Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 21, 1879, Page 6

STATE AFFAIRS. Proceeiiings of the General " Asgembly at Spring- fleld. The Senate Debate on the Abolition of Normal Schools. Lobbyists Present in Iordes, and Making Thelr Money Count. The Bill to Settle for the Mt Carmel Cyclone Favor- ably Considered. Most of the Time in tho House Spent in Talk About Juries The Stock-Yards Committce Drivg In the Expceted Reports Reasons Why ‘tha TUnion Btook-Yards Bhonld Be Lot Alone, PROCEEDINGS. BENATE. Spectal Dispaich {o The Tyidune, 8rrivarienp, 111, March 20.—Goy. 8human occupled the Chalr in the Sennto this morninz. When reports from Standing Committees were called for, Senator White sent up the bt to regulate the charges on sleeplus and dlning cars, with nmendments by the Commitice on Municipalities, as follows: For upper Lerth, $1; lower berth, $1,50; section, $2.50; and state- room, 83. The Commiltee struck out of the bill atl reference to dining-cars, 80 It now umudl_ asabill torcgulato chorges on slecping-cars only. DRAINAGE. The Helect Committec on Dratnage, after con- sultation with the House Dralnage Committee, reported back the Senate bitl herctofore noticed, i struck ot of it all referance to lovies, thus Teaving it an act providing for farm, mine, aml almiiar drainage. They alao reported back the Mlouse bill kuown as Mathows' bill unchanged. It Inctodes provistons for levying, and they recommended thnt both pass. INSANITY, RTC, ‘The Appropriation Canitnlttee reporied In fa- vor of allowing the Centeal Tlospital for the Jnsane ot Jacksonville $110,000 per nnnum for urdinary expensc: $5,000 for renewing heatlng apparatuas $5,000 for purchase of thirty ncres of land; $8,000 fur ehops and enlie-ruom; $3,500 for o “olegery”; $3K0 fur enlarging ond furnishing amusement lally and other swounts ageregating sbout $10,000. Also, & bill makimr Nheral ap- propriations to the Deaf and Dum Asylum for barps, flrc-cscapes, wid boller. Tutal, about 212,000, And olso o bill providing for the Bouthern Norinal 8chool,—about $16,000. THE REVENUE COMMITTRER reported back the resolution of Senator Hamil- ton fn regard to appoluting a Joint Revenue Commission, with the recommendation that ft bo temporarily passeds At the suigestion of Scoator Hamllton, the resolution wus allowed to take the order of resolutions, aud thus Le subject to call at any time. TIE JUDICIARY COMMITTER then sent up ite rcports. The labors of this Committeo nre tmuch fucreased Ly the manner fu which bills aro often deawn, and which the Commiittee must at Jast put in proper form, Then come the new bills fu large numbers ond for all purposcs, # ‘The Feo nnd Salary bill then came nnas aspecial order, and was aguin postponed, it go- Ing over to Tuvsday next. ONDER OF BUSINESS. Then the Senate spent an hour lo the discus- slon of the order of business. Finally they set- tled on the rule (hat, bereafter, when the Senate ‘has commenced any order of buslucss, that order must be finlshed, uuless by vote the Scuate de- crees otherwise. Senator unt inslsts thut this rule will delay the cousideration of House bills nntil every Scnate bill has been flnally ucted on, the rule having the effect of deubllug up the Benate business overy day. NORMAL SCHOOLS, A number of bills were then taken up on see- ond rendIng and shoved along ouve step, but no specfnl interest attached to any one, until Sen- ato bill No, 104 came up. This proposes to abol- 'fsh the State Normal Schiools, It was first vro- posed to pass it, but Senator tamilton nrose nud said he was prepared to meet this questk now, s 1hereupon proceeded In o long spe 1o oppose this bill, and to advorate the conting once of the schools. o Inststed thatthe tax on the Btate to supoort these achools was fnconsli- ernble. ‘The eitizons of his county had contrib- uted $185,000 to the school at Normal, and tha benefits to the peovle and to the large number of youth that were educated there every yoar wai not to be measured by the fow dotlars which the Btate patd out fur its support. b Senutor Herdman opposed the whole system of cducatlon by these schools at publle expenso. Appropriations for them wers carried through anth Dtieklo-you-and-you-tickle-mo* Lxlnu. Mo was in favor of the bill . Senstor Bumilton sald hie could furnlsh the Benator with the nnmes of 930 persuns now teachiers in this 8tate who wers educated at Norinal, nnd fusisted that this was a sulllclent showlng for un fustitution tat only received $18,000 u year from the Btate, A BEAUTIFUL CASE o Y xamine," Bcnator Marritt opuosed the schools. They edueated fuuciful teachiers, whose new-fangleid notlonk scared the scholars of his section away, Ilis county supported its own schools, Senator lawitton (interrupting)—Does it pay for themni Benator Morriit—Yes, alr, Benator Hamilton—tacs 1t et $2,000 more from the Btate School-¥ than it pays int Benator Merritt—I am wind It does, Wo build ho achool-bousces, uuyhow, ad help support troht{'ormal Behoo!s besides, 1om fn favor o1 by bill, Banator Whiting eald hie nuat rulse his voleo against the blll, which he did, und sat down, ‘The roll befngg called on the question of or- dering the bill to & third reading, the voto stood 2110 21, and the Chalr stated that, in urder to give the bill falr trisl on its finel pussage, b would wye, 80 it went 1o » third roading, Adjourned, - - HOUSH, A larze nuinber of strangers ore in the city to-day louging uround the leglslative lubbies, ‘Fhieso men sro futercsted in varlous weasurcs pending tn the General Assembly, thoase relating to lusurance, Interest, ticket Ssealping,” and 1oilitia, aud the liquor-license laws, belng the . lmmedlate objects of attention, The lobby s nefther small nor fnactive, nnd it may bo sald that it is cffective, from the fact, upoarently well understood in a zertaln cirele, that o rather prominent metber of the House, whoso nume s known, pocketed $1,600 Just week us an ju- ducement to him 1o et up™ on n certuin measure which he was pressing, 1t Is credita- ble to the Asseinbly, however, thut the ring of thleves (s contlned to ubout five Sonators, aud uo murc than two ur three Represuntatives, ‘The bulance of the body 1s measurably honest, INBURANG . Tu a couversation with suine reputable fnaur- ance men of Chleago recently on the chnracter und complexibn of the pending Yewslation on that great futerest, thede geotlemen eulogized the outspuken sentiments of Tus Tmibung upon the subject of insurance legislation, con- demuing the mercensry motives of the ringste ol the Legisiature, who secmed to be impelled only by a desira to levy tributo upon theso wealthy corporations, und making the wost sweephyg yet denlte admisslons us Lo the demdnds wilch had been made upon thewm, They were asked to tulk, S We lave coucluded,” suld they, ¥ (o say Dothing **Then you put yourscives [o the attitude of admfiting Wit cortain wembers of the Luglala. tule are attewptivg w sob uud plunder you, and you have full possession of the facts, yet ttecline Lo expose them 1 ** That is our position,” ropiled they, CORMECTION, In the report of the debate on the Milita bill, published In The Tmnuns of vesterday, an - unintentional Ihjustics was dono Gen. Thomas, of Cook. Ie wuas reported ns making *a seathing speceh,’ denouncing In nmmneasured terms Uie element of Conymunian, which he believed dangerous, eruol, und wicked, 1n printing the_apecel the word **seattering was substituted for “scathing,' thus puttinga conatruction upon his remarks not warranted Uy the Incts. (ien, Thomas hins heen warmly congratulated for his unmistakable lauguage in denouneini Communiain nd demagogery. Col. Whiting, of Altons, and Capt, Iaymond, of Kewaunce, were fn Springflield yesterday looklng after the intercsts of the milith cude nud the Fourth Regiment 1, N, 4. NOADS, ‘The considerntion of the interminable Road Iaw was reanined this morniug, und occupled the greater portion of tho sesslon. Nwmeroua smendments wero presented to the various see- tions, all of which were finally got through llvuh, and the bill was ordered’to o third rend- i, Mr. Robinson's blll, No. 814, also relating to roads and bridges, was read at lurge, und or- dured to a third reading. d Mil. CARTER'S DILL, Mr. Carter, of Adams, has prepared a rather importaut measure, a synopsia of wiitch {8 wiven he%w. in relation to hlghiways nud the collec- tun of statlstics, The bl provides that the Board of Railroad and Warchouse Commission- ers shull be ex officlo State Hiphway Statisti- clans for the collection of statisties winl tn- formation relating to the improvement of Fuh- lle highways or vountry roads3 und that all Iligh- way and County Commissioners sholl report wunually to the Board the uumber of miles of rond vpened for public use within thelr respective erlmlcthl during the yvear, the number of miles of graveled, maeadamized, nnd plank roads, the cost of the same, amd the annual cost of repairss nlso, the quality, loca- tion, nud probadle cost per load of gravel and rock whlch could be ntilized for road purpascs; whether they have used rollors or tiling §n road- wmulklug, and 1f so, with whae resultss whether they have discovered aly feasiblo plan for work- ing our conmon solls, ot a comblnation of them, with or withous under-raliage, so ns to aumke oo roads, und whether the hest results have bueen seeured by the contract system or the lo. bor wnd overseer system in rosd-making. The bill ulso makes it the duty of every railroad company to furnish te the Board ali informa- tion, fn'its power to give concernlng the loca- tion, extent, und vrobable cost of all gravel {1 rock beds on the line of {ta road which 1 be used for birhway purposes; amd to fuenlsh o sehedule ol the lowest rates ot which such company would transport such matetfal for road-making, - The Board of Commissioners are required to inquire futo the expedlency of employing convler aud prison Iatior on publie roads aid in tie nanufacture ur rreparation of materlals therefor; to obtain In- formation from similar Boardyand oiher sources coneerning the best methods and laws relating o road-ionking: to complle and tabulate all such information, and huve the same printed fur distribution to the rond authorities of the counties and townships in ths State: to keep a vecord of thelr proceedings wind turn the sane over Lo thelr suceessors in ofliee, and to make an unnual report to the Governor In conncetion with thelr report on raflroads und warchouses, of their proceedings under the uet, the resulis of thele fnveatigations, and o detolled state- ment of wll moneys expended by them, which shall not execed 32,000 annually. The Board are not to be allowed any wdditional compensa- tion fur thetr services, aAS, On motton of Mr. Grauger, his Uil to regulate gas compunles wus taken trom the table und vlaeed I the ord=r of Hrst reading, RIOT-MONEY, ETC. Mr, Mitchell, from the Committcee on Appro- priatlons, reported baclks the bl providing for he pyment of $80,000 to the mititla for services durimg the riots, with the recommendation that it pass, Alsn, the Senate il renmbursing Wa- hasli County for danages ovensioned by the Mt, Carmel fornado, ‘Ihils bitl, if it pagses, es- tuablishes a veey questionable precedent, und snlght enable auy toeallty to call upon the Siate to ke approprlations “for dmnages oceualoned by uny visitation of U'rovidence, sueh, for in- stanee, us pavitg for the trees planted in the Chueago parks, wlhich have subsequently dled of ddrouht. 'This Commsttee ulso ueted favornbly wn_the bill 1o pay the expenees of the N nofs Consmtssioners ut tlie Purls Expoaltion. Also, the bill approprinthie money Lo pay the expenses eurred by the Cools County Appel- late Gourt, lncluding bed-roon furnitare. Also, to piy 1he uxpenses of the Second und Third Ap peilate Court Districts. MILITIA, Mr. Mack, Chalrinsn of the Milltary Commit- tee, reported favoralbly on the passawe of Mr. Weber's bill woending the military code by waking provision for disciplining members of the linols Nutfonal Guard. EIUCATION, My, Neal, Chatrman of the Committes on Ed- ncation, repurted favorably on Mr. Davis' biil creating u school-dlstrict slnking fumd, Also, Mr. Bisbee’s bl wmending See, 72 of e Schinol Also, Mr. Ityan's Dill author.z'nyg County rintendenta of Schonls to purchuse Linds ot mules un exeentions fssued on judgments in eriminal proceedings, Also, Mr,” S:roges' blil changing the pame of the Iimofs todusteial Uuhcnh)'. Also, Mr. Rogers' ulll to provide far the collection of statistics 1elating to the sauitary condition of the Stute. A LONG DEBATE ON JURIES. Mr, Collins ealled up Resolution 74, enabling three-fourths of the {ururn in civil cuses to render g verdiet, nnd_also wathorizing the trlat of civll cases betore Justices of the Penco by o Jury of less than twelve men, e made a brief nrzument in favor of the proposed amenduient Mr, Ewlie, of MeLean, olso spoke in favor of the resvlution, Mr, Bhaw thought the present jury system o relict of barburlsm. A8 at present vstablished onu uau, for corruot or other causes, Wos en- abled to thwart the course of justice, lle clted roveral enses which had comde under lis observntion to Hiusteate his arcument, Mr. Snlge, of Sangamon, rulsed A CONSTITUTIONAL OIJKCIION WHICH DID NOT AvELY, Mr. lalllduy made a errong speech, contend- ingg that the question shoutd ™ be submirted 1o o vots of the peonle, The Yrun L system was ponderous, winl oiten eansed expensive delays, Mr. Hartz opvosed the chiange, on tae eeannd tliat fL was departimg row ancient and well-es. tablished usue, Ar. Muson suoke in favor of the amendment, Delieving In the right ot the majority to rale, Mr. Spencer, of - Pulaski, was in favor of the proposud chunge fn the law, behieviys that it woulil meet with the approval of iy cunsti- tuents, Mr, Craoki er sald a jury teial was nnt perfect, el 4t /ling latedd beeause 6 stond ns n bul- wark between the people wnd corraption. The Juiy syatom had ordginated at o the whea the Deaple sought to defend themaelves from T QPPRESSION OF KINGS, il Abould now be muditied to sult 1he requlre- ments of the tues, He thought that the wpin- fon of seven out of twelve Jurors wers ns apt to b correct us the opinfon of the twelve, ind e wonld be more difieidt 1o sabsidlze them, Mr. Witson sald 1the Constitution of tne State wasl ntended to b its permunent oranie law, md should ot be chatized, A Jury Wus to pusd upou facts, and be belleved that w do »0 thelr apinlun should be unaninous, Mr, MeKinley spoko uralust’ the proposed chungce, statie that the Jury system had been termed a relle of human barburlsin, — Ho wisied we bl more sueh rellea. This wus an attack upon the jury systemn, and thut was what caused bim to hesitate in maklng the chamee, Mr, Disbee thought the fibea, i udopted, would prove & matter of cconomy, TWO STATKS, TEXAS AND NEVADA, dadopted tho plaw, and the testimony of emlnent lawyers was that it worked to perfees tlon, nnd no srgument could Inducs them to ree turn to the old system, Mr. Durfec sull thut under onr prosent Jury law ignorance was thu test of gualiticution, anil he thought it time that wide-oyed ntelllzence cama to the rescue. He believed the chunge should be mude, Mr. ‘Caylor, of Winbebago, did not think it his duty to votu for this yesolutlon, slmply be- Lango the enstum ol “the prosent Jary systetn was an ol one. Ho domanded evidencs that the. nunrlu wunied 1o voru upon this question, Mr. tlopkius thought this wus o watter in which all the people of thy State were juterests ed, und he thousht EOMELODY BESIDES LAWYENS ought to have sumething to suy ubout t. This faen was In keupligz with var lustitutlons, snd with the advanewd teilizence of e ueopie, It was sometimes slnoat (npossible to vt twetve intellfeent Jurors to act upon the (ues- Hons Lotore thei,” {nstances han often coms uuder his uhservation whers Jurors bud ey Lought, und thus cuused to Yeturn o verdict agminst rieht wnd justice, Mr. Bhicrtuan said e should oppose (e eso. LU b b eabd Wit Hhe Jury system was the Jaib jode of busba s, 10 s wore 80, then there wus suine koo cadee, It was be- cuuse It was the protection wi the poor suslinst the gich, the weak wguinst thae airony, the belpless ugalist thy wlghty, The peepiv bed puissd upon this THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, MARCH 21, i83~TWELVE PAGES; yery question In the Constitutlonal Conventlon, This verv amendment to the Bili of Rights had been proposed, disciiesed, nid voted down. It was not the duty of the General Assenbly to sentd this o 1he people for n vote SIMPLY DECAUSE IT WAS PROPOSED, Every member shonhd, by hia vole, expreas conaclentlous and mature convictions, The Jury system was imperfect, aind fnjustice was sometimus doge, Hut it must not be forgotten that, until padtio nrc'Jmucu. aml {gnorance were abolished, *fl'lcc lon was miattainable, ‘T'hie average man was nelther a philosopher nor a ralnt, nor would he ba I the verdict of nine wmen should decide eases, o was contented to take his stand by the right of trlal by jury, as heretofore enjoyed. Mr. tiarrison did not bellevo this measure was enleuluted to eradieate ALL THE EVILS OF HUMAN NATURR. He was not williug to submit this guestion to the people on the mera alleration it the fury systein was a system of corruption, sud that th aupintstration of justive was in danger, Mr. McFew sald ho belicved Vit this propored mensure wus n step towards higher enlighten. ment and a broader civilization. Mr, Carter, of Johnsun, moved the previons question, and, under the rules, Mr, Collins, of Cook, the author of the resn'ullon, closed thy debate. ‘The resolution, requiring n two-thirds vote, was lust by a yote of veas 7, nays 81, The House then adjonrned aL 4330 o'clock p, . to 0, m. to-morrow. CHESTRN, ‘Tlie House Committee on Anpropriations had under conslderation the bitl making fappropria- tions for the completion of the Soulhern Penl- tentiary, A sul-cummittes roported fu favpr of approprinting $253,00, which, in their j‘ml,:- nient, will carry the work to 2 degreo of for- wardneas sullicient to furnlsh accommodations to all the conviets thut will b sent thers within the vext year. This amount Is about §16,000 leas than the estimate for completion. No final actlon iwas takem ‘I'he sume Committee passed prably upon the blE to pay the Judgment of Cuurt of Clals In favor of J. V. Hlarts for 2801, ‘Iie Sennte Committea on Pepitentinries, of which Mr. Dement. fs Chnlrinan, held a meeting this afternoon, and regolved to reduce the de- and for the Cheater Prison_from $409,000 to 225,000 ‘e report of the Commnlttes on the Southern Prisou hus been prepared, and will be submitted for sygnuture to-morrow, STOCK-YARDS. THE CORPORATION COMMITTEE FINDS TIIAT A DOUHLE PIICE 1'OIt (ORN 18 ALL NIGHT. Spectal Dispatch 1o The Tribune, Semisoriznp, Iil, March 20,—~The Senato Committee on Corporatlons, of whieh Senutor Fosulck is Chalrman, have agreed on the follow- ing report concerning the proposed Stock-Yards tewistation: Your Committec on Corporatione, (o whom were roforeed two iile and one resolution relating to the manavement of charucs at the stuck-yurds of this State, beg teave to raport that they have piven 1o the subject mutter tneir, of whatseemed to them 1o be, all needful cuneideration; that they have given full ol)yurlmllly 10 all persons dusteing to make complnint, to prefer charges, and to prodnce testimony m and to come bufore them, anmd for thls purpuse have con- tnued the hesslog from tim to time, at tho requost of thuse by whom the carges wora' pre red, untll chey were notiiled that uo furthier cling woulil be made or evidence produced ; that the o complaiuta or charged profeerad were those relntlug 1o prices eharued for feed and yardage, nnd for the munner of dispusing of dead hous, It appeareid from tue evldence produced that thie charges nt tho Stock-Yurds ut Eust St. Louls util Chicago were, fr " yardage, 25 conts per head for curtle and “wules, nnd 8 cents per heat for hozs and sheep. This clarge for yardave, however, related only to stock soll” at tho sards, 'Where stock passos through the yards without belne sold thorein, or tukel ont of the yurds ang suld clscwhere, 10 chiorge whatever in nude for vardage, “The prices for feed were: for timothy hay § wer hundred; for prairie hny niy rer Bundred: aud for corn 80 cunts per bushel. Lvidence was produced on tho part’ of those proferring these cliargea taut corn could bought outside of the yards and on State strect, in the Clty of Chicauo, of dealers in feed, rou 40 CENTS PRR DUSNEL, and timothy huy at 0 cents per 100, and the prarie hay at 50 conta per 100, It also appoared that the ntount of feed furnished ot enid yords y ot the diseretion of the saipper or owner, 'The umitul smount is 100 ponnds of hay to a car-load of cattle avoraging eighteen head, uhd two busl corn to the cur-load of houn, averaging flity-fivo or #ixty to the cor-lond; that many whippers watered thele stock, and sold thu samo withont faed ot all, I which cane thy Company collects yardago on) Al tho witnesses agrce-~In fact, {he textimo, throughout I8 uniform—to the ctfect that the ealil stock-yard compunles made but two charges against the shivper, lo-wit, for yurdage und fucd, THESH CHARGES not only cover: tho cost of feed firntahed and the ee of the yards, bt include also tho transportus tlon of waid wiock over. the Company's ralleond track, of whicn the Chieago yards have from forty. five Lo (fty miles, the expcuse of handling the ock, the rusponsibllity of guarding the ne zhe and day, and feeding, watering, and wefeh- ing the kame, clenning tha yards and” pens, Inte exton the capital thveated, uf which the amount 1s very large, and nll other expenses {ncurrod and conventences farnislied In connectlon with the recefpt, handling, and salo of the eamoj that for this purpode the Chicago Company hay nt Ity yords una appurtenances connected thore- with abont 500 employes: that water for the use of the stock la procurad by steam-power from the artesiun welld, sunk to a depth of 2530 fout, furniening stnll thned waterof even tomperaturo and of o guulity niosl desirablo for siock purposes; and, furthor, that catile on sn average would o forty pounds of thix water eucl ajter eating o snmll “ynanuty of bay, whicn woulil increase ther welght to that oxtent, and tpon waich the owner would realiza mora 'that sullicient to dotray all the charges of the Stock-Yaras Company for fecn und yurdaye, Tho prices charged ot a” very Inrgy nwhber of STOCK-YARDM OUTSIDE OF THE 1LILINOIS wora produced in evidence before your Committee, and it appeared from this evidence lnat, exchtding feeding statlons, they varled from to 43 cents per hiendt for yarduge on cuttle, and for hay from 51,225 to 1060 per hundred, awd for corn fro:n B0 conts to 32,30 por hushel, betug larzely In excess of thu chiargon mude by the stock.yard com- w fes of this Biate, From the evldoned produced clura your Committes, tney ure of opmion tinat the stockeyaras dolng business in tho Stute of 1linols furnish yardage nccommodations, cof venfences fur hundllug, and caring for the uxposi- tion and walo of livo stock ot cheaper ratus, in proportion o the advantages ailforded, than are found elsowhere outside of tnla’ State. Auy lnw regarding stock-ynrds must bo general in ite “cliaracter, and aflect” tho slock-yards in the State nllkes uud it sppesred, fron the evidence, that the uricos charged ut the Stock- 6 ut Enut 1, Louis nre tho e o4 thowo Unlun dtuek- Yards at Chicago, and (8 Yaorda ut Eost 8t, Lonls huve NOT BEEN ABLE T0 AY ANY DIVIDEND, or mado any return (0 Its stuckholders, sinco ita orgnnization ubon the moneys invested theroin, whitch would seens 10 by the strongest possiblo evi- descey 17 not conclusive, st the charges mudo aro not exceasive. Aud It furthor appears that the Union Stock-Yards of Chlcags hae no tuterest dn the handlinz of or tha traflic m dexd polmals, I re e o fucome from thew, und no charges ar de ihereon, Lot the pamo aro dlapoaed of i acearaunce with the re Tantuns ot tha Boaed ol Health of (s City of Chi enge, whicn have Jurisdiction over theso yardy, and alko 1 uccontance Wit The. ordiaices of s own of Lake, I whica the yards are sitnuted, A viuintion of G wrstnacee “Woald subject the Campairy 10 a flae of $200 for eacl oifense, and spdy eguadly 1o al) deand anitals fomd within tho Ditts of sud city or town, Dug regiard for the IIuE odith wid 30 preveot tae inlumun practices of putiing the diviesl g nnwholesale meat of thiesy dead aulints o the marscts a foud wonid aeoi suilclent roseen why the reenlations nuw oxmsting under e corporsty uwithoritics of thy City of Clieago und the ‘Fown of Lake BHOULD NOF BB INTERPERED WITIL, Und tho Leglsiuture lmnmrllfi to du s, it 1 elearly u power Lt shoulil not e exercimed, It did ot sppenr from the evldence produced, yot your Comunittea nre broed und beneve, that” 1 he nuighuoring State of Indiano, Jenlons of tha vl coumeece 1 hive stuek creatod i the State of Lilislos by the orgunlzation and maintenance of thewe stock-yarile, the City of Undiananoliv, with u vlew toenpulusucheommercoand todivort the live. #uck tragu from thnols into Indiang, donated $500,000 to thy Siuck-Yard pany of it city, 10 enable that Company to by and mamtin support thereof, STATH OF [ yurds for thy puFpuss Of IVIBIE trado (0 that Btate, Notwilhwlanding thes charges, wa tind thut the cuaries of tho atockeyards uy [udlawnpoliv, ineluditg charsvs (OF transpurIRLNGG ¥Lock fran the ratrond 2a¢id owaed by the Iv.u-l. ure u high us, 1t not in o excess of, 1o chanes nade ul the stockeyurdd In Uis Stute, . In view of TUE LARGE TRAPPIC that thewe atockyords have creatod and callod into 1L uppesring I evidenco, beforg our Comuiltive tnat at the Unlon Btuck-Yirds at Chicago threu-fourilis of i stock came from ponite withaut the Etate, —it would seom wnwise to ndulre n uny Jedishulon winen wouhl buir ueefidneads (i on of prie Hie ) i L 81, | fuevitatity drive toe Company inlo bani trunviee Uhe iteess 1w cuncentrats Jutdd uceods tho rver dnto tie Blute ol Moo reduction proposed 1n the LIk pry Tore your Cownniites would, 1 diki reatly pate tho wsulutuess of (he Stucl Chteavo, a0 i dal pot compel the owners uud managers thereof (o close them and trans fur tha bingiess wito the Stats of Indiang, woere wuch enterorbies seen o by poprecisted ut their teug value, Such resticlions woold nuceasurlly yenuire u tcduction of e help vinbloyed, 0 N eusuty for the prosmpt lanaliizg of the wock, sud conventeuces tarnishied, ana uil uther fucihiles Wiieli would utnerwlau Increass and contiiig 1o vula the iveeaiock teaio o1 thy Kate, ‘Fhese Bluex: Yonle, uy 18 accurs 10 3olF Co ) hove e bnund 0F coue wrating the goeat live- ousluces of tho Weal, aid fusw yords, ut cago eapenially, have seviitiod ju creatlig TUE LAKOESF WIUCK-MAUKET IN TUB WORLD, “Whle uiarlit 14 OF Bawousy valuw fu thy agsicul Mivsouri, ceilul tural Intercets of thia Stato. nnd adda largely to the value of cvery hend of stock ralsed by tho farmors of Hiinots, astids from tho Ineye mimount of wealth necossarily brought mta and created fn the State, by tho fact that the great callle-trae uf the Nurtineest 14 bound (o come here for A macket, Yonr Committeo herewith teturn such written and printod evinenco ny wia produced bo« fore them, and would report that the complaints of exceaslva and exorhitant chaeges have nol beeny maintained: ond that, teking into conslderatinn the cn‘fllnl invested, the conveniences furnished, the help emploged, 'the expenses Incurred, upon the two charges mnde for yardage amil feed, we do 1ot conalder these clinrges to br unreasonable, and fecommend that the aaid oills and resolution, Which nre herowith returned, bo Jald npon the table, and that no legetation npon the rate of cl;{\nfrfiesbl had upon the eubject of ‘stock-yards at siime, DRAINAGE, COMMENTS UION THE WO DILL. Ta the Editor of The Tribune, Cnicaao, I, March 20.—1 huve read with much interest the Dratnagoe Jaw In your lasue of yesterday which has been passed upon by the House Comtnlttee of the Whola to a third read- njs—March 20,—and it reens to me there are mauy scctions in it which will be found to be impracticable and therefore useless; Lut, firat, let mo say there Is 5o much wachinery nbout ft, 20 to speak, that it witl bo very cumbersume, &s well as expensive, to parties futerested, so much 20 that when cours charges, attorneya! fees (for they arcindispenaable nt atimost every stevin the entire bill), jurors’ fees, Commisaloners? fovs, ad- vegtislug, ste., are added,the expense of makingu very considerablo diteh Is expended in costs and churges before the ditch itself s reached. Why can wo not have a Dratnuge Jaw that any vral- nary good business-man can loltow out aud comply with on busincss piuciplesi Why should twelve men bo Impaneied a8 a jury for nssessing! damages, when itive or seven men would do thesama work better and at ahout oue-half theexpensed I fear If this law 18 passed we abnll have a large list of Drainage Commisstoners all over the 8tate supported In oftice at the expenso of he tnxpayers, like the Yark Commissloners in Cook County, ‘Ihe three rincipal objects sought after n this or any other Dratnage Tay shouhd be for agriculs tural, sanitary, or mintng purposes. Now, If o ewamp or pond in a nelrhborbood fs breeding diseast il sfekness, but happeus to be more apparent i two or three familics, they bave no reuedy under this law unless they can get o mojority of all the ontiguous land-owners to Jotu In ihe petition, Tt seems 1o me, therefore, when dralnage fa needed, ou sanitary grounds, und I3 8o adjurdized by the Dratunize Commis- sloners or IMgliway Cotmsssioners, as the casy may be, sich work should be done, even upon the petition of one resident land-owner, wd palll for by nll who are benefited in_n - sanitary rolut of” view. 1 sec no such provision n - the present bill, Also, by Ll bill a nlso uotlee the Comsmissfoners are authorized to pay out of assess- ments expenses of litization, etc. ‘Ibo facili- tles for appeal and delay are o complete under the provisions of this Il thai one obstinate man 1n 3 neighborhvod cannot only delay nnd hinder a work, but compel the Commtssioners to cxpend the asscssments in fieiting bim av law, 1 also fafl touotles any provision to in- demnify parties who prior to this act have par- tially completed ditches, I1, under_this low, such ditehes are used, or only completed, such parties should be credited wivn the present val- uo uf the exlsting diteh, If any, in o new usacas- ment. Upon the whole, the lmw has many good features In Ity but needs to be stinplilled “und tade inuch fess expensivo and Jess liablo to de- luya by litlzation and otherwlse; nlso, to vur{ carchitly detlne and guard the dutlos and privl- fewes of the Draloage Commissioucers. Yours traly, 1. C Ly, UNAUTIIORIZED, WO 13 GOING TO PAY TIIA MONRY } dpectal Dispatch to The Tribune. Srnivaricey, L1, March 20.~The statement ot the traveling expenses of the Jollet Peul- tentinry Commissioners since 1871, furnished fy response to n louse resolution recently ndopt- ed, hns come to hand to-day, and will be sub- mitted to the flouse to-morrow. This state- nent shows that theazarerate expenses amount to $10,205.88, This statement gives'the names of the Commlssioners who have served sinco July 1, 1871, the number of months each has served, the total amount recelved by each for traveling exoenscs, and the average por mouth of such charges, ns follows: . Expentes, 125, ) o Average, Jolin Ttaed, #3% monthis:. ¥ i H, (2 Caspar Butz, same tne. ., 1100 Richard Rowett, 22 montay N4 Theadore Canivlie, 1815 mih's £, o1, Lune, samo fini Wham, 11 months, W. M. Taylor, . D. Nolemen, 2 Deluney, 2043 montl M. JJones, same time, Total. L0, 2005, 88 ‘This expenditure has been made without the shadow or vestive of Inw. "I'he act authorlzing the pavmeut was repenled elght years ngo, us publlshed in Tue TiUNE o week aro, How the disbursement cat by justified remaios to bo seen, TENNESSTE. A DEDBT-COMPROMISE IROPOSITION, Nasuviuug, Toon,, March 20,—Gov, Marks sent to the Lerlslaturo to-dny o messawe with o communieation from the rallronds of the State proposing to abundon all claims to charter ox- emptions from taxation, and to submit to such un ngsessment.on the property ns will contrit- ute from $80,000 to £100,000 per annum on 8 tax of 40 ceuts on the hun- dred dollars, Mo safd It was n move in the right direction, ana {t remuined with the Leglslaturo to determine whuther 6 would mect the raflroads on that basts, Rallroads ana taxpayers could unite npon n comwmon ground, nud » satisfuctory scttiement would follow, 1o suggested thut the Leglslaturo first determino the mensure of the tax, and it was willing to levy und let the detalls of tho settlement follow, As the people in convention had declared thelr willingeness il - abiMiy to sulinit to o tux of 40 cents, e supposed they would rality the scitlemens upon that basie, Whlle the subject remalned unsettied it would continue to be a fraitful -source of dis- trgetion and expense to the:State, and 1t {n thelr power to voach o just settlement b pres- cnt it ought to be done. Any settlement they mlght ng upon would liave hls coneur- runee, wiieh would not require n preater rate of tax than 40 cums, which did not make eounons recelvable for taxes, und which provided for the submission of the settlement to bu adonted to the peoplo fur thelr ratitieation or rejectlon at the bullot-box, ‘Uhe messago led to u conterence of 8enators ufu;v‘m.llur lews to-dny, resultiyz Inoa com- promise bill to fund atlifty cents on the dollar, 1he bonds to run thirty years with Interest uz 4 per cent the flvst. lfteen” yeurs minl 5 per eent thserentter, one-thied of thie honds to be lssucd fu the denominational slze of 83 to $100. INDIANA UERRYMANDERIN Bueclul Dispatch to The Tridune. INnraNAvonts, Ind,, March 20.—The Senato this moratug pussed the Congressional Appor. tlonment bl ax prepared to sult Mr. Davis, the atutesmun from Vermilllon County, It was then taken to the Ilouse, the amendment con. curred fn, und [t now uwults only the Governor's shznatitre to becomo u law, g ‘Thete Is only one distelet b which the Repub- Heans have - mnjority over all, while there aro seven lu which the Demacrats have o clear wa- Jority efther upon the vote of 1878 or 18i0. Under favorably eireumstances, four districts wmay be carried for the Republica: s, but oniy Wit three candlisates in the tfeld, 1 the Des ocruts nud Natlonula combine, us 1 urrunge- ent of dlstricts would Indlvats 18 thefr vurpose, 1] Republicaus have ouly the old burne UL WO rthwestern DIstrict thero are 5,000 amd Duvls district, the ane adjoluing ot tie sunth, contuing 9,000 Democrats,, The bitl passed by the 1louse wus mueh better for the Republicaus, for under the provisions of ‘Inlut.llct. they had ugood chance fur four dis- ricts, . —e— A Surprise Figure, A New York lady who was pussing the winter fu Flurence, recoutly wave w gramd ball which was attunded by o very laree und dlstingulshed company, A surprisé tleuro in the cotilun ex- ehted anuch sensation by ita novelty, A lari treu was Lroushi fu, from which ‘wero g paper buskets, tat on bolug pulled divided futo halves il yave esiage Lo nunibers ot lile Linds that flew wbout e ball-reom untll fet out of the wiuduw or rescued hy sumo fair baud to Lo taken home and cared for, e —— e 14 your life worlls 23 conte? If ILis donot neglect Acunghor cold. Use De, Bull's cougin eveuu ab vieo 4od bo cured by thet nover-falllog rewudy, NORTHERN PACIFIC. Railronding Over Ice and Through a River of Water on the Upper Missouri. Incldents ab the Dirth of the New Town, Mon- dar, Opposite Mismarek-nlien, Rosser’s fiallantry. Spreelal Corresnondence of The Tribune, Brastanck, Dak, Ter,, March 15.—~Tuesday af- ternoun the last trafn passed over the track on the lee. On Sunday trains were run across with afoot of water on the track, Sundny night o trafn loaded with Iron was shot down the ro- verseeurve Into the water, across the main chan- nely aml through the overflow, touchlng the saud-bar, It wasn WILD AND SUGORSTIVE RIDI One skeptie on boord remnrked that he felt better when the traln ronched the opposite shore, ‘Fhe brakeman, who seanned closely the effect upon the 1ce, comforted himself with the observatton that & rallrond man took his life in his hund whethier on land or on water, During Sunday there was o general thaw, with hundreds of streams running into the riv- ers, ‘I'ie impression was, 1hiat the fee had sul- fered severelyy und that raftroading after Sun- day was at the perll of all cancerned, Monday the conditions were less favorable, and on ‘Tuesduy the risk had inereascd to a point where Chief-Engineer Rosaer thought discretfon loft off und recklessness began. THREX MUNDRED LOADED CARS had been transferred einco lust Thursday, and the General walted for a traln due at 4 o'clock, That tratn over, and the work of taking up the fron and ties would begin, The traln came, nnd the transfer was succeesfully made, The water was: now four\ feet deep on the fee, and there were great cakes of float- i fee on the eurface, Locomotives dld not run thirough the stream on the west slde, From this shore n locomuotlve pushed the train vigor- ously through the nurrow stralt of water, aud gave it suflivlent momemtum to ferry it over the smull river on the west. An wneine wonld then hitel on sd sunke the train out on dry Tund. 1t was an unprecedented sight, A TRAIN SMASHING ICE and splashing water, kiding the wheels from Viow, was an exporlence In eallroadimg orfeinal aml exclthyg, ‘The cab of the last locumotlve was flovded, and the track visibly lowered, ca- reening the engine, It was the last passape, Another one might have been disnstrous, ‘Tueaday evening, und fong tnto the mzht, Geh. Rosser aid bls men wrestlod with the fron i the water, A storm eame up und {oterrupted the work for several hours, Al the rails were fshed out cxcept a very few. 'The ties were mathered up, and the Missour! Division management came out ahead, dolying the clements and conquerity all obrirdetionsts, ‘Thera wers 533 cars trausfereed, The fron for the first twency-tive miles, 2,500 tons, was all cavrled over, except four curs thut arrived too Jate. The [ull quota of ties Is to come, ‘Ihe rullrond-steambont witl luive to caery them over, MANDAN, On Monday Gen. Rosser, under anthority from Vice-Presldent Stark, Chafrman of the Northern Pacitle Lamd Connmittee, bewan to fssue permits to bersons desiring to buy and occupy lots In Mandan. This move brought order to the front, nnd stopped the jumpers and ull others wlio were Chuclined to Jwmnp, Improvements were cominenced nt once, il the permits were necepted u8 Lehys s zood ns the Company's bond. The tuwn hus beeu given a resular gind peaceable send-oil, 1n o month or two {he lots will be sold,—the Company taking up the per- mits und 1ssulug to the holders u bond or decd, upon the payment of a smull amount down, TOWSN-RIOTERS, The occupatfon of Mandan was not accom- plished wiiliout fts fucidents. The jumpers were atroad, and they undertook to take pos- sessfon of the Ruilruad Coupuny’s town-site with rifles. “Tiey ordered ofl the Company's arorkmen, and threatened a flery time it (he order was pot aheyed. There was a semi-sure rauder until Gen. Rosserarrived from Bismarck, and sharply coommunded the rioters to disperse. ITo wns uiarmed; but the Genoral's gallant nt- titude was caunfly cifective, ilu told his men to keop un work and delleately fnformed the rulders that they didn’s dure to shoot, One of the latter remarked that the tenoral would lave to walk over his dead budy before the Company ot his lot. Rosser snceriugly re- plied thnt he bad | walked over muny nearenss i bis time, The jumpers saw they st shoot or rutire. They” rottred. Rosser’s actlon ou that oceaglon, and another, when o moved somo bulldings Into the street, vstab- Hshed the Company’s rights to their owa lands, Mumdnn 18 set down a3 the Omaba of the Upper Misgourl, It will be the bass of sunnlies dur- fug the building of the Norihern Pacille 1o the Yellowatono, How mucel: lonzer, Is hard to teli, QurLOOK, ————— NORTHWESTERN TRADE. Chlengo Feollug the Lffact of n Hopeful Prowpeet of Farming Industrios—Iuyers Taking Advautoge of Good Means of Communicatlon—=A Large Trade Autiel- putod, Correcuondence New York Tines. . Citoaao, Mureh 18.~The merchants of this city unquestionably feel unusually satisfled with the condition of the branches of trade In which they are directly interested. For slx months good weather hos given au fmpetus to busl- ness, wnd now, with the ooenlng of spring, the indications are promising for u volume of trade far in exvess of that which has been transacted sluco the close thnes of 1878, Last yuar the disagreeablo weather proved an almost Insurmountable barrler, renaering the highways of the West and Northwest fairly impassable, and thus preventing the movemont of produce und-the exchange of mereautile commoditics, Now the rouds are hard nud smooth, and, ns o result, encouraging reports only are heard from thoss who supply the Western portion of the Unlun with the multitudinous ortieles thut en- ter into the trade of this region, Cloro fnquiries of those wlhio are most nearly related Lo the farming interest, s wall ns care- tul porusal of thad portion of the press which makes a speclalty of husbandry, show that the outlook In this direetlon is most nopeful. Last year there were certaln drawbacks and a conse- quent fulllug oft 1a the productivencas of crops 1 that region whieh les in Sonthern Minnesoty awl Northern Towa, uid which was eatised by hurtleanes, which *lodged® the wheat, anid subsequent hol wealher which shriveled he kernels white $in the niibk,™ 50 that In wany inatances no attemnot was madv to barvest, ‘o damnze 1o the soring-wheat cron in the two States unmed & eatmated nt 25,000,000 bushels, althoush it 18 hardly probable that it reached that tieure, But this wos the enly drawback which agriculturo recetved fn the West, unil when 1t Is consldered that the incronse of acreazo of springewheat was over 4.000,000 fn the country fn 1878, L .muy b2 seen ot o glanes thnt 'what Southern Min- nerota and Nordiern fown may have Jost was amply compensated by increased ylelda else- where, Letlers fron farers ln many pogtions ol the West ad Northwese hring tlon that 1he apnarent totentlon ereatly ineroased prrcon of aereagu Lver that Of 1878, which was unprecedentedly lrge, New Tond 43 Dotz brokeen I mauy States, and ale ready seedlive has Lecen fn some of the wheat Wistriets of Mlnnesota, Aunother thing lending securlty to the conal- ton of tride 15 the Tuet thaut the far West 1a teeming with a 1ife [t nover befors kuew, From i hieh reglons of the mountuing down to vhe fertilo vallevs mid the plalns there aro evilences of increaxed netivity, —The thle of emleraton s mweoping over Nebeoska und Kansus aud Dae kotn, and the ontive trans-Missonrl country is receiving sn intlex whleh leaves its murk on the commerciul festures of Chieago; for this swellg of the population direct- Iy affcty the Tawsd ut HUD- wiy and demund, Tlio lve-stock business of the Weat Is i exvellent conition, wind, with the es cepddon of hs, s been flrly remunerative o the peodueer, Su tur ns the hog factor of the husiness of this city 8 coneevoed, Clileago haa fured well, havims packed during (e pnat vear AUWNUTL amwnly, wmd the shipments of hog products were 316,800 barrels of pork, $1412L | +3 pounds of kard, and T44209,374 pounds of weabs, Thy packers report it the prospects uro wondertully good fur au fucrease over' this redutt durang vue current year, Tl wholeaule trade ot Chicago may ba sald to b excellent conditfon, 1n” the mojunty of Ttnes, the sprag trade {5 now openliz, and the Teadui tmerchunts state most empiativally that they huve nuy been so houoiul sce 1670 us thiey orual present, lo the ansttur of dry roods, the three - great howses of thu ~ Wesl— Field, Lelter & Co, J, V. Furwell & Cor, and Carson, Pirle, Bcutt & Co.—siate that thy volume of busigess thia yesr s cune siderably fu excass of Liat o laet vear, sud tho featuros which characteriZo the trade are all of a very encournging sort, They eav thev are scllinie more wouds, aul will renlize from 30 to 40 lmr cent larger eafes In the naaregate than last year, “The favorabie awd” cold winter enabled conntry aerchants to ran thelr stocks unnaually low, il now thes are baylng heavily o make up the defletenc While the grocery trade may be satd to have no reeular season, it does tot” altoguiher lack svmpathy with other branches, , Conversing with the heads of five of the most Important honses I Chleago, the Times correspondent (Inds tho aprirye outlovk to bo mmuumihln and quite satisfactory. 'he grocery trade finds un dncreasing demand arising” fn the fars away Territorles, The manufacturlug of boots and shocs fs carrled on to a great ex- tent in this city. Tho bulk of sales fs larger than durlng nny previous season, yut the money valng §s Weto, if ang, reater, owing to the de- ¢line of aboue 10 per cent in prives. The ten- deney of country tnerchants 13 to purchase eheaper waods thiun hevetofore, Tn millinery the trado 8 well advaneed, and also i the lat wwl cap business. There are evil- dences of ,recuperation {n the fron trade. Munufaeturing lus taken somewhat of a forward shoot, and yet the retall trade §s weals, and wholesalo dealers are compelled to advance eautlously, Deulers say they anticlpste n good Iueiness,” The manufacture” of machlnery hos talten & wondertully long stride here this sca. son, the demaud from the mining reglons of the West belng simply enormous. The manu- facturers of ~ thess nrtleles nud steam- engiues aro *nusually elated, As for wool, the marlet 18 firm, the demand cneonraging, and thu larger class of mills to the West huve been runming alt winter, Manufacturers prediet thnt this will soon become the largest wool-morket in the world, Many of the hurdware deaders re- port sales as fully H0 per cent areater than thuse of Inst year. The article having the preatest demuid just now is fenceswire., Ligtiors, to- baceo and cigars, drugs, jewelry, muslcnl in- sirmments, furniture, crockery, tinware, and stoves may all be sald to be enjuying a more than customarily fair trade, . It §s not olong upon the amount of bualncss that the mierchants are transucting that they bnso thefr favorable reports, 1t is reported in all branches of business that colleetions are un- usunlly good, Wholusale dealers sud manutac- turera” wny that thelr customers puy nore promptly than they have for several years, nied this zives them every reason to belleve that the present fnerense hi buslness will prove to be Tounded ou o'substantial basa, ‘A CELESTIAL PUZZLE. Whore, O Whore, Aro the Chinoso Chil- dron?—Search In Guthnmn for a Mongolian Baby Qirl, New York Herald, There ore sald to be 1,600 Chineso in this clty, and a laundryman of that nativnality residing in Harleny {8 represcuted 08 clalming that there are no less than 8,000 of his peovle Hying hure. But hels without doubt wrong in hits reckoning, Somo assert that the number is less than 1,000, 1lowever that may be, the reeent discussion of the Autl-Chincse bill has stiown that the discl ples of Confucius do not want for friends in New York, Merchants aml clereymen have ullke clalned for them any quantlty of good polnts, They have been put forward as o hard- working, frigal; and harmless people, with n love of learniug and o deslre to be Daptlzcd. But when pour John i3 hooted by hoodlums and despised by the great mags of those with whom he mixes, what vetter, 1t is asked, could hedo than leave his wife at lome, make mouney here, and then re- turn to his native land? And that is what he does. O all the Chinese here low many are of the gentler sex? ilas o Chinese woman ever Deen seen in the cityt Aud, It 8o, whero ara the Chinese children? ‘The following letter wus recefved a fow days since at the Hera'd oflice: 2o the Editor of the Herald: Ton't you think it would b an’ interesting topic, now that the Chineso question s beinz discassed so much, to poiut: out what the *‘married " Chincso of ils city do with their femnle children? Thare ar hubdreda of Chiveso boys, oltsurings of Chinese nnd Irlsh parents, but—ns far us I kuow and sove eral mbssionaries with wnom I have conversod— there ls not one Chiness giel in New York uom, E V. R ‘Thi3 lotter futimates threo things: First, that there aro marrded Cninese in this city; sccond, that they have numerous male offsprivg; third, that they do away whh thele cirls, In what way—by eule or by fufantlcide? To this ques- tlon a reporter was fnstructed toflnd sn answer, wind hie Investiputfons were hegun at once, Capt. Petty, of the Fourth Precinet, was (irst entled upon, He read the letter, but could throw fittle lighe on the subjeet. “Of the Chiuvee,” he sakly, “Iknow but litle. ‘There Is but one distriet in my preciuct fobabited by them,—~tint. is fn Baster “strect, th s sldo of Worth strest, ‘Phey live in the rear of o larze tenement house, atid ety number 18 cousiderable, 1 nover saw any Cllocse children ut all, elther male or female, Most of thy Chinese live with white women, nud are guiet and orderly, ‘Fhe For- lcuulhv Precinet euntalng o great many morethan mur Capt. Brogan, of the Fourteonth Procinct, when' gquestioned, seomed to know even less nbout tne mutter thun did Capt. Petty. Ils cunldn’t tell anything about the race or their habity, except that they gave no trouble, “ Godown among them amd gsk the men themsetves, Sume of thew spealkk guod Boglish, and cun tell you all shon it," “Phank you, No doudt they can,? It eemen rather strange thut ot this race bsth Cuptalns knew 6o littie, It was mrowing durk wien the reporter possed down Mott streot, pleking his way through mud and urchins, uml groups of mon and women emolkig und ehat. ting at thelr doors, Between Chathaw and Pell streots he lound neluster of Chinese hubltatious, Alinost every other duor bore the name of Yet Sing, Mone Kee, Wah Long, or Sam Lee, suard- ed ou vither slde with uncouth Chinese churae- tera, . In the midst of this colony is the Cath- olie Clsreh of the Transtizuration. The report ercalled upon one of the pricats at his house, close by, und the elergyman suld: * #Some of the Chnese children whose mothers or fathers are Cutholics attend our ehwreh, 1 hisve seen no Chinese child with bath pureats of Cliueso origing but 1 have seen both girls aud boye having a Chinese father and au Amerlean, Irisn, or English mother, 'Fhere are numbers af Cilnese [n this nelghborhood, soma of whom apenk Enelish well, “Chey will have no objee- ton, ’I um sure, Lo converse on the subject with d ou, "'lie roporter then trled to Interview some of the Jasndrymen und tes merennnts, ‘Chroush the dusty ‘windows of Kerosene-llght - ments th Cniness mun and brother wa, fo Jurgro humbers, industriously ab work, It was 0 w'elock when the writer tupped on a door, out- side of witeh waa the natie Wo Kee, “thery wus o rustle within, the goor half opened, uind the nlmond eyes of o Mongollan stured nt the intruder, Wo RKée—tor such the writer sup- posed bty to be—was eatige vigorously, s mouth wos well filled, but whethier with tats or mlee waa not apparen®, » Goud eventng, John,”? S What you want " “Lwouil Jke to talk with you,” began e repurter, trying to get into the room; but Wo Kee neld on to the door and interposed s un- gulor face and budy, *Ma eatee,” hesald, ¥ Mo labbes dinner, Mo no time for gabbee. Down staira you find talkew! “Phen he furoly closed the doar,while a cherus of gutitzsly wout up from his frioudy within, ‘Flie reporter could not find *talkee down atalra. e thereloro fitereepted o rather good- |umc||lu; Chilnatun, who came hueeying up the streot, 110w o you do, Johui" Wl L would liks to ask you—>" “Thers was u flow of Chilugse lauguage on the part of thy noceto-be-futerviewed pentleman, a wave of the hamd, and the reporter stood atuno, Avall was then wade upan My, B A, Van Rhvay of o, 305 Fust Tweilth steewt, whoie wife 16 uno of the managers of the Ciildren's Abd Boctety, nud espeemlly futerestod fn the Ltallan schovl in Leonard street. By inisslouary Virits amione the parents wiid patrons of this sehool sho viten comes o contact with famtica of Chnamen sl Irisawomen, ' She bas o1 siwnuiry,” sald Mv. Vao Rliyn, *tound a Ch nese oy, but never a Chinesy givl,—hat 3, of mixed parentuage, Bhe bus usked o great many ot the A00 pupila who 1ive in the Chifueso district If have ever seen u Camese pirl, but none of them eyer bave, UL course these Itablan litle ones uro on the street constautly, uad mix with ellldren of other natlonalities, 1€ therg were any gila of Chiness tathiera und Ielsh oz Englivh wuriiers they would bo sure to knnw of it. Aly ddea I8 that iness couplescontinue thefr nuttoual Pructice tiere of doag away with fenale e Tants, 11 o with you through this Chilucse quatter In search of w Chineso el Mr. Vau Ky uind the veporter started down fnto Haxter street toessher, and ae No, 1 ey gaied 1 uuy Cnniose lvod in the ne'ghsoriovd. Yes,” ntd o deater 10 second-anud clotiing, * thera wus o laimiy dot hve under the year,” A long, durk, il-ftoored hall waa enterod, and, after two shar, descents into mud-puddles utid ereeping up utid duwieseyeral rickety pairs of st 8, Lie yoporter und Wis companlop eimerget futoa miseravio buck yurd, ‘Phey retraced thele wlepy, kuocked av Uie ucstest Quor, und were coudueted futu suuther yurd, un enodser omir of “hagf feature, Bhols four feeb wig fuches “m rotten woaden atalrs, down nn Inclined Iy und oopasite the proper door, where was answered by the words * Coma in." Tt was a small room, atul a vile-smelling aone fanp shod but o i H2ht on 1o ey ubjects. “Curled upon o bed lay a Chingy, an smioking opfum an flllln{; the alimoaphere . the funies of hfs pire. SEwmding by e ey wag what appeared o bo n Chincse Wonun, had the comnlexion, the look, the wags of fine, t, 'In excolleut Euglish, sha salit “(];J()ll even. allway, A kinocg kero. ‘Qond evening. Wo camo to re. Tha {8 your husband ¢ 4, 8ce how yoq 03, { How long have you bren married ] ‘* About. twontv-three years. [ am an gl woman. I marrled bt In London u‘.,‘::’; i tivo children,—ont boy i vno wirl, 1o are both grown up, e boy 14 fn Chin, ing to ha an interpreters llwn}:lrl 1sin Cll?"!fl:lrl“. We lmwr!‘_nu sounaer chl\druln.(” P 6 uffered chairs to her visttoraand ansyor,, il questions williugly, s Wiy el parted followed to the duor wid el it opey o thiat they micht gos thelr way more clearly, [ liushand sald nothing durlig the futeryiey, ,.."f appeared 1oL 8o observe the presence. oy strangers, At No. 35 Baxtor streot, two fliehts up, In rear, Hive Chlnnmen were foumd, One'of he number spoks falrly good English, o shome] the reparter whers he wid his tompantons slap and explatned that o kept 0 sort: of boarding: house. The boardors sleep in n eloso Ttoom without n breath of fresh alein it fhe bedy are arranged o8 fn the steerage of an acenn steamer. 'The apartment {s onlv about twelvy feet, long by nbunt elght feet wide. The pror prictor satd that ho nmd his frlends wery un. murrled. Most of tlie Chinese, ha said, wery llllnlosrrlefl. \ " Chi *Do you know of any Chinaman who with a white womau nnid bas male and m'm: childreni® 0N, yes. John Chinaman, at No, 6 Taxter strect, has boys uned girls, Muchen John Cyj. naman, in Mott street, lias boys and pirls, We no wivee, Wo no maery,” Ilg, ton, evinced u desira to treat his Visitors kindly, and exnlained to them the different articles about the room, At No, (i Baxter street, a pobulons tenement. house, two rooms were found oceupled by Cul nese, 'The door of one of the apartnenty wag fnstened, A frightencd Chinamau bolf opeyed it, but wonld hold no conversation, ‘fhe other room appesred to be hermeticatly sealed, Ay Irishman next duoe sakd that a Chinaman, lug grown-up dauchter, ad 1ittlo son lived there, ‘thie mother, an Euglish woman, had died sowg timo ago. ‘Fhe girl took care of lier fatheraud brother, She wns nway at evenig sehiool, Wing Chanie Fow'a basement store, in- Mot streot, was next visited. It {s n lurze room, with smaller rooma surcounding ft. The lattee are eurtalned off, besides having doors, VYeom them at futervals swaimed wany Chlnomen, A tall, raw-baned Muongollan, with hkgi ke bunes, was addreased s Wing Chung Fou, [ly knew of no marvied Chilnamen in the nefuhbor. hood. Home of the Chiness lived with whitg womon, hie sald, hut he could vob name any, Here there was tea-drinking eoing on. A large cotfee-pot wus fliled with Tukewarin, weak te, Small eups without handles stood srovad, 'The tea was poured mto these. No milk or sugar was used. All present, seemed to drink ou: of the euns without uny preliminary or subscquent swashing of dishes, " There were ubout iteeg Chineso emuloyed here. A few doors up,on the other sldo of the street, was a store hkewlse stored with mudicine ‘I'liers wero some five or six Ghinmmen in it, b no sign of chlidren or women, Ouo of the man auled that the Chinese sometimes marrled, butho could nune no one who was so haopily fi ‘I'wo bulldngs turther up nnother store was v tereds dlere one of the Chinamen was printng some Chingse advertisement. A number of small wooden blocks lay in n bos, Oneach block was o Chinese cluracter, whieh beng dlpved ina sponre soaked with inf and then preased on puper made o tolerable elear Impres. sfon, Here, too, was a box for counting. ‘The Chinuman does sot trust to our way ol adding, but with this bux, whichi contains a ‘grest num- ber ot round pleces of woud struni on a wire, makes all hls arlthmetleal calentatfons, “Weno talkee much,” sald a slcepy indl vidual, 1ssutniz from n small bedrovm witha broken-dosn bed fn it, Ve want £ talzonly a littte.” o Al lite,” » When asked If s comrades fa'ked Engiish, he auswered that they did wot. ‘hen to the uumber of six or seven they all shook thele lieads, f to sy they dId hot underatd 3 wenl, The sleepy man ‘was asked If he knew of any Chinamen in the eity who were married, I1e sliook his hend thew, und =afd he Lo heey licre oy three months, 1o fnnily becama juits communientive, but the entire” company of Chiupmen commenved talking, and e laosed Inta know-nothingism again nud would hold no Turther converse. A German grocer near by sald that there were married Ciitnese {n the neighborlicod, und sig- gested u eall ut No. 86 Mott street. - On the first Hoor of this dwelligs some four or five Chiness were met. They all’ diselalmed being maerled. As in every other Chiness habitation so far visited in thestreetsthere were present—(irat, the teapot, luke.varm wealk tea and miniature cunsy secyud, great smoking of fll-smelling plpes m cheap clgars; thivd, the printing of Chincso characters In loug, stralght lines, uud last, the utmost good Wl und hospltality toward the ruest. £ One flizht up-staira the reporter stepped Into "2 room far ubouve any other ho hud so far visited In point of ueatness aud cleanliness, A grave haired frish womun sat sewing by a lurge table, on which stood t kerusene-lunp, iving fortha bright lght. A sweet-fueed ittle girl stowl by the table, and on the tablu tsell wns seated 3 liule boy, the very pleture of gelf-antisfuction. A good-looking, quistly-atttred youug woiman rose to recelve the repurcer. ** Can you tell me,” snid the Intter, *if T ean find a Chinesu family hereaboutst I have been |:}um < all the evenlig tor 8 Chivaman'a by of girl, “Why, ves, I can tell you,” sha replied, with s emite, L um o Chinamon’s wile; on the tas o Chinmuan’s letle duu hter,” ooked arouit the room with vride, The walls were hung with _pletures, the Hoor v earpeted, u briznt five burned i the stove, sud evergtithng was clean and attraetive, * Yoa !t slie continued, *tnt’s my little gil baby, It is my third chlld, Another glel snd 8 bov ure both dead, Thue pletire on the wallls o lizeness of our firse chitd “ 1o you dtve happlly 1 *Yes, udeed, My old man {3 very kind to me. Ale lms just gone out. Me wis sewlng here. Now that I know bim I would not chasse him for anv other man, o s very kindw ehilldren, o likes them to be about bim.” *Are there ather marrled Coinamen with enildren in this neishburhood SO, yess severul, A oor {s married to one. Dowa in Baxl there nrg quite o number with boya nisd gie “Do the Chiness wive for girls " = “Not very mueh,” she answered, smlhmi. e mother has to stick up for the kitile =i The Chinamen woutd much rather nave bovs Yes," who suld, i answer to o question, %1 have heard they Kill the female infants at hone, Leun't suy 00 tiey do it _hore. 1 can oaly an- swer fov iy ohl tan, fle loves the baby very much, 1L looks it in: doesti't i Stralieiten out Its nuse, uod waky it moie Amerfeand Noy 11 loave it as it was bora, 108 lovable enougn Ty sy cage, She wus 0 niee-looking woman, and the baby luoked greatly ltko hev. 18 snook (s tiny 13ts i the airy wnd crowed, nnd lauoned, ‘Che e norter, satlalled, atier Jlive hours' seavch, With having foand one ehlld of Chinese pureniade feft Mott strvat, still conscluus of the odor o uptan and the *talkee, tulikes ! of heathen lwe migrants, ——— Sow ou n Ioy's Heads w1 futes, emding with mfi Le A young lud nay pavents on West Usiage street, recoive and u eut upon e head, e wound_resultl from a wtouw or sharp plove of fee, The mpn¥ dul ot lieal kiadly, but run matter for guite 4 while, wad Io wad notlewd that the lad u«mll stranwely, 1o askail to b excased from school beeauss s uates mamde Tun of him, 1o It he wout to Uie bluckboard he U, sitio down, i perwrmed other feats ! worklng exumples which caused the ullu.r scliokirs to langh ot htm, Auoher straust tentiro 1 the cavg I that ho sees svervtis double; ustiek of wood [s two sticis to IA]\l'l- Lven when one ey B elosed, nml Juoklug with tha other, the saine effect I3 produced, Ot hh{ hie has alt hug Just the power of kaeomotion, wd when bo ulteuipts to wulk hie acls liko a W34 wider the tlience of lupuor, bowit unnblnt’ walk slrn‘ii;hl. Hu {8 un unusaally bvlglnluI; Quick, sud Intollizent, i possession of ux: ‘l‘x" Excultlos, und ceady und withug to do anvthi l? asked of hiln, 1% 3 the opludon of the lllluml.ll:l physician that ko cannot hive long, aitlow. vl ery elfort that medleal skitl umd expen can suzgest 18 behwg put forch for bis selicl ————— A Romurkuhle Colored Wamsie = Quite n remarkable colared woman, to be 00t siduof u slde-show o u museum, wrrived & Louisvilo by the Charles Morgan, Bhe s I‘:uxnl Hetens, Ak, aid 13 the wife of Poter Mitler b 68 sunnuers, to whom shu has pec !n:urlh_ thlrteen yeurs, Alra, 3173 sfzo (8 her diatinedls tores feot nibe fnchics seross the back, ¢ fvet three Juchies around the middle, sid We w‘n,: 403 pouids 1 ber atockig feet, ‘the l.ub[ 7 urried ut the sgo of 16, uud at the date u“m,h wurrisge did nut welgh - much over 10 Duku ll ‘Phu old muu suys bis good treatuwent of wuat did the work,