Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 12, 1881, Page 6

s ¢ i 8 5 i A i 1 e e 8 6 B l THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, IFEBRUARY 12, 1B81—SIXTEEN PAGES, NEW YORI Grand Complimentary Din- ner Tendered Ex-Sen- ator Dorsey. Speechies by Gen. Grant, the Rev. Henry Ward Beech- ery and Others, Prospects of a " Vigorous Proseou- tion of the War" in Im-~ migrant Rates. Secretary Sherman Declines to Allow the “Brown” Sugar Dodge. Extraordinary Stoppage of Street Traffic in Down.Town ' Streets. Interesting Tilt Between a Colored Pro- fessor and a Jew Cadet in the Whittaker Triak An Interview with Capt. Eads on the Subject of His Isthmus Bhip-Railway. The Bulls Tossing the Bears All Over he Golden Pavement of Wall Street. Rice - Orop—Edison—A Book-Gatherer— Filth—The Stsamers—Items. SENATOR DORSEY. A DINNEINN JUS HOXOR AT DELMONICO'S, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. ew Yonx, Feb, 1L—The dinner which wus given in honor of ex-Senator Dor- sey, of Arknusns, at Delmonico’s to-night WS notable for the guests nssembled and the mngnificence of the repast. Thers were perhaps 200 guests, and Gen. Grant presided over the en- tertainment. Among the gentlemen who sat at the four long tables were the fol- lowing: John P, Jones, Senntor-glect ‘Thuinas €, Platt, Willtam Dowd, €, 1. Huntington, George J1. Sharpe, John Hoey, A. W, Tour- gee, Hugh Hastlngs, John Roaeh, .Clmtymy AL Depew, Gov. Lenry M. Iloyt, J. C. New, Rufus Inteh, Georgs C. Gorhnm, Senator- Leleet Miller of California, Sliney Dillon, Gen, Lloyd Asplnwall, Fmery A, Storrs, David Dows, Green 13, Raum, Col, Fred D, Grant, J. Plerrepont Morgan, D. 0. Millls, Col. ‘Thomas Ochiltree, John Cessna, Hornee Por- tor, Jay Gould, Jesse Seligman, Sluwnr‘h L. Woodford, and others, In introducing Sen- ator Dorsey, Gen. Grant sal GEN, GRANT’S 8PEECIL GeEnTLEMEN: Wehave assenbled here this avenlng to (o honor t0 4 gentlema who we think hus contributed more thun iy other one man In bringiog about the resull” toat we wll hoped for, and all now feel so grateful for, at the last Presidenttul election. It 18 not us Republicane, but jt 18 us titlzens of this grand country, thut wo regurd that result us so importuni. Wo feel that overy i having an interest In his country, whmhor‘ ho be Republican or Democrat, Wwiis cquully interested, nithough ho might not have known 1t witn oursclves in the result which wna nccomplished, Ex-genator Dorsey, thoseeretary of tho Republiean Nationul Comniitteo, led nlmost n forlorn hope when ho went to Indlane to conduct the cam- prign in tho October eloetion, |Urest ap- pluuse aod cheers,] Lo his skili, his executive ability, we are largely, if nat wholly, indobted for the result which was attained thore, For_his services thera the eitizens of New vork, the citizens herg ansscmblud, have tendered him thia dinner. Now, gentles men, 1 proposo to you the heilti, long life, and prosperty of Btephen W. Dorsey, [Applauso and chicors for Senntor Dorsoy.] SENATOI DORSEY’S RESPONSE, In the course of his yesponse Mr, Dorsey sald: 1venture tho statement that tho speoch that appealed to the intelligonce, to the patrivte ism, pnd 1o tho hearts of tho people ~ of thia country more thun uny speech made In the lato cumpiaign was that delivered at Warren, O.,. lust Soptomber by Uen. 'Grant. [Applause.] I had rea- son to lce uod fed within twenty-four hours after that speech was currlod over the country the effeet it bad wpon the public nund, und Isay that, if honor Lielotigs to anybody uore thun _nnother, it belongs to Gen. Graut. {Applavse] 2 GEN, ARTHUR In the conrse of his remurks, when called up by Gen, Grant, sald: ¢ Indluna was really, [ suppose, n Democratio Btato, It had “boen put down _on tho booke always - as n. State that might be earried by close and pecfect orgunization and o great doa] of—— Lnuuhmr.} 1 sco tho reporters are presont, therefory will ilmpl|v 8suy that everybody showed a great deal © of intercat in tho ocenslon fnd contributed tracts and politeni documents ull lhrnu%h thoBtate. Tho Hepub- Yieans of lndinde have slweys safd: * Wo have the bust onl,mnznuon this year wu over had, and if we huve the sinews of war wo will wot through all Tivht.” JLaughtor.] * Hut somehow or othor the State nlways wirned up on the other side. In additlon to that the caudidato for tho Vico-Presidency came frow that Biate: . bu do not mesn _the Ligpublican condidate. Where ho cume from 18 a point that remmins 1o - be scttled yet. ‘““2!""“"' Wo expected that the Dono- cratio cundldute for the Vice-Presidency would contribute the sinowa of war for Indlana, and to come n with suchn contrlbution in his business 03 10 sottlo tho wi fuestion, Gen, Grant theh said that ho would next ealt on aman who had not confined his work to one State during the last eampaign, but had visited many States,— ‘EMERY A, STORRS, 3r, Starrs sald: 1 nam not hero by accldent, thousand ‘mifles with the oxpress purpose of gttending this banguet, | wanied #how ny npnu-cl\ulon of Mr. Dorsoy’s sorvie o the Hepublican yurty. 1 shall spenk horo to- nlght ns'one of tho great bund uccustomed 1o recolve orders;” not (o wive them, Thero ~ §4 one | thing about the Nepublican. party that 48 - partiealard; admirable. Ity not mado by fta leaders; ft makes them. Thero are no meoting in cluseta 1o determing s polley, It aue nounces what {18 principles ure lu ads vance, snd it never dovintos ono step from the path It marks out, while ta puthways &re strewn with the skeletons of tho jeaders Whon it has thrown anide. I ehleet 1o praming 100 ticls Dhe prodign] who ha vubirned from thy Bouth, Womust not averlonk tho great sucs cesseg tho Republican purty had in the North- west, Let us speak “of CHlnols, «the wront hoe of tho curput-biggers, whore there are o wmen - frons - overy Rtate; where thuy bellove thut it Is bytter to sbackle the wrikts thun to fetter the' bruln. illnots, the bomo of Abrahuum Lineoln [applausul, that rue ltepublican, who itret led ue 10 vietory,—the home of t -soldler who “murched from Fort Lonelson to Appoinnttox {chuurs), and of that bLrave und true stutwart, Jobn 'A. Lowat, Tbore 18 tho sawe difference between the Rast the ~ West that thero 18 betwoen fruit of the mothor una the grafied tree, York und Now l’.nrhnul have heen grattod H‘z"::l:i m’:‘ufllru"x x’n‘uy Lisve lost Jts fine lavor, i Ker uad nbiv 1o sy (13 3 (Abplansed puurt waure puaple, LE 19 ENTERTAINED AT DINNEZR, 4o the Westeny Auoctated Press, w Yok, Feb. 1L—~The dinuer given this eventug to Senator, Dursey by eltlzens of New York proved u great success, Among those on e Conunlttes of Avrange ments were John Jucob Astor, J, Plerrepont Alorgun, Levl I Marton, Fhartow Wee 1 ecnmo n Jesso Belaman, lobert Lenox Ken. nedy, and Le Grad B, Cannow, Gen. Grant, who presided, introduced Senator Dorsey b n much-upplauded specel, 3 which he anlluded to the purposes of the assembly In the hooor paid to thelr dis- “wde publie. “of A Jnrge umonnt of its customs rovenue, rilne tinguished guest, and referred in high terms 1o his services in tho recent campnlgn In In. diang, displaying, as they did, rare power of orgnnization and direction, Ilo then pro- posed the health, long life, and prosperity of THEIR GUEST, The toast was drank with great enthnginsm, Senaten; Dorsey, In response, sald *AVere 1o assuma that men i all ranks of e have gathered heve to honor me, 1 should assume “an honor I «do not de- serve, L coult name some il viduals miorg worthy of fionor than wy- selt.” 1o then pold n high trioute io Dis nasncintes in the recent campnign, to the President-clect and Gen, Avthur, by nré- sumé of the former’s life nnd services and tho Intter's services on behall of the Repube lean party, Gen. Arthur sruko nt length nnon the fentures of the recent eampaign, nna services vendered by Senator Dovsey in Indl- ann. He was followed by Senator Windom, who alluded to the signlficance of the sthor- g and lils desire to necord hils testinony to Scnator Dorsey’s valnable s ces. HESDY WARD BEECHER apoke ambd great applanse, 1le charactors {zed the assembly as a hilarlons company of sober eltizens, mudk stated that ho was thero fn the eapneity of a wan and not a8 o minister.” He spoke at length of the Importance of the Indinnn electinn nid Senator Dorses’s valuable efforls in that eonnection, consldering his achiove- menty little less than subtinie, — 1Mo anid In- dinnn was essentinlly a Methodlst State In its frequent eseapes from falling from grace, o snid ) THERE WEIE NOT ENOUOGH POLITICS inihls country among tho more wealthy ¢ s, hut he refoleed at the evidence of wng interest In the song of rich men In the serviee of thelr country, 1evon- eluded with an eloquent pleture of the future greatness of the cottntry, Adilresses were nlso mede by Whitelaw Reld, Bmery A, Storrs, Ucorge rhane, Chauncey M, Depew, nnd others, Letters were rend from distinguished eitizens of all sectious of the country. IMMIGRANT RATES, THE FIGUT CONTINUES, Sptetal Disvateh to The Chicago Tribunes New Yonx, Feb, 1L.—The fight between the Pennsylvanta Ratliond and the New York Central and Erlo Raflroads over the fmmi- grant passenger business In Castle Garden stitl continues, Mr. John ‘LN Abbott, Gen- ernl Passenger Agent of the Erie Ruil- way, fo-day denfed the charge of tho Penusylvanin Rond that his Company was sponsible for the existing condition of nf- falrs. *‘The truo inwardness of the hmmi- grant dght,” he sald, * has not been given to the public. Since 1874,” continued Mr, Abbott, * the Tennsylvanin Rord has exacted trom ocean steamers higher rates through the Port of New York and made reduced rates vin Philadelphin, espeelally in the im- migrant business, and this policy has natur- ally estranged from tho Pennsylvanta Road ocean steamers dellvering business at this port: when our road, by enlarging and per- fecting Its methods of PROTECTING AND TRANSPORTING GRANTS, seems to have gnined the codperation of tholir lines. This {s what hes created the present warin rates, Finding that the stenmers of this port will not recognize, on ne- count of 1is poliey, the Pennsylvanin Roads, 1t secks to compel the New York ronds to concedo to It the one-third of the business of this port which tho stenmers have taken from it. First the rond Increased its cowm- wmlisslon-rate on lmmigrant tickots, 'This was met by the New York roads. Then it rep- resented to the Commissioners of Emigra- tlon that it was A OREAT RVIL to pny commissions to stenmship companies and thelr agents for services In bookling pas- sengers through the port of New York as against Philndelphin, It asked that the cus. MM tom Dbe nbolished by the KErle and Noew York Central and itself, and the old one-thlrd division of Castle Gurden business bo reswned, But the Penn- sylvanin. Road insisted thas payments of commisslonson Philadelphin businessshoulil not ba Interfered with, It alse urged to the Commissloners that the booling of passen- ers In Europe through to destimition in Amerien by stenmurs runuing to the port of New York was il wrong, but IIAD NOTIING TO SAY against sueh hooking through Philadelphin, Boston, Baltimore, or Maontreal, ‘The faet I3 that this through booking has come to be n conmercknd necessity, and a great accommo- dation and safeguard to the immmigrant. The redueed rate of lnmigrant fare made by tho Pennsylvanin Road followed this representation to the Commissioners to strengthon Its point by showing that the Immlgrant booked through udght have got his tleket chenper by precurlng it In Custle Garden, ‘The Commissioners in- dorsed the Pennsyléanin Rond, and on the 50th of October last_inclosed a form of agreement to President Jewett, of this rond, to which he replied. Iis letter is on file with the Commissloners, but hins never been » 1t presents the posltion of thy New York rond In such light that 1t would seem to me that ITS JUSTICE MUST IE CLEAT to every one, Mr, Jowott in that letter says: *1wiilbe very glad to codpernta with the Counnission in the lnnuguration of any re- torm which 13 deemed necessary to the nroper {ransaction of the business ‘at Castle sarden uud to the protection of the inter- esls of the lmmbzrants: but to place tho Interests of the fmmigrants lmsshm through the port of New York ns well ns the Interests of our own ronds at 8o great a dis- advantage with the fnmigrants — passing through and the roads terminating at other polnts, Is such o eoncession ay I am not pre- pured-to make,”? —— BUGAR. LETTER FROM SECRETARY BITERMAN, N Youx, Feb, 1L—~The Clunber of Commeree to-lny recelved the following let- ter fromt the Seerotary of the Zl'rensury In reply to the report of the Committeo ap- puinted by the Chamber to Investigate al- leged Hlegal collection dutles on sugar: REABURY DEPARTMENT, WARHINGTON, D, C., Fob, 10~ Gearye Wiliin, Esq,, Necretary of the Cluiber of Cominereo State of New York, New York—81: T havo consldered your noto of Fet, 0, In which you {ncloso n copy of the re- purt sdopted by tho Chamber of l':‘ommenm on tho ild fnst. an the subject of the colleotfon of Qutles on sugar, .nd In which you stute that at the sule meeting It wia resof that tho Socretary of tho reasury bo respects fully requosted to reschnd” his order of opt, 2, 1B, and to refund tho cxecss dutles collected under it nbovo the lawful us preseribed by oxisting statutes, I Liavo tho BGUOE to fnforin the Chamber of Com- tneree thut, prior to thv onder referred to, this Department had becomo fuuav sutlaiod *that lurigo quuntities of sugar bad beon finported which bind been urtilalilly colorod for the sole purpose of lntroduclug them fnto this country a4 0f color und grude bolaw that which fulrly belunged 1o them, thus DEFRAUDING TIE GOVERNMENT ng honest Buaporters, sud depriving tho sugur- plunters of tho country of tho vrotcotion which ‘ongt Intended to atford thom, ‘I'wo enses bk been tried fn the Courts—one {n Han Fritne cisco and one In Balthnoro,~(n which such Traudulent artittelnl colorution was vstablisheit by the Court and jury, 1 both ensos tho Courts Fuled, 08w nutter of law, that it s the elght and duty of tho ofleers of tho customs (o look through fraudulent actifieind color, and toussods tha umal upon sugar necording to its teno color, stripped ot all disgaleoy, Thls dootrine st conunend il to the common sunso of overy hotisat inan. 'To hold thut an importer may fiie POrL BuRUE $ho trus 0f which 18 uhove No, 29 Juteh gtandard, imnnifestly colorod s ws to res \h‘lt'u ituppurcntly beluw Ne, 5, would bu to hold o v A PRESUUM FOR r;mmxmr\' AND #RAUD, ‘Thoe Hepartment, Wbrefore, under the orler o Bopt. 2, 1870, Bk undertakon to ook through hitent colorlng und nssess the duty npon ar it teig culue, [ oxaonting this order B stinted 1 your report thut u thousand suits urinon, nugreguting acarly 1000000, The sr Wi prompted by the DIghest senso., of ofticlul duty, and with no bor object thun 1o - proveat foakds upon the rove cnuo and 1o proteet ‘honest importers and sugar-producers, Nothing hus ocourted to Shiuko 1he contidence of this Dopartiont us to thu corretness of the coursy pursued. Tho Government will be prepared for triul of 1ho lm"“u Crbza 113 Tho COUTts us BOON 14 LU0y van ho renchod. It will b suen, therefore, that the request to abandun 1ho wuits and refund the dus tick fn controvursy CANNOT DI COMPLIED WITIEL It may portups Lo propor to suggest, iy conelus alon, thut ond at least of the gentlomen upon the speciul committeo who mado the roport to FOur CInInbor fu i pirty (0 oo o imory of tho Bully refurrod to, und bk, theretoro, i pecuniury Intereat fu this question, My sincers vespect Tor the Chamber of Comuoree of Now York and {ta impaortust functions wud Intluence 1o cou- tuerciul iutters lewds o to write more fully fu uuywor to your resolutiun than perbups your - formnl communieation would demand, desire of this Dopartmeut, not only to enfurco tho lnwa [n the eolleetlon of the reveniies, butto rectiro the kindly alid nnd good-will of the mer- chantswith whom the custoing husiness {8 chiof- 1y conducted, It Is tho Yery respectfully, JOUN SHERMAN, Seeretary, WIIITTAKER, , GOV, CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECIL Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. New Yong, Feb, l—In tho Whittaker conrt-martial to-day, argument closed and dectsfon was rescrved on the motion of the Judge-Advocateto admit all that portion of the record beforathe Court of Inquiry re- ferring directly to the proceedings of the oth of April, ' 0 notion, e sakd it was his intention to try thiscase fully In the Interest of his ellent. awould deal fairly with the Court, hut would make war for his client, hail been examined at West Point In an at- mosphere of tho most chilling and prejudielnl character, In him pathy. present, and ho had no counsel of his own choosing. Proceedings were of the harshest order, overbearing, and dietatorial, Ile dkl not propose this testimony should be ndmitted before this Court 1f e coutd help it, and he should give the Judge-Advoente all the trouble he conld, tional investigation at West Polnt should not x-tiov, Chamberlain opposed this Whittaker amd there was not the audience that looked with either favor .or His faithral friemds were m eye upon ayhie not 'Thie record of this Inquisi- be presented here until Whittaker had given histestimony, Whittaker Is whllng to abide by anything he has said on the former trial, SURORON ALEXANDER, who examined Whittaker on the morning the injurles were received, repeated his former testinony. and did not think the condition of Whittaker indicated In any way thatho pud passed through auny such outrnge as de- seribed. THE HEDREW WITNESS, ‘The proceedimgs befora the court-martial Wednesday were robbed of thele monntongus eharne y the Imerprsltlon of an ablection by 0 memver of the cort to n question being put to Cadet Osthefm by another member of the detail, "The objection was made by Capt. J. N. Cralg,—himself not a \West-Polnter,— and was constrited ag & desire to proteet the young witness ns far as possible, ‘The Inel- dent startled the Cowrt no less than it inter- ested the speetators, It was followed by an. other, when tho race distinetion prevailing at West Point was brought up, and some hot words would probably have passed between Prot, Greener and tho eadet had not Judge- Advoente Garduer bronght the examination to an immedinte close. Following are the proceedings: Cadet Louls Ostheim’a examination belng con= tinued, n reply to Judge-Advecate Gardner hy testiied that the gas wis turned half way down in Whittaker's argand burner, and that the window curteins were down., Nenr the looking- lnss~which the witness waus positive was fuce down—were n few pleces of gluss, Hlr was on the table nt his st visit to tho rvom, which wus misamg when he entered a second time. On his cross-exnmination by ex-Gov, Chnmnberlain Ostheftn testitiod that neithor ho nor Hodgson examined Whittaker's condition durlog Cudot Burnett's absenco in search of tho officer in charge. Whnt hlg Impressions wero as to Whit- taker nt that thne he could not giy; ho ynve no |mrlh;lllflr thaught to tho matter at the moment, . and | DIV NOT OCCUR TO HMIM TO RELIEVE THE HOUND CADET, - Inregard to his velations with Whittaker, tho witness sali that nny such were purcly ollicinl. He nover courted hls compnny, and Whittuker nover sought his. Belng more closoly questioned an this polnt, ho dmitted that In w mensure ho dld nvolil Whittaker's compuuy. Il supposed that tho question of ¢olor hud something to Jo with this, nithough the faet remained that Whit- taker wasun upper clnss man, Osthohn was In the Third and Whittaker in tho Second Class. Thu Identity of the puir of selssors found on Whittuker's tablo wus l1xed by tho witness, Ho ndmitted that he testified before tho Court of lllqmrfl that ho did not think thoy wore tho sutne, but upon furthor reflection he wus sutis- fled thut tho pair produced by the Judie- Advocate wera {dontical with thosa which ho himself discovered on tho table, Asked as to the etiquet prevallag ot West Point, Osthioln uxp?ulnm! that Fourth-Clnss men were permitted to havoe little to do with Cadets of tho upper classes. Tho cidets stood on soine cere- mony Inthle matter, and nuy overtures of i socint nuture must enme from t higher and pot from & tower elnss man, As for blmself, he certalnly would not huve encouriged nny ndvance from \\I’mt(nkcr. nithough tho latter wgs in o bigher class, Col. Morrow—\What was Cadet Whitvakor's so- clul atand ve? A.—I know nothlng except thut tho cade. Jinpthing to do with him. Cul. Maprow—1T0 what ia this to be attributea?’ A.=Ldon't know what others think nbout it; 1 know Iwas not {ntluenced by the opiniuns or nctions of othors, Col. rraw—[ave you never henrd the mat- tor disensecd by the endeta? A.—Yos, sirg after the event I hedrd thom DISCUASING THEIR RIGUT to nssociate with whomsoever in the Academy they chosc, » Col, Morrow—DId Whittaker participata Inany (llfklhu l\n;usumumu of tho eadets? A.~Not that now el - Col. Marrow—lsn't it a rare thing fora endet to be ostruolsed ns he wus? A~ don't know. Bome white cadets have been nvolded by thele nsgoclutes. No, sir; I buvo nover known uny othar fnstanco whern o endet was ostracisod, never knew any cudet to have any relations with him, except stich 08 were of un olficial nut- ure. Col. Morrow—Did you bear, after tho ovent, any expression of sympathy for Whittuker or gratification? A.—Not nt all. Col, Morrow repeatad with some emphasis his queation a8 to the cansos to which Whittakor's ostraclan were uitributable, Cadot Ostholin lled thut he bamdly know what thoy wor WVoittnker was woll-behuvod, hla genceal con- duet \\'nsfimud. and, so far us the witness kuew, ho had always conducted himselt nd a guntle- man, A tho Colanel ropeated nis quustion, and this thme it drow from tho witiess tho re- luctant admission thut perbiups the fuet that Whilttuker belonged to the Afrlean ruco bid something to do with that ostruclsm, Col. Morrow (wnrml)’(—-llun’t you know that that 18 the renron? A (promptly)=—No, slr, 1 don't Know it, 1t may be tho renson that some of the cadets might oifer. Lam not o fulty no- q‘uulnm(l with the thoughts of tho corps upon tho subjeet Lo warrint we In making i stute- ment that would reflect the opluion of the corps, Col, Morrow—Tad yon rm\u Into the 1oom of & whito eadet, and foudnd him tied by the feet to the bedstend, tha plilow smenred with bload, o club in tho room having marks of blood upoen it, tho walts smoured with biood, and all the evi- dence nround of groat violonco having boen used, would you not pave gone to hle reller? 1 ompcrl? Cratig, tho Inst ofiicor in ' vight, “*On what ground?” auked Gon, Miles, *On tho wround of Jts fre rotevance and jmmaterinlity,” wis Capt, Cralg's reply, fu n clear, flrm volee, Cal. Mor- row juterposed: % fut the samo question bis boun put 1o other witnesses and no objuction exetalmed Capt, the line to Omi was gnade” A vore was_tukon by welt- ten 4 Gen. Miles punounced that was _not sustalied by n mujority of the Court, The lung question propounded by Col, Morrow wis repanted, and Cudot Osthelm replied: * Ldon't think 1 shouid have netod by nn[vaummm iy thun | did, vven If Whittaker had buen u white endet,” ‘The nate tire of tho nmusoments ndilged fn by West Polut Cadots wits then_requested to be given, Tho witness oxplnined that these mnusomenty o sporta comprissid foot-ball, haxe-ball, skut- i, cousting, da und Uxerolses T tho fivmuuumm. e wddod i I none of thess il he over seen Whittuke l|mrllul]lfll|lll¢r An to tho_reuson for this ho bud uever glven nny tuought. hluj‘. Morrill (who s himself 1 Weat Polnter)— 15 it not u fuct that cudets of difforent clsses at tho Milltury Aendemy seldom: huve mssocintions outsidn of Their pwn'elusson? A, —Yes, 8it, . Judge-Advocate Gar o e toatied that tho cudets expressed no wylnf thy for Mr, Whittnker and no gratileation, Toy givo l:fspw-slun tu uny feelings whatover? Aw—=Yos, sir, THEY WERE INDIGNANT over the affalr when'it fisst ecurred, and T havo hourd thou suy thoy would bo ouly’ too glad 1o discover the gullty purty, | also have heard thot sy thut they wonlil havoe hureled to Mr, Whittnker's reliet §¢ ho ind only mude someouts ur{ when he was ussanlted, Jol, Morrow==Is thoro ot n system of endeta visitng one unother for soclul purposes, und Wi Cudet Whlttaker ouo of thoso thus visited by his ussoclntes? A~—Yos, siv, there 18 such o vustom provalling, 1 nover mysell mudo u so- clab visit W Cadet Whittiker, Maj. Merrili—I4 {t not o fact that such visiting 8 utmost ontirely continod to menibers of the BUIIO CTURSTY A= 1N, v, Prof, (ireo nssutiute connsol for tho ac- enwed—It th wa uny diforence betweon thy trentment given Cadet Whittuker and tho other cadets, was It not Wh"ll{ onneeount of hly valos? A~ wud not wholly prejudicod nguisnst bt on thut ucenunt, GETTING AT A TENDER HPOT, Trof. Groenvr—Whit wis the form of onth which you took on bolug sworn s o \vltx:unl' A= aftirmed, Prof. Grooner=Why dld you not tuko the usuul form of onth,~on the Bibler A.—I pros feerad o uiicin, sir, Prof, Grensor—Huave you any religlois seru. l’l“ nueainst tuking the” wsuud formy A.~None, Ble, ugwingt the torm us Kiven Prof. Groener—1uvo you ruge seruples auuinet 117 A.—It fs the custom of wmy poople, sir, 10 uthvm, FProf, Ureouer—What I8 your ruce? A~lum wJdow, mir. Frof, (recuor—~Don't you know, slf, that Tor many 0gcd thore buy exfated us much projudice againat your race ns against the African race? A.—T1 do, air. know ull that, [dan't see what connection my raco hus with theso proceedings, Tdon't enro Lo nnawer Any moro questions on that point. Tho witticss atralghtened himself up in hls chulr and looked delinutly nt the eolored Pro- fessor. The iembers of the eourt exchnngest pinnees or bigfed themselves for the monient with the papers tn frout of them, A murmur of npproval wi heard minoug tho whita speetntors crawded togethor at (ho end of the room, while ex-tGov, Chinmberitin toyed with npenell, and hisnyes thoughtfully wandered over tha floor Cadet Whittnker sat bolt upright and lnoked stendily nt tho witness, Judge-Advocate Gnrde ner stowly arose and ARuggested in the mildest tones that ho must oppose nn objection to fur- thor queattons ju this direction, No mnro were asked, and Cadet Ostholm, on belng Informed tunt his cxamination wns at an end, quickly withdrow, THE OUTRAGE, % Tho next witness wus Second-Tleut, Willtam 1L, Coniin, of tho PIfth Artiliery, who [8 nesintunt Instritetor of taeties nt West Polut, o was ore dered by tho eommandaut to make a thorough Rearch of Cadet Whittaker's room for clews that might lead tp the perpetrators of the allegod outrnge, Lieut, Collin further testliled that he I not tell whothor there waa aoy elosc ro. between the handwriting in tho noto g and that of Whittnker, Among the 3 he exinined was ane evidently writton by Whittaker to hita mother, 1o had 6o distinet recalieetion af Auding n love-letter. Whittuker's faeo wore o broad amile at tho mentlon of tho word. Thraughout his fuspection of thesn pipera Licut. Coflin was nssiated by Whittaker, who mnnifestod o willingnoss to foellitate tho Inspection Ly cvery menns In o his power, As to Whittnker's” scholurship and stand- Ingg I tho schoot of tocties, tho witness sald itwna velthor bad nor purticularly good. In reply to Col. Morrow, who evidently’ hns romo very good veason for presslug the question on il tho witnesses, Liett, Coflin gave tho story of the events uf the night of Aprils s told to him by Whittaker. Whittaker sald ho wasaronsed somowhere In tho middle of the nlght by tho noise of threo men entering his room. Ono of tham sakd to m, “IF you mike any nolse you aron dead man.' Another struck hitm in ‘the fuco with hisflst, Ho was then fAauled out of us bud, both eara and bl tos were eut, one of tho three exelnhning preparatory to this,™ Let's mark hitn s they do hogs dawn Sonth.” A pll- low, nt his request, wos. I under_his head, nfrer belng tied to the bed-rall, wnd one of the vigitors exeluimed that he'd put n bnndkerchie! under his curs so that he wonldn't bleed to death!” Whittaker nlso said thoy broko the luoking=glass over bis head. TDISON. TAXES O $1,50,0001 Speeial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, NEW Your, Feb, 11,—The Tax Commis- sioners nssessed the eapitnl stock of the Ed- ison Eleetrle Light Company at 81,520,000, estimating the value of each share atabout 8500, and taxed the Company upon that wmount for the year 1880, Tho Company pro- tested ngninst thls assessment, and showed that [ts capital stock consisted of 3,000 shares, each of the par value of $100, of which 500 shares had been sold for §50,000, and 2,500 Issued in the purchase of patent rights, ete, ‘The Sceretary of the Company mude an afil- davlt reciting these fuets, und stating thut the Company hns made nothe ing in - bisiness, the pntented arti- cles owned, or Lo bu owned, hf it being yet unperfected, nd that 1t §s in debt in tha sum o 000, fn\v(ng oxpended nltogether £163,000 {n the proseeition of experlments. In this afiidavit it was also stated that the Com- imny‘u stock was not upon the market regu- urly, and has no guotable market value, al- though, throwgh the influence of nowspaver artleles, o fetitlous value has been glven to ity nnd a few shiares have been purehased by ssmcuhlllvu persons nt prices far above par., Uipon these representations the 'Tax Commis- sloners reduced the nssessments fron $1,520,- 000 to §300,000. 'The KEdison Eleetric Light Compnny werastill dissatistied, and procured n writ of certlorarl for a reviow of the actjon Comuissioners by the Supremeo Court. ‘Ihe return of the Commissioners to this writ was fited in the. County Clerk’s of- fice yesterdny, It wmerely recltes the faets glven hureln, BUSLNESS, The Edison Electrle: Light Company has 1 the butlding 65 Fitth nvenue, near Fourteenth street, and witl fit it up for the nead oflice of the Company, As 5001 08 per- wmlsston ean be obtalned from the Board of Aldermento Iay wires and ereet columns for Inmps thay work will bu hegun, The inven- tlon hus been formally turned over to the Company, wd the first work of introduetion 13 now under way In Newark, N. J. I'ILTIL TRAVES, ODSTIHUCTED, NEw Yonx, Fob. 2l.—At noon to-dny the temperaturg i tho sun was higher than ut any previous day this winter, The effect of the sunshine on_ the accumulation of ashes, Rarbage, und filth in the streets is readily perceptiblo to any one who will venture into the Fourth and Sixth Wards, 'Thesir in this part of the elty was heavy with minsmatie odors. In many streets the accumulation of 1th and garbago ave simply Indescribable, Allabout the ronds was strown garbage, de- caying yegetables, and the vilest refuse. In many business strects down-town the oceu- pauts of stores have engaged men to brenk up the lee and snow and plle it in heaps. Along Chatham strect the horse- carcompany havo ten breaking up mounds of fce and snow, wnd earting it to the scows of the Street-Clenning Department, "Thers wits i Jam of trueks and earts on tho west slido streets below Cnnal street, and many truek- wmen wero eompolled to walt 1 the ine four or five hours before they could ship goody, T‘nrfl {:n uil tho surface roads are greatly de- uyed CAPT. BADS, TIE TALKS TO A REPORTER. NEW Yong, Feb tL—A reporter found Capt. Ends Inst evening n few minutes before lio took the traln for 'hlladelphin. Capt. Ends expressed his confldence that favorable actfon would uithnately be taken by Con- wress upon his scheme of an Interoce- anie ship rallrond, "Lho HHouss Committee, he sald, has already reported favorubly upou It, but the matter would never be brought uplntho Iouse agaln unless action were first taken by the Scnate, ** WL Congress reach any aetloi upon it this session " “ 1 thinlk the chinnees are Just nhout even,” ** Il Mexlean Government authorlzes you to pledge TILE PROCEEDS OF THE RATLIOAD to foreign countries. Wilt much of the cavital bo raised abroad 27 ¢ ) *None It the netion of Congress I8 pro- pltious, The United States s the only Gov- erimnent to which Ineome whl be pledied, and it will bo vory easy to rafse the necessary eapltal on this side of the water,” *Will the nmaunt to which the capltal was orlginally lnited be sutliciont ¥ Mudonbtedly,” . X ““Ilow will your project affect thatof Do Lo D! i Paomina Tldewater Canal will never ho cumpleted, D Lesseps, lowover, unless tho' Unlted States should “absolutely In- tevdler i, will push work “upon” his eansl a8 long ns o cont of noney s to be had, 1 do uot menn to say “that the cinl could not be constroeted neross the Isthnus of Pannusi, but that it wonld noye pay for the amount of eapltal invested, My ruflromd could bo eompleted logz bofore his eanal, oven 1t the Panmn route were the ouly one, ‘Iho canal wouhl nuver pay,” “Whie is the outleok for the Niewragun rouqi’.' “hat routa will never be pushed, THE OBIECT 0F THOSE WIIO PHOPORE 1T I8 to prevent uny means whatever of convey- Ing ships uneross the Isthmus from being effeeted, ‘They sk for o charter from Cons 53, amd they seel 1o Governmenta! assiste anee. Thls makes persons who have not Investiguted the subject think the route through Luke Nicarngun tho least expensive and wmost practienble, The faet Is, lows ever, that i they wishel to earry out thele plan, the eompny would wewd sl from Congress, "Theinference 13 pluln that ho proposal s merely to withdraw supuort front the other enterprises, Phielps and o fuw others wro [n esrnest, but they nione will never earry It through, Not uocent of eap- ital will over be Invested tn Niearagug. Aluny of those who support the |>m(|x-nl. nre Interestedin the Mexico Southern Hallway, which would ba injured by the suceess of the cunul or tho ship fullroad ————— WALL STRERT, THE " DULLS” IN THE ASCENDANCY, Speclul Dispateh (o The Chicago Tribune, NEw Yous, Feb, 11.—The share specula- tlon wus ngain to-duy eharaeterized by o strong tone, and the upward wovement in prices was continued without any serlous fnterruption, ‘The principal buoynney was In the gividend-paylnug stocks, but wany ot the spuculutive proverties also exhibited cons slderable strength, The wmurket opened at an advance of @12 per cont on the closing quotations of yesterday, and ndvaneed stend- 1y until nfter the Secont Hoard, when sales to venllze profits caused o partlal renction, The downward tendeney was, however, speedlly eheeked, nd the declinn was al- most fully recovered fn the finnl sales, The Jmprovement In prices on the dry's transactions ranged from 14 to 3¢ per per cent, the Iatter In Chiengo, St. Lonls & Now Orleans and Illinols Central,—Unlon Panelfie, Now Jersey Contral, the Chesapeake and Ohlo slinres, the Grangers, Amerienn Distriet Telegraph, and Now York Central boing also conspicuous fn the ndvance. Anong the MIRCELLANEOUS STOCKS Boston Alr-Line prefetred roso 4 per cont, but closed nt n reaction of 2 per cent. The general inarket waa strong at the close. The “bull” was master, and the “bear,” who Ias lately been n prominent figure, discrently retired, Manipulntion In the speculative atocks was asstened as one of the reasons for the rise. Juy Gould, Snge, and othory, Lelng “long* of n milllon of shares and holdlg tho key to tho yposition, offered o crompro- mise to certain ** bears,” which was necented, T'his, though a streot solutlon of the problem, offered the easiest oxplanation of THE 100N, The wmoney market worked smoonthly throughout the day, with the greal bulk of the business in eall loans on pledge of atock collnteral at 6 per cont, butno large amonnts were placed at these figures, At the close 5 per cent was the curreut quotation, fhe Governmont bond dealers supplied their requirements at @4 per cent. "Iimo lonns were quoted at %@ per cont, ne- cording to the length of thne and the col- Interal, RAILROAD MORTAAGES wereretive, and wero generally firm and higher, Boston, Ilartford & Erle fivsts de- clined from 60 to 574, and retarned to 593 Tudiang, Bloomluglon & Western rose from W 1080, receded to W, and recovered to 255 Kangns & Toxns firsts advanced from 10837 to 100}, do-. seconds rose from £23% to_ 8, and rencted to 82%{: Le nigh & Wilkesburre consols. assented, sold ||l) from 11074 to 1103, and reachedto 110143 Chesapeako & Ohlo @3 (class B) rose from 824 10 ®343 o currency 0s from 5l to h2lg: 1louston & Texas (maln 1ine) firsts from lfl to 1til¢; Iron Mountain second preferred fncomea from 85%¢ to 86; Indianapolls, De- eatur pingficld seconil incomes from i to 6ilg: Lufayette, Bloomlngton & Muncio firsts” Trom 10894 to 10:¢; New Jeraey Con- traleonsols nssented from L34 to 1165 Rome® Watertown & Ogdensburgconsolldated firsts fram 014 to (ML St Paul consoly from 12)!2to 12434 (o firsts (Southern Min- nesota Divislon) from 107 to 10753 ‘Texns Paeltic tand-geant Ineomes from 6:1)4( 81 o firsts (Rio Grande Divislon) from 837 to 1003 Cleveland, Columbus, Clnclnnati & [n- dlanapolls consot: olf from 12134 to 1914 ‘oxis firsts from 110 to Hwlson 75 of 1831 from Iron Mountaln seconds from 11210 111347 Mobile & Ohto first debentures from 8810 &i1¢; Nnshville ‘& Chattunonga firsts from 117 to 110445 and Ohlo Central in- comes from 69 to G3!4. PACIFIC MAIL. ITS CONTRACT WITIL TIE PACIFIC OADS, Special Dispatels to The Chicago Tribunes Nrew Your, Fob. 11,—1It was stated to-day that the frelght contract between the Iacifie Mail Steamship Company aud the overland radlronds was to be continued, nnd that when the Southern Pacitic Rallrond was cotn- pleted they would have equal Interest with the Unlon Paclfic und the Central Pacific In through traflic, 1t wasasserted thatan ngreo ment hnd been reached Thursday before the departure of I W, Park and soveral others for *u thirty days’ rest in Flovida,” Stdney Dllton, President of the Union acifie, stated that nothing definit s to the continwanee of tho contrnct hak veen renched. There lind been several con- suitatlons between the representatives of the different compantes, mud o propositlon that the Union Pacifie should purchise the San Franeiseco and China steniners, the City of Peklig and City of Toklo, was stiil under consideration, A RECLUSE'S END. DEATIL OF LEGRAND FAIRMAN, A WEALTUY BUT ECCENTIIC IECLUSE IN NEW YORK. New Yonk, Feb, 10.—~There dled yester- day, atone and unattended, In the room which he had oceupled for years, an aged man whose ilfe was remarkable for is fsoln- tion and forthe cceentrieitles that marked its decline, Logrand Falrman, with the welght of 80 years upon him, explred from this old ago i un apartment ut No, 45 East Ninth street, Noone In the houseof which he has long “been an lninate knew that ho was appronch- fug Wis ond, aud by no compluing had he made kuown to any one that he felt his growing decrepiide, A servant, curlous on necount of the sl- lenco of the place, at his wonted hour, opened the door and diseovered old Falrman sitting bolt uprlght In.his chaty, rgid and dend. The Coroner's ofiice was notitied, ns decensed had hnd no medleal attendance, i when the proper ofticlal went to the place for the purpose of tho usunl formal In- qulry, n postiunons oxhibition of his oddi- ties was witnessed in the relles of lns eureor thut wers discovered. - TIE ROOM $ wos o veritable okl curiosity-shop, and its oddness wis uurluflm as fresh to tho Inmates of the honse as to the strangers who entored it, for 1t was the ofd muw’s habit to deny uvery one aceess to It Frionds he would never recelve In i, and even the servants wers forbldden to enter It for tlie purbose ot cleaning orarrangingit. UHumble in furniture and gppointments, it was alniost erammed with books and pupers. Piles of old works, chlefly on literary or rhetorlenl subjoects, werg seattered ubout, nnd eovering the desky and drawers, a8 well a8 piled in the corners, wus an cudless varlety of docuent Tere, fastened togother, wera budggls of cor- rispondence, letters hoth business and per- sonal, and there were bundles of devds, cor- tlllemum\\mllrmlsmmu(uruiu y. Inan el euant eserltolrs wero found papers which I represented pleees of Innd nbout New York, und favins in Westehester County and n the South ahd West, Somo of the deeds date buek to 1811, and the amount of proper- ty in then seents Lo aggregite S100,000, Of old Mr, Falruin's history but littlo was known by his nelghbors, 1o has lived slonie, and decilned conununication with every vie, Evldently it had been frequently sowiit, for numerons private lotters wora found to he appenls from relatives and frlends for nysist- anee, and many proflers of hospltality were evidently dictated by other thun purely e selish motives, Wihen the reeltss was not When poringover his strang treasures n the pri- viey of W3 apartbient, ho was geuorally found in the Mereantilo or AstonsLibrarcy, where he fogml grateful compinionship fn Looks. 1o 3 sukd to have been descended fromewn old New York tamily of wenlth, : THE RICK CROT, A LARGELY DIMINISHED CROP, New Youx, Peb, 1L—=Brglstreet’s says: T'he probuble total rice erop of, Loulslana Lwill not exceed 200,000 bavrels, and what with a lurge poreontago of product which is of low grade in guallty, and diminished yleld resulthng from unfavorable westher during the harvesting, the estimnted loss below the highest expeetutions cannot be “less than 000,000, 1t I8 Pmunhlu that, owing tothe dis abpointiient of two unproiitnbly seasons in snceesslon, the neresiy (devoted to riee will tols year b conglderably diminished, Thero 3 undoubtedty A STEADILY INCREARING CONBUMPTIVE DEMAND for all domestle rice, wid at the rullug low prices—Lontslann KeT cents, wil Carollinn Bi{teTif cents—thers Is uvery flication of o silli greater denpnd for this importont pro- duetfun of ouy soll, Georgln will have about 48,000 tereed, and Caroliun 69,000 tlerces, A barrel contuing abbut 250 uls, wud tivree 600 pounds, Lradstreat’s ulso suys: * Wo seo no reason to madity the estimite of the erop made In our fssue of Jan, 135, bused upon our reports to Jan, 1, "Thit estl- te was for the tatal erop,—inelinding 50,000 bules of the' Lust erop murketed in this crop year,—5,637,000 hules, . LIQUOR-SELLING, BIABM OF VIRTUE. New Youx, Feb, 11,—Police-Inspectar Thore, commauding the Bucond Dlstrict, wns In conference to<iny with the Xxciso Commlssioners, that, there may bo an organ- ized effort for the suppression of low drink- lug-snloons, Dealers whoss placos have n bad reputation will come before the Exclse Comtiissloners bofore May 1 with appliea- tlons fora renownl of thelr lleenses, These wers ndividually mnde tho subjeet of confer- enee, ‘and wore cheeked on the excise hooks naccording to a mutunlly-unier stood plau. As thelr applieations aro received, the owners of thess places will basummoned befora the Board, and, It unable to disprove the charges, licenses will bo refused, ‘The polles will thon shut uv their shops, "I'he Exelse Conunlssioners hnve nlrendy refeeted sixty applieations for i eenaes, and avow thair fixed Intentlon to al- low no man not of known respoctabllity to sell llguor In the city, Nineteen evil resorts in the Firat Inspecifon Distrlet have been volnted out to Inspsctor Murray ns selling without license. 'Fhoy have not all been eloged yot, and Commlssioner Friedsnm sakl to-day that, unless the Captain concerned nagle haste, their eases would by lald before the P'olice Commissioners, ITE) RADID TELEOIRAPH, Bpeeial Diapateh to The Chiteago Tribune, Nrw Youx, Feb, 1L,—The DPresidents of the P’roduce, Cotton, Petroleum, and Mari- tlme Exclianges will In the course of n few days meet President Reed, of the Rapid Tele- graph Company, to concert mensures as to Turthering of the Intter enterprise, OLEOMANGARINE. A suitwnsbegun yesterdny in the Supreme Courl by the Conmercinl Manufacturing Company, consolldated, agoinst I'rancls I1. Leggett & Co., grocers, foran infringemen of the Mego patent for manufacturing oleo- margaring butter, In which $50,000 dainages is clatmed. MR, ROBERT BONNER will sell from fiftegn to twenty horses from Tiis trotting stud In the annual sale to bo held by Peter C, Kellogg & Co. In March, which will take place at the Amerfean Institute. Perhaps the Inrgest attendance known at an auctlon of any kind in Amerlen was drawn togethor by tho sale of n former consignment of Mr, Bomier's stock s year ago Inst No- vember, when about ninety animals were disposed of, TATMAGH. - The report that the Kev, T.-De Witt Tal- mage nag peen appointed - Chaplin to the ‘T'wenty-third Regiment,—tho erack corps of tne Srcond Division,—published in some of tho mornlug papers yesterday, 13 entirely hout foumdation. “Mr. Talmago was never offered tho appointment. The Chap- Ininey of tho'Twenty-third has heen necepted hy the Rev. Dr. Charles 1. 11all, Rector of tlie Chiurcehy of tho Iloly Trinity. A LARGE KPITZ DOG floated nshore on o eako of lcaat Clifton yesterday, 1le was nearly starved to deuth, and had” evidently been . long time on the fee. It 1s supposed he fell overboard from 806 Vossel, EDGAR POE, Tu the Western Associated Press, Niw Yok, Feb, 11.—The performances in Rooth's Theatre to-day for the benelit of the Toe Statue Fund netted over 85,000, TILE *EXPRESS ™ snys ot ha n solil toJay Gould, that * one of the stockholders of tho paper, now In Europe, s disposed of his interest for private reas sons. But Gould s not tho purchaser, and the shares in question do not affect In the Jenst tho ownership and controf of the paper, Andt It is safe to say that Gould has no more chanes of absorblng the Express than of buylng the obelisk,” 1E WANTS HIS FEE. * R IT, Huntley has begun sult to recover 100,000 ns lawyer’s fees from the exeeutors of Francho J. Smi| M., Huntley was coun- selIn & ease In which Smith, recovered 3800~ 000 cush amd Judgment for nearly $1,000,000 additlonal, from Ezra Cornell. 5 THE LOWELL BANKWUIMTCY DILL. The Chumber o Commerce hns Just ap- proved the Lowell Bankruptey bill by a lurge nsjorlty, o THE EUROPEAN' BTEAMERS, The fleet of steamers salling for Europe to- morrow have full = eargoes, embracing cereals, provisions, live cattle, and man other kinds of merchandise, 'The Rhein will earty the Gennan and ContinentniZas well ns part” of the English mulls. One hundred thousand dollwry’ worth of Mexlenn silver bars and dollars are to be enrried over in the Rheln, ‘The City of Berlin will take ouf mails for England, Scotinnd, and Ireland, be- sides 850,000 in Ameriean speete, ‘The num- bur of letters to friends 1n the Old World which will b taken out by these steamers to-morrow I8 very lurge, and n great number of them contaln money. ARBIVAL OF PEDESTIIANS, Charles ltowell and [lenry Vaughn, pedes- trlang, svrived to-day, UEAVY FOG, All the Sound stemmers duo yesterday morning fatled to reach their docks yester- day, owlng to tha dense fog and the inimonse flovs of lee which Impeded thelr pnssage. ‘The bonts left thoir respeetive plers at Now- ])m't. Providence, and Norwlch at the usual lour Wednesdny nignt, When within 100 miles of this elty, o for hung heavy over tho huge eakes of leo which stretelied away on either slde. ‘I'hé tleet worked its way to n }mlnt above Tinrt’s Istand,; which was reached 1 the afternoon, aud the fog was then so dense that the commander’s boats would not tuke tho risk of nttempting to .work n pns- snge through Hell Gate ¢hannel, amd so the boats remained where they were until thig morning, when the fog lifted, 3 BAILROADS, A meeting of en Interested in ratl- rowd construction in Mexico was helilat No, 20 Brondway to-day, Gen, Grant preslded, and tho followhuyr gentlemon, with others, were present: Matins Romero, Stephen B, Musgrave, shlnu{ Dilton, Russett Suge, Ju; G Jumes II. Work, and Gen, G.o M Dadge. M. Rowmoero made n dotatied state- ment of tho_advantages connected with the ratlrond in Southern Mexleo, showing its re- Iutlons to othor portionsof the rallrond system In process of construction In that country. After some remarks upon torms of the chaster of tha rallrond 1n_ qWestlon, held by Mr, Romero, and whicl heproposed to teans« fer to the new compnny, i resolution was adopted necopting the teansfer of the charter atd providing for the obtaining of such mod- ffieations In 1ts provisions as wero deemed necessney, Tho neeting adjourned subject 10 the call of the Chaty, . THE MATAVIA RAFE, ‘The stenmer Eseurlul spoke the Batavin at noan on the 4th, In tow of the Anehor stenin- or Columbin, 100 miles west of Fuyal, bound thore. 'The Batavia’s propeller wis lost, All were safe. SPANISH FEVER, Importing Diseascd Cattle from Toxas nnd Arkansas into Kanvas—How the Fevor I« Introduced~Lagal Procoeds 1ngs Ro Far Tled, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Toreka, Kns, Feb. 1L.—0no of tho most fin- portant questtons with which the Legisluture hus todenl at this sesston s that of proteating tho cattle Interests of the Stato from Josa by the Southern or 8punish tovor, Introduced hote from season to scusun by driving discased eattlo from Foxus Into tho Biato, and ncruss the ygrazing grounds to various pointd In the Wost and Bouthwest, A speclal committon has boon ore- ated by tho Legldlnture to gonsider thls ques- tion, and nuinerous suggestions havo already been mudo looking to & solution of tho problem. Tt s propused by snime to establish u doad-Nue within twelve mllod of the southwestern border of the Btate, which the "Toxas cattle will not be per- mitted to cross, Otliors regurd thisus un unluw- ful procecding, sud nro I favor of Alsoriminut- ing between cattlo that nre diseased and those not disensad, Severat bills buyo boen Introduced Ly which tho parties ownlug tho Infected cattlo uro mndo responsible for the damuge to native Btock by reuson of the Introduction of the fover along the grazing route, At tho requoest of thoso most intereeted In the Bubjoet, Prof, C. W. Jobnson hus propared an urticle for subnitssion to the Connnittee, glving Al the fucts In relation to tho pecutiar divouse und the munner of jts Introduction, togethor Wwith u synopsis of tho legul procesdings so fur Lud In Kausus touchipg this quosdon. Prof, Jotinsn suys: * 1n July, 1880, it hord of cattle fromn Logan County, Avkansay, was brought to Lirowi Couns 1y, Kitsas, und grenzod Upon utk opon truct.of laud lu Mission Towimtiip intll Kov, 1, I Murch Of the sanie year, another smull hord was shippud from Jucksonville, Ark., to Atchiou, Kuwi froo there driven xnmngh Misalon Yywnsblp, fo Hrows Couuty, to Babetbn, in the report that n portion of its stoek Nomaha County; from s worn drivon, April 20, tn "n';‘,’,‘,,':“ the o, n Ilrownl:ountyl, ;ml thero her, Atgen; Misglon Townahip, ntony About tho It o firat hord from A roon shawed that Tex it A ownera of tho Inported enttfo, of testing tho minttor bofan the 106 i tormining tbe linbilities of ¢ tho disenso lnl u.)'lsh limuuur. P n behalf of thy tho ugkestion 0f Commiesionuintim, testimony wna taken of three e In tho ataidy af tho pIELCR OF dumy, of. i wtill pending. These oxports wero Pry: University, N, Y.i thio_dopositions ot th Ing'Fnots wors ndduced: Btate ntos fru fov ', Whon oiic Thansn, he, b and i groat o 4 0 dio sl tho malndy alonie fovor, Cuttja 8 Sriain af died wlong tho roy tho Atknusun mtock, wod gt 1 Aot County where erded. **Ritita wero hroight for dimn, W3 Dr. N. C.o and Dr. 1.'J, Dot 10! ‘That almost the whole nre 4 lying sonth of Intitude iy :}(P s ‘perfectly infected i pnnjutfi! ::'n‘mml-lh. nr eptenle, M That, I climntes whera mild, wnd’ the wround wot el ezing, the nrmm!mln which v ntroduced, o abides, pprondinic gradunily, i i (oo produciug pinut, over most of the nge, 55, That telvlat anses, or except lin Ty Uy e i tho route (o) sy A lityge m”mg 'y Aing 10 tenvei ot 0ty m‘n’;‘l‘a 08 paingg W %, Daztion e Ml i Thigug ltizy EZ = T Lo fe Inong gy ! o Dery st 001 g AR i Bitlin, of (04 T8, OF (lifege il 2 guntlemeny the mlukr: T oty foyer, ' Wi broduces' i Werng Rreen bepy, dapeclally mouhtainous distriom, Lo, bo permanently Infeetod with 1), thnt 18 to sry, it 18 thore in gomo yo 18 not noticed for one or two it reappears, when 4L T fmproved brecds of bupuuuuostmll introduce: from tho North dlo therg calves taken thore I the fall MUro thin two years; ns n rale, the of the first generation nlsa die bef apneur g o et ity FLATS, And thyy yeurs rullgv:r}f‘.‘ . "Thnt i tho reglon of permang, p Bermanont infegy orthern enttly g broediny i oite or fwg o un may Or two oy Farely eyt CEOI-Droc TOr0 Rrrig: nt muturlty: oecaslonally, in fayp, M ties, tho crosses nppareutly do wc!l}“lr’k:- el years, but guoner or later they nr 4 fen down' with tho' disenso bofory fuy pesrisia improvement is made, TmaRey WG, ‘That, by lonie poriods of nat f1o gattlo i tho Souih oinig Drobibly o U iah orlgin) have hecotne to and enpnbie of llvhuf 1 1t8 mldat, with the ervading tholr whal centtlo nre tuken n it malat wermy 0 organism, Withont exyj Lng nny conspicnoits putward symptons of, cusn, and withotit any sorloud fuinlity occyr evon [n the very largest herds, *+0, ‘That, whou these ncelimnted by North between the Uiy oy, t infectsy nst o freezing of spring and the Hrst bard frovsing o Tall, thoy earry with thom the seads E?L:hl::'uzf ouse-praducing orgunism: and theso boing brought towtnora favorable ¢l gin to thrive and oxhibit lvss of the thrift of Southern cattlo, whilo the tleof tho North, grazing with thoy enttle, 1y Imate ‘e Kenera) yy native gup, 1 OF Aftey thom, fu & few weeks begin to die with the ot Iutal form of tho fover, i Whilen few citsos of denth among natiyg appear lucxplicablo at times, nsawmption thut natives taglon T a vital atute to other pastures, st gy avldence i3 conelusive not dio of splenlo fovor Kgreen hurhm{u where senzed sinco t ho last lurd freczing., utfess upon cun carry o o bhat Northarn cattie g unless thoy feed Southorn c:\lt!:; ‘l’nn “'8, Tho spread nf tne fever i3 very | It dnos not oross mn ordinary nlxry-’r'em;? fram one pusturo to anothor; the air, or emitted by the brenath, ur by 1t {8 10t wafted |3 slmply eontact. Hence Southern and Northern e maty bo kept together fn o dry lot, where |=zl:"l: I8 no grass, Bouthorn enttle may _he shipped 3 ears through the * Northorn — Stay and, if properly and carefully bangl at feeding and watorlag stitions, would ho very limited, fection, without Infecting tho naties 9, A sucking enlf daes not Imbibe the cos. tnglon from the diseased mother: and it dos B8 not seem to proico any serious conseqienc when the blood of fmnls s fnnoculatod 10, T fever-stricken luto tha 7 any meomotrieal line; but tho two arens are dis tinj 150 milles In width, Ished by i zone of varlability from 100 1 **The feutures of splenic-fever above given 4re 1o’ 50 singulnr ns thoy sosm, 1t {3 probably that comewhere In the wido world Aslatip cholern existans a sfinple dlarchen, and thst thero Is a Polur limit beyond which It cannot gs, for briof sumer-lntervals, Ity I, yeflow-fevor a ocelipution oxists, littio 1 the power of wol except known that prrmanont natlves thet it, suffer tob, hns region of whero thy romn it} North for n short thmo in simmer and fall, ga Is subsequently kllled by tho frost. Tho fneur sive powor of theso dlsense-producing orguee Isme I8 lesa slngular than it Is [n the grasshop. per, which ntso perfodieally brenks tho contine .0f his nutlve hubitation aud goes abroad un th, wind,’ Iu summing up, Prof. Johnson snys: *The one grent domnud of eartic-breedersia Kansn §s a0 luw to protueet tholr cattle from thit fover-plague, Bince tho caso of Huson agaiost the Hannibal & Bt. Joso) of the present statute. This ense wns one wben that part of tho stutute which prohibited tbe transportation or Wexus op Arkuansas catus through this Btnte hetween March 1 god Novl was tho real question at {ssie. From this de clajon wo lenrn that & statute I8 not good which prohibits the transportation throuxh the Stats of tho cautle ol of whethor, Court . plafnly do when othor for futerprotation, other Stntes, regardiess tiscnse-bearing or mot. Thy Intimated “what 1t to underatand that a reasonable pollee-reguls: tion, almod at tho dl»(l:nqu-llt‘nr!nlr which the Court nssumed withontevide onimalt nee could e distingnished from those not disease-bear ing), would tio uphela, We learn by intimation thit the Caurt would probibiy hold any law uns constitutional which prohibited tho brlngliogol euttle from any nnmed county, State, or scctlod into Knnsng, becouse some of thom might be lo+ fected with n plaguy, Tt s truo that berein tie Coutrt blundors from a hick of knowledge of te subjeet; Tho fnct (s, that cvery hend und boof thil camea front the nrel of pertianont infection disonso-benring, and that no known medns csiit of separutin animuls that havo ot the splald germs tn thelr blood from thoso that have, er cept to kilt thom, welgh their splecns, or exsn: ine tholr blood with i high-power wleroscopeld tnaleatlons of tha mldy. ™ W In this view of the lws of thodisense,and ' decislons of the Courts, the act wo now wail shoull problbit entirely the bringingof eattiesd this State eapnble of infeeting nutive stock, ad let the pacty who wants to bring such enttiels hera bear “tho responsibllity of ascertaltbt whothor thoy will carry the disense or not. M ‘h‘l: Bim pny for the damages resulting from nets, rml’ulrml to convict 1l Lot tho Logislature define N ar liity. Tnshort, wo havo no right to probib tho evidense 1o fmpose any man from stipping or driving throun 84 Btate Southern ng\llu. or Jong-horns 1ot t:; we probIbit bim from bringlng I outlls 100 any gpocitiontly-named country 10 Ku uftor thoy aro here, they then be o propet subjects of pollce-regulation, md the owaerd keoper cun be dealt with for tho dumages 5 follow tho infection of our nuclvostock. MADE DISUES, K MEAT. FIN: v MEA'T FLA\'M;‘I SLE: n success und 3 te! ANYS, EXTRA s ll‘:lflnglnn\l Increased tend EXTRACTS, oo 'S EXTRA] NG CHEAPES sl fol Souk ANU SAUCES i teel & “Lancen” na fac-simd AR LIEBIG_COMPANY'S EXTRE Cirac Unifw ny Chaminis, tnien owholesnie nuiT, A 7y, b had 0f all SrELECL Sule Auenis & 'C0. 43, Aurk Uatio, dundois, ERear For Breakfast ! CHOCOLAT . MENIER. Sold Everywhert PARIS AND LONDON. Now York Depat 286 Greenwich S Agents wantd fn every Cuuity, §#/° Where wo have B agent Wil soll rampla wholeeale, PIANOS REED'® Temple of Muslé 150 Btato Bt tho Elmply for the :3::: { that our. nutlve cattle do not "propngate tho (o I g tha of Hittman boinga, 1t does ot dIscaso hogs te (B eat the lleshaf dend antmalss nor do any other animals dic of tho fover when grazed after Sauthorn eattie known o bo Infected. Che aren nf country whoro tho enttlo an ncelimated to splenic fever 18 not sepurate] from the aren of uon-ncellmntization ol rn Rallway, grar doubts nnve beon felt a4 to tho conatitutionality would hunos of tha law came before b Tor fugtance, we nre give