Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 7, 1877, Page 2

Y on the Brotherhood at 2 tract that, as appears from the State-House re- port, the alterations were made in_the dome which cost o much more money, and which al- teration ks the chief reason why ihe §3.500,000 is expended, and the State-1lonse left incomplete. T alteration was, asstatad tn the afficial report, in TUE RUASTITUTION OP CUT-STONE YOR 1RON, No eut-sone work was done by Richardson, and the alteration multiplied his exceedingly proftable contract, with tha Penitentiary Comn- missfoncrs a8 dunmics And as to these very extensive and EXORMOUSLY-REXTENSIVH ALTRRATIONS fn the new Btate-llonse, it appears by Bev- eridee’s own testnony that Kickardson prace ticalty commandad his owm prices for the work re- quired by the altemtlons aforesald, He testifies (pazes 77-78 of the practieally-suppressed re- port): Q.—FEstimates have boen made since that {ime? (Time of the joint meeting Ang, 1, 1872,) A.—New estiroates have been made, —Who was present when there other eatimates wete agrecd npon which you spenk of? Wero the Peniteutiary Commissioncrs proscnt ac the time of sgrecing wjon any other eatimaten than' you now produce PRIy apinton ts they wers not. . —Who was present, and with whom was the agreement mude? A.—Tdon't think any one was present at the time the catimaten wers tettled,—no one present but tho Board itacif. Mr. Stnart—And the architect. Ao Mereltt—\Vhat Board? A. =1 mean our Boarul Q.—This estimate was made by your architect to. Four Board of State: Houso Camunlaslonors? .—Yes, alr. Q.—When thosa catlmates were presented to yon by vourarchitees, other than thoso you have pro- duced, did yon notify the Penitentiaty Commis- slonces of vaur ertimaies? A.—Can't vwear to that: my recollection s Lhat they have a copy of it; an the eatting of tho dome, 1 l:r‘ulhln‘l say; ceibmate for the porticoes, not made. Q. —Isn't It trae that, Instead of consulting with he’ Penltenttary Comminsioners with regard to theee other eatimates, yon were alrealdy conferring svith Mr, Richardson, and he nseented ¥ A.—Yes, slr: it Is truo ho consented to do the wurk ot our fiires, Q. —You. as State-Tanso Commissloners oficial- 1y. had that anderetanding oraily Xo, irs not tn thav way, State liow it was; we are only trying to got at the facts, A.—1 know e assented to those ratimales; my recollectinn I8 thie iras submifted ¢ WiLLIXG T0 D ASYTHING THAT M7, RICHARDSOY WOULD ACCEPT or. And “willing to do anything Mr. Richardson would aceent of ¥ waa the work paid for. But the Richargson job DIDN'T EVEN END THERE, The overvaymenta to Wim, by which he got £ anything hie would accept of," and left the State fo lose about £10,000 or §50,000 on his prison-latior contract, wus, it nlso _appears, {n part at Ieast the work of the State-Honse Come mirsioners, The following letter from Com- missloner Beverldge 1o the Warden of the Tenlientiary, which Tetter fs published in the suppressed” repurty shows how advances were made to Lichardson,—that s, how 4 THE MONEY OP TIE STATE WAS LOANED IIM and has never been collecte (Zernonal,) Maton: Let me suggest—Richardson has pafd Walker, sny, $15,000 onstone delivered, for which we will lesiie our voucher, payable ant of the . lax collectedd the coming winter.. Tichnridson borrowed that mancy of the lunk. Y 1ou gire liichardion aclieck on the bank for 315,000 ¢ with that he will tuke up hle note, The bank reduces your deposit and | you” hold Stute” paper~gaod, Seyond a qurstian. The only question Ix, esn yon do withont (he money eo foney Tt will not be pakl until March, perhapa April. Ly this arrangeiment you will be relicved of anxiety axto the security of the amonnt #o arrangied. Lam noteure ns to the nwount. pald Walker by TRichardson—protably more than 815,000, 1f ruch an urranzement would ruit yor, and will ko udvfse, we will make o voucher to cover the exact pmount, or le. If you desire, [ mentioped it (o L. d like to do it, ne it would afford ntot here, Everything ‘Fhero [« no apparent chunra from old tines, Banks not dotng ax mueh £¢ zual, but there 1 1o urgent or evident distress, All hopeful. J 1L B, That Ietter needs no comment. But * THE CXPLANATION RICHARDSON GIVES OF TINS phace of the job I9 at least entertalning and in- « Tle testltied (page (33 of the prue- suppressed report): Q. (By Mr. McCoy)—Are yon In arrears for labor 10 Lhe Fenitentinry t ; A.—=Probabiy | am. Q. =And, If e0, how much? A, —DProbably two monthe' Inbor— £G0'ar S19,000, can'c tell How much: Now, poi biaps tliers would be nn explanation hors | ot to make: now, then, the Commlesioners of tue Hlinoly state-Touse wunted to work thin winter inzides af conrs ouldu't ret atone outshie - stamy and frees; ther; §t wonld have stupped work if 1 ha sted ‘on Velne patd, ko they hnven't pakd e up i full—$30,000 oF €40, 000 lacking. "It was understood the Penitentiary ehould eirry e, (. (Mr. Hise)~Do they owe you fog work that thoy ordered of fhe Venlientiiry Commlsslonors, or for work that you have anticipated —Work ordored; 1dow't do uny on sntlelpa- Tinieh vour explanation, A —~The Penbtentlary wonlt have carred me, ond 1 the State, If 1ee had taken the soney ont of the State to carry e, dnd I had pald the Penitens tiary, (he work would hure had o atop, Because Richardson would have. stopjicd 1f not allowed terbag that additionad plunder? WHAT WONDRIR (8 IT that, with Ichardson s coutractor, with the Penitentiary Commlssloners as dunvmnles, with the State-House Coinmissioners ready to %do nuytblug Richardson would accept uf,?” with the law requiring coutracta to he let to the lowest bidder violated, to give Rickanlson the work nt funcy prices, and with thelr contract to “earrs™ him,—whut wonder that, with three and n half illions expended, we have only a hall-tinished wood and imarble, show und shoddy, State-House tu show for Itf Hanuyrn, YESTERDAY. TUE RING LOBLY WORKING BUCCRASPULLY AY YET. Spectal Disgatch to The Tribune. SrmzorieL, i, Feb. &.—The resolution for un investigdtion of the State-Hlouso Richard son-Cunley job was defeated In the Senate by the lobby to-day. Instead of the original reso- lutfon providivg for the appointinent of n com- mitteo of five to conshler, the report of the State-louse Commisstoners was adopted, As Richanlson fs wholly coucealed In that report, there §s the smalleet prospeet of his belng dls- covered anywhere. Durlng thls consideration of the repart aforesaii, the Ting labby manoged cxcellently well, and by trading off votes for other measures hus ulready sceured strong back- -luz for their bills, The lirst of thiese proviiles for submittlug to the people & proposition to au- thorize the appropriation of 3600,000 or $700,000 more for the new State-House, That, it i pro- pused, shall be done WITHOUT AN EXI'OSURE OP TNE RICHARDSON BTONE-WORK PENITENTIARY JOB, The other of the ring bills s for taking 3100,000 wut uf the State Tressury in violatlon of the Coustitution, which prohibits further appropria- thon for the new State-House unless submitted tua popuiar vote. This grab Is proposcd under cover of relmbursing the State-House fund for money which, now that it has been spent by the State-lHuuse Commissioners, it Is clabmed ought to have been charged to some peconut other thau the new Siute-llouse, The Committee sppolnted to comsbler bow not to investigate the report of the State-House Commissioncrs consists of Jones, Frantz, Kainey, McCleltan, und Whitloz, It may turn out, however, that thls yuuumnuu will be selzed with an Inquiring fraque of olud and disappolot the expectationy of the ring. At all events.the mutter Is not ended yet, and Richardson will doubtless he tuliy fuvestizated by a committce that shall sit with open doors, Instead of burying tho testl mony, as was done two years ago, when the whitewaahing report was mude, TUE HOUSE PENITENTIABY COMMITTER goes to the Pemtentiary on Monday, and ft iy understosd whl nvestlZate that part of the Richiardson busiuess which relates tothe state's Yees of 210.000 or 250,000 on his labor contrac ulev 18 to the pmtmfed forfeiture of his prison- labor coutraet, wherehy his punlshment for fail- ure to pay uccording to bls contract was thit the cuntract by which be was bouud tu pay 815§ «ents porday for the labor of 235 wn\-F‘:; wus torfeited and the swwe labor relet to him at &0 ceols per day. CANADIAN NEWS, Special Dispath ta The Tridune, ‘ToRoNTO, Feb, G—Ex-Ald. Gearing, o' con- tractor, bas asatzued, Lisbilities, $110,000. Syecial Dinatch 1o The Tridune. Porr Hoer, Feb. 6.—Tho Midland Rallway, which has been fu @ Lankrupt condition for some thue past, Las been obliged to partially suspend operatlons. Ou Saturday last the section men struck on account of their wages being inar- aears, and to-day all tho passenger tralus were @uceled. only the mall «ar passfug over the liuc. Tle atrike so far b eonflued Lo the section eu. A Geputation of’ engiueers bave waited 2t Turonto for perabsbin 10 strik uld this Le oblained, o weneray auspension of traflic will be the résult, ‘Lhe ;Z‘n \.‘Xll:ll‘h frow Puit floje to Wa 2 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON. The Senate Kills the House Bill for the Eads Appropriation, Senator Conkling Opposes the Pending ’acitic Raflrond DMeasures. Prominent Items in the Rizer and Harbor Appropriation Bill, A Deflclency Bill which Tells tho Story of Aute-Election Economy, Secretary Morrill Soriously Il of Typhoid-Paneumonia, APPROPRIATIONS,. WASTEON ITEMS IN THD RIVER AND IAREOR niLL. . Svecial Disalch to The Tyihune, Wasmixatoy, D, C,, Jan. 0.—~The House Committtco on Commerce towlay finlshed the portions of the River and Hlarbor Lill relating to rume of the Western States. The Northwest- orn States wore badly Lreatod. Tho Wisconsin members, Democrats and Republicans nlike, are especially indignant at the scanty appropri- ations made for that State. The following Is all that the Committee has”alloweds Manito- woc, £3,000, agalust $20,000 esthnated; Sheboy- ga, 83,0005 estimate, §6,00. Milwau- koe, $20,000; csttnate, $60,000. Superi- or Bay, 87,000, That {8 the e¢ntlre mmount approprinted for Wisconsin, Yhe followlng es- timates were entirely disregarded: Menom- ince, $25,000: Green Bay, $12,000; Alnepee, £25,000; Two Rivers, §23,000; Port’ Washing- ton, $256,000; Racine, 87,0005 Shugen Day, £5,000¢ Kenosha, 37,0005 and the Fox and Wis- consin River improvement, $75,000. Congress- man Lynde {3 quite Indignant because the Com- mittee appropriated §20,000 for Milwaukee, where no work has been done for two years, and approprinted nothing whatever for Port Wash- lugton, fn his district. This actlon was taken by o strict party vote, the Democrats voting agamst and the Republicans for the estimates, WHAULT O ANTI-ELECTION ECONOMY, The House maide rapld progress with the De- fickency Approprigtion bill. General debate was imited to five minutes. There was an anfmated contest over the amendment making appropelas 1lon for the full pay of officers who were put on the graduated senlo by the Secretary of the Navy under the bill of last year, Incidental to thia debato the Democrats, exasperated thata deticlency bill was necessary, aml taunted by the criticlsm of thelr opponents, attempt- ed to justify the 2 per cent cheese-paring economy of the laat session. - Randall camo to the roseue of his party In a specch full ol empty declarations unsupported by facts. A signlflcant feature of the debats was that Hol- may, though present, ¢id not participate. Ho migzht have been too coneclentlous n man to fo- #ist upon the success of his own two-cent econo- my of lasi scsslon, fn view of the fuct that an enorinous defleleney has been made necessary to vay the bills for which the Demoerats for vam- algn purposes refused to'malko ngprmpflutlum. Fartor, of Ohln, clearly showed the baselessness of ttandnll's assumption, Thers are defilen- cies i the Patent Oftice, In the Pensfon Burenu, in the G nmewt prioting oflice, nnd in ale most every Government departiment. Later in the day an nmendment appropriating money to give furloughed oftleers awaiting onlen.ruy was adopted, The speclal counsel of the Whis- ky Ring ut S$t. Louls wlllpruhnhlfi.ucl thelr pay, 84 an amemlment “was adopted providing for their compensation. THE INDIAN DILL, Ty the Weatern Avinciated Press, WasflinatoN, 11 C., Feb, h—The Indlay Ap- propristion hlll, 83 repurted from the Seante Committee, is nereased $0%5,000 over the total sanctioned by the House, whicl was $4,452,000. The principal items of increase are as follows: 27,000 for the Sloux Indians, varlous tribes; £25,000 for tho Bloux at the Fort Agency s §43,000 for the Osages; §15,000 for the support of schools. TUVRR IMPROVEMENTS, Inthe River snd larbor bill the following itcms appear for the Baprovement of vivers: Mouth of the Misslssippl, 10,0 Misslasinpl, Missourl, and Arkansas, £045,000: sslssippl, opposite St. Lonts, 370,005 DesMolnes Raplds, Missiaslppl River, $03.0005 Unrcr Misalssippt, 30,0003 Nock Trland Rapids, Mississlopl River, 810,0005 Missouri Itiver, about the mouth of the Yellowstone, 810,005 Tennesse (¢}; Ohlo River, $30,000; Nt, S 8t. Mary's Fulls Caual, 8100,000; Siginnw River, ¥0,000; Palls of $t. "Autliouy, $3,000; Great Kanawlha River, West Vingtula, 2100,0005 Litsle Kanawha Eiver, West Virginla, §5,000, Yor habor mprovements—Galveston, Tex., $100,000; Savannah, (la,, $05.000; Balthnore, 60,0005 Buflalo, 850,003 Oswero, N, Y., &30, 0003 Boston, $:25,0005 'y Paqy 825,000 break- water, Cleveland, O., 810,000; harbor at Toledo, O, &0 Citeao, 1L, 5,001 Michizan City, Ind., 55,000; labor of Refawe, Lake Buron, Mich., £75,000: Gramt Faven, Mich., £20.000; Chehoywan, Mich., 815,000; Miiwaukes harbor, £20,000; miscellancous *dredwing, Sue werior Bay, $37,0008 shit-channel in (olveston lay, 8250005 examination, survevs, and cons tngencies of rivers aud hiarbors, §15,000% exam- Inatlon und surveys at the South Puss of tho Mississippl River, $15,000, THE SENATE, RADS' crAIN, Soectal Dispatch to The Tridune. Wasiixeron, D, C., Dee, 6.—The report of tho Senate Appropriation Committee to-day fs a triumph for Capt. Eadés The law under which lie ls constructing his jettles at the mouth of the Miselsslppl provided that when his frst clobim of 2300,000 becamo due the Treasury should fssug to him bouds to that amountunless Cungress had made an appropriation to pay it. Luat fall Capt. Eods was entitled to his pay, and Congress, having full mnotlee last sesslon of the approachiug maturlty of Wis clalm, falled to moke an appropriation. Afterwards the Seccretary of the Treasury refused to deliver him the bouds on the piea, 1t I8 reported, that-Capt. Eada could realize a premium on them this wiuter. The House, over-diligent as usual to do a mean act, passed an appropriation to cut Cupt. Eads off from get- ting the funds. Tho Seunste now kills the bill on the report of the Committee that he fs PLAINLY ENTITLED 70 TitB HONDY, and that Couzress cuunot step {u by an ex-post facto act and deprive hlm of thewm, 1If United Btates bonds were below par, there cru Lo little question that the Ilouse would be as earer to force Capt. Fads to take t:u-xu 24 It 1s now to prevent hlw from getting them. PACIPIO RAILWAYS, Benator Conkling took the part of the Pacific Raflways to-doy in tho dlscusslon of the Siuklng Fund blll, sud argued with o good deal of carnestness aud forco that the questionsat issue between the Government and the roads are now Inprocess of adjudication by the courts, aud that It would be unjust for Congress to sten In and by an arbltrary nct te preseribe a mode of settlement In disregard of the existing legal rights of the Compauies, Oue of these fcatures concerns the payment by the Companles to the United Btates of 6 percent of thelr net varne ings from tho date of the completion of thelr rouds, The pending bill of the Judiclary Com- ittea assumes 1864 as the year the roads were finbabed, but the Executive Departments of the Goyernmeut do not accept them as completed untlt (574, and beld buck tho tinal land vatents untll that thne, The Companies, therefore, decline to pay the percentuge prior to the lutter date, WIHAT ARE NET EARNINGYT is n Misputed question scut to the courts for do- cision theeo yours ago, aud not yet determined, The LIl makes them than the excess over op- erating expenscs, but the Cumvanics dJaln that auch carnlugs ure ouly the surplus remalning afe ter paying taxes, the Intercst on thelr debt, und runuing expeuses, The United Etates Is bound I?‘ law 1o juy the Compunies one-lnlf of their charpes for tranaporting walls and Government wupplies, but this §s witheld usanollact for the nol-payment of the 6 per cent lalus, VETO BLaTAINED, ‘The Presfdent 1 abolishing the the Distti:t 3 1 e to-day, Jess than the requisite two-thirds voting 1o pa the Lill, The 3 crnonned of the Board Lo rent to the House, and the present members appear to be unobjecttonalie, NOTES AND NEWS, ILLNESS OF SECRETARY MONRILIA Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune, \Wasninaros, . U, Feb. 0.—Secretary Mor- il Is lying dangeronsly §ll with typhoid pncumonia at his rooms in Wormley's ITotel; this city. 1le was taken slck Tuceday last, but his condition did not give cause for much alarm until Saturday, when he suffered much poin. That night ho alept but little, and on Sunday was conelderably worse. Yestenlay the pneumonia sympioms abated a good deal, and his physiclans had strong hopes of a dectdedly favorable turn, but the fever has increased since, 8o that the condition of the patient fsnow critieal, The disease Js of a peeuliar character. Pneumonia is n frequent sequence of typhold, but for the fever to precede the preumonla fe, the phivsiclans say, a rare occur- rence, A younger and strunger man, they re- mark, would liave a talr nn»fmct of recovers, but the Sceretary’s age and his delicate healih before the attack make the case an exceedingly grave one. While his recovery is not hopelcss, s death must be reganled as a result greatly to be apprehended. THE SIANAL SERVICE. The House Committce on Military Aftalrs to- day devided to report a bill providing for the permanent establishment of the sigual corpe, atd of transferring it to the Const Survey Ser- vice. The letter from Gen. Sherman dedlining to favor its n{'znn(uuon as an independent hu- rean of the War Department has influenced the Committee to oppose that proposition, and to take the action indlcated. A PARDON has been granted Ly the Vresldent to Louls Roberts, allas Bub Altic, convleted In 1871 for counter] eltlnx(‘ and sentenced to twenty-one years in - tho Western Penitentlary of Pennsyl- vania, TOM NALLATID, oncof the most expert engraversof counter- felt plates, who prepard a 8300 Treasury note of dangerous character, for which he was sentenced to thirty years, imprisonment in the Albany ;l]'t‘lfllcnllflr]‘, haa au application on file for par- on, THR SUANISH TREATY. The Committee on Forelan Relations to-day considered the new Spanish treaty, Tho ex- pression of views by the Committee fndi- ited a fayorable report aud a prompt notification, Final ‘netfon was delayed fn order Alat additional Information in regard to certuln features of the extradition provisions might be obtaiued from the Secretary of State. The treaty will doubtless be reported for action within a fow days. THE INTEROCEANIC CANAL THEATY hetween the United States and Nicaragua has not yet been snbmitted to the Committee, though it was Inthnated to-day that an tnforinal conversation on the subject elivited the Impor- tant fuct that it would meet with ,lvrnmnt ap- proval, aud, {f not submitted too late in the sesslon, would be notified so that any measurea on the part. of tho United States and forelgn Governments looking to an lnauguration of the work might be cansummated. CONFINMED. To tha Western Associated Press, Wasmnaros, D, C., Feb, 6.—The Senate con- firmed Isane Clements, Pension Agent at Salem, Mason City, la.; Postmasters—T, W. Card, ( ‘.; L. T. Cheever, Miea Ida _House, Aledo, It Delavan, 11, TROOPA. Tatterles D aud I, 8econd UnitedStates Artll- Tery, numbering about 100 men, arrived licre to- tay froin Columbla, 8, C. PUBLIC LANDS. The Senate Committee on Public Lands heand 8cnators Clayton, Dorsey, and Representative Gause, and o' number of partics In futerest on the subject of the proper disposition of tho 1ot Springs Uovernment reservation. It was finally agrecd that the enactment of the House bill wil be,with certaln ameridmeuts,an aceepta- ble settlement of the varlous pcm]lmz contro- verales, and the Committes will accordingl report the bill with those amendments, ywhicl are of a' comparatively unimportant character, n;n‘! hflnl;‘fi(l" naturally affect the maln proyisions of tho bill, CONGRESS. BENATR, ‘WismxoTon, Feb. 0.~Mr. Alllson, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the In- dlan Appropristion bill, swith amendments, and gave notice he would call it up as soon as pos- sible. Mr. SBherman, from the Commlitee on Finance, reported favorably the House LI authorlzing the Commisstoners of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust Cotipany to buy lu certaln real and other property, and to scll the same at pabllc or private sale. The bill was discussed and lald aslde, M, Cimeron, from the Committee on Forelgn Relatlons, reported, with amendments, the bill recently introduced by Mr. Whyto, to encourage and promote telegraphic communicgtion hes tween Amcerlea and Europe, I'laced on the calemdar, The principal amendment provides that the rates charged the Government shall not exeeed those vhareed individuals, Mr. Paddock, from the Committee on Publle Tands, reported favorubly on the Senate bill Tor the rellel of settlors upon public lands under the pre-emption Jaws, Passed. Mr. Windom, from the Committee on Ap- propriations, reported odvorscly on the Ifouse LI tu provide for the payment of Jumes B, Ends for the construction of jettivs at the south pass of the Miasixslpp! -River, and placed on the calendar with the adverse report, It authorizes the Beeretary of the Treasury to pay out of any unappropriated money In the Treasury $500,000 to sald Eads whenover the Secrtary of Waraball determing that the amount {s duc’sald Eads by the terms of the contract, 4 Mr. West, fromn the Commiites on Rallroads, reported favorably on the Senate bill to amend thu act of June 8, 187, granting, the right of way throngh the' publle lands to the Denver & ltfo Grande Rallway Company, Possed. It repeals the proviso in the orzinal act requiriug the Company to complute the road to a polnt on tho Rio Giraide ns far south as ¥anta Fe within five years, and complete fifty miles addittonal sonth of sald point In each year tnereafter, and In lieu thereol allows the Company ten yeurs from the passago of the orlginaluct'to complote thie rond to Banta Fe, Alr, West sald the bill wanted no subsldy, and merely granted: the right of way, The bill ned. m.:lrv Cockrell reportod favorably on the Senate Joint resolution to anmend the foint resolution uf July 3, 163, authorizing the Becretary of War to fssuc arms to certaln States and ‘Terels torles, s us (o lssuo ammunitions not to ex- ceed flny ball cartridges for ench urm, Pussed, Mr. Burnstde futroduced a bill for the protec- tion of widows, orphaus, and helrs nt law of ?(llm'-n of the army of tho United States, e erred, Mr, Christlancy called np. the Housa bill au- thorlzing the siirvey of certuing tu\rmhh;.l in Michizan, and muklng an appropristion there- for. Passed. Tha Chalr apooluted Me, Hereford member of the Committes on Claims fu place of Mr. Price, whoso term of servics explred, Mr. Stevenson presented 8 memorlal of the Board of Hegents of the Smitheanjan Institute asking an appropriation of §250, to eroct o Duilding adjolning the Bmithsontan for the exe LiLition of gueds contributed by forclgn Gove ermments to the United States, which gowds wero lately on exnlbition at Phitadelphiba, Mussrs. Morrill and Bargent favored tho erece tlon of such building, ‘he memorful was referred. The Legislative, Judlvial, and Exceutlye ap. I‘\mprhcluu hill wus received from the Houso of tepresentatives aud referred to the Comimittee o Appropriations, Mr. ainlin, fron the Conference Committen on the disagreelng votes of the two louses on the bill eatablishing certaln posé routes, which Involves the queation of restoring fust mil trains and the franking privilege, reported vhat the Commities iad been unable to _urree, He ioved that a new confurence, asked for by the :lluu:'a of Representatives, be granted. - 8o or- ered, subscquently ho sald the Houte had not sp- [uted its memters of tho now Conference, ul- Dough the bIlL had becn seut to the Benate, and ho moved that the Ll be returted to the House that that body salght appolut fts mem- bers ol the Committee firnt, Agreed to, At the exolrution of the mornlug bour, the Ll to umend the Pycitle Ruilroad avis so os to lu'ovidv o sinking fuul for the liquldation of the ndubtedness due the (overnment was taken ug 2 5 S{r. Hitcheork spoke in opposition to the LUL of, the Judbiary Committey, After debate, the bill was lald astde Inforisale 15, with the understuuding that It should be uu- alsbied business to-morrow, Alr. Jugzalls said tho Lill abolishing the Board ot Mctropolitan FPoliee Comunlssloners of the Dbtrict of Columbia with the President’s veto was Iying upon tke table, the Commitico having recommendud that It b passed uotw itbetauding thus objections uf the Presbicat thercto. Tue subject wa -usscd ol some feugth, and e Ll o Stiadl the Ll ass wod ith- t o \w cbjectlon WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1877; wo-thirds not voting In the afirma- tive. ‘The vote in detall was as follows: YEAS, Alearn, Faton, MeNonald, i, Gotdtlenite, Maxey, Biaine, Tamilton, Merrinion, gy, tiamin, Norwool, Tinoth, Herefond, Roberteon, Cliaffee, Jdolinston, Stevenson, Cockeell, Jdoriee (Fa,) Tellex, y Jomen (Nev.) Wadielgt, elly, Wallace, Kernn Whyte, Dennis, McCreery, Withers—x, A7 NAYS, Alliron, Cragin, Taddock, ftruce, F'rrr?'. Patterson, Tinienaide, 1hitelicock, Sargent, Chrintiaucy, Jogalls, Steematy, Clayion, Logan, B‘pencur. Conkling, Mcdhlan, Weat. Conover, Mitchetl, Windom, Wright—22, Mr. Sargent submitted n resolution request- ting the Scerctary of the Navy to transmit to the Scnate the narrative of the sccond expedi- tion of Capt, C. J, Hall to the Arctfe reions, to be compiled from notea of the exveditiinn niade by Capt. Hall and purchased from his widow. Aq‘me«l to. . he Senate went Into cxccutive session, and when the doors reopened took a recess till 10 o'clock to-morrow. TIOUSE. After the usual extension of the recoss, the House went {nto Committee of the Whole, with El:deri m tha chalr, on the Defictency Approprin- on bill, Mr. Walidron stated that the bill appropriated 1,417,000, Tho - two latpest. apoptintions were ono of 8500,000 for the deficlency In the Navy Department, and_one of £217,000 for peue sions to sulidicrs whe have fost Hmbs, Ar. Whitthorpe offered an aiendiment direct- Ing necounting ofticers of the Treasury to ad- Just and ecttle the accounts of oflicers of the navy on active lat whoso nay has been, effected l*vne general order of the Sceretary of the avy No. 216, since the 1st of September, 1870, on'n basis of walting-orders pay. After discussion, adopted, Mr. Wells (Mo.) offered _an amendment for the payment of £1,600 to W. I Bliss, of St. TLouls, for scrvices ns Assistant United States Attorney In the whisky cases. - Adopteil. Without disposing of the bill, the Committee ros Mr. Jenks offered o resolutlon for testimony taken before the Committes on Lonisiana aftairs, which has not been printed. Mr. Wilson (Fn.) requested that ‘when the Committec should make fts general report it would tell the House whether' any portion of the testimony had been printed without the nu- thorlty of the House, AMr. Conger said that he understood that n portion of the testimony had beon mutilated and surreptitfously printed. Onbelny Informed by amember nearhilm thathe wasmistaken inthe Committeo,and that the Committee to which he referred was the Commlttee on Privilees, Mr, Conger sald thnt ho should comlem such a pro- ceeding in_whatever Committeo it might occur. ‘The resolution was ndopted. A recess was taken until 10 a, m, to-morrow. OBITUARY. Death of Two Prominent Women of Cincin- nntl-=~Other Liko Events, Fpectal Dispateh ta The Trivune, CiNCINNAT, O., Feb, 6,=Two remarkable In- dies of this city ted to-day. Onewns Mra, 8arah Peters, 70 years of age, noted Inthis country and In Europo ns one of the most de- voted and encrgetic Catholies of the age, out- side of the elergy. 8he was a daughter of Qov. ‘Worthington, of this State, who procured the admisslon of the Btate to the Unlon. Sha was born In 1800, At 16 years she was matried to a Mr, King, a lawyer and an eminent member of the State Leglslature. One of lier sons by this marrloge, the Hon. Rufus King, of this city, n lawyer of prominence, survives her, She subsequently warrled o Mr. \Villlam Peter, of Phitadelphia, 0 man of letters, English by birth, and formerly a inember ol the Engllsh Parlinment. Ilo dicd In 1852 She was reared an Episcopalisn. On ler second trip abroad, however, she embraced the Roman Cathelic falth, and commenced o carcer that has made her name a houschold word in the mouths of Catholic_clergcy of this country and Eurupe, rinting After that her entlro MNfe ™ and income were spent In the introductlon ‘to this of the varlous orders of et mtcrhoox and_brotherhood that now abound here, and that have thelr branches all over the West, Ierdeath was caused l}y lieart discase. Tho other death was that of Mrs. Susan 8, Bowler, of Cliftun, the wealtby owner of ono of the most beautitul homes fu Clifton, st which her Lrother, the Hon. Qcorge il., Pendleton, las frequently cutertalned in magalficont style, She died of apoplexy, aged 67 yesrs. Blic was? prominent in deeds of charity. Much of ler life had been spent abroad. 8ho leavesa large property and three childron, Special Dispalch fo The Tribune, BroostinutoN, [, Feb, 6.—Jot ¢, Virden, an oid settler of 1 who built the fraf hotel In Virden, 1L, and was Identifled with the origin and carly history of that place, dled to- nlight, azed 63, . Wasiinoton, D, C., Feb, 6,—Joln 8. Galla- hier, formerly Third Auditor of the Treasury, umldns\:'cn-kumm Journallst, died Sunday night, aged 81, BAN Frascisco, Feh, f.—Janes Alden, Rear Adnlral United Btatea Navy, died here this morning, after o few days’ llness, of congestion of tha brafn, flo had been hero o few weeks on a visit. Apecial Dispatch to The Trib )lu.w.mm, ‘Vqu‘eb?tl 4 'Im'i’l';n. Dantel Richards dled to-day from the cffects of a stroke of paralysis, 1le was oncof the oldest scttlers [u_this ulla', and catablished the Ad- wertiser In July, 1830, o has been a member of tho State Legislature a number of terms, and held many oftices of local trust and honor. 1Ty \nu‘n member of tho State Constitutionul Con- venttou, OHICKEN DISEUTES. The SBhort-Halred 4 Faney! Enjoying an Orgy ut Troesdell, Wis, Hpecial Dispateh to The Tyidune, TRURSDXLL, Wis., Fub, b.—A large crowd of Chleago, Kenosha, and Milwaukee sports cone gregated here to-night for a cock-ight in Jock- son's Hotel, Tha malu sport was betweon Mone roe, of the Bouth Bide, Clivage, und Hayes, of the West Side. Thelr match was to show nino cocks to fight all that fell fu for &30 a buttle. The first fight was five pounds ten ounces cach, Monroe show- ingablack red and Tiayesa blue red. Tt was an obatinate coutest, lustlng forty minutes. Monroc's bird got tho best of the start, and hepn. it | through, untll, alter tho elghth breast, ayes re fin«l. For the secund battle, layca cd a heavy but black-red, at fiva utids twelve onnves, nnd Monros a gray Doin- nlck of satng acale, Tho latter wus u quick, active fizhiter, and m-wsmula'. In five miuutes he bilnded the red and drove im all around the pity sa that Hayes drew his bird,—the sccond victim for tho South Bide. For the third tlght o lighter palr were shown, Ilayes had a black red und Mouroe a red buck of four pounds elght aunces each, Niue rounds were fuught fn teu minutes, when the red ray away. Fightiog will continue all night. e — SOMEBODY'S PRIVATE AFFAIRS, Speciul Dispatch to The Tribune. TostoN, Feb, ti~Lauru Joyce, the sfoger and actress, was toduy grauted allmony in the smount of $10,000, ponding her sult for divorce ogulnst her husband, James Valentino Taylor, whilcl will bu tricd in April. 8ho alleges futeiu- perauce and cruclty, The busband is a geutlo- man of wealth and culture, who belougs In Cumnbridze. ‘Fhe parties were wmarried Jan, 1, 1874, and tived together up to tho 20th of Sup- tember last, when Mrs. Toylor, with ber child, Jeft the house, Mra. Juyce was, dur- fug the last seuson eud previously, a popular rupscecntatlve of the character of Eeungeling in the comedictta of that name, and wade & contract for the preseut season, which, from varivus clnnmstances, she was unable to fulfill, It was shown in evplencs that, when first mar- riead, the purties lived ot tho 5t. James Jlotel, and ufterwards went to reslde in Cambridee, the lndy’s father aud mother dving with ' them there. The futler, Dauney Maskell, did little or puthing to earn money, and the mother, Mrs, Adcle Dsuncy Maskell, ddevoted souie of her thne to the teaching of elocution and In public readlugy, Just previous to tha separation Mrs, Tavlur contraited o bill Nél‘flll her husband at Jurdau, Mursh & Co.’s, of somo $5)0 or $iun), and has made other purchases for herself und ¢hlld {n Mr. Tuylor's name since. She {8 now liviug on East Concord street, whero her weokly cxpenses, beshles cluthing, “amount to some #85. Some futeresting developmeots are ex- peeted at the trial e — OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. New Yous, U—Arrived, steamship Adriatic, from Liverpool. Prymovty, Feb, 6.—~Steamships Fronce and Ilerder, from New York, Lave arrived, Movivrr, Feb. 0.—Steamsbip Ethlopla, from New York, arrived. - STATE ATFFAIR Proceedings in the lllinois Legis= lature Yesterday. Debate in the House Concerning a Re- vision of the Revenne Laws. General Bellef that tho Present Leglslae tare Will Not Attempt It. A Railroad Job Tempting the Good Solons of Wisconsin, ILLINOIS. TIHE LEGISLATURR—UOUSR DEDATE ON RRVENUR MATTERS, 5 Special Dispatch to The Tridune, 8rriNarizL, fil., Feb. 6.—The question of a vevision of the Revenue law was the subject this morning of considerable discusston, 1t cama up on the report of the Revense Committee recom- mending the adoption of Granger's resolution providing for the appolntment of a Commission of three members of the House, two from the 8enate, and two appointed by the Governor, to drafta revislon. Motion was made to print the resolution and make it tho apecial order for Fri- day. Merritt opposed the whole project, The plan proposed wus not the way i which to legis- late. e didn't belleve fn closet-committee leg- Islatlon, Tho resolution meant un adjourned tosslon. But tho question bas been agitated long enough, - Every member knew what the people wanted, Thompson, of Cook—What good has come of tho neitation? The patehing, up of the Kevenue Inw 1TAS MADD 1T WOTSE, Merritt—Not If the law had been enforeed. After further discussion, the motlon to print and muke the resolutlon and report the apecial order for Friday was lost, ‘The question was then renewed, npon a mo- tion to coneur in the report. Boydston offered au amendmeat making the Cominleston consist of twelve members of the House, six of the Scnate, and ono appolnted by the Governor. Herrington sald he had voted for the printing beeause the question was one that couldi’t be determined oif-hand., Only one man lnd been able to master the subjeet In o short time, and it took that man two weeks to do it. Duthe was oppoged to tho adjourned scsston. A com- mittee could probably report a bill fn a month or six weeks; then It would have to be disenssed in both Houtses; that would take time; but he fayored trylng what could bo done. ) llnnnniv wanted to know if the proposition for a Commisslon was A DEVICE OF TIIE TAX-PIGNTERS to gain une year longer. unne snld It was preposterous for the Legls- Inture to sssume they could revise the whole eubject at this seasion. They might and should do what they could toameid tho present Jaw, and do It at the present sessfon, But the whole law needed revislon. That should he done also. It should be done well and carctully, and that was work for a Commission. And ff [t required an adjourned, It would shorten this, and o l:mmugh revision wes worth an adjotrned scs- slon, ITopkina satd what was demanded was action. The proposition for s Commisston was atagnu- tion. Sowmcthing ought to be done now. Let the Iouso try to: do'what could Le dove now, Watkins sall that the only man In the United States who had been able to mnater the whols subject in two wecks didn't happen to bea member of the Legislature. The subject was one that no other man _liad been ablo to master in two weeks, A revlsion of the revenuo sya- tem woitid e worso than worthloss unless ft were most carefally propared. ‘Pl Jtevenue Taw had been TINKERED AT ALREADY, and was the worso for it, but the tinkers who had botched the Lusineas now were ready to ogaln tinker at it. If o Commisslon Wera appointed to draft o revislon of the entire Inw upon the subject, that would not deprive the Leplelature of the power, meanwhile, of duing what could be done to patch up the pres- cut ilefective syatem. Both might be doug, but it was out of the question for tha Assembly at this session to make any such revislon of the whole Revenue law as was required. He favored the Commission, and offered AN AMENDMENT making It consist of four members of the Houseand three of the Senate, Granger sald that to-day thero were in thie Supreme Court reports “over one hundred declsions of that tribunal pronouncing the Pmcnt Revenue Inw In many particulars unconatitutional, That was becanse of the manner in which it had been” adopted. The Tegialature had assumed to know all about ft, and had went at 1t just os was proposed to be dene now—without any ma- ture, well-conaldered plan to begin on. That pru!)oalllan now meant only a long seeelon and nothing dono for tho rellef of the peonle. What could be dono to better the presont Inw might bo done, but the wholu system nceded revision, MUCH DESULTORY DISCUSSION. ensucd, tlio which served to develop, first, that thero are o numberof members who ure opposed to any attempt at a revision of the present law, which they say works well enough iu thefr local- ftles; second, that some o&)mu the revision prayed for because they think it o pleco of Chl- engo legislation, and, therefore, on gemeral priuciples, to be opposed: third, that the pre- vailing sentlment of the Housa is AUAINST TAKING ANY ACTION looking to the appointment of a Commisslon, which might oceaslon an adjourned sesalon, until after the bllls now before the Kevenue Conmit- tee bave been lullr considered. To this may Le added that' it Js quite apparent. that “the the long political campalgn—for such Is what it was—tat resulted fn - the election of a Unlted States Senator has left the House in nuything hut goud working order. That polnt 1s not likely, from present indlcatlons, to be reached for yet two or three weeks,—perhaps not so carly. Tho prevalling oplnfon to-night 1s, that the resolution for the appointment of a Com- wisaion will be tabled in the morning. BENATE. Bueliler futroduced & bill to legialate ont of oxistence the prescot South Park Commission, The bill provides for the appolntment by the Gavernor of o new Park Commisslon for the Towns of South Chicago, Hyde Park, and Loke, The Northern Insane Asylum Appropriation bl introduced to-day appropristes 8255000, Mr. Moderwell fntroduced a bill vi tho assessment of the capital stock of fhcors porated companies for the years 1673, 1874, and 875, It roquires the 8tate Board of Equaliza- tion, upun application of uny incorporated cume any which bas not pukd the taxes upon fts unrl- al atock for those vears, to reaasess its caplial ::lm-k, and provides for tho collection of the tax ercon. . A BOPT TAIING YOR LECTURERS, ‘The nulsance of converting the House Hall Into a town-hall for the beneiit ‘of ftinerant women's-rights lecturcrs, sud euch, was par- tially abated by the adoption of a rule prohibit- ing ‘the grautfug of tho use of the hall to any lmd{ for any purpose. This atil) leaves It opei to the Houso by vote susponding the riles to Tet the hall, with ras furnlshod for 650 burncra at the Statu’s expense, to fiwflplw!kx whiloso- phers, currency-tinkers, philanthroplsts, and the like. LOGAN'S BTRIKERS. A meeting of the Republican csucus was ecalled to-night by thoso partisans of Gen, Logan who, during the Senatorial contest, were for lLogun or nobody, ‘The object was to preparo an akidress to thelr constituonts- to show that neither, Washiburnu nor Lawrenes could have been elected, though the record sho hat could and would bave boen elected had 7 rocclvod tho full Republican vote, That the Logauor-nobady nansiers, but_priccipatly Logan hmsclf, provented, and the Lozan man- agers to-nizht espeddally denounced Tnr Crit- caco Tutsuse for cing about his defeat, though one of the objects of the. pruposcd address will to demutistrate thsy no Ki.-.publluln could have been elected. Benators Moderwell sud Huut, and Representatives Shaw, Mlorrison, and . Hope Kius, were appolnted » Coutinittce to draft the addruss, und the catw-us adjourned, The pro- lli\‘tflllj‘l;u:l ure uuderstoud to Lave Leen fnspired y Logun, 115 PURPOSE 1s ot this late day to siteinpt thus to sequit hlmsoll of responsibility for the defeat of Washburne, and the defeat of Lawreuce, and the defeat uf any Republican caudblate for Scu- utor. Al tbat Re did, aud, as tu Wasbburne, In advance Logan declared that he would defeat him. Only about ouc-bulf the Repub- lean members attended the caucus, aud thero was a differency of opinlou us ta tho Emgmmmu propusod. It s realleed that the Seaaturial clection has now pussed fnto history that the “h"fl verdict npon it has been naide up, aud that, on the whole,il cannot now be bet- tered; and it is not {aprohable, uiter all, that uo further uction will be taken, JUDGE DAVES, Special Dispatch € Tha Tridune. INDIANAPGLES, Vet d=—lu an luterview to- day David Davis refused to give au opinlon un tical toples, He denled baving written @ l’&w tuJeiac Wi Fell, or auy one else, wbout the Sccretarsalilp, or zbout leaving the Bupreme Bench. ilesald Le bad vt iwade up his uing yet whether ne would nceept tho s«mmrshlr or not, but, from other converantion, it is evident Q‘e wllll.& But e will not rosign 25 Jndgo until March ¥ WISCONSIN, TR LAGISLATORE. Spectal Dispateh to The Tyidune. MansoN, Wis,, Feb, 0.—But very little was ione In efther branch of the Legislature to-day. In the Assembly, a bill was concurred in to os- tablish terms of court fn the Thirteenth Judicial Circnit. A bill to provide fora State Board of Education and an unlform system of text- books was referred to the Committee on Eduea- tfon, The bill extending tho time for the ex- emptlon of lands of the Wisconsin Central from taxation came up {n Committec of the Whote. An nmendment was agreed to providing that thenct shall be assented “to by a sote of the heaple along the fuad, when the Committes nd- ourned. . PRESIDENT BASCOM, of the University of Wisconsty, detivers alect ure this evening’in the Assembly Chamber un- der the auspiees of the 8tate Agricultural and State Hortlcultural Socletivs, Subject: ¢ Con- dlt.l’ons of Progress in the Agricultural Class- s OI10., WEW DILLE, Coruynus, 0., Feb. 6.—Iu the Senate to-day bills were {ntroduced to establish Incbriate Homes in the scveral counties; to punish frauds in recuring extension on debts, and ve- lease of one debtor and substitution of another; to compel railrond comnpanies to provido slicds wheru stock fn course of transporfation can rest. and feed cight hours after Lelng on cars for tiwenty-four conseentive hours, The Senate blil to inercase the salaries of Su- premno Judges was defeated, INDIANA. THE LEGISLATURE, Bpecial Diepateh to The Tribuna. INDIANAVOLIS, Ind., Feb, 6.—No business of Importance was done In tho Leglalature to-day. ‘The House lald on the table a Temperance bill to suppress tippiing-houscs. RELIGIOUS. NOONY PRAYER-MEETING, ‘Tho noon prayer-meeting at Farwell Hall was fairly attended, the nuditorium being about Lwo-thirds full. i After singing, * I Need Thee Every Hour," Tho Rev. Mr. Davis read scyeral requests for prayer.t A father who asked some time ngo for prayers for. the conversion of an only child dog- sired thanks to be given for the conversion. Ile returned thanks that they were receiving evi- dence that the Lord was answerlng prayers, and asked o Llessiug upon all who requested them. Ma). Whittle said those who attended the meetings should nvite some onc to come with them. Many never thought of doing It, although they came day after day. *0, whereare the reapers that garner int" Wus suntg. ' Maj. Whittlo then read thefirst twenty verses of the third chapler of Romans. The fidea was that tod's faithfulness wus made munifest by wman’s faithlessness. It wan not destroved by man’s conduct, Any argument we haa in our mind that condemned God, and led us to go on in sln with a clenn conselence, was sophistieal and ale. We tried to qulet our consclences by ar- fulnz that God wos to Wlame for siu. Man n i moral condition waa In ruins, condemned, without splritual {ife. We were iznorantof what was in_our lhearts, “The = heart is desperately wicked,” What was the cause of all the wickednees in this whrldi 1t was the fruit of rebelllon agalnat God, If aman was a rebel he was gullty beforo God of all the accu- mutlated and collective gullt that followed ro- Uellion. - Those who did ‘ot submit to the will of God wero grullty until they eeparated thes sclvea from tho rebels, Tho whold world w: fulllv befora (tod, loat, condemned, and hasten- ng on to punishiment and wrath. The chapter read woukl unfold God's remedy for the awful condition in which we were. We should admit our bankruptey sud throw ourselves upon God for mercy. 1le would receive them, Mr. 8tebbins unnfi * No Other Name.” A gentleman on the platform safd he waa con- verted flfty-seven years azo, nud was thankful that he had been ablo to take part in many ro- vivals, Of 100 coverted wlien lie was at Hamil- tou College, only vne apostatized, The fruits of the revivals in. Utica and other towns had been the strength of tho churches for half 2 century, ITe desited to say to all who hesitated abont coming to the Savor lest they might fall back, if they would trust in Christ Hg would hol Lheq}. and they would prosper u the way of the Lond, My, Martin, of Henry, sald he was Jed to Christ through the Influence of n l’rnyl ng fatber, and wished to bear testimony to the miraculous power there was in the Gospel for reforming entirely—physleally and splritually—onc's life, appetite, and_ deslres. 1f there was a yonng man fn tho audience who hind one single aspira- tion townrd the manhood of man, ha could find it only [n the cross of Jesus of N'nwcxh. Out- alde of it, all was nothing. Hlis joy was nu- spegkable, o asked the prayers of God's ]mfl lo that ho might bo sustained In his work n Henry. A h:\lv‘ry moments were spent in sllent prayer for thuse_who had come with burdens, and hud arlsen and asked to bo remembered. The Rev. J. Monro Giuson olfered prnym:‘ “asking that the good work might go on, an that Uod would ‘come nnd satisfy the people with Hlia love and grace, The exercises closcd with the doxology. KANKAKEE, Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune, KaNgaies, 1L, Feb. 6.—The absorbing theme of local interest at prosent s the re- vival work now belng carried on fn this city. ‘The audicncea have outgrown the cosy little Presbyterian Church, and tho meetings have been transferred to the largo houso belonglng to tho First Methodist Eplscopal denominatfon, o stretura which will seat persons. n Bunday ovening last, the editico” was crowded, and even stauding rovm was at a premium, Last eventug the houso was comfortably filled. The vastors of the First and Scecond M. E., tho Bap- tist, Preabyterian and Eplscopal churchies con- duct the meetlugs, each preaching n discourse on succeeding evenlngs, A well-tralned cholr of fifty or sixty volces flvu Intercst and an In- creased devotfonal splrit to the servives, While no conversions have been reported during the ‘week siuce these serviees began, o genoral In- terest {n religious matters has beon awakened, and unless tho present signs aro wrongly In- torpreted, this community I3 upon the thresh- old of n great’ reformation, ~ The Rev. Ar, Morton wiil be hicro next Sunday, when ho will at ouce assumo charge of the meetlngs, — ; DWIGH'T, ILL. Bpecial Ditpatch lo Tha Tribune. Dwian, L., Feb, 5, —The rovival which has been In progress hero for two months will close to-night, Mr, Morton will be here and preach, This work, so successfully commenced by Mr. Morton, has progressed with unusual vigor, ex- tending all over thls region. Beores ot peopls have been converted, Drunkards for whowmn there has been no hopo have abandoned the cup and have taken their places In the community »s usoful citizens, Tho cottage pruyer-nectings have also been productive of much good, and muany eonversions are the result, The spirlt of Christlan unlon which theso meptings havo de- veloped, and the morat and elevating tone im- parted to oll, aro facts futhemselvea which fully compensate. fur all the toil and anxiety which have been associated with this revival, PROYF. BWING ON WOMA® I ihe Editor af The Tribui Cuicaao, Feb, 8.—~Prol. Bwing, In & sermon on the woman question printed fn your paper to-day, out of an cnchanting apell of poctry and sentiment, conducted his sudicnce where they wers most delighted to be led to the following matter-of-tact conclusions 4 At best very weak Is the arzument I favor of the suffrage of wom- any dor fu her spiritual relations she wiclds a seeptre whosp ’pawnr could guln nothing from s carcer of poltics.” . I read and admlire all of Prof, Bwing's scr- mons,—s0 beautifully written, 20 full of scuti- selowing with beautiful Imagery,—und lay down the Monday morning's TuisuNg with s eenso of belng filled and charmed with the beauty of a loyely picture, Have we in our re- llglous progre it reached & polut where tha suylug of our rellion beautifutly ls tho helght ol our ulslnuluus Do we teuch our children to aay thelr pruyers that they may continge satisfied all through adult life with inercly say- fug, or preying for saying, their religiont” Has It como to this, that rhetozle fu prayer und ser- 1o, a gush of seutiment and poetry, s all that s required of a religious er lu these polite, silkatocking thnes, ond fo our fashlonable churchest Do we go to church to bo en- chanted 80 that wo can forzot sid not reinous ber the widows uud the futherless children in the hovels oud laucs of our city! And s Prof. Swing coutent withthe affice of guch un encbant- erf ATy, Lemunt be u very happy wau, for he «ean zay relizion wore begutffully thau uny other wan i Awuaica, e no coubt pleuses and eu- chants more men and women by the beauty of his sermone, by the gushing richness of senti. mentand elowing Iniagery of hin speech, than any other sayer of rellgion {n all the land. No poet has ever palnted woman sa lovely ns she g painted fn the rermon referred to. The ltera ture of the past, in nll the ages, lias notling finer. Wosnnn certalnly will admire and lovg the Reverand gentleman above all other paets, for his most generous ngrvrcdnlhm of lerna. ture. e finds licr angelle In every place exeopt at the pollal And she don’t want'to ga to the polls! "Prof. 8wing has cchoed the highest [mlmlnn of the averaze woman's hieart, and nf ho avcrage man's head, ‘Woman can wark for the Church, **for religlon and morallty,” gt fairs, oyater-suppers, roclables, toncerls, dramas, ° pantomimes, street-canvassing for subecriptions for the Aupport of the Gospel aud all rorts of charl. tics, ot donation parties for the benefit of clergymen; ahie can inix and mingle with the uhaunctificd crowd of male sinners In evers possible way, time, oceasion, and object, and fn ol these ways * wiell g sceptre of power,” nnd ** gain somcthing,” Lug coutld ot gain anything (that is of conree to the Church) “by n carcer of politics.”” This [s gxactly the popular sentiment, DIl Prof. 8wing's {dea of duty cyer lead him to gxpress an unpopular sentiment? How happy hnd serene of soul n man must be whoso fudg. ment and consclence and highest Mea of duty arc in loving accord with the popular ;mmment and conscience of tho mnsres! Prof, Bwing seema to be peculinrly blessed; he oives us in neautiful measnre just wlnui wo all lke, to-wit: bewildering enchant. ment, f But suppose we drop sentiment and glance gt the logie of the above quotation for = mingle moment, Porhape this will nppear to the best advantaze il we should strike out “woman® and substitute clergymen. 1t would then read 2 follows: ‘AL best very weak s tle argument in favor of the suffrage of clergymen, for in thelr apiritual relations they wield o Beep- ire whose power could n nothing from a career of politics.” Is not such logle as concly- sive agalust suffrago for clergymen as it iy against suifrage for woman? Clergymen are supposed to e morally and splritaally auite feminlne; and are tuey not the apiritual guar- dlans of womani Should the -lmphen!fo where the lambs cannot followi If polities is moral piteh for woman, 1s it not also moral pitch for A minister? And would not “the sulfrage which represents the multitude,’ as it now does, sufliciently guard and securo the rehts of cler- 'men a8 well as women? In all scrfousness, is . 8wing or any other man more than hu. man ! And is woman o whit less than humant If not, why should sho be placed under political guardianship of a mere human? It Is not safe to commit the rights ot any class to the guandian. shipof any otherclass—tho scrmon of Prof. Swiu; to the contrary notwithstanding. Such sentf mental guati surrounding such an unjust con- clusion,—like n dageger wreathed in roses.—as thu sermon under conslderation contains, let an admirer of Prol. 8wing say klndl{. but flatly, {s wholly unworthy of him, and that” lie will some day wish to have it eliminated or bofled down into practicnl common sense, and tha conclusion 80 unwarrantably drawn reversed. A, J. G, . ——— TITLE PERFECTED, Spectal Dispatch to The Tvidune. GnaND Rarws, Mich. Feb, 0.—Mrs. Emily Campau, of this city, relict of the late Tous- ralut Campou, claimed a dower fnterest In the Campan plat, o 'tract of .n carly thirty-cignt m-rcuplu thpc very business heart. n[’mu clt);'. ,.:\s sho was but 17 years old when ber husband and she decded nway the property, her clalm was undoubtedly a good vne, and” a serlous clond upon $4,000,000 to 85,000,000 worth of property here, and’ it waa ill:cly to remam cloud for many years, ns she I8 less than G0 wears (old, ‘and . of & very long-lived family. Hence the owners of tlie lmu were anxious to compromlse, anil buy a re- ease of dower. ‘Thls was accomplished last night, a handsomo sum of money having heen raised by subscription. Now nine-tenths of all the Empcrt. is releascd, including the site of the Citv-1inll and the United Btatos bulldings, The other tenth woull have been had its owners heloed fn making up the pursc, The siecessful scattering of the cloud s an oceasion for much rejoleing in this city, e — . OTTAWA WANTS A CHANGE, ESpecial Dispateh o The Tribune, - a Orrawa, LiL, Feb, 6.—At the mecting of th Common Councll this ovoning 1t was resolved to submit to a vote of tho people the questions of organlzing under the genernl law of 18726 and that of minorlty representation in the Clty Coun- «ll, the voto to be taken Monday, March12, A petitlon of nearly 800 votera asking for this action was presented, The movement met witk 110 oppnsition In the Councll, and promises t¢ eradleate many of tha present municipal evils, nudcfius CIO AU :NTX' 7‘&1‘" o« a ch {0 The Tribune. . BPRINGFIELD, ll'f:' Feb. 6.—The Cuss County scat coutroversy was finally scttled to-day by u decislon fn the Bupreme Court in thae casa’of the City of Deardstown va. Tho City of Vir: nfz. ‘I'he cuso was last term declded in favor of Virginin, but o rebearing was granted, and now the Court confirms its former declsfon, and thus Virginia retains tho county-seat, ——— RUF}“I;IMEL! AS'NA;,I"C;iED. Wpeclal Disyalch fo The Tribune. Mzxpota, Ill, Feb, 0.—0. A, Wright's mus sle-store In this c{t)'. purchased but o few weoks stuce, from J, . Servan, has been closed up by Lyon & Healy, of Chicago, and the {nstruments sbippod to that clty, TRIBUNE BUILDING DIRECTORY, Rooma. Gécupanta, 1. CITARTER OAK LIVE (nsuranceDep't.). 2. TO RENT, 8 GUSTIN & WALLACE. J, T. DALE, 4. DURBER WATCI-CABE. MAN'F'G COMPANY. 5. RODBING & APPLETON, KW YOIK WATCU COMPANY, ) ILENT. BOWAL G A.J, BROWN, W, ROBDINS, 10, CHARTER OAK LIFY (Loan Dep't.). 1 0W, 0, WRIUHT & TYRRELL, FAUICHILD & BLACKMAY, HEXRY E. SEELYE. W, D. COOPER, AMES MORUAN. R. W, DRIDOE. 10, CENTENNIAL PUBLIBHING COMPANY. 17, M. D. HLARDIN, 18-10, D, K, PEARSONS & CO, 20, HUTCIINGON & LUFF, 41, 0, L. BASKIN & O, 2, ASSUCIATE EDITOR, 24, KDITORIN-CHIEF, MANAGING EDITOR. ASSOCIATE EDITURS 0. L. ¢, EARLE, 27, W, J. BARSKEY & O 24, WILLIAM 1R0sS, 20, H, P. NORCROSS. J. A, M@/ LDOWNEY, 40, REDPATH LYCEUM DUREAU, a1, COMMENCIAL EDITOR #2. W, W. 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