Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 22, 1881, Page 9

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE TUESDAY, MARCIL 22, 1881—-TWELVE PAGES. TPHE STATE CAPITAL. Unprofitable Sessions "of Both Housgpes of the Leg- islature. The Senators Have Had Their Fun and Will Pay the Fiddler. > An Avalanche of Bills on Tlrst Reading Rushed Through the House. Toxt of Senator Munn's Bill Against Gambling and Gam= bling Houses. The Regular Blonnial Attempt to Lege Islate Life Insurance Out of Iliinols. Interesting Intervisw on the Three Per Cont Reserve Absurdity, SENATE, A BRIEF SESSION. 8pecial Dispateh ta The Uhteuco Tridunts SeriNaFIELD, 11, March 2L.—A handfulof Senators nssembled themselves togother this afternoon at 5 o'clock and listened to the rendlng of n resolution presented by Senator Fuller instrueling the Auditor to issue his * warrant for the payment of the bills in con- nectlon with the Rallrond nnd Warchouse in- vestigation when certified by the Chalr- man of the Rallrond Committees, and deco- rated with lawilton’s *‘sig.” Tho reso- ation went over under the vules, and, ns no business could be donge when the supply of empty desks was so Jarge, the Scuate ad- Jourried until to-norrow MOrnIng. IIOUSE, AX AVALANCHE OF DILLS. Apecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, SenNoriEp, Ill, March 21L—Forty-slx cousclentious members of tho Lower llouss ~—just thirty-one short of n quornm—got to- goether this afternoon and rushed through nn avatanche of LIS on first reading, Elghteen Seunte and thirty-five Ilouse bills were thus advanced to tho sccond stage. Among the Intter was n long nnd carefully prepared amendment to the Drainege act, sont in by the Committee on Dralnage, snd o platutive but cheeky wail from Pulaski County in the shupe of a request that the State appropriate the motdest sum of 825,000 to relmburso her for the_destruction by fire_of her County Court-llouso in November, 1870, Morrjs’ Elopement and Anll—fiuductlonblll. and Stratton’s bill to tax express companies 2per cent on thelr gross earnings, wore lke- wise sent up auothor noteh in tho course of their possible tranformution into Jaws, Ilaving cleared up the calendar, so far as Dills on girst reading was concerned, md dong all that it possibly could do in the ubsence of a quorum, the {fouso adjourned until to- WIOFEOW IMOITIEE, LIFE~-INSURANOCE RESERVES AN INTERKSTING INTERVIEW. Among the' muany mensures hostile to tho public whieh lave been introduced In the Illinofs Leglslaturye this session are sovernl that are directly threatening to the Interests of Jifednsurance polleyholders. 'Fwo of tho very worat of ‘these are bllls presented In the Senate, one by Merritt, tho othor by Mayfield, demnnding. that the reserves of life com- panles shall -hereafter be computed on a Jower basis than 4 percent, The latter rato prevaiis In all tho States of tho Union, except Now York, where a 4}¢ per cent computation Is consldered perfectly seenre, DBt the 4 per cent valuation I8 now suddenly discoverad to bo too high by certaln Ilinols Sen- ators, or by those who originated the mensure, for it Is generally understood that neither Merritt nor Mnayfleld were tho real nuthors of the bills thoy introduced. With a view of having the objections to these measures aceurately presented, a Trin- uNe representative calléd yesterdny upon Mr. J, C. Webster, of Ilartford, Conm., Vice- President of the Aitnn Life, who 1s brlolly sojourning at the Grand Pacific, where tho following interesting Interview" oceurred, 'I'hie reporter, prefaclug the conversation with au assurance that uven the come-and-see-me Benators were ashamed of AMerrltt's bill, and had concluded to try somothing easler In tho shape of Maylleld's measure, then askea this question? R.—What effect would tho passnge of Mayfleld’s bill have on the life-lnsurance compandes ? JMr, W.—All of the companies now com- plylng with your luw, and thus IIAVING A LARGE BURPLUS, could not comply with the requircments of o et valuation on the busis ot 3 per cont inter- R—Would it not incrense the premium payments required from polleylioldors ? Alr, W.—It would of necossity increase the premium payments of 'all polieyholdors it the valuatlon was required upon n more rigid bosls than now, R.—\Wauld 1t be llkely to matorlally lesson the pollcyholders’ dividends ? Mr., W.—The policyholdors' dividends would certalnly be less, from the fact that more money is requirad to provide the neces- 8ary resorve upon u 8 or 3¢ per cont busis m‘v" is now requirgd to comply with tho 1.—TIs thera any chance that the reserves of tha compunies will not be lnrge suougl in 0 future, reckoned at+ por cont, even at 0 present low ruling rntes of Interest, to enable the companies to fully curry out amlr tontracts ¥ Ir. \W.—The present baals of valuation is known to bo safe, and will enablo the compa- nley fo teet thelr Habilites, =Wt do you regard the ruling rate of i ;‘t Inthils country on good reul-vstato N Alr, W.—~Probably nbout 6 per cent. Con- slderablo money I3~ beinge fonned at the pros- 4 thno 1 lilmols, Wisconsin, Iowa, and lswourt at 7 per cont, 1L—{lny the Governmont borrowed money ]ll low s 3 per cent, und do_you consider It ikely that 1t wiil bo ablo to do so ¥ e, W,—Lan not uware that the Governs ment hag borrowed nny money us fow us 8 bereenty nor do I bellove thers is any prob- abitley of its belng ablo to doso in the future. L—Would not n lung-time 3 per cent Gov- ernment bond, at par and vxempt froni tuxa- on, by l-(}unl to u4 per cent real-estate lvan; or etter ¥ wllr‘ W.—I shoukl say that such a bond Yould bo cquul to nt leust b per cent Interest xinn B mortgage lonn subject to tuxntion, L~Do yun regard the rate at which the General Government can borrow -as 8 falr tlltcrhn’n of the value ot poney ? CTHens r 10 make nou-tuxabile, i § i s NO FINANCIAL INSTITUTION CAN COMPETE \ WITH 1T Hlum matter of luterest, of L—What how always been the logal rate o Ji’&"{hii ;u New Lngland and otler parts y2Ie W.—Tho Jegal and the loaning rato in 'mLu“ Englund and Easterny States has beon o Isnowtand 7 per cent. I have never Thanvnt morlzago loans (o be mude at lesy “:l':‘ ::&;f cent Intorest, excopt In o very fow xtllL-Am uot life-lusurance companies now |- |l}c:_mlly obtalnlng i awverage of 8 per cent, i “‘"V“". wielr investinents? e 'f»‘ —The compunies have realized arly 6 per cent upon thelr gross sssets dur- Lus bast ten or more yours, i —Wlhat I5 the condltion of the tife-Insur mlu business and the sl and nvest- ‘_,\‘nu of the companles to-day eompared th two years ugo ! Py W.~Tho lf-Insurance business Iy “leu brospergus than at uny thae for several Aears] I might sy sinco 1878 The cowupas “and gambling-louse: nies are I better condltion financlialiy than oy mRny years, 1.—~Do you conslder any legislation neces- sy for the protection of” the peaple of this Stats as regaeds life-insurnnen eompanles Mr, 1t nrnemn to mo that the luws of Tlinots are sniticlent for the protectlon of its Pmmlc. and nny leglsiation wiileh hns the ef- cet of dlsturhing the business works Injury to the nolicylolders, IL—If tha Maytield MIl hecomes a law, woulll the strong companies be likely to ro- mnin here snd eontinue buslness? . Mr. W.—I'robably not. They eould not without nlulltclu]unllcu to thelr polieyhold- ory in other States. My, Webster.as will bo ohserved, discussed the subject fulrly, aud nnswered il the (ues. tlong lllslmsalmmlely and fustly, and, no duubt, voleed the sentiments of life-insuranen managers generally u,mu this subject, Tug TrisuNe would say that the nttempts to teg- fslnte life Insuranee out of Ilinols, ns emn- bodie in these and similar measures whicl have been presented at Soringiield, are senn- tlalous, Mors billa detrimental to this In- at have heen introdnced this session nt ‘ingtield thun in all the other State Legly- Intures fn tho country combined, ‘There Is no honest reason why any of them shonld ever he nllowed to show their heads agaln outsle of the commities-rovms, TLCHOES, GAMBLING, Bpeeral Dispateh fo The Chicaga Tribune, Sentxaviend, Mareh 2l.—Following s the text of Senator Munn’s bitl agalnst gambling A B tor nn aet to nmend Secs. 127 and 128 of an nee entitled ** An et Lo roviso the law Injre- lation to eriminal Jurisprudency,” npproved Murch 27, 18745 In force July 1, G BECTION 1, Ho it cnacted, ele,, That Becs, 127 and 123 of ax not entitled * An ot Lo rovise the Inw In rolation to eriminnl jurlsprudonce,” ap- praved March 27, 18745 in forco July 1, 183, be umended, i 8. 135, Tivory person whoshnll act upor keop any tublo of gombling dovice, comwmouly calted A, B, C.* “red and binck,” ** furo bitnk,"” * rou- lot,” *equality,” **keno,” or nny kind of game bling table orgambling dovico ndapted, dovisod, and “designed for the purpose of playing any gnme of chance for mnnuf ur yruperty, and Bhull enduce, intice, or permit any person ta bet OF plity At or upon any gumo played on or by means of such table or gambling device, or on tho side of or muminst tho * binikor. kedpor, or owner thereaf, shull, an conviction, be ndjudged guilty ol it felony, and shall bo punished by {m- risonnient In tho Penitentinry for 0 terin not 088 thin ofie nor inore thun three years, or b Im||lrlsnlnmrul. in tho County Jall, or Bridewell, or tlouse of Correction, for not less thun twelve narmoro than ciehiteen months, And In easo tho hitter punishment be intlieted, the person so convicted ‘shall pay n fine of not less than $H0) nor more than $1,000, anld flue to go to the Behool I'und of the county In which the convia- tion mg be hod. s 8r0, L3, Tho provisions of Bee. 127 of thils net shall npply to overy tavern-keeper, comion vigtunler, “reataurunt-keepee, or otuer porson whin keeps or sutfers to be kept on hik promises ar In tho plnce occupled by him, efther by him- solf ar by wuy Josson Todging or Hving with him, any of tho dovices for gambling mentloned in Buid section, or uny other dovice ndapted, do- vised, nnd designed for the purpose of playlng any gamoe of chance, INCHEASE OF CAPITAT—LICENSED TO ORe GANIZE. . A certifiento of an increase of the capital stock of the Illinols Zine Compony of Poru, | from §50,000 to $400,000 was to-day flled with the Sccretary of State, License to organize was issued to the Che- a;gl Coal Compnny of Chenon; caplial, §20,- FARM-MORTGAGE COMPANY Fhe Tail End of a Mg Swindle. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, MiLwAUKEE, March 21.—The Farm-Mort- guge Land Company, whose business isabont to undergo an Investigation by a Leglslative Committee, and to which alluslon Is made In this morning’s TRIDUNE, Is the tall end of nno of tho blggest swindles ever perpetrated in the State of Wisconsin. It is not asserted that the men who have been managing the TFarm-Mortzage Land Compuny areswindlers, A fow words sre necessary to expluin the orligin of the Compauy and \yhut 1ts titlo sig- nlfies. Trom 1850 fo 1860 the favorit method of bullding railronds In Wisconsin was, to form a compuny, survey & lne acress the State, and then take mortgages on tho homestends of farmers along the routo fn exchango for tho eapltnl stock of ‘the company, the com- vany ngreeing to pay the wmortgige on tha tarm ut the ond of ten years, so that the farmer wns mude to believe that he would help to build the vord that was very much needed, and have the stock clenr ut the end of ten years, This was before the St, Pyul Itoad had gobbled all the minor Jines in the State; and when each of & dozen companies wns playlng o lono hand in construyct- B dts” line. More than 06,000 VWis- consin_ farmers cwere Invelgled Into thils well-planned frawd, and the amount of sulfering and itigntion l\mt was produced by it could not be told fn a dozen fissnes of Tri; TrIvuNE, If entirely devoted to that subject, All the lines eentering in Milwaukes wero started upon tho farm-mortguge plan, and na ullthe orli{lnnlcumpunl\-& failed, of course, the farmers hnd' tho mortgages to puy a3 hest wo{ could, -Many of them compromlsed thelr debts; some fought thow in the courts only to lmy at lust dolinr for dollar, and many sold out thelr farns and went West agaln to grow up with the country, wiser and pnorer mei, Thls Farm-Mortgage Company was formed to dispose of u part of ‘an old and compnra. tively worthless land grant_generously given thesesufferers by tha St. Paul Compiany for the beneiit of those farmers who reslded on the old La Crosse & Milwnukeo line, THE SOLDIER BOYS. Progress of the ¥reparations for the 4 of the Tonncssee Iounlon-— Miitary Celebritios YWho WLl At= tond. CiNerxyATI, March 21.—Among those who have alrendy wrltton saying they will be presont ub the reunion of the Soclety ot tho Army of the Tennessce, Aprit 6and 7, are Gen. John Iope, Gen, W, B, 1Inzen, Gen, W, E. Strong, Gon, P, 1L Sherldan, Gen, A, 8, Chetlain, Gen. J. D, Cox, Gen, C, C. Walcutt, Gen, M. D. Leggett, Gen, R, I% Buckland, Gon, J. W. Noble, and others. “The work of making arrangements for the meeting goes on with enthusinsm, By changing from Pike’s Opern-House to Music- I1all opportunity Is glven for the much more comfortablo senting of members of the So- clety nnd of a great ninber of cltizens who want to atten: h‘mcu on tho main ftoor witl Lo reserved for Indies aceompanylng men- bers from abrord, Doublo "quitriet mule nlmferu have been engnged both for the night of thoe muuuni; at tho Muslc-IInll and at the bunquet. 'Fhe great orgun In the Musle-Hall will also bo wtilized in conneetion with the musical portion’of the prograui Admission to halt-will be by tleket, sxcopt to members of the Saclety and guests, wud npplication wust bo imade beforo Murchi 81 to Gon, Hickonluoper to securo tickets. e A CANARD, Rpecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Broosuxaroy, Iil,, Mareh 21,—Dan O'Neil, noyoung manof this eity, who has beon drinking heavily, perpetrated u canard upon the pressof the city and operators of the Chicago & Alton Rallrond . Inst.night. 1o went to the oflice at the dupot of the Western Uulon and sent_a number of telegrams to relutives of tho famlly, announelng the kill- ing by the carsof Dan O'Nelfl. As he hus cousfn, v lad aged 13, named Dan, it wos thouglit that that lad was the porson reforred too, Tha awr‘y wus nolsed ‘about a llttle after midnight, sud telegrams were sent o the Chicugo papers I sccordance with this theory., _Abony3 . m. It was learned that no Dan "O'Nell hud been kitled In - or nbout the city, nnd it beeamo evident that the writer of ‘the telegrmns had himself intended sulelde, but fur somo reagon postponed the net, O'Nell hns been on 1 sprea for a woeek or longer, sines hie wus dlscharged as fire- wun ot o Chleago & Alton switeh-engine, e ————— A Subject of Popular Interest. Tho expresslons of a thonghtful man on othoer thun political matters ure umnurgrmu use to his constituency. The Hon. S. 1, Yoder, of Globs I3, Peun., hins thus re- cur«ch hig opinlon on u subject of populur Interest, 1 have been selllng” St. Jucobs Ol for the last year, I huve never heard a per- son speak of it, except 43 o splondid medl- chig, und us the great ypoclfic for theamatic affections, whether Influnmutory, noute, ov chronle, swelllius, sores, spralng, burng, wounds, ete, {uelf morg St, Jucovs OIL tian af any other kind of Unhuent, and it gives universal satistaction. I will always keep it on haud, ‘Uhe furiners say that for wan und beast they tind nothing equal to It, - N BTATE AT AIRS. Flight from the Wisconsin Capital of an Employe of the As- sembly. The Charges of Ccrruption in the Senatorial Election Thereby ) Disposed Of. Omcial Yoto Showing tho Adoption of All the Indiana Constitutional Amendments, Lively Oompotition for the Printing of the Uompiled Laws of Michigan, WISCONSIN, Boectal Dlapateh to The Chicago Tribune, Mansoy, Wi, Mareh 21,.—Conslderable excltement exists liere to-night over tho de- nouncement of the so-called charges of cor- ruption on the election of the Hon. Angus Cameron ns United States Senator, which have bean extensively elreulated In varlous country papers throughont the Statesince the Scnatorial electlon, The ‘author of these charges, who Is an employ6 of the Assem- DIy, und has been a correspondent foradozen or more papers, and who eharged in several of them that n certain member had recefverd 81,600 for voting for Mr. Cameron, and cltlng auothor wewber and the Sergennt- at-Arms of the Assembly ns belng witnesses to the transaction, when confronted by the above-named gentleman, retired In confuslon, inumediately packed his vallse, and left the eity. Iad ho remained until to- morrow morning a resolution of expulsion from the Assombly Chamboras n correspond- ent would have been passed, and he wounld have been discharged from his position as an employé ot the Logisisture. Before leaving he !(mlxlnnmnll bill with acheck on New York, which, on being presented at the banlk, proved to ' be worthless, © ‘Thiere ling cen nothing known of any corrup- tion ux(vulnt what tiie anti-Cameron men have predicted wpon these newspaper reports, wud when the authior beenme known and so Inglorlously fled, tho entlre bottom has fallen out of the charges, and everybody, both the polltienl friends and enemles of” Mr. Came croi, nre now entirely satlsfied that no brib- ery was attampted or even tholght of, and all ave congratulating - the suspected mem- bers for the entlre retiel frowm ull suspiclon, und the Conunittee will report at an enrly day that no grounds whatever exist for ni investigntion, This relleves Mr. Cameron Trom having secured hls election by corrupt or_unfait meuans, Mamsox, Wis., March 2L—The Senate had a sesslon this morntag, ‘The Anti-Treat- ing LI was consldered, und, ufter consider- nblo debate, was coneurred fn. Thiy bill malkes jt an_ offense, punishnble by & fino of from $5t0 810, where any personshall pay for or by any device whatever proesre Jiquors or drinks for or on beholf of any person other Than himselt, - The bill regulating tho sale of llquor to minors was also concurred in,, ‘I'he genernl oplnion is that final adjonrn- ment will take place f week from Wednes day, bup Friduy or Saturday will see n ge uritl exodus of tho legislators, who willnot return, —— INDIANA. . Speetal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 2L —The Sen- ate to-day was without n quoram, but It spent its timo on the bIl relating to public ofticers and oftices, "The bilt was drafted by the Revision Committee under the ol law requirtng fees and sularles of public oflicers to bo graded necording to the population of countles, One of the constitutional nmend- nents submitted to the people ut the recent election wiped out this law, nud ft 1s now left with the presont Leglsiatuve to provide what the fees and salaries shall be. Senator Lungdon oftered a resolution referring the whole matter to « speclal committeo of one from each of the Standing Committoes on Tinance, Judiclury, Organization of Courts, Elections, and Fees and Salaries, to repurt by bill or otherwise. The resolution was vigor- ously advoented by Mr, Langdou; on the ground that the Sennto could not properly consider the bill In the manner In ‘Which it had begun, and that the bill was of suflcient Importance to justify carefnl consideration by & committee,—somethlng whieh had not yet been done. ‘Lho resolution, howdver, was voted down, and the sections relating to fuesand salnrles wers referrad to the Com- mittegon Fees and Salaries, In the Houso little was done bevond rou- tine work, ‘The fricuds of the Wife-Wihip- ping bill pushed it to a third reading, but it filled to pass for want, of a constitutionnl mnjurl(y. the voto bnm[ 83 for t agalust, ‘Thiere are but twonty-thres days of the speclal sesslon remaining, rud yet but Nitle of the most insportant legislutfon hus been disposed of, ‘The Criminal Cude, the Tax blil, the Sthool bill, the Elechion bill, mul the Genernl Appropriation bill lnve passed tho House, but are stlll pend- nz in the Sennte, whils the v AL Code hangs fire In the 1fouse, ‘Tho bills for Jovying a State and State-1louse tax are also In the House, with all the lnsurance bitls und the specific Approvrintlon biil, Mewhers do not hesitate to ndimit thut it will be lmpossibleto dispose of all that Is pending, ut, 50 far a8 Known, 0o one Wants or ex- peets a seeond speelnl session., Tho Len, Nelson B. Burrininn, Ropresenta- tivoof this county, Sheiby, nnd Burthiolomew, I3 revorted to be hopeies| f' 111 u his hume In Shetbyville, A week ngo he wad taken quite fll ot typlhold pnewmonia, and has grown steadly worse untll yestorduy, when his lito wats despalred of by his physleinn. Dr, MeDowell, noniber of the Louso from Allen, was slightly wounded Jast nightinn railroad smashup, but no fears are wppro-, liended that ho will not Tunmediatoly recover. ‘I returns from the speelal”_election on the amendments, held dast Monduy, were completed to-day, and to-nlght Gov, Porter Issued hls proclamation deeluring the amendments ndopted, ‘The vote on the suv- cral amendments 1s ns follows: o Agalnst. 40,030 For. 124,708 “Tho Humber o 10,071, lirst, 169,711 the lowest on the sixth, 153,004, MICIIGAN, Speciat Dispateh to The Chicago Tridunie, LaNsiNgG, Mich., Mareh 21,—"The compila- tlon of the Inws continues to Lo ono of the priucipal topics of discussion by the leglsluy| “tors, Derby & Catluhan, of Columbus, O., have seen Callakan & OClark’s latest offer on the cowpllation of the luws, and have “gone them one better” in ofloring to do the work for 82 per volume to the ox- tent of 12,000 volumes, snd all over that num- Lor they will furnish for 150 per volwme, They -make n bona fido offer on a square basls, with all the detalls sub- stantially the sume as in thelr pro- vious offer, This Ilast offer contemplntes o work equul In all respects to tho Ohio Inws of 1830, )mbllslw.d by them. This oftor, it we- cupted, {3 somy 1150 chniper that Callahnn & Clurk’s fost ofier on the busis of 12,60 sots. ‘The lust mentloned firm, with truo Chicago pluck, sy that the Inst offer they nude—viz.: 85 per sot—l4 tie lowest noteh they shall strike, and, whether they ury awarided the contract or uul‘ they “shull publish the work “ulte same,” sud sell it at u faly price, indepondont. of the State complintion, They havy control of the lowell compliation, which 15 com- ploto excopting the work ot the presunt ses- slon, and can pug the work In tho market many nonths I ndvancs of nn" competitors, and-they have no hesituney In doiug this, v will prove a profitable business Investment, THE T olpetors who voted was ‘fho Dighest ‘vote east wid on the e ———— PROPOSED EXTRA SESSION, ‘the Editor of T*4 Chicago Tribune, CH1CAGO, March JL—In your lssue ot tho 20th you say that thuOtlo Republicuns waat un extrw scsslon of Congress bocuuse Huyes' vetolng tho Fundiug bill will éndunger tha chances of the Rtapublicans In Ohlo. Don't you think that it will undangor thy Ropublican party In all of the Btares? I thiuk ugless tho Heoublioana paws U per cent funding bill it wif endapger that Ilnrv‘( i the next Proddentin ction. risk & ateh nagndloate to tnko nll of the i per eunt bonda, nnd after it the peoplo of the Unltedd States wil not be satisfled tn have the Lotids deaw o higher rato of interest, ns thoy puy no tax, The Iepublicsns tnuat fugislate wisely in Congross, or their defeat is taln, Isit not time that nny chartered con tion that nt- tompta to coereo or diasnnul ad uel of Conurcss should give up its charter and clown Litslnese? A REPUBLICAR YOR'TWENTY Y EAIS. e — INDIANAPOLIS. The New Yostmaster—His |, Futurs Courns 1n tho Manrgem thes Office—~1, W, Halford He Ma, neing Edltor of the * Jonrnal,) Speeial Dirpateh to Tha Chicago Tribune. Ixpasarorts, 1nd, March 21.—In con- versation with the Ilon. James A, Wildman, the new Postisnater, he sald he would prob- ably ol aysume the duties of ofice until the Ist of Aptil, when the quarter eloses and the settlements e made with the Departinent, o wiil give it his individual personal atten- tion, and intends that, it shall boe kept up to | resent Nigh standard of efllelency, tho office’ns belonging to the people and not to himself, and that a proper diseharge of his duties demands that he should give it the closest: and - most unremit- ting attention. The conditlon of the oftice makes it one of the most cfiiclent In the cointry, nnd the contest' was onc In which nothing hut the best, of feeling vrevailed, o hus not examined the office or made any ar- rangements whatever o the force, nl- though many applications have been made, e has recelved o large (number of letters from ol parts of the State o nfirnmlnlhm Ll upon nis appaintment, for all of which he expressed his hearty thanks. E. W, Halford, well known in fouruallstic cireles in this cllf' und Chicaio, took control of the Journul this morning us munaging- editor, a position which Jie has held with muarked success at varlous tlmes within the pust twelve years, In 1872 he was managing- editor of the Inter-Qceant, and quite recently he refused o most tempting otler to becoms the mannging-cditor of the Milwaukee Sentl- ael, Als reinstatement upon tho Journal will be eeninently susisfactory to its patrons, Alessrs, Walker and Voght will retire, —————— A LONDON LIBEL SUIT. Lnbouchere's Plon of Justitication. Loxnox, March 10,—In the Lawson-Laboucnera litel ease, nuw on trfal in tho Court of Queen’s Iiench, Mr. Lubunchore's plea in justifieation of his altexntion that Mr, Lawgon is u dlsgracoe to Journulism covers fifty-flve follo pages. He de- clares tt the Daily Telqgraph DIr, Lawson's paper) Is condueted professedly on Liberal prin- ciples, but In fact solely fod the pecuniury and personnl advancement of the prosecutor of this suit; that the prosccutor, in onderto obtaln In- formution from ofliclals, and thus glve his paper tho uppearance of belng tho oficial Liberul or- gan, pubtished servilo fulsome tiatterles respect Ing Mr. Glndstoue and Mr, Bright and other Lib- cruls; that whon the Liberals quitted oflice ho publlshed falso nud dofamatory articles respect- inyg Mr. Gludstono and Mr. Bright, with tho like intent of obtafning peenninry and soclal advan- tuges, nnd extracts from articles inserted by the prosecutor simllurly abused and tlattered Logd enconstleld and Lord Ballsbury when out of and In ollice. & Ho deeluresalso that the yrosccutor habitually printed obsceno and jnworal wdvertisements and charwed oxten tarif for thom, und while printing them published articles denouncing the mischier cuused by such udvertisements; that tho prosecutor habitually published buby-furm- ing undvertisements, nnnmlufi extru for them, whille editorlilly denounclog furining; that oxtracts insertod by tho proscentor habitunlly extolled the Christiun retleion, though he did not belleve n it, the articles on tho subject belng prompied by sordid motlves: that tho proseeutor_published nlotter, wholly or partly written in London, purporting to be from Paris. Mr. Labouchere declares niso that the proses cutor chnnged his namo to concoal the fact that he 18 n Jow, and hecansy be is ashamed of the namo of Levy; thut tho prosucutor wus ungey nnd - folt {usulted bocause wttention wis drawn to tho fuct that bls fumily were onee poor, and, being determined to tnke amean and cownrdly revengo, hourmed himself with a atick und luy In walt fo . durk atreet and it~ tucked the defendnnt from behind; thut be ro- farred tho dotendunt’s second to thoe proseoutor’s second to urrunge a duel, und, after haviog I supposed ho wits willlng to_Hght, e consulted the ladies of s family and Mr. Edwin Arnold, and then retased to tirits thut the prosocutor published false accounts of this aasault; and tant the proseeutor s ua tgaotunt persou, The eross-examinuntion by Mr. Lubouctiere, die rected to estublisnlog the nbove plea, tnkes about tho sume rangq us ontho forwer hearing of tho cusv hefure Sic tobert Carden. [t 1o reals Iy t duel of wits betwoen Lawson and Lubou- chure, From tho ebservations of Lord Chlef- Justico Colerldge, Mr. Lnbouehere scoms to huve tho best ol it ‘The cuse was adjourned from yesterduy until Monday, A special cublegram soyss 1L elfurts to nrruuys o sustioment of the Law- iun-bnbulmhcm uacrel futitd. The opentng fur o prosceution disclosed nunew fucts. Mr, Luw- sun was the Hrst witness und was offectively eross- examined by Mr. Labouchere, who defonds hime self without'eounsel, Mr.Lawson involved himselt In frequenc eontradicdons.and sbsurditl Labouchero intends to bring “out sidry - dnls «luumqlug to Mr. Lawsou and tho Teleyraph, especially in regard to publishing ndecent nd- vertisoments ntun extri prive, and to somy po- ltlcal perfidles, ‘Lha teiul fs cxpeeted to lust all next week, A FINE POINT OF LAW, Speciat Lispateh to The Uitengo Tribune, SHELBYVILLE, Ind, March SL—Jnmes M. Bloeeth, ox-"Trensurer of this vounty, has filed a claln in the County Commissioner’s Court for tho sum of §608,19, which amount he al- leges I8 due him as pack pay. Mr. Sleeth brings the clnim on the gronnd that u dect- slon=of tho Suprome Court entitles him to 1w eertain per cent collected on delinquent taxes durlng tho years 1873, 1873, and 1674, While In ofice Mr. Sleoth assumes that ho collected dellnquent taxes of suflclent nmount for the per cont to reach the sum named, Since his term explired the action of the Supreme Court entitled all, County ‘I'reasurers thon in oftics to this money, but falled to it the then present incumbents, The Cowmmissioners have car- rled Mr., Slecth's elnimovor till the noxt term of that Board, A wida difference of opinlon r, existsmnong the legul fraternity In regurd to this question, consequently it s & theme of {:nhllclnlumn. and will ereate 1 consideru- Lo sLr among the lawyers in fnvestigatine thecnse, What s truo of Mr. Sleeth ‘In fil- gz navd wustalning s elntm will hold guud Invvery e.quty In_the State and with an 1n- numeredle host of ex-Treasurers who will goto work, hunt np this vercentage, and plnnge down on their county for buek-pay, The question will bring up many technleal aud fine poluts of law, e ————~ LABOR TROUBLES, .~ Cixeixsatt, O, March 31, —Journeymen tallors to the number of atout 150 have made u demand for an advance of 25 per cunt In their wages from the dltferent stores of the clty, and have glven the besses untll Wednes- duy noon to unswer, when a atrike iy threat- enid it they don't comply. Farn Kver, Mass, March 21L,—The Anierican Printlug Company gave 1ty help an - opportunity ta return to work at _old prices thls morning, ‘Uhey refusel. The spinners ut the Chiaso MII struek this morn- ineIn consequence of the disehurge ot the Treasurer of the Splune nlot, e ea— AN IMPORTANT DECISION, 8. Louts, Mo, March 2L.~Tho ense of the Binger Manufueturing Company against Stanuge, tor nlleged violation of the plalnt- IP's trade-mark, was declded by Judge “I'reat, of tho United States Clreuit Court, to- day by dlsmissing tha sult at plaintill’s cost, ‘I'he Court holds that, the Singer patents hav- ing explred, anybody hus the rlght to manu- fucturs the Binger sewing-nachines, and that phainilit cannot creatw i wonopoly 1or the practleat extenslon of & patent buyond its legal term under the guiso of o trade-mark, ——————— MISSISSIPPI STEAMBOAT LINE, Dusugue, In, March 2L—It Is an open secrot that certain capltallsts along the Mis- sisslppl River, backed by the Chicago, Mil- waukeo & 8t. Paul Raflrond Company, have formed an organlzation to estublish n new stenanbont lin on the river between this eity and Bt Louls for passenger freight. ‘Tho boats are to be run in conneetion with the rilway, Soweaof the four bouts which are to constituto the llne have alrewdy beon purchased. ——— Thoe FPops, Forelgn sightscors und tourlsts aro jubliunt over tho prospect uf sevhiw the Popo take part iu tho Buster ceremoniud in 8t. Peter's ut Rowe, For tho last cloven yeurs theso coreluonios were unobaerved. e ——— Coughs! ‘Use Lirown's Bronobial Troohes MARINE NEWS. Exhaustive Resume of Shipbuild« ing and Repair Work at Buifalo, The Union Calkers Incensed at the Im- portation of llelp from Canndn, Recent Vessol Transfers—Interesting Personal and General Notes. DBUFFALO RIITPYARD WOILK. Fpeeial Correspondence of The Chicago Tribtine, Brrvano, March 10.—Among the many In- fuytrics of which Bufalo has just causs to feel proud, few, if any, huve been more Retive dur- ng tho pust wianter than the shipyards, and they aufll seem to bave alt the new and ol work thoy nre witling to contract for. Tho work at pree scnt In hand, and what bus_ already beon cotns pleted, will foot up nearty half a million doliars, 'bls I8 u very respectiblo showlom, aa compared with previous sensous, and It would tend ing great measure to make Ruffale one of the larges shipbullding statlons on Norhwestern waters if only our moneved men coull bo Lrought to acknowledge the superlority of fron over wood for tho purpose of ahiphullding, This fact once admitted, und an establishment fitted up capuble of turning out tho largess class of iron vessels, thero {s but littie doubt that Buffalo would svon assume her position ns one of tho chief ship- ‘buliding ports along the lakes. $ve havo fron ot n superlor quality; our mechanics aro tirste cluss, and our marine cogines are not surpassed by any in the country, Tho time is not far dis. tunt when fron hulls” will predominate in all of our ports, oy thoy carry bottor. last longur, and rate higher than woodien vesscla, 'The first Iron vessel ever bullt on the likes was liunched 1rom the premises of Mr. David Bell, In this eity, whn In 1812 huilt tno Emuellor Merchant for Messrs, J, C, and BT, Evans, uod her suceess was 30 unqualitied thut othiers of alarger bulld Boun followed. Mr, 1ell bus nlways stronely ad- vouated the superiority of iron over wooden uuse H8 re lors for lurge fron eraft, Mr. Nell's yard belog fnsullicient Tor the handling of laree = work of it kind, There 18 & probability, however, that hefors long fron lhlnhnlldlmf. on n larye seato, will be un estab- lished fact {0 Buttelu, The followitg sumoniry ot work will givo nn fden of what has been done here since the close ot last seuson: TIE UNION DRY-DOCK COMPANY, , by far the most oxtensiva ship- bullding estublisbinent in_thls part, {s situated osrtho south stde of Butfale River, between it uund the Blackwell Cannl, at the foot of Chicugo strect, and at present “"‘3“‘{’ n force of i tnen, to which it {s adding dally In order to push tu completian the Inrge amount of orders they buve on hand. Tho entire establishment 14 un- der the imwedinte uul;urrlsmn of Capt. Marcus M. Druke, who, since his first connection with it, now nearly tan years ugo, has labored ear- nestly to muke it what ft s to-day.— ono “of tho hest and mnst pular shipbullding docking estublishments on the whole chaln vl Inkes, They bave at present on tho stocks, and well ad- vanced towards completion, two fine freight ‘»rn petiers, being built under cootract for the Wabush Line, to run betweon Tolodo und Buf- fulo, They are Lothof thoe suine dimensions— viz: 2B feet long over zl), thhity-three feot beam, noa thicteen feet wix {nchos deoth of hold, and will register 1,200 tons, Euach bout will bo fitted with 1 single compound en- glnw of tho Perry & Lay patent. The dlame: ter 0f tho upper or high pressure eylinder wiif be twenty-aix Inches, und thatof the lower ety four luchies, with astroke of thirty-slx {nctve, 10 which steam will be supplicd by two Otis stect Dollers five-clghths of an juch {o thickness, seven foct shetl, and fourteen feet [n longth, ‘The en- flues ary belne manulactured by Mr. Henry G Trout, of tho King Irun Works, "the _exculloncy of whose matlne cnglies bas secured for hlm a trade secot] to none along the lukes, and even on the seabornd. Tho builers will be supptied by 1ho ustibiiabment of 1he Inte Paliiip ititer, whoss businessisut L’n‘flcnlcurrlcd on by bis widow. ‘Cho bulls of both vessels will bu dlugonnlly lrons stranped with a suceession of lron steaps, their thickness \'llr)'ln‘p from n half to seyven incbes, and tholr width from thres to six inches, their length oxtending in some places from witbin o short dlstance of rho Koevlson to the top-skie or Illmcr purt of the vessel. This §s known us tho dlugonit system of hracing, und oach plate 18 bolted tardugh the franio timbers and outsldo plunking, and the bolts form purt of the regulur Tustening, 1 v secured by this system It in custowary to theso fruln bhices (or riders) betore the wutside planking 18 brougat 1o, u8 the titnbers of the frumes being in some degreo unlted with thein, tho braces will pre- vent tho “edgo sets * used in plasking trom gepuruting tho hends aud heels of tho soverul thnbors which coustitute a frame; for, shuuld Buch A suparation ocenr to any consldernble ex- tent, tho stiifness of the frume would bo o grent nensuro destroyed, #s tho heads and heels of tha tmbers can and do work over cuch other, when the vessel s Iaboriug in a henvysen, Thoree {3 nlso un iron strap sov en-cighths of an fnch thick und about six lnches wido carried round the vessel from st to stern undur the promennde-deck plinkshiro, and an- other clebt fnches wide aud sbout tho suie thickness wmler tho tmin wals, Both boats hiave n nice model, withn guod cunand entriuce, giving promlise of speed “comblued with lurgy .mlrl‘)‘lnf cupucity. They will be titted out with all modern {mprovewmeite, They will huve o currying capieity of about 4, bushels of whent ench. Thelr cost, when complete, will be close on $100,000 for each vessel, One will be realdy for launching shortly after the 1st of May, the other not until June. ‘I'ho othor uew work conststy of two tugs, ono for Cinpt. Thomas Muythuw, a duplieate of ' tho one launched from tho sume establishment luse summor, with the exception that she will huve n Httlo more beam, 1nr dimensions nre seventy- three feet oyer all, with sixts feot benw und nine feet dopth of hold, Mer cnglue, waieh i bolng wanufac.ured by Mesars, Sutton & Wood, 1 ot tha usuul vertical typu with an elghtoen- fneh evlinder, hm'lm‘- twonty-two Inches stroke, ‘Tho. bolter, which 18 also licing constructud by tho mame firm, 18 seven feet (n alumeter aad thirtoun feut long. The cost complute will be bout 0,00, A'iero 18 nlso on tho stocks another tug of tho- satno dimensions In course uf construction for Mesdrs, Bdward and Jumes Byers, the achinery zu-‘ which will bo supplled by Kulght, Sisson ‘0. Flrst amnng the old work which the Company have fn hand come the propollers Nebrasku, Colorudo, and Rounvke, of the Commureinl Line, which sro recelviug o thorough rebuild undor tho porsonal lu{rrurrlnlnu of Mr. A Medlastors, Buporintondent of tho line. This work. which 18 tow fost belig pushed towards cumiplotion, will uggre; um:llrlg&'ifl.m’. ‘Tho Nobruskn Iy coiving Lew stanchions, new bulwarks, prow- nnde duck, und luunme overhuuting from wm tosterit, Tho Coloradu isin dock, recelving pbatuntially the sume kind of repuirs, with the cexception thut she wilt huvenow wrebos, and her centruarch will bo removed and her bollers fnced on tho mutn deck fnstead of below. Tho toutioke 18 ulso 1u dock recoiviug simline ro- pulrd, aud when completed theso thiree bouts will lm equitl to muny more years' bured serviee, Thoy nre to be ready for service by the opemng of uuvigution. e ‘The propeller Chicngo No. 2, belonging to Capt. Lano apd othors, “of Buffulo, I8 recolv new frimes fore and ult, keelsong, deck - celling, conshleruble phinking outsil nd thorough recatking wid fustentoy, at eatle nusted cost of about §10,000, ‘The schoonurs F. L. Duntorth, G, 8, [uzard, Jumea I, Joy, and barge Edwurd Koun nre ro- L'Uh‘l‘l:l: genernl repairs, includie veeatking and g, wenoaner Erastus Cornlng, belouxlnr to A, , ‘Paytor, Esq., of Buffalo, bus received o now fhboom and bowsprit, tangullant Xorecnstius deck, stanchions, wuin-rull, und monkey-ruil, ull of which bus boen dong under tho Lmnmml superintendence of Capt. Georgo Clurk, hervonts munder, Cost, nbout ¥2,:00. The Ancbor Line propeilor Phifadeiphin hus beon thoroughly overtsuted and recelvod o niew uuln dock, wnich, with other ropuirs, will foot up I the nelgtiboriiond of £2,600, 'Tho.sehooner Willlum Shupe hus boon very oxteusively yopaired, vecolving an entivo new bow o 1ho starbonrd 8ido to within u strake or 1wo of tho Keol: also new bowsprit uud Jib- boom, knightheaas, soveral frumes forward on ‘both sldes, and centrebourd-box, ut 8 cust of nhont $1500, 2 ‘'no schooaner Fleotwlug 13 recelving now bowsprit and Jibboout, knightheads, vte., 8¢ an uxpone of $120, The propelier Dean Richisond, of the Unlon Stowmbout Compxuy’s Line, {8 recelving new Hoors and keelsons, and & thorough overhauling, At uh expeiio of about KLOW, The Arctis und Paclite, bolonglog to tho smuo Compas vu recefved now decks und decke fruinos, 0t an expenso of £5.000 euch, and uil the Company’s bouts wintorime in Butfulo will re- colvo i thurough overhauling und ropairs where NOCCSINFY. Tho burge Ironton, belonging to tho Ningaru River Transportution Compuny, I8 torecelven New deok ut i cust of ubout Tho burgo Kuystone, formerly tho schooner Bridgowitor, und for two or thive sousons used by Cupt. Frunk Perew us u Hoating clovuter, sud last summor burned Lo the waler's edue durla the contlugrution which swept thy whole of the Bluckwell Canal, il which was subsequently adeiven ushoro near o lightbousy un bor Grat trip out after conversion fnto u Imrrm by Dun- cun Wros;of Oscodu, reoelves purtiul now ki stert-post, nud rudder, new botiom ple purt now inalu rail, und'is thorough calk rofustontng, Tho old propeiter Olenn, Tor many years the property of the Unlou Bteambout Compauy, but now belonelug to thy owners of the Keystone, I8 bovked for ubout #0 worth of repuirs, includ- ing nuw stomw, trunsom, und purt of watn deck, be tux Mury B, Plerco, runilug lo Capt, Hand's liue, s almost us B8 Hiuw, hayiog buun vebulit from tho water-llne up, and thy tug Sarull B, Dryuot, of the sswe toe, bes been =, o 3 overhauled and sheathed on the bows nnd slides with ahcet-lran. Tho sehoonee B. P. Noals has reccived new decks. Cost, $00, ROBERT MILLS & CO. Thin yard, which adjoins that of the Unlon Dry-Dack Compuny, I8 under tho suporintond- enee of Mr. Jotine Humble, a geotloman of largs experienes and ackuowiodgaed energy and abil- ty. Tno Company c¢mploy mbout 150 men, and bave n lnrge aRmount of repales on band, toe gothor with soma new work, Tho steam-barge RN rsbuw, Lelonging to B, Fitz- gernld and others, of Milwaukee, has Just Been thoroughly overhauled. recelving thirty fret of keel aft: elght new tloor keelkons, 12x1¢ Inches, tha entire letigth of the vessel rider keetsotis Hx14 inchies, and two 1. nches, hook-nearfed and through-bolted and fustened. Also three-inclt ouk flvor with six-Inch chocks on ¢ach frame beneath the flour between tho keelaons, pew outalds planking on bows, hot- tom thoroughly refastfaed, seams recalked ail vver, making ‘her now ono of the atunchest steam-harstes on the lakes, Cost, $1,000, The echooner Chanplon, owned by Mr. 8., Watson, of “Buffulo, hia recelved a complete re- Luild, tneluding new framen fore wnd tft, naw centrehuard Lox, Inverted arches and spurs, dendwol, . breusthooks, celling, uew planks rhire and stanchlons, bulwarks, main and monkey rull with cap, now stem and stern, new rudder, hatch-combings complote, enbin-teck, cuthend duvits, now windlass, bitts, and sole pleces. She will b recalked and fustened atl over, aad when cumpleto will Tor sl practicnl turpmm b ns good ns the day sbowas lauuched. ‘ot of repnlrs, $10,000, ‘The schooner [farvy Dissell, owned by Mr. John Kelderhouse, of Bluffuto, and Capt. Chnrics Humilton, haa received 100 now stanchlons, now stril Inside und out, main rall, monkey rail ten hes bigh, all round, new cutwater, und s buw planking, st an sxpenso of about 300, The tug Orlen Muytham's line, hus re- celved new house, new feaders, calking, and other minor repatrs. Cost, $50. The tug W. IL Crowell new upperworks com- lete, boiler und machinery tohoroughly over- uuled, calking, ceiting, eta,” Coat, 150 Tho tux Jonn B, Gritin, of Capt. Hand's lino— Now storn-post and recnlkln{ with Iron-sheath- iug o bow und sides, Coat, £30. < ‘Tho sehooner Jotin M. Hutehinson—New tres- tle-trecs, broast-houks, cross-beams, and uther general repulps., nt an expense of £1,20, Tho barge Willlum Treat, new koclson, decks and deck fmmns forc-und-aft, nlso new plunk- ahire, ut u cost uf k500, "Che sebuoner North Cape, new decks and ro- pairs to eatl, and new main gatf, Cost $000. Tha schooner Frank 1b, flurker, which bad her decks swept, ber bulwarks carrled uway, and her canvas blown from the bolt=ropes in the bly blow last November while running down Lake Erie, und finally mnde anchorage off Dunkirk, new beums, stuticbions, bulwarks, recalkitg,and m]:}l:;tx'-ul Tepairs to cabli, at an expenso of about ‘Tha schooner Day State has been newly decked, recuiked all over, and receivedt new fore and mnjnmusts, nt an outlsy of 3250 ‘The schooner American Union, a3 soon 08 the tew will admit of bor belny taken out of theObio Inshit, will recelve pew keelron, centra-buard box, nnd veneral repalrs, at un expeose of $2,000, Tho sctiwonor Walter H. Onded, which went ashoro near the New York Central round-house durog A _heavy blow on the 6ih of Novomber lust, bas been Jaunched dnte deep water. Sho will be towed to Messrs, Mills & Co's. yard, and her damuges survoyed and repaired. Messrs, Mills &°Co. huve on tho stocks n handsomo pew lfmsengnr propeller for Mr, L, B. Fortier, of Huffalo, that is expected to he ready for launching early in May. She s to run dowil the Niguea [tiver und to the istunds with excursion partles, taking the pluce of the pro. puller Arundell, recently sold by Mr, David Lol 10 parties in Bay City. "I ber appearance aod fitting up sha wlii somewhnt resombie the Arundell, und will be particulurly strongly bullt with tho wview of yeuderlng =~ bow sorviceable In tho spring and full os ntowand freight Loat, beforo tho passenwer traflic cummences and nfter it closes for tho sun- son. Hor hull is framed of tho best white onl, thoroughly seasousd, four and five Inch fliten, spuced elghtoen lucles from contro o centre; ‘)mnklnu und ceiling cdge-bolted throughout, Ter dimenajons are as follows: Length over all, feot: length on keel, trume, twenty-tvo o feetslx Inchea: tonnage, e bottom of the erfi will Le concave, the keol belny u gentle risiug slopo forwanl, This sbupe of bottom, It Is ciatmed, xives ndditionul stif- 1ess to the bull, nnd nisu permity of the whecl having set doeper in the wuter, thus lncroasing 1ta workiog uifect, and giving greater apeed to tho vessel. Her englne will be the oue formerty in tho propeller Ontardo, of the low- prossuro typo, with s tweuty-four fuch cylinder and a stroke of two fuel four inches, 10 wiich steuin will be supplied by an Utla steel baller Tourteon foot In length, olgiit Toet In dl- ameter, and eeven-sixteenths of an inch fn tnickness, constructed by Riter, of this cl Bbe will be fitted up with calynson the mi deck similur to tho Arundell, furnished with due regurd to tho comtort aud couvenlonce of excursion pirties, She will cost when completo between $25,000 and 000, und will bo com- manded by Capt. Jumes Do DAVID BELL'S YARD, At this yard busluess 18 brisk, und about 100 men ure kept egnstuntly cmployed Loth oa old und new work, T whole cstublishinent Is under thu personal of Mr. Hell, who mny to belng tho ploncer of fron shipbaild- fug un the Nortbwestern wiuters. (o I8&2 he built for Messrs, J. C. & L. T, Evans the tron propelter Merchunt, which was the plonver lrane vossel on the lukus. Sho proved an entire suc- cess, and sinco that time Mr, Ilell lns con- steueted neurly forty dron vessels, including four revenuucutivrs, soverul liege stean yuehts, and 0 nutnber o s and stall stonm yachts, He hins ut tho ps thine on the stocks 1 very handsome stemm yacht for Mr, C. D, Waterman, of Detroit, wilch, Judgiug from bor will by ns awift us 1ons ure us fol- oxtremo benw, 115 feet; beam, ox- depth of hold, nine nbout 25 tons. Thu suporintendeney {ustl)‘ luy - ctim fows: Lengti o reventeen feets depth of hold, elght feet. 8he will bo divided Into four wuter-tight compart- wents, and, ixll;n plun, ber eabins und ucconimodutions for i v all, 104 fect uviing beon deslgued on. tho En- er crew will be below deek. Her eogine, which 18 to be u forceand-aft com- pound, the “upper oylinder being fours teen Incues b diamcter, and the lower twonty-four lochos, with a stroku of elx- teen inches, 13 being whilo tho bollor, which WiN by of Ot ateel, o feet uu aid six feot in dinmeter, will bo' fur- nighed by Mr. Boll, und I3 designed to curry o proasure” of 120 pounds of steant, Bhe 18 uxe peeted to bo ready for service by tho openng of navhaition, und lier vsthinated cost complote 13 about $1v,000. ‘Thero 13 ulsv In course of construvtion a larwe fron tug for Cupt. Huutley, of ‘Toledu, ninoty fect over all, with efghteen feet bewm and ten foct dopth of hold, divided [nto four water-tight compuriments. Her muonlnory will coneist of u 2ex2 ek enxine, to which steam will by fur- nistied by u roturn-tluy boiler sixtecn fout long and elght foct in dlumeter, constricted of the tiest Otis steel, both of which nre Loty con- structed by MMr. Betl, Cupt, Huntley formerly purchased from Mr, Boll tho fron iy Carriigs ton, which unde such a splendid record at To- ledo that oo bus now determined to roploco her with u birger sud moro pawerful bout, The now tug will hivo n bow especlulty adapted for fees breaking, us Cupt. Huntiey inteuds, it possible, to keep the barbor there opun giriug tho win- ter when o fiuu bis new eraft. der cost, whon completo, witl be elose on §10.00). Mr, Bull is also bullding for Capt. Todinnn, of Glenbruok, Nev,, o composit yacht seventy feot lopg, with twelvo foot boam und slx feet enth of bold, Her framiug will bo of Iron, plinked with ouk, and ber ongines aud bollens will be constructed by M., Boll. When comploted shoe w'u‘lkau shippud by rail, and her estimuted cost s 5.0, Ot hiis awn stecount, Mr, Holt {8 bulldiog twa Fron steamn yuchts, the lurgest of which will be elghty-twu Toet loug, fouriven feet two kiches b nd wix feet hold: tho smuallor forty-six fnu feet threo Inches bonm Id; to cost respoctively $10,000 mide ut Deiroity and §4,000. ‘fhe propetier Arundell, rocontly sold to Cole & 1ivly, of Detroft, to run betweolt. Alpens und 1luy City, 18 baving new gunrds put on, and will be tengihoned by thirty foot. MI. GEORGE M., NOTTEIW'S YARD, "This yard, which I8 sltuatod ut the foot of Vire gluin street, it present employs ubout olgnty men, andull tho work i3 undor the porsondl supnrvision vt Mr, Nottor, He huson the stocics twa b for the Vessel-Ownem' "Towing Associns tlon of Chicawo, which are both of tho eumo dimensions—namely: 4ty foet fu lengtl, iftovn fevt beant, and vight feet slx fuchos depth ofs hald, Thelr engines, which aro buimg construotd hy Knight, Sisson & Co., will have cighteen-ineh cyllndors with twenty-inch stroke, and they will bu supplied with Otls steel builors thirteen feot Tonw wind six feet fn dismeter, Thole cost when complety will be §5,00 euel, ang although not very harge, oy will bo powuerful for thetr slee, o Bt wiees o 10 stocks i rEo . tug sevonty- Nvefect vvernll, withsixteen feot bean, und ning foet depth of "Ul‘b \vlllllcll ho ls bulldlug under Fortler, of Buifulo, but L dise cantrupt with Mr, which thut gentlewan bus —siroudy posed Of o the Gratwiek, Smith & Lumber Company of Touawandu, _ilor mx?: ure befug condinioted by Messrs, Knlght, Sisson & Coy, inid new 0f the ustinl tig tybe, with 17a23 fuch eylimler, to waich steamn wiit bo supplict by un Otis steel return-tluy boller thirteen feet toue wid Bix feut clght fuchos in dlsmoter, Bati- mated cost nbout $12,000, Mr. Notter 18 lkewlso constructing a catinls scow for Stark Uros., of Hutlalo, with u cupacity of 3,200 bushols of whoeat, to coat 500, it JOSEPI BLOAN'S YAUD, Tus tho floating dry-dock nlomrshle the Wosts crn Elovator Mr, Joseph Slodn fe glving n thors ough rebuill to the sehoonoe O, G Mixer, uwned by Lupt. Searles and otbond, " 8ho i3 recelving frames und cunts fore sud ult, now colilog, decks aud deck-frumed, planksbede stem, ster, Litiwirks, wnd rail, canin, forecastie, radder, und whidluss, and will uiso bo thoruughly recalked and fustenud, und Mixer, which wus formorly 1 twosands-utter, will nuw be furiisbed with thron wasts, und wbon completed will bu us guod a3 when sho first eumo out, Estimuted cost #8,000, Mr. Bloan bas wlso contructed to furnisy uew foro and mujti mists for the sebuonor City of Groun Hay ul an oxpenss of nbout §1,000, 3Mit. JOSEPI SUPILE'S YARD, ‘This catablishent, which I8 fucated at the foot uf York streot, 18 uur‘uxufl O un exeursion propuiter for purtivs I Lxie, Pa, Her dimens sluns are vigty feet over ull, with elghtewn feot beam, wnd slx feol six Inchoes<depth of bold. Suo 1# 4 double-docker, Hited with 4 roomy vabin on the wain deck, furnisbed with il wmodern lias 9 . ey provomonts, and ‘capnble of nccommodating nearly (00 axcuralonisia. Hor enginus, which are bemg manufuctured by Messrs, Sutton & Wood, will have n fourteen«inch oylindor with sixteans Inch stroke, and the bollor wvill bo ten feet long and five feet jn dinmoter, 8ho will cost ahout $10,000, and {8 oxpected to o roady by the 1at ot April. RILEY BROS,” YARD. This eatablishmnnt, which s situated at tho Clnrk & Skinner Slip on Porry stroct, mre busy on same eanal boats, Among tho rest a full-sized Iuker for thd Planet Line, 1o bu used sdn cons sort to one of their Ateam-cannlbonts. Sho will huve a earrying capaeity ot 8,00 bushols of whent, and ‘her cost complote will be about O'GRADY & MAIER'S TARD. At this yard Mr. John Hickler, the well-knowa contrnctor, I8 building on his own acoount & brndsomi stenm-yacht, which, when comploted, Wil bo takon to the Snult Sto. Marjy, whoro ho hasa large contract. Her dimensiona are sixty- cight fect uver nll, with twelve feet beam and ofght feot depth of boll. Her engine, which has i twelve-ten eylinder with ono foot stroke, hins been furnished by Knlght, 8isson & Co., and her * boiter, which )8 of tho Lest Iron, clght feet long and four feot (n diameter, by M. Riter. Her cuost cosipleto wiill e betweon $4,000 and $5,000, Mesara, O'Grudy & Mater aro constructing two Ly, each forty-eight feet over all, with twelve feet and six feet four Inches hold, The engines and hullers whil bo nuv‘pllml Ly Button & Wood, and when completed thoy will cost $3,780 ench, MESSIS. HINGSTON & SON. These gentlemen, whoso pretiises aro located near the foot of York streot, huve uader con- Atruction and well on towards complotion a handsome steam-vacht for Cnpt. James Hunte ley, of Erle, Pa. 8he I3 100 feot over all, sixteon feet beam, and s)x and a half feot depth of hold, Sho I8 to be fitted with nll modern Improvementd, und, when her bull is completed, wlfl Lo seat to Erio to bave her machinery put in, There aro four other small establishments— namely: the City Boat-Yard, Carroll Brothors’, Ttobert Whalen's, nnd Baker' & Sons', in which #ome eandlbonts are being bullt and other work, nggregating about £24,000, and employ & forco of about forty men, THEY DONT LIKE IT. ‘The introduction of Canndian ship-carpenters and caikers, non-Unlon mon, by the Chlcago Dry-Dock Company, bas occasloned bad feellng among tho membersof tho Unlon, as was ex-~ peeted {t would, Yesterday a number of the Unlon enlkers assembled in the South.8ide yard with tho determiuation not to go to work and nlso to romaln on the premises. Fearlag trouble, tho management ordered thom to leave, but thoy refused togo. A policemen bnd o drive the'men off the leld. In the afterngon several of theso culkers roturned to tho yard snd cxprossed n willingness to g0 to work with ~ tho striogers, but dee elared that tbey would not drlve spun oakum, Thoy recelved wn unsatisfactory answer und aiin reticed. The ship-carpentoers went towork 18 usunl, evinclng n disposijon to ignoretho fact thut foreign help had beea secured with tho rvowed Intention of disrupting the Unlon. Bvi dently thoy feel thut the dissolition bas niready been nccomplistied. The management of the Dry-Dock Cowpnny assert that they arn now fuily mnsters of tho situntion, and proposo bere- uftér to have thalc own way. They clnim to Bbuve a sufliclent foree to meet all requirements, even If every mumber of tho Union should promptly retiro from their service. VESSEL SALES. Tho following additional vossel. tranafers buve Leen recorded at tho Chlcago Lustom- House: Schooner Mattio Earl=Willlam and Carl Krause, of Michigan City, to Juhu It Nalkon, of Rncine, one-brif, $400, Schooner Tom Palne~John Hanson to Charles and John Peterson, tho whole, 8850, Htewm cunal-bout Nushotah—I1. L. Hossack to ?{’N}.' Griswold and W. J. Rullson, one-fourth, atm_canal-bont Whale—H. L. Hossack to Griswoid snd W, J. Rullsou, one-fourth, — PERSONATL AND GENERAL. Capt. Sam £hannon, of the propeller Nyack, lett for Bufalo Inst evening, repaies upon the Unlou Stenmboat Line propellers at this port huving beea completed. Capt, Willam Sinmons, who last senson com- munnded the gchooner Willlam R. Taylor; will sall tho schooger Mruzanilla this season. Capt. Jobn leviug, formerly of tho Lady Duf- ferin, goes Into the schooner Bllgo. Capt. John McGifin, last scason in command of tho sehooner Jonujo Matthows, goes juto the propolier Cannda, Cuut. John McPherson, formerly of the schooner ‘Yecumseh, will vall the schuoner Lady Ve Fim Larkin rotires £ cupt, Tlm Larkin rotires from tho schoonor .{l‘\uc l?. \‘Voadrutr and will bo succooded by Capt. “Iim Doyto. ‘Tho schoonor Lady Dufferin _requires a nesr walntopmast. On tite Gthof March iightnin, ook off abont six feet of tho vresant stick, an hatrled the sift ball onto Ciark street, distant fully 400 yards from whoeo tho veeso! lies. nenr Sixtecuth strect bridge, in the Bouth Branch. Yesterday nfternoon Hurry Fox-& Co. luuiched thete wew dredge {sto Lighthouse Siip, Tho launeh was to have tuken pluco on Saturday, but tho violeut storin prevented work. The tug Manitor steamed up tho river to tho cout-doek, near the Alr-Line Elovator, sSho hes buen thorouglly repaired during tho past win- ter, Cupt. John Snupie I8 In command, ‘The tug Constitution will ya intv commission 8"“'""' under tho command of Capt. Audrew ven. Yesterday steam wad rasled on the now tug Robert Dunbum, for the purpuse of testing her wuchinery, ‘Thu steum-barges St. Joscphand Annie Taurlo are to bu tastened with Capt. Hober Equiors’ patent tree-nndls, A nusti-canit recelved yestorday by Georgo C. Fluney trowm Port Stanloy, Ont., stutes that tho 1e:0 wid atill rolid off thut port on tho 18th Inst. 1t nlso nnnounces thy interesting fuct that n son waus bori to Edward Bostwick, un bourd the echoguer J, Bliler at unllJml'l‘ an the 10th of February T'o what goud uses,"” cto. e e—e— . THE MISSISSIPPI’'S MOUTH. Mr. Knapp Proposes a Fulse Bar in Licu of Eads! Jetticn, Cunctunutt Gazette, Mr. i1 I Knnpp, neivil engincer of Now York, ‘who bns bostowed some flve years of study upon rivers and hurbors, guve lnst night an exposition uf his solution of tho diflicultles fn tho way of tho navigution of the Mississipp! and ber tribu- tarfes. He was fntroduced to tho uudienco by Mr. 8, F. Covington, and tho following is un epl- ton f hia theory and hils remedy. Ho speaks posltively to tho eftect that the englueors have Lurred out Inquiry and experiment. Herotofore in Great Britain they buveo narrowed, now thoy take the opposit course and widen channels. Frunceubandoned Jottios long since, and took ton, systom of bassindechasse, and finally nbandoned thut and ndoptod a system of outsldo ports. The general iden 19 that the rivess have a tendeooy tospread out, but in fuct they ure disposed to cut ileey ebunnels, and that tendenoy is only ob- structod by burs ut tho muuth, which bar at tho mouth Iy tho progenitor of ull bars above, The result of nmpP(n.{ the tlow at tho mouth bis shmply necessltated tho butlding of levees, and Mr, thads hus just reesived §L00,000 for that purpose, whivh §s nsciess, Naturc forms bars at ihe river mouths for tho purpose apparently of proventing the rivers from all nning out. By upciing that bar, tho current can bo fnoreascid o tho extent of clearing the river throughout ita brmiches, By opunine thus tho Mississippl's motith, 50 thut tho nverago water lovel 8 ree duced two teet, will benelit the navigablo chan- nels more th niarrowing tho river by jettive, and dams will benefit by o rlso to sixtecn feet at Calra, Thu munaer ln which ho proposes to ace cotplish this s given ns follows: As neall ports the seuon of the soa wuves oo thi battony nlways tends to entiroly close up its mouth by heaviig sund, ote., into 18 thus form- 1t the bar, while tho opposing notion of the ut- tlowing eurrent (drainngs of tho valloy) nlways teiids 10 cut out the bar, botween theso two hin- mense forees tha AurpIus of power rests with tho outtowlng ourvent, which 17 unduly impedod athers up its force (o i extra hoad level or fiuemw uid brepks out, For this reason tho forve of wave gotion ean nover completely closs up tho mouth su_lomyr ns thoro i8 ui outtlowing current to cseape, ‘Chis surpius foree §s nbout J0per cont. In other words, put the force ot thw sbu waves Lo closo up tha mouth ut 100, and the foreo of the outllowing current at 110, Jettyites rocognize and ncknowledgo thls fhet by dwmming up aud contructing a eiver's wouth fn order to get un inercased, head of water insfde tho barbor, and thereby ralse tha forew of tho outtlowing current to i greator surplus, bt #s soon us tho curront leaves the contructed spice betwoen tho Jottles, {ts forea iy Tost, und the bar refors immedlately In frous again. This 18 ouc reason why jettied fall, Mr, Kuupp proposes to inercuso tho ditforence bo- tweun thoso two opposiug torces, by leuving tho foreo of thu puttlowing ourrent at 110 per cent, whut It 15, und seducetho force of wuvo action to suy 70 per cent by bullding o falso (stano) bar six nilles outsido tho nutural Lur, and having wver it thirty=five to (ul‘l‘l feot of wuter ut luw thiv, ovor which ships will freoly pasain andout: thiis will glve o surplus foreo to the mmlu\vlufi ourrent tat will dredge 8 straigut, deep, su wido chunnel between Romor Shoal nod Hust Jank (course Routhonst), that wili bo poringuent Tor it timy, and u snfo und casy ontrance, with which the presont main chaniel 18 wot o bo compared. ——— Bruges., Tho members of tho commmitico of the socloty whivh has buen formed for the purpose of jouke fng Brogus ORGS ILOFS 0 seapart have been 14231 bid great Joter n Yaid vt l-‘l:mlt'u ought to bu tho vugutabls garden of London. ' P A nutfonal disponser of huppinoss is » S-ceat bottio of r, Bull's Couxh Byrup. z e ———— florstont's Acid Phosphato (4 useful {n perys ous buadacke, Loware of jultationa