Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 24, 1879, Page 7

THECHICAGO ‘'TRIBUNE: IFRIDAY., JANUARY 24, 1879-TWELVE PAGES, ago, the matter THE CANALL Aa Mr. Bmith said three wee! had RUT LATALY COME TO THRIR KNOWLEOOE. Mr. Hart hooed that the notion would not prevail. Three weeks ago the Chalrman of the Railroad Roard was here. The speaker charged ihat the Boanl had done little or nothing to en- force the law during the laat two yesrs. Mr. Bmith said In reply that that littlo had been dona because they were awalting the decislon of the Bupreme Court on certaln suits instituted some three years ago. The speaker could not sce why wo hava such & Borrd, who are not doing their duty. He thought that the motionshould not pre- vail. He Lelleved the Governor could make thoss men know that they must dothelr duty. The Goy- ernor i3 a falr man, an honess man, and, i tho facts wera brought to his notice, thero was no doubt but what he wonld supersede these men, Mr. Baldwin thought the Governor hass the ‘power to remove them. Mr. Armstrong said that the Governor did nat baye the power under the statute. Board s of course of no value §if: fv do not per- 1t should be abolishea. begun no suits, and some that had been begun TIAD NEEN ALLOWSD TO DROF OUT OF SIGNT. 4. R, Bhover remarked that the President of the Board had sald that, whencver any abuses had been reported to the Board, the rallroad managers wero called upon, and, upon a vres- entation of the facts, they remedied all com- The statements made by Mr. 8mith, of the Railrond Board, at the first meoting, relative to the suits now pending, and other complalnts, wero not altogother trua {n fact. The speaker was In favor of the resolutfon, and 110 was satisfied that the Governor would per- form his duty In the premiscs. Perry Armstrong still belloved that It was holding out n threat befors the effect of it conld be brought to the notice of {he Raflroad Board. ITe belleved that the Board was more orna- 1t has succeeded fn doing He belioved.that Gov. Cullom tried to do right, but he did not want te forcs mat- ters. If the language were changed to super- soide, the speaker would accept the resolution, John Barr did not belleve that the resolution was any too strong. We wero all affected by it more or less, and something strong was neoded. Mr.Vaughey agreed with the provious spoaker, and would go further, 1N PAVOR OF ADOLISIING THR BOARD. Something must be done. Third Convention of Men In- torested in Its Pres- ervation. of Resolutions tended to Further y of Thwarting the Railroad iracy Against the Water-Way. aliroad Commisstoners Called on to Prosecuto for All Dls- criminatlons. form Its duty, of Correspond- ence and Vigilance Appointed. A Committee to Agres to Pay More on the iy Oanal than the Railroads . @reat Hostility Evinced Toward the Board of Canal Commis- Epectal Dispatch o The Tridune. O1TAWA, 1L, Jan, 23.—The third {n the setlos of public meetlings fn the Interest of nerpotu- sofulness of the Lilinols & Michigan held this alternoon in ihe Clrcult The sttendsace, though quite reapectabla in point of numbers, was not s0largo as on the two previous occasions, prob- for the reason that conventions have been u and BloomIngton 4 boe held one week from to-day, The mecting was called to order by Mr. Ezcklel Howland, the Chairman of the former Conventlon. atrong officiated as Beeretary. The Ton. Elmer Baldwin, on behalf of the Committee eppointed ono week ago, presented THE POLLOWING REPORT: Your Committes, whom you required to re- port upon measuras to bo taken for the ton aud perpetuity of the Tlfinois & M. Canal, bave been deeply impressed with the im- rtance und value of that great work, and also b the mml uud unexpected crisla whicl tens its ruln, u“i‘vh.v:ellllm)ln & Michigan Canal was a0 nearly made by Nature, and {ts great yalue so appar- rot, that the first explorers of this region nud the statesmen of that day regarded its construc. tion as alrendy determined. referred toft in hia annual meesage in 1814. The st Governor of Iliinofs, In his messagr to the called thelrattentiontothis prospect- Ttacomnletion, occursing as ft did after years of financinl depresaion, and amid the poverty and privations Incident to s new rountry without a market, was o boon which th bardy ploncors then here most vividly ber, and will be alow to forget. ‘The saving in the cost of transportation fu the thirty-two years since its completion has MORR THAN PAID IT8 ENTINE COST,— 1aving moro than $8,000,000 to those whose pro~ ductions have flonted on Its Lbosom, 1t has proved cheaper than any other mode of transportation, and will continus to d it ‘The differenco between tost of trausportation to market from the inte- , tor rallroad stations and from the towns on the # canal wili bea part of the loss we shall suffer if {he caual is dried up,—from flve to ten conts on every busicl of graln transported. And now, when Its very cxistenco fs threat- encd, your Cominittes beliova It bohooves every citizen of the locallty and of the 8tate to rally 1o its rescue and support. would be buse Ingratituda to the noble men who, {u the face of untold difMeulties, projected and bullt the canal,—~recreant to our own Inter- acred trust we hold for mental than useful. Mr. J. G, Arm- Wa came hero to do Ho favored “remove.” The Canal Board enjoy rood salaries, and It {3 a violation of the Constitution to give them a cent, do they do as s recompense for the fire dollars a day which they get? We must polnt out to the Legislature that, If they have the con- stitutional right to pay this ‘Board, they have the righe to sustain the cannl, There fs a prac- tical civil engineer on the canal, but ho is slso the Stato Engincer. ‘Tho speaker bellovéd that one geod man who understood the canai and its business, with an equally good man to canyasa for freight, can keep the canal open tlll the great work of a ship canal shall have been ac- complished. The only wayto keep the canal oren fs to curtail expenses and wanagalt Ina purely business way. Mr. Thomas belicved the Conventlon was wasting time, and moved the previous question, ‘The amendment to substl- tute ‘“supersede™ for “remove’ was with- drawn, and the resolution was adopted. The sccond resolution was then read by the Becretary, and it was adopfed without dlscus- The third was likewlse disposed of. The fourth resolutionopened up TR PLOOD OF DISCUSAION, which waxed long and warm, wishied tu modify thelast clause, Buslness-men find it more advantageous to patronize the rail- ronds, becauss thelr frolght {sinore auickty brought to thelr doors. They would not sban- don the use of the railronds in the transporta- o moved to striks out President Madison Iye natlonat work, which was carrled. properly managed, tlon of merchandisc. the last clause of the resolution, A delegato moved to lay on tho table. Mr. Nichols favored the striking out, and be- lioved that It was the duty of ths farmer tosup- port the canal Mr, Baldwio was of the opinfon that the reso- lution would prove Inoperative, because it waos human natore for every one to make the best trade possibie. Wash Armstrong knew that it was human nature to buy at the lowest und soll at the lighest price possible, Tle canal ean't be dried up. It only necds reasonable mausgement. ‘This howl about shipolug produco by canal comes with bad grace from merchants who ahip by rall. The canal MUST DX KEPT IN THE LIANDA OF ITS FRIENDS, Why don’t the Canal Commissioners ship by canal fostead of by raill needa & rcorganization. the hands of busiuess-men. economical management. If it weropat. in the bands of Willtam Thomas, the present Superiu. tondent, it could be ruade to pay. It has been too much of a political mnchine, and it should bo taken from the hands of the politicfans. Mr. Borr sgreed with the provious speaker, 1P SUPPORTRD DY TN FARMERS, 1t will takeeara of ftself, Tu his town, Beneca, 250,000 bushels wers taken to the raftroad, because the rallroad buyers could pay a cent a bushiel more than the canal buvers and make monoy. hauled to the ralroad, not knowlug the schemea To fall in that duty ests and false to the s vosterity, The men of to-doy will EVER RXCEIVE THR BXECRATIONS of those that come after us, it they supinely permit the Inestimabla boon 1o be destroyed by the greed of rival Intercats. The State oclng the ownerof the canal should .ever bo remdyto supply any deficleucy fn its Kopt in reoair, as by it eompact with the United BStates in occupylnog the graot of the canal Iandsa it Is bound to do. Tt is uscless to reason that the Stato can releaso itaclt from a solomn agreement by its own act, whether that act bo a constitutionsl or other provislon, 'The United Btates have parformed thelr part of the contract, and the 8tato {a bound by every principle of justice and houor to do the sime, The Smuitmnv not do it, but it will do for us y]rnuroud dlscriminate to the fojury of rerenue, and_sce it The Cannl Board 1t should be put in There should be " TTHEM FEELTUN FULL PORCE AND PENALTY ol the law, but no immediate ald can be expoct- ed from this meaus, a8 tho crowded dockets of wr courts and the woll-understood del lezal Justice wlll consuma sears befors the pen- dty wlll tell upon the oftander. thould be commenced for each sud every offonse rot n aingle test-case), and no timo should pe st fn beginning, as enough will be consumed tefure 1he close, Lvery remedv that promises: afd sliould be taployed, the iizht should be doclded and des- terate, und unever relioquished il victory town our efforts. The effort already commenced to induce the Talted States to enlaigo the canal, ail make it uational work, I8 an otfort in the rlght diroc- Noturo mada it & natural work, sence would be felt from the Atlantic to the Puific, and most decidedly from the Lakes to the Gult, Iu tlmo of war, the work would ba a pecessity to the Qovernmont, furnishing an fn- Lind and safo parsage for vessels, supplies, s0d munition of war to snd from the lake, the Liult, und the ovean, Of immenso commaoreial wdrantage to both North und South, it wonld tement 1o loterested relatious sections once It not, it will not, Alany of the farmers 3Mr. Vaughey thought that the money argu- maont was best, becuuse the farmer would scll bis grain where he could get the most for it. Juhn Bnolling sald the sama difiiculty over- took the Peonsylvania Oanal. wero reduced, and then the canals pald es well The expenses The previous question was then called, and the motlon 1o strike out was adopted, 'The motlon to Iny on the tablo was lost, und the resolution ss amended was then adopted, Mr. Haldwin, from the Committee, reported that Mr. Lynch had submitted to them a reso- tion recitiog that the rallroads In close competl- tiun with the canal IIAD CONAPIRED TO DRY IT UP, and demandlug leglalative interforcnces also ous by Wash Armstrong, asking Congress to make an appronriation sufliclent to render the canal and tilinois River navizable botween Chi- cago and 8t. Louls ot nll scusuns; also one from Michse! Healy, of Morrls, urciug an amena. ment to the law regulstiug the canal, providiog for s more economical managemeut, These were all approved by the Committes, but not subwitted to tho Couvention, Wush Ariustrong again spoke fo favor of an economival mapsgeinent of the canal, and spoke bitterly about the Commissioners drawing §5a day, focluding Banday and leap-year, The following resolation, whith was submlt. ted by Wash Armstroog, was thea read: Wizssas, In view of the fact that the falling e of the lilluols & Michigan Cunal demunds 8 more eflicicnt aud cconoinival sdministration of the management of ‘That {t is the imperatlve duty of the eneral 'Assembly to so revise und amend the law for the munsgement und control of suid canal as to provids 8 more etliclont and economical syatem for its trol in future, thereby saviog It from rutn, Mr, Vaugbey moved toembody the resolution port of the Commitice, aud said that o delegates in the Legislature SUOULD BR mluunl ABOUT SUGAR-COATED - PiLLY s ever ovinced s kiudly fecliug toward this £reat natlonal work, and persistent effort will doubtless securo the success of an objuct of so much impartance to the locwlity, the Batlon, and the work. Committee rccommend the adoption of lowlig resolutions s Heso'ved, That the Haliroad and Warehonso Commissioners bo callca to prowmptlv dls- any railroad that operates to the fn- 6 cunal, and wa request the Governor ¢ the ‘Commissfouers If thoy fall In 1n the premiscs. '{‘l:n ; dvlczauonduf |oro lrlom lLl' Yo from run he uppolnted to efield during the pyruml. sesslon of bt gialature to urge upon them a proper o Arge of their duties in regurd to the canal Leglslatureto memoriallze Congress ect of the enlarrement of the caual, ruct our delegation in Congress in ‘wed, That & commltteo of ona from each represcoted {o this Conventlon be ap- d, who, with ana from cach_ county fnte the caual to be appointed, ehall conal ommitiee aof Corrcspondence aud Vig ed to call meetings of the peopl: % izo the Legtalature and Congreas, uu Ih:;.‘; geocral superyislon of the defenso of That it 1s our duty td support the the canul by drawing our produce to 5¢, uud also to patrovize merchauts who will give (L thetr freigl overniment wad con- m’[he Hon. Qeorge W. Armstroog thought that !L" *spoudeuca ougnt 10 be entered juto with i Louls and other places luterested In the mat- ufi:ou to extend public seatiment fa its favor T &8 Lusaible. Laldwia moved that the resolutions be ! liko the resolution introduced a few days ago The motion found a secoud, for an smendment to the Constitution concern- fug the rapal, which should be placed befure the peoplo for thelr vote thercon. It wus useless to say that the.constitutional prohibition was not was cflectiye, aud thers was uo ‘fk"‘" up serlatimn, 4 was concurred fo. "llm Arst resolution was thereypon read, and 11y Armatroug addressed the megting. o ort! Soternor to dism) 4 bnmtmjmfl;m . 3 Wau & threat, ‘sab, ARstrong ooce. more commened ou be Canal Commissiuoers drawiog their §5 2 day lor'dalag’ uothing,* What we waut fa somebody who will build up business, Glover took an interest in the work, but was bandicapped Ly Lhe others, SUFERINTENDENT THOMAS DID ALL TUE WORK, and be did {t well, but the Commlssioners were bebiud the throne, uud were s coustaut source Some fuurteqn wmen were bustoess of the canal, which andmovyed to wtrike ft oyt. " < a3 clearly ‘of the onlinlon thiph; woisslosers had falled to . do Discrimlsation | bas beca in operation for over e premises. Commissioner ikalost the cagal Armstrong said that the statemcut ol Y3 speakier way be true, but Is o ile has uo power to re- ‘Yha remedy Is tobe them oo thelr boud. 597 the Gomissioners, of luterfercace, U ouly tn proveeutiug amounted to $100,000. There wers too many mea. Joseph Ifalt catled the previous question, and the resolation waa adopted. On motlon of John Barr, of Morris, the pre- amble to the resolution, which had been forgot- ten, was adopted. . The Superintendent of the Canal, Thomas, anid thers was a thread of argument in the procecdings asking for a reduction of expenses fo the canal management. He bad reduced them some 814,000, Tho question now {s, What can he done to savo the cansl! Boma think a reduction of expenses {s tha only thing needed. ‘When the rallroads are carrying erain st TWO CRNTS LRSS TIIAN TIE CARAL, how can the latter compats with the railroads? As long as the railroad rebates are not pald the boatmen cap compete, but when the rebate s allowed the boot-owners cannut afford to do the Lusfoess. The railroads have millions behind them, and can afford to do business from canal points for nothiny, If {t is necessary to stamp out the canal. Two years ago, at one clearance at Minooka, 150,000 bushels of corn were ship- ped on tho canal, A year after, there was NOT A BINGLE BUSIEI. The trouble fs not the management of the canal, The discrimination of the railroads was not known until last apring, but the Com- missloners have been unable to obtaln legal evidence of it. o wastold the railroad rebates were offered, and ho bad no doubt but that they were pald, 1f It can be proven the Kaflroad Commissioners will bring the rallroad cum- panies to time. The people were not awake to the situation of the canal. When he urged the people to vote againat the constitutional pro- libition In the matter of the canal, they laughed at him, and pald no attention. Wash Armstrong wanted to know what effect the Btate Inspectlon system had. Mr, Thomas sald IT IAD RODBED THAE CANAL of $10,000 every soring since its adoption. Mr. Vaughey fnquired 1f the Canal Commlis- slonera were to blame. Thomas sald ho could not say. The law only applied to Chicago. The present Board, oncom- ing into office, found an empty treasury, What money the Canal Fund had had—soma $500,000 —had been expended. 8ince the sew Board had come in they had mado all repalrs and saved about 800,000, Mr. Bruce, of Beneca, wanied to know if he (Thomas) could not have accomplished as much without the Commissioners as with them. Mr. Thomas sald the Board had done Its duty, and swas certain, i€ the canal got the trade, they could save moncy. It the rallrond from Scneca to Peoria shiould get the trade for next year, ns it did last year, east of Sunsca, there would not be enough monoy in the Treasury TO REPAIR THE CANAL IN 1880. Now the farmers ship their grain by rail, and buy their lumber by canal. They must ship their graln by canal and givoup the half-cent dlference In the price reallzed, nnd in this way ouly will the canal be maintaloed Mr. cCullom, of Brookfleld, belleved that the farmers should patronize the canal, as it was to thelr permancnt interest to do so, It they don't, tho canal will dry up,and then they witl not recelve as good prices for tlielr grain as they now do. The Chalr then appointed as the Committee to vislt Bpringfleld, Willlam Reddick, W, H. Holdridge, Elmer Baldwin, Joscph Ilart, and G, W. Armatrong. J. It Bhaver, of this city, was appolnted Cor- responding Becretary for LaSalle County. On motlon ot John T. Nichols, a Fingnce Commitice, conslsting of C. IL Green, A, Lynch, and L. 8. Sampson, was appoluted to sollclt funds to carry on the work. LUCIEN CROOKRI, . member of the Lerislature from this District, was called for, and, in response, sald that he knew little about the subject, a8 ho llved away from the lne of the canal. At Bpringfield they had just elected a Unlted Btates Scnator who could be depended on to work In Congress in the (nterest of the canal, In Springficld the need of the canal had created o great acal of discussiun, The Chalrinan of the Canal Committes was a canal man, and would do all bo could for ita preservation and the extension of its usctulness, Too much eid conld not bo cxpected, as that was clrewn- scribed. 1o belloved the Canal Board should bo ubollshed, and their salarics saved. Ie protnfscd to ald the canal in every way possible. Meetings were announced for Peru on Batur- day, and Mortls on Thursday next. The Conventlon then sdjourned subject to the call of the Chair, TUE NEEDS OF INTEUNAL COMMEECE. To the Editor of The Tribuns. Monris, I, Jan. 21.—The farmers, grain- deaters, lumbermen, shippers, and all those who are fintcrested in the Industry of the Iilluofs Valloy and cheap transportation, have been boldiog meetings In the towns on the line, amd hava called other mectings. The aobject 1s to devise tmeans to protect and keep open thy Ilifnois & Michigan Canal, and also to request thie members of Congress and Bunators of this State to use their influence to get an appro- priation to complete the slack-water navigation of the Nitnols River, and also for the enlarze- ment of the I1linols & Michizan Canal for firat. class Mississippl River steamboats to navigate the samo. The prevailing opinfon is that there Is a com- bination of Interests to (force the traffle from the canal und dry it up. Rallrond corporations, by combination, pooling, subsidizing, and other deviees, have mauaged to take the trade from and dry np many of the canals of Pennsylvania, Oblo, and Indisna. The same Influcnce, aided by Incompetent and corrupt Btato oficials, fs endeavoring to take the trade of the llinols & Mictifgun Canal. ‘[here aro many who belleve that the trafMe hios left the waterways oud gone to the rail- roads. TIIS 18 A DELUSION that has decelved muny, The great trunk rail- roads bave for yvars tried in valn to take the trade from the Erfe Cannl. ‘Tho trade and fo- fluence of the Erlo Canal built the City of New York and malotalned fis trade, When the poo- plo of New York found thut the high ratse of toll wss alding the milroaas to take the dtrade from them, they ro- duced the toll sud colarged the canal, and this entabled New York to bold the trade, They are now preparing for a more formidable competitor, In the Canadian canals and the 8t. Lawrcnce River, and to mect this emergency they propose to throw oft all tolls to control the graln trade of the West, for wherever the grain goos the trade will follow, When the fey jacket Is removed from its sur- face 1t comes forth aud dictates to the great ruftroads, und they COMR DOWN ON THEIL PREIGUT RATES. ‘The fnflucnce Is not alone on the Eric and New York Central, but extonds to the Baltimore & Ohfo, Pennsylvanla Central, and all the roit- roads rugning to the seaboard. When the Erle and thu lakes opep, rallroads come down, Wers It not_for the fulluence of the Great Lakes und the Erlo Caual, the products of the farms of the West would scarcely pay for tha gathering and narketioz, The {lllnuh& Michigan Cunal fs but sn extension of il peo- ple's llus of communication with the seabosrd, The protoction of the Hilnols & Michigan Cuual 1s of the yreatest Luportauce to the peonle of the [lifuols Valley, o2 Y v Too many 100K on it a3 a_local Iins of trafiic, M Ius connoction with the Mississippl was com- pleted, uud it wero made ¥ COMPARATIVELY YRES OF YOLLS, it would isve moro Inluence on rafiroad trans- portat’on thao el the legislation that will ever be cuacted. | 3 would be'sorry to see tha people of this district demand of the Legislature to ass o law demunding thae the Rock Island Fl-uruul or other railroad raise fhetr vales of freight. The Rock Istund Rall- road has becen® ‘.‘r:tccled*' 'by the cansl manazement tor “the ‘last twenty-five yeara by 2 very high rate of 4oll on the canal, When tho Hock fsland Ratlroad got s charter it ogreed to pay the sutue rate of tol) to the Trustees of the Illinots & Michiran Canal ay was pald nn like freight on the canal. By neg- levt or design of thosu baving change, the rall- m-d)hn uot paid the toll to the Trustecs of the cansl. ‘The protection that this hizb rate of toll (s sversge ol elglit wills ver. ton ver niile) gavo thew eoubled e to becowe voe of the wealthiest eorporations tn the 8| They now have Iald down their double track, and are ready to AMITE THE MARD THAT ARLPS THEM when they wore weak. They are able to ap- Lmlm. rallroad attorneys to positions who will e useful to the grest corporation and bid defl- ance to the prople, who have aided in buildin them up, They pald for the maintenance ol the canal, and if it continues {n use they will pay for its malnrensnce, dlrctl.lr or indirectly. Why not throw off all toll, or have buta nominal toil, and suport the canal by s dircct tax, uul let the bogtmen and the rallroad settle it! Give thie frofght to whoever wonld carry It the eheanest. This would make the competi- tlen lively. The rallroads would find it to thelr Advantage to carry that dortion of the frelght that was adapted for them tocarry, and you would have cheaper rallroad ratesthan you ever had before, and this would keep the oppo- sition up, and make the competition closer fur the railroads and the cost LESS 7O TIE PEOPLE. 1f you want cleap transportation In the Val. Ley Ior the Iilinals, you have it in your own ands, Bix years ago the farmers of Iilinofs met in convention and demanded leglslation to protect them from unjust and discriminating rates on freights by railroad corporations. Lawa have been enacted and r Board of Commissloners ap- ointed whose duty it {8 Lo hase those laws en- u) . 8ix ycars of experience have shown that it Is difficult to enact and enforco laws that would control great corporations. Stringent laws have to be interpreted by courts which are often the creatures of those corporations. I the farmers slx years ago hiad demanded the fm- provement of the practical wstercourses, and persisted lo the demand, they would not be to- day devising mesus to profcet the canal from combinations. Had that beea done, your cansl ond river would be to Illinols what the Erle Is to New York, ‘The peopl. on the lins ot the 1ilinols Central Rallroad pay 7 per cent of the gross carnings of the road to the State. The poople of the north- west portion of the Btate claim they IIAVE NOT BERN BENEFITED by the canal; they have atwaya considered the canal a local Mne} |hn{ have siways fusisted thiat those who were fnterested should support it. You cannot depend on getting sny ald from the Legislature to proteet tiie canal, ‘The “canal s pald for. It is the property of the peaplo, of the State. The canals of Ohlo, and Indiana, and other Btates that have gone out of usc, wero the same, and their charters and obligations to the United States arc tho some. 11 the people of the Illinols River Valley depend on constitutional and legal sction, without making any other provision for.the sunport of the canal, you will be decelved. Those who try to lcad your couventlons, or councils In that direction arc tleinsclves mis- led, or they aro trying to mislead you. Protect the present canal iom betng closed up. The improvement of the Iliinois & Michigan Canal anl the completion of the alsck-waler navi- gation ot the Jllinois Is & work of natlonal im- portance. Had this work been done before the Rebellion It would have BAVED MANY TIMES ITS COST, Asn military tnessure, it 18 one of great fm- vortance. Itis not vossible to foresce what complications may srise. England is prepared for auy cinergency, ‘They have n conncetion with tha lakes from the ‘occon for ocesn ves- scls, Volumnes could be written ou thissubject. ‘IT'he Fox & Wisconsin Canal s belng pushed forward ‘l? the Government. It 1s designed to tap the Uppar Mississipol trade. If Chicazo sleeps much longer and depends on rallrosds to hold ber trade at the West at the Mlssissippl, she wiil be disnppolnted, Chicazo should use every offort to secure at least a portion of that trade, hen the Canadlan canals are com. pletod, the competition with the Erie will be short, With an enlarged caval nud an impraved river you could successfully compete for the Misslsslpp! trade. If not, you will get the go- by. Ratiroads cannot conipete with improved and proporly-mansged water-routes. . M. Havzy, DEMOND. How Ife Placed About 835,000 [n Clilengow A Bad Story of Betrayal of Trust, Baston fierald, Among the transactions of Mr. Charles De- mond, late Treasurer of tho Massachusectts Home Misstonary Boelety, which have as yei been brought to Hght, the most sad, and appar- ently tho most hoartless, I8 that conncected with his investment In real catate In Chicago, ltisa cose where a trust—made upou,.the falth of a lady in his hooor and uptightncss.as a Christlan gontleman—has been betrayed, whother will- fully or not may be judged by the reader when the facts are understood. A middlc-aged lady, 1lving at the Mighlauds, of the highest respecta- bllity, bad soma money {n her own right which sho inherited from her father at his death. This money was well Inveated, and was paying & falr though not s high rate of Interest, Mr. Demond. from his position fn the church and fn the Missionary Soclety, was lookedt upon ss & model of provriety and sanctity, nnd was also credited with being a shrewd business man as well as a good lawyer. Entertaluing this opinlon of the gen- tleman, the lady in question had intrusted bim with the management of her allairs, In 1874, when times were very hard In Chicago and money scarce,—though real eatate in that eity hind not bezun_to shrink in value anytblug like it did {n the following four years,—10 per cent on {nvestmenta (o mortgages were readily oftor- ed, and much money found its way to tho Lake City in consequence. Mr, Demond, for soma resson best known to Dimself, porsuaded the lady in question to allow him to sell Lier stable securitics liore, nnd luveat the mobey In murtgages In Chicago, reoresent- Ing that hio could obtaln nearly double the fn- terest for It she waa getting here. Bho deferred to his judgment, nud atlowed him to place §20,- 500 for berin mortaagesin Chlcago. A rrood deul of the securities thus suld out did wnot, at the time, realize par, and with the loss thns created, amd & subscquent luvestment by the 1ady through Mr. Demond, the total smount so nvested, cte, would reach to the nefzhvor- hood of 835,000 Thu tirst investment was mado In 1574, aud for threo years the lady re- celfved regularly her intercst thereon, though in tho Iast year the rata bod to be lowered, so Mr, Demond represonted, ad she did not cotnplaln, After a timo some of the first fuvestmcuts ran out, und a re-investment was tade, ull of which was nianaged by Mr. Demond, who dfd es ho pleased with the funds thus intrusted to his care, About cighteen months azo, however, the paymeunt ot {nterest ceased, for some rea- son which was not satisfactonily explained, Of course there wi n_explanation given, but it dld not seem to account for so sudden a cessa- tion of paymnents that belore were regularly made, Last spring Mr. Demond sent the Indy £400, und promised to send her some tmore soon; but {t ias never come. Blie wanted to go into the country durlng the sumner, und apptied to him for money, but he said he could not let her huve any, Bie, howeyver, notleed thut he took Iis own family into the country for three weeks. Well, it now turns out—since the denoue- ment of his truusactions connected with the Missionary Soclety—that Mr. Demond bad fu- vested about two-thirds of the lsdy's funds (- trusted to him in second mortgag3s! \Why e should have doue so no vuocan guess, lio vleads an error In judgment; but people ars uot buckward to saylug that no man of Mr, De- mond’s callbre would be likely to bs deceived into {uvesting moncy 1o sccond morigages at & time when real cstate was tumbling so fast thut it was often doubtful whether much of the best property mortguged would sutisfy even the claime of the firar mortgs, on them. This being tho case, Mr, Demoud's nlea of ignoranco 18 not regarded as opa that ought to be made or belleyed, aud there are those who do not hesl- taty to say that the only explanation which, in thelr opinfor, would hold water, is the one thut such juvestinents were made on account of the larze comnmissions they luhL It 1s anly fair to say, howerer, that, ct, this is unly suppost- tion, though = thorough Investigation of the tranvactions in question will probably bo made. The l:dgw o thus confided “her money o the: cure of Mr. Dewond has st Inst come t0 & real- fziuy sense thut she hus probably lost ber all,—~ ut lewst pothing of (L is at present avalluote for the exfgencies of evervday: expenditure,—und, a8 this was her whole depeudence, it luaves ber fn pitiable circumstunces. dseniciaod o Moaey-3aking and Spending, Brooktyn Kagle - Not long sincu thera died fu Ban Francisco ono of the wost genlu! and geuerous of 1men,—~ Jubin B. Felitun, formerly a tutor n - Harvund College, of which his brother, Cornelius O, Fel- ton, onoof Charles Dickuus®. eroas friends, was first_Professor of Greek and! then Prusident. Mr, Felton, us 8 luwyer iu San Francisoo, ro- ceived three big fees wileh would bave wade an Euglish Lord Chancellor open bis'dyes witts us- tonlshoicut, : ‘The higbest, fura slugle case, tn- yolviug a municipul Lad-itle, was: $550,000; Nt et was §330,000, unt his thind Ut fee was | | 8150, ¥ 000, Yer Mr. Pelton :died ‘poor,and a0t careluss was he in ouey matidrs lhat b bad) ofteneniut esougt in hand for houschoid vx- vensed, und on one oecasion the Bherif sold his bouwse and & ot at Oaklund for neglectivg to pay taxcs. Alr, Felton, roused from forgetful- ucss by tols unpleasaut annouucement, bastened to buy It back, und wus furtutate In belug uble to dosu. BRITISIL DISTRESS. The Last Straw on Cornwall's Back === Failure of " Tweedy's." Effect of the Disaster on Cornish Min- ing-—~General Consternation. The Llahilities Placed at Over Three and a Quarter Milllons of Dollars. Correenandence New York Merald. Penzance, Cornwall, Jan. 8.—~The first week of the now year Rad not slipped away before an- other disaster fell upon the west of Engiand,— the Cornish Bank, whose headquarters were at Truro in Cornwall, and whose busincss extended aver the central part of that county, stopped payment. Bituated as it is, or rather was, with its various branches, In the very centre of the mining district, the principal industry of the county, with which it bad the most intimate business connections, the announcement was received with astonishment aud blank dismsy, for the bank, established 8o far back as the year 1770, was regarded as having ita very founda- tions lald In eafety nnd solidity. Its proprietors were men of the highest integrity, and were regarded as befog possesscd of wcalth far more than suf- ficlent to place them completely beyond the effects of & panic, howeversevere. Duts varlety ol circumatances Liave compelled them to suc- cumb, and the disaster, following so closely upon the Glaszow and Houth Wales and West of England Bank faliures, has created a fecling of alarm which 18 not slone confined to Corowall, but has made itaclt telt over almost every part of the country, Frum the extreme north of Bcotlund 1o thie far west of Englund Glaur Ruin has stalked with rapld strides over the fsland, and the distress which has followed o bis track it Is lnpossible to exsgrerate. EFYPECT OF TR FAILURE ON COMNISH MINIRQ, In Cornwall this latest bank faflure has created quite a panle, for it means the probable suapension and abandonment of some of the lsrgest tnines In the county, followed, It mav be, by poverty and ruin to large numbers of persons who are connected with them either zs sbarcholders or emploves. For many years past the mining fnterest of Cornwall has buen in a state of great depreesion, nind during the ear now eoded this dep: on bas, perhaps, en unexampled. ‘The extensive imporiations of tin from Australla, Tasmania, ail elsewtiere have had a most disastrous efTect upon the staple industry, the price both of tin sl conper bay. ing been broueht down to so low & figuro that many mincs have lonie since had to cease work- ing, whils not a fow of those that have held on owa their existence to the large assistance which they have received from the now defunct Cor- nish Bank., Amonz the mining community it was known esscutislly as an **accommodatioz® bank, and thus it t:ujc?‘ed the vonfidence of must of the lending men of the county, and bad the Lusiness—good, bad, and Indiffercnt—of nine- tonths of the mincs in the central part of West Cornwall, But so scvero has been the prevall- ing depression, and so0 miscrablv low has been the price of metals, that some ot the larprest of these mines have long slnce been compelled to considerably overdraw thelr accounts, OVERDRAFTS ON TIN IN BTOCK. Bix years ago the price of tin ore stood at £100 o ton, but It gradually receded until, when it had come down to £10, the managers of the mincs declared it would not pay to eell their produce at aucn & price. Some of themn forth- with commenced 't ock thelr ting borrowing monoy from the banks on the secirity of the stock, and from that moment the mischicf com- menced which now threatens to end iu such dls- aster for them. But the folly of stocking soon heeame spparent, for the market, instead of Im- proving, becamo rapldly worse, uid this policy discontinued, -~ But leary debts to the ornish Bank had already been fucurred, and aithough a few mines have since then somewbat reauced thelr lavllitics, we ara probably within the mark in stating that the differcot inines fu the county are [ndobted to the bank at the pres- ent momeont in no less o sum than £100,000. If the adventurers In the mines are called upon to make good this deficiency inmedlately, or within what may bo teriued a rensonable period, it is ensy to foresoe what tust bo the effect upon a largo and important Industry already over- welgrhted with the burden of depressionund ad- veralty, WITAT THE DOOKS MAY BIOW, It Is gald that the bank {sa solvent concern, and thut when the books come to be cxamined —they havo been placed {n the hands of & Lon- don firm of nccountanta—it will be found capable of paying a dividend of 20 shillines in the pound. Hut the_depositors aro not hopeful of any such result, Thy sane thing was prom- fsed ‘when the (asgow aud the West of En- gland Banks enme to arlef; but the expericnce thiere gives no encouragement to the untortunate depositors in the Cornish Bank, sml frightencd bioldera of notes ara disposing of thein ut & con- siderable, dlscount. Many ndverse rumors are afloat, and, pendibg the result of the examing- tlon of the ‘books, a very despundent feeliog provails. THE BANK AND 1T POUNDERS, As T have alrendy sald, the stoppage of the bauk was u completo surprlse. [n Coruwall it was_universally regarded—to uson common Euglish phrose—nas gafe as the Bunk of Englund. It was vue of theoldest established bavks, ft might be suid, not vnly 1o 1ha county of Corne wall, bur i whole couutry, It wusorlzinal. 1y establis by oncot the Praed family, whoss predecessors nro now 80 well kuown fu the Lunkmg world. From thne to tiue various gentienion of wealth und fufluence beeame ns- soclated with it, uuthl eventually the fiem bee ie known by * the style or tittle " of Twoedy, Williames & Co,, the partucrs belng Mr, Robere Tweedy, who ts chulrman of the Corawall Rail- ways hila three so Mro R Milford Tweedy, Mr. Charles Tweedy, and the lato Mir Frederick Murtin Williames, Bart,, M, %5 the latter being hlmaelt the vossussor ot a third skare in the bank, Durlug his hfetlue Sir Frederiek Wille Jame’ futher, bestdes betng & leuding partuer in thy Cornislk Bank, wos covnected with many fmportant commercial firms, snd, besides this, he wus & singularly bold uud successful minlug adventurer. SR PREDEMICK WILLIAMS' WILL. The Western Morn‘ng News supplics some in- teresting and Important facts under this head, nnd from these we gather that Bir Frederlek, among other vaitable properties, posscased an estate in the adjoining county of Devonshire worth £200,000. " ilo died suddenly in Septem- ber last, und 1he terms of his wiil are now tho subject of conshilerable comment, as having no Mitle beariag on_the subsequent fullure of the Cornish Bauk. It wes published us follows: whe will of the late 8ir Frederick Martin Will- fawns, of Goowvren, Perranurworthal, und Hean- ton Courty North Devon, who dled ou the S of Beptomber, wis proved on the 7ta of November by his widow, Mary Chrls sir Tederick bequeathied all his personal estato to hiswldow, Ludy W illizms,nbsolutety, soother etrt whatever being nuted. ‘Uhepersonahity wassworn under L160,00), aid the large freehold landed vroperty fu Cornwall aud Doevon was strictly en- talled un the eldest son, the mescut St Wil fuw,” Following this there caine some curlous rumors ancut tho bank, It was stated that Lady Wiltiams had deteriined to withdraw all ber husband’s money from the vurious under- tukings, including the bank, In which during bis lifethiue he bad beeu engazed. 1t does not sppear that this bad any material nlluence on the genersl Lody of depositors, but tho slight rumors which it gave riss to reached the cars of thy remaining Dartners, the Measrs, Tweedy, amd those gentlemen repurded the malter s sutticiently serious tu induce them to send out clreular ‘which contalucd sume very omfuous seutences, AN AMBIGUOUS CIRCULAR. tu this circulur they safd: *Dear sir, or madawn, wo have the pleasurs to fuform you that arrangeents bave been made to replace the onc-third share of the cupital of the Cornlsh Baok, held b{ our Iate partner, 8ir F. M. Will- {ams, Bart, We think it richt, as we uuder- stawd that Tumors to the contrary have becu cir- culated, (o inform you that by ‘Sir F. M, Will fame’ death the resources of e Cornlsh Bank are considerably etrengthencd by the money ;| bias glready and will come Lito it from his }\\:.nu yours fathfully, Tweedy, Will- a 0. Looked nt fun tho tight of subsequent events this cireular is gow reggurded us a buge uistake, upif there can be no question that 1o 1Ls ety thy Carnish Bank owes its downfall. Inteuded 1o gilay sume supposced disquict, it lind e very wppostle effect, It created doubta where nous lexiatrd befo il Within the short space of o kit bpguiht gyt the glisaster whleh Rt oyehy tog i, t{lm jreplar, there cap be no du"m;m’tgwrn rioud matter, Frow thls ft woulu sppéar trt’ Bir Frederlch Williams, 1m- ‘mediataly bofore bisdeut, outlrely reliuquished ‘his shars 1n the ko A0 thbs be sy 4l vutirse Lus lability L , ainl the creditors would probably, even If there was 10 0lLcr vauae, not 8 uLle 10 culme upon the catute of the late Sir Frederick for o peany. AN OVERDRAWN ACCOUNT, Tliere secwd, Suwover, to be somncthin~ wore beblnd. It ated In the circular that ! the resources of the bank will be conalderably atrengthened by the money which has already and will rome fnto It {rom bis estate.” This 18 very generally interpreted to mean that Bir Frederick’s account at the bank was consider- ably overdrawn. Among other things, It is sald the account was overdrawn something like 480,000, nud 18 {9 further asserted that instead of recelving anything when he relinquished his one-third share In the bank, ho had to make the arrangement, alluded to, whereby mone: ha tocome into the baok from his estate.” This policy of the circular was, at the time of {ts Issue,”and still more siuce, severely criti- clsed, and, instead of increasing confidence, it Lad the direetly opposite effect. OTnER ‘‘RESOURCES.’ When the resources of the bank coms to be still further exsmioed the prospect certalnly does not brighten. If 8ir Frederick Willlams At the time of his death held ong-tbird share, the other two-thirds must have becn held by the remaining partners, Messrs. Tweedy; but the nature of the resourcca of the Messrs. Twud(y are, so far as s known, somewhat in- tangible. THE SEQUEL OF THE CIRCULAR. On Saturday last, the 4th {nst., the partners, atill rmaxmuF the title of Tweedy, Willlams & Co., Isaued the following circular, which brings the record of the sad events so far as they have at present Jdeveloped: * Dear 8ir: We deeply regret to say that in consequence of the fn- jurious rumors which bave been In circulation severe pressure has been placed upon the bank, and we have, unfortunately, reason tu appre- liend that it would furtler [ncresse, Wo have thierafore, felt It to be our duty, having regard 1o the fnterests of the geaneral ¥ of our cred- itors, tususpend further payments for the pres- eot. Our buoks will immediately be placed in the hands of Messre. Harding, Whinoey & Co., Old Jewry, London, public accountatits, who will prepare a full statement of our aflalrs, to be submitted to a meeting of our creditors at the carlicst practicable moment, Yours faith- fully, Tweedy, Willlams & Co." THE FALL OF THE ‘‘BTONE PUMP." Thus vne of the oldest private banks In the country, which has, during its career of & cen- tury und = decade, weathered many a violent financial storm, has gonc down before thexe last gradual but longcontinued and complicated ad- verso winds, The bank had a f'”“’ deal of po- litical Iofluence jo the City of Trura, All the partners were pruminent members of the Con. servative party, aud at clection times its influ- ence iIn favor of the Conscrvative candidates was nlways axerciscd to such an extent that it camao to be familiarly known by the nickname, given to it by the Liveral party, of the * stone pump,'’ or *granite quarrics.’ THE XFPECT IN FALMOUTH. In Falmouth, s neighborlog town, whero Messrs, Tweedy, Willlams & Co, had an impor- tant branclh cstablishment, nearly every public body and local Institution was {n soms way in- terceted in the hank, as well as some of the employers of labor in the locality. Al- ready a great many workmen have been unable to obtain thelr wages, ready cash not being available for the purpose, aud unless funds can e autalned at the other banks much privation must nceessarily follow A NUN AT REDRUTH—BANK OF ENGLAND NOTZS NEFUSED, At Redruth, where there was another branch of the hank, the aunouncement of its suspension of payment caused the grestest alarin. Hedruth Is the centre of the mining district, and when people began to contemplate the prabableconse- quences of the failure o the mines in the neizh- borhood, which were known to have largely overdrawn thelr accounts, the consternation be- come general, A run was made upon the other bapg—*'the West Cornwall Bank ¥~-of which Mr, John Michael Williams, believed to be the richest man in the County of Cornwall, {s the head. Mr. Willlams met thie demand as fast. s it came, but people had so lost their heads that they noaltively refused to take Bank of Englund notes {n payment of their claims. ‘They (nslsted on having hard cash, and, as there sras not sufll- cient gold In the bank to nu‘ ther, Mr. Willlams was compelled to exerclso his legal right and call upon the depositors to give o montn's no- tice of thelr Inteotlon to withdraw, Large quan- titfes of gold bave been brought down from Loudon to meet any demandsthut may be made. The Redruth Local Board had a sum of money deposited in the bank, and, althourh not large fu amuouut, it {s sutfleiently larze, assuming the money to be lost, to fuvolve the inhavitants in a rate which 1 these timea of exteeme depression they can 11l afford to pay. THE OTILER DEPOSITORS IN THE MINING Dis- THICT. At Chacewater, another important mining district, the suspension of the bhauk caused gen- cral consternation, as there were a very large number of depositors in this district, Many persons, and mare especially those who bave returned from abroad with thelr savings, have all thelr money Invested in the baok. ey fare mostly pcurlu who caunot afford 10 lowé the mouey, and {f thelr worst fears should be real- zed,—for they appear to have but Iittle faith in thie hope held out that the bank will pay any- thiog like twenty shillings {n the pound,—n Inrge amouut of distress and misery muat fol- low, At 8L Agues u stimilar state of things Is reported, o great nusber of veopls having thelr savings depusited In the bank, many ot them to o large amount. Numerousminers of St. Ac- ues, who are now fu Callforuia und other places ubroad, have been In the Lablt of seuding thelr savings haina and deposlting them {n the Corn- Iah Bank. They bad the most fmpllelt conil- denee in the stabiliy nnd safety of * Tweedy's Bauk * aait was poputarly called, und tmany of thent are deposttors to the amount of soveral huudred pounds, PILING A PETITION, It has now tranapired that Messrs, Tweody, Willlams & Co, bave, through their sollcitors, tiled s petition in the Trure' County Court for the liquidation of thelr sifairs by srrangement, The Habilitics are set down at £458,000, a very much smaller suin than was anticipoted, some vstlinures Imrl}.souhvnd the labilities at a3 much us £1,750,000, The assets us yet are not mentioned, So far this statement Is‘reassuring, provided, of course, that the liquidation fs noL accompanted by any costly litigation. The first mecting of creditors i fixed to be lield at Truro on the 23th inst. It is further stated thut ar- rangements have been comopleted by banks of position in West Corowall will tal oyer the busiiess of the mines fndebted to the Cornlsh Buol THE JEWS 0 ROUMANIA. Their Memiorial to the Chamber of Dopus thew, Ducuaresr, Dee. $0.~The fullowing s & trunslation of the cinorlul presented to the Chatver of Deputles by the Jews of Roumanta: With coutldence fn the country in which we were born, we, Roumunians of [eruelite descent, descendants of those who in time of natious] misfortune have participuted in all sacritlces und sufferings of the country, approsch you in re- spectful altboush earnest terma to de- nand - the fnmumz uf those rlghts of which wo huye been deprived fur s0 long o time, While the dews wers thrust out of othier countrics by dire persecutlong, they huve found an asylum in Roumants, whers they bave oceupled fhemselves with the arts of veace, Jndustry, s comieree, and they have hived hero fu verfuct harmouy with thele Clirts- than brethren. It bas only been sluve the cons ception of vertuln erruncous fdeus of potitical ceonomy that it has been deemed advisable to muke an nvidious distinction between one por- tion of the population wid the others, to lond us with the monstrous fraputations of the lust century, uml to conslder us as pariaks lo our owa native country, Wu consider it superfluous to contradict such fmputations; to wssert tit our religion is su obstucte to patriotic fecliugs would be to coun- tradiet bistory, und to disregurd the action of the most civilized nutlovs ol the present age, N“"liv all cullzlitencd wations have couceded thetr full eivil and political rights to the Jews., ltoumunia hus spparcutly been wulded fn some degree by stnllar wmotlyes, lnasmuch as she stipulated, together with the guaranteelng Powers Tu Art. 40 of the Parls Treaty of the 191 of August, 1556, that 81l Wallachisns and Moj- daviaus should be consblered ss equal ju the eyes of the Jaw, 88 well 0s in payment of taxes, wlthiout any refereuce to thelr religious bellet, the sole " restiiction being that of the reservution of the right the part of the Chutubers 30 refuse cltlzeushiny to non-Chelstluns. Eurcpe touk it for granted then that Houmsnla would exccute this agree- ment of her awn free will, We deplors the fact, however, that sfter the lapss of muny years stnee the promuleation of the Paris Convention we huve not yet been admitted to the exerclas of our full rizhis us citizcus, und throuct » false futerpretation of the orgunie luw, we bave been eeprived of other rlglits which we furmer- Iy unjuved. Wo request ‘you, Mcasicurs les Deputes, to vouslder our present situations 1hy wiuet tisportant of human rightsaro with- held from us; we have no politicsl or cummunal on liberty; we are excluded frum sl the liberul * professions. in the army thuu- wands of Jews are serving ~without nrospect of advancement, and, at the same time, popular opinlon i3 vxcited aguinet us, and Lu tetatle specivs of persecutivn bus its s, We. uurcl!ull{ subinit tut this iy agulust the splrit apd the Tetter of the Conatle tutiou, Art, 21 proclsis to ull uullwlted free. doin of cupsaience und gaarantees the lberty vf relizious faith: as there 1 o dfffercnce o the oblizations and contributivus twposed upon your citicens, the uld Le bo varlstions nar poviicie: <3 siel. One cluuse suly—art, 7—refers to religlons restrictions. It says: *Only foreigners of Christian faltn ean obtain the right of citizenship.”” This clanse canuot be applled to us. We are not forelgmers, Qur fathers secttled here In the olden time. More than five centurles have elapsed since they came to this counlr‘v. Stiould we not, therefore, be troubled by the idea that we, who have for 8o many gencrations been bound hy the closest ties to our nativo country, shoukd finally be treated as forelgners, and be compel- led to appeal for foreizn protection? Can the Jewlsh youth grown up hy the slde of thelr Christlan fellois in the natfonsl schools bo leas devoted to patriotism and to Roumanial We ank, Messicurs Ies Deputles, that, by virtue of the high authority with which the International Treaties have invested you, you will declare us entitied to the rights of Roumanisn cltizens, Wa adiress onrselves to you, the elder Depu- ties, who by lnniexnefleum can convince your~ selves that your brothers of the Jewish faith, now as In° previous times, aro peace-lovlog and Industrious citizens, and by thers qunlitles contrihute to the encral’ Ymapemfiv; conviuce your colleagues hat all the objections arousca agalnst us are only defamationa handed down from the Middle Ages, and which are unworthy of, and in oppo- sition to, the spirit of our age, to the experi- ence of history, and to the noble principles upon which our political fabric is founaed. “To sou, young Deputles, we nlso address ourselves, ‘ou who have been educated In the most civil- Ized countries of Europe, who have been i~ pregnuted with the {deas ot the most enlight~ cned universities and have had the opportunity to obeerve that In those countries where the Jew s on a par with his Christian brother thors exists no jealousy or religlous hatred, and that there the Jew dacs not stund behind his Chris- tian brother eitlier in scfence, art, or patriote ism, Tell vour colleagues that they should fol- low the example of those clvilized BStates, Wo turn to you, Messicurs les Professeurs, Deputes de” la Chambre—you who haye the hizh and noble mission toconfide the his- tory of our pative land tostudious youth, Tell sour collcagues in the Chamber that the Jews are not forclgners in Roumania; that they came to Dacla at the same timo 23 the Roumanianes that Decebal received them and appointed a lo- cality for their resldonce, which was thencalled Talmus, and is still known by the namo of ‘fal- maci; that under the reign of Dan II. (1376) the Jews driven from Hungary by King Ludwig found ,an asylum in Roumania” in the town of Torn. ~Tell them that the Juws cannot be soe cused of usurpation in ;Icvnunsi themaclyes to cominerce, beeauro Cautinius, Prince of Rou- mauia, 163 vears ago sald that thers were then very few merchants in Rouman(a, and that they were all Greeks, Servs, or Turks; tell them, further, that a people which has Jduring every epoch of thing preserved the belief in a God, which has outliveid the fall of tirones and the overthrow of emplres, and upon whose legal clauses all the religious systems rest, can de- mand with fustico to be cunsidered as a part of the political body politie. Finally, we apply to all the Deputies of every shade; we believe the tlme bss come when you should declare that every son of thie country, that every native, without distioction of faith, is & Roumanian, We are of the opinion thut the period las arrlved respectln which Mr. Cogaluiceano sald fn November, 15567: “I holieve that the tine will svon come when religion will not be a reason for the exclusion of any cit~ fzen from his rights, a time when we shall all bo Routwanians fn vur beloved Roumanta,’—for, said be, “we mnust ba just to all the sons of the country, as we can have peace in the land only by belng Just to all.” Messictirs les Dcruten,—when all the cisilized nations of the day have proclaimed the politicul freedom of the Jows shall the Roumanian Jew alone be excluded? Will Roumania slone umoug: all the nations make so unjust an exccotionf Nol Our land, with its atlfl youthful fostitu. tlons, needs the hearta aud handa of all her sons. in :J'rller to develop und consolidate its pros- perity, ; Wo trust in the unl!fmmcd character of the oresent Leglslative body, und that our petition will be recvived with that conslderation wbich the gravity of the occasfon demands, We ap- peal to God und to the dignitaries of the coun- try.. Wo need no other ala. With proyers for the bealth of our sugust soverelgn und fmploriog the ald of Almighty wisdom uvon your labors, we remaln your hum- Dbl petitioners, LAST NIGHTB OF HER MAJESTY'S OPERA COMPANY. THIS FRIDAY, 1870, Meyerbecr's Opers, LIES MIUGUENOTS. .Blguor Gllland| gnur el Pucnte Sigmor tafase Huiuenot saldler. A ignor Full lie Lido me Pleant Sadamne Ioblatl +eeereMadame Harlo Roza LES IRUGUENOTS.” (This Opera will recently adapied In Kupupo, omituiu the massacre, and terpiinating with the Grand Luv fn the Window fcene of 1V, Act.) s.\'{lu‘!wm' MATINEK, “LUCIA DI LAMMER. SO LA TRAVIATA." Valentina, NOT be given OO BATURDAY NIGHT, * Ly Moz Lllicu Gpon dal In consequence of its Enorinour Success, Houses i Crowded ta the Doors, & SEHATUN REUB Wil be repeated Friday 5]‘5}“ snd Batunday Matices, JOSEPH MURPHY AS SHAUN, Maum Cre Naturday Night, Monday—The url'l"’i‘:‘:s‘l"‘l‘\"[i’gfifi‘;’fl snd New York— [(JOOLEY'S '] SAKERE BIECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Monday, Jan, 77, The Buston B, I, 5. Pinalore Opera Co, Who will nroducs (Arst tima hers) tha new Engltsh Nautleal Comin Upers, by W. K, (libert and Arthur Sulivan. thie icadiug attraction uf Lunduu and Hoston, entitle HER MAJESTY’S SHIP PINAFORE. FTCKER'S THEATRE, Lt Nights snd Maslneo of Buckstone's Gireas Drama, GREEN BUSHES. Next Week—A new lirama by Alby Sage Richardson= TWO WOMEN, I. EEA'TIRE i ark-st., 0pposite Court-Houwse, ATILL CROWDED Great it of SRMOKE 1F YOU LIKE" pl i RIbor to A GREAT SHOW THIS WEEK. Stattuve ‘L uceday aud Friday at 5o, . Prices—ah, 85, B3¢, e, standliy-room oaly sftar ._Co e, ULl 18 PEDESTIRIAN, 2 Biexiua tho feat of walking 4,000 Quarter Miles in 4,000 Quarter Hours, TENNIAL BEEIL HALL, 20 & 28 Weat Madl. JACOB CANTELS, Froprictor. 0 beglu 81§ . 7. 0n Hatoniay, Jan. 23, e Ty T T LTI The Chicago Natatorium Intitute for Phyginu.l Cultare. Tuts tusttution, now well known by the citizen our progresslve Cummounvalth, was erected io the Enrly purt uf thesu of 1477, and opeued {0 the puo- lie' i 20 day of A i tiig ¢ Ligutive vf e sncee snd facll purtant art of swli Tis lamprrature, al wients 1 plessauy it offeriug duriux the winter wouths 4 well-spjulute Gymnasiuni, with all mudern sud rattousl appsratus to Imprave the leaith and Plyelcal Condition of all wiv 7 be dealrue 1o avail (hisuixolves ol such sdvantages. 108 suceces 20 fur Lisd BOL OULY Leel satiafaciury o e projectors uf this enterorise, bue bas oscesced thuir must sanguine anticipativns, The dimuislons uf the presens catabilsliment, Jurlng tue wann montbs of Sutwiner, havy nlready hedn uve ruved ln. adcquaie, aud it by reauires tle estalilfely ercoted 10 the differe fytui Lo state that ut ot stmallar fugi ubtricts of Chl g to aldur West Bldg Kive cvery bua & safu'und brodtable (avesthicnt, and o becomng Lie Leaelaciors of Jur fast: uuity, th prvsent Cunpaoy’ hare toriums 3 Corpuraty Tustlintion, sad ou Deceuiber; [~T4, their Cliarier tuler Sie war Lousd by tie sceretary of State, Tho ustus sus tidle of b Corpuretion 1o bu “Top Vel fes Naaortal Cnstretn Sompary Tholr pusitieas ottice has been Tocated at Nol7 Lasalle. st AlLhe Inst mectiug of Dirsciurs, on LLe l!lll M3 January, 1870, the followlug oulcers’ wers ofecied (o berva v yaart sia e Byl it Fur 1 ul J. Kadish, 1isq.3 for Becretary. Mr, e L ik sdjouroed (3 Bieet a4t abihe odicuo! Mr, Franuld Lackuar, the s whid Monday [n Februarys Indy, k4 D. uy, for the 7 of ioping Cuimtliuton aud By LAwe 10 receiye rum Ita becriliry ® fvport vl the Saaucisl cuaditivn’ f Ve furwer Mwiaturtal Couipaay up 1o 3 Slowlu fia cxreuditusy for ulilingeud rdnulicd s, dud Tbs arnipice; aiew 1o, conuru Do seloction o thd risud and 100 on the Weas Blde, for &* Wewt lde s:aturluig. ™ ¢te. Ail rescut sbarenullers and Wiose who wish to wud- fetlu 0 TU siuck uf 10 Cutpesy wta very Sordisliy Myt