— srhoso rugged honosty and flemnesn, soon fu tho s in the parifyiug ond necodwary work of tho past moutus, appeal #o siraagly Lo tha pudiio con- soionco and popular 440 of rigat, a3 tans of B, IL Driotaw. 3uch is the conftlanza of tho poo- plofu the man that o popular and umnampus Inted voio of to-day would ahnost unautmonsly place hiwm ut tho boad of the Iiepublie, BRSNS BIRTI-DL. ND ANCE ITIRS. Tonjumin ilclm Belotows, the sabjsct of this elicl was burn in Elktan, Todd Connty, Ky., In July, 1832, and waa tho secand of n fanuly of four chilirou. Tho vumo Tonjamin was s his- tovicono in the fawmilv of Bristows. Lach braneh of the famtly had o member enlled Bonjanun, thus to honor o nated uncle who feli in tho hat- tlo of Brandywine, 1lia father, Prancis M, Uris- tow, was widely kuown throughout the Etato as plawyer of abbity, sud o geotleman of coni- manding influence and charactar, Politiealis, hig Mdier was an old-live Whig, n portonal triend of Ilenry Clay, and had deep moral con- viotfens of tho twickedness of Slavery, which wero mtensified by timo aud Lis associntions, Inhoriting elaves by bequest through his wilo's rolatives, ho necopted tho gifs that ho mught better Leuatit the onslaved. All of his sluves, when coming logally under lus coutral, woro grauted thar aborly sl apy timo they desived: sud, i( suy vemalned wills ns funily, i6 was becauso of inability to Lelp (hemeelves, and a large sonso of humauity provontad Feancis Diristow from Guraing them Into tho world (o starve. 1L IT. Dristow’s grand- fnther, an old-sehool Baptist ministor, was bit- terly opposed, and very oxproesed in lus hatred, to the accursed institution, I linve seen u cor- tificato of diwwchaveo from the stmy of 1812, given to hig pateronl sneestor, signed by Col. Johzeos, It bears witthess Lo tho bravery, do- «votion, and integrity of tho Baptist parson, “Tho fatber of cur Sccretary ovce represented the Thitd District of Xentucky tu Cungress, several times wea Stato Benator, and a member of tho Conttitutioual Convention in 1650, which TTIYENRT (i prenent Btate Gunyention, No mnn was mwere jrenounced e loyaltydto the Uniow, and fow suficred more fer lis pattiotivm during tbo War. He was driven from bhLiy Lome, nud endured porsccuttous and fn- jurics that cnly & brave and houcsl patrict would bear for bLis country. Himy ' profcesional churactor was gpoticss, cating more for justice than fees, refusing clicnis whoro his conecience could net deferd them. 1lin ute rity mado im 8 upit iu bis moral uatuve, and lis political record will beny closest seruting to delect the flaw of sollishncss or corrugnoi. Tho mother of Becretary Dristow, who sur- vives bor bushand and now lives iu Elkton, wan Emily Helm, aud o manter of the disiiugnishcu Januly of Tolme. Ehe ioa woman of quiot atd devotea life, hor Tace beanung with inteligene and benesth her even, medost hEo I 8 roxiari ble flumimes aud enorgv, From father nud wmother B. 1L, Duetow ju- Lorits theee quahtics ot character which, by tu- creared accumulation sud sircngih through pe sonal ) ractico, Lavo won for biw jant suce: end achieved for Lim uationnl fame, Fwo su tors, Mys. Pourou and Mrs, Gitl, and Lim brother, Funuk Bristow, @ <0 romdos ln Eikton, TI0N ASD 1 NOFLSAION, rdgeativn of Col. Brusuw was boguw s .Bln astive pinee, sud camplatod at Jefforson Col- logo, Cuunonsburg, I'e. On leaving collego in 1855 ho ontorad tue law-oftico of his tather, i poutitiund the study und practicn of law with hus Iather until 1857, when ho removed to JHophaus. ville, Kv,, where, in partuerebip with Judgo R, 3. Yeotres, ho purauod hig professon with reuuon- ablo success, Whou the War comwenced, ho RS proupl Lo 0iur g iervices to ha Goveru- aunt, 1185 WAL AND TPOLITICAL RECHRD. Beoretury Diintow entored tho United Bintes sorvico aa * Lieutenune-Colonol of the Twenty- el Kentueky Hegimont, commandad by Cot, Bliacileford, and distingnichod himsel for ouol- uweku nud bravery at tho basiles ot Fort Heney, Fort Duncieon, nnd, Pittsbwg Landing, Iotus g5 homa in 1862, beeatiso Lia tegimenut wes ko cut 0 piecet at 1'o1e Dovelson, oto., that it was con- wohdated with suother Kentucky regiment, o nas.uctivo in ramiug the Bighth Kentacsy Cav- My, with which he again entuiod the scrvice a3 Licutenant-Uolonel, aud was eoon wede Cutonel, Tuis reziment was itk wany meworavle bitles, wid wad with thet portion of Lhe anny whiel #iTected the capture of the coledbtuted Confed- erato roider, Gou Joln Morgau, The subjest of this tkotch counted all thiigs but loss for the excelleucy nithnaivation ot tho Union, und suf- forod tho Joss of all things that be mixbt gmn shis end, 1l family wore driven from thow Lomo, their rosiduico was destroved by the Liebols, uud tho Colonol was furced to lico for bia lifo, ‘o bo u Unicn mon In thoso duys i Kentucky roquived & sacritico und norve littly Appreciaied by thoso 1n temoto aud moro sccuty ‘atts of the conutry. Without bi< favaor's fam- \ly, noatly all lus aelatives wera leaenrd with tho Bouth, ‘Friends ramoustrated sguinst s en- tranca into th Union wnny, to which bo gavo no beed, His fatherru-law, who +us a slobal, thicutoued to disinhorlt his wifo i o enllstod In the Unitod Btates service 5 but his patrotio . and empbatio replv vindicales thowan: 1 will wot soll my conntry for gold aud sliver, and You muy take )our jroperty and go to boll." Buch was his devotion to tnocause of kreodum thut ho was wuling to employ any meaus to do- stroy the lioboluoa, When u rvefaivo temon- Biratud ngaiust the uscof the negro by the arwy, ho declared lumself in favor of using unogruve, wid bonsts, or any other foices Providonce might glve to guench tho thies of Secossion, Iu tho midut of this sacial, profussional, domestio, eud poit:ical o) powition aud disloyaity, the pa- trictle Brintuw might bave appro) vistely used the words of tho Apostlo, ** Bub uone of Lheso things move me, nutior couut Iy lifo dear tnto mysoif."” STATE HENATOR. Tuo fall of 180 suw bim elooted to the Btate Benste 1yom Hopkiueville Distriot, and for two yeors, until tha War closed, ho was uscourateous, Ablo, and efticlent in the buttles at thie Capiiol a4 thoso o the bloody field, Iu 1865 he ro. tigued hia gont m the Beunte, and removed to Louisvillo to practico his profeasion, LNITED STATEYS IMSTRICE ATIORKEY. fu 1967, after werviog us Aeswtari Ubited Btates Dintrict-Attoruey for Kentucky for s yoer, he was appointed to succeed Josbua Levis as Distriot-Attorney, This ofiico ho held whou nothing bnt most usflinching coutake would ave sustained su oficer of tho Umted States. His viynisuce snd ability in the prosecution of Janless bands 1n Kentuoky, whio perpetrated ot~ tages on the colored people, was a graud oy, offlolul clisrac- flict of Btats with Federa) authority, It wan Lo eapacity be hero exhibited o micot every ax: ee- tatton of tho Governmont, and his ialdd and thotougl acquainiance with tho Internal ltova- nua kvatem, that Lronehi him prominet Ly boe foro tho country, ‘Fhin Lnowledze of Iuternal Hovenno o thon obtainol bias aided bt in tho pa-ition tow oconplod. 1o was amony the firat ofiicera of the Umited States wio ofticially nn- nonnced aud put i forco the edict that Blavery w09 ndeed dead. mud that tho [ash must Lo pat aido forsver, 14 lovo of Fresdom avd repand for the freodmen wers liorn demonstiatod. e resipned the offics of Mistrict Attorney {n 1870, and foroied a [aw- artnorthip with Gen, John M. Ttorlaw, from wineh ho was called fu o year to 411 tho oftico of HOLICITIR-ONYERAT, of tun United bt two yeary of Hfo in Wanhineton ho temgned tha offies, nnd rolirod to privatu iifo, and the practica of lus profossion in Louisvillo. " I 1974 ho was homjooted for At- torney-Geueral of the United Htates, to sucened Attornoy-ticneral Wllamm, who vios nominated for Chisf Juntico. 'Lho nomination of Williama not bowg conitrmed, Bristow did nod 1ake Liy ollice, In Juno, 1474, by the remgnatton of Soo- rewary Richierdaon, Col, Bristow was nominated ug RECRETARY OF TitHE TREASURY. Bines this vortnd, no oilicor of tho Repullic Lins beon ors prominent betoro tha puopls, none motn bitterly -liated by tho corrapt blood. snekers that hinve futtencd nupou thew long- undistarbed and Hlezotton thelly; none mora fearod by tha dishonest politicians of Loth pritics, whoso records will nut hear tho light of revelation ; nono more honored and ro- wpectod by tho consclouc and hearbof every true Amerfean eltizen 3 aud nono In whose handa tho tustitutions aud faws of onr fund will bo more pafe, more wisely and justly eldministered, and who will refleet tho charaior of tho york Lo hio dono theso comingy vours to presetva them, “Fhio recoril piven verlfies the clatm that B. 1L Dristorw iy an HONEST HAN, Itts prorcention of tho Whskty Ring o but en ontgrowth of his honost und’ lirm chaincter, Injustice and distionenty, though surrounded by porisan proteclion and” support, find no friend m hin. When holdiug an oliics, it in Lis aim to pertorm its duties 1w accordauco with tho prin- eiplen of right and smpartiwity, snd, ss oy vxoawtive officer, udnumister tho luw withe out fear or favor. lo nover has beon mu ofice-socker or offico-wuckor, Evers political 0ulico ho buw hield way thrase upon Lim, “aud 1n eaeh ho linw resiyned Leforo his term oxpired, and fo cack ha has beew ealled from privacy to n hitaher position thiy thy preceding ouo Le lold, While oxamining o Hacknailing cano of a I'ro- vost-Alarshnl who bad cunfiseated the chattels, ot of & Iabol nemed MeDowetl, fu tiig Htate, s ronso of juatize negorlod ftaoif. The Rovel thonght Niristow wosld neceasarily decido agsmest hun, beeause of liy Hoceseion sympathics, ldc- Dol went to Washington, 1 his wimplloity thiokiug tlint, If Le ozeaped prigon, ho would do woll, What wes his sarprizo to find tunt the Seerctary had paticnily and rigidly examined b cnse, utid, though bis politienl enony, declded that tho uet of tho Provout=Markhnl way o grony outiago, ard tho | ty must bo resiored to tho onigiun) owaer. Sot only the decivion in his favor, Lut the courteoun {rentment ho recoived, wont the oid gentieman back to Lis homo with the thought that Secretary Lrutos wis the greate t and most houest man o the country, Unhlie ssamnel’s wous, it cun 0ot be suid of Tum * that he woiked not in tho way of his futhor, but turnod avide nfter lucre, and took brives, and pervorted judzment.”” The mule-casn whowed that #otno one other than Listow gob kicked. 1'ho ling-story onizinated witn the Tnthor of Lies, and hke tho hogw, 1n whose ekin the Savior permmted the davils to enter, that ron over the preenpice of Gndar, ro thia yarn. spuu out of a reporter’s muddied hrain, Has dropred in tho uon Of ohivion, £n tho fitnre as lw tho past, tho poonls will find fnm 89 honst and fautbini a8 Lo i wble, In the work ot oform towhich wo ure driven by tnovitable end irrecistible forces, hio cun bo depended upou. The Lings lato him and upite to erush w. Mew of in- etency whom lio hag di:cbatged, men cov- ered with frand and full of swindling kehemen Whain Lus lis 0xpuked, en of dovioe Waves and pulitiesl wachizationy, atl attost by their arrayed oppoeition that Srictow pos: a worul clos ILELL 0 A Fubiie ouicer th ro. ) HE 18 A CHIS GLNTLEMAN, Seerctaty Diistow's grandfather wea an old- school Daptist nunirter, and his fathor and mother were Mothodistd, aud 1aost of Jus reias tives uro Methodiste, 1lo vwad wu honeut rnd no- bio old unelo, the Lev. B. I Brstow, hving Covingten, who is o lending ministor of tho Methouist Chureh, But tho Secretary i a Prea- bytosdan, boiug n regular aitondant and o mew- ¢ that cwireh, Noman has n of )eligious truibs and in- stitutices, and, whide having o denowminational yreferonce, 8 Tar yemoved irom bomg o e Han bigoz, or un iibeinl, contruced, dinomina- tional devotor. lis hourt, coneience, aud in- toilogt, united tothe iuflncues of culture, mako him brond and gouecons, intolliveut acd charil- able, in bis Chistian casracter. JL I8 A BLLISBLE BEPUDLIC As roticed, Sevratary Lrnistow uierited from paternal and matesnal pncoators u deep biired of Slayory, and bo was i preiplo o boin lo- pablicau, M prineiples, no often tried and tirmly establahed, disimisy all foais of bin jirov- g suosher. Tvlor or dubuson, shonld lie bo eluvatea to the Yresidoucr, s esucztion i u Northern collepe, bis trials aud pacrilices durig tha War, his services and devotiou to tho Repun- lie, his ' untlincbing nud unyicldmg iuteginy gcaees sects i his publio Jife, attest bis reliabllity, His allegianco to Ropub- lican precepts and poitey 1 comparatlo to any mombor of that party, Whou the Unicn meu of Lentucky sdopted tho policy vr neutrahty, ho 4 among the first to roleet it, nid laliored to securo ity removul, Yhon the Wie oyewment started in op. osition to the T pation Proctamation of Lincoln, Bristow wuo only oppesed thesa [schddo-Unton mon i cared mora for the vlsve than for the Union, but with that 18 an fs:u0 ho nus alucled State Saua- tor in opposition 1o the Wickiifls parvty, When tho question of enlisting the rogro i thio army was presontod, o wun dosperataly in carncst in advaczoy of it 3 while Garvots Davis, Frentico, and othiers as blttorly opposed, ‘Tho issues dare g ond of the War gceepied by o noble few, climiunted from thn Union [urty o voet mas jority, who went out from tho’purly fur tha bonefit of 1t trug prineitdes. "Lhis hittle band i 1964 organized the Lepublican party in Kon- ticky, thouel wany of 13 mowbers had pre- viously voted for Iremont and Lincotn. In all thawo years and opochs Cob, Biistow wud o recog- nized and valiantJeader. When Andiew Johu- pun camo into the Execntivo Chair, hto foand Pristaw in an ofies to which ho Lad bean ape potated by Mr. fancoln. A systomatio offort was mrde by Jahnnon to capture the Hepublicsn porty lu_Kentucay, ny elsowharo, but sixuaily fuled, Col, Brisiow wgs pot smoug the caps tives, Buch way Lin anly opposition w Johusomma that tha Rspudhean parly wade him iy candidate I 1463 zor Tuited Siates Scoptor, Yor moro than wixteen yoirs Lo Lo rtoud vpenly und squarsly Wwith the tepublicau paily, iu bis votes, spevches, sud acts, In a minority, Wheraver ba has peon lnced, Lis honesly ona conscioutiousness, com- ined with unguertloned and_inarked ability, socured for hitn tho reapoce aud attention of hig o; pouenty. i speechnn all breaiho tho trest davuotion to lepubiican priteiplos sbd progress, ‘Lhoy give forth no uncortats wound, sud aro romaraablo fu thoir rimg aua cloaruess whcn wo considor that the speaker 1 o Kentueiou, Inu gpeoch batoro the lwpublicau Stato Convoutiom fu Kontueky, he declored: **To-day 1t i tho boast of thu Llepublicsn party that evory mun born in this.countiy or naturalized, no ‘mattor what bin coudition in ifo, s race or colop, 18 au Ameriewn eitizen, aud as such [s entitled to equl righss bafors the law, sud to partcipate 1o tho eloctive franchime, . . o Albough we bave paesod throush o unn;;mnnry Birug- gle, in which thonsanda of oar bisvo aud patrfotic atizens bave vielded up their lives, Fot we cannot loso gt of tho fuol that, at tho close of tho confliet, tho imivorlal prwciplo 5o Lappily antounced o the Dectara= uon of Judependoncs Liun uot only boea pie- werved, Lut Loy grown mto & piactical and liviy reality, ‘This is tho ecvoutisl crood of the lie- publioan party, and we kro hote to-day for the puiposs of declaring vur unaltorable nitachment to tha party.” in ploading for tres schools for ally ¢ L nm akked how It {8 proposad to valso tho monoy to rej ay tho oxpenses of such schooia, 1 answer by taxing the property of the State, Wwould tax the rich wau's proporty to educato lus pour neighbor's child, 1 would”tax the whita maw's property to odnoats thoe biavk wan's ebild, aud vico vorsa, [u s word, I woald 1ax all the properly of the Brata to educate ol the ol oren uly tho Btate.” Hpoakmy of tho Cwil- Jhghts Lil, ho ua1d 3 * Witkout stopplog here to defend thiv act, L ouly #ay that, if Couuress, of- ter Liaving taken part in tho ewancipation of the nogro, bad not bassed 8ome suol 8ot to seoura his frosdom, and give him tho wouns of vindi- catiug g 1ights 1n the Kiutes where all suol weans wero withhold, 1t would Laye booa un. faitbful to duty, and justly cousuranlo ln tho cue tupatiou of tho civilized world, No pousuful or aw-abiding .citizen Ling apprelieusion of fujuey or opprossion frow this sotivn. A Govoruwent that caunot proteot fts Lumblest citizen from outrage aud ibjuty is uswoisty the name, and ouglit’ not to command tuo support of a freo peoplo.” Spealing of the wission of tho Ne- puh&iun arty, bo doclared, ‘It is not ended, The InyA? people who presorved the Govern- ment in war, and bavo maintained its honor i 1118 CHICAGO 'TKRIBUNLG: SATURDAY, APRIL o ey penco, ara not yet raady to band 1t over tn tiie party that conspired” to destray it. aud hat 1exlsted ‘overs eforl to mako 1t ndestrne:iole," Theso praud nttorabeen wore sroken not for po~ Titloal wifact, bug aro tho exnroanions ol stronr moral coavictions, Btanding whero he tid atad mnce tis War 1t demandod & eolid kind of moral Livruism to oxprens tham. HE AN ISCORRCITINLG OFFICER. 115 l1au nover sought for ofien. hence knows nothing of political Jngelere aud mre-puling. Ilaving never purchawed political position, o 11 unprraliaeablo whon olovated to its dignities and dutlos, I8 rocord of war with orookod Winsky and Lovenno thievos bas boen resd and Inkunown nato the people. e official moralhity iuof & plecg with bis pernonal morality, sud both ktand bufure the country i unbroken puity and hounsty, A corrupt heart and opportunitysre tho rolo factors in ail official corruption. The freat question sbove all partisau indnes {8 this onuo of pure publis life, backod by pure personsl charactor, This work of Reform'is the ono for tho period, and whuch roquiros herom i par- tian to do. _Aud public opiuion domauds that it bodone, The yearsing of the peopls fur n #iuare, honost man at the hoad of the Goyerns ment Iy ono of tho fluont and most en- couraging sigus of tho times, Thoy ask for nn expirenzion of heir chaico through a purty, tather than a party foren itn choico upon thom. Cul. Bristow In #trong ovei ywlicto oxcept with thicves. Il oflictal probity makes him aa bout auslion when faleo accuraticns aro arrayed nuutnae bim, Coneclons of lonocence and a clear and uncorrupt record, o hos wo fears of oxpustire, whicls roveal themsolves su the guilty who attempt,_conceelent, When n fafso ne- ousation ke bocn ehargod wpon him, ho ban promptly aud maufully danted and refiied the calumus, o theso deya of testing, nothing can stand but tiuth, On old pailor kel = 1t Ja ni- WRYS Wino to diop Lthe best anobor;” it 15 bebler to be sl thun to ho sorry, ‘Lhorouginess and truthtuiness underlin Bristow'a offivial career, and tonch grand leskons to Youug America for the right toundation for pubtic oflices, TUL PERAON OF URIATOW, 1lo etands aver 6 fect i height, will o aquaro, Intke body, woll-developed muscles, sud weighs about pounde, Iiy hatr aud oyes are anir, and he woars hieavy whiskers aud mustache, whicl, to cur nation, do not iupair his appear- vucd, With bilioos temperament, Lroad, high forctigad, lurpo percoptions, gaod complexion, ho 14 tho ombodiment of sirength and vigor, aud anpnbio of great eudnrance, His intoltectital facaitics aro abuva tho syerage of our prominoat yublic nicn, ana L social Rud conversstional forees vautly superior, Ho troats all persous witis whow lie cuwmes fu contacl a3 s gentleman, with fronsucas and yuresorve, nnd hy posacskes the Lappy forco of muking sll leel at easo in L presenco by the sunplicity and naturale nogs «f lug mbrech aud habila, Il {4 aw wudest as brave, dishking any convorsation fn which W persoualty i the subject. In putlic addiess L orutory s attrsctivo aud convineing. 10a wealth 18 smplo to soeuro Tm from want, having inberited yota proporty, aud by mdustry asenulated nore, o that bo way bo worth £100,000, 1lis piactico in Louiu- vitlo, which his lofs when enlled to Washivgton, 18 ostinated ab 23,000 8 year, Jlis domestic |\Inuuns are wmost delightint, Tw wile, nee (Abhie) Briscoz, 19 ono of tho mout attractivo aud_graceful Indies iu fhe Republie, Duriug tho War 840 was as loyal to the Unitod States o8 hor distinguished huatand, aud emlured sacrie fiecs that tested that foyalty Lo tho wimont. 13he 18 1 devoted wifo and mother, having two chiltren now grown, o son and o daugbter; an uuassuming and pohity Indy, with the maunetd, wordu, awd 1ifu of o sincero and booost Voman. Washingion lfo sy only burnished tho truo gold ot charactor of this iady, while teuring oif tho gaudy tinrol of wany moro pretontious, such by tho mau end oflicer whoso namo is sooken us a 1robahic candidats for tho nowina- tion of LIresident, lie, moro thun buy one vamed, porsesses tho qualilics of u populur cat- dudate for the ollice. ‘.{lm iutercute of thio conn- 1y would bo prowoted ; 1elorm 1o admimsira- tion would bo cevnted 5 tncompeteucy, oxtravas ganee, antd raud would bo rebuked und dishons ored, the peoplo behiove, by tine nowuntion. Sub so much o {raditional statosman, on inde- finito snd shadowy uotbing ; hot €0 much a wl- ver-tongued orator, vihoso tanes, eaptivaling the ear, 1wl to seeure for their posseesur tho baliots of the heaver, will win this contost, thoy be. licve, ts o weatcsmsustup of aprightness, ree 1orim, und faicuesy,—u atatesunushio which will command tho comidence of the whoto pouple ; secord oqunl cousideration ohd wdminietration of jaws to ull scctions; brivg fn now ara of political morulity; & new ad tration of natioual affairy, 1 which the Jix Livo und tho party wilt ha public agoents, insiead of parswnal rosarders_and vindicators; concons {rate as exccutive oiicers aronud it men of oa- pacity and courage, of talont uud zoal, and whose polizy at huoo will Lo the Lest vindica- tiow of tbe Hopnblic abtoud. 'Lhis the people douxand, Living i tue high noow of the nine- teonth century, uot ay #luycs, put frec,—not oy hony, but s iciligent Chyistians,—their shoald bs headed. If tho Clucmnuti Con- 1l gano dtself 1o secuce tuis ohject 1 jtu cundicnte, euceess will ntiend ity decivions, A» xn 0z anent il 1llustration of thoso uceded elements 1o o Prendent, the peopls buliovo thay Lenfamun dekn Brintow iy the tistest wan, ————— THE MARY-MERAITT CASE, IMLNT OF TIE FACTS. ieago Tribuns: Moawausss, Avril 21.—An cvening journel of thin ity hus recontly mado au atlack upon Sec- rotary Iistow i rogari to the case-of the vark Mary Merritt. ‘Tlus atiack has mado no impros- slon upon the miud of any intoiligent man of cither party hore, whoro tho facts are gonoiully understaod, OF all theso charges and insmun- tions, notbing wilt remain when stipped of the seQuntional twisk with which thay wera nado and persistonsly spreud beforo tho publie. Tho spsoo allotted to thiy commumeation wil uot ullow n rebiearsal of tho hListory of tho case. “'hosd who doeiro tho informatior, I rofer to tho + luternel Hovevuo Record * of Jan, 8, 1874, where, on pag tho caso is fully reported, togotier with tuo OIINION O TIE UNIZED STATUS HUPKENE GOULD eliirnupg the deecreo of forisiturs of Judpo Drummond, ¢f the Unitod States Circuit Court for tlis Ciicwit. As thus opioion is adapted to expinin the final aetion of the Secretary of the ‘Preusury upon tho petition for ramission of the forfeiture, 1 yuote from it as follows “Tho Information ulteged {kat tho bark Mary Merritt was the property of eitlzens of e United Statis; that ehio wais & furclyin-bulit vesrol; thnt at tho timo of her gelziro eho was onwloged in traneporting furelgn {iods, product of the Lritish dominons, o tho yoris of the' United Nlales, “C'o thfutho clabmant pnswered, fourthly, that at the timo of such fuportations neituer the Luiperial Gos- crument or thie of the Doouuton of Canada bud ado, o uby regulstion eimllar to that coutained fu the act Of Marchiy 1817, Tho United stuten excepted to thiy auswer, whicl tlon wad sustafucd by the Cirouit Judie, und 1t in upon this suswer that tho question Leforo un ariscg, "Clio first scction of thenct wa are consldering pro- LiLits tho nnportation of niy goods ot vires from any forclgn port futo tho Unitod Blatvs, ex-apt i lwo cases's 1, They inay ba mported i’ veseold of tlo United Scatcs: or, 44, in such forciun vesuols as truly sud wholy bidong (o the citizeny or subjeo.w of thy country of which tho poods wre tho pro iction, or from which they ave most ususlly tinit shipped tor transportation, Tl fourth articlo of tho clainiant's answer doea not Driug hiu within either of thess clawses & 1, ‘Lle Mary Morriit is not & vessol of tne United Bt:tes, Tho (uformation alioged, it wun not douted,— pud ihat e all thet ho csse conlaind upon tho subjoot,—that tho Mecrritt was tho property of citizoun of the Unild Htat sio was 8 forolgn-bulit was owned by citizens of the Unitod Gtates Ald not anuke hwe o vesnel of tho Unitod States, Ly tho at- utoof 1793 (1 Stat, 8t Large, 297), only ahlju wirlch Tiava been rogiviered fn tho” n thorela dea tiixd whall L denomiuated or doomud vessolw of tho United Hoaten, eutitied to tho bonofite or priviloges apper- taluiui 1o kuch ships. Tucce §8 o ailogation that the Aorritt bud beou 20 peglstored, Indeod, sho could tot l{mvu Iacn under the provisions of the act lastre. ocrod to. ; 2, The eargo of the Merritt was {ronand Jumtior, fho predu thou uf the siritieh Proviuces of Cauada Winlo her owuers wora cltizons of tho Uniied Btates, Hho_ did uot, therelors, comw within the second @duseriplion of tho wiatute of 1el17, a3 8 forelgn vewel truly and whaily b-louging to cltlens of the country of whiik tho cargo wan thio growih oF productivn, Un (ho cuntrary, it I ok iy tue yiva Hugs (hit hor owners were Aers fean citizenw, Tuw Mersitt, therelore, £1l6 withio the Prolibiion of tie actund {a hublo 10 forfelture, Shw ‘Wi nuitier a vessel of the Uniled Slales, uor u foreign Vesol wholly Lelonging to eitizens of e countey of Whieh hier gargo Was tho production, 40 tho clalinant secks tho Lenelt of the proviso of the act, viz,: * Thob thix reguiation shall Lot exteud {0 tuo vesecl of uny forclyn nation which Las not Blopred, il alall et adopt, » sinllar_regulation,” 1o ullegen that nuither tho Kiugdom of Great ritaln nor thy Proviuce of Canada hus udopted stauilar rogu~ latlons, ¥ o docsmot show (hat the Morriti has a avliine et s Ll widp. S produous to Sogister, of cartilioate, OF do-usuvut of auy kiad, to outitls Bur to wske that clalw, Tho fact that alie fx forcign Lult ducs nok prove it. Proof oven that sho was bullt fu Oreat Littaln would not establish it, Birates and rovers may issus froum tho mowt pescelul and wost friendly ports, The documuls & vessol Sarrice furnish tho ouly evidenco of Ler uatioality hoo 1 Patsons o Bbip & Ady, 4, 87). Of thuse the Torritt 1 entirely tlosiilute, 3 far ou tho caso shows, Ihere g notutug, thorefore, 10 brlug ber whiifn the vl Lo provivo. e Of Aot tho Clrcuut Court waa right, aud must Do sttinmed, TThus it will be geon shat the bark Mary Blor- IBT6—"TWILVIS PAGLES, :(ll. wan kolzed, libeled, and adjudgod forlelted, or A VIOTATION OF TR HAVIOATION LAWS, and rot, an is racile-aly alloged, for smaggling. ‘Lliosn waa o gieat smbiguily as to the mran- ing and futont of the Navigauon so of 1817 The proviso to e fivat scction, quoted ks the aliove opinion, was o puzzlo to the Judiciary.aa well ns {o the ‘Troasury Dopartment and ity apouts: and, to rolve tha wsamn, roveral ruite woro commeuced agalnat vessols moized, simi- umstancod ws thia Alary Merilit. On tho y, 1468, —honee ona year previous Lo the solzire” of the Mary Mernitt.~thae wehovnor Victotin was geizad by the Colirctor at iliin port for having tmported lumber from Cangfs con- trary Lo thio provisions of il act of 1817, above roferred to, 1t wan alloged abd aldadiied that tho Victorla wes Csnayau-boili, und the prop- erty of Amerioau citizens, towit: C, il Lipaon, Goorgo MaCheeney, and James MeChioo- noy (0o lalter, to mako'tho offenso worve, thou being n Custom-House oticor at Oaweyo). Whilo thiy case was peuding befora the Distrat Court st Milasukee, (ho then Hohicitor of the ‘Lreawus rv, Jhrdan, sent n waitton tnstiuetion t the thou Dintrict-Attornoy, which flatly ssya that tha “omners of the tessel had chaited ks offioe wilh a tiew of oblaining thn velease of their tessel ; and that, {n the face of sarl proviro, it w donviful whother o forfeitare could bo and which windg np with the instruction to ¢ine continuo procaecings until further oiderr, On A motivn of the attornsy for the Vieturin, the Attorney filed this remackablo fustruc. il the Conrt, wik tho Jibal wnas dismisned uccordingly, Apparentiy tho right of Lrtish- buit und Anerican-owned Yeesely & purt gosds 08 Ortiul vewsola was ustablishod : and, nreled by this instenction, oxpanuding authortatieely tho Iaw, nud by this declzion of our Distnici Court, the Mary Merritt, and a number of other veasels witnilarly situated, resnmed their trade with our parts, and catried on tho sawo uniil thioy wera nnturalizod by Congrons, WITH TUE LXGEPTION OF it MARY 3FRIITT, whioeo ownot#, 1t seems, did not understand how to manage the ** huolt and c100k” 1 fishing for American sailing papers, ‘Lherr petition wus disregarded by Congress, and tho Morcitt alone among them ail xag coized, libeled, and con- dewned for vioiaslen of the Navigstion laws, I'rum tho deerce of forfeitnze agnivsl her, au nppoal was taken to tho Bupromo Court, suid, ot thio samo time, o potition for reanssion was mado nuder tho act of 1797,] Tho Buprems Court, at its October totn 1n 1873, attirntod tho decreo of forfeituro ; aud tho pelition for temiskon was chsmienad by tha Beorotary of the ‘Ireasury, Mureh 20, 1874, upon tho ground that the pe- tition waw fllegal,—u0 puarty n euch cies boiug aliowed Ly daw to oppeat to a higher Court, denying tho forfcitura, and simulancourly pouition for 1cmission, admitting tho lorfesture, A watrant of noneromission waa awnrded and gont to tho District-Attornev, with istrictions 1o collect tho Judgmeant rendered agatuus Wilitam nd G. 1. Notkis, upon whoss bond tho ol iyl boen 1elowsad, "During tho y of tho 'procecdings mndor the oxecutian, in Max, 1874, the owners of tha veesel made an opplication {o the Secrelary of tha Lrcasury tor o rehearing, filing with 1t aubiuvies that their astorney, Mr, N. J. Ewmous, had neglected tho case, and failed 1o present ity resl menite, Upon this spplication, thus strongly foritled, tha potition wis wunin tagen up, to bo decided upon 1ts wenty 3 aad it vas CINRN THAT 3R BRISYOW AVPEATED before Hecretory Litchardion in behalf of the T'rleo brothurs, of Hdphinaville, to arans the cane with o viow of obtafmng rolicl for tho ves- tel. Yha deeisiva of thue Secretary of tle ‘I'rcasury, huwaser, a8 18 woll kuowu, waduvoreo 10 thu petitioners, and 100 C i WRY Fu the Digtriet-Attornoy, May 21, Jyid, matter yeated in Washmggton' til Apiil, wion nother petitivn was tiled vith tho Seere tary of the Treasury, showing abudant causs that tho remiemon of forfeitiro slould be prant- od. T'ho prool presouted vith the petision was 1o comploto that it became tho duty of thy b rotary of the d'reasury to grant reliol. Uy reforcneo to the opuiion of us Bupreme Couirt, given above, it will bo obuerved taar the dooroe of forfeitirn was ofirmod for the reanon that ** Tho caso does not show that tao dlnty Merritt has any of the ovidences uf being Dritels slup; thot eho baa prodiceed no register, 1o certilicate, or document of any kind, to cntitio her to muko that ciauu; thet ‘ol these docus ments she woo entirely destitute, #0 fur as tho caso shows; sud that there won mothing to bring ber wathin tho tenus of tho provizo Lo Bae, 1 of Lo ack of 1817, clove rofetred to.” Sad pesition PRUDUCED THE CANADL REGISTI under whien the diary Morrne bad enveted ber entry at the Americau Custom-llonrcw, whilo carrsing on tho trado for which vho wes neized, libeled, oud condemned, Baid petiion slbo poo- duceda copy of the famond instruction of the lata Konetor of the Yreuwary Jordsn, expoundiug the net of 1817, and & copy of tha fecord of tha Diatrict Court of Mihwsttkes in tho cago of the Vietorie, to show (hat, undor this mstraction ot the Lveasury Dapattment, and under the decis- 10u ot the United Siates Conte, o Dritieh-tuilt, Ameriean-owned ve-sol had o legsl right to eatry on the foreizn trada betweon Cavgan and tho ports of the Uniied Stutes; and that the Mary Nemist was ceoreed dorfeited in couns- queiice of (he neclect and madvertenco of her atturwey it ot alizgug sud proving thesa facty Lefore e Courta, Upon thiese tacts and rovelatio of Lomition Was BgAD coRkide; granted, — the potition und flually NOT DY Mit, BRISTOW, Lut by tho thea acting ewary, Conant, This is all of the Montt eave, tud M, Biiston's alleged **crovheducss™ in e uncebion wath it ho wuttlement of tho moloty clam of tho Cas- tom-flousc oileers b4 wholly ox parle, und has 1o connection vwhatever with tho toal aetious of tho Secretary of the Ltcasury. ‘Ihg ton. Newton B. Murphy, ths whilom jnckiall of ex-Scnator Catpoutor, the hero of Devil's Lako, o utocklioluer 1n the famons _red- Jounpo, ths braying ues of the Milwatieo Souli- ned, hay just returned from \VWashiugton, fled with itho profound couvietion that Secroiury Brirtoy 18 3 hiving exomplar ot thy doctrme of total depravity, and ig, therofors, mu unfit topublican cavdidate for tho I'reridoncy. Many of tho best Lepublic of W cousin rogard this uy tho higliest judurroment that Bristow could receive. 1 Luow, fiom peisanal conversation, that vomo of the leading spirits in the Wisconsin delegation to tho Cincinnat! Convention are deciden.y aud uncompromisingly 1 favor of the nuaination of tho tigh-toned Secrotary of tho Treaniey o8 the ptaudatdoeator of (ko Tepuotican pueiy 10 tho Centennial compargn of 1576, Lereslacas, HOEE. Z vely Hope | thou fuirent gaiu Audd richeat git of God to ment hion Jead 1 us on 10 lands of Llica, Lands you tulouched by f.rrow’s Lins, Unewented by grief's oft-flowing tear, Unkuown ta aught of wo or fear, With tlico wo eoar abovo oursclycs, And, young aguin, ke haypy clies Wo dinve nbout fu childish gle, Vutrancod by all wo hear aud scot No ours of oibt, 10 grlcts or glvom, Yalr laud of Mope, 1a thes ud room, Tor thou art eloze alicd to truth, e Joy of ago aud prida of youths Anvath thy sbiades urs mweelest drezmy Of love Uvid o er, and focudsbip sewa The st falr.st, Lrightest slower ‘That v'er fouud bluow fu cartily bower, Thiy flelils nro aprend with grassos gr And Qowers reattered an b on § Ifiiy moantatu sidea are sweet to chimb, Aud from thelr Lelghts o view sublimy 1. nproad, to groot tho traveler's elght Lru yet &9 wat lors dalo night. The pavements of the m:ny Mrcets Aro 1l with foiles formed Srom woets Of promliea vo rich and rare Thiat time HOF Fust Cannot {mpar, Ty ahorea ara washed Wil waters bright, Aud eizown with maay 4 beacou-ght. Thy Liesen-resred castics, rich snd old, Cantaln amueasired wealt of g id, Tritarnisliou silver from tiw mitie Al thicao—3ye | more th b thuse—ara thine; With atecnor caat s tufils and iove, Toow'st bicst with gifts of Heayen'above, Fair Hopo! 171 leave thee with rogrot Whiew, bouis, Wy sun of Ifo stiuil sety And I'must tird Larewall to thier, W0 oft 4u life hath cherlubied me Tt oh | I kuow—nay, do ot etar That thoa urs nub of Heaven u part, Trarsako me uot whila yet I cling "Taw'en one Lrasth of life, but ing Ty loying soug, o'cw 1LrD, as L0V, Whivn dosth willy a'er sy vallid beo And etaring oyes, sud ll)n apart, And turobblug pllses of wy boit, Lok fall (ho last dread curva of b § SE41) ihen, ol | Hvo may kil within, Cmicaao, Makcls 0, 1876, — - Cloaunlug Floors with Oranges, &t. Niehotas for Moy, ‘That's shiockin, lun'y it? But then thoy have more of thow than wa do, for it in in Juwaica that shey make scrubbing-brushes of oranges, and you may be mue it 18 (ruo, because Mr, Gosso saw thow do 1t, Tho flovr wus of burd, polishied wood, and before tho family wore out of bad two or thires colored sarvauts scrubbed over the wholo of it with sour orauges, cut in Lalves. Whou Lho juico was rubbed out of oue pioca they would take another, snd vo thoy used xp [ ls: trnym: hal \bem. Ii\ polish gu:h vu:l on ¥ Fubbing “with cocosuut-husk, and the foor looked as if is Lad boen \nud.x' — e . THE LIQUOR QUESTION. How It Is Prohmmdcd by Thirty Wise Mayors of Illinois, With Abont Thres Ixceptions They Favor the License Bystem. ‘Pen Citles Try Prohihition, and Go Dack to the Ol System. Dloven Declare Thoir Intentions Kever to Try the Maino Law, spectal Corresvanence of I'he Chicaqo Iribine, Rockronn, 1L, Apnl 29,—Avrouos Lo Itock- ford's hattug eiected tho Frohibition ticket, al ita municipat el2ction thin epriog, Tir Tmsue correspundent addressed n lntter of Inquiry rela- tivo to tho wurkings of Prolilitory enacimonis ta the Mayors of ic followlug citics i the tate of Iliwow: Alon, Aurots, Beileville, Bicom- ington, Braidwoud, ‘ontralin, Champalgy, Danville, Dixon, Dezatur, Last 8¢, Louls, EMug-~ Lam, Elgin, Freeport, Galena, Jollot, Kavkakee, Tagalle, Lincoty, Iatelilield, Molime, Monmouth, Ottaws, T'eoris, Y'eru. Quiney, Heck Island, springfiold, Bterling, Ktrealor, Waukegan, and to Jancmille, Wiso As Tut Trisosz circne lates largely in ail tho olove clties sour Rockfaid correspondent hay prepared a ummary of the information obtained in this viay, whieh will bo real with o great deal of in- tureet Ly Frolublilonists aund advocates of license fu 21l ths above-mentioned eities, Out of tho thirty-thren Ifazors wiitton ta tweniy- rovan snpwered promptly; the remaimng mz Lave not yet bLeen henrd from. As this arilcle 14 mureiy intended e & recital of facts, that will toof valuo to those interested In trae temper- ance reform, il partisan coloring Lias been avold- ed, and the fuformation obtained 1 presooted to tho reader, a8 fur na possible, 1n the language of tho correspoudents themuelves, Ono thing throughuut this correspondenco i very striling, and that ts tho remurhatle unauimity of opinion in favor of setrict Jicoudo sysiem nnd tho iuva- riable dizeetens that Lave foilowed the attempt 10 euforca prohibitory measures o Hiinois cities, ‘Itio twonty-seven lotters received may be clasei- fied into kix clareer, Fliet, those coutaining no opimul pro oF cull 3 second, thore stativg that pruhibizion had been tricd end bad proved o fail- ure ¢ Lhicd, lellers from places where profubition hail not veen tried,Lut which cited reasous for not srtempting iLs fourth, letters declarng it hiad Dbeew tried with woderate snccess 3 fifth, Ictlers stating vo other law Led ever been tried ; aixth, letters suying it had uover Leen Lied, but in favor of tryivg it. . TUL HUMDER OF TACH CLAES. Of tho fitst class I teccived three, from Joliet, Ottawn, end Ireeport, all thoso chties being un- der o licenes eystemn, aud no other fadt could bs pleancd fram tho letters, Of tho eecond class, from cities whero prohivition had fuled, I re- ceived ten, citiea now Leiog uuder o av; x0 Champaizn, Trbuna, Danvitle, Lincoln, Janesville, Blooa- ington, Mohne, and Sprinafield, { tho third class eloven came to hand,—Llgin, Decatur, Peoria, Guincy, ¢, Ualens, Alton, Centrzhin, (V4 the fomth class ouly one—from the City of Storling, OF the ifih class ouly oue.—Irom Monwouth, und of the sixth class ooly one. It will not bo neceskary to look st the coutents of letters of tho first class, aud, theretore, the eccond claes coma first. DIXON UNDLR PROTINITION, ‘Tha Hon. Jaaics A. lawl Mayor of Dixou, wrete ¢ T'he last attempt to enforeo prohibi- tion in Dixon wad during the vear ending alorch 1, 183, und sinee thot timo theesle of inloxicat- ingz linuors bas Leen under the liceuso svstom, Daring the year mcationed our probibitien oidinance had but littls eneet, either to check or werease drankenness or tho consumptiou of Jiquoi, ‘Chere was more apuarent drunzenucss portly for the tcason that pattiea who wold louor in viciation of tue law wero alwaya snxious to got 1id of intoxieated persons. and turn ghicm upon tho streets ko #oon uy poentblo 10 nvord detection. 'Whe sttempts that wero wads 1o onforeo by Orduaucs Wero barren of resuls.” THE 10X, T B, TICKASON, I'ho shove gentlemun ‘Ele Prolubito 1aw has been tried in this city. Do wot thin it o Lonmefit, but ratuer “a dJizadvantage. For the year euding Muy 1, 1876, wo have col- Jected &15,000 liceuso feen, ond aw eatisfied tunt thure Jus wot been one drop more liyuor sold than 1 former yeas when liccuso was donted, Think prohibition does nat lessen the awount of drankenuess, thatit 13 not practi- cable und am oatisiad it cauuot bo euforved 0F DASVILLT, BPEALS. D, 1. WHEELOCK, MAYON OF MOLINE, says: *We have tiied every plan from no- Ticouno to a Ligh licouns, aud bave come to the cunclasion that, all iuterests considered, o for ligauso §s tha true plan. Inesmuch os saloons havo ulways existed bere, aud, I think, wiil con- tinue £0 o do, notwithstanding tho offort that Dos Leoa made o remove them from tho ciy, my experienco bos Lbecu tha' we have nono the loss wiinkiog, nnd st & 8500 liconso we got o zevenue of £2,000 por yeer, with no mero expouss to tho city than would ano from vo-license. In 1375 our Common Couueil fixed the saloon licenso ut %460. Tho enloons refus- od to pay moro thau £3u0, us supulatod in tho wtatutes of lllinois, Tho result wa8 nn expeusive law-suit, acd tho saloou. interest camo ont suead, Siveo I-have beon bere, tuoro lisvo boen Jorge sams of money ex- petded in tha enort to rid the ¢ity of the ovil ot liquor-sellivg, but witiaout any good rosult ; and L for ouo have mado.up wy mind to aceept the situation sud uso overy ellutt to coutrol tho wnl by legmwlation, WIHAT AUKOBA'S SLW MATOIL TIINKS AIOUT 1T, ‘o 1ton. Thomas E, 11ill, the now Mayor of Aurera, wrotu ks follows on Aurora’a expericaco vath probibition : ** Prohiblion has beon tried bere, but nover with succors, Durniog the timo it was ostensibly 1 force, arunkenvess moro genorally provatled than at ary oiher tiue. L'ro- Ribition would bo veiy oxcellens if it nctuafly promibite:d, but in thug town, with our popula- Lios, tho attempt Lo ontiroly suppress the nato of jutoxteating drok t8 fouud to 1esult 1n tho loss of alout i,00J licenso fecs, together with the mitetion 0f 3 beavy tux upan our peoplo for Itlation, while as much hiquor is drank as o 1AD HTATI OF ATTAIRS I WADKETAN, The Mavar of Waukegay, the Hen, W, 1, Wendon, ansnoied my questions ia the follow- fugp etylo s 3 * Irst—Di1 prohibition jucreaso or check drankenuess ¥ 1 vouly thut, in my opinfon, it was abaut an even thing—L thinkk wore wlisky was gold (as it may bo by tho gullon) sud sy beer, Iom also of opititon that tho meutn amd ways adupted to obtaw ity by tugse who will bave 13, aro inure do- moralizing thau the open house. Bocond—Lid it chivek or werease whisky-roll- ing 7 ‘The suswer o tho first inquiry showa It in- ereasud i, ‘I hird—=H it practicable 2 o far asopen kaloows it ia & succoss ; and in ro- gard 10 diluks at thy bar—uost of them sold by the gallon, Tho no-licenso #istom was adopted tn tho spring of 1474, ‘L ho olection was 10 some oxtont influsticed by tho licenso question. I was ciwetad Mayor, ontitely freo from auny pledge aither way, by the small majority of fourtoen, stier dhe hot ost election ever hold {o this city. Wa wont through the year with no liconso, In the sprag of 1576 I wad eluoted without oppositton, and 1 believo with & goueral understunding that hosnses would be granted, , T Councll wers i favor of it sud Wwo gave' liconsed, You will ses that tho no« licenno svatom tid not accompliah the much-to- be-esiced object Bought—b docreaso of drinis cunoss. TR MAYOL OF JANLAVILLE RESIONH. Tho klon. J. W. Bt. Jobw, Mayor of Janes- ville, taid, * Jouesvilio nover el the Prohibi- tion 1aw Lat once, and thon it was a total fatlure s every soapect. 'fna Dayor. at that time, tried to cntoroo the law, but failed. and resigued within o fow months, A uew Mayor was clostod and licensea grautod,” LOW IT LED 10 PERTURY IX FTRINGYIELD, The Hon, Charles 15, Jlav, Muyor ol priug. flald, smd, jcouso hay boon the rate hero for gomo yeurs, and vecws Lo kive porfuct satisluce tiou, During the prevaloaca of prohuition, soveral years 8go, 1t | :d to perjury sud uo eud of complications, and &ll classes linally beeame on- firoly disgusted with it. No uffort hus beon made to try it opain,” TUE HESULT IN CHAMEAITN AND UREANA ‘Chio Mayor-oloct, tho jion, Huney Ure #avs of Chawpmigy 3 ** Wovncs sl pry tion ln 1869, nod we found it did oot lessvn tlo drivking of lhtut)ru in facl, thoro was “moro wlisky by Quiio a humber of barrols brought iu- to town than thers was tho precoding year ¢ in ®hort, our peopla were effectaally convincad that bigh liceuss wna tho best way to liandle the quostion, and I think wo will not acon Lty any other vlan, {rbann, sdjoiniog us, tried prohi. Lition Jast soar, but jt did not work. and thoy now Liave liconae and Jike the plan better. Pro- hibitlos, In my _ovinion, meaun * froa hiquor.' * THR PRORIDITION COUNCIL ALL RNESIGN AT LIN- GOLY, The exparience of tho Pralifbitinnisty at Lin- coln must have heen humiliating 1 tho extreme. Bayathe Hoo, A, davleld, Mayor: **In 1870 cur city adopted prohibition aud it did not work ot all, It thorouglhiy and completely do- moralizod everyibiug, "It sot about half our citizonn agnivat the other balf, aud' stitred up Liad foeling nmoug our citizons genorally. Our poitee lind o bo mncreased, A fow saloona throsw onen thair doors aud gave away liquor in dofi- anca of law, Wo prosecated thom vigorously, and made about two convietionn, Drunkeuuoss increaned ; countrvinen would como in and ciub topzetlior and Loy eeveral palions, sud go loto wagon-yatds and get beastly drunk, Thia was kept up about half tho year, and tha Council conclnded to liconse tiem, and tho Mayor ana & portion of tha Connci! resipued, 'The city was ko _cumpletely dewmoralized that prudent tnen did ‘not liko to assuwmo tho positionm, I was, howaver, induced to run for Muyor, which piacs I bavo oceapiod until now, Jlave studied the question, s1id am ratintied that the best mods of bandhug tho whisky qoestion s to put it _under wholesome restraint. XNo mau unilor Leavy bundd cin afford lo vio- luto tho lawa. bLmt with probibitory laws the lowest clnus of men will buy o juiz of whisky, aud rotail it to the low anid viie in the vutslirty of the city, whera the polico soldom go, snd will on discovory roovo from place to place, aud their cuntoraers will not teetity sgainst them, LEITERS OF THE THIDD CLAYY BRIEVLY MEN- TIONED ‘The Hon. Henry Winter, Mayor of Cairo, £ayn 1’ A probibitory luw would hiase o effect in Cafro,” ‘Tho Hon. 8. #, Hake, Mayor of Eant 5t. Louis, sage A prohubitory Inw liero would bo lmpractiesble, and I thiuk it could not bo en- forced,” 'Tho lon, D. P. Barclay, Mayor of I ramarked: “In citles of tho eio of Rockford and of Elgin it would be'tmpossiblo to enforca proibition shoroughly, sud the effect waonld be fojunous rather than beneficinl.” Tho Hon, W. L. Chambers, Mayor of Decatar, £ays : *“Idonot think a pronibitary law practicable, sud do mot thivk it can Lo enforced in any city the mize of ours or youra" Iu apeaking of Dloomivglon, the samo geotlo- wauesys: *The City of uluamh:{;mu lhad a prolubitory law two yesrs zo, sod wna vory glad to wut bac' to a licanso sysiein agam,” Tho Tlon, D, Tobiuson, Mayor of Peurin, titouglit *«yuch o law totally impracticable iu its work- inga.” T'ue Hon, . M., Hmizb, Mayor of Quincy, declared: *Wo use plenty of beor aud whisky in Quincy ; eapecially as wilk is scarco, Do not think i ))Dn!‘blu to enjores the Maine law in Qu}ucfi.' Tho Mayor of Itock Islaud thought Prolubltion would not work bere; Lave sizty- nine galoony, and liceneo £100 per year.” Tho Tlon. Jobu H. Bhaffer, Mayor of Kankakee, says : “ It is tho opimon of thu writor, as'well 08 of very many men who aro intereated in the wel- faro of vur city, that n probibitory law canuot be enforced, nnd that a failuro 1o that duection would Lo disastrous, in that all respect for law and ordor vould vanish on the tt of tho victors,” I'lo llon Thomes J. ocan, Mavor of Galens, says: *‘Ib can only be cuforeed tu small places, where o cousldera- Llomajority of tho voters are iu tavor of it. We bave an iustance of this in our eister city, acrous the River, Dubuque, Jona. Tuis Stale las faw {‘rohl{yilins: tho szle of in.osicating liquor, yet Dubuque eells et retail perbaps more iutos- ieating liquors than soy city of hor sfzo in tho coantry,” 'tba Hoo. Alexander W, Ilope, Mayor of Allon, eays: * Qur sister oty of Jer- seywille tried tho probibition tystem for a wmiglo voar, and daring that yoar moro whisky was sold aud more drunkenuess prevalied than in wsuy threo years nuder tho licenso pyetem.™ Tho Hon. M. I, Eadler, Aoyor of Centralia, spid: *Tho application'of their (thn Lrohibi tioniste') remedies 18 ertopeons and founded upon fulso tiseories, and aa long &8 they cou- tinue thetr quack-lhlie practices 1o canao of the rea penuine reform will suffer trom these very cvils, sad to behold and injuriovs to tho very fonndation of our republicsu form of goveru- ment iteelt.” ONLi LITTEE JLICT OF TUE TOUETI, IIFTH, AND BIXTH CLASSES, Tho Ion, I. C. Chutch, Masor of Bterling, was tho only gentloman out of tho thitty who said prodibition in Lilwois bad been moderately suc- Consful, 1lo says: *Wo bave mol catiroly ntopped tho snlo of intozicating liguor, sud Lardly expect to do 80; but we hinve reduced tho ala to one-fifth of what it was under o licenso system, Wo bolieve it practicable, and feel tnt our city i 1 every way better uuder no licenso, ‘Ihero aro but txo or thres places where liguor can Lo obiaiped.” Tho Hon, Jocob I Holt, Mavyor of Mopmoath, sald thot ciy bad plwars beon probibitioo, and that thoy **have usually bren euccezsiul in enforcing the laws and ordi- pances whon e Lave orocoeded progerly.” The Hon. L, Il Goudrich, Mayor of Bisidwood, tho only Mavor out of thir fitato who believes that a probivition ordinaunce cen bo onforced, thus oxprecaca himaolf : I bo- liove_such & law could bo enforced, oven in Braidwood, whero thera are over torty szloons,” With this 1 clogo, aud ns my cbjoct was merely to pive the rentiment of the Hiate of Ilinos telative toj tbe Mniue Liquor law, with its effeet on cities of over 5,000 inhabitanta where it hing been ndopted, my task is done. Uhe facts aro before tho reador ; bie can form his own cou- ciusions, HOG-CHOLERA. What Allinots Swinc-Breeders Sny About It Special Dispalch to 1he Chicago Triouns, Broixariern, IL, April 21.—Pursusot toa rosolution of thie Stato Board of Agriculturd, tha Becretary, Col, 8, D. Lisher, on the 27th ult., addrossed & circolar to tho leading swino-brecd- ers of tho Btate, putting o seriea of questiona dosigned (o, elicit Information a3 to tho causes, oxtent, nud romodies for Hog-Cholera, The re. eult of theso inquiries is to show that tho loss to the hog-breeders of Ithnois {rom tlhio ravages of this discass Is nbout teu million dollars snnually ; whilo ns yot the cauzes, treatniont, and romedy for the discase, aro matters to which thero i3, geunornlly speaks iu, profound igooranco among thoso mest largo- ly intereated. Amoug Ibo responses received by tho Board to thatr circalar, ono of tho most interesting was from Goorgo Buater, of Carlinvillo, a broedor of pure Berkehires who gives the following diag- uosis of tho thsease : The following symplomn are mors or leas promiuent amouy thoes exliitited ju Hog-Cholera : Dulluevs, Joss of appetite for food or water, creeping beneath 1110 sLraw, or swehing dark places, with tuo bead low, and ears droopiug; disposition 10 1o on the belly; retehfig ond vomitng of foud, mucus or bile; diar- shaen of uark sud funid stoo’s, or constipation? anx- $ous und staring look § inaLilily to stand ; wonth Lot and claumy ; syavinodio breathing ; parilal or com- Plete parulysiu ; lnistlos sl and dry; sometimes the unimal b wild and frantic, and soinctitmes quits un. consclous; fhabllity to scream; subdued and painful cougt ; discoloration of the ekin—s red or purplishy tint, cepecially on the belly and funer suifico of ‘the hind catiemities, on the Lack, eams, ete, Duath within twenty-fuur bours to threv days Tu hiogs that dis from chiolers, froquently 3 found Lu secumulation of blood o congustion of*a focal chiar- actor, somotimes external, sonietimes iutorual—t thnios i the lunge, at other thnes in the stomack ‘und Lowets, sud frequently lu tho teuder surfuces of tho Vody, eapectatly about the eyos, bebind the vars, mud wbout tho foel, Theso eymptomatic ovidencen Davi;been duty obaerved,both poat-ort :m and during thio process af tho dissavo, aud thy couviuaton fa reacti+ o thut thoy, together with atner «valunces, tand to confirg U 1 thoory that Hog-Cholera (o called) Js on essential diseaso of a gencral oharacter, and ot de- peudont upon auy local atlection, Ar, Huntor roports that— e cliolers madu 1t appeatanco generally during unsottlod weather, 0F BUCH WEALLEr wu €3] 0ses Ll Luge Lo suddon umil esyore wtwosplierio chupgens Higady wel weathier, however, seersy upechlly pros 1t of cliulcra, Bound stock, good eare, nud @ipos clully goud drainage und cléauly surroundings, are nos uly cauas of escaie, but well igh su wfubile yro- veulive, I neither ‘uso noe rocommwnd uny olbur proveutives than thoso Lt ubove mentoned, T Swould add that tho kesping of swiue i largy uumucrs togetlier prechides thy pusnbility of gaod eurs os nbove understood, A lang berd of swiie in ous Qrove Is luevitably ou vavy proy (o the fatal walady, Georgo M. Caldwell, & breedor of Borkshires, of Withuwmsville, ruportd 3 1.am sstisfled (lat the cholera is owing to the sud- den vransition frot & Liborjous, hialf-starved cotdition tu ono uf bigh feod; and so convineed am 1 ibat, while T hiavo w pig, 1 futend fo foed Liw Hberally until sold, ‘Durug the lust threo yeary suy buet Betkabicus wero Tuuntiig by the sido of the dissascd atack, aud sowe of tho older sows with thom nearly all the tiue, I Lave siways fud my young Borkshiros, and baye 1ost nuns of thom, 1 do Dot couslder tho disesse’ contaglous, 31y Lioge died 1n thie Braucu, and sois of my uelgh- Lo’ Logs, jurt Lelow, un’ (hu same mitesin, Were Lualtby, and sil the Water they gob Wis from the Tranch, Theso boge, bowever, Word ou clover, sud fed toime coyn all thio Beoson. Lemuel Mk, of Kunkakoo, who keops onan avorago 1,000 bioad of Logs, reports My exporionce b, that the fat Logs are more liatla Lo o attackud. T think that hogs buving rauge of ficlds and woods aro 110t €0 1aUlo 10 boatfoctod, I bo- litve the tiscans 1y conkigloud,—lavo 1o doubt of it ricuce sud uuecrvation, T bave used av e owativs ounds copperas, § pounds Liack sull Tuony, 3 pounds salipsire, 4 pounds sulpbur, 5 pounds fiuthos Grsek seod, 3 LAYe used 86 & Fewiedy, whil ty license citics in this. | 00 reault, earbotlo acld, given tn B tho hedTing of thiirkhogn, Berivek wees s tha disessed hog recavared, thoy becamo sttong and 23::.? ,'T‘l‘l:rdoi:‘n‘ry“lazlrgnd como off, Tha hoge Slomach full of worma, oo 8Pery had el 0. B. Nichols, of Csriyla, Clinton Gounty, Mso' tn extoosive broedar, Selovan tho. dnaen i 0 contaglons, bacauss, as & genoral thing, ono-half to three-fourths of the herd (llgu l’v;::: allawed to rma and slesn togotlier,” While lasc ear hid noighbors euffared heavy losses, his ‘:?uu &mnn';irthdnl =hol:{|‘,‘ whilnh Me, N, attribe 0s Lo gand fooding and koepiny tem plouty of amF g, Abilto glelng. ILLINOIS PRESS ASSOCIATION, ' Programme for the Twollth Ann_ag- Convention, | e A final meoting of tte Execurive Committes of ' the Ilhnoia Prers Atsoclation was hald in Ohieae #o ou ‘Lhuredsy, April 20, and the follawing pros grammo for tho Tnelfth Ansua! Convention sdopted : ‘The Canvention to be held Intha City of Jolfet, 1iL, on ‘Tuenday, Wodncaday, and Thursday, Juuwe 6, 7, and 8, 1376, A TUESDAY, JUNE G—3MONNING SRESION. Moot at tho Opora-Houae at 10 o'clock ». . Call to ordor by the P'residont. Prayer by the Rev. A. H. Dean, Addrees of welcome by Mayor Barber, Reaponse by President B, ¥, Rounds, Roll enll of members. fifxmh"? mln‘u(as o{ prevégm mendng.’ miesion of mombeis abd paymen Appointment of Cflmmflluul.p Janea d““ ‘Atjourn ta meot at the Opers-Houss at3p. . m., Where carrlages will bo in readiness to cone voy the Association to visit the various slones quorrics and othor ubjeats of jntercst, eonsume iug thecutire aftornoon, TUESDAY-CYESING BESAION, Opera-Houso at 8 p. m. poem by Mra. Matilds F letcher, of Centialin, entitled, “Within Your Haods Ig l‘l}cod Alfllalllv l\ru‘xt." sy by 1L A, Coolldge, editor of the Litche ncl\.l" (L} Monilor, eu’imod. * Editorial Coare 0. General discussion end exchange of views or rs of intorest to tho craft. WEDNLSDAY, JUNT. T—MORNING SESSION. Call to order at 9 o'clock. llcading minutes of provious sessian. Roport of Committos on Credentials, Cominttnications snd miscellancoun bisinesa, At 10:30, address by Maj. . W. McClaughey, Warden of the Ilhoois Btato Penitentiary. ¥ (i'firrl]a“zeu s‘;ublz“:mll’m in atteudance for a visi 0 tho llitnois Btoto Penitentiary and tho Jali Lron aud Steel Works, o WWEDNESDAY EVENING EESSION. Moet at the Opera-tlouso at 8 o'clock, Prayer by the Rev, J. P. Philips, LPoem by Mre. Emily Huntington 3liller, Anuual address, by George beroges, editor oy the Champaign (1IL) Gazette. THURSDAY, JUNE 8—3[ORNING RERIION. Meot at the Upera-Touse at Y o'clock, lfund{ng minutcs of previous sessjon, iloction of oflicers for ouautug year., Itcsolutlons, untinishod business, ote, At 11 o'clock, a collation at the [llinois Stat Plnullcum.ry. visit Joliot Iron and Steel Works, ote, JMeet at Ori; e THCESDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, Complimeutary bauquet and ball, at Wernerg Hal), tendered the Aacociation by the city. The Citizeas' Reception Committee nill be in ateendauce on arnval of trains, to mest and es. cort visitors, tako chargo of baggago, ete. Morrrs.—Reduced rates havo besn xooured at the following hotels iu Jolict: Roberteon House, at &1.50 f:nr day, accowmodating 128 gaosts ; 8t Nichiolas ITotel, ot §1.25 per day, ace commodating soventy-fivo guests; Aubura llouse, at 8125 por day, sccommondiating twonty-five guests. Al fizst-class hotels, Arrangements havo been mado with tha dif- feront railroad lines of tho Bteto to furnisi transportation $o and from the Convention Jree, for ench editor and his lady. & "T'ho entirg programme, wita full notes of ox. planation, and tho necessary certuicates of membership, tickets, otc,, will ‘be at vuce pre. pared aud mailed to every membar of tho Asue soclation ; aud those dositing t0 becomo monn bers will at ouco make applivation to tho Beeree tary, Csdet Toylor, Weoons, Iil, or ta thg ZPresident, B, P, Tlounds, Chicazo. A PROTHSE. "The waves ore beckoning, Leckoning ma s Thelr ingers gleam 'gainct the siarlesa nighty And thelr wmirercro upan the sliore Thrdila mg, 8lls mewith delight ! They bend with age, bni are young {a youth: And thelr Lioary hieads have shaken and bows'dye isve Iauglied ut Hoaven, have awitten Xarth, .. Erolife was born—Leloro nian was loat. ot Tims ftrelf but Las bowed to hom, ot band nor chaln but they Lugh (o scarn] -+ dn.bald theg break as they broke tio years Beeaman was ore Lis was Larn, Thairppectral Angers now bockon mo; Thelr pamge i3 Tansie—tbolr age 1 Lm nd, rook’d fn their Losom, ay fear shall ceaseres My strngth soturn tn hair watery gl ach enowy capte sfivor hope That gilds tho clouds—thas Ughtens the mist; T kcouy couch i th feathoery npray, Wrappwd Ly waves, by the biliowa kiss'd, Over the waste comen n whits, whils form, And its gollon bilr tralis the waters gray; And this b the murn, and this (s the sun Bewriug my hope—iui my hops ia Day! Qx0, D DEAD. Yeialy the Sun was glowing, And goft Houth winda were Llowings Valnly the Earth awakened to bud and bleome "Lingored the Wiater dreary 1 wy heart, with griof aweary, A8 T stood with aching bresut ab tho door of & tombn My dead Iay prono and smitten, | And 1o Liesurgam, written Across the culd, bisnk: wals, {n promiss shonsg No biut of a far Porover, But I read tho one word, *Nover," And saw thot against the purtal was rolled stons- Away I turned mo sadly, No longer weeplug madly, Trusting to e for dulling the edge of pain; The yeara went on, slow-awoepug, Anid monses camc, slow-creoping, And Lid the door that nover shall opo agaln, *Tis not fathier or moflier, 118 not slster or brother, That 1ien whore mosses cover Lo clone-shut door; ‘A dreum T had fondly cherisld, A mweot togie, sadly perisbed,— This {a ruy dead 1hat aicops (0 awakie no mors. Lakk M1LLe, Wis, ELLLN I ALLYATOS- HOWE. Whero §a flome ? Dear, melting sound, “Ihat, liko s gleam of heavenly liyhit, Casts 3 maglo balo round "The atealiby shudea of cuming night. Find wo it 'mld Noture's flowers 1 *Neath some iy and glmerlug dome? Or In thio slately streugth of owerd? Al o1 T foel thus i3 not Homol Wiiero fn Jiome 7 _1ts place of reat No koutary heart cou kuow s Of nuch It s ot thy beliost "o wiaunch the tears that, griet-drasrn, fog, 1o it eantle, linll, or Lower, Wo soarch I vain wherd'er wo rosm; WaiLing uno o'er-rullng power, "Liv only Love can wako a iomal W.IL 6, — \What o Nneeze Cost, A nneozo Celivered by & drapar’s sssistact on tho 2-th of Jsunury led to au action which wag tured Lefora the Lambath County Court in Eng jand, The plaintit wasin the service of thy ariny and navy co-operative stores, Westminis ter, in the drapory dopartwont, of which dofendout was muvager, About 10 o'clock at neht, whou seeisting to talie stock, bavinga eold 11 his head, ho was compelfed to sneeze, 1o suoezed rather loudly, for defendent cama up to where the piaiutill sud others weraat work and dopmnded to know who anoezed. The plsiutiT ut ouce maguavimously admitled thut Lo was the sneozer, upon which the defendant told L that tho noxt time ho wauted to sueoze . i must go outsido to do it. Bhortly afterward the plamnff felt Limsoll impolled to susozo aguin, aud, puttivg ou bis overcoat, said to de- foudaut, **Plesso, eir, Iam goimg to sueeze 1o was tuereupou told by tho defondant that if he went ontside ko must go aitogethier, an ou hitw proceoting Lo do #o, the defendant insisted upon bis returning tho weok's wages ho had ro~ caived o few hours pieviously, tha woek's worle not oxplrng uutil the afteruoon of tha next day. As bo decliued to comply with this demand, tha defendant took L by the collar and pushod hlm down a_spiral staircase & (light at & i He was subsoquently marched off tho premisos bo« twoen & policeman aud the doorkeeper. He claiwed dumages for tho iujuiles hohad ro. ceived by his rapid dosovnt down stairs, After poveral witoessos had booo exsmioed, snd the defeudant bad given svidenoo, the jury rea. dored & verdict fu favor of $ho snoezer for L0 dawoges. 0