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THE CHICAGO FESRUARY 1881—TEN PAGES. 21, 1 ~ itality are extrnordinnry, and i sho defents hor ne by o dazen O s e vors smnllanl_deltoate L il 09 SpCelicns of perfect e ey dresscs n darke velvel or tanty: BT een and gubdued color, Ehe A OL R bvse in tho mornltg, but - tho wearh 10 o e et I an - Angot cnp. Sho esenli S0 o most rare and costly Jow- e el ety mulea by dlepluy of it on g o, Ocensionally Bhi wedrs & tigec's ter P i u pendant to the gold chain dlawe DI R0 5 s proscoted to- the Har- o BOERCEE ot Wolsoloy, and shio values it R nes 18 1 good orsowomt, fer encray wien she $6 w0 8 f,_a hns !;;:: 'om Subseriber came up-stalrs and to the mmn‘;‘,{‘f.fir«m i€ & paper wasn't managed sole- sl l,‘f,;.':f: wenl, ho'd migsod hls gucss consld- orably far, apye noticed I your Journal that tho price of wheat and oats Jedatly placed an yeeord, likewlse Koglslative e mv:l'-;ut veporter all the wieked dolugs notes, - wput here's # little matter that you scom to Bave forgats Jpanswer 10 tho theory that worlds arp mado m:::’ ll‘lou(\l moro than Huxley Knows cach wight 1 bavo forget.” - ;¢ tho woary editor unto tho nged man: l-::fiv;:\rll';n' ’;":vur nl’xlu argument—that 8, when- cerl et Jint fnst at pres l~|.l we are working things down to bard-pun.’ Tho Old Subseriber stii! comes 'round; his taith hasnover swerved. Jlis eséay upon nebule a botter fate nlosm-\'ml;‘ Butlt forms tho lower stratum of a pho that's marked ¥ reserved,'” - o e T . PUBLIC OPINION, 13 Milwaukee Tepublican (Ren.)s 'Thero is conllerable curlosity’ to loarn how President Hayes will mako De Tussops quit igging hia cangl ot Panuma. Perbups 1t would be woll {0 Issuo n sort ol Ordee No. 1 an the subject, Swmetbiug in the stylo of tho order which Torced the oiticcholers “out of politics. Thitadelphia Tlmes (Ind.)s It would bo o eraceful and I ovory way a proper act for Gen, Garfietd to eall ftobort % Lincol to his Cuvlnet rssccretary of thy Interior, Mr, Lincoln daes yot possess tho grent qualities of his futbor, but he has inherited nil of his fnther's slern integrl~ fysnu_sincere devotion to country, and o I8 aeh more uble thin his modest Hfe has demon- wrated t the world, The Nova Scolla Chrondcle expresses this opinfon of the Fishery Award tronblo: If the money should bo repnid o the States it 58 not jikety tiat anybody In Nova Scatin would shed ay teare. Whothor tho Unitod States were sxindled out of thy nward fs n polnt upon which piniens dilfer. But there (8 one point upon ¢ will bardly he any ditference of bt SR L g S e fact thut Novn Seotlu_hns been wnjustly refused Ferproper shire ot tno maney. The live and o Faitmillions mulght ns well bo returned to th Unfted Stutes ns Hung futo tho mountalus of Jiritish Columbla or tho wilds north of Lake Su- Jerior. 0f Jefferson Davis the Alanta Conatitutlon syn: Hewas tho leadorof n greut ciuse, but the battle went agulnst him, and his cause was Juit. T wus o proud, Smperious man, to whotn poverty-brought stings and mortiication. Ho, quictly accepted his lot, however, and retired from tho great clties and wna content with a madest liviug, At length some of his old com= 1ades, hearlng thut he was in - ubsolute want and wis pennlless, seeretly mnde up u thousund or 10 dotlars out of their scunty possessiond Rud rentitto i, They tokld him thut it ho refused 1,1t eould nover rench tho hands of, the donors i, e wus combulled to tuke tho gift, but wiets to his fricnds that underno cireuimstances would he recelve unother dollar, Albany Evening Journal (Rep.): Inplac-, Iogblmself in communlcation with Blaine, and Logan, and Shermun, and Couxling (with others fofollow), Gen. Garfield 18 {mitating the exam- pleof the wisest of his predecessors under llke conditions. Mr. Lincoln's nowmination wns cfe fected nguinst the wishes of tho friends of dov. Keward. The result was ns unexpectod as it was d(!xfi\polmlnm But ho wis 48 wlso 0p bo was Jatritic, and In nothinic wis his wisdom org onsplcuvusly shown thon m tho generous way inwhich he sought the counsol and advico of e, Bewnrd's strongest adherents, 13 took off the rough cdgo of disnppolntinent and hold the varty a8 o unit not eftmply through tho campalgn wbict followed the nomination, but all throukh the yoars of his public sorvico, Troy Times (Rep.): An invitation from a TPretldent-clect to & mnnso prominent in tho polities of tha country ns Mr. Conkling to visit bim for the purpose of mutual conference and fnterchange of thought possessos no unmeaning tigniicance, and s sufliclent answor to tho nlirepreecnintions that bave been mmde nd to tenttitude these eminent men are to sustiin toward cach other. They will meot with only faepurposu In viow,—how best to pramote the fulerests of tho country by consolldating and unltying the thought, the sentiment, und tho actlon uf the Hepublican nmsses, 0 sucritico it be required ut tho hands uf olther to ncconi= ish this objeet. No one will be lgnored: no (mebumbled, ' A new cra is nbout to dawn upon tokepullionn purty of tho State and Nutlon. Bloomington, (1) Pantagraph (Rep.): The dispasition to chaugo our kuws by tho Legislatura #3 nteadily growing, The volime of Hatute law for 1879 I twice us large a8 tho ono 1o 167, and moro than fuur timos as largo ns \hat ot 1975, which wus tho firsat sossion ufter tho Tevlalou of 1874, Present Indleations uro thattho Yolumo for 1881 will proportionately be larger }rh('.‘\‘,; that of 1§70, More thun 40 bills have been linm‘}“fi.‘;" tho Ionso und M it the Senuto, framss. hr” o allownneu for dupllentes, 600 dif- i mmuro bufore the Legisluture, Thus e nnhlu_percuntur those neted upon by llllndu@zg! Vo beou lv.llh.-u‘I and not moro thai : 1 luvo been fellled fn thy two Flouses. notan encournglug condition of things thut vrr"'. 18such u tendency 1o chango neavly uil our wp.t-numum' A dlsposition to vote nny 1' t 10 be oncournged on gouural principlos, New Orleans Tines (Dem,): "The Southern POBlo bave been accustumed to Tegnrd the Lmhum Democrats ng thelr [riends, Thoy nro ftlasing (o understand that thoy havo been | érclved. Binco tho Demiocrats buve had cons ::‘”Cflnnmu tho South bas recelved searcely foyiting. o gurest and uest way to [maku l: kpubllenn party intiuontial {n the South is 3???‘“ tho Bouthorn people that thoy aro breed tenda by usslsting thom to advance and mlleu‘l’n thelr matorlul intorests, Lot thom il gne Misstesipp! Lvor Improvement bill Inthe ol Measures for Intornnl improveinents Inire feaaih party mensures, and thoy will do the Ronp s mnking tho Ropublican party in can b lflll’l‘nn,flul\lhlu and respeetod than thoy Plligestribiiting offices to fuw Demooratic mlm.(r‘\""" It Unrfold wants 1o muke his Ads Spoilcy ‘u.:‘)lnpulur 1n tho Bout, let him ddopt Ut wich ok, B 10 gonnieotion’ with Dolltics, for its objuct t! v Tesources of gh smfufi.' bu development of mI'-'!‘t:lmuml Dispatelt (Dem,): 1t the Roap- “:;n‘ml bill fall atthis sossion, and thoro Ul g T sesslon of Congross, tho Republicans Nmm:g that In thow lea to diminish the eliag @ Bouth In tho noxt Housv. Hurely humul::om'u( the South who plays Juto tho P alr cemles, Reapportionment 18 not e Bu:im-“'h of arlthmotle. Thero uro seve Ure g u“: :hh.-h cun hive but ong Representas s thu ¢ seatutivo, “Shull o oven oo Hepi Fobulutlon of waen Sty b ineluded with P14 thidoh of tho othier States, und the sum Bumbey ' G¥dend 0 Lo divided by the wholo sagp, O Representutives? Or whall thoso Loneq mt:fimu tholr Represontatives appor- Eidy py o ekt first, und then the division be Ratningy e MUIMber of tho ltupresenintives res Bade, 4, PURLY tho litter would b the falrest Ubaigg pill¥ B4 10t now the question. Lot A, cupportionmunt this sesslon ut any mar“lfl\ 'ribunc (Rep.) : ‘Thero was ul"“‘.lchmy debate upon the Indlan quus- e g0 - 10rdo Legluluturo the othor night. &) uuwu(lhml Mr. Coutler, of Cleur Creck, " SO previvuly ntroduced by bfn mvromlum of 25 for tho sealps of ey x'lh Indlans,” Tuls js o sober fuct. Ugo, oreupon praceeded to advoeato \,mmm?_‘;': tho ground thut the’ United States Welegr gy 3, 108 Jamentubly fatlod 19 Its duty o gy i tH0 rerl dovils,” wnd declarod that Llatrigyq'ywliced thu bk tn good faith, The 1 elurry u: Lurpentor, of Arapahoo, Jolned ) ,h“.mlhmu Of Mr, Coulter. But thoe so- Poroveny that thess Yahvos do pot S tho Culorudo Legisintore. o, 10¥ discuggpo, TPOSEE und protestod agoinet L8 sevoreyy ™S98 Which tho uforcaaiil Carpons Cllter my, 2 vbuked him, and tho aforessid rog ty fy jrothier Atguinent for tho bill, de- 0 pussed, 1n 8lx monthy S S T e cad thio wholu detmonstrus R Lo YHKELLG 10" o Biato, s Als Lndlghie cogg §1W upon Ly that by the G to Aty fyy PeTORUtion, tha Forig of purllus Uz, Bt £10wa too taild for bim. 1 ; ¢n" ba ericd, * that tho bill bo £E New Ny, ey kg e kg 7, x5t i chucked noder tho table!* A Denver papor reenrda the Fact that the Spenker's fuce wlowent with satlafuctlon na I put the motion [ exuetly tho worda tn wieh §Uhmt been altered: Py Kk the bill wnder the table ' ix Hpenker 1k It under tho oheyed tho or- der of tho Houne, Inaneditorind artleleon * Garfleld's Course toward the Houth,” the Savannah News (Hoem.) eiyss The result of the recent Prestdentiat eloe- tion hns left the Kouthern peoplo Ina frume of mind fn which tho odium attached to the Itepub- Hlesn purty might readily be removed, The treachery of certuln Memoeratie leaders in the North, which defented Mancock und tirned the Uuntey onee more aver tothe tender merclos of prrty, thight us that some of the tl of" our Au-calted Northern Detnos are remdy to abatdon thoie prinels t, I by dofier so theyean nd- el anl palitien endds, Wero e ndvitntige of this e of nitwirs iyl pursue n libeyal, enlight wise polley (ow tha Soutl, while he convert this kection to Repubiieanism, he woull undonbtediy remove Front his piety mueh of the odivm and dlsgust which now ‘ues nttiehed thereto, and wauld tako a dechilid Atep ontenrd townrd descetiomiizing politica and moking hims Belt vecopnized thronghont the land us the Prese Ident of tho whole country, 5t Louls Glohe-Democrat (Rtep): What hus not been fnuppropeiately termed the ¥ potit- fel wealn fnspection system * of Ctileuko 18 res celving quite an overbnuling ar the hunds of an fuvestignting eomnitteo of the 1iinols Benate, Formevly Chlengo hud—what §t, Louls andothor Inrgo citles enfoy—husiiess [nspection, under tho dircetion of the Ionrd of U'rade, Including gradiug having somo relation to the quality of araing but the country shippers wouldn't trust tho Cliteago Bonrd of ‘Frade, and so the State tuok charge of the mntter, Fhia change docan’t Reent 1o givo satisfuetion to ull tho merehants, one of whom naively testitled before the C mittee that he l)re{urrull tho Juiliment of & drtinken Deputy-nspector to thnt of . sober cotiengoe, Th lattor I sunderstond to have been ntract diatributor before ho went nto pol- ities and politient grain inspection. Some ol the wilnesses (nthaute that tho Chiel Inspector 1"t Kow wraln when he sees it, and 18 dly- l.m Ito fuspeet by telephone, ‘The Railrond sonnnlgsioners huve supervision of the wure- house department, and the resident membor s llegred to bo hull lnwyer und the bulaneo insur- ancu nyent. Thelr knowledge of gealn is ques- tloned by business:men of Chicago. The London Times of Feb, 3 has an ardi- cio on Gon. Grant’s ndvocacy of the Nlearnguan routa neross the Isthnus, and opens by enging: *While M. de Lesseps is busy on this slde tho Atlantie in comploting his prepurations for st~ ting to worle upon the 'annma Canal, thero Js, our Philadetphin correspondent sends us word, ngrowing Jenlousy on tho other side ot tho sehemo which, whatever may bo its merits, ts not to be placod under exolusive Amerlean cone trol. M. de Lessops bas friends und supporters on the North Ameriean Coutinent, but he umust expeet, it is clear, n very formldable opposition trom bitter and Interested_foes, The ex-Seore- tury of the United States Navy 18 with him, but Uen, Grunt §s nainst him, and las pronvunced fu favor ot the projected rival route through tho Btute of Nicaragun, Our correspondent thinks that the opposition will be trlumiphnnt in the end, and that, 1f time allows, Congross will bo porsunded to dechirs fteelf for Gen. Grant and against M. de Losseps.”” The Limes, ufter stating the substanco of den. Urant's cuntribution to_ the tho Rudleal North Amerlean Review snys: “Uen. Grant, whether eapublo or Inenpable ns un engliver and tnancier, 18 by 1o means unbluaed as i wite ness, He is une of thecorporntors of tho Nieu- 1t Uumlmn‘\'. and s, our Philadelphln cor- respoudent inforins us, deceply interested in s succedss. This 18 not the firat time that an Amerfenn public mnan has leat his nmne to o doubtful commercinl enterprise, and has so helped to give It 1 start. Tho Bmma Mih wos Introduced to the world under the sumu kind of auaplees ue the Nicuragua Conal 8 now. The Emnin Mine has falled somewhat slgnally tocomae up to tho prumised of its promoters, so that It tho Nicuruguu Canal were to do the simo thero would be at least good precedent for lt. With one part of Gen. Grant's urticle wo can ngreo most heartlly. He [naists on the linuiense teada Importanes ‘of n Centeal Amerlenn Cannt, Ho may Juln hands here with M, De Lesseps. En- lnnd and English commerco have no spoeinl ine terest in either schewme, Tho idea that M, Do, Lesscps could Le probibited b{ a decreo of Cone’ Rress from procecding with bls work 18 nbout ag nrupnmurnus us thut tho sume nuthority should nve right slfowed it to interfere with the free nnylgntlon hetwees IMPOSING ON GARFIELD, Office~Ncgliers Making n Freo Hotol of Hils Mome—The Munner In Which IRontauranis aro Pasved By for u Free Lunch at the Tablo of the President= Eloct—Gen, Garficld Will Leavo Moentor on the 28th for Washl Diapated to Cincinnatl Gazette, MENTOR, O, Feb, 17.-Gen. Gurlleld I3 more shamefully imposed on than nny othor citizen of the United States. * Every tealn bringd o num- ber of visitors, nine-tenths of whom are amall and unknown pollticiuus, who demand an - medlute nudionee. The General's politenessand goodness of heart Impets him to recelve every callor, and the con- sequence Js that ho bis no thne to eat or sleep, Unfortunately nll tho tralus which stop here are due Just ut monl time; onv stops ut 8a, m.; two trains coming from tho Eust and West stop bo- tween 12and Lp. m., and anothor at 6 p, m, Although there uro two publle houses at tho statlon, where good meals aro furnished at 25 cents, tho majority of the visitors are 8o mean or Inconsiderate that thoy go lmmedintoly to the General's bouse, two miles from tho statlon, und expoet, of course, to bo Invited to the table. Thus the gencrous hospitality of the Garfleld Tumlly s taxed to the utmost, uud for the bene- 1it, in most Instuncee, of peoplo who have no Just clulims upon it, Muny como on tho ovens iy tradn and expect supper, todging, and break- fust ut tho Gartield furni-bouss, The exvenso of keeping up i free boarding-louse for the peaple of the United States Is not inconsldor- uble, but this 18 a small matter compared with the lubor nnd care which are thus foreed on Gen, Garileld and his famly. A pontloman who has béen obsorving these outruges for several duys remurkod 10 your cors resporident Just now that * Thoro ure More ~—— tha two ocenns.” Tools hy this countey tinn ho hud ever suppos Tho ‘llltlum‘u and forbienrusice of the Gurtleld fumlly nro indeed wonderful, ‘The shamoeful fmposition practiced on thom day and night Beoms to o uceepted with Christlan fortitudo und restynution as a part of tho pennlty which must bo pald for congenting to have grontnoss thrust upon them, . Whilo no word or algn of protest comes from tho Garfleld bouschold, 1t 18 nbsurd to suppoas thut they do not feel tho injustice and cruoity to which thoy wre subjected, wnd your corres fl:flnll(!nl agrees With muny othor dbservers in j0 oblnion thut men who coma here uninvited, to nsk for ofliclul fuvors or to prevuro tho W for future ronuests, wmatorially tojure thole EI’O!P‘N!I! by B0 dotng. Indecd, it18 suid by nowing ones that a privato sosretury 1s kopt cmployed In o makig un aifabeticxl st of all ofticusscekers who come to Meutor, and whon tho timu comes for tho dletribution ot patron- 1Re 1o uat whose natue 8 found in this list will have tho remotest chines ot getting nuything, If tuls rumor 18 5ot true It ought Lo be, Tho annuuncement is tow mido by un authore ity that Gen, Garlleld will jeavo Mentor for Waslington on the “8th Inet. A formal leave. tuking hus oven arranged, and tho (enural wiil fiu to tho- stntion ~ §u time to shako unds with hls old frlends sud nolgne bors and sny good-by to thom beforv his tralu stnrts, Excurston partics will como frum nll the feglons uround about, und It is oxpeetod that a grent multitude from all purts of the Ninotecnth Congressional Distrlet will bo pros- ent to recofve the blessing of thelr doparting friend, Tho ovcasion will bo ono of deep in- terest, aud tho gincoro alfoetion which the Gone- crnd and his constituonts have for cuch othor will bo manitested fu tho most touching mane- nor, . Prof, oy, Chiaf of tho Unlted Statos Ento- mological Commisslon and Entomologlat of the Dopurtnent of Agricultu s bo to-day. Although be dld not tulk freely o outsfdor 18 belioved that hi §s much interosted in moass urea for the promotion of etliclency and uwful- ne :'u tho “depavtmont with which ho 1s con- nected, . Uen. Gurfield's presenco waa promised ut a lurge soclnl gutboriug of his church to-night, bt grently to the disappolntment of tho ke uthoring be wuddetuhied homa by tho remorsue l‘cn demands of visiting politiclany. Pt sddon ] oty 4 An Actor's Xobby, . 1lonry Edwards, tho nctor, ot Wallaok's Tho- atro, bus oue of We fingst collections of butters Hies I tho worll, Tn 1wo lurge roous Me, Kd- wards s stowod nwiy about 250,00¢ speeimens, cainprislug G0, specles of insvots, Thittorilies and wuths avy the prodominating ovdera, ‘That purt of his colteotlon thut Mr, Hdwurds most l:rlml 18 tho type speciniens, or tho uriglnals ront which pow specica woro desoribed, His forty yeard' rusonrches [n ull purts of the worlil huve wdded between 00 and BX) speeles to tho 1t of described nseets, My, Edwurds wasono of 1ho easlivstuntomologlenl uxplorerspf Australia and tho other strange countrics ln that reglon of thuglobs, There are no duplicates of some of iy ui!l.'uml it any known collections, For onu gmull butterlly from Nuw lre ,in the Bouth Paoitie, # brother collector vecently offored §23. He bas othor butterllles that aro gulekly tukon in the cutomological turkot ab #5) u ple They are nat largo or gaudy, but senrea, Xt Lo by Austrillun glenniogs, Mr. Edwurds values his Calltorgin insceta, miy of which he wus fivst to deseribe. Sume of his but- tertiteswere enught In Greonland und Lubrador, sumo In Patagonis, many in Lapland, and othors at the Capo of Good' Hope, No climato 18 too cold, aud nune tow hot for members of the but- tertly faniliy. Tho Fulkland 1slands, New Gulnea, Turkestin, Afrles, and Alsska huve furnisbed sbuclmens to the collcetion, und Bouth -Amerten mnkes o duzzling display of beauty fu the case. FOREIGN. Parnell Addresses an Assem- blage of Fifteen Thou= sand People. Ho Advises the Tenants to Romain Firm for Their Rights, r Proposals for Peace Reooived from the Boers Through the Or- ange Freo Staté, Aot A British Rcconnnfloi‘lfing Forco Finds the Conntry Al- most Deserted, & Proposals of Bismarck Re- Jected by a Committee of the Diet. —i The Beginning of ostilities by the Ashantees Momentarily Expected. - o Money Dispatched to i'Famine- Stricken Villages in Russia by the Czar. The Military Authoritics in Constan- tinople Hold a Great Coun- cil of War. THE IRISIL PARNELL IN IELAND. ’ Spectal Cable, CLARE, Ireland, Feb. 20.—~Mr. Parnell ar- tlved at Kingstown thismorning and traveled to Moute by the Midlind Rullway. The Journey was a contlnuous scene of enthust- astie demonstrations. At all the statlons enorinous crowds of people, hind nssembled to cheer. The people of Mullingar, whero the traln stopped five . minutes, crowded the platform on both sides, Many farmers, accompunled by bands and bearing bunners, wers present, An address from the people of Mullingar was road by Mr. Farrell, the Chalrman of the Town Com- missloners. Mr, Iarncll, who spoke Inn clear, ringing volee, sald he took it s o good omen that the people of reland were deter- mlned to meet THE WEAPON OF COERCION Torged agalnst them by the so-called Liberal Government with n spirit unbroken, 1o tm- vlored them to keep to the lines which they had nlready lald down, In u short time they would carry the seeugglo to & vietorlons and glotious endlug. 'I'e speech was reeclved with repeated eheers and shouts of ** Liler- ator of tho farmer!” and ** I'he wman for the veople!™ “Idr. Parnellscemed much pleased with the mngnificent recoption. On the plat form at Dubiln were several members of the Land League and two of tho jurymen in the recent State trinls. Mr, Parnell left the traln at Moate, whers he was niet Ly bands from Clare and au escort of the Lawmd-League Cavalry, numnberlug fully two hundred horse- men. By these UE WAS ESCORTED TO CLARE, v o distance of slght miles. At the entrance of the village the horses were taken from his brougham, and the vehicle was drawn round the streets to tha platform, The enthusiasm was humense, Fully 16,000 veaple were present. When Mr. Parnell rose to deliver his first publie speech In Ireland slnce the celebrated Waterford bangtiet orn- tlom, which he made before the State tilals began, he wus grected with an ovation une- qunled In the history ot his progress In ugl- tation, Severnl Catholle priests wero on the platform. Father Geohegan, of Clure, pre- sided, Mr, Purnel! said: .18 PEKCH, Peorrr oF KiNas County: Iam glad,on the eve of n change In the condition of tha land movement, to come nmong you and to sco with what splrit you contempleto 1t, I supposethatseldom hasa Minlstorasked trom Tarlinment greater means for the Inthnkdation of auation. But I confidently believe that never, as the result will prove, will there have been n greater fallure, ‘Tenants, Lo true to dur tenchings, [Cries of *We will; forever,”] Mr. Forster suys that he 18 golng to put all my polico into prison [|lnughter] in order to put down our unwritten lnw. [Crics of “1lo ean’t do "] My polico are four-fifths of tho Irlsh people at home and abroad. If he Is golug to put them all into prison he will have to find F A PRIFON RIG ENOUGH ., to hold 20,000,000 people, and the unwritten Inw he has got to pull down is tho public oplulon of tho whole clyllizedfworld, 1t Iy not ay ensy as It used to be to tyraunizo over and trample upon a people and put down thelr publlc opinion, We have every natlon in Europe, wo have Amerfer and Australia, looking Intontly at the struggloe between the Irlsh people and landlordism, Alrendy we have three-fourthspt the French pross on our side, which onlya month ngo was agninst us. Wo have many of the State Leglsintures of Amerles passing resolutions of L . BYMPATHY WITI THE IRIGIE NATION, From overy part all oyea ars direeted to you, to see how you wilj bepr the trinl with which you aro now face {o face, [A voleo: “Staud fast toguother.,”] » The ten- unt-farmers uro the men jo whom wo look to-dny to display their cournge. Thoy can show thelr devotion by refusing to pay unjust rents, [Cries of “Puy ng rent!”] ‘That'ls not a vory hard thing to. nski you to do, and that Is nll we nsk, [Crlesof ** We will dolt!™]) If you promise to do this . " g WE ARE WILLING TO GO To IRIBON, ' or anywhere else, for your su| Regurding the Laud bitl, my bellef i3 thas.the present L'arlinmentary Government will fall to sottle: the land questlon. Yet, If theg glve the tenant legal detense ngafnust dlagtinent, it fs something not to bo rofused.sliut no mens- uro which does not reducqth rental to about the (lovernmontal valujtlan will bo accoptablo to the [frish tonuft.ut Tho last timo the haboeas corpus was (Mflunmlud in Iroland, fifteon yenrs ngo, hgfofp you had any Independent Iyish party,, §6 fook them twenty-four hours to pass o bill Whirough the Conunons and Lords, Hmpl:, tima it has nlready taken sovan \\'cul:i | 'That Ismy nuswer tomen who say that ¥a afo not do- ing our duty In opposing thus bI(E! sy that i all my politieal Hfe Lahnll lhfl( Bfick with no greator satisfuctlon to nuy'portlon of it than to my opposition to ne e, VIME SUSPENSION OF THE HAURAS!0ORPUR, Fellow-countrymen, [ leave you With.tho ut- most confldenco that you will do- yodr duty durlng the comlng erlsls, . and will meet the Government polley.jr with n policy ot pussive reslplanc Patiently suffer angthlg. theyl; pul apon you, Avold retalintion or atteppting to meet foreo with force. Stand by apd en- courake vach other In your suffering” Re- fuse to take furms from which your nelgh- burs have been evicted, Refusd to puy unjust rents, thut this e mml, of coerclon Wi fuil harmless upon yigr, entreat you tinally to be worthy of the ¢eca- slon, Tho eyes of the workl are fixed dpon you. Don’t let It be sald that you faltere lu e thiy pertiaps G lnst md greatsst strugele Ivishman wili ever have to makedor the f dom of thelr fand, Thy saerblices you o asked to make aga not mueh, YOUR FOREFATHERY SPILLED TITIR RLOOD on many a fiekd of battte, Iy step, Ineh by Ineh, they contested the possession of this Tand of Ireland with the mysmidons of Henry and Elizabetls and tho troopers of Cromwell, ‘Ihiey then Jought grandly and were willing to make' Gy move bilter seerifiens than you ar¢ valted upon to'make, Wil you be worse thay they? |Cries of * Nover."| WL you show Yonrselves ‘anworthy and de- Rencrate sons of inble angestors. [Cries of “Never”| 'To<lny thestruggln which be. KRN #0 1Ny eentutits ago I8 continued by diferent means mid_with other wenpons. VICTORY 18, ALM0sE SUINING ON YOUR DAN . - NENs, = Wil you, for want of 8 Jittle potrage and de- termination to sutfer ahd beat' In_ silence, fall now? I am sure” you will not, and, Ina short tihe, at the - end of the batlle, "“we shall " look arouml ns and see the' fair In.uf‘,s"fir Green Erin onee more madd 2 free Infid, Loud ¢heers foltowad thizspeech. Resolu- tlons wers then passtd ddsitnding o peasant proprictary and dunotinelng coerclon and the urrest of Davitf “The Ameriean flag witved over the Préstdent’s chalr, PANLS PIESS. OPINION, Spectal Cile, PAnis, Feb, %0.—In an Important article on Mr, Parnell und Irish affalrs the RRepul- Hque Franeatse, M, Gunbetta's organ, de- elares its convictlon that the Ivish agltation mnsks o prearranged separatist imovement, uncd will, therefote, win no sympathy either abroad vrjmong English democrats, PANNELL ADDIESKEN AN ASSEMBLAGE OF 16,000 PLOPLE, 19 the Weatern Asvsclated Preet, Dunris, Feb, 20,—arnell mldressed peopleat Clura, KingsCounty, to-day. He received by large crowds with great enthusi- asne at the rallwuy stations on the route, e adylsed the neople, especindly tenants, to re- main firm, and congratuiated htmselt on having, by obstruetton In Parliament, pre- vented nsuspension of hubeas eorpus seven weeks, At the Clare meeting n Catholic priest pre- siged, and the Stars and Stripes waved over hhn, Parnell-has started for London, PARNELL'S INTERVIEW WITII VICTOR 1LGO, Speclat Cable, d Loxnoy, Feb. 19.—Victor 1lugo’s friends admit the substantial truth of the reputis of the Parnell interviews, It Is Vietor Hugo's Intentlon presently to issue a manlfesto fuvoriug home-rule, Friends sny that 1t I3 not charaetertstic of M. Hugo to decide on volitical natters from purely sentimentat motives nnd after hearing only one side. He was mnever kiown to study the Trish questlon or to show any interest in ten- ams' grivvances till Mr, Parnell appeared. A, Paruell’s conduet tn {aking advantage of the old man’s political dotage excltes indig- natlon amouny Victor Tluga's friends. g PARNEEL'S SLANIFESTO is regarded by tho Lnglish Radleals as formally relinguishing all claims to their support. They conslder his at- tack on a Parljnment elecled by household sufftage a8 equally absurd and offensive, and regard his avowedt inten- tion to abandon Parliamentary opposition ns o confession .of the fuilure of his Parllamentary campoign, No Rad- feal’ fnside the Libernl ranks whl asslst Parnell In his proposed nppesl from Parliament to the unrepresented,—a minority of the people. John Morley hime- self, Inthe Pall Mall Gazette, wiila formaily THROWING PARNELL OVERIOARD, ¢ says that the possibility of thie success of such & schems Is destroyed by Dar- nell's avowal In the manifesto that he will rely on the Irish in America for hls main support. The Spectator declaves that Parnell utterly misunderstands the ;tompor of. the Hritish demoesncy s that the lower clusses do not | hitend . to surrender Ireland, mnor approve of appeals to Amerien, mor tolerats obstruction, Joahu Morley and tho Speetatgr ngree that Parncll might have seeured thelr help to modify the Coerclon bill had not his obstructive poliey kllled their sytupathy, The Irish resotutions passed by the Legls- Intures In Minnesotn and Colorado fail to rouse resentment, most Englishimen mani- festing purely geographieal enrlosity, . A BEALLY STRONG FEELING OF DISCONTENT with the Government is rapldly being devel- oped In theranks of Its supportors, and this Is more palpable In the llouss than .people are llkely to thluk who bnse thelr esthmntes of the situation on nnything which nppears In the newspapers, Awmong his fallowers In the Commons it i freely sald that Mr. Gladstons 8 resumlng the nrbitrary courss which broke up his Inst Admintstration, and venturing boldly upon proceedings which would rain the Con- servatives in a weok, Among the actlons concerning which eomplaint Is made is, as may bo naturally fmagined, THE OPENING OF PRIVATI TTERS IN THE : TORT-OTFICH Liberals of nll scctlons rightly think 1t a seandal that this obnoxions system should be rovived in tho present day, and under o Radleal Administration, and the revlval may at any moment kindlo u danger- ous feoling intho country, Sir Wiillam Vernon Harcourt s maluly, It notaltogether, responsiblo for this, aud It will in ol probability produco an excitement fatnl to his politient prospects. Both he and Chief Secretury Forster are daily becoming tho ob- Jeets of serlous Radieal resentment, - THE NEW GAG LAW proposed by Mr, Speaker Drand on Thurs- day has also affronted a large division of the Ministerinl party, 1L -was Intend- ed to put B In forca on Iriday night, but this morning at 8 o'clock the Speaker aunounced soms modifieatlon, the rising storm of opposition belng much too great to bo disregurded, The riles, 08 introduced, upply 1o diseusstons in Committea on biils in I L'IHI!]¥ the sanie way a8 *the previous gues. tion” in Congross, shutting oft all debatont n given howr, ALTHOUGH MIL PARNELL NAR RETURNED to London without belng arrested, there can b no doubt that the Hume Gileo bns con- vineing proofs of his_sssoclation with tren- sonable socleties, Davitt cortalnly sue- ceeding In entlelng bhim nte a position where tho — law could step n and lay ita hands upon hlmat uny moment. o will shortly revurn to 'urls, but the sharp comments from New York, which wero cablod hero on his proposed American tour, doterred him frond this latter enterprise, THE PROFOUNS' DISCOUBAQEMENT enused by W disuppearance obliged themem- ber for Cork City to ghow: Jlmself again in Parllnment at all huzargls, but hy knows his danger, for bapers fn possession of the Homo Otiles would, in Justity his urrest at apy monient. Ly sdd that I, receive thesd fucts upon uultl |xrll.\' which cun, be trusted fmplicitly, Heid-Centrp Stephéns, & of the Fenfun DBiotherhood, — denies lmvlmi field u consultution - with My, Parnell, amt condemns . hls plan of aetlon, In my opinion, uil probubility of Fonlan attacks—uttacks of uny consequenco nt least—hos passed. away. The leadors of the Fenlan organization now know that any outbreak wounld recoil hunwily on their owii friends, and the members "of the * lrlsh par- 1y ara more anxlous than wnybody 1o pre- vent disturbanee, ny, at the fivst sizn of vio- lence, the anl-l,m}uucm lu tho Ilouse of Conmons ad out of it 4 WOULD BE ABRKSTED, AMr, Parnell's Intest manifesto recommending au alllance with the Bnglish ludicals shows thet, at lugt, ho nlzes the yight and” only practical poliey for Irish mem- burs to 7 adopt. Unfortunutely — he hud bitherto spurned ull overtures, and (he Radicals huwo no longer the power, or indeed the nejlnstion, to joln forecs with Dl Fhe obstructive tetics have disered- ftod Mr, Parnell's lendership, and fimnensely linjumd tho frish causs throughout the na- tlon, o ifa WIS INTERVIEW AT, PAWLY, with Henrl Rochofort has alsg Jses to bo expected, glven bitter offensu td Catholie purty, and his countrymen begli'to feel that atl i3 Jost unless they ean find a leader of better juidement, THE BOERS. A HECONNAISSANCE, Loxpox, Fet, 20.—A weastle dispatel states that Gen, Wond, With 100 hussars, made o reconnalssaned” of over seventy-five miles und ‘penetroted . within ten nlies of Wakkerstroom, 11 found the country nl- ‘most déserteds ‘The General assured tho In- “havttants that Boers who return to their farms imuedintely will not be molested, ‘I'hiree hundred soldiers salted Saturday for the Cape. Three hundred and fifty leave carly in Mareh, % ‘T'he Times says the Boers tnnde overtures for peace through Presldent Brand, of the Orange Free State. "The proposals appear to be to the eifect that the Britlsh evacnate "T'ransyaal and a Commissioner be appolnted to seftle Hs future relatlons with Great Britain. Gen, Colley replied “that if the garrisons in ‘Fransvaal were left unmolested — and free to obtaln snuplles, and liostilitles fmmedlntely sis- penided I';yllu‘ Boerw, the Dritish \\'unld agree to uppoint Commis . Gene Colley Tns received no final answer ns yet, GERMANY. NESECTION OF BISMANRCICS 1PROPOSALS, Benwas, Feb, 20.—The Committee of the Upper House of the Prussian Died to wham the bl relating {of the powers of the admin- fstrative nuthorlties was referred buek on necount of the objection of Bisinarck toa paragraph ng amended by the Lower 1Touse, rejected—9 to 4—Blsinar proposnls with regard to the State supervision over provin- clal udmintstrations, Although Count von Eulenbere, Miulstor of - the Interiory therchy wreeeived avote of confidence, he has tend- ered his reslgnation, FOUI MORE DEATIS, Musien, Feb. 20,—Four more artist stu- xhlcnlu: died from Injuries recelved Friduy night, THE ASITANTEES. HOSTILITIES EXPECTED, CAUE CoAsT CASTLE, Feb., 10.—~Tha begin- ning of hostilities is momentarily expected. The Ashantees are three days’ march from liere, Four hundred and fifty-one troopsand the crow of n gunboat have urrived, and sume Gatlings have heen Innded, THE I3AST. A MILITARY COUNCIL, CoysTANTINOPLE, Feb, 0.—There was a great wllitary councll to-dny, All the mill- tary authoritles were present. RUSBSIA. RELIEVING DISTRESS, 87, PETENSUULG, 20.—T'he Czar sends aldes de cnmp to distribute money fu the famine-stricken vilinges, ** OBITUARY., ITENRY I, SAMPLE. Bpeclat Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, LAFAVETTE, Ind., Peb, 20.—~Tho funeral of tho Iton, Henry 'T. Sumple tukes place to-morrow afternoon. Mr. Rample was borun in Butler Couuty, Ohlo, tn 1865, He subsequently moved to Randoiph County, Iudiana, where bo engtwed fu business, doing much trading with the Del- ware and Mhuni tribes of Indians. e wis present In IRW ut on treaty with the Indirus, in the Town of Wabash, hl., then known as np Paradise,' at which 5,00 Indfuns were encatnped, He eame to Lufayotte about 1823, where ho hag since resided, e never held an electlve otliee, but in polities was an enrnest, uncompromising Republican. o hud beeu- President of tho 'Il)pluun(m County Falr Assoclution since Its orgunlzation, und for many years hid been an active member of the State onrd of Agricnlture. ITo was u good cltizen and uo honest man, . MINARD F. COOK. Spectal Dispateh (o The Chicago Tribunes JACKSON, Mich,, Feb, I.=Minard F, Cook, ono of tho Justices of the Peace of this city, dled Inst night of rheumatie troubles, nged 6 years. "Squire Codk was elected throe years ngo on the @ reenbicic ticket whion it swopt the city, and was the anly one remalulig {n oflice of 'that cleetion, He'was u goud eitizen and well lked, lllulllvlll bo buried Ly the Unlon Veteran Asso- clation, : A. D, BRIGGS. BriNavIELD, Muss, Feb, 20.—Nallrond Com- mixsloner and ox-Mayor A.D. Briggsls dead, ugo 81, ¥ernando Wood and His [Family Re- 1atio Correspondence Cinelinatt Commereinl, Wasinrarsy, . C., Feb, 10.—The tings aro 11y lng ut hol st from the wings of the Capl- tol: u vaennt chalr in the House 18 covered with bk, and # houguet of white Howers stunds on the desk of the Hon, Fernando Wood. 1118 tall, gronudier-tko form, his peculiur fentures, white e, and @quare-eat frosty mustache, made hiny ulwiys noticeable to strangers. 1le never seenied to bavo been fnan easy position fn his tife, Lrect, angulur, and froczing was tho imprese #lon he mude on outsldurs; Lut thuso who hiave sutut bis fwnous_dinner purtics tell of jokes nnd yood cheor, “For many yeurs his wifa hus been Insune, ond Mrs, lckox, u relative, took cave of tho smaller_childron and kvpt house for tho family. I8 Inst witfo was a Mlss Allee Millg, nvery beautitul hielress. "Thoe policy of Mr. Wood” concernlng woney muts ters caused troubly, 80 1 buve been - informed by d his imother-in-law, Mra, Mills, was urated trom hor duughiter, und whito With o passionute wnderness, never would’ eater My, Wood's house to suo her, 8o bltter were her feelings townrd the husbaud of ber ehlid that sho even willed hor pletures to ]ml)llu gallery in order to keep than from ndorn- llt' his wullg, < When tho lunglng to know somuothing of tho delicute_und, us &ho thought, miserubly girl whom the venersble mun bad woved for her fortune, beemne too stroug to be reslsted, M. MIts would tuke Judy friciuis to her eyild’s door, and sit fn tho earrlngo velled while they ealled, and with tears and cagerness would o ! them as they drove away how Alice louked and what sho sl und yot vo sovore and proud was shu hut o Messiged was ever carricd from hor to Mrs. Wod, who never guessed how, in disguise, her mother often waited outsldo ker home, So misernble werp theso two women separated, thut Mrs, Wood's hunlth drooped, sho boenine meluncholy, and 4 prisoner {n hor own rich houso, Mrs, Mills, restless, wnreasonublo and nmorbld, seemod ulmost beskle berscll avhen mention was mndo of str. Wood or.hls wito, Hor life wis In guy society, aho Hived ut hotels in Waushinggon, but at fust, after i day of weeping for her foat child, sho fell, vr Jumped from the whulow of lur raoni, ong 41k of July, five or aix yours tieo, snd died i u fuw hours. They say Mr. Wood nuted very kindly, at the Ingt, camo to tho drnm womun, wid tried to sce bevd but with hor fust brewth sho begged ¢ stundors to Keop that man aw co mother's death, Mre. Wood kins been continion Iy 1n an asytun, and probubly hus o knowledgo of hor busbuid's deceuse. e —e Threo Bxpressive Words of Irish Dorle vatton. Pali Mall Gaaette, It {8 0 curlous thiy that threo of the most expressive words of tho Enillsh lnnguage shiould huve beon wdded to It, if not by Irishmen, nt - Jeant Ly men belonaing by restdanve o 10 tho west of Ireland, #To Hurko,” “to Lyneh,” and *to Bogeatt” huve ull laken thotr places, it not oxuctly In classient Mternturo, at loust fn tho vernuenlur of - tho Suglist- spenking roco nll over tho world, Thers i3 us littlo disputo us to the Idontity of tho Mr. Burke WHOSE HMNL DEcke j BYIouyINe to murder 4y to that of Capt, Buycott, but thore 1s some doubt as ta who was tho origlial M. Lyuch, Thero huvo been several Lyneles reamrkablo fdr tuk- fug tho luw futo their own hands, A Virgintun garmer of thnt numo who fogged 8 thiof with hig own bands his probubly no elatm to tho bonor nseribed to him by o donbtrul tradition. The cluinis of Judgo Lynch, who was sent out 1o uippross piracy In Amerlen 16 1687-8, uro more substantint; it tho ganuino nboriglnol Lynch s sudd to have heen Mayorof Gulway utthoeloso of the ifteenth contury,und to bave iado his nune fumous by hanging bis son with hls own hunds out of atupper window, In excoution of i death sentence passed upen him for robbory und mue- or, e —— e - ‘Thirty Persons Frozen to Death, Over thirty bodics of persons frozen to doath Adurlng thy rocent engwestorms in Euglund buve been foud o the at. dawns In Wilts und Weat Borks, BUSINESS NOTICES, 'Fo the Consumptive.—Let thoss who lunguish under tho tatul severity of our cliimute through sny pulimenary cvomplabut, or uvui thiows who uro i dockded wonuitinpiion, by o wieuns despuir, Thore bsn enfe amd sur edy ot buid, nd ono cually gelod. * Wibor's Compaund of Cod=Liver OR 4nd Lime, posvesying tho very nauscutlng tiavor ot tho Ol U hervtoforo used, s endowed by the Pussphuto of Limo with & builthy proporty which renders tho 01l doublootticuclous, Hemurkuble testl- monluls of its eflicacy can bo showu, “Bold by A, 1 Winou, Chowlst, Boston, und ull drugylats e e e — = tep of 0xpose 25 eonts. Muck & Hayner's %3ars® Fuco Powder i1 u charming Inveation for tho complexion. White, Hoscate, sud Hrunctie. Hurniless and patural, A fitting cotupantons plecy 20 te fumous * Muvs" cologue, THE RAILROADS. Official Report of the Receiver of the Ohio & Mississippl. Lake Erie & Western Now Practically Under the Control of East- ern Capitalists, A Mceting In Toledo In the Intercsts of tho New Wheellng & Lake. Litigation in Towa—A New Land Commis- sloner for the Northern Paoifio, GOULIVS NEW YORK LINE, ‘There ean he hut little doubt that the New Jersey Centrad Rallrond, just secured by Jay Gonld, is to forin the Eastern or New York end of the new New York, Chiergo & St Louls Rathroad, and that Jay Gould Is the prineipal backer of the latter scheme. As heretofore stated, thy New York, Chicago & St Louls Ralirond Compuny was organized wshort thne ago by a number of capitalists heretofore Inrgely Interested in the Lake Erle & Western, and_contracts for the con- struction of the line from Cloveland to Chi- cago have already been awarded to Brown, Howard & Ca,, of thigeity, and this part of the voad I8 to be completed by Jan, I, 182 The contrnets for the St. louls Biranch from Fort wWayne will be awarded this weelk, and this portion of the work Is to be completed by July 1, 1853 What course 13 10 e purstied regarding the extenslon_of this line from Cleveland to a connectlon with the New Jersoy Central has not clded upon, and deperds entirely upon the result of Gould’s manipulntions” regarding some of the existing Hnes hetween the two points numed, 1t 18 alnost certain that Gonld is after the Lehlzh Valley and [ead- e Railroads. and probubly also the Dela- ware, Lackawunin & West “I'his would not only bring the system west as far as Wilhamsyport, P’a., but would place Gould in control of nearly ali the Pennsylvania coal business, The conneeting Jink between Wiliiameport and Clevelmnd ~ conld ha mnde either by seeuring some Eustern lines ot by building s new road In less than six months, It i more than probable that within one year's thne Goulil's great ambi- tiont to control w direct dine from the Atlautic o the tfic will _be gratified, New York, Chicago & St. Louls Rord 1s likely o become Lhe trunk line between “the East X It will be o well-vstablished, ensiiy-worked ling direct trom the mngnifi- cent water-front of the Jersey Centralat New York to Chieago, and thenee by the Wabnsh and jts regular St. Londs Branceh from Fort ‘nyne to Misstssippi and Missonrl River points, \rm‘nl from there on to Californln, ‘exas, Mexico, ‘These ronds In their capltnl will more néarly represent the actunt cost thin any of the existing Hnes, especlatly the heavily-watered New York Central and Lrle systems, ONMI0 & M SILPT. CixeiNyary, O, Feb. 10,~The fifth report of John Kiug, Jr., Receiverof the Ohlo & Misstssippl altroad, to the Cireult Courts of the United States for the severul distriets of Indiann, Svutkern Iilinols, Southarn Ohlo, Eastern Missourl, and the Chancery Court of Kentucky, which hng Just been made publie, shows the condition of the rowd for the year ending Dec. 81, 188, ‘The tlonting debt was reduced during the year $115,600. © Since the beginnlng of the Recclvership the tlonting ebt hus been reduced 81,200,000, The total reeelpts, with cush ou hud, at the beginning of the year wera £6,757,000,—the total pay- ments, 86,403,000, Cash on hamd at-the end of tho year, $264,000. An Interesting com- parative statement of the net enrnings of the maln line and branches and Springtield Di- tsion Is wade, showing the met earnings In 1877 to be 80020 I 1578 8850L547; In 180 S10AL4IN; In 1890, 81,236,709, Included In the expenses for the pust year wero jmprovements aggre- gating S350, leaving at the close of the year but tive miles of iron on the main line, which will be soon replaced with steel, ferving to the faets whiel may operste to de- lny the extrication of the road frouw the hands of the Recelvers, M, mn.\i cites the suit of George Henry Waurren and others, holders of preferred slock, to have such stock declured u prior len to tho second consoildnted MOFt- gaze, Althouzh declded odversely to War- ren ol al by Judge Drunmnond, an appent s bheen taken to the Unlted States Suprome Court, lie nlso eites the sult for the sule of the Springticld Division, nlso pending fn tho United States Suprems Court, and siys that while it 13 not ‘prubnblu that 1n e first case the deelslon of Judge Drummond wlit he reversed, or In the secomd caso that the sale will be ordered, still, as no otie can predict tho result of the litkzution, it would 1ot bo safy for the owners of tho Ol & Misslsipul Rullway to ealenlate ul»uu the futuie without reference to s possibility, THE DEVEREAUX COMBINATION, The Indiunapolls Journal clafing to lave it from o quite reliable source that she Dev- crenux combluntlon, which virtually com- prises the Erle, the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohlo, and the Clevelund, Columbus, Cin- clunntl & Indlanapolls Interests, hus asked the Pennsylvanin Company to set their price on thelr Interest u the Indianapolis & St Louls Roud, which is the snne us thut of the Devercaux combloation, and that in answer the Penusylvanln combination have offered to take par for their $500,000 In stock, and ask turther that the Devercaux comblnation retmbirse thom for all moneys advanced o keep the rowl up at thnes when the carn- ings Llnl not pay the operating expenses and the rentnd on tho St. Louls, Alton & Terro lute JRomd, which s leasod by the Indlnn- apolls & St Louls Rallrond Compnny, and tho Devereuux people are toreleass the Penn- sylvanky Interest from all Habillty for rental of the St. Louls, Alton & Ferre {Inute here- after, 0 Is where the hiteh will como In, it utany poluty in the negotlations, as the owners _of the "St. Louls, Alton & Terra Tunto feel thut wider exlsting agreemunts their rental I3 well secured, But it 13 thonght thnt tho dittienity can be overcomy in some nnnar, nnd that the lnulmml)ullx & Bt Louls will pass under full control of the Deversaux combinaton in the near future, which doubtless would bo best for buth partles. —— LARKE ERIE & WHSTERN, Spectat Dispateh to Tha Chicago Tribune. Lavaverre, Ind, Feb, 18—0t lato theio have been muny rumors aflont concoruingthe alleged snle of the Luke Erled& Westorn Itaftroad to Eastorn parties, On the return to this elty of tiencral-Manoager E, 1L Wald- ron, of the above ‘rdnd, yourfeorrespondent questioned b as to what e knew of thy reported sale. Ho sald it was known that Eustorn eapitalists, ropresenting Vanderbilt ond the Chleago, Burlington & Quiney Cont- pany, had recently mado extonsive purchases of Lake Erio & Western shures, having now control of 45,000, In reply to tho question ng to what proportion’thls wus of the whale, he sndd that It gave thom a mnjority, there belng but 77,000 shares In all. Ile atated that he had no ldes thut tho purchase wits mude with & view.of i change of nan- agenent, regarding it rathor us a good - yestinent for surplus eapital. No ehunge coulil be mads anyhow, should the present Dircetors wish to provent I, for the reason that the Ditvctory Is not elected all at one thue, onethind belug chosen overy year, gnd thus a majority would hold over for months tocome.” WIHEELING & LAKE, Special Disputch to The Chicago Tribune. Torkno, 0., Feb. 10.—A large meeling of prominont eitizens was held here to-night the lntorest of the new Wheellng & Lako [talfrond. ‘Tho moetlng was addressed by Judge Cachiran, Managing Director of the road, aud - resolutions commending the en- terprlse to the support of vur cltlzens wero adopted. The road I$ now under contraet from Wheeling to Norwalk, 0., und the pro- Jeetors proposa to brimz it to 'l'oledo[,muklu 3 thisclty the other terminus, it substuntly aid Is reccived here LITIGATION. Des Moixes, [a., Fob, 19.—Actlon Ina re- plevin wus begun this morning by the uttor- neys of the Chleago &&orthwestern Road in the nume ot the Des Moines & Minneapolls Railromd Company, and a writ was served on William M. Jones to recover the booksy papers, ete, of the Treasurer nnd Secretary’s oflice for defivery to the “I'reasurer and See- retary recently elected at New York, vico Jones, deposed. Mr. Jones declined to de- liver thy property, on the ground that tho property wns already In the possession of the Des Moines & Minneavolis aflrond” - Compuny, the plaintiff, and In his lawfol cnse tody, Mr, Joiles, a8 the Solicitor of the pany, went Defore, the Court and dise O missed the suit, DES MOINES & KANSAS CITY, ' Dis Moises, In, Feb, 10,.—A contract hns been inade with the Chief Englncer of the Des Molnes & Kansas City Rallroad, and the* - work begins at onco of the survey and locas ton of the road, NORTHERN PACIFIC. 81 PAut, Minn,, Feb. 190.—~Mr. J. B, Pow- er, Land Comumissioner of thu Northern Pa« elfic Ruifroad, has resigned, and Col. New- port, the Audltor, hins been appointed to suce ceed hilm, 1TEMS. The general ofices of the Lake Erle & Western Rallrond have been moved from Fremont to Sandusky. The extensive shops of thls Company, which hiave been in course of ennstruction for gome time past at Lima, 0., have been complel and commenced operations a few days ago. I'he people of Shelby County, Indiana, ex- et to inve two new ronds this summer,— one to be known as the Aunderson, Ureen- field & Shelbyvitle, and will pass through the very heart of Indiana, golngidirect north tu the pineries of Michigan and south t Loul ‘Tlhe other Is to be an_oxtension of the Neweastle & Rushvllle Railroad, from 1 to Ldinburg and thence souths vest to Evansville. Both these contemplated ronds are meetlng the hearty nruroval of tho citizens of Shelby County.” Flve towns in tho eounty that are now witliont means ot sh|‘nplng without first gnh}g to Shelbyvitks will have direct raflrond facllities If ‘theso roads are bullt, and it is almost certain that they will be, Ihe totak revenue or gross income of the Cincinnati Southern Rallrond ~ from all sourees sineo the rond was first operated up ta the quarter ending Jan, 1, 188L was £2,740,850.20, and the amount pald the Trus« tees 31,159,475,%0, The Sinking-Fund Com- missioners have received from the Trustees "J' o the quarter ending Oct, 1, 1850, 8200, B2L14L nned thiers §s still due them for the city king Clucinnati’s share up to enr 840,080 8, Tho balance T2ABLAT Das heen oxpended for neces- sary sidings, terminals, witer-tanks, depots, wipletion of 1ine, malntenance, ote, Seeretary has prepared his snnual report fo submit to the next meeting of the Trustees, ’ which will furtlsh more definlt informstion regarding disbursemients, ete., and which will appenr i full fn the Enqguirer, The New York Evenlng Express says: “The project of completing the Blue Ridge Radiromt Is fust now attracting much atten. tion ut the South, and there is & good pros- pect of the rowd being finlshed. New 'olLk eapitallsts Juive been voking into the seheme, and there s some talk of a syniicate taking fho road In bhand, ‘The Western and Southwestern connectlons of the road are lnulmi\yuslwd. the Louisville & Nnshyille and the Kentucky Central Companies hnving combined with the ville & Ohlo Rond tobulltnline to the Tennesses State fne, i G pany hag surveyed aline from Emory Gap to Knox- ville, © A1 these rodds are secking a shorter raute to the Southeast on the Atlantic const than any bow existing, At the eastern end is the_South Caroling Uoad, controlled by New York and Loston caplitalists, and_the Greenville & Columblia Boad, owned by New York nud Richmowd partfes, The Blue Ridge s the missing Hink between these ronda ane those of the West, and hence its completion i3 being netively ngitated.” e —— I havo long preseribed tho Shakers' Sarsapa- rillug, and 1ihink it most valuuble wedleine.— Joreminh Binke, M, D., Gllmanton, N, H. ¥ St #Nothing without Labour.” HOREOYHD&TAR 7 Invariably Cures Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Soro Throats, Asthma, Croup, and all Affec- tions of the Brenthing Organs, Its soothing Influence upon the iritated alr paseages ls dno to tho fact that its ingredients ara thy most efenclous palmonics known, the Lasls of tho article belng tho honey of the horehound plant, chemlcally united with the Ables Balsamen, or Balm of Gilead. There are besldes five other botanlo elements which glve naditional efiicacy, Those who have used it sy that Hale's Hunoy of Harshound and Tar i8 wonder= fully remedinl in all cases whero the organs of reupliration aru affocted, and that its action Ia unusually rapld. It contalns nothing that can disorderthentomachi ithasanextremely agreonble flavor, and s sold ata fgure which enables those of tha most limited means to avall themaclves of ita virtues, Children derive great boneflt from Its soothing propurtios when sufferlng with Croup and Whooping Conugh. Prices~50c. and 81 per bottlo; largest, cheapest, BOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS, C.N. CRITTENTON, Sale Prop'r, N.Y. PIRE'S T00THACHE DROPS, oftie - NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS , ke, Afanufuctured by STEELL & PRICE, Makers of Lupully Yeart Genw, Cream Laking Pander, olesy Clileaso sud Bt Loulsy