Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 24, 1880, Page 4

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Eightand Twolva Page Papers, Eizteon age BAROF Hrs Hight and Twejva Page Pui biateon Paya Maver, TRIBONK BRANCIL OFFICES. wre CaeAgO THIBUNT bas establishat branch offices for the rocolpt of subsoriptions und ndyortisc- mente ns follnws: SEW YOHK—Room 20 Tribune Building. Manngor. GLASGOW, Hcotiand—Atlan's Amoriean Nows Acenes, 3 Hentleld-st, LONDOS, fng.—Amertean Exchange, 4% Strand. HENnY F.Grnt, Agent WASLUNUTON, FT. Me+ AMUSEMENTS. Hooley's 'Thentre, Randolph street, betwean Clark and Lasalle, TEn- gagementof Jarratt and [ilco's company, “Fun on the Bristol." .Grand Opern-Tlause, Clark streat, opposit new Court-Houso, Engngos mentof Minnlo Palmer, “Minnio Patmor's Boarding School."" MeVicker's Thentre. Madison strevt, botwoon Stato und Doarborn. Engngoment of Merrmann. Hoaveriy’s Thentre. Peerborn street, cornar of Monros. Engagomont of Kilce’s combination, “Calino,"* Olympte Thentre. Clark’ streot. between Lake and Mandolph, Engago- montof Frank 1. Frayne, “St Slocum.” New Acnilemy of Music, Halatot sireet, nenr Madivou, West Sita, Engago~ mont of E. ‘1, Htuteon in "Neck nnd Neck.” SOCIE’ ME. INGS. XA WILEY MEGAN CHAPTER, NO. 19%, I A. Mo Sgmpantous ill asxcmbig nk Weindes, Stith, 231 nid ea"douth inisted-st, Friday, Deo, 2, at 10 o'etack ma, sharin fa ta puFpona of saltoniding, the funeral of our Inte cons: in, dames MeFoo. |i jor i : Ace TATGHT, AL B, E, F.NEWELL, Seoretary, FRIDAY, DEOEMBER 2}, 1850, ee ————_—_—S— ‘ TO ADVERTISERS. The business opice of THe Trinuxe twill he kept open for the receipt of advertisements for TUE Suxpay Thinune on Saturday (Christmas), day and evening. Mu. Evants would not object to an ap polutment to the Supreme Bench, Mr. Zv- arts would gladly aecept an election to the United States Sennte. Indeed, there are very few gootl offices suited to his character and years that Mr. Evarts would refuse, here must be o fascination about official fe In Washington if even Evarts Is charmed. by it. SENATOR Conta fs sald to bo responst- blo for John Kelly’s downfall, Tho former is determined to have n Republican in sym- pathy with himself elected to succeed Ker- nan in the Untted States Senate. ‘To make the election of such an one sure patronage was needed. Conkling remalned in the elty for weeks to arrange the “deal?” with Coop- er, Ho owed John Kelly something for tho bolt in 1879, but he owed himself and hils‘fol- Jowers more. Sov Kelly wont to the wall, Sana BeunirAnor fs poor stuff to makon martyr outof. The newspapers that say sho is condemned beenuse sho did not conunlt pre-natal murder” aro talicing arrant non- sense, and thoy know it. She fs condemned because it has been found conventent In prac- tice to draw the Huesomewhere on violations of the laws relating tomarringe and bastardy, ‘The line has been drawn a little the wrong side (tor Miss Bernhardt) of single women with juvenile attachments, ‘That is all there isin herense, 2f she had had no children, and had * committed pre-natal murder,” she would have been ostraclyed Just the same If she had lived a shametesly Immoral life. ‘Lo assume the contrary Js to puta low value on virtuous women gnywhere, Sometiing more than a hundred years ago Dr. Samuel Jolson, a person of note In ue own day and since, sald of Lord Chester- aelds - This man. I thought, had been a lord among wits; but Lind he fs only a wit among lords. It is surprising how great minds run In the <fine channels, for wo fxd a current news- paper paragraph ascribing this witticisin at the expense ot Mr, Robeson, of New Jersey, to Senator Curpenter, of Wisconsin: Thad thought be hud been a constitutlonal Inwyer nmong sailors, but T find bets ouly a sailor nmong constitutional Inwyers, ' Whether Senator Carpenter “appropri- Ated” or “assiniluted” his brightness, the eantid reader need not now stop to Inquire, It would have been rough on more persons than the Senutor from Wisconsly if Dr, Sam uel Johnson had never been born. Tue men of Novada, man Corman, are brighter and batter inon thin the mon of Hinoly, and the work of tho fow men there bus had more to do with placing tha fnunees of tho Unlon on an oven keol thin hig the work of all the non of Mnota—Nait Lake Tribune, Stuf und nonsensol Disenssion about tho relutive merits of “tho men of Nevada" and “tho men of Hilnols" would be pucrile, But the products of Ilinoly aro manyfold more profitable than the products of Nevada, Tillnoly, having fifty tines the populatton of Nevada, has done at least fifty Hines as much toward paylng off the Nuatronal debt, ‘The yleld of precious metals tn Nevada since the miney were diseavered lins not. averaged one-half ns much in value as the whent crop wlone of Tillnols; and the product of the mines fs yoarly diminishing, wiile the yaluo of the wheat crop Is ns constantly Ineroasing, Take these figures for comparisons Mines of Nevada gsrite son 1073 Wheat of filnomsscccraieetas SRR ‘The esthnated value of the wheat crop for 1850 Is $50,508,300, while the mines wil] not produce one-haif thatsum, In atl respects the preclous metals and agricuttural products stand on the same basis, so fur os adding to tho wealth of the country fy concerned, It {sanaxtom in political economy that gold and silver cost all they are worth. Ignor- Snice of this fact ts doublloss the suficient teason for the blunder uf the Salt Lake edlt- or. Throwing off the wheat of Illinois aguinst the gold and sliver of Nevada, the former has still to her credit acorn crop worth $97,000,000, oats worth $12,000,000, hay 18,000,000, ry $2,000,000, fruits $3,500,000, po- tates $3,506,788, hogs (marketed) $14,010,001, euttle (marketed) $16,751,430, sheep (nar keted) 8513,884. Then there are the ninius fuctures of the State,—the stecl-mills, sucur Ing the Jargest internal rovenuo tax in tho country), ete, ete. Nevada has none of these. Sho pays no National taxes to speak of. Her rich mon live In San Francisco, and some of them contribute no more to the pay- {ng off of the War debt than many a poor furmer In Uttnols, THE DEATH OF GEORGE ELIOT. ‘The enble dispatches bring the sad intelll- genco of the death of Mrs. John Walter Cross, the distinguished novelist, better known tho world over os George Eliot, She died In her Goth yenr, after but a few days of ness, and passed away quietly and pain- lesly out of a workt in which she has plnyed so {portant 4 part, rich in years, and with fame the most ilustrions, perhaps, ever attained by woman in the field of Iterature. Sho was born in Warwickshire, England, {1 1820, the daughter of a poor clergyman, who could not educate her, ‘Chat grateful duty, 80 richly repald, was performed by another clergyman, who adopted her. ler youthful days wero cliaracterized by a remarkable scholarship and equally remarkablo ense In acquiring and retaining knowledge, and by intellectual gifts rara in one so young. She was consclous of them horself, and, impelled by the desire to mnke fer own living, sho went to Lontton when only 23 years of age and adopted IMterature asa profession. She com- menced her earcer by writlng for the perlotl- denis, selecting the stald and conservative quarterfles, where.her ability was so clearly shown that her papers soon attracted wide attention. Inher 8ith year she commenced her cnrecr ng a novel-writer,—the field which. was to Insure her permanent reputation,—her first effort being n series of sketches printed iu Bluckwood’s Magazine unter the title of “Scenes of Clerical Life,’—n subject with which she was thoronghly familiar, but which was handled in such an original ana masterly way: that it made a great success and provoked much speculation as to the {dentity of the writer. ‘Chis was followed by “Adam Bede,” one of the most widely- circulated novels ever written by man or woman, Lt was translated into nearly all modern tongnes, and achieved n success which hns hardly been paralleled In modern literature, The whole world ree ognized a new and brilliant light in the Nterary firmament, and eagerly waited for new ‘revelations. They cana rapidly,—the “Mill on the Floss,” “ Romola,” “ Silas Marner,” “¥etix Molt)? Middiemareli,? and “Daniel Deronda” quickly following ench other, and each one exhibiting mora whesprend resenrch, deeper thought, more profound analysis, and a closer grapple with the great questions of tha day, She brought to. them keen observation, wonderful nnnlysts of character, strong faculties both of humor and pathos, and equal powers of philosuphy and metaphysics, bestdes 9 mas- culine grasp of thought and strength in deal ing with tho problems of life which are tao abstruse for merely fanciful or speculative writers to handle. In religious belief she was a Ratlonallst; In her relations to the world sho was thoroughly unconyen- tional, ns nll such strong naturés are apt to be, and in this regard wasa Inw unto her- self. Tho great success of her “Adam Bede" brought her into intimate relations with tho grent writers of England, among them Dickens, Thackeray, Charles Reade, Lower, and others, and between herself and the Intier an intimate attachment sprang up. “They had many points In common. Both were deep thinkers, and a philosophical yetn ran through the writines of ench, Lewes was asnarried man, but was not living with lis wife, who had been faithless to him, He was aman of strongly-pronounced qualities, like George Ellot, and, Ike her, of irre- proachable morat character; also, so long as Mrs, Lewes was living, marringo with Georgo Ellot was out of the ques- tion, By tho advice of thelr mutual friends, they Mved together in the same home: as friends, labored together, and enjoyed a rare happiness which was only broken by the death of Mr, Lewes two years ago, ‘The union between them ocensioned more or tess of comment, but ft soon dled away, The fitness of tho union In every way, though not consummated by legal forms, was soon recognized, and the purity of their ives and the nobleness of thelr char-, ueters hushed the gossip of Idle tongues, and commanded respect even from those who could not look upon this spiritual union as proper. Though not his wife, she was re- garded a8 such, and rarely has there been a more perfect unlon in every respect, oxcept that of Inw, than tholrs, So fitting Indeed was ft that, on the ocension of her recent Inarringe with Mr, Cross, there was somo- ting almost Ike a protest, even from those who had criticised her union with Mr. Lewes, They felt that, having success- fully thwarted one of the conyentionalities of society, and haying proved by the purity of herown Ifo and thet of her companion that there was such a possibility as the intl macy of two congenlal belpes, dwelling to- gether ina certuln sense, ontsiite of society, she should not have done *yloleneo to her theory by conforming to the ways of tho world; and it may besald that there was very much the same feelings, os If ft were an un- pardonable weakness In a strong nnture, when sho recently deserted her rationallstic belief and Identified herself with the ortho- tlox forms of religlon, In personal appear. aneo George Ellot was very plain and almost Waprepossessing,’ In society she was shy, ns, Ike many other great writers, she was o apoor talker, In knowledge and Intellect. wal power she was richly gifted, and she en- rehed her wonterful stories from a yast storehouse of learning. Among all female novelists sho easlly stands atthe head, for though sho may haye lacked tho brilllancy and notorlety of some of her contemporarics, she excelled them all in yigor of thoughtand in Intellectual force. In these regards, few masculine novolists have ever excelled her, and the sane verdict which will give her tho crown above all women will assign her a piace among tho strongest and most graphic writers of the other sex In any literature, A NEW TROUBLE FOR ENGLAND. There seems to be no end of troubles {In South Africa for the English Government. Mt is hardly out of its long and expensive struggle with the Zulny before a fornl- dablu rebelllon breaks out among the tribes In Basutoland, the territory bo- tween Natal and Cape Cotony, ani. this has hardly pegun to spread before a still more formidable revolt breaks out among tho Boers In the Transyant Republic, This twofold rebellion, coupled with the fears that the very first defeat of the English may Jead to a general uprising among tho native tribes, has paralyzed the settlers of Capo Col- ony with alarm, and has ocenstoned yery serlous excitement upon tho part of tho English Government at home, ‘Tho English adwlutstratio in South Africa has been characterized’ by a sorles of extraordinary blunders, perpetrated in ite efforts to confedernte the South African col- ontes,—a scheme which fatled wretchedly more than a year ago, and which is now not only opposed in the ‘Transyaal and Basuto- Jand, but is even denounced by the peaceful settlers of Capa Colony and Natal, Befora considering hess blunders, some reference ton lecture reeontly delivered tn London Upon Sunth Afrlen by Str Bartle Frere will bool Satercut dn its general deserlution of THE CHICAGO TRIBU FRIDAY, DECEMBER wm the British possessions. Sir Bartle Frere sald: Tho region of Tomperate South Africa, about which ha wished to apenk, lay to tho south of the Zambes! and the Quathlanta district. It was fn table-land, 4,000 feet or 6,00 feet high ns ree 1 tho plains, nud the extreme hight reach- ng Ay tach vs 10,000 feet. In. sizo it wis about one-third of Europe, and elx times as large as France. rey, muat be enrofi) to remember that South Afrten was not ono district, but was mado tp of several portions physically and poe litleally distinct. Thero was first the Cane Colony, fouled by tho Duteh between 200 and 0 years nzo, and whieh contained an old setticn population, but was by no moans fitted up. It had for somo | years niuored the beneilt of government by Ministers and the Lege Ialnture, nnd was presitied over by n Governor, who held his commission from the Crown, That colany was about equal In size to Franec, oF double in sizototho old Kingdom of Prissit. Natal was governed ns n Crown Salony. with an clevted Legislature, aud was double tho siza of the Kingdom of Greece, It Iny between tho Capo Colony and tts depenteney, Zululand, ‘Thon cane,the ‘Transvaal, which was somowhnt smaller thin the Kingdom of Italy. Tho Coie Freo Stato ene between the Tratisvanl and tio: Cape Colony: it was an independent Btate, gove erned agit ftepnblio by u President alected for five yours, and was about the size of the old Kingdom of tho Two Slallles, and a third turgor thin Ireland or Portugal, Basutotand | and Cattraria were cach about tho size of tho King- dom ot Greece, Tho extremity of the British dominions from Cape Town was very nearly 14 fur ns Odessa fram Louton, ‘Tue Tripune has already printed askoteh of the Transvaal Republic, the migration of tho orlginal Dutch settlers undor Pretorius awny from English rule, which thoy detested ns heartily fifty years ago ns they do now, the proclamation ot the English claiming sov- ereignty over the region they occupled, the struggles of I’retorius with tho English, aud the manner In whieh this inflexiblogld Dutch Puritan finally founded the Republic and forced n recognition of it by the English, "The Mttle Republic was occupled by a pence- ful, Indusirlous, enterprising people, whon Ict alone, and It went on prospering until a fow years ago, when the English forelbly an- nexed It upon the pretext that its annexation would prevent Cetywayo, who was hostile to the Boers, from taking the field, Javing made the annexation, they then in- yaded Zululand with results already known. The annexation was not nlono a blunder, but a crime without apology, for the only pretext offered by the English has since been shown to ba without foundation, ‘The polley of the English to- wards the Basutos has been even moro un- wise, for tho Dasutos have always been friendly towards the English Government, Thy recent order disarming thei fs the cause of thelr outbreak, Their arms and ammunl- tion were sold to them by English traders, and they used thom .to help the English {n their war with Cetywayo and In the subjuga- tlon of other hostile tribes, lending very efll- clent assistance, AS soon ag the war was over, notwithstanding that they had always been falthfnl and Joyal, the order for thelr isarmament was issued, and this in faco of the permisston of tho Governmant that other tribes which had not been loyal might retain their arms. The Basutos refused to give them up. Thelr revolt has encouraged other tribes to rise, and tho Boers have taken ndvantags of the general disaffection to declare thelr independence, English rule, if it were wisely administered, 1s unquestionably the best rulo for South Afrten, and, under a just and temperate poficy, tho resourees of this wonderfully fertile region, which Slr Bartle Frero in his lecture says are inexhaustible, might bo profitably developed. But injustice, decelt, oppression, and force are poor ngencles with which to advance prosperity. That both Boers and Basutos will ultimately be over- coine by the English is clear onough, but it 1s none tho less impossible not to feel n strong sympathy with the Httle Transvaal Republic and {ts brave people, and to indulge in equally strong protest against the unjust treatment of the Basutos, ‘THE NATIONAL-BANK CURRENCY. The question is agitated among tho Na- tlonal banks of New York and New England ns to the propriety, or may be necessity, in ense the Government shall issue n 3 per cent bond in plnco of the ontstandIng fives and sixes, of withdrawing thelr note circulation, Of tha $073,000,000 of fives nnd sixes to bo withdrawn in May and July, 1881, the Na- tlonal banks held on the Ist of December about $200,000,000, and these bonds were de- posited In the ‘Treasury a3 security for their cireulation, The banks are entitied to a circulation equal to 00cents on tho dollar of the bonds deposited by then’ ag security. ‘They also pay a tnx of 1 per centon tholr clreulation. They have also to keep per ecnt cash de- posited at Washington to redeem thelr notes, ‘The result ts, that thelr net circulation Is equal to only 8 per centof tho par face of the bonds, ‘Lhe 4 per centbonds are now 13 to 114,—tho premiuin betug equal to 8 tod} yenrs' Interest, It{s claimed that tho 4 por cents cannot, at their present value, bo de- posited ng securities for a circulation limited to 8 per cont of the circulation, subject to present taxation, ete, and that 8 per cent bonds will not afford a profit on a circula- Uon paying 1 per cent direct tax and Hmited to 85 cents on tho dolar of the security, ‘The suggestion therefore 1s, that the re- funding of tho fives and sixes Inte threes, and the high cost of the fours, and the low In- terest on the threes, will compel the National banks to withdraw thelr bonds and ‘rotire thelr currency, or at least reduce It to the intnimum,—$45,000 to each bank, In elthor enso this suggestion would Involve acon- traction of the bank-note currency of at Icast 140 miliions of dollars, Assuming that this policy should be adopted, wo do not think tho country should have any fear or anxtoty concerning a searelty of money. Even if tho whole or two-thirds of the bank-note cur- rency be withdrawn, tho ‘Treasury Depart- ment, with a Mttle effort, and If disposed to act with the cara which m well-conducted private corporation would oxercisa undor slimilar clrcuinstances, can readily mect the cmergency, In tho first placo, tho Secretary has at his disposal many millions of silver dollars, with a required coinage of §21,000,- 000 a year,‘which he can at hts pleasure In- crease to $48,000,000, ‘This sllyer ha ean pay out and may recelye back again In ex- change for sityor cortiflentes recelyable as monoy for every purpose that the bank-notes can be used. Inayear ho can hava $100,- 000,0000f silyerdollnrs—or, which isthosamo thing, silver certificates—In clreulntlon, Mo can lagu also gold certifcates for all the gokl now lying {dlo and unproductive In the "Treasury, In Wke manner there is also a lurgo stock of gold held In reserve in tho ‘Treasury, year after year, to redeom dobts tong sluce due, and for which claimants do not appear, All this gold might be repre- sented in the form of outstanding cortificates, which woult! answor, and bo freely accopted, and would clreulate as money, If so dis posed, the Secretary can put afloat in the country ‘lreusury certificates, representing colu and redeemable on demand, to. the amount of $240,000,000, and this is more likely fu increase than to decrease, The accumu lating coin and bullion fn the country not used ns monoy will naturally flnd its way into the ‘Treasury, and these certificates will for all largo transactions amply supply any deficiency In the currency of the country caused by the withdrawal of the Natlonul- bank notes in part, or even If those notes be wholly withdrawn, ‘The gentlemen who sit in the bank parlors of New York aro apt to magnify thelr own conseguctice us arbiters of National finances, ‘Their potency in controlling the operations of tho Stock Exchange and the street bro- kers, aud in muking loanable money to stock ‘ Ramblers dear or cheap in Wall street, bs confessed. Outside of that, however, they fre but nembors of Lie general population of tho country, and thoir transactions are but fragments of the great mass of trade forever going on, and in which each tiller of the soll and each workman In his shop lns tis welxht nud Influence. The National banks may elr- enlate thelr notes or rotira them, and the country will suryivo clther polley. ‘They may withdraw their notes and ecloso tholr shops, and, beyond tha temporary inconyen- fence to individuals, such n proceeding would prodtcy no more permanent disturbance to the affairs of the country than would the dropping of a stone Into the waters of Laka Michigan permanently disturb tha naviga- tlon of that Inke, ‘The suggestion that tho banks may with draw thelr circulation in case the new bond shall bear only 3 per cont Interest, may or may not be intended by way of a threat; but, whether It was so Intended or not, 1b was nd- dressed to 8 people who will hear it with su- premo indifference, There isa wide differ- ence of opinion between tho country gener- ally and the National banks that Issuo notes. ‘The Intter have perguaded themselves thaton tho Issue of thelr notes depends tho produc ton and trade, welfare and business, of the country, ‘Tho people, however, take a very different view. ‘They regard the issuing of bank notes asa more branch of the general business of tho country, Should thoy with- draw thelr notes they will bank on thelr eap- ft, and abundance of currency will be sip piled by the Government In the way we have pointed out. BWAMP LANDS AND DRAINAGE IN ILLI- Bf O18, Atno time in the history of the State havo the people been moro alive to the necessities ot drainage than atthe present. More miles of drainage have been made by the farmers of Ilinots within the fast six years than thora were In the previous sixty years. In 1874 there were twenty-six establish- ments for the manufacture of tile drains In tho Stato; in 1880 there are 178, and the de mand {s greater than tho supply. ‘The Inrge aren ot wet lands In Kankakee, Ford, and Vermilion Counties aro now being drained by the construction of open ditches from twenty to thirty feet wido and three to five feet deep, and the water for miles on either sido drawn into them by menns of tile and mole drains. A few weeks elnce the writer met Mr. John Sidell at his pleasant home in tho southwest part of Vermilion County, and found him actively engaged in dizgingsmall eanalsover au entire township of land. Ilere, for ten years past, thousands of dollars have been spent by different owners Jn both open and tlle ditching without any good returns, from the simple fact that no suMicient outlet had been provided to carry off the water, Mr. Sidell owns some 6,000 acres in one body. Over five-sixths of It was swanyp and over- flowed Iand from 1850 to 1870, ‘To-day it 1s well drained, and Is ns beautiful and productlyo as he could desire. ‘Tho Drainage law passed at the Inst session of the Legislature was thought by many at the tine to be cumbersome In its details, and in all probability would prove Inoperative, ‘The experiments made in 1870 and 1860 in both the northeastern and suuthwestern part of the State have proven the Inw to bo a gootl one and satisfactory to the people, ‘The bulk of the swamp lands lie along the line of tho 1ilinofs Centra! Railroad and Sts Chicago branch, extending from Chicago to Cairo, ‘The Inw of Congress passed Sept. 28, 1850, known as tho Swamp-Land act, granted alithe swamp and overtlowed Jands to the Stato of Ilinols, and the State in 1853 granted the snme to the several counties in which tho Jands might ie. Many of these Innds wero entered at the local Lund-Otlices botween Sent. 28, 1850, and March 3, 1855, and at this Jntter date Congress passed an net called the Swamp-Land Indemnity act, which paid over to the State nll the money which the General Governmont had received for these lands, To recelve this money the State was obliged to prove by two good witnesses the fact of the swampy character or overllow of tho Innd to the satisfaction of the Scerctary of tho Interlor, ‘This was donv in many In- stances between 1857 and 1861, when tho War of tho Rebellion commenced and all operations of .the Stnte this act censed. In 1860 tho act admitting Oregon and Minnesotn into tho Unlon as States was passed, and one section provided that tho selection of swamp Jands should censo two yenrs after the adjournment of the next Legislature in each State from and after the presage of that act. Tho Seerctary of the Intertor held that this section applicd also to all the States which claimed swamp Jand under tho act of Sept, 28, 1850, and this was 80 heli up to 1875, when the Secretary of tho Interlor reviewed his deelston, and held that this section applied only to Minnesota and Oregon, Sluce 1875 tho counties Interested nll through the Stato havo asa rule proceeded with tho work of completing thelr selections for the purpose of claiming the money which the United States received from the persons who entered this and between Sept. 28, 1850, and March 8, 1857, At this Intter date Con- gress passed an act providing for the pay- ment of indemnity on all swamp Innds cn- tered up to that date, and In one section of tho act confirmed all awamp setections which had not been entored at the local Land-Oftces, Aa the law now stands no indemnity can be collected from the United States on any swamp land entored after March 3, 1857, A Dill {s now pending in Congress to oxtend the provisions of theact of March 91, 1859, and March 3, 1857, to all entrics mado sinco the Intter date, ‘There is a falr prospect of its becoming a law, It having passed the Com- mittee on Pubile Lands with a favorable re- port at the 1878 sexsion, In connection with this subject of swamp Innd fn Ulnols and its dratnage, there is one thing which interests all the countles lying onthe no of tho Mines Central Railroad to the oxtent of between $200,000 and $400,- 000, Seccrotary Melcllan, of the Interior | Department, held in November, 1855, that the swamp and overflowed lands lying within tho alx-mile mits of the Iinols Central Hall- Tond did not Inureto the State onthe ground that on Sept, 28, 1850, when the grant waa imade to the State, these lands were In a state of reservation "for the specta! purpose of the actof Sept, 20, 1830, to-wit, tho rolmburse- ment to Government for tho lands granted by the act of that dato,’” ‘Tho act of Sent. 20, 1850, referred to, wasnn Act of Congreas which gave the State of Ili. nols every even-nambered saction of land for twolvo miles In width In ald of tho construc tion of n rallroad from Chicago to Mobile, [9 Statutes at Large, p. 400,] Tn the Swamp-Land act, upproved Sept, 28, 1850 (9 fata, p, 519, rednacted Revised Stats, Bee. 2,479), fs the following clause: The whole of those swamp and oyertlowed Jands, mula untlt thereby for culliyation, which shall remain unsold at the passage of this actshall bo and the same aro hereby granted to sald Stato,” "Tho grant for ratlroad purposes was elght days older than the grant of swamp Jands,and on the day of tho giant for rallrond purposes the President of tho United States uuthor ized tho “suspension of sales of the publle Jands until the ling of railroud was Jocated and land selected, provided the tlinc does nut exceed 1x months,” Sec, 8 of tho rollroad graut Js in the ‘to ‘the counties on undor’ following words: “That tho sections and parts of seetlons of tand which by such grant ahnll remain to tho United States within six vinites on ench slile of tha sald road and branches shalt not bo sold for leas’ than double the minimum prica of the public land when sold.” (9 Stats, p. 166,] When, {n 1855, thocountles had selected their swamp lands or the odd sections (it will be remembered that oven sectlons only were embraced In the rallroad grant), and re- ported the samo to tho general Land-Ofico and asked for approval of tho same, Secre- tary McLellan hictd that the State was not entitled to these swamp and overflowed Innds within tho Iinits of six miles on either side of tho line of rallrond, for the renson above stated. ‘Tho decision was an absurd one, but nevertheless {6 was a decision, or anopinion, and under the practice of tho heads of Departments at Washington is and has beon binding on his successors in office. Wo are Informed that all of Secretary Me- Letian’s sttecessors—Cox, Usher, Inrlan, Browntng, Delano, and Sehurz—ngree that the opinion of McLellan was wrong, and yot they lave all boon bound by it, on the rulo yes adjudicate. “this same question is now before Secretary Schurz, who hing referred the whole subject with the questions at issue to Attorney-General Dovens, the highest Isw officer of the Government, If Gen, Devens holds that MeLellan's opinion ts not blading upon Seeretury Schurz, as we think he will, the case now pending before the Seeretary from Cook County, and now before him on appeal, will bo tried de novo, and tho Stato without donbt will receive, after this long delay; what for twenty-tive yeara has been duo her, This will give over $800,000 tho Mne of tho Inols Central Road, and will be sufficient to reciatin the thotrgands of neres whieh are yet too wot for cultivation in a majority of yenrs, ‘rhe counties Interested, somo forty in nun- ber, are legally andl: equitably entitled to this Indemnity, and have been since 1855, Tho unjust ruling of tho Department at Washington has worked great Injustice to tho State, and If the ruling of Attorney-Gen- eral Devens in tho ense now before him [3 not favorable to tho State, then Congress alone can give relief. Illinois stands in tho front rank of grain-produetng ‘States. At Jenst one-fifth of her aren could be materially improved by 2 thorough system of dratnage. Much has been done; moro remalns to bo done, Every farmer now understands that it pays to drain the flat and wet lands. If this work of dratning fands gocs on for the next ten yenrs as it has in the Inst six, tha census of 1890 will show an exhivlt In the amount of cereals raised which would probably double the crop nf 1880. Kor tho last thirty years much farming in this State hns been condueted by shnply skimming over the sur- face with the plow on the ridges and dry knoll, and when ina fow years the owner had, as hethought, exhausted all the strength ofthe soll, ie would become disheartened and movo farther West on new soil,and go through with the samo operation there. ‘The best soll he nover touched with tho plow, because it was too wet. This wet land has proven, alter being well drained, to be tho best Innd on the farm, The rapid incrensa in tite dralunge within the inst slx years has dem- onstrated the fact beyond question, Atexanpen Rassty, having beon fully entered for the Senatorial ctection In Min- nessota, will bo likely to earry off the prize, ‘Ue is astrong man in many ways, and ox- tremely popular. Ifa ling wealth, Icisure, and long experience in public Ife, and his character Is unassailable. Many of the per- sons concerned in bringing about his defeat. six years ngo are sald to bo now sorry for tholr part ivit, and to bo anxlons to make what atonement they may. Senator McMillan has been 9 useful and honorable represent- ative of the State, and tf ho should be re- tired Itwould not be for want of fidelity on his part, but because Mr. Ramsey is thought to have superior clalms. There ts no question of locality between tho two, a3 both aro residents of St. Paul, Mr, Me- Millan was Chief Justiea of the Supremo Court of the State when he was elected to suceced Mr, Ramsoy, and {t Is possible he now contemplates a return to tho Bench, which might bo arranged for throngh Mi. Ramsoy’s Influence. ‘Tue American navigation laws had thotr origin in a compromise between the ship-owniug interest ot Now England and tho slaveholding interest of tho Southern Btates. Gouvernour Morris was tho author of the compromise, Ho proposed “a bargain” between the oxtremo South and New England, Tho result was 1 com- promise, by which the right to linport slaves was to bo continued untit 1808,a period of twenty Years, and the right to regulate commerce was to bo given to Congress, ‘This Is the truo story ofthe orixin of thoso navigation Inws about which Mulne Republican conventions havo pnsucd such sentimental roaolutions, Gan. Pinekney,, of South Curollnay 1s ro ported to havo sald in convention on this compnet; “It was tho truo Interest of tho Southern States to baye no regulation of commerce, but, considering tho loss brought on tho commerce of the Eustorn States by the Rov- olution, thelr Hberal conduct to tho viows of South Carolina, and tho interest the woak Southern States bad In being united with the strong Eustern States, bo thought lt proper that no fetters should be Smposed on the powor of staking commerclil reguiatious, and thought his Bates, though prejudiced ggalnat tho Enst- orn States, would be reconcited by their lbernl- ity." Luthor Murtin, ono of tho delegates, wrote home to tho Sponkor of the Maryland Leglelns ture; “] found tho Enstorn States, notwith- standing their aversion to slavery, were vory willing to indulge the Southern Btatos, at Ieast with a temporary liberty to prosceuto the slayo trade, provided tho Southern Btates wouldin turn gratify thom by Inying, no restrictions on tho enactment of navigation acts.” Now that one of the retics of barvarism has disnppearod, would it not be well to disponse with tho other? <<a Bisuor Dwenorn, of Fort Wayne, pub- Mates in ¢ho Cathullo Teleyraph a pastoral lottor on mixed marringes. Ho snys his Church has always detested thom, and originally tolerated thorn only in itnportant cuses, aa when auch an alllunce by a Princo scemed essontinl to thopub- Ne yood,* Aftor commenting on tho restraint which diforonco of falth occastons botwoen hus- band and wifo, ho declares that tho dunuer to tho children {g very greut, At tho recent funoral of un uged Cathotle, of tho 305 deecondunts present not one wus'a Cathollc, This wes tho result of Amixod marriage, In view of consequences like tho uboye the Bishop says Wo therefore announce to you our fixed doe termination not to grant: a” dispensation tun Cutholio mun that he may marry a non-Catholic womunor qirl, uniess ju moat extraordinary cuses, and thon when an almost absolute vor- tainty exists that sho will scon to a Cxthollo, Prleste will tako notice of this, and sparo them= eehea and us tho annoyance of 4 useless appil- cations Jo adda that public penance will bo demandod of all who goto a ‘Squire or Irotestant preacher to be marricd, aud continues: . ‘Tho Chureh never grunts a dispensation with- ONL the distinct promiso—{1) *Thut the Cutholia py, shoutd not be hindered or interfered with In the practico of rellgiou.” (©) "That all chil- dren should be baptized, ratsod, und educated in the Catholle faith.” (3) Tho Cutholie party shoulil promiso to do everything Ay padibig to obs tain tho conyerdion of the non-Cathollo purty.” Wo ordor that, in future two copica of theso prouslaes shoud bo mude in writing, one to bo upt in the church of the place, und tho other to be vent to the Hishop. ‘That the evil thug denounced {s a doop-scated oncappeurs evident from tho charge to tho priests to proach at least once a year agalust mixed marriages, and to paronte to do all they cun to guurd thelr children against the dungor, $= In tho reference mado yesterday in Tue TirnuNx to tha Coysta Jopson caso an injustice was done to tho State's Attorney, Mr. Milla, ilo did uot postpone the triul of that caso “In definitly,” and thus practically abandon it, 28 wo were wiglod into stating; om tw contrary, be passed It, with tho consent of tho Court, untit after tho holldnys, in order that, once begun, tt. minty be prosecuted iminterruptediy to tho end, which could not be done if the trinl were begun In this holiday week, ‘That Mr, Milla will relax no effort to establish tho truth in this case, thoro can ho no question. one: “A nation who hopes to competo with foroigners ou thea ocean mint tax [te stipe ag Hxhtly,ua ato tte cotwpetitors for tho work's rade. St. Louls Globe-Demoerat: Kansas hing Docn tuther a sensational State from tts begin ning, and has never hesitated to have its own way In its own nffatra. When na Territory it waa famous for converting pro-slavery Governors to freo-sollism, and tt became a State by locking horns with the Nattonal Government and setting the Demoeratie party by tho ears. There wan me whon the voting Jn Kanans was chledly pore formed by citizens of Miaso url aud the Btateg farther south, and heavy Domo cratic majorities were recorded in countios whose virgin soil was innocent of population, Tut tn the struggte tor existence Kansas won, and fost no time ln pote tng oven with her Srighbar over the border, When tho War broke out bor citizens were enor ta repry tholr Missouri friends for services pre~ yiounly rendre, and harried their jands and despolled thom uf tholr store wntil the aevotnt seemed to be squared, Ay a Territory. tho climate of Kinsite was 80 ndinirably ndupte ed to tho comfort of tho colored race (hit the Siuve States combined to Puree negro siavers into It; but asa Bute its meteorologicat cunt Mons tire 80 fatal to negro ite that the samo States aro doing their utmost to prevont uexrocg from golng thete, No other such sudden. and complete change fs on recurd; but, truce to hy history, Kansas la gathering In the colored ma notwithstanding. Hor list move wos the insert. ing in her Constitution of a prombition of the mun turd and sale of wi withht her: borders. Tn deflunce of ail experience, sho ns stunes that man can subdue Nature without ——— ‘Tits Montgomory (Aln.) Advertiser and Mail, tn chnracteriatio dlecussion of tho changes nt West Votut, pronounces THRCHtCAdo TrmuNK to be “a red-mouth and loud-mouth miscegenntion howler.” ‘Two things nro deters mined hy the uso of that phrases (1) That tho eilitor who uses It hns been in active service more than twenty years, ond (2) that he hnen’t learned anything to epeak of alnce Fort Sumter waa firedon. Tho presumption nleo fs that he war originally n poor white cracker, ns tho planters nnd sinvcholdora didn’t object much to miscegenatlon—not thoy. ——————————— ‘Tim elty dept of Memphis, repudinted by tho elty’s surrendering ita charter, amounted to 84,600,000. A spceinl dispatch from there saya: A compromiee will doubtices be effected which will renlize to the bondholders about 40 per cent: of tho debt In bonds benring 4 per cent Interest. Those figurcs just now seem to be the tnost pop- uinr, and if holders of otd elty bonis would imnke sitet nn offer it would be favorably received,” ‘This {en pollte Invitation to tho elty's creditors to stirronder 60 por cent of tholr claims. a + z - whisky, and promplly acta on the asain Rernesestative Dacoerr, of Nevada, | Tita nh interesting exporiment unter the care hng written home to deny n report that ho Ia gue | cumstances, but no now State oxcopt Kans ing to Rurope, and to say that ho wil rotirn to Nevaita upon the expiration of hig term, expect- ing to romain thore, Ho hns been a resident of tho State nearly twonty yenrs, ————— ALApY in Wisconsin lins prepared 9 sure prise for her husband at Christmas, and kns con- fldentinily told 2 tow of bor Indy friends that sho hag got for a him a nico box of cigars. “ Goargo,” she says, “always pays 17 for bis, and I'vo got these for $3.50." Se Ee PUBLIC OPINION. woutd bnyo thought of risking a trint of it. a MILWAUKEE, The Big Rallrond Suit—Tho Cut of Pino Logs—'The Next Conzressional Apa portionment—Lho Carhart Case, Speciat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Mitwauker, Dee. 23.-—-Tho great rallrond suit of Barnes ys, Tho St. Pau! Railroad Company ig now drawing Its alow tongth along in the United States Court before Judgea Dyer and Drum mond. doh W. Cary oponed the ease for the Kullrosd Company in a lttle speech of four hours it duration, which gave him achancs to briclly state his sile to the Court. Tho cons troversy has buen jn tho courts for ten yenrs, and scems to hinge upon the foreclosure of n certain mortuuge whereby tho progent St. Paul Company — gut possession of that part of its ling ronving trom Milwaukee, via Portage City, to La Crosae, nr dias taneo of 200 miles, Tho property is now worth $5,000,000—-n plum for which the Inwyers will hayo a fierce fight over. Yesterday, duriug tho progress of tho trinl, Shakspeure’s decluration was veritied that tho "Bvil that men do lives after thom.” Tho ghost of the old La Crosso Jond grant corruption business arose trom its long eleep and stalked with [ts skeleton foot neross the court-roum, © It wus to accure tho. land grant for this Ifne that the Legisinture wag convened in extra session in 1856, and enough of its members “ propitiated” by a “pecuuiary compliment,” 18 the Treshtient of tha round culled It, to Bceuro tho yrant. The Gov- ernor, Colea Nashfurd, now deceased, got 250,000 ns hla share of the sway, and tho price of mem- bers ranged from $5,000 to. $20,000, necording to the status of the individual, The disg trangaction waa made the subject of ani tle vation by tho next Legislature, and tho validity of tho bonds then issued to corrupt the mene bers fs one of the issues In the ponding. sult. Men from the Wisconsin pinories yive lt ag their opinion that 26 percent mare loge will bo out this Winter than over before, A_geatlemin dustdown from tho headwaters of tho Ubip: pews Hiver anys that tho harvest of Buffato Courter (Dem.): There is no rota- tlon In oMffce, and may not be any for yeura, Washington Post (Don): The Republican minority in Congress ts forcing an extra eus- sion, Oll City Derrick: Neal Dow attributes his dofent nt tho Inst election to tho drought which prevalied this suniner. Loulsville Courter-Tournal (Dem.): Judge ‘Woods should bo confirmed without tho least re- yard to whothee he wae born in Obio or In ono of tho Southern States, Boston: Heratd (Ind.): Senator Penidle- ton’s plan involves too inuch machinery, It would make it ns diflenltto get an unit matt vukoe offico ag it now fs to got tho fittest man . Cleveland Herald (Rep.): Uniess Gov. Fos- ter {a culled into tho Cabinet thore will be only ono name heard In the next Republican Guber- natorinl Convention, nnd that nate will bo “Foster,” ‘ Doston Herald (Ind,): There has been no sneh gratifying and hopeful exhibition of n true Natlonal aptrit, on both sides, alnce tho closa of tho War on bas marked the support of Sonntor Burnsido’s bill. Galesburg (IIl.) Reglater (Rep.): We re- Rret tho Interference between Weaver and Sparks. They should bave heen permitted to enteach other up for the sake of the futuro peace of the House, ping on that rvor and its tributaries Phitadelphin Krontkte-Heratd: Among the | 18. cstlinutou ut 50.00,000 feet. ho. anow Lng been ubundant for over a month, and the work of banking logs is yzolug on with grent cnergy. The rupid destruction of theee pine forests isa mutter of decp solicitudes to the people of this and adjoining States who depend on thom fora supply of tumber, and ff there are not somo Bteps taken to stop It tho timber will ati be cut in ton years more, Some of tho best pine lands in the Btuto are now to bo found on the Idina reservations, of which there aro eight or ten, and bills are nlready pending in Congress whero- by thoy enn be got Into the huudsut the devour fap ents. ina. « ‘he question of the next Congressional appor- tonmnent has fatted to attract mich attention in Wisconsin ns yet, fur tho reason that Congress wil not be Ikely to take nny action tn tho prem= Jses thid session, and when Itrdoes it 18 nut likely that tho State will be eutitled to any more mem= bera of Congress than abe bas ut prosent., In that caso there would bo no use in redistricting the State, na It could not be made any moro favorable to the Republicans, who will boss the jov whenever it Is done, thin it fs at present. Who Republican. majority at the Inst election stood us follows, fu-round numbers: Aart First District... Second District. ‘Third District Fourth District Sixth District, Seventh Distr! Elghth Diatriot.... i ‘Tho Fifth (Urngy’s) was onrried by the Demo- crate by 3.00, which wns tho unly one in tho State that Gartlald did not have Ww majority In, Deuster (Vomnocrnt) was elected in this district beenuse of the unpopularity of tho Republican candidate. At tho list apportionment thls diss triet was cut out and uiven to tho: Democracy for an avorinsting inheritance, (ts Burton mo jority thon boing go groat that but letto mil slonary work was ovor wasted upon it. Butnuw itis" redcomed, regenerated, and disenthralied,” ond (3 gafely Republican fortha future. Nragy's district ig yot hopolul us it stands, nnd Is tho subject of many prayers. Tho reault of the trhul of tho Rey. Dr, Carhart, of Oshkosh, by the Muthodiat Court of Appeals at Freoport Inst week, bas taken most people by Burpris The decision of the Wiscons! ference fa raversed, and, of cuttrae, Dre In rostored to his former good standin Methodist denominition, ‘Tho new Whito House furniture required for tho new Administration will bo a corkserew, and the first act will be to fumignte the White House cellar to get rid of tho smell of cider. Des Moines (In.) Ieytster (Rep.): We have vw high regard for Gon. Weaver personally, and we would bo glad to seo him back in the old ranka whero ho haa so many friends, and in tho sorvico of the old party fur which ho fought ao Tong and so woll, ‘ Now York Timeg (Rep.): When It Js defl- nitly known how long a man may reside in one of the States of this Republic, in whick ho was not born, before he fs reliever of tho stigma of Delng a carpet-bagger, wo shall know tho oxnot status of Gon. George B, SicCtellan, aud not un~ tit then, Norrlstown Herald: An Engilsh roview Bay's tho New York papors oro losing tholr tnflu- enco and ‘“negiccting thelr editorints," Yea; that's Just it. Thoy aro neglecting thoir editorl- ala. If wo want to road a three-column editorial on the “Propagation of Clams,” or on tho * Sit- untion in Khivijijireh," wo must took in tho London duilics for it, not in the Now York pa- pers. But wo don't want to ronil such an edito- riut unloss thore fg a Mberal salary attached to the tusk, Meridian (Miss.). Mereury (Flre-entor): ‘This ponalon business isa part and parcel of a Yunkee pian to capture and forestall tho impar- tin] pon of history, to which tho Mercury mato allusion n fow daya ago. They finngine fifty inililons ayear exponded as a token of a Na- Uon’s ‘estimate of the servicos of her grand armics of bummers and tbloves may bilid the eyes of tho muso of history. And wo send Ropresentutives to Rongrest from tho South, and whan the Anpropria lon bills come up, they will all yore tho fty millions a peopriation for poneions. We aild we send Kepresentativos, ut wa don't.—wo sond Lootelicka, .Eyery one of thom who will yote for that bill ig a misorable, slaviah buotelick, New York Tribune (Rop.): Tho Demo- erate nro by no menna so tlerco for an expansion of the Court ng they were when it waa bopod that a Domocratlo Prealdeont. would havo tho naming of tho Judges. Mr, Mauning fa making no efforts to pass bis bill, and Is ovldently much discontented with it and tho situation in goner= al, Twelve additional Judges in 18% do not soem half so dealrabio to Mr. Manning and bls collenzuce now that thay know tho Prosldont’s name fs to bo Guriictd, und nat Mancock, | In- deed, Mr. Manning, who a fen ayo waa filled with compassion for the walting sultors, jn tho Court, now Uiks of abolishing It altogethor— which js a charactoriatic instance of the adap tion o£ Deniocratie opinions to Domovratic vi- olaaitudes, Now Yorle Timea: Thoffrlonds of sub- aldies and food of free ships prove too much by their stntomonta, Ono of thom, in tho House, on Suturduy, assorted thut the American people could manufacture shipa agalnat the world, and were duing it to-duy, but thoy were bindered from building shipa stitl botter and eheapor by tho thront that tholr customers might bu allowed to} go and buy froo ships, If Amoricans can mako chenper and botter ships now than any othor nation, why should ‘thoy bo afruld of forelgn compotitfon ? ‘Their customera would not pay tnore for worse ships simply because thay could get a legal rogister for thom. Amt if Amoricata need not foar foreign competition now, why should they not go on and Improve thoir ght Re un price aid. quallty ng much wy thoy cun? WIL thelr custowers bo still more likely todesert them because thelr wares are Jowor and yet moro yaluahle than now? It would aevom ndyisabte to tike one. horn or tho athor of the dilown and reston it. It would not bo 60 uncomfortable us to rost on both, Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph (Rop.): ‘Whon tho great principio of National grants for educational purposos is once catabilshed, the way willbe open for National superviaion of public schools, and for thoir improyomant to a degree at prosent unknown intmany parts of our country, In othor words, the Nationu! Govorn- mont wilt bo capable of introducing educational roforma in districta whero free schools aro now but amore mockery, Jt is tho sume old battle which was fought in this Stata from 1818 to 1858, Jinola schools woro once nothing but private or subscription schools, with n trifling nsalste ance from taxation, Thonew ohool lawa thnully: compolled exch district to maintuin a. school a certain length of time before tho Stato tax could ba demanded. This paternal oversight moat bitterly realatod, but in tho end tho present efficient system was fully established, n Bore similar mannor tho ald to be glvon by: tho General Government will operate to stimu lute the existing systems of those States most backward, and tha general goud of the whole country wit! be geoatly onhanced, Boston Heruld’s treo slp fablo with a moral A fablo, respectfully dedicated to com- morcial fossils: ‘There was onco a farmer, who lved romote from the market towns. Ho hud no horso or wagon, and waa forced to ttoto’ bis produce on ble back when going to maurkot, or leo to pay bis moro fortunate nelyhbors who owned tonms to transport bla vegotubles und gralu, His farm grew larger aud moro pro- ductiyo, bis sons yrow larger and arrived at nian’s ostate, aod, with their uid, bo raised great cropa, but be wttll depended on bts nelzhbors for the transportation of the products of bis farm, ‘Tho sung laughed at the foolishtivss of tho father in paying away largu shuro of bis prolits for transportation, and i nally porsuated him to ay whorse and cart, When ho had dono 80, the oli mansuid: *Lbave to work hard and the bursa shall buyo no casivr thine than myself, bo VII toad the wagon ball fullof rocka whenever bo goes to murket.’ Tho anclont idiot did us ho suld, gud still wondered why bo did uot prospor ae aid bis pelghbors on less fertlie farms.” Aga Cublo Je sucomplete without u moral, thle bull buye fu tho question Igy Whut will thay do with hin? It ta sald Carharé now intends to lenvo the ministry. and thut bo only sought thia vindleation on bis children's account, Many of, his onemtes, now tht he ts the upper dog “in, the Ayght, are ery in: live tho King,” when before the, “Awoy with him, uwuy with Carhart had guite an ‘ovation return to Oshkosh, and ono on bla Methodist olorgyman who sat upon his caso nnd voted hin guilty Insiated that Dr, Carhart ehould hla preach in hie pulpit inet Sabbath, and preach ba Mid, “Brother Muddock, of this city, who was tho prinegoad prosecutor, and, many think, peracen> for, of tho cnse, bins returned home considerably disyppointed and chap-falten over tho failure to make Dr, Curhart ng bud og ho charged bia with wings PAYNE’S PIONEERS. Rosult of a Xcout ‘Through Oklahoma The Colonists Still Dotormincd to Rucoced, OaLvweLs, Kas. Dee, 2.—Marry L, Il, Chick of Scouts of tho Oklahoma colony, and Col. Thomas D. Craddock, Genural Manger, who ‘weut Into tho Torritory on tho 8th, having tanked, tho military at Arkansns City, came Inte cump to-day, They were gone fourteon days, and scouted up tho north fork of the Canadian aud ovorto the south fork. They say tho Territory has been fullef people, They mot at nppuinted rondezyous ovor Atty wagons concealed from tho acoute awaiting for Capt. Payne, who would have joined him aa soon us be renchad tho town afte, . 4 Thoy report that hundreds of claims havo been taken and tho foundations for bousca built on thom, and will roturn to tholr homes to awalt future movomonts, Sloat of the emlyrants thoy met were from Texus, Arkunsns, and tho Chickasaw Nation, Most of the boomers havo gone to thelr homea te spond Carlatmas, only about 100 rematning In cump. Bis inohos of snow foll lust night. A boomer guld to-duys Wo know what wo aroabout, We haya the best logal advice In the Union, and ovory claim we lay our foundation on will bold, and oven Congress cannot take that right away, and, while we will huye no cons Mut with tho military, we will cover tho Terri: tory with cluling, are fore planting tine Wo will yo In and oultivato that laud.” Tutltanint partice have urged thom to breale up cnn and awatt Congressional avdon, but oy will nat, ‘Sho Commercial of thia placo comos out in am oditarinl tueday denouncing tho Just, and calla the opposition press of the Stato as working In tho interest of Jay Gould to prevent tho opens ing of tho ‘Territory so other roads cyn roach Texas and the Gulf ports, and thus foreing wl business over Gould’s roads. ‘Tha question 1g but aaa (ilscuasod pro and con by tho Prods of us Oe : } Cupt, J, 31. Btoalo, of Wiebjta, a promtnont candidate’ for Governor Vefore tho list State Convention, and President of the Oklahoma ‘Town Compuny, gaye that ho will force the lssue into Kansas polltics, = Furiuers not conuested with the colony moves ment nearly all favor tho opentay a LABOR ITEMS, Covusnee, 0, Dee, 23,—8tato Blno-Tnspector Roy bus just ruturned from Corning, and reportd the wines all idle to-day, caused by tho punert demunding the payment of wagoa weekly ine Bteud of monthly ra at prescot. JAuKsnunG, N. Jo. Doe, 23.—Souro tle ago thd Chineso workers in the wbirt fuctorica herd struck, Tho factory puople replaced thom by American laborers, 800 Minding employment in thom. ‘Phe Chinese quarters outsldy tho tow, have been abandoned, all the Occupants leavin the pluce.