Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 8, 1881, Page 4

T CHICAGO TRIBUNIS: TULSSDAY, SBRUARY 8, 1881V LV PAGLS. | @ Erilunne, MS OF SUBSCRIPTION. WY MAIL—~IN ADVANCE—I'0STAGE PREPAID. )ally editton, ona yoar. 12,00 i Yria ofn yeac nos moni,, L0 i Ty and Eundky, onn sear 00 & thneaday, Thursdng, and Katiria 600 i Monday, Wednesdar, tnd Fridos .00 i Tunday, 10-paxo odltio, peryonr 200 L WEEKLY EMTION--108TI % ¢mneopy, per yenr. B L e §' Twenty-ona ooy : Bpecimen coplea sant frec. ¥ Givo Post-0ilica nddcess In o, including County B "+ of Hor Majosty's Opern Company. * Faust.” #nd State. Jtomittances may bo mado elthor by Aratt, Oxpross, Tost-Oftico onter, or in rexistered letter, nt our risk. TO CITY BUBSCHIBERS, Datly delivored, Suniday excapted, 23 centa por wook, iy, deitvered, Sunday Inctudod. 130 conta por wuek, " Address TITE TRIBUNE COMPANY, A Cornor Madison and Denrvorn-ata. Chicago, lile 1 Entered at the Poat-Oficeat Chicags, Il as Seconds H Class Matter. Fartho benent of our patrons who desira tosond single copics of PIE TRINUNE through the wall, we glvo herowith tho muym rato ol pustage: Dom Fight and Twelvo Pago PAper....... Bixtoen I'ago L'aper... Per Copy. Foreign. Eighiand Twelva Page Faper Blxteen I'ago V'ape: TRIBUNE BRANCH OFFICES, Ty, CHICAGO TRIBUNE has establishod branch ‘offices for the recelyt ot subscriptions and advertise- zonts as follaws: NEW YORK—itoon 29 Tribune Bullding, N, Manazor, OW, Scotiand—Alian's Ametlean News enteld-st. -American Excbange, 489 Strand, Ilk:enl. ). F., Me- 19 1 streat. TINGS, ASTILAR LODGE, M.—Spoelal meating Tuesday eventng, Feb, 8 Important b Bone fralh 0 Monroo-st, Hho. frate ‘coriintiy Anvised. T, 1 CIANE, Secretary, ADMLUBEMENTS, MeViekor's Thentre, I _ Madison street, between £tate and Dearborn, + Bnzagement of Annla Llxi Mllss, tho Child of ' the Slerras” 4 Grand Opern-Hanse. i Clark strent, opposit now (Court- me. Tngagos % wnent of Mr. and Mry, Goo. 8, Knight, *Goverament Bonds.” "N 5 Wnveriy's Nenthorn street, copner Engagoment STootey's Thentre. Handolph street, between Clark nnd La Satle. *My 4 Guraldine,” ¢ Oiyimpic Phentre, § o Cinrk atreet.hetwocn ko and Randolph, Varlety | ®atertainment. Aendemy of Monte. Talsted strecd Madtson, WostSide, Varlety | ‘ontertalnoent. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8 IssL | Y 1Ir tho New York Express, without previ- | ous warning, shoulit print o gross personat attack on Mr. John Kelly, its proprictor, the fecling Of the readers of that sheet might be Taintly akin to those of the subseribersof the Cincinnutl Gazette the other morning, when thoy opened thas paper and found in it n re- hash of the Black Friday scandul, Implient- © Ing Gen. Granf. Tho Gazette has been on + tho most friendly terms with tho ex-Iresi-" i alent. It preferred him for the nominntion ab Chlcugo next after Mr. Seeretary Sher- i anan, aud 1t urged him for appolntment ng . Beeretary of State when it appeared that *. Mr. Blaine was to have that oftice, Its un- 1. provoked reminiscences relating to Black i Friduy are, therefore, the mora ustonishing, and the preswmption i3 that the artiele was ;, *due to the blunder of an editorlal subordi- .. nate; and that it will he prowptly explained and retraeted. Tr report that there was a politieal bar- gain Involving the resiznation of Mr. Justice ‘Swayne from the Supreme Uench, the ap- .. bointment of his son as the Distriet Attorney 1 for Northern Ohlo, and the nomination of Stanley Matthews to the vacant Justiceship, is denied with proper Indignation Ly tho * Toledo Blude, "I'ni: TrinuNe has opposed the nomination of Mr. Matthows to bea Su- -preme Court Judge on publie, not on private, igrounds, and hag never for nmoment given . credenco to this absurd story, which assails “ +~the honor of all three persons coneerned. Our information Is that Mr. Frank Swayno Is @ very proper person to be Distriet Attorney, : 1 he.wishes to be; and it eannot for a mo- ment be believed that M, Justiee Swayne, { whoso reputation for striet probity and hon- orable ‘dealing with all men Is above re- pronch, would be a party to so undignificd +and disereditable a transaction. 1t I8 hardly a conceivable ease, but it is o " fact that the partisan majority In Congress .. hins the power to prevent the appointment of .. Mr. Blaine, or Mr. Allison, or Mr. Morton, ,oorony othor Senntor or Representative to " the mext Cabluet, If the salurles of the +i heags of Departmeonts should be Inereased by this Congress by so much as one penny year alt members of Congress would bo in- . cligible for appointient until thelr terms of .; oftice should expire. he Constltution pro- ! vides: i No Benator or Representative shall, durin 1 thotimo for which he was elected, bo appointed L} touny eivil oflico under the authorlty of tho Unitod States which ghnll lnve been created or i theemoluments of which shall have been Ine /7 oreased during such thne, . Of courso it would bo un act of uggravated * discouttesy for Congress to fnerenso the i salaries attaching to any ofiiee to keep particulur persons out of them, and it is .. welt known that thy present Congress would -, bo wholly unwilling to throw uuy obstacles . inthe way of the preferment of any of ity muembers; but it 18 at least stngular that suehy - o contingeney Is distinetly provided for in - the orgunic lawof the land. A ensy ean , oven be hmagined in which n future Con- gress, when partisan feeling hud been much . } embittered, and the majority, was about to » 7y change fn the Senate so that nominations 11 could not be rejected, might inereasy salnries .. for tho express purpose of shutting ont - « polltical oppoucnts from appointments, A «1} more curlous defeat of tho intention of the ! Condtitution by the strict construetlon of it cannot be thought of, 4 Tue Attorncy-General ot Eugland hios in- i troduced a Lill into Parliament for dealing .- with corrupt and 1llegal practices In elece 34 tlons, whien I8 vigoreusly sapported by the Toudon Thues, aud Indientes that the Goy- ¢ ernment 18 buound to put un end to the cor- *.1 Tuptions which have hitherto obtained in its { election system. The UL Is of the most 1L sweeplng und stringent charucter in all its o7 provistons, and, I it ean be one o Sorced, will glve to the English clec- Hitlons an honesty and purlty which 213 will make all decent Amevieuns envious, -t Oue subject dealt with In the bill Is thut of 7 gorrupt practices, which ure speclfied as o treating, bribery, and unduo Intluence or L o-personution. Any cundidute gulity of these _practices personutly 18 penmanently dis- qualitled for representing the constituency * avhere the offense [ committed, Is incupuci- '3’ tated for. clection to Purllsment for ten years, <" bestdes belng lable to other penalties cons ,‘f; ‘sgquent upou canvietion. If he ks gullty 7 through an agent, , he Is permanently dis- 15 guatitled to represent his constituency, Any. ¥'1 perso, not # candidate, gutlty of these cor rupt practiced i3 lable to imprisonment for two years, toa fine of $2,50, and to ten years’ incapacity for voting at any eleetion, ‘I'he second subject dealt with by the blll is illegal practices, and its provisions fix the number of pald agents, elerky, aml mes- rengers, and no other person can net, It also 1makes It illegal to expend money for the conveyanco of volers, for the exhibitfon of bills, benners, ribbons, and other electioncering deviees, to use committee-rooms 1n public houses, to vrovide mouey for Hllegal purposes, or to procure the votes of unqualified persons. «'The general pennlty Is afing not excceding £500 andd five years' Inicapncity, ke that pro- vided in the ense lof corrupt practices, ‘I'ho other provisions of the bill deal with clectlon expenses, which nre strictly defined, with special penalties for Justices of the Teace, barristers, solicitors, and other pro- fesslonal offenders, and with proceedings on clention petition, merellesly punishing the withdrawal of petition by any agreement be- tween parties or upon consideration of pay- ment, or the vacntion of & seat at n certain thme. All the penalties of the bl are sweep- Ingly severe, and, If it can be earried out, will give tho English people clections as honest as they can be made in this dishonest worlil, R —— THE ILLINOI8 BTATE APPORTIONMENT. 'The Constitution of 1llinols provides for a division of the State into 51 Senndorial dis- triets, ‘The terms of the provislon read as Tallows: The General Assembly shall apportion the Kttty every ten years, hegiuning with the yenr 1871, by dividing ihe_population of tho Stato, us nseertained by tho Fedural censis, by the num- her 61, and tho guotient shadl e the ratlo of mlt- o resentation in the Senate, The Stute shull dlvlided 0 hil Benatorlnl districts, ench of which shall clect one Henator, whose term of oflicy shall lie four yenrs, Tho Senutors eleeted i the yeav ot Qur Lord 187 b distrieta beaving odd Dumbers, shall vaeato their ofllees at the end of and those elected ln distriets bearing bers ot the endof four years; am yaeaneles ocenrving by the expiration of terin I;lllll||| be filled by the elcetion of Senutors for tho full Lerni, Sonntorinl districts shall bo formed of contig-, ous and eompacet tercitory, bouuded by county” Hnes, and contnin us nearly us practieable nn equnl number of (nhabltunts, but 1o district shall eontatn less than four-Hiths of n Senato vial ratio, Countles contalning uot less than the rutio and three-fourths may be divided into separatedistricts, and ¢hnll “he entitted to two Henntors, and to one additional Senator for ench nuniber of inhablitants cual to the ratlo contained by sueh counties In exeess of twlco tho number of suld ratio, Thero seems to be some doubt or confu- ston at Springticlil as to how this apportion- ment ean be made without ousting sonte of the Senators eleeted In 1580 for four years; theditlieulty seems io some members (o bo. s0 formidable that nothing less than the clection of an entirely new Senate In 1882 wifords any solution of the trouble, Fortu- nntely, this I not a new question. It has been met and satisfactorily solved in this Stato at every legislative npportionment of the State slnce 1818, and In every State of iho Union ut erch reapportionment follow- ing Its ndmlssion. "I'he work for the Legisiatureto do Is plain- 1y marked out by tho Constitution. 1, ‘I'e total population belme ascertained, and divided by a1, the ratio of Senatorlal vopulntion will be found. 4 Lvery county having four-fifths of n ratlo shall bo declared a distriet by itself. Countles having niore than one ratio shall be divided mto as many separato distriets ag they mny have ratlos. 3, These distriets having been defined, the remalning dlstricts must then bo made up from the remaining connties in the manner preseribed by the Constitution. 'I'hus, Cook County will be entitted to ten Senntors; and St. Clalr, Madisen, MeEean, Peorln, Admuns, Sungamon, und Wit Counties will have one Senntor ench, "This disposcg of one-third of all the dis- tilets, The difileulty which §s supposed to exist in this ensa s that It s possible that, in creat- g new Senatorln! distriets, portions of a present distriet In which o Senator holds over may be ineluded fn a district in which a Senator will be elected In 1833, and thus hava two Senators residing kn the samo district nt the samoe time. Uaving created the fifty-one Senatorial distriets, the powers and functions of the Legistature terminnte, In 1878 there were twenty-six Senators elected from districts having odd numbers, and the scats of thoss Senntors beeome va- cant and an cqual number of Senntors Is to In 1850 bu elected to suceeed them In 1882, there wero twenty-five Senalors tho term of four years, and these Lwenty-five Senators hold over until the eleetion of 1884, These Senntors, elected for four years in 1850, will continue to represent thelr constituents until i854, and there Is no legal power short of u changs of the Constitutlon to displace them, Their term 18 fixed by the Constlitu- tlon. The holding-over Senmtors will repre- sent for the residue of thelr term the dis. triets including the, territory in which they resided when eleeted aud In which they may contlnne to reside. "Fhat was the rule ndopt- ed under the upportionment under tho census of 1850 (net of February, 1858) and under the census of 1860 (act of Junuary, 1501), 1t s entirely possible that in the ree arrangement of Senntorial distriets two Sena- torselected In 1589 and lolding over until 185 may be found located in the swme dis- triet; this possibility may be o strong resson why such an wrangement ol listricts shoull mnot bo wade; but it fur- nishes no reason, argument, or legal pre- text for excluding elther Senator from an ofties to which ho was elected under tho Constitution for the term of fonr yeurs, and which term eannot be changed, shortened, or lengthened by pny net of the Legislature, Admitting sueh a ensato happen,—and, us we have sald, 1t 3 entirely possible,—each of the Senntors will conthnue to represent In the Senate whataver now distrlet that may be Tormedd that will inelude the terntory In which hs reshiod at the thus of bls clection; no two Senators elected In 1850 restded fn the same torritory at that thue, and, though wn- der t new apportionment they muy bo found 1o reside In the snme newly-established dis- 1rlet, they will continne to represont respect- Ively that distrlet in which they resided when cleeted, ‘Fho provision in the Constitution for the clection of Senators alternatoly by tha dis- triets bearlng odd nnd oven numbers was not Intended to npply to Senators. beyoiud those eleetod under the first apportiomment. The Constitutlon, by that provislun, mevely put the machinery of an entlrely now government Inoperation. It did not provide that nn en- tirely new wto shonld e eleeted vvery ton yeurs, Inthe rearranpement of Senn- torlal distriets tho Leglslature must bo gove ernel by the fact that twenty-five Senatora nronow in offieo and eannot bu displaced, and that thero can bo of necessity but twenty-six Senators elected In 1882 The twenty-live Seuators holdlng over, thers can be no Senatorlal election held In 1883 In any distrlet ineluding the hmmediate torritory in which that Senator resided when elected and now resides, o original district, so far s the Senator Is cons cerucd, holds over with the Senator untly, by the oxplration of his turm, that district 18 su- perseded Ly the new dlatrlet erented, ‘Thug, the preseat Elghth District consists of Lake and Mellenry Countles, and afr, Kirk was elected Senator in 1850, ‘The popus lation of theso countles Is too small to con- tinue them us u distyict, and, of necessity, thero belng no other avljolnlug county, Boons County, wo will suvpuse, must be added, In that event the new Senatorlal district will consist of Lake, Mellenry, awd Doone, aml Mr. Kirk, who reskdes in Lake, will hold over as the Senator, anl Boone, whers Sen- ator Fuller now resides, will not have a volea in the cholee of Scnator nntil ¥4 In the meantime Winnebago, which is now attached 10 Bonne, being attached o Stephenson, will find herself supplied by s Senator reskiing ln Stephenson elected 1 189, and who will hold over unth 1834, Certain facls in this matter are unavold- able by any leglsiative nction; these are that tho twenty-five Senators chosen in 1830 hold oflice for the constitutionnl term of four years, nnd eannot be dispossessed of thelr ofliees by any net of the Legisinture, ‘The Leglse Inture may create fitty-one new Scnatorinl districts, but there ean be but twenty-five Senators eleeted in 18525 so that, In rearvang- Ing Senatorial distriets, reference {o these faets shoulid have full welght In governing tliat arrangement, THE LONDON FIRE DEPARTMENT. 1t is not many yenrs since Capt. Shaw, the Chlefof tha Lontdon Fire Department, was inthis country studying our servico with tho view to improving that of the Engllsh metropolis, 118 report for 1850 has just ap- veared, amd the comments made upon it by the London T'hmes indieato that, notwith- standing the improvements made since Capt, Shaw's visit to this country, the Department fsstill below the standard of eflicieney It should reach In o great elty like London. Cltlef among these defeets appears fo be that of tho fire-nlarm, which scems to bu singu- Inrly Inndequate as compared with our own, According to the Pimes, London Is divided Into gix eireuits, with forty * call-points,” us they are termedl there, and even these ure not in perfeet working order. ‘I'he number seems very small 08 compared with our elicht or nine liundred enll-points, In perfect order, which loeato a fire atmost at tho very house. Speaking of the mniter generatly, Lou- don i3 declwred to be only ot the first slagoe of protectlon ngainst fire, nud Hves upon the uncertain ehanee of the Improbabllity of o eolneldence of several great conflagrations on the same night, 'The number of firemen are Insuflicient, Their engines are not ol the dimensions or force required for stceessfully coping with fires, and the arrangements for feeding them with water are very defective. The number of fire-stations is too few, and the arrangements {for calling the brlende very defective, Ilre- cseapes rarely work well, T'he most serfons deticleney vointed out by the Thnes, how- ever, is the luck of nny assistunce from with- in 1n extinguishing fires, The Thines says: **Ilitherto all that hns been done for the pre- vention of fires lias heen dono from the vut- slde, The house seized by o five Is treated as equully au enciny with tho five Inside, Its inhabltants render no ald, for nonu Is ex- peeted from them. ‘The firemen never hope to turn any part of the fabrie into n cltadet against the foe. All their endeavors are coneentrated upon baniing and quenching the flames, as if the dwelllng was o hostlle fort- ress to be eannonaded and demolished.” In ity further comments, the 2'%ntes says that houses are not construeted with any pre- sumption that o conflagration Is always o possibllity, and that were It not for party wallsa fire inanew Loudon house would runits whole length through nstreet. Their construction is sueh that fivemen eannot take n pusition in the interlor from which to fight the fire, nor Is the haternal wator-supply so econtrived as to bo of any servico in aidingthe firemen to extingiitsh the fire or to be avail- ablo Inputting out tho binze In its incipleney. Stand-pipes and tanks and othor contrivinces for flooding an npartment scem to be un- known. ‘The Thncs thinks that the Depart- ment eannot by made perfectly effective unttl Londoners ara educated to codperate intelligently for their own succor, and adds: A it i3, there Is no onte to whom a fireman wonld less naturally resort for nssistanee or for explanution than to the averngo hous holder overtuken by need for his intery tlon,” Even the Insurance companies do not lend that help in suivage which Is so common and s0 well done by our own. Dut, even coneeding these defects, It Isstiil 1o be remembered that there’ ave fow de- struetive fires In London as compared with our Inrge ¢lties, London Is bullt {o resist tires with tiled floors, slated roofs, briek par- titlons, and strong party walls, Were Chi- cago ns largs s London, and bullt as it 1s uow, Its Fire Departinent would never be quiet. Wo build a house of tho most fllmsy muterials, and then adu to It kindling-woud to start the fire and atl sorts of combustible compomla to help the tames, and 12 necd be explosive ones to blow it up. London in Its construetion offers the greatest possible re- slstanen to the spread of five. Chieago and miny other Amerlean citles aro so con- strueted ns to Invite tho sprewad of fire, Ilenee, inerensing the possiblifties of confli- #ratlon, we have to meet it by proportionate- Iy multiplying spparatus and contrlvances Tor putting it ont, which snfliciently gecounts for the seemingly enormous extent of our re- sonrevs ns proportlonntely compnred with those of London, where losses by fire ave very light as arule. If Chleago were built after the fashionof London it could do awny with a considerable part of its sorvice with- out danger to property. AN ANNUAL CONGRE!S!ONAI: EXTRAVA. GANOE. . Lvery year the River and 1larbor blll ealls for anew protest from tho press, the publle, and muny of the leadimg men of the Govern- ment, but apparently to ne avail. When the estimates for these Improvements were sent to the Counnltieo thls year the Seeretary of Wur, through whose Departimont they had pussed, hud ent down thoe Englneers’ demand by several millions of ‘doliavs In one lump, and thus eshibited his disapproval of tho sys- tent of squandering the public moneys upon mountaln streams and shallow erecls under the protensn of improving nuvigation. HBut the Committes has disvegnrded tha siguitl- cnnt oxpression of contempt thut eamo from the Seerotory of War, hns oxceeded the estl- mautes which he approved under protest, and hus procceded as usnnl to mako up o long Hstof gratulties to communitlesand contracts ors which sggregates over §10,000,000. 1n order to provide fora few meritorivus clalng for Govermuent ald in the Improvement of netual rivers aid actund harbors, hundreds of other ftoms are added to seeurve the nssent of Congressmen from different parts of the country, This DIl s the very first to sreuro the attention of Congressuien when the gues- tlon of approprintions comes up, thongh it iy always umong the lust to bo prssed, It s left open us long a8 possible for trades and neerotions, It I8 regarded as the great op- portunity for Congressional pergulisits, svery man fin Congress looks wpon it as fulr eking and n proper opportunity for coneite futing his constituents at the expenso of the Genernl Governmont, “Uhe bilt will proba- bly puss the 1ouse substantially ns reported, unless new ndditlons be madu; the Senute muy add still other [tems, und nally the mensuro will be adopted in a shupe thatshatl wuthorize the squanderingof several millions of public money without any return. It s ulwost uscless to enter into detalled eriticism of this bifl. There are conspleuous Itows which arrest the attentlon,—such as the approprintion ot $1,000,000 for the fimprove- ment of the Lower Misslssippt undor the recommendation of the Government Come misslon, 'Thls Jooks like n great entering wedge for tho levee schieme, which, ouce fabrly under way, may lead to an uftimatoe fnvestment of a hundred millions, Thero is no telling where it may stop. o There aro standing Items,—sueh as the Wisconsin and Fox River haprovements, the Ohfo River expenditures, and an appropriation of SX0,- 000 for the Kanawha,—whicl are recognizul nt once as unwarranted Inoextent, It war- ranted nt all. But in addition to this elass of eases thero are hundreds of unheard-of ereeks aml brooks and Impossible harbors seattered all over tho country to whieh small doneerers are tossed, but which in tho nggre- gate ndd millions to tho bifl. 1t Is only by recognitian of these little parasites on tho weneral vystem it the bl jobs aan com- mawd practieally unanimous support amd avold the exposure aml eriticism on the floor of Congress which would resnlt i defeat of tho whole scheme. It looks now as thotigh thisriver and har- Lor abomination may grow at something like the fearful rate of the pensions fund, When the Arrears-of-Penslons bill was passed 1t was provided that the cost of the mensure would not exceed £25,000,000, Alrendy Con- gressmen concede that thoadditional expend- fture Imposed upon the Government thoreby will amount to about $250,000,000, and the Commisstoner of Pensios maintatns that it will bo not. less than $500,000,000, or nearly onesthird of the Natlonal debt. A few years ago the appropriations for rivers atd harbors mmonnied to onty o couple of millions of dollars, nid now they have run up to over ten milllons, The bill for the next year is nearly as large ns tho expenditires for tho three years of 1870, 1871, and 1873, "There is no progpect for any stunting of this rank growth, ‘The only hope s in an anbandon- ment of the system, and this is a forlorn hope. Gen, Grant one year made an cffort to undermine it by refusing to spend the money which haa beey approprinted, but the follow- ing year the old Congressioual greed reas- sorted Hself, and sinco that thun the smount of approprintions has steadily Inereased, and now the Demoerats have taken advantage of their lnst chanco at the Treasury for some time to come to grab ata Inrger amount than ever, . THE CONDITION OF FRANCE. The 1’arfs cbrrespondent of the London T'tmes has recently contributed a letter to that paper which throws n good deal of light upon the existing condition of France, and the letter derives additionnl Iuterest from the fact that tho statements in it were fur- nished to the tmes correspondent by.n gen- tleman who has held important posts in France, and has closely devoted himself to cconomic and industrial watters in hat country. Hls statements in tho muin corre- spond with those which have been made sev- cral times of Inte usto the maryelous pros- perity of the Republic in tho development of its material resources, but from his staud- polut we geta different view of this pros- perity, and can seo how everything, even polities, Is made to contribute to it, According to this writer, though France Is « Republie and is supposed fo enjoy perfect liberty, the word hasa different meaning from what it has In England or In this coun- try. Instead of a perfect freedom of opln- Ion and netlon and o vespeet for tho minority, “those who are In power honestly thinlk it their bownden duty to protect tho Comnion- wealth agalnst opinions differing from thelr own.” Ioilustrates this by the history of the Chambers and the auntl-Tesult decrces, Five yeurs ngo, the Chambers had ncom- pact majority, but the olectors hsd returned n Inrge minority, many of whose seats wero contested, Inevery caso the minority del- egates were unseated and thelr plnces sup- pHed by Rtepublieaus, and during these five years all thoso who are not of the opinlons of the majority. have been gradually bus merellesly , put astde. Tho first reslstanco mndo Ly the Conservatives wis In the caso of tho untl-Jesuit deerees. The Dbill "carried In the Chambers but fulled In tho Senate. When the decrees ap- peared it was thought the tribunals woull set them nsldo as thoy had been pronounced llegal, but the Government cvaded thls danger by appointing i1s own court of jus- tice, two members of the Court of Cassation and two mombers of tho Counell of State, whose verdiet woulld have been ‘fmpartinl but for the fact that the Iresident of the Court, who was tho Minister of Justico and thio author of the very decrees in contest, had the easting vote. Not only In this ease but in afl “othors, says the writer, where Courts have decided adversely to the Government the Courts have been remodeled. Why thero i3 no opwosltion to this Is explained by the de- terminntion of France to keep oub of war and to beat peace at home und abroad, and this lles at tho bottom of her press ent wonderful prosperity. ‘Tho Forelgn Ofilee has avolded overything, however remolo it might be, which could tend to draw her Inte any forelgn complicn- tlons, 'I'his, by the way, witl explain what hg for soe thme been o mystery,—her rela- tlons to the Eastern question. In the settle- ment of the Mountenegrin frontier, though sho folned in the naval demonstration, it was upon the express condition that notu shot shoulit be fired nor a goldier landed, At tho thme of the Berlin Congress sho was tho avowed champlon of Greeee, nnd, now that the thme has come when the Greelan frontler must bo settled, she not only duclares that she wlil not take part In any hostito denon- stratlon agalust Turkey, but has only con- sented with extremo reluctancs to take any partatall In the fortheoming conference, though she Isonv of the signatory IPowers, Applylng this policy to the wuterinl statns of France, thls welter says: * Inthis way con- fidenee has bheen established ; no war abroad, no rovolutlon at home, ns the governing party has got It all its own way, A paelfic revolution is going on with all the apporrance of legality, and which, howevor dangerous for the future of I'rance, does not Interfere with the peacerul pursult of fndustry and connnerce. Ieneo the whole aftentlon of tho country f diverted into this chunnel.” Notwithstanding tho wonderful resources of tho country which have been brought to Iiight, the great netlvity In all kinds of busi- ness, md the remarkablo savings of tho peos ple, this wrlter sces n danger ahend In tho manner. of public investments, Bluco the, appearmice of the phylioxern, the deprecin. tion of tho vineyards nttncked has nmounted to §000,000,000, or thut much loss of public fortune, aud it now amounts aunnally to from $100,000,000 to $120,000,000, "T'ho re- sult of this Is that capital has been forced Into other investwents, 1t first sought real estate, but ns rents fluctuated viltues depreelated, and now the mania is for bank shares, Upon this point this wrilor BUys: Abank 8 not in France synonymons with o bunk In England, With the exception of (he Hank of Frunee, thove I8 hardly one bauklng campuny In Franee which dederves the natio necordlig w your Jdeus, Hero the buuks coms bine the power of taklng munu{ on deposit, for which thoy pny Interest, with iho prorogatives of neredit nobiticy,~that is to ey, thoy entor into ull sorts of specututions. Thoy aro all ero- nted ander tho Limited Liublity act, so that the shunger 3 o8 great for the depositor as for the shivenolder, ~Such banks huve buen created In great nnnbens and xlusnmlll[.) w ulul\?-muuum«. The ehares of seyveral of them which hurdly coult uno oF Lwo yeurs® uslstcnco feteh twicy op threo thnes tholr intriusio valye, 118 eleae that thuro will bu somo day o great reaction. For, if munoy romalus cheup, bow cuth It bs dnvested so uto yihi i fulr nterest o 10w franes whoero sty 259 francs was origiunlly walds and If money bocomes dear 1 1s clear that (5o shures wust by capitulized ut such highor rape, sad thorefore futeh less. 1t witl readlly bo seen thist thls form of speculation 3 dangerous, When tho reac- tion comes there will bo o crnsh unless menrnwhile tho French find some other form of investment: but evgn then 16 Is questlop- mhle whether the crash would hurt tho work- ing-classes, who hoard instead of speeulad- ing; amd, ns they own thelr lnnds very large- 1y, or, when they do Invest, select small Gow crnment bonds, they are comparatively safe. AL present Franco §s the strongest financial Tower In Europe, and under the republican form of government, whatever may be ils methods, her people are the happlest. OHEAP TELEGRAPHY BY WATER, Tho publie will bo pleased to learn from Mr. Jay Qould himself that the object of the Inte tetegraph consolldation was the enrrying outof u long-cherished plan of that henevo- lent, publie-spirited gentleman for an ef- clent systomof chenp telegraphy on o grand scale, Loth by sea and by lnnde Mr. Gouldt hag been laying awako nights for several montha struggling with the problem of how to serve the publio chieaply. Ile hit upon plan, after hoving reduced himself physieally to o mere skeleton, nnd, mentally, to the verge of insanlly. ‘Tho plan is not origingl. 1t consists In adding ubout twenty-five mill- fon dollars of water to the atready-heavily watered stock of the Western Union Come puny! How paying dividends on this large amount of added waler to the watered stoek of tho Company is to make telegraphy clienp, Mr. Gowd does not explaln, But he 13 very positive that the consolidation can- not be disturbed and that the watering proc- ess has been condueted lezally, 1lis bosom swells with pride when he conslders how Judge Barrett **sat down on? Rufus Hateh,’ ns it were, aflirming cmphatleally that poor Rtufeis absolutely without rellef except upon appenl to the legistative nuthority; and Mr. Gould chuckles quictly In view of the fact that ho and Mr, Vanderbitt have more friends in the Legistature of the Empire State than Ilateh has, - But Mr. Gould doesn't earn for the vaporings of Mv. Iatch, beeause he knows {hat time will demounsirate tho purity of his motives, Ile proposes “gradunlly nud systematienlly to cheapen rates of telegraphy, © Why, bless your soul, sir” says Mr, Gould, “I went Into It with thls in view, and I shall certainly use my constant effort and all my influence to make this policy and this purpose successful.” Whant can the publle ask for heyond the promise of Mr. Gould! Mr, Gould has shown lls generosity and forhearance by limiting his stock-watering operation to §25,000,000, Jle might just as well have watered tho Western Unlon to'the tunc of n round hun- dred millions! The ense of Mr. (lould s annlogous to that of the robber who consid- erately allowed his vietim to retire with his irousers on account, as ho said, of the in- clemency of the wenthor. 1tis kind in Mr. Gould to explain, Why should he condescend to discuss the subject with & publie incapable of comprehending tlie vastness of his designs? Why, especially when he insists that everything has been done legally and in order, aud that what hins been done 18 none of the publie’s business ? It is good of Mr. Gould to explain 1hat he s going to mnke New York Clty tho centroof telegraphy for the universe. This clreumstaneo will he very consoling to the customer who pays two or threo prices for the service he requires, It is beautiful to hear Mr. Gould spenk familiarly of China, Japan, Oceanica, Australia, Russin, Alaska, Northern Asla, and Kamtehatka, as way- stations of the Western Union Company, M'here 18 a pecutlar approprintencss, how- over, In the extensive indulgence, so to speak, of the Yestern Union Compnany in submaring telegraphy. "The Company’s gtockk hng been well under water for years, and the Inte floed of twenty-five million dollars’ worth will cnable It to doa largo business In'ocenn cables, Mr, Gould’s new system may be called cheap telegraphy by water,—water in stoek, Nerrurn the Constitution nor the Inws of the United States recognize such n thing ns aCubinet or a Cablnet oficer in our Gov- crument, The Constltution provides that tho Presldent may require opintons in writing of *1tho heads of Departinents,” and that Con- gress may vest the appointmient of inférlor oficers in *the heads of Departments”; but there Is no dircet requirement that such Departments shatl be established by law, I'he word * Cabinet * does not oceur In the Constitution or the statutes; and I¥ Is plan that Congress hes tho power to creatoor abollsh any Department, or to Impose new duties on tho chiefs of nuy of them, or to al- ter the conditions ol their service with refer- enco to the Preslieut or the Leglslative an- thority, within the constitutionnl iimits, The right of Coungress to call on the heads of Departments for information on any subject within their knowledge or jurisdietlon has been recognlzed from tho foundation of the Govermment. There Is no rea- son why this Information should be communieated in writing Instead of orally, or why the demand for it should boput In tho preeise form of a resolution. Congress has not the power to confer mem- bership in itself, lneluding the right to vote, upon o head of Department or anybody else, both beeause It is required by the Constitu- tlon that representation shull be apportioned according to popuintion and beenuss Fed- eral ofticlnls nre oxplicltly disqualified to serve n Congressy but it has theright to glvonscaton the floor to anybody. 1t will be seen that the bit Introduced by Mr, Pon- dleton and favorably reported from n Com- wittes of the Senate, necording the heads of Dopurtments the vicht to ocenpy seats on the floor of the Senate nnd Ilouse, and to purticipato in debnto relating to business in their several Departments, is strietly constitu- tlonal. The bIll goes farthor than this, nnd requelres the Scereturies, tho Tost- master-General, and tho Attorney-Gen- eral (who is technlcally the hend of the Department of Justico) to at- tend the Senate at the opening of the sit- tings on Tuesday nnd Friday of euch week, und the Houso on the opening of tha sittings on Mondays and ‘Phursdays, and give Infor- matfon In responss to resolutlons or ques. tlons propounded to them. ‘This also Is o legnd requivement, "I'he report of the Senate Committeo In favor of My, Pendleton’s bill is slgned by Messrs, Pendleton, Alllson, Voor- hees, Ingulls, Platt, Blaine, Butler, and Far- ley, Itsetsforth the legality of the proposed reform and the benefits that would result from its mdoption. 1t would elearly b an il vantage to Conigress to have the information It desired brought to it in person by the of- flelnl supposed to bo most compotent to pre- sent and explain it In many cases, the statomonts of the heuds of Departmonts might ehango the whole course of logisln- tion, and it would deprive Congress of the sorry exeuse, too often made for bad leglsia- tlon, that It was adopted In fgnorunce of what its real effeets wounld be. 1f, for In- stance, Mr, Schurz hnad been ablo to tuke tho fleor of the 1llouse or Senate, and state what the appall- ing consequences of the Arroars of ’enslons bill would be, we gutestion whether Congress waottld have passed it or, It It dld, it would hiave been unable to justify its action before the country, The Secrotary ot \War, If he were an able man and a good- debater, might in the siune munner put the truth in relution to the annual River and Harbor grab beforo the country in such a way that any honest nember would sirluk from the respousibil- 1ty of voting for It. Unquestionably also the effect of the reform would be to fmprova tho character of tho so-called Cabinet, ns men of great nbility and long experlence I public life would he necded to pass thacateehismon tho floor of Congress, Certainly the dumity and Influence of the Presklent's oflielal ail- visers would not be kmpaired by tho change. It would bo more beeoming that they shanhit say what they have to say In publle, beforo Congress and the country, rather than in private, in the lobbles or commitiec-rooms, "The fact that M. Binlneand Me. Allison,who nre commonly nssigned places in the new Ad- ministration, have afiixed thole names to the new report, -glves 1t specinl interest. It would scen as If a now ern had dawned in American lueas of constitutional government it those able pubtie wen should appear weekly In Congress ns the representatives and defenders of President Garfleld’s views, The plan wiscly stops short, 1t will be seen, of the English Cabinet systen, which would require o constitutional amendment, and the deslrableness of which I8 open to very serlous debate, eapeclally sinco the eneroach- ment of the English Cablnet on Parllamont ary prerogative has becomo”so clearly ap- parent, ’ P ey Uspen the head of “A Practlenl Emigra- tion Scheme,” tho New Orledns Democrat nn- nounces what it ealls “one of tho most hiipor- tant enterprises that have ever boen started for 1hio dovelopment of tho nlmost untouched ro- rources of Loulslnnug, Arkansas, and'Toxas,” in thoshnpe of an emlgratlon movement which 118 been entered into hy most of the groat rail- rouds that traverso tha territory which it I8 de- tormined to sottle up. The assacintion {8 colled tho Southern Immigration Company, and I8 at present composed of tho followng rallrond com- panfes: Bt Louls, Tron Mountaln & Sonthern} Missoarl, Kunsns & Wexns: Missourt Pacllic Toxua & Pacific; International & Great Northern: Gulf, Colorndo & Snnta Fé, and the Dallas & Wichita, The deslgn of tho assoctation Is, hy combining tho various rallrond interests, to of- fer such fnducements to the farmers fna nie- ctanlesof the Old World, and even to those In tho more thickiy settled portions of the New, ng will securo n large Immlgration to the States named, Tho President of the Associntion §s Mr. W. W, Tang, of the International & Grent North- ern, Thero are between 8,000 and 10,000 miles of rond now Interested in tho project. This s the vory first practienl Immigration schema Which hns ever been undertaken on a lnvge scule for tho benefit of the Southwest, The Company I8 stenlghtwny to put its plaus of work Inte vigors vus operation In the United States: and ns soon ns tho organizaton, with all Its forces, s regu- Inted it will enter Conthirentat Furopo withall the zeal, cuergy, and menns at its comunnd, e ——— Mit. JAY Gotrn, through one of tha news. papers which nre charged with acting ne his speclal organs, lns made u very promising stato~ mont In regard to the future polivy of tho amalgamated telegraph companles, Ife pro- feases that tho consulldation has Leen brought nbout with o view to reduciog telegraphing to tho minimumn rale, and protonds that tho success of cheup telegraphy In the Luropean countrles has convinced him that more monoy {s to be mado. by such a policy thun In any othor way, We wish thoro were rensonable grounds for putting falth in thosw fuir promises, Unfortunately there e moroe reason to regard them us speciously de- slzned to ailay public apprehension and wenken publie protest for tho time belng, Thoe pricticnl doubling of the enplial stock of the Western Union Compuny,without ndding needed facilitics or representing nctual Investment, {8 hoedly caleniated to fnepire contidence in the an- nounced Intention of adopting cheap rates, Nor has Mr. Jny Gould's past coutrol of railronds, particulurly the Unlon Pacitle, afforded any in- diention that he belloves in tho ultimate ad- vantage of cheap rutes, And In no ease con privato Individual control of a grent manopoly be depended wpon to conslder the publie Inter- ests or tho public rights, or to recognize tho prinelple of a fulr profit upon actuul Invest- ment. 1 the onty hupe of publie protection in tho nsc of tho telegraph rests upon Mr. Joy Gould's dletuin, tho outluok is very dismal. T'iEy do somo things better in Milan than in thia country.nnd tho cleuring of snow from the streets 18 one of them, 'Tho suow fail of Milan Is honvy on accountof the proximity of the mountaing. 1ut tho Milanese, wiio are com- monly supposed to bo n slow-gofne people, do not permit It 1o melt gradunlly in tho streets, or to romaln und mix with sand and mud and be- comen hindrunee to locomotion and a public nulsance. They have parceled out the city In- to 12 districts, and have nsslgned enoh district to a contractor, who provides curts, horses, and Iaborers, and nssumes nil responslbility for tho snow In his depurtment. The workmen are usually bricklayers, imnsons, quarryinen, and others who aro out of regular employment In winter. Payment Is nndo only for worl cifeets unlly done. Tho snow I8 nccurately measured, the wverago price bolng about two cents per cubie yard. Owdinnrily, tho cleaning of tho more-frequented streets is completed within elght or ten hours aftor it has stopped snowing, and of the rest within twenty-four hours, not reckoning night. Tho number of men em- ployoed varles From 2,000 to 3,000 The snowfall in 1874-5 was 40X Inches, aud tho cost of remoy- ing that portion within the clty walls £12,000; ln 1877-8 tho fall was only 65 fuches, Involving an expeuditure of #5200 far a sllgutly larger aren, TAr away from Queensland, Australln, comus an exclting trlo of boys battling with n shark, Five Inds wore bathing In ariveron Nov. 25, Alexoy Drury, ubout 12 yeurs of nwe, and, although 8o youug, n first-ruto swimmer und diver, was close to the bank, his companlona having lunded, when ho was selzed by tho feot by & shork, said to bo elght feet long, The boy seremmned, and made u brave strugglo, not losing his presence of mind for a moment, and s tho shurk appenred to bo dragging lm under, ho turned and dived ut it, and, Ju dolng so, got free, The shark then mude i "second and mors doter- wined rush, seizing the il by tho other leg with o flrmer bold, Aloxey all tho timo hitting at tho wmonster, Victor Drury,a year or two oldor than Alexoy, bearlng the screams, Jumped futo the witer to his brother's nssistunce, tollowed by thio other luds, nhd atter deaperate striegles thay suceeeded Indragging Alexoy on to tho bunk, In the meantime u sceond shurk il uppeared, Lut bupplly did not joln In tho nttuck. Alexoy's feot were found 10 be so fearfally lacerted that buth had to bo smputated. For éomo thnu the symptums scemed favorable to the boy's lifo being suved, notwithstanding the great toss of blood and shock to tha system, hut he died on the morning of the 2ith, e ——e IN @ good-humored way, the Buffalo Ev- press proposes a Cabinot to bo composed entively of tho sons or grandsons of formoer Presidents und Prosidentinl candidates, Who would be nblo, It says, to nd uny fuult whatover with suchn Cublnet na this? Bocrotary of Stato-~Rabort Lincoln, of Tlinols, Soecroetury of the Treasury—=Charles I, Aduaws, Jr., of Mussnchusetts, lI rotuty of Wur—Frod Dent Grant, of Il nols, Hocrotary of the Nuvy—Powerd Fillmoro, of New York, ms[ucwmry of the *Interior—Wobl Ifuyes, of o, Attornoy-Genernl—Stophen A, Douglas, of Tiinols, Postinostor-General—Walkor lalne, of Maine, ‘Tho cxeellence of such Cabluet would eon- st largoly In tho fuct that threo mombers of It would be from Ditnols, It would bo hmpussible fora President enlightenced and Instructed by such constitutlonul advisors to go very fur ‘wroog. ———— Cuantes Sussen, Mr, 4, Lo Whito says, Aid not know what dyspopsia wus, Speuking of his good fortune In this respect ono ovenlug, hio suld that one of the frat roquisita to success in politienl lifo was u good digestion, und he ros minded his visitor that o mujority of tho Sonu- ators wero portly men. Wil ho admitted that sllin, dyspoptis men sometimes uttained high wvosition, sthl he matutalned that fn ordor to do 80 thoy hnd to avercowe greater obstacies than those who had yood stomachs. ‘Tur London ceademy has beon reading tho lingulstic exporivnces In Englund of Dr. Btark, of Kentucky, and remarks: “ o found that tho natives talked the Amorivan languoge, but talked it badly, not nearly ns woll as it i3 spoken in Amerlca. There wuro muny dialects sud vulgarisms about, sud u frightful mlsptace- ment of tho ialtial b, Even an Auglo-Saxon Profeasor, oo, called which *wich,' and nuother ligbtof Old Engllsh pronounced bard ‘hawd'; tho lettor r wus geocratly swallowed. Tho Ductor was abia terribly porsoentey Foliaey of matiennnt folk st syopye & 0 thoy were *very pleased,” o did oy 3,01 b very ought not 1o b applied 10 jargje; 7"'«)., was geratified ot Wi i the oueerr s that the (o spenkons o henrdgpy o o Argyll and Tord Granvillo—worg a,C2ke of wellas Lards, whllo the rest. af thg ), men ag only gubbled were unknawn naludics, g w1y Tur tho Feporters tot heing bl o o Lords' specclies 1 simply an Amere o, 18 tlonlst 10 teaeh tho Peers haw go o Sorue 1 voices, Dr. Btark’s artleln 13 lvely m..?,','gz'.‘,“‘" Loun BrAcoxsFienn Is deserlye I high feathor nt tho Rothsehiilg bronkfust. o reminded ono of g of his youth with his light trouse walsteont, and bls lavendor tio, wig y, metry und lovked 8o perky,” says gng e wediding guests, * that 1o ouo waonn 1”“.‘:( 4 Burprised If, nficr tho manner of youye oD Iuvar, bo had suddenly dushed n and bope< tho falr bride” 98, e —e—— Tney say In Washlngton “ghg yenrs tho historie walls ofjihe \'lhllc"ltlr{\':; l':n o nuver hennd tho pop of 1 cork; but tho exgy, o of suppressfon does not nppenr to hyye i tratod beyand those walls.” 1layes s anly pructiced teetotalism at his gun gt Nonc of the fashionablo ludies of Wyeyme wocloty cxcopt Mrs, Tinyes restrict fhop 503 hemanty to tho muddy surfaco of tho Potomao fop ghg < driule, ey dng belng Wedilng, dandyiyy T, his whjy ———— I'tiez nows eomes from Parls that 1ho ex. Empress Bugénlo hns nearly flofuhed g Nistor, of the life and denth of tho Prines lnperiy, ;’ 8 e puirposo to publish tho volume ad segg gho Lecomes gettled 1 hee new residy Farnborough. Kho also Intends to puy, dally notes of the rehen, fn collectinge by M. Rouher. enco gy hlist thy peror written during py Ich she has Leen R3slateq IFroy somne correspondence of the Tate J, W. Croker, fust publisiicd, 1t nppoars that thg Duke of Weldngton did not. say * Up Guan, and at thom!” at tho huttle of Waterlon, 1: aunswer to an inquirs as to the matter the Duke himself wrote: *What T must havo saiy, 0d possibly did say, was *Stand up, Guards, s thon gave tho commnnding officer tho order 1y attack."” —— SoME of the stalwart politicians of Wash, fngion nffect to despise Beerntary Schurs be enuse he plays sweetly on the plano. S Why sald ono of them the other day, *ho docsyt know anything about Toncns, Uncompahgres, vand Slouxs but ho enn sealp n muzurks ang tomabuwk a barearole.” e e—— ‘I'im Princess Loulse will return toherhng. band in May, und tho two will Join n Inrge pary of Linglish visitors In n fishing exaursion on thg Fower8t, Lawrence. Tho Prinevss will then, with her Englleh guests, visit. Manltoba and thy Northwest Provinees of tho Dominton, ——— Prior, Fraien’s artlelo for Serifmer on thy - revision of tho New-Testament has been posts poned on account of the hiteh (n tho dealingsof the publishers of tho new version, which puts, off Its distribution from Februnry until May, — o Mu. 1zunenr Seexcen Is at work upon his autobfoxraphy. 1il hewlth has prompteq’ Iim to o task which sometimes, it moy La thought, has power to rejuvenate. ———— . PERSONALS, “T cannot tell o lie, T mado Garficld'si Cabinot with my little pencil.” —Murat Maldead, A Itomo letter to & Nes York paper says that Queen Margherita of ltaly bng sunny balr, Sunny " I8 o new way of aying red, In two years n boy can learn as mueh Latin ns he can forget in slx monthsafterke gues Lo worl for n lving.—Charles A, Dang. A lndy elerk In the Treasury Department at Wushington shns written n play called * Mudue,” It I8 lu threo ncts and elght new dresses. An oxchango says that ** Venus, tho evene Ing star, Is now In tho nscendant and is moving castward.” In Chicago tho girl's father Is siwaye In tno nscendant, nnd tho youny men are pers netunlly moving gatoward. "I'he tltles of hooks ave often very decep tive. Mrs, Burnott's latest wark is eulled “A Fuir Barbarian,” but thero 18 not enoe word f it a8 to what church gave the fulr, or the nomeot tho barbarian that kicked beeauso be falled ta find nn oysterin tho soup. Thero is too Hitle realism fu modern Mterature. A New York gentleman undertook to treab A dinnor party with whom ho had become ace qualinted ln a New Haven restaurant, o tewdagy ugo. Nob untll o dozen bottles of champaguo had been pluced ou the tablo at his order did ho lenrn that the nssembluge wore celebruting the anniversary of tho foundution of & tewmperance soulety, Tannlo Isabelle Sherrick has a pocm In thg Alissvurt Republican to tho effect that— In the summor 1s the bewuly OF 10 dow=droya und 1 A o orten Sull o klad ° Ls the measured Lappy hours. 1t the mensured happy hours wero full of geamsnars and Fannlo hud secured u few of them for reference {t would have been better. “Well, dog my eats! Say stranger, You must have traveled fard Just tlood your lower Iével Aund Hght u fresh elgar, Dou't tellmo! In this weatherl You hoofed It nlt the way? Woll, slico my liver lengthwizel Why stranger, what's to pay? —From “ Christinus Carols," by)Murat Haltead, There, duughter, stop scolding! Dou't worry und frot And work yoursell Into such irel Just nbout uil the comtort your fathicr can fed 13 tho smoke by tho warm kitchen fires Lot him smoke in the corner In peaco if ho caty 'hough tho clouds of tobneco muy choke; Theroe {8 no one cun tell but a lonely vld wan, 1ow mvch comfort thero 18 1n o sinoke. —Sumuel Jonew Lthden, Over the chiimney tho night wind sang, 4 the ehunted i Iy no one knew; A e won stop s hor bisbe shy totsed ‘A thuugtit 0t o i sl Had loni tius luth And suld, as hor tenrdrops hin oreed; 1 hute the wind I the ehlmney, Over tho musle-rack Rupert sung Buce what bio was sfuging 1o one knet “Ansl the drayman stopped s his horse he bostedy A thought of tho mulu ho tind long slnce 105t Aud gk, us his dray tho shiewalk muul‘xlt'd' 108 tho same old volee, by Slmminy 3 “ Wa huve recelved n poemn entitled “Ber tween tho Green Corn nnd tho Goldy” tho versoof which reads: Botwaon tho green corn snd the kolds Hulweon o duwnig and the nioon, Loxe, thut nt irat was pato and col Waaed Fuddy with ho sywier niaof, A hourts beat bigh and s grow bl Hulweun tho gre corn nind the gl thiok This fs ull vory well in fts way, but numfml in tho line of % Iotweon tho Green Cornand & Puln-Kifler " woutd bo moro natural aud bone dike. ——eag—— COURT-HOUSE IMBROGLIO. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tyibunt LA¥AYETTE, Ind., Fob, T.—Thero has beed l"; antmuted meeting of tho ltupublienn Lm::e' Central Commitice, growing vut of 100 Pwlw tion of the County Commissioners to I'N‘n' with tho oroction of o now Court-1inse. 0 Tiourd I8 Republican, and gomo weeks 850 l{lfl“)_ to ndopt tho pla of Eliag Max, of thi3 vluvy‘:m~ vided certuin ultorations wers made. ’l:ll".'l £ it Ia alleged, I8 fu reality that of Mr. PlieeTe Chicago; und agnlnst the actlon of mo'“m both tho Republican papors huve bLeot = cengoless warfare, The meeting of mun pr teo was to protest agalust the ue Hon s 30 Hourd: and i commnittee of confertnes Lo po poluted to weet with tho Cowmnles okt A aire 10 hold u spucinl sesslon ou tho 8L red-hot tme I8 puticlpated. e WISCONSIN DAIRYMEN. Bpectal Dupateh to The Chicap 1rinuh b JANESVILLE, WIS, Fuh.'l.—'l‘hallmuuli s A" meeting of tho Northwestern Dulrymm“- clation opens hore to-morrow u{lunu}\_\‘l."-flm nttendunce Is expeeted to bo lnrum,w of wel” {8 the by s’ufi “L’-}!flfif“’r‘l.‘.mfilo. i p. e i ‘(‘-%ufilniu;' Proatdonts uunual sddres W. D.l oard, GAS, Bpeclal Dispateh to The Chicagd WT';t 1 LAPAYETTE, Ind., Feb. T—Thocontiue. g city with the Lafayatte Gus Combaty [ e plred; ana the Bhunlcipal Governnel Tt vorresponding with competiug ln-\!‘t weurlsd cleetrle light compunles, with u view o 258 BF cheaper light, The clty |4 now puying ‘for o8 1,000 foot for gas, aud $I7.50 ver YOI B lump-post, 4