Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 26, 1878, Page 5

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY- JULY 26, 1878, SPORTING EVENTS. A Break in the Spell Which Promised Chicago the Pennant. 1fow the Indianapolis Club Was ielped to an Unde- served Victory. The Bostons Win an Eleven-Inning Game from the Cincinnatis, . Superb Sport at the Cleveland Trotting Races Yes- terday. % Hopeful, Edwin Forrest, and Scott’s ‘Thomas the Winners fa Fast Time, Postponement of the Houlan-Ross Bace on Acconnt of Rongh Water, BASE-BALL, A REMANKADLE PXHIBITION, Yesterday’s game was one of tho most curious ever shiown on Chicago grounds, 8o far sa the White Stockings wero concerned, it conslsted of sbout half good battingand tho other half atroclous flelding. The good batting gave cight earned runs, while tht awful flelding gave four- teen uncarncd runs, Tho lattor counted against tha Chlcagos, as can be scen Ly looking at the score. ‘The visitors were nelther very good nor very bad; they showed o comfortable sortofa game with a few brililant plays—notably McKelvey's remarkabla catch off Remsen in the seventh inning. Business began in the sccond luning, when Nolan and Waruer led off with safe hits, Will- {amson was then mufled by Hallinan, and the bazes were full when McKelvoy dumped a baby- bit down where Larkin would have haudled it hadhe been less lame, Croft hit ona down Btart’s way but it got away, ond then Hallinan’s failure to hold & throw and a wild pitch cleared matters up, aod five runs wero scored. The Whites then maode a lively snd ereditable pull-up. Larkin and Hankinson made safo hits, and Remsen sent u rattling two- baser, which let fn the former, Hankiuson scored on Harbldge's out, and Remsen came in onawild pitch. In the next inniog they tied thescore, Ferguson and Hallinan getting around on tbo former’s lone Lit, Willlamson's wide throw, and Cassldy’s hit. Therc was o terriblo mix-up In this Jzning on a question of whether a third strikc was held or not. In tbo next foning the Iudlanapolis chapa got awsy again, and scored three runs on three hits and Fergu- sou's wild throw ot Willlamson’s hit. Tha pext toning—"**the Bloody Sixth'—was n circus for sare. It will not bear descrintion further than to sav that the Chicagos made eight errora and the otbier sido five runs, only ong hefvg earncd. The home team took n run in the lust half of the Inning on Ferguson's two-haser and Crott's crror, In tuis inning Hlarbidze’s finger was badly hurt by a foul from Shaifer's bat, aud In the scventh he changed places with Casgldy, It was the Intter’s first appearance on any stage us catcher, and he did well enough on straight balls, but the curves seemed to get away, as his score shows. The Jast two runs by the visitors were_wade lu that way. In the elghth inoing the Chicagos took on a torrible streak of bat- ting aud made things fly. llankinson led off with a three-baser and scored on Williamson's failure to stop the return. Harbidgo and Start bt out safely, and Anson drove the Brat ball pltehed for two bascs, and Ferguson followed with n safo one, four ecarned runs resulting. That brought the score to 10, where it had to lnluv‘, mid the Chifeagos retired defeated. Kol owiog i 3 THE BCOURS CHICAGD. | A| 3 By #\ P AL B Al af2f gl af a1 411 1) 210! 1| & 411 10 v 4| 2| 8 4] 1 3 411} 0 2 4 8/ 6 44 0 11 1| 4 o 4] 1/ ] 2 0, 4 b| 2 8 2 4} o B| 1} 1] 1]. 9| o Total, 38/10 1310127, 0 N Quest, 2 b. 6201 33l 0 Ciapp, 1. £ o 3 1] 1l 2t ol 0 Shaffer, r. !, i1 203 210 Flint, c. Bl 3 2 gl 4 2 Nolan, b1 4 40 21 Waurner, [T 210 Willtawm ol 31 W e MceKelvoy, ¢ f. o1 e 200 Troft, 1 6} 1] 1} 2110/ 0] 1 Total coeeeren s eireereen [4U[25]14/24[27024] 6 W46 0780 9%014040-10 600355601 1-15 ; Indlauspolls, 1. , Forguson, Lemeen, Clapp. Nulan, Croft, 1. nfee.base hita—Ierguson, lankinson, Bhafler, Tatal basee on clean hite—Chicugo, 07 indianap. olis, 10, Lirat bnu'u,n orrors—iallinan, 2-~Chlcago, Quest, 1, Warner, 1; Willismwun, Cruft, polis, O, 7 Krrors affecting the scoro—Starl, 2: Ferguson, 8; Hallinan, 2; dy, 23 Larkin, 13 Wiiliam- i, 13 Croft, 1. Letft on ba hicago, 13 Indisnapolls, 4, Double 'l". —Nolau, Fiiat, Willismeon, and Quest, 13 Haltlnoy ana’ Hankinson, 1. Pasted balis—Caneldy, Marbldge, 1; Flint, 2. Wald pltchvs—Larkin, Nolan, 1, Talls calie n on Nolan, 22, Larkin, 15 Btrikey called—0f Larkin, U3 of Nulan, 98, _Struck out—Cusanly, Larkin, Quest, Clipp, Me- Kelroy, Croft. Umpire—3cLean, cf Philadelphia, Botnethiug about the umpiring wa) by nutlog the lact that Mr McLean called tweuty-eigght strilies on Chicago battersand unly six on their opponcnts, ‘Lhese wero culleil strikes, where the butter didu't thivk the ball Was whero he wanted 1. ‘That (a0 greater nuw- ber of atrikes than bave been culled on tho Cllcagus this year, ‘The cmufiu and Todianapolls Clubs pay their nlth gume here to-tnorrow, A QUESTION OF BECOND BASE, The base-ball public, speaklne uaturally through ‘Tuw ‘THiBUNE, woild like Lo reasun o }I.u.le on the general subject ol second busemen, The public 18 not Kmmuml. neither 4y Tue TiisuNg; they both wWish well of, aud 1o, Lhe Chicago team, snd they waul ‘tu know 38 this circus around about secoud_buse hadu't better be stopped pietty sovn. The adventures uu learned that sput thls " yeur bave been varfed and curlou Ansun started out o vlay ft, aud did very well, consiierin, thu condition of bis hands MeCletlan olloweds and played a clever game tor awinle, aud then Halliyoh was given a chiance to distingutsh hi- scll, uud bos played five gomes there, fuis about the ouly spoi where any changes bavy becu made i the team, and it §a an undoubted fact thut several vuiues have been Jost mght there, Now, the question 182 1s this nec Tyl Hus the cluv niot a perfectly tompetent, tupah(yr. skillful wau at band who can play the’ pustion s well aa the other positious an the team are bewg played, aud who can, in sbort, M1 tho eyi- deut wani of the clubf It eucs withous saying that Lhis wan s A, G, Spslding, who has the Lest yecord fu the position that vver was made there, “Phere are, of course, wbjections ) be sdvanged, Lut the fint thiog 1o be noted s whether e woukd be an fmproveniest oy the Inen who bave been tryfog the plave this scason, l h: tulluwing table will atiot the records of the el Heeo Players, Avsoue s, Tho just threo lines kv to show that to pnt Boatding In would not weaken the batting, but would rother streugthen it. It appears, then, tuad be would tIl the position better than aoy utler won who bas tried it, so far 8s fiRures go t0 prove auytbing. Oue objection 1s that he'ls Lot in traiulugs, byt thot awmounts to very little, becauss he (8 siways in trinfug. An- uthier objectlon is that he Lus too wudh busiuess to piay Lall, but that dow’s upoear. It s & differcug ti:ing to pluy ball when the busy sea- Sut bas pusced from giving up the beginning of tho year to practice, Murc thau niew people Love expressed wtrong opivlous ub this subject, 8ud fLscews falr that the munagement shvul 175 to fuduce Mr. Spalding to play st leust the e gaties with tlhe club of which be i3 Secre- Suryo wnd in which be bas an foterest. Howill 4d 110 eud of tricods Lo greet bis reapuearsuce b will cunseut tu make vue. ABOLT FLAYING IN P.TTSHURO. Last Bunday Tux Tuisesg repriuted g dis- Pl frow Pittabusy to the Ciuciunatl Auguiree asserting that Mr. Treat, a Diroctor of the Io- dianapolis Club, bad made arrangements to vlay the schedule games between Indlanapolls And other League clubs in Pittsburg. Of course every one¢ exccpt some veople tving in Pittshurg knew that the Indianspolis_ Club ~ conld mot play any vamce off its own grounds except hy ner- missfon of tha club which was to he oppoded to it, and that games In Pittsburz depended. en- tirely on theso other clubs. Knowing this, tho Pittsbure editors have proceeded to make them- selves appear Mke fools by abusing President Pestit, of Indianapolls, because, sa they allege, hie lins not kept his ward with them. ‘The facts in the case do not give any sort of ground for the unjust sspersion on Mr. Pettit, They are tirfefly these: About the time thal Mr, ettt whas arranging to piay some of nis games In 8t Louls, McKelvey, s former Pittaburg Flnyer, WS, pent by some of the Indianapolis people but without A.r. Peftit's knowledege) to iteaburg, amd on s return reported that tha Piutsburg. people would put the grounds In order, and ¥:|y for police and bill-postiog for 10 per centof the pross recelpts. Some time afterward, Mr, Pettit wroto to Mr. MeKnight, of Pittsbury, saying that 1t was likely that he might play soma of the Indlanapolis games in Pittaburg, and msking it 5 per cent of the re- celpts would not be enough foruse of the ground, ete. Iie added that it was posstble that Lh% games with the Chicagos niight be played there if matters could, be arranged to suit. Mr, McKnight wrote bick Insisting on the 10 per cent deduction. Mr. Pottlt re- olied o the effect that he doubted about getting the Chicagos to vlay fn Pitts- burg, ss Mr. Hulbert was opposed to it, but that he would ree him Mondsy evening, snd tolearaph bls conclusfons Tucsday., If )fi. Mo Knlght received no disoateh Tuesday, he was to know that the games with Chicago would not be played in Plttaburg, At the same time he hoped to play the Providence games thero the wevk beginniog Aug. 18. That {a all there was ol it, dnd on that traneaction the Pittsburg pr vers have unwarrantahly based the most curfoy charges agalust Mr. Pettit. The Diepatch calls him *‘the champion llar of the arcna,” sod rays that there is o letter i the hands of a gen- tleman o that city which shows that heaccented the proposition,” Mr. Pettit, in & conversation with a TRIBUNB reporter vesterday, utterly de- nled that any such letter was in existence, and was justly fncensed at the charge of falschood. 1l biad, he said, made no contract and had not even scen such s thing. The **proposition’ about which so much sound and noise ismade by tho Leader turns cut to bo nothing more than s scheme tor some Plttsburg people to get 10 per cent gruss without risking o cent. The latter paper's ssscrifon that Mr. Pettit had ac- cepted Lhie terins for the games with the Chica- wos next week s also denfed by that gentleman. In short, the whole scheme Is au unworthy and scoundrelly ono to cust an undeserved {ni- putation on Mr. Pettit. Thcro was no roason for calling him names, and, anicas tho Plits- burg pnl::l’l can show the Ietters which they claim to have, they will, iT thoy have any de- ceney sbout them, muke am apology for their nistaken charges. Mr. i'ettit addeit that he wished the people to understand that ho had never contemplated any transfer Lo ony plave. The club was owned and backed in [ndianapolls, and was fn good shape, having made money so fur _this scason. They would close the senson in Indiauapolis with the Bostons, Sept. 10, 12, and 14, HOCKPORD, LI, Special Dispaich to The Tridune, Rockvorn, [iL., July 25.~1The second game to-day between tho Clpoers, of Chlcago, und the Forest, Citys. resulted in defeat to the Clip- pers by a score of 13 to 3. OTIIR OAMES, Boaton, July 25.—Bostons, 10; Cloclunatls, 9. _Eloyen innings, HonxeLrsvitLLg, July 25.—Basc-ball: Ilor- nells, 10; Lowells, 4. ", PROVIDENCE, July 25.—Mliwaukee, 7; Provi- denee, 1. Byracusg, July 23.—Stars, 6; Springfields, 4. TIIE TURR, CLEVELAND. CLARVELAND, O,, July 25.—This was the third day of the Cleveland Club races, There was a good track and large sttendance. The unfinished 2:2¢ class of yestcrday was won by Edwin Forrest in 2:18%4, Tho open-to-all was won by Hopeful {n tureo straight heats in 2:171¢, 2:153{ 2:16)4. Iho 9:80 class was won by Scott's Thomus, taking the firat, fifth, and sixth heats. Follow- ing 18 the summary: Unfnished 2:24 class of Wednosday, pures 1,800, divided ' ‘dwin Forres A0 1 1 1 Ldward...... «1 2 4 4 Trampoline .8 3 2 2 Darby, 211 7 5 Muduc, «3 7 b B 0041 <0 5 8 3 Nil Desperundum, 1 8 3 10 Dick Moore... 4 4 9 @ AR Deck Wrizht, . 3 Mawbrino kKal . Zr. Ll 2184, divided: 4211 2122 ) an Uum Ball . tl‘ 2ra Nime—L:22% bocond race, open to al Hopotul... . Proteino. Ureat Ear A PALL CIRCUIT, CLEVELAND, July 25.—The Stewards of the Trotting Association of Ohio held n necting ut the Kennard Housu thls mornlng, for the pur- posc of organizinga fall eireult, Tuoo fullowing ag- suciations wers represented : Cleveland, ‘tolvdo, Columbus, Ciucinnatl,! Newark, and Zunesville, Mr, George N. Stone, of Cincinnatl, was olected Yresident, and Walter Morris, of Columbus, Secretary. The SBtewnrds dovided on meotings sud dates a8 follows: Clevetand, Sept, 10 to 185 Toledo, Bepi. 17 to 205 Columbus, Sent. 21 to 497; Cinciunatl, Oct. 1 to 43 Zunesville, Uct, 8to 115 Nowark, Oct. 15 to 18, Bam Hrivws, of Cluveland, wus elected Seere- tary of tho Circult. 4 Cieveland nud Tolodd entries cuse Saturday, Aug. 81, Columbux, Cluclonutl, Nuwurk, sod Zaucayllle entrics close Sopt, U, BAKATOUA N, Y., July ¥5.—The purse race for maidel ono twile, wus wou by Brumble, Loulanter nd, Gurrick tided, Tline, 1:45, The Haratoga Luph two imiles ul w quarter, was won by Purote tu u gallob by four Jengt] Joo sceond, Uen, Philips thand, Thine, 4:081¢, The dash of thres-quarters of a mnbie wos ' won by Perfection, Konme Wood second, Bulmunt's ""{ thtnd, ‘Thae, 117350 ‘The selling ruce, ona 1nlle and o quarter, was won by Maritanu, Kenuey secund, tattie ¥, third, “lie, 2308, AQUATIC, TOE OREAT KACE POSIPON Spectul Dispateh e Taa Tribu 81 Jo_K,N. B, July 25—The wind blew stroug fe i the southwest all doy, causlng the course ou the Kennebecassls to be quite rough, The Ilanlan-Rass boat-race was consequontly pustponed until to-morrow, when 1t will by rowed between 3and O p. w., weather permit. tlug, 8anaTaaa, THE MADISON REGATTA, . Buecial Dispustch &0 The Triduna. Mapison, Wis,, July 25.—~The second day's yacnt race on Fourth Lake opencd with o light breeze, and at the start (10:30 v'clock) several Douats refused to sail, fearing a calin, but, after the frat eight miley, brecze ung up and blew beavy, meking the termnination of the race lively, The Niobe, of Qilkosh, touk frst money, aud the Agamemnon, of Ueneva Lake, second. Luly, of Madlson, capsized when mak- lug the tirst turn, but uo one was hurt. Thus the Niube carrles off tho first honors of both daya® races. Col. West, proprictor of the Luly, has challenged Capt. Dickinson, of the Niobe, toa race to-morrow. It hus been pred, ‘There i a prospect for a good gale, and a livgly tuco is expected, Secretary Uartleld, of the Natlooal Assoclation of Amateur Oursincu, au- Boutices In & telegram from Albany, Y.l that B will pass- oursuien of the Mississippl Vailev Rowlog Assoclation frum Chicago to Newark, N. J., If they wilf cnter futo the national row- ing recotts ‘at Newark, Aug, 20 aud 21, The AMadlson Club contemplaty ¢ntenng. e —— Dennott's Nawesake. Sew Yurk World, Tha 8t, Laurcut, which brougbt Mr, James Gordon Benuett to New York, brought also Ueorgs Felix and Elisabeth, Lis wife, and from 8:35 1. . o July 8, when she passed Jatftuds 49 degrees 30 wiuutes vorth and lougitude 18 dugrees 80 minutes west, was fuvored with what the Courer des Llats Unia calls ** un passenger cxtra,” to-wit: Mune. Feha's thumplug son. His entry {nto the world wus o matier of soms state, the offleers of the ship assisting. Mr. Beonett stood godfather to the child, which was vamed o part for Llw us follows: * Laurent- Othen Jumes Felix,” aud bestowed upon it Loy raucs ‘ta goid picces coucealed in bon: O lde THE RAILROADS. How Gould Got Control of the Lake Shore. Railway Blortality Durlng the Past 8ix Months. The Fast-Freight Business Over the Vanderblt Lines, Sharp Practice of the Eastern Company, at Boston, THE LAKE S{IORE, ‘The report published {n Bunday's TnIBUKE that Jay Gould had virtually secured control of the Lake Shore & Michigan Bouthiern Raliroad han ~reated consliderable of & sensation In rafl- road circles. Thors were many who would not belfeve that Vanderbilt had been outwitted in tho manner related. Yot the more is learned of the matter the more certain docs {1 becomo that Gould has really control of thatroad, he and his friends holding & majority of the stock. Tho real facts In the cass were given to o TRINUNE roporter yosterday, Just previous to tho departure of Vandorbilt for Eurape Lhat gontleman gave out that tho Lake Bhore was In splendid condlition, and would undoubtedly declare & July dividend of from 2 to 3 per cent. These reports had tho cffect of advanciug the Lake Shore stock conslderably, snd Vendertlit unlonded s large amount, ex- gecllng to buy it back again at Inr{mly reduced zures on his return. Jay Gould, Russell Sage, and othera friendly to_Gould, believed Vander: Liit's reoresentations 88 regarded the Increascd earnings of the line, and purchased heavily. At this time Gould and bis frienda did not con- template to purchase tho Lake Shote for keeps, not believing the thne was ripe yet for that step: but they expected to reap a rich harvest when the heavy dividend was declared. Vander- Lilt returned from Europe ana atoncesct lo work to forcs dvwn Lake 8horo stock, to bo ablo to buy it back at much lower fzures than those ho had sold It for. In order to accomptish this he managed to have the Dircetors at thelr July wicotiug declare a dividend of but 1 per cent. OI course Lake Bhore stock fell down to a freezing polnt, and Gould, Sage & Co. were furious. They had bought on an advance, and now it was thio other way. They were cager to hase revenge for Vanderblit's treachery, and therefore they decided to hold the stock they had bought, and take possession of the road un- less Vanderbilt should rny them 875 a share, which fs much more than they pald for it Vanderbilt 18 not willing to do this, as it would entalf a loss upon him of wany milllons, more than ho could atand nt this time. Ho be- licves that the Gould party will scll at m lower figure {f I " Lolds out, but It s underatood that Gould la uaw unwills ling to unload at any lece, and that he means to got posscasion of the road and use it In cou- vection With the Erto us a through route to the Paclfie. Vanderbilt meant to flcece Gonld, but this gentlemun has heen too much for him, and be got fleeced bimscll RAILWAY MORTALTLY,. The Ralway Aqge, In accordanco with its reg- ular custom, has carcfully compliled statistles showing as nearly as posaible the number of ratlways sold under foreclosure during the flrst six mouths of the year, and the amounts of capltal fnvestment which have thus been in large part wiped out. #OLD UXDER ronlcx.nulliv'(lz, AN, 1 10 Juss 30, Name. ‘Arkanaas Valley, luhlmmlurr.l a} unb; cs & 7 ville, ¥t Kol & Pac e el L] ako ke, Wheol(ng. e 30 221,000 Michiioan Laks Rliore, " 671§ prtie 0., Moblle & Texss 85 2,0UL 00 q 1122600 4: 4 1,610,000 L0000 Fout 1,75000 R0 1,228,000 04, 400 PR 2,184 B114, 674,000 § Total Londs, debt, and stock. . . $2:0,850, 70 While these twomrelzm companies have been wiped out of exlstence, to bo succeeded by others on n much snialler capital basts, the same fute has been rapidlv overtuking a number more, The followluiz isa llst of roads pluced fn the hands of Necelvers jao the six mouths named: - BECEIYERS APFOINTAD JaX, 1 7O JULY L 1678, Name, Mbtee. awiiiebt, | Stock, cutewgn & Itaots etver 51" 8 3o & * 307600 o & Diack Ifilte 24 © SOLOR s L Nl Hitom, by 22000 AHIO o, B0, LU eoria e 0 230,00 tirecn liny & Ainn. . 8,000, (k) 7.3!“&('&: Grayyillo & Mattoucees 30 'B0wd Bt L Uireat Yortheris 800 187000 B,500000 llven PL. beott W GBT000 2.750.000 Wit 8OE LA Wihnluto & I, Aiiaa ¥ 4000 200,00 536 935,315,000 835,611,000 64,136,70 comparative summwory for tho first #ix nonths of the present and “past year, not focluding the cuses of n number of ronds against which proccedings were com- menved looking toward foreclosute, but which were not placed (n Recelvers’ bands: Hecelvers appoiaty " 1,034 4, 156,000 E NP B0, e, Ty 2.5% $127, 745,024 Hhén 160, ik S0 T sssrers rrsrrsecs 48 oo $207, 451,500 Theso figurea show that the terrible mortality to rallway enterprises during the vast tew years has uot abated to the degreo that was hooed, although the totuls for the first day of 1873 aro cousiderably less than for the corresponding perlod of 1877, except w the amount of capitul apparently Investud, which in each cassis al- 10ost the sume, reachiug In eachslx imonths well up tothe enormous amount of $300,000,000. Burely it scems as If the work of reorgaulzation must’ be neatly completod, uod it iy judecd Emmblu that the Mat of roads that must go fnta ankruptey 18 nearly cempleted, Thoro is, how- ever, Billl 8 constderuble number which' have been urdered to the suction block, although the actusl rolt has been delayed, TIE FAST-FREIGIT LINES, From private dispatches received hiere yester- day It is learncd that all the Boston sud Nuw York azeuts of the Biue, Ked, and White Liues (fest freight) have been discharged, ahd that ail the West-bouud freight business will hereafter bu done by the Merchants' Dispateh, This is In accordauce with the nows published exclusively In Tits TRIBUNE @ week or Lwo aio, that all the fust-freight Mocs runulpe over Vanderbill's soads would e discontinued with the exception af the Red, White, aud Blue Lines, which would do the Eust-bound busivess, sud the Merchants' Dispatch, which would take of all the West-bound busl- ness, b 13 belioved that ultimately ullthe fast-freight business over Vanderbilt linea witl be placed in the Lands of the Mer- clants’ Dispateh, which, uolike the other fust- freight luce, is 8o incorporsted pasociation, 1ot of the stock of which rnownud by Vanders bift, o makiug such an arrngement Mr. Van- derbfit will make double protits. It is uudgrstood thay Mr. R. Teabrock, Gen- eral Agent'of the Blue Line at New York, Las been avpoluted Uenersl Esstern Ageot of the Hannibal & Bt. Jou Rallroad, witd headquarters iu New York, m;l‘ujlnueun nl‘:lhn vnrlgdul 5..:-1"151.: lln‘l..-lo In 3 city aro on the rag; edgo au. - ably slarned. e % SR — BOSTON, Spectal Dispaleh to Tha Tribune. BostoN, July 25.—Tho bondholders of tho Postsimouth, Oreat Falls & Conway Ruiroad to- day sppoluted a commiites to look after thelr futerests (o the diflleulty with the Eastern Road, which refused to pay (b interest oo the bunds, uuder & ruling of the Suprews Court of Massa- chusetts. Tho Eustern guarauteed bouds to tbe value of $1,000,000 tor value recelved, but It ts uow held that the Cowpauy i3 uot so bound, and that the contract ot guarantce constitutes ouly a continzent and coliateral Jlability, which, under the sct of 1876, cannot be met cut of thoearnings of the road. The Conway honds are simoly an ordinary uvsecured obligation of the Cunway Road, toward the payment of which the earnings even of ,that road cannot be ap. plied. Over hatt a million of bonds wers represented lo-dla ‘The statement was mule that the Esstern Road, some of whose Directors also constitute a majority of the Directoraof the Portsmouth, Great Falls & Conwvay Road, purposes to put the latter corporation fu the position of a yoluntsry bankrunt. It was alao atated that the Portamouth Road, besides fts bond of $1,000,000, sud another debt of $14,000, does not owe a cent to any corporation, and 1s well able to pay the intereat on fta bonids from its earnings. No severe lauguage was used regarding the Enstern Road's uperations, save by Iniplication, but the imolication was re- markably direct. [If this proceeding had beca done by Jay Gould, it would have been de- nounced fn the plain Ianguage it deserved, but, belng In Masgachusetts, the coithet is spared. Au agreement was adopted to the effect that tho bondholders would responalblo fur tho payment of & sum nol exceed- ing 1 per cent upon the amonnt of the obligation held by them, to be expended by the Commitico, which Is Inatructed to confcr with the rallrond companies concerned in the affair, and to dovise, if practicable, soma means of an amicable adjnstment of tho present con- troversics, and, 1t nccessary, to apply to the Lepisiature of New Hampanire for any legisia. tlon that mnay be needed. ‘The sharp practice of tue Esstern Company s universally condemned. CINCINNATI’'S RAILROAD, Speetal Dispateh to The Tribune. Cixcinvatt, 0., July 25—The problem of what to do with the great Southern Ralirond en- terpriss, which has siready cost this city $16,- 000,000, and s st!ll uvfinished, was partially sulved to-day by the Trustees, who awarded the contract of finishing the road from Somersct to Boyce's Statlon, sccorning to plan No, 2, to Houaton & Co. for the sum of $1,071,998, this befug the Jowest and best bid. Upon Houston & Co. executing satisfectory bonds the contract will be sizned conditionally, as reaulred by law, and the Mayor will be notlfied and an cleetion will ordered. 1f the people ratily the proposition, the work of completing the road witl begin, and with s1) possible speed it will be pushed forwanl. Houstou & Co. bind them- selves to have the work completed ou a certain day in August, 1870, For every day the o fug may he detayed beyond the snecttled time, the coutractors forfels 1,000, Nincty per cent of the estimalcs arc to bo patd s thg work pro- gresses, 10 per cent to be retalned untll the rosd shafl be accepted. The eontract- ors recelve pay in bouds at par or cash, st tbo optlon of the Trustces. The furtber issuc of Londs for the completion of the rond will bo vigorously opposed, and may be defeated hy & voto of the Ln.-tmlv. In that event the Trustces will probably secept one of the bias that have been made by partics who stand ready to advance the moncy necessary to finfsh the lino proyided certaln’ terins of lease are given them. The bonds that bave airewly becn tsgucd are a heavy burden upon tho ciilzens, who aro anxlous Lo sco sowme returns from their fuvestment. CINCINNATL SOUTHERN. CincixNati, 0, July 25,—The Cinclunat! Fouthern Rallroad to-dny awarded the contract for completing the road from SBomersct to Boyce Statlon to R. G. Huston & Co. for $1,072,000. Tho cantract proviles for the erce- tion of thirty-four iron Uridges and trestles, and twelve wooden bridges, ‘The road is to be built by Aug. 20, 1879, or a forfcit of £1,000 per day thereatter until the road ts completed. ‘ftils mction of the Trustces neceasitates an electlon by tho citizens of Cincinnatl within the next ten days to vote yen or noy upon’ the propasition to fssuy $2,000,000 more Londs to cowmplete the road. WANTS 1T BACK. apecial Dispdleh ¢ T une, ForT Warns, Ind., July 25.~Buit was Qled to-doy to recover twenty ocresof land valued at $40,000 which was donated by the city to tho Fort Wayne, Jackson & Saginaw Railroad in 158, on tho ground that thedunation was ab- tained by fraud snd In viviation of law. 1TEMS. The Chicago, Milwaukes & 8t. Paul Raflroad {sdoiper an fmnmense passeuger business just now, owing to the large number of people going to tho popular watering-places on its hne. A large party of Califurnians, who bave been dolny the East, will arrive hero by tho Michigan Central Satunday vnumhu‘-. and go Wost there- after by tue Chivago, Burlington & Quincy, Mr, ©. M. Wicker, Traflic Manager of the Baltimore & Ollo, has gone with Lis family to apend the dog-days nt Osklaud, on the top of Hiue Ridge, 2,00 fect abiose tdo-water. Mr. Wicker thinks he will be able to keep cool there, Comtissioner Albert Fink gives notice that hereufter the satoe rates from New York to Lust 8t. Louls given In circular No. 02, issued July 8, 1878, will be used, tirt, on all freights for poluts west of Bt. Louls which heretofure bayo hnd the samo rutes us tho Missouri River pufnts; secoud, on all freluht for Weatern poluts vin 8t. Luuts wihere the rates (taking the sum of the local rates) are higher than via Chleago. Mr. J. II. Rutter, Traflic Manager of tho New York Central Ralirond, Is o the clty, Thero wlil probavly be o weeting of rallway managers for the purpose of cetablishing new East-bound rutes before Mr. Rutter leaves town. Mr, Rutter's prescice was to have been made the oceaston of a conference Letween the Maue agera and Gieneral Frelzht Agema of Vauder- blit's roada, which, however, cunla not be held, owlng to Mr, Newell's slekn Me. 8, 11, IL Clark, (cneral Buperintendent of the Upiun Pacitic Rtailroad, wes n the city vesterday ont burineas counceted with his rond. It {# Jearned from bim that the Utah Northern Narrow Gauge Railroad, to be bufie from Ugden, Utaly, to Ileiena, M. T, o distance of 400 suifes, 18 now vompleted Trom Opden to Snake Itiver, » distauce of 1%0 wmllcs, amd rapid headway is belme made on the aucompleted portion. Mz, Juy Gould Is the principal owner of thia road, and Mr, 8, I, I, Clark i the Yresident. Mr, J, W. Midzley mmissioner of the Bouthwostern Rallwoy Association, bas fsshed a cireular snnounctug that after this day the rates on hoge from Missouri River polnts to 8t. Louls and Miasissippi-River poluts will bo 840 per car, and to Chicago $57.50 per car, which 1s & reduc- tlon of 810, Bar [ron, car-load lots for use of railroad com- vandes will be charwed us Claes O, The rate on salt from Toledo to Missouri- {::vrrlwluu will after Aur. 1 bo 65 conts per rrel. Mr. W, J. Bplecy, (eneral Superintendent, and Mr, John Bell, General Solfeitor of tho GUrand Trunk Raflway, are in the cily, The former gentleman s here to look up tho busine prospects of his line at this end, ond the Jatter to settle somo niat- ters regurding the purchase of the Chicago Southern by the Grand Trunk, In a conversa- tion with s TRIBUNE reporter, Mr. Bplcer stated that he id not kuow as yet what steps his rosd would take to sceure au nd et outlet to mhdza'. My, Hickson, the General Managor of hia rond, had mot yut returned troms Europe, where fie ad gonv to securs the means ang the authoriey to extend the road. il was confldent that My, Hicxson wonld suceced [n bis mlsslon, sud that the Grand Truok could not be de prived of & Western outlet by Vauderblit, e cet— .~ LATE LOCAL ITEMS, Detective Heluzman yesterday succeeded {n capturing for Sheri® A. D, Hart, of Alle- van County, Michizan, a fellow named Jamos Larking, who, whils palnting the house of Johu Morrissey fu Plafawell, Allegan Co,, some weeks ago made o with some 570 fn cash, which be found in the house. Helozman wes fortungte ououwh to pick out the twan by deserip- tion, and, upon bejug vlaced under arrest, the fellow owned up., About 359 of the stolen nioney was recovered; the rest had been spent for new cluthes sud lu riotous living. Ucorgo Price, allas Brows, is the name of & fellow who tried to hire a double team and road- wagon at the livery-stable of J, J. Hrown, on West Madlswn strece. flis appearauce was aguinst him, and he was re- fused. He next nfiullml at the livery-stable of CyA. itoberts, Leaviug a horsu which he bad " with blm, a tean aud wagun were turuished him, but, as his appesrauces were ayulnst ulm, & wmessenger rau o Brown's stable to see If it wus as stated, tbat bhe was & partieular friend of Bruwn's, sod wus st liberty o refer to blw, The truth st ouce uppeared, and M ,. Roberts hitched up and went in pursuit. Over- buullog the rig as it was lesving town &8 Tapldly wa possible, two men jumped from the wagus and made tliciF cucape, the thind, Price, ulias Brown, was capturcd. [t 1s thought thai tte zung sro but a portion of & baud of borse-thicves uow mak- fug their headquarters dn the vicinity of tlus :-Lu‘-)gl'{‘bu prisouer wus beld fu §2,000 bouds tu ¢ 20th, THE BLACK MILLS. A Visit to the Chinese Quarter of Deadwood. Queer Sights and Bad flmelln—-l!ow Opi- um Is Smoked, and by Whom. The Game of “Tan™ in & Celestial Gnmbling- House—*’John " 23 3 Bookkeeper, Bpecial Correrpondence of The Tribune. Deipwoop, D. T., July 13.—* Will you tske a trip with me through Chinatown!” =sked a local raporter of me a few afternoons since, as { sat fu front of the hotel reading Tra TRIBUNE, whicly, with the other Chicago papers, Is sold on the street here at Chleago prices. I replied, “Yes, of course,” and wanted to know {if he was going then. ' What! goto Chinatown to sce it in the daytime! O no! You must go with me to-night,—any time from 10 o'clock until 4 will do. I'll eall around for you, snd perhaps bring some of the boys; for It is better to go In & large party, though you can see more it we go alone.” “Ts thers any danger]” **No, not much,—only they get mad sometimes, and you had better strap on your six-shooter, and perbaps a'koife, for s knife doesn’t make 88 much nolce 88 & revolver, and docs just s much work, Well, good-bye; I will be here at 10 o'clock.” 8o we parted, to mect at night. T have passed ‘CIINATOWN in the dayt!me, but there never appeared to bo anything going on,—slmply a group of women, and 8 few men salling sround in thelr blue blouses. The town is located {n tha hase of the stem of the Y formed by the meeting of Dead- woxd and Whitawood Gulclies, and I8 passed by the stages as they enter town. Considercd fn the daytime, it s a lot of frame shuntics, bullt up in & Lurry, and quite light. It faces on Matn street, which Is in its worst condition right in front of these heil-holes. But I must not anticlpate, for they do not show their colors antil night, A little after 10 my {riend was on hand, with hin gun strapped on: aad, thougn his coat cov- ered it and tho cartridge-belt, 1 noticed the lat- ter was tult. I took my ilttle revolver and tucked 1t away, aud wo atartea for Chinatown, which would be well a-going at this hour. Over the sidewalks, past the gambling-rooms and dance-halls, past the gilded saloons with their bright lights, until it hegan to grow dark, and the steps up and down numcrous; then the guide announced that WE WEIE IN CHINATOWN, " \Well, what's tobescen nowf" *Waita minute; " and he tried a door. 1t did not yield to his band. Nota notso was heard,—all’ was quiet within. A head was popped out of a door & few hounes off, and we rushed to find out where tho opium-house was, “ What you want 1" 4 Want smoke, John" “It shut upfor to- nigbt.” “But, John, I ma golug v And back to the original door. John, the priest of the establishincnt, liad opened the door just a crack, to see what waa golng on, and the heavy stioulder of my friend pushied the door open aud the ouvlum-man “aside, and we were Ina lnuudry which bad a little box-ofiice, I which Chinaman No. 2sat, while he secmedto cateh at every amell of the sickening oplute which came from a hidden source. It luoked us {{we had mistaken the bullding; but reporters, Nke my :riuuvxl usually ktow where they are going; and he sald, $8MORBE] Y and rushed for the stairs leading down to a Lasement, in spite of what Johin sald. i folluwed, and found wmyself in a horrible den, dirty, and with a repetition of the diszuat- wg smell. It was most feartully dark and hot, At last I grew sccustomed to the darkuess, and discovered holf-a-dozen Chinese and a miner Ir‘hxg on four different bunks, with which the = cstabltshment was fltted up, A little lamu was on esch bunk or bed,anda couple of pillows were at the bead. The winokers were lylog out at full length, busy rolling their opium. ** Will you try o smoke(" “Noj I feel sick and dizzy with what 1 have smelt. That alone is ozough to kill a8 white man. *Well, T have never tried it, and 1 am roing to do so now,” Two of the Chincss were disturbed, and told to pet out,—for they had recoguized my friend as beluir counected witn o pager. We lay down on the bed, with o Chinaman between us, who was to show aud belp. THR OPIUM was brought {n on the back of a card, and was 8 black tiquid, nbout xs thick as niolasses, The Chinaman took up a darning-needle, and rolled It In oplum untit the Iatter was formed into a ball, and thew, placing 1t over the lnulr. he pro- ceeded to bake {t. It bofled a little, but was kept rolling, and so saved from bebuz burnt. ‘Then it was placed on the bowl of the pive, which must be described. The stemn s made of cane, about sixteen inches to two feet In Jongth, and about au inch in dlameter, with a plain mouthplece, or, more often, simiply o little hole. The bowl fs the most curious, being n picce of hardwood about four inches In dlameter, and with just s little hole fn tne cen- tre, conneetfug with tho stem of thepipe. After the oplutn was on tho bow! was placed over the flame of the lamp; the smoker drew fn his breuth, and kept ~ the sinoke fn his mouth uotil it went through his em. Two or three drawa and the pipe was smoked. The mav had kept up the circulntion of smoke from bowl to stem In the meantime by thrusting in his needle, Wu were thirough, aud, leaving the dirty place, BTARTED FOR ANOTHER. Ono was found tn an alley golng up to Resi- dence Hill, ‘The building was two storivs in hight,—~the lower pary a lnundry, with the opium-oftice, and the top divided off into five roams, each fitted up with a bed, or bunk, of wood, Two more arc {n existence in the tuwns: one on Sherman strect, and the otheron Maln; bothare lsundries. In the two-storied house the proprietor kindly invited us to have tes,— # No Melican tea fu his'—~and presented us with & moat dellcious cooling draugut. Our cx- perience in oplum-louses was owver; and nothing van bo sald too severe about the demoralizine ntlu Many women of the town, some actresses, and quite a numbersof the business- men go theru nightly to SHUKE AND CAROUSE,~- losiug all seuse of manliness fu tne actlon, As Iate as 4 jn the mornfuge the custouers stay, for fu sometimes royuires filtecn vipes to glya the desired ciect, though sowe feel it In two or three pipes, wheu thelr system bas beeu fmpreg- nated with the drug befus Aud Lawrence County lets this evil go on, and recognlzes i, charging a licenso ot #0300 per year for each house. Can the men who muke the laws—the County Commissioners—have uny fdua of n hope hereafter, to let this evil stay in thelr nidet! Perhaps some aof thein ure disciples of the oplum-man, and go there for thelr drug. At any rate, they never dlsturb the keepery but 1f, by hap, an lu- mate gets crazy by the use of the opium, he s taken in and fued. The newspspers are tatking of breaking up theso deus by publuhlnxi the naaics of all who enter the diors. Lot 1t be hoped that ihe editors and reporters who have fuced the revolver iu defeuse of their priuciples bere wiil dare to crush Uis. 1 inust hiero vay that my fricud was sick sbout an hour afterwards. After oplum comes gambling, sod A QAMBLING-UOUSE Atout the eams experfence in eiting fu was fifuu through, for they dv not ko Anierlcans, because they ure {nclived to get druuk, and, when ouce in°a bouse, beliove in cleaniug 1t out, Just & few olghts before some bullwhackers bad been there, aud with thetr whips bad driven the owner and his guests out of doors, Unce {n the gumbling-housc, about thirty Chinamen wers found over a table, playlng * tan’? It was hanl 1o make out the me at first, a8 cach may did so much talklne; ut we finatly discuvered it was odd and even on a big scale. A banker sat fo a small rooi, selliog oplum and cash, und breaking bills. A dealer sat at oue end of the tabie, with s uumber of Chinvse coins, about as large s 8 cent, with asquary bole (a the centre. A nunber of these would by taken ju his haod, and placed fu the centre of tle table, a disk of iron placed over them, and ull coins vutsido ot the disk with- drawn. ‘Thie bets wess madg with red tickets, so placed ou the volu ustotell what they wers bott e on; and then the. desler would, with a lovg darolug-needie, withdraw l?um count the cojus, when tho stskes would taken, Whether :hry played egajust the bauk ur uot, I cvuld not eurn. was closc by. NEXT A CHINESS STORE ‘waa found, In which wers Uvc or slx pigtalled clerks dispusing of rice, punk, caudles, preyer- sticks, tes, aud other valuable Clincse goods. A large fire-proof vault was used to koep tho guods o, The merchant Issald to be worth £50,000. I found some faucy spechuens of book- keeplug bere; sud un old Gan was scen bulanc- fuyg " books, sud trauslerring sccuuuts from separato slips to the mwalv ledger. The work was done with brust sud fudis-ink, avd the warks were cepranly us fine ad avy [ have ever seeu,—lookiug Mk ugraviugs, A lurge portion of thy tusu ls taken up by Chinese Lo f prostitution. I aw uosble to deserive these places, a8 thoy wre 80 flthy that uo wan cun wish to 1o kear theu. Toere aro 20 Chincee wowen [ Chicaigu,—at least the Culuginen sy so,—aud it would be u good thing for this town If thers were none hero, 1hey have learn® the style of some women of the United States, and now a large amount of earmine §s to ha reen on their cheeks, presentiog & strange contrast with their yellow faces, Buzz, To the Editor of Tha Tribune, Caicaco, July 25.—I bave noticed many let- ters in your valusble paper from Desdwood, but few from any other section of the New Eldo- rado. Possibly many of your readers may in consequence labor under the mistaken impres- sfon that Deadwood is the whole of the Black Hilla; while, fn point of fact, the lsrger part of the gold now being taken out of this Treasure- House is the product of mines situated {n adja- cent districte—Central, tolden Gate, Lead, Pennington, and others. Deadwood is the chief clty, the centra to which all monetary matters snd large business transactions convcrge, ana from which tue supplics of outside camps radi- ate. It was located in consequence of, and re- ceived Its ficsBimpetus from, the placer inines discovered and worked in the gulch from which the town takes its name, but theaa piaces are now to a great extent lyin; {dle, and the quartz mines In different paris o the country occupy the attentlon of enthusias- tic prospeciors and ambitious capitalists, The old’ ides, Lo which the esrly settlers clung with #0 much tenacity, that Deadwood and ita envi- rons embraced “all the mines of the * wonder- 1and,”” has long since been exploded and dlis- carded as a ridiculona fallacy. Somo of the beat-defined veins and richest mines have been discovered and opened at a distance of ten, twenty, and thirty miles from Deadwood, viz., (ietmania, Grand Velw, Box Elder, and Rocker- ville. The Centreville group of mincs ylelded during thef year 1577 about 84,000,000 With the investment of the same amount of capital In developing the leads and the erection of ma- chinerv, the (iermania and Rockville mines would double that sum within twelve month, ‘The whole scone of country here Is_compara- tively new. Not a mine In "the hundreds that have been located has been developed to any great extent, ‘The ores helng free and :u{( to work, 2 much lower grade will pay for working Iu the Hilis than ony other mineral-bearing country so far discovered. Ores that will yleld from &3 to $10 per ton give a handsome profit, hence in 8 larze number of cases they com- mence to mill the rock angwhere from ten to fifty feet below tho surface. This rule will ap- ply to a radius of country s hundred miles In extent, and to those at 4'dlstance from as well s near the metropolis. A.B. —————— ABORTIONIST EARLL. Another of His Vietims Gone to Her Last Account, Dr. Charles Earll, oll and hoary, notwith- standing that he has served & term In the TDenitentiary and spent 8 couple of years In jal for his nefarfous operationsin the abortion line, 1s agatn in the tolls,—that {s, be has sent aunother patient to the grave. Thursday evening about 6 o'clock he called upon & lady giving the vame of Mra, Perry, snd who had rented furnished npartinents at No. 625 Yorke strect one week ago last Wednesday, having anplied there at the Doctor’s request. Earll had made frequent visits to the house, and always professed to bg treating bis patient for con- estive chill. A half-hour after his last visit the woman dled, and Dr. Earll has uot becn seon since. Io has doubtless jumped the city. For some {nscrutable reason, Licut. Bell, fn whose district the affalr transpired, did not make known the fact until late yester- day, directly after bis police had taken the body of the woman to the Morgue at the corner of Eightecnth and Arnold strecte, Thote who have seen the body may thero Is no doubt but that the woman dled from the result of malpractice. Mrs. Rosler, housckeeperat No, 625 Yorke strect, says that the deceased came thero fn the afternoon one day ohout & Wweek ago, accompanied by " a man who eahl he was her busband, and that be kept a down-town saloon. The lady wis taken {1l snan after coming to tho house, buc all that was over gleancd from her talk was that she was irom the _ country, and had o little eirl living there, an tbat her namo was Mre. Perry. Mrs. Rosier ruys she had no suspiclon that anytbing was wrong, and thought that it was as the Ductor safd, She allows that shc lons known Dr. Earll for upwards of B yuar, and that he has attended at lcast one patient in her house, prior to this recent case. Deceascd wss s qulet, pasasbly wooil-looking woman of the brunctie type, and obuut 40 years of ace, Literally nothine nas thus far been gleaned regarding her (dentity, An effort to find Dr. Furil was unsuccessful, and the polico had been looking for him for hours before the reporter thought of doing so. A visit to bis oftice, on Madison street between Green and Pooris streets, resulted in galning the information that people |n the same bullding bad not secn him sll day. has boen the abortion business for uowards’of twenty- five years, and has always heen noted for the bungling mouner in which his work Las been performed. The Coroner will luvestigate tho case to-day. ——— GEN. GRANT. What Ile Says Aboat a Third Term=The 8t Domingo Question. Hamburg Correspondnee New Tork ferald, %1 was never more delighted at apything.” sald Geo. Grant, “than the close of the War, 1 never Jiked service in the army—not as a young officer, I did not want togoto West Polat. My appointiment was an accident, and my father had to use his suthority.to make me go. I unever went fnto 8 battle williugly or with enthusiasns, 1 was always glad whon = battle was over. [ uever want to command another army. I takomno interest iu armies. When the Duke of Cambridge; asked me to review his troops ut Aldershott, I told {hisiRoyal Highuess that the one thing I never wanted to seo agafu was a military parade. When 1 resigned from tho ary and went to & farm I was happy. ‘When the Rebelllon came I returned to the service because it was a duty, I bad wo thought of rank; all 1 dld was to try ana make mysell usetul. My first commission as Brizadier came in the unanimous {ndorse- ment of the delegation from Iilinols. 1do not think I knew any of the mombers but Wash- burne, and I did not know him very well, It wae only after Donelsen that Ibegau to sce how fmportant was the work that Provideuce de- volved upon me, And yel atter Donelson I was indisgrace apd under arrest, and practically without & commend, becauss of some misun- derstanding on the part of Ialleck, I du not know what would have come of that had not the country {oterfered. You sce Donelsun was our first ¢léar victory, and you will remember the cothuslasm that came with it he country saved me from Nalleck's dapleasure. When Gthier commands o 1 ulwavs recretted thiem. Whea the bill cresting the grade of neutenant-ticnera! was proposed, with y Jawe as the Lleutcnant-Geuernl, [ wroto Mr, Washburne opposing 16, 1 did not want it. I found that the bill was right und I was wrong, when 1 came to command the Army of the Potomac—that & head was needed to'the army, did not want the Presidency, and have mever quite forgiven mwsf( for reslening the command of the “army to secept 3 but it could mot be helped. | uvwed my honors aud opportunities to the Re- publican party, aud if my name could ald it [ was bound to avcept. The socond nowmluation was alinust due to me—Iit I niay use the phrase ~becauso of the bitterncas of political and per- sonal opponeuts. My re-electiou was a preat gratiticstion, buvauss it showed mo how the country felt, ‘Lhen came all the discussions sbout the third term. I gave my views on that in my letters to Sepatur White, of l'cnu- sylvaul uot kuown, however, how sironuly [ was pressed to coter the canvussasa candhilate. [was walted upon fornuliv by a dustiuguished wan, representing the inffuences tbat would buve coutrollied the Repubilcans fu the South, and naked to ullow my vame to be used. ‘This request was supported by men In the Northera Btates whose vusition and char- acter aru unquestioned, I sald then that under ho clrcustances would [ becoime a candldate. Even 1 & nouwdnation uud sn election were amssured 1 would wot run. The uomination it would bo after & strugule, and before it had been upanlmous. Ths clectlon, € i should win, would be after »atrugele, ang tho result would be fur different trum what it was belore, It 1 suceceded aud tricd todo my best, wy very best, I ghould still haye & criopled Adminlstration. This was the ublic view. Personully [ was weary of olliec. never wanted to get out of a place’ 88 much wd 1 did o get vut of the Presdency. For sixtecn years, froin Wie openiug of the War, it had beeu & coustaut strain upon me. 8o when then the third terin was scrlously presented to we § percaptorily declined ft.”? £T. LOMINGO. # Speakivg of St. Domilugo, sald Gen, Grant €41 14 strunge how impressious bave voue shroad w3 Lo wy cobneetlon with that wholy busivess. 1 did not seek the annexation of Bt. Domingo. The project had never occurredio me, nor, fn- deed, had any project of snnexation. The im- portant things to be dons whea I becams Preai- dent were tiie consolfdation of vur finances, the reductlion of the debt and of the taxesthat came with the debt, and the pacification of the South, 8o far as the South was concemed 1 bad the ideas that prompted my conversa- tons with Lee, that what the country wanted 13 peace, and peace would come with conconl. Nooneknew as well what the \Var cost as we who were responsible for its mansgement, So when the proposition for the annoxation of 8t. Domiogo came | was opposed to {t. 1 did nob ¥ant to entertain {t. But it came from & peo- ple, and in such a form that I could not, as Ex- ecutive, refuse {5 consider it. I found when I entered into the question that my experiences were like those of President White, of Cornell, and Dr. Mowe, of Boston, -The more I thought of it the more I saw it was for the advantage of the country. There was no wrong, no spoliation implied, no war, as In the case of Texas and Mexio, It was the will of the people of 8t. Domingo, aa | knew from In- contestable proof. 1 stlil refused to consider the proposition which came from the President of the Kenublic natil I sent my own agents into the jsland. They went, taring, aa I did, nothing about it, bupinig, perhavs, ns I cerfainly did, that there would be no reasons for annexation. They brought back thelr report. I made ths treaty. Isubmitted It to Mr. Bumner in the rat “pl not, a8 has been falsely satd bocause | wanted him 1o suppert it but becauss Mr. Sumner was Chalrmar of the Committes on Foreign Relations and f wished, ns a matter of courtesy to him, to tell him why the treaty had been made In se- cret. The reason was to prevent certaln job- bers from speculating In the debt of the Island. Mr. Bumner did riot oppose the treaty in the Benate, but trled to smother it. You see trea- ties liave a limit, and Mr. Bumner's {dea was to ailaw tha limit to pass, Idid not think that was {rank with San Domiogo, and I preased the 8cnate to say somothing, Under this pressare the opposition developed. Becing that it embraced not only Mr. Sumper and Mr. Schurz, who had resolved not to oppose me, no matter what 1 did, but good, honorable men like Edmunds, with whom I war friendly, secine that even friends ltke Conkling snd Usmeron were lukewarm, I then appointed a Commission. 1 sel two men who wers opposed to 8t. Domingo—Presideot Andrew White, of Corneil Uuniversity, and Dr. Bamuel E. Howe, I also sent Senator Wade, who was probably as luke- warm as Mr. Cameron, who felt perhaps as I did at the.beginning—that we probably bad ss much as' we wanted §n the way of land—and who, however he might feel, would of all men living be sure make an honest report. 1 also sent Frederick Douglass. And when Wendell Philllps sceaks of ‘the treachery to the black race’ involved In the treaty he might do mo the Justico to add that Mr. Douglass was among the moat enthu. siastic supporters of the treaty, and that he s perhiaps as good a friena of the black man ahd Bs }:nlmu of his rightaas Mr. Phillips or my~ self. [ gave theso men po fustructions as.io thelr report. If I bad been mean enough to do 2o thev certainly were not degraded enough to bave gone. Dr. flowe was Mr. Sumuer's Ilitclong irignd. When they returned they were unanimous in favor of the aupexa- tion. 1 then turned over the whole matter to Congress in & specisl message, and from that tlme 1 have had nothing to do with St. Domin. fo' [ used no pressure about the tresty. 1 had honestly tried to do my duty in the matter, not only to Iy own country but toward 8t. Do- wmingo.” 8o lonz ns Dr. Howe lived he labored for the anneeation. IHe visited the'country, ha wrots about it, and never ceased to agitate. I think now, looking over the whole sub- Ject, that it would have been = grest Fain to the United States to have an. nexed St. Jominge. It would have settled many problems that now disturb us. It would have rendered the Cuban question moro easy of solution. It would have given & new homed for tue blacks, wha were, aud as I hearare stlil, oporessed in the Bouth, 1f two or three bun- dred thousand blacks were to emigrate to Bt. Domingo under our Republic tho Southern people would learn the crime of Ku-Kluxism, because they would sce bow bpecessary tbe black man s to thelr own prosperity. It would bave settled several questions of political economy. We should have grown our own cof- fee and’ sugar, our own hardwoods and spices, We should have bo:ome an exporter, aa we ara now an importer, of coffee., Thera would hava been o new ficld for Americla capltal and con- merce. You remember how large a portlon af the West Indlan trade uscd to come to ue, how, {n fact, s0 large a purtion of our trade was Weat Indinn, Al this would have vovived. We ahould have made of St Domingo a new Texas or 8 new Callfornla, Witk sources of strength or natlonal prosperity even greater jn somo respeets than those possessed by Texas or Call- fornla.’" & Yuur carrespondent ventured to sugmest that Mr. Bumner may have bad o consclentious op- pusition to mnncxstion—a fecling provalent In New England. ** That could not very well have been, sald the General, *as he aupported the annexatlon of Aloskn, and waa anxlous Lo cou- trin Mr. Seward's treaty for 8t Thomas. We pald Rusala $7,000,000° tor Alaika, and he wanted us_to pay 85,000,000, I think, for 8t. Thomas, 1 supposc one of lug reasons for wishing Aloska was that it micht sonoy Englaud—for ut that time be was severs upon Fugland, But 1 never shared the feel. ing. Idonot speak of Alnskato demur toits anuesation, but only to say that if ft was worth 00, 8t. Domingn wes certalnly worth taking for ntrifle. 1t 8t, Domingo had come we should have iad Hoytl. A Power like oura in 8t. Domingo makes us masters of the Unit of Mexico, 1t the Democrats ever gain power homu they witl revive this question, {suj Ko“ it tho treaty had been confirmed we should nve tnade St. Domingo a territory under a mil- ftary government at the outsct. In thetcase I should most prohably have sappointed Gen, Schotield or Gen. Terry its Governor.'” —e———— Rapld Growth of the Alos, Iartford Times. Perhaps the most remarkable Iustance of rapld vegzetable growth that has been lieurd of slnce the famous bean-yvine of Jack the Udant Kiifer (s one which has been related to us by Prof. Btowe, of au sloe, ur century-plant, now growing vn tho grounds of ous ol Lis uvizhbors, at Mandarin, Fla. This aloe, duning a pe of several weeks from tho last hulf of Aprlto the latter part of May, sctually jncroased.in height wt ite rate of twolve fuches a dey—or, balf wn luch au Lour, night and day—uuntll it reached a hetebt, of torty-two fuet.” Haviug reached that height, the tres (for it 1s nothiums lse than a tree) leancd over, on a uelghborly orungs tree to take & rest. When Prof. Stowe tefs Maiidarin, ttis last week of May, the flower stems had como vut, but up to tho'end of June it had not yet plossomed, The Amecrican aloe, lcrurdluf to the English Cyclopredia, has a verlod of from ten to. seventy” yesrs, sccording to climate, ** When fully matare it produces o gleantic flower-atem, forty fect in lelght and perishes.’ Ju Florlds one sces many of thess plauts, in various stages of growth; but we think thereare few cases in which tho growih {s s rapld as this one related by Prof. Stowe. A Blind.-Boy Murderer and Sulclde. Troy Times Asa Kettle, the blind boy, who wlll b re- membered as tho ouo that shot and killed bis {atherand mothier soine timuago at West Stuph- ehtown, and was coutined ln"}n-u 80 long, shot & hitnself In the stomach yeste the attendlng physician thinks fatally, ‘Tho doctor tried to probe for the batl, but Asa would not let him, saying that he bad put it there ana it should ro- midn there, liis brother bad gone tochurch and Jeft bl alone, and he broku ooen an old trunk and got the revolver—ihy samne ons ho uscd when be killed his fathicrand wother, He sald alfter he bad shot limself tbat he kitled thein and was glad of §t. ————— Averaga Yisld of Eggs. Paulory- furd ‘Though in excepiiotal tances individnal heus will Jay 150 to 200 eges per souum, yet when several hundred bead sre kept, thu aver- age is generally not uver ten or eleven dozen, Wheu we kept GO0 fowls vursclves, embradug eight or ten differcnt breeds, and counted the ey dally, year alter year, we averaged never over 180 egds ver hien per year, and In some lu- stauces as low s 115, But we believe that by prolonged sclection of the best layers, gevvras tion after gencration, and vkillful imuvagement hundreds of fow) cuu be wade (o yleld au aver o ol o gruss per sunum, e ——— The *Comprumise® He Got. Hoston_Commerctal Bullstin, Last April a New Hawmpstire man came to Buston on a ewludliug trip, bought about $25,- 000 worth of l?ood:. suld them, pocketed tha money, and offvred to ‘*compromise” with Lis creditors. But they bad him arrested, instead, snd this weck, whet bo tried to escaps by tak- ing the poor debtor’s oath, Maf. 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