Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 4, 1881, Page 2

2 TIHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1881, CRIMINAL NEWH. Desporato Fight Botween Four Negroes in o 8t Louis Bagnio. Two of Them Shot and a Third Onc Fatally, 5 Stabbed, Jonductor amd Brakeman Lodged in Jail for Criminal Curelesuess, A A Notod Cutthront Hung at Sid- ney, Nab., by a Vigilance Committee. Wickard, the Asaistant Pestmaster at Cumberland, Md., Short in His Acgcounts, The Caso of Dyns, Indieted for the Murder of Allen, Continued Tt June, Arrcst of o Man at Streator, I, for Mutilnting Five-Ap- paratus. TIE ALLEN MURDEI, Speetal Dispaleh ta Ihe Cldeavo Tribune. 8 o, 1Y, April 2.—At tho sesslon of the e Kalk County Clreuit Court this week, the ease of Charles Dyns, dudicted for the meeder of Hieam 1% Alien, at Sundwlel, was contlaned il the June term of Court. 1L will be remem- bered that Dyas turned State’s evidence ot tho trigt of Thomns and Woodrutt at Genevn Just month, ju return for which foununity was promised him, and Dyus conlidentty expected to be fngtnutly veleased, lat the prosvention titlnk that bt dil not tell near nil he know about the murder, and whi hold bim over thl next torm of Lourt, With the expeetation of new velapments being made by that tine, Dyns bas been contined In the City Jull at Sandwleh till Iast week, when he was brought hero by Sherit There I8 a deep feeling in Sundwieh dirvetly concerned In ats, bl Woods. that Dyws was mupder, and _outinons bren mude there of lynehing no- ton for a new telal enme up Momday ot Geneva, Bt on wotlon of s vounsel, Van Iiret, wis vontinued Wil the regular Al term of Coutt, It 1z understool that overtares ltve been mide o Thotmas 1f he will wll all be knowa about tho niurder, nad who tho other party was, thut tho Jilize, Sury, und others would Unito in tmetl- tlon 16 the Governor to pardon him out fuu yeur or 8o, but he still stoutly peistses b bis - nocence, CRIMINAL CARELESNESS Special Dispateh o Tha Chicago Tribuns 81, Pavs, Minn, Apvll d—There was 1 inost unexpected outeonte to the Fergus Fahls ueel- Jeat on thu Mamtoba Line. The exnmintion befuro the Corutter wis continued this moratuyg, ang upon the rigld eross-cxamination of Nrakes mun Pleree, who had testifled thut bo planted torpedoes on tha teack to protect tho rear of 1o traln, be admitted that he had done nothine of tho kind; that be had not been dirceted by Conduetor Gaivin to do o, and that Galvin was asleep in his bunk. IHe swor upon belng the pressed, that Golvin did not go out of tne caboose whils ho wns wailt- jug before the wreek: that In miviog his firat Sttement he (Pieree) had ylelded to Galvin's fnlluence, Fhis statement of Plerce 14 zorrobornted by Mr. Kuppel, the dangerously - fnjured tnan, Who states, but not under vath, that no tageing or shenalloe was done, He Also says posttively that talvin was ogleep when tho acefdent’ oceurred. (2 18 10 bo gretted that Kappel eannot give his testimon; s ho was a former rafirond toun. - But his o slelin sy dt §3 not prudent, J renched u verdiet, placing the or upor Galvin and Pleree, and they buve arrested, and wre m jnle The Munitobn mpany will proseeute thosy dercliel olficiily 1o tho utmost Hmit of the luw, A DESPERATE PIGHT. Spectal Diapaten to The Chicagy Tribune. St. Lours, Mo., April 3.—There was a terrible fight ULetween four tiegroes fn tho house of fll-fume No. 1= North Seventh otreet to-dny, Gearge Ingram, oue of tho ‘four wis I jove with one of tho Inmates, e “told Charles Emerson, Calvin Rose, and Churles Wilinins, threo visitors, hot to go near her, Rose refused to aceppt the warning and lnld hunason the girl. Ashe did so, Ingram . pulled a revolver and tired at Mose, The hullet missed tho latter and hit Emerson in tho head. Roae grasped for tho revolver, and, while grps pitug for the pussession of It, it went oil, the Duller lodging in bis bund, Uy thiz twe Will- fnms bl como to the reseuc, ~ Drwing o dirk- knife, be stubbed Togram with it three times in the brenst, Engeram 13 now fn the City Hospltul oud dying, 14 comrades are m jall.” Emerson 1a badly wounded. LYNCIIE S1oyEY, Neb., Aprll S.—Tteddy MeDonnld, head musiclan nt 4 dance-house, sud a noted cut- throat, wis taken from the County Jall at an enrly bour this mormug by Vigiotes and banged to a tree dn the Court-House yard, McDonald was one of the sixteen desperadocs who were Jalled on Frivay. Thoy had held tho town in terror for gevernl years, and tho eitls zens resolved to clear them out. Mebonald wad discovered arrunging plung for breaking fnll, g henve the dypeling, Ex-Deputy-Shirilt Jiyan, who stubbed Attorney Michael, hus not been captured, He will be lynehed when caught, 1t s binted thit two mote prisoners who lve commitivd foul murders mid cseaped punishe ment wilt be tiken out and made into good wmen by lyncalng thom. WEN WRONG, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune. Bautiione, Md, April 2.=Quite an excite- ment hus been created at Cumberland, Md,, by the disappenrance of Samuel B, Wickarnd, tho Asslstunt Tostiaster and easbler wnder Post- mauster Johuson, He was notified ubout o week #ince that his term of oflice would explre April 1 Last Thursduy n'ght ho luft town, and nu exam- nutlon of bis necouuts showed bim 310X short, nostly [0 postugeestamps, Ho had been cons nected with the Post-Oilice about seven years. His relatives are ull worthy people, and he bad ulways borne o good chumeter, Hoedeserted n wite and family. J, M, Schober bus been np- poioted bis suceessor, SRID Y MILLER. Bpectal Dlrsatch to Me Chicaso Tridunc, Litrie Rock, Ark, Aprll %A private tele graph from Dallus, Tex,, uunounces tho arrest at that place of ** Kid " Miller, 8 notorious thief, Abuut a year ago Miller catue to this pince and Introdueed biineelt 1o o leading citlzen us tbo €on 0f 4 prowinent New Hogland minister, He succeeded In stenliay #2000 and escaping. un old “pal” of Thurnten, who killed Auron Goodfeilow ut Bloomington, Ik, in Sugust, 15w, A GEORGIA DIFFICULTY, ATLASTA, Ga., April 2.~A dilliculty oceurred about two wiles frum Wushington lust night, in which Albert Smith sbot and Instuntly Killed Teasdale Calloway, Smith went 10 Waushington und surresidered 1o the Shent, Ho cludms to bave avied tu self-defense, SUPPOSED MURDER, CINCINKATL April %.—A huckster nnmed Dar- nett wus found dead in bis wagou this morning, on the mud, fuur miles suuth of Middletown, O. Appearunces fudieate murder, but evidence of togerime s not yet estubgished LTS FIVE YEARS, Lies Moises, Ju, April .—Underwood, oo trial at Casey, Guthric County, fur rupe, hus been scutenced to bve years i the Penitentiary, e — A Yellow Crow Loat in thu Malls, Dewrr (Wulo) Newes, A white erow by a rufe bird, but' n yellow one fs rarcratill, und b 8 Lird of tbis’ bolor hus Leen as an ane United Stutes wails, 1548 geu- erul recvbtucte Tor ali sorts ol taeechandise o Le transporied over the countey, Onoof Unele Eaul's viivrs an this far Western counitry, whibs peratbulni g ihe ek y Moutitaln region @A the ~outkiern part of Coiorador caine wpan a rare bid, 4 pellon ek ihich b siceecded b waptuniag. ke bind wes carctuily skinmied, the u thurvuglly cured end preparcd for rbips Went W the o itaesulan netaton, ut Wiste nglon. There beinz uo way save taé maile for sbippny suc artich-s from the wilds of Lu Flatte County, 1his rare and viduabic speeimen Gl ornittioiogy wis Sulrusted (o 1ho care of the 0:t-Ofee Depurtment, wid tbere the story ude for te proreut. Tueyellow crow atill re mains Unknown, cxcepl W tae very few who £2% 160 bird befure shlpinent, but caruest und diteriined cdurts are Lol mude G L the It wid dien, Catiioh, e JPoste (Ve Lur fur this daviadon, to woow 1o ense Ims heen intrusted, expressoa a determinn- tion toflnd the mlsalng bind, unies the samoe i been stolen oulrlght by somo dishonest of- elul, e — 1L RALLROADS A CELEURIA ) CAN the Editor of Thr Chtease Tribnne, Cricago, April 2=lur recent elrenlar gont out from New Yotk o wrlter, signing himselg An Intereated Twoker-On,” roviews the mat~ ters In differenco between the stern und Westorn trank Hines, i what may be tormed the “obravara stylet Tho writer thoreol is evl- dently ono fumitine with tho history of tho con- traveny from (ta Ineeption, but Isa Nttle *oit** 0y to somu of thy facts, while (LK. ndto the Eastern teuntke lines botug the firat to surgost, I thalr perawnalvo “way, an allowatics upon vmigrint tiekets for terminal nxpenses, so nominated. Most, If bot all, advances fron tho first doueeitr of f per cent were proposed by ono nfter th terof tho Western trank lineg, A I the {ndividunie at o ¥ poker-tabile,” tho West- ernlines bld with an aviibity that waa retrest- fur to their Eastern * M though ox- bunating to the teensurles of the ones wie were Dol 1o gtny " The fable ol the two genta trom . *Fnderiand,” ohe of whom bad money and tho other vxperience, was voritied. Tho Western Hites se 1o have hod o guantum futliclt of = osperienee il now want rome oy, hine 1ihe inchrynne of the Enstern IneA H In polities the “cohosive power of publie phindor ™ 12 known to be wonderful, o the tautter ut isane, the Eastern Hnos belg thg re- 2 0f the plunder, benee thole wnlty, The walved to attemnt dotug priciples, tho Lnsis easuyed the proverd, * i 2t whilo there 89 di- between th membiers of nes Passenger Asaeitlan, there ns 1 e degree of unly in the mntter ot the prineiple of rldding thomsclves ot this fneubus and free thole necks from the yoke OF2310 W per cont of thele Gk yata on the lucss, sibjeet (o the exnction mentlon ‘i dorm nnd maltadn an organiztion for sueh 2 pUrpose fnvolveld n degres of mtoral cournge Witieh tests Tho fithess of men to Lo intrusted I the responsibility of doaline with matters obgrest uoment, for the Fasterm trink fiuos I been gecnstomed to singlo out tie apparen lemter In uny move 1o rofori, nnd *sitiown ™ on tho eo-calied offonddr, agunst thele do- romanded preseriptive Fight or Stoll, tribe ute, and eustom on - cmlgrant | Fates of thele Weatern connections, Atotlier enive of wolleltindo operating 10 prevont sueh 4 move has been the fenr thit tho npparently nssoelnted tieket wrents wheht deteet thereln the inifators step taward stopplig their, perqulsts on coupon Heket buginess, wid 2 spot* thy proposer 18 an Stenemy of th iy Tt did seeim o tormidably risk to inCUT, S0 fiE 8 lomporary elfeots npon tho volume of travel by any fine plaeed under B by either of the pirties fattening upon the ernbs from Western tables, Muny bad stored tho eéxpuriences of post defents ns envents against mrthor ntiempts at nssochite efforts, or il bevome misanthrople through tho peridi Of competitors in sueh enses, Other still were skeptienl of the bonetits to be derived from withdeawlng whit seemed to them tho ehief or only (ndueement for tho triank llnes or tickot neents to provide thorough transportation. While smne *serewed thelr courage tothe stivks for point,” aud entered upon tho work with 1rembling knees, clisttering teeth, or *ench par- thentur on hake end” enoueh, ho'vever, “cast fear 1o the winds" and unfurl thelr baoner In- seribed, * Milllons for Defenso; Not One Cent for Trloute," =bustness prineiples in ralfway ns in othier nifnlrs, Phere wis one, however, who, though with the Assoclution, was ot of i1, dnterested Lo 0" elirres his defeetlon (o not betng able to eftect the formation of o * pool.” amd thereby sectire o Inrger per cent uf the traflic 1bun the fine be vepresented hnd demonstrated capnelty to nehleve. A survey of the whole fleld inclines to the belief that it wits n schetne 1o &cem to comply with the sunsion brought to Dear, up to u certuin point, and thon, by swing- clear amd taking ‘un *independent y 1l he could uehieve what o politielan r steeeeded n dolug in thut rdle. Tho elnlm that tho pool question settied the stitus of the with- deawlhiyr Hne 18 nbont as “thin*’ g the elaim of the wolf, upestream, that tho lnmb, down- strean, ¥olled the witter so he conld not drink it "o elaim that the purty in question: expected 10 drive such u barguin nrgues o degre of atultl- flentlon on his part whicn it Isdiflicult to belleye him endowed with, wherens, to put it on tho ground of desiring 1o geore u point by mukiw run on tho lne suggested, has, gt least, the sem- hlaneo of strategie ablifty, ' But erminution and reerviminntion prove notilng, neeomplish nothing salutary, 1t (s not o paying job ta n-r» to convert one from error by spottimr him with 1 bud natne, and lkeep throwing it up at hio, Let ua now couslder the maln question at fssuc Uetween Bastern und - Western lues on fts mierits, aud by the tght thus evolved give tho elie to propheey coticerning tho uitimute tato of thl# inovement ol the Western lines, Has it ever vecurred to (e gentlesmen it the helu of the Enstern trunk lines, 0 ctuss of pentleme tho logle of VO! Hre ehanged tho eondition of aiTales since thoe ndop- s of thelr plun of_mnking weney ot ol tho transportation business, requiring a subsidy for dojng that which 18 n part of thetr legithnnto duty, and by doing which they enable thoir cx stituents to make woney out of tho work thoy ate employed to do?—{n tho ense of ruflhsay cani- panies, by nttracting business througl facllities mlorded ‘for chenpuess. or eomfort, saving tho repurchise of tekets, whereby the cost of the Journey may be inerenged on long Hucs, Tho * Interested Looker-On™ ~ has glven ono renson why the great allowunce made by West- ern to Bastern lines for ¥ teetninal expenses ™ g .of -dotng uetunl toreien emigratton business should ccaso—viz.: tho great rates of transporiation ot Thut 14 suflielent, per be added tho (et of cquipment of Wesiern roads, nnd that it wiil not Py to keep " Cheap John® conveyuuees for this eluss of travel, beeause there §s ot enough of It to wurtanit o distinet eluss of cars theretors and, in_conneetion thorewith, taut 1t is nothing but n fraud upon Western Hues to insist upon or evenask theiy toatlow people odorous of the sei, for WHO£) pISaiko HOL uver a molely uf the locul second-cliss finre 18 puig, to have tho sume necommodutions as the full-paying sccond-clnss pussengers, Now, in the mutter ot cominissions o nzentd for tho sale ot tivkets, (ho nuvelty of tho thimg nt At Justliled some iducemont to agents 10 beeome nequnlnted with more of geogruphy thun was embraced §n the lmits of thelr awn ballwick, and to lourn about time aud connuctlons 8o ag to give correct informudon to teavelors. 1 the duys whon commisslons were first pald there were o condensed time-tables or through tratns. All over tho country, at the windows of tho principul tickel-oftices, the ngents were tho only orucles who eould be consulted, Then, too, tho West wis & terra incognita_to uvarly all Eastern peeple, and the Western raflways were mostly us insivnificant i National funie as ward politician beyond bislitie preeinet, There were no traveling agents reads to furnish nlt needed Information, and nttend to those intend- Iy 1o travel by armneing in ndvance for thulr comfort gnd ripld transtr, In short, the whole ruilivuy system i4 8o altered that there is nelthor nlfmu nur reason in asking or espeeting ono rullway company to pay the agents of another compuny for what it {s fur the express ndyun- gy uf (o employmg compnny to have tholr pafil ngents do, Again, tleket-ugents in those days were pald nueh less than now by tholr em- ployers. Furthermore, all commissious nccoms Blish now {8 neutrality. 50 much converning tho usefulness of payfhr commisnons for the purposes which ndiced the practles to be Inauguruted, Woe tum now 10 note Thulr positive fujury to tho compunies permiting tholr agents to recelve them. This consists ln thelr demoralization us to uttention o loeal pisseugerd, Let tWo persons spprouch the teket window of (he nvernge coupon tleket agent ot tho }vurlu&l—oue to buy u licul ticket over the whole lesgth of the o perhaps, but for the sule of which thero i3 no comission, willu tho uther wants o coupon tleket to some dlstunt point, redched possibly via a Junction hnll waty over the nyent’s cinployer's road, but lor thy eale of whlel somu company beyond nis own 1lhu pays him w doilar—and see which will get waited on st und Lask in the smiles of tho ngent the must cozily, The agents ure not ut tuult for thisy thoy would be more than buman 11 thoy rusisted tho tomptution or the good nate ure uWAKEnIng propertics ot the. mikhty dotlar. The funlt 18 fn thoir employens and not thom= selves thut oy ure situitted 30 w3 10 muke a Torelgn compuny's duliar lovk ko lurgo to them, The temedy tor the commission ovil to the ngents uf furelgn compunies is ot the huineopaib~ 16 nutire, enen cumpuny puyiLg 13 own agents 1 reasonable commission, 10 Inereuso tho Bule of Iocul, us well ns on the Compuny's proportion of # Toruign teket, but ko grnded ié to imeko the Joeal teket rank {n lmportaice, mid probibiting tho receipt of foruign subsfdics, 11 sl roads reduetion In Western roads, £¢, but thore must the vastly = superior udupited 18 plun there would be no subskdizing the agents of otber roads, ol course, by even the must reckiess, I'ho polnts heroln av beglining to by col 1 0 the rellway servie The Western Trunk Lines Py nger cla. tlon hus accoumpliehed but 4 very swull propors tion of tho Lencticenco within the kcopu ol 1is possibibities. Wheu 18 bas broken up the pernl- clous system Of throwitg away the moucy of the owners of Western ruads, by paying it out to cirieh either Eustern rouds ‘or thor agents, without thercby increastug the volume of gens eral truvel onelota, it will buve reactiod the vul- ninution of itk goud wurk, Peuple whobave ro- sulverd 1o cmigrate sud sestle tor life fn soino other region, or buve the praspucting tever, wilp 1ot be deterrea from yolog West by few” dol- Jurs' differcucs W 1o wounts tern rouds recelve tor thelrtrunsporiution, espuelnlly it tho cungraut dues hot recelve tho benuiitof that digerence. “The tield of usefuluess of such on organiza. ton as the Associution tn question, 3t wisely munuged, I contineutal in ite range, Let it tuke up the diferent poluts falrly within fts Hue ul( wurk, #1ep by step, s cach stop 18 so- cured, fuy evident deduction from the premlses 1 that the principles atwed sl by the Associs ton ure eminently souud, wnd must wid will En..kll In tbe end, 30 thu geaticoen ut o cud 0f the passcuuer depariments of the sev crul roadds 1herctn st 1his date huve not chuaru ter und cupadily 1o dutnunstruty W the sceeding party thut 1t was bisd policy,—tho coure pureded L tuake Dimscll *solid ™ with the [rartics whiose Elut Mt Of more seeotint 1 Gins than the ontubiihiment Of i Just, ounservuLye, wad by Blsrlliy conduct "ol pusseiget tratic,~they, inper- Nsrcd will provo slgallieant and stupendons fnflures, “'Thy alyng of tho thues ™ are all vropitiou, and, 1€ they db ot take the *eaeront when it " thoy thouhd o mado 1 that they fre ont of Jolat witlt the teu te of rall- VY oeouomy, which |s ed i tho lomel, vl a8 L rmnlr rnoil, grent anuy of rallway sharebulders wre entitied to the benlit of tho best elfosts of Tige a Weatern romb who will put o stemw (o its way i stnblicge block, clther by trickery, trenchery, or obstitaey, i not 1L to bead agy department of tho. great industey g0 mueh in need of tho good wit wd eoiiperition, toxethor with tho |vn~pu-rulrnr uvery otber factor of fin- i welfare and greatiess, vty then, no dogrin vt opinlonated, selfish, or teivint tdividunt inae the perfectly hartmonlons caworkiiyg of all the imembers for the great end wketehed i this papar, it ail telve ng_to who ean beat do ntal best greo In tho urandest of- fart of tho current radwny ngo (o 8o munage nirales us to mnke monoy for tho property owne- ors, save money to the pubte, and deal Justly and genorously with *tho Loys,* —— AGREED TO MAINTAIN RATES. Tho toliowing agreemant hns Just beon enterod nto by the ticket agenta of tho various ronds Teadinie East from Knusad City . * We hereby agree to alwervo strietly tho fol- owing rutes from Kansus Clty: Chleago, i St. ontisy £1,—to be sold with: rites of .80 and Jacksanvillo and ¥prengtield, 85,—llmlt to diys and to ull polnts Beyord ‘any of these pliaces we will mika tho throigh rnto by ndding i 10 tho rates from Chienga or &1 to tho rates Trom 8t, Louls, whichover ntnkes tho lowest, exs eept thit In no erse will we sull o through local orcotrpon tekot at Jess than 14 tiest_or second- rln«. t‘|lulnm‘\|yl|u full regular tare to such pointy han S0, Vo aisu_neree to obsorve strictly thio limits named in Missourl River ratd-sheet, and 1t I8 bereby further ngreed thut we shall redeco from echi other at twice the agreed rate any tickets of our reapeetive jasues which are soki ut less thau the ngrewd ratas or on which o greater limit §8 given than s provided for in JUSTETEA 1 1. & o this ngreoment, but whon no Umit is given we enn ke fniit not to oxeeed two dnva: and wo caeh nnd reverally plediee ourselyes that wo will not airselves, nor allow any employés of our Company, tor W Lroker In our Intorest, to so- Helt passengers In the depot tor i aby [eom- fng teain, on the payvment of 4 pensity of $: enell vifongy, sald pennity 10 go tu the e former, IMTORTANT DECISION, Waestisg, W. Vi, April 2.=Tho Huprome Court of Appeals of this Btuto to-ghy decided tho auit Letween the Phttshurg, Wheellng & Kentucky Ruitway Compnny nnd the Rultimore & Ohlo Rallway Compuny, lnvolving tho right of wiy for tho former through tho lower llmnits of tho clty to the Villge of Benwond, In favor of tho former Company. i declidlug the ease, the Court hekd thut tho nltimore & Ollo Conmpuny wag n domestic and not n foreign corparution, aud that the Faderal courts hud no juriullctiol 1n tho cuse, "Phe Court nlso held that tho prop- erty of one rallrond comproy not in aetuul use and not neceaary for the proper exereise uf' tho franchise of thy Compuny, mity, tnder the: gens eral Ralltoad Taw of tho Stte, be comderuned for tho purposes of another rallvoad compuay. & TTEMS, ” Tho rumors that tho Siney route to the Bl ek 10lis was bloekaded s olficiully dented, nnd the Union Pacitie unuaunces that it 14 still in tho flekd for business to Iiuck 11Nls polnts Mr, R C, Meldrum, General Western Froighy- Agent of tho Plusburg & Fort Wiyne, whosa Nfe wus o few weeks ngo dispaired of, 18 rupldly fmproving, Mr, Rundal), bis assiutanit, recelved w letter from him Saturday, written (o hold ancd steady hnnd, nssuring him that he was get- ting along swimlgly, and that * Ricburd soon would be himself agai,” REFORM BY * FIXED TERM.” George W, Curtls Objects to ‘That Meth= ol of Beformingz the Civil Servica, Harver's Weekly. All the letters from Wasbington epeak of the overwhelmlng torrentof oflieescekers pressing upon the President und upon every department, The nuxiety of the fncumbents 18 us intenso and univensul s the greedy eagorness of the appll- eants, The correspomient of the Clnclnnutl Guzelte devlnres that the ¥ brazen crowd™ iy dully assusinnting the 'resident,” and tho cor- respondent of tno New York Zimes deseribes Milm ns utterly exhbausted and disgusted, The ot vivid pletura of this humilluting speetnelo 18 Mr. Parton’s deserlption of tho begmalug of Jucksow's Administeation, This chapter hus been reprinted, with bis permission, i tho series of publieations of tho Civil-Servico Reform As- soetation, nnd It 18 u powerfal exposure of tho folly and erucity and danger of the eystem in ‘which tho country now ucquiesces, as well us foreible argument for its correction, President Gurtluld §8 s manof great Intellivence and of wreat experionee. Ho lns trequently shiown 1 sipgularly clenr apprebiension of the real charueter of the abuses in tho Civil Serviee, und of tho fuct that they spring from tho purely partisnn basia of tho service ns now conducted., It wonld be interesting to know whether he thinks that thuse nbuses would be remedied, or even much allevinted, by tho fixed term of of- fiee whieh he recommends. “Uhis tixed torm, it will be understood. is pro- [, poged fur tho minur places which are thled with- out reference to the Senate, Mostof tho oflices to wilch appolntments ure mude with the con- sent ot the Senate, excepting Judieinl positions, are already of a tixed tersi, Tho ecummbssions af Postmitsters and Customseotlieers, for in- statice, run for four years, and President Gar- flelds broposul of n AiXud torm applies to_tho subordinates whom such_otlleers appolot. Thus the Collectur of New York |4 commissimed to serve for four yeurs, unluss souner ve- moved, There are perbaps noarly 1,20 wositlons Ju his. ift, und it {8 to those 130 that the tixed term Would beapptied, Would this rungement fucrense tho eliciencey of the servies? 1t seumns 1o us Lhat {L would nat, and for obvtous rousons, utonce destroy subosding- tlon. Every clerk in o bureau wanld snup his flugers ut ‘his chlef. Like Churles Lumb, ho would make up fur coming Inte by ko ently, and ho would know that removal © lor cause ™ is n very vague, prolonged, and doubtful pro- cedure, The seeret ot elliclency i a bursan 14 striet subordination and responsibility, Theso would_cortuinly not be promoted by n fixed term, Would the tixed term prevent tho political interference which 18 thy: clilef evil of the pres- entsystem? Obviously ngain, very little, There would be the constant ettort from tho outside to find * eausu” for removal, and the consclous- ness of the efort wonld ba most deinoralizing to tho incumbient,” Then tho xed term is ot itsell an intimation that it covers the perlod for whieh any indlyidunl shonld expeet to hold pluce, This would merely whet tha appetite of the expectants o get i, and stlmutte tho ine cumbent to desherate endenvors to keop ing and, a8 tho terms would lie constuntly expiring, there would bo tho sume tremendous pressuro oud contest that we now see. In tho enger hope of holdiug on. the incumbents would yicld to tho extortion of asscsaments, and _tuwn upon politly and seck for intluence, - Fidelity nnd viliclency would be of null neeount nd thoy uro nowi and nvither the dictuton of Congress, which the President cundesuns, nor the presse ure of oilice-seckers, which disgusts him wnd f\l‘ur ybody clse, would be upprecisbly dimin- shied, 11 tho object of reforin be, as we hold, to ob- tnin the besteervice in tho best wiy, tho okl method of sclecton by personal Intluenee il tuvorltism wust be Changod, beesuse that method 18 the source ot tho abuses and evils which are universally admitted. Tho pwarm ot ofticescekers infesting the White House nnd tho Departents, wnl actually - stopping tho pubilic business, ho dictation of Longress, the (nsolence of Senne 1orial bogsed, The outrige ol nsscssments, tho demornlizution of the publie ugents, tho rapldly inerensing venality of politics,—ull tho Infumies und ubsurdities of tho spalls syrtom,—spring di- reetly from tho practics of selection by personul und politieat favor, Until thot i8 correoted, the evil will remain, Yo, If Congress sbonld 1x tho subordinute tering, it would bo un neknowludy« ment of w vico in the presont system which wo hould nlml:i' wolcome is 8 good slien uf proxress, Hut it would be like tho preliminnry movement n Hm(luml. which wought retorm by glving 10 tho Sinistry the power of nomiuation fur ¢x- amisation,” 1t was soon pecn that us long ax fuvoritism wus nlluwed, nothing was really wulned, und itwns ot oy befors tho fob bercut and necessard evils of putionage were removed by u free umd tale conpetition, ‘Fhat 1 tho only equal nnd American mcthod for see curing the inust ccunomical aid efficient service, aud for correcting the admited evils of tho wpolls system. ————— i nig 1t Pay ! Dutroit Free Preas. A Grlawold strect lnwyer was looking out of bis winduw yesterday When he rscogulzed o famliar igure aud twade hurried prepurations 1o vaeuto his roow, leaving on tho dosk u cand beuring the legend: b ** Gotle over w Circult Court—be back i two ou . He was scarcely out of wight whon the tndi- idunl seen from tho window entered tho room, rend the curd, and at once planted bimself in chulr with the dook of o (uan who meant (o sit righit thoru for Awice two bodrd if nccessury. hut 1t wuen't necessary, o left the reow In ubbut hult an nour, aud the ownur burried buck ta thud u note Tewding: " DEAR 562 | camo up this moralng to bore ryw ¥iuf you 1o belp e out on wy busrd. You were not i, but onu of your chicuts hus catled and left #1u, 1 have receipted for tho woney iy your naime, and will consider It us @ foun votil 1 e you muuin. ‘Tasta. Thu luwyer wisu't over ten scconds realizing that he coul) have say 4 I:Kn u?'lll[ thore umsd Jewding us smuch, and ne wash't of any guod o sest of tho du. ———— For sinking epcils, fits, dizzioess, pulpitativa, und low spinits, rely vu lop Biltcrs. NEW YORK. Virginia Politics as Viewed from the Standpoint of a Na= tive. Unfounded Rumors of o Confor- once Betweon Prominent Repubticans, Senator Plumb Bays Everybody Is Opposed to an Extra Sossion of Congress, Fears thint Weslern Compolitlon Wil Drive Away Many Loenl In- dustrioss Nothing NevwI Regarding Beoretary Win- dom's Visit tg tho Motropolls. VIRGINIA POLLITICS AS DISCUSSED BY A VIRGINIAN, New Yonk, Apell h—Congressinan Jorgensci, of Virginla, was nskeil by a reporter whether he thought tha Itendjusters would clect o United States Senntor to sueceed Senntor Johnston. 1n discussing tho situation nt length, Jorgonsen, who s a Itepublican, aald: *The Readjusters will not be able to earry tho Stato or the next Legtslaturo without tho nnitod and enthusinstic support of the Repibllean party In Virginia, for tho renson tunt Gen. Mahone, by his courso in the Sennto, hus allied 1bousands of the Domo- vratie Readjusters, e probably, in the next Btuto oteation, will be fn control of 15,6 ta 000 of thnt vote, which, with the united sup- port of tho Republicans, would give him tho Stato and Leglslituro that - clocts suecessor to Senator [fohnston. While tho Re- publicuns sympathitze with Mabone, snd his 1b- ernl sentime ns oxpressud in tho Senate yot thelr pust oxperience of him, and tho froqueney with which he can vhunge front, « LEADS TIHEM TO DISTRUST HIM, unless thoy have trustworthy nsgurances from him that he will net o ns to” disintegrato thetr orrnlzation aud leave them agaln where thoy were §n 1870, when, thrangh his fnfluenco and money, Gllhert Walkor 8, wid aominated by tho bolters from the [tepublican Conventlon. " Tho Admlnistritlon nnd Hepubtican Senatora, In giv- fog Gen, Mabone support aud countenmiee ns they have dune have caused such oll- vislons” In the Republlenn ranks in Vieginin, that it will be ditieult to hold the rank and v togethor for natralgnt ticket, 1f Mohone I8 as wisy os @ great polltienl leader shontd be, ho will take shich o course ns will win for_him tho uuited suiiport ot the Republicans of Virelnin, without wiitch.he 18 doomed to fallure, and the suniiness of his vote will prove how much wenk- ened he hns beecome under tho araaults of the Bourbon Domourats, If ho shouid boldly and nxmnlf‘ prociaim himself 1 Ropublican the result wonld e n new departure in tho South, the Dbuilding up of nnow party of which ho would be the weknowledeed feadér, tho only trouble Bolug the debt questlon.' A MILLIONAIRT’S WILL. A TAOT OF LUCKY PEOPLE, NEw Yong, March #l.—The will of Wilinm Beach Luwrenee, decensed milllonalee, was fled to=day In the Surrogaty's oflice, Lawronco bes quenthed to ench of his chilldeon tho sum of EL00, nnd $2,000 to hiw granddnughter, Bsther G, Luwronee. Out of tha income aud proceeds of renl estato . furthor sumn 0f $2,000 fs be- Jueathiod to euch of the testatar's childron, ox- cupt Albert G, Lawrenee, whose debts to the wstator ure dischurged, nnd for whose dnughter & sepurate providon I8 wade, Upon the exe pliution of the trust established fu tho will, tho DRUpLrLY I to Dbu distribitted nmonge tho surs vivag children and thoiy descendants,. The' last pirasenh in tho will 13 44 follows: “ Awarnof tho ruluous consequenees of Ntign- tion o nll coneerned o the cuse of wills, 1 do herely decluru it to bo my will, thnt In- case any chlld or descendunt of aehild, who may elaiin any slre in my estate, shatl opposs tho probnte of thiy fuy lust will and testiunent, or Uike any Tegal groceedings to, smpencl tho velidity of, wny of 1ta pravisions, the said ohlld or nther deseenclunts stull bolobarred - from wll gartiet renl und pereoil, and Jution L wy propurts: the ghueo of sueh ebiid shnll deseend to aud de possersind by the peesons who wonld have heon n‘llllll ced thereto hud the ehlld died 1 oy life- time,” A coleil, dated Murch 10, 1834, direets the pay- Mot of nerannuity uf £250 to Anne Alis Cartor, duughiter OF the ey, Abiel Curter, UNFOUNDED RUMORS OF A CON® . BETWEEN REUUBLICAN LEADE NEW Yonw, April 3,=With regand to varlous rumors flouted ubout tho clty during tho past forty-elgnt hoursofa politienl conference having been huln Saturduy between Vieo-Prestdent Arthur, Postm uster-Genernl Jnmes, Gov. Cor- nell, aud Senat sr Platt, It may us woll bo stated they nro utterly unfounded und made ont of whole cloth, Tt reganl to any roports which iy b found In to-morsow's papurd of conlers cneed hold to-duye hetween these gontlemen ot the Fifth Avenun Hotel or elsewhere, it can also be sald thoy nre WITHUUT FOUNDATION In fact, Vice-Prosident Arthur camo to this elty to attend to Lids private business, und hig visit bad nn political signitleance whateyer, Tho same stutement i3 true of Postimpster-Uenural Jumes ana Senntor Flutt, Pollee-Comntssioners Froneh und Muson bid wn qupolutment to pieot toy, Cornioll Suturdn y, but toelr interviow wus Im.-xtuunml untll this ovening, when they nd a utig confurence with the Governor u relution to the Btrget-Cleantng, Bureau and tbo bill now pending to glve the lluyvr churge of cleaning the streets ol thoeity. Cowmlssioner Freuch lso saw . VICE-PRESIDENT ALTHUR to-day on tho same subject, Hut with those o; cepuons no conferences of iny Kind wers hekd, “Fho tweeting of so muny vrpmiment Kepablicnns 0 tho eity was purely clde: Viee-1! dont Artur staried for Washington ut 1 o' to-night By order to vresido ‘in the Seanty to- morrow, thoro belng no tensporary officeror that Dy, Postionster-Ueneral James and Scuator Tdatt lofe on tho same Lok, BTREET-CLEANING, WORK RETARDED 1YV IMGIL WINDS AND COLD WEATHEI New Youk, April .—=Tho Polifo Commission- ers are preparisg o reply do tho charges of Mayor Urace, Capt. Williming had betwoen 400 and 600 men at work yoesterday clewning tho treets In ditTorent parts of thoy cn?-, and Le sald ho hoped, 1f tho wenther pertiitied, to tuish tho spring cleaning by Briday, Work was retarded to=duy by Bigh winds all day, 'Fne cold wave of Baturduy night froze tho mud 1 sumo plices aud made {tbeavy und dilieuit to bundie. SECRETARY WINDOM. NOTHING NEW HEUARDING 18 VISIT, New Youk, April d—Sccretary Wiodom ats tended soryices this mormag at Madison Square Presbyterlun Church, In the aftcrooon ho ro- wained quletly at tho Mth Avenuo [lotel, re- celying few callors. 1o tbe evenlug ho dihed at the housu of a friend, Gov. Cornujt was eluds oted with him late iu the cvening: o o rue purter e suld: *Thure I8 nothhig nbw to pub- Isl1, iy visit hns been a plegsunt an return to Washington fealing well > tho way I which | huve beon recolves WESTERN COMPPETITION, FEARS THAT IT WILL DIUVE MANY IN- DUSTIIES AWAY, kW YOuk, Aprit 3.—Thu Antl-High-Reat Leaguo resolved to-day that the computition with Westurn Industrics, of which Now York munuractures Ao OW compluining, must iae tubly becusie aii] more dungerous ufier tho us- Justiiable Inereuse of house ronts, und will drive muny lodustries out of tho ity AN EXTRA SESSION, SENATOR PLUMI BAVS EVERYBODY 15 01~ POSED TO ONE. New Youk, Apsil S—Scautor Plumb suy overy one Is ugalist o Cexira sceslon, the feet- lug being that Windown has largo resources nt hand und witl be able 1o watuge Wy Dopart- went ull right until December, U Congreds wus called togethiar, beuutor Plumb suyd, no ot would kuow wiat kld of o Funding il o would give L the countes, e — sulcidal DMias Nmith—=Sho Discusses Her NMue Attompte ut Self=durdor, Sk Francisco Chronicle. s Lda simlth indignuntly degles the pube Jiaticd rumor tht she i (g persan who jumped off tho Uuklaud bout soine diys B0 Wil Wis druwned. A St Bl certulnly ougin to by 0 ool BRIBUEILY o1 thy subjuet, IU14 mly W uce cept ber statement and betleve thut sty was not crushicd to duath under the whicels of o Jerry- Tout, A Chronicle reporter, tn wnom Sise Swith contided tho Intelliy Lhut e Wi tunding 1 the sunshing of ber it Benrny ste et |lluy|n1 Cousidering . that i hud roattemptad o tuke aftugeilior syl with 4 canury, wsven tlmes WAL &y e lite, und about ten u 1 hoasd Berself out of the world, she fsoked re- markubly Bido wn concvalud te saicdal gusls white suarf ¢ iU ber luic thront by n tazor, and o atifly-atretehod deess o tho #ima colne il the varfous other knite and fun-ahot wounds l||~llr||n|lul by hepsel on her nuntomy, She acomed rather nettied that it should luve beon rimored that sho hul at st crowned her elforta nt self-murder with siccess, = Not el snhlstie, with u German aceent, M1 drawna mysell no more. Ldry to tak my He plenty dime, vt you tink e S How many tites: nine or ten?” asked tho re- rie, »Ohy 1 forpot, Fyill geo,” nad sho prococded sRon hor eseapes from dentl on hor flngers, daok Taudttm, aid shoot myeell, and 8tabs mygelf, and oh pshaw, 1 got all nl; Tury to dink of ‘e, Tler explinatione of her n- twerons attemptant #) knble oy her forgetfultieas, 1 “heennso 1 vos a foot. vos a g — faol, 1 eut tho mu{mz—— ool on Kearhey atreet, Al now about tho drowlig und other at- tem piar” asked the reportar, *+ Ol don I vos do bigieat — razs fool I de to o S “You wore not rashly importunate, so to speak!” b WER, vot vos dotd* e e from life's history ' “ Vot—ech?" “Or giad 1o denth'smystory?"” “Tow vos tot?” “Urswiltio by hurled out of the word#" anywhere, nr_l)'whuru “What nro you gifin mo?’ ingquired tho im- pulslve fomale, W hat o You tey to kI yoursclf?” »Vat do you dink—I was drink of course? Tt wnld she, 08 she pensively shoved o plece of sugite throueh tho burs of tio casary's enge, 1 dun pooty vell for n drunk,—=vol you dinl, eh? 1 think the Carnonor's glilco has no valld enuse of action nninat you.” “Yah, Idovell, Ldink, ©atab und shoot und eut myself, and swallow, I:lmhmm. bt ite nodin ven you gets used to It," ald Miss 8mich, 03 sho tripped out to the eurbstono and whistiod lien fuseinating mnuner utter hor hinck-nudstan, whichh wid tnking duspurr‘m chances of tho poundkecper's wagon, o e et e PARIS LIFE. . A Chapterin the Cnreer ofa Visrountoss —Mow She Contrived to HMumillute ‘Choso Who Scorned Xer. Correspondence New York Times, T, Mureh 16.—Everybody in Farls knows her; her splendid eanipage does the eirenit of the lake and the Avenue des Acnelns whenever there s o glimpse of sun- shine, She Is atall the chnrlty fairs, at all the great sales in the halls of the 1lotel Drouwot; her presence 18 as confidently ex- pected as that of the actors at overy first night of any new plece ut the Comédie Fran- gaise, but still soclety stood aghast when it suw the Viscountess de X, sented In the box of tho Baroness de Y. at Lho premfer of ™ Ln Princesss (eorges,” 'The Viscountess iy wall-born, well-bred, well-conneeted, and was welt-marrled. 1 put It in the past tense, becauso tho noble Viscount nmd she sce s0 littlo of ench other that thefr whion Is now only nominal. She dresses exqinsitly, her talloress declares that she “molls her zowns to hor figure,” She s pretty rather than lnnd- some,-With eyes of wihichthe color changes according to her humor, and hair of the stuule termed *angelle bionde 5 tha red of. her lips and the earmine on ‘her checks sre put on with all the skill of @ genuine artist: ber hand hins been taken as o model, mid sho conld wear Cinderelln’s slipper, How old she i3 18 o mysterys gossip hluts at 65, but, then, gossip is Hl-natured alwaysy, and 1f. sho has turned tho fatal covier she'doos not lovk 1t, and must e discovered, ltke one of our own falr countrywomen lafely re- turped to Amerlen, ” the tountain —of Jouveneo or _tho - seeret of Ninon de PEnclos, Yet, If gentlemen bow and serape when she pusses, Indies turn thelr backs, for, sad to tell, tho fascl- nuting Viscountess isn “Fy " She hns not many prejudleess she hay no convie- tions; woney 18 the only god worthy of wor- ship In her ereed; but she does groan in spirit and writhe with angnlsh—when she s alono and enn doil the mask—beeause so- t:lulr fgnores her existence, ‘Thore was terrible seandal, not & twelvemonth after her mrringe, mul o few vears' of total eclipse, and then, thinklge her eseapado forgotton, sl et ek to-Tarls and pald visits to all her former intheates, awd was marvelously surprised that none were returned to her hotel In the avenue, whero Mrs, Grumly seareely delgned to notleo lier Halson ‘with the Daron de Y, one ot theso elegant, ne- mpiished vivetrs who go g pieo o great too fust to bo Instime, 'Phe Buron was an Adonis; he was endowed by lis filry wod-mother with overy ehurm, inchiding that ‘—most rare of all gifts—ot sz, Ile was it vieh, yet he lived well on his means, witieh Luover delines to be “tho interest of what he owed,” 50 long as his eredit hold out, wid thon, Jtke nll his cluss, resorted to that ouo ulx\uk of sulvation for the inpeeuni- ous who have titlgg and soctal position— matrimony, 1113 ndicix with the Viscountess were temders but she s n practleal woman, and ndmitted the neecssity” of o separation, and they purted, tearfuliy, but witl the ex- chnn of promises to meot agntn and talk ovor the happy past, mul with a solemn en- srzenent on his part to present her to tho future Baroness. Mg de Xo il for some tlme begun to hanker after her old nasociations. She ns- pired to ellmb up to her old placy on the so- elal lndder, wnd buthought her that an nvi- tation to this partientar wedding would glve the deslred start. But the bans wero pud Tixhed, and the nuptial ceremony performed, and the lmm?'nmun onded | withont w slgn from the perfured Henrl. Thoe Viscountess ruged; how could such things be? Sho so soon forgotten and yet nil tiashilonablo Parls be invited to the ball with whiel the newly warried pair celebrated itg entranee into the world! She would be oven with thom, and a8 he—or she—who risks nothe ing can wln nothlng, she decided to tempt fortune, wnd so i grand gale dress, vruui ad 0 pastel, she walked delibers ately into dMme. do Y8 druwlng-rootn on her veception day. "Lhiere was an ominouy Jull tn the conversation of the guesty, and the Baroness wns seized with an extriordi- nury degree of Interest In the conversation of an old dowager who sat near her when the SEy-Fy's” niame was aunouneed, and her presentation by the fiaron to hls wife was et s0 cuhllf' that even her assurance broke down, and she left, t were, in disorder, Yet sho had not altogether fakled; from that dny forward the Duron’s visits to” tho hotel in the Avenus do — become wore and moere frequel "Lhy sole aliof the sirénseced Lo be to enchain hor whilom lover, and she suceveded, untll at lust the wifs was left lo Do the priestess of o dismantied altar, She i dreamed a drentnof mutnal atfection and thdelitys sho had been rxulnl‘y awakened, and by with ‘her spirlt porvaded by the ulua - that uttianced souls seuk ench other tirough spuce, —for tho development of this theory vide * Les Atomes Crochus,”—wis no way sur- prisid to recelve, one day, ono of the most pnssionate declarations of love that ean by ngiied by the mbud of woman, As sho 3 4 virtuous fetnle, of course she did 1o unswer, nor did shu answera second missive, nor yetwthird uwnd n fourth, but \when the half-tozen wus reached shu cning her seruples, all tho more willngly, doubtless, that tho slgnature was tho Initials of n very kigh and mighity porsonnze who Jdues not muwmllfy {L‘-‘llllu In_ Taris, It 18 only the first step which costs, says the proverb, and o that” thnkl note sneceeded others, gradually renching the dinpason of her anonymuud correspondent, n he usked for it rendezvous, promising to *adore her like a Madonna.” Sho granted 1t alk fu- nocently, of course, for hwd ho not sworn to Do respectfal? ‘TChey wers w meet fn o soll- tary hotel at Possy, at an hone when the nngels who ave represented as keeping ** ee- lestial watel o’er en " were takluy o nap, und she went there, erouching down bn a cor- ner of her lMaere ud though frlghtened, ‘The earringe’ stopped, s valet In plaln clothes opened the door beforo she hud - thne to ving the bell, and led her to a boudolr hupgx with white satin, and left hor tremblin, with — emotion— “werd they not to t for the first tline alone *—to aunounce hor arrival. Scareely n moment elapsed hefora i door wns obeied nnd wnockhg lfl"lill wis heard, She start- edy Jooked up, md saw the one woeman for whom, ut irst sight, she had experionced sentient of ln\‘lyclblu untipnthy, It is n tll.y, i3 1t not, chére Madam, that the Princo Shirmnt—so cloquent, 8o Inpussionsd, so persunsive—way oily £ Yes, [ wrote all thy etters, nd, chidre Mudume, 1 mean to keep them l-nrduny. Perhups, some day, they wmay wmnse your hushind; for the pres. ent, 1 promlso ‘to bo ilisereet,” ‘I'he Bar- oness drove home nlone, hut 1 am ussuted thint tho denoucinent of this tene story wus the hoapltality given to the Viscouniuss in thie boxof the Vaudevllle fast evening, and that, ln exel Line, du wis given {_mclml of perfumed notes, which, after cure ul exutuination, she burned that same even- 1z I her bedrooin,. Now, how thy clew to this m)qh-r{ wus obtubned 1 do not pretend o explaln, but, s the proverb has It mngder whllont At the fushlunables dld Know the Rtary before the g jeo wind bulf over, winth Whelr specilition previous and thelr coin- e ntarion sidgeguent to the strange reveln- ot vastly intertered with thelr interest In that eomedy of the younger Dutiis ln which pus= Ainew Desclea attalned the zenlth of her artistie reputition. eithSaitg I NAVAJOES. A Visit to the Home of This In- teresting Tribe of In« dians. Facets Concorning 'Thelr Numerle- al 8trength and Olive= acterlsties, Penceablo nnd Decent Folk When Sobor, but Dangerous Devils ‘When Drunk, Prossing Need for (ho Striot l‘rnhl-‘ bition of Whisky-Selling Among Them. Bomo of tho Dolights and Discomforts of Garrison Life at the Frontier Posta. Speciat Correspondence of Thie Chicago Tribune. Fonr Winaare, No My, March 26,—Tho con- struction of raflronds thyough Now Mex(eo and Arlzoun Is proving of Immenss Lenefie to tho frontier military posts in that part of the coun- try, nnd wiil lielp moro townrds scttilng tho troubles with tho Iudinus than anythmg else could possibly bave nceompiished. Hefore these rouds were eanstructed 1t vequired, months to veneh these posts and furnish them with neces- sary supplied, or to relnforco the gareisony it neeegsary, Now these posts cun bo renched in a8 muny days us It formerly required wonths, and inense ol trouble trovps and supplies ean bo moved from one place to another with tho utmost speed and rapldity, and without tiving out tho soldiers befure they reach thelr destinn- ton, MNerctofore ono of tho most Isolated inlil- tury posts, and the most difleult to renc Fort Wingate, situated In tho northwest eorner of Now Mexico, i fow miles from tho Nuvajoe Tudian veseryation, and sbout forty miles from the Arlzonn line, TO REACIE FORT WINGATE hundrods of miles had to bo traversed overn most diflfeult and one of tho most desolato parta of tho country. Tho route from Albwguerque west to tho fort or reservation led for tho first fitty miles throwgh ey, eandy desert of the most désolate deserlption, with neither wood nor vegetation, and tho text 190 miles were still more iflicutt to travorse, conslsting, ns far.us the eyo enn reach, of ono Immense blnek, rugged, and torst lnviebed, tovered with u dense growth of suge brugh. Lo truvel over this part of tho country required the most extruordinary endur- nnce, aud only short stroiches conld be marched by tho Lroops or traversed by teams ot o time, ‘Thero 'ta nefther town nor vhlngo nlong this route, amd but few houses or ranches greet tho eyontlong intervals. Now ALL THIS 18 CHANGED: the Atinntle & Pacifle Iteilrond runs within n faw miles of Fort Wingato, und {n twolve hours tho dlstunce betwees Aliptbuerquo 8 mwde In comfartible conchios, and all the comtorts of ro eun be readily seeured. Botore tho eatirond G1L Wi R DTIEE of mre oeeurrence that a steaugeer from the clvilizud portion ut the country lost Bis way to the Fort, nud oven now viditors are very searce. Your, correspondent, while travelibg through New Mexico, wmedo n telp to Fort Wingate ovor tho Atlantle & Pacifie Road, nececompanied by several promiinont miils tary otlicers 0f tho Depurtinont of Now Moxico, statfoned ut Santi F6, . Most of theso guntlsinun wero necompinled by thelr wives and dinghters, The wdvent of so large 0 purty of hulies and gentlemen Witk o mostugreeablo surpriso to tho garclson nt this post, ind an ovent t which they Keomied to uttach the greatest linportance, Nothing was [oft undono by thu hospitable and delighted ~olfteers 1o imke tho sty of onr purty at this lsolated post a plendant and Joyuble ‘one. It was @ regulae Fourth of Jul Ttoviews, coteerts on (ho pivade-ground by in excollent nllitary band, hops, with ftne luneh- eons ott hoth ovenitgd whilo wo remulned thore, wure the princlpal features of tho ocensl “This I8 an ol in tho desert," remar! gullunt Capt. Do Courey to your covreapuilent, *and will lenve plensuit recolleetions tor many dunys” Tho post fs ploasuntly Kitunted on i L surronnded Ly l)lulun‘«]\lu hilis and rugked monntaiug, Tho lnwd, bowever, i3 wnprodistive, and notsing cun be ralswt. The groutd I8 parched nud dev, Thery hns been i unustally heavy enow-fall this witer ul this point, bt necording o the statemont of thy olllcers there wus 1o rali=fll for 1ho lust theee yeurs, The post was eutabllsbed (n 1870 for tho Durpose of * WATCHING TIE NAVAJO DIANS, whose reservution i8 in the lmmedinte vieinity. The houscs of tha oflleeys are comtortuble bkl adobo or sun=dried brick, and fomedls them, with tho puride-ground § teeveniug, n¥e the barracks of the men, long onu-story’ ndobo_ steuctures, Ono end of the squaro Is feed by o tine hospital, and tho other by tho hendquurters of tho pust. Tho post wus orliclnnlly tuhd out and dealgned for the necotnmodation of tour compunies of 1= funtey, But thero are HOW sevon compinies of soldicrs and_a ol military band quarrered at tho post. Four computites belong to tho Phir- teenth United States tnfuntry and 1hreo coms panies 10 the Ninth Unlted States Cavalry, As thers hive beott no whiitions mmdo o the bulldiogs at the post shice It was first established here, the quurters are yeeesearlly much erowded, The fncrease in thd parriions wns musdo fiweessiry by the thresten- ing ttitude of the Navajoes Inst suimmer, who hndl beeoms 8o troablesomy that it was feared thut thoy would uttuck tho fort, works erected on tho surcounding hills by the throatoned garreison are sl futact, Tho Arent who had ehivrge of thuse Indiang at that tme was_lnetilelent and - unable o contral tho aborlgines under his clrge. e treated the Tudinns unfairty, remalied wbsent from his post for lung periods, und cunsequently bad 1o joave tho Aguney for good, laving bicome o une populnr thut he stvod in bourly DANGER OF 1 INAL VIOLENCE. Capt, Frunk "I Dunnett, of the Nlnth Cavalry, who i3 not vuly i oifiefont wnd gallant ofiees But 14 nlso vers popuur with those Indiuns, wid speaks thoir lnbgunge, was piaced i churge, and still remnlny, lug tor his ctforts, it is clnlined, thio Nuvitjves would have become very tronble- 8o before now. — The fnerense In the garrison ut Fort Wingate had also something to do with subdulng thelr warllko spirits, - A talk with tho silleers ut this post convinc: your correspondent that thoro is Bomos thiog mdienlly wrang in tho handiing of theso frontier posts, The moen, Instend of belug used fur tho purposo for which thoy wore valisted, militury duty only, are made do tho most mental kKind of ool oy, which soldiers shoukl never be required to do, They are sont oul to cut logs, butld “houses, ol Aok Kinds of labior vequired at tho post, ‘This, added to thediscomfort of Bolig erowdzd Lito burracks much too smal) for Aueh o gaerlzon, nutkes tho Lt of the soldier hero u rathor Lur- densomo and wnplensant one, snd causes niiel Insubordinntion” sud desertion, soldiera desort, knowing full bu upprebiended, But thoy preter o Lo inearceruted at Fort Leavenwarth for ony ‘yenr rathor thun be nawle to bear tho e ntnsluve at thy frontlor posts for livo years, Tho lifo In tho Fort Lenvenwortl mill« tney prisan, it I8 cliined, 13 much profevablo o the W nt those posts, ‘The prisoh provides cone venfunices ald comtorts which cannpot bo ube tnined ot hiere, und the work 18 1o tore onor- ous pud exucting. AL thu prlson they bave o lll!rflr}' nths, utid other comforts Which eannot bt o, "fml here, No ono vegreta this conditlon of afnlra moro thau Tho gallune und humune officers nt Fort Wiogato, They ure, however, oworloss In tho mutter, nnd_nre gukded eutires h{ the structlons from the headguuriors of tho Depurtment at Leuvenwort 'ruuiv ko n- ablo to suuure e means to pay” for dolng the mumatl labor required ot tho post, uud wy tie Work its 10 bo done by sumebody, they ure com- puiled ta employ soldiers, From ull thut can be earned It I8 ovident that THE MANAGEMENT OF THE AFFAIRY of this .\mlmrr Department by Gen, Fopo Iy nelther o populur nor o suceessful one. of tho funds upproprinted for tho fruntior rm L AL 13 clvimod, sro haneng thy comforta of tho powers ut feaven- worthand in heautliying the grounds around tho ollicers’ yurtors, wid fur equally unccessiry plirposcs, 1T 14 'the genoral expression among tho utlluurs ut the various posts in this section that New Mexleo should by created o milltary departinont by itselt, ‘Ibo Depirtment now ice o situated ut Loavenworth iukes Lhe solires uf coutrol tu romote, Bubpiles (o be rutited by the Dopnrtiment Communderar too long o rench ing thesu remote polots, The souree of supply $bouid by pearer for the hetter Bundling of tho troops. Thero wre more soldives in this district and the inferssts are more fmportant thun i any of the exlattug Depurtments ot Arlzons, of Arkunsus, of tho South, of 1ho Enst, or of Call- fmrnin, tho tive Departnients clothied with uit tho high wid privileges nppertalntug te sueh comtuands, A vide of forty nlles from Fort Wingate on harscback or by buckboned brings ona o Fort Detlance, the Agpency aof the Navidues, Theso Ludinns oecupy u yoservation ef aboat 10 bagimire tnllea, tuking e the sorthwestern portion of Now Mexieo and tho northeastiern portdon of Aslzons, They ure g powertul triby, numbering about 0K souls, Fornerly thoy worg vacesds Tugly felendly 10 the whites, hut futely o spirit ol discontont s como over thon, aud they tro fnelined o muka trouble, Yhey pro thnt oy will A WEALTUY TIUBE, and own nbuut 100000 sheep nnd gonts, abouy 0,000t d000U hordes, und about 1,000 heuds of cattly, wool guiliored by thon annunlly ‘hey 180 10 Buch © instiue OIS 10 bt LU AL prniid; abicuw HP the wool ments aro unknown to them. A elurp Wdfe fx wsed In o Rhearing thy woal from tho slieep, and, a3 _many bo fagine the operatton enaes maeh suoring to the poor, dumb animnls, About 5K potnds of thi waoul {4 warkued by tholr wommen thto hlankots, iy the musnfueturs of which they ve aequire great wkil, Bome of the hiunkots, wlthouey nunde witle the most petmitivo kind of n toon, e vory benutiful fn deshen, and ney famous fop thoir saperior durahility and waterprool quall. tios, Tho roat of the woul thoy gathor s solil 1o the teaders, Thoy nlko cultivate conslilorably Il on the rliver "bottoms,—nbout 1060 nere The Chusks Hiver aml tho itio San Junn rup through thelr Roservition, The cropy, however, turn out a faflure lfulln orten, and tho Tidingg wunnat roly upon thoe produce on necount of high altitade, acarelty DY wator, ind short #0ng, Liko At Indlnns, thoy are very teoacher. ous, nind IF thore 18 whisky 0 thom thoy ure reallyt dangerous, NLUCE MOST OTITER INDIAN TRIDES, thoy Fespect tholr women and are not afeakd tg (o munnal Inbor, Physieally thoy are a4 fine g ruce ns uny ol the firce of the carth, ‘The dresy bucks consisig of hiteksking mocensing 4 arnnmiented with silver buttons of manutaetdre, and brown sheoting, cu shicts, Tho women wonr 0 dress of cmade blutkotd, and ornnment thelr neck: nrma, and Hngers with solfd sliver neecklu brucelets, und rings, which they muntitucturg ont of silver dullurs, using no other Instrumont n thele munifacturo than a rudo hommer and file. Thelr wigwains ure innde ofa network of plilon poles danbed over with mnd, with 2 hole - in the centro to let the smoke out. Thes houses aro - enlled b tepeo: and arently ree semble Libby tonts, but are much tower, These wre tholr winter houses. In tho summer they acenpy topeos of the sume patiern, but slmply mde of branehes, Thoy have no fdemturs ox. cept it Taw bhnnkets and’ somo conking utonsils, They nre wogreat peaple to move sbout und cluitigo tholr habitution, espeelnlly after the harvesting hins been doue. » DUMNG THE WINT! tho bucks hunt on the mountaln for dee nntelane, turkeys, and bear. Lhe tribo e 1RIna & fow mMore women thin men, “rho fights gz bucks number Letween S0 aud 4,00, Were ftnot tor the vite whisky sold to theeo fudbnng by dissolute whitos nnd’ Mexleans no troulile wonld neal be antletpnted from them, for when wober they aren peacelul wn,fiu,lun.wucn-lruuk they aro shinply unconteoltable, nud the grestest trouble fa that thoy ave drufk must\of the time. Capt. Bennett, the acting Awent,'sald to Joue correapuiont thut If the whisky-aolling to hoae Indiung 1s not etopped, and those seliing it put down with mu tron baud, there 34 o telling what tho result will be, ns tho Indlnne are st ply uncontrollublo whon there is whisky In them, It scoms qgueer, hoe sald, Cthat tho [United Htates Governmant doos tot stop this whisky-selllng. ‘There have been times when 20 Tndiaug were drunk fuone part of tho reservation. In tho opinlon of Copt. Bennett thoro wouhl e fow it any Indinn wirs if tho trafie fn llqior on tha reservations was stopped. 1t 13 tho general opinton out hore that If tapt, Hunnete 19 reffeved as Acting Agent thore 18 but ono other mnn that witl bo nbie to control theso Tndians und oxert onvugh influe enee over thom to keep thom from going on the war-path, Phis minn 13 Me, Thomas Keneng, an Englisthimnan who has livelt here sor muny years, and In whom the Indlans hnve great faith and confidenca, Tho Indinns oro determined ta hivo him ue thelr Agent, auid vow they wiil tiot tako up with any one clse, ‘The Governmont (ssues 2o the Navajoes about one-tenth of nration vt corn, whent, und floury ud a tietle beel 2 LIVE PRINCIPALLY on gheep und goat tnent and the dittle venisan il pthor game they shoot and tho curn they raise, ‘They grind their corn onn ' motat,” u Al "“F atone rubbed over-with another one. Fhey nlso hnve n frult eatled * hoskon* time Taalkes Hlco nstunted bunany and grows on vines, T'his frale (8 dried. and, when covked, I8 sukl to muke i palutablo fomd,. In thoir ‘marital rélatlons thoy Are polygas miste, und those that can niford (£ keep i b berol wives, 'They are viled by two principul M4, Munuct Ito In the cast, ond” Gunndo No in tho west, Hesides thoeo, thoy have o uutnber of snbordlnate chiefs, Tho chivfs nra appolited by the fgont upon the recommeidis tHon of tho Indiuns, uid thoy hold thelr pusitfons during gool behavior. With the Apuchoes they “will have nothuge to o, withoirl 1 fuw renegiules have Julied the, But the disilke betwoeon tho two teibes 4 so grent that thoro i nodnnger that thoy will evor nuko COmmon ennse Il uny of their contesls, Thoy ure mare friendly, however, to the Utes, and” ehould w war with' that tribe break out there 18 conklilerablo danwer that they will by Jotned by tho Nuvajo In such an event the uareisons of the forts In Novthern New Mexieo woulil bive to bo inpgely fueronred, vafeciadly |l‘l Fort Wingute ana Fort Lewls on the Ln Pl River, THERE 18 ANOTHER THING Tiesides tho Whisky that innkes tho Nevajoo Ine dians dungerous. . They underatand and openly Atulo that these Tudinns that Ught wod ko tho uost trouble get the most "l from tho Governmont, whilo those that yemain Denceabie, Hko thomseives, thd moke clforts 1 warn thelr own v, get Lrcky or nathing, tu casv oF u fullure of orops, the Uoverninent should ko provision For those people Tnpelis ately, and svithout moch parley g, for, shoulil thoy once go to war, tho whols country trom ‘Faéson, Arlzonn, to the 1tio Grando, wid fur up Inte Colorado wanld be devustated, and 1t wontd requiva i mieh Tirgor aemy than tho Goveris NN B Bitd 0t 115 Comaniid sy * 131 ——et— THE CHINESE NAVY, Commodore Shutolds Now Positions Loudavills Courler-Juurual. e Commodore Shafeldt, who hus Just returned from n eruise on thoe "eonderoga, durlng which he visited Coren, hos boen detatled-ws navil uttnebe to the Unfted States Legution at Pkl The real purposo of this order I3 to onable Snutelde to tuke command of tho Chlnese tuvy, witlel posltion wis recontly vlifored hln by tho Vieeroy, Ll Hung Chung, the nblest stuesmnn I Chinw, ana s anan who s domo more chinny of Lils conntrymen to bring China up to u highee standurd of military and paval ehlsioivy thun blity ever bocn betoro, Baulowdt will roceive 0,00 1 yenr In his_new position from tha Cal nese overnment. Thy tender oF Ui ofiing Lo wh Amerienn 18 u - notewarthy distlisetion, W3 The- geeat Buropean Vowers havo bieon - very anxlond to obtain cons rol of Chin's nuvy, England s piudo spectal eitorts to speure o contiol, but the Chilneso fve a well-Younded suspicion of Driish taith, il tho selecilon uf Sbutuldl s regarled us the best for Chineso futeresta, na thoro 13w proly bllity that Chitun miny shortly Lo fnvolved in a war with Jupng sbout the “control o the Loy Clion 15tunds, wilch apunnot loe o Jolzel amd substituted thereon herown £0r'1ho Chinesd adwnistration. Thesy islunds nro thirgy-slx i munbor, and streteln betweon Jupai wind thy I8lana o Formusn, Thoy- costain’ o popue lntion o 160,00, commosal "ot Jupsnose und ool The Uninvse clalm 1slands were covercd In the yoar (0 andee tholr Psin dynasty, About 500 ‘yenrs ngo they heeanie tributuey to Chibii, thon” to dnpin, bt the Ciilueso bave nevor given up their el nnd tho Imperinl Hovernmunt tulks of - using tureo to muinin it : ‘I'hon, aguin, tho Chiness uro oontinuntly throntened by tussty, Thele nocthiern bowds ury hus been pushed back n long distanee, 10 uceommoduto Husstun torrltoriil greed, Tho nelehboring Kingdom of Corei 1s threutened by Russin wow, und Chinoso Biterests thero uro considered Jeopardized, Bhntelde will veatpy o curious posltion i cuso of war botween Jupun nnd Cnian or between: Cluna and ussin, 13 compnunder of the Chineso navy aud (itache the United States Legutlon at "Pekin, slice wo 10 on friendly terms with both Jupag und Hu slt, Sucrotary Hlnlne, howovor, thinks 1 Shnfehit ean open up tho trade ‘of Coson for Amurican merchunta—i inatter of some doubty ufter the abomitabid wiy i whieh our Governs ment treated tho Coreinns sevaral yenrs ugo, Pho vy, of whion Cominodore Shufolde wilt ke churige, CoNsIRIS of ton Hrai-olugs ironclnd gunbouts it b Eugrlend, Thoy enrcey twenty onuenalf anid *thivty-vieht © ton worked by fiydmulie puwor, Boshles soverul lawge droneluds | uro ubout and - the “navy - aitogethor, - wheo DOFIGE 16 OLE Wil A VY= yurd ar Shaoghal fn 1807, Where Lwo stedm frigntes hive been constra nched, und o smal! dron-olud for river bullt there tn 1830, ‘Pliore Innnothor npd und prsenwd pear Foochow, the i warks of which wero bulte under tho supervislon of Capt. (g ' tho French ‘This eatablisky 1y tuollity for tarittne out sbips atd projectiles, Thuye 18 stlil anathor arsennl sod yard ot Vlen-Telon, on tho [} lblhl“vur. mudeied after thut at Woolwlel, alund, v Su uch for Chln's progress as o naval power. Bhe §$ no lunger weak on tho scd. thu Junke have been dlsonrded, {iuramie French, Budlan, aod - Ameriean ollicers huve been cinployed to suporintend the - construes ot of vast forts und tho plaving in posivdon of nusmerons batterles ot Keapp guns tn the minels thun provinees, (o tealn themseives i tho nso of modern gnas on land und on sed, ond o hrmi{ btnu uriny wud navy intgon guod state of vill climey. 5 ) ‘I'na soleetion of Commodore Shufolit to take cominiund of the Chilicso BuyY 14 1 wise utep on tho purt ot the Vicoroy, 11 muy hrlu"uhunt complientions, howovor, shonld Shufelde huve to direct thu navy agulnst u:um or Japan, sueh un event our feionddy Fulutlons with those Powers iy be Jeoburdized. ———m——— Bueop Hen fottomes, The oxplorutlons recontly mnde of decp soa Batudms show it nuvel constituedt of suen bote totan L b punes dust, nelsing, 1Us presumel, sroun sitbiring Yolowile netiong e onoral 14 b b0 T, thut it rarely fulls to uppose whon cureinlly looked forfn oy of the dredelng, el 18 bs belteved to bu the “ubitel welghy of 1he deep sen cinys. An additional vlement, which ppears to luve boen dutgeted nt grous deptis, 18" eoside dust,” or dust Yormed feom aCrollies. Auothor iuteresting polut in thess explorations I llm Nudone of mununacss peroxidy o poaduled inclostg oiganie rethubis—sburky' teoth sl plocus of bonc, e " WheatsGiro i,34y, Caltforuta, Dr, dlonn, the largopt Whest-growor In (it fornin, pronoutces i wheat-prolit g sl it e st seck diversity of cullure for big 40,000 werea. ¢ 1o -