Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1879, Page 12

12 LEADVILLE, \Affalrs at the Capital of the New Mining District. +A Town Whose Populntion of Ten Thousand Will Soon Be Doubled, Adlvioo to Persons Desirons of Embarking A in Mining or Merohandising in That Neighborhood, A Propheey that the Silser-Frodael of the Distriel for 1830 Wl Reach Fifteen Mill- " fon Dollars From Our Qwn Correpondent. LeADVILLE, Col., Fcb, 16.—In a story-and-a ‘half shanty, unpainted, and having, ke o pork tenderloin, a deaided tendency to lean, there s lodred atpresent amerry company from Chicago, Four are in the second-figor front, and two oc- cupy the one-palr back. When ono enters the door of this unpretentious residence, he finda htmaclf in the single room which answers the purposes of parlor, sitting-room, and bed- room of the host and hostess, Passing into the kitchen, there fs discovered a narrow trail lead- ng heavenwards by varfous and devious wind- ngs. Up the stalts the visitor is ushered, and, pushing aside a calico curtain of uncertaln color, which represents a door, he fluds himself in the ‘boudolrof the Chicagoans. A rag carpel covers the floor, and the wails are rudely papered, al- though the celling retains its primitive simpllci- ty of rafters. There are bwo beds, constrieted by the cunning native artlsan out of pine planks rather loosely nalled togother. A table, two Wasirs, ono wooden stool, nnd a wash-bowl perehed on an empty soap-box, complete the Jurniture of this apartment, which exciies the admiration and envy of all visitors. 1t is truly A HIGI-TONED ALODE in comparison with the quarters occupled by the ‘Jess fortunate members of the Chicago colony in Leadyille. *Iow micel” ¢ Elegant? ¢ How did you find 11" nro common exclamn- tlons on the part of those persons who are hon ored by a view of all this Juxury. It s true that nono of our party bave as yet dared to welk across the room, except on tip-toe, on ac- count of the earthquaky naturo of the floor, which trembles and groavs at the sllzhtest preseurc of the foot, But, aside from this glight drawback, we are satisfled and happy with our location, and maintain our proper place in the frent ranks of the Leadvlllie ortstocracy. The darker sides of this arcadlan pleture show forth onca in o while to the inmates, in their secluston and privacy. The question arlses $u the mind of the writer, Bhall the vell bo 1ifted? and Must the world be fnitiated into the sacred mysterica? As the object .ol this serics of letters Is to tell the entlro truth, ond o give to the readers of Tus ‘TRIBUNE n vivid conception of Leadvifle, its manner of llfe, and 1ts possaibllitics, as well as a carcful statement of the present condition of its silver mines, the answer, though reluctantly given, must be in the affirmative. Behold, then, 2 TAL CAPTAIN! ‘This person, who {8 at onco the patriarch and he spirituel gulde of our little band, is one who 4s well known omong the carlicst scttlers of | Chicago, and whose name is linked with on im- portant real-estate firm. In staging across the mountalns he contracted a severe cold, which scttled on his chest, and threatened pneamonia. The lndy in whose mansion we hnd obtalned palatial accommodntions was promotly ot hand with aremedv. * Sage-tea,” remarked this kind ‘hostecs, *“is denth on a cold.” Whercupon she stepped out into the strect, and plucked off handful of tops from tho sazc-boshes growing “thero inwild profusion, and, returning, steeped them in ber anclent tea-pot, a famity heir-Joom, The Captain, meanwhile, prepared himself for repose, modestly screening himself from ob- servation behind the stove-pipe which runs fna vertieal stratum through the boudolr, and soon appeared beforo our party iu a ghostly night- shirt. The lady sent the sage-tea up-atafrs with her compliments, and the Captaln smilingly stepped forward to {mrtnke of the prolfercd Jibation from the tin _cup ot the handsof the shaggy-bearded host. Ile took one slp and STAGGERED BACK. His arms wero flung wildly up over his licad, and his faco underwent the most hidcous con- tortlons. Fora few momonts the astonisted ‘bebolders ceased to pullat thely pipes, ns they caughbt confused ginipeea of bare fect, knees, o night-shirt, 8 gray beard, and a bald head, all mixed up together 1o a tuneled mesh, * What's the matter, Captaind ¥ cried the as- rembled herd, us soon a8 they had recovered somewhat from thelr consternation. “The teal the—tea! the———teal” mosped the opatrlureh, and went into another series of convulsiuns, * They put him to ved. In the morning he was entirely recovered trom his cold. The suze-tea, though bittercr than alocs, bad proved o great mediclnal nzent. The provalling kind of sickness {n this dis- trict Is PNEUMONIA. (pronounced wruzgly by n wog of our varty, **no-money "), Colds ‘ure casily contracted and, unless promptly attended to, are fullowed by the terrlble palis 1hut ave peeulisr to the abovo-mentioned discose, The nortality from poeumonia hus been great this winter, “In re- gard to the hegldhfulness of Leadville there hus been ynuch cotlroversy, Of course, everything is cldlmed for the district by the Inhabitants ‘who ' ara nterested in securing immigration, This much, however, may sufely be said: The atmospliere is lavorable to the relicf und eare of asthma. Muny persons who huve come here suffering from tbis discuse are now entirel cured, s0 faras enn be uscertalned. Catarrh does not seem to be affected oune way or the other. For consuinptives the atr s too light al- together, The altitude §s something over 10,000 feet above the seu-level, wid oxygen 13 as searce as silver is plentiful, A person” of (he stroug. est lunes cannot walk a block without breatlinge Tard, IHice ot who s taken violent dumb-befl excrelse, Bue acelimntization does mueh to re- move this drawback,—the lunus Lecoming ac- custoned to n tore slender dlet, or, rother, be- coming cnabled to take in o jarecr quaatity of air at once than in heavier atmospucres. "Old miners tramp ol day smong the wountains without befngr ** winded.”” Rhenmutism I3 com- mon, a8 well as pucumonla, und s diflleuls to cure. WINTER HAS JUST BET IN at Leadville. Thers was a Htile eold weather ahout Chrisvmas-tine, but no snow tv speak of auutil within the past week, Our party were Juse in time to gel sa! in_the fold bifore the storms came down. For mix wecks before lnst Bunday the weather had boeu generully pleas- ant, Sinco Sunday It hus been suowing ulmost conétantly. And a strinige kind of spow v 15, 100, For an hour or two it comes down in hir- ricanes—blinding the eyes, and blding irom yiew all objects hmt are ua disfunt o4 the width of the streets, Then suddenly one looks out upona clear sky nnd o bright sunshine, under ‘whose futfucuce the paths and traits grow siusuy. 'Theg, In the twinklng of au eye, there whi comu soother snowlall, and 1 a fow moments all tracks aro urltted over nud obliterated. “To-luy 1t bas snowed pretty eteadily, and work on the butldings ubout town has been suspemded, 'Tho telegraphi-wiro ueross Whe range to Denver has becn down Tor three duye, uud muy not be in running order ngaln for o week, With singulae stupidity the Compony’s mausgers caused the Hues 1o e covetructed rieht across ihe high range in o bee-Yoe, fustend of letting fo tollow the traveled stage-roudy wml the result fs, thut In this kind ol weathier no yepair-iel cun possibly reach the bresk, In ordinury tlmes the caily stuge bringheg e Eastera moll from Cunon Cley arelves bicre ot b 10 6 p. .5 but tor the past week, sinee Sunduy, 1t hus not veached Leauvitie untdl atter mid- nigbt. Aud old reslaents uy that thia it : BUT THE BEGINNING, There {s now two fect of snow on the level, and 8lx ta oight fect m the guletiess and double ihat deptn 1s predicted by thusy who have had ex- perlenes of Leaaville winters hevetofore, Heucs 1 cunnot reeoinnend peopid, especlally thuse of emall means, to by In o hurey sbout coming, "Flie camp {8 tult of wen, and, although workinen ore iu demand ut present, i Weeli wore ol suct weather 48 wo ure now huvlpg will throw hun- dreds of miners aut of vinvloyinent, Of colirse, prosvecting 16 ay & complete stupd-stitl, 1 sbould state rigit nepe thut wages are high o goud weathier, Corpenters flud ull they can autcnd to ot $L80 u uay, sud miuers curo & 10 $3.50. AMeu of steady nabits und strong coti- stiiutions can fud worky I buve no doubt, in ail nda UL wentlicr, a8 WO Pres¢ut yac of miucrs THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, FI'BRUARY 25, arc not of tho most reliable stufl. Drinkins ond gambling are their favorite pastimes, and many of them spend more time doswvn-town than of. the mincs.. It takes eeviral montbs fors new-comer to becomo used tothe climateand the diflicult. kind of lavor required fu the inines, nd, untit ha becomea thoraughly accustomed to both, he is what Is termedl in miners’ par- lance a * {enderfoat,” nnd ia an object of de- rislon on the part of 'the old-timera. ~ For cabl- tollsts this s ns zond n scason of tho year s any to viaft Leadville, leaving out the hardships nud dangera of the trip over the monntaine. ntonth or two, apparently starved; whereas, if keptin armall oo, tho windows of which are cavered with fing net, 80 as to allow [nsccts to enter, they may be prezerved for o consider- able time fn bealth and beauty, Their nests are very curlous; wany of them” are eup-shaped aml very smnll, & mes no larger than the hall of a walnut-shell; aud they are often hean- tifully decorated un the ontstile with lichens, s 18 cxactly fo reacmble tMe braneh in the fork of shich they dare placed. They are formed of cottony substancus, and are” lned nslle with flbres as fino sl eoft na silk, ‘The ticats of otfier specics nro hammock-shaped, and are suspended to creeperas the Plehincha Tumming-bird lias been known (o attach 118 est to n straw rope hanging in o shed§ telr epes nre whire, amd they never lay more than one or tiwo., Once, when on the Auiazon, Mr, Wallaco liad a neat of youni humining-hirds brought Lo htn, whieh o tried to feed on nlmg. suphosing that. they would be fed on houey by thelr par- onts, o his surprlee, huwever, they not only wonid yot swallow the linuld, but neasls cioked themsclves In their efforis to eject it e then eaught some very small flies, ahd dropped ona {nto the wide-open mouth of the poor little or- Phan nmming-bird; it closed Inatantly with a eatintied guin, aud opened agafn for more. The little ereatures, ho Townd, demanded #lteen or twenty flies each in succeeston befora they were sattsfizds und the process of feeding nnd fly- enteing tozether reqmrea so much time that he wag reluctaotly compelled to abandon them to thelr fate, THE YOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Tho Second Regiment, Ta the [iitor of The Tribune, Cnicago, Feb. 24.—Without the Icast inten- tlan to eritlelse the Secoud Keeziment ns a regl- ment, I wonld Hke to nsk whero the command- Ing oflleer grets his authority to place the field oflicera nt. the head of the column while dolng funcral lionors, ns was the case at the obsequlcs of the Jate Bichap Folev, The tine never muds a better appearnnee, til but tor this error, which was fatal to 1he * tont ensemble " of the vrompted, of who could have (nvented, su. 2 a fabrication, such a tissun of baso und unblush- iy tnlsclioods, a8 those contalned fn tho tele- gram above-mentioned 1 amn nt o loss to dotor- rne, That Biauco was killed by n smnll pock- et-knife In the hands of Luouts 8avio T haven't the least doubt, It wus clearly nroven uvon the trlal. It was hot attempted to be denled on the part of the prosecutlon. ‘The blade of the knlte In ovidenco corresonded exactly with the wound filicted upon Blausco. The pockel-knifa iroduced In evidence was fotind In the room or whers Suvio waa firat linprisoned ut Brafd- wood, From that thne until the day it was Io. troduced in® evidence it was tn posseasion of the ofllcers of the law, and was presented in open court by the State’s Atturnev at my request, Now, oe to tho other knife, the *bloody irk,” 1 \vu‘ atate that I nevery, under any cireum- stances, at any time or vlace, to any person or nersons, lving or dead, stated, insiuuasted, or otherwlse Intfmared that the kiiling of Blanco was done with any other fmplement, instrument, or thing, than the pocket-kulie fntroduced 1o evidence on thetrlal of Savio. I do ot pretend to be very wise, nor do I vlead eullty to betug an absolute foul, snl it 13 not at all‘likely, 1t 1 was goilty of such dunlicity with the jury, that T wottld be the firat to come out and exyose my- aelf, It §s truo that I did present to ex-Sherilt Georgo Arnold a apving knife, which 1 have had in my own passcesion for years, nud always used for pruaing and gardening purooses, and for nothing else, That L ever staied to any verson or persons, at any time or place, or uider nny elreutnstanees, tiab the knife L zave Mr. Arnold was the weapon that kllled Bianeo, 1 here ad now pronounce false. 1 were capable of sich duvtielty and unprofesstonal condier as that entioned [n your wm, 1 do not plead ety of being ool enotih to come out and ex- pose my own degradution, Iy therciore, pro- nounce the whole statement, 8o fur as 1t tends to reflect upon me perronaliy, prafessloually, ur otherwise, to be o haee und villalnons falsetiood, without even the shudow of truth oy a founda- tion to rest upon, Ilopine that you will ece the Justiee of publichlng this statemailt, nud of cor- recting the great wrony that hus been done me, und with the sssurance that I shall attend to the other end of the line fu due time, Tom very re- with the same fll-success, and, a8 it was then prowing dark, the shutter of the cace was closed.y Barly next morning tlie snake was found tofled round the flofr. which it had kitled sl commenced to swallow; but a Malay ate tendant haviwg tonched the python with n'rod, it untwined ttaelf and rotreated to a corner of the cage, refushng to azaln touch {ta preg. o e—. CURRENT OPINION. Bowing and Roaping. Utevetand Hlerald (Rep.). Mr, Tilden has sown lifs wild nephews, and now Is waiting to reap the usufract, TESTONST TO A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. Private Letter to a_Gentieman tn 1hieugo, LraDpvILLE, Col,, Feh. 10.—For the informa- tlon you desire, T shonld at once refer you to the many newapaper-letters that have been written from and nbout this place. Dat ns yet I have acen none which fully suswer the very natural quertcs which you make, Some of theseletters gcem to be artfully-contrived adverttsements in behalf of individual fnterests. Others, ngaln, Itnger about the town,—dwelling upon the chanees {m ots and merchandising,—and seem Joat in wonder at tho rapid growth of the place, and the prevalence of drinklng, zambling, aud prostitution, which nre to be scen on every hasid, 1 will simoly say that theso are all characterls- ties of new miningtowns, And, where you fail to find them, you can safely go your Inst stack of chilps that the camp will not bo a success. With the exceptlon of our local papers, few havo at- tempted toshow up the facta (mines) which have wade, nud are still making, the towna pos- sibility (3 necessity). i In the towh proper, and within a radius of tour miies, there are g NOT LESS THAN TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE, —about 10 per cent of whom -are women nnd ehitldren,—sheltered by about 2,000 frame aud log bulldinzs. The place presents advautaues not usual in mining towns: finé location, wag- niticent scenery, mood free rowds (with ecasy Logan wml Murrny. Loutsritte Courler-Journat (Nem.)s John A. Lowzan lins got it Into his head that Lindley Murray was a Confederate Brigndier, Copnreeny Must Go, Philadelnhia Times (Ind, Dem.), ‘Thero is one thing - we may as well under- stand before the next Presidontial campaign ;mcusx Coparceny fs played out in this coun- Ty, . An Awful Suspicion, Cincinnatt Commercial (fnd. Kep.). ‘Thero is onother Investigation that ought to take place before Congross adjourns. It is ono thiat tho peoplo of all North Amerlea are Inter- eated in. ‘That 19, to discover what has become of Montgomery Blalr and his Impeachment project. It 18 ienerally supposed that the im- lncnchmunt project 13 stured in the garret at irnmuerey Park, but 1t 1s feared that Mr, Blair has been foully deult with. Our Chinesr, New York Times (Rep.). "The poptilation of the Chinese Emplre s about 450,000,000 The handful of the lower-caste people Who come over to the United States are of *no possible nccount to the Chiteso Goveru- ment, to the Emperor, or to those who rule at v X . spectlully yours, cte. W. W, O'Bu. ¥ and water, good city-government, vigilant po- | ppssiug on your space, FoBoM. Convlct-Lubur, k it thefr presence Niad not furvished an excusy for complicative onr relations with the Govern- ment of the Celestinl Emplre, Human life Ia chieap In Ching. ‘Ilie Ufo of a vagrant Chinamon in fureign party is notbing to his Government. 1lee-foree, ete.; and, above all, free working . ores, fn sich immense quantities, 5o nccesalble, The Stand-Plpe, nud so near the surface, that there Is no good Ta the Editor of The Tribune. 35 renson whty they shiould not eventually be mincd | CH1oAGO, Feb. H4.—In reply to AL E. €y I as cheaply and successfuily as con! {n the Iast, | would say thnt the only possiblo usc of a tower, Men's inpressions aro gathered from differcut | or stand-pipe, In any system of water-works, 15 standpoiuts. Mine, since you ask for them, are 1o equalize the pressure of water agalnst which bosed upon an experlenca and obscrvation of the puoips have to act. It serves the samo pur- twenty years, through nearly as®many mining | pescasun air-chamberon an ordinary foree- excltoments, {n various places, and, in noswer | pump. The water needs not necessanly bo 1o your questions, L will give you some facts as | forced to the summit of the towers, Al tlat ds they appear to mo: required 18 that & communication bo made be- First, in rezard tobringing in o stock of zooas: | gy cen the water-main and pipo in the tower, so T would advise eaution, at least to this extent: | fhut the water may freoly enter and rise in pro- that you first visit the country, und ascertain | portion to the pressure io the mafns, 1 submit the wauts of the people, the amount of compe- | this less from o Knowledgre of 1he particular titlon vou would huve to contend with, the Ueat | wode of construction fn this eity than a knowl lucatton for store, ete. I think it possible thut | edre of the general practice fn luying wate we may be overstocked with all Kinas of mer- | works, It 18 obvious that the water conta chandise botween now md fall. -However, the | jn o stand-pipo f8 practically at rest, und only danger trom this wlll be very slightas compared | rises and falls according. to the varlation of with other mining camps, for the reason that we | pressure fn the mains or. the pulsations caused have such a vast extent of mineral country to | by pumptug, ** A. E. Cls " theory that but o Tn the Editor of The Tribune, Citicaao, Feb, 22.—Among the measures pre- sented at the citizens® mecting at Maskell ILst, Yriday evenlng, previous to belng sent heloro the State Leglsiature nt Springtield for action thereon, Is ono for the abolltion of convict- lubor, Although overy blil presented and in- dursed at snid meeting i3 of vital importance to the working clnascs of this community, there {s nonc more so than this perticular one, und there {s, perlinps, no place In the country where the vresent conviet-lnbor system Ia more felt or has a more demoralizing influence on honest abor than in Chicago. This system has a more perntefous effect upon the industry of the coun- try than suy one who hns not riven tho matter prover constderation, or who hus ot analyzed it thorouzhly, can imuirine, 3 h into direet contact with it sul Incaleulable from the wing 1 competition which 1t creates. Jo tiwows Beigadier Bon, | Pittaburg Commerclal- Gazette (Rep.). Mr, Ben Butler has been once more making o show of his quality by expressing the opinfon that the thme may come for pensioniug the soldfers who bore arma sgalnst the Unlon. Wo bave been usually gratifled by the Gencral's ef- forts ns n demagogue. 1t is very desirable that all the people shonld know him through and through, nslhie is known to persons ot pome Metle insizht, und he has ecldom uttered n sen- tence butter ndupted to make all the people a quninted witn his true character. Explavatory connuent, inveetive, or remoostrance would he equally out of place. His Jast_sentenco ia sell- Iuminous and wiil be unlyersally understood. It has n'moneral effeét, becauso every bran which {3 throw Bammy. develop that It witl cause numerous other towns | small proportion of the water enters the stund- | manufactured goods upon the market at prices | x noeenn (Tenne Anitaich L. attioi to spriniz up,—thereby creating n veot for uny | pipe Is theretare correct. C. G 1L whieh muko no provisiuu for the labor euployed | gmerency or eriein. Fhe man fur 1580 must bo surolus which might accumutate here. To fact, ¢ fntheir productlon, The result Is that outside manuflacturers are brought to the smme level, and fo order to compete successiully they ure obliged to folluw the suno steps and almost entieely fgnore Iabor, llenco lubor is alwnys the victln, alwnys the objective polnt in thess unnatural strifes, There 18 nothing else upon which manufacturers can specuinto Lo uny great oxtent. Reductlona in the prives of Inbor follow closely upou each other, Individunl resistnnes 1s useless; thore is no alternative but comblied effort on the part of the workingmen to sta these agreressions upen their riehts. The resuft of thisis seen lu the strikes, lock-outs, cte., whicn wo sce aronnd us every day. 1t Is only nceessary to ive ajow facls rola- tive to its effects upon 1he boot and shoe manu- focturing, which hoids, or should hold, a very promluent position in the industries of this city. Chicogo has at the present time the conglets ol five different Stuto Prisons directly manufact- uryng hoots and shoes for ts morket, or, in other words, thers are five Chicago manu- facturers who have contracted for the labor of conviets In the State of Iiinols and surrounding states, Sulz leads the 1st with 600, or thereaboutts, physically, polltically, ‘noral strong and hold, tried and true, manly and ma; netic, pure and popular, daring nnd patriotic. —&t. Louts Post and’ Diepatch (Dem. ). ‘T'he day after Mr, Tilden eaptures the Yrest- dentinl nominstion In 1880, the 2ost and Dispatch Ieador will read about as follows:* ¢ Mr. Tilden is the man of wll men. 1o s * ohysteally, polit- feally, mentally, and morally strong and bold, triva and true, pure and popular, daring mul patriotie? And it will atso print that over- worked lithograph of 1876, which held Sammy up to the pdimiring zaze of manuaging mamniay 03 n guileless, rosy youth of 80, mentally, and it s safe to say that the place will donble in populstion, und that there will be from four to six new towns started within the year, and prob- nably within from ten to 100 miles'of here, AS TO THE MINES, I could eall the namnes of upwards of sixty which can produce from one to 100 Lons of oro or duy, averaging not less than 75-028 per ton n sllver. 'The present production of the camp {8 between 800 and 400 tons per dav,—very few of the richer mines beime worked to their full capocity. ‘'Thero aro (ive smelting-work talning seven stacks, the combined capa which Is about 120 tona per day of twent: hours; three sampling-works, with lurge f: tles for buying, sampling, and shipping or amd yet the production {8 such that thouswids of tons ot ore have accumuluted at the works nud mines, You usk, How can mining nroperty he obtalned writh the least riski I mizht answer, Find it, und locate it yourself. DBut In your casc thut {s hurdly practicable, o8 it means, Come and be o wicked prospector. ‘I'hose who come hiere with large capltal can (a8 lns been done) buy mines, It 18 o mistake o think thut o proved nine can Tho Chlengo Water-Works g the Lditor of The Tribune. CuioAo, Fub, 23,—In your fasuc of to-day T find n statement by *A. E. C."" concerning the Wauter-Works of Chieago, In which lic nsks for #1he true theory.” 1 cannot sco, anything o very erroncous in his quotation from Johnson's . Eneyclopedia. T suppose it should read like this: “The water is forced by powerful en- gines to the hight of about 130 feet fu on fron stand-pipe, at the base ol which {s connected the mains for supplying the eity.”” This hight, or liend of water, a5 we term Ity I8 produced for the purpose of eiving o suilicient pressure of swater fn all parts of the clty, ov the same prin- ciple that waer will seel its level A purtlon of A, E. C.'s prineiple 18 enrrect, as not more than one-half of the water does get up iu the tower, on account of pressure keeplng it down wailo it parses throngh the malns to the citys but this standivg water does eive the pressure n proportion to fts hydrostatic head. A hight of two aud thirty onc-one-bundredths feet rep- A Uonuluio Aggressive Polley. Detrolt Psst (Ten.). Senator Thurmun litted lis volee in the Dem- ocratic Congresstonul caueus, the other evening, und shouted for “an nagressive Democratic poliey.” It hasalwaya seemed to us that shoot- g Repudblieans, hunting them with shot-guns out of their houses fnto the swamps ot night, breaking up Republican mectings by shootiug he spcaKers, or compelllng them, at the y 4 : a1 | Fuscnts one pound pressura on any.coluuin of | n'the Jullet Prison, M. Dy Wells with abont 863 | 2%} T8 OF h B e e hram, 1,000t Su0ido0, T | roter: The uveruge Hight. to il th varer | s oo, Vi G, 1. o 6 Uo. withabonk e tallotboses. withhemouratie. famies buyer, of course, takes his risk, This, and bond- s pumped tu_tuls city i (aecording to hs re. | 250 in fownand Michigan, Prate wlth galie o ntly ' aggressive ports of the Deportment ol Pubtie Works) 110 feet. Yours truly, Emer baollots (s u sulll emocratic polley. But haps Beuntor Thur- mun menns some other kind of * ureressive- ness,’” such, for lnutmlu:‘f 83 the holdness of the fng, havo. principally been done by the class who numter fn Mi comne hero with small means aud large check, nnd wha lay for the pour nrospector,—the reck- less, improvident, ever-hopeful prospector,— ichizan Clty, [nd,, and Goldinan, wha n few days aggo touk another ab delferson- villg, Ind. 1T ¢t nautd for prisons among the Chicopo munufeeturers' continues, in o short " Masor, Jn. Detter Keep Within tho Law. filo ; Michizau Democrats who are not afraid to and nip him In kis hour of need. Ta the Editar af The Tribune, thne U' ll“-ul wlsll ¢ uot bo Llll.mlllll in Jump right down thie throat of the *Natlonal? But, Iv unswer Lo your question, Lwill sug~ | Cmicaco, Feb. 2L.—Mr. A. G, Lane, the 'l““’ d nf hllleru “‘.‘;; “5" “}IEI’.V u""’ purly. est estimable County Superintendent of Schools of | {500 me nd S han 1,200 men makaug boots and shoes for Chlcago 10 the direct exclusion of a corresonding mitm- ber of honest mechanies, What is the resuit? It fs that these honest workmen arc obliged to o unemployed fur aboul hall the year, vl work for starvation waues the other nalf. Al that {8 lelt for them Lo do s whae tho thleves and murderers of the county camot do. Now there {s no exaggeraton in sayhg that If theso 1,200 convivts were' not employed fu this work there fs not n mun wockime on boots wid shues fn this eny who could not pay the awaunt demanded per man or each day by the different States und have more left than o re- celves to-day. Lacu man s bearing sbout on hia shonlders a full-grown convict, 1 would usk, 13 it more just that the State should us- sumo this resoonsibility, and duvise some ueans whereby ths lubor coulil be utilized withous kn- terforing with houest labor, than that compari- tively n few individuals should bear the whole burdent Aud another point, f4 ft not just thut the properly of tho Spute, for the vratection of which prisons were instituted, should not by made to pay for the support and maintenance of these institutionst Ths bill, with others to which T havo refer- ence, will po before our Logislature fn n few days, mid thelr receotion will be watehed with cazer luterest by thbse lntevesied n sceing them beeowre embodied In the statutes of e State of lllinols, ‘There uever was o timo In the history of this or nuy other country when the workingmen have been more in carnest or more deterinined to obtain thelr richits, ‘They aro no longer golng to seel legislatlon In their bebaif by prayees or petitions, ‘The: are nut golng to_approach legislators s crlne- ing supolicants, begiring for favors, But they are golgs to approach them as men ad mas- ters, und fmuoerativelv demanding of thelr ser onts the fulthtul discharee of = their dut| ‘They will tel! them, These things we want and these things we shall hove,~deny them ac the peril of your pohitleal existence. Let the rep- resentatives ol the people not deecive them- selves nsto the enrnestuues or sincerity of these demunds, or 08 to the strength of the sourcy from which they come. Let them remeimnber it their future actlons will be recorded in- tn- A MUCH BETTER WAY,— e. 2.t Leta fow fricnds combine; form n com- pany if you please (though unuvecessarv); sub- seribe to a small working capltal of §,000 or £1,0004 send one of your number herd to the mountains a8 prospector. Ile should he a man of judginent, and able to stand roughing it and nard work, 1f he hos mining experience, so much the better, He will uaturally be instruct- vd to Joente mining clating to the best and mu- tunl interests of all concerned,—reporting prow- ress ta the Compuny at stated intervals, This plan strikes me as tnking very small risks, with reasonable chances for lurgo returos, ‘I'hie obstacles to be met ure, thut, at this sen- fon, nothing can be done in this nnmedlate vicinity, unless by v man who 18 posted and knows whure to dig, or, what s quite ns im- portant, where not to. “The ground for sovera! miles, northeast and south, has been go thor- ouehly prospected und staked off that the prob- ubflity 18 that o stranger ean do little or notbing beforo snow leaves, ‘There will then be an ae- tivity in prospecting rutely if ever witnessed beture, ‘I'he nctunl production of gold and sflver in this dlstrict since 1661, fncluding ahout 3,000, 000 from thy recent or last year's discoveries, will not full short of §10,000,000. And ft 18 my lonesw opluion that we have barely sampled theso “hills so far, Now,asitis n” cheap fn- dulgence, allow me to prognosticate; Of silver ore olone, with the present producing capaclty, and the possible Increase of production an fucilities for handllur the same, 2 do ot hesl- tato tosce the $10,000,000 ruan, nnd ralse hing E5,000,000, Or, In other words, I bellova that hi tota) praductlon_of sliver fn the Leadville minfug distriet for 1870 WILL NOT FALL 81ORT OF $15,000,000. I will venture to suy, further, thut where there are now, perhaps, '.'o,qm people, covering o ter- ritory of, say, fiity by 150 intles i extent, within iwo years tliero will be a population of upwards of 5,000, the majority of whom will have come tosettle, You will readilv noto the coutinzent fmprovemente, businuss-entorprises, ete., which 1he necensities of such a vast inerease In poputa- ton fmplics, St Louis capital was the first to acknowledgo The Chinoso Questlon. Atbany Erening Juurnal (Rep,), The Caljfornla people belleve thut it is vir- tually impossible to remove the coolle outrage without restricting the fmmigration, It may be that they are mistaken. 1t may be that the ays- tem can be wholly broken up and our doors stll) left open, But knowlng what they ao, and helleving that a deweading form of cooliclsm ex- fata In thely midsi, s It strange that they are very deelded . thelr actiond If coolls slaves were belug smugeled n upon the peopls of this Btato by tens of thousands, the outery here would be louder than [t fs there. Now, if, us s likely, the peuding Wil {8 vetocd, much oo may” result from the, discussion, provided it shall fead 1o w new and still more searching fn- quiry thon hns yet been made into this coolla busitess. Wa can tulernte no forn of slavery in Callfornin or clsowhere. this county, in his annual report for the year ending Oct. 1, 1573, on page 21, er- roncously says: *‘Directors are authorlzed to levy a tax not exceeding . . . 3 per cent for buildink purposes, withoul a vote of' the peuple 1o should read in councetion with Sce. 43, Sce. 43 of the School law of Iilinols (Revised Statues, 187, page 083), which pro- vides that ** [ shall be unlawful for o Board of Directors to purchuss . . . build or move o school-houss . . .. without n vote of the prople.”? Tt wonid be a stronzestate of the Inw 1t Directors could tovy n tax for bullding aschool- houscand then,after the burden hasheen imposed, he compelled toask the people for the authority to cxpend the money in bultding, The Juw con- templntes n vote of the veople Jor any tax for building purposes exeept for repairigz and im- pro sehiood-houaes, nnd It must not then ex- ceed 3 per cent of the lust aseessment for Stato and vounty tuxes, Huch nstractions from the County Suoenntentent are calenlated Lo lead thie Directors into trouble by encouraging them to usurp the powera of the people by artempt- Ing to lovy taxes which are void, Mauy will pay such toxesa In jgnorauce of thelr rights, while the shrewder onea will reslst, und pay 1o tux, Hetter keep withio the luw. Dinkoron. . Lynch Luw in Tonunssoe. Nushreitte (Tenn.) dwerican (Dem.). The lynching 1n Bedford §s anoilier evidence of lingering demoralization, result ling from war wid subsequent auarehy. Whero s this to end ‘Ihe people of ‘Tenncsseo have had charge of thedr own afTairs for ton ?'mml. They have the State Government, the faw-makhyg power, the law-pdinin{atoring power, the courts nud jurles, When are we going to adminfster the law ud put down this lawless relgu of tho mobi The tow Irequieut oveurrenco of this dangerous rulo of the worst clesses, who take the lawy in their own hauds, nust stop, ‘the meanest negro fn this State must el o8 secure in his eabin as the proudest whito wmon in his home, e must be wado to fevt that the law 18 his protection, and that tuit wd to §t ulone he fs amcusbie, Wo ure teaching bini to desplge the law. ; The 1gno- rant nud viclons white men whocan with f- punity drag men from their homes wnd eommit deeds of violenco, desbise the law they can viulate with no tear of punishiment, ‘The him- bio iaborer who knowa thut any of hia class niiy by dragezed forth upon any vretext and haneed upon the nearest treo, sces in the victlm o mooument of anarchy. ‘Thero 18 no law for The Sleoplni-Car Companes. To the Lititor &f The Tribune. Ci1caqo, Feb, 24.—1t {s o common thing for the ptiblie to grumble at everything thut pros- pers. Thus ever since rallroads began we huve henrd of thelr high charges, und latterly the sleoping-car compnutes como {u for any amount of abuse because of thelr exorbitunt charges for u seut (o one of thelr prince-ars. Last year I traveled nearly 10,000 miles by rall, inany nizhts occupled n sleeper, und olways rodo {n o drawing-room car, {f ot a sleeper, T must suy that I huve slways felt that [ bad the worth of my money, I bud to o buck but u few yeurs when we all rodo in the stage-conch to ap- preciate the vast lmuroyement. o : Tor protection, nono tor trial, In- the wealth of this district, Bt now Chleaza, e bomiion thite to seo ten persons | GolDIC letters,and will nppear to thels detntand | Wity 1OHG 16 . & atcl with hr avcuntomed onerzy, aid_ the S0ty | pasiced Tota o stue-cones wict et L]l mieht | Eredit When 1iey agatn appeur beforo thels con- | Stet ol an examplo uila wirning, sucit casos und cuntion begotten of the errors of former years, §s taking her usual plave ufihe head, If vou think my views af the promislng fulure of this sectlon too songulne, 1 will moerely say that 1 huve reserved o margin of 25 per cent, to oz adided In oy next. Lossibly, before vou recelve thls, you will have read n published Jetter from liere, contalne fugz actals, und il gaps 0 the Information you reguire, which 1 tiave neglected. ‘Fhiere 1s cousiderablo enow here now, nud it I lluble to remulu until the miadlo of Muy, * As for health, the camp 18 doing o3 well ns could he expected under the clreumstauces, Reports from Ton Mile arc fuir. From Stlver CliR, Chalk Creelc, Taylur's Park, conflicting, ‘The Santa Fe Raflroad will reach s sume Ume I July. Yery teuly yours D, Gage. — — B, i ALLEN. Special Correspondence of The Tridune, Des Moixes, lo., Feb, 81.—As was expeeted, the disclosure made in this correspondenco lnst weok, of the fuctof 11, ¥, Allen’s witbholding from hls ossets s lurge amount of Cunada Bouthern Raitroad stock, has created consider- uble excitement. The Asslznee of his cstate has tuken the matter hefure the court, und last Saturdoy an oxumination was ordered befors the Register fo Bunkruptey, 1uis quite deflnite. 1y aoscertained that, since his discharge from bgnkruptey, Allen has disposed of 2475 shares of this vtovk, uf the par value of $100 per shure, 1lts orirdual subseription to the stock wus 50,000 shuri Mr. Allen appeared befuro the Rezuster, und, on belug usked what Lo uad done wita this stock, st how wueh hy nad received for it, redused Lo suswer, und fmedlately lote for Leadville, Col. An application has been made Jor a beneh-warsent for hls arrest, amd on vrder of Court compelling him to answer, ad ulso to answer uy Lo his ownersbip of 4 large wwount of Detroit, Lolede & Cunndi Southern bunds, It 18 believed by the sttorneys for the Assiznee that, { the fucls can be got from per- suus who lkubw, it wilt be shown that Alleu has #ecrciea from his crcdliors nearly o wmlllion are only an assurance that the law s not for him nwd s closs. By injustice be is driven luto a sullen desperation, stituents, ‘Then te quesions which witl be usked of them will not be, Have you beeo u Dowmoerat, a Republican, a Nuuuunllsl.ur u So- clalistd but, When uny question indecome before you in the interests ot lubor, bas your vote been cast pra or cont R A fow years ugo whon tho Mongolian hordes descended upon” the Poelfie shures to such an extent as to alarm the workingmen of that soe- tion of our country, amd when the people ve- eame agitated, und whon the hnmble drayman of San Fravetsco rose up ond_said, *"The” Coi. ness must o, aud when thit ery wus repeated und re-cetiverd all alouy tho Pacifle slopoa, It was laughed to scorn by the press of the country, andd the vilest epliliets were burled agofnst the oitators; butevents at the Natlonal Cupitul within the last few days have gouo to show thut when the peonle rise in their nght wnd demand thelr rights there §s danger in tgnorlog them, Now, the workingmen of the 8tate of Iilinofs, teeling that they ure luboring umder a griovanco 1f podslblu more unjust than their Western com- peers, ralse aluud tho cry, aud show by unmis- takable siens that they mean 1t that conviey lubor must b abolished J, SULLIVAN, [ —" - seding w I'ython, without fire or Jizht, ‘then wo sat erect, aml uever paylug tess than 10 conts o mlle, Wao re- auired three meals cach duy to keep from [reez- fugz, waud Al well it wo tmnde 100 milles in - twen- ty-four hours. Thus the lourney trom New York to Chicaga cost for fure alone 350, und menls from $15 to £20 extra, und ten duys ot lenst of time, Now, with the marvelous comforts of a firat- class sleeper, wo lounge fn cushioned chaiea und are whirled over this suniospace in thirty-seven nours, wikk ull for tees thau Linlf of what W nsed tosubmit to pay inustage 1l wo tako the common tallroad ear we you have nccommoda- tlons to which wo were utter strangers In stage- conches. 1f ralironds and sleeping-car companics ara malsiwe monvy, I for one am glad of it. Of one thing we iy be certaln, that the poblie will have Inercased snfery mud comfort as tho result of thelr inaking fair dividends upon their lovest ments, 1 havo not one dollar's iutcrest fn any sleep- ing-car company or raflroad, and yet { do vot belleve that 59 centa oxtra on each 100 miles of truvel 18 un extravazant charge, To ba able to so cheanly purchase the luxury of u guad sleeper, With wash-ruomns, clean tow- els, iresh air, und little crowding, wo ought 1o bo thaakfuls uid morcover, 1 believe that those who aro iving us wil this luxury are making none tov mueh, Liyory year of my life I say, God bless the pal- ace-car companics, E. G, Cook, Houthern War.Claims, Macun (Ga,) Tetegraph (em.). There {8 no practieal utltity In such discua- slons, Few Northern Democrats will support a Southern War-laim of auy kind, und the otlier sidu will bu solld ngalust them. Even Tiden, wheu ruunlng for the Presldency, felt himselt abligad, as a matter of polley, torepudiate them inudvance. Wo might as well lubel the Demo- cratie natfonnl camdulutes “mad dog " o to bring them before the Northern peoply tainted with the suspiclon of favoriug any Bouthern Warclafms. ‘Fhis may be, as Chafmers says, open Lo Ui objoction that it treats the people ol thy South* as inferlora fu the Union''y und that they are troated a8 inferfors 8 a nutorious fact, too plain wd self-evident to need demon- stration. * ‘Tho Soutliern people amil States are pracileally {nferfor in the Unlon—they camo huvk 1uto it us conquered aubjeets, and f& is the solo oblect und wim of the Radieal parey to kepp them 80, In order the most effectualiy to kur-n thetn tn this cuterprise wind eplist o solid North i tha work, we need do nothing more than to keep up un uofTectual clutter about Sonthera Wurcluums, ‘Thot will .do tho business, We can never toke position.'as proctical equals in the Unlon, but with the free consent of the peo- ple of the conguerivg States, manifested legatly by the ballot. {u the election of & Chief Mag- Istrate holding those viow: Nature, ‘Ilis followlng detalls of a recent attenpt to feed a python now nt the Raflles Museum, Bing- quru, wny e of intercst as upsetting previons ideas us to the certuint™ of thut reptile's attacks The r:llmn In _guestion 8 o -fine caughi on the island for the sake of th ven by the polles fn such vas and messured about twonty-two feet n lonetn, e hus been fu my churge for about two and a hall montbs, quring waieh thne 1t Los not been ted, About ten uays sincs it commenced custioge s sgin, wnd, as {8 usual after that proceeding, wus une usually lively, snupping at a Kk put futo the coge, it 11l one’ or LWo iuslances narrow), missig the attendunt’s haud, The reptile, shoutd mention, escupod from its cage just bee fore castiug, bat, navlug taken refuze beoeath soie odds wnd ends ot timbaer near the museam, was recuptured without difficulty, wnd was then put In a cuge wbout fve feet squaro = Mr, W. W O'Brien and_the Dagger Story, To the Editor of The Tribuns. Cnicaco, Foby, 24.—1 notiee fu your lssue of Bavurday, the 22d fust., o telegram datca Jollet, 11, Feb, 21, entitled © Sharp Practice—A Trick by Which Blind Justico Was Cheated of Her Dues," in which, maong other things, it s staced that during the Jute triul of Louls Savio for murder In Jollet, 1 put Bavio upon the wit- nosa-stundl, and proved by him that the killlng was dono with admall pocket-knife, That, fm- mediately after’ tho Jury had rotired, Tdrow Demucratio Abuse of Tilden, New York Erpress (Dem.), Tilden's chances for a nomiuation aro too small to even compute. It is trge thut thero Is no proof of his having had apything whatever to do with corrupt wewottailons for buylng Electoral votes, but no testimony can ever completely destroy a susulclon whith fs only a little less futal than positive prool of his cun- nection with them, 1o was directly connected overy way, A pariubi dot buving been obtained, | a8 persoually inthioste whth the uen who one dullurds from my pocket o largo dirk, and prosented the | i was introduced, muzzled, fito the cago, the | wared fu these cnrrurl. transactions, and con- o ———C samy to ux-Sherl Guorgs Arnold, sud stared | muzzle buing then slipped. While eutering, the | tinued his personal aud triendly relutios long How llummln[-ulTrlh n:ny Be Rearod und | to hlm und others thut this was the fdentical | snake struck twiee ut the dogls hindquarters, | efterward, [ustead of surrounding bimselt amod. but without selzing it. The gog crept fnto o coruor und sat down. Two or three mure blows were then made by the snake, but, as belore, without gripping, und the dog was then seen to kuifo that klled Petroo Blanco; also, thut whilet I was arzuing the case to the jury upon the theory thut the klling was done with u with the ablest - men in the party, bie lenored the esistence cof all of them, und cousorted with a ses of nuprivcipled plotters and thimbld- Chumbers Journal. It was long thoueht thut humming-birds would not live_{n contluement; and tos lWdew 18 tlugers. Tiden’s rallway operativns, which 0 Jur correct thut, slthough rnll{ tamed, they | swmall pocket-knlfe, 1 had upou my person st | bave been struci by the tegth on the tors-quar- | bave bevn {nvestigated to soine extent fn the will not live loogr {u capuvity §f fed uu\y on |'the same thno the dirk that did the | ters, the punctures slightly bleeding. Forving | courts ou the charge of defranding the Govern. strup. J0confiued to this food they dlo 'in o | bloody deed. Now, alr, what could have succeeslye tmes the snake struck at the dox | meut, damsged hls roputston two badly for a second candldacy. The Democratic party canuot saddle itacll with w can- didato who by any trick of lecerdematn shufled off the obllrations to pav his taxes, Tilden's chronie cowardico, as shown by his conduct afrer tho election of 1870, destroya ail public conti- dence in his oxecuttve cnvacity. ~Ho hos de- atroyed what litt)o preatizo he had acquired ns a reform Governor by his triekery, his miscrablo ptotting uud shufling and pettiiogging, and his nblect cowardice. o represents no real issuo belore the country to-dav, 1le atands for noth- fng. He has vo.fold on the public conscienco or heart, no rrip on the real situation. Ho has no popularity in the party whose cause lie wrecked by stupldity mud timidity, and o blun- derlnz which wos almost a crime} and wero he renominnted It I8 8 question whather ha could carry a alngle State, 1Tla only claim to renoml- natlon Is the fuct that he was counted out 1n 1871, Hut it was so larzely his own fault that the Democratic porty {s under no obligations to de- feat itsci! for his vindication. Tildon Mustn't Abuse tho Eloctoral.Coriimis- alon Mensure, Viekabura (afisv.) Herald (Dem.). Mr. Tilden’s friends will commit a great, If nota fatal, mistake f they should make the abuse of the Electoral Commission a feature of his campaign. We speak of the measure,—~not of the conduct of the men who were charged with its execution. That mode of scttiine the grave diflicultics of the situation then pending, was really the outerowth of thie hizhest order of patriotiam In the Democratie party,—a tatel- otism which for the suke of peace, for the Inter cst of the whole country, for the honor of ro- publican instivutions, could forget fteelf, put aside the nllurements of victory, yicld the S eolgue of yantage to an adversary, and put falth fn bis onor amnd integrity. ‘The adoption of this measure, which wus ot the time op- planded by the whole country ns sagaclous, wise, and just, was In great part due to the moderation, steady nerves, und patriotie bear- ing of Soutbern men., It theso ore to Lo ns- salled by the frionds of Mr, Tilden for the EE“ they bere In that emerzency, we say 1t will be a great mistake, It s to the South that Mr, Ui« den must look for a ereat part of his sirength {n the cleetion, If not in the Convention, and §€ hie doesn't cars for [te’support in - the Intter ho may find {t wantlug if the former, The South will not tamuly submit.to see Its representa- tives unjustly maiigned for the purpose of mak- Ing polltical eapital” with_the Democrats of the Nurth, und we say to Mr, Tilden, thereforo, that it he expeets the support of the South he must eal] off lls dogs, BISMARCIE, D. T. A Nomaneo of tho Cuater Massacro—Took- Ing for Iloer Dead Lover—{icn. Russer on Windom’a Negro Behiome—A Word.of Ape proval—fegislutive Bknllduggery. Special Correspondence of The Tritne, Bismauck, D.T,, Feh. 18.—Col. euteen, of the Sevonth Cavalry, left the impression in his testimony In the Reno Inquiry that Dr. Lord and Licut. Sturgls, who wero with Custer, and whose bodies were not found, might be still alive ond with the Indians. Away down in Malne this ray of hope fell upon the heart of o young lady who 18 1o reulity but wot in name one o the widows of that futal dash for vindi- catlon. There was more In the Colonel’s words to her than he futended. For the fifteenth time she wrote to Blsmarck pitifully inquiring If there was any possible hove that Benteen’s intimation was {ounded upon fact. Ier frlend here apswered “No.” If Dr. Lord was allve il {n Sitting Bull’s camp the Canadlan mount- ed police would have found it out loug before this, Ma). Walsh, who is on the best pf terms with the bostlics, nnd is with them u great deal, hns made every cffort to discover a survivor, 180 I8 o great admirer of the dead Custer, nnd lis.personal feelings have beew heartily eolist- cid fn the vain search, All that he has found hos been one of the horses of the white-horse company. Dr. Lord may be alive, but it is ns unprobable as Jules Verne's clehtv-gay ttip around the worid. The lady in Matue, buwever, bus un totultlve bellof thiat bo is still aliys and she witl {et sce him, She repronches hereelf tor someJittle thing sho did, thinking i sent him off with Custer, and thut he was ludifferent 83 to the conseaue Licut,-Col. W. I’ Carlln, of the Eeventeenth Intantry, now traveling in Europe, will prob- ably he'given the duty of building Fort Asswune bolne, on Milk River. This post will bo the most (mportant one in a milltary view {u tho Depsruinent. Carlin 8 a cool, conservative, caleututnyg ofticer, and would be a zood 1nan to treat with Sitthyg Bull in any sense of the word, Gen, I L. Rosser, of Conlederato Cavalry fame, and, inBherldan's vxpressive phiruse, # Thy suvlor of the valley P (Shenandoah), takes' time to give his unqualified Indorsement of Senator Windum's negro colonization scheme. Hosser believes the mnegro is o good eftizen when properly treated, and that he will grow up. with & favorable country. ‘The General fs In charge of the eonstruction of the Missouri Divislon of the Northern Pacitie, west from Blamarcic, und {s willityr 1o encourage a few thongand of them 1o tak®up the piek and try railrond bullding. Ho belleves in the negrocsswarming, ‘Therearo too many In the old Southern hive, Lot them tind new fields. It would be a relief all round. Bismavek und the rival Iuterests. ucross the river are just now exened overn Territorial Leaisintion uce, slipped through at Yankton, extending the lionts of this county over Morton County on the west side of the Missonrl, Mor- ton with the comtug spring would bound to the Iront o8 the liveliest raliroad centre on he ling of the Northern Pachile. ‘Phe delegution fn the Territorial Legialating troms Bismarck stole n mureh on_youhr Moron, practically wiged out her local Government, nud tied her to Blsmarek. Morton fs nad througi,~versonal fnterests wore at the bottom of thu chicanory, Conzress witl be asked to mterfere and ounul the act. Tylng tho two Infereats together I8 Hkened to a Unlou of Chicngo and Milwaukeo or St. Paul and Minneapolls. OuTLOOK. STATE PRINTING AGAIN. HSume Obsorvations on ¢ Bugler Magle,” by Mr. Js € Snigg, of Springhichd, To the Editor of The Tribune. SrniNgrieLD, I, Feb, 22.—In your issuc of the 224 appeared 8 communication from ono James K. Magic, one of the present printing contractors, in which ho made a very feeblo and flimsy attempt to show that the printing inves- tization started by me had faited. Wil your kind indulgence, 1 will make some observations for the benefit ol this luminary who has turned himeelf looss upon thls subject, und for the tuformation of the public futerested, It this articlo of the *“bueler” of thess “ blacksmitns ¥ who are doing the publle print- Ing is remarkable for anything, b s fu not touching upon u ainelo point embraced in the preamble to my resolutlon, . «* Bueler " Macic's wholo article Is dovoted to the investigation nf the printing of the bills,—u very small awd Insigzalfieant. part of the work,” Ju flnds veltof fn the fact that, in the examination Into the facilities for doing the biil work, by a sub-committee of throe,—of which [ was one,~—it was discoverail that, by n mistake of the Clerk, the copv was not placed in the hands of the printer when the House ad- Journed for a few dnf‘n. ‘This part of the inves- tigation was demanded by the Ion, 8ol llop- Kins, of Cook, and 1ot by me. Let me wsk you, Mr, .\lnqlv. what that bas to do with- the chiarge in my preamnle, und of which the entire Com- mittee wns safisfled, that tho reports i paoi- phiets wero full of orrors, und the Work per formed i u most buacling manuer, Printer- Exoert 8mith, when hefore the Commnttee, stuted, In answer to my question, that the Ink used was o vory Inforlor quality,—worth nbout 15 cents per pound. Mr. Wobber, ane of the contractors, wheu he- fore thu Committee, and when usked the ques- tion, how mauny boys he hud working for im, at first rutused to unswer, and then sought shelter under the uvasive answer, Lhat he did not know! L will here mako the ‘statement that ltis u fuct, und 1 challenge Mr. Magto to contradice it, thut ho has but one man ¢mployed on the Stato work to whom he pays regular, Union wages, notwltnstanding it is only the small sum of $13 per week here. 1 wisn, olio, to say that [am Iu!urumd thut Stute-Printer-Expert Binith hus exprossed himsel! os belng greatly dissutlsfied wimk the execution umd performance of the work. Now as to the detay in the work, '"The law re- quires the Adjutant-Guuerul’s roport shall be urinted und published by the 1at of Octobers wid yet it was ot out “untll & few duys uzos and when the Adjutaut-tenersl wos asked, by a resolution of the House, the vause of the dulay, ho said the printers wers responsible, Auother inaianes fu_pomt:- When our Com- mitees visited the State Institutions at Jack- sonville, 1 demaded o copy of the report of the Tnstttutlon tor the Biind, uid was informed that it was atiil in thu hunds of the priuter, Now, Mr. Megle, you, muko the wild, re statument that this” fnvestization was a schemo by “sotie discontented and dlsappolnted spirits in und about surln‘;fluld 10 raiso a rumpus over the Btate printlng.'” | want to suyto you, Mr, Magle, that every word of that I8 fulse. ~'Tho de- wand for an Investigation und a chauge {o tho nanuner of dolng the' P‘m“c priutiug came from nearly every part of the State. Alter but 8 partiul fnyestigation, tho Printing T R T T T i T e T T i s R R P e =1 Committes wero wnanl, that the whalo system "\‘&‘:‘ W‘mg:‘nne st neal unanlmous waon another |)(r|n'l'“{‘l’ll‘|‘l':lr 5 un{l d"-h.h )M‘ ‘prcacnt contractora was fog) You say, Mr. Magle, that v P tind ot raceedded Tur et (i 1 MMites vinced that Snigg was n humbyg,! 1-.",'?.'{'“ K an oplnion of your awn, i e pmm,c,\h“ s o wonderful “mental efort of your u\vnll\m o and massive braft, [sunnoso g one i [i Hen :1'1:‘1. !’:ll’l.!zlllll‘;!;"fl:}.’!nl;l\.'."lhnl 1t 18 trug .‘n’Ri“i ! 18 that it 1o charga in the first’ part of iny preampre oL 10 20, *that, whereas, tho Btats printing o A% dune In n very fncorrect nwarking 1lmn mauner, and thio varlons State Keports patik ereors without number,” ete,, which 4’1“““' every printer not Interested in the worl;, L|'m° Citles of Byringflold and Chieaeo, ety o rintor in the State of Tllinols who hay eron ned the work turned out by theeg © 1yci: and *hlackmmiths," knows to be trucl St "(,omfl. now, Mr. Magie, there Is no yee Kleking under 1he covers,"—~tell the e why the work has been dong so paor] -D“x o that you were anbitions o become 1 it tractor, atid took the work s eheap t O were comnelled to employ buys and l"-m“rnu tent persuns, to tho fnjury ot Con s workmen. 1ie honest, Mir, Afm:le, utid adiy Tvx also, that tho work fs badly dono’ becauso 1o werg W bushwhineking " nrotnd the conntry o tendIng political meettngs, Instead of Mrl«: ik ng thedutes Tor which e Stato b s Magle, that you lay mistaka In the nmu'uw: vm’xunul, mav !:(mugu:xlr todrap It Fling awny ambition, for by tugt s, fell the unzels,—and how can State tractor exucet to win by (L] oD Slatuns. You ray, Mr. Maglo, that T fntrodye petition Into the Legislature, nskln::mlll:}ulm:in Canstitution on the aublect by abolished. 11 gmt that yon should iave lna(lerl,vuurcnormu& rul il his burdo Tor'i oy i e an really enjoy zood heulth while g it this ftucinuiion,” Y71 ¥ 8 Again, Mr. Magle, while you may th You have a large amount of wlsdon{ c:x‘:}c:m- fbout your persoit, you hava not suceecded yer, well In_your explanation of this printigg ues. tion. You have not touched the mnuerlnul-mi to be fnvestizated. Mv resotution had nat iy slightest referenco to the vill printing, 1t ey introduced long before o stnglo bill was rcm:' Tor priuthz. “The trith Is, Mr. Mawie, thay ofl and your “ea-tinkers ™ huve zot futo a very lag serape, nnd don't know how to et ont, ! This 18 the sccond one of these Stato “tink. ers” thut I invo answered on thits subject, and If* there are anv anore, let them come on, {1 therg are any more fellows who desire to become. the ntiorneys and chomplon the enuse of thess shnrks Who have been robblng honest tabor, 1ot them step to the foutlihts, wid they will havg an opportunity to have thelr airty corcasies alred, Respeetfully, ete., d. C. Sxiga, COLONIZATION SCHEME, Yartnorahip of Capial and Lnbor, Ta the Lditor of The Trivune, Cni10aao, Feb. 24, —As you have manifested on interest in the plan sugested by myself for the colonization of the Western Stutes and Ter rltorics and tho relfef of fdle fabor, 1wl to place before you a significant view of the matter as reluted to other countriea, particularly Great Britaln. - The general and very serfous deprese slon of Industry und commeree in England ls & plicnomenon that becomes moro startling and painful the moroe closely it Is examined, Tiis Lelfeved by the ableat observers there and fo tils country to bo no mere passing and tem. porary misfortune, but, on the coutrary, ono of such deep-sented eauses s to demand the imme- diato attentlon of the wisest men and the' adoption of radleal remedics, The poverty and suffering of the English laboring classes may for the moment Lo alleviated by public aid and by private beneflcence. But only fora tima, "I'he fudustrial disturbance has reached node- greo of abatement. It bas but just begun. [t arlses out of effects which Lime will not remors but only intensify. England has depended for many yecars on her commamd of the markets of the world for her mannfactures, and slio has now lost her most imuortant customer, the United States, and, worsc yet, findsonr manufacturers ier most dangerous rivals i ol other warkets. Sho s In the position of a mer- ¢hont who haa long controlled a lucrative trade, but who suddculy finds a younger, moro ener« getle rival disputing tho ground with greater capltal and better resources. She vannot go lote n new businesa; sho can compete with us ool at n constoutly fucrensing lossy the world b now been so thoroughly occupled that she cane not expeet to discover at once, or cven for maor yeurs to cuine, any now markets adequate to er uecessitics, Central Africannd New Guinea siona remam to bo developed, and neither promices a great demand for what clvilized nations make. Noug of theso distressing erreimstunces upoly to the Unlted States, ‘The vital difference netween our own condition und that of Enzland 3 In our possesslon of these vast quautitles of unvceu- oled lands. On these lands—covering maoy nnes the aren of Gteat Britaln, and capable of supporting much more than her entire populs- tion—umuny thousands of pcn[vle_ have souznt and found retuge from want during the dreary years sinee 1633, 'There has heen o co- stunt and continualy lucreasing draft 1o i frontier States nit to nevienituril life from our eitles und manufucturlng centres, Without this outtet, be it uuderstood, we would nut now be on the upward way to ronewed prosverityy but stognution would be coutinued hero slid deeper than eyer, Engtand has no such harbor of refuge for her unemploydd population, She is oyur-crowded witn idio artisans. ‘The family 18 too largo for the income. — Aud It her states men are wlse they must seo that emizration, und on u great scale, orizuntzed und eareled oub by public contributious. ts the only way te avert the great dungers they have reason lo fear, Nutfons ure but large faintlics, and whea the family nost {s over-filled the younger, wore aetlve, und resoluto must go out Into the worl 1o sevk thefr fortunes, And nappy 8 the faas ly i€ this cmberation bozius befors Tho pateroal nioans ary oo severely drainicd, 2o thiat some: thing mav atill remain for those who stas 8 ho What ! am saving, I know, \»!n be alx“ tremely unwelcome to Bugllshmen. They w! Fesent” the suggestion tirat thedr fsland cannu suppore its peogle, nud it is bighly probuble that_many tutile’ expedients Wil (nd l;;vTr among them before they ure foreed to pufiv hl‘ recognlze the facts, But fu {3 bevowd & questlon fn ratiopal minds - Hlut 'fl“ exodug mast soon bz fuucurateds llil must emlerats somwewhither, utd wh! portiun ot our planct oilers such splendid !lvp- portunities to them us the fertile plains ol‘g‘)llt countey{ 1 fusiat that he quyorm:jr .'d:' ernmieit to vhice withi e paw.s of |hilll’ uls, combined cud acting under a nationa ":I“ fer o3 a volublzatfon conipany, the ruflnmntlnl of urging uvon thy managers of lmm-fi:-.m ol roads it upon the Btates which see 'vgfm_ Tatlon to settls their arable tunds the mfi:‘lu‘lu ity of stteactiug to these Linds the ma s Who must presently seo thut their anly res s is emferation, 1f suvh o colonizathn m_l':l,u o ns I propose were cetabllzhed, wlt!. T‘l‘«-nnh o ernmental rights-und priviloges as woi »II i 1t to locate ti promlstiyg parts wd pnlnlw. ok working tools all who wish to cotilo "rr-‘unmur aibrond, as well as our own Jdio atd h_nn;‘\‘.“‘l i poptilace, we could soun not only nb Lossvey sullerings of England and other oyt rlenel conntrics, but also adid weuy uulliyfiflm weulth orour angual productfons. 1 Hmitless, ‘Fhere i3 no suet thing Ak wven thy Missisalpat Valley for tWo K to come. Tlus company conld, und doubtices W;‘fll\ll'x;‘; seod agents to Englwd to mak ».nu:nnl =) most thorough mauner the n.-mu;um‘ Jands; West:rn regglons; the cheapness of “ulo subt the easo und_certainty of nrumlyrl: e s and sistonce on thege lamlsj the advan :uh\fl(“i fucilitiva wo can offer tu_sctttement lnmw ol the tuducements wo can hold nul“l;l A somo cupitat—to the cluws entled fll oborers England—to bring hither capital und snglands and transfor thelr operations (mxlnm;" o] whers they are oppressed by exhorb] tan% sher und_decrensing proilts, to ths “[""r‘vvi):ml"-‘ they My becomo the owners of WESELEL g, nnd purane thelr callings with c‘?'.‘..‘g b less Taking Eugland as sbe s vw"m:'f‘cmuumlm degres flurmullynlm,(hls.\nuam[ fitsre? Company could; by persistent, tare ‘l‘ln‘l’l 1R offorl, turn o new streat of i o s, DU this country whicl woutd not oy e B uropesd catublish infilions of “our less fVuree brethren comfurt who Bow i&kl el only anxlety and want, Wo e aitery Bctlun to secaniptish suybhing kdoetncd uven for the rolic of Our OWB Pe lr. sl verlly belleya the only way we l.mn e propose, The Goveniment must x‘ ¢ soalle Cavital will grasp at a chiarter With ” faro imwunttics, Tardy logishution 1.r;r:|§=tl‘ th s crowding i rativod ed oup proeress, ul L ack st akton by tho farcluck. A8 U i Tion stands now, [ what dirt 0at Nt urned |’ It dopends upold each 12'-3»;'?‘,’-&;..“ nvareal, the BIost ’:_:f;xxlyv 2 o3 capital and lubor aro '"k"mmlu.\lflm‘“.’ rewards with us, It not indiTRILE 0 tlon we want 8o much Lo encpuras Houla convenlont uud saf of siforded the unwmuu ixm et comnunliics e 3 t‘x’flu;v“flm best work that xh’c luo\ur possibly Inaugurate at prcuu“.. W Rrcxs®