Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 19, 1881, Page 7

" TIE RAILROADS, - tnformation Not Bofore Made Public About the Mexican Central. Liberal Subsidies Granted by the Mexican Government for Its Conatruotion. A Narrow-Gauge Rond Two Thousand Miles Long When ' Completod. Facts in Rolation to tho Openinz of the Atohizon, Topeka & Ranta Fa. MEXICAN CENTRAL, §r. Louis, Mo, Mareh 18,—The Repul- lean to-morrowy Wl publish an artfele on the narrow=giruge ratlroad system of Mexleo, whieh gives information not before mnde publie. ‘T'he statwment Is derived rrom the Nlghest authorlty, . aml may bo “relien upo, Tl Mexiean (ov- ermment hns granted very liberal subsldles to the projectors of the enterprise, who have ofganized ander the nameo of the Mexican Natlunal Construction Compnny, with ex-Gov. Hunt of Colorado, u3 Mabager, and Gen, W. L. Paliner and James Sullivan oceupying hlgh positions, T'he road Is to pe known ns the Mexiean Central, and will be practieally an - extension of the Detiver & Riv Grande Road, although under a different organization, Under tho pro- visuns of the grant, the Mexican Natlonal Construetion Compnny 18 required to bulld, first, an Interoceanie tne from the City of Mexico to the Pacifie Ocean, puss- ‘g through Taluen, avatlo, Acamborn, Morlla, Zawun, und Lapiadad, to M rillo, or between that polnt and Navidad. Second, an international llne from the City of Mexico to the northorn frontier, eom- meneing on the most. deslrable polnt hotween Manvatio and Morehn, then through -San Luis Potosi, Saltilo.and Monterey,to Laredo, on the 1ty nde, or hetween that point ond Eugle Pasy, Although the grant was Jssued last tall, but few, If any, of the detalls have yet beon published. The Com- pany Is required to complete 277 aniles of road every two years. ‘T'he Interoceanie line must be completed within five years and the international withln eight yeurs from last S r, The required gauge Is three English feet, The Company, in transferring any of Ity rizhts, Is required to finish the ling before miy part of* it ean be adienated. Any other company recelving sueh transfer must have acaplital stock of not less than $1,000,000, 10 per - eent of whiclh must be' paid n, and llabllity - Hmited to . the par vilue - of shares. Under | the subsldy proper, the Government gives the the Company S11,265 per_ ile of rond con- strneted on the line from Mexico City to the Pacitie, and 310,460 per mile onthe line to the northern froutier, 'I'he Goyernment witl begin to 1;1?' the uuhslnl?' on the completion of the firpt ninety-two mifes ot the line from- Mexleo to the Pueitic, Freedom from hoport dutles onallsupplies needed In the construction of the romd Is guaranteed by the Government, - Provisions and werehandlse bn tritnsit are not tobe tnxed, ormaily elther, allof which will befreed from customs or part duty for twenty-flve years from the completion of the lines. Frecdom from ail Fedeyal, State, and loenl taxes for {m)i years afler completion s also guaran- jecil. v To Indemnlfy the Government ngainst failure to build the line bg the parties usking the concusylon, Jawes Sullivan deposited 100,000 cash in he Natlonal Monte De; aledad, Wwhich is to remain on deposit until sixty- two miles of roud, *from Mexico Clty to the Tacitic Is completed. 'The. amount can thon be withdrawn, and substi- tuted therefor an_egual mnount of first- mortgage bonds of the rallromd company, The entire line, when completed, will be about 2,000 iles Tong, i The Rr{mhllann nlso has Information from” a bigh ofllelnl of the Denver & Rio Grando Company that that rond will ba completed fo Laredo within ‘two years, line "Iy now ‘fluished to Santa’ Cri New Mexico, and being . vigorous) pushed southward.” An Incompleteil rad from Corpus Christ, Tex., .at the mouth of the Rlu Grande, to Laredo, has recently heen purchased \Jy the Denver & Rio Grande Company, and a forty-mtle (xl\l In it wiil be finished'ns speedily a8 grad lnér' end track-lnying can - bo accomplished, When this work 18 done 1t will afford con- nection between Laredo and Galveston, New Orleuns, and other Gulf ports, and he n great ald In the trunsportation of suppiies, {ron, :lrk'-. 1o the contriclors on the Mexican line oper. X THETRUNK-LINE AGREEMENT, Special Dspateh to e Chicago Tribune. NEw Your, March 18.~The Trunk Line dQoint Executive Committee meetlng which \ias held Friday, the 11th Inst.,’was n more Important ono than appeared from tho re- luctant admissions made by Cdmmissloner Fiuk and his subordinates nt the timo. So flagrang had become the- viola tlons of the exlsting ngreement that the Pool was nearer disruption than atany perlod slice its organization, When this fact wos Tealized by the trunk-line manngers 16 was determined to take such netion ns would ef- 3 Teetunlly provent a recurrence of the ovil fn tho future, and at tho meotlng U was formally resolved to withe Bold from subordinntes hereafter the Tower to mmnke rates, thus placing tho entire Tespousibllity upon the I'residents of the varlous roads, ‘This will obvlate the neces- &lty of Inquiring ns to who makes & eut. It Willbe ouly necessury to nscertaln that o cut has been made, Should this bo proved It Was agreed that tho contral authority of the comblued ronds shall at once order Agenernl and open reduction to o lovel with tho cut rate, It was nlso agreed at the meet-" Jdnethata division of the shipmants trowm e Western pooling points shall bo ade among the Enstern connections of Western rouds, that this division shall begin -8t date near e hand, and that 1t shali be Juade by arbitration very soon, if not other- Ise ngroed upon. [ A PIG-YOKE PLATFORM, ) oo I0the Bitor of The Chicago Tribune. 1 Cuieado, Murch 18.~DId_you vver 860 an ®l-fushioned * plg-yoke”? ~Come down to Bouth Water atrect, and look over the river at the otharwise hundsome pyramidal tower, With Its beautitul locomotlve wenther-vano, oftho new Northwestern pnssenger depot, and you will see something very like it. reachy plgs wero yoked witha square frame Bround thelr necks, just behind their ears, Jfl keep them from Koing through fouces, 1Il!t tike that looks the deformily In the Shape utl‘hh:trurm bullt around that tower lluhun, dlstanee below the apex. What a shiaing that so benutltul & tower should ba . n&mceu and doformed by such an attach- Jentl 1t the urchiteet ov rufirond viticlaly Jouted un outlook from the tower why nut 1ave put ln dorimer windows, with handsome ‘l;uhxled hoods, which would ltuve glven the lmlou}: desired without deforming, but Jather ydding to, tho buauty of the wu;f‘rl’, w TIE BANTA FF NOUTE, Tho recent opening of the now route to the ‘acific coust,—vin the Atchison, Topekn & Banta K6 and the Southern 1'acific,—the frst hrough trafn eitheryway being still watched orat Its tinal objective polnt, mukes the fol- luning o)), ppings” iy order, and they arg cer- tatly lmur‘eu\ ! 4 B BT bout twenty-flve years ogothero wero two at ¥8. There wore ulso otbor poor buys ut bany Uilio, but tho story of thoso two boys la “Y h(.ulurly worth telling, One was numed B, Operns WuE buglniing 1o loara 1o bo u telogruph Tutor fnn rutlrond office on & plug roud in *consin. The other boy we will cufl Al, und wing brukea on the froight-trains of 3 liinoly. Dot were Industrious, Yorrd: honoruble, dueryetio boys, aud did their ool well s mn{ kuew bow, 'The fntended iy Tk ip to somotbing better, Thoy sucoueded. §utto bo station-ugent, then ngent for o [KET Foud ut u woro ImpOFtubt polnt, then Tivlalon Siportnteidont nf anathot rond, hen Trop vl Buperintondent of u yrout rond ruunln{' humklglcngo wostwurd. Thin Boston capitafs e’ Wi “were bulldiug i YoMty put him Hmensy operations. frelght canductor, e then pnssenger conduet. tlion ha was natonishod by being eailed off his traln to hecome assistant to tho Superin- temdent of the rond on which 111l wns / fow yours ntterwurds Genoral Euperintendont; ho W taisde Divialne Heporintewdent, aod thon s gront company on the Maclile Const tomptand il over thure at a vory high snlnry, and piscod 0 OF thielr grent aml growing syaiom Tho othar day Bill aut from tho eustern emd of his line” In Kn; to teavel to ita presens sonthern end in Ne XU laneo of L0 mHes, Aot the sume t out from his home fn Ran Franefses to travel over his ine to the sume point In New Moxico, i distaneo of about 1240 miles, and shortly 1l and AL will mieot draln ond sinke Twids ot Doeting, New Mexieo, over tho completion uf tho nt transcontinental rallway tlon of the two ronds of whivi i ho munntgers, il Is now known 1 WL, Strome, Ue i Managerof the Atehison, Toptkn & Hantn and ALY AL N Towne, Uenest r’rulflllnl'rhllull(lt‘n of tho Central & Southern Paclilo Rnllway vystem, Hlow thoy would have Innghed when oo was t telogrnph operntor and tho other u Treixit brakoman it somebody had told them by the timoe they renstied midelo Hlo they woulld be tho manawers of fines reaching froin the Miesourt River down to Mexico, nernsa tho Arizoun desert, wp throngh tho winds of Callfornia to 8an Feanelseo, und thenee weats Wied ovor the Siorrns to tho serent Salt Luko, Tlig s tho fuct ta-duy, and, morcover, the great rallways which thoy compiand have not by’ nur meany censeill growing, and these two men, still Youug, nuve not yet nttalned to the swmmmit af tbelr cminonce,” “This is n good story for tho boya to read, Tt shows whnt enérgy, and fidelity, uni braing can necomplish n this Rooublle of inltuit possthilltfes, On Muy 10, 1Sith losa than twelvo yeors ago, tho Inst wike wis delven connceting tho Unlon nnd Contral Pacltle Honda wied comploting tho fimt rrilway nerosa tho continent, 'The great event was heralded by celebrations nnd rejolefngs ult over the conntry, Chicugo showing its delieht by nn_ finmenso procession, with eannonnding, huands of musle, and tiveworks, On o ULl ! Murch, 1881, balf a dozen men connccted with tho construction depnrtment of tho Atehison, Topeka & Sunta ¢ Ruad drove o silver spiko for tho Iust rall conncetine that roid with the Houthern Puelfle, and completing another all- rafl route from ocean to ocean. Tho telegrupl records the event In n Ines, viosing with the words, *Thero wig no further demonatution,” " We have hecome | weeustomed to - nilracles within tho Inst few years, and notning now ‘scoms inl- pksiblo or worthy of exciting astonlshinent, yot this evant of Mireli 0 was une of tremondous significance, Tt 19 now thought that tho third rallway across the Continent, the Northorn P'n- eitie, will be complotad In two years. The fourth iine, the Atluntio nud Pacltle, 18 pushing s westward, and will probubly reach the Pacifie In Tour or five years. Operations have been begun on tho Hlth” trunscontinental line, that of tho Unlan Pacllie, to Orekon, and it 1 oxpeeted it will have connection with the Paclile const with- In twa yonrs, while tho sixth, the great Caondlan Pneltie onterpriao, s under contract for comple- tion within ‘ten years. Copltal will probably tnka a long pavde before aticmpting to ndd othors to this list of gigantio enterprisea apan- nlng tho entire Continent. Me: dozen IOWA RAILROADS. Bpectal Correspundence of The Chicavo Tribune. Des MoiNes, March 17.—A new rallrond project hins comne to the front quite promi- nently within the prst week, the Des Molues, Osceola & Southorn, It Is proposed to build from this ity through o corner of Madlson County, thenee through Warren and Clark Counties to Osceols, on the Chiengo, Bur- lington & Quiney. Mr. Harding, o proml- nent banker nt Ogceoln, Is the Tresldent of the Company. It Is said tho Company have strong finaneind bucking, and all that Is re- quived to bulld therond Isn 5 per cent tax voted nlong the line. This tho townships are now workiug up, and thero is little doubt it will be seoured. " ‘T'he Des Molnes & St. Louls, atias Wabnsh, Is In & quandary, Three routes are proposed. On ono route the towns on the north end have voted o tax, two towns on the south thought they could avold it nnd get the rond auyhow. On nnother route alternate towns have vated o tax, On the other the south end has glven §t the necessary support. Tho Company I3 now hothered “to know which route to take, nnd tho thne s getling short, ns the road niust be built and In op- eraton Oct. 1, Ton dnys' thue has been given tho different routes to complete the tax, when the Compnany will seleet the routs on {ts own motion. E Tho Des Mulnes & Kansas City profect Is belng pushed ahead, 'Fhe Des Molnes & Oscoln 13 o rlvad, ns Ibmnst take nearly the smng route ns the _former. ‘I'he offiers of the Des Moines & Kansns (}Ilr say It will have no effect npon them at all, Their rond will be bullt regirdicess of nll other projects or substdles, It.is not . Intended for local traflic, hence, It will be on.ns nearan air-line as possible. Time and distanco ks the object to be attained, The monsy is ready to bulld it, and It will bo bu:dt, How much foundn- tion there s for these positive assortlons is what you can’t find outs the truuk line rall- rondt inen say there Is not o partiele of basts, ‘The St., Louls & Northwestern Is_to be re- organlzed and madd un exelusively Iowa cor- poratien, The southern end will be at the Stato line; the northern In onoe of the north- western conntles, The Compuny now own a road-bed and right of way from the State line to Greenfield, in Adalr County, sevent. mites, o large partof which 1s already graded, 1t I8 reported that Juy Gould I8 now Interest- edinit, and that the rond will be pushed through along the divido to Sloux Clty nga feeder to his Misslssjpp! barge system.” ‘The urIle)ul oftice of the Company has been re- moved to New York, ‘The Indleations now are thot In less thaun three years tho Immense grain trafilc of tho Des Molnes Valloy and Centrnl Iown avitl zo to 8t Louls and down the Mississippl. Chicngo Is losing her grip_so sure as the sun shines and water runs, “Her speculators in genin, eattle, mxl ogs have swindled Iowa l’)rulluccra and nude noney for a long time, ecause thero was no vossible escape, bu thers I8 now, and they 8") h0s6 to use || The New Bharon, Coal Valley & Enstern Tond I3 now belng surveyed from Lynnvitle ta Nowton, on the Chicugo & Itoek Island, 1ts rumored this rond will become a part of the Wabash combination, ‘T'he Burlington & Southwestern Rond has roduced its pnssenger rates to threo conts n mile, ns a concesslon to its Increasing busi- noss, T'wo more rallronds will enter this clty be- fore snow flics, possibly four. The Des AMoines & St. Louls (Wabash) and the Chica- 1o, Milwaukeo & St. Paul are cortain, Itls fiore that |{mbuhle that the Des Molnes & Osceoln, and Des Moines & Kunsas Clty, and the Minncapolls & St. Louls will be oxtended from Lehigh to this city, and that the Des Molnes & Northwestorn “will boe complotod from Waukee, twelve miles, luto the city, It now ling In operation about forty miles of road to 'anora, and_will be oxtended north- west, JefTerson, in Greene Connty, hina_ just voted & b per cent tux to securo it. When the ronds reach lere, as they will ere long, Des Molnes witl be the great rallroad centro of the State, TAWKEYE, ——— PENNSYLVANIA. Bpectal Dispatch 10 ‘T'Ae Chicago Triduns Prrrsuuno, Pa, March 18,—Among the changes contemphited by the Ponusylvanla Compuny in the manngement of thelr pns- senger business upon the removal of the headgnartors to this eity on the st of April aro those of Capt. Spencer F. Scull, Assist- ant Goneral Tickot nnd Passenger Awont o tha f'unnsyl\'unh\ Comnmll'. und Qeorge S, Grlscow, Superintendent of the Yort Wayno Road, to Crestline. 3Mr. Henry Monett ling been solocted by Goneral-Manager Caldwell to tnke the plico of Capt. Beull, and Gris- com's long and continued fliness will necos- sltata the nppolntment of & new man. 1'he Iatter liunlluumu sald this evenlng that he hud determined to retiro, INCREASE IN BUSINESS, MirwAuker, Mareh 18—"Tho annual ro- port of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rallway will show 86.7 per cent lucrease in the passouger buslness over the preceding zuu{, und 27,8 per cent lncrease In frelght usiness, K THE FIRST TRATN. 84X Fraxcisco, Cul., March 18.~The' first overland truln by the Southern routa left the city this morning under chargeof Conductor Massle and Engineer Littlejohn, The cars composing the traln ure all new and of the fluest construction, 1TEMS, The Loulsville & Nashville Railyoad has had four Presldents dur lug -the year ending March, 1841, Ganeral I'assonger Agent W, P. Johnsou, of tho Lnke Shore Hoad, Is expected to re- turn from New York to-day, General Manuager Potter, of the Chicago, Durlington & Qulnc y will firo!mhly not re- tury. from the West before Monduy, Alr, Samuel Schocli, of Marquette, General Mannger of e Marquette, 1loughtou & i:"ul,lll,:‘cn" Road, 13 rcs"stered at the Grand welic, Mr, Ueorge Darling, of Rochester, General Mansgor of the Tildo 1. pany, and Mr, Chorlos ‘Tappan, “General hnx{l’nr of tho Hoosae Tunnel ‘Line, ar- THIEE CIHCAGO ‘T'RIBUN SATURDAY, MARCII rived In Chleago yesterdey and reglstered at the Grand Pacifie. 5 Yesterdny uoon the Hinols Central Hond had only twenty miles more of track to bo eleared of snow, and (hils twenty-wthe bloek- i wus at the western teriinis of tha 1o =Sloux Clty, ‘To-ttay witl find every mile the (.'umrmly's tracky entirely clear, und o tealn will he wtactad trom Sloux City'to Chi- e, the first in- about a month, ‘The Com- “‘my 18 receiving frelght for all polnts on Ity ne. In ait probability the Chicago & Alton Road will’ svon conmence running regulnr pansenger-traing to Kansas Clty on Sunday as on aoy other day, This will be doife Tn- eause of the opening of the new Southern Paclite youte via the Atehlson, Topeku & Suntn I8 As it I3 now, If 0 man wanted to lenye Chieago vin the Chilenko & Alton and tako n Sunday nleht traln from Kansas City for tho P'neifle: Const o would have to leave here so carly that o long stop at Kansng City wonld he necessury hetore ho conld lenvo thnt vlLi' vin the Atohlson, Topekn & Snite With regular Sundny trains prompt connections could bo mad It 19 sintod that Gen located the greater L of the Northern mellie Line, hay ne 1 the position of Chlef Engineer of the Canadlan Pacitle Itafl- wiy: nlso, that Mr, A, B, Rlogers, who hus long held p prominent engieering position with the Chileago, Milwaukee & St. Pant, hny resimed to take charge of tho Toeation of the snmu line, Gen, Rosser made an oxtended reputation on tho Haltimore & Ohlo and other romls, Ho left the Northern Pacltie about one yearagn, sinee wiiich lio has been con- traeting, and bullt, Inst season, the short e between 8t, Paul & Minneapolis, and other pleces of road eisewhere, Ile gradunted at West Point, and durine the War conanded abrigade of cavalry In the army of Gen. Robert E, Lee, The peopls of Great Britain bhave had n slmilur experience to thoseof our Northwest I respact to stors nnd snow blockades, A London dispateh of Mareh 5 says: * Loco- motion on fnand was greatly impeded on Fri- day night, “Ihe trains in Scottand, the north aof England, and i3 Wales were imbedded in the snow-drifts. One traln In Wales was completely covered fn and the unfortunnte lmsseugers anllored keenly, For thirly hours hoy were without feod, ait to the pangs of hunger were adided thoe paing of hands and feet and Himbs numbed with tho Intense cold, while the wind ronred without, each Fm«t hutling the snow Into still higher banks, and threatening to cumplelul{ Wreek the ears and Jeave the people huddled together for warmth without the slight pro- tectlon the carringes ntforded, Reliof at st erne, and the passenwers were reseucil from being liternlly starved or frozen to denth.” It Js had enotgh to bosnowed wp In o Pull- man palnee car, with double windows keep- ing out the cold alr, and hot-water plpes witrming every corner, and snug beds with plenty of blankets for the night; but lmaging the Jotof the unhappy passengers in 3h ruilway earrlages, foreed to sit bolt uInrlxht Ina lttle 4xé pen, anable to move, without extra covering, and frying to keep from freezing to death by looking at the miserable Httle foot-warmers which have been stone cold for twenty-four hours!—Rallway Aye. PROHIBITION. A DMeoting of Kts Advoeates in tho Fif- teenth Ward Lowst Nizhi, Tho Prohibition mien of thd Fifteenth Ward gathored lost evonlug (n the Lincoln Park Cone greguttonal Church, on the corner of Mohawk and Sophln streets, todellberate upon the course to be tuken by them at the coming munlelpal elaction, 3aJ, Malcolm MoDowell prosiding, Tho Roev. Guorge W. Adamsinvoked the Divine guidanoe (n their ddliberutions and conduct. Tho Chalrman, in stating tho object of tho meeting, sald thoy wantod to eleet such men ng wonld Ingpire the people with confidence, Tho prosent Clty Governmont wus — certaluly n vom wideslrubly one, und whatever party Bvould put that (Government out uught to be supported. The people wanted nebnnge, Liveawers lostbeenuse of o eriminal neglegt on the part of the Mayor to enforco the Inw. No manutucturing corporation could show the snma wiliful negloct without incurring the Just consure of the press, They did not wont nny eandldate to pledze himself to a Sunday Inw ora prohibition platform, but they wanted men who would enforco the luws alrendy cn- neted. 1e urged tho neeessity of golng to tho meeting of the llerubumm ward club whero thn delegutos were to o selocted, tobacto smoko to tho contrary notwithstanding, and purticiputein the furmation of the tivket, Br. Arendorf wus then called on, and ad- dressed tho meeting. Ho. sald thoy had laws cnough, If thoy were only enforced. There wad w lnw to prevent the eale of {ntoxicatiug Hquors to drunkurds and minors, uithor of which, if onforeed, would close a mnjority of the saloons. ‘I'he Suprene Courtjhad decided thut whona man gots drunk two or three times a year hois o drunkard, and it all the sulvons Wwhich sold to such men were closed not many would be loft oven, 1le toklof two boys in thy funnedinto neighborhond who got drunk and beat thelr mother in such o brutal manner thut Bho wis contined to her pod from the elfects of the fujuries. 'Tho enlvonkeeper tiad his licensg rovoked, but it was returned on petition of four Aldermen and fitty oltizens, Women and #irls woro enticod into those pluces aud mado drunk, The pross hnd ~dune ita duty fu pointing out cons 'L L. Rtoaser, who an demning those places but the citizons had not dono thelrs, Ho roferred to o romark of Mayor Honth tit (f 0 suloonkeeper wanted anything ho wits uat biuckward sbout esking for ft, but hio never suw any at tho friends of prohibitiou o his otlico. Tho speaker was not In favor of prohibition at present, e thought they mirht roduce tho saloons to the proportion of oo to every 600 of the populution, Buch u thing had been dono In Swoden, Ho bl never talked with i Qermau or Soandinuvinn, but thought that 1,000 saloons woro cnough - fn this city, Ono thing s cortain—n ULettor gove crumont was needed. Maoyor Harrlson know s well ns any ouo that his adminlstration was ot whnt it cught to ho, A prominont Irish- man had told tha speakor that 03 per cent of tho 600 Irish salnonkecpers wore willlng to close on Sunday, But tho people werc not rendy for n Huudu( Inw yot, : The Hov, 1. F. Leavitt snld it was hot n ques- tlon of loxislation or prohibition, but simply question of the enforccmont of tho luw, It he- camo an jmoerative duty to put such men In olfico us woulkd sco that tho luws wore properly cenforeed. Ho suld thore was no forsign element 1n tho country that wanted gambling-dens open for tholrsons on tho Snblntk, and lbufimlfl'ht conoentratn tholr sontiment ngalust this cne eyil, 1o thought tho ** publlo-sentiment plea ' no justitieation for dereliction of oflicial duty whon the ultrumolnls bad sworn to ** faithfully exocuto tho fnws.” Mr. H, A, Hognn wmoved for n committec of twenty to attond the primary and repregent tho views'of thla mootiog. Tho Chnirman thought tho botter way would boto tuke tholr fricuds aud go down and join the Club, und use thoir votes and Intlucnee, the Bame us any othor oftizen, He wonted to know how many belonged to tho Club. “I'wo bands wont up. "He sald that wus why thoy bod no more influcnee, beoause in u houseful only two mon belonged to a politieal organlzution, The ey, H, O, Tuylor, of the Orehurd Streot Daptist Church, thought the great dunger that threatoned the Amoriean HBepublic wis] the vmu number of {noverativo luws on the stutute woks (o every Stato. Thoro wero lnws enouwh, and they wore goord enough it eacrivd out, ‘Cho question arises, How cuii this ho dons? Thero st bo public sentimont und thore must bo convorted action, Bomeo people might say thut Line Just Freight Cou- tho piator ought tokeop out ot polities, bt s & anlet eitizon bo bad as much right to go to tho primary us nny one olso. Mr. A, T, Willlams #nid o bad been familinr h politionl mothuds slnce the clostion of Laldout Hurrison, and had [ittlo falth tn poll- tiolune, He thought the Prohibition mon uufiul 10 hold the balanco of power in tho ward, and if noithar party would accedo to thele demands, put thelr tickot In tha flekl. Tho idon wus ndoptod, and tho followin, wi P gon- tlomun woro pluced an tha Committee, with fn- structions to tuken number of tholr fricnds B, 0, Tuylor, 1, A C. W. Borvows, . 1, T, 1 W with them: Il A. Hogan, Huiloy, D. 8, Baldwiy, C. Greun, P, mun Bupll, W, R, Wulpole, i 11, W, Adams, George W, Hylor, A, T, Wil Maleolm MeDowaoll, W. Vurnor, O, Bendon, 11, 0. MeMulien, Edward Edgelaad, 3. It Kowloy. Tho weetiug thon adjourned. ———— MISSING The police, at tho request of o party of Eu- Rilsh emligrants stopping at Mre, Loftus’ Ku- ropean hotel, No, 53 Bherman streot, aro mnuk- Ing soqreb for one of tholr- party namoed Harry Giibort, who has been mivalng soveral days, As ho bud about &30 fn Uritlsh gold upon hly versun St Ia feared thut be has mot with foul Play, but his wife, a young womaon of 10 years, who foollshly consonted 1o accompany him to this country un the -.l‘y of bor murrlago in Hrias tal, Bng., fears that kit hod beeu led astray by suine “of the haudsome but profllimte Youu women which to bor mind bouud {n this oouutry und particnlarly n thia olty, suveral mombers of the party ealled at & ‘houss on Bungumnon street, near A 1o Juak nt Bane rooing wiich had hoon advertised to log, Mn.mlbua RYS that as thoy wero loaving tho T Cconcl hut ¢ bouso af uding t tho rouins Woro - not sultablo, sho' caught the lady f . tho houss winklug —at ber nusbang, of . ropoatedly, and ms they went off she waved hor unuknmzlot for mfi ‘Y) return. An elderly uly who was of the suige. party corroborutos thusy statements, Tho wilea of tho womuan ap- pearcd to mako u deop fnpression on youty Hbert, ana bie wus afterwaris hoard to remurk, though 1 Joklog way, that ho was golng baok to the house to seo what it ult wmcant, 11la wife 13 completoly prostruted with bysturics, ®nd the entire gur(r are badly broken up fn conscquenco of bis utrange vonduct. At the In- stauce of suvoral of Lud party, Ofticors Metov- ern and Cluott, of the West Madlsou Bireot Stas It appears tuit only a fow duysieo . tion, last evening wont to,the houso on Ranga- mon strost, but no trace of tho missng mon wng thern to be found, The mnjority of tho purty are iem fn thelr bellef that Glibert bus ot with foul piny, STATI AFFALRS, MICIIIGAN. Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicagn Tribune, Laxsixe, Micl, Mareh 1$.—In the House to-day aker Ball appointed n committeo to Investigate tho eharges azainst itichmond, Backus & Ca., State statloners, G 1L Hopking! LUtk to Include other per- sons than warehousemen and forwarding merchants in the operation of the law punish. ng for aebling gralu, ote., sali to be in store when {t [s not, passed; also, to restore the tawn of Cleon to the County of Munistee, In the Senats the Committes on apportions ment reported favorably upon the Senate il for reapportioning Senatorlal and Iepre- sentative distriets, ‘I'he House il on the Inw relative to ele- vator companies, nllowing them to have apital stock, wns amended by 2,000,000, and passed, ernor has ordorsd an investization of the eharges made ngainst Albert Meliride, eenting Attorney of Shinwassee County, irges are of suboruation of perjury, Arguments commenced Inst night before the Ju tut Tailway Conunlttee on the Ontan o & Brule River Ralirond Jund-grant ease, M. Martner, of Milwaukee, spoke for the Company, und the position he took was that the Staté stil] holds the grant In teogt for the purpnse of building the road ns originully granted by Congress, and that ho one else hay nnf’ right to the Innd. e quotel ex- tensively fiom the deelsion of the Unlted states Supremo Courts ‘The Portaws Luky Cannl Cnpany, the settlers now tocated on the land grant, the Milwaukee, Lake Shoro & Westenn Ttalivay, nnd the first Company mentioned are Interested parties, and are ably represented by o britliaut areay of legal talent, ” Further argmnents In the ease will be resunied 1o-ay M. Clark, of tlie Chieago firm of Callahan & Covy who nre moklng o hyvely fight for the Job of complling the luws, has nuthorized u ehange of tigures in_the Howel Compilution bl from &3 ty 82,50 per volume, saving the State, 1f tha bill should pasy, $1:3500. WISCONSIN, Special Disvateh to The Chicagn Tribune, Mavisox, Wis., March 18.—In the Assem- bly to-night the DA appropriating %2,600 to the Ewlgration Commissloners for the eme nloyment of agents, ote,; was ordered to o third reading. B All the bills secking to kill the Innd grant of the Chieago, Portage, & Luke Superior Ratironrd Compuny, and conferring it an tham, were killed to-day, and the grant stiil remning in the Chleago, Portage & Lake Su- perfor. ‘This wetion {s o hriltiant triumph for Col. John C. Spoaner, of Hudson, who hus champlongd the cuso of thoulr-line rond. Tho vesolutlons for the - Iuvestization of charges that money had been used In the electlon of United State§ ‘Senntor Cameron were referred to-day to o ‘speelal cowfiittee, conststhng of Senators MeKeebe, Wooduan, undd Pandd, with Instructions' to fnvestigate it there Is uny teuth In the newspaver urticles churging corrnption, and-to report as soon oy practicable. ‘The gentlemen will, if there is any troth In these stoties, report without fear or favor, und no whitewashing operation will be fndulgzed., 028 Aabisoy, Wis, Mareh 18.—A bill passed providing for n State seal, vt In tho Asseubly the blll was passed mak- Ing fneurable insanity n ground tor divoree; nlso the bill relating to the fees of jurors, in othersthnn Cirenlt Courts, A resolution amending the Constitution and providing for o Reglstry law way also passed, INDIANA, Speetal Dispaten to The Chicasp Trivune, IxpraxavoLts, Ind., March 18,—Tho Sen- ate spent the day on the-Thx bill, which was finnlly completed and passd this afternoon, Mr. Leeper offercd the following resolution, which was adopted s 4 Rlesolved, "Mt tha qumlt on Finance be Instrueted to inquire-into_the efpedicnoy of nmklng au appropriation £y (hod purposeof hav- ing tho 8LALe properly’ rcprg).vnlmlnu\w World's Fair to be held In New York tn 188}, and to ro- portto the Seuato by bittor otherwiso. Tho Houso spont the "dny on the Schaol bill, Améndments were atopted allowing hnlf an hour ench day in'the schools for fn- atructions In German, and fixing the rate of Intereat on school-fund loans at 0 per cent, Fhe bill was completed and passed by a vote of 50 to 20, many Democratavoting agajustit, A {ulnt resolution wns Introduced request- ing Congressmen to favor an amemdment to tho Foderal Constitution for the enfranchise- ment of women, HOOSIERDOM. rtant Decisfon by the Supreme ri—'Tho New FPostmaster of In= dlanapolis, Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. INprayarvorts, Ind,, March 18.—In the case of Ilench vs, O'Rourke, .the Suprome Court yesterday declded that tho term of Prosecuting-Attorneys of Criminal Courts is only two yoars fnstend of four, us previously declded In the easo of Cropsey va, Henderson, By this decisfon those oftices 1n Vige and Mnrlon Countles will bo'declnred vacant, and it will devolve on tho Governor to fill themn by appolntment untll the next clectlon, which ocenrs In October, 1852, “Tho present fnenmbent in Vigo County is a Demoorat and in Murlon n Republiean, ‘The wppolutment ot Cal, James A, Wiki- man as Postinster of this eity glves general antisfaction here, The News this eveninig, commenting on it, says: * Mr. Wildinan has Iino busiuess qualifications, und_nmuch of tha postal work he Is familiar with from his con- nection with tho Depamtuent, s reputa- tion for abllity and integrity Ia deservedly hlgh, and no man hos a wider nequaintanco ull over tha Stato or i3 more popular, The managnent of thePost-Office will not puf- fer fn his hands. e will know every dotall of tho office before he has: been there long, and its fine roputation will be fully main- tained In s hands,” e ee—— SPORTING CHARACTERS, Thomas Btrathmore uud John F. Bavago, chicken-fanclors of o low type, wore arrosted onrly yesterdny moruing by Oflcers lold and O'Connor, ae thoy wers roturniug In a States Btreot car frowg a cock-fight ina barn in the rour of o suloon anu sporting rosort on Thirty. thira stroot, near tho boulovard. In tholr possesslon wero found n blaok red, which hand died on the way home from wounds re- . colved Iu the contest, and a dusty miller which had ovidontly beou # victor. ‘Tho otfivers tostf- fied that thoy had arrestod only theso two out of u number of persons who were returnlig on tho car from tho contest, and Justico Wallnco, u‘mu the avideuce before him, imposed a tine of #10 upon vach. * John Conuelly and Witlum Farrell wero tirought hofore Justico Wallaco )'nulordu;. but wore disobrged for lack of prosocution. Thelr olfonss gova 1o show what sume men consider holiday sport. Thoy wore of w party of Ht. Patrlck celebrators, numbering about who wore athored in Owon Pacltio wvenue Thursday nd wftor tho doors und windows Laid n closed for tho night the party, fusteal of leaving tuo snloon, kot the praprictor ut nought aud propured to huve n prize-llght, A ring was formed, rofercos uppoinied, and the fight was ibout to comumence, when {lu, aftor having triedin vain all other remodies, callud i tho pollue and caused the nrrest of the two priu- clpuls ju tho tight, —— LOCAL CRIME. Tho famous Parllament udultery oasa was wound up yusterduy boforo Justice Bruyton, Mrs. Parligiont appeared, and was dlschargod for want of prosecution, Jumnoa MoLaughiin, a driver Yor John B, Pass- nore, was arrested yestorday on complaint of Juwnes G, MoClay, for buating and sbusing bl borses. o wax tuken before Justico Lrowu, who continued tho cmunul Thursday, the Jdriver glving bonds of John Conkley, of Nu, 38 Nocth Branch street, {ufllunmy reported At tho Chicago Avenuo Btu- fon thut at 1430 yosterdu moruing ho wud beld up in front” of McOornfck Hall and robbed of an Flglu sliver watch and ehnin wortn about ®0, Tho man.who committed the assault bad just come out of tho bull,where adunca given by the Uuklfi{-]uxnununn Cluhy was in progross, sud tho fellow ‘who nctually committed tho theft was ubout five feol six fuches tail, round fuce, falr comploxion, und was clud ludurk clothes with cutaway coat, and rouud stitr fole bat, - Thomas Carinody, 6 younyg thug {u the Weet Twelfth Btreet Distriof, wis )'enunlu{ held lu tho 2k upon & _chacye of burglary ‘m:- abkl Ml en{“. of No. 15 Wrlght duestay worulng betwoen tho hours utreot, 19, of 3 and 4, Mra, McKeogh, while alone in tho house, wus awakened Ly throo young burglura plilnging the apartmonts. They spvedi Iy wilenuwd ber, koweynr, by prosonting two ree volversat her bead, and thon nt thair lefsiee ed 1p ubont ®a) worth ot elothing, tnd went Mol way, Carinody was nrrested by Officers O Hrien und Dootey, aod hng 0 been ldontl- fiedd. I8 nocomplioes ure xnuwn, and will bo speedily captured, A ntranger In the city giving the name of 1. 0. 8t, Clair was arrested yesterday at the curner of Canal and Muedison streots by Hergt, Cook, to whom he had heen pointed out ns o man badly watted for ohtalning money by false pretenscd nbArknnana City, Kus, 1t iswald that 8, Clair, by depositing €30 I 0 bunk jo that eltyy got aome one to ldentify and vouch for him upot i Aabisequent acenalon, when ho drow n Elght draft on the bank for #5400, o akipped diroctly nfier having seetred tho money, Tho nnthorities ut Arknssny City have by notified by telegreaph, but up to a lute hour lust night no nnswer hud been received, Andrew Anderson, alins Carl Nelson and a vitrfety of other Seandinavian nnes, was yos- terday hold In €80 to tho Criminal Court by Jhistiee IKwufmann upon two olinrged of Inreeny preferred by Charles Peterson and 8, H, Anie derkon, Durbye the oarly parl of tho winter Anderson found employment at Colenonr, nand hrarded with Petorson. On tho nilght of Feb. 18 heeskipuod put with 832 0f the Inndlord's suy- fe4 gndd & prie of new hoots lmluuulmL to B, 8, Atidorkon i buardes In the honae, who has since gonw to Erie, Pa. Tho thief wis traced to Pltts. burg, where hie remnained untll tha 4th of the present wonth, when ho stole o gold watch and 2 from o fellow-boarder, 'ols furnished blm with the menns of returning to this city, e ——— IGIL WATER. VERMILION RIVER, Bpecial Dispateh 1o The Chieaga Tribune, Srrearon, 1., March 15.—~The Vernilion River, which runs through here, Is up and bootning, overflowing the bottom In many places, It took out the Wnbash Raltrond bridee at Pontiae yesterday afternoon, and will, hence, cut off” travel ‘on that lne for somo thoe, ILLINOIS RIVER. Spectal Dispaleh (o The Chicago Tribune. Streaton, 1L, Mareh 18,—The wagon- bridge over the Ilinols River at Ottawa, whieh yas once the okl toll-bridge, went town the river to-lay. It has stood for man long years, bafiing the freshets, but its work Is ended, e SAVANNAIL IIIVER. Aravsra, Gu,, Mareh 18.—The Savannah River Is higher than stuce 1865 It rose twenty-four feet in twelve hours, A portion of Augusta Is flonded, . BIG LAWSUIT. A Virginlan Who Clalms to Havo IZeen Flceced by Droxel, Morgan & Co, to the Extent of 100,000, Bpecial Dispatch to The Citcagn Tridbune. PinLAntLenia, Pa, March 18.—A blll in equity hns been filed in the Cireult Court of the United States In this elty by Willimn Wheel- er Iubbell, of Appomattox, Va., against Drexel & Co. and Franels A, and A, J, Drexel personnily, The sult involves the part taken by the great bankers In large speculation in stock In which Itubbell lost n considerable sum of money, il he claims that Lis loss was due te other canses than adrep of prices in tne stock market. 1115 bill reeltes that he owned 803 shares of Pennsylvanin Rallroml stock In Mareh, 1877, valued nominally at 842,050, but which was rveally worth 862,30 per share, These shares wers held a8 col- Interal security for a debt of 3,000 by Inngerich & Swmith, Third street note- brokers, About this thme Mr. Hubbeli comes into pessesslon of §30,000 from the United States Government, In part payment for the inventlon of n navy shiell-fuse used during the War, Mr, Hubbeit’s bill goes on to sy that lie knew F. A. Drexel intimately, and he consulted bim about the Investment of his money. The latter gentieman ndvised him that Pennsyivania was o good purchase, and sald that he and his brother Antliony dJ, Drexel hnd 6,000 shares of the stock which they proposed to hold for investment. The resnlt was that he purchased nbout 1,100 ad- ditional shnres, and placed the 850,000 In the hands of Drexel & Co,, as lie says, at the urgent request of A. Drexel. The firm also pukd Inngerlch & Siith the §83,000 owed them by Mr. Tlubbell, ond had the €03 shates transferred to them as collateral for the money advanced, Alr, Hubbell claimus n his Lill that this part of tho transuction was procured through false and fraudulent clulms nnd pretenses on the part of Drexel & Co.,, uud by It he has been damaged to the amonnt of $100,000, After nll the purchases had beennade Mr, Hubbell says that Drexel & Co. entered luto o conspirney to depress Pennsylvania stock, unl through the manipulation of the murket, hi' tho ald of various brokers, and by selllng hln some of their own shares, did put the stock dowt, Mr. Hubbell, In his bill, malkes tho transaction n very complicated one by re- c¢lting tho purchase and safe of varlous smnll lots of stock, Ile further charges that fn wnking an alleged settiement on July 18, 1877, Messrs, Drexel & Co, so altered a“noto which he guve them ng to constituto the crlmy of forggery; thnt o wos a greatly in- Jured an therehy; and ho nsks dumages, Dresel & Co,, In thalr answer, which was filed |, recently” by their attorney, Smnuel Dixon, deny 1n toto tne aliegations of Mr, 1lubbetl, and say that the transactlon was stply and purcly n matter of business., All tho lonns, Yurclmses. il snles were mado to or for Mr, Hubbell upon his oxpress order, I throughout on his own judg- They nlso deny oxplieitly * that the nots alleged to bo forged WIS filled up or attered by thom, and say that the noto wrs written in his presence and slgned in_the presence of My, Dutfee, their note elerk, after having been filled up, - Drexel & Co. clnim there I3 n balance of $1,640,3 still due them, which thoy sdmle Is partially sccured, and which seenrity they arg scndy to deliver as soon as that amount 18 wade guod, They deny tho charge of u stock-lobbing —consplracy or combinntion, and sny they sold their own stock In open market at n loss whilo the trunsnetion with Mr, Hubbell was pending, 1t wlll be remembered that the riots of 1517 oceurred at about the thme this speculation culminated, which caused the stock of tho Penusylvanin Company to fll to less than $20 per shure, and this seems to hnve heen the real causo of Mr. Ilubbell’s suit, for which Drexel & Co. ware in 10 way re- sponsible. —— WEALTHY COLORED SOCIETY, Spacial Dispateh to Ths Chicago Tridune. Bavrisiony, Md, March 18—Dr. IL J. Brown, & wealthy colored Republican of this clty, gave o grand reception at his resldence hera this evening. ‘The colored socicty of Baltimoro, Washington, and other cltles was well represented. Among thoso pres- ent were ex-Senator B. K. lruce and wifo, of Misstsslppl; the Ion. . D, S, Pinehback, of Loulsiana; Dr. A, ‘', August, of Washington; Willlain 15, Mathews and Wyatt Archer, of Virginly Prof. 1% B, Gireenor, of South Curollna; the Hon, J, M, Lumeston and_C. 11 Peters, of Ohlo; the Hon. John R. Lyneh and J, 11, FHil, of Mis- sissipp. The tollets of the colored ladles were very handsome, and thore was n perfect wealtl of silks, satlns, aud dinmonds dis- lxlnyml. Pinchiback wore o 85,000 sparkle in iy shirt-bosom, A BAD SON, Uriah Reckwith, 20 years of ago, was arrestod Yosterday by Oftloers Q'Hrien aud Dooloy, of tho ‘West Twelfth Biroot Htation, upon u churgo of larceny preferred by hils futher, living at No, 27 May stroct, Nearly throo wooks [ tho housy was plundured by burglerd o avlaut 340 worth of sllverwure, Guorke Vint, n stevson of Mr, Beckwith, was arrested upon information whiotly furnished by his step- Lrothor, Uriub, but for the vk of evid was finally dischargod by Justice Ingersoll, Hos contly it dawned upon the vider Heckwith's mind thas his own son was tho thiol, and upon searche fug a houso on Congross stroet which he fro- quonted & portion of tho pruperty was recovered. et ———~ ROBBING A GAMBLER, Shortly bofure 8 0'clock yostorday worning, us Jubn Dowling was about to closo bis gaming- bouse, be surpriscd & gspg of seven or elght young uight-rovelors who were fu_ the Bet “of runeacking his - privato apart- wents _on the thind tloor, o noticing Dowling ut tho foot of the stairs thoy cultod blm by name, und sald thoy bad wistuken s place for Mebonald's, but bu, scoing thut they bud tho ‘doors up-stalrs opeo, concluded they wore thivves, and atteapted 1o stop thowm, oy they camo down pell-mell. By kickiug sud triking him with their tisty thoy succecded Iu orclmf thelr way past bl _down 1o tho streut. {e followed, and whily chnlmfi thom un La ullo streot south from Sadison lred five sliots, 1881—S1XTEEN PAGES. with no effcct, Only nng of tho gAnR, & young man giving the nnme of Georye Goss, as capt- ured by Otficer Bwangon, who was In the violne ity man giving ‘the namo of Frank Hydn, who wits npparently acting I eatinsion with tho burginra, waa auhanquontly nrrested fn tho waming-room. A 80 overcodt nnd some other articlas of clothing woera tho only articles misscd, but the thicves baroly missed Awding a sniy Hitlo quantity o jowelry in tho sleoping apartinent occupled Ly Mrs. Dowling. OBITUARY. Mit3, ROSA WITELAN. Mra, Rosanna Whelan, ono nf the old ros- Idents ot Chicago, died yesterdny of heart dlsease, nt her home No. 107 Adams street, near Lodsalle, She eame to Chiteago with her perents in 1534, awd was then a young girl of 17 years. During her married 1ife she necum- ulated n consldernblo amount of property, n rreat deal of which was swept awiy i the great fire, ‘The lrouse in whieh sho then Tivedd wan one of tha old Tandmarks, havin been ereeted in 184, For severnl years pas Mrs. Whelan hiad been rapldly falling in health, and suffered palnfully from lieart dlsease during the Inst few months, W. P. WILLIAMS, 5pecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Warenrows, Wis,, March 15—, I, Will. o prominent citlzen of Oconomoswoe, dlod lust evenlng at the home of his slster, My, Robert Lewts, in this eity, of consumption, aged 40 years, 1o lenves a wife and eleven children. ‘Fhio remaing were tuken to Oconomowoo thls morning for in- terment, MAJ, JOIIN W. BOOTII. 81, Louts, Mo, March 18,—3n]. Jolin WV, Booth, founder of the commission house of John W, Booth & Sons, one of the oldest umerehants in the eity, died Inst night, aged 70 Mr. Booth wns in_netlve busluess liero over forty years, nnd was well kunown throughott the West aa a highly honorable and successful merchant, M. J. O'REILLY. DeTrorr, Mich., March 18,—3iles J, O'Refl- Iy, a well-known Irish lnwyer of this eity for many years, died this moralng, after n long and painful Hlness, RUSSIA AND AMERICA. Scaled Orders under Which the Rune sinn Fleet Wan Acting When in the New York Harbor Early 1n the IRe- bellfon—~Thurlow Weeod'a Statoments, und Comments by NMr, Iish and Mr, Curtts, New York Tribune, Miareh £5. In n letter to the Heralid yesterday, Thur- low Weed stated that early in the War of the Itebellion when a Russian ficet Iay for sev- eral months In New York Harbor, and other Russian men-of-war were stationed at San Franelseo, Adiniral Farragut, who was then refitting the United States ship Hartford, md was living at the Astor House, fre- quently met the Russian Adwmlral, whom he had known when both wers young oficers serving In the Mediterranean. The two admlruls were Mr. Weed's guests one day at dinner, when Admirl Farrngut Inquired of his Russian friend the reason why ho was spendlng the winter here in ldle- uess. The Russlan Admiral replled that he washere undersealed orders,—the seals ouly to bo broken in ncontingency that had not yet arrived. Ile also ndmitted that he had recefved verbal orders to Lreak the seals It In the courss of the War tho, United Btates Government beeameo fuvolved Jn n. war with forelgn mnn- tlons, 3ir. Weed says that when in Wash- Ineton n fow days Inter Sceretary Seward in- formed him that the Russlun Minlster, upon being asked why the fleet was kept so long in Awerican waters, lind Satd, whlle dis- claiming auy knowledge of the nature of the vistt, that it had no unfrlendly purpose. ‘The fotlowing letter, which was recelved at the T'ribunc ofiice yesterdny, glves cor- Toboration to dr. Weed's stutcuent: NEw Youx, March 15~Tu the Editor of the Tribune: One fuutin the lifcof the murdered Czar 1 have uot seen mentloncd fu the newa- pupers. although I suppose it must ve known to tnany porsnna, It way told me a4 fow yeurs after ocur War ouded by one of our Minise ters lately roturned from 8t. Petots- bLurg, Ilo_ suld that during un ottielnl enll’ on Qortgchakoll, the Chancellor sent for a book und shuwed him an order writton by Alexunder 11.’s awn hand at the very outset of the Suutnern Robelllon, This order was the substanco of sealed Instructions sent ta the Ad- miral of the Ruesian fleot, then Ising in Now York Harbor, that If efther Englund or Franco toak nny part favoring tho South, tho Admirel wos gt onco to report to President Lincoln rc:":unlprs. A reporter ot the Tribune, mecting Hum- flton Fish fn Sccond avenue yesterday, nsked hjm whether ho had ever hoard of secret in- struetions having been glven by the Czar to the Russlan Aduiral, “No, I have not,” hesald, *What Mr. Weed says In ils letter Is news to wme.”” Do you think that such Instructions wero reqlly given " ‘1t Is not. _improbable. Mr, Weed's intl- macy with M, Seward was very great, and thera Is no reason to_doubt his statement. As you know, my official relation with the tovernment did ot bc;iln untll later, und I have no ofticlal knowledge of these matters,” “Do you think that tho Russian Admlral had instruction to report to President Line coln, w8 *C. W, 8. t\mlfis 0% “Well, I rathar doubt that. That would certainly be nu unusunl proceeding.” * Do you think that the Czar was prompted to do this by feellngs of friendship or sympa- thy for the Amorican people?*? “Fhat §s hard totell, ‘Theso-mneh-talked- of sympathy nnd. good feellng existing bo- tween the two natlons s net based upon any = yeal slmilarity = of = character or institutions existing in the two coun- trles, ‘Thero Is azood deal of senthimentality about it. A much better and more plausible reasonn why Russin showed herself our {riend during the War of the Rebelllon Isthe fuet that she ling nlways been Jealous of En- lnd, At that time, morcover, she had not recovered from tha blows inflicted by the allies, and was stlll sinarting under the de- feats recelved In tho Crimen, = But the Czar's porsonality may have entered Into his coun~ :mh;( llxlnd largely dotermined the course he 00K, Mr, Curtin, ex-Minlster to Russia, sald to the reporter that the secret orders woera un- doubtedly given and that the fieet was stu- tionad here for the purpose of bemng on the spotin case nuy forelgn Power should net- l\'fl)illlnlerlure n behalt of the States thon In rebellion. * L remember perfectly well, of course, the tlme the = fleet ~was here,” he remarked, *but 1 never leard before that the Russian Admiral was actiug under seeret Instructtons, You may (e pend, though, upon what Mr, Weed has snld, 1lo was in tho position to know, it any one was, and what your correspondont writes scems to corroborato his statements, 1 never heard the mattor referred to When [ wns in Russia, though that waes In 1849, four years after “the close of the War. The Emperor showed Jhimselt on every ocenslon Interested [0 Aterlean affuirs, and undoubtedly hnd great regard oud friondship for the Amerlean people. ~ 11 nevarFullml to luquire of me, whe: bn.uuf it In Intercourse with Nim otficlally, whether the aniuosity between the North and South showed slgns of dying out, and always uxpressed his hope that the bad feols fng mud suclmmfl hatred engendored by tho War woul pass away soon, 1o was prepared undoubted) to ald us In enso any forelgn Power should actlvely — support — the Cone Ieu«mcfl.nnnu he rofused to join the coulition which the Ewmporor Napoleon wus trying to form for the purpose of compelllng” us to raise the blockade of the Bouthern ports and for tho recognition of the Southern Confed- erucy. Russiu hus always been friendly to the Unlted States. Catherine 1L wns tho (st to offer her medintlon Whon wo wers asserte inz our rights mgulnst the power of England, The murdered Emperor’s futhor was not less friondly, nor did ho show less futerest In our {fufre.” Mr. Dallas relntea {n his book which rw wrate when he returnnd from Russin that tha Czar Nicholas frequently asked him about the troublu which grew outof the con- fested-elections in Pennsy lvanta In 158, when t wis found necessury 0 call out the militia o put down the rlotors. Rensuns of polley may have_been consldered 1 determining the Jate Emperor to pursug the voursy whioh he took in relation to the United Btutes. [ think, though, that his friendship and his estecin forour people wers kenulne- Iy felt by him. ‘The cmancipator of 2,000,000 serfs coild not look but with faver upon o uation struggling to bestow an equal” boon upon an unfortunate race, 4 “The wemory of tha deteats in the Crimea may have prompted him to lssue those secret orders. Another _cause may be found in the fact thut Russin —e accused tho Court of France as well as of England—the correspondenco of Lord Rus- aell slhiows this—of having fostered the insur. rection in Poland in 1862, " Apparently Russia Hil 50 with some dexrco of repson, and the Cznr intetiled the sending of a fleet inta American_ waters 28 0 demonstration against England, But, after all,’ think that the personal character of the Czar ~Its nobility of soul—Iargely influenced the course Russin took during the Rebellfon. 1 remember meeting Admiral Lnsofskl, who commanded the Russian fieet, at Vieksburg. Horeturned to his country after tho fall of leksburg, but L nover heard until now of the seeret instructions under which ho neted, That the Amerlsan peopte owe a debt of gratitude to the Czar for giving them tha lwml lmx;:mnrt."'nf nt‘krc‘xl\tfl::mmtry at R tlmu when dungers threatened them on overy sldo thery Is no u'l'um." <4 ROBERT LINCOLN, Private Dalzell Nominates tho New Necretary of War for President, After (:nrflall.l Gots Through with the Of= flee. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune, CALDWELL, O., March 18.~Lincoln wasa wiso choico far the Cnbinet, Noano will ask, * Who Ia Lincoln?" It is a good nnme,~known and rend of all men, 1t may well bo supposed that Leforo Presidont Gurfield publioly announcea his intentlon of catling Mr. Lincoln to tho Cabi- not he brought tho mnatter to tho touchstune not only of Mr, Lincolu's personal fitness, but Lo tho cqualiy delleatc test of the probable popular ef- fect of atzch n cholee. In that and evory othor view It was an nppolntment eminently fit to bo made, and i8 thorefore exceedingly popular with tho people, Notaman on thia continent,~not one of any party,—not a nowspaper of any polltical complexton, hus objected to that appointment. ‘This Is anomalous, It probably never oceurred before,~certainly not in this gencratlon avy- bow, It hns beon sala that it Is impossible to pleaso everybidy; but ln this caso Gen, Oarfleld hns proven that there s at least ono exception ta that trite old adage, Its acoeptability to all clnsses, to all scctions, to every newspnper, to both parties, 4 anomalous, and not a lttte suggcestive of the power, subtlo and overwhelm- Ibnlx. nllddon in tho numo of tho gun of Abraham ncoln. Much as wo ate prejudiced agalnst the thoory of hereditary succession, here, too, 18 a cnso whera our prejudices gently turn tho other way, and wo al feel that no honor Is too great for the son of Lincoln; and even If that sentiment, fur- ther indulged, fends in thine to letting the son serve out the time for which the father was eleeted, no one will complain, Glud are wo all to know and bellove that the son is like his fathor, If not in greatness and ronown, yet in all the homely firesido virtues which mado tho fatber filustrions, Weare ready as a peoplo— ready to go much furthor and Invest the son with fdeul attributes which ho s all too modest to parade, and nssign him o placo which he is too modest to eovet, ** Lincoln,” * Lin- hat 18 a good nnmos; it is familiar to us all,” sy the people, **and wo shall baonly too huppy to gend the young man bigher” Gon. Gurlield bos brought the inan, not the name, from obscurity, and et hin at tho head of u ureat Departinent of the Govorament. So much tor Executive proference and favor; but after uwhile tho people will bave it In thelr power to lmprove upon tno FPresldent's suge xestion, anu emphasize their indorsemeont of thls promotion by Increasing it o thousand-folil, It i3 tov soun yetto suy what success will nt- tend Mr. Lincoln's ndministration of the War Departments but If o sustuins himself thore he will be (ien. tleld’s guccessor {n the Whits lause, Mr. Wentworth but uttercd what was Intho hearts and ou the lps of mililons of voters when bo said tho othor duy that the Pres- Ideney with Lincoln wns only 4 question of time, Millions of men had felt it before or ot tho snme thme, and thuusunds hud uttered It at thoir bumble firesides where the nowspaper reporter eould not hes Mr, Lincoli {s too honorable to lie & Drlstow to Gartield, and try to pnoak {uto the White Tiouse by Jjolumg the fnctions that will rise in oppnaition to the President. He will never try to Uristow Gurtichl, Iut when the timo comes, na overy lhiu OF vopular sentitnent ecoms to fn- dlente thnt it will come, whoa the men who elected and enpported Abrabam Lincoln shatl call fur his son, he will no doubt obey. He will never seek tho Presidency’; but it wiil seok him, wid toreo Itself on b Wo 10 tho Demnocrat who runs lu oppogltion to Abraham Lincoln's ron. He witl never be heard of aynin, It wilt be n chenp and casy enmpuign, nnd uit the stars In thelr ‘courses will fight on ourside, Itis u namu under which victory 13 assured fromn the start, 111t may be a little early to say all this, but, as a nowspaper (s dully plerurs of the thoughts, und wonls, and sets of the people, it certatnly 1a not premuturs to sy hero wbat wo hear oo overy hand fu every Btuteevery day. Bpuntane- vusly, g a maguzlio responds 10 the touch of n uKark. tho whoto peoplo burat forth with en- thusinativ ardor and loud ceolamatlons every- whero the moment that tho new Cabinet was nn- nounced and the mame of Lincoln was heard, Some of them knew Windom, Kirkland, Huut, and MacVeagh, mors knew Bluino, but ten thnes as many recognized the fumillur numu of Lincoln, gand wore delighted with {t. Old muinories of buttlo and peace, of glory and wo, comv orowding Into evary heart ut tho mentlon of that doar bistorle name. The ovatlon that be rceclves at Wash- Ington 18 notuing te tho universul npplause with which tho people groct his entrance to tho Cupl~ tal, frain which' but . few yenrs ago thoy fol- lowed, with thrabbing henrts and tearful eyes, tho murdered body of Bis fathor na it was borne 1o the sacred shrine of Springlleld. Cold, calous Intiug politiclans smlle and call it sentimental to put young Lincoln in the Cabinot, and affect to desplso tho motive as wenk and womaunlsh. 11 bus read but dittle and suporficlally the history of men who takes this frivolous view of (o power of such a sentlment, Sentinent any- how I8 0 puwer grenter than that of dobates and hattles, 1t hus been sald that It 8 greator than all materiul forces comblued, and I beljevo it s, 1 honor the sentimont that konors the memory of Lincoin, and who durs deprecate {67 The worthy son of o worthy a man deserves greater honer still,—iirst, becuuse of his own Intrinslig merlts, und prebmivontly thts because of big futher'slllusiriousacrvices and unparalicled sacri- Jice. 1t §8 fnshionnblo now with newspuper people toeall It sentimontal, us It that implied wenk- ness In the uppointing power, It is strunge that men calling themselves leadors of opinlon know 8o little of the springs of humun wetion as to un« dorestimuto n kentiment that i8 the controlling power i1t tho Amoricuu heart. It 18 tho memory «f Lincoln thut ta the controlling consorvative power in the Hopublican Enny. and but for which ot times thit puarty bud been dlsrupted. 13y that nnmo pnd ull §t {mplics, aud all it sug- uests, we lght our battles and win our victories. It 43 to the masses Lkua volce from Heaven, & conjuration wrapped i a sacred namo that tauches every heart ad with a coal of fire, and 1118 ntl oyes with tears at times. Whord shall wo go tor confirmation of these viows! Qr ratlior whure shull wo go to find any onw to cavil or objoet? While tho nomination ot Abrabum Lincoln’s uoblo sun was contirmed promptly in thut sl Senato ln the little Clty of Washington, in thnt larger Sonato of the Peoploe whuro 50,000,000 heurts beat os one, cehoed buok the ngum\'lnz valeo of God; for bero if auywhero “tho volcs of tho People was 1ho voleo of God. Does any ono object? Not one man, womn or ohtid on thisor nuy other coutlnent—for the nutions stood up and nodded their upproval when tho nemo of Linooln wus hourd, 'fhey bad all beard that namo, It WuA N0 now nhuno—tho othors Wore strango, but this one famillar, and say It with reveronce, fumillir 1o viol and poor, to high and low, the wile world round, wherover our Inuguage fi\)u. famillur as tho name of Jowues tor bo, like our Diving Master, had yiolded his 1ife a sacrilico for his followsmen, All this und moro e buuk st the wentlon of tho nume of Lincolu, It wus u mastor stroko of statesmunatitp, Itsilonced overy discomfited intrigue, and hanlshed cabal, The son bas come to his owu. Tho people are pleased. Garfiold is vindioated; sail iiow Abrabam Linvoln' n s elovuted toa placo whero the gazo of Nu tlon Is upon blm, and where ho s bebeld with udmiration, ‘The contral figuro for four years to come, next aftor Gartield, will be Lincoln, whether bo wilts it or nu. Doubtlves frum natlve modeaty and sclf-depreclation he would prefer the ru- tirement and obseurity of bis forer lifo, But that can never be bis agnin, unlors be utterly full whero bo i pluced,” He can nover ogain _ronoh his former obscurity. The old brhlp‘.uu are burned bobind hlm, and stratghit bofore him rune the whiniog way. and [t is a sbort ono—to tho Wnite House! The future bluzes with hopa for bim. A carcor of glary ltes just at band, and all tho peoplo of this cuintiuont iea only wiltiog for tho. Opportune memont to strlko to push him for-" wird sod upward until bo resches tha supromo power In the Stute, Ho may shrink from ft,— with his instinctive modedty doubtless he doos, =but if what tho peoplo wro saylug is any ori- terlon of tholr purpose toward him, nothing can prevont Liucoln from being Prostdont. PRIVATN DALIRLL, ————— MORTUARY, Bpecial Dispateh 1o Tha Chicage Triduns, Keokuvk, la, March 18.—~The funeral of Mys. Thomas Rees, the lovely young wite of the junlor member of the Dulty Constitution, took place from tho residence this worning. Mra, Rees dled at G o’clock last Weduesdur evening, leaving o sadly strickeu husb: and a Jargo elrelo of relutives and friends to mourn hier untimely death, Sho was the dunghter of Capt. L. W. Huston, one of the oldest eltlzens of Keokuk, e —— GENEVA LAKE STEAMERS. Bpecial Duputch 10 The Chicugo Triduns LAKE GESEVA, Wis, March 18.—~Thosleams er Lady of the Lake is undergolog extensive repairs preparatory to the conn‘nx seunn.‘ Il;e- i replinked and bayving new frawmes put ln, !i‘fi'nl;‘flgy:vlsloux:“\‘r‘ll\vlll added to Ol?l’ feet this season, one by George Sturges and one by J. 'f Buyder, 3