Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 11, 1880, Page 6

6 _THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. APRIL 11, MARINE NEWS. Prevalence of a Norther and Snow Storm Along the Entire Line. The Ice Bridge in the South Channel of the Straits Broken. Bchooner D. z Bailey, Corn Laden, Ashore on McG@ulpin’s Point. Rchooners Richard Winslow, Sunrise, E. Fitzgerald, and Porter Damaged. The Barge Butter Takes a Rest on Favorit Spot. A GALE FROM THE NORTH. About midnight Friday the wind, which had been blowing with the force of a moderate gale from the south, gradually veered to the west ward, and at 6 o'clock yesterday morning sud- denly whipped around to north. The change came in the shape of a squall, filling the airon the lnke with spray, and on land with dust. The course of the sea, which haa changed during the night from south to west, now was directed up the lake, and the waves were soon running sufficiently high to break over the North Pier, while the wind carried the dashing spray acroes Lighthonse slipin a spiteful manner. Fortu- nately there were few vessels near this port during the morning hours. Thus mishaps were avoided. About noon the wind iulled somewhat, yet it continued Gis ‘brisk up to dark, while finrries of snow filled the air at intervals. The peller Starucca, which left for the Lower Eanes, reached Milwaukee all right, and her ‘consort, the schooner F. A. Georger, no doubt anchored in Milwaukee Bay. The schooner Ne!- lie Gardner towed out into the lake early in the morning, but soon came toanchor off the Marine Hospital: The schooner C. G. Mixer towed out of the harbor and then in again. with- ‘out stopping. A look and toss were enough for ber Captain. The schooner Hungarian, which might have sailed early Friday evening, but con- eluded to see the iuckless day out in port, left at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. She ran back from off Waukegan during the forenoon. The propeller Juniata started for Milwaukee, on her ‘way down the lakes, early in the forenoon yes- terday. She pulled through, undoubtedly, but it must have Been slow work. At 7 o'clock yes- terday morning the water in the river had risen fully thirty cls hg Erde # Jere ees er than at an! Tae Ghee aa noon’ it had fallen di, he ene th Constitution, Nek rh throughout 138 Con: Ly = Tey, and Mary McLane took advantage of the rise to tow the large schooner Michigan from ‘Adams strect to Ulinois Central B Slip, where Bhe is to finish her cargo of corn. " Yesterday afternoon the wind was north at Alpena, with a velocity of 295 miles; at Cleve- and, west, 28 miles; at Detroit, northwest, 20 mniles; at Grand Haven, north, 2 miles; at Mil- ‘waukee, northwest, 23 miles;. at Port Huron, north, #4 miles; at Sandusky, northwest, 46 continued ANOTHER ARRIVAL FROM BELOW. | Yesterday afternoon the steam-barge N. EK. Fairbank arrived here from Alpena with a cargo of 13,400 cedar ties. The Fairbank is the second craft toreach Chicago from the lower lskes this season. Capt. Morley reports that he left Alpena Wednesday evening and came through the Straitson Thursday. He passed Mackinac at noon, and by dark was off the head of Beaver Island. When he passed the Straits the ice was jammed between Mackinac and ound Islands, while a strip of ice three miles ‘wide extended along the south shore from Mc- Gulpin's Point to above Waugoshance. This ico ‘wax broken up, yet quite heavy in places. and shifted with the wind and current. The Fair- bank passed through a portion of the field, which might have been avoided by taking a more northerly course. The propeller Colorado was jnet in the ice of Waugoshance, and the large schooner San Diese just above Waugoshance. Capt. Morley says he did not recognize the ves- sel until after he bad passed her, and thon felt almost tempted to turn back and instruct Capt. Waters to steer to the northward fora clear channel. He says if thts had been done the San Diego would be well on her way through Lake Huron ere now. Downward bound ves- sels were met all the way from the Straits to Point au Beescies. Capt. Morley says he encountered heavy weather from the southward on Friday and from the north yesterday. The norther struck him at 5a. m. below Milwaukee, and a big sea was speedily thereafter runni ‘up the lake. —— GRAIN AND COARSE FREIGHTS. ‘There was a fair inquiry for grain-carrying tonnage yesterday at the rates of the previous day. Charters were reported as follows: ” To Buffalo—Schooner M. E. Tremble, wheat at 514, eents; schooner Lucinda Van Valkenburg, orn at 5 cents, To Collingwood—Schooner Yankee Blade, corn on a ‘through rate of § cents to Kingston. To Kingston—Schooner Sligo. corn on private terms. Capacity, 44.000 bushels wheat and 65,000 busbels corn. Toward close 5% cents was freely offered on wheat to Buffalo, but carriers declined to accept the rate, thus indicating a partial restoration of tone amang them. ‘The following engagements for coarse freichts were reported: Schooner S. J. Luff, lumber from Menominee to Chicago at $1.75 per 1,000 fect; schooner H. D. Moore, hemlock ties from White- hall to Chicago at 6% cents apiece; schooner San Jacinto, cedar ties and posts from Cheboy- gan to ‘Chicago at 7 cents for tics and 5% cents Zor poste aleo, 4,000 bushels grain from Chicago to Cheboygan at 3 cents; schooner _A. Mosher, 3 cents on grain to Cheboygan, and 5% cents for cedar posts and 7 cents for ties from Cheborgan to Chicago; schooncr John Kelderhouse, 7 cents on cedar ties from Cheboygan to Chicago; schooner B. Parsons, cedar ties and posts from Sutton's Bay to Chicago, rate not given: schooner Oak Leaf, cedar ties from Detour to Chicago at 8 cents apiece. OSWEGO AND MONTREAL. The Oswego Palladium learns that the St. Law- rece Steamboat Company which, with a capital stock variously stated at $175,009 to $300,000, has proposed to put two or three iron steamerson 2 new route from Cape Vincent to Montreal daily, making a nigbt line, have materially changed their plans. The stock for such a Jine torun in connection with the R. W. & O., Black River,and Northern and Eastern railroads—at least that part which the northern section has been asked to pnt up—does not seem to be forthcoming, it is now proposed to organize a different line— {rom Oswego to Montreal, taking the lake travel at this point instead of Cape Vincent, and to in- augurate it this season, with two large and fine boats already constructed. Between the D., L. & W., Midland, and R., W. & O. Railroads, there is no doubt that a large lake travel could be again concentrated at Oswego for the parks and ‘Thousand Island region, and to points through to Montreal and Quebec. It is proposed to form a day line. SHIP-BUILDING ITEMS. According to the Detroit papers there are now on the stocks at Oades’ shtpyard a tow barge for the Lake Superior Lighthouse Company and a Band scow for Louis Dubois. Both craft will be weady to launch in about six weeks. ‘The steam-barge Ida Burton is undergoing repairs at Rockwood previous to being turned over by Capt, Joseph Burton to her new owners, Tuttle £ Co., of Mt. Clemens. She will have fif- teen feet added to her stern, new machinery, and new decks. She is torun in the bolt le ‘between Mt. Clemens and Canadian ports. ‘McLaren & Sprague are building at Rockwood a new sows barge calculated to carry bnlf-a- million feetof lumber. Her length over all is 159 feet, 3 fect beam. Estimated cost when gompletoa (which is expected to be about May 1) is $14. A new eteam-barge will also be built at Hock- ‘wood du the coming summer to run on the Bay City and upper-inke routes; and two new barges will bo built late in the fall or early in the winter for the lumber trade. OUR CANADIAN NEIGHBORS. ‘The echooner Mary takes barley from Bur- Mington Bay to Oswego at three cents per bushel. Seamen are congregating in considerable bumbers at Toronto. Tug rates at Port Hope are expected to range from $3 to $5 this season. The Kingston News says the only cargo of ice unsold in the harbor is that of the Benedict, for ‘which $3.25 per ton is asked. ‘At last accounts Georginn Bay was clear from ‘Waubashenc to Sturgeon Point. A heavy north- west wind was breaking up the ice, and the prospects were that the buy’ would be entirely ‘clear within 2 day or two. On the 5th inst. the tug R. B. Hayes left Waubashene for Port Sererne but had to return, as the ice prevented -entrance to the latter port. ‘The new steam plensure yacht Marshall and ‘Murray was Inunched st Waubashene a few days . -She is one of the finest and most com- fortable steam yachts on fresh water. ‘The ‘Bteam yacht Alert will be ready for launching in 2 belleville the sehooner British Queen, laden with ioe, ie Meaaue Reporter complains that the accumulation of sawdust and other refuse from the factories, and the wash of dirt from the ui: filled up the channels in Sioa here ae US aa ier ‘Yun scows to get up Where vessels carrying 70, bushels used to sail. Government surveyors have been at work on the river. ree Se ee EE Se ae lant not be rea ‘or launt June. The craft is being built entirely of oak, and will cost probably $15, me PREFERRED CLAIMS AGAINST VES- SELS. An effort is being mado by parties interested tosccure the passago by Congress of a law giv- ing claims against vessels for, ship supplies the preference over mortgages. Tho folloying is 2 copy of a bill now pending in the House of Rep- resentatives: ‘A bill to make ships, steamers, tugboats, schooners, and vessels engaged in commerce and navigation betwoen ports of different State: and also between ports of the United States an foreign ports, liuble for certain debts contracted, by their owners. part owners, masters, clerk, steward, or other agent, and for other purposes. ‘Be it enacted, That ships, steamers, tug-bonts, schooners, and vessels engaged jn commerce and navigation between ports of different States and also between ports of the United States and foreign ports shall be Hable for all debts contracted by their owners, part owner master, clerk, steward, or other agent for ans on account of materials, supplies, provisions, and repairs furnished for the use of said water- craft, for towage services, and work and labor done’ and services rendered in loading, trim- ming, stowing, and discharging the cargoes thereof, irrespective of what port said materials, supplies, repairs, provisions, towage services, and work and labor were furnished or rendered, and that all of the foregoing goods and services, being maritime in their nature, shall confer upon those furuishing the same or rendering said services the right to enforce an admiral: lien against said water-craft therefor, whic! ghall accrue by reason of the indebtedness or Mability. aroeaniG, sud sehen shalt Lanes same priority or precedence of a morta! said water-craft given togceneral maritime lens. ASHORE AND OFF. ‘The scow Throe Bells, of Racine, struck the pier at Ludington on Friday, and drifted upon the beach with a crushed bow and broken bow- sprit and Jibboom, A tug afterward pulled her off and towed her into the harbor. The scow is said to be leaking badly. FROM THE STRAITS. . Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, MAcEINAW Crrr, Mich., April 10.—A large fleet of vessels and propellers passed through the Straits to-day. The barge Inter-ucean and tow got through the south channel to-day, being the first crafts through. The down fiect that ar rived yesterday is all here fast in the ice. ‘The schooner D. E. Bailey, corn-Iaden, is ashore on McGulpin Point, near the Swallow. King any yet. There are sev- aes maore in cloce proximity. £0 the beach, but the ice being piled up inside of them prevented their going ashore. ‘The schooner E. Fitzgerald is near the beach, and is reported leaking some. The schooner Sunrise is four miles above here in the ice, with her bowsprit and jibboom gone, and the Richard Winslow lies near her with her Jibboom and foretopmast gone. ‘There is n large fleot in sight below here, ty- ing to work up through the South Channel. ‘Wind—North, fresh. ‘Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. CrEBOYGAN, Mich. April 10.—Considerable snow fell last night, accompanied with a heavy northwest wind, which increased to a gale dur- ing the day, and thawing but little. It is freez- ing hard to-night. - ‘The up-bound fieet is scattered in the Straits, some in the ice and some at anchor. ‘The south channel fs opened, as indicated by a schooner coming down and hoisting her colors opposit this piace. She uppeared to be the schooner Kelderhouse, owned by the Cheboygan umber Company. Two others followed after her. ‘A narrow strip of ice at tho mouth of the er will not stop boats from making the har- or. DISASTERS ON LAKE HURON. Speetat Dispatch to Tre Chicago Tribune. SAND BEACH, Mich., April 10.—A heavy galo has prevailed all day from the northwest, com- meneing at9a.m. The schooner Home, of Port? Huron, loading salt at Port Hope, broke loose and went ashore with about 1.400 barrols of salt. The Point au Barques life-station took the crew of. The vesset is lying easy. ‘An unknown schooner_is ashore about two miles above Port Hope. The life-boat has gone to her this (8) evening. BARGE RUTTER AGROUND. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Dernorr, Mich., April 10.—The large tow barge J.H. Rutter, which towed through irom Chicago with the steam-barge James Davidson, ran aground just outside of the piers at St. Clair flats to-day. Sbe is reported hard aground. She iP the sume place where she grounded last BUFFALO. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune Burraxo, N. Y¥., April 10.—Arrivals!¢Propel- ler Morley; schooner St. Peter, Toledo, grain: schooners G. W. Holt, F.D. Baxter, Bello Har- rison, grain, Detroit. Cleared—Propellers W. H. Bernum, Morley; schooner A. J. Dewey, coal, Toledo; schooner H. W. Sage, Milwaukee, coal; schooner G. W. Holt, Dotroit. ‘The propellers B. W. Blanchard and Jay Gould, of the Union Steamboat Line, and Buffalo, of the Western Transportation Company's line, left port to-day, and wero the first departures of the regular lines. A heavy gale struck the city this afternoon, and blew with great velocity, creating consider- able damage to shipping in the harborand build- ings. ‘Charters—Schooners West Side and Mystic Star, coal to Chicago, 60 cents.- To the Western Associated Press. Borravo, April 1.—A heavy gale this after- noon and to-night. ‘The schooner Portor put Dack with the loss of her jibboom and otlerwise lama; ‘The water was the highest for years, over- flowing the wharfs and almost entirely sub- merging the island between the river and lake, the inhabitants of which had to fice for their lives. A uumber of shanties and boat- houses were washed away. The low Jands from Erie strect to Binck Rock were entirely submerged, and 9 portion of the Lockport Branch of the New York Central Road was washed so the trains had to be nbandoned on the Main street line. A car was blown from tho track, and a number of buggies overturned. No lives are reported lost. MILWAUKEE. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, MILWAvUEER, April 10.—It commenced blow- ing gale from tho north at5a.m., and still continues. .The schooner Frank Crawford, which cleared for Collingwood last night, ar- rived back this afternoon, and the schooners Lake Forest, Julia Larson, and Nellie Ham- mond, light, were also forced to return. Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon the following vessels had run in for shelter: Schooners Knight Tem- pat, Jennie Mullen, Lucy Graham, and scows ‘elicitous and Sandy Morrison, the Jatter lum- ber-laden from Pentwater for Port Washington. The Lucy Graham lost a fib. ‘The propeller Commodore remains in harbor awaiting a change in the weather. Charters: Schooner G. C. Trumpff, wheat to Port Colborne at § cents; schooner Jennie Gra- pene wheat to Midland, Georgian Bay, at 4% cen! BAY CITY. Special Dirpatch to The Chicago Tribune, Bar Crry, Mich., April 10.—The steam-barzo Coffinberry, with barges Newcomb and King, arrived this morning. The Coflinberry loads salt, the Newcomb and King lumber, for Chicago. The propellers Cuba and Scotia left the river this morning for Tawas to finish their londs of salt, The propeller Russia is here fonding salt for Milwaukee.. Shipments for the_past week from this port: Lumber, 13,500,000 fect; Inth, 50,000; shingles, 264,000; ‘salt, 11.500 barrels; hoops, 170,000. It blew a gale all day from the north. Three fechas of snow has fallen. Six tows are wind- Tey LIGHTHOUSE ORDER. ‘Wasntnatox, D. C., April 10.-An order has been issued that all lights onthe northern and northwestern Jakes and adjacent navigable waters be exhibited from sunset to sunrise at all seasons when vessels can enter the ports or are navigating in their vicinity, and ordering that all buoysin the Iakes and adjacent waters be keptin positionas longas possible in the fall without running the risk of loss by ico, and that they be promptly replaced in the spring after the ice leaves. — DETROIT. Spectal Dispatch to Ths Chtcago Tribune. Derrorr, Mich., April 30.—Passed up—Steam- barge V. H. Ketcham, schooners Jumes D. Saw- yer, America, Our Son, Maria Martin. No passages down. The new steam-barge Iron Age did notlaunch to-day as intended, owing to the high wind. Wind—North and snowing. ESCANABA. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. ESCANABA, Mich., April 10.—The opening of navigation at this port received a check to-day inthe shape of a fierce northerly gale with light snow, which raged stlite the ice considerably. all Gay yan stitened THE ERIE CANAL. ALBANY, N. Y., April 10.—The canals will be opened to navigation April 20. PORT JOTTINGS. ‘The new schooner Penobscot, recentiy launched st Manitowoc by Rand & Burger for Bradley Bros., Iumbermen, of Milwaukee, arrived here yesterday on her first trip with a cargo of 275,000 Yect of dry lumber, taken on at Manistee. Tho dimensions of the Penobscot have already been given in Tae TRIBUNE. She isa beautiful and stanch craft, and elicited many complimentary remarks as she towed up the river. The now- comer is commanded by Capt. Charles Johnson, ‘an old and experienced lake mariner. ‘The tug Flossie Thielcke was at Miller Broth- ers’ shipyard yesterday for repairs upon her pilothouse, which received a raking from the stern of the schooner F.A.Georger the other day, eu betas scronged ine a Northern Teetredge wae Geonening the channel in front of the lower end of the Anchor Line dock yes- terday. nooner Jenny Lind is booked for dock- tng at the Chicago Company's South Bide ship- yard on Monday. ara Yesterday nfternoon the steam-barge Fayette nssed up the rivor with a cal of dry lumber. he deck load projected fully thirteen fect lach tier was securely lashed. bore the rail. The Fayette got the benefit of three hours of the norther outside, and reached the harbor before the sea had become very heary. Had she been caught any. y gecak distance down the lake this monster load must have gone swimming. It shipped enougtto give the barge list us it was. . The schooner Dan Newhall received a new mainmast at the derrick in Lizhthouse ship yes- terday. The. schooner Maggie Thompson went into one of Miller Brothers’ dry-dooks Friday evening, andeame out aguin yesterday. The schooner, Acorn fallowed ber into the dock for calking. ‘P. Dowdell commands the schooner Leo: Hanna, vice W. H. Humphrey. ‘The barge E. T. Judd will proceed to Menomi- nee naer’ canvas. Shetookout a clearance last evening. ‘The ‘Sig Tarrant is receiving new stanchions, rail, and covering board, and is. also having her shaft lengthened, at Miller Brothers’ shipyard. ‘A telegram from Mr. Stephenson to A. G. Van Bebaick, dated at Menominee late Friday night, rends: ‘Coast abead.” Which means that navigation is open to that port. ‘The “ current rate" of cargo insurance con- tinues to be 15 conts per $100. The news from the Straits, printed in THE ‘TRipone yesterday, caused considorable excite- ment in marine circles. Reporters wero be- sieged on all hands for later int a beg which thoy could not furnish. The number of vessels jeopardized was vory large, while their cargoes aggregated fully 2,00,000 bushels of grain of all kinds, g AROUND THE LAKES. The steam-barge D. M. Wilson stopped at land ‘Bench with hor consort, the Porew, which took on a cargo ot salt for Green Bay. ‘The steamer Heatherbell, recently damaged at Sandusky during a gale, hns been placed in dry- dock for repairs. Capt. Peter Thorne is making an effort to res- cue the scow Curlew from the beach at Alcona. A steam-pump has been shipped from Port Huron for use on the schooner Provost, ashore at Sand Beach, Lake Huron. Capt. Westcott has set_the range lights at Grosse Point, entrance to Detroit River. The libel suit of the Union Steamboat Com- pany against the schooner S. H. Foster, for the collision with the propeller Jumes Fisk, on trial inthe courts at Buffalo, was dismissed with eosts.. The collision was a peculiarly compll- cated affair, occurring in brond daylight, and with fair sailing, and not far from the Straits, on Lake Huron. A now wheel side-steamer has been Inunched at Port Clinton for Mr. William E, Washburn. of that place. She is seventy-five feet in length, twenty-five feet wide, and bas a capacity of eighty tons. She will do a general freight and passenger business, plying between Port Huron, the Islands, and Lakeside, and also run up Port- age River to Oak Harbor. Capt. J. C. Gillespie, of Port Huron,,will have command of her. ‘The steam-barge City of Mt. Clemens, built at that placo during the winter, and owned by Oliver Chapoton and Gilbert Lacroix, was lnunched there Tuesday. She will be brought to Detroft to reccive ber boiler and outfit. ‘The propeller Northerner will have her main- mast moved forward about forty-five fect, and, after she has been out for some time, a en= must will be put in. Previous to Jaunching, the scow Aunt Ruth,at Port Huron, was tested by pouring water into her hold to see it any place existed in her bot- tom which would admit water, and none was found. After the launch she Iny at Fitzgerald's shipyard, and Friday morning it Avas discovered that she was making water fast. An investigu- tion disclosed two five-cighth inch auger-holes anda number of worm-holes, which had evi- dently been stopped up with ice at the time the test was made. The propelicr Erie Belle is having hor boiler repairer nt Detroit. Hor furnace is to be changed 80 ns to enable her to burn coal. Capt. Ed. Kelley has left Cleveland for Lead- ville, where he is to assume the duties of Super- intendent of a warebouse and transportation company. Capt. Kelly has sailed the Oscar ‘Townsend for 80 long a time, and he is so well known aronnd the lakes, that he will be missed. He has been troubled with the asthma for some time, ana this move is made partly on account of his health. ‘The Cleveland Herald says: ‘‘Somp one bas been giving tho old salts down East a ‘stiff,’ for Cleveland is overrun with them. It issaid they come here expecting to cet $n day and a sont Be the Captain's table. They are generally desti- ute.” Capt. Lawrence Green _has been assigned to the command of the Union Steamboat Line Propane B. W. Blanchard, Gapt. Cummings pe ee transferred from the Blanchard to the ‘acific. Capt. Charles Peterson, of Huron, has pur- chased an cighth interest in the schooner Jura for $1,250. ‘The cow Vampire was sold a few days ago by M. W. Humpbrey & Son, of htabula, to George Lowe, of Hamtramek, for 2,500. At Detroit day betore yesterday the Canadian wrecking tug MeArthur came near sinking be- cause of the carelesness of her enginecr, who left the shafts uncoupled, in consequence of which one slipped out. The water entered through the aperture in such great quantities that she would have sunk had not there been a dry-dock at hand into which she could be run. No work will be done this year at the Neebish Rapids by the Cunadinn Government. They may possibly do something at Little Current, sixty miles this side of Neebish Rapids, but nothing has been done as yet. The new schooner built for E. F. Gould, op- pest Enst Saginaw, was Inunched yesterda: Her dimensions are: Length over all, 1% fee! length of kecl; 172 foct 10 inches; beam, 33 feo! depth of hold, 12 feet. She car:ies three masts and iswirerigged. Her capacity is about 700,000 feet of lumber. Bar Point Iightship was taken out Wednesday morning ‘and placed in position by the tug W. A. tooth. - ‘The work of calking the Colchester reof light- ship ts to be pushed along, on Bois Blauc Island. She will go out on Saturday or Monday. The Canadian Government. brs appropriated $700 towards maintaining this light. Aletter written _at Marquette, undor date of April.6, says: “The weather is cold, and it is snowing with a north wind. Ice extends as far as the eye can reach, but it is broken up.” PORT LIST. ARRIVALS, Stmr Chicago, Manitowoc, sundries. Prop Fayette, Muskegon, lumber. Prop Messenger, St. Joseph, sundries. Prop N. K. Fairbank, Alpena, railroad ties. Schr Conneaut, Ludington, lumber. Schr Maj. N. H. Ferry, W Lake, lumber. Sehr Mary Ludwig, Ludwig's Pier, lumber, Schr E. Ellenwood, Whito Lake, lumber. Sehr Adriatic, Muskegon, wood. Sehr M. Miller, Manistee, lumber. Schr Penobscot, Manistee, lumber. Schr Persin, Saugatuck, lumber. Schr M. &. Packard, Packurd’s Pier, lumber. Schr K. E. Howard, Holland, railroad ties. Schr G. Ellen, White Lake, lumber. Schr Minerva, Muskegon, lumber. Sehr §.C. Davis, Milwaukee, sundries. Schr Tempest, Rowley's Bay, bark. CLEARANCES. Schr Penobscot, Muskegon. Prop Trader, Ludington, Schr Amoskeag, White Lake. Schr M. Thompson, White Lake. Prop Swallow, Montague. Schr E. Ellenwood, Montague. Schr Maj. N. H. Ferry, Siontague, Schr B. Parsons, Sutton's Bay. - Schr J. Lawrence, Clay Banks. Sehr Lumberman, Black Creek. Sehr S. G. Andrews, Grand Haven. Sehr L, M. Davis, Muskegon. Schr M. Miller, Manistee. Schr Caecade, Green Bay. Schr L. Dall, Ford River, 16,000 fire-brick. Prop City of Traverse, Traverse City, sundries. Sehr Bouvenier, Pentwater, 2 bris pork and sun- ries. Schr E. A. Nicholsén, Buffalo, 49,485 bu corn. Prop Mary Jaricke, Buffalo, 58,600 bu oats. Schr Leonard Hanna, Buffalo, 47,452 bu corn. Schr Kate Darley, Butfalo, 27,779 bu corn. Prop Alcona, Buffalo, 41,000 pu corn, Schr Ostrich, Buffalo, 18,220 bu corn. THE BETTER LAND. 1 There is a better land above, By mortals never seen; There flowers never fade away— The fields are living green.” . ‘They need no sun to shine by day, ‘Nor stars nor moon by nights . For it is one eternal day, For the dear Lord is Tight. ‘The river Life flows gently by, And ou its banks so fair * The tree of Life bears precious fruit For all who enter there. And, when we've crossed the river Death And reached the Heavenly Shore, | We'll meet the dear ones, safe at last, Where partings are no more. ——— No piano has been longer before the country or won a more honorable and en- during fame than the Emerson, eae eae Sa eae Prevent weakness and de; neration of kidneys and urinary orrans<Malt Diners, 2 SMALL-POX. A Number of Additional Cases Re- ported Yesterday, Nearly All of Which Started from No. 91 Halsted Street. What the Health Department Is Doing to Check the Disease. Events prove that the small-pox scare has by no means been exaggerated, and that the dread disease is among us to an alarming extent. The residents along Halsted street, in the vicinity of Madison, thoroughly ap- preciated the fact yesterday morning, and their opinions were pretty generally shared by the people at large after it was mnde known through these columns that the in- mates of the Halsted street houses where several persons had died from the dis- ease had disappeared, and were abroad in the city scattering the infection. The Health Department even was aroused to* the danger of the situa- tion, and at an.early hour there was the greatest nervousness and activity on all sides. They pretended at first to have no fears, but, in view of the large influx of peo- ple who wanted to be ¥accinated, Dr. De Wolf was not long in reaching an apprecia- tion of THE REAL CONDITION OF AFFAIRS. ‘They came singly, in pairs, and by families, and, though they had been vaccinated, they wanted to be vaccinated again, and those who did not come to the Department went to their physicians. In fact, the excitement was quite great throughout the city, as was attested by the fact that the inquiry for vac- cine “points” was greater than it had been for years, and far greater than could be ‘supplied, The “Health De- partinent disposed of all of the “‘points” they had to spare at an early hour, and more were ordered, and physicians who had not anticipated the run disposed of their applicants with promises and assurances that there was no cause of alarm. . The first new case of the disease was reported from No. 156 West Adams street, by Dr. Sanders. The report reached the Health Denartnent atan early hour, but when the Medical Inspector arrived at the house he FOUND IT DESERTED. ‘The patient, however, was ascertained to be a Miss Belle Moore, a daughter of a Mrs. Lyons, and inquiry brought out the fact that the mother had taken the _ patient and her sister, very suddenly, to Bow- manville to escape the imaginary tortures of the pest-house. How they had been conveyed hither could not be ascer- tained, but it was a self-evident fact that they had departed, and at onco all of the physicians in that locality were notified and requested to look after the case or cases. The source of infection was easily deter- mined, and traced back to No. 91 Halsted street, it appearing that the woman had been employed about two weeks ago in Loomis’ laundry. The inference is that she caught the disease from handling the clothes from No. 91, just as rmes did, and it js very natural for the authori- ties to be alarmed under the circum- stances, especially since she is beyond Teach, and those who had been brought in contact with her are around the city no one knows where. The premises were taken charge of, of course, and thoroughly fumi- gated, and an officer was placed in charge to vaccinate such of the boarding residents as returned from their work late in the evening. THE NEXT CASE REPORTED was from No. 9{ South Green street, which is in the rear of No. 91 Halsted street, and an examination disclosed another nest of the disease. - The source of tho infection, under the circumstances, was quite clear, of course, butit was not until several examinations had been made that the Medical Inspectors were entirely satisfied whether the case was real or not. In the end, however, it proved to be not one, but three cases, and the unfortunates are Nelson Strongwest, C. S. Sweeley, and 9 lady whose name was not ascertained.” The men were taken to the hospital, but_thelady, being in a deli- cate condition, and it being belicved that her removal would jeopardize her fe, ea, al- lowed ‘to remain. The premises,- however, were thoroughly disinfected, a small-pox card was posted, and an officer was placed at the door with instructions not to allow any one in. or out of the house, and no further trouble is anticipated from this source. The strangest case of the day was reported by telephone late in the afternoon by Dr. C. E. Davis. Ile was uncertain about it be- cause of the complication of the symp toms, asked that one of the Medical Inspectors be sent to examine it. ‘They were busily engaged in another direction, however, and could not respond, whereupon the unfortunate was MARCHED THROUGH THE STREETS TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. It is impossible to tell who he came in con- tact with in his march, or how many he in- fected, but he arrived at the office at about 4:30, which was the signal for reporters, Aldermen, and others to go through the wi dows, or do anything to escape his presénce. He was welcomed, however, by Dr. De Wolf rather coolly, and shown into his private oflice. It proved to be a clear case. THis face was well markeil with postules, and he gave his name as W. Z. Ould, and claimed to have come from Louis abont two months 250, and to be in the employ of Bartlett & Co., clothing-deal- erson Randolph street, néar Fifth avenue. He had no idea of where he had caught the disease, but had been sick from it abouta week, and been confined in a room at the cor- ner of Lake and Market streets the most of the time. After his examination he was loaded _into_an ambulance and taken to the Small-Pox Hospital, and no sooner had he disappeared than the offices were thoroughly fumigated, and also the clothing of those who happened to be present when he ap- peared. Later his’ rooms were visited and disinfected, all of his baggage re- moved, .and, since the inmates of the building had not been exposed, the authorities do not anticipate any further cases from that building, though they will give it the same attention from day to day they would give anyother building in which a case bad occurred. #. A case was also reported from No. 503 South May street, and still another from No. 540 South Halsted street, but an examination satisfied the Inspectors that they were false alarms, It will be seen that THE SMALI-POX DISTRICT, so far, is bounded by Lake street on the north, Van Buren street on the south, Union street on the | east, and Green street on the west, an Dr. De Wolf is of opinion that it will not spread a great deal, and that he has the dis- ease under control. He expects other cases, of course, and would not be surprised to have one ormore every day fora week or more to come, because the possibly infected who have left tho district named are scattered through the city. ‘He has no moans of know- ing where they have gone, has no way to reach them, and cannot estimate the extent to which they will spread the malady, but he is after them every day and night, and wherever they appear he promises to be with them. ‘There is no doubt but he Is working hard and conscientiously to crush out the disease, —_ and that he is nobly assisted by the Medical In- spectors; yet he may have made some mis- takes, and his assistants certainly have, but they have been of mind, and not of heart, and are not liable to occur again where it is possible to prevent them. For instance, where a case occurs the house will be guard- ed, as in the Green-street case, and the intec- tion will be arrested at once; but in such as the Adams-street case, where the patient guit the premises in adyance of Dr. De Wolf's knowing of the existence of the dis- ease, he will be powerless. He calls upon the hysiclans of the city to assist him, and in all doubtful cases ‘coming under their no- tice to give the public the benefit of the doubt, and has procured a set of books in ‘which he desires to register eve ease of vaccination, especially in children, for the benefit of the schools. In all vaccinations of children coming under his notice he proposes to have them report tohim five or six days ‘afterward to see the effect before the children will be admitted to the schools; and, as a precautionary measure, ad- yises revaccination in all doubtful cases. So far as the Departmentis concerned, the work of-vaccination will be continued at the rate of about 100 per day in the infected district the immediate necessity of which he ai tributes to the failure of the physician at- tending the original Halsted street cases to report the facts, which is a violation of law, the penalty being a fineof $80 or imprisonmen’ orboth. He may prosecute, or he may not, 1880—TWENTY PAGES. but for the present he says he is bent on first ‘wiping out be infection. This done, he will have time to go to law if it should seem nec- essary. LEATHER. Fitch, the Slipper-Maker, Leaves His Creditors in the Lurch—The Mort- gagee Takes His Stock. “Some half-dozen trusting leather-dealers in this city and, perhaps, in Milwaukee have found too late that one of their customers has betrayed them and |pft them in the lurch. The name of the individual who has gone forth without settling up his accounts in the orthodox way is one CHARLES A. FITCH, , lately a manufacturer of slippers at the cor- ner of Washington and Franklin streets, and the manner of his deceiving and the way of his going seem to be. something in this fashion: Before the now absent Fitch enme promi- nently into notice as a slipper-builder he was acting in the capacity of salesman for the firm of Houston, Wilson & Eldridge. In February, 1879, Houston and Wilson retired from the business, and Eldridge & Fitch succeeded them in consideration of $10,000 for the plant, stock. good-will, and whatever else may have been thrown in. Fitch put in some $4,500 cash, which came to him in the shape of a windfall left him by his father. For the rest of the $10,000 the new firm gave their notes. About the Ist of April this ee, Fiteh bought Eldridge out— or claimed he did when Iast seen,—pay- ing him notes. About the ‘7th or Sth of this “month he began negotiating with F. F. Cole for a loan on his stock, machinery, and fixtures. Ie con- ducted the negotiation so successfully that some time last Wednesday afternoon he ob- tained from Cole the sum of $750 through the medium of a chattel-mortgage on his stuff. That was the last either seen or heard of the slipper-maker. The creditors, having occasion thereafter to hunt for him diligent- iy and with strange, business-like exclama- tions slightly tinged with profanity, say so, and they surely ought to know. Some time Friday night the mortgagee, who claims that Fitch’s employés were pleasantly engaged in taking to themselves Fitch’s goods in payment of their back pay, took possession of the shop and all that therein was, by virtue of his mortgag drove the depredators forth, and seni the stuff, down by the elevator toa truck waiting in the street below; which conveyed several successive loads of itto a place un- known save to the mortgagee. Lapham, Smibert & Co. and George Albrecht, two of Fitch’s creditors, got out attachments yester- day, and the writs were put into the hands of Deputy-Sheriff Stacy to serve. At last_ac- counts Mr. Stacy had given it up as a bad job. The shop was shut and locked, the loca- tion of the removed goods was unknown, and the mortgagee was clearly ahead. Lapham, Smibert & Co. and Mr. Aibrecht rather more than intimated yesterday that the mortgage scheme was, not to put it too strongly, & put- up job, and that any regrets on Cole’s part were not as sincere as they mizhtbe. Of that, however, there is no proof. Walker, Oakley & Co. who are stuck for somethin; like $1,200, weren’t disposed to throw goo! money after bad inan attempt to recover something, and were evidently inclined to make an entry on the wrong side of the profit and loss account, and say no more about it, The liabilities are estimated all the way from $8,000 to $15,000, though thaformer figure is supposed to be nearly correct. Fitch has been buying of late in Milwaukee, and the supposition is that he had succeeded in es- tablishing a credit there, though what it may have amounted to.‘nobody here is_able tosay. Before departing, the careful Fitch took occasion to dispose of his horse and buggy,—too slow a means of locomotion, resumably, for his purpose. Previous to his little “eccentricity,” Mr. Fitch stood well in the eyes of the business community. ANOTHER LEATHER-MAN has also done something which his-creditors wish he hadn’t done, although the affair doesn’t rise into safficient dignity to be put on a plane with Fitch’s operations. ‘The other man {s one William Koopman, a Mar- ket street dealer in leather and shoe-find- ings. A suit was begun against hima few days ago by an Eastern creditor for. $2,000, whereupon he turned around and sold his assets out toa money-loaner named Cline. Hoopman is still in possession, however, and claims to be transacting business for Cline, while graciously promising to settle with his creditors as best he can. STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. An Active War Against the Quack Doc- tors. Amongst the good work accomplished by the State Board of Health in its late session was a very active war carried into the camp of a quack practitioner calling himself at times Dr. Lucas R. Williams end at other times Dr. William R. Lucas, and doing busi- ness at No. 182 South Clark street. On the afternoon of one day last week Dr. Williams was arrested for illegitimately practicing medicine, and next morning the agent of the Board of Health found persons distributing very indecent handbills for Dr. Lucas, the other identity of the same individual. He was again arrested, and on Saturday he was arrested a third time, the charge in this case being ‘one of blackmail, preferred against him, at the instigation of the State Board, by a young man named A. Douthwaite, a print- er employed by Ottaway & Co., on Fifth ave- nue, Mr. Douthwaite is a young Englishman who arrived in Chicago last fail, and in Sep- tember, 1879, found himself troubled with a medical emergency. Having no .acquaint- ance with any Chicago physician, and know- ing no friend who might advise him in the matter, he was foolish enough to consultone of the handbills which Dr. Lucas in Sep- tember last, as at all other seasons of the year, was causing to be distributed upon the streets, He had an interview with the so-called Doctor, who undertook to effect a cure, for which he demanded the sum of $50. Mr. Douthwaite did not have that sum of money at command, but the Doctor, who pro- duced a large amount of jewelry as evidence that he did considerable business in the way he was about to propose, stated that, if the young inan could put up as collateral any valuables which would cover the amount to be charged, he would proceed with the cure. Mr. Douthwaite had with hima ring worth $100, which he placed in the hands af the “ Doc- tor,” who forthwith proceeded to drench his victim with drugs whose nastiness was only equaled by their utter lack of efficacy as cur- ative agents. Once a week the victim visited the “Doctor” and paid him money, and atthe end of.a month the $90 stipulated for the cure was all paid up. No cure had been ef- fected, however, and the young man demand- ed the return of his ring. The “Doctor” declined _to give it up until a further pay- ment of 24 had been made for the medicines which he had given his victim. | Douthwaite demurred jto this, and when some days passed without his making any further payments the “Doctor” wrote him a threatening letter, stating that, if he did not pay up, he would expose the nature of his complaint to the public. Douthwaite finally succeeded in obtaining the ring from the “Doctor,” and, the facts in the case becom- ing known to the agent of the State Board of Health, the law was applied to, with results as already stated, in order to punish the Doc- tor for his illegal practices. THE ISTHMUS: SHIP-RAILWAY. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, Cnicaco, l., April10.—In your Sssue of to-day you publish an account of the claim made by William F. Channing, of Rhode Isl- and, to the original invention of the ship-rail- way plan across the Darien Isthmus, for which Capt. Eads has recently obtained so much credit. : In 1869 Charles Gaylord, of New York, sub- mitted a memorial to Congress, together with a plan indorsed by such engineers as Hanscom, the builder of the Monitor, Wood, Chief Engineer New York Navy-Yard, and numerous others of high professional stand- ing. And, on the 2ist of April, same year, Senator Henry Wilson introduced a_resolu- tion authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to cause a survey to be made for a ship-railway or ship-canal across the Isthmus trom San Miguel to the Gulf of Uraba. There being no treaty or agreement with the Gov- ernment of Colombia, giving permission to make this survey, after some debate action was postponed until such assent could be obtained. But no further action was ever taken on thememorial. The plan proposed by Mr. Gaylord was substantially, the same as that of Capt. Eads. The plan with drawings in all of their de- tails are now on file in Washington, and ac- cessible to every one interested, and. have been there ever since the date of: the me- morisL Itis possible that Mr. Channing may in have submitted specifications at the time he claims to have conceived the plan -thirty years ago, but does not so state in his me- morial; nor does he state that he submitted his plans at all to Congress, but that “during the discussion which preceded the construc- tionof the Panama ‘oad he first proposed the ship-railway,”’ etc. < However, the honor lies with either Mr. Channing or Mr. Gaylord, and Capt. Eads is clearly not entitled to the original concep- tion of this great.scheme. ‘Le Charme, 2. French engineer, published a report in’ March of that year of his dis- covery of a pass through the Cordilleras only 178 feet nbove sea-level. The distance across the isthmus. by the route taken by him is only thirty-seven miles. The prac- ticability of a ship-tailway is almost wholly admitted as within the scope of modern en- gineering. The principle is now in use in our navy-yard at Portsmouth, where & seventy-four-gun ship is taken with ease and celerity quite a | distance from water for repairs. The difference in distance is the same as__th 18 difference between the toy-telephone sold on our streets years ago and a Bell oran Edison of to-day, requiring only improved and more elaborate mechanism. The cost of such a railway across the isthmus has been esti- mated to be less than $25,000,000, and the cost ofa canal about eight times that, amount. Let De Lesseps, then, go on with his inter- oceanic canal, and if, by any specious reason- ing or sinuous construction, it shall be found a violation of the Monroe doctrine, let the Government build the railway 2s proposed by Channing or Gaylord, and thus wreak 2 retributive vengeance on the bold French- man, without the loss of blood or the ulti- mate loss of a single dollay, Bane: CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. Legislators at the Palais Bourbon—Ar- rangement of the House—Mcthods of Proceeding—Manners and Customs of French Lawmakers. * London News. The Englishman who has attended a de- bate in the House of Commons and after ward goes to see how they manage Parlia- mentary things at the Palais Bourbon is struck at first by the much greater decorum which French members of Parliament ex- hibit as compared with English ones. The impression lasts so long as the members are filing into their places and until the President takes his seat. The members all uhcover their heads, and each goes to his appointed seat, in front of which he has a desk furnished with writing materials. Assoon asa Deputy sits down he proceeds to write letters, and only suspends this opera- tion for a moment when 2 loud roll of drums in the passage outside announces the Presi- dent’s coming. A door is thrown open, and this exalted officer walks in—not clothed in wig and gown, but in evening ‘dress, and holding a big portfolio under hisarm. The President is bareheaded. He hasa hat hid- den away somewhere under his desk, but this is only a “property”? head-dress, ‘in- tended to be used on stormy occasions when a sitting must be adjourned ex abrupto. The donning of his hat by the President is tanta- mount to the removal of the mace in England, and signifies that the sitting has come to an end. The opening of a séance is effected by the President’s touching a bell that hangs upon a swivel, and saying, ‘‘Messieurs, la séance est ouverte.” There are no prelimi- nary prayers in England. While the Parlia- ment sat at Versailles a delegation from both Houses was drawn by lot to attend a solemn mass at the commencement of the season, but this custom is not adhered to in Paris. Most French members would laugh at the notion of getting their labors consecrated by areligious service; but this does not prevent them, as above said, from being very proper in their behavior. At the outsef of a sittin, every member seems to be profoundly an almost mournfully impressed by the impor- tance of the duties he is going to discharge. There is no laughing or chattering aloud. Some members form froUes and converse in whispers; others pull opera-glasses out of their desks and stare at the spectators in the galleries; but the majority write hard, close envelopes, and beckon to the ushers to carry their letters to the post. Placed high on a platform covered with red. cloth, and ensconced in a comfortable arm- chair, the President_commands a view of every corner of the House. He has behind him his private secretary and two questors; ata desk below hin the four Secretaries of the House; and at another lower desk on the floor the four official shorthand writers. The shape of the House being thatof an amphi- theatre, the seats of the members are dis- posed in blocks and tiers. ‘To the extreme right sit the Legitimists, on the next benches are arrayed the Orleanists, while the blocks ot right centre forms are occupied by the Bonapartists. All the benches to the Presi- dent’s left of the middle _sangway are filled with Republicans of different shades, from the Doctrinaires of the Centre to the Radicals of the Extreme Left. The lowermost rows of benches, however, all around the amphi- theatre, are reserved to members of the Gov- ernment, the Ministers sitting in the middle, each with his red portfolio open in front of him. Most of the Ministers in the present Administration wear ordinary morning dress in the House; but this is quite an innova- tion, for it used always to be the custom for Ministers to sport evening clothes along with their Orders, if they had any. Under the Empire the Senators sat in uniform, and from 1815 to 1830 it was the custom for mem- bers of the Lower House to dosotoo. In those days the ushers of the Parliament were imposing creatures in ruffs, swords, and plumed hats; nowadays the ushers simply wear silver chains round their necks, and act as general servants to the members, carrying letters, messages, ballot-boxes, and occasion- ally shouting, “Silence, gentlemen!” when the President’s betl rings peals of dis- tress, like that of a ship in a fog, to appease the tumult of discordant voices. The quietude which an Englishman so much admires when first entering the Palais Bourbon soon gives way to rampageous noise, once debate has begun. The mem- bers do not speak from their places, but from & rostrum, and this arrangement, by putting even the most insignificant orator in the position of an actor on the stage, exposed. to all eyes, furnishes incessant causes for in- terruption. Their party spiritruns so high that from the moment when a speaker has sounded his keynote he becomesa_ butt for |*think they have been out to four entertal the jibes of all his opponents. If he speak fluently and well he excites roars of disap- probation; if he falter he is treated to volleys of derisive applause, and to a running ac- companiment of music formed by the bang- ing of desk-lids. The President is almost powerless to stop these riots, for when all the members are exci ed no. at- tention is paid to the ringing of his bell; and sometimes when aggressive per- sonalities have been exchanged, one may see dozens of members descend on to tha floor of the House and threaten one an- other.with their fists. The deimeanor of the strangers in the galleries helps nota little, as a rule, to promote strife rather than stay it; for there are always plenty of ladies, an they cannot be withheld from evincing by voice and gesture what amount of interest they take in the proceedings. The strangers are distributed among a number of tribunes or boxes, each of which has its special des- ignation. ‘There is one for the Corps Diplo- matique, another for Senators, a third for quandam deputies, 2 fourth for the army. a fifth for the Council of State, and. so on. The President has a box for his private friends, and the representatives of the native and foreign press have a large tribune -all_to themselves. This last box, often called “Ia loge infernale,” is thai whence most noise issues when strife is wax- ing warm below. The irritable race of scribes, who in their daily columns preach all sorts of sermons about good manners and common sense to the public, are apt to be as unruly as school-boys. Nor do they confine themselves to jeering at speakers whom they dislike, of applauding those whom they ad- mire; they must needs go and have wrangles among one another, which not unfrequently endin duels. Asfor the ladies, when the debate fails to interest them, they contrive to draw the attention of members on themselves by fluttering their fans, handing their sinell- ing-bottles about, nibbling bon-bons, and using ue opera-glasses as if they were at ‘The voting takes placein the French assis ct lever, or by means of balloeiese Every member has in his desk a number of blue cards and of white ones bearing his name. The white signify assentand the blue dissent, so that when the boxes are carried around by the ushers the members, without Jeaving their seats, drop through the slits of the urns one or other of their tickets. Agreat deal of voting is done by proxy on ordinary divisions,—that is to say that a member who cannot attend begs another to vote for him: or sometimes a member will take it upon himself to vote-for an_ absent friend without the latter’s consent. To prevent this abu: on great party divisions a vote “par a; pel nominal” is often asked for. Then the tox es are placed on the ledge of the tribune, and the members go up one é their names are called. ‘The count ge red yotes is always effected in publie’b, be Secretaries, and the results are annoy; he by the President. If no division has pet called for by five members signing a *S been request to that effect, the voting js mite done par assis et lever; that is ty saneey on being bidden by the President a thas stand up, while the nays remain Seated, bad structionists would not have much eh ot against such a system as this, for a di ee par assis et lever can be taken in a sean and if it was sought to impede busines nd, repeated demands for ballots the Presi ty would say dryly that a matter once dis) ser] of cannot be reopened. The Prestige is not only the moderator of md debate he | is really the ri’ of the House, having extensive powers fe the maintenance of the order, and the rj, ag to inflict tisel pling punishments on : own privy motion. He may go so far suspend a refractory member for three Ped orhe may censure him, and oblige hi * pay the cost of a copy of this censure e carded in the 36,000 communes of cd no slight fine. One may remind the English reader that although a French President Speaker is lodged in S palace and surron) bs with much pomp, he Is only elected for oj session; and every time he submits hinge for reélection there is a party division, 1 French minorities have no notion of decline ing battle on the simple plea that they i: weak, and that it would Be limpolitic toharg es: their weakness made mani: CHANNING. Heminiscences by Mr. Kobert c, Win throp. From an Address by Mr. Winthrop before the Nomp 3 chusette Historical Society. b In 1833 I was privileged to take the great statesman, Henry Clay, to the old Feder Street Church, to hear Channing deliver ong of his grand sermons on “Death ard Im mortality.” No two men in our country a that day had more marked elements for co. trast than Channing and Clay. But they had been drawn toward each other by a common celebrity, and Channing, as it will be rm membered, addressed more than one of hig : elaborate letters on subjects of National in, * terest to the great statesman of the Wes In one respect, at least, they were Both of them were gifted with voice of wonderful quality, which gave a pecn. iar charm to whatever they uttered. Clay's voice had at times the clash of a trum while Channing’s had the music and melody ofaharp. But both were of that symp thetic, vibratory tone which touched an thrilled their hearers. I can recall none like ‘i elther of them, and I shall hardly hear thei like again. They were incomparable for their respective spheres. & Ihave found among my letters one from Dr. Channing, addressed to me while I was in Congress, and written less than a yearbe 347° before his death, which I have thongnt might fitly finda place in our proceedings Everything from his pen is interesting, bat this letter is peculiarly characteristic, both of the man and of the time at which it was written. It will speak for itself, without any comments of mine, and will show how this great mind cauld have anticipated thy condition of our country when the 10ith ay. | °.. niversary of its birth should have arrived: Boston, Dec. 90, 141.—My Dear Str: Your well-known kindness encourages me to make a request. 1 will thank you to send'me the pubis | documents which relate toslavery and the save trade. In the newspapers I get them in fig - ments, and they are easily lost. : T await solicitously for the action of Congres on the ease of the Creole. England, [ doubt: will hold the high grounds she bas taken, Englishman lately said tome: “I would give up Canada than give up a slave,” spoke, TI trust, the sentiment of the yr painful and ham! at our county, Saisting of its attachment’ to freedom, come in conflict with another, because the lt terdeciares that whoever touches her sollis free. A friend in Paris, speaking of cures. cunlary deficiencies and sins, writes me: “We (Americans) are ashamed of our country, and exposed to daily mortifications on account at the disreputo into which eve: Amerioxy has fallen throughout all classes of Europeans” I fear that we are. to plunge into infamy. are to array ourselves against te principie~ of justice and humanity which other nauons have adopted, are to thw ourselves on the way of the advancing civilization and Christianity of our nage. Te free States have been s0 accustomed to me cumb to the arrogance of the South on thes ject of slavery, that I cannot but fear. The New York Courier announces that the of annexing Texas may be brought formnd during the session,.and although this would be perbaps a more fatal measure than diseolotion; of the Union, it is possible that the North may’ submit to it.” Can no compromise or arrange- ment be made by which the subject of slarery may be taken out of Congress or detached from National politics? The freo States, I think, should give every pledge that they will not exert the power of the General or State Govern- ments for the purpose of abolishing or acting. on slavery in the slave States, any more than in foreign countries; and, on the other han they should insist on being released from obligation to give support to slavery. Let then. leave the subject wholly to the action of the slave States, interfering neither to uphold nor destroy. I beg you to excuse the length of thit letter. The subject is so interesting that whet I touch it I cannot easily leave it. Very truly Fours, Wrurtam E. Cranstsa. Robert C. Winthrop, Eaq., M. C., Washington: a | we inong: ms i gE : BE E i —— MILITARY ETIQUET. Gen. Torrence was interviewed bya repo 2: er Saturday as to the custom prevailhg | among the members of his staff in desig 2-4 with military social matters. Te stated tht the officers did not expect invitations to tht social entertainments given by the sever commands in the brigade unless they chow tosend them. They received a great many inyitations,—in fact, almost without excep: tion, all the commands in the brigade had sent them invitations wheneve they had had an entertainment. It was simply. impossible to accept them all, bub they desired to, attend these entertainmen’s occasionally as a compliment to the organizations which had been kind ent to remember them, both as a matter of duly. good will, : “Did any of your staff eyer attend a mir itary or social eritertainment in full-iress uniform when they were not invited?” # asked the reporter. c = “No,” was the reply. “I know I have mt a man on my staif who would do that: £ ee re ments, or perhaps five, in this city, they went upon the personal solicitation ot the commanding officers of the ort giving the entertainments.” F “Do they always wear their full-dress uk fore on i tea thes “They should, and I have requést to do so, as thatis military, I haven't best out to an entertainment of this kind in city this winter myself.” es “T understand that the report has been cit culated that acertain company of the Fist Regiment gave an entertainment on the evening of March 29, and that some of your staff-officers atfempted to force tneir wayit without an invitation. Is that true?” “That is not true in any sense of the word, I received an invitation to that ente: through the kindness of the commandiss officer, but, as I had been to no com affairs this winter, I could not accept. isthe invitation now,” continued the Get eral. ea he selected one out of a large bundlé lesk, “But this is directed to no one but your If; did that include your staff 2” ; “T expect all invitations extended to me military commands to include my 2 course.” “Is that the custom ?” 4 “*¥ believe it is.” ‘ “Then you never knew a member of yoUt staff to endeavor to force himself into a @> tary entertainment without an invitation? ““T know that none of my officers have be attended any place of this kind without | ing Properly invited. My staff is compose, ofinen who would not stoop to anything: this kind, lam sure. Theyall gceupy hort able positions in society, and I have AG confidence in their knowledge of soc! military etiquet.”” tenn? are the men who compose yout Bo 7 “Lieut.-Col. George R. Cannon, Licut-Cob E. B. Sherman, Lieut-Col. Samuel Appleto gg HAGE ftgmotn a) isnot k G. Hoyne, Capt. Elliott Durand, E. T. Sawyer, Liens. James J. Healy, ad Lieut. W. T. Hall.” ee * FINANCIAL. F New Yors, April 10.—The mercantile agency of R.G. Dun & Co. report fires nm first three months of the present year of ly against 2,500 the first three months of 7 and 3,300 the first three months of 1878. ‘Tb? liabilities for the first quarter of 1878 ara 31% 000,000, against $48,000,000 the same 1870, ahd $82,000,000 the first quarter ia 188 The Ageney ‘draws attention to the feck these figures indicate a steady continussss of Sevorable conditions for the trade of: country. a