Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 24, 1879, Page 12

OVER-SUNDAY. * A Few of the Leading Items “of News from Sat- urday. Democratic Policy with Regard to the Appropria- tion Bills, Partisan Mensures to Be Once Mora Enacted in That Gon- nection. Debate in the German Roichstag on tho Alsace-Lorraino 4 Question. Threats of Secession by the “British Province of Victoria. WASHINGTON. - . THE PROGRAMME . AGREED UVON IN THE DEMOCTATIO CAUCUS. Epectat Dievatch to The Tribune, Wasmxoron, D. C., March 2%—'The joint Democratfe Caucus Committee, after a ecssion of flyo hours to-day, agreed upon a policy with * yegard to the Appropriation bills and the re- 4 alof tho Supervisor Inw. ‘The agreement Is Bek ond which promises s short acssion. ‘The talk of compromise has been to no purpose so fara this Committee goes. In some respects tho programme decided upon to-day Is even more ylolent than tho action of the ast Con- gress. Briefly, the plan is this: That the following acctions of the Revised Statutes shall bo unconditionally repented, the repeallng laws to be incorporated in the Appropriation bills, yiz.: Becs. 2,020 to 2,027, inelualye, nnd Sec. 55%. The difference between this proposition + and that of the last Congress is, that thu repeal proposed then extended from Sec. 2,011 to See. 2,030, inclusive. The neiv proposition docs not suggest the repeal of See. 2,011 to See. 2,019, but of Bec. 2,020 to Scc. 2,027, incluslye. Yet this agreement to-day ‘ GoRSs VERY MucK FURTHER than. tho schgme of the Inst Congress, in that the repeal of See. 5,522 1s proposed. ‘The meaning of Unis witl be moro clearly seen from ou examination of these sections, The ’s 7) sections which it is proposed to retain in the ". “Iawe ore those which authorize two citizens in xm any city of over 20,000 inhabitante, or ton >, ‘eltizens in any Congresstonal District, - prior to the registration of voters, to petition the Judge to hays the registration guarded and scrutinized, to petition for the av- pointmant of two citizens, of different political partics, able to read aud write the English language, as Supervisors of Election, ‘The re- quirement is that the Court BIALL DE ALWAYS OPEN i for the transaction of business under this juris- i diction; the section prescribing the duties of Supervisors, to challenge, to verify the Hsts, to inspect nnd scrutinize the registration and the ‘ like, to attend at the polls until the votes aro % cast and counted, to scrutinize the manner of ‘ , > the yoting and the method of checking, to } + personally scrutinize and count each ballot, nud to have the authority to occupy such posi- ttons at the polls as will best enable them todo i: "this... There the Democratic Joint Caucus Com- 7) mittee propose that the power of the Federal Government shall end. The two Supervisors, ., mot the Chief, aro permitted to be retalned, a but they are deprived of all thelr pollco powers, and are to have ONLY POWENS OF INS’ECTION AND ODSERVA- "TON. Bec, 2,020, which provides the method for ‘punishing those who inolest these Supervisors, and gives the Chief Supervisor power to hold court to determine this, fa to be repealed. See, 2,021, which authorizes the appointment of Special Doputics, is to ho repealed. See. 2,022, which preserlhes tho duties of Deputy Mar- shale, and the ‘following sections, which give power to mako arrests and to call ‘upon tho bystunders, oro all to be repented. j In addition to that it {6 proposed ‘. * to repeal Soc, 5,523, which provides the penal- ties for Interferly with Supervisors of Elec- :, tions, Marshals, or Deputies on election-day. ‘The repeal of this section would, in fact, repeal “the law which provides any punfshinent what- ever for fraud und intimidation or crime ngainat the olective franchise, In ehort, the jolnt Democratic Caucus Committee proposes to permit two Supervisors, ona of cach party, to remain without avy powers 08 MUTE, UELPLESS, AND MANACLED SPRCTATONS to represent the General Government, with due. notice given to the rouchs, thugs, and repeat. ors that avy act of violenca committed ngaluse Supervisors os such fs not acrime and will not + be punlshed, ond that the United States bas no power to protect these officers in this act of supervision, or topunish anybody for the crimes which they may discover aud report. This much was decided as to the nogautive Ag legislation. There was no decision on the sub- ject whother thero should be any aflirmative legislation to taka the placo of the sections of the Election law which {t {s proposed to re- peal. ‘fodetermine that question a sub-com- mittee was appointed with tnstructiona to re- port again to the General Caucus Comnilttec on Monday. This Committev on the port of the Benato consists of Thurman, Bailey, Kernan, and Saulsbury, and on the part of the House of Chalmers, Carlisto, Atkins, ant Springer. In the Springer bill there is afllrmutivo legls- Jation to protect the ballot. After considerable discussion it was decided that these radical, vlo- Jent, and revolutionary provistons should not bo sent firat to the Presldent in a acpurate bill, but should be : ATTACHED TO THE AFPROMHIATION 10.5 asathreat, ‘The two branches of the Caucus Committes found great difticulty incoming ton concluston on the subject of general legistution, and Mually they agreed tu disagree, ‘The House Committce was very persistent that before these approfrintions could be Introduced in the Alouse, and after they had been sent to the Senate, the House should be permitiel to ens Rave Inany legislation which the majority should BEgrce to tuke up. AMONG THE ILLS MENTIONED as of preasing necessity are the Yellow-Fever DIN, the Dill relative to the cattle dlevase, and stunlar tnensures, ‘The Louse Committee favored this general Jeuislation by a vote of Bto2, Phelps, the eleventh meuber, befng fl and not able to bo prosent, Clymer, of Pennsylvania, and Mtelknell, of Indiwna, aro ry ‘understood fo have been the two men who op- » posed any gencral lygislation, . In the Senate Committee, however, every inctnber excopt ‘Thurman opposed any general Jegtslation whatever, ie co-operated with the elght imembers of the House Committee from the South, evidently fur personal reasons. Among the schemes of general Ivgtalation to be proposed in the House, there will be at- tempts to tinker ot the tariff and at the finances, With the exception of ‘Thurman, the ‘ Renators solidly opposed avy such legislation. p But the House WILL HAVE 173 OWN WAY in tufs matter, und will insist mat the Comimit- tees ba speedily appolutcd, and eneral F Iegislation entered upon and continued till the appropriation bills with the political omend- ments thall have been disposed of or- some compromise arrauged, Both Committees, how- ever, o¢reed thut as popu as the latter event shall happen all general lexlslation shall eesse, and the seasion shoutd terminate, It fs cusy to see, however, thut, if general legislation te THE CHICAGO 'TRIBU. conducted nt the Hongo end of the Capitol, the preastre upon the Southern members WILL DB TOO GREAT to ait {Mle qnd seo favorite measures from the Houre wnacted upon on the Senate table. The Indications from the action of the Caucus Comim( trees therefore, are favorable to general legislation, and to a session of considerable leneth. ° Notivithstanding the action of the Joint Cau- cts Committes this afternvon, there are vory marked sicns of a desire on the part of proml- nent Democrats not members of the Committes fo get themselves and their party out of the present cmbarrassing position as goon n8 possi- ble. They are clearly convinced that the people of the North WIM NOT SANCTION THEIN SONEME with respect to the Election Jaws, and they will still carnestly seck fora basis of compromise, On the other hand, the Republicans do not avem anxious to yield anything that will weaken: the authority which Styervigors and Marshals now huve to observe and protect the elections. All plang as yet proposed by the Democrats in- elude n repent of those acctions giving Marans power to protect the Supervisors and make ar- rests of the disorderly and those openly eom- mitting fraud during the progress of an clec- tion, It does not ns yet acem probable that the Republicans will agree to any change In the Jaws as they now stand, and ft scems certain that they will resist all attempts in that direc- tion. One curions feature of the situation is that 9 number of Democrats who took the most cx- treme positions in regard to the entire repeal of the Supervisors’ an Marshals’ law, and wero mostearnest in thelr attempts to assist the Democracy in the moyoment to secure an extra session, now TAKE COMPARATIVELY LITTLE INTEREST in the contest, aud admit that they find euffi- cient satisfaction in the fact that the House has been successfully organized by the Demuernts, "Shey say that they had feared that the Green- back men and the possible Influence of the Ad- ministration tn Callfornia might together have mate it impossible for the Democrats to aye controlled the organization, if ft had been delayed until December. | This fa the pres ent talk of several prominent Democrats, and {Ls held to indicuto that they are ready to civo thisas.a good reason for yleiding thelr late yiews und attempting as little change as n due regurd for appearance will justify in the Elec- tion laws, NOTES AND NEWS. THE SURVBY NUREAU, special Diuutteh to The Tribune. Wasttnaton, D. C., March 22.—Demoeratic Scnators are of opinton that Clarence King will be confirmed as Director of the new Bureau of Gcolugieal and Geographical Surveys. Soine of the most prominent friends of Prof. Mnaydeu, the most uctive competitor for the place, ex- press thelr opinion that there ts no doubt a8 to King's fitness, ‘he fact that he Is acceptable to the engineers gives him much strength. FITZ JOUN PORTER. ‘There are sonic reasons for the belief thatthe opinions expressed by the FitzJonn Porter Court of Inquiry are, {f not a full vindication, of such a character ay to materially modify the findings of the first court. Nothing is said In rezard to the matter efther at the White House or atthe War Department; but in some way the friends of Porter havo obtained such Intima- tloue as give them great satisfaction, PENSONAT.. D. L, Phillips, of Springtield, is nere. Gen. Beam, of Chicagu, {8 hero, and ts the bearer of upaper requesting the gappointinent of Dr. Cornelius Logan to sumo foreign position, pusalbly to the Mission to Chill, where ho for- merly lived. ‘The appiieation has received acy- eral siguatures, GREAT EXPECTATIONS. Senator Wallace, Chairman of tho recon- structed Teller Committes, proposes to do some active worl in the Investigation of clec- tlon proceedings in Northern States. He will probably commence In Pennsylvaula. HOUSE COMMITTEES, Speaker Randall ts very busy considering the qualifications of the new members for commit- tee places, lt took Speaker Kerr three weelts tonppoint committees when the number of new Incmbers was much less than It now is, It {s Randall's desire not to appoint the Comnilt- tees until near the end of the ression, if he is obliged to appoint therm at nll, But the com- mands of the caucus are likely to be too strong for him. JONAS? THREAT. Senator Jonas, the nets Bourbon Senator from Louisiana, docs not healtate to say that ho will Aoall that he can to oust’ Kelloge and seat dudge Spofford, Kellogg's former contestant. TUM ANSMY BILE. ‘The War Department has eomo concern at the threatened defent of the Army bill unless the Republleans consent to the repeal of the Fed- eral Election laws. A Tn view of the bolligerent attitude of Sitting Bull, the Eighteenth Infantry, Col. Ruger, now at Atlanta, (ia., will be sent with all possible expedition to Bismarck, URESIDENT GARRETT and hisgon, of the Baltiinors & Ohio Railroad, have gone to Florida tor six weeks’ recreation, TELEGRAPH YACILITIES, Mr Charles A. Tinker, Manager of the Baltt- more & Ohio Ratlroad Company's telegraph Ines, tins arrlyed, haylng completed two trst- class wires between Baltimore and Washington, thus giving that road direct telegraph connee- tlona through to St. Louts, Chicago, amt Pitts: burg for commercial business. ‘This Company propose to receive all the business they cau. When Congress passes tho Free Telegraph bill, it {s understood that other ronds ure to Join them fn giving to the country cheap telegraph service. Several memorials have reached here from polite in the West, prayhiyy Congrees toatand by the Railrond Tolegraph bi, Other memorials are on the way. One Is expected toreach here to-dsy froin Chicago. ‘They will probably bo presented fu the Senate on Monday or Tuesday, NATIONAL, QUARANTINE, ‘Tho Southern membors, especially Chalmors, wit] Insist on the passage of a bill providing for ® Nattonal quarantine, some such — bill aa that which passed the Senate last sesslon, und was defeated in the House, Givn, Chalmers hing received a letter from his brother, who iga dudge of the Misslssippl Su- preme Court, urglig the passage of auch a ineustire, and saylng that a shiptul of yellow. fever patints his arrived at New Orleans trom Rio Janeiro, a ure nugury, so the writer thinks, of the return of the pestilence during tha com ing summer, The feeling of the people of the State amt of tho other Beuthern Stutes ou the aithject fa very strong, and it is growlug to be intenee, and “the Southern members will not care to disregard it, BENATON GORDON, Senator Gordon's fricnds havo very surlous approhensions as to his health, Hv has been troubled with fnilamimatory rheumatism over since the adjuurniment of the last Congress, and fo wtitl contlued to his room, A_NOTANLE FACT. ‘There tg not u Unton svldicr among tho new oflcers of the Senate. ‘The only Onton aoldicr who Was candidate, A.C. Buell, was beaten, utd doubtless fads that he fought on the wrong side, . =c = ” FOREIGN, GERMANY, THE TAUPE BOHEME, Bsn, Murch 22.—Tho East und West Pros- lan Provinelal Diets protest against the pro- posed changes fu the customs system. ‘The question is regarded us one of life or death to West Prussia and Duntalg. NOT TO BE MADE PUNLIC, Bentay, March 22,—It 1s said that the Emper- or desires that the Judgment of thy court-mur> tial in the Grouser-Kurfurst collision bu uot made pubife, : TUE ALSACE-LORNAING DEUATE, Benin, March 22,—Jo the debate iu the Ger tyan Reichstag fast night ou Here Schacegana’ motion for the establishment of an autonomous Goverument in Alsace-Lorraiue, Schneczans pulnted out thot Biswarck, the responsible Minister of the presout Reichtand, Hyed too far away, Leoply were exposed to countless grlevarices from the complex bureaucratic aye- tem now prevalent. The presence of the Lord Lieutenant and Secretary of State did not divest Bismarck of tho responsibility, and oft- -elal friction {fs continual, They wanted the weht man in the right, piace, ‘Under she pres- ent system they did not fect themselves citizens. of n well-ordered State, but of an occttpied country, Give them but independence, and they would become, not bone of coutentlon, but bonds of union betieen jtwo civilized peoples, a bridge by which the beneilts of both mught bo exchanged, aude means of fnterna- onal reconciliation. MMSMARCR, in reply, sald the remarks of Herr Schnec- gans mado a favorable impression upon him, which would haye been better had not hls per- oration contained an appeal to Paris, which could find no echoin Berlin, and an appeal which pletured Alsace-Lorraina as neutral terrl- tory to which the claims of France would bo as jJustilable ns those of Germany. "I only state What I have tnterceded suecesafully for with the Emperpr and hopefully with the Bandsrath, In all we concede fn tha way of autonomy wo must conalder the safety of the Empire,not only in quiet times like the presont, but also in Jess peaceful. I have begun to question whether It Js right that to my other dulles us Chancellor 1 should ndd that of Minister of a country of a million and a half of inhabitants. - 1 consider ft {ndisponsable to the country that {t sbould hove a solid sucial and polltteat baals, and officials through whom the chief power fo Berlin may have intercourse with people. Iam in favor of the appointment of a Stadtholder with a responsible Ministry, as in o Grand Duchy of simlnrimportance. Military sccurity witl remnalu as before iu the hands of the Empire, The question as to the separation of Alsaco from Lorraine should remain open. Perhaps Alsace would ba more rapidly and sol- idly organized If tt dla not remain homogencous with Lorraine, Finally, the good senso of the populatton of Alsaco would work against the Parisians (between whom and Frenchmen there fs wide diatinction) who remain in the Province. If Germany was quiot and had the patience, this German oak, formerly ‘pulled down by the French, and now propped up by the Germans, yrould rogain its strength, Let us eco thot tt docs." ‘The speech was londly applauded. . VICTORTA. ‘TALK OF SECESSION. San Francisco, March 2%—A Victoria dis- patch gays: In Parliament on Thursday Mr. Maransked the tender of the Government ff it was the intention of the Government to take action on the railway question during the pres- ent session. He belleved the House and conn- try would like to know {€ the Government in- tends taking any action during this session, or if they would wait quletly tll the let of May, Walkem, in reply, said a second telecram had been sent to the Dominion Govern- ment asking what had become of tho railway petition, and that a telegram had also beon sent to the Imperial Government. No answer what- ever had been recelved, but one was expected withina fow days. Under the clreumstances it was unfair to ask the Government what action they intended to take. Mr. Mura asked that copies of all the tole- grains referring to the petitiun to the Imperial Government be laid before the House, os it scemerd a second one had been forwarded to the Dominion Government. On Friday the papers wero brought down, when it was ascertulncd that the secession memorial of the Houses had not been forwarded to the Imperial authoritics from Ottatwa, as May Ist isthe date txed upon for the secession, The Colonist, anti-secession, remarks tit the Government und its supporters arc In on awkward fix, CRIME. HILT YOUNG. Kpeclat Dispates te faz Tribune. Kroxux, Ia., Maret 22.—Tho testimony of Laura Sprouse in the vreliminary examinution of BU Young for the murder of the Speneer family at Suray, Mo., was coucluded Inst cyen- {ng. She was on the stand nearly a week Inall, the cross-exuminatian oceupying three or four days. She wos bold and iucorrigibie through- out, und her testlnony hus attracted more at- tention than any, tt has over been elicited by 6 ertminal prosecution in this section of the coun- try. ‘Toward the close of her cross-examinatlon she testified that Young told here there were three coucerned in the Spencer murder, and of- fered her $200 ff she would kill O. H. Cross and. Samuel Brown, At the conclusion of her examinution the tes- timony for the defense was begun, and is stalin progress, ‘Thu evidence tntrodaced thus [nr Js for the purpose of showing that Young and Laura Sprouse were engaged to be married, that they had improper relations, and that Laura hag been testifying against bim Jn retaliation for his fallure to marry her. Mrs. T. W. Ricketts testitled to witnesalng demonstrations of affection between Young and Laura, Witness bad beard Laura agk Young, to marry her, nnd at thies ho tol witness sho would swear Young was at bono thu vight of the murder. ‘There was no change In Laura after the murder. Sho was jealous of him for going with other women. — Witness was at Young!s two or three weeks after the murder. ‘The witness ulsu testified to evideaces of criminal intimacy between Young snd) Lure, and of indications thut the latter had committed an abortion. . ‘The progeeution moved that all testimony re- lating to Young aml Laura cohabiting and to the Tutter producing an abortion be stricken out, on the ground tat the defunse tad ne right to prove apecifle acts respecting er char- acter, ‘Tho Court ruled to exchute all evidence tending to prove criuiual rebitions, but to ad- mitanything showing thelr love for cach other or thelr promises of marriage. Several other witnesses wwe: pare acts of indellercy betw Young ant Laura. Some of the witnesses for the defense contradicted themselves, and got tangled up io their testimony. 7 ake exunination will probably occupy another weul A LEGISLATOR IN TROUBLE, dnapaich 10 Bt, Leute Ginbes Demrcrat, JRPPEUSON City, Ma, March 20.—Grent ex- eltement was ereated ut the Mudlson Ilotal to- might by a cowardly anil brutal assault com- initted upon Thruston, the correspoud.nt of the Kansas City ued, ‘Thruston reperted tha Cowan of Christian scandal in Ma papor, aud had gcyeral times before referred to McCormick in uncomplimentacy terms. MeCormick, on the floor of the House, aceused Thuraton of at- tempting to blackinall Cowan, and moved his expulalon from the floor, An investigation committes found ‘Thurston not gullty, where- upon be cumimeuced a violent personal warfare upon McCormick, aven iutinating that he was implicated tn the Haison with Kutle Eminel. At So'cluct this events ‘Thurston was talking to Introduced to M. oR. ‘Taylor ant) Tiernan, of Kansas Clty, fu the hotel offices, when McCor- wick caine up from. belind and dealt Thurston # powerful blow twhind the lett ear, = MeCormlck fs a very largo man, and Thurston fell to the floor Iike 4 bullock. Me> Cormick. with an oath, jumped upon tin and kicked bin tiie i the “tee, knocking the akin o& thy nose, ‘Thicston wot to bis feet and hastlly produced a revolver, but lis arus were seized by a bystvuder, MeCortmick sturted to run out of the yrunt door, but it stuck fast, and he fell throuch a darge pane of glass. By tls time he had managed to produce hig revolver. Ho raw buck ‘through the crowd to the hall door, where, brandishlag his plstol, ha cried out: * Now shoot, G—d d—a you.” There Were a areal many people in the aflfco, and they feared the reoult iC either weapon was dls- charged, 80 boll amen wore aurrounded and disurmed, MeCormick waa then burried away by his frieuds, but fa still on the streets. Thuraton fs from Platte County, und Mevar- nick fa from Kentucky. They will both shoot, and bloud may flow. McCormick got leave of absence for five days this morning, and will probably leave ¢o-mgnt for St. Louls. NIOTOUS MINERS SENTENCED, “+ -Suectat Diapatch to The Tribune Pirrsuvna, Pa., March 23,—During the coal- inlners? riot ot Elizabeth a week or two ago, ubout seventy of the strikers were arrested. ‘Twenty of them wero alscharged for wgut of evidonce, and Mity placed on trial at Little Washington. Argument in 22 case was Sutshed yestorda at Do'clock Inst night. No verdica having been agreed upon the Court adjourned until 0 o'clock The jury was charged and sent out this morning, at which hour the jury brought. iu a verdict of simply riot. ‘The men were then called up tor scntence,. which was that they should pay the costs. ‘The dudge concluded fis remarks by tellin them tat if thes oppeared before him again on a similar chara hu would impose upon them the full benefit of the law. ‘The costs ‘will amount to $10 or 250 for each man, making the sentenee pully soveru afterall. ‘T heir nar: row caeapo from the Penlteutiary will probably be a warning to them. ‘The strikeof the Monongahels nincrs contin- tues, but at present there are no indications of trouble. . HOW THEY no IN TEXAS. Ganveston, March 22,—A Nes! spectal from Sherman says Houston Molt, a desperado of Denton County, struck one Iowell ino stable. Tle shortly after called Howell in the office, closed the door, and three shots were heard. Holt then roda away unmolested, Hovwell’s body was found in tho uilleo perforated with threo bullets. IMPROPERLY CONVERTED. New Yonk, March 22,—Warrants have been fsaued for the arrest of the firm of Belden & Co,, tho well-known brokers, at the sult of Gen, Thomas Eckert, to recover stocks and bonds alleged to haye been improperly converted by the firm, IRREGULARITIES. Cincrnnati, March 22.—steward Boll, of the Insane Asylum at Athens, O., has been request ed by the Trustees to resign, on account of alleged irregularities in his accounts. THE GOSPEL, Snectat Diepatch to The Tribune, Srnrartenn, 11,, March 22.—Tho serica of Union Gospel incetings which have been in progress here during the past six weeks closed Inst nicht with a Inrgely-attended meeting. "The services have heen held in the First Preaby- terlan Church, under tho leadership of the Rey. J. ¥. Stout, pastor of the Second Methodist Church, who, though a young mav, has con- ducted these mectiyes with marked ability anc |, succese, ‘The pastors of all the Evangelical churches of the city united in conducting these mectings, nud have been assisted by an Execu- tive Committes of onc Inyman from each of the churches, the Y. M,C, A., ant the Reform Club, At the clogo of the services Inst night, Mr, Stout gave a statement of the results ac- complished’ by the mectings, substantially og follow! * 'Yhe tirat service was overcrowded, many fail- Ing to gain an entrance, aud a deep interest was ahown from the very first. ‘There hus been but one small congregation, and that was ona very stormy night. The preaching has been of a su- perlor character and marked by great carnest- ness. There hasbeen au average of six conver- sions anight for thirty nighta of the mectiny, making a total of 180. 'The indirect results cannot bo eatimated. The ebureles lave been revived, the pastors fled with new lfe, backsliders have been reclaimed, and areligious spirit has pervaded the city, Notwithstandimys the great Interest shown {n Uie recent temperance movement, which draws its support largely from Christian peonle, the con- gregations were. not very perceptibly dimin- Ished, und the intereat has not at all lagged. ‘fhe Inst weelt has buon tho beat of all, “The leader stated Iast nleht that unity had per- yaded all the work. Itq had not received an unkind criticism from dny of the pastors. He thanked them for their hearty support, which he knew was given largely from love for the work. In behalf of the congregation and pastors he returned thanks to the cholr which, under the lendership of 1. ¥. Smith, Esq., has rendered such cilictent service. ‘The congrega- tion was gratefully remembered ‘for their courteous and kind behavior, und were urged to bens ood to themsclycs oa they had been to the Christian workers, ‘The mectluys are brought to a close now to bp started axaln at o later date, In the mean- ume the spirit of unfon will pervade all the work. ——— SPIRITUALISII. Spectal Dispatch to The Tribune. Lanstna, Mich., March 33—At a meeting of Spiritualists tts forenoon the principal address, was given by the Rey. JIarten, of Uttea, N. Y. Subject, Matthew, xvi, 18: “Every plant which ‘My Father has not planted shall be rooted up.” He remarked that vicarlous atonement, capital punishment, prison discipline, Infant danna- tlon, hcll-fire, ote., were not planted: Ile come plimented the Chiengo firemen, and thought (hem capable of putting out helt-flre, Our im- provements ure duce to faith: All virtuous, good plants should be cultivated. 1n the afternoun the offlecra were elected for ensulnys year, as follows: Preaident, Dr. A. B, Spinney, Detroit; Sceretary, Mrs. A. J. Lane, Detroit; Treasurer, Dr. 1. B, Spencer, Battle Creek, A serles of resolutions were adopted outlin- ing their belief, A. G, Fishbeck delivered an address on Tho Way, the Trath, and the Life”; Charles An- dreiva one on Man from a Selentific and Splr- itual Standpolnt.? An inepirational sone was aung hy Mrs, Ollle Childs, claiming she was In- tlueneed by P,P, Bliss. "The evening session was very interesting, The following questions were put by Dr, Stocking, a resilont Universalist clergyman, and avswered by Giles Stebvinss Jirat—You believe in the operation of law in the protection of resulta? By what law can ono become un artist without study or tnste; n eog- rapher without travel; ao geulosist without eluking a ehafer _ Sceand—Why is dyrkuess most favorable to spirit manifestation, and why can we not recelyo apirlt manifestations in open Halitt Third Are cluirvoyanca and aplritualism eom- plementary to cach other! , Anawers—Man caunot be an artist without study, but it isa diferent method of reachtuy the truth through splritual senses, Spiritual manifestations are lind both fh the light and in the dark, Clairvoyunco ts the interlor or spiritual yiston, Wo shall be clairveyants in the spirit- i 1. McCracken, a rampant Qreenbacic bloviater, was present, and tried hard to Ting a yesolution tndoraing. soft-moncy Ideas, but was treated with indignant silence py the Jorge audience. ‘Vhe Convention, which has been very intore eating und satisfactory to the falttuut, will close to-morrow cyenlng, A NOBLE CHARITY. Snectal Dispatch to Tha Tribune, Sprincrre.y, IIL, March 22.—Iu campllance with the wishes of a large number of the eltl zens of St, Loula,as expressed In interviews published. in the newspapers and petitlons to the Minis Legislature, the following bill was futroduced in the House of Representatives to- daz, providing for te annexation of thu City of St. Louis to the Stato of Mlinolss A Tut for un act for the annexation of outlying territory to the State of Liner, Sketios 1, Be at enucted by the people of tho State of Ituola reprevonted In General Arsomhl: That Townships di, 4, 4,and 40 North, Mang and 7 East of the Flth’ Principal Meridina, ure huruby annexed to, and mato a part of, the Stato of Ihinote, See. 2. Whoreas aneemergoncy oxtuls, thia act shall (uke effect trom and aftur ite pasnage, Teopolta: Speech, Prince Leopald, of England, hus been making a speech to students, He thinks the study « chess a good thing. He espeetlly dircets “pare tieutur attention to the opening.» “Now,” hy naked, “fa lt nav true that fi Hfe, agin chess, it js offen the opening, und the opening only, whieh ty under our own coutrol? For the irs fow moyes wo are free, an we sometimes tik that It will repay us to sucrificy. a pawa or piece, #0 a3 to vive Wa at once a position which may see cure usw declled advantage throughout the whole game” What the Prince meant It Is dlf- fleult “to conjecture, ‘The Speetatur thinks * Princa Leopoltt might have fustanced the lute Klay of Bolgiuin's refusal of the crown of reece at o tiny when Ube Kligdom of Belgluns was not yet croated, ‘That was o very lappy in: pian of pluylng tthe King's gambit? in actual le,’ ee Whito-touse China. Wushington Cerreavontence Clnetnnaty Gareite, At last the Wilte-flouse ehiua is to bu ro- newed. Siveo Mrs, Lincoln ordered the act with its brilifant solfering ¢overing, and centre-plecs of shivtd, stare ud stripes, und spread cayle, this terribly uatiouat porcelain bas been spread before tue startled gaze of Amereans and fore gigucre olke. ‘Sho only thing about the matter Lin the tease regret ta, that the new sot is or- dered from the Haviland Company, Limoges, France. It would have been eo tnuch tore creditable had some of our own mauufacturers been allotted the tusk,,with the fpjunctlon to exec! in this branch, as they are fast doing tu all others, ‘The new ot urdered tor tu Whiter MONDAY. MARCH, 24, 1879---TWELVE PAGES.’ FTouso fs sat to bo exquisite, the pleces tor each courdo boing different in shape and design, and each pleco a study and work of art, — Fralt Prospects—Tullp-TreemA_ Frutt-Vo- alroyereSeparating Breeding Aninnlace Smut on Corn—More About Poar-Blight— How tho, Water Gets In-Tha Mother, ote, From Our Uten Corresponitenn. Cuampaian, Mh, March 22—The extreme cokl weather of tha past winter hns, {fall proba- bility, destroyed the vitality of all. the peach- bude, a large rharo of penr- and cherry-bude, fuctuding the Alay or carly Richmond, unc oll the blackberries, excopt it be the Snyder; so that we may not expeet to sec our markets ovor stocked with these frutts during the coming frult-season, A total or partial failure of theac frult-crops will inske better prices for theo re- malning, auch as strawberries, plume, rasp- berries, grapes, aud apples. We cannot tell with any degreo of certainty whether any dam- age has been done to tha Jatter, until after the buds beginto open. Doubtless many tender yarietics are moro or Icas injured. TULIP-TREB OR YELLOW POPLAR. In Tue Tximune of the 16th Inst. a corre- spondent calls the attention of tree-plonters to this beautiful tree, and recommends that it bo planted for a strect-tree. Although It grows. in Michigan, yet {t proves tender on the black proiric-sol!, We havo given ita thorough test, and out of thousands have nover suceceded in getting one to grow over ton fect high, before n hard winter killed it, It is one of the most beautiful of our native foreat-trecs, but too tender for the latitude of Chicago. . A PRUIT-DESTROYER, The Peoria Jolirnat of a Iate date says? In order to test the question whether tha spar- row Is a frlend ur foo to man, soveral of the little rascnix havo been killed during the past week, and thelr crops and stomach dissected by a gentioman inthiweity. In every caso there wae found not a aingle worm, or bug, or larva. ‘Their crova wero full of fruitehiudss from which Hanpenrs that, with sparrows cnough, wo shall have no trait, ‘These ttle vandate are becotning quitenumer- ous in this section, and have already becun to disfleure the business-houses with their nests of mud, SEPARATING DREEDING ANIMALS, Under the above heading the editor of the tural New- Yorker makes the following sensible remarks: We nro now scparating the breeding sovws, put- ting each one ina pen by herself. | They will begin to farrow ina montn, and thoy should not, be al- lowed to run togother any fonger. Much damage is done by leaving them together until near piecing time, ‘They knock each other about and injure homselyes, When pigs are born dend, {t 1s always caused by a strain or bruise. Sometimes the Injury is so slight as to kill batone pli; but this will often causa fever and inflammation which may destroy them all, or so affect the others ns to maka them puny and weak. On no account should a row with pig be struce or rouvlly treated, because n alight blow or jam in the right placo will surely destroy pize. “Pacir pens should bo kept dry and clean, to provent rheumatism, to whitch Hogs arg subject. ‘They miust-ciso have, at least n month before farrowing, greon or laxative fool, such as routs, apples, or bran. Milk will do very'well, but st oucht to be mixed with bran, Tt does not make ao intich difference wint surt of bran itie, fit is anly coarse cnonsh to produce freedom from constipation, which Ix the cause ‘of sows being ‘crazy and cating their pigs. Clean com is thu worst kind of feed for asow with ply. ‘This has been often repeated, but tho waning 18 80 often unheeded that ity renetition 18 necessary. Sows In plz do not want fat-progacing foods Iiko corn, but lighter and less atimulating, such as we have mentioned, Strong feed will make too much milk befora the plza come, and thts will caune fever and dry up tha uddera. Keep the strony teed until tie pigs aro at least a week or ten days ald, before giving it to the sows, SMUT ON CORN. It has been goneraily conceded: that smiit on corn-stalks, or that portion of the husks left hanging on the stalk, and which stock eat, fs the cause of many aeaths among cattle, when they are first turned among the stalks in the fall. Trof. Kedzie hus recently been making somo experiments to test the matter, and the result of the investigation appears in the last monthly report of the Kansas Board of Agriculture, as follows: In accompanying this papo rwith a thorough anal- yale ofthe fungus, tho accuracy pf which was proved by elosuly-corresponding dupilicate results, ic enys that, upto date of this analsuls, there was but One on record,—that of Dulong,—which was never completed, and was not accepted as satisinc- tury. A characteristic pesult of Prof, Kedzlo's analysis was tho entire absence of starch in the smut, und no traces whatever of tha polson which exists in ergot orepurred rye, Ho quotes the cx- perlment of Dr. Gamgee, given fn the report of ommisdioner Capron in 1871, who fed forty-two pounds of smut to two healthy cows, mixed with corn-meal, three tines daily, at tho rate of three ounces at wu time, afterwards increased to sx ounces, Ono cow was fed on wet and the other on dry food; the former gained in tesh, tho latter lost, but they remained healthy. This experiment proves that smut ts not an active poison, and Prof, <edzie thinks that ite bad effects, whatever they uiny bo, are owing to ite dry and (ndigestible cone dition, and absencu of nitriment,—the eaine re- aults being produced by feeding antmuls ou old, hard, und” dry stalks, Steamed or molested, and mixed with ain abundance of soft food, no harm contd be fenred. He objects to turning animals into a Held of corn whicl tins stood until dead ripe, LAWNB. A fing lawn in front of a Sarm-divelling adds more to the value of n farm than auything else, almost, that canbe done. Usually, the Inwns about farm-residences are permitted to grow a crop of erase which fs cither mowed, or fed off by stack, plying itn ragged aud shabby appear- ance. Acorrespondont of tho Pazton Jecord, In speaking of luwus, says: Not the luast argumont for lawns Js the per- manence of thelr beauty. In apring tho grass shoots up Ghinost as sour as the crocus and show. drop appear; and, if the doll ua been well pro- pared, the lawn in midsummer is almost as green agsin«pring, The eight of children playing on the velvet turk, or of tho shadow of graceful trees stretching ucrow ft, Is worthy of a painter, ‘l'ho winds which despoil treet and fawers of thelr beauty, and tho frost which blight them, leave tho geass hare ‘And fn autuam, amid. falliog eaves and prevailing loom, ft retains its cheerful verduro tl hidden by the winter-snowws, ‘Tiere is an ale of refinement {na well-kept lawn, Itdistinguishes a place atunce froin the unculti- vated wildurnces of Nal {t sneaks of the hand tasty which has fenced in this nook from the common earth, ‘smoothing down its roughness, hightenIng its’ native beauty, and still watching over ft with affectionate cure. It links the pot, by nesociation, with thy elegant and tiavpy homes of other Jonds andothor times. ‘Chis isa subject over which one might ulmost grow sloguent, but pa Jeave tho reader to think upon tho Inwn ques tun. But more might be said. A dwelling that presents an attractive appearance jrside und out, with a handsome Iawn and conifortabls uttt-bulldings, creates a home-pride in the boys und girls, and helps to make the fnrin attractive, It fs not from such places that the boys and girls are in-hasta to rush away to the village; but, tustead, they puasess w love for the fara, and stay on it as Joug os elreumatances will per- mit. , Mone AnoutT “rgart-nniont, "The Cuuntry Gentleman eays+ A gentleman who has tested 400 or G00 sorts of the pear gayo a fat, at tho recent meting of tho Pennsylvania Fratt-drowers' Society, of such pear+ trons a4 oro least linble to vllght,—the result of ob- servations th his extensive orchards, Ho named the following as being ulmest cntirely frev; Bart- Seckel, Duchess, Gidurd, Juilenne, Marly hering, Claire and Kingeewing, Among thoSe which blight badly, ho named Usband'y Sium> mer, Rolle Lucrative, Glout Morcean, Onondaga, Madoielny, Vicar of Winktald, Buftum, and Bilvoa, ‘Tho resulta Of these observations accord largely with those made elsewhere, especially with tho Hat of toose nest Mable to blight; but most culll- vatora plucy the Bartictt in ihiy Hat. We do not avo the name of Winter Neils mentioned by him, — a Varlety romarkable fer tts freedom {rom the dis- cave, ie abjected to Flomish Buauty, ‘Iyson, and Washington, on account of thelr lability to drop tneie leaves, Once upon a tine nearly every Western poar- grawer had a yarlety that was biight-proof; but ull such Hove loug ago wlven up the idea o3 tin practicable. We haye tested all the ubove named, except Early Catherino, and tad that they eucentnb to the disease, ‘Che only way to. grow pears {s to ect out new trees when the old ones die, Somotimes there will be eight or ten yeara in which uo blight appear, and then the plauter will be wetl repald for bls trouble, HOW THN WATER GETS IN, Savoy, Ill., March 21,—I have put down consld- erable tany'tilve, and was, therefore, auxious to tearn where all the water geta Inia (em, [took a well-burned cherry -red Ue, closed up one end, and then attowed the tHe to ubsorb all the water it would, [then stood ft on the closed end, tilled the core with Water, placed itin a vessel, aud awaited results, In twelyo hourg, nino inches of the water had vozed aut through the pores of the Uic. 1 tituk now that | know where early oll the water peta in, viz.3 through the Interstices bu- tween the joluts, A Buorien-Guanorn, We presuino that “Granger” Is correct, and that far lose water euters ihe tile througo tho pores than {s usuuily supposed. It is, howovor, possitlo that more water would huve ilitered through had the tile been placed ata nicht in thy veascl above wherewater stood, *{isuuger!? neglects to state whether euch was the case, ’ Tun WHATIEI fo Centred Iinols has uot Leen favorable for rnuch seeding yet. Some spriug-wheat was pur fu last week; but aluce it has drozon solid, wud rains und snowy have been the order, As‘soon as the ground peta Into suitable co on enormous acreage will bo put in with wheat, oats, nid flax. Should the season be fayorabie, thero wil bu the largest harvest of those cerenls ever known bn [Uinots. RUNAL, Jt. POSSESSION OF POWER. Only Two Hives Hetwoen the Domoorntio Party and tho Vossersion of Absolute Power. To the Hiitor of The Tribune. Curcado, March 21.—There are only to lives botiveen the Democratic party and the possus- ston of absolute power! Upon the organi- ration of the now Senate, the Democrats will chooso a Prealdent pro fem; aud, in the event of tle death of both [resident Hayos and Vice-Preatdent. Wheeler, the Presi- ilent of the Seuate would become President of ihe United Stntes, Superiictal observers may smile at the sugeestion of a resort to assaseinn- tion by the Detocratic party os a incans of achioving supreme nower. But the apprehen- ston, nevertheless, exists, and finds oxpression, Letus inquire whether it ts worthy of considera- tion, It was by poison and the dagger that in- cumbents of the flrat offices in the Roman Em- pire were despoiled and overthrown by their rivals. Assaseinations in Royal circles were fre- quent in England during the sixteenth and sey- enteenth centuries; and it France, as Inte asthe relgn of Nopolcon the First, persona presumed to be dangerous to the Emplre, whieh meant Napotoon, were banished or assasainated. ‘The throno of Rusgin, until a tate date, was the sport of assassins. Catharino IT. suc- eceded to power on the death of sher husband, Peter {1f., who was assassiunted, and to which assassination she was uccessory. There 1s scarcely a Government of the Old World, even the most enlightened, whose chief placo of power and adznintstration lina not been soucht and obtatied through the agency of polaon or the dager of the nssassia. It wilt be sald that we Hyo under a new regio; that the theory of our instituvions fs opposed to violence a8 A means of achieving power, ‘True; but human nature ts not changed by the form of Government under which men Hye. Nerther laws, nor customs, nor babits of Ife ayall to wholly eradieato from the Inman heart. bad passions, Envy, hatred, malice, and ambition survive constitutions, compacts, andl cnact- mente, When the Puritans fled from nersecu- tion in Old England to IHberty in New England they inaugurated a aystom of persecution only Jess abominable than that from which they had Sately fled in) disgust. ‘They burned witches, imprisoned heretics, and cat off the ears of Quakers, Escupliy froma bind of op pression, the English immigrants established on these shores the most odious and cruel syatens of human bondage that ever existed on earth, and nurtured it by the mportation of kidnapped wretches from the coast of Africa whom whey bourht and sold like eattly., When they came to forma constitution they were ashamed to refer to the “pevultar institution” by name, but they nevertheless sanctloned tt iu Use very justrument whose preamble recites the purposo of it to be to “secure the blessings of Nberty to themselves and thelr posterity. When it is considered Mut this hbommuble institttion ot slavery flourished here for 200 yeara; that for ifty years it was the controling element in our polities; that It was nilowed to spread over Vust tracts of theretofore free territory; that ina dozen States ft esme to be regarded? and was defended and even lauded nan God-or- dained institution; tat mitiiuns of people were subsisted in kjeness off the labor of its victims; that these victinisof arclontless oppression were deprived of cducatton, scourged Hike brutes, hunted by bloodhounds, driven inte swaps Mke wild Ueasts und shot down like dos; that on the auction block family, ties wore rudely sundered,—the wlfe sold away from the has- band, and the parents from the children; Wut the law was invoked to stretch its strong arm across thousands of iniles of free territory, plave shackles upon the Ilinbs uf the tleelnse’* ful tive from justice ?'—what a monstrous perver- ston of toring !—and drag him back to the chalns of slavery,—iwhen afl these horrors and brutall- ties are brought in review beforo the mind of the atudent of human philosophy, a wide field ts offered for speculation a3 to their possible— nay, probable—effects upon the elyhization of the people subjected to thelr malign influcace, It ts a Jaw of the wind that ita decreesof crucl- ty und injagtice react upon itself, finally utterly debauehing it, and rendering ft ineapable of ap- preciating the clalme of justice. ‘Tho Southern eople lived in au atmosphere of eruelty and Injustice for 200 years. Denying to a sibject race ali the rights of Ife, liberty, wid the pur sutt of happiness which th Jatined for them selves, und this in the sacred name of iberty, they lived alte, ‘Thelr local Jaws were framed to promote and perpetuate injustices ‘Thelr children were taught to practiceinjustice. Thelr courts were urganized to decreo injustice. ‘The wholo fabric of their socinPaystem was permeat- ed by the spirit of injustice. The lives of the subject raco depended, In many casea, on the [mere whim, caprice, “or pase ston of ~ tha master, ‘Thu disobedient stave was subdued by the lash, and sometimes whipped to death. ‘The runaway slave was pur- TUE, bybdlovdhounds, and sometimes torn to pieces. ‘Ihe slave must be sbdued at any cost, muck if hfe life ebbed away In the voursa of the contest his hody was trented with no more re- spect than thatof udeud dog, ‘These brutall- tiea, inseparable from the relationship of master and slave, destroyed that tne sense of the savred- ness of human Hie which ts the invariable con- comitant of a hich elvilization. The lucal law did, indeed, stand between the cruelty of the master auud the Hfe of the slayo, but it wasn dead tet ter; it was never Inyoked, mover oxcented. Heuce there gradually developed in the minds of the people of the South a contempt for law, adisregurd of its oblizutions, = Hence Calhoun's nullification scheme In Scuth Carolina | in and hence + the enge with’ which Southern “Representatives tn Congress absolved thelr allegiance to thy Federal Goyernnent in 1801, But rechivesness of human life was not confined to the dealings of the master with ble slaves. The bud passtuns sroused by whippligs and the chase of te blood- hound, eridlug in death, left thelr stump upon the ebaracter of those who Sndulged them, Henvo the duello ag a menns of settling disputes between gentlemen, mid hence those faaliy feuds which resulted In thousuds of the most brutalasanssinatlons. ‘The law prouibited murs derous azanults upon white men, und provided for thelr punishment ao tt provided for the pan- fehment of the murder of the slave, but it was never invoked nor executed either agalust the duellist or the ussteain who killed to heal his wounded honor (4). That Indulgence, from generation = tos generation, in tha brutal passions—eruelty and reveneo— would Snutly debase nnd britallze tou degree the entire community will not be dented; tt is alocical conclusion. This indulgence produced Y n feeling of utter disregard of the sacredness of human life, aud 2), no punishment foltowhy the commission of tho must helnous offenses against the law, utter‘vontempt for the law. Ju other words, u6 an effect of the iustiturion of y, there crew uo a system of moral cthles civilization utterly abhurs, a8 consistent with ite upaaiti, n state of barbariam, Tho politica) elect in such astate of aoclety must be inevitably the seizure of powor by the disclplea of the creed of force as opposed to that of law, by the free uso of all the avencles of intiinidation, force, mud fraud. It is not to be doubted that persons educated {1 a schol of thia character woul! be capable of nssussinu~ tion asa meana of gratifying ambition, Las assassination been resorted to us a step to power inthis country? President Taylor dled suddenly within a month of hts inauguration, Mony people belleved that he was polsoned; und those who entertalucd this opinion based it upun a caretul consideration of the peeullur conditions of Southern soclety, Such believers were found fn the ranks of students of human philasovhy. President Harrison died auddenly ja the midst of his term, and a elmilar opinton as tothe cuusoof bis death widely prevailed. Jn both cases the Demecratle party’ galued im Portant advantages, In 1805, Linculn wus assassinated by wdiselplo. of Sonthera hate of the Union and constitutional | goverment. An investigation developed the fact that there was 9 consplracy to abduct President Lincoln, and thero Js scurecly a doubt that tis agsaasina> tion resulted directly from that conspiracy. Long before the assazsjnation of Lincoln, the late lamented Senator Suter was assaulted fn the Senate Cnamber, under euch elreumetances and with such viulonce as to warrant the con. clusion that the act wus comiultted with murder- ous Intent, ‘Ife would-be assassin was aSouth~ erner, aud the Northery Democrats by whont lio wan surroundcd wituessed the brutal assuult without emotion and without offering to lay a hand upon the brutal villain who was culning iurderous blows upon thy bead of his pros trate victlm,—teir usiveute! ‘The murderous wssuale uoon Mr. Sumner and the aseasulnation of Mr, Lincolo are lustanees of 8 conjunction uf inotive and deed. Sumber was ay Uncompro- mising opponent of the system of human bond- ove Which wus the cortey-stons uf bouthern society, He menaced the pecnilar tnutitution with dustruction, ‘Lhe Southern peopl desired hia death, und Brooks attermptud to ussagsluate him, Lineal destroyed the institution of stay- ery, and the Southern people denuusced bim us wtyrunt worthy of death, und Booth: exdcuted thd imental decree of assassination’ passed upon him by the oxpiring Contederacy, To-day the Southern people desire supreme wuwer Le- twoen this dvalre nnd ita realization the lives of two men ore interposed, ‘Tue Southern people deslre to plunge their banda deep inty the Drease ury; Hayes ant Whee! Th dusira to renalr thet tered fortunes nt the exponee of the taxpo {the North; Hayes aud Wheeler along prevent them, ‘They dealro to bo revenged upon the North bee cauee ft crushad the Confedoracys Hayes nnd Wheeler constitute an {usupgrable bar to the accomplishment of tnfs purpose. The niotlya for assnasiintion {3 more powerful than it wos in the case of Lincutn or of Sumner, Once In absolute posscasion of the Governmont, tha hallot-Loxes, not onty of the South but of New York and Indiana, will promptly respond to the villainous appliances of fraud. “While Mayes ree toulus in the Presidential office the Supervisors? Jaw cannot he repeated! Southern: Democrats know this, and they know that without tts ree peal the Democratic party canto choose the next President. ‘The temptation to selzo power fa very ureat. The motlya to assassination ex- ists. Tt ie not atrange that grave mon, students of history und human philosuply, are tilled with apprehension lest, from the ranks of that Southern society, depraved by long indulgenca in the paestons and hates of setn{-baronrian, thero alinll, emerge n band of assassins reatly to undertake the task of restoring the Democratic party to power Unrough the agency of polson or the dagger. ue HORTICULTURE, Tho Annual Meoting of tho Gateshurg Hore tleutturnl Boclety=Eloctlon of Oficersas Prof, Standish Reads an Esany on Rains fall, : From Our Own Correspondent. No. 13 Esourrenty Street, Curcaco, March 22.—Dr. AG. Humpbrey scuds mo a full report of the annual meeting of the Gaicsburg Horti- cultural Socicty. ‘The casays and discussions wero of unusual interest. ‘The meeting was held at Brosvn’s tote}, Galesburg, Mareh 4. Prof. Standish, tho Presi- dent, called thy meethig Lo order. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. ‘The first business fn order was tho election of officers, which resulted as follows President--Judge G. C. Lanphore, Viev-Prealdent—Mra. 'T. Jy sale. Secretary—W. A. Ryan, ‘reasurer—Mra. J. V. N, Standinh, . cutive Committec—Dr, A. , MHamphrey, Mrs. d, V. N. Stundish, T. J. Male, R. W. Ifunt, U,V. Dieterich. Judgo Lanphere tool the chatr, and spoke hopefully of the future of the Society. "The subject for discussion was TUE DEFECT UF VEGETADLE AND FOREST GHOWTA UPON RAINPALIn Prof. Standish presented « lengthy and, able essity upon the subject. The following outline will fudieate the charactor and breadth of the essay. lle sald: Ae We are living at the bottom of avery dcop nos, Ths wea Is the stmosphoro that stirroonds the earth. Init we live, move, and have onr belng. Tt wot only Ufe-sustaining, but iife-testroylng, It builds up every form of vegetable and aulimal Mfe, and, when death comes, it selzes upon thera forms and reduces them to their clomonts again, Qur atmosphere is most Mickle and inconatant, At one moment, it will kles the cheek of the new-born pabo with a 'motter's tendorness; at the next, it comes with the destructive hurricene and the death-deulingtornido, uprooting forests, prostrat. ing citles, aweeping us with tho besum of destruc tron over the Innd, inarking {ts pathway with rin, desolation, and death, ‘The mluhty oak, tho clant of the forcat. that has stretched wut his arms to wind and tempest for centuries, hecomes but tdia sport to the angry slorm-ticnd, and strong navies, proud monumenta of man's genius, aro but bubbles on tho stream, Tle pruceciod to stute many facts concerning the extent, density, and weight of the atmos- phero: Tho woleht of the atmosphore hn been accurato- ly computed. Tew] keep In equilibrium a columa ury about thirty mches in bight. Honce, tis Just equal to a stratam of mercury covering the entire globo thirty inches m thickness. ‘Tho earth's atmosphere, therefore, weighs nearly alx quadrifiion tons. fu this introduction, he pracocded to speak o r bar the way THE WIND, Tho wind {a nir inmotion, As regards thelr gen- eral direction, the winds ara nearly as regular ag the planets in their course, As the Preacher bath said, *The wind gocth toward the south, and turneth about tinte tho north: it whirleth ahout continually, and the wind returnoth again accord- {ng to his cireulty.” ‘There are three general 6: tens of winds: the cquatorini. tuo middle Istitude, and tho polar winds, Lot us now trace these winds in their circuits, In the region about the Equator the stin's rays aro nearly vortical, and consequently the air la heated, causing it to rise into the higher regions, It thence slows northward and southward aga high current, When this northern high cure Tent reaches about 32 degrees of latitude, It mecta ahigh current coming from the North.’ Both of ihewe currents, at this point, come daywn to the earth's surface, forming the Calina of Cancer, anil progress a3 surfuce-currents; the ono that started from the Squatur us a’ high current uti} continues northward ng a surface-current; the other, wien cane fram the North as # high cur- rent, continuing southward to the quiator as a xure face-current. “The northward current tmeata a southward cntront at about GL degrees north latitude. Doth of these currents at this polot rio Into the higher regluna and vecome high- moving currents,—the northward-baund stil! moylng northward, the other inoving southward, When the nurthivard currenturrives at the Pole, it 1s pro- clpltated to the earth, und becomes a surfuce-cure rant nnd! It reaches G4 dogrees of latitude. At this point {L rises, moving as high current to D2 degrees of Jntitude, the Calins of Cancer; there it descends to the eatin, and moves as a surfaces currentto the Equator, Hero thaaleie heated agaln, cutsing tt to axcend Into the higher romlons, whera iinovesns before, A similar phenotnenon ts to bo observed in Houthern latitudes, Trnly the wind | ‘*whistleth about continally, and fe- turneth aguin according to his circuits. Next was considored the retatton of wind to RAIN. "Tho atmoxphera sa the great agont of rainfall. The wluds, blowing from sea and oc ome dripping with moisture, Hence woeco why south southeast, cast, and northenst winds Dring rain ‘The atmosphere, resting on the ocean In the warm region of the Torrid Zuno, $8 saturated with vapor, and this tg wafted northward and southward, and, meeting the cold currents from the Poles, the vapor Iscondenged and falls in tha Temperate Zonca a6 rain. ‘Tho preat reservyotr whence we obtain our supply af ral nia the Southern Ocean. ‘The Mit slyalpul. the Huduon, the Conneeticnt, are abundant profs tant the ratnfall in the North Temperate Zone 8 the oxcess forms more than fy netually needed. The inighty rivera, and is hurried back to th any cite whatever that shall dliint a tion at the Equator will produce drought tn tho teniperate regions, Whataver shall lessen evaporate tlon In the equatorial regions, whether it be aun npnta, oss. or cloudiness, “has n tendancy 10 dhntiish the amonnt of rainfall in the temperate regions, It may te gratuitous, but 1 will ventura fo apggest: that want of rain for the Just els mmonthy, and the absence of prevailing and violent winds, are day Ina Inrye tneasure, to an increase in cloudiness, fog, and raiufoll in tho Tropice. Such would be the tendency according to the theory hero propounded, ‘Tho casnyist had this to say In regard to the INFLUENCE OP FORESTS ON RAINVALL! We have seen that tho atmosphere, by ity cuts rents, 6 the preat distributor of ral, Wo have Koon, Also, that the antnal full 1s moditled by eleva tlony latiiade, proximity to mountains, the course of the wind. ‘There ure other candes, likewise, which havo a tendency ta Increase or aininiah 198 aunual amount, Whatever prevente the water from runuing olf from the surface of the earth {nto tho rivers has the effect to mcrease tha annual fall. ‘The moro tho ntoivsphere 13 waturated with vanur, the greator will be the disposition of rain, ‘The dry atmosphere of the last aix mouths necexearly preventa rainfall, ence forests, talt prairies srage, vexetable mold, will Increaso the annual umolnt of tain, Humove the stately forosts, ent clus tho bewutifnl herbage that covers the Tond, turn the vegetable mold boneah the surtace, and you will flud the annual amount of raln ohne been senalbly .diminished,, 02 the other hand, plant forcats of trees, let oir valleys and our hillsides be covored with (nil wav jag grave, and thereby the early and the Intter rains wiilappear, Hence, in overy portion of the cari whery thera iy a dearth of forests, of vorduse, thera you will tind barren wastes and trackless dce~ certs, Ifa correct vtatoment of tho annual wmeiut of ato in 1inots could bo given at the time whelt the Indian honter pursued the panting deer an **woued hia dusky mate," when the tall praitice grad **nodded"' ta every panaing breeze, and the foreata along our streams iad mover revounded to tho echoes of the woodmin's ax, del think, the annual rain much greater than ot pre ent, “During the last suventy-dve years there bt duon a yeadual diminution of rainfall throughout Now England. Aw a proof uf thi, brooks that were ance broad and deep Mave now dwindled to very Insignificant atreams, Sany of (hoso mon Ain-rilia and wrooks which, tn my boyhood, dificult tu paws, can now be crosser atu ‘siny 4 bound, ‘Vhe same iy true of many portions « Now York and Pennsylvania, ‘Tho + oldest ine hablant" not wnfrequantly calla attention to (ne fact hat the Grovke are drying up. ‘The essayiat referred to the experimonts that, had been made iy the Academy of Sciences In Franeo to determlue the amount of raiufull, and tho effect of furcats upon the game, "The cassy ELICITED DISCUSSION. Judeo Lanphere sald the reading of the paper brougut him back, io mawory, to the rez(on Dlecarly homuin the Euat, which,” itty years ngo, wus covered with w heavy forest-zrowth and ales abounded in trout-atreams and rivu; lets. ‘Twenty yearsago the same country bad becn almost completely denudod of its forests, and cimilarty there wae noticeable a lack of moisture and on absence of tho ulder etre: OU Dr. A. G, Humpbrey’s cagay on th aubject, und of the discussion that followed, will speak next week, OU, Le Be pati a Dz. Bull's Cough Byrup hae been before the pub- Me for yours. and is pranognced by thousands #u> perior Co ail other articies fur tke cure of cuurhs, colds, mntlucnxa, und all nutuynary compleintte oats only 25 cynis & DOlilve