Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 12, 1877, Page 2

£3 e e i ¥ £ A e TP e—— AT ks, k-4 f THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SA"I‘URDAY\ MAY 12, 1877—TWELVE PAGES, ———— e e Ibrail indicatess purposa of cccupying & great part or the whole of the Roumanian bank of the Danube, This will prove perplexinz to the Turks, e they cannot oppose an cqual forca at all points, and they muat leave some places valnerable to a sudden concentration of Ruesians for the paskaga of the river. Turkish troops on the Dobrudschn Is suggestive of an Intentfon of retiring from thenco to the recond 1ine of defenses, leaving the crossing of the Dane " nbe comparatively unopposed. AN INGENIOUS BRIDGE. ‘The Rnesians have constrncted a very {ngenions pontoon bridge In the mouth of the Sercil, which w1l be towed Into the Danube and anchored there, almost ready for the immediato passago of the troops, - A special from Rischenef says themarch of the Rassian army In Itoumanis fe now eo far ad- vanced that the Grand Dnke Richolgsand general #ladl witl go there immediately. According to advices from Pashang, Ruseia ntenda to have a atanding corps of - observation on the frontier of Bukowina, 1TEMS, A Vienna dispatch says the Lembotg & Czarno- nltz Railway Company has recelved orders to rend no more rolling-stock fnto Roatanla, and to with- draw immediately swhat is already thero, A Belgrade apecial states that the Roestan diplo- matic agent left Belgrade in conaequence of orders from Gortschakofl, A Vienna cotrespondent says a ramor that Ans- tria will intorfere if Roumania declares her inde- pendence s unfounded. What has probably given nse to the rnmor Is the fact that the Austrian Qovernment gave notice it would veto Russia's project of transferring hostilities to Lesser Wal- Tachis, which was on the polut of being accom- plished, ENGLAN OPrOSE WAR, Loxpox, May 11.—In the }lonfe of Commons this afternocon Mr. Gladstone presented a petition aluned by s majority of the Junlor Fellows of Trinlty Collcge, Cambriige Univeraity, deprecating the calamity of war, and saying that tha peace of the Emplre cannot be maintained so lung as the Ottoman Emplro oxiata in its present form, GLADSTONK'S RESOLUTIONS. 1n the House of Communs this afternoon the de- bate on the Eastern questjon was resumed, Mr, Bourke sald Mr. Gladstone’s attack on the Gor- emnment was unjustifable. The Uovornment wished to maintaln stelet nentrality, but cannot countenance the viewn of extremiets abont the dis- memberment of Tarkoy or the pollcy of coerclon. Thera was notthe alightest renson to suppore that Auatria and Germany would joln in such an un- dertaking. Mr. Bourke denfed tuat England had deatroyed tho Enropean concert of action. Mr. Goschen (Libernl) thonght the debate had dissipated many {liuslons, and wonld be ample warning to the Turkish Government, Mr. Cross' speech on Monday had clearly defined what Dril Interests were, and had relieved the anxiety of tho pablic mind by showing that the Government not so atrongly in favor of Tarkey had been suspected. 1o (Goschen) noticed that Mr. Crose, when coumerating Dritish interests which were to ba protected, did pot men- tion s one of them the independence and Integrity of the Ottoman Emplre. The whole of Europe wonld noto thia omission, and If the Turks could Ue thoroughly persnnded that In the opinion of the Dritish Qovornment Ottoman Infegrity and Inde- peadence wea no longer & rltieh Interest, 1t wonld be b moro uscful result of tha debate. It was also admitted, In & grest measure through Gladstono's exertion, thal wo had obhgatlons 10 the Christinus in Turkey. Turkoy was nolonger 8 favorite ally, bul a descrted offender. Last autamn's agltation had ctinnged England's tradi- tional policy, 1t was clear that the Government bad thoughte at one time of Interferingif Turkey was sttacked, but it wae satsfactory to hour apeaker after speaker urge absolute noutrality. He Koped that the Goverament wonid use all thelr in. fluence to that end, and that the louse would press and enforca the same fdea. 3Mr. Goschen deprcated coerclon by a alngle Power, Coercion should bo but by the concerted action of the whole of Europe. They must con- sider what thoy would have to do whon thoy hud to deal with Russia, as all Powers must,s0oner or later, If aho was victorions. Wonld they be In o worse position If they obtalned the concorted actlon of Europe beforchanu? Tho Qovernments* diplo- macy in respect Lo the protocol gave ltussia o post- tlon shs ought mover have pained, although it 18 belleved that Rasaln conld mot, after hor dec- laratlon, have acted otherwlse. Ho hoped tho Government would abide by Croes' declaration, nnd be actuated by no unworthy Jealonsy becauso Itos- ;\u anticipated them in the discharge of a national aty. . The debato was adjonrned until Monday, ON TIR WAY, " “The Duke of Edinburg 1s on the way to theSuez Canal, via Crote. THE ACHILLEI Lospo¥, May 11.—Her Majesty’s fron-plated blllg Achilles left Liverpool yesterday for Plym- suth. POR MOSPITAL TUTT, Loxnoy, May 11.~Voluntecrs from militia regi- ments Lave been nsked for hospital and trausport scrvlea. 3 WILL NOT RRTURN, A St. Potersburg dispatch aays it has Leen def- inltely determined that Count Schouvaloft will not returuto Loudon. . A LOCK-OUT. GLisoow, May 11,—AL the Isfgost meeting of Clyde ship-bullders ovor beld—all but ono muall frin belng represented—it was unanimously re- solved, In conrequonce of the continuons strike of ebipwrlylits for an mdvance In wages, that there should bes general lock-out of all ahip-bufiding workmen, comuiencing ou the 1t fnst, Tho reso- lutlon was signed by twenty-two frms, and affects all ship-bullding yards of Qlasgow, Greenock, Yort Glasgow, and Dumbarton, BTRAWS. Loxpoy, Muy12—5 &. m,—~The Standard learus that & coutractor has been ardered to supply £,000 horsc-stalls with fiitings for actting up on board Lired transports, Ambulance-wagons of the new- st pattern, bearing tho Geneva cross, are on the wharf of the Woolwich Arsenal, awaitiug ship- ment to Portsmoath and elsewhere. CONBTANTINOPLE. DISIENIIONS, CONOTANTINOPLN, May 11.—Thers are serious differences betwoen the Turkish Chamber and Government. ‘The Chambor fs very angry st the Torte's acceptance of the German protecioratu over Russlan subjocts In Turkey, 1t alo devires lwpcach Noury Pasha, the Bultau's brother-fu-law, for embazaloment, sad Redi@ Fashs, the War Minleter, for @slsdministration. Kedid, who e ull-powertul, deteriined to erush the Parllument before It can armblm. The Porte wanted to proclalm o state af sfepy In Constantinople, 50 aa to be able to closs Parliument, but is now satisfled it can clove I'ar- Humenl without rosorting to such measures, There Ju reason to fear that Rudiff and ko other encwles of free governmunt will telumph, TR SULTAN PLEABED, CoxsTaxTinurex, Msy 11.—The Soltan s much pleased with Karl Derby'sreply to Princo Gortecha- koff clrcular, and has ondered tho Forts to thauk the Engllah Governmen, 1l hss also went Bald l:ihu. bis aide-de-camp, to thauk Minlster Lay. . DEPENBIVE WORKS, The works far the defouse of Constantinople will Le constructed by the jnhabitants, B GUNE TO KAKS, CoxeTantivorts, Ala; 11.—Chefkot Pasha will %0 L Kurs, AUSTRO-IIUNGARY, NEUTRALITY, Loxpox, May 11.—A Vieana dispatchsays tho negotistions between the Minlatry for Foreign Allulrs snd ihe Austrion snd Hungarizu Min- latrles of Commerce relative 0 a declaration of neutrulity are nearly complete. The Minlstries of Commercy w.ll lesue identical declarstions ene Jolnivg ucutrality on tho subjects of their p spective countries. 1t Is Improbable that any otber declasation will be made oo tha part of Austro-Mungary besides thess notlees, LOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINIA, Maxcursrry, May 11.—A correspondent at Ita- guss, writing dste 2 inet. ssye: **TLe highost military otlicials of Dalmatia beliove that the occus pation of Bouls and Herzegovina bas been defl- uitely determlnod upon, and that the movement will begin about the 20th of May, " LoNwos, May 13.—It s reported In Berlin that Couut Zichy I indtructed to glve the Porte explas 18 fous about tbweviat 8l eutry of tho Austroe Hungarian treops lute Bosuls, sud perbaps Servia. ROUMANIA, BETIWKEN TWO FLuBS. Loxvox, May 11 —The Bouwanisu Government had, ju consequence of Austria's fricndly reuion- strances, wlmost renounced the 1dea of proclaba- lug selr fudepeadenco whes the Chamber took it The movement of the* up. Meanwhile Prince Charles recelved n com- manlcation froln Austria, the tontentsof which arenotallowed to transpire, It is raported that the Noumanian Government is considerably per- plexed. A DECISION. Inthe Nonmanian Chamber & retolation was parred by a vote of 6S to 20 declaring that, as Turkey has severed all bonds between herself and Toumania by unprovoked outrages along the Danubo, the Ministers shall be empowered to take any steps deemed necessary, 1t 1s notdificnit to prophesy what the resulting decleion of the Minls- try will be. GENERAL. UNABLE TO AT Br. Prrenssung, May 11.—~The local authorilics have reported to tho unicipal Conncll that, in ‘connequence of slckness and poverty, nswell as the sacrifices atready inade, they are umable to pra- vide the 1,000,000 roubles demanded by the Uov- ernment, volaritary ofter. They offer to pay tho sum by Instaliments. CORKESPONDENTS RARRED OUT. Epxavna, May 11,—=Not a single Journal in Europe has received permission from Rursia to send correnpondonts to the headquarters of the Russlan army, WANTS MORE, Laxvox, May 11.~The Financler # 4 Ine credible as it may seem, thero ls reason antlels pate that a Tarkish Anancial agent will ahortly vise it London to attempt ta ralse, by hook or crook, & fewmilllons of money. The attempt will fail quickly." . g ROT 80, DBxruin, May 11,—There is uo fonndation for thio statement that Prince Hohenlohe, the German Ambausador at Parls, has Informed the Fronch Government that.the German garrisons In Alsaca and Lorraine will be conslderably strengthened 1o restors the equilibriam between the military forces on both aldes of the frontier. ITALIAN MINISTER TO CONSTARTINOTFE. Rowug, May 11,—The Jalia states that Count Cortl atarts for Conatantinople immediatoly. THA BOSNIAN INSURGENTS. Loxpox, May 12—0 &, in.—A Belgrade dlepatch anys the Hussian Pan-Sclavie Committecs have do- clincd to givo any more help to the Dosnlan ine surgents, and adylsea them to send a depntation to Vicnua and beg for the occupation of Bosnla by Austrian troops. A BERVIA. g There ja much talk about o change of Ministry at Belgrade, nnd of Marllovich forming a Cabinet. M cs hias declined to treat with representae tiyen of the Blay Committee here. nEYUORES, Alrcady sevoral thousand Mahometan refugees, mostly women and chifdren from the Pashalio of \viddin, lavo arrivod at Negotin and nefghbor- hood, and more are coming dally. A GERMAN GRIEVANCE, Benuaw, Moy 11.—A cdrrespondent says tho Ruesian Govaryment has chosen this moment to abolish practically German maunlioipal Iustitotions inthe Ballic provinces, which vested the power of lacal ecif-governwent in the respectablo clasees of the Inhabitants. Under a new law cverything Is made to depend on tho Govemor-General of the Province and tho Russlan Ministor of the interior. g ‘TI'E STEVENS DATTERY, ' Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. NEW Yonk, Muy 1L.—~The Lribun; mons Stevens battery will soon leave Amerlcun waters under the command of Capt. Samuels. . 8he will probably. bo sold to Itussla cither whileon tho liigh seas ur altorarsivingat Kuglund or Funce, 3 DRITISH COLUMUIA 8CARED, . Bax Fnaxcisvo, Aay 11.—A Vietorls dispatch #nys the colontsts are strongly urflnr the defenave less condition of the colony, with & Rusaian tlect within four days' sail. A 'public mecting 19 sug- osted to devise moans of protoction withi tha ase sletanceof thoImperial furce avallable. ITALY. ' CLERICAL ADUSKS BILL. Rows, May 11,—Tho.Ministerial organ, the Diritto, eommenting on tha rejection of the Clerl- cal Abusca bill, says tho Seuate’s vote is in ded- ance of the Governent's whola ecclestastical pol- icy. Tho Ministry la bound to meet the Scnate's actlon by Introdacing a Civil Marriage bill, and the promised plan for the reorganization of ecclestas. tical property. g VATICAN VISITORS. Toxz, }ay 11.~The Pope recelved to-day the plierims from Cansda and pligrims from Rbode Island, headed by the Bishop of Bherbroake and Vicar-General Bousque, The Dishop delivered an addross, ond the Pope replied. The pligrims pre- seuted cousiderable sums uf money. FRANCE. OBITUART, Pants, May11,—3aj, D, Schiller, grandson and Iast tnade descandant of the poat, is desd, WILL PAY, Courbet, the palnter, consents to pay afine of £00, 000 for bia ahare In tho destruction of the Ven- domo Column, Tho Court takes tho ine In annual Inutallmonts of $2,000. EUITONS BENTENCED, Pants, May 11.—The editor of the Radical has beer, sentenced to two months' imprisvnment and 10 pay & flue of 2,000 francs forInsulting the nrmy. The editor of TNochetort's Lanferne recelved a similar aentence for articles subversive of soclal order, FRANCE AND ENGLAND, TIN NEWFOUNDLAND PISHENIES, Lonpox, May 11, —A Paris dlepaich saysi ‘A slight diMiculty has arisen botween France and En- glaud relative to the Newfoundland fisher) fuou old subject of discord, but the dispate has Just now reached the scute stage. It appears that the action of the Governor in forbidding the Freuch to fish for lhorring bas been the subject of cown- vlaint by the Minlstey for Forclgn Aftalrs, butthe Enullab Govermmcnt supporte the Uoveraor, llt"u:u the fnterchange of unsatisfactory diplomatic notes," DIED, Tho Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbott {s dead, GRERMANY. DANK STATEMENT. Beruiy, May 11.—The weekly statement of fho Imperial Bank of Germony shows a decrease of 3,000,000 marks, ~ ‘The Imperial Bank of Germany has ralsed the rate of discount 1o & per ceut for bills and 6 for ad- vances, B BTRIKE, Faanxront, May 11.—Two (houssnd colllers of the Dortmund district in Prassin have struck, and the strike threntens to aseuine serious proportions, —_— SOUTH AMERIOCA. NOT POISONED, Paxaxa, May 2.—Tho Star and Herald says: #4Tha Archbishop of Quito, a very gentle and ofensive prolate, died very suddenly, March 50, and Jt was belleved that vome person had sdimfuls- tered polsen in the wine used for celebratlng wasw oa Good Priday, We learnthat ui antopay showed that death hud'been canved by sulfusion of blood ou the brain, 5 BIPAIN, . TURBAQUE FROVINCES, Loxpox, May 11.—A dlspatch from Dilbso mays e Government, apprebending a rlsing In the Encartaclones district, ordered a military occupa. tion of and f»mln"hr’ vielte In search of a i wuspected Jocalitivs,” Latert agitation exists througliout Biscay. INTERNATIONATL LAW, THE COMING CONPERENCE, LoNpo¥, Moy 11.—The nest conference ssso- clation for th refurm and cudification of the law of natlons wili bo held at Antwerp Aug. 28, 18 fastend of the 21xt, heretofore lnu?nnnc‘vd. e EGYPT, v TURKISN BULR IN TUE LAND OF PUANAOH-VIR- TUAL ELAVELY OF Til¥ FROPLR, London Saiurday ..evée, Those sangulne people who bolleve in the possibility of reformation and fmprovement une der’ Turklsh rule should vist Eeypt, Wo are 80 often told at the enlightened polley of the Khedive that some of us, especially those who only . look of Calro through the win- dowe, of & comfortoble hotel, are in- clned *to think that nothing but the Sncorrigible stupldity of the people prevents their Improvement. But 8 littls inquiry soon demonstrates the truth. Tbe civillzation of the Yiceregal Government s more appareut than real, Whero Europeans coine, and whero Eu- ropean public opinfon can be brought to bear, there laa semblagco of fustics, of economy, of progress, But jt is onlya sewblance. The bid- eous butk of the Musque of Mchemet Al fu the cltadel gomlpates ln every view of Calro, aud the Khedive himself seems to @l the fore- ground fn cvery social or potitical view of the Eggmhm-. ‘There 13 no privato enterprise, Why should & muan lay by mouey when It will ahwost certainly be aked from bini Why should be lwprove” bis faud whea the Pasba may some dl{ sefze it1 Whyshould he endeavor 10 "educata his sons when they may he taken 1ike runaway convlcts, and sent he knows not where, under_the forins of conecription? All round sbout Calre thereare vastlath and plaster buildings, chief! Ahmdmr' In wide gardens and surrounded by high walls; you ask what they nre, nnd the answer Is always the rame—palaces of the Khedive. Three years avo it was report- el that Bis Highness had thirty-threo palaces, but he stil} goes on building, ” A magnificent. put flimsy villa, surrounded by a largo gnrk, has ust been furnished at (hizeh, in sight of the ’yramids. Another I8 in process of completion on the ovposite sideof the road. Therols a long, low house, round three sites of a square, in the heart of the city, There fs a long red wall made of boarding painted to imitate brick- work, facing the fsiand of Roda. Thero s a splendid but tawdry plasterwork palaco at Uezirel, on the: west bank, optosite Boulak., There is a half-huiit “hotel” in the French style near Oll Cairo, There {s n vast scries of feregular halls and rooms of state in the citadel, In fact, everywhero you turn there 1s some such house bullding, or buullt, or aban- doned and closed; and evm}v one of them is o “palaco of the Khedive," It |8 the same as you ascend tho river, untll {t becomes one uf the standing jokes of the Nilo voyage wherever a house, or gardens, or white walls avpear, to ask, *1s thiat n palace of tha Khedivel' And in nine coses out of ten the auswer {s in the aflirmative, while {n the tenth case It s that the bullding in question elongs tu one of the Khedive's sons, or gons-in-law, or stepmotliers, or cast-ofl concubines. If, as your boat lies at Ghizeh, you look out of your win- dow, fn the early morning, you will probably ses s long and melauctoly Ermaslun on the bank. _First comes an Al-looking mrn o a red fez and a lung white sbirt, carrying a can Then vome two or three dozen boys and girls, half naked, footsore, weeping as’ they llmp along, or trying to sing & kind of slow chorus, and followiug them another man with a canc which he frecly usesto encouraco the loltere: This is o gang of day laborers, The Kl divo {s filling up some low-lylug laud with earth taken from the river's baok, and these poor lit- tle wretclies have been requisitioned from the 'villages aud suburba to carry the soll from one side of the road to tho other, They ‘are pald a microscople price,—at least It is paid to the taskmaster,—and vou hope against hope that thoy ever get atiy of it. In the lot midday you pass by the scéna of labor and see them at work, ond alter sunset you hear the sad chant of the moming &ml ‘see the same rocessions, without the canes, guing home. It is shocking to see young girls carrying huge burdens of earth, or buskets of lime for the vulldes, or running up and down to the Nile fur water for the workers, thelr feot and ofton their baro shoulders bleeding. | Their lives are ' bitter with hard bondage, in mortar and fu brick, and in all manner of serylce In tha fleld,"” ns Moses wrote of the Israclites; only that now it Is the Egyptlans themsclves who suiler at tho hands of the Turks. Forced labor is stlll the ruls all throngh Ezypt, as it prol- ably was thirty centuriea ago. Al the great works haye been performed by it. At the factories In Upper Hg‘{m. at ks, atthe raflways, sud, above all, at the palaces of the Khedive, the Inborers ara driven to their tasks, nnd aro pald as thelr masters pleasc. In the supar factories they re- celve a portion of treacle, valued at the highest market Fflce, for their wages and, If they like, can sell it back again at the lowest pirice.” Just as we may suppose the greatest pyramids on the loug fine of hills nvove the anclent Memphis to be symbolical of tho tyranuy which sillicted the laboring population of the vast city so many centurles ago, 80 the earthworks, the loog walls, the high rondw: {l, and the palaces of the Khe- dive, aro signs of the aflictiuns which English munoy chables the Turkish rulers to lay upon Cairo'and all Egy‘:l‘ ¥ English bondholders may wonder whero thelr money has gone, but a few days in Cairo would soon settle thelr minds. “Let them look at the palaces, as aforcsaid; let them wolk past two or three ‘of the vast barracks, cach filled with black regle ments, every manof which has been bougnt from a slave<lenler in Central Africa and trans- ported at immense cost, {n spite of all treatles with the abolitionlsts. Let them stand astde as two grooms In purple and gold and fine linen vlear the way for a magoificent pair of English higlistepplug hourses, ‘drawing ‘the carrago ln which one of the Viccregal family is seated, ' while a couplo of - husears trot ot tho wheels; Jet thew, In short, sce Calro ‘as it is, and not through the false gloss of lalf French civillza~ I.Ioll\‘\\'hh:h 1ts Turkish conquerors have imposcd on it — PINNEY. What That Alleged Confession Is Worth. : Special Dispatch to The Tridune. ., WasixaToN, D. C,, May 11,—Pertons who clatm {o know the sccrot Listory of the Californin acnsation about the Planey confemalon mako the. following statemont: The lengthy story purport. 1ng to ba tho Callfornla dofaulter Plnnoy's confes- #lon, tecently published simultsneously 1 New York, SBon .Francleco, and other cities, was the work of the Central Paclic Rallrosd Ring, who ‘were anxious to rotallale upon Carr, tho alleged orate of the defsulter. Care 1o ), of thorallroad In its lobbylngschem tarned out of oflice for some objectiunable conduct, and replaced by Dako Gwynne, It ls sup- ‘pused 1hat the Ling Induced Finney tu revenl vome 0f the donga of the persons with whom ha was concerned fn his operationn; that upon this frame- work they bullt the article. ‘Thu explanation ls not Intended to defend those gontleman, but'the accuvation ought to bave come from persons with cleaner hands than the Central l'acife Rallroud Ring. The article waeprepared In San Franclico aud was duplicated, 8nd & copy kiven to the papers there Lo be withbeld until word was sent that it was :0' be published in the a wock or ten days ogo, and the question avked 0w much it would coet to get it publishied in the New York papers, 1t bears within fteell the ovi- deuce that it wns not the work of Pinney, Asn confesston it slops over and mukes Pinney not only 8 npluton and o fool of the most 1 ki nd no wonder tue Sau Frauclsco papurs say that Planoy protests that the publics- tlot was premature, ————— * THE WEATHER. WasuiNatox, D. C., May12—1a, m.—For the Upper Lake roglon, slght change of prosaurs or temperature, northoast to southeast windy, and clear or partly clonay weathor, LOCAL ODRKRYATION, Cuttoaao, May 11, _ “Dar. 747 I, 18 451 03 W0.17. 60 | 58 W17 8 SEZEES sesETansLse A FRAUDULENT ELECTION, Spectal Dizpatch 10 The Tridune. New Yous, May 11, ~Abraw 11, Daily, Temo- cratlc candidate for Burrogste of+ Kings County, has been sacceasful In coutesting the election of W, L. Livingston, 10 whom the cauvassers gave the certidcaty | ovember., Tho caso basboen on trial thres weeks, sud was decidod to-day. Ex-Judge Morris, himaelf & strlct Democrat, In summing up for Mr, Livingiton, openly charged that the ballot-boxes had been tampered wilh ince it wua announced that Mr. Usily would outart’ the election. Judge Gillbert charged i they belloved the e- \nn:.i«.. wade duriag the trial an correct, l'tl“. will of the K:ople. thoy whoul lare Datly elects election ed, putwilbstunding the curtiticate, of wiven by the canvasaers to Livingeton, Tha tase wae given (0 the jury at 11150, aud a8 '0:40 & ver- dlct for tha plalutial w THE MONEY-CHANGERS, Spectal Dizpaich $0 The Tridune. Naw Youk, Msy il.—Secretary Slerman wos closeted with August Belmost, Lesi P, Morton, and uther leadiug mombers of the Syndicats in this y. It was agreed shat, inaddition 1o the 000 taken un the Sth [pst., the Syndicate should teke 000,000 more of 4 r cent oyl e g A the gold thus tha pleasare sont zecoived will be a0ld for curr of the Secrelary. ———— THE DENTISTS, Spectal Diapaich W Tha Tridusns. . Sramariiiy, M., Yay 11.—At the State Deae tal Convention te-day, Dr, Cushing, of Chicago, read an essay on the subject of ** Irsegularitics of tho ‘Fecth,*” which was lustruted by drawloge, The vicers-clect were then installed, sod, sfier snuddress by Dr. Koch, tha President-clect, snd cuntiuuing of the Coimiulitea on Leglelaseu, the Couveunvu wdjousued slus Gle- TIHE LEVIATIIAN. - A Mighty Monster of the Deep Appéars at a Town in 8cotland, Ue 1Is Attacked and Driven Ashore by n Party of Volunteers. Dragged upon Land, His Tail Makes - Toarful Havéo Among tha Stomes. The Animal 101 Feet In Length, with Fins and Things to Match. pectal Dispatch to Tha Tridune. New Yonx, May 11.—Foreign vapers fecelved Iate to-night publish a circumstantial narrative by arcsident at Oban, Scotland, from which it ap- pears Lho ses-serpent hins been etually captured at that place. The correspondent writesf **A mont extraonlinary event has occurred here, ~thostrand- in and captare of the veritable sea-serpent In front of the Caicdonian Hotel, Oban, About 4 o'clock yeotenday an animal or fish of gigantlc slze was sporting in the bay near ifeather Talwnd. It was of the sevpent epecies, carrying Its head fully twenty-five fet above the water, A number of boats were soon launched and proceeded 10 tho bay, the crows armed with such weapons as conld be got handy. They headed the mon- ster, and some of the boats ware within thirty yards of it, whon IT BUDDENLY SPIANG half & length ont of waler and made for tho open #eh. A random fire from soveral volunteers 'with rifles soomed to bave no effect on it, Tho Luata rangod across the entrance of the bay, and by acreams and shouts tarned the monster's course, and It headed directly for the breast-wall of the Qreat Western Ilotel, Ono boat had a most nar- row escape, the animal actually rubbing against it A little past G the moster toak the ground on the beach in front of the Caledonlan Hotel In'George ;I"::ll, and his proportions wers now fully visible, n hls PRANTIO RXERTIONS WITIH 118 TAIL aweeping the beach no ono dared approach. The stones were flying in all directions, one seriously injuring & man called Baldy Darrow, snd another breaking tho window of the Commerclal Bank. A party ‘of volunteers under Lieut, David Menales' mow assembled and fired volley aftor volley into the neck. sccording to the dircetions of Dr. Campbell, who did not wish for sclentific reasons that tho configuration of the head should Lo danaged. As thoro was a bright moon thls continued till nearly 10 o'clock, when Mr. Biovens, of the Commercial Lank, waded in and % PIXXD A STRONG TIOFE to the animals head, and by tho exertions of somo noventy folk it dragged sbove high-wator mark, Itsexact appearance {s as follows: Ex- tremo length 101 feot; the thickest part about twenty-five feet from tho head, which ls eloven feet in circumterence, At this part 1s fixed & palr of fins four feet long by nearly seven feotacross. At the slded further back 1aa long dorsal fin extending for at least twelve or thistecn :ecl and five feet high In frout, tapering to one Joot, THR TAIL fs mors of & flaltencd termination to the body proper than anything else. The eyes aro very swall in vroportion and elongated, and gitts of thu length of two and s half feet behind. Thero are 1o external ears, Great excltoment ia created and the conntry poople are flacking in to view it, e —— RELIGIOUS. THE METITODISTS, Bartixonez, May 1l.—Conventions of the Methodiat Church and of the Mcthodist Protestant Church to conslder a basis of reunton met to-day, Ahe firat-named at the Qreen Btreet and tho latter at the Alsquith Btreet Church. At the Mothodlst Conventlon the sHev, J. Durns, of Pitaburg, was chosen temporaty Chalr-’ man, The roll was called, and. delegates from districts in Nebraska, New York, Now Jer- sey, lowa, Oulo. Indiana, Plttaburg, Michl Miunesota, North Carolins, Kaneas, Tilinols, haurl, and Tows rosnonded. _Comumittees were ap- oinfed on Credentials yad. Tormanent Organici- on, andthe Jteva, 11, 1(: Bassett, of the Olilo Dis- trict, T. U Applegate, of New Jersey, and 8, 1. Colhuer, of Flitsburg, wore mpnointed a Commit- tee to examine tho reports of “tho various confer- ences on the subject of reunion, ‘The ltev, J, J, Smitl, of New York, was elected President. '} Commlittoe to examine the reportaof tho ‘varlous conferances on tho subject of rounion ro- ported that the majority of tho sunual conferences nad_indorsed the basls of unlon agreed upon Pittsburg, In October, 1875, by s commission of the two churches, and had Invested the dole- gates of thla Conventlon with fall authority to utily the action of the Pitaburg Commission, Afier dubate the report was adopted. Adjourned until to-morrow. Atthe Mothodlst Protestant Conyvention, Judge B, 8. Bibb, of Alabama, was elected temporary Chalre The roll was called and the following Con- 1 ces represented: Alabsmn, Louislans, Geor- la, Nargiand, Tennessc, Virglnis, North Caro. ing, and West Virginla, ' Thirty-one laymen and thiriy-five minlsters wore present from mentloned Conferonces, ~ The Nev. Dr. L, W, liates, of the Light treet Methodlst Episcopsl Chturch, Daltimore, was elected President, Alljourned. —— REFORMED EPISCOPATTANS, PiiLapeLrita, May 11.—In tho Genera) Connell of the Reformed Eplacopal Chareh to-day the ra. yort of the General Committee, composcd of Blsh- ops of the Church snd others, was presented by Gov. Woodford sud adopted, It recommends that tho Prestding Blsliops be pald $4,000 oe & sriary 1he eusuing year, with $1,000 traveling expenn Tho Couniltice to whom wax roferrod the matter of tho Bynod of Chicago roported thut sald Bynod was legally and canonically formed, and the ish- op thereof auly elected. 'tha Commiltoe there- fure secommond that said election bo confirmed, Uov. Woodford, of Now York, prescuted a serles of resolutions auiendatory of the conatitution, as follows, which were adopted unsuimously b Llellmt votor InArt, Lo following wore alyled Blahop of the Synod of*' tu be outy” and In Art. 1V, (he word **and fourth line to be stricken vut} and betwe pow: ers and dutle and after the said word **dutles” add the words **and (ho (erms of oflice In ony Bynod or other Erllwnll Juriudictlo “Thie action of the Council makea thoss holding Eplecopal ofiice, m-uur- of tha Keformed Church, without any territorlsl designation and jorledice on, At the nfternoon session delegates wers appolint- g 1o repreaent tho Councll o (e General Astem- bly of th ian Church, to the Convocation ol he above inelamd, *to tho General Hoformed ‘Cliurch, to the Geoeral Awsembly of the Freabyterinn Clurch sguth, to fhies Mettiodist Eplscops! Cunfererice in Canads, and to the tenoral Methodlst Eplscopal Conference in the United States "The Comintilee un Constitutlon and Canons pre- sented & report suggesting cortaln altorations, snd the words *** parlsh council" wers substituted for *radvisory comuitice, " e ——— CHEAPER COAL, Ipecial Dispaich to The Triduns. New Youk. May 11, —Anuther important meet- Ing was held to-day,—that of the Dircctord of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, What sction wes taken beyond clothing ita executive oficers with full powers Lo act 8s they deew for the best interest of the Company is not stated, but enough is known to indicato that in the near futuro there wil exlsta betler competition in the cual trade, which will Lenedt the convumcreof coal, whatever the result to some of the weaker companies, 'I'ho Penusylvanla company, which 18 rich in cash ssvots, not ia securities, the worth of which dopends upon thy vulue of It own ludorsewient, hos herotofors beon inclined not to press ity productlon un the market, but, scelng that the Heading and other companles ere steadily supplying 8 market which before had been alwost sxciunively its own, has beconie rest- fve, and may 1u time show [La OWn power ae & conie peiior ut Juw pric To ths Weitern Auociated Prose. New Youx, May 11.~The Delaware & Hudson L‘omg-n has fsaund a eircular stating that on ace count of the unususl competition, vrices for coal would be mude frowm day tuday, ' This Is under- x‘fidafi'mn{ souln!nw!inun wnf'. 'n&n D.I;wdur- ndsou Uoyppany's cuil was offered yestordsy By uddvmien Bb $4. 10 foF slove, §3 for i $2.05 for brokenand chestnyl. 'be Cowpany's schedulo of prices for May was $L45 for stove, §3.10 1or egy, $308" or bioken sod luup, 8ad e — 5 $1.33 for chestuut. WooL, P 8ax Fraxcisco, May 1. —Falkner, Bell & Co. third wool suction to-dsy of 1024 bales,:sold mostly on Eastern account, The prices for Buuthern clips ranged 11}4@20c; cholce ungraded Nourthorn, 2hes ——— STILL WORSE FOR THE RAILROADS.¢ Special Digpatch io The Tridune Naw Yonx, May 11,.~Fhere was rojoleing on the Produco Exchange to-day over the reduction of canal rates sad abolitlon of tolle by the Legiy- lature, Thisaction makes it posatble for the canal weu toreduce their charges for frelght 10 tide- water imaterlally, anditls said thatgrain which baacost us Ligh as $10 s ton for tramsporlativs from Chlca." will uow VLe camrled for &), Opo reason of tho high' rates Wwhich have formerly prevailed was the tmposaibllity of taking retuen cargacn at rates that wauld pay tolla and frelzhts annesncd by the State, and the downyrard trip_wan obliged to pay cost of traveling both wayn. It s believed the new order of things will result In a great Increaso of busine on the canals. ORIME. TIE KENTUCKY ARRESTS. LovisviiLe, Ky, May 11.—An oficer sent to Glasgow with writa of habean corpus, served them on the Sheriff, and met with no opposition in se. caring the relenso of iho Deputies under arrest. They were hrnll]‘hl to Loulsviile, and will be taken hetore Jndgo Baliard to-morrow. The Civil Court was abont starting for the sccne of the shonting when the Federal oficer appearcd with his writ, LYNCH, J. New Onteans, May 11.—A dlspatch trom Prov. fdence, Carroll Parish, to Gen. W, L. MeMtitan, eays: ** Wecaptured the burglar last evening that hins been breaking Into houses about here, Ile was rrmvllm! aronnd our_place to make another at. rmpt &t our store. 1bronght him to town, and tuened him over to the authoritles, and he was put in jail. Last night he was takon out of jail and shot by 8 crowd of masked men, ITABEAS CORPUS. Lotiavitie, Ky., May 11.—Writa of habeas cor- pua have been sent to Qlasgow by order of Judge of the United States Court, for the pur. of securing the release of the Depnty Mar- s from the custody of the civil autharitles, uit of their service fs looked to with in- BUNRGLARY. Bpecial Dispatch to The Tridune. Daxvitve, 1), May 11, —The hardware store of Abdl] Bros, was broken into last night by burg- 1srs, and about §260 worth of cutlery stolen. No clew has yet obtained 1o the robbers. ——— KILLED IN A RIOT, CLEVELAND, O., May 11.—A number of Pallsh Iaborers engaged It a fight at Uorea, O,, lnst even- /ing, In which Fred K. Lucas was Instantly killed, and John 8kaley fatally injured, B —————— . FIRES. AT TOND DU LAC. * Bpectal Dispalch 10 The Tribune, Foxp by Lac, Wis., May 11.—A fire which burned o stable on Graw atrect at an early hour this morning destroyed the building, and with it & valuable stallion, the propemty of Mr, H. B v, ier with & bupgy and a sct of ha No Insurance, ® AT MAZOMANIE, WIS, Hpeclal Dispaich to The Tridune. 3Mantson, Wis., Mav 11.—A llre at Mazomania 1ast night, cansed by the upeciting of & kero lamp by 8 child, destroyed the maching-snop of T, Davis, with machinery and household farnl- ture, Total loss, 85,0003 no Iheurance. —_— AT SAURVILLE, WIS, Speclal Dispatch to Tha Tridune. ’ Mitwavkre, May 11,—The touring-mill of Guetlier & Co., 8t Snukville, burned this after- noon. Loss, $20,000; 1nsnred $12,000. ————— SPORTING NEWS. BABE-BALL. Tosrox, May 11,—A most remarkable game of base-bull was played here to-day by the Harvards va, tho Manchesters, Tho gamo was called at the end of thé twenty-fourth Inning, neither alde bay- ing scored a run, veLri, Out., May 11.—Roturn game: Alle- ghenyy, of Plttsiirg, &3 Maplo Loafs, 0, Special Digpaich fo The Tridune. ., LoXPoY, Unit.. msy ii.-~ile ‘Tecumseh Danc- ball Club' beat tho Syracuss Btars horo to-any,—7 10 2, * At Guelpli the Maple-Leafs wore beaten by tho Alloghenies of Plttsburg,—0 to 0. TIIE TURF. Toxnox, May 11.—The raco for the great Ches- hire stakes was won by Pluton, 1iemlock, second; Wacrlor, third, AN Fraxcisco, Moy 11,—At Ban Jose to-day Ident beat Bodine™ In’ threcyptralght heats— , 8124, And 2:2130 ——————— H “WASHINGTON. The OMce-Hunters---Kollog; . —Trensury Iteins, " Bpecial Dispatch to The Tribuns. ‘Wasnmazox, D, ., May 11.-~The qpestion of the Kentucky Marshalship was setticd to-day by the appointment of Robert ML Crittenden, of Fraokfort, in place of O'Neal, removed. Mr, Cnttenden is & son of John J, Crittenden, snd Urother of Gon. Thomas L, Crittanden, who com- manded a corps in the Army of the Cumberland. He Is a pronouncod Hepublican, The resignation of 0'Neal was demanded some daya since. 1o was carried down by the fallure of & noted firm of Washington offica-brokers, ‘Thora aro furty-two candidates for the Marshal- ship fn Georgla, The number of Democrataamong those sceking this position Iu incepesing dally, Some of the Demacrate about Atlanta are trying to got rid of Collector Clarke, of that district, on the ground that they wanta native. Clarke, with his father and brother, ail enlisted as privates in the Unlon army from " Kontucky at the outbreak of the Rebelllon, and served through, At thoclove of the WarClarko went to Atlanta, bought property, and settled there to live, Iole a most reputable citizen, and has beon Collector of Internal Hevenua for two years. Theso Democrats seoking his place, however, think a Kentuckian an intruder If he lsa Ttepublican and s Unlon soldier, and so they are asking for native. It Is ot belioved elther Sece vetary Sherman or the President will comply with thelr requests. + ‘The place created for George Butler ls not tp b filled, and the Postmastor-Goncral has given notlco to this efect, Tho appropristion necessary to the further extenslon of the Speclal Agency service Is exhanated, The fricnds of Cuba have discovored that Kasson, when & member of the lowa Leglslature in 16870, introduced a resolution favoring recogultion of Cuba. From this thoy sre.deriving great en- couragement. complaints have been filed withthe Paot Scheme Numerol Tresident that the revenue officars In ticorgla in their recent ralds have arrested a grest many lnnos ccuc porsons and lilegally destroyed proverty, Ruudall understands ‘thut the Glluustens have agreed to oppuse his election as Speaker, and havo declded on lackbarn ae thelr candidate, Kellogg's lute gunie s to urge the avpolntment of Judge H&ulurd, the Nicholls Senstor from Loulsluns, the Supreme Court Bench, to fll Judye Davls' yacaney In the expectation that such 3t appointment wou(d make bis uwn sdulwlon muro certaln, The President stated to-day that it would be the [mllc of thu Aduinmteution’ to thoroughly rev he l'nuluhr syatens whbenuver vicsncles veear, o ¢iioose fur the new apuointees periouy :-ml-x 7 qualified 1o represent commercisl jne erests, 10 1he Western Assoctated Fres. ‘Wasunurox, D, C., Mag 11.—8ilver colu may ba obtaiued wiilodt (s cxpenss uf tranvpariativn upon depoxit of notes or fractional currency with sy Uniled biates Assjutaut Treasuror or Natlonal ik dupository, or Natlaual-Uauk potes may bo seat o the Uniled Stat snd silver will Lo seturn Bllver, however, cau bo 81,000, ai 1aade 1h Like sutus, -. A Gsoryts delogstion, Interestod In the appolnt. ment of & United blutes Murshal, called on the Frealdont to-day, and all enteted fily into 8 dis- cussion of political Affalrs 1n the Bouth, ‘The Presi- dent expluined that his earnest aibitlon was for tlie weliara of the people of that section. Ex-senator llunderson was 1o conwultation with tne President during tho dsy, ‘I'be following Postmastcrs wers commissloned to-day: K, W. Kegos, Madison, Wie.: Saunel Alozander, Hastiogs, Neb.; D, Cadwallader, Lin- coln, JiL ; Jubha U, italph, Rock Falls, 11 ustis Viguor, Canton, 0.+ Joseph P, Carran Dulwware,” 0.5 Eugens 1L Tlastings, Carroll ity, 1a. ’l’hn {usaficiency of the supplies for the sub- lhurunl 15,600 Indigns at thu Red Cloud snd Bpotled Tarl Agencies, (s due to the fallure of the contractor 1o curry out bis agreemonts. Tho sap- plies aro now un tho way, sud will yesch the Afincy 1n 8 few u; tary Shennan teleyraphed from New York 10 Assistant-secretary Mcturmick, that, in sddi- thon to the 310,000,000 453-per cent bands, taken on the 5ib Rat., (o provide for the call of that da bu has voud, undes the Hesdumption act, Lo the vy dicate, $5,000,000 of sald bonds st par o gold 1d for duriug the wonths of Muy und v rocelved will be sold for 70 Of tho Becrolury. The £0 0D with tho eslceof tha for resumption purposss and hopes to be atle to o 1at of January, THE COMSTOCK LODE, 8ax Fuaxcisco, Cal., May 11.—Thu Posf pub- Jishes & communication to the eSect thas negotls- tlons are in progress belween the represeatatives of English capitalists aod the maosgers of elght or ten walues on the Comntock for & controlllug inter- eut, with 4 viow of developing and lntroducing them oo the London markes, ‘The English partics are L0 furnish the mcans of development uuder iheir own wansgewent for coutingest intereat in tho ebures. A Virzlula City dispatch saya tha wontbiy clean-up of the Californis Mill, runuiug on Cuasolidated Virginla ure, glvce an sverago yield of F10L per tou, —about balf gold. RAILROADS.- Report of the Investigators of the Illinois Central. ‘What They Think of the Purchase of the New Orleans Line. The Prospects of the Rond-~-Ifs Sea- hoard Conncettonss--Proposed . Changes. More About That Fast-Passenger Line Gotten Up by the Wabash Road, TIIE ILLINOIS CENTRAT. REPORT OF THZ BHAREHOLDERS' COMMITTER. The Kew York I¥orld of tho 10th haa the follow- ing abetract of the report made by Capt. Donglas Ualton and Mr. Henry J. de Marea Oyens, the Joint committee appointed at a meeting of British shareholdara of the 1llmots Central Railroad amd by tho Administration Ofice for American Raflroad Securities in Rotterdam to examine and report upon the affalrs of Company. They inspected tho entlre line, the lowa leased lines to Sloux City, and the Cairo & Noew Orleans linc, besides the St Lonls, Chicago, and other connections. The Directors and oflicers of the Company were found eager to furnish fall information, Special inquiry was made in rogard toan outlay of 84,608, - 000 of 6 per cent bonds (nearly half the fnnded debtof the Company) in the purchiase of $1,842, 000 Londs of the CAIRO & NEW ORLEANS CONNECTION. Outalde of this Investment the funded debr ie 40,004,000 and the shara capital $20,000,000. ‘There {s no floating debt, To permanent expendi- tures has been charged $37,0605,2:85.03, anl the accaunt snow a surplun of assctaof $1,040,008, 8, The Committes recommenda that this be dimine fshed by asum to be written off from.permanent cxpenditure g0 that the lattor ehall correspond with the $20, 000,000 of capital and the $6, 064,000 of debt, 'The capital acconnt shonld bo closed uniers moras capital is required for extenslons or ncqulsi- tlon of property. The Bonra has adopted a recutn= mendation by fhe delegaten to discontinue the Lin- gineer's Department and close the capital account except for actual outlays. The resuli of this change in one month hus been? April, 1876—Disbursements on Chlef Eo. winder's voucliers. .. April, 1877 =Disbiirse &luder's voucliers. ... Baving i oo month.sse.. The Hlinols Central In the Jargest holder of the consoldated bonds upon the New Orleans, Jackaon & Great Northern and the Missisalppl Central liall- ways. ‘The coupons veing In defsult, s Recelver for these ronds was_appolnted March 10, 1870, at the instance of Iilinois Central, At first tho State of Tenncasee hind o Jtecelver of ita own for a part of l\lulnlrlrl Central, but finally he was appointed for tna whole line and assonted ta the sppointment of Sccond Vica-Prosident James C. Clarke, of ili- nols Central, a8 General Manager. This necured harmony. Aatothe other rond, 1t was purchased on accoint of tho consolidated bondholders, and 1s 1ow worked for them by Mr. Clarke asagent of the Purchaing Committee, Bileatatvpl Conteal will alsobosold Ina fow months, Doth lines wore in coudition, and thoir Income han been applied to Improve them. Mr. Clarke's state- went of March 11, 1877, shows that in spite of tho difliculties of the year the not Incomo from the 1ine in twolve manths was $060,000, Tho dele- ates carvfully cxamined theso figares and belleve hem correct,” There arono bills unpald for cur- rent expenses, and posltive orders huve been given to incur no dehts, but to repalr tho line from fts $77,500,00 Income, This. it 1s hoped. will be accomplished e upon the Jackson ,07:2.54 for coupons upon the firat and second mortgage bonds. Tl n 0 outlsy will probably be carricd up to $500,000. TThe outlay on first murtzage coupons of Mls Central 18 less than 000, and If tho line is urchascd 1t will bo necoesary to uxpend 8300,000 or & two-and-a-haif-milu extension, bulldings, and ralls, Tho snle has been postponed in order that an arrangemont might be affected with the second mortvage bondhol to fund their conpons nnd to procure umulr{ conrolidation leginlation. Illinols Central will probably advance in_all $1,600,000 upon tho entire property from New Orleans to Fllimare, socared by & now mortguge upon tho entire line, ‘The Intérest on the new mortgage, including all pridritles, will nut excecd for the present , 000 per annum, and no loss to Iilinols Central can very well accrue In view of the fact that, the line cariied last yeur au aforesald more than 20 per cent beyond tha intervat upon the 1ien proposed to be created, Thuv, the prevalent jdea that T1linots Central had Incurred and would incur 8 _heavy debton scconnt of theas Southern lines, ts disproved. The further construction rel‘ulnd will not be exponsive. There are no expenslve structures to maintain; tha radlents are moderate, and trains of thirty to hirty-five ten-ton cara aro taken into New Otfcana daily with faclllty, Fuel Ix cheap and wages are low} there is liiile frost or snow. The delegates share with Mr, Clarko the belief that tho net In- come will provide for the coupons on the bonds held by the 1llinols Central a8 soon as tho line fu establishod In de working conditlon. Tiablc Is eveloplng, will dovelop further, T'ho success of tho rallrond dopends, of course, largely uron . THE CHARACTER OF ITS READOARD TERMINUA. New Orleane, the delegdtes think, will’ ot fong remaln o cmumer:lnl[n g or -nwndur{‘hnpnrlancu. 1t 10 013 miles from Chicagoy New York s L. From Decatur, 1., to_Now Orleans is 763 miics; to Bostun, 1,122: to New York, 1,144 or 1,050, according to'the route: to Philadolphta, H04} an to Laltimore, 071, From 8t. Louls to N leans 1s GUS milea; to New York, 1,144 or 1,170} to Boston, 1,201 or 1,233; to Fniladelphi: 45 to Baitimore, 014 or 951, ' These fgares aro ovi- dently favorable to New Orleans, to sny nothing of the greater expenne of working somo of the Easts tern lincs, Nuw Orleans 1o also more favorably placed with relation to the foreign ports on tho alf of Moxico and In Cuba, For the ton years ending 1830 Naw Orleans received on an avers uge 7,071,807 hushels of grain, the recelpts at l{'nmlo. then the cuntre or tho gram-producing dintricts, averaging 10,201,032 Lushels, In the decade ending 1850 the averayo recuipts of New , whits the ahip= men uce to the Eastern ports, Cuba, Oreat Mritaln,” and other forelun ports, nwounted Inthe years 1850-'7 tu D04, 810 barrele of flour, 145, 174 barrels of pork, 37,447 barrels of Dbacon, G48,806 kews of lard, 1 beef, 60,008 barrels of swl busliels of corn, Thosy re answer to the asrertion that breadstuffe and pro- vialons cannot with aufety Lo abipped by way of New Urleuns 'The Misslustppl bar (now removed) cloved the port o Ilw (vewsels, sud the West wought outlets® elvdwhere, tho of tho Atluntlc cities as datiug from that _ thme, mave- ment coutinued il 1800, and then the War cut off New Orleans from conpmunication with the West, and for several yeurs closcd her port com- ly. At the clovs of the War Lha wealth of markets He ul s was destroyed and Now Orleats wag al- most suined. Unprincipled and rapaclous men obtained coutrol of the Uovernwent of tho State and city. loth were oppreescd with enormous debte aid taxes, and foreign capital was frightencd away, Tho lovees were neglecte nunda- tlonu followed, damuging the plautat] were added to divtress und discourage the people oor crops snd the colnmercial erivl id recover and did re-catablish 8 cousid- H | erablo comuerce. " Wil banking capial cedicod from $20,000,000 to 81,000,000, the Clearing- Touse Asyoclution revorts thu clearances fur the car 16706+'0 a 3120, 24 U5, Produca valued at $1G5, ot B0 wie received from the Interlor, aid he forelm lnportations, not o wpeak of dunicatio and constwlse, were $11, 400,777, A & colton mar- ket New Oriedns malutaius her leading position, the recelpts suiounting to 1,601,441 balos, or ok, per cent of the wholo crop, ' ‘The tobacco trada ni~ »0 s reviving, the receipts belug 20, 071 hogsheady, while the avoruge annusl receipts from 1822 (0 1800 wero 40,675 hogsheads, or KO per cent of the Bveruge crops for tho twelty-0vo yeursouding withy 560, The cout of labor beng reduced B per cont during the last threo yenrs, the sugar culture hay become profitable, and In extent may soon equal and surpuss that of the pust, . Tho rice culture bad i attalned 8 duvclopment unknown be o tl 170,304 barrels, the Iargest on record with' onw exception. The rice unds aro not sublect to malails, snd the crop Le- g mory certain than that of catton and sugar, & coustantly Increasing production may be expected, The clearsuces aud entrunces at the gorl aro ro. Imrlell fur the year ending Juna 30, 1876, as fol- owa: tered—Sten Eotered—tes foro The lust c10p w ‘eassls, Tons, 2, 430,647 pITPIE] Total, 904,252 gt 50!773 Clesrod—Ble: iy Total. v oo 800,733 1t must bo sdmitted, the delegates auy, that the sbove shows that TUB COMMERCE OF NEW ORLEANS fa already of conslderable importance, and the In. dicationd of s gredtor and oiore rapld devclopment In the future arc not wautlug, 'flig foliical dints cuitics aro drawing to tbe end, The jcttles of Caot, Eads have proved a wuceess. depth of Awenty foct ten fuches 8t Jow water has buen at- tained, and tho deleyates, from a mnaul exam. fustion, entertaln o doubt that this depth will fucrcsded to twonty-ve feet. When bas thus becouis sccemsitlo to the larger claes of venaels 1L may contddenily expect a Milwaukeo man, who ap preciatvd its finportance as o gruin market. Laat yeor the receipty were 3,7:, 644 bushals o Indiun_coru, of which 2,09f,1n bushula.wero shipoed, woatly 1o Eurove, ~ Tho dely Informud by tho worchanteut St Louls that oven with 5d (10 cents) & bahel Ligher frelybt from Now Urleans to Livernool than frow Eastera ports o Liverpool they conld viub Ludisn carn as chiaply by way of Now Ocleans, and wetu prepured fo svnd dowa 1,500,000 ls & wonth when New Orleans can'ofler the required ship-room. 3t is evldent thaf severul veure maust pary bofore New Orleans ca reap tho full benet of its caceptional position. 1o ile end, bowever, the great advan- finportance .| . tage of belng the ouly American port on the Qulf of Mexico accensibla to Incee veasels, and of te lora. ton midway betseen the provislon and grain pro. dueing Weat and the tronfeal counteleaof Centra) and Sonth America, which requfra those aticies In exchange for theie apecial prodncts, munt have Its effect. Trade formerly ran dnwn ' {ho Misalmint Valley untll the obtrictionn af that fiver's monls turned {t o artificial routes East. With these ofy. stractions romoved. |t may confdently be en. pected to retuen, In great measuro, in it4 natural course, if itfinds In that direction facllitics ag @reat an those offered hy the Eastern Hnes, The delegates are of opinion that the tafe de. rived from the Southern lince, umited under np cficient mansgement, will not only suflico to pay tha Tl)inols Central nteracetion tha money 1t ‘ney ranced to them, but will add to the carnings of at rond fteelf In a dircctlon comparntively new, 1t n desieable that tho linc from Now Orleans 5 Fillmoro bo worked in close connection with the Tiitnols Central; but until ita organization s com. vleted ita teaflic fully developed 1t had het remain & soparate company, Tho Intereat which ahe Tilinols Central holda will giva it & controlling power in the management, In theappendix to their report. the delogntes ey that the competition between tho East and West ralironds and wajer tranapurtation Ia not finaily rettled, That railronds loat moncy by the low rates that prasalled Iast summer, and the' tug-boat ang barge lfllcm on the Inkes, by which ono tuz-huat takes along from 240,000 to' 500,000 Lushels, o thirly train londs, requires comparatively smqi| capitalns compared with tho lane capital tobs :Imrwud against raflrond tranaportation. The Erig Cannl charges have been reduced, and it scemn (ny. omibic to thie delegates that the eastand wost ines of rallroad can compote succesafolly ngainet fnke transpartation thus carrled on dnring fiye summer monthe, Alhougl Iitnom itaolf must g)e ways bo the most imoortant poriton af the [iinoly Central Railrond system, yet grest advantagos arg expected from the New Orleans connection. nasmuch nnthe resulta of the working of the line for each Linif yenr cunnot well ba determing|” untila month aubsquent to its expieation, the delegates recommend that the dividends be maie payable two months afier the expiration of each tincal half year, and that they be declared nt tiq carllcat date conslstent with Annccurate knowle, of 110 results of tho previous half year, the fiacal yenrof the Company being undoratood to termie nate, as at prevent, on Dec, 31, Tho deleyites fid the Company erpeclally in. debied to Mr. Osborn, whis has acied n8 Managing Directoralnce the resignation of President Douglad lant summer, and learn with regret that ho wil) ro. Hmlnlhz’. thangh to take chargo of the Bonthern lines, Othur Directors, it 1s learncd, propose tore. tire. and he deleguten, holding thattho scatof o Hoard should be In New York, yet (hink that some members should bo personally interested In the district through which tho rond pnasce. They rug. ot tha clection of Mr, Ayer, the legal adviser of he Bonrd {n Chiengo, and Mr, J. C. Clarke, and. thattheresldont Western members form an Execo. ' tive Commiltee to operate the line, being respons). bla tothe Board, “Tho question of the electionofa President Lliey recommend to be lot stand over 1ill the wonthern lincs arc thoroughly organ. ized, - “Thicy propose that Mr. Ackerman be re. tained as First Vice-President, In charge of the roadmt Chicagn; thag the Qeneral Suparintenident, Mr. doseph F, Tucker, bo appoluted Mauter of ‘Transportation and have tho sole charge of the freight traftie, and that a responsivlo General Man- ager ppolnted to mesist Mr. Ackerman, A Cuinleman of the Board of Directora should alvo be appolnted, to exerciso n general mupervision over the property and viglt the line at Intervals, ‘While it {s clear_{hat the competition té which the Hlinols Central ta now subjected makes n divi. ddand Jowrer than those paud I secent yoars cestain. Iy to bo expected, the delegutes linve no doubt that ' undera watchful and cconomical admintsteation regular dividends wall accrue o the sharcholders, “T'he reduction of expenses in the tirst four months of 1877 wlil, in spite of rednced trafic. give a net reault of abong $600, Q09 during that perlod, which tlep “In equivalent to the ‘interest “on the bonds, and lenyes tho carnings of the remaluing eight months applicable to djvidends, pciid MISCELLANEOUS. TILE MAGNATES, 8pecial Diwatch to The Tribune, M Nrw Yonk, May 1l.—In 1ts stock-report the - Tribune enya: **Ty-doy It {e given out that the object of the Congress of trunk-line managers now holding sceslons In this clty Is to de vise ways of puoling thelr carnines on competitive businees.” Tho idea of poolimg the earninge of rallwaye with terminl ot Boston, New York, Phlladelpbln, and Baltimorg, 1s of such a charac: tor that the ple atatemont of s intont demon: strates. {ta own impracticablencas, What the compnaies want ia busjness, and enough of it When that exists to such an extent that the lake and canal boatmen cannot for six months of the car reaulate the rate for transportation, tho pub. ic and the Btock Exchange will cease to be dis- turbed by frequent meotings of rallroad Presldents o reggulate that which depends entirely on the law of sapply and demand, he Congross is still i1 scealon, without pronounced result. 't FAST TRAINS, ‘The fast passenger-train guestion was almost the exclustyo topic in railway clrcles yestorday, It wuy generally Lelleved that, thie matter had been doll- nitely disposcd of, and tho annnuncement made In Tug THiouNe of yosterday that the Cannds South- ern had reconsidired ita provious actlon, and | tonded fter all to put ona fasttrain in con| with the Wabash Kund, took most railway men sy ruchio, aud many woro at frat inclitied o dli- credittho nows, Additional Intelllgence was re. celved, howover, durlng tho day conirming the re- ort. ‘Tt was Tearned that the Canada Nouthern ad alfeady lucd W timetabes, aud ibat the fant traln leavos Toledo at 10 p. m. 'and Detroit at11p. ni, This traln will reach Dugfalo fn- thne to connect with the stenmboat exprees of tho New York Central. While it {e the general opinion of tho rafiroad managers (n this city that fast passen- ger trains are of no earthly benefit to the railrond oF the pusscigura, Yot thiy cannat sllow s Suuthe western linoto boat thelr time snd competing trains will bo put _on by mast of the roads. Some of tle lines, bowover, and purticularly the Daltis moro & Ohlo, say that they will not put on fast trains no maltar what the other roads do, but they will fight the compotition by cutting both frelght and pusdenger rates, Monday the new arrancement fur aummer thne ia to go_Into eifect, but if these fast-train queations ae ot dispowid of the wew - schednle will scarcely be put into operation, as tho running of fast tralns would nocessitato uu entire chiangu of time of uil the tralns, The tratun which Dow arrivy here from the Weata lite after 4 p, m. would ba compelled to come In belween £ and 3, m,, and those which leave hero for the Enstatd p. m, would have to leave at aboul u‘:. m, The nionagers of the ronds centering in thly city, bo- fore taklug active stepa to cumpots with thu Wa- bash anil Canada Soutiern will awalt further lnfore mation from (ho trunk.line_nnungers, who are holding a conference in New York at ru’lnnL Iite beltoved that the magnatos will find sume way out of the diiculty, us none of them nre par- ticullorly anxipns to carey on_another rallroad-war uet now. It ia cintnied by soma that the Caoads authorn I8 not e carnest about thls fast-train patter, and, that It Iy ning this bugbear mercly 1o force the Michigan Central (o placo 1t on the sdme fouting aa regards tha interchange of freight aud puspengers ne the Great Weatern, . ITEMS, Mr, T, B. Blackatone, P'resident of the Chicage Alton Kallroud, has szaln 16t for the west end f the road to further iuvestizulo the advisabliity and feasibility of extending tho line from Mexico, 0., to Kansas City, 10 Mr, Blacketone can ket suiiicient ald from tha countles through which bt Tine 18 to run it will bo commenced In 8 short thae. . Mr. J. I, Redmoud, Forclgn Froght Ajent ol the Erfe Rallroud st Liverpool aud London, is it tho city, ile had a confercice yustorday with the - |‘g¢nu of the Erlo & North'Shoro and Ureat Western fast-freight )ines in regard o the expor’ and {mport busincus from Chicsgo, THE GRASSHOPPER. What the Diggest fiug n Kausas Ssys Ree garding Mim, Toreka, Kan,, May 11.—Prof. Riloy, Chlef o the National Entomologlcal Commission, has Jusd closed o three weeks' examination fu Texay oud Kansas of the grasshoppers, and hus submitted 1o poristo Uov, Authony. 1le says ko Gnds the favor able report to thero belng no danger from thalr ravagee this year In tho maln warranted, and thero Is no doubt tu his mind that throughouts largo part of Kansay the battle 18 already foushl snd won. Tha report that the *hoppers have dis- appeared soon after hatching ls confirmed. The cold, ralny weather has bad much to do with thls, but alvo his exswlnation bas confirmed his previout theory that the ‘hoppiers are out of thelr natursl babitation aud can uever permanently thrive bere. lle sayu: **1am the last (o desire that this favora- Dble report should lutl your furmers Intoan unuuT sonseof security, ‘Tho accurity agsinst injury wil evead altogettice on the prépartion of egys Whict ave batchiod. 'Thas, in the moro ssudy belt \'tl;i of & hine roughly drswn through Junction City ai Florence, pot 1 per cent of Ui exgs remaln ui- hatcbed, whilo eust of that lins whors the u‘fl were laid later sud the soil Ju mostly: colder al more tenacious, from one-half to (hroe-fourint of thew mro yet unbatched, and, wih 8 few exceptions, “sound. o the furiner ares A fuw tlelds may snfler, eepecislly aloug tho river courses, but there will be no genoral umuc\l«:‘i Ju the'latter the injury may yet be great, su should be provided agufust.’” The Profeasor thets dves various pluns for destroying thoso whic! 50 not dle s -vutursl death, and closvs 8§ follows; **When tho locusts’ courie is frecly un'; derstood and farmers uutto jn & determined efu fo counteract, it will cease o bo a0 much of & bu[; bear nod no jon.oc luterfere with the settlement nh he beautiful ayd productive Westein plaios whicl 4 visite a8 frregular intcrva e UNENDURABLE COMFORT, 2 Bpecial Dispatch to Tha Tribuna . Srmxorixeo, Ill., May 11,—teorgo 3L Macke Un, of Watermsu, DeKalb County, writes 10 the Depattinent of Publla Instruction to know whethe? puplls can be legally compoliod to wear thelr (ual; in school, i@ represents that the school l" bl place is graded lu two grades, and, oven.in wani weather, the teacher—nhis action belog ludursed Y (W0 of (o threo Directora—refures to allow (bo boys o eit iu wschool duriuz scuslons WITG tucir coats off. In m-l(v. tho Ds'plfll”u it duclines tu oficially rule on fhe question, but s i‘ cuts 1hat the usages of soclety should guvuntu“’ LT ot eles BT bl a3 the latte e 4 wieto DUruery, the walter o clothiag s mot 40 L portaut.