Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 14, 1878, Page 6

s THE CHICAGO . TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. JULY 14; > ) i875—SIXTEEN PAGES. Another Letter from Mrs. Swiss- helm to Locomotive-En- gineers, She Sails into Trade s-Unions, Charging that They Are- Destructive of Business-Confidence ; 4nd Claims that That Confidence Can Only. Be Restored by tie Ex- ercise of Individnality. A Fricnd of the Labor Movement Argues Against the Present System of Competition. THAT “RAILROAD-MAN > YWHO DE- " FENXDS THE LOCOMOTIVE EN- GINEERS. To the Editor of The Tribune. Prixceroy, INl, July 9.—Locomotive en- gincers seem rather unfortunate in their cham- pions; but then I know they did not choose them. Being off at work, they are liable to be misrepresented by folks at home. *Engineer” was o Jittle coarse, and “Railroad-Man™ has a vocation for martvrdom that is quite unsuited o the occasion. In fact, the martyr-market has Deen g0 overstocked that the only articles worth room on a counter arc diminutive specimens, made of tin, and painted green to keep off rust. They are nice as accompani- ments to toy-donkers; but life-sized flesh- apd-blood martys, ready for their rations of beef and cabbage, are a perfect drug. They are more abundant than book-agents, or even sewing-machine wmen, and ** Railroad-Man " +will be sure to find himself crowded out. True, 1 did say tuere is a report that engincers fntend doing an act which T characterize as it deserves; but, as it is a matter about which I professed, and could have bad, no knowledge, all I said must of course go for nothing provided the re- port were untrue, aud all their defenders have to do is to deny the truth of the report, When the case falls of its own weight. 1f cngineers never have violated their con- . tracts and do not intend doing so, my remarks on contract-breaking do not applyto them. * Railroad-Man ” might have saved himself the trouble of selecting phrases from my letter, changing them to suit, vasting them on himeel{ and friends, and then calling atteation to those labels as bard names hurled at them by one who Enew them to be undeserved. For mouths the air has been murky with ru- niors of coming rials, and one definite point in ‘these rumors was, and is, this about engineers; and I call out a wamninz to them, justas I would signal any one of them if {knew of a physical daneer on the track before him. A quarter of a century aco, I was walking alone on the Pennsylvania Central after dark, wheu a freight-train came up behind me, and T stepped off until it passed, then followed it, wondering at the suddenness with which it dis- appeared in the darkness. The night before, a train was detained by accident in a deep cut, ‘wheu one coming up behind ran into it, killing both eneneer and fircman. As this train rushed on, I thouzht of the death which mignt be be- fore its engineer, and, out of my anxiety for him, the Red Light was evolved, like 2 light- flash. Next day I wrote, and published, an article urging the railroad-managers to hang a red light on the rear end of every night-train, asa s1rnal to those coming after them; and, in_one wetk, they had 1ally adopted the advice. Ican be abed at nieht now, and feel that every cnginecr and railroad-traveler is safer for that svstem of siguals thus insusurated; and no candid man could read my letter to engineers, and feel that the motive which dictated it had auy more cemity m it than there was in the article asking for red lanterns. I have reason 10 believe that engineers are about to run into frightfut crime and disaster, and call out to them, Stop, boys! Stop and think! Do not act like a drove of pigs! Be men, whatever be- fall you! It'is probable most of their mothers have ex- horted them bot to be pigs: for the great trouble of educating the young is to keep down those apimal instinets which are ever ready to override reason; and the crime into which en- gineers seem in danger of falling is especially brutal, in its disregard of contracts and the rirhts of communities. 1t is passing strange if so indispensable abody of men as locomotive-coginerrs are, reduced to such a state of dependence that they hold the means of life, from day to day, at the will of a eapricious and arbitrary powers but, if itis true, 1 take it as proof that they are not well adapted to the Coolie system, and bad beiter sbandon it and go back to the old plan of every man dis- posing of bis own labor, without asking per- Imission of any one else. Every Trades-Union, or Labor-Brotherhood, is & zang of Coolies. to be hired out, or keptin, by B0 overseer: and, though the plan may suit the Chinese.it does not suit American men. Witness the finaricfal ruin it has wrought! 1 should judge that men who drive iron horses would be harder to drive in' gangs than other men; and if_they really are placed at the dis- sdvantage described Ly * Railroad-Man,” it must be because they are not well-broken, and are hard to bre ‘The poor Union dupes of designing idlers, who live by duping them, imagine themselves irec and ejual because they o through the form of voting themselves into bondage; but the zreater part of all the slaves held Ly the uncient Jews were human cattle which had sold themsclves. Far more men have sold themselves a8 slaves thay ever were sold by other people. ‘The world has atways been prolific of wrongs -erving aloud to be righted, and many an honest mistake bas been made iv the attempt to right them. Itls quite probabledTrades-Unions oruz- inated in honest intent to aid labor; but they have certainly and signg failed,—failed be- cause they come between meu and their indi- vidual responsibility to God, and the family, und the State. In that compend of law, the Ten Command- ments, cach one is addressed directly to. each jndividual: “Thou shalt!” or * Thou shalt not!* Folks are not called up in ranks to re- ceive orders, nor will they be finally judged in ranks; and that combmnation which teaches anen 1o do, at its worst, any act dishonorable in the individual man, is o deerce of the Devil. 0w, it i certain that men, as members of a ion, do violate their contracts made us in- dividuals, ang, by so doing. have destroyedthat confidence which is the base, the corner-stone, of human society. Business-men, voliticians, philosophers, have been sizhing and gronning, writing aud lect- uring, about the “ want of confidence]” which has paralyzed all ourindustries: and, fo me, they cem 1o stand like idiots gazing into vacancy, wondering blankly whatever has become of that confidence in buman integrity which used 10 keep the wheels of society in wotion They are like turkeys in a trap, which walk aroun and over the door by which they entered, al- wars looking up, and so_remaining until the hunter cownes, because the corn has all been taken which drew their attention to the ground, and led them into the prison built for them. Confidence which eupports - society is uot something which hives fu the mountain-top. It 3s bedded deep down . om the old red sandstone of Humanity. It is not maictained by wealth, or leagping, or the arts, or military prowess, or by all'of these combined. . It lies in the per- sonal_iutegrity, the truth and honor, of the masses. it is that publicsentiment which holds every man to Lis barain, and so maintains the fundamental distivetion between man and Brutes; or it would be more polite to say, “‘man and the lower ammals.” I had almost forgotten that brutes have gone out of fashion, and lower animals taken their place. They have gone vut of fasbion because it is not nice 10 stiock people by the use of that oid Saxon £peech which made 2 governing race out of a rude, sparse people, and turnishes no vencer | Tor rotten wood, no varnish for falschood. We have grown so polite that we can, without giv- inz offense, tell a_ man he is a thief or aliar, provided we substitute mosarel French for the nouws; but, if not;; he must detend himself from the charze. - o 8iill, itisa bargain-making ‘distinction be- tween them sod the lower animals, and the hu- sy sense. of bonor which enforcis: bargains and demands truth between men, that consti- tutes the confidence whose . departure W la- | ment. It” was lost throuch. the .r laught by Trades-Unious, and the bssr, traci-making, 2nd consequent coutract-bre: made almost- umvereal by Temperance - So. e- o1y tics. Thesé iwo arencies bave literally- under- | mined - soziety,—made falsehood, gnd ‘sham, und sniflle so general that it scems almost s if there were not cnough integrity left for secd. 1told the engiveers, last {week, tnat they +stand over a ialschood forty fathoms deep, on athin layer of hollow pretenses; zud here is # Railroad-dlan " to prove the assertion. He says cngineers are employed by the mile, and may E3 THE LABOR QUESTION. be discharged any toment,~sohave n right to quit any. moment; but that they xnever do quit without riving notice so 28 not to “discom- mode the traveling public, or cause daml:ga _to the business -intcrests intrusted to them,” add- jug,” *'Then, if the Company fails to fill the place of the man who has quit, whose fault isit?” In another place he says: “If two, ten, ora hundred engineers are of the same mind, and see fit to quit the service of the company at the same time, bave they not as zood a right asthe company #? 11 thiere ever was a prettier picce of pettifog- ging, [ have never scen it. Its low cubning is such a pretty aflectation of infantile innocence that it reminds me of a very plous woman who urged me to sign o petition to the Mayor of Pittsburg, to prevent the sale of milk on the Sabbath. When I reminded her of the distress which infants and sick folk must indure and the serious deprivation 10 all other consumers of the article, by such & law us she wanted, she replicd: Let them ;:c‘t’ ,:dounle nunmgty on Saturday evening, 8§ Ldo!” . ‘To my argument that milk did_not come like manuy, ofold, adouble supply on Saturdays that the cows disrezarded the sunctities, by #oiug on with their worldly avocations on the Sabbath, ana must be milged, and tbat milkmen could not afford to keep two. sets of cows to furnish 2 two days’ supply on one day, she replied by denouncing me as uo Christian. Hers wus the childlike innocence of honest fanaticism, of which **Railroad-Man’? makes a bungling counterpart. If, by an oath-bound, secret organization, s hundred engineers come to be of “*one mind, and quit work atonetime,” they know that their action would do just as they profess they would not do,—*discommode the traveling public.” If this is vot so, they must know that there are always as many en- gineers idle us ewployed. In that case, there are 100 wany cows iu that dairy, and une-half Dad better be seut out to grass. Has every rail- Toad company a mill which will makeengineers, one bundred 2 minute, on demand? 11 50, they canuot be of much more account than screws or carpet-tacks; or, are engineers buzzing sround every station, like mosquitoes, each waiting to send in his bill? The purpose of the engineers, as stated fn the report I have quotea, ‘would, if carried into action, be sufliciently brutal to stump them with infumy, though jts criminality might be palliated by the plea of blind self-iutent,—such an act as a pig might perpetrate without malice; but their purpose, as indicated by *‘Railroad- Man,” is as much worse-thao brutal as sn In- dian is worse than a horse, for it adds the low cunning, the intellizent treachery of the savage, snd the delibersate purpose 1o commit a known crime.—to do sncakingly, with indirectly the in- tent to do, un act they are ashumed to acknowl- cdge. This presentation of their case is a good spee- imen uplhc false pretenses on which they stand and again, I entreat them to move their campl Get ot of that hole, boys, or it will ba to you what Sedan was to the French army. Move to the highlands of ltonor and Truth, and pur- puses you will uot be ashamed to state iu plain, dircct English. 1t is stranee that any set of men who are a part and parcel of the law-making power of a State—men who have iven their solemn sanc- tiou to a State and Natopal Government, and who contihue to participate in its afTairs—sliould joiu to get up and maintain sny counter-com- bination. 3 In the early days of railfoads, there was an enmme-driver on the Fort Wayne Road who dis- covered that two locomotives, going in opposite directions, could not pass each otlier on the same track. He gave, as proof of his proposi- tion, his own cxperience, and sad: “}ive tried it twice; smashed two engives; got badly used up myself; and know that that thing can’t be done.” It is a pity all engineers had not Iearned this much; for,” if they had, they would not set their State Government and Brotherhood facing each other, and butting for possession of the wrack. ‘I'he old State is going East; the Brother- hood Is going West; and so they crash and smash, spreading ruin and_desolation all around,—each one driven by orders of the same company; and it scems to me quite time the Brotberhood was gold for old iron, and the State repaired, given a clear track, atd sent on ber mission of protecting every man in his natural right to use his own -hands for his own bevefit, in enforcing contracts, and restoring that contidence which_can, only exist with indiidual responsibility avd'integrity 1or its foundation. JANE GREY .SWISSHELM. THE LABOR MOVEMENT. To the Editer o7 The Tribune. CruicaGo, July 11.—Mrs. Swisshelm’s con- tribution in last Sunday’s TRIBUNE isa some- what extraordinary effusion. That part of it where she treats of the deep and dark recesses in which the foundations of the- Labor move- ment lfe hid is superlatively so. “A sub- terranean lake of falsehood, on 2 thin covering of hollow pretenses, which, like reeds, have grown, and fallen, and decayed.” For the life of mel cannot understand whether the lnke rests on the covering, or the covering on the lake; whether it be the Iake, or the covering, orthe hollow pretenses, or all of them put together, which, like reeds, have grown, and fallen, and decaved. In one sentence, it is an unfathomed lake; in another, not less than forty fathoms. She must be credited with the discovery thet forty ana unfathomable are nearly convertible terms. But it sends up year- 1y crops to look pretty. Yearly crops to. ook pretty from a subterrapean lake! < And what crops! Ather lowest estimate they must be over forty fathoms high! But, mind you, they sre yearly crops. What wildest story of trop- ical vegetation ever reveled in forty fathoms a year? _The assertion that the Labor movement is based on the assumption of antagonism between the interests of employer and employe is both true and false. Does she meon that it assumes the interests of emploser and employed to be of necessity antagonistic? Then it is **au uu- fathomed falsehood,” ete. The Laburmovement would have no meaning, no vitality, no _future, if it did not assume that these Interests may be made identical. “'To declaun against the oresent system of society would be futile,—to astack it, criminal,—were there not grounds for believing 3 juster state of things to be possible. And, in svite of its_blunders, in spite of the wrong and self-willed methods it has sometimes used, this is the main end it has in view. But, if she means that it assumes that Capital and Labor actuaily are 1n antaconism, that the present competitive system forces their iuterests into opposite dircctious, and that its patural effect eannot be otherwise, then she speaks the words of truth ana soberness: and, in assuming this, the Labor movement bases itself on one of tne most serious aud undeniable Tacts of modern life. Her choice of an illustration to prove the de- sirableness of unconditional surrender isnota liappy one. She presents us with a working- man, unemployed, bemoaning his fate, and his tender-hearted neignbor finding him employ- ment, out of pity. How much better a state would be where he would be able to set himself 1o work. e would be under no unpayuble ob- ligation to his neighbor, nor a burden on his penerosity. But bas Mrs. Swisshelm ever kuown such a case as she depicts? Had she ever bad any practical experience of what she writes about. she would have founc -that, in small es- tablishments, Where but few persous are em- ployed, and the employer and employe come wto bowrly living “contact with each other, there is slwost invariably the miost cordial feelmz between them. The one dous not lower the wawres while he can afford to pay them; the other likes him to make money and do well on bis Jabor. They work with and 1or each other. But now our admirable and never-to-be-coough-lauded competitive system comes in. A richer establishment, being able 1o buy 2 larzer bill of goods,- bitys correspond- ingly cheaper. It cuts prices, aud draws more custom. aChis ¢nables it to buy in yet larzer quantities, and at yet lower prices. The othore, not baving such facilities, cannot stand the strain, aud the larme owe ewallows up the smaller ones. The former employs more. per- sons than it did, but not so many as the others talen together would have doue. But a change has taken place in the relations of employer and employed. - The employer may or may not know a fraction of bis men by sight, but knows nothing of liviny and working with them. The {eeling ol mutnal dependence and mutual help- fulness is destroyed. ‘The -men become ma- chines,—hands. ‘They are placed by the capital- istin the some categors as his norses aud. wagons, bis machines and -merchandise; as means whereby 1o gnin wealth, He cannot af- 1ord time or. place for sentiment. - His object is 1o buy suitable men at the lowest possible price, just as he would a suitable . mu&mc; and he sometimes.; pava: & “better ‘price for a more £uitable mau, just as uedoes forazood machine. | The object of the: cmploye 'is* the reverse: to sell himself at the hizhest possibie vrice.~ And: 50 you have the autagonism.i Workingmer will not be likely 1o take very. kindly to the system while, they have. a. svark of manhood lett o tuem. . But,: if you .will have the system, you' must have the ‘antagonisin.:: Mrsd Swisshelm’s illustration of:a man workine: for a neizhbor is! altogether irrelevant to the state of things that has called forth the Labor movement. -~ - The. natural result of this thine iso leave only two classes in the land: the very rich and the very poor.” 1tis this for which Mrs, Swiss- | Fronk Siirge helm is so earnestly striving. It isastate reached by many. pasticivilizations and survived bynone. ‘Tt has always been, in national his- tory, the siem and seal of death. Can Mrs. Swisshelm furnish any instances where capitalists have hung back from busiucss enterprises from the sole fear that Labor might fail them? I will furnish her with a far more potent_factor. Under the eystem of unre- strained competition, business las becomea series of spoculations, so uncertain that society has found ft mccessary to devise bankrupt laws, under which those who fail may take refugre. ‘Chese laws, declaring that the payment: of a fraction of a debt pay’ the whole of it, are falsehood anddishonesty legalized. And faflures under them, with * asscts nominal,” have been 50 common that conservative busincss-men do Dot tage to venture their money unless they can see their way clear to lose several thousand dol- Jars annually from this cause. And it is Labor they rely.on to squeczeout this deficiency. And, in this sense,it may be true that men with means hesitate to invest themin enter- prises that require its assistance. For it be- comes every day more doubtful how much more of this squeezing Labor dare be relied upon to stand. % Althpurh the - forty-fathomed, unfathomed what-is-it Is going to enzulf our Government it- self, Mrs. Swisshelin’s side is golug to win, be- cause it _has God for a leader. But how isit hat the Book which is generally considered a revelation of Him is throurhout, from Genesis to Revelation, ever on the side of the poor against the rich, and mever with the rich against the poor? How.is it that Christ, in secking an embodiment for. that which " is most opposed to God and irreconcilable with His scrvice, should have found the word in Mammon. And, with this, is there no sianifl- cance in the fact that, in_the only instance in which His anger caused Him to use physical foree, it should_be upon the money lenders and changers that He should pour out His indizna- tion? AMrs. Swissbielm certainly has Mammnion on het side, but can she bave God and Mam- mon? Let me say to her that her advice is not given in the right spirit_to be much heeded by work- ingmen. They will uot listen toa voico elo- quent against the sins of Labor, but dumb to those of Capital. Labor has many faults to correct, many lessons to learo. It needs lessons of moderation and self-control,—Jessons of faith and patience. 1t has tolcarn that restraint, especintly self-imposed restraint, is just as nec: essary and as noble as liberty. But who shall teach them? Not preachers drawiog large sal- aries for two hours’ talk per weck, nor women who have adopted the profession of political writers. Perhaps teachers shall arise who have learned the lessons themselves in the brown school of Labor. ‘RUPERT COLEMAN. THE NORTH TOWN. . Personal-Property Assossments, The foliowing figurce, taken from the books of the North Town Assesser, Mr. Petrle, show the personal property of valuations the lexding firma and citizens of the North Side. Mr. Petrie has sotten throngh his work withdispatch and correct- nees, and is now reads to turn his books over to to the County Board: Frank Amumon, Applet 3. 1,8 L. A. ‘Brown & C Tilvmenteld 1 . A, 00 Tieek & Feldicau) i Busn & Bran 500 500 M. 30 A G, A 1100 imendk Antliony. 500 Anderson. 2,090 oo her 4,350 Brown, Van Arsdale 20 & C L. 5,720 Brader. ‘Benbam, Trumbull Co. & Co. 2,100 Loréiiz Brentanc, 00; Thomas i Cii . : o 050 . Chesbrouy 1350 Harvey b. Colvin 00 1,500 ;\(l” J. l( um;winn 0 Chicago Meat & 'ro- 2,500/ vision 470 Y0 E. S. S0U Co. H. W Bisho Bartholomae& fcht.... 1 Let P. Bartliolos 1. F. Cuiver Carson, Pirle £Co.. Turn Ge* J. V. Cla: Chfcauo Gasiight & CokeCo . H. Dole. @ George L. Dunlap. Jotn De Koven.... Wiillam M. Devine. . DeGolyer & Dro... Dewey & ¢ : © U Q0 Eisendrat ) " rensburg; 910 Florshefu M. 104, M. Fo €. 1L Dyer.... 00 Geor Engberreliolinberg G- L. kpp: 1,2 nting Fuiler, Warren & Co. BT o 0 P. L. Hawkinson, Joseph Handley. 0 L, C, Huck. Louls Glauz....... Daplel Goodwii, Jr. Judge Gary. Grany Gurdon § De- 2. X, Ivhai Tilinois Lenther Co. Joyce & Cuuning- .. w[Leier M iy 2,00 1,000 L. M. B 1.6 I 1,220/ Thonias M 300 gl MeGuire iS5, Marcus Co Robert Law. ai Lauz Bri A I T Munson, Burdfek G2 8. 3L Merrii JLG T) . McClanahan. ST McCormic: Mu MeM: ler, louse it Michaciia; 00 .e - N W Malt 200 Julla B. Newberry. 10,000'E. 20 William Stemeyer . 1,000 Georze C. Drussing 300 orth Chilcago City |Peynsyivania Coal 1 e . 6.170 2 5,500 E. Y Paime 500 . Torter .. 100 250 Geory L. 300 n [ W Reeds.. IC. & W Relfy 50 BlyednieDiniiling Go uste) A. C. Swanso Urson Smith. Geonre K. Sommid: e . Schm! stolz'6 Sfoltz. . Steves Shillington & Sher- 800The Rev, I.EWing., 1.3%0 S0lD, Ho Efl.\‘lmn.f.. L2 2,050 T. F. Withrow. - . 5,130 Jrcob Well & fiem - 1% eter Wood A. Sch bt Tillinghast Sl maw = Dalon Brosi 3 nton Co: Union, Club. s o Va 00 S L \enigic M8, S, Lo Wrighit. 300 Wia & Hine -+ 13t Woodb popEes 348382888 gkisy gk n W 2,500 J. M. Wilson E. Waller, 3 1‘1"\"’"’“ 130 . 2, 500 oe. 3 Mrs, S. M. Wyman- @, 100 Yondorf Bros. 2,000 W, Waller 500 J. A. Yalo 1950 Mis, A E. ¢ Kev. H. Waker 300 Yood ol 250 . A. Wolford, - 800 Zangerle & Ce 2,200 o — K MARINE NEWS. BUFFALO. Borreso, N. Y., July 13.—Lake froights dull and nominally unchanged. Clearances for tyventy-four hours ending at 8 1. m.—Prons Starucea, mdsc, Chicago; D. W. Tust, mdse. Milwaukee: D. W. Powers, 340 tons coal, Houghton; stmr Peart, Put-in Bay, light; schra W. 8. Crosthwaite, 1.:04 tons conl; Charics Fos- ter. Chiicago: Stafford, 119 tons marble, Cleve- land; Sasca. Black kiver; Younz America, 475 tons conl, Toledo: L. 8. Eaton, 250 tona coal, De- troit; barges M. Spuulding, Bay City; Mariner, Saginay. : Vessels passing Port Colborne Lock for twenty- four hours ending at 6 p. m, July 12: Westward—Prop Lawell, Ogdensburg 1o Toledo; bark Biswarck, Kingiton, to Sault Ste Marie; J. 1. Beck, do to Munist Bolivia, Falrbaven to Chicago; Florida, Kinuston to Port Huron; Two Friende. Kingston to- Cleveland; T. llowland, -Charlotto to Milwaukee; Celin, Port Metcalf to Toledo; Mary Battle, do to Buy Clty: achrs Jennic White, Oswego to Toledo; CGaribaldi, Toronto to Dresdon; Mary and St. Catharine, Pirt Kobinson to Lrle. Eastwai Props Asia, Toledo to Montreal; City of Now York. do to Ozdensburg; echrs Undine, Erle to_Hamilton; Annie Cralg, from Fremont to Collins Bay. PORT HURON. Ponr Hurox, Micki, Juiy 13.—Down—Props Canisteo, Colorado, Wissabickon, Lewis Gilbert; schrs Emia O. Mayes, Emma L. Coyne. Un—Props Winsiow, Jay Goald, Oncida. Wales and consort, B. W.. Jenness and barge, Fred Kelly and consort; schre Eliza Allen, J. R. Wilber. Wind—Xorth, fresh; weather fine. iclt,” July 13.—Passed up— Props Tolédo,” Abercorn, Victoria, Sanilac and consort, Burlington and barges; schrs Emma L. Cogne, L. L. \Watson, Evening Star, F. Wilcox, ¢ h Down~Props Montans, Nashua, Aunie Smith and consott. Kata Willians and barges. Wind—South, gentle; weather fine. LAKE ¥FREIGIITS. Corn vessels were in fair demand yesterday at former rates, except for Kingeton, for which port charters were made at: the unprecedented rate of 4c. Room was taken for 20,000 bu wheat and 100,000 bu corn. The;:prop Empire State corn, and the Portaze wheat and corn to Buttalo, latter &t 133c corn and 1X¢ wheéat, Schrs P. Rogers, L. Sitchell (Satarday), and the J. Wade. N. Wilder, Cot. Cook, and,D. G. Fort (Friday afternoon), all corn to Kingston at In the afternoon the schr Iartford, corn to Kingston at current rate. MILWAUKEE. Spectal Dispaich:to The Tribune. MiswAUKEE, July 13:—Grain freights are dall and unchanged; quotable at 1ic for wheat to Buf- falo. Engagements to Buflalo—Prop Scotia, 30,000 bu wheat, 8,000 bu rse, and,35,000 bu oate, on New York through rates. Tn store here. to-day, 360, - 000 bu wheat, agafnst 280,000 the same day last year, and 1,157,000 in. 1873, —— MARQUETTE. Speclal Disvatch, (o The Tribune. MARQUETTE, Sich. 4. — Arrived—Prop TRobert J. Hackett, Havana; schr Willlam McGrez- or, Helena, I Cleared—Props J. S.Fay, Egyptian; schrs C. J. McGill, Escanaba, Suntisc, Pelican. Passed Up—Prop Chinal Passed Down—Prop Prerless. THE ENMA MINE. A Very Curious Lawsult Ending fn 8 Very Curlous Verdict. The Emma Mive hasbeen up sgain in the t Loudon in a unigue form, where the Emmag §ilver-Mining Company (limited) claimed daninzes against those who called it into beingiiin respect of improper eains sequired in the cbirse of its promotion,— Messra. Lewis & Son, ‘ihetal-brokers at ILaver- vool. While the ming ' was still in the hands of certain Amverican propri¢tors, they were the En- glish agents employed to effect sales of thebre ut u commissfon of 244 perdent. 1n 171 Mr. Arthur Lewis paid a visit to tht’ mine, which was then practically fu the hands ot Messrs. Park & Stewart. Tt was ultimately agreed between the Auwerican proprictors and the defendants that the latter were to co-opdrate in the formation of a company to- purchase the mine, and tore - ceive.in return for certain Hl-detined servi 250 paid-up shares worth over £5,000. The plaintiffs further atlézbd that Lewis & Son were then perfectly aware that the mine was by no means worth the sum asked and obtained for iz from the sharehqlders; that they koew it to be nearly worked out and unlikely to prove remunerative, and thab, 8s promoters of the Compans, they had suppressed these facts. which it was material to commuuicate Lo the in- tending sharelolders. On the otlier und, the defendants, while ad- mitting that they had received the paid-up shares, and that Mr. Arthur Lewis had paid one visit of inspection to the mine, denicd that they had acted as promoters of the Company at nlf, and still more strenuovsly that they had en- tered into any corrunt. agrecment or conspiracy Lo suppress facts. or had known that the mine was tiien comparatively worthless and exhaust- ed. ‘The £5,000 payment was made to them, they contended, in compeusation for the loss they would necessarily sustain when the mine passed into ;, English hands, “the commission on sales; effected foi English owners befng only 4 per cent. The jury professed themselves-unable to say whether Messrs. Lewis & Son had or had not conspired with the Amerisan vehdors, and whether they nad or had ‘not suppressed or misstated any facts likely to influence the minds of purchasers in_the promotion of the Company. That the defendants were promoters, 5o far as that was a question of fact for. them all, the jury were agreed; and they further expressed a genernl intention of finding avergict for the plaintifls for the amount nctually received by the dofendants in the* transaction, with in- terest and dividends. How far such o verdict may pe effectual to carry out the iaten- tior of the jury &ill .be's matter for grave con- sideration. Mr. Justice Denman, who tried the case, intimated that he should not be orepared to direct any judzmentat all untl further ar- gument aiter the long vacation. L[ conspiracy had been established, the damages to which the Company would have becn entitled would nave been the difference between #1,000,000, the aiount paid for the mine in 1871, aud £100,000, the sum which it was then. at the larmest esti- mate, worth. In addition to the contention that Messts. Lewis & Soh knew the real value, or rather the real worthlessuess, of the mine i 1871, when the Englisli company was formed to buvit, was by no means successfully ostab- lished. , e Maj.-Gen. Willinm McBean, V. C. Netw Yopk World. One of the most remarkable oflicers of the British army dicd on the 25th ult. at Woolwich, taj.-Geo. Willinm MeBean, Victoria Cross, late lonel of the Ninety-third Highlanders, in which regiment he enlisted in 1835 as a drum- mer-boy. When the reziment lelt Quebee in 1848, he was a Company Sergeant. Aus. 10, 1854, while serving in the Crimea under Sir Colin _Campbell, Culor-Sergeant MicBean Le- came Ensign, and Dee. § Licutenant, besides obtaining the Crimean medal and clasp, the Medjidie and the Turkish medal. I¢ weut throuch the Indian campaign with distinction, getting his: Capzainey April 16, 1855, with the Victoria Cross for ~ “distinguished personal bravery in killing cleyen of the enemy with his own hand fu themain breach of the Beguin Bagh, at Lucknow, March ‘11, 1853.” Besides aiding in the velief of Lucknow he was at Cawnpore, Saraighat, Kalee, Muddie, Allegunee, . Bareilly, Puszaon, Russelpore, and Mithowlié, earning the Indin medal with tweclasps, as well as the V. C. After this he was Brevet-Major, Aug. 10, 1860; Brevet. Licutenant:Colonel, July 14, 15713 Major, June 8, 1872; Colonel, Oct. 29, 1873, thus realizing the as tion of his life-time,—to command the regin of whick he bad been the hiunblest, drummer- boy. ‘In every rank he proved kis efliciency, and. hewas idolized by the” reziment in which Lie passed the forty-three years of bis life. - Ou the st of October last he was promoted to its Col- oneleyy as Maj before lis death, after undergoing 4™ bazardous operation, he was iold that he could not survive many days, he' expressed a wish that Le might Dbe taken to the hospital at Woolwich, in order that he might “die amongst the soldiers,” His wish was complied with, aud “Licntenarnt-, en. “M:Bean. Whet, a_ weck | SAN FRANCISCO. The Deangers and. Enjoy- ments of the Fourth. Extraordinary Cruelty of a Party of- Youngsters. They Send a Hapless Cat Skyward At- tached to a Rocket. Colden Wedding of a Somewhat Unique Character. What They Think on the Cozst of the Defeat of Mollie MoCarthy. THE FOURTH. Special Correspondence of The Tribune. 8ax Fraxncisco, July 6.—Such of the popu- lation as remained in town through the holidays and have lived through the trying Fourth of July are engaged in a devout thaoksgiving that it is over, aud, ‘as usual, are making some faint move toward remodeling the laws which govern fireworks. They have been of a peeuliarly annoying character this year. There have been none of the fireworks on a magnificent scaie, which used to collect such crowds in the plazas to see George Washington and the American cagle fu sheets of living flame, and in as many variations as a popular melody. The entire pyrotechnical department was delegated to the rising generation. It is but fair to say that the work was prosecuted with anussiduity which produced remarkably sue- cessful results. The favorite Instrument of torture during the gcnson has been the Chinese bomb, which, 18 its brief, comprebensive name significs, con- tains within one small globule an infloity of mischicf. 1t discharges with a peeuliarly sharp, short, malicious sound, like the crack of arifle close ot hand. ‘There were no less than twenty-three fires during the twenty-four hdurs reouired to cete- brate the National Independence. The accl- dents in consequence of runaways were almost 18 many, and of the number of youngsters who have since been crawling about in bandages, it can be suid their name is lerion. Their choice smusement has been the torture of dumb animals, Onec pretty trick was the affixing of a bit of burning punk to a dog’s tail. ‘Another performance which went off with great eclat was tried upon o cat, a black cat at that, which will fusure for tbe partaking urchins a Ilune siee of ill-luck, if there be truth in super- stitious lore. They first tied to the hapless cat, or tied the bapless cat to, a huge rocket. In additionto this, one of the larzest Chinese bombs that could be procured was tied to the cat’s tail, and the fuses of both fireworks set off at once. The cat hus not been secn since tie rocket attained its highest altitude. 3§ 3 Oue playf{ul infant who 'was supposed to be amusing himself with a Fourth-of-July pocket- pistol walked up to a defenseless Chinaman —who anticipated nothing worse than the hood- lum’s ordinary snnoying attentlons—and, rest- ing the toy against the Chiniunan’s body, dis- charged it. The Chinaman died a few hours afterwards, and it was discovered that the smiling infant had been amusing himself about town all the morning with his father’s revolver, stolen for the occasion. something of o procession, the Fourth of Juiy has been simply a carnival of mischief and destruction for the growing hoodlum. Ina city of frame baildings, high winds, and limited water supply, it is hardly right that the national holidav be celebrated simply that the children may be amused. A few more holidays like the oue just past aud some Fourth of July will sweep our city from the face of the earth. . A GOLDEN WEDDING. A eolden wedding of 2 mewhat unique char- acter was celebrated last week. It was the fiftieth anniversary of theday when a gentle nnn, known throughout . California simply as Sister Franeis, became the bride of the Church. She is the Lady “Supdrior of St. Juscph's Catholic Female Oroban “Asylum, and the founder of all the Catliolic orphan asylums in California. o Having come to the Staté'in its carliest days, from the Home Counvent :in Maryland, Sister Fraucis is as well known as any of the pioneers. Her beaming,) motherly face in the starched, quaint-shaped cap of the Sister of Charity, Is weil known in the haunts of men, as circum- stances have made her a woman of business as will s o healer of sorrow/ and u dispcnser of mercies. H With that stranze foresightedness which seems peculiar to the orranizer of Catholic so- cicties, the orphan asylum was located ona spot which was then a wild sand wilderness, distant, and not essily accessible, on Market street, almost at the intersection of Mont- gomery. Topographically, Market street should be the artery of the city, and commercially it is really getting to be so. For many years the Orphan Asylum was the main feature, and in holiday time, when there were processions aud merry-makings, the little orpnans, in soap-glistening faces and clean piua- fores, were marshaled out. uvon the steps to see the fuu, for the mood Sister thinks there are mauy pleasant things in_the world beside the 4 peace which passeth understandinz”? of con- vent life, and permits her charges to see all they can—with safety. But the march of rovement swept away the quict canve ith its hizh walls and preety ravdens., and the Palace Hotel rears fts stately hcight over their sometime place. v Sister Frances ias u brand wew, spacious, sunny puniery, built around a court after the style of the oid countries, with birds aud trees, flowers and fountains, ‘nestled n the heart ot it, and only the cold cheerless stony-looking windows—Ifor what is more cheerless than a couvent window where a curtain never flutters and o face never beams—turned to the outside world. The convent crowns a hill. St. Joseph’s Mound, aud commands 8 magnificent land ana water view. It was here that Sister Frances’ golden anni- versary was celebrated. “I'here gathered around her friends, of ail ages and all degrees, old men and young, old women and young, and little children. Some of these latter were the grandchildren, ana even in a few instances the great grandchildren, of those who bad at some time been under her charge. Her presents were 3s many and_someLimes s valuable as those of a fashionable bride, and the givers are by no means contined to those ot her own creed, for Sister Frances was here through all the trying timesof early days, through the many fires which in those times laid the city waste: through epidemic and mis- fortune, which brought ber in her works of charity iu contact with many men of many kinds. Amonget other valuable mifts was a diamond cross, presented by the parents of a young lady who bad av one time been placed under her charge. The donor made his] gift more valuabl saying to the venerable Sister oi Charity th shie might do with it as she willed, a privilege of which she took immediate advantage by do- nating it to the poor,—an action which be evi- dently foresaw, and onlv made his giftin dia- monds to convey a graceful compliment to the good sister through whose hands he chose to dispense charity. * AN OLD CALIFORNIAN GONE. Although there is no name better koown in the Golden State than that of William Watt, it is possible thiat his fame has not penetrated out- side California. . Yet many visitors who came in contact with the leading mining wen of the coast will recall the big Scotchman whose life seémed a perpet- ual holiday, and for whom every one bad an especially cheertul greeting, as he had a cheer- ful grecting for every one. . ' Their first thought will doubtless be that it is impossible so splendid a specimen of physical mashood can bé dead, - . e He stood six feet three, was ‘built proportion- ately, and looked a very Titan in strength. . He bad a larze, handsome, Carlyie head, a mass of; thick iron-gray. bair; a kindly beaming face, and* an accent just sufliciently ‘Scotch’ to make it pleasant to listen to. e B * Tt would " have been sad to sce, such &' fram stricken down ‘und wasted by disease, but it is sadder’yet that be should die a sudden and vio-: Ient death in the vigor aud flush of manhood. His horses took fright on the wild-mountain® road the other morning at some falling branches in u biaze, the woods beiug ou fire. and ran away. . He was pitched violently from the wagon and len dragged for a considerable dietance, and has since died of his injuries. People report the entire country round his ‘mountain home to be plunzed in the deepest mourning. Indeed, work was almost entirely suspended from the moment of s accident until the fssue should be known, for he was loved passing well. He has lived in Grass Valley for over twenty- five years, and has been mainly instrumental in openmng out the mineral wealth of that county. It hos alwavs been rezapded as -suffi- cient promise of honest dealing When the Watt Brothers took a mine in hand, a compliment which is paid to very few men either in Califor- nia or Nevada. : By some chance their mines always paid divi- dends and paid them up to the last workings, until they were ready to abandon the mine. ‘Tney were just opening up a couple of new mines, and Mr. Watt had *just been to visit one fo the July dawn, for it wasonly 5 o'clock in the morninz when the accident befell him. ‘This little incident shows him to be an early riser and a brisk worker. - He kuew every man in his employ by name, and had a smile and a joke for all.” His personal popularity was some- thing extraordinary. His friends used to try to induce hiny to come to Snn Francisco to live and take the place which _his. wealth and -position would zecord him. But he always clune to his mouutain home, where he reigned in the heartsot the people. 1lis morning walk through the village was like the trigmiphal march of a popular Prince. 0ld and y»ung hailed him. The children ran to him, the very dogs wagwed their tails at his approach. * It is told of him that when the hard times began to pinch, all the minfug Superintendents met, and, looking to him as the leader, pro- posed to cut the miners’ wages down from 33 to $2 per day. ‘*Bovs,” said he —eyerybody was **boys? with® bim from United States Senators down tothe men in the mines: ‘*Boys, you mav pay what you think right, but I will’ pay $3 white I can. The work- men are the bovs that will suffer for these hard times.” Such utter unselfishness in business is rarc. ‘The entire nature of the man, its sweetoess and entleness, and the ready help of his hand when it was needed were 80 well known that he was looked upon as one of the characters of the State, and his name became a password as a symbol for ail that is beautitul in good-fellow- ship. By his death not only many men_ lose their best Triend, but the State mourns the Ioss of a man who has been of incalculable good to the country in opening out its resources in many yarious ways. ~ MOLLIE M’CARTY. The Californians have probably the fault of over-confidence in their own productions in a most excelling degree. . It is possible that sportiog-men have never reccived So complete 2 set-back as in the defeat of Mollie McCarty in her race with Ten Brocek, at Louisville, Ky. 3 All sorts of rumors as to foul play are liberal- 1y spread around, aud they are willing to attrib- ute the mare’s defeat to any cause on earth ex- cept the mare’s incompeteaey. e The 1atest story is thut she was sold hy private sale to Budd Doble ten lays betore the race. aud the money vald down, condition being made that the sale should not be mude known until the race was over. ‘Winter is severely censured for thus deliver- ing her over into the hands of & jockey without informing the public. A great deal of money was lost on her, for the betting ran pretty high, ove man, who is not a sporting man, having bet $5,000 on her. 1t is possible that some bet pretty high on State pride as well as on the horse. ‘The morereasonable assert that it is impossi- ble for any horse to o East and run under favorable auspices. An Easstern horse may cowe to Catifornia and do well under the brac- ing stimulus of the climate, but the Egstern climate is to the California-bred horse relaxing and weakening. Some visionary proposes to build an inter- mediate track at Salt Lake, but that would not in any measure obviate climatic difliculties. In this ciergency there scems nothing left but to dispense with the competition, or accli- matize the animals thorougaly before they run. THE THEATRES. At the California we are having our third dose in two years of ** Henry V.7 ) ‘We have had it with all the original scenery, costumes, and cast, excepting This was when his lordship was angered at some- thing or other, leaving Shook & Palmer to scramble around for a Henry as best they might. Poor Lawrence Barrett was whirled across the country by lightning train to takehis place, and succeeded in making one of the most magnif- cent fiaseos of his professional career. ‘We had Rignold at the Grand Opera-House at the same time without anv of the orizinal scentry, cast, o costumes, and he. created no sensation. We have bim at the California acain without them. and the resultis no better. Rignoid is unchanged. save that he wears x bigger belt, znd has brouglt his wife with him. She has the classical features of a Hermione and a pair of the biggest solitaire diamond ear- rings that have been seen onthe California stage for some months. ‘There was a wild curlosity to see her here, for, although; the Rienold fever never raged Dere in its most;virolent form, he is considercd handsome enbugh to whet the curiosity of the ladies as to what_mauner of wife he has taken unto himself. One thing is certain, there can never be any professionai jealousy between thiem, for their acting is gbout equally good— and bad. Joe Murphy will be replaced at, Baldwin’s on Monday by the “Octoroon,” whicn' is being mounted with excessive care, and 1s to be played by the so-called Union Square_Company, Kose Wood, leading lady, James O’'Neill, leading m: au. ‘Tony Pastor follows Harrican & Hart at the Bush Street. Theatre, and, as usual, will coin money. e always does aa immense business in San Francisco. s A little Chicazo actress, Miss Katy Mayherw, was married last week to Mr. Harry Widmer, der at Baldwin’s, aud our most accomplished chief d’orehestre. Katy Mayhew will visit you before many months with “M’liss,” a story of Calilornialife dramatized from Bret Tlarte by Clay Greene, a California_drametist. She is a clever little get- ress, and, if she be not handicapped by too m'.klch California, may suce JAssanT ——————— STRAY THOUGHTS. | You ing of the wo that oershndowa the love Whose fragrance is shed at the Teet Of the few, who receive it, but will not rctarn An 1ncense as lavish and sweet. Bat think of the joy. of the lleaven-fed bliss, Tn the giving of love ever stored; And then you'll foreet the emoittering draught “That over its sweetness is poured. We turn with our friendshin to some chosen heart, And, giving, we give 1t for aye: Our lives then are changed, for the light of that name 4 Shines 'ronnd ns by night'and by day. But stop not to doubtingly question their love— Let our own be so stroni and so truc *Twill master each feeling that threatens to rise And darken the sky's azure hae. There's many a sonl that is stirred to its dspths With feelings it never can tell, Whose life-work wiil be but to keep within bounds The love that too stro woald swell. And how do we know but the hearty we so prize Are brimming with love like our own, While over the struesle the silence of years, Mayhap of a lifetime. is thrown? Bar, when they have passed from the valley below o the Garden of Leauty above, The veil will oe drawn, and disclose to the eye ‘The depths of their half-expressea love. " FIpELIS. ——— Artificial Stone. cincinnati Commercial. Itis interesting to learn that a process of manufacturing artificial stoue lias beeu patent- ¢d by o Dr. Ternibus; of Germany, which promises the most satisfactory results. The chiet constituents of this stone are sand and slaked lime. By boliing. a combination of silica and lime takesplace. The mortar thus made is petrifiea by aqueous vapor, and hardens by absorption of carbonic acid trom ‘the air. The combination of the lime and sand under the action of hot water takes place at low tempera- ture—from 230 to 800 degrees Fabresheit. Tue time of heating is about the same as for brick, but while a white heat is required for brick, 300 is‘quite suflicient for tlie mortar stone. Of course the stone can be shaped the same as brick or in other desizns, accordme to the use to be made of it. - When first cast the stoue can be casily eut with a knife, but after a year of exposure to the atmosphere. it shows throuzh- out the hardness of zood sandstone. which it resembles. It stands the tests of -extremes of heat and cold, dry and damp'weather, equally well. It is .said the cost'of manufacturing js about the same as that of brick, while the prod- uctis a_great deal beétter: more durable, and more. ‘widely - useful, - whether ‘for bullcings, pavements, or streets. 1f the anticipations of tie valoe of the new material are tully realized by further tests, o problem in cheap, abundant, and -lasting”’ building-material Wil have been zolved, aud we may yet live to' see our strects Taid with stose "that will stand the-wear and tear of traflic us well us bowlders, and be vastly more agreeable to travel over. o THE CUSTOM-HOUSE, Mr. Burling on the Duties of; Government Superin- tendent. - ... Materials Purchased for the Builg in & Way Contrary to Law, dmg = EDWARD BURLING. ° DUTIES OF A GOVERNMENT SCPERLN: To the Edttor of The Trivung, T 3 CHIcAGO, July 3.—As mF connection E the Chicago Custom-Honse and Po;:,.ogg building 1s sbout to cease, and as it hag been. frequently reportcd that unneeessary dchyh:: been permitted, I deem it proper, for the intor. mation,of the public, to call thair attentiop f the methods which wovern a Superintendeng of any public work conducted under the orders of the Treasury Department. i To begin: It is to be understood that the De. ‘partment, under the orders or the Secretary, hay thesole and entire charee, and all arders of every kind relating to the work must proceeg from that source. The Superintendent is simoly an exccutive officer, and has novoice In anytoye > relating to the work under his charge, except 13 sce to its proper execution. He doesnot, nor can he, make apy contracts without the ordery or approval of his Department, nor can he mar any purchases except such as are immediagel; uecessary, without first askiog and obtamipe permission so to do. o He is sometimes asked for an opinlon in re. eard to the manner of -doing a cerwain worg, and quite as often lus judzmenu‘slmwr:a: principally becanse he fs not in a position t; fully understaud the reasons governine thy case; but in most cases relating to executiog of the work his advice is taken; incases relat. ing to plan or policy to be pursued, the is wenerally reserved to the Department. ¥ It is to be understood that the Department fy in turn controlled by law. which forbids the making of auy contract or incurring the er. penditure uf any money beyond the specific - propriation for the same. For example, appropriation of $400,000, made for this work i 1577, was only sufficient to complete the masog. ry of walls aud put on the roof, and some other small details. and as_a conseqaence nothing more could be done until another appropriatioy was made. - The condition of the work in the building at the oresent time is as follows: Every jobot work authorized or directed by the Department is now in progress: the roof, which is contraxt. work, is now in process ot completion, and other jobs partly completed. No orders of aay kind for the farther prosecation of the wes have been received, and it is expected thas the coming week will finish all that is now in hasd, except the contract-work, und will about er- haust the material provided for it. o B “'bat the Department is busily engaged in the work of completinz the plans necessarv for th further prosecution of the work, is known, an] it is expected that within a very short tims advertisements will appear asking for propoesals for the windows and doors, stairways, elevators, steam-heating, etc. This statement is made for the purpaseot showing the public that the compiaint of slow progress canuot be charged to the Superintend- ent_in charge, asall matters relating to the work, outside of nis duties as an executive ofl- cer, are quite beyond his control. 1 have been fur thirty years engaged in ths building busi 5, most ol the Lime as a profes- sional, and think that I understand how tods, - and have generally had the authority to do, bui my connection with this work has taueht me that no one, however capable and enerzetichs may be, can do anything move than to pursne the course marked out for him. The system eamployed by the Government Is calculatedto securg good work, but it is at an increased cost, aboundine in vexatious delays, and does not ak ways secure the best S:sults. From what is thus briefly stated, it willbe seen, that the slow progress of the Chiczm Custom-House cannot be charged to a desire o the part of the Superintendent to prolong the job for his own private ends, aad Wwhoever may be fn charze of the work will be frequently asked, * When is the Custom-Fouse to be com- - ;; pleted?? and the only answer he will be ableto.- 1make is to echo the question When?”? In leaving the worl, I feel that everythisg has been done, within the limits ot my instro> tions, that could be, to secure good work and s faithful application'of the funds provided, aal am -quite willing to leave the mattertothe judgment of my successor. E. Brruse. oo CONTRACTS. TALE WITI ONE WIO KNOWS. Yesterday afternoon a TRIBUNE reporter ran across a wentleman who i8 well posted oo the affairs of the new Custom-House, when the fol- lowinz conversation took place in regard towark done under proposals: ¥ By the way, I sce yoncalled attentiontoths law, in THE TRIBUNE the other day, relat- ing to the makinr of contracts for-the construction of public buildings. It was 8 goca thing to call attention to ™ the statute, as it may remind some people of their duty in the premises. There hasbeen. too much lawlessness on the part of officials in iznoring this law when it suited their parposes todo so. I recollect that—in 1573, I think 1t was—some of the friends of John M. Mueller boasted that he had worked through a contract with the Government for sawing stone W! was a ocd stroke of work. Well, as there had been an absence of adver- tisements in the Chicawo pavers, I thought to gratify o lttle curiosity by looking the matter up, and ascertained thab - E% sure. enouzh, such a coutrait -, & had been made without the least attention {0 the requirements of the law; and it torns 0k . now that, under this very contract. whichf whivk auy lawser would dectare” to be voidy - Mueller has received from the Government about $165,000. There is 2 fine opportunity for you newspaner menticmen to moralize on this jncident, and to show what such evasion of Taw leads to. 5 THE SAME VICIOUS SYSTEM, 1 notice from the statements that soubasa already made public. has been continuel to very time. 'That sawing coptract was made. under the Mullett administration by Supt, Kar- kin, who is now bathing his fevered brow in th8, cool and placid waters of the Clyde. But uzg £ il administration is almost, cqual to thatol - the former Caiel, for he made a contract with. the same lucky coutractor in 1876 for the coret: ing, hauling, and handling of stoue, which 1%, out of Uncic Sam's Treasurs upwards of 0 b 000, and 1 learn that a good deal of the work being done on tie new building onder decelt proposals. Thus the brick which is used in building is purchased without reference to mandatory law. The copper, and 3 good of the ifon-work. the sewer-pipe. the line gravel, cement, flagzing-stoncs, and all & items, are purchased and paid for with ul disregard of lemal requiremeuts. It matied little whether these materials have been l:‘ nished as cheaply a5 they could bave boen o complying with the terms of the law, Ttisth reekless disrezard o(bl:u\' ‘on the part of officia that. we are talking sbout. 7t “the Supervising Architect cun_seod around privately to four or five firms BOUC tiat certain material will be needed for e Tost-Oflice Building, and he arranses it t0 €58 it to A, B, or C, at such price as scews 103 reasonable, he may not have cost mem 1"_; ernment any more mogey tian he woult acting according to law, but e g heo has commit! = an offense by sctting himsell up as superiof the statutes made by Congress to restruit 5 from doing that very thing. If he do‘:npur Temever & Co. or Hovt & Alsip 86 $5.000 for 1,000,000 brick witkout adyertise- ment, be can pay for the iron-work or 80F 040 part of the building in the same manner, a0d 20 15 contracts are necessary for anythine. e What other work have you observed o has been and_is veing done without hsviog been advertised for? ™ asked the reporter. Xphfi' “Parts ol the-fron worlk by the Philade e Architectural Iron Cumpaur,'Ashlflll" 1 Works, Union Foundry; the iron ercoes Dwight & Co., of Massachusctts; corn!lf Bartlett. Rovbins & Co., Bultimore; sat grayel by John Knost; stone flaziing DY So & Talcott; tiling by toe Chicago Terrd s Works; ventilating shafts by Union -Xor i Woriss: and cement by Phil Wadsworth2. oop “WEat do gou estimate the amoinh fo money at that has been paid out filezally 2. wayi? Vo T can’t tell. You can judge aswell as I ¥01 wili have togoto the Guvernmun:‘nfl{#flifig that. R, o £o5. : The reporter called at the Cuslom—fi““l’,z* and was there refused the information 08 eround thiit it would_be incousistent wit public {nterest at this time to furnish it - 2 At Y i .- “TOBACCO "SEIZED.™ 3 LoutsviLLe, July 13.—Government:ofic=ss: Festerday seized the tobaeeo” factoryof b 2.3 Guarrant, in Calloway County. The Goverm: ment_claims that large shipments of tobac?. have been made without paywent of ta3elr Tne amount seized is about 25.000 pounds- et