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:. TILE COLORED MEN. A Dolegation from the South Visits the Presidont- Elect. Their Spokesman Represents the Condi- tion of Their Race in South- ern States, Presenting Their Claims for Protection by the Federal Govornment from Outrages, Gen. Garfield, “in Reply, Gives Some Good Advice to His Auditors. Ue Does Not Think the Present to Be the Proper Time to Talk Politics. fhe Colored House of Bishops Also Sends Grooting in on Ad- _ dress. ChEvEnAND, Oy Jan. 14.—-The colored delegation visited Mentor to-lay and waited upon Gen. Gariield at his home, ‘The dele.” gation Is composed of 12,3, Elliott, Samuel Lee, D, A, Straker, of South Carolina; Henry E. Curry, of Tes dames B. Deveayy, of Georgia; Guorge W. Price, Jr, Gvorge L. Mabson, James W. Houd, John A, Leary, J. U. Marrs, and Steward Ellison, of North Carolina, ON BEING RECRIVED by Gen. Garficld in the parlor, Mr. Elliott, the spokesman, addressed the President- elect ns follows: + AS Sx peneenuttr es of the colored Republicans of the States af Virginia, North Curalfua, South Carolina, Georgia, Morita, and ‘Texas, we have come in thelr bebalf and ju our mime, to cons gratulute you on your triumphant clection to the high and responsible oftlce of Prealdent of the United Strtes, and to itssure you that, 03 thelr prayers during the oxeltingy polltical eon- Test which has so happily eventunted in your success were fervontiy uttered in your hehalf ate the standard-bearer of the Republican party, eo shull thos wtill pray thut you muy be gulded by the Divine wisdom in scour to all Amori- ean eltizenus the Liessings of EQUAL LAWS and juat administration, Cheered by the many brave utterances whlel you havo In the pust made in our behalf, and: ceca lnc the valtt- able serviecs you have hitherto rendered in tho cause of our emmtnelpation and enfranchise- Ment we have also come to present to you a brief statement of our condition in the South, not in wapirlt of dictation, but in tho bello that a fair representation of our cause cnn best bo made by those of us who ire compelled to en- dure grievous wrongs for mere npinion’s sake, Although clothed with the rights of vitizenship by tho provisions of the Constitution of tho nited States, and recognized ag such by legis- lative enuctinents and judictil decisions, yot stil) in. all the Southern States we are but CITIZENS IN NAME and not In foet. Our right to participate in elections for the choleé of public otlicers is not pole questioned but ft many tocaliticsnbsututes Jy dented us by means of arined violence, fraud, and Intimidation. In tauy of the Souther. Stutes, ater’ the rights of majorities ure itegally’ anf wantonly subverted by tho imperious will bf unscrupulous minorities for no otuor reason than this: These mnjoritios conslst of men who, frev and enfranchised by the Inws of tho land, prefer to reuain loyal to the country of which they nro citizens, and stendfast in tho support of that pulltical party which sayed tho Ufe of the Nation, and to tho charge of which can most safely be Intrusted the duty of pro- aorvink tho results accomplished by tho lato ar. THE METIONS RESORTED TO by our politteal opponunts. in the Bouth to de Britg usof rightful participation in public at- ‘uirs have been so often stated to the public, and nre so well known to you, that it 13 unneces- snry that wo should enter upon n detailed stute- ment of themon this occuslon. Suflice It that, by the infumoun use of tissue ballots. by the deliberate fulsitication of registry books und election returns, by tha forelblo exclusion from the polls by armed) mobs, by murder and a gene tral system of terrorism, and by tho refusal in many instances to hold elections nt precincts where the majority of tho voters are Kepublic- ans, elections have lay rendered a mere farce. The support of tho State Governments have been made to derive thoir powers, not from the cunsent of the governed, but from thourbitrary will ofarbitrary minoritios, WE ARE POWERLESS, alr, to redress these wrongs through the mn- ebinery of the Stato Courts; for, to ull intents and purposes, thoy nrv orginized: uguinst .us,— the Juries oftentimes bulng composed not only of those who sympathize with the yvlolntora of the law. but frequently consisting, in part, of the active participants ‘in theae wrong-dolngs: aod, indeed, when we tura oven to the Federal Courts for tho vindication of our rights wo tind that these wrouga are suffered to piss unchal- jenged, and the perpotrators of them ga tune whipped of justice, beenuso under tho present Inwe, enneted by a Detocratle Congress, tho uiders and nhottors In these crimes sit in the Jury-box to pass judginent on them. This con- dition of ulfaira, added to tho unfatr and unjust. treatment of our peoploat the bunds of those wha. Sanetitiite the class of employers, bos create 5 A SPIRIT OF UNREST among thom, and hug tended {un gront mensura gE Gisorseaniet! the industrin! system of tho jouth. Forced tostayger under burdens which aro heavier than thay ein bear, thoy are novesanrily driven to seck relief in precipitate flight from tholr homes into strange and oftentines une congental places: ‘This tends not guly to pres Yent the colored mngses of the South from con- tributing uny proper ehureto tho general wealth ofthe country, but also tales from the South ita chlef producing elemont, arid thureby pre- vonta ber from beariug her proper shure of the public burdena; whilst,on the other hand, it tends to injure the communitica into which tiey: BO,—Vust bodies of men without capital and oftontines without sutlleient means of subsist ence or chances of employment, thoreby Increng- ing the consuming element inthose commune Ues without adding anything to thelr power of Production, Es ANOTUED DIFFICULTY under which we lnbor ts tho want for proper eduentional facilities for our children, arfaing in many Jnstineed, uobso much from tho un- willingness as fram tho (uability of the sStute Governinents to meet tha cduvational demands of thelr intinbltants, Jn viow of theso difficulties, and reeognizing a8 wo do tho further fuct that our cltlzenship can only bo rendered peringnently affective by a «cneral digugion of education: dinong our peo- Pile, wo would reancetfutly urge the tmportunce ‘of creatiog National system of education for the tolling masses, under the supervision and vontrolof the Fedorul Government, Instead of leaving tho onlightment of tho country solely depentent upon tho chungeful policies of pollt= ieut parties or tho inadequate resources of State Governmonts, Bo, to the end that It may juetly be sald of our country tnat ft not only ENFRANCHISES ALL, ut educatea.ali, white it iy fur from our pur- Pose or intention to indlente or express nny spreferences us Letweon Republicans for ap. ‘vulntiment to olllco, we novertholess deem {t our duty, Ju the interest of those whom we hive the honor te reprugont, 08 well ns in thu interest of the Republican purty ne large, to call attention, to the churneter of Federn! uppointinenta in tha South in tho past, und respuotfully urge that the syaterm of pluciug in public position inen not only in want of Epiannthy: w th the principles and Improvements af thy epublica party, but who use those positions to obstruct and hinder the enforcement of Inwa passed for the protea- ton of the rizbta of American eltizeng—men who, though calling themselves fepublicnns, are, of no iixed ar well-defined political sentiments; qoen why ure all things to all men, and nothin touny, aud ore totally without a following, on REPRESENT NOBODY BUT-THEMSELES, ‘bo no lonzer ect over us ag representutives of tho Federul Government. Such appointments, alr, instead of strengtheilng tho Hepubliean patty jn the South, bave been a positive source of Weukness. Bir, we are not unmindful of tho truth. .which cnnotive too often repeated that the privilexes which have been too often conferred Upon us sas eilzens have Ho pased upon us as #uch citizens weighty responsibitities, which can, nalther be evaded ar sligbted. We fully appre Glate the fact that to enjoy our fiberty woshould } every effort to prove’ ourscives worthy of iburty, and that, to bu good citizens, we must be Inteliigunt and useful citizens; but we cannot fall to remeutnber alee, that righté and dutiva ure vorrelutives, and that the perfurmunco of duties Bagnod and law-abiding gcltizens whould entitio _ uate reculve and enjoy RIGHTS AND JAGHUNITIES Yn common with all othr ctasscs of American citizens, io accurdunce, ut feast, with the mouse > “ure of our deserts. * Wo bey tu dssure you, Genoral, that {t is tous AM muller of deep regret that we should baye at all visited you us representutives uf i distinct= Ave element in tho body politic. Belloving, in tha sublime words of the Declaration of Independ- woce, that all tneu ure creuted equal, and ree Joloing ulso in tue fact thut, through thu efforts ‘OF tho Hupublican party, whose stundurd-bearer. ‘on werw in tho last peabalen. thy teuchttiys of fathers buve been trauslated into the Cow: THE CHICAGO TRIBUNL: {tution, we can but bopo that the timo ia not far distant when they shail vo ren- dered nA living -reality, tlee ons in theory, be all Amoricnn cltizons domiciled in evory Stato and Territory of this Union, But until that Ume shuil bo present with tis—until chiss dis Unetions rotiro against: us: until the neektonts of aur complexions shalt have ceased to furnish, aun exense for tho fntilotion of injuries upon ta, or for. tho infraction of ane ‘rights, the very helplesness of our condition will of ‘necessity votpel on our patt chissactlon. Lolieving the soe MANLY COURAGE which charactorized your utterances In tho City, ‘of New York last stimmor to the Jove Boys fir lve will sustain you tn n fearless Adminiatta- tion of tha laws, without favor or partinilty, we look forward with very great pleasure tu thy time when you shall assume the control of the = Governmont, Ag you did not then, sir, though your awn election stood trom- Uling In tho balance, faltar in rendering full Jus- tlea to the Poputy, ond the patriotisin of or race, as tested at Wagner and ut Lustrin, and i the flory crater nt Petoravury and othor battio Helda, ns well as services rendered by" them tu uivinge succor to the country’s defenders who had mado their oseapo from Southern tumbs of ving death, we feel contident that our rights and interests, in comnton with those" of others, will not be forgotten or neglected by you in the hour of your trhanpl., We dewotball pray that your Adininistration may be crowned with most abutdhint success, and that, through your vlforts as Chief. jiigiatente, we shall have a country. that shall iift up ail and oppress none. ‘ TUF RESPONSE. Gen. Garfield responded in the following Innguage: Ges, Euttorr AND GENTLEMEN? 1 thank yout for your congratulations on the suvecsstul ter- ininution of the great campaign that recently closed, und eapecinily for your kind allusion to ine pereonally for the part Lbore in that enum. paign, What 1 baye done, what I have said cone cerning your race, and the great problem that fae presence on this Continent hus mised, havoaald as a matter of profound conviction, and hold to it with ull the meaning of the words employed In expressing ite. What you have sald In regard to the aituution of your peuple, the troubles that (hey encountered, the evils from which they have ruitered and attlt asultfer, | have listened to with deep attention, and shall yivo ft full measure of reflection, TIS 13 NOT THE TIME or place for me to indicate anything ng to what Tehail have tusay and do by and by in anor. fein way. But this I may say: 1 noted ne pes enlinrly pipifioant, one sentence in tho remarks of Gen, Eliott, to tho ctfect that the majority of citizens, as bo alleges, in same portions of tho South are appressed by tho minority, If this bo Bo, Why ie it 30? Becaso trained man [s two. or three men fn one, in comparison with an un- trained mun; and, outalde of politics and out- atde of parties, that suggestion is full—brim- full—of signiticanco: thut tho way to make the innjority always powerful over tho minority ts to make its membors 03 , TRAINED AND INTELLIGENT ts tho minority itsolf, That brings the equality of citizenship, and no Inw canvonfer and multic tala in the long site a thing that is not upheld ule degree of culture and Intell Renee. Legislacdon ought todoatlitenn, Dhave made theso suggestions slinpiy to indicate that education of your race, In my judgment, lies at tho base of the tinal solution of your great ques- don, and that catinot he altogether In tho bands of tho Stato or National. Government. ‘The Government ought to do all It properly can, but the native hungering and thiratiig tor knowledge that tho Creator planted lievory ehlld must Ue cultivated by the parents of those children to tho Inst possible degree of their ability, so that tho hands of tho peaule shall reach out and grasp fu the darkness tho hand of tho Government extend to help, and, by that unton of effort, time will bring What more legislation alone cannot immediately ring. L rejoice that you bave oxpressed go strongly and carnestly your views lu regard to the neees- aity of your educution, Lhuve felt for yours thut that was tho final solution. ‘Those cfurts that aro humble and comparatively out of sight are In the Jong run the offorts that toll. 1 have somatimes thotizht that tho wen that sink a coffer-dam Inte tho river, aud work for months Jn uneburing grent stones to build the solld abutments and piers, whose work {s by and by flooded by tho water und out of sight, DO NOT GET THEIR SHARE of tho erealt. The gaudy structure of the bridgo that rests on these piers, across which the train thundur, ls the thing that strikes the eye of the general public a great deat more. The sunken blers and hurd work, tha educational growth and the paltee of industry, tha economy, and all that cnn help to bo the foundation of rei prosperity, iy tho work that in tho long run tells, Some Scottish poct said, or put itinte the mouth of some prophet to say, that tho time would come “ When Rortram's right and Bertram's might Shall meoton Elltnyowan's Hight "; and itis whoh tho might nnd the right of a ae eet thut majorities are never oppressed y ininoritics. ‘Trusting, gentlemen, that you may take part in this great work of builulog up your race from tho foundation Intu the solidity of tntelligence and Industry, and upon these buses nt hist sco all your rights recognized, 13 my personal wish aud hope for your people, ANOTHER ADDRESS. Mr. Elliott then Introduced Bishop Wood as tho bearer of nn address from the Board of Bishops of the African Methodist Episco- pal alon Chureh, which Bishop Mood read, as follows: WagitinaTon, D, C., Jan. 11, 1881.—At a meot> ing of the Gishops ot tho African Sf. B. Zion Chureh, bold in this clty on the above date, the following lottor was drawn upus the ununimous expression of tholr fcollngs, and tho [tt.-lov. Blehop J, W. Hood wus deteguted to convey tho sume to bis Excellonoy the President-olect of tho United State “Fo the Hon, James A. Garfield, Preatdent-elect of the Untled States—Dean Stk anv HoNonen Fuiuxp: Tho Hoard of Bishops of tho oldest dolly of colored Methodists in. tho world, the nucleus from which §t was formed being the colored Methodists of tho tirat church formed in Atmerica, the church on John street in Now York, having 0 fullowing of more than bolt a malliion Re extending throughout the United States, Dowinlon of Canada, West Indi Isl unia,and Liberia, take this opportunity for oursel¥es und thoso we represent Lo express our appreciution of your uble services rendered in tho securing of the freedom und enfranolize. Ment of our rucein this country and your con- tinued advocacy of the principles of CIVIL AND POLITICAL EQUALITY, and also your untiring efforts to promote bu- min elevation, We desire also to: expross our supreme gratification ut the elevation to the vxulted position of Prealdent one In whom ure combined — not thoso excellent quuli- on tes of statcamanship which have right fully pl you in tho first rank of America’s most valued sons, but niso those Christin efforts which bave characterized your courso and marked you ns tho spcolal advocate ot tho rights of humanity. Regarding your election in tho Hight of 4 Providuntiul dispensa- uon, Wountiolnare under your Administration the dawn of a brighter ora for our racy, Bishop Hood's lonu residence In tho South, his soci, olvil, and Fellitous connection with our peoply thore, render Lim pecullurly {lt to pre- sent to you thetr condition und wants, aud your party'a record is « suiflclont sunruntee “that whatever incuns of redress may be within your power will not be withheld, Re ussured, dear sir, that our prayers sliall fulluw you to tho ix tive cbair, Heng: upon you 0 tho blessing of tho Divino dlpengution In con- ducting the affairs of the Nution, that under your Adiuinistration peace, prosperity, huppl- ‘ness, aud goud will remain to overtake you. aro, Yory, Fospeurtully, dour sir, your bum- ble servants, 8, ‘f. Jones, Chairman, Witulaw HL, Hitnany, Bacrotury, Gen. Garfield replicd: Picugo return my thanks to the Hoard of Bish- ops for thetr kind expressions and sugugcstions. After whut [have already void no Curther rus sponse will be nepesuury, 3 After the customary greeting the delegn- (on returned to Cloveland. ANN ARBOR, Tho UOnivorsity—Dr. Chanow Rocipo= Book Again, Explodes, Speetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, ANN Anuon, Mich, Jan, '4.—The Regents adjourned to-day, after reorganizing the sale urles of numerous assistants, and providing for the usual. memorial to the Legislature on the subject of appropriations, ‘They adopted a serles of resolutions expressing thelr deop regret at the death of the iatu Prof, James ©. Watson, und testifying to his high abill- tes, and the loss to the world of science In dis death, Tho old newspaper feud between the two Jeading publishing houses of this elty—that of the Ann Arbor Printing and Publishing Company and that of Ico. A. Beal—has broken outagaln, the latter having to-day obtained un order from Judge Morris sume. montng tho former to answer In court next Wednesday for contempt in having violated an old injunction, und the decree enjoining it from publishing tho somewhat famous Chase's Reclpe-Book, Beal clilas 825,000 dusmages, ———__—. A Priogt In a Juckey Club, Cana iprigst bo a womber of tho Maris Jdckoy Club? ‘Tala qucation bug been discuased by the Committee of the Cluband devlded in theuitirn. ative, ‘The clreumstuneces ure those: One of tho metnburs of the Club, the Comte H., a cay= airy Cuptula, bas left the army und taken to Huds toy theology with a view to taking orders, But be bax uot yet taken biv name off the books of tho Jockey Club, uot that be jutouda to bis ufternoous there whoo he shali bave but on bia pricat's di 8 reserses Hlinwelt the but right uf eutertuluiny bie friends thore.. Gaiminiteee of the Cb has decided that tho fe clesinstical garb dovs not cunstitute # cause of exclusion {rum mcumbership of ha Clube, THE STATE CAPITAL. Nomination by the Governor of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners. Temperance Measures Introduced in Both Houses of tho Legislature. A Man Repents of His Liborality in Donating Land to the State. Some Inside ilstory tn Relation to the Railroad and Warchonse Come mission. Why the Governor's Appointeos Wero Not Gonfirmod by tho Sonate ‘ Yostorday. THE SENATE. OPENING PRO Spectat Dteputeh to The Srusarisey, Ul, Jan, 14,—The Senate met this morning at 10 o'clock and was opened with prayer bythe Rev, Mr. Ricketts. The pleuro-pnenumonia Joint resolution passed by the House yesterday was read, HMLNOAD AND WANEIUUSH CoMsIRSIOX- ns, ‘The Governor sent inn message nominat- ing and appoluting as Railroad and Warye- house Cotmmlssioners Willlam M. Smith, of AMeLenn, and George M. Bogue, of Cook, to be their own suceessors, und Willan 1, Robinson, of Wayne, as successor of Jolin H. Oberly, whose term has expired. PETITIONS, A number ef petitions un yarlous toptes Were presented and duly referred, Several of them requested the crection of o State in- stitution for the Incurably insane, RULES. “ The Committee on Riles. mado Its report, President Hamilton stating that tho now. rules varied but little from those of tha last session. On motion of Senator Archer, tho rules were ordered printed and made a spe celal order for Thursday morning next. .. TEMPERANCE, A resolution was presented by Senator Rice, providing for an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks, the question to be submitted to the people ata general blcc- tion, BILLS, A. Dit was offered making appropriations for the Stute Historical Society, A DIM was presented by Senator Sinith to allow A. A, Glenn 1,500 balanee claimed to be due as salary of Lieutenant-Governor for the years 1876 and 1876, Myr, Glenn acted as Licutenant-Governor after Gov. Beveridge was clevated to the Gubernatorial chair, and claims pay for the service... A copy of the bill introduced In the Housa the other day by Sexton, of Cook, relative to the Justlce-shop question was presented by Senator Artley, Senator Artley Introduced tho following: AInLD foran act in relation to bets, wagers, pool. SECTION 1. Be tt enacted, ete, That any person or persour, partnerahip, nssoclation, or corporn- tion who shull keep any room or building, or any purt or portion of nny room or building, or occupy any place, upen pubic or private grounds, anywhere within this State, for the Purpose of recording or registering bets or wa- gery or of selling pools, und any person whe shuil record or register bets or wagurs, or Bell povls upon the result of any triat or cons test of skill, specd, or power of endu- Tunco Of man or beast, or upon the result of any political nomination, appointment, or election, or uucertain sevent wlitsoover, or shall cause the ene to be recurded, rewistered, or sold, or any person or persons, partnership, association, Or corpuration belng tuo owner, Jessue, or occupant of nny such room, bulldiniz, ‘or portion thereof, or private grounds, whosball knowlngly permit tho samme to be uyed or occus pied for uny of the purvosea uforeaald, or shall eep therein, exhibit, or employ auy dovice, books, paraphernalta, or appuratus for the pur. pose of registeriug or recording such bets or Wagers, or tho selling of auch pools, or aliill bu- cone the custedlun or depositary for hire or re- ward, In any way, of any monoy, property, or thing of vaiue stuked, wuyered, or pledged na aforesaid, upon any Buch result, stitch person shall be decined gullty ot misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be puntsbed by fprisun- ment in tho county jail tor not jess than ono Month, and not more than one year, or by fino not lege than €200, and not more than $2,00), or by both such tne and {mprisonment, ‘This was a copy of the bill introduced in the Senate two years ago and defented, Senator Campbell introduced a bill to pro- vide a method for ‘Township Collectors to make returns of their netions to County Col- lectors, It fy virtunlly a.retnactment of the In of 1872 fn that respect, A DIL was introduced giving contractors and faborers a Hen on tines and mineral for work and labor done and performed, In short, it {sa miners’ mechnnies’ Hen law, RESOLUTIONS. The Senate amended the Houso resolution on adjourmuent go as to fix the tino at Mon- day afternoon next at 5:30 o’elock. ‘The Senate concurred In the House joint resolution providing for n° jolnt Committco on Rules, ‘The Senate then went Into exceu- tive session over'the Governor's nominations of Rallrond and Warchonse Commisstoners, A ilght waa made for time, Senators Munn, Clark, Adams, White, Campbell, Merritt, and others taking a linud in tho debate. The Nominations were finally referred to the Committees on Warehouses, which will prob- ably report carly next weels, ¢ After the executive sesslon, the Sennte ad- Journed until Monday next at 5390 p,m, Almost every member of the House and Senate engaged ing race for hls respective temporary place of abode, to make prepar- ations for taking tho noon trains out of tho city," Speaker ‘homas left for Chicago, there to wrestle with the everpuzzling enig- ma of making out a antisfactory Ist of com- uilttecs, TH MOUSE, PRELIMINARY, Spectat Dispatch to The Chteago Tribuns, Srrinqrieiy, IL, Jan. 144—The Mouse met this morning nt 10 o'clock, and was opened with prayer by the Rey, Aly. Clenden- ning, of St. Paul's Eplseopal Church, ‘the Journal, as is usual just now when nobody fafna hurry, and everybody seema to be por- feetly content with the Iden of sitting occa- slonally all winter and uo telling how Jong into the spring, was duly and solumuly read through from beginning to end without the ustial Interruption fy the shape of a motion to dispensa, ute, uRaGING. : TUM, of McLean, introduced a numerously- slyned petition cmanating from Edwin W. Batewell, of McLean, and asklug to be reim- bursed for a donation of forty acres of Innd given to the Bonrd of Education of the State of Hinols In 1857 tor the speeltio purpuse of securing a asite fora building to be used in connection with the Normal University and Jn tho Interest of popular Instruction tn the subject. of oxrleullural, chomlstry, The clain for reimbursement was based on the allegation that tho property has never been used for the purpose for which it was donated, and that the potitioncr $4 In needy elreumstanecs, Referred to tho Commltteo on Miscellany, t RESOLUTIONS, Chafee, of Shelby, offered na resolution pro- viding for o dil clerk, and naming Charles yun for the pluce, Referred, Tho same member offered a Joint resolu- tlon providing for the submisslun to the voters of tho Stato ut the next election for members of the General Assembly the fol- lowing proposition to amend the Constitu- lon: wie % ae : No person shall manufacturo, soll, or keop for salo in the State any ulcobol, wolsky, highwincs, mechanical purposes, and,the Geueral Asseme bly shail enforce thia article by uppropriate legisiation, ‘ ‘The resolution went over undor tho rules, and 500 coptes ordered printed, FERS IN‘ COLTS. Tho samo member introduced a bil retnt- Ing to oficers, jurors, and witnesses fn erli- Jual cases anc quust-ertiminal cases and for foes far thelr survives thereln, ‘She bill pro- vides that State's Attornoya, Clerks, Sheriffs, Corsnors, Justices of tho Penev, Col stables, jurors, ail witnesses shall be entitled =~ to fees for services $n erlutnal and.“ duasteriminnt — eases whore a conyietion is*had nnd the costs can- not be matte off the defendant, and In eases where tho prosecution fails, ng follows: Clerks of courts of record and Justices for Issuing writs and stbpeenns and swearlng witnesses the same tées as nuw allowed in civil cases for doing slinilar work; Sheriffs, Coroners, and Constables for making arrests, © centa; serving subpanas aud yenire on necepted jurors, 10 cents; mileago one way, Scents per mile adtnally traveled, nd 60 eents for attending fury during trial; Jus- tees of the Pence attending trial, $1; and, if caso extends beyond one day, $3 for each aubsequent day. Witnesses and aceepted persons shall bo entitled to mileago of 10 conts n mite for one way and Si per day of netual service, In. esthaating time, no fraction Jess than half n day shall be considered. Tie Stnte’s Attorney, on re- aquest of five frechotders, shall attend trials and examinations before Justices, wniless en- gnged In other trinis, and be entitled to. 10 cents a mileone way, and $5 for attendance, and, If the trint lasts a second day, 25 more, except State's Attorneys in courts of recor ‘The bill also provides that where n- com- plant has been improperly and maliciously made, any courtof recurd or Justice ‘of tho Pence may ngsess costs nagninst the com- plaining witness, or pinish him by Imprison- ment for contempt of court, not to exceed ten days, An emergency clause Is aided, re- quiring the act to take effect himmedintcly Upon its passage. BILIS OFFERED, A bill wasintrodueed by Raser, of Marion, to repeal tho Medical’ Practice net of the State, approved Feb, 10, 1874. It prohibits tho “carving” of unclaimed “stlifs” falling Into tho hnixds of. Coroners, and is especially nlmed nt tho Chicago medical colleges, _ ADIN was offered giving legul voters the Tight to continue or discontinue township organizations, the question to be settled at a township election by batlot.- TUE CRIMINAL CODE, ‘The following bill way presented to amend See, 431 of the Criminal Code: Wurneas, ‘Tho Suprome Court of tho State, in a decision rendered and reported In Wth IHInols report, pago 221, inn ense in which Poter David- sou waa pinintil and the people of the state of Illinois were defeniants, have tn substance re- Ponled the 431st section of tho Criminal Codo; an 3 Wirrnas, Satd. rection, in {ts originnt mean- iny, 18 essentini to Justice and tho proseryation of tiberty: thorefore, Be it enacted, etc., That sald Sec.431 bo amended sons to rend ag follows: “Juries in all erlins Jnl cases shill be Judges of the law and the fact, and in its instructions to the Jury it shall bo sufficient for the Court to instruct the Innguage of the statute, and ft sinti bo error for tho Court to instruct that itis the auty of tho jury to. Accept and act upon the Inw. ns tald down by the Court, unless the Jury can say upon thelr onthe that thoy aro better Judges of tho Jaw than tho Court, or words to thit olfect.”, pruguists, A Dill was presented giving County Boards power to Heensedruggists in thelr respective counties, with power to sell intoxfeating liquors in less quantity than one gallon, provided the’ party applying for license shall be ot good moral character. ‘Iho bill is not intended .to Interfere with the workings of tho Local Option Inw, and ts imited to those clties and towns where it does not apply. COMMITTEES, The Committees on Contingent Expenses recommended three additional groups of committeesund the appolntment of ongcom- mitten clerk to cach group. Coneurred In. a ANJOUNNMENT, ae A communication was -received from the Senate, notitying the House of its adoption ofan amendment to the joint resolution for adjournment until Tuesday at 5:50 p.m. The amendment nade it Monday at 6:30, On motion of Raser, of Marion, the resolution, as amended, was concurred in, and, on motion of Crandall, of ‘Tazewell, the House ad- Journed until that time, INSIDE, SOME SECRETS TOLD, Spectat Dispateh 10 ‘The Chicago Tribune. Seninarint.n, Il, Jan, 14.—Notwithstand- ing the noon exodus from theCapltal and tho Apparent quiet suceceding it, the alr is fairly surcharged with something more than tho. usual It-detined rumor of important events soon to happen, ‘The failure of the Senate to confirm the new Raflroad and Warehouse Commissioners ind the relegation of the matter to the Com- miltteo on Warehouso. looks yery much ike an attempt to repent a section of history not quite two years old, when an investigation of a startling character grew out of what at first appeared to be a formal picco of dilato- tlness fn the reference on nn appointment to one of the vacunt Weat Park Commissioner: ships, With the history of that 2 CELEBRATED INQUISITION the peoplo of Chleago and Hllnols generally nro suflleiently famillar, Unless all signs, foll, they are iMkely to become quite ‘as con- versant with another of no inconsiderable proportions before the.month {fs out. ‘The prevaiting {dea all slong hns been that the names of the old Commissioners, Smith and Bogue, would go through without any dim. culty, aul that tho fight, If there was one, would be mado on Robinson, tho Governor's new appointee," Tho Senate's uetion to-day, viowed In the Neht of what hag alnce como to the shrface, would seem to indicate an unwill- Angneags to contirm any of the three until an Investigation can be had into tho alleged DERELICTION OF DUTY onthe part of un Institution which has oc cupied tha position of 1 way station between complaining shippers, tho railroads, and the courts, It gradually leaked out this morn- ing that a very private mecting of some Bix- teen Senators, Including one or two men from Cook County, was held ata dead hour Inst night in a secluded spot favorable to auch gatherings, and a thorough course of action definitly marked out, ‘The first stop in the Ine of their policy was taken to-day, when, Instead of discussing Robinson's con- firmation, tha assumed rock on which It was supposed thoy would atumble, thoy landed tho names of Bogue, Smith, and Robinson lute the Jap of the Committeoon Warchouses, some of whose members ANE NOT ALTOOECUER IGNORANT of what occurred at the private meeting ro- ferred to, ‘The next atep, untess all present fudteations fail to pan out, will ba a report ro- fusing to confirm the appointments, and recommendingan investigation of the Bonrd of Rallrond and Warehouse Commissioners on the charge of nonfeasanes In ofllee, 1t 1s too curly, of course, for full charges and speclfia- tions, but the alleged offense of the Board is salu to bo, first, that It has falled to regulate the Chleago warevouses In the matter of charges for ‘grain stornge, and other pare ticulurs ag required by law; and, secondly, that it hasfatled to oheck discrimination in Trelght rates after : CHANGES OF EXTORTION have been made, ‘Lhe gentlemen who are alleged to have the charges concealed about tholr porsons dro decidedly In earnest over tho'mutter, an declare themsel¥es confident of their ability to substantiute what they any. is : ‘Tho ultimate object of the move is to per- suade the Legislature to abolish the Board, or, falling lithat, to devise some more sat- isfuctory method of applying the State thumbscrews to the rallronds and keeping them In’check, The deyelopments In this imatlor are oxecedingly apt to stir up a good- sized hornet’s nest. ‘The railroads will naturally take o quict hand jn the matter, SATURDAY, : JANUARY 15, 1881— TEEN the Board has undoubtedly stood be- tiweon them and unjust complaints and saved thon: many bill for needless expenses, which wit be remembered to its credit, The Board wl $ FIOUT ITA OWN BATTLE vigorously too, nnd do {ts best to accura a elcan bill of health; but, while tho rallronds will be on the side of tho Bonrd, as 0 Board, thera Is exceedingly good ‘reason to bulieve that they will not lay themselyes out to se- euro Robingon’s confirmation In any event. From tho railroad standpoint Robinson Is not regarded n¢.n fair man, and his failure to secure the contirmntion of the Senate when hawns after the same place during Boy- eridge’s term places him at somowhat of A DISADVANTAGE at the yory outset, Some people, mare over, are ungractous and uncharitable enough to just hint that Gov. Cultum ling discharged all tho opligations which ho nay or nay not have beon under to ils inte political debtor in sending In his name, and thnta failure on tho part of the Senate to coniirm the appointinent will. not be viewed by tha appointing power In tho light of an uuinitigated catninity, FOUSNTAIN’S FRIENDS. are basking In tha hope that Hehtning will surely strike in tho neighborhood of thelr catnp and give the gentlannn from Southern Ailinois the Inside track, It fg winecessary to state that Fountain’s friends tate Httle stock tn the tien thnt tho investigation wift ever hurt anybody. \While these prognosti- fleations regarding the possible outcome of the Investigation may be verified, the fact that sich an Investlention will take plnee Is looked upon by tha knowing ones alinost In thu light of an accomplished fact. MISOELDIANY, LICENSED 'TO ORGANIZE. Specint Dispatch to The Chicagy Tribune, » Sprinorienp, 1), Jan, 14.—The Secretary of State to-day issued a Heense tu organize to the Indientor Lock Company, Bloomington, eapital $75,000; to the Harrington & Oglesby Company, Chicago, capliat $150,000; and to the Whitehall Water-Works of Whitehall, Greene County, eaptull $25,000, NEW LAWYERS, ‘The Supreme Court to-day granted licenses to practice Inw to the followlng persons: A. E, Bourne, Woodstock; W. G. Brown, Bar- ry3 C. T, Burns, Peoria; C.E. Brown, Spring- field; R.'T. Buckles, Mount Pulaski; J. A. Barnes, Astoria; C. T. Backus, Waukegan; A.B. Boyerle, Chicago; Francis Boyd, 'Taylor- villo; A. Blerlower, Chicago; Kenneth Chase, Galesburg; I. W. Comfort, Chicago; A. EB, Crowell, Rovkford; F, K, Dunn, Charlestons John Essington, O'Dell; George W. Fisher, Paris; M. E. Ferguson, Bloomington; Clar- cuee Griggs, Ottawa; I. K. Goodrich, Chi- cago; ‘LT. ‘I’. Holloway, Shelbyvilio; Ralph W. Haynes, Springtichl; Joseph L. Mans, Rock Island; Frank P, Hardy, aris; EM. Kinman, Jacksonville; Ada li, Kepley, Eningham; Joseph Lippan, Chicago; Henry 2, Lowen- stein, Roodhonse; J. HH. Linderman, Rockford; S.A, Lynde, Rock Island; W. B, Litch, Rochelle; M, M. Lindley, Lebanon 3 William Mumford, Mound Station; J. S. McClure, Chicago; C, E. Martin, Virginia; Torrenco McDermott, Chicayo; W. J. N. Moyers, Benton; Frank FE. Mark Chicago; George ‘B, Miller, Bloomington} Albert 2. Peck, Laytorville: Frank Penrin, Lebanon; A, 1. Reed, Cambridge; J. 1. Rushton, Atirora; Edwin B. Smith, Chiengo; Elmer Simms, Peoria; RE, Sprigg, Chester; J. E. Sedgwick, Paxton: Adolf Summerlin, Mattoon; W. HL Thicker, Virgining = N, Springileld; J. M, ‘Thompson, Arrowsiuit! L, A. F, ‘Twitchell, Bloomington; 1. W. Thompson, Chicago; George ‘Tunntellife, Galesburg ;"James Vanse, Charleston; W. B Wilson, Chicago; A. J. Williamson, Ottawa; Louis Seerwick, Lebanon. As somo of tho Judges: lnve gono, home, the - licenses will not be ready for delivery for about two weeks, THE HOANDS OF AGINCULTURE AND URALTH, ‘Thy Joint Committee of tho State Bonrds of Agriculture and Health appointed to consider tho water supply of the State met to-day. Dr. Gregory was mado Chalrman, and Dr. Rauch Svcretary, After an informal discusston the Sceretaries of the two Boards were directed to prepare a cirenular, with dis- tinet questions, to bo addressed to the crop reporters of the State. Board of Agriculture and other cltizens of the —Stnte, with reference to tho present drought and previous droughts and the general water supply; also, that tho Secretaries be requested to obtaln such datans can be provured from teports of experts, clyll engincers, the re- sultsof the borlugs for coal and water,nnd from any other source, with regard to tho same, Any suggestion forwarded to the Commilttes will reeelye dua consideration. <= THE WINNEBAGO INDIANS. Congress Credited with Ono Humane Act. Speclal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, LA Crosse, Wis, Jun, 14,—The remnant of the onee-powerful tribe of Indians called Winnebagos, numbering sbout 1,500 souts, are nowln the most pitiful condition, An attempt was made to remoye’ them to the Indian ‘Territory. some yenrs ago, and most of them wero taken thera bya: Government agent; but thoy were not sntis- fled with thelr new home, and tho most of them got back to Wisconsin about na soon as the agent, ‘Thoy havo been wandering about in small squads, hinting, fishing, and -beg- @lng,—often steating,—and suffering great want and destitution, Last week Judge Mumplhroy, of this district, Induced the Tfousc of Representatives to take up and pass . tho bill, that Senator Cameron had passed in tha Sonate atthe last session for tholr rellef, It pr o- vidos that after thelr census shall be taken they shat! receive tholr proportion of the tribal unnulties that has long bean withhold, and In want of which they hnve been and are now Ingreatneed. | ‘This sum will amount now to about $40,000, to be ulvided pro rat.’ Italso provides for the tuture division of annuities and tho settlement of the Whine ago Members of the tribe on homesteads, It provides that the title to tholr Innds shall be inviolubte, and nutaubject to iucumbrance or yen taxation for twenty years ufter the {ssunneo of tho patent. Judge Humphrey hag dono himaelferedit b ess tl theelalins of this frlendless and helpless trive upon the attention of Congress and getting bill passed for thelr relief, . <<< THE SABBATH DAY. Tho Wisconsin supreme Court Ben» ders un Important Decision, Bpeetat Diapateh to The Chteage Tribune Mavisoy, Wis, Jan. 14—The Supreme Court has filed an optnton of some fimpor- tatico to peaplo who are In the habit of dolng busliess on Sunday, Thocase was that of Frowert ya, Docker, in whieh it 1s held that loaning monoy on Sunday {3 transacting business, and is, therefore, legal under the statute, Tha fact that a person borrewing monyy on Sunday retains it and converts ft to his own uso does not raise an implied promise onthe part of the borrowor thnt would bebinding in law upon whichan uction could bo matutalned for the recovery of the Money. Tho Supreme Court gocs a stup fare thor, and expresses a doubt whether a subse sequent expressed promise to repay the inoney borrowed on Sunday, on the purt of the borrower, would put the lender In such shape as to recover Joan or any part thereof In tho courts, ——____ ‘A Wild Prince, Prince Phillippe do Bourbon is giving much trouble, including tho apprebunylon of scandul, to his rolativey, ‘Chis youth fs a scion of tho Neapolttan branch of futher betug tho Count of Aquilu, Hirst cougly to. the ox-King of tho Two Sivilies, and bis mutbor A daughter of the Emperor Putur J. of israzit. There are alx lives between Vrince Phillippe and the sucocasion to tho shaw: "crown of Francis IL, so that his Wlghneas probably feoly at liberty to uot unfettored by the #uide of too grave rosponstbilittes, | Lis fullies have hiwerto OF a modeut kind, chiglly confined to the borrowing of money which bo found it impossle ble to ropay, : PAGES. that luckless house, bis |- CONTAGIOUS DISEASES. A Wretched Case of Small-Pox on the West Side. Tho Sonsational. Stories About. the Pest-House Woll Punotured. With Vigilant Caro tho City Can Escapo an Inminent Epidemic. There fs something absolutely horrible surroutiting many of the enses of smnil-pox which have been developed in this elty with- in a recent period. Sevoro comments may be laced upon the Health Commisslonur as to the remoyal of patients, and becnuse of an ocenstonal erse belng sent to the Pest-Hougse which turns out not to have been small-pox. But ho has a grave duty to perform, aud the Intest cuse shows it, At the northwest cor- ner of West Madison and Canal streots, under. the rattrond ticket office, thera ry barber-shop, kept by © man namod Colegan, From thore a case of small- vox was reported yesterday morning, Dr.- Jiall was sent to investigate it, and he was‘ astounded at what ho heard. Dr. Young had been attending a woman named Mrs. Kato Colegan, wife of tho barber, since Monday. Her case fs contluent small-pox, and she was 80 Ml thatshe will probably dla before this morning, and hence could not be removed. ‘There sho has tain, attended by her linsband, alnee Monday, and customers have come tn and got shaved by the score by this man, and God only knows how much infection hing been spread throug this enrelesness, White Dr. Tall was In the shop four persons camo to getshaved, but they left suddenly when apprise of the state of affuirs, In tho basement reside the Colegans, man and Wife, tho. wife's mother-and_— sts- ter, ‘The husband lias had tho small-pox the sister: hins Leon yaceinated and tho mother will be, ‘Inken all ln all, it is as hor- rible a ense ag has yet been developed. Dr. De Wolt, had tho place quarantined ,and piacarded, and left ofleers on guard durlig the night to prevent Ingress or egress, hore was another ease reported from 780 West Twelfth street, ‘Tho followlng is the Ist of questions sent out by.tho Heaith Commissioner, which phy- slclais are expected to nnswer? Do you regard diphtheria and mombranous croup as iduntienl disorders, or ure thoy distinct. from onch other? : ve ge Yegurd d{phthorla as a contagious dis- 80% 4 is it your opinion that sowor gas or surfuce. Mith can ereate the speolal exciting enuse of diphthoria? < Lis expected that answers will commenco *to come in by Monday, TUE SMALI-POX HOSPITAT. * Dr. De Wolf yesterday moriing called upon tho Mayor, and stated that he should request at Investigation by the City Council of the charges ade by Dr. Dunne. ina morning paper regarding the manugement of the Small-Pox Hospital wuiless that gentleman should Simediately retract nll the essen- tink charges mado in the alleged- statement. While Dr, De Wolf and the Mayor were talking Dr. Denne entered the City-Lntl, looking pale and ex- cited, He was evidently troubled. A Tntn- UNE reporter asked himas to the statement alleged ns coming from him, “Itis twisted and contorted,’ sald tho gentleman, “There are things stated a3 coming from me that 1 nover said, and other points are garbled to Bult a purpose, so that thoy present Ittle semblance of truth.’ Dr, De Wolf, Dr. Gleason, and Dr, Dunne then had 0 conference In Dr. Do Wolf's pri- yaty office. .Dr. Dunne there stated, in the presence of the gentlumen and the reporter, Hint, 50 far ag he and Dr. De Wolf were con- cerned, they had always been In. liarmony, ‘There had oven no eurt replies made by Dr. De- Wolf any suggestions which Dr. Dunne: tind ever made to hin, ‘The Health Commissloner had no business to call on Dr, Dunne for advive or to examine porsons to besent to the Pest-House, ‘The Untrathtil papor stated that Dr. Dunne had sud that fifteen persons were recently sent to tho Sull-Pox Hospital as having the maltdy, but who were ailileted with menstes or suariet-fover, and. utter thoy had gone home some of these hnd taken stho discus anddled. Der, Dunne stated that fitteen persons had been sent there whe had not sinall-pox, but tis wag in a pertod covorin, seven years, and not within na recent period. ‘The first ease he was over called to attend nt tho Pest-House “turned | out “to senr- lotfover, sent from the Stock-Yards. So. far as Dr. Dunne was. concerned, Dr. De Wolf hind no ocenston to enll upon himatall, The Anderson‘ ehildren were weil treated at the Mospltal, Just as well as thoy could be, being shown overy necessary attention, and wore better taken enry of thai they could have been at home. So fur ns the: math Wells was concerned, he had the small. pox and he shows the pits to-day. ‘The food was auple, good, and wholtesoniy, and ns well cooked is in any hospltal in the country, ‘Tho bullding 1s {na tenable condition, and as good us Iteun be made under the efreum- stances, Su far as the wator-closets and Washbasins were concerned, the untruth- ful paper said Uhat they iad only been connected with the sewers threo months ago, Dr. DeWolf_ had the. comec- tions made In 1877, and Mr. Buttz, of the Sewer Department, dit the work, When- ever Dr, Dunne asked for additional help the request was complied with, ‘Tho place nover ran out of contin cold weather, ‘Che tire who was discharged Inst Monday was Incompetent and impertinent to the Matron, Taken in all, Dr. Dunne regards the Peat- House a3 9 well-eonducted Institution, where the patichts aro butter fed and better attond- ad than they could possibly be at the County Hospital, with all its facilities, WIS TENDENCY OF BUCIT ARTICLES {s very misehlovous. If untrite, and’ thoy nppear to be so from the fact that the persons interviewed deny the correctness of tha {n+ torvlows, then thoy are specially mischievous beenuse they create tho impression in the public mind that tt “ly cortaln death te be aken to the Pest-House, and start again that spirit of opposition to being removed there Which wag so prevalent a few years ago, and which had to be fought with te polley foree the elty. ‘The only effectual way to stop sinall-pox fs by the removal of those afflicted, ‘To lvave a small-pox * vationt In a tonoment-honse, a boarding-house, or a hotol fs Impossible; and Jt 1s nlmost as dan gerous to leave him in any placeexcept one of tho better elnss of private residences where perfect Isolation can sometimes be seoured, though oven there It is ditiicutt, ‘Tho clty is just now, Judging from the re- cent outbrenks of sinnll-pox, threatened. with an epldemic of this disease, It enn only be averted by vaccination, which is be- ing tendiy carried on; nnd by ithe removal ot every person afilicted to the Pest-lHouse, whorever It Is possible. ‘The full meaning of the general prevalence: of gsmall-pox in the city [a not perhaps well undor- stood, Philadelphia a few years ago was “visited with this -disanse, and aver 1,000 Ives were lost. It was oathnated by Paltadelphtans that the diseaso cust thelr elty 821,000,000, directly and Indireotly; that merchants who ordinaril: crima there to trade kept nway; and that tho warehouses wero 2 led with goods whieh would otherwise have been distributed through- out tho country, A sunilar outbreak horo. would = paralyzo to on great ex- tent tho commerelal interests of Chicago, andany attempt to tho the hands of the Alealth Dapartinent fs reprehensible hier the extreme, : : er A Dying Man's Vislon—Tho Sceret of ‘True Art Rovenled Foo Lato to Hoof ‘Use to Him. . few York Hun, Jobn Pope, pull of Couture, associate of the Now York Nutlonul Academy, onv of the fuund- ors of tho Artista’ Fund Sovioty and an enthusl. ast tn bis profession, died at his homo in Pourth avenue ou Wednesday night, bolloving that ut Just, after forty yourd of lubor, he bud found tha secret of porfeutart. A mun wore thoroughly enraptured with his calitug never lived, He palnted whito daylight lasted and then spent the ovenlng Ian produchig the crayon drawlugs 60 Muck admired in tho exhibitions utthe Academy af Design. Though-nan portralt paintor he oxe celled, tho dream of hia lifo was to produce strong tlgure pictures, In which the background of landscupo would forai as ulfectlve part ae the figures thonwelyes. ‘This was bla ruling pas- alon sn lifo And as bo neared the end the passiun new alranger. #On Wednusiluy ovoning, as he tay back on bis pillows, Very weak and ii with bemorrhugo of tho lungs, bls wife, who with thole two children was watehiuy at hfs side, wus startled by his sud- doutly rising In bed aod erying Jerertenlys “Quick! Give two iny palutte aud. brush, 2 must paint, Pon'cartempe tu atop me now, for atlast sec ital. Lean do it now, for 1 have Just discovered the art through tha Intluence of vistons of exqulultly graduated music, It is plain as day ut last.” fae wir Jila wifo, alurmod at his oxcitement, madoa weak attompt to dissunito him, butaa no galy {ucreurod bis oxcitemont ind it wqgetten {wat hisond was very nont, sho. humoreq eet His paints, brushes, and catlvas were lrnuye! hin and tis tenrfulralatives ngsanged tet Ingen thio bod so that thoy would Joa ett ke thy drapery of bis stills, to began? Wark with a haste amounting silmost ta: free "At inst, nt Inst,” ho cried, have found t hontity whiett all ine Hfe and over nll tho Thnve beon atrimsiing for". ont He painted frater and fustor, evidently tol, Jug Unit the canvas would abow tho beatty ho conceived, although 1 was tn truth, et realization of the conception, It was Inte day whow he beann his death-bed pene grew darker and darker ashe went on, eg yt sorrowhng family sat around him pawerkeyts caso hia lust moments, At Inst it grow an iy? that even ho In his excitement noticed se) “Tet us go to tho studio,” be erted, suitdon “No, noy not to-night. Wait until tose! row.” Mot “Wo must go to tho studio,” he excl manklny nn olforttorisotanls feo, ‘Tho trues is streny Wastoo great; without anoth ha fell back on his pilluwa dead. oF Word i A CURIOUS VILLAGE Riot, Trish Land Disturbances Duplicates ty ARtiseta,. St. Petersburg CGolos, On Nov. 23 five persant women and twenty pensants wero brought before the Speci Court of St. Petersburg for a riot, in whic it was alleged, the women had been the ting. lenders, The aceused, natives of five neigh boring villages in the District of Veliki, Lukl, varied in azo from 19 to 70 year, Elght appeared in court wearing shackles ‘Chulr counsel protested ngninst this e Hlegal. ‘The Public Prosecutor's version of ty facts was ns follows: On Mny 15, 180, thy District Sherlff, Netedinsky, assisted Uy ay other Sherif, Glushkof, two urladniy (constables), and a number of polleerien went to tho Villnge of Schetinina 4 order to collect 502 rubles and 3 copecks duc to n land proprictor, one Yop Roop, Near tho -yillage, in the fielus, they found a number of sheep and pigs, made Hst of thom, and decided to turn’ them org ftotice ta Von Roop, who had aveompaniad the party. Svon the village women arrived, sticks in hand. Tour of them, the acens fellon tho pollee and suceeeded tn tak thelr animals back to the village, where they slut thom up inn stable and guarded then, On that day the peasants of te village were absent, having gone to the District Coun, ‘The polleemen tried to overpower tho women, but Efrosinin Nikandrott bethumped x police man with her stick, and Pelngea Efimol ti: tho hand of another policeman who tried {y wrench her stick from her. ‘he women re ronched the police for coming to tho villas, 11 the absunce of tho men. ‘Chey sald: “Fer shamo! You come here when you know oa inen are away; but wo don’s Know anything ahout your clating, and wo cannot give voy our animals, Be otf with youl? thy Sheriffs, with their men, were obliged tute tire. and reported the riot to the atithorlties On ‘May 28, before suntise, the same try) Sheriffs, - assfsted by twelve urinetniki, armed with sabres anit pistols, and fort pollcemen, went agaln to the village wit the same purpose, Von Roop went atong, too, with eight workingmen, In the village there wero ning houses all told. ‘Tho ville elder, Lvanoff, was awakened by the polle, and was ordered to enllay nee meeting While he was gone on thls errand the polls men ransacked bis farm. ‘They found two pigs, and transferred them to Von loop. Anna, tho wife of Ivanoff, warmly protested against this, The polices tried ‘to tle he hatids behind her back. ‘Ihe noise nttractel a number of peasants, men nnd won, several of whom. camo with sticks |p their hands, ‘hey told the police tha thoy would. not permit any Inventory of thelr property, and would not give up pay animals, siuce they didn’t owe anythiog to Vou Roop, ‘The Sherif, Neledinsky, being afrald of violence, pulled out his slx-shoote and declared that he would fire upea any one who should touch hin. ‘hen thy pegsants dropped their sticks, ‘The Sherif left the yard of Ivanolf, and, going out lito the street, he tried to persuade the peasants to subintt to the Jaw; he declared also tht Von Roop had reduced thoir debt from 52t0 190 rubles. ‘The peasants answered that they, didn’t owe hin a single copock. While tha discussiv ns Were roing on some peasants of the nelghboring villages appeared on thascene. Von Roop made te stucestion that the storehouses should bo opened and tho things contained therein inventoried The storehouse of Foktslof was the first to bu oxamined, Sut the owner refused to oper it, saying that there was no stolen propery in it, and thorefore tho polleo hind no business toransack it ‘Che Sherllt ordered hfs en to foree the door In. Three women, the wile of the owner and his two sisters, rushei to the door and trivd to prevent tho bed Neo from brenking . in, ‘The police men attempted to push thom aside, ‘The P women cried, Help! they are hurting us!? theses words the peasants, with raised sticks, fell on tho police, and n general fight setin, ‘The policemen tried thelr best toe cape. One Shorlit spray In_ iis carriage and drove ai, ‘The other Sherlif, Nelediusky, pigtol In hand, shouted to the peasunt * Stand off!" “Ah, you are here!” answere: the peasants, ralshig tholr sticks over hls head. “A report was henrd, and tho peasant Jyanoff fell down bathed in blood, and soon explred. Neledingky was knocked. down, but recovered his fect and ran away, “Strike hin, strike him!” shouted the peasants, fol lowing after him, | Neledinsicy, all the tine ho was running to hls carrlnge, was shooting vizhtund left, He severely wounded {out peasants; one of thom had the bung of his leg shattered... According to the medical er amtnation, the wounds of tho peasnnts are graye, while tho contusions recelyed by sit nollcemon, Neledtusky included, were r,| ported slight, All tho defendants pleaded not guilty. Oa the trinFit was clearly proved that: tio. prin cipal cause of all the troubles was an illeeal act ofthe Sherltt, Glushkof, ‘Thirty years before there had been somo ‘misunderstant ing between the peasants and the neizhbor Ing land-proprietor about a plece of Jand. At that tline the peasants petitioned the Goverr ment fo define the boundary between thelt Jand and that of tho private proprictor, But this petition was not answored ttl 1877. ‘The Innd tn gestion had thon passed through the hands of several owners. In 1877 the Sherif reecived the new map, which he was order to glvato Von Roop, and to collect from hin over 60 rubles duc for the plan, But Vor Koop refused to reeeive the map on. the round that ho had nover asked for It, ‘Ther tha Sherif. persuaded the pensants to take the plan and pay for it, tolling them thy according to It, npartof the land actually {n_ tho possession of Von Koop would Jong to them. ‘Tho nensants sold some cab tle in order to radsy the money. Ln 1880 Vou Roop complatned before the Distriet Cout that the peasants had used his land, anil be recelved an order authorizing lim to collect 503 roubles from thom, ‘This led toa the cu sion of May 28, ‘Tho peasants reproacht the Shoriif tordecelving them; before hte It told thom that the Jand betongud to them and now he camo to fined them for using It. Ono of tho urladnikt did not succeed In maklug his escipe, but tha peasants, alter beating hint a iitde, gave him milk and bres Tn tho eventng of the same day the soldiers cume; they fount the peusints weeping teal the dead, and wounded, All were ehiainet ond taken to prison, Inehudlng tho waite and Anna, tho widow of tho Keitled Ivan: She was not permitted to bury her husbans ‘Che Public Prosecutor in his speech a mitted that the ppasants had been misled tho Shoriff; still ho thought they were gu! i of riot and of an armel resistance te fe gutharities, and so had conumitted a erie for which four of them deserved to be sey tu the Siberian imines for twelve y for peasants aid Anna Lyanhalt to prison ie six months, and the other two woe To leadors of the riot, tobe kept under ure forone month, ‘The rest of the defendat! he was for Jetting go free, ‘The coun: re tho defensa mady vigorous speeches it H th ing that not the defendants but the eri and their Ynderstrappers ought to be fn prisoners’ box, since [t was not the peasy Who had made a rot, but thie pollee, who les made WE armed assault on the peaceful el ante ie prisoners beliig sped Nae anything to say, only prayed for mercy, of haut falling on thelr knees. ‘The mist pitiful sceno wus whon Aina, the wife ue thd ead posal replied to the question o! el Jourts 5 “Whatean L say? ‘They?ve kil my husband?” Then her volea was choke! with the most heartrending sobs. Aftor fivo hours’ consultation the, ave thd following decision: ‘Two pe ff be sunt to prison for ane year, two Months, and two for two nionths ants to givo bonds in 100 rub keoping the peace; the others, iuctud women, to bo discharged, ——— Joke by tho Master ot sue Holle: s London Law Journal. ‘Tho othor day'a iourhed yenticman of soa what persistent eloquonce, who wis employe an "i Binitni, {nformed tho Court of Appeal tat to Ri argument below the Vice-Chancellor’ 2 lt him, “ Indeed!" suid tho Muster of the ane did tho Vico-Chancellor over