Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 15, 1878, Page 2

THE CIIICAGO. TRIBUNE: FRIDAY. MARCIT 15 e 1878, {nto manufacturcs, are ta come in free, At the instanre of the Protectionists, the woolen man- ufacturers are contending with the wool pro- ducers as to the adiission of certain clarses of wool. The manufacturcrs are not ngreed as to the several Interests. ‘Thero s a great contest by the ship-builiing Interests acainst the sec- tion of the bill authorlzing the fres importation of materials for ship-bullding. In the ovent that the ship-huildcrs fear defeat, they wil pro~ pare a snbstitute providing that ships may ba finported as mannfactured articles on tho pay- meut of 20 per cent ad valorem. MRS, CIHISIOLM. TOR KIND OF JUSTICE METED OUT IN MIs81s- ares Bpectal Dirvatch to Tae Tribune. WABMINGTOR, D C., March 14.—Mre, Chls- hoim, widow of Judge Chisholm, murdered at DcKalb, Miss., last year, has returncd to her position as clerk in the Treasury Department from the trial of the murderers of her husband. Bhe pronounces the trial "a mockery of justice. The prisoncrs wore on the most intimato terms with the court officials. Mrs. Chisholm was permitted to answer few questlons, and thoso . fmmaterial. Judge Itcland, Mrs, Chisholm says, declared that she bad falled to prova that her husband was 8 voter or a citizen of the United States, and that, accordinely, he-must fa- strict the Jury torendera verdlct for defendanta, Mrs. Chisholm has abandoned property worth £50,000 1o $100,000, and Is now working for” her dafiy bread becanse the mob will not let her live'in Missirsippi with her children In peace. Mra, Chisholm heanl before leaving that Henr Gully told the mob there must be no mora kill- ing at preseat, until this matter was scttlcd. (iuv. Btone has kept silent throughout the trial. Mrs. Chisholm esys that the condition of af- falrs In Keinver Counl( is much worae than at any time duriog tho \War. Then there wasa will hasten to put tn power the party which ad- vocates t.” afMrmation of the doctrine of Stato rightsl” original Jurisdiction of the State courts, it is founded upon the Democratlc doctrine of Stato rights, ‘The custom now is, that, whenever n caso Is commenced fn the State conrts within the proper jurisdiction, it s often removed to United Staica courts, sometimes several hun- dred milea distant from the home of the rest- dent tigant. crowded, ness, There are 000 cases now upon the docket of the Unlited States Buprema Court. and threo years wiil he necessary to disposo of them with- out sttending to any now buainess,” ties of the United Btates courts?” Uniteid States courts by {ncreasing the number of Judges, but theee bills would increase the expenaca, My bill will savo thesc incrensed cx- penditures, and will reduce the volumeof busl- nees of, the United machinery of the Judliciary Is quite suflicfent.” law authorizing the transfer of cascs is uncon- stitutiopal " the law suthorizing remavals from State courts more liberally than tho law ftsclf scems to warrant. The constitutionality of the law of removal s doubted by some: but, ns this law has for itsintes themscives, and ns they are looking to the cn- largement of thelr own power and to magnify- ine thelr own aflices, it is not likely that they will ever declaro the act suthorizing the ro- moval unconstitutlonal.” cascs has become moto goneral of lato years, How docs that happeni® STATE RIGNTS, 15 pot the Lill, however, & vory positive re- “In ro far astho bill secksta restore the The United States courts aro They aro unable to attend to bust- **But Is it not pruposcd Lo lncr::nln the facill- “There are bills to enlarge the facllities of Btates courts, Tha presont MAGNIFYING THRIR OPPICES. ¢ Do you proceed upon the theory that the ' The United States Judges have construed roters the United States Judges . PERILS TO TIi% REFUDL] “You say that tho practics of transferring “There may Lo dangera In this system which that he has 43 rcr cent bonds at He b pre-emption Rilng Ia not absolutely required in making homestead cntry, and that it may be entiroly dispensed with in” making »a final proot thercon. This ruliog will save sctticrs a great deal of inconvenicnee and expensc. Diroctora of the Union Pacific Rafiruad expired Inat Sunday. Behurz hiad a conference to-da of new nfiolntmcnh to Il the Board. names wil morrow. It is probabls that Chadwick only will bo reappolnted, Jamea F. Wilson s not a more timber than In the same radiuain any other locality in the United States. mated thet about seven-tenths ol the lumber shipped from Pensacola is taken from the pub- 1lc domatn, and that £200,000 conld be recovered for the Government, if the cases were properly prosecuted. It 1a esti- TNB NAVT APPROPRIATION RILI, which was recently introduced In the Honsa b Representative Clynier, appropriates a total sum of 14,043, specific Only §1, vation of veasels on stocks and fn the ordinary 84, Throughout the blil gg;ecu of appropriation arc stated. ),000 are appropriated for the preser- urchase of materials and storcs of all kinds, Pabur in the navy-yards and ou foreign atations, the preservation of materfals, the purchase of tools, the wear, tear, and repalr of vessels Afloat, and for thu F“‘“"l care and protection of the navy ontha Ii: palry fncidental expensea—namely, advertising and foreign postage. no of construction and re- TNR LOW-INTRNEST RONDS, The Secrctary of the Treasury says the roport ecided to sell 8 large amount of ar in gold {8 erroncous. as tnade no such decision. The total sab- lflgflonl to tho 4 por cent. bonda since the date o loan, {a £3,500,000, 8 ent month to dateagy subsariptions did not go above $16,000. o Treasury circular, Jan, 16, advertising the ubscriptions for the pres gnte $500,000, To-day's ME-EMPTION FILING, P The Becretary of thie Interior has declded that UNION PACIFIC DIRECTORS. The torms of tho office of tha Government’ ‘The Presldent aund Secretary on the subject Thelr be submitted to the Cabinet to- of 1peecent. That was il there was init, but he was apnased {0 anything that looken Iike favorln specalation. 1f the promotern of the ineasurs di not oiean that, they would agree to theamendment swhich ho pronnsed to offer to the third section, Thatamendment was ona providinz that the 1ax o aaty rlm on all distilled spirits when tho eame ara withdrawn shail be the amonnt of duty or tax which wonld have been paid if paid when auch dis- tilled aptrita were pat in bond, Mr. Bayler stated that was provided In the reso. Intion, 1ie bad no objection to 1t except that it ‘was a more sarplns: Mr, Dutler—\ el you admit that amendment 1 withdraw all objection tn the resolation. Mg, Lapham regarded the measure as A propusl- tion to lend to the distillers for two years at ; per cent the vner revenues which they pay to the Treatury, and that, tou, 8t A petiod whan the rev- enies were diminiahing, when the Ifouse was told that 1t will be dlificult to Lalynce the books at the end of the year, when the gentlemen on the other #ide were crying ** Economiy, ecanomy, teform, teform.” Suach a proposition conid not have his lpflrum]. r. Fort feared the object of the bill was to pive :m: n’“ the whisky men to obtain a tedaction In . [arrison opposed the bill, not onl; EirTation. b a8 being ut &g being_in favor of a certain class of the whisky intercat, not the whole Inter- est. It was for tlie benefit of that whisky which {mproved by nge. 'The kind of whisky which bronght an Immones rovenne Into the Treasary wanld not recelve tho alightest benefit from it. 3ir. Barehard supported the bill, Kt did not en- danger the revenne of the countrv. It wae not so much in the intercat of tho diatiflor as in the in- terestof tho revenue. Mr, Foster mapported the bill, e denfed that it would rednce the revenne, becanse the revenne came not from the amonnt put into bond, but from the consamption, 1t might cAnse & tamporary re- duction, bus in the end all the tax wonld be ro- ceired. Genoral debate having clobed, the bill was road by scctions for amendment. Mr. Butter offered the amendment suggested by him, and It was agreed to, Alr. Conger moved to make the interest 7 per cent, Instead of G, itefected, Mr. Conger then moved to maka the Interest O por cont. Itejected—71 to 85, LONDON. How the British Lion Roars and Wags His Tail. The Breaking-Up of the Pence-Meeling in Hyde Park. A Hundred Thousand People Present, the @reater Portion of Thom Simply as Onlookers, The Liveliest Kind of a Fres Fight--Tlow the Hon, Auberon Merbert's Coat Bulfered, Bpeciat Correspondence of The Tridune, Loxnox, Feb. 26.~Yesterday I saw motre hu- man bolngs than I had ever befora scen at one time in my lifc. Tho accasion of thelr assem- bling was & call for a grand demonatration in favor of peace, and thc apot sclected was the West End of London. broad cxpanse of turf in Iyde Park, In the ‘Tha call had been fssued by the Workingmen's Ilyde-Park Peaco-De- monstration Committec,—the men of most noto on this Commiltes being tho well-known Radi- Herbert. cal, Mr, Bradlsugh, and the Hon. Auberon It bad not been advertised very extensively, but tho call had been notleed in all the newspapers, and, In portlons of the city, handbills had beon posted. By 3 o'clock, howover, it was evidont that the {ntentlon of holding such & mecting was known hody-guard, his coat was sadly muddled and torn, tho slecves being nearly wrenched ont. | [ caulll not sec his cont-talls, but T_have 8 strong impression that certaln ragged objects, which [ 81w soon alteswards holsted upon feagments of the platform, had formerly adorned Mr, Her- bert’s peraon, and that his outer garment when e retired must have closclyresembled n jacket. This proceeding, of courss, ended the meet- {ng proper, and thenceforward until 5 o'clock. the crowd simply hung arounsd out of curlosity. The war party was not allowad, howaver, to re- tire in nndisturbed triumph, tor thelr flags wero soon torn Into fragments and stamped lnto the mud. A dllu&;mn(nd portion of ons of them was finally carried fnto the tree whore the platform had stood, but the bearcr was not left In pos- scssion very long. A stout fetlow swarmed up toward the limb whoro the flap-bearee was sway- ing his rag in compiacent security, and then bo- an ono of the most LAUGHABLE AND ENERGRTIC STRUGGLRS that 1 ever behield. Each was Buwerml, active, determined, and, I should say, bnif-tight, They wrestled and snatehed, kicked, struck, snd shouted {n A manner worthy of & betler cause, until the flag at length went down simultane- onsly with the breaking of a limp and the disap- pearance of the two contestants, ‘Thenceforward the only amusemont consisted [ wnlchlnlt the frantic ruslies of the half-tinsy gang who had led the attack, and the extraordi- nary panic that prevalled whenever they made an onset upon the crawd. Portlons of the mob strayed away to call upon Lord Beacousfield and’ recefva his kind congratulations for thelr part in having broken up the meeting (of conrse, not so stated, but so underltomll, and other portions went to Mr. Gladatons's housc and broko his windows, 1t was 0 o'clock befora the Park was clearcd, and ncar 10 Leforo that part of the clity resumed [ta normal high-toned quictness and exclusiveness, ‘The whole affalr stiows how little rezard the avoraze Englishman has for falrness to oppo- nents, free speech, and that gort of thing, Itis snid that, when Henry V d Beecher came abroad to Influence English scntiment In favor feiend, If Judgn Lowel should deeide that vour loss was n reality, every bankrupnt In Boston would want to borrow your pants.’ — ———— THE RAILROADS. THE FASTERN POOT., The opposition against the New York at. rangement for the East-bonnd freight business among the Westernrallroad managers {s getting stronger overy day. It is reported that the Managers of the Chicago, Milwaukes & St. Paal, Chicago, Rock Island & Pacifle, ana Chi- cago & Northwestern have refused to sign the New York sgrecment, and it fs also stated thas the managers of lines leading East from Peorla and other Westorn points have taken a similar stand, Yet It {3 the Intention of tha cugincers of tho New York agreement to carry out its provisions for the time désigusted,—thres months, They -say it can dono harm to give tho plana falr trial, and, {f it proves a failure, 1t will be time to look around for s beticr plancr 0 back to the old system of carrying freisht at ralnousrates. As concernsthe kicking Western roads, it is clatmed, that they cannot break u, aud hurt the arrangement, as they can casily bg kops within traces by thelr Eustern cunncee tions. The question Is, however, whether the Eastern roads are heartand soul In the arrange. ment und will force their Western conncetions tocome to terms. It is claimed tpon wood nulnurlti that neither the New York Central, Canada Boutliern, nor Wabnsh desired the are rangement, and that thoy only submitted to ft altef the timo of trial was changed from six to threo months. Thero arc many who predict that they wiil not maintainit that fong. There 18 no fault found with the arranzemeut, because the I'ool Comunissioner are made_ the arbitru- tors in_all disputed questions. Messrs. Fink and Guilfora ar two ablé and honeat men who v ¢ % i 4 re belleved tb bo Inclined to act fairly tovw: (‘;1‘,,:';:2 ,{’(‘,’:5;2‘; ‘{';Wg“lt‘;erl‘"‘ éfl‘ffggfl&:&‘; will uitimately fmperil public intcrest, Judge | candidate for reappointment. G. B, Smyth, of ,,;',":;2:,";}:‘.,‘;_ “‘;}:,":'.:.,:s:,::}:"‘,‘,fi:‘,,‘fl;,?’,‘.} all over the city, and, even from tho distant | of tho North during our Clvil War, e wasmet | ail tho roads, more so i uc;fla e Rl ade Mooty | B e ok on o Comaion ks | v W pe st | it ST e s | B st tero was o ey v | byt e e St g e b and | b sl o om0 5 3 on mo 2o o i . B s ahould any tha wonatitalansl m | Collector Dirayton, at Greanvillc, 8. Cu tole- | wiiich tho bill wan bassud, and moved to lay thax | toward tho Park. Not only was it known that managers, But while thoy ara virtuslly dictat SCITURZ. TRE ARCRETARY OET3 DACK AT DLAINE. Wasnineroy, D, C,, March 14.~8ceretary Bchurz, being asked what he thought of yester- day's debata in the Benate upon the prosecution of timber depredators in Montana, safd: Some Benators attack tho Interior Dopartment for doifng the thing it has not done, and scarcely thorlty to remove n casc, how could compelled to rclin«\uhh thelr furlsdiction ¥ Importance of Un! creased b Southern The limitations of the Judiclary act of 1750 were enlarged by statutes and construction, so that wmany cases which courts reached tho United States courts,” the; ho tedd States courta rapidly in- legrislation really Intended for tha tates in times of Tocal disturbance, belonged to the State + ECONOMY, grsphs to the nuo that be has organized n force of thirty men, who aro_now on thelr way to Plckens County, Redmond, with thirty men, followed Cant. Hofl- man's force of elght men all da and thoy, belng powerless to confend with Red- mond's” gang, retreated to Em:&, walting for refnforcementa. o zens, ter 1 mmissioner of Internal Rove- on Tucsday, Redmond has ordered the citl- at their peril, not to furnish food or shel- o the reveuue officers, Warrants will be wnation on the table, on which Mr. Conger, owing to the closencss of the vote, caliedfor the yeas and nays, which were ordored, snd resnlted—ycas, 122:'nays, 105, S0 tha motlon 1o reconsider wap 1ald on_tha table. Mr, Foator, from the Committes on_ Appropria. 1ons, roporied & LI appropristing $30, 000 for the Contfngent Fand of the lonse, Pasyed. Mr, Springer called np the report of the Com- mittco on Elactions on fhe Masaxchusotts contested aloction case,—tlo report of the majority being such a meotiog would bo held, but it was nlso cvident” that some greater attraction for the crowd must havo been promised than the specchies attendant upon peace-resolutions. The attraction was not far to soek, for handbills had been circulated tho provious day and in the morning, which showed that adetermined effort. would bo made to break up the peace-demon- The same men were howling to recognize the Bouthern Confederacy as aro now shricking for war with Russis,— THR ARISTOCRACY AND TIR MUD-OCRACY (X mn‘z coin & word); the very highest in so- clal rank and the lowest in tho scalo of clviliza- tion of the natlon. It Is a part of tho story that, waiting for a temporary luil in the nolsc, ho suddenly stepped forward, and in a genial, good-n-luml voice sald: ~ **Hoys, is this alr?? and thus palped a hearing which ors as regards tha distribution of frelght and the making of rates, they have no power what. ever Lo anfored their deerecs, no penalties belng affixed {n tho agreement. . The prineipal oppo- sition to-the arrangement I8 becausa 1L Is be. loved that it will work altogether in favor of the Jarge nod well-established ronds and entire- 1y against the smaller oncs, or those which have been laboring under disadvantages during the past few years. ‘The business is to be divided V e tho varioua lincs on the basis of the bus- mentioned the thing it has really done. We | « \yat are your arguments on the grounds | procured for the jall-breakers and other revenuc | that Dean, the contestant, 18 entitled to the seat, stratfon by violenco. To show tho character of | oy “novor tmiefered with aln. | fnees pre arratgoed for having persceuted settlers | of cconom 123 eulprite, and they will citber be capturcd or be- f{.‘::x“lffn‘;';";;',;‘:;‘°"" belng n favor of Field; | the appesls intondod to 1t “fs probable that whatever w\!ngtcu: :'(,;::J'A :‘l?n':.oh;]yaflr;‘gn:n: l:’:u‘«‘; blllxl-rl?ca{cv‘r:fi z;l;h: and miners who wanted a little wood and tim- “Fhe expenditures of the judicinl branch of | come fugitives. Q ber for taeir stores and mines, while wo really bad only prosccuted speculators whohad depre- dated upen the publie lands on o Iargo scals for the sake of perronal profit. Under the fnstruc- tions of this Department not a scttler or miner the Government creased by these Jaws and thefr construction. The entire czpenditures of the United States courts {n 1850 wero $407,568: In 1800 they were® $930,477, and the law at that time remalned abaut as It atood In the original Judiclary act of have been cnormously in- ato a number of pension bills were pasaed dur- TIOE RECORD. BRNATH. \WasmnGTOR, D. C., March 14.~In the Scn- After the opening speoch by Mr. B 3 1louso ld]uur:mL £t L resnetethe CASUALTIES. Of10 FLOODS, FINE TON DAITISH WEART, 1 inclose a copy of ono of thess notlces, which readas follows: RUBSIAN MEETING IN TITDE PARK. Englishmen! A last attempt s to be made by the Micd agentsof Itussia on Bunday, Feb, 23 (to-day), to cotrapt and undermine the patriotism was showu an that occasion was due more to curfoalt. ‘y to hear the speaker himself than to any desire to treat his causo with fairness; for, of all unrcnaoning, dogmatic porsons, the ay erage Englishrhian scems pre-eminent. I could not help vontrasting the strife which broke, up this poaco-meoting with the mnafil scenes 1 have large proportion, and_the roads that have done a small business will get asmall proportion, But becausesn road Lias dono a small busiucss tho last year {s no reason that It would do an cqually emall business durinz this year, A ‘rond might have beeu mismanazed n ‘the past year, and might be well inanaged this g . | 1780, The law authorizing rémcvals from Stato | ing the morniog hour, smong them one grant- ‘connts P "Do you wieh Count Schouva. | Witncssed at hume, whera both sldes have been | year. Tho agreement will bave the effect of tias ncm1 touched, " el::ccpt “‘-lhm P | I as a1 witoet in 1803, anek o 8% | 1o $50 waanth to the. widow of Rear-Adairal | CreCIENATL O March 14.—Advices from the | 8f2ur countrymen., Lo yoa b Coun o ing ‘af | Heard with absoluta frecdom from Interruption, | helping the boda shich Nave beth dulie- Iare “:Tm udh:(“‘ ::I; a ”::1 :: i v::at::d d:‘l’:\csr enscs fld Unlw‘l tfi:u‘ c;mm o “E’uf under | @y riag Witkes. Interior of thl; State ln:lutn that the storm of 1-:y|?lhhr;w‘r;l have "‘1“3“ ruln.l:nunlél Icn lnlv?r of ulm :’\‘x po1lumtcu|}:le:=- fi.l‘l' elxcufidlu in Ibluomcsu business during the past few years to maintmin o ule N 2,162, b spolic_and cruel Pawer K % N When these ,;mes" obtalned from 85 to €3 o Inflaoen O Ll ‘“Jf word eI Mr. Vaorhaes Introduced n bill providing for thapast two daye dias Besi ooe of greatsevare Ellrg{n:—a Pawer that' deliberately crushea it L ull will 20 on Grazeih ot L auppos per cord for wood, and from 820 to 2060 per thonsand tect for manufactured lumber which they have taken frum tho public lands, they COULD AFFORD TO TAY THE GOVERNMEXT at least a amall part of thele profit, as people In other parts of the country have to do, Asto depuptilating the Territories, thero nre no signs of that cither in Montana or any other Territory fn coneequence of the action of tho Interlor Department, but it is s notorlous fact that the vonsumption of timber which persons take for nothing trom the public Jands will be infnitely mure wasteful than if they have to pay for it. In this way the mountains’ sides in these Perejtories wll very soon be stripped of thelrforests, and, the forests once destroy- »d, the nouutaing’ sides will remain bare fovever, 1f that gocs on in tho present wasto- ful manner only o short period longer, then these Territories will in part becomo uuinhabite able and depopulated, espeelally the valleys, which depend upon the regalar sunply of water, 1 the consumnption of timber can bo reduced to the actual necessities of the peopla by the ac- lion of the Government, and thae waste now poig on bo prevented, the 'l‘urrlwrlc:‘ instead and fn 1878 were $3,440,4 show that the expenditures since the passage of the law outhorizing morc extended removals from State to Federnl courts are four times ns great a8 they were in 1860, cconomical r\umlon, and has no politics ln {t. It Is for tho 1ng to theapirit of the Judiclary act.” Post-UMco Committeo has not yot taken up the case of Patterson, nominated tobo Postmasterat, Bterling ju place of Mra. Elccta E, Smith, Mrs, Swith's commission had a year and a half to run. slon that her removal is without cause, and In violation of Civll-8ervice rulea. ports that documents have been fled ab the Post-Otfica Department which show that tho President had causes ot lcast prima {acle satis- factory to himnsclt for the appolutment of Pat- terson, It scoins probable that the Post-Ofice Commitieo will exainiue into all cbares which . These figures My bill involves an ntereat of tho people, and accord- NOTES AND NEWS. TIE OABH OF MIlS. BMITIL #vectal Dispateh to Tha Tribune, ‘Wasmixaron, D, C., March 14.—Tho Benato An attempt Is mado to creato tho impres- Thort are ra- the payment of all customs ducs and all other debts due to tho Unlted Statcs In legal-tender notea at par, except in cases whero 1t Is other- ‘wisc.cxpressly stipulated oo the face of tho ob- ligation or contract. Referred. senger fares and frefght trafflo on the Denver Pacific Rallwoy and Kansas Paclfic Rallway. Referred. business, being the bill In regard to tha Pacific Raitroad Binking ¥und, and Mr. Matthaws spoks {n favor of the bill reported by the Committee on Rallroads, and gave notlce that he would hercafter submit it as a substituta for that re- ported by the Judiclary Committee. the Committee on Railroads, and sald tho bill of the Rallroad Committce did not emboay the proposition which had been urged by the rail- rosd companics, on thils subjact cught to ba bas of tho partlos. livorato conviction that Cangross tad o anthorlty of law, that the Governmea! Mr. Teller fntroduced a bill to regulato pas- Consideretion was then rosumed of unfinished BMr, Matthows explainod the LIl roported by It was bascd, as 11 fegislation m the c nt 1t was his de- Withoat consent, ' had no authority, tu fty. A great amount of damago has been done to property generally, cspecially rallroad prop- erty. A larze portion of the lower part of Mansfield, 0., Is coverod by water to the depth ot threo fect, covering tho first floors of many dwellings. A number of barns wero swept away. A number of bridges upon the Fort Wayno Road bhave beon Injurcd, and one was carrled completely away. At Zanesville the street-car stables and a two-story frame woro demolished, aud tho roof of the Presbyterian Church nod thoso of a number of dwellings carried away. A freight truin raninto & cul- vn[.:t. wrecking tho traln and killiog the en. gincer. JUMPED TIIE TRACK. Crrraxxg, Wy. T., March 14.—A west-bound passenger-traln was thrown from the track six miles west of North Platte at 8:80 this morn- ing by o broken rall, The enzine and mall car passed over all right. Tho baggage, two coaches, and a sleeper wero badly wrecked, but fortunately no one was hurt. There were threo emlgrant cars attached to the rearof tho traln, “'natfonal freedom ' with the fron heel of military force, and shuts ont British Industry from all lice m"lloml}” Any rosolution passod at their meet- will a direct encournzement to Rassla. g’lglhlng bat o vhr.mml and determinod policy wiil revent war. wh ch the Ruaslan party, it nuccens- ul, will incvitably brln‘ about, 8a they brought abont the Crimean war in 1833 The poace party, in evident anticipation of thelr opponents’ intentlons, had arranged to fave 600 of their number act as preservers of the peace, cach having been armed with a club, and ordered to stand close around the platform, with locked arms, to recist any endeavor to overthirow it. They were determined to bave poace if thoy had to fight for it. Having learned that tno great osks whera last year's peace-moctings were held would not bo sclected ns the site of the platform, I a1 not joln the immenso throng which I found already gathered under thosc trees, but ob- talned standing-room on a small seat about 100 arils from o group of three trees, Whero I was nformed the platform would be erccled. At 9:80 o'clock the Park was black with people. To the north there was evidently great excitement, John Bull will go on bragging of his regard for the under dog In tho fight, ete., to tho cnd of time. Ila eermnlf ought to have 4 large etock of deslre for talr play, for he nover lets any of 1t cacapo him. OnszaVER, e ———— THE OLLYE IN AMERICA. Jefferson’s Wish that the Troe Might Do Planted Ilorc—Interesting Papers on tho Bulject by Gen: A, O, Jones, Washington Correipondence Now York Tribune, Tho Italtans bave a saylog, *If you want to leavo n lasting legacy to your children's chils aron, plant an ollve.” Thomas Jefferson wroto from Parls [n 1787: 4 Although the olive is a tree tho least koown in America, it {8 the most worthy of belng known. Of all thoe gilts of Heaven to man it Is next to the most preclous. And," he addea, “haying been mysell an eye-witncss to the blessings which this tree sheds on tho poor, I never had my wishek so kindled for tho In- troduction of any articlo of now culture into our new country.” . o thelr superiority without makingspecial efforis, ortd will prevont tho roads that have done a small Qusincss or suffered under disadvantages fromn récovering the lost ground and to make foroads on their mors powerful rivals. It is nostly for this reason that tho large Eastera roads favor the azrcement, and that the smaller Western roads whick have suffered during tho last fow years from adverse Graoger laws aro opposed to ft. THE MISSOURI RIVER POOL. The Southwestern Rallroad Rato Assoclation ceascd to exist yesterday, and hereafter it will bo known fn history only. Tbo Chlcazo bragch of tho Associntion held & mceting yesterday afterncon at the Grand Pacific Hotel to scu what actlon was nccessary to prevent any disas- trous compoetition among the roads, and whether somo kind of arrangement could not be mado by which the Chicago roads could act in concert and meot any steps thac the Bt. Louls roads might tako against thom. it {s fearcd that un- loss some such actloh s taken the 8t. Louls roada will galn . an advantage, as thoy have %ooled thelr intcrest and will nct in concert. liere were present at the mecting Huyk Rid- , \ dle, President, and J. T. S8anford, Traflic Man- £ buinee depopulated, will be protee tors th which were replaced on tho track and taken | but I did not dare to leava my post of vantage, | -~ Gon. A. U, Joncs, of the Dopartment of A " a uf b dopopulateds el b protectyd, mwatuat, | U a1t S to Post-Oftico Dupartment 5‘33{‘{\ u"r":':‘“"n:l"c%;'fitsg‘g:’g\:fi?‘:"%::z"sh:fi": b o North Patto i the pasngers, who | 10F Uicre wat, marcow soom on e et foe sz | yluur, s proparad, un qppimensof At | aecr, ™ Gl ' Beec “tind € Fo- wihetiotheewlng wmust ucigers, wastioe, | helora Butierasale eondimel, pastice, W srguod that iho Uorcrament by the | will romaln thoro ualil tho noxt reguiar train | BEISY0% ot ahothor olovated shotwhenca Toould | Commissloner of that Depastrient, somo o | snd J, \F. Goddusd, Awlatent, Cencrl an. Inever thought it to nrevent stenlinz, to en- w8 ure Dut 88 they should be, it ia tho busl- Acss of Congrees to make them sa, The opera- tHuns of the Depgrtment for the prevention of timber dovastation apoly only fn o very Hmited wxlent to tie Territories, The ‘)nndnul field ot operstic pa 15 in the timber-growing States, such s Mlunesota, Michigan, Wisconsio, Florida, Loulsinna, Misslsslpp, and others. AR NO 8PIXS. Mr, Schtirz, being asled whether ho had made 1 speech while dn the Senate on tho molety svatem denouncing sples in tho revenue service sl that s far o e conld romember bo had oot uttered a word inghat debate, nor {n any ather, about sples. "Thliso who were called spies Hayos eald latoly in couversation that he found “,'fl KRepublican party dead when ho camo foto oflice. mora mints will be cstublished, to-day fntroduced u bill for a new mint &t Co- luwmbug, O, fect of speclal counsel. A bill was Uoally passod vroviding that not more thun one special coun- pensation not 16 exceed 32,000 wuch opposition, but the blll was in charge of an fnland Kcutuck{I proud of the fact that hu helonged to a class Thero (s no truth {n the story that President MORE MINTS. Western Represontatives arc confidont that Tom Ewing SCIUD LAWY ENS, ‘The Hlouso had au excited deate on the sab- scl ehall be employed in any cose, and ot a com- ). Thero was Iawyer, who scemncd to by that it could not unloosy itaelf. Keferring to the differonco between the bill on latlroads and that of tho Judiclary Com- mittee, alter 8 contract othoe wad an act of Onowaea sottioment which was completo ar {llnll and put an end to the controversy and ltiga- on, of legislation, neceasity for leglsiation; whereas, the blil reported by his distingnished colleague (Thurman) from tha Judiclary Committco did not oven Do a full and Onal scttloment. leved that If the blll of the Judlnllr{l Commiltes should becomon law it would bo ihe :?nmfl that he kriow of in the annala of Jewisl ui n, intort ot necumalation of tha Binking Fund o't saivar d per cent por snaam, witle hat of 10 of the Committeo he said that one - proposed to by 5 contract, “and tha ower, and nothing el It contemplated nothing further in the way 1t contenplated 1o further Hrtwnd to 1le (Matthows) be. o0 wmost do- ‘The blil of the Railroad Committeo allow: Judlelary Commlttao nifowed The Colorado Central traln, so long snow- bound at Taylor and Tono Tree, arrived hera at10a. m. FEARFULLY MANGLED. ParEnson, N, J,, March 14,—Magclo Adams, ared 8 years, whose parcnts live in Now York, but who was atopping licra with a grandfather, Thomas Adams, whila out with tho latter to- day ran boforo an apploaching tratn at the Erle depot ana had both legs torn off at the thigha, ‘Tho grandfather, in attempting a reascue, was soverely injured. — BURNED TO DEATIN, Speciat Dispaich lo The Tribuns, Font WATNE, Ind., March 14.—This morning see and hear so well, Indocd, oxcepting the treos, it was the only elevation in that part of the "ark, and, belog plucod on tho crest of o very long, slight swell of ground, it gaven view of everything transplring {n the crowd for n%unmr of s mile. C. uw.lll{ the throng increased. From all o the_spac took thelr flight,” compact budy of above 2, us cumpnl{:,n to ‘[ll_vdu Yark] men resently, from the left, o persons moved forward toward 8 graceful ash or maplo tree in tho centre of tho plain, and fL was casy to dis- tingulsh among them the leaders of tho demon- stration. Portable benches and stands wero ulckly olaced around the trw‘“ and the plat- orm was completed ina twini log. Toward this centrs thon flocked all the great mass of lumanity, until it scemed as if they woro RO BND 7O THEIR COMING, tercsting papers treating of tho culturo and usea of meveral specios of agricultural products which are only known to the majority of Amerj- ndigestiblo luxuries, but which furnish In many other countrics valuable staple articlos of foodl to fall closscs. Awmong these uro the date, the fig, and: cans 88 high-priced and ratlier the ol VC. Ot the Jatter Gen. Jonca says the ollvo treo in full bearing ylelds on an average from two to threo bushols of fruit, which "would produce from fifteen to twonty pounds of oll. An acre of 1and properly planted should contaln about 100 such trees, and grass or otlier cro cultivatod botween tho troesto advantage, Tho tree will grow where there is not o redundancy of molsture, and §n any kind of soil, in a latituds congenial to it, may_bo It is a branching, evergreen tree, slow of growth, very tenacious of life, and A God Froight Agent, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; J. L‘FMnMullln Qencral Buperintendent, s James Bmith, Gloncral Frelght Agent, Ch! mfu & Alton; "I 8, Btcphous, General Superin- tendent, and J. B. Carson, Traflle Manager, Hannibal & 8t. Joe. After aJong and thorough discussion of the situation, it was decided thint the Cbicago branch of the pool keep up the present arrangemant until April 1. ‘Tho prescns difforencea In ratcs between -Chicago aud 8t. Louls will bo maintalned until that time unless the 8t. Louls roads should smoke a reduction, tn which ovent the Chlcago roads will teot Lo rates from 8t. Loufs. ~Neither tho Illinofs Cen- tral nor the Wabash Railroads were represcnted at the meeting, and, as far as can by learncd, they were not asked to attond. It Is elalmod hy the roads heretofore belonging to the Assocla. tion that these roads are not ontitied 3 to & share In tho Missouri Hiver busincss, b the etnolGy of the Interl i swhich ho ealled country scrub Jawyers, and the per | oarly, at Deflance, O,y a dwelling-houss occupled | More and more compactly they packed together, | of yreat longevity; so creat, indeed, that it fs v ; e ety ot thalnterlor 1) partment wero | Bl possed. s i ot e e Rl et 2 oea | by Georzo Kiduer caught firs from a Iamp ox- | aud by 8 o'clock thiere was a space fully 000 | Lo oo T 'umat- the” treos At becreny | 48, thoy bave no connoctious for Licse poivtt. OLIY i 3 what “depredations had been comnmitted, and wito cominitted them, and I the Department wanted to know anything about the matter these agents had to be ealled “lm" for informa- tion, 28 the depredators are not in the babit of teporting themsel masters that Wirt Sykee, United States Consul ot CardifT, and lis Vico-Consul huve been en- wagod {n extorting unjust fecs from these mase ters. Chargzes have peen forwarded hero by ship- NEW BILVEI DOLLARS control lowards the payment of the debt, they would certalnly make thoir moncy camn ¢ per cent fnteroat. 1le argued that tho bill of tho Jndl:lnrfi Commiittes, instead of collecting the Binking Fun: for the sole and exclusivo use of of thie United Status claim of the United the Government in onler to extingnish tho Htatea agatnet theeo compa- plosion and burned down. Mr. Kidder waos burned to death, Iis famlly narrowly cscaped with their Nves THE WEATHER. Orricn or Tum Cuigr StoNin Oreicxm, yarda squaroso covered with people s to givo ot one glimpse of tho groen turf boneath thelr fect. Hesldes this central body, which con- talned not lces thon 80,000 persont great numbers of others scattered tliero wore about tng Pari In atl directions, while far up to tho north thete was mnother closoly-zrouped mass, of growing 1n the Valley of Gothscmane aro thoso which existed at the beginning of the Christian ern, Oilve oll may be gatd to form cream and butter for those countrius in which it s pro- duced. The fruit of the olive fs preserved by plekling, and in Europe torms an important article of food for thie people. Tha wood of the On thc other hang, the Llinols Central and Wa- bash mangers claln that chelr oo 8 o8 good and sbort o lino to Missourt River points thau any of thoso now leading thore, nnd that they wIYl be able to connoct for Miasour! River pofuts both viathe Hannibal & Bt. Jog, aud tho Mis- uourl&lhnlu & Texas, and 8t. Louls, Kansus to nies, 1L carofuily collectod a Finking Fund 1n re- ) A > . City & Northern, though it is clalmed by thelr EDUCATIONALL. were eold at tho reasury touday, and in all Thsct b Which tho United. Statos would have no W"""“";‘"fi l‘} o "“"{:‘ UL 5. m.—fndl- | peabably 90,30 Didre, -In ik aller groay ollve, eapeclally_ the ruot part 1a bemuttully | rivai tnst ‘theso’ rouds would not, Interchange 155, %0 FHOVIDE Fom A FuND VOR beiioos suin | CMGe gl was l:xum.\mlml far (l:u.m Mlenrlben lien woatercr axcupt, sublect to. prior lien of tho ;r;tlunnl— lm' 5 z Wfifu lm‘ I‘t'ertnn, lUpner D i, ‘Eata were. thyown tnto. the, air, flo:-“:cdw-:;zmv% ;lfi'f};nhfl“;:.fizrml;‘lo o{;zl)r&n‘?lg Dusinoss with them. These roads, they say, - d o T t Vi - rat-morigago ndholder o e road, ¥y 0! A a 0] Y ! { YosE, . ey eauli oni ha obtatned in exchanga | amounto e Bt iaut coung | SLssissippl and Lowor Missons) Vallays, falling | gyyic ana eheerine wont up at Intervals, and oce could not afford to Interchange buslncss with Wasmizeron, D. €., March 14.~The Com- witteo on Education and Labor to-day Instructed Mr. Goode, Chalrmon, to report a bill providing that the net proceeds of the sales of public for gold {tself, valuo in greenbacks. nd coutd uot Lo sold for thelr TILB UEDEL ARCUIVES. AdJt.-Gen, Townsend {8 authority for the statemont that tho Democratle charge that ac o paid by tha passonigers and thons doing busineas overtho ronds, 1twas a tax lovied by Congreas apon the coamiarco of hio country transparied over theso roads, Bupuoss the tax made burden- sote, tho companies must increase thelr chatgoes, barometer, ‘southcast to southwest winds, nnd warmer, clear or partly cloudy weather, fol- lowed in tho upper portlon of tho lnst district Dy rlaing barometer and cooler westerly winds, cnlnnlll'mmulhlns ke singing could beheard. 1 soon fearned wh composed this northern crowd. Liku the traditional disturbing elements, 1t looked, from ong standpolnt, a cloud no big- ger thau a man's hand; ut ont of that littlo *lubricating and fllumivating olts are also pros duced from the fruit, and an juferior product euters largely ' into the manufacture of fine $0ADS, ‘The cultivation of tha olive has soveral times ono l{ne only, but would only be too glad to ac- copt all busincss that is offered, no matter where it comes from. Unless the claims of the Illinols Ceutral & Wabasn lino to share in the Missouri River busincss are recognized, the Would that ba vood policy? Would it bo for the LOCAL OBSERYATIONS, i been attemptod fn this counitry, sud bardy specl- | chanecs fors new combination on thy part of Tunds shall furoser be conscerated and set apart | sese 1o (o lebel nrchives i doniid thel side 18 | food or thi public OF thy bonede of the Governs Guihoo, Maren . _ | Dot camo tho fun ant ) the BRhC | mens now exist in Callforuis and In South tho Chicago roads whll b ¥ory sl s that o o ine g ot 30 rooat Sealt o isg | OF e Ml ‘Thoro s by uno cluta of papars | Ept n apoks of i logal guestions Involved, | e B30 TAF\ I Wind. Vo) fon,; Beipter i tirtlons T snwr & very resvectabie, nuicky | Cosied the matior Lo a proptabis oo, tho re. | Moukd, wioubled! h'“m:\x"‘ly i u“wmml\[\"g 1o buso any eflect to ropeal, fmpalr, or suspend | Of LIS KId LASE S66 0 1GBIR. JIUS SOTE b | o 50w 31| 83 N, W | 8 | 0 Cloudy, | curlous crowd. They werain the proportion, : any rates that could bo estabhished, s the Wa- sny Law suthorizing the pre-emption of public leca tuose which would afford’ clatm-aceuts o | arvolag tat, tus bill of, the n',":,"fl;ggflmlgg; 1] 52 N Y ¥ proportion, I} sults of ftho varlous experiments prove, Mr. lands, or entry of puvlie lauds, tor homesteads, nor as Hindting In woy manner the power of Cungzrees to sltor or extend tho right of liome- stead upon auch lands, nor shall it be held to limit or sbridie the power of Congress over the pubilie domain, or fnterfere with the granting of boutty lands. The Becretary of the Treasury is required, ov or before the 3lst of July in cach basts for making up claims aguinst the Uovern- ment, TUR NEW YORK RING, The lnner worklugs of the New York Custom- MHouse Rimge aro graduully beine developed, ‘Tho ‘Lreusury charges bave been preferred by Custom-llouse brokers ngainst an cotry-clerk nanied Austen, Siuce tho roent ‘Lreasury-order, which was tho resuit of coustant hammertng from Chicago, bas recelved iInformation thot tract, 1l quoted from many logal sathoritics in support of Lis views. ‘The bill of the Judiclary Committoe declared what tho net earnings of the ratiroads should bo, Congress had no more right to dociaro what should be tuo nel carniugs than It bad to conflacate them ail, Vendingdiscussion, Mr. (lordon, by requost, in. troduced & bl to suthorixe tho cunsiructiun of & narrow: gaage rallroad from Hismarck 10 the Black Uilla, Leferrad, Mlstmum, 20, RAAL UBaRIYATIONS, Cutoavo, March i4~Mldntati. ‘lur. Thr, | Wind, | Kain) Weaiher, Maxtmum, 40, aRX) 8, 4 should say, of soven out of ten,—simply us ons lookers. ‘Lhey had their oplolons and prefer- ouces, of courso, befors thameetl on tho questions to bo brought ng, but they bad not comothero m lflvu expression t those opinfous at all. They cane to sce which bod; y of roalots would carry the day, and, as it would be au smusing lwcuclel.— r'legl ut that,—they were anxious to t. The witne May da day was a mild, spriog-like ind the temptation to spond the day Jones thinks, that our clinate is not unfricndly to the olive; and no reason is known why an industry which s of so much value to Frau Italy, and various countries in tho East_stiouls not thrive in Amerlea. No traveler In Eastern lands, nor reader of books of Eastern travel, necds to be told how jwportant a place {n the Orlental blll of fare, capcclally of the poorer closscs, 18 that held by the date and the fig. Of the latter, it s enid ihat tho good wife of the bash has dono while the old Assoclativn was {u cxistence, ; 8T, LOUIS NEWS. Hpectal Digpatch (0 The Trivune. 87. Lous, March 14.—Presidont Luwis, of tho 8t, Louls, Kansas City & Northern, has written aletter to the Rallroad Commissioners, stating that his road will adopt tho rates as they sug- C d Diplomatle A latlon bi| eat, At tho same timo he states that, In the year, w [ foruiing (ho taking ot flecal ecs, Drokerd O R e T g A e o O oo L the kit o | ATabyean servolier lord with a dish prepared i | 04 Uo0' 1 chavs attorney, his rowt fs not AIVONTION TO THUE SEVENAL STATES AND TRI- :_{i““’l‘s’"'h’_:‘.' tile ek wlaitoo ot and poayost. [ tires aud refurted 1o the Cammittes on Appropria- ?luu s‘l;r.‘ and groen turl. Ilonce it came, there: | o dato, drlcd and présted, forms a ehial'articls | smenablo to the act to regalate ratlroad farce, BITODILS, Wos refused. Much delay and troublo was ox- | | Tus Vice-Presidert annaunced his signatato to are; Law food for cardvaus crosaing the deserts. The i to the District of Columbia, upon a basis of he population fn sufd States and Territorics sciween the nges of 3 and 31 years, tho net pro- weeds of the eules of publle lands for the pre- vious year, provided that after five years half ot sald uer proceeds, and after five years tho whole of the same, shall be set apart as an edu- sational fund, which sald fuud shall be luvested 1 bumls ol tho United States bearlug interest nut fess than 4 per eent per annuw, both prin- sworn complatng by Austen, in explination, utterly dentes tho churge. perienced by brokess in conseguence. Tho been forwarded here, Cola A NOTADLE NOMINATION. New York pollticlans uro cxcited over the nomination of Willlam Q. Choute, a brother of Becretary Evarte' law-partoer, to be District Judgo for the Southern Distrlt of New York. Attorney-General \Devens Lait urgzed the ap- hia Houee bill for the relief of William A. Ham- mond, lute Sui n-Gencral u( tha Arwy, snd it now goes tu the President for Lls slgnature, Ar. Christiancy took the floor to. nruk day un the Binking-Fund bill, and the & Jourued uutt) that day, on Mon- jenato ad- nouss, Mr, 1lardenbergh introduccd 8 bill regulating he roaerva fund of Natiupsl Hanks, . ryuLLy 100,000 PEOPLE with any Inteatlon of of .were assembled in Hydo Fark, 'To credit them uniting In an expression political oplnion, is absurd. It was a most interesting sight, howover, as an oxhibition of London lifeand manners. About the time whea Mr. Bradlaugh took the ‘)Inllurm to {ntroduce, in a very few words, the. Ton. Auberun Herbert as Chairmon of the meetlog, the crowd at 0 Marble-Arch end of the Park began to movejsouth toward the main of 1‘3’: 18 u.lmnuy raised on many plantatious, fron irzinia to Texas, and its fruit {s of a_qualjt: not inferlor to that so prized by the Orlental, and {8 preserved by Southern housowives for table use, Mr. Joncs bas collected Information from our forclgn represcntatives and athers sbroad, and his papers give all that can be Jearned regarding tho soils and climates most Iavorable to these trees, as well as Lho beat wothods of cultivation and proparation of the fruit for the market. 08 the old Nerth Missourl charter exempts i§ {rom the Comunissioncrs® interference, but, for tho sake of liarmony, Lie bas decided to follow the law ot 1808, To-night 100 laborers wero sont to Mexleo, Mo., to imincdiately begin tho work of grading Kansas Clty extevsion of the Chleago & d. Tho Wubash {s making un etlort ave of the Black Hills and Mon- sinco s aflillation with the Il ‘There arevast amounts of frelgnt taus busloe nols Central, el S et para 0 ol et | Eratr o, Shuons, o Now Yurk, wiy | Site b Spaitiin e Body, an wilo tho, gréater umber of peouls | Flo paocrawiltorm s par of thnazt. sungai | (2888 (it "ha raleat il stz munos on 2aid educatiog nd unl u approf " ch v el serve ful rret ’ eport o L] - 3 . o1 i1 e o “that Tor. T reittont | thero s mich comment that tha Bocretary. of | *5i7 sl from the Comuiiion on Kxpendi: OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS, tho ‘snproach of thissold clunn we who ec- | S0hce Buleres Lt both s Agriculture, M. | 12, {ly carrlage, leaving but very littio for tho ix.\m the distribution of the net proceeds and tierest of the fund to amd among the several States, Terrdtorics, and District of Columbta, ahall be made secording ta the number ot THEIR RESVECTIVE POFULATION ol 110 yeurs old and upward who canuot read and write, a5 shown from tlme to time by the last uruumufi publisbed census of thy Ulited . Btates, The first opportionment 18 to bo mude an or hefore the 81st of July, 1873, when the btates and Territories shall” be eutitled to re- ceive thelr disuributive shares, Mr, tioode will olfer an sincadment providiog hat one-fourtn the money appropriated by this bill shall be glven to Agrleultural Colleges and fustitutiuns of learning cstablished u rd- ara as harmlcss a8 tufts of gruss. all day in the Benats yesterday trying to defeat the confirmation of Beard as Collector of Bus- ton, and todlay the Commerce Committee, Counkling Chairinan, decided unanimously to fa- vorably report Beard. Stato should capture o Jjuuldnl appolotuicnt from Lhe Department of ustlee. BEN BUTLER'S URICKS Ilo was busy WANTED] AN JIONEST DOORKEBPER, 1t appears that the flousa is about to abollsh the otlice of Dourkeeper, as it s not able to find a‘lln‘m fnthe Demnocratl t lc party cotopetent to CLAINS CALORE, From n partial ist of claims made up to the turce lu the » bill limiting to 211.600 the compensution of Clerks of District and Circult Courts when one person holds botn ottices. Paswed, Duriug the morning hour was discussed & bill re. ‘mrhn.\ from the Commitice on Expenditures in the jupartuiont of Justice, Hmiting thu number of apccial attutucys sppointed Lo sssiat District Attor- neys to one, and Hmiting the feo Lo §2, 000, 'Lie bitl Ansl}; Kllled. and the dlouse went into & Commisice of the Wholo on the bitl extendiug to (hreo yeara the time for the withdrawlng of dise tilled Mquors tram boud. . Mr. Saylor siated the purpose of the resolution. Ita principal object waa to extend the bond fod of whisky to threa years, fuatead of ong year, as now provided oy lan n other words, it was tu glve o 'alconolle spirits maunfactured in thls riment of Justice, revorte New Yous, March 14.—Arrived, steamships Frauc, from Havre; Parthia, from Liverpool; Nederland, from Autwerp; Blate of Georgls, I o Marchs 1.—Steamehipn Wyomi LONDON, ) i . —Blecamehips yomin, nm‘l‘ Bchlt'dnm, from New York, have nrrtvefi oul ———— The Gold Mines in Georgla, Atlanta 100-2 Conailtuston, We can safely asscrt that tho miues of North Georgla, dn tlye years, wiil yield as much gold as those of Califoruin ever did, Whal more docs a wan waot than to plek up nugeots worth 810 and $501 Only iast year & party of rosd hands cuple our slightly-clevated post could easlly sex ita whole iovement. notleo liow easily it forced Its way intu tho less pact mass surrounding the inain s They continucd tuelr advanco with three flagi flying, but no musle, es probably tho band dia- It was interestiug to not caro to risk thelr {nstruments insuch an encounter, Mr, tlerbert had spoken less than five minutes whien a great dlaturbance aross on hisleft, This was dua to a number of medical studcots, who had been undoubtedly sted there for the purpose of attracting attention to- ward themaclves while the main attack should vome from the right. . ‘Tho column_pressing {n from the nortn car- rled a Britlah® flag, 8 nondescript affalr ro- uiay be cultivated in certata Htates with profit, —————— parts of tho United N. I'» Willls and **Fanny Forrester.” in Haldwin's Monthiy, [rom which we take the subjolned anecdots Wir. Willls was always' ready with a gpml waord for any AN Of Wulnan. fifln‘ with'the scasitivencss of genius aver tne thoray way of poverty or negloct, With delicate tact he would find @ way to sst them right in the public mind, while s0 many editors passed thein by insilence, or gave thorn a sbarp prick with tha critical pea. An articlo by Mrs. Ellzabeth Oakea Bmith, en- titled * Reminiscences of N, P, Wilils,” appears steamboats, ‘The earuings of the 8. Louls, Iron Mountalu & Bouthern Road for the past weck lave been 809,818,063, an Increase ot about 7 per cent over thoso of the Lke week last year. 10WA SCUHEME, Bpecial Dispaich (0 The Triduna Bunuivatox, Ia., March 14.—A meoting of the business men of this cify snd nelghboring towns was held at the Board-of-Trado rooms ia this city yesterday, with s view of sccuriug the coustruction of & narrow-gauge railrosd from heroto Keasanqua. Bfuch fntereat was mani- oo o & | boliday recess alone, It appears that worklug the public road, near "Dablon: dug | sembling somewkat the ordinary Union Jack, | I remomber ovo cuso in polntt Emily Chub- | fested in the project, and much compotitlos sueawisthoct a1 Conuseas of July 3 163 | bow Y trodutod i | Congress 10 Jan, | SuBtey the same privileues thut st renade | upa plug St Rul o Jatge 58 o msrs ook | anawhite g with some lottering on it 1¢ | buck, a vivadous sad poetic: woman, had | displayed Ly delogates from varlous poluts o Aicas L auy e thu Blate Logilatire § 11 aeked that $180,000,000 be_ oxpend- | warel Acountryman bauled o load of eabbage forty | was this white flag that been’ writing for @ wcro pittance for | gevure the road. Some townships alone the 2 ol for the Southeru biates. ‘This * st solution was an old sc- | miles to this city, froin Dawson Couaty, during DID ALL TEE MISCIIEY, papers an w ot while others, roposed route have alrcady yoted a tax {u sld TOWNSITND, OF ILLINOIS, | Jo ot indude private clabis. 1o has been 1 aon ae forhilit 1 hiud antl the | Ehis whnter, und 'Lad 1o hls Dacket, alni with | The speclal band of coustablos posted around | With ~no ~more. ~boetic 'abllity and uo | PIopos J b " 2 UE DEPESDS IS SUPREM COUNT BILL AGAINST TUE CLITICIoMS OF THE TRISUNE. From Qur Oun Corvespondend. WasnivatoN, D, C., March 10,—Tu» Trin- UNE hms recently criticlsed tho bill of R. W, Townshend, of 1inuis, and has Intimated that very nuch jucreased by Lills {ntroduced sinco tho recess. TARIFY CHANGES. To the Waatern astoctated Prese. Wasuwiaros, D. C,, March 14.—The Com- mittee on Wuys aud Meaus wmade s number mnnchwfu in the TariX LIl to-day, swoug them salt In bags, sacks, barrels, or oiher packs It Lag been here bufure, ouse. cluita st that timo was that the expectation of & change inthe tax on distilied spirits wiolly dis- arrauped businesd, aud tlreatencd with (oss snd baukeupicy those cngaged lu the busivess. That Its priucy clalia Lad been prowgtly et by the adoption of a resulution that it was tue sulewnn Judiment of the Mouse that 1t was inexpedicnt {0 change the tax on whisky. Now, under the appareutly stlmulutiug is tobaceo and kuife, two gleufl:o of gold that could not have been worth Yess than $25. e was Just as carcless with thein as ff they had been a couple of buckeyes he was carrylng to curo the rhoumatism, Wa satd to him: “1s there mueh of this kind of gold {n your coun- 1'% & Yea," sald he, ** butyou have to dig for 1. % Well, why do you raise cabbage and haul the platforn were misled by tho sttack of the medical students, bceause” they thought tho party cm'yini‘ the white Hlag must be friendly, clse they woul d not fly a peace emblem; cunse~ quently, the right hand side of tho platform waa left almost without defenders {n order to repulse tha onset ou the other sido. Mr, Rer- Dert bad just remarked that a very Hitle money o more scope of thouglt, were well pald and well accepted by the public, She complaiued of this to. Mr, Willls {n o balf-playtul, half-aggrisved Totter, to which ke replied: +1low cah you ex- ct auything bettord Your genius is riot of a m«! to afliliate with your nawe. Who will pocmy signed * Chubbuck” 7 8ign your- read o auny Forrester,” and you will' sce the of the rvad, and elections on the tluuunu will be held in others during the present month. 4 company bas been organized, with the following Bosrd ot Dircetors: Ueorge L. Efiu of Dea- warks Ilnnr{ MY, Augnstas {1, 13, Cameron, Unlons Dav(d Leonasd, A. G, Adams, L. Il Dalhott, E. Chamberlin, 8, 11, Joncs, aud Juln B. David. ot l.!urlh:fton; T, J. Price, of Lowelly selt it has upparently teen introduced for political | age tsper 100 pounds; In bulk, eignt | power of four-year-old whisky, the Huuss | tem so farl® Ho replied: * Well, yo B e e e 80 "wisod 1 to. breaie op | change.’ Buiodid so, and her success was come | sud B. . Howard, of Kcaseuqua. David 4 nurposcs. Mr, Townsheud disclalins this, snd, &;fifi:’i‘& pounds. New typs ludupu'n:uu::ll: was askod o oxte the tlwe fur | siranger, I bavo to brfug ty wagon dawn ta'At: | any l“numuuzlf‘ ‘buk W 'la Dot probable ‘vltu'lln t5080 who have follawed tha fortunce | Leonard was eiected President ol the Compaiyy in 8 conversation with Tus TRIBUNE correspond- | 20 per cent ad valorem, iog the tax, uot turce montbs, as baforo | Janta to'carry back sult ani iron, aud a few dry foiediate: an | of thls tuteresting womas, afterwsrd’ the wifo | and J. A, Glles, Bccretary. The Directors Wi eut, explaius Lis purposc as follows: NOT FOLITICAL, #The bill Thave introduced,” sald Mr, Towns- bend, *ls in the futerest of economy, and witt Jromoto the conveulence of the people. It in- tends o secure Lhe prowpt dispatel of business sud sdwlulstration of justice.” 4+ But there scuns to besome politics in 1t1* 44 1t is not intended as & political measure, It 13 solely mtrodyeed with & view to obtalna 1egtslation of practical importance to the people, NEW DOLLABS, Ten thousand new silver tollars were received at the Treasury to-day, sud about $3,000 bave been paid out fu exchange for gold. 7 NOMINATIONS. ‘Tho Preslicut nowiustcd as United Statcs Cousuls, Thomas M. Dawson, of Callfornia, at Opm; U. W. Rosevelt, Peonsylvauis, st Auck- and. Collectors of Customs—Edward Hopkios, Dis- trict of 8t. Johos, Fiorida; William T. Lawson, East Dlstrict, Maryland, Williun Q. Choate, District Judga of the Boutheru District of Now York. ;:»%»w. bul threo years, Hu could oot account ur the bolduces of tho movement. Waslttrue (as they wero fuformed on the utuorside of tha llouse) that Lhe Treasury needed sl the revenue it could get, aud that 1ho expenditurcs wust be cut down i all departinents of the Uoverumentt 1f that Were §0, how coula the Governmunt sdord ta poaks pous for tbree yuars the goliection of the tax va distilled aplrite? Lo would losve I6 10 the gentlu. meu whose districts wury threalvoed with bunk- ruptey by this Tarf bill beluy. concocted in mecret inacoruer of the Capltul Ly a cummittos which forbade approach sud kept out ail lnformation. Manufucturcrs of whisky sccmed 1o think thero was o marvelous toodency to faver whisky in the House, [Laughter.] 'There scemed {0 be sn s for the old ladr, aud cabbago s ahout as light a Joad as I can haul. I gencrally dig gold when my crop falls.” e ¥rankilo's Hoston Elephant. g Suringfield (¥asz.) Kepudlican. 4 Boston bas quite an elephant on ita hands in the shape of the Benjomiv Frunklin Zund, which is the sccumulation of $5,000, fefy by the phil- osopher in 1700 for the purpose of “furnishin, loans to young mechauics. 1o reckoned tbal 1y about 100 years the fund would amount to about 8650,000, of which $500,000 should then £O to the vity for pulllc improvements, snd the that he contemplated w0 illustration of b {e words. Va8 us he spoke, the treachcrous white nnfilm far unfurled itsclf, baving arrived closs to {orin, as tupshow the word: ho Wiito Esgic, auraiust the Russlan barbarities pes) of ¢ e plat- orda: + Polish Bocluty We Poles do protest trated upon our countrymen fu Turkey.” At thoe satme mo- ment the nondescript flag, surmounted by a white cagle, was recognized ss the old flag of Yoland, sud'it was onf‘olou avident that the bearcrs of these culors oruanizers of the peace-mesting. 100 latg to reorgunlze re no goud-will to the 1t was then thelr broken ranks, aud of the East tndian’ misslonary, Judson, will re- meinber, From this bintof br. Willls rose & small army of alliteratives,—*Minole dfyrtle,’ ¢ Mlunle May,” etc.,~till these were superseded hx masculine cognotnens, Mr. lis was onc of the firet to_recognizo mysell under the nom gu ul‘:m.\c of ‘Eruest Hulfensteln,’ 84 did Edgar 08, ————— e A Valuable Pair of I'antaloons, Lawyers somethnes l-lld\ll{! joJplcasantrics that border very closely upon the humorous. A «licnt called upon his legil adviser recently and hold another mecting ou the 21st inat, TIHE UNION PACIFIC. Oumana, March 14.—The first overland pas senger express traln from tho West siuce Fridsy last arrived this afternoon, All the suow- bouaod passengers bave rcached this city, The Uplon Paciic is now runniog all trains o4 schiedule time, ¥our hundred .wiles of rosd were cleared from the eflcts of the worst storis in the history ot the road in sixty hours. oue stalwart rush beltne made upon the plat- | told uim this sad tale: “ You sce, I colfected BRIDGE REBUILT. to restora tho ordiuury sud orllual furisdiction | ~Postmaster—D. Batterlee, Dunlap, lowa; A. 31, | 9plaion thatit was Safe tu pepedl o Confreas 1o | rematniuy $150,000 be Invested in the ssm way | form, it quickly went down smid the !l the money I could, and turned overythiog I | Nuw Brusswici, N J., Barch 14.—The oew of tha®tate courts, snd to relfeve the United | Luke, Jeflersonviile, lud: 1. 31 Alpiu, West | [810F (o whisky L] ysllother | o apother 100 years, 'Ths sum has now LIVELIEST KIND OF A ¥REE FIOUT. hmtuwmnhmhnlewo(zmnzm creflllor‘ wooden bridge across the Raritan River wad Btates courts ol tho vast amouot of buainess fi" City, Michy N, E. Chapas, Hiswatha, r M utlcr eatd he understood the bill thoraugh- | Suounted to over $200,000, but, for varlous s Jarge @ dividend ss poasible, Ihada ble rol D, Wik they are unable to dispuse of with thelr prescot facilitics, 'The bill 1s fotended to enablo every vitlecn to obtain speediec justice, Ithas o puliticud wbject; but, If the purpoacs indi- vated are of o politicul characier, the people INMENSE TIMUER THEFTS. A report recelved from Pensacola, Fla., states that withiu a rudius of seveuty-ive wilce of that plice the public lsuds bave been deouded of 1y, sud was quits rcady to nlfru o {4 genasal Go- jcct as & watter of relief. That way to leud at § Der cent for Lwo years an amount of money equal 10 the tax ou whisky. TheGoverument could bor~ oW Bivavy at 4 pot ceat, aud this would be @ galn reasous, tho voung mechaoles dun’t avall them- selves of it, aud tho trustees are puzzling their brains to devise some wcang by wullh the iu- teutions of the teatator can be carzied out and tbe fuud kept frow Jylug fdle. Mr. Hmunuih was able_to escapa without much damago oward the Scrpeutlne, but Mr. Herbert was not so fortunate. 1 caught sight of tum now hustled on onc alde of tha tree and now on another, snd, roundued by bis faltl b when bo at last was sur- ful though rather weak ! bisfs, which I put fn my bip pocket and lost i * S o) 7 lo of iL1" fem.” % You lost the money; the whals v Every cent.” “Well, 4 bellove you, but I don't thiok that I can find lier man {n Bob- Tue fact 1s, my tun who would belove Wt completed by tho "Pennsylvania Lailroad Comr pany last night, sud the first through traid sinco Baturdsy’s firo croased tho rlver this mord: iog. Tle new structurc 13 900 feot lovg, cvsb $20,000, sud was put up by 500 wen lu four dais