Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 7, 1877, Page 7

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY. MARCII 7, 1877, STATE AFFAIRS. What Was Done Yesterday in the Legislature at Springfleld, IlL Tort of Resolutions Offered Abolish- ing tho State-House Com- mission, Second Reading of a Bill Extending the , Timo for Collecting Taxes of 1876, ‘The Afternoon in the House De= voted to a Discussion of Criminal Trials. Favorable Consideration of a Bill-Re. stricting the Power of Juries, Huoch Unfavorahle Criticlsm of tho State-1lonuse Commissioners In the S{ennto. Spooial Bossion of the Indiana Legislature —Moasage of the Governor ¥ ILLINOIS. ATIOLITION. Bpecial Dispatch to The Triduna BramvarieLp, I1L, March 6.—Tho speclal or- der for this morning was Fosbender's resolution fnstructing the Committes on Rotrenchment to report o bill abolishing the Board of Btato- Mousc Commlssioncrs, Mr. Armstrong offered tho following substl- tute: Wienean, By Rxhibit I3 of the report of the Scn- ato Committeo on Public Bulldings and Stato Li- ixth Gencral Assombly, It appears that Mr, J, Cochrane, the srchiicct, cstimated tho total cost of the new Btate-Ifouso, for cxcavation, dimension and block stone, brick. won&‘)I cut stonu, Iron-work, carpentet.sork, plumbing, marble-work, stucco-work, and piaster- ng, painting, glass and glazing, rewors, heatin and freeco-pninting, ot 32,537,408, and stnt ! that **written. proposals aro lu th ! for tho above work, and the parties aro zeady to take contracts accordingly, and give sccurity for the performance of tho same™; nnd, WiEneas, Tho Constitutional Convontion of 1870, with & knowledge of these facta helare them, adopled the following provision: **The General Awsembly shall not sppropriate ont of tho State Trensury, or expend, on account of the new Capitol grounds and constrnction, completion, and fne- nishing of tiie Btato-liouse, & sum cxcecding in tho azgrogate 83,600,000, inclusive of all lholT pro- Jriations horototoro made, wittout first eubmitting ha proposition for an additfounl expenditure to thio legal voters of tho Stateat the zencral election, I nor unlessa majority. of the voies cast at such election sball b for'the proposed additionsl exe * pendituren"; and, WiiEneas, By the report of sald Commissioners to tho Twenty-seventh Goneral Assembly, asking for & further mppropristion, they state, smong - other things, that they had been nhlo to get tho work done 6t moch lees coat, in consequonce of « tho reduction in tho price of labor; and, Wuxkngas, Tho sald Commissionors in thelr ro- ; port tu the Twenty-ninth General Aseembly, sk uy for tho spproptiation of $300,000, give the ns- suranco that such approprlation would complote gm i:;lp_rn flrilcluro Dy the Drstday ol Janaary, A. . 18775 and Witngas, Tho architects havo had power to lock or unlock the State-ouss funds at their own Jcoanre, and hava oxerciscd this power greatly to ho benedt of contractors; and Wnkneas, A stylo of adornment hns been by them adopted out'of character with tho purposes for whioh tho bullding Is uecd, and inconaistent with the hablts, tastes, and sentiment of our pea- i ple; and Witzngas, The sald Boarl of Stato-House Com- king for a fasther appropria- missloners sro noy tlou af $700,000; Wneneas, The eald Board of Commisslonors have disappointed tho juast and reasonable expecta- tion of the people, in so greatly excceding tho Jimit of expenditnra; and 7 ‘Wuznras, The appropristions now called for are ;mly lgu l;«: inadu avallablo two years hence; thero- ore, - ' Jeaoled, That the Commiites on Publle Busld- Ings nnd (rannds v requested ta inquire into the expedlency of ubolishing said Soard of tate-1ouse Commissioners, and requiring all the books, youchers, and other papers in thefr possession {o ba dellvered ta tha Auditor of State and sll prop- erty of tho Stato now held by them to ba trans- forred to the custoldy and charge of tha Becrotary of Btate, where by Iaw it Ia siow placod, and that'tho said Gomumitics report by bill or otherwise, Insupport of his substitute, Mr. Arinstrong sald the entiro appropriation for the Btate- House had been expended; no approoriation could be voted by the people and made soouer than two years hénce, amd lils object was to stop the salorics of the Commissloners, archltects, and other employes of the Board, for nll whom thero was uow 1o usc. He rocatled that whon the old State-1ouse was bullt something of the Lind occurred, and upon suft the Stats had to pay the sularies, He didn’t want that to hup- pen now, and didn't want official salaries to run un whon nothing could be done to earn them. ‘The substitute was adopted. 3 M, GOODRICH'S BILL for tho cxtonslon of the tim for tho coltcetion of taxes for 1870, was taken up aud road u sce- ond thne, Following 1 the full text ot the bitls A Bin for au Act extendlug the (imo for the col- lection of the {axes on tho nasussment for thy ear A D, 1870, and dolmguent and omitied Laxcs on thie nascsamout books for said year, Beo, 1, lie it snucted by the peoplo of ‘the State of litinois, reprosented in the Qoncral Aesembly, 1hat Heca, ‘160, 165, 230, aml 241 of an ** Act for 1he sesvsement of property, and for the levy and collection of taxes,” approved March 30, 1873, vl to the extant, sud only so far as the ssine ap- ly 10 taxes Jeviod on tho asscasmont of property or tho year 1470, of to other tuxes required by law 10 bo extendod on the tax books with the faxes of salil yoar 1476, bo ol and are heroby made to fead’as follows: ' Sec. 180, Town und District Lollectors whall roturn the tax bLooks, aud muke fual wettlemont for tha amount of tuaes placed tn Abelr hands for collection, on or beforo tho dO0th day of May, 1877; provided, that tho County Collectors’ may first notify, in writ- oy, the 'meveral Town or Distrlet Collect- ahor 100 Sock day of Hay, ey shall mpens ot b o sy of May, they shall appear at ils BMfico to take fingl nettioment. . Boc. 163, AN ape Wicallons for Judgment and order of sale for taxes tud special gsscenncnts on dellnquent lands aud ots shail b mada st (ho June lorms of County t:l‘:l’:fi l{'l I:mm Sny cauue, n;a fonrt ‘-t;-n not \iu 0 term at which judgmont fs prayod, 1ho cause shall stand wnuuntff; and it n{l by hecesaary to ra-advertlsuthe lst or nutica required y 1aw o bo advertised befors Judgment andsalo, but at the noxt regnlur tonn thercafter the Court hall hear and deterinine the mnutters and, If Judg- Em iu rendered, the sule shall bo made on the unday specitied 1n tho notice, as provided In Sec. 182, such Monday 1o be Axod by the County C lectos bn the nutice. 11, for any cause, the Col- lector i prevunted from advertising and obtatmine inu‘mun at the satd teri, §¢ shall bo held to bo o) Lo obtaln fudgment &b any wabwquent Lo of sald Court: but {f the fallure srisca by tho County Colloctor's not complylug with any ol the requirementa of this act, ho ahalt La huld on bia official bond for the full smount of all luxcs a2d special asessjucnle cbarged agaipsd himi; Lrocided, 'Ihat any ruch fatlure on the part of the County Collector shall not sitowed, as a valil @bjectlon to the coilection of auy tax of assees- ment, or to o rendition of Indymeut, {elluguent lauds and lota facluded tion ol lhaL‘mml‘yCull-cm' on fae ud 't and procided orth o establiss the ressuu of wuch fallure. Bee, 230, Qu or before the 10th day of June, 1857, After by has mudo rettioment with the Town or Disirict Collectors, the Coutny Collector sball Diake & sworn statement, showing tho total Amounts of ench kind of tax received by bim from Tuwp and District Collectors, and ‘the fotal Amuunt of each collected by Limself, which stato. Beat slial) b Sled in Lhe otlice of the County Clerk. Fec, 241, The County Collector shall on of before the 16th’ day of Juse, A.D. 1677, Payout Lo tha $1ats Treasarer the faxea In his bands puyable 1o} Lbe Btate Treasury, w¢ shown by such seitlement. . On and affer th L day of Juue, A, D. v 1bia sct shal} cense 10 be in force and eflect, eaving, Swever, al liabiliiles incurred Wereunder, an: tbereafter Secs. 140, 185, 240, und 241, 88 the S5hear and vead 1o 1ho Act of March 30, 1672, thy title of which tu ven in the title and Sec. 1 of bt sct, "whel) renibry. Tn-full Torcs ot effict, thy Mt ag if thiv act hiag never beca passed. Wuxneas, The benedt of thie act and the relist Jereby futended Lo bo sforded to taspayers will be Joat uuless it akes immediate efect, wherclore an :;m:_enu oxists, roquiring tuat it shall so take luml thorufore this sct shall take effect and be In e from sad after its passago. A FUNDING BILL. Mr. Crooker introduced & substitute, under a ;)!‘{: sion of rules, for the numerous bilts now ; e the Leglalature for the fundiog and re- g of county, tawn, and city,aud othee m‘;\:filn;lfiudubmdnut ill proyides for any county, city, ar "all‘ur munk}’p:my lisulng its bonds o ll‘u of e¢ sutstanding, to ruu not more than tweat; Years, snd bearing po_grester mate of lnum{ mmuummf Thy als0 provides fur the fssuing of new bonds, and putting them upon thomarket at s rate of interest not greater than 10 per cent, and producing moncy to tako up theotd bonds. The biil provides for the regiatration of the bonds, and the reductfon uf the Auditor's fees for dolng tlic snme. ‘Tha hitl {n the resmit of the combined labor of Messra. ‘Truesdell, Palmer, and Crooker, of the Judiclsry Committes. A LONG DEDATE ON CRIMINAL TRIALS, The bill of Mr. McKinlsy, taking from the jury In criminal cases the power of fNxing tho [nmlahmenlnr yartiea found guiltyand restoring he power of fxing the sontence to the Conrt, a8 {t was by common law, was taken npon sccond reading. The bill 1s a8 follows: 8zc, 1. Be it nn’:led by the Peojlo of the Btate of Iiitnols, repredented In the General Ammmn That Sec. Gof division foaricen of **An act rovise the lawin relatlon to Criminal Jnrleprn- deuce, " spproveil Marcn 47, 1674, ba smendod so ax o read o8 followa: **In’ all cavcs whero tho [mnllhmnnl sliall be confinemont In the penitens inry, if the case Istried by a jury, the jnry shall llm)vl’y{rnfll upon the gullé or tatiocenca of tha accured, and thie Court shall Ax the time the offend- cof shall be confined in the penitentiary, and in pro< nouncing tentence shall dosignate what partion of tlme the offender rhall bo confined to solitary con- fincment, and what portion tu hard labor," Mr. Armstrong wanted to know ywhy nr.l! change was neoded in the present law. Untll some neceesity for a change was shown o should vote agninat the bill: and to fotch it toa t;nt now he moved to strike out the enacting cluuse, Mr. McKinlay read from the messago of Gov. Beveridge, nmmmendlnfi such change as.pro- lm«m! by the blt). Mr, McKinlay said owlng to he Inequalitics of punishment by jurics, thers was : VERY LITILE JUSTICR in the administration of the law, For the aame offense, trivial and extreme punishments, From iheir Inck of experience, jurles wera cspeelally ddirqualified to fix the punfehment; and the Court was qualificd, Mr. Crooker satd thers must always be im- porfections In the administration of juatice con- sequent upon the imperlections of humanity. ‘Thoro was as much of that abont the Judzes as about jurles. Every criminal easo was now dis- vosed “of under **the outsiqe pressurc.! Jurymen taken from the =~ plow _wero m?mm tible to that than & Judge who looked to a re-election. Besides, In tha power of grauting new trials, the Judge had n supervisory jurisliction over the jury in tho matter of sentences, Mr., Merritt objected to aiving the power to Judges, who were_more arbitrary than eurum; and whero the Judgo had been & prosccuting at- torney he was TIRANNICAL IR THR INFLICTION OF TUNIST- MENT. Mr. Watkius was not frightencd at the sup- estion of n change, when such a change was for thig better, as that suggested would be, Mr. Enston eald whoever kuew the character of dt{; jurice know their total unfitness to e vestod with the power of imflicting punishment, It shouid bo intrusted to tho Judges, who wera men of charactor and would adminisler juatico with nann\lty in punishment. Mr. Matthews favored restoring the power of sentenco oLz T COMMON LAW PLACED IT, to the Judre. Mr, Bherman opposed the motion to strike out the enxcting clanse, The jury should have but the one ‘mem to decide,—that of gulit or fnuocenca. Hut where - they were met at the outset with tho question how much punishment t{:ay should Inflict, they bezan comprotnising on ut. Mr. Bower sald that, so Yonj as juries werc duzur from the most jgnorant, and while, to be qualifled to eit as juryman, ane must be igno~ rant of everything, lie wanted the power of sen- tencu"lr‘cvnscd in the Judges, whodid know something. I Mr. Jnngu opposed the motion {o strike ont. In his leaislative experionca he had soveral times inspected the Penitontisry. There he found 1,600 men whoso sentances, imposed by Jurles, reffected . ALY, MANNET OF, INJUSTICH in quallty and prejudice. "o found men who, ina largo part, were victims of circumatances, sentenced to extremo punishmont, through the ru{ndko. of jurors, for trivial offenscs, while, n the sane prison, hesaw mou for grave criines undergolng thao trivial panishment with which o nymrntlwflc fury had let them off, After further discussion, which consumed most of the alternoon scssion, the motlon to strike out wns lost, and the bif) was ordored to & third resding, g .1 MR, KMIIOE'S DILLS, Mr. Winter, from the Committee on Municl- palitics, reported back, with a_recommendation that they pass, both -of Ar, Kehoc's Elcction ilfe, and they wore read for the (rst tlme and ordered to a sccond readlvog. During the noon recess a meeting of the Cook County delegation waa hield with reference to consfilering whether the emerjtancy clause contained in them as the! vaseod the Bsnate s sufllcient. ‘The electlon s 1o be held n Asru, and to this clection the Jaw was _ designe to _apply. The effect of tha adoption, aof amendinent wonld be to scud the bill back to the Senate, ond, on motion of Mr. Laston, 8 committco of 1hree was appolnted to consider the question as to the sufliclency of the cmergency as it stands, and ¢ will report_to-morrow morming ta the detegation. ‘The Committes consiats of Menars. Easton, 8mith, and Dunne, Tho doubt ariecs from an unpublished decision rondered by Jus- tico Thornton, of the Supremc Court, wilo has been telegraphed to for Information preclscly as to what ho docided about the Emergeney uct, The bills both nre supported by the entire Cook County delegation. O OATCII BUCTT AB BIIIGAS, EDDY & CO, Mr. Clover introdnced a bill providugg for the suulnhment of the oflicers of banks who recelve oposita sfter they know or have means of knowlug thielr banks 1o be Insolvent, In such cascs, where tho (Inrmn i5 loat by the fusol- voney of the bank, it s provided that the Cashe fer, or other officer who recclved the deposit, shall ba adjudged guilty of emberzlenient, and punished wecordingly.” The terms of the bill scem broad ennugfil to Intlude everybody con- necied with a bank, from the Prestdent down, who shall participate o the reception of o de voslt whera the bank (n fact fs fnsolvent. 1 TITR ARNATE Mr, 8hntt's Goneral Bauking bill was reported favorbly from the Cominittes on Bauks and Banking, It provides for o genoral system of Btate hanking, aud for the croation of a Board of Bank Commissfoners, with power to Investi- guto the condition of all Btate banks. It also Tequires monthiv and quarterly reports of thy condition of all Ntate bruks. The bil, belng for = Usueral Bauking law, would have to be sub- mitted 1o o popular vote beforu it could take effect. 2 . MILLA AND. ITAINES, Mr. Mills' bil), providing for bank examina~ tions, which wus referred both to the Banking and the Judictary Committcen ls now belleved 1o be of donbtful mmuluuuunlhaln Its present form. On that account it has boen roferred to Mils and llanno as a sub-committeo of the Hanking Cormmitteo, to so amend it as to got it {uto constitutionsl form. Halnes' Banking bill hias been referred to the samo Conmitice, where It will certatnly bo smotherod, it Mills und Hanna can do it, ‘ NO MORN BLECTONS, Mr. Roblnson introduced a resolution {nstruct- fng our Henators and requesting our Ropre- sentatives in Congress to use their lufluonce to recure such smendment to tho Constitution as will provide for the eloction of the President by w diroct Yot af the people, INSURANCE, s Mr. McClellan Introduced n resolution ad- dressed fn ke manner to our Congressmen, urgzing such modification of the lnws as will pre- vent the transfer. by Insurance cnmlunh's of suits agalnst them to the United Btates Court. COOK COUNTY COMMISEIONERS, Thoe bill of Mr. Robluson, of Cook, providing for the election of a new Board of County Com- migsloners fu Cook County was réported favor ably from the Comittes on County Orgauiza- tion, aud wias ordered to o second reading. Me, Taplor, of Gooky oflersd a bil) ansends Ir. Taylor, of Couk, offercd a amendin Bcc.Sol’ArL V11, of the law in relation n‘: township organization 8o d# to read Bec, 8, The genernl lawe of the B t0 the election and qualidcation of Vol ply $0 al} elections 10 be held under this act, so far us the same may be applicable, excopl aa hures in otberwise provided: pruvided, that u reglutra. tion of votorw shall only b required lu towns which ll‘: wholly within tho lmlts of a8 fncorpurated city, TIB NTATH-IIQUSK. ‘The bill to refnburse the State-House fund to the tune of $100,000 camne up o second reading in the Houxe this afternoon. ‘This is the blll by which, fu direct violation uf the Conatitution, thy Btate-llouss rd, after having espended tho §3,500,000 to which the Constitution lmits theny, propose to get auother §100,000 out of tho fremury. ‘Thiat would pay thoir awn salu> rles and those of their corps of architects and superintendents for the next two J‘ rs. As no nynrom'huen at all adequate to the completion of the bullding can be m.ade uutll after the peo- ple have voted n..] B0 work of auy conseqiicace can be done until then, avd the bill {s really & bilt to contivus A ¥10 LOT OF SALARINS for two years, while the pretenso pf work oo the new State-House is kept up. Mr. Weniworth obtaincd the floor, avd sald that what the House had a right to kuow wus liow_ it haopened that, as recited in the pre- swble of the bill, $100,000 uowmwrly charge- atle to tho Stsfe-louse Fund Lad boco paid out of {t. What had thst $100,000 Leen paid for! He read from tho Couatitution the pro- visions that “po money eball be drawn fromn the Treasury except La pursuacce of appropsia- tlons made,” and that oo woueysspproprsid shail be dirceted to any use other than that for which appropriated.” " Iie wanted to know by what authority the State-Ilouse Commissioners hiad paid ovt 100,000 appropris*ed for the new Btate-floure to other purposes not uvroperly chargeable to the Btate-House fund. Ho moved n refercnce to the Committen on Appropria- tlons, that a proper Inquiry might be made as to these questions. Y A SUNSTITUTE, Mr. Callon offcred a substitute Instructing the Committeo Lo report g{ what authority $100,- 000 had Treon cxpended for purposes, es the bill recited, not properly chargeable to the State- House fund, and wiiat those purposes wore, ‘The bill, and Mr. Callon's amendment as to the report to bo made upon it, were, after far- ther discitasion, referred to the Committes on Appropriationa. THB CHICAGO CHARTER. Mr. Wilderman's bill for the repeal of the Chicago Charter act of 1875 came up thls after- noon, That was the charter, it will bo remetn- bered, which, with grent labor, was put through tho Twenty-ninth Arsembly when the Colvin crowd stole their march ui the pla and carrled the farce of an election nnder which the city became {ncorporated under the General Act. How the bill got herg and what interost {8 be- bind It fa not clear, ' If the Charter act of 1675 be allowed to stand, the city might, if desired, get Incorporated under it, A CAUCUS OF THR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS whs held to-night for the purpose of determine ing whether they would adopt the potlcy of fe- Jecting Gov, Cullum’s appolntments to the various State Boanls unless the opposition bo rovognized In making the nppolntments, But fonrtecn 8cnators werw present, Parrish, Har- rold, Glassford, and Frnntz,ulmkpendonu, did 1ot put in an appearance, Unless thoy agreed to the pollcy to beadopted thera would be no ccrininty it could be carrled out. Bo, after a sm(wrlnmnuulon the fourteen ndjourned, :’ll'l"":l“t ng any final actlon, until to-morrow Taoon. INDIANA. THE LEGISLATURR. Bpecial Dispateh to The Trivna. Inpranaronts, Ind., Marclh 6.—Tho Leglela- tura met In special sesalon this morning, Tho Housc was organized Ly the re-election of the old officers, and at 11 o'clock Gov. Willlams sent In o spoeinl meseage, which was read in Jolnt scaslon. After regretting the necessity of calling an extra sesslon, the Governor p to a birlef review of tho work of the regular ses- slon, which consistod of the parsage of fifty-six 8enato and forty-flve ilouse bills, besides joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Cone stitution. He doprecates specinl legialation to legalizo acts of local legislation. Ha thinksa pingle act should be framed to ndjust court terms, which bave occunied considerable time, Most of the acts which Lave been passed the Governor cummends by special mentlon and thanks the Legialature for them, Proceed- i to discuss the occasion of o speciol sessfon, TNE MEBSAGE RECOMMENDS a provision to mcet tho indebtedncss of tho Btate, and the proper enlargement and support of the soveral benevolent, penal, reformatory, cducational, and Industrial Institulions. An ap- moprlnuan of nearly £300,000 {s nsked to pay fn- rest on tho Btate ndebtedness, ond ~the sama amount to finfah the mnew Insane. Asylum bullding, The debt of the Bouth- erti Prison s asked to be pald, and wision mada for the Woman's Reformatory. 0 Goy- crnor s deelded In nsking $25,000 to save the Iamperty of tho Stato Agrlcultural 8oclety, and, heyond' these points, leaves the propricty o furhier legisiation to the discretion of the Gen- cral Assumbly, The House agreed to o resolu- tion to nd*oum after the avpropriation blills were passcd, but the Senate refused to agrec to adjonrnment on Monday next. It looks now as if the sesslon might bo prolonged. —— WISCONSIN, TUE LEGISLATURE, Spectal Dispatch to Tie Tribune. MaprsoN, Wis, March 6.—Tho Text-Book bill for cheapening schiool-books, after having tho teeth took out of it {n the Scnatq Saturday, recelyed §ts death-blow in the Assembly to-day by a large vote, and now the School-Book Ring men are packing thelrcarpet-bags for home, A bill hins pasred Voth Honscs extending the time for constructing the North Wisconsin Haltroad for one year, A bill was killed fn the Scoate to-doy whith should have become o law, It provided for a Btate Inspector of flluminating ofls 1o enforeo the Jaw nircady on the statutes books which provides thut no ofls shall he sold In_the State of less than 110 Fuhreuteit test, During the debate it wes sbown that 1arge quantitics of oll arc sold in the Btate ata tost a8 low us 80 and 80 Fahreuhelt, Bills_siso passed appropriating 81,000 each to the State Agricultural Hocloty and tle Nortliern Agricul- tural Boclety, i MINNESOTA. VETOED. fpecial Dirpatch fo The Tribuse, Br. PauL, BMinu, March 6.—Gov. Pillsbary Tina vetoed tho legislative act which yiroposed a uniforin Btate tax upon property for school pur- poscs, to be distributed acconling to enroll- mentof puplits in public schools, which would have taken about 830,000 each from 8t. Pauland Minucapolis for the support of country schools, Bunorintendent Burt, author of the bill orle- Inplly, but opposed to the amendmeut made, urgedl the Governor fo yeto it. TIE BTATE'S PRISON BOARD iscovered to-day that, through u mistake, the TLegislature fafled to make appropriation for the supyport of thy prison for the voming yeur, e WEST VIRGINIA. INSTALLATION OF OOVERNOR-BLECT MATTIAWS, Wnrzrive, W, Va, March S.—Henry M, Mutthews was yeaterdny inauguruted ns Gov- eroor of the State. Speeches were mado by the retiriog Governor, Jacubs, and the Governor- elect, after Which Gov. Mattliows took the oath of oflice, The ecremonles wers concluded with a grand foaugurs! Lall last evening. e — LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE. COLORED GFASS IN INBANITT, To the Editor of The Tridune, * Cmoaao, March 3.—Gen. Y'lcasontson’s pri- vate lctter to a lady, published in your {saue of yesterday, relating to the probable bencficinl influegce of the violet ray In tho .treatment of tha fusane. promnpts nie Lo offer & fow suguest- funs conceruing the influenco of the various col- ored raya tpon tho brain, aside froj thelr gen- coral influence ou the whole body. - Imagine thut tha colored rays of light must act onghe braln mainly through the eye, and thelr fufluence muat bo transmitted to the brain through the optic nerve, It I3 well kuown that nany discases of tho brafn are uttendoed by visu- al {llusiona relating to color. Tha puticnt secs colors whon non exist, or colors are chan, fn hue, Muny cerobral diseases are her- alded by these illusions. In ove of my patients ou utlack of lusanity wus preceded for severul days by & red appearance of all lght-colored ubjocts. These iflusions of color are sometimes picasant to the patient, but oftentimes other- whie, [nnn‘l‘vh nut alwuys o discaso of tho brain itaelf. * It Is often the cousequenco of dis- case elsewlhere, The morbid fufluenco §s trane- itted to the brain, and the frritatlon results in fusanity, Remove tue discuso in the affileted urgan, and. the fusanity disappears. [t {s not probable that the colored rays will tnflucnce any other but jdlopathis fusanity, and it {s wy con- viction thut cudes of fusanity due to purely cmo- tionu! causcs witl bu more favorubiy Influcnced thao othiers. In the lutter cnsu 4he fusanity {s not attended l:ly any morbld changes discernfble even by the ald of ‘the mictuscopu, Doubtless thero oro ulthuote tolecular t'l'llnli('l. but they are he{ond our recogultfon. 1 bellovo that lusanily not attended by too great structural chavges the intlucucs of “eolored rags may be fouud tobo productive of curative—or, at least pallistive—resuits, : But {n order to apply the colors we must in- augurate o scrics of experiments for the pur- lmc of ascertaining the eflect of each eu ar r3y npon both the hualtby and the sick. nood not I all cases take the humun bod the subject of experiuicut. Plants aud avfinals way b’ subetituted tn come cases. Very luter- estlug vbservations might be made on thu effect of ane color—ta thy exclusion of ali others—on the ininds of animals. Would s beaithy dog, with on sveraze mental orgaulzation, be al normm( intlucaced by being kept coustantly in room fignted only by Liue glass? Would this nguence be the suine In tature us the Wlutacs ol un excluslve yellow ruy ‘A serles of carctul aud” judicious ex| ents fostituted I insaue asylums would turuwa rent deal of Jiht on this subject, and inight e productive of inuch cn. Plrasouton speaks of its use in the treat- ment of the Insune i very aumblguous terms. Ho saya it (the Dlue ray) “*hay been attended with warked results.” What results T amuble to guln bat Nitls information rela- thve Iun these reaults, but tnut lttle Is quite suzs estive, & In one of the French Insane Asylums, not only the blue ray, but others were tried, aud the effuct was very Interesting. Thored roy ciused results which confrmed = 7 the popular hellef in ita exciting, maddening in- fluence. When violent and manfacai putients were plared {n rooms where shered ray predomi- nateq, they beeame worse. All toe violent symptoms were sgiravated. If these patlents were yemoved toaroom where the biue ray predominated, they becama calm and quict. Itis related that oue patient, a woman—whose delirlum was greatly sgzgravat- ed by the red ray, Immedistely sald—on going into the blue room—** How soothing that is "— and shortly after, when loft alone, foll aslesp. Ureen faalso & quleting_ color If 1t is not too green. A dark-green I8 like a dark-blue,—It seems to losc its calmative power. Nor must the green have & arx'l_fnunun of yeltow in it, for yellaw, like red, {rritates the nerves of the in- pane. I have had patienta who bes have the yellow shades removed from the win- dows-it “*“irritatedjtiem go.” There are gra- dstlons of pale-blue and green thst acem ver! much alike. The sky Is not nlwaya blue—It s often—eapecially near the horizon—a pale-green. The same may Lo sald of the sca, the lake, or any large body of water. n the asylum to which I have alluded thera were & sumber of patients affiicted with melan- choly. Fome ot them were placed Inthe blus rooms, othera in the greqn. In both Instances their malady scemed nggravated, or at Icast not benefted. “Those placed in the yellow rooms complafned that it msde them fecl hndl{. They hecamo moruse. Al wers benefited, liowever, by being placed in the red room, or in rooina llnhu,-d by ultra-violet rays. ‘The ex- tremo violet rays, which some wonild call pur- g{l aro very stimulating to the nervous syatem. because they contain any eleciric forre,— for that has not yot been proved by scientific experiment nnd investigation, Id Shaspearo know anything about the fn- flucnco of colora on the miml when he wrote: She pined in thought: And with a green and yollow melancholy, ha rat, like paticnce 0n A montment, Bmiling ot grief. It is posaible that, by the judicious use of the lighter blue snd green n;u‘ and perhliw tie combinations resulting in *lavender,” * fawn. color, and the like, we may be ahle to Minister to & mind discased, cspecially when the mindisirritated to delirium. It secma to me that the shades In the windows of patlents affocted with the delirlum should be palo-blue. The public have rushed Intothls " blueglass " busincss with amazing haste. They have scted 84 i( |t was the panacea for all diseases, Blue giass {5 no more s panaces than blue mass, 1 know that in many lustances it has caused sovere suffering, A hrfe. plethorie lad concelved the fdea [t Would beuefit her heade ache, but ench trial aggravated {t. The head. ache was congestive; had it boen nervous, and Jiad the lady been &do and slender, ahe would have been henelite For n patient of melancholle temperament, torpid circalation, and apathetic, I sdvised blue panes of giass surrounded by n border of violet aud ruby. Bhe soon expressed hersclf as fecls ing much brighter, and azserts that the window has a very cheering effect. L believe the pale-blue, green, or violet raya would be excellent In the nursery. Children Tecome e:ccedlnf(l] nervous from the bricht sunlight, containing an excess of red and yellow rays. When ill from teething, from fevor, and cfl;eclnll when the braln is allected, llm{ in- etinctively turn from theso m]u’ and sdem fo be #oothed by o pale-blue or light, 1t 1a thnio that physicions, fn private practice oud in public hospitals, should test the value of colors as eids {n tha treatment of the sick,—not blindly, but as judiclously ss they seloct med- Icinos for cach special case, Evwin M. Have, M. D. THE BOUTR TANK RUDDLE. v ihe Bditor of The Tribuns. Cimrca00, March 2—Permit me Lo sugpest that the best way to adjust the Bouth Park trouble fs for the Legislature to amend tho Park biTl o as to autliorize s voto to be taken of the peoplo upon the questions of dolng away entirely with the park ou the Loke Bhore, of of at lenst reducing Its size about one-half, If only the latter thing shiould be the result of such a vote, 1t would effectuslly shut off the extravagant clalms now set up by some partfos, and still Icava ample park-room at that point. Such of the lands ns have already been nid for could be sold to increase e means of Improving the re- mainder; gud then also there would he fuuds with which to establish a park of sixty to cighty neres at the {ntersection of the boule- vard along Fifty-fifth streot with Western ave- nite. A small park of ten acres has beeu cs- tablished st this luterscetion, but it should be ot least five times as large, and theo would not be In proportion equitably with the slze of the other parks. It |san outrageous fujustice to have catablished so many hundreds of ncres of park-grounds in Hyde Fark, aud to leavea spuce of noarly ten milcs from sald parks, following the coutso of tho streets, to Douglas Pork, with only the little patel of 8 Pnrk at the cor ner of Western avenua and Fifty-fith street. Vox PoruLr. PARK-CONMISSIONER CORNELL. To the Bdltor of The Tritwme, Cumicaao, March 8,—1 notice in Tur TRIBUNR of yestorday a communleation signed * Park,” In which it Is stated that in his judgment 1L wunll be a graceful act on the part of Paul Cornell to decline a reappolntment as Bouth Park Commissioner fo ordor, that some such man as B. ¥, Ayer may be oppointed, which scems rather singular to ine when at the ssmne timefricndship for Mr, Cornell§s cxpreased. For Mr. Cornell to declioe a reappolntment at a time when the encmics of parka are accusing him of miscouduct In his officlal posltiun, and resolutions arc pending o the Jegislature for an investization of the Cominission, would sbout as gracoful - an act as for an oflicer who lhad served a Jong term on & peae footing to resign his cunmand on the eve of battle in the face of tha enemy. Persistent and deter- nined efforts are being made by those who have 4 flsh to fry ' to prevent the reappointnent of Mr. Cornell. It appears to me, under all the efriumatauces, that his rmzpolnunnnt. wouid ho on act of justice, As the Commission are to ba Invessigaied, no harm could come of ft; it found Incompetent, he can be removed; If, on the other hand, ft is found that he has lnmll'nllv discharged the duttes of his oflice, he can then restgu williout auy appearance of iinproper mo- tve. ApMIneR or Ulacs, to COOK COUNTY COMMIASIONKRS' HILL. 0 the Kditor of The Tritune. Cnicaao, March 8.—In an oditorial In your {asue of March 1, you fuquire why the Couk County Commiasioners’ bill hasn't been heard of latcly. Ho far ua tho fouse is concerued, let me say, that two Dbills _have becn Introduced futa the House, one by Mr. Hickey and one by myself. Mr. Hickoy's bill wae different In some respects (rom that Mr, Rabinson (ntruduced nto the Souate, und the one iutroduced by me was tho lobinson bill, These two bills were ro- ferred to the Committee on Judicial Depart- ment, have been considersd, and Mr., Hickey's bill reported back with smondments such as Mr, Robinson {ndicated as satisfactory to him, with a recommendation that tho samb do_pasa a8 amended, ondered to second roading and will come up In 18 regutur onder, The bill has not been delayed, neglocted, or lost sight uf. Yours truly, E. B, BURRMAN, DISAUPTRD, 29 (e Kditor of The Trivune, Citioago, March 3.—The Thna is perfectly rabll,—no mad dog ever went into fits st the slght of water quickerand moreinvoluntarily thun does the *old man ™ at the vlection of Hayes. Assuming to be au Independeut journal, its cul- umus prove it to be anything else, teeming and besmeared all over as they wro now with the lowest pot-house abuse, Au advocats for falr- ness and equity fn the dectsion of our Presfe dential question, it would now resort to the merest technieality and plunge the country into revolution to eloct Tilden, or mther, porluips, o dofeat Hayes,—for {4 Is hard to tell from its oute break which would prove the greator curse to the country. But, enough. " i ) 3 Y Warless are now Let Charity cover Whent-Sowing and CornPlanting. A correspundent of the Stecling (IN.) Gazelle gives a table showlug, for his scitivn, & record of the times of the commencement of wheat- sowlng and _corn-plantivg, also the pumber of days from the tiue of sowing or planting uutil ew harvest and for estiug, alnce tho year Year, 0 pril 6. March 91..0.10411865 April 13,...,102/1808 pril { THE RAILROADS. Gould's Plot Causesa Decline of 10 to 12 in Burlington Bhares, Interesting Statistics Concerning p the RRallways of New York. Misoollancous Items of Interest to the Enighta of the Road, GOULD'S GOBNLE. No farther devclopments bave been made fn regard to the " gobbling "' of the Chicago, Rock Island & Tacific and Chlcazo & Northwestern Raflroads by Jay Gould, The statement made i yesterday’s Trinuxa that the movement fs principally for the purpose of making war on the Chicago, Burlinzton & Quincy Railroad iy confirmod by the fact thst the stock of this Company fell off 10 or 12 cehts yesterday, and tiis in splte of Mr. Gonld's protestations that no such war (s contemplated. That Mr. Gould and bis henchmen are trying to conceal the real motives for thelr action fs best shown by the ststement made by Mr. Dows, one of the Nortiwestern and Rock Island Directors, who fs ahout to become also s Di- rector of the Unfon Paeifle, and which nppearcd in yesterday's paper. He sald that Gould had obtalned control of these roads for the purpose of permancntly uniting thelr interests. Unless some such stop had been taken, a probabla Aght would have started among the rallroad companics between Chicaco and the Paclfic as disastrous s that waged; last year Ly the East- ern roads, ‘This statoment 1a Uisproved by the fact that the earnings of all tho three ruods leading to the Pacific from_Lhls cityare pooled, and the utmost barmony has so far prevalled betweon them, Had not Jay Gould stepped In, this pool would bave Jasted for years, as it wis working very satis- factorily, and n rallrdud war between them would have been an linpossibility, - But as 1t 1s now it Is hardly probable that s disastrous war between thnue{lnns can be avolded. Tho animus of Gould towanls the Burlington & uincy has beon known for some tinft past, and the managers of this road were not at all taken by surprise by the new developments. They have been preparing for the contingency and aro now ready for the fray. The fight which the RBurlington & Missourd River Ruflroad in Ne- hraska is waging Ju Congress azainst the Unlan Pacific, and for which the lutter holds the Bur- lngton responsible, Is distressing the Unlon Pa- cific sorely. If Congress should decide in favor of tho Nebraska rond the Union Paclfic would lose the mileaze of nearly 200 miles and fts profits wonld be greatly reduced, Besides the Bur- lington wonld then be the ahortest Hne to the Pacific coast. As the indications are that the Nebraska road will win, Gould Is determined to prevent the dlsaster by foreing the Burling- ton toterms, and henee fils enmity towards tho rond. Tne Unlon Pacifle interest can better afford to buy the three Chicazo lines outright than lose the case which is uow peading before Congresa. TAVE ERIE RAILWAY. Ratheay Worid for February. ‘The reports from England indicate a specdy recoustruction of the Erie Rallway Company. ‘The programmne, ns submitted to the share and bond holders, seems to have been arcepted, ns dealing fatrly with ell partles (nterested, and, therefore, the announcement that holders’ of nearly or quite one-half of the bonds, on which there bias been n defanlt of Interest, have given their nssent to the provisfoss of the plan for reconstriction, may be taken ns cvidenco of the speody putting this Company, In its rcorganizod state, on fta feet.” To make the rcorganized Company 8 success, it {s acknowledged that alarge amount of moncy must be expended on It lines of roadaand In new equipiment, and to secare this, In sutditlon to the tnoneys derived from fund- fng the coupons, an asscasment of &0 ver share has been Inserted as part of the plan of reconstruction, 1f this nescssment s patd on the total share capital 1 will give afund of about £5,000,00. Tie largest amount of money that can be securwd from al) sonrces for the Improvement of the line will barely saflice 10 place the Company fn n good way to make tnoney, aud therehy in time recure a road and equipinent fully cqual to it rivals, @ merchants and capitalists of the City of New York do not svem fo nppreelaie how much thelr intereste depenid on the conditlon of the Erlo Rellway Company ; nor whot bmmense ad. vantages and proilts may be sceured to them if that Company 13 cnabled to pnt ita line In capl- tal order, In[r Its third rall, get rood vqulrmum. and generally bo placed fn a condition wliere it can perform s rervices nt as low rates of cost as any other line. They shouldunderstand that ftia the only line of “rathvny that is wholly in the Interests of the City of New York. The New' York Central” has _its two Atlantic seaports, Boston and New York, and ¢ 18 quito as much, §f not more, in thy Interests of New England os In those of New York Ciry, and, consequently, I8 managed in scvordance with its Interests,” The Penpeyivania Rallroad ias Its three seaports, New York, Phitadelphin, and Baltimore, oud will ansge fts business aeeording to Ita Intercsts, But tho Erie Rallway Company is confincd to the City of New York ss its only seaport city, The truc intereats of the merchants aud capital- 318 of that city are clearly 1o mlly aronnd that company and render all the ald reguired to en- able {t°the most fully to sccommadate tho trafic and travel between the City of New York iyl the West. The control of thz Company, it fa acknowl- cdged, has possed from questionable hauds into those of wen of high charucter and truo abilily, and there I3 no renson left why this Company should not be abundantly taken care of. The business men, property-Holders, and capitalists of New York Clty should understamt that every ton ol freieht and every Fassenger thal is* carrled over the other Maes, to or fron the City of New York, fs just 2o tmuch added ta the obility of those vompanies to alil the Citles of Boston, iladelphis, and Baltitnore, and so much taken from thy ability of the Erie Com- &my‘m nl-(znderln best servive to tho City of New York. It Is astonlshing that, with so much written, brinted, and talked about tho loss of commerca Totho Uity of Now York, the eyes of its Chicap Trausportation Suclety, withits many members have ot seen in the Frio Rallwny the best and onty chunce to realize, as nvarly as possible, shelir wishies, ‘The New York papers are quite full of plans for reduciug cost of handiing grain, ete, Intheir barbor. Yet they bave uot discovered that if tho Erie Railway Company was put in prime order, with nurrow-gauge and other requirel fas cllitica on the line, that it would pay to placs.on 13 Long Dock property storsiee bouscs, graln clevators, and all the required machinery to re- duvo the cost of handling crain, ete., 1o as low figures 24 I8 now done in the larbors of Phila- delphia snd Baltimore, Thts subject s rocommenided to the conshl eration gnd oxamination of the people of New York City. 11 they are wlsa they can secure, under thelr exclusive Influcnce, the very beat ropnoctions with the West, through the Frle Railway Company. They vau furthur neutralize tho advantages that other cities now hisve over New York, What nioro can they desire! The Erie Rallwuy Cutnpany requires money to eua- ble it to perform this service. Let the mer- chants and capltallsts of the City of New York stop grumbling 2nd scolding and go to work,— furnish ibie moncy necded, and thicre will bo no ground for their complaints. ——— ILLINOIS CENTRAL FARNINGS, ‘The statemcnt of tho caruings of tho llinols Central Railroad for the month of Februsry is about the same as that of (he month previatis. 1t contfuues to show a scrjous falling off fu the carings both on the Hilivuls and fowa Divisions, 1t s belleved, howover, that alter this the statcment will jbe wore fsvorsble, as the bualucss ot the road has been picking up during the last week or two, aud o s h-nllrv [ «doubt that it will vontinuu te fmprove alter this, h or the wouth of Fobruary, 1877, ollow: el e relgbt. . E i o0, 1 3 fineeiseia: s Wi TOWLivrs saoresen §IR0IT QUNLTTI - BIBAER During the correspondiug mouth of 1878 they Jitinotr. foiea. 7, 84,777 8524 :tl)l Total.ueeeersens $431,760 $133.841 8377203 Decrease in the Illinals earniugs, $36,693,50, and In tho Towa carnings, $30,100.04 ' Total de: cruase, $116,58244, THE RAILROADS OF NEW YORK. Tho aunual report of the State Engluccr of New York ou the rallways of the Btate, which ‘was subimitted to tho New York Legislature u few dsys ago, coutalns sowe Very futcrestivyg rtatements. They are especially valuable, as showing the Increase in the amouat of deht of the corporation, Delow are given the amount of the stozk and «ebts of the companion at the close of 1878, ns compared with thelr condition at the close of 1875: 1878, 1873 by, 410,000,000 A7 000,000 401,000,007 ; TR otal fumded and TGE sasen 219,000.0m0 Prwengers carried, 98,097, (87} “Tone carriad in frel vy 33,000,000 Cost_of maintaining road- 0::1;’ 16,000,000 1A 11,169,000 ficw"l"l‘flr' xuum;',un Earningy froi lrninese,,, 23, 400,000 rnings EAY. o . 563,000,000 50,800,007 \ayTosnis for othce (han for constructiony Faor{ransporiation expenses § 50,8 0.0 , 900,00 EOr nterest .o roer INIOKD IRANOD For Aividenda on Mosk..on 34 100,00 008,00 Amoumt d 1 fund, wn.om ] Bot inéf; 7,000,000 firand %, s} ymen GFNG total of ebrain DeACIte susvesssasrene Number of passans killed. amber t pesarnigers injured. &7, LOUIS MERETINGS. 87. Logiy, March 0.—At thelranuual meeting to-day of tha atockholders of the 8t. Lonis, Iron Mountaln & Bouthern Rallway, a dispute nrosc as to who should yote 25,000 abares of stock which were some three yesrs ago placed in the hands of Baring Bros,, Londonm, by Thomns Allen, President, and IHeory J. Mar- pguand, Vice-Irealdent of the road to Le held in trust hy them as security to English bondbolders for default- ed Intereat. “ Both parties clalmed the riuht to voto these shares. Iu\the difficulty G, 8. Ward, of New York, agent of Baring Dros.,, who {s here representing thelr Intercsts, procured from the Clrcuft Court an injunce tion restralning Messrs. Atlen and Mae- quand. from voting the shares. Subsequent- 1y, and while the mecting was stlll in progress, Mr. Allen, through his attorney, ob- tained a modlifieation of the Injunction probibite fng the hnldln% of any mecting at all or tho clection of any D{rcctots until further notice of thu Coort, s was scrved op the partles present, who at this time were voting, and the meeting was closed &t once. The matter will be heard oo its merits by Judge Goltschalk, on Thursday or Friday. ‘Meantime the old Directors hold over, It nppears that bad thezo shares been voted by the Harinz Bros. interest, it wonld probably have resulted in ousting Allen and Marquand from the management of the road, and placing itin the hands of ceriain New York partles. This ecems to hiave been the object n viow. At the election for Directors of the Missour! Pacific Railroad to-day the following gentiemen were chiosen to serye for the un-.mlng: sears C. K. tiarrison, Williatn R. Garrison, R. "Saze, D, R Mongam, J. P. Kennedy, A, V._Stout, and ticorge C. l-'omnt, 8ll of New_ York; Oliver Gorrison, D, . Gorrison, D. K. Ferguson, and Witliam Samuel, of 8t. Louls; A. M. Bilinga, Q‘l Chicago; Joseph L. Stevens, of Booneville, Mo, The stockholders of the 8t. Louls, Kansas Clty & Northern Raflroad elected the following Directors to«day: Joseph.A, Jameeon and Bo- jon Humphrey, of New York; B, W. Lewis, James II." Hritton, John Jackeon, Geo: D, Hall, L. B, Parson, Jobn A. Beudder, Joseph Boggy, William 8pears, and James F. How, of St, Louls, The Unfon Depot Company also held o meet- ing to-day and elected the following zentlemen as Directors, Willtam 1. Clement and J. N, Kinnes, of Cincinnati: R. H. Bhoemaker, W. D, Griswold, Bamucl Gatty, and Willism Tauasiz, of 8t. Louts. W. H. Clement was re-clected Prestdent and B. H. Shoemaker choseu Viee President, BT, L., K. & N. W, Special Disatch to The Tribune. KEORUEK, [n., March .—The annual meeting of the 8t. Louls, Keoliuk & Northwestern Rall- wav was held In tbis city to-day. Tho annusl report showed that, notwithstanding over three montbs' time was Jost on account of damage by floods, the earnings Jast year were in excess of the expenses. The following were elected Di- rectora for the ensulng year: George Edmunds, Carthaee, 11l ; Mr. O. Koberts, Clarksville, Mo, § 1, Hlam}, New York; Amusn Stoug, Cleve- Tand: W, H, Harrls, Kansas Citys A. L, Griftin and [, B. Blood, Keokuk. The Directors chose the followine officers: President, A. B. 8tong; Vice-President and General Manager, A. T Griflin: Secretary and Treasurer, 1. B. Blood; Attorney, George Edmunds. TTEMS, There was but lttle work transacted yoester- oy In the frelght offles of the Lake Shore & Michigan Soutliern Ralirond. The clerks wero engnged all day fn admiring thelr magnificent new wardrobe, and the Chief Clerk, Mr. Chase, 1iad his honds full In catching mice on his desk, These Httle pests hnd become 50 famniliar that they had actually comtuenced to look fnto his private correspondence. 1o has therefore sworn venizeanco sguinst the whole tribe. He hns caughit about a dozen o far, and if the sup- ply of cheess holds ont nobody kuows how many moro he will cateh, ‘The regular monthly meeting of the South- western Raflroad Rate Association will be held at the Grand Pacie Tlotel to-day. Thero are several fmportant matters to come bofore the meeting, atd the prospects for an exeiting and {mportunt scasion sre excellent, meeting of the Genernl Frefoht Agents of the Western and Soutlinvestorn rallronds will be Dield ot Toledo to-morrow for the purpose of revising and equallzing the frelght rates from all tha Western and Soutbwestern polnts to Eastern staports, ———— BUNKO MEN. 7o txs Bditor of TAe Triduna, Caicano, March 4,~Tus Tmsune of to-day commends the present administration of the City Qovernment for its persdstent persecution of gam- blers, coufidence men, bunko-stecrers, and vazs- Vonds generatly. It recommends & wore specific and stringent vagrant act, Allihie ¢ good, and sounds like business, And itisto be boped (hat wvery psper of respectabllity to the city ‘will agt- A [ atter untll we are ridof this wonw than s of persone. 'These blvar-eyed scoiis draly datly and hourly travaling th strectn of Chicag peak especihily of the binko wien, They are aver hovering about the raiiroad depote, and every uneavpeciing stranger is waylaid, fm- portaned, and pushed or dragwed into tholr dens of scoundrailam. Tho cley is fast gelilng un uenvia-~ ‘ble roputation as being & {fhw where 1t I8 dauger. ous for & person with & satchel In bis hand to pass from o vitlaing lupot 80 the other on account of {hicss It Mayor [leath wishes 1o furthor per- netunta his this far gond goverament Jet him soo that Chief Hickey requires prowpt action of his forea to abste this nulsance, Wxanant Poros, e e =+ e Was Morosu Innocent ¥ Covvespondence Nes Yore Tvmes, Panm, Veb, 12.—For the pust year, two yonn, and emiuent chemists belonging to the Frencd Academy of Sclences bave been experlinenting with the sulpinte of copper. Thelr attontlon was drawn Lo |t by thd casc of Morcay, the druggist of Salnt Denls, of which ¥ wrote a yeur pgo. Bome of my readers may romember that lie was sccusced by popular vumor of munlerhy) lis wife, and a chiemist _declared that hg had sound a quantity of sulphate of copper in the bowcls sutliclent to cause desth. At Moreau's house the pharmacopeia was found marked ot this substatics, This was taken tu be coulrma- tory evidence, and Moreau wua condemned, Wlicn reaching the gulllotiue he turned, and once more declared, in the most impressive muanter, that he was an innocent man. This caze started the two young chemists ot work, and they made their report to the Acad- oiny on Saturdsy. One declares that sulphate of topper in cqual quuntities to that found In- the remains of Mume. Moreau is a naturs) in- gredient of the human bodys the other boldly aflirms that no purson was gver vet polsoned by the substunce, He begao by experlmentivgion does aud thon on himsolf, takiug two or three drachms. [le was nauseated, and gencrally yumaited, but not poisoned,acconding to tho geu- eral acceptation of the teru, Iis experlinents havo so convinced him thnt he boldly declares that no one was ever polsuncd to death by sul. vhate of copper, and denles (n toto the con sions reached by the chetist who made the an- olysis ju the vaso of Morcuu, Is It possible that we have to nod this to the already foux st of Judicial ercors? i Topressiog Dueling, M. Terold’s blll for repressing ducling in Frauce, which is now under consideratfon in the Beuate, makes it a misdemeanor punishable by u peripd ol lmprizonment ranging from a moth to a year und a fine runging from §20 tw §200. Whet a wound is fufficbed the penslty whil be Swprisoniment for from three siouths to thres yearswud o Due of from 84010 3100 1f Lhe Wouinds result futably, the winlnum period of smprisonment will be one yesr, und the maxl- wuw fve years, amd the atiousts of “the fue from $200%0 $2,00, Auy provoastion to s ducl oruu lusult bavisg that objwct lu view, will ;i 170%,0:,00 015,000,000 % render the person guilty of it to from six days tothree munths’ Inprionment snd o {ino'of from $2) to 22003 anil the same punishment 1 azplicatile tn those who make any accusntion In publiec chargine a man with having refused & challenge or falled w‘fro;\oee aducl, The sco onds fure nearly as badly as the principals. AN . Ammnns o s amnmnind HAVERLY’S THEATRE, MAGUIRE & NAVERLY. arrietors WILL B. CHAPHA. anager Engngement of the EVANGELINE COMBINATION, TO-NIGHT, the Grand &pectncular Extravaganzs, VANGELINE, WID it ELIZA WEATRERSDY atyd the orfginnl come. nny, New ane iKipal Musle, Gorgrous formeryy iahorate Propertica, Novel EAfeets, Grand Chornyes and Maechies, Everything neat, new, and sparkiing, Pri ectIurueits fngll'um"",flgqvnl& 1,007 Bale 5 rentad reie] S cents. 3} NESDAY and SATURDAY, RS THEATRE, NO INJUNCTION. Onr Lemons Are Not Squeezed. LEMOINS! LEMOINS! LEMONSI Saturday Matinee. 0LD GENUIAE ITALIAN VIOLINS, A wonderful selection of gennine old Italtan viollay rom the crlebrated mastors will be on exhibition durs n the present woel: At Tioot & Rona” musle store, 159 Fiataeat., and far sai6 at vevs ioderate pricer. Amony the seleciton may he fond A rare and genuine Steadfs ¥arias of nolde quality of tone, & Bergonet and Gasd. os, inl, unescelled for concert pui . A - Pitnian, Amatl, Magsinl, GUSherlir. Casoat 41 faloy 123 Tenof, snd oth.ers of well-known makers, ADELPHI THEATRE, Matincestzp.m. Eveningats. My, and Mrs, Jullan XXeut In thetr Border Drams, WILD BIX L. A terrific iear Fight and 8plend(d Oifo. Biatines, Saturday, Ladies' Night, Thursday, COLISEUNM. FEvery Evening, ANOTHER COMPLETE CHANGE, James and Ratle Biwards, ketch Artita. The Homerr, I Itieh bXetelies, The Thren Crawfo & and Dance Artlats, Tk’ Rowe, Contortionist, hicila Celesteand €, C. Mathews, Trapeze, Third snd iast week of Deo Tlinpron a1 Joans Whitdomb. Aficrnoon 8L2:20._Evening at i, - OCEAN STEAMSHIPY, ALLANLINE TIA QUEBEC and VIA BALTIMORE. PASSAGE, all claasos, hetween princlpal pointa | Europe vt Ammerica: - Unbin wod Haibon Accome s . jortestFos Hoate, Bupcrfor fhips, Experienced Otlicers. Discipiiued Crews, N ! - i ll:ue. n’n: Weekiy mua';fl'.in'éfiy;:’"’" grant and Stecr;s [t 10T e, 0t Towers valee.” Appig rg 106 very best N& ALLAN & CO., Nos. 72 & 74 LaSalie-at,, Ciilcago. North German Lloyd. Thesteamers of this Company Wil sail every Batec.o day from Tremen Pler, foat of Yhird-et., lobaken. ares of ro—From New York fo Southampton. don, Havre, and Hiremen, Arst cabln, §100; second n cabin, ¥AU, guid: Heoersge, 890 carrency, For {roigas oF padsage apply to OELTICHS & Gios bl 2Bawitog Green. New §ofk Great Western Qiemnshlp Line. From New York to Dristol (Engtand) direct. CORNTWALL, Sta X . 3 3 S0t 'l‘«st:r'.“ Weniern ”"-}_"‘-"33-"'7&'5? {3 4 i paraze, 70: I Sleer . Excurston ticketa, $120( Trepaid Siec CeriiReates 2 Apny u:‘!fil L WITITE, 61 Clark-sc, ditchivad ONLY DIRECT LINE TO FRANCE, The General Tramsatlantic Company‘s Mait 8 betmeen Kew York Ang Havro, | Clig kb Thymoucn Sl st ey aicraate, W dnerar, begiming Aotion-sh o ueniag, begfuuin; it B Taurio, Lachertory Wedncadsrs Mareh 7, 1 . Agent_sor_Chieago. T PROPOSALS, Proposalsfor Fuel, Forage, and Straw. HEADQUARTERS DrraRTXXNT 0F DAXOTA, CHIRY QUARTKRMARTRI'S (FVICK, 3r. PavL, Mind., March 1, 1877, Bealed propoeals, In tripiicate, Tiibjcct to tne unial condiyfons, wlil I Fecetscd at thix oficaand ut the oflices of the Quartermasters a1 tie foliowlng Named post and at sloux in., untf 1 noor, 0n tha 26141 day of April, 1477, at which time and piace the ‘will be open: rewenes of Didders, fur furniati- rain, 112y, and Straw lied cumingrelng July 1 followlng posts st statione, vis. urta Abeiromble, Abraham Lincoln, Buford, Pem- bina, liandalh, Hice, faward, sivonsor Bally. Hiasu tun. wi Tottes. snd Cainp Ttancoci wnd il Raenctens 1 ot Fort: Sl i s Forts cles, 11, T., at Fort Snelling, o 18Rt Kiis, anis Slinw, And Camp Baker 6. T.. and alw at pusta at or near mouth of Tungue iliver, and ac Posie un oF tcar the 1 Horm feparata biis shonid be niade: for e ¢ and for each clam of supplics, A msy of tils advertisoment shoutd be attacliel (0 each bid. _1ide for any portion uf the specitied auppiles will be receliixt and preferenca @lvei (6 arifcles uf domestie prxdction. Fuch bitl must be accompaiied by & gusranty that in caso thie contraut Is AwaRicd Lo the pereon Proposing, 1t Meill be wccepted and entered aul ‘s sutn- clent securlly furnfshed by him mmediately, This Kuarates must be signed by two responsibie gusrent Sy fo U eertitied ad goud ot sutlclent wuaratord Ly uUuited States Disirict. Attorney, Colleclor uf Cur= tows, GF otlier oMicer under the Unlied statcs Govern rfl"n!ll ul'lll;"l[uullllll: person known 10 the officer recely- o bid. fie Gokrument rserves therght toreject any ot RIver, 35, T, or e hids. 10 bidding for grali, the bliders will sate the Tate per 1ok peer bushel, Hian, rinted eircutars stating the kind titics required st each L full instructiuns ax 10 the nsnne ali{uti b e olwerver by bidicre, Aud terms of cub and payment, will be fumished ou_ spplication to- this oflice ur o tlie Quartermasters ab the varivus posta and atatluns panied, Hnvelopes cautalning proposala she S TRAROMIIEFUE +ivurrvanssenscrs R 23, i sddrons 10 thio Budersignod, or e fout oF dey usrtermasiers, ENJ, L. , s Chief Quariermaster, _ Yollowatono River Transportation. Orrick CItIxP QUARTXRMAMTAL, DEPARTMENT OF DAKOTA, . PAUL, Miun., March 1, 1477, The Quartermaster's Depariient wiil require Waler Franspirtation during the boutini weasol of tle year rons liisinarck nd Fort A. Lincoln, and froin Forg infard. for about 8,01 tons uf Milllary Suppties, 10 Poste at or pear the Tongne aud Litsie lix Horn Wvers. wiera of stestivrs of 1t draushit andireat pows and otherwiso sultable for sorvica jn those rivers, s As & portion of sal i carrlers at Lismarck, D T.. bidders £l Mixnonr Iiver portion of thy service, separate fruus that for tle Yellowatone, 15, G, CARD, Chlef Quartermnater. “NOTIOE TO CONTRACTORS! Bealed 1o 1 et the Madlone kgt P i g T, ce Cler] 1he 0 of Cleero until Saturday, Ml orily A5 Tujen uf Cicers unil daturday, Marel Bearilicy calions may be seen ot Nu._ 110 West Wadilng! PARVEY J, HICE, 1iinold, . WHEN BUYING SOAEF —ASK Foit— PROCTER & GAMBLI?S Mottled Cerman. There is None Better, OB MORE EOONOMIOAL FOB PAMILY USE* OB MORE ECONOMIOAL FOR PAKILY USE: PIFE CUTTER, The Acme Pipe Cutter. Cuts Wrought Iron, Drass, sud Copper Pipes, Bollor Tubes, Hound Jron, Shafting, o, Makve Clean Cut,no Burring. Solid Cast Stce) urvughouts eud fof Chrcular to I"ANCOAST & MAULE, = 247 Pear-st., Fhiladelpha. o FINANGIAL, 920, 830, ¥100. $200. WU, ALEX, FIID‘{IIINUH.UI & CO., Bavkers aod Drokers No. 12 Wallab, New vork, maks (or et omiera dustrabis lvestiuzata o 1argo or sisll sniouaty veatiuen; ocks vl & legitimaie charaster, which frequeall; rom e 14t i vated 1 enty Lics 1o smouut lay. DYy i daye, Raliatje Sk riviiaues iegoato B e U U 10 et ot N Sl i Weekly Heportd sousfree. - = V. WINTER RESORT, Nawad Dabama WJuE HUYAL VICTOUIA LOTE ands. i 0F ALL KINDS. . FAIRBANKS, MOREE & 00, 111 & 113 Lake St., Chicago, Besaisfultobuy only the Geouloe,