Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 4, 1880, Page 18

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 1889—TWENTY PAGES. nd 7:30 p. m. at the First German Church, co: ner of Bickerdike and Huron strecta. —The Rev. J. B. 8Sunth will preach at 10:30 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. at the First Norwegian Church, corner of Noble and West Ohio streets. The Rev. John Ongman will preach at 10:30 & m. and 7:30 p. an. at the First Swedish Church, onthe he v3 Be dnekeon et ~The Rev. J. jackson reach at the Hyde Park Chureh at. a a = . = ‘The Rey.C. B. Roberts will preach at the Englewood Church at 10:30 a: m, and 7.30 p.m. —The Rev. J. F. Howard will preach at Ila. m. and 7 p. m. at Downer’s Grove Church. -—The Rev. George Pierce will preach at 10:30 8. m.and 7:30 gz ™m. at the First Evanston Church. ~The Rev, §. Baker, Jr, will preach at 10:45 &. m. and 7:45 p. m, at the Austin Church, —The Rey. Dr. Ives will preach ut 10:30 a. m. and7:40 p.m. at Temperance Hall, Oak Park. —The Rey. H. Happell will preach morning and evening at the Brighton Park Church, corner of Thirty-cighth street and Blanchard avenue. METHODIST. Communion services at Centenary Church this Homing. Preaching in the evening by Bishop At the First Church, communion services Will be hela this morning. Preaching 1m the evening by Dr. Williamson, on “The Peril of Irreligion.* i —The Rev. Robert D. Sheppard will preach in Grice Chureh, corner of North La Salle and White streets. at -10:30 a. im. and 7:30 p. m. Morning: subject: “ Without Wrath or Dou Evening subject: “ Kept by God's Power. —The Rev. J. 4. Caldwell wil! preach in the Morning in the Western Avenue Church, corner ot Es earon: street. Sacramental services in the ing. —The Rey. T. R. Strobridge will preach morn- ny and evening at the Park Avenue Church, 2urner of Robey street. —The Rey. Frank M. Bristol will preach morn- ing and evening at the Wabash Avenue Church, corner of Fourteenth street. a MISCELLANEOUS. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold a meeting this evening at the corner of. Madison street and California avenue. --The Liberal Reunion meets at No. 213 West Madison street at 2:30 p.m. —Elder Murk i, Forscutt will address the Latter-Day Saints in‘ Temperance Hall, No. 213 West Madison street, at 1045 a. m. and 7:30 p. in. No services will be held next week. Mrs. Cora L. V. Richmond, trance speaker, will speak in the church corner of Monroe and Lattin strects, at 10:45 a. m. and 7:45 p. m. Morn- ing subject: |* The Harvest of a Century,” by the spirit of Dr. Channing. Evening subject chosen by the audience, The Disciples of Christ will meet at No. 229 West Landolph street at 4 p. m. Dr. Wiguin will bold a meeting for Spiritual- iets and mediums at No. 508 West Madison street, at 3p. m. _—There will be a lecture in the Gospel Hall, No. % South Desplaines street, at ope m. Sub- ject: “No Service to Christ, No heward by Chris! Donald Ress and John Carnie, the 3cotch evangelists, will hold Gospel services at p. m™, —The Rev. James Kay Applebee will preach in the Chicago Free Religious Church, corner Vin- cennes avenue and Thirty-fifth street, at Ila m. Subject: “A Glim at the Inner Life of Paul, the Apostle.” ening lecture at 7:80. bject: “Macbeth,—a Drama of Conscience.” —The Rev. N. F. Ravilin will preach morning and evening at the Baptist Mission, 431 Ogden enue. —James Kay Applebee will Religious Church, corner of ‘Thirty-fifth street and Cottage Grove avenue, at ll a. m. and 7:30 9. m. Morning subject: “A Glimpse at the nner Life of Paul the Apostle.” Evening sub- ject: ‘* Mapeth—4 Drama of Conscience.” -The Kev. L. P. Mercer will preach to the Jnion Swedenborgian Church at 11 a. m., in Hershey Music-Hall, on “ Christ’s Intercession.” —The daily Gospel meetings conducted by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will 2¢ held inthe Lower Farwell Hall at 3 p.m. Che leaders for the week ate: Monday, Mrs. W. 3. Powers; Tuesday, Mrs. M. B. Willard: Wednes- lay, Mrs. H.S. Tarbush; Thursday, Mrs. W. @. Powers; Friday, Mrs. W. J. Kermott; Saturday, Mrs. J. W. Miller. : he Rev. Mason Gallagher will preach inthe Washingtonian Home Chapel at 3 o'clock p. m. —The flowin railroad-men's mectings will de held: Corner Kinzie and Canal strects at 3 m., to beled by Oliver Long, engincer C. & N. W.: No. 4615 South State street at 3:30 p. m., to ve led by Johm Morison; No. 634 South Canal street at 7:45 p. m., to be led by W. H. Wilkins, of C, A. &St.L. All railroad-men and friends are invited to these meetings. CALENDAR FOR THE WEEE. EPISCOPAL. April 4—First Sunday after Easter. April 9—Fast. reach at the Free CATHOLIC., April 4—Low Sunday. April 5—Annuneiation of the-B. V.M. (from March 25). April 6—St. Be: April 1-St. F April &—St. B.C. D. (from April 4). April $—Sr. Vincent Ferrer, C. (from April 5). April 10—Office of the Immaculate Conception. BIRD ARRIVALS. Being Part Il. of The Tribune’s Fourth Annual Heport of Feb. 14. To the Daitor af The Chicaco Tribune. Evaxsros, Iil., April 2.—The arrivals of birds ‘or the spring of 1830 present the most extrnor- linary freaks of migration. The alternate days of high and low temperature have had much, if sot all, todo with the depressing and singular nfluences exorcised. Birds that for years have seen known to appear simultancously have ar- sived at intervals remote from each other. The month of March, in fact, was characterized in prnithological history by the almost silent ap- proach, one at a time, of various species of mi- srutors. The result has been, however, that naturalists have enjoyed a most fruitful season of investigation of the causes and theories of migrations of birds,—an account of which, so far as the writer is concerned, would hardly have place here. The following table will show the arrivals: Robin, Turdus migratortus... ++-Feb. 11 Bluebird, Siaia sialis.... Feb. 26 Grass Sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus......Feb. 26 (Abdut this date, Feb. 26, a few specics of auch appeared, notably the Mallard and Sad- wall.) Rilldeer, £oialitis vociferus... March 4 Tree Sparrow, Spizelia monticola.. farch 4 Biack Snowbird, Junco hycmalis ‘March 4 ‘These two latter species are wrongfully re- garded by many ornithologists as winter resi~ dents, of a non-migratory character. A careful notation by the wriler, extending back some ten years, has failed to discover these birds at any other time than early epring, with the exception of the year of 38:5, when a pair of each were seen in midwinter.) Red-wing Blackbird, 2gdarus phaniceus. March 17 Crow Bickbird, Quiscalus purpurcus.....Mareh It Meadow Lark, Sturnclla mayna.... Purple Finch, Carpodacus purporeus, Fox Sparrow, Paserelia dica. Pheeba, Sayornia fuscus... sees 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Reguius calen- Brown Creeper, Certhfa familiaris Yellow-billed Woodpecker, Sphyrapicus DUTIUB «604.00 enesvcceses sere sesesees .March 31 Ground Robin, Pipilo erythropthalmus...March 31 ‘This closes the record up to April 1, which is noted for the absence of many species usually on hand.and for the presence of some which are usually later visitors. The observations are for astrip of land lying six miles north of the lim- its of Chicago, in the Inke region, and four wiles west from the Northwestern University. Wittiam H. BALLou. PROMISE AND FULFILLMENT. Nora Perry in Youth’s Companion. ‘When the February sun Shines in long, slant rays, and the dun- Gray skies turn redand gold, and the winter's cold Js touched here and there ‘With the subtle air Thxt seems to come From the far-off home Of the orange and palm. ‘With their breath of baim, And the biue-bird’s throat Swells with a note Of rejoicing gay, ‘Then we turn and say, “Why, Spring is near!” . ‘When the first fine grass comes up In pale green blades, and the cup Of the crocus pushes its head Out of its chilly bed And purple and gold Begin to untold In the morning sun, While rivulets run ‘Where the frost had set Its icy seal, ard the siils are wet With @e drip. ae. drip From ine wooden lip Of the burdened eaves, ‘Where the pigeon grieves, And coos and woos, And sorts: sues, Early and late, Its willing mate, Then with rejoicing ray We turn an ye “Why, Spring is here!" ‘When all the brown earth lies. Beneath the blue, bright skiex, Clothed with a mantle of green. ‘Aud ghining, varying sheen, ‘Aud the scent and sight of the rus ‘And the purple Jilac-blows, Hiere, there. and everywhere, Zlost one and tone till "5 senses tng! With the heaven and earth-bornsweetness, The sign of the earth's completeness, Then lifting our voices we By, “ O stay, thou wonderful day? ; ‘Thou promise of Paradise . ‘Phat to beart and soul doth suffice, Stay, stay! nor hasten to fly <Yhen the moon of thy month goes by, For the crown of the seasons is here, June, June, the month of the year!’ ————_—_- tives gain in flesh, streugth, and spir- fener a dally ‘use of Malt Bitters. . Mareh 17 ‘Mareh 23 March 24 farch 30 / LONDO The Dissolution of Parliament, and Lord Beaconsfield’s Manifesto. Liszt’s “‘Faust Symphony’”’—Spell- ing Reform in Germany. \ Capt. Webb's Latest Feat—Ballooning to thé North-Pole. _Bpectal Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune. Loxpon, March 15.—The master of sur- prises has again upset the calculations of the know-alls, When Easter comés in, Parlia- ment will go out. THE DISSOLUTION. Lord Beaconsfield’s announcement last Monday in the House of Lords, that the. Government had decided to dissolve Parlia- ment on the 23d, fafrly electrified everybody. Assuming a magnificent sapience after the event, the daily papers condescendingly hint that unmistakable signs of the imminent end were plain to their perceptions days before. But it is ‘a Jaughable fact that not a single editorial whisper was permitted to antici- pate the news. The secret was beautifully nursed. The Ministers did not take even their own friends into confidencé, and the faintest indication of the Premier's resolution bad not been made manifest to the Opposi- tion. So it happened that, when the Chan- cellor of thé Exehéquer sprang the same mine in the Commons that his noble chief had already fired in the Lords, the Liberals were quite unprepared. Their leador, Lord Wartington; not only was not in his place in the Louse, but he was out of town. Norwas Mr. Gladstone in his seat, Mr. Bright also was absent. The duty of saying the few conventional werds which the situation de- manded from his party devolved, therefore, upon Mr. Forster, who replied with tact and good sense. Within an hour the news had been carried on the burning wings of the telegraph to every town in the Kingdom. Inimediately the country became flooded with election-addresses. The most noteworthy of these, and also the first to appear, was the manifesto of Lord Beaconsfield himself. I have nothing to say of it as a political docu- ment. But it deserves notice as a literary composition, for it is thoroughly Disraelian, abounding in bombast. and alliteration. Among the jingles are “classes and creeds,” “power and prosperity,” ‘ destructive doc- trine,”’ “ consolidate codperation ” (whatever that may mean), “light and leading,” and “love of liberty and law.” Now it happens that the Premier has put clearly on record his own opinion of the rhetorical expedient he has employed in his appeal. Some ghoul lias been ransacking the Hansards, and finds that, during a debate on the Reform bill brought forward in 1860 by the Government of Lord Paimerston, Mr. Disraeli said: “Al- literation tickles the ear, andisa very popular form of language among savages. It is, Ibe- lieve, the characteristic of tude and barbar- ous poetry; ‘but it is not an argument ini leg- islation.” Cruel, isn’t it? And friend and foe alike are laughing to thetop of theirbent. Lord Beaconsfield, however, ‘has got the best of his critics at one point, and, I haye no doubt, is chuckling inwardly at his cleverness. These gentlemen made grea, sport of his appeal to “men of light and* leading.” They hurled their grammars at him. Would he kindly explain to them what he meant by “men oflight”?? Was“ leading” anoun or what? Or was he only massacre- ing the language, ashe had massacred the helpless Afghans? Montaigne, somewhere in his writings, informs ‘us of an ingenious plan of his of transferring whole’ sentences from ancient authors without acknowledg- ment, that_the critics might blunder by giv- ing nazardes to Seneca and Plutareh, while they imagined they tweaked his nose. The Prime-Minister has been up to the saine little game. “Men of light and leading” is a plagiatism from Burke. And _the critics are discomtited. This is not the first time that Lord Beaconsfield has cribbed the phrase; he had appropriated itlong ago. He used it in the House of Commons as far back as 1846, in his defense of Lord George Bentinck. Liszt’s “FAUST SYMPHONY” sy has just been produced for the first time in England, It consists of “three character pictures after Goethe,”—these being re- spectively’ headed, “Faust,”- © Gretch- en,” and “Mephistopheles.” Although the arrangements for its performance were .on an. extensive scale,—including the cooperation of an exceilent orchestra of eighty-one performers. coimprisitig many of our best instrumentalists, and of a well-se- lected male chorus;—the piece can hardly be said to have created a-tavorable impres- sion. Speaking for my humble self, I found the symphony crude and tedious. Certain measures of it were beautiful, but I could not by the hardest listening come to an other estimate of it asa whole than thatit was 2 collection of vague harmonic ideas, thrown together with utter disregard for all form.and canon. The following perhaps too severe criticism is from the Daily Nelvs. Though, arbitrary in tone,—for the . Daily News critic is of the old school of reviewers, —it is certainly the best notice of the great Abbe’s work that Ihave seen in any of the papers. “The occasion,” it says, “gave fresh confirmation to the opinion several times previously expressed, it Liszt’s am- bition far exceed§ his powers of imagination. An entire departure from all form and de- velopment can only be tolerated in a genius so vast and profound as to require modes of expression that were hitherto wanted,—as in the case of Beethoven. With this mighty master, however, innoyation was a process of deyelopment,. not of sudden antagonism, as with @ composers of the new German school, among whom _ Liszt is one of the most defiant.—his‘ Faust Sym- phony’ being a monstrous and exaggerated proof of the fact . . . That Liszt pos- Sesses great practical skill in the command over the varieties of orchestral coloring (frequently overwrought), is indisptuable; and from this his music derives a factitious importance, such as commonplace platitudes in speech might gain—with some hearers— when uttered with stentorian vocal power. That there are occasiotal passages in the symphony of imnpressiveness and beauty, may be granted; but it must be a very poor orator who occupies a platform for more than-an hour without saying a few things worth listening to. When, however, these are so rare asin the work referred to, it is impossible to avoid a protest against so am- bitious and prolonged a claim on attention that might otherwise be much more worthily bestowed. That Liszt isa man of remarka- ble gifts and attainments,—in music, and apart from it—no one can dispute; but, ce he deserted his assured career as an ac- knowledged great pianist in the efforts to be- come a great composer, he has too often mis- taken arrogant self-assertion for the prompt- ing of génius. SPELLING-REFORM IN GERMANY. ‘The friends of spelling-reform in America will learn with satisfaction that the efforts to establish a new German orthografy have been brought to realization, I see that the Prussian ister of Education, who recent- ly issued a prescript, Specifying the words the spelling of which is henceforth to be differ- ent from that which has hitherto prevailed, has just dispatched! a Ministerial ordinance requiring all school-teachers to prepare them- selves to commence teaching the new spelling to all children attending ‘school, from the Ist of April next. All new school-books are henceforth to be printed with the reformed spelling. After the lapse of a certain inter- yal, no educational works with the old spell- ing will be permitted_to be used. The Gov- ernments of Austria, Bavaria, and Wirtem- burg, as I presume you are aware, had adopt- ed the new spelling some little time before that of Prussia. With the exception of one or two limited classes of words, the reformed. orthggrafy has already received the adher- ence of the lea organs of the daily and periodical press, ared with .those rec- ommended by Prof. Von Raumer, who was commissioned by the Prussian Government to draw up the official report on tke subject the changes are after all very limited. Th a ordinary German newspaper not more than front 1 to 2 per cent of the words appear with a titerent Spelling from that hith vi 4 erto pre- ; CAPT. WEBB, the only man except Paul Boyton who ever accomplished the feat of pion the Chan- nel unaided by ship or boat, has succeeded in outraging the laws of Nature by Tpmaining afloat for sixty consecutive hours. The the Ro: arium which formerly co! tained the hapless Beluga and the famous performing seal, was chosen for this feat of sensational natation. It is forty feet long, twenty feet wide, and six feet deep. The water ,was of the same Specific gravity as the sea, and ‘was kept at a uniform temperature of 80 deg. With the exception of one rest of twenty-one iminutes, Capt. Webb was continuously im- mersed. During the last hours he frequent- ly indulged in floating on’ his back, occasion- ally remaining motionless for twelve or thir- teen minutes, with his hands behind his’ head. As the completion of the sixtiéth hour approached, the number of Spectators. in- creasedand, when the “ Hero of the Channel” Jeft the water, his self-imposed task success- fully accomplished, he received an enthusi- astic ovation from the audience. BALLOONING: TO THE NORTH POLE. . Tom Hood once remarked that the most successful expedition to the North Pole could only hope to come to a stick in the ice: Capt. Cheyne, a retired commander in the Royal Navy, notwithstanding this warning, is perse- vering with his scheme for reaching the Pole by balloon. The London Central Arctic Com- mittee, of which he is the head, have just appuinted the month of May, 1881, as the time of sailing of the new British Arctic ex- pedition, ‘This decision has been taken in consequence of the general election, owing to which it would be-impossible to collect the necessary funds.in time for a departure -during this spring. Two orthree months ago Capt. Cheyne first astonished us with news that it was his intention to dispatch a -balloon-tieet to the frozen sea in search of that intangible geographical point which has been the object of so many explorers’ ain- bitions. Je did not propose to use his balloons for traveling purposes, he said, ex ceptin the last resort. He required a wel equipped ship for the conveyance of the ex- plorers and their balloons to within 300 or 400 miles of the Pole. Sailing with the current which would carry him the longest way round what Sir George Nares has named the Crystal Sea, he intended to put -up his balloons from point to point for purposes of observation. Furthermore, hayimg made a special study of air-currents, he would watch -for those which might be supposid to sweep around the Pole in given directions. He would then plant stations at certain spots, and in the event of bemg unable to reach the Pole in any other way, he would take to one of his air-ships, carrying two or three other balloons with him wherewith to- replenish with gas that in which he would ride, and set out with a current which he had every reason. to believe would land him at the coveted spot. The first attempt to organize the expe- dition came to a stick at the Mansion House. The gallant: Captain, with a deputation of followers, ‘appeared before the Lord-Mayor and sought his codperation. ‘Thirty thou- satid pounds were necessary to put the un- dertaking on its feet. He and they thought the tish public ought to contribute this insi; icant sum. Various people, more or Jess known, had wished the scheme success. Most of them, however, had forgotten to in- close checks for the fund. Fifty-nine eoim- mittees and fourteen country Mayors were not unfavorable to the enterprise. But their sympathies would not pay for a ship and. stores. Canada was enamored of the idea, he said; and its Minister of Finance had __ significantly _ hinted that, if funds were not forthcoming in En- gland, the Dominion would perhaps assist with the needful. The originators of the expedition preferred, however, to look at home first, confidently belleviriz that their North-Latitude ballooning ideas were sutti- ciently practicable to influence $150,000 worth of English sympathy. ‘Thus ended the first endeavor. “The project was zener- ally ridiculed, but the Captain was undaunt- ed, and the latest reports indicate that there is every prospect of the ultimate success of the scheme. Ido not mean by this that the enthusiastic explorers are one whit nearer the Pole than they ever were, only that the committee are rapidly getting together the £30,000 they appealed for. Capt. Cheyne had hopes to be able to set sail this spring; but, as only one-half the necessary funds are now subscribed, the committee have post- poned the attempt until next spring. We shall then see what we shall see. “Mean- time, yours truly will stick to the land. T. rc — THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Seward on Third erm. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Sourn Every, lL, April 2.—Your attention is respectfully asked to the inte Gov. W. H., Sew- ard's* Travels Around the World,” published by Appictons in 1573, page 757. The great War Secretary of State, in addressing the Inte Presi- dent Thiers on the day of his inauguration at Versailles, France. amongst other words used the following: ‘“ He hoped that M. Thiers might remain President a3 long us Washington, and bave a line of successors as long and as virtuous. More thun this no stutesman ought to expect, or might dare to desire." The book is edited by Miss Olive Risley Seward. So much for the third term. Wan Democrat. Open Letter to Supt. Doty. To the Hon. Duane Doty, Superintendent City Publie Schovls—Deax Sir: For the information of many citizens interested in the public schools of this'city, I would like to know what answers you would make, oflicially, to the following points which are now agitated in sume quarters: First—Do Principals of schools have control of thelr scholars beyond the school-grounds; if so, to whut extent? Second—Is it under a rule of the Board of Education that scholars are lowered one or two cades for being turdy, and do you approve of it form of discipline? Ki Third—Is the circular sent out by the Principal of the Marquette School to parents asking con- tributions for the purchase of a piano done under your authority of that of the School Board? 4nd will the standing of children be uifected By the amount of their contributions? WILuiam M. Lovouuin. Inconsistency of the Thing. . To the Edttor of The Uhicugo Tribune. Cacao, April 38—How very strange that THE TrRmvNE should be day after day writing powerful articles advocating resumption and the . remonetization of silver, that resumption might be practical and stay, and yet at the same time its responsible editor, Mr. Medill, should be in Washington bantering with the President’s Chief Clerk in the Treasury Department to not carry out the provisions of the law passed by Congress to that effect: Avery funny and most curious muddle this, that Mr. Medill must have been in, if Mr. John Sherman's statement be true. That an old editor like Mr. Medill should do this would be about as likely as that be should issue an address “deferring resumption for one or five years,” and expect it of any avail as against a law of Congress, as to storm at John. Sherman because he would not do it. ‘The fuct is, the very circumstances of the case are all against Mr. Sherman’s present statement and memory. id All through the controversy and discussion of this question I was a daily reader of Tus Trin- UNE, and [have ulways felt that the country, owed as much to its very uble and persistent ad- vocacy of silver remonctization, the restoration of that law and resumption, as to any other haif- dozen journals of the country. There stood John Sherman, the Executive Clerk of this Department of the Government, with the joker in his hand and the right bower, yet most unwisely determined to dispose of the Joker and play the game with the right bower alone. ‘To this Tak Tripone did object most. power- fully, asits tiles of that date will show. And right here is one of the present reasons why Mr. Sherman's boom for the Presidency is so feeble. ‘The common sense of tho American people will never elevate to the Presidency, at leust for many yeurs to come, any man who has been so unwise as he in two respects, namely: his oppo- sition to silver and his willingness to cater ex- elusively to the money power of this country by advocating the taking away from our green- backs their legal-tender quality in our_present emergencies, E.G.C. ‘Who Can Tell? To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cmicaco, March 30.—In the spring of 1852 there died in Chicago a Revolutionary soldier by the name of David Kennison, who was born in old Kingston, Province of New Hampshire, Nov. 1%, 1738, and was 115 years 3 months and 7 days old at the time of his death. He was onc of seventeen who went from Leabanon to Boston, where they were joined by others, making their number twenty-four, who, disguised as Indians, and twelve of them armed with muskets and bayonets, the rest with tommahawks and clubs, mutually agreed that if any one of them fal- tered he should be knocked in the head and thrown overboard. Thus equipped they boarded the English ship inthe harbor and destroyed her of tea by throwing it overboura, and escaped. He participated in the battles of Lex- ington and Bunker Hill, standing within a few feet of Gen. Warren when that officer fell. He served his country faithfully during the stir- ring events of the Revolution, and wasin the army during the whole war, being in the battles of Long Island, White Plains, Fort Montgamery, the skirmish on Staten Island, the battles of Stillwater, Red Bank, and Germantown. Lastly, in the skirmish at Saratoga Springs, he with his company (scouts) was captured by about 300 In- dians, by whom he was detained a prisoner about a yearand seven months. After his re- lease he settled in Danvile, Vt.. and engaged in farming. He was cared for in his last days by a family by the name of Mack, with whom he came to Chi in 1845. They resided some- where on the West Side. His funeral was at- nded by the military of Chicago. It is thought that the Chicago Battery, Capt. Smith, and the Montgomery Guards, Capt. Gleason, formed the escort, firing the usuul sninte at the Now, here is one of thei members of the fa- mous “ Boston tea party” who is or was in- terréd in the old cemctery, .and the question is, Can any one who is now firing identify the spot where he is buried? or are there any records or mups of the old cemetery still Inexistence, so that the grave can be found? ‘The writer has in an old scrapbook a biographical notice of his life and death, taken from one of the Chicago papers published at the time, which is at the service of any member of our Historical Society if it is wished, and who will render all of the assistance in his power to. identify the spot where he is/ buried. Here isa hero who, though humble in life, did as much, according to his abilities, for his country as any one wha participated In the Revolution, and it is certainly wrong for & peo- pleas patriotic as the citizens of Chicago cer- tainly ure to neglect to mark the spot where he is buried in some suitable ananner. In looking over the ‘ground recently the changes that have beon wrought in the locality makes it difficult to precisely fix the spot where he is buried, but it is believed that the west curb line of La Salle strect, which would cross Clark street diagonally ond intersect the old cemetery fence line, is within a few yards of the spot. 2 ax Well Sald. ‘To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Caicago, Murch 30.—Whatever may be'sald of tho politics of our city’sChief Magistrate, it cannot be denied that he his some commenda- ble traits as 2 public servant. Heis an econo- mist, and such men are the crying want of our time. In his veto message lust evening the fol- lowing paragraph appears, and it cannot be too often repeated: i “ High salaries, of minor offices and employ- ments is the bhne of American politics. The city pays at least 50 per.cent more for all ordi- nary erpueity than the gime can earn In private business. The result is that thousands danec attendance around the public cri and demoral- ize the primmarics. The great mass has to cat the brend of disappointment. The longer the waiting the more necessary the ultimate frui- tion, und, consequently, the more urgent the preasure and the more unscrupulous the ineans used to reich success, The pay ig too little for brain and too much for mere muscle. The best’ .braiu seeks private __flelds for employment where the reward is measured by the talent furnished.’ The State or munici- pulity gets meagre ability, or if by chance it ob- tain real worth it keeps it only so long as love of honor or ambition muy be gratified, and loses it nyhen experience has ‘been added to mative ca- pacity.” I am bound to say that when the scream of his eagle startics a tax-ridden people with such: melody as this, I, for one, can forget all previous discords in its notes. It is as cuptivuting as the lyre of Orpheus, and ought to draw all men un- toit, The money wasted upon ofticin! incompe- tency, which is wrenched from the taxpayers, is a monstrous injustice. There nre hundreds of clerks in Chicago working for $8 to 31,200 fully as competent as those in the employ of the city or county who receive $1,2u0 to $1,800. And the supply of competent clerks is greatly in exvess of the demand. I look upon it ns a hopeful sign when so eurnest 8 partisn in the political teld as our Mayor sinks his Pee and lets tly his arrows among friend and foe alike. ig ¢ AGRICOLA. Demand for Grain in England. To the Edttor of The Chicago Tribune, Cuarcaco, April 1.—The leading article of the Mark Lane Express, under date of March 30, says: ig “ The maize supply on spot is practically nil, and quotations gare consequently nominal. There fs little near at hand, and the tendency of prices continues upward, but buyers are ex- tremely chury of buying for future shipment, as present prices are tur too high to warrant such operations, with America's large crop in the background, ' Oats improved 6d. to 1s. per quarter on Munday Inst, which has since becn maintained, supplies being unusually light, aud, in the present scarcity of maize, any reduction in value of feeding stuffs is unlike); This has been the case throughout England, Ireland, and Scotland since the lst of January of this year. Letters from all parts say: “We have no corn instore and are depending for our daily wants on arrivals from America.” There is no corn on the Danube, consequently the Con- tinent ure obliged to buy from Aicrica, and this thoy are dving to the extent of 1,000,0u0 bushels ‘per week, and will continue to_do so until September. The wants of the United Kingdom of Great Britain und Ireland are 1,500,- Q00 bushels per week, so that up to the end/of Soptember their wants amount to 65,000,000 bushels. ‘There is at present in sight at all puints in America 15,699,088, or about fifteen weeks’ consumption’ of the Continent and the United Kingdom. But ofir own wants are much greater than England and the Continent, as the toliow- ing figures show. accord! to the reports of the Agricultural Bureau in Washington, the acreage and yield of maize in the United States for the years 1874 to 1879, both inclusive, were as follows, viz.: Yield, bushels. $5,143,500 Is z - 1S)... Kear 11,000,000 ‘The exports froin the above crops wero as fol- lows, viz.: Bushels. ‘The above table: bat z, portion of our crore of this cereal is exported, and, as ali familiar with the trade are uware, but'a very small percentage of the production consumed at home or abroad is used for pur- poses other than stock-feeding and distillation, the great bulk being used for stock-feeding. Sceing that 120,000,000 bushels will be required fur export from the ist of January to the sist of December, there is no good reason why the American farmer should press the sale of corn at any price that buyers will pay for it. The English buyer says America has an enormous crop, and must send it to us, and we will wait until it comes and get it at ourown price. By last English muil, under date of March 16, sales were making in Liverpool at 5s 11d per 100 pounds, or 28s 5d per quarter. For delivery in April sales were mik- ing at 5s 4d, or 253 7d per quarter, and for May and June 5s, or 24s per quarter, so that the En- glish speculator is discounting our large crop to the extent of 4s to 5s a quarter, or 12 cents to 15 cents a bushel, and in this the American farmer gives hitn assistance by sending his corn to mar- Ket irrespective of the price ho gets forit. It leis trie the last corn crop was lurge and of good quality, and, judging from the world’s wants, the high price of wheat, a_ failure of the potato crop in the United dom, & poor root crop and a_ hay cropruined by rain, the demand for corn will exceed unything ever before experienced, and tho furmers of the West have it in their own bands to say what the price wilt be. Corn at 30 shillings in England is only a moderate price, and at this would give the farmer eight cents per bushel more thin he now gets, taking the pees in Chicago at 36 cents, a price much too low at this season of the year, seeing the next crop hus not yet been planted. B pro- Home for Incurables. : To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune. Cuicaco, April 3.—I read with pleasure in last Sunday's Taipuns your able article and the communication of F, B. in regard to a “ Home for Incurables.” Ihave often thought of this, and wondered how it is that, amon; the most sympathetic and gencrous people inthe world, such a home’ hus not been provided. The willingness and ability of the people of Chicago to support such a home has been demoustrated time and again, as wit- nessed by tho various charitable homes and like institutions in operation at present. All that they want to know is, that the money donated will be honestly and properly used. Of course, to furnish a home for such a pur- pose would entait great expense to begin with, butI was thinking some other way might be adopted, and so I would make 2 suggestion to the Woman's Christian Association, which I think could be easily carried out,and would relieve them of a “white elephant,” which is causing them much anxiety, financially and otherwise. I refer to the * Woman’s Home,” or “ Bourding-House,” on Wabash avenue, which they huve been operating, for the past three pea and of which so much was expected and oped. ‘Maree years ago the Woman's Christian Asso- ciation conceived the {dea of opening a board- ing-house for young working-girls, where they would have the advantages of a “Christiun homé” and low rates, and still feel that they were self-supporting. ‘The Protestant churches of the city were ap- pealed to, and they quickly responded, cach con- tributing furniture for one room, Two murble-front three-story and basement houses on Wabash avenue were rented, and, by the different churches, furnished throughout, and the borrding-house commenced business. ‘The rate of bourd was pluced at $3.50 per week. ‘The capacity of the Home is thirty-four board- ers. The Treasurer's report is as follows: From May 22 to Oct. 1, 1877— Receipts of bonrding-house.. Disbursements. From Oct. 1, 1577, to Oct. 1, Receipts of boarding-house.. jet 1 1818 Eo Get. . 1813, to Oc f Doarding- Disbursementics so Detlelt....+0- : Average number of boarders per week.. Total deficit for ‘two years four months, $4,009.99. Such is the showing by the Treasurer’s balance, as gathered: from their annual report. This Home, when started, was purely experi- mental. and was so understood by those who originally furnished it, and also by those who have been continually contributing to its sup- port (for all of the’ deficit has béen pald by charitable contributtons),.and was expected to ay. alles peut S, after being furnished, so that Potting: ai Se ee peng rar be nourished there; but I think itd most enthusiastic admirer will confess that financially it isa failure; and when we take into consideration that it is di- verted from its intended purpose, and that there i are ang oe fetice girls fueres but only eridian o} e and youn; girls from the country studying musie, med cing, or some of the fine arts, we realize itis a falhiire indecd., ji bi ly suggestion is this: As this Home was fur- nished by contribution, and has been sup- Ported by charitable contribitions and dona- tons ever since itsconimencement, and the pur- poe for which it was called into existence is not ing carried out (because such a want as it was intended to relieve does not oxist, or it would be a success), reorgunize the Horhe, and make it a home for incurables. Call once more upon the people of Chicago, who by their generosity fur- nished and sustuined this experimental board- ing-houge,” to aguin contribute to this much needed Home for Incurables, and the call will’ not be in yain, and this will be a eat burden Ufted from their shoulders. a ‘The incurables will have a ‘permahent home, and the manufacture of high-toned pai cease; and if it is necessary to send ‘out solicit- ors, 1. for one, will volunteer to solicit gratu- itousty, and so save the 25 per cent of all'dona- tions which they now-pay their present solicitor, and will put my own anme down for $25. Thanking you very much, Mr. Editor, for your article, please continue on this subject but ashort time and we will certainly get a Home for Incurables.”’ JF, ER. New Offices Proposed. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, CnicaGo, April 3.—Believing that the Ameri- can people are beginning to feel dissatistied with their present form of government, and not wish- ing to overthrow its principles, but to so alter it that it may prove a better system of economy, Justice, and government, it seems best to create two new offices, and tv take the right from the people of choosing President and Vice-President and leave It to Congress and the_various State Leyislatures. ‘The two new offices I would create are those that 60 skillfully managed the Roman Republic,—those of Censor and Vite-Ceasor,—but. limiting their powers to such an extent ‘as to deprive tliom of a voice in the miking or abol- ishing of luws, but rese1 to them the duty w prevent public officials frum abusing, or re- fusing to. enforce, any law that may be estab- lished, They should be clothed with the power to unseat any ollicial that is not chosen by the people, or cause an inquiry on those that are, when either proves too werk to enforce, too one-sided to notice their duty, or too dishonest to fuithfully adwinister our laws. I would give to thé President the same powers that’ he now possesses—suve the controt of the forces. ‘The party issues are not to 've us the future aims of the Censors, but they are to be governed by facts as they are really found on record. As matters now stand, any representative of the people can misropre- sont them at the eleventh hour, and no power can censure them, or call them to account. In this case there would be a fear of being silenced. To argue that the Censors themselves would abuse power would be offset by their acts uelng counteracted by the will of Congress, whic! shall govern them. I reccgnize the fact that the Censorsthemselyea may be apt to overlook issues, or may become in one sense dictators, but while they have no voice in making or enacting laws, and are held in check by Congress, there needs be no fear of their dictatorship; nor would I favor them with the right to deprive any officer of his vote, but to cause inquiry should he mis- behave, and should he be found working against the public good for any dishonest or selfish pur- pose, to be punished by just fines or imprison- ment. It iy no greater wrong to punish a thief andletgothe rogue that commits a breach of trust. The amount stolen is the same; the suf- ferlugs of the victim are as great; and why not dealin like manner with the men who viglate public faith? F. P. DEMPSEY. THE’ VIGILANTS OF 1856. How San Francisco Was Purged of Its Lawless Elements a Quarter of aCent- ury Ago. New York Herald. The famous episode in the early history of California, which excited the attention of the civilized world in 1856, has become dimmed in generat recollection by stupendous intervening events, althouch perfectly well remembered in Californie ftgelf. The only precise knowledge of it possessed’ by the new generation is derived from Gen. Sherman, who, in his ‘*Memoirs,” gives a lively, but one-sided and hostile sketch of its history. Gen. Sherman was at the time a banker in San Francisco. Some time before the creation of the Viscilance Committee he had been appointed Major-General of the State militia, but had not , necepted and qualified. Ou the outbreak of the disturbances he was persuaded by the Goyeruor to tuke the'office, and he entered with charac- teristic dush and zeal upon the task of suppressing the ‘‘Vigilants.” As the moye- ment was outside the law, it was the duty of the State Government to suppress it, and it was for Gen. Sherman, as commander of the militia, to devise the plins. But he had no success, and threw up his commission in disgust. He applicd to Commodore Farragut, then sta- tioned at San Francisco, for 2 ship, but was re- fused, He applied to Gen. Wool, then com- manding the United States troops In California, for arms. He ussertsin the * Memoirs” that they were promised, and that Gen. Wool afterward denied his promise, and he is pretty severely handled in the “Memoirs” in consequence. When that alleged promise was violated’Sker- min found thut he was powerless, since all the arms on the coust_ were in possession elthor of the Vigilants or Gen. Wool. Thereupon Sher- mun resigned his commission and went back to his bank. Anapplication was afterwards made by the Governor to President Pierce for Fedvral ussistunce, which was refused. The best public opinion was so strongly on the side of the Vigi- lants that it was deemed unwise to interfere. ‘The state of affairs was much worse then than itis now. Casey, the Kenrney of that period, had been osed in the Bulletin as a graduate of Sing Sing Prison. On the same day he shot King, the editor, in the street before. the litter could draw his pistol. This was the culmination of an exeitement which had been growing for weeks. Casey, after the shooting, went and sur- rendered himself to the Sheriff, u member of the bullot-stutting gang. who was his friend. The next day after, King’s funeral, the Vigilants ‘went to the prison, scized Casey, tried him by their secret tribunal, convicted and sentenced him, and onthe following day hanged him and another murderer, Cora, in front of the Vigilants headquarters. These swift measures struck terror into the corrupt ring, and the Vigilante kept control for the ensuing three months, until’ they hud socomnplishon their work, in the course of which they hanged four mis- creants and banished about twenty. The most remarkable instance of their de- flant and relentless energy was their arrest of the Chief-Justice of the State, for stabbing one of their Constables, and they would have hanged him if the Constuble bad died of his wound. The friends of Terry, the Chiet-Justice, applied to the United States sudge fora habeus corpus, which he found a pretext for refusing. ‘They afterwards procured a habeas froin 2 Stute Judge, which put the Vig- ilants in a dilema. But their wits were equal to the occasion. Before the officer could ap- proach to serve tho writ they had spirited away the Chief-Justicc, and then opened their doors and told the oflicer to satisfy himself that they were detaining nobody In custody. When they had done their work they resigned, amid a fes- tivo celebration. Although they were technical murderers, no attempt was made to punish them, furno jury could have been found to bring ina verdict of guilty. For the ensuing twenty yeurs San Francisco was one of the best governed cities in the United States. FORGOTTEN. «\_seene from the buricd Summer-tide T sce in the embers’ fitful gleaming, While alone Lsit by the warm fireside, ‘And long for the trath of iny idle dreaming. 1 enn almost hear the whisper of ferns, as they nod to the kiss of u passing breeze; And my willful heart still tenderly yearns - ‘For the sweet dead days "neath the sighing trees— For the tender love, half felt, half told, While we sat 'mid the clover pure and white, And watched the gleam of the sunset’s gold Fade into the darker shadows of nigit. ‘You wondered then if our love could die! Yes, Death can enter the heart of the living, And, howsoever you struggle und try, You cannot rt nor die in the giving; And, e’en as the embers will die on the hearth, 1 Know that your heart will forget all at last, ‘The towers, and the stream, and the sunlighted earth, And even our love, as a thing of the past. And the shadow, pursuing me over the Earth, Grows dark and more dense as life is descend- ings And, e’en as its shade was above me at birth, It Will not desert me when Life's day is ending. So I yield up the love that you offered to me, Atid Isend you no world of reproach nor of sorrow, And never by word or act shall you see If my heart shall be glad, or break on the morrow. AVIS GRAY. HorricaNe Hart, March 15, 1880. $$ Antl-Tea. ‘In. 1743 there was quite an anti-tea agitation in Scotland, where it was pronounced by the fu- mots Duncan Forbes to be “in many respects an improper dict, expensive, wasteful of time, and calculated to render the population weakly and effeminate.” During that time there wasa Vigorous movement all over Scotland for abol- ishing the use of tea. Resolutions were passed vy Town Councils and the inhabitants of villages condemning it, and advocating beer. Sir Will- iam Fullerton’s tenants in Ayrshire entered into the following bond: “ We, being farmers by profession, think it needless to restrain ourselves formally from indulging in that foreign and con- suniptive luxury calied tea; for when we con- siderthe slender constitutions of many of higher rank among whom it is used, we conclude that it would be but an. jmproper diet to quality us for the more robust and manly part of our business; and therefore we shall only give our testimony against it,and leave the énjoyment of it alto- gether to those who can afford to be weak, indo- lent, and useless.” What is the difference between a civilized diner and a person who subsists at the North Pole? One has his bill of fare, and the other his ill of bear. we eS ‘ MISCHIEVOUS ACCORDION, Otto and Agnes Separated by Its Melody. A False Friend and a Fickle Sweetheart—1n Oppertane Faint. A Wedding at the Point of the Revolver— Ill-Luck of the Groom. When the North Side Police Court reopened Yesterday afternoon, after the midday recess, the first case called was that of the People against Frederick Sliepp,; in which the latter stood charged with the crimes of perjury and making threats. The prisoner was not in court, but was represented by counsel. The prosccut- ing witness, a pert and pretty blue-eyed miss of 17, was on hand, surrounded by her mother and @ host of sympathizing friends, who watched her with the utmost care and jealousy. She was represented ulso by counsel, who, after a con- sultution with defendant's tawyer, agreed to a continuance of the case until the 12th inst. A brief outline of tho facts leading to the ar- Fest of the young mar Sliepp has already been published in Tue Tripune, but an investigation by a True reporter of the inner details of the case unfolded so much of romance and ten- derness generally that a fuller account will be found interesting. THE WOMAN IN THE CASE is, or rather was previous to last Tuesday, when she became Mra. Frederick Sliepp, a Miss ‘Agnes Levetag,a plump and rosy maidchen,whose merry bine eycs, ripe-red lips, and saucy retroussé nose combine in the formution of a stugularly pretty and coquettish face, whose charm 1s supplemment- ed by the gracesof a form whose fuliness of undu- fation culls to mind the statuesque similes which Goethe indulged in in bis later days when describing the physical beauties of Mrs. Goethe in his matchless verse. At the time the story, in which Miss Agnes figures so prominently, opens she was living at home with her mother, who keeps a crockery-store at No, 252 Clybourn avenue. Having «rrived at a marriageable age, and being of the kind which are much sought after in marriage, Agnes soon had a number of admirers, none of whom she cared abuut, but, coming to the conclusion that it would be-ad- visable to make a selection while yet it lay in her power to do so, she last May promised her hand, if not her heart, to Frederick Sliepp, a young man of 22, who had, and still bas, a good situa- J.B. Co.'s wholesale store, Nos. ‘enue. Not having any af- fection to guide her in the matter, she allowed the advice of a married sister, coupled with the irresistible persistence of Mr. Sliepp, to decide ber choice in his favor, little dreaming the trouble it was to cost her in the future. ‘The engagement accomplished, the couple indulged in the bitling and cooing proper to the situation of aifairs, and made themselves generally a nuisance to the rest of the family. Presents were exchanged. Miss Agnes’ taper fingers be- came the resting place of several beautiful rings which her intended bought her, and across Mr. Sliepp’s waistcoat gleamed a mighty gold chain, which had been placed there by his fair fiancée. They went out buggy-riding, visited the theatre, squandered what would have ma- terially helped on toward the fature housekeep- ing on ice-cream téte-a-tétes, and in a general way indulged in those acts of prenuptial junacy which aro nowadays deemed to be the proper thing. Everything went on happily, in fact, and on May 1, 188), was set as the date which was to put anend to ail such nonse,and to see them made man and wife. Towards theend of Jan- uary last, however, an accident happened which Was doomed to UPSET ALL THE PROMISED HAPPINESS. One evening inthat month Sliepp, who, it may be mentioned, is a plain and unpretentious young miin, blunt and straightforward of man- ner and speech, and lacking those little tender- nesses and flattering arts which teach women how tolove, invited -Miss Agnes and her sister to visit his boarding-house. At thattime he was Uving at the house of a Mrs. Fredke, and, a3 an extra inducement for the pounE jadies to ac- nese him, he mentioned the fact that a son of his landlady, one Otto Fredke, was an ex- ceptionally handsome gentleman, witha marvel- ous aptitude for ; playing the accordion, at the same time hinting that the other Miss Levetag had better look well after her heart or she would lose it during the visit. The young Indies ex- pressed a strung desire to hear the accordion, and accompanied Mr. SHepp to his bourding- house, where a very pleasant evening was pussed, Mr. Otto Fredke’s ability to play the tuneful instrument bejng so remarkable that he received an invitation to visit the home of the Levetags at an _ early opportunity. He accepted the invitation, and in a very short time was 2 constant No. 252 Clybourn avenue. Living together in the same house, Sliepp and Fredke were fast friends,—a sort of Dumon and Pythias un- til uncontrollable circumstances forced them apart,—und they. contided to one ancther the joys ahd troubles of their lives. A short time after Fredke became a visitor to the Levetaz family he began to give Sliepp his contidential opinion as to: the qualitications of its verious members, especially with regurd to the two unmarried sisters. He was very pronounced in HIS STRICTURES UPON MISS AGNES, and tried hard to persuade nis fricud that he had made a great mistake in not selecting the other sister, which he urged him, while it was yet not too late, todo. He even went so far as to hint, not so vaguely either, that Mise Agnes had not us ‘good a temper as she might have; but, while these gratuitous counsels were well received by Sliepp, he decided that he: preferred Anges tohersister, or toanybodyelse’s sister, and would not make any transfer of his affections. In the meantime the treacherous Fredke was Playing his necordion in the Levetag parlor every evening, and the sisters listened with .@ patience that either proved they had an ardent passion for music or that some collateral pleusure made it endurable. The sisters also found out thar Otto was a “delightful dancer,” and that asa talker he was not to be excelled, while his gentlemanly manner bad made an’ espec! favorab!e impresaion. No suspicion, however, that cither of the girls possessed any other teel- ing for him than friendship or admiration was aroused until one afternoon early in March, when, much to the consternation of old Mrs. Levetag, she was visited by 31r. Fredke, who fell on his knees in the good old style and esked her for her daughter Agnes. The old laay did her best to peeuae’ the young man that he could have the other sister, who in all points ‘was the equal of the one upon whom Mr.Sliepp bad a prior clalmethat could not be disregurded, but he insisted that he bud not made any mistake in the name, and that if the good lady did not at once ‘promise to become his mother-in-inw he would do all sorts of guy things. Mrs. Levetag would not relent, however, und the young man, who, before retiring, announced that Agnes bud acknowledyed ‘that she loved him, und that he would allow nobody but himself to marry her, retreated discomifited, crestfallen, and un- happy. The news of his unsuccessful visit soon got ubroud, and, naturally enoub, caused a sus~ pension of friendly relations between him and the stupidly -unsuspecting Slicpy, whose dull brain was now forced to an appreciation of the motives Fredke had in vilitying his tlancée. Both jyoung men, however, continued to visit the Levetag family, but this was unpleasant to Mr. Sliepp, who finally, in bis straightforward way, insisted that Agnes should chouse, once and for ull, between himself and the tune- ful accordionist. She nsked for a day to decide, and, after twenty-four hours bad passed, sn- nounced her determination. Tt was 2 drumatic scene. The whole Levetag family, sundry in- vited guests; and the tivo lovers were present to hear Agoes pronounce her decision. She did so, and when the fateful words were uttered in which she expressed her determination to do ber duty and carry out her engagement with Sleipp the unhappy Fredke was go overcome with rie e FAINTED DEAD AWAY UPON THE PARLOR CARPET, and in that very act he sealed the doom of his apparently successful rival's hopes. Of course there was a fuss. Cold water was dashed into the unconscious young man’s face by his rival, and Miss Agnes brought strong chemical res- toratives which she placed under his nuse in order to bring bim to. She brought him to, and, so some of the lovkers-on aver, while leaning over his prostrate form, she whispered some- thing into his ear which had a much more re- viving effect than the previous applications. He brightened up suddenly, and when the little party broke up he presented a much less abject appearance than was to be expected in a man who had just lost everything that he held most deur in life. For a few days after this little demonstration Mr. Fredke did not visit bis friends, the Lere- tags, but after a while he began dropping round ugain, and soon the strains of music doating from their back parlor showed that he had again. got 3 accordion’s bellows inoperation. And in alttle while the gossips began talking about the open way in which Otto and Agnes made love when the absence of Mr. Sliepp gave them an opportunity, About this time, too, Mr. Lev tag, who had ‘also been brought under the in- tuence of the fascinating accordion, began open- ing, or rather trylug to open, negotiutions with Mr. Sliepp whereby he would trinsfer his affec- tions to someuody else’s duughter and allow Agnes to become the wife of Otto Fredke. Mr. Stiepp objected, however, and held the old Indy. and their daughter to their word. At last Agnes asked him to release ber, and one day, in order to prove to him how thorouzhly she lucked affec- tion for him, she - THREW ALL HIS PRESENTS IN THE FIRE inhis sight. Sliepp, however, assured her that he had enough Jove in his nature for both, and that he did not prose. to. give her up. ‘The climax of this game of cross-purposes ar- rived Inst Tucsday, when Miss Agnes received from Mr. Sliepp a “ terrible Ictter,” in which he coolly informed -her that be would be at his place of business at 1 o'clock on that day, and that if she did not make her appearance there promptly ‘at that time ho would blow his brains out. During the few.days previous, Siiepp bad “been mukin; himself obnoxious to the Levetug by interviewing them individually, ‘and, in a confidential way, Droducing a revolver with which he vowed to take his life if any further attempts were made to deprive him af his lady-love. fi 4 family Seg -leave he involuntarily begun framing amon! ¥; Was natural, when Agnes s! & letter to her mother, that tre "ed iy en advise her to keep’ the appointmess! 2 that, while bygo doing she mightayerey Atay trugbdy, there could HOE come any hornet view. ‘This is whe her great mistake. re Tho old lady ra When the girl arrived at J.B. Gore & promptly at noon on Tuceduy, sie wee jC Slicpp, who, in his usual direct style net her thit he ira tired of ull the doubiesee E uy ant inorder tuat = the had sent tr THEY MIGHT NOTEDIATELY Grr ‘MARRIED, ‘The lady protested, cried, begged tor ti Slelpp, she says, pulled the handle Of hi er into view, and swore that if f Wrould at once kill her and then ‘axe tet life. Tho nasty nickel-pinted weapon ie." horrid that the pa gave way, and qui companied ber lover to the County Cue! ing. On the way there he admonished h it would be necessary for her to sWear i was 18 years of age, but she declined to agreeing, however, to give that as he simply asked the question. Sho wus'en! Hieense was giver Rist’ ames ee ice Le ey then went ebureh of the Rev. Mr. Hi se Boom on an artinan, ‘who in the meantimethe girl's bi iteclt with the devising of mesa bu husband the See He, having gained his was already looking forward to taking it fied to the home of his aister, who, being’ mag, quainted with what was ilkely to aie e day, had prep: arters s| reception of the ‘young couple, wise the qu fibre & Beek ae matrimonial dispute arose over whether they should go the sister's 9948 home of the Levetays. At frst Sliepp way terminedly fixed upon a vist, without any of time, to his sister's, but Agme minded him with tears in ber eyes, that shee now his wife forever, and that, considers suddenness with which be hud effected a ch in her position, it would only be tea he should leave her free until later in the when she promised to be on band at hisses Sllepp would not agree to this, but ‘when his tie tle wife argued prettily that she knew Ef by staid away from the store without leave of a. sence he would lose his situation, which w; bea catastrophe from which she as well roy would suffer, the implicd confession of a newt born sense of community of interest ovemmp, him, and, bidding her good. Clnoura avenae cur, ana went As soon as he was snfely out of the way, got off the car and taade her wy to the Kone snared pister ae Ne. 183 Armour, street, she what had happened, and at time announced her decision (he tire NOT TO LIVE WITH HER HUSBAND. ‘ The married sister argued with ber, attempting § to prove that the sucred nature of the Marriage vow she had just made required ker to z= her husband, but the isl was heroic in herds termination ‘to remain a maid-wife, and also effect a removal at the-earliest opportunity g the chain in which she had heonso rudely Communication was at once opened up ‘with the family on Clybourn avenue, aud the result of, conference held by its members, in which, to, the Accordion-playing Mr. Fredke took part. we that. Asnes bad done well in her decision, ant that steps should be immediately taken. to’me uiin her in her determinution. To ith end, Mr. Fredke, who once took an ‘active part in’ the pi 188, Balle forth and procured the seryices of a lawye, with whose assistance the Various cros-pur B poses of the virious parties in the tnteres matrimonial romance have been finally reschy into a very interesting block gaine. As the matter now stands, 3{r. Sliepp {s aheut only in so faras he has nominally made his wife. On the other hand Agnes has herself to herself in a most tantalizing way evr since Tuesday, and in the meantime ber lawyer has had Bilerp srreaten on charges of a é 5 ack to the stare Ai in swearing he was older than she was, and of threats, in having threatened to her if she refased to marry him. ‘Tho evi do. support. of mee Pepueations 1 pn clear thst ere is no doubt of Sliepp’s convictfon shoud & oo ae Yesterday es filed a bill for a at making the allegations given above. No de fense was made, though the defendant enteret his appearance, and_ his attorney was in coun during the trial. Judge Barnum at once grante a decree, declaring the marriage vold becaumm no consent had been given, but he made mw comments whatever on the evidence. In cases of thiskind the mysterious sours of woman’s eccentric action are always uf ir terest, and, inorder to learn what prompt Bliss Levetag’s change of affection, the reporter visited her yesterday ovening at her sister's, No 133 Armoarstreet. Baid the young Isdy: “TLiked Mr. Sllepp well enough until we go engaged, when his demeanor towards m changed entirely. He got awfully cross ani £: tyrannical, and found fault with eterything J id. Ob, be was terribly rough. If 1 aid any 225 thing that did not please him he'd as ‘Sees Ber that, Agnes, you're off your base.’ But NE Fredke—he was so gentlemaniy: he never spc ; like that, and if you only could hear him pay ©2 on the accordion —” : $e This was enough, and as the revorter took bk 2: &: from the story for the benefit of engaged young gentlemen. {ft need not be given; if they et not discover it for themselves they desorvetob deserted on their wedding-days. at ‘STATE DEBTS. ae Debts of the States In the Union in 180 and 1879. ; ae Bradstreet’s Reporter, New York. Below we have compiled a table showing’ th debts of the States in the Union In 1810 and Im ‘The figures of 1810 have been obtained trom’ statement published in 18tl by Albert Galatia, and those of 1879 from the various State doct ments. At this time the tablo will be of peculisg interests Total State Totat Stas Alabama Arkansas. California. Colorado. Connecticut. New Hampshire. New Jersey, New York... —— C ¥ *Maryland held $14,250,000 in. interest-pa securities of corporutions, besides eat a unproductive securities. rae +Massachusetts has a sinking-fund of $1,28,, Forty years ago the various States of [tt Union owed $198,610,000; to-day they owe 24" 638,000. At the first sound of alarm, in 1-% the Southern States begun to talk repudiatios and, according to a recent estimate made by the New York Tribune, the losses sitstained by ereditors under the various forms ot, repudi- tion adopted in these States amount in numbers to about $272,000,000, the repudiationot Past-due interest and the forced reductions i the rate of interest under certain “ . ment” acts being included. €n 1870, according @ the census returns, the State debts of the Unica Were $352,860,698, and tho decrease since then #- almost wholly owing to the wholesale wiping ot of lawful debts which has been going on inte South. On the other hand, Pennsylvania, UF nois, Indiana, and, indeed, nearly ail. the Wes ern ‘and Eastern’ States, ignored the “Missi sippi_ plan,” and passed stringent [s¥3 against” the - further creation of bo the payment of commercial obligations. So strict were the? provisions, that lilinols had to secure an amend, © ment to its Constitution to “xtop the payment of its indebtedness.” The collection of acertain t= to pay the debt was made a Constitutional Ves vision, and after the debt was all paid the Li had to be collected until the constitution * finally amended. Indiana is, comparative? Speaking. out of jdebty 1 Towa cever had is8 es ebt worth speaking: Michigan only. 000; Ohfo only $1,000,000, and, indeed, Stissourl the only Western State that hus a State Cn] any size. The State debts of the Western Stata were $31,000,000 in 1810, and only $25, ee With an ‘indebtedness ‘so insigniticant, and sources so Vast, it is deeply to be regretted ee the word repudiation should have tainted tb. credit of the Western States. and both Mines? ta.and Missouri should. while there 1s yet smn ° honorably announce the doctrine that © ie binding force of a contract depends Rye rf law which neither Kings nor people ena repeal.’ ie MARTIN LUTHER, = ere Martin be raise tes youth, we have often ren Begged, with a bag, from door to door, ‘or broken meat and bread. A barefoot monk was Luther then; Of piety prodigious; But stay! methiriks the bag That he was sack-religious. The Greenbackers have put of ‘ence it | victory by their inexplicable Dillaye—! Courter. ;