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, 1872-11-23

The Chicago produce markets we're moderately
active yesterday, at about the same average Of
prices Us On Thursday. Mess pork vas quiet,
but 1o@15c per brl higher, ut 913. .00@13.50 cash,
S12.37115@12.50 seller December, and 312.50@
12.60 seller March. Lard was more active, and
frmer, at 71z@756c cash, 72lc seller December,
and Sc seller March Meats were steady at 4hc
for pa1t-salted shoulders, 61c for do. short ribs
and 6g@6Ac for do. short clear. Sweet
picked hams e2l@1o2!c. Highwines were
quiet, but a shade frmer, closing at SOC per
gallon. Lake freights we're inactive, and nom-
inally unchanged, at lie for wheat, and 10c for
corn by sail to Buffalo. Flour was active,
and frmer. Wheat WAS active, and
shade higher, but weak, closing
Mt S1.10111 cash; s1.1011 seller December; and
31.1011z seller January. Corn was active, and
A@]5c higher, closing weak at 3251lc seller the
month, and 31555c seller December. Oats we're
dull, but firm, at 23@231lc seller the month,
and 2s]15@23Ac seller December. Rye was
more active, and steady at 55119c. Barley was
more active, but declined 1c lower, closing dull
at 64c Tor No. q and Csc for do seller the month.
There was an active demand for hogs, and
prices advanced 1o@15c, or to s405@4.40. The
cattle-market was dull and weak. Sheep 1yere
fruer.
, 1872-11-23

The fears Of great calamity in Western Min
neaota are, happily, disBipated. At late hour
on Thursday, communication with the storm
besieged party was re-established. The majority
Of the 300 men are now on the main line Of the
Winona & st. Peter Railroad. The others are
Fastening eastward as fast as they can foot it
or teams can carry them. AL work on the e1-
tension is suspended. Yesterday afternoon it
was blowing and showing continually. Three
engines are etill ditched, and five frozen up,
west of Sleepy Eye. The rescuing party went
forward with twelve locomotives, and had only
four serviceab1e ones when they reached the
track-layers. Eye-witnesses pronounce it the
most terrible storm ever Witnessed in the North
west, and, just before it broke, the sky was as
clear as on an autunlna1 day.
, 1872-11-23

it is believed, Of gaining control Of that road in
the interest Of Vanderbilt, who needs
only that link to complete his trans
continental connections. These operations ex-
cited q speculative movement in that stock,
which, yesterday, amid the widest scenes on the
Stock Exchange, carried it, BY jumps Of 10 and
20 per cent, up to 200 per cent from 95. Parties
who had contracts to buy and deliver Northwest
ezn stock at once had, besides the payment Of
this enormous price, to contend with ''corner"
IN the money market, which forced rise in the
rates Of interest on gold and money which they
needed to borrow in order to make their pur-
chases.
, 1872-11-23

place in the Government. The President was
not disposed to attach any consequence to the
letter, bothin consequence Of thephysical inirm-
tiles and mental vagazies OF the Tennessee
Senator, and the too ready abasement Of native
Southern politicians Of the dominant school
But the manner in which the matter has been
taken up by many journals and public men Of
both sides elevates the letter to the rank Of an
annoyance to the subject il not the author OF the
epistle.- Washington letter.
We learn from the Laclede (A1o.) Republi-
cdn "a Grant paper) that on the day Of the cleo
tion the colored people Of that town, On learning
that one Of their race had voted for Greeley and
Brown, "immediately prepared themselves with
a, ,good-sized sharp-edged fence rail, caught and
placed him upon it, and rode him through one
Of the principal streets!" The Republican, loyal
" adds: '*Taking into consideration the in
portance Of keeping General Grant at the head
Of the nation, the Republican party in power,
and the ungratefulness of this wretch to his
friends, we are not going to make fuss
about it,
, 1872-11-23

Mrs, Fair attempted, it seems, at the time Of
her second trial, to poison the Judge who Was to
This revelation is made by the man whom she
besought to put poison into the Judges decan-
ter, or into the milk-can at his door. In cor
roboration of this startling story, O plan OF
Judge Dwinele'e house was found in the pos
session Of the waiter, and the Judges wife
remembers that at the time of the trial she was
cautioned: by an unknowa woman, not to place
the uilk-can out Of doors, as usual.
, 1872-11-23

good, must be Of practical nature. It
is not enough for them to say that the use Of al
coholic liquor must be abolished. This cannot
be done. They should rather prescribe the way
in which its evil effects may be limited. Lot
them invent adequate measures for exercising
restraint over habitual dr11nkards, and thus
check their possible career Of crime. Let them
suggest stricter laws for the punishment and
suppression Of incipient vice that can be en-
of criminal statutes, and improvements in the
organization Of criminal juries. It is only in
such studies, OF which the vice of intemperance
forms but one element, that the Committee can
make themselves useful.
, 1872-11-23

The action taken by the Board Of Trade Of
Buffalo, on the subject OF an enlargement Of the
Erie Canal is not only sensible, but is the only
practicable policy. The inadequacy of the pres
ent canal is confessed. It is not able to compete
with the railways, simply because It cannot per-
form the work required Of it. The Buffalo peo-
pie have, for several years, been wasting their
time in urging upon Congress the purchase OF
the canal or, at least, an advance Of the money
required to enlarge it. Such schemei is pre-
posterous. Even it it were iustifable, under any
circumstances, It could never pass Congress
without being made part Of general scheme for
the purchase or the construction OF half q dozen
canal lines across the country. This
measure, ne hope, has been abandoned, and
the county will look forward hopefully to the
recommendation that the State Of New York will
without further delay, provide for the widening
OF the Erie and Oswego Canals to seventy feet,
with g uniform depth Of seven feet. This in
cludes the completion Of the double locks west
Of Syracuse. This plan was contemplated in
1854; but the management Of the New York
canals has always been 3 part Of the political
spoils Of State politics, and nothing has been
done. More money has been wasted and stolen
from the Canal Fundin the intervening eighteen
years than would have completed the canal
Late as is the proposal, it should not be neg
lected. The whole Western country is suffering
from the want Of that canal. The excessive
freights have rendered corn-raising in the West
ra1inous business. It is q question whether
the production Of corn should not be reduced
one-haH or two-thirds, or abandoned altogether.
The policy Of the State OF New York, in making
the canal 9 source Of revenue after having been
doubly repaid it's cost, has been very short
sighted. That canal should be made q free
highway and maintained as such. To tax it is
about as rational as it. would be for Buffalo to
tux the grain or products Of other States for the
privilege OF being hauled over its paved streets.
Th., completion Of that canal, and making it's
nayi CATION free, would settle for generation at
least. the route Of products from the West to the
East, and for the return merchandise. The
danger is, however, that narrow-minded notions
and local prejudices will again defeat and post
pone ind efnitely this great work.
, 1872-11-23

somo doubt in the mind Of the Court as to the
guilt OF the prisoner. We know it will be said
by some that any, the slightest, erros on the
trial must bear in some degree On the question
Of guilt or innocence. For instance, proof Of
the intcxication Of prisoner may be material in
murder case to prove that the act WAS done in
the heat Of passion, and 30 negative thepresump-
ton Of malice; but, if facts showing premedta-
ton and malice pervaded the whole case, the
proof Of intoxication would be immaterial for
this purpose. So change of venue would be
immaterial where the evidence in the case is so
clear as to render verdict Of not guilty plainly
unjustifable by any jury.
We feel assured, therefore, that it would
greatly lessen the number Of rehearings in
criminal cases if the Supreme Court, in granting
new trial, should be required by statute to
certify not only that there were errors, but that
they are Of character to affect the administra-
1atlon Of justice to the prisoner; and that there
is not in the portion Of the record unaffected by
these errors indubitable evidence OF the
prisoners guilt. # the Court cannot
certify this, new trial ought not to be granted
Yet, under the present rules, they would feel
compelled to grant new trials indefinitely, 30
long as questionable rulings could be found,
even though the whole Court might perceive
every time that, in spite Of the error,
the prisoners guilt was as clear as the sun at
MONDAY. It may be said that a prisoner ought
to be tried absolutely without errors. He cer-
tainly ought to be tried without any errors that
affect the question Of his guilt or innocence.
But the errors should be substantial ones.
It must be borne in mind that, in all criminal
trials, the public prosecutor has no night Of ap-
peal. It the prisoner slips through his hands
after being in legal jeopardy once, he is gone
forever. Common sense and Justice suggest
that the Supreme Court, when it refers. pris-
oner back for new trial, shall certify that the
error for which they do 80 is material, and such
as to bring reasonable doubt in theirtninds IS to
the guilt Of the prisoner.
, 1872-11-23

The localization OF industries indicated by the
Boston fire, has attracted attention. Half mile
square Was burned over, and the trades injured
seem confined to leather and shoe houses, wool
houses, and dry goods firms. In country towns
there is the same concentration Of industries at
favorite points, often entirely independent, ap-
parently, Of any peculiar advantages for the
trade. Why do G1oversyine and Johnstown, in
the Mohawk Valley, make nine-tenths OF all the
skin gloves and mittens manufactured or worn
in the United States? Why do Lynn, North
Brookfeld, and Milford make exclusively shoes,
and Lynn almost exclusively women's shoes?
The localization of Industries in the
manufacturing towns Of England, France,
Germany, and Russia is even more COM
p1ete than here. So far as merchandising is
concerned, the motives Of sellers Of goods in
concentrating at one point is probably the knowl-
edge that most buyers Will go where they can
test the market favorably BY pricing the goods
Of the greatest number Of merchants in the
shortest space Of time. Sellers who locate away
from the bulk Of their own trade soon find that
they are out Of the current, and cannot bring
their customers to them, but must go to their
customers. In manufactures. the combination
Of capital, confidence, machinery, skill, cheap
labor, and lines Of custom essential to Buccess
can be found in the greatest degree
where an industry has already begun
and obtained headway. In some cases it is
probably purely accidental, Or, rather; the in
dividuh enterprise Of one or Two men deter
mines whether place shall manufacture chairs,
gloves, brooms, barrels, or wagons.
Where there are natural facilities for con-
Quoting 8 particular business, such as harbor-
age, water-power, coal, or the like, the concen-
tration of an industry seems accounted for.
But, where there is no such special facility,
localize, as if by common conscious
ness that by so doing the aggregate time, labor,
and capital required to be expended in given
amount Of production will be increased.
, 1872-11-23

4OL1I4tAL.
The West Virginia Legislature, which assem-
bled at Charleston, 18th, elected D. D. johnson,
of Tyler, President Of the Senate; and William
". Miller, Of Wheeling, Speaker Of the House.
The Jacob and Camden men acted together with
harmony.
1t is said that, in Lee County, H., 179
(, Greeley votes we're po11ed that, by accident did
not contain the names Of Messrs. Bross and
Cation, E1ectora-at-Large.
The Milwaukee Nezcs estimates that the
Liberal Republican vote in Wisconsin was not
less than 8,000,-enough to have carried the
State if the Democracy had pol1ed their full vote.
It says:
The problem to be solved in our State election ne4t
year. then, is this: that candidate for Governor shall
be nominated who will receive the full Democratic
vote and for whom the Liberal Republicans wil vote
IN preference to my Radical Grant candidate.
1T is now an established fact that De Witt
G. Littlejohn Was legally elected to the Assem-
bly, from Oswego N. T., but was counted out.
The vote Of Maine for President is the
smallest ever cast in the State and Greeley polls
hardly more than half the vote Perham had for
Governor, in September.
We don't know anything about Canada poll
tics Gas who does y, but the fact may be- re-
corded for the benefit Of future generations that
the district nearest to Niagara Falls has got
elected the Ministerial candidate for vacant
seat (uiee Street, deceaseD in the Dominion
Parliament, although that candidate was brought
out with great pomp by Sir John A. Macdonald
himself.
The name of the party in the German En-
pire which appears to-day all-powerful IS the
:" Liberal" It is not surprising, therefore, that
Il 10 Germans in this country desire to act with
tb. oae who bear that appellation and are gov
e1 % f1r1Y1nf nfy11e
, 1872-11-23
REVISION OF THE UNITED STATES STAT
uTES.

At the first session Of the Thirty ninth Con-
gress, the President was authorized to appoint
8 Commission Of three jurists s'to revise, sim
plfy, arrange, and consolidate al statutes
Of the United States, general and permanent in
their NATURE" The work marked out for the
Commissioners was to collate the existing stat
utes, arrange them under proper titles and
chapters, with references to the original text,
DC. They we're also to suggest any alteration,
addition, or repeal, which to them might seem
advisable. When this work was accomplished,
the consolidated statutes we're to be submitted
to Congress for re-enactment. The Commits
sion has been at work some years, and
has had printed the larger part of the
whole work. The revision is arranged under 76
titles. Numbers to 10 embrace the legislative
powers, the various departments, the Judiciary
and the military 20 and 81 include the laws
relating to the diplomatic and consular service;
% to 81 embrace the laws pertaining to the civil
re1stions Of the citizens and the Government;
IS and s6 contain the laws relating to imports
and exports 81 to 46 cover the subjects Of
revenue, expenditure, coinage, currency, legsl
tender, public debt, etc. No. 40 contains the
postal code, and No. SO includes foreign rela-
tions. Numbers 81 to 81 contain the shipping
laws; 58 and 50 the laws pertaining to light
houses, coast survey, DC. No. 60 includes the
bounty land laws Numbers 61 to 76 include the
patent laws, and those re1ating to pub
lie health, National Banks, bankrupt
cy, rivers and harbors, telegraphs, extra
ditlon, neutrality, crimes, and other
domestic Subjects The entire legislation of
the United States, from 1889 to the present day,
is consolidated, rs arranged under these various
tit1es divided chapters. Each title has an index
Of the sections and their subjects. Onthemarginj
to each sectionis noted the topic, with reference
to the statutes. from which it is compiled. The
proposed changes are printed with the conso1i-
dated law. The present Commissioners, Messrs.
James, Abbott, and Barringer, have at lastbeen
able to fu1niah visible evidence Of their labor.
The present work has yet to be further revised,
and will then be submitted to Congress- for its
action. In the meantime, persons who deeire
to e1amine,the proposed revision, 80 far as the
same has progressed, can obtain the same by
an application and their address to
Commissioner B. n. Abbott, at Washington
City
, 1872-11-23
THE COUNTY FINANCES.

In the debate in the Board Of County Com
missioners upon the question Of purchasing the
abstract books, while it WAS distinctly stated
that in no event would the eum Of 5750, 900 be
paid, several Commissioners expressed Wiling
ness to pay sums almost as unreasonable. The
statement that there had been $4,000 offered
for the books by private parties, has no bearing
upon the question. The statement Of the pres
ent condition Of the finances, by Commissioner
Harrison, has, however, direct bearing upon
it. The county can only raise by taxation Is
cents on each 800 Of taxable property as
assessed for State purposes. Putting the value
at $100,000,000, this would yield $3.50, 200,
and out Of this must be paid all current
expenditures, including the interest on the debt
incurred since 1870. The county has authority
to borrow s1,500, 900, Of which s75o,0o0 has
been already voted a new jail has been con-
tracted for at q cost of 100000, which leaves
but 1851, 900 available for all extraordinary pur-
poses. The Jail will cost probably 5000, 900.
The interest On the 81, 500, 900 OF bonds at per
cent will be S105,0oo. The current e1pendi-
ture for the present year is s70000o To add
100000 for interest will exceed the ability of
the county, because its revenue is limited fsup-
posing all the taxes paid) to $3.50, 900. The
county, therefore, is without means to meet anv
further liability, either as charge upon it's
revenues. or as an increase Of Understanding
debt.
In view Of these facts, it is proposed By some
Of the members to give the twenty acres Of the
Reform School land in exchange for the ab-
stracts. When the county is reduced to g. con-
dition financially that it csn neither appropriate
, 1872-11-23

The best indications from all sides are to the
effect that 1lr. Washburne will not enter upou
the Senatorial contest. There ia little doubt
that he comes over from France with the pur-
pose of surveying the field, and determining
what his chances for election would be, and the
result Of his investigations has been determine
ton not to enter the lists.
The Journal announces, evidently with au-
thority, that Mr.. Beveridge Will not become
Governor till March 4, as h1r. Oglesby Will not
resign one place until the time comes for taking
o1nther
, 1872-11-23
TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE.

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Renitanccs may bo made either By draft e1press Post
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Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY,
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advertisements and subscriptions will be received, and
will have the sane attention If left at the Main
O6ce.
, 1872-11-23

Some time ago it Was announced, as one Of the
festures Of . new Indian policy, that the Gov
eminent would substitute the family for the
tribal relation, and distribute to Individuals
lands held in common. An important step in
this direction has been taken voluntarily by the
Chickasaw Nation. Their Legislature has re-
quested General Grant to divide, in accordance
with the stipulations Of the treaty OF 1866,
among members of the tribes who may wish it,
lands now held in common.
, 1872-11-23
CONTENTS OF To-DAY,s TRIBUNE.

FIRST PAGE-Washington Mnttezs-New York Tele-
miscellaneous Telographto News.
SECOND PAGE-Sprngfeld Letter-Washington Let
ter-The Great Storm In Minnesots- Boston Relief
General News Items.
THIRD PAGE-Our Sportsman: Feather and Fin Pas
times this City and Vicinity-1mmg1atiou Addi-
tional Facts Concerning the Treatment Of Foreign
crs Passing Through Chicagu-The Law Courts-
Railroad Time Observation-Disclosures,
FOURTH PAGE-Editorials The County Finances;
The Law Of New Trials; Causes Of Crime; The Els
Caual-Po1itical.
FIFTH PAGE-Common Council-Mscellaueor Local
News-Marlets by Telegraph
SIXTH PAGEMonetary and Commercial Marine H.
teiligence.
SEVENTH PAGE-The Records: Another Meeting Of
the County Commissioners Deputies-Upon
Whose Shoulders will Descend the Offices in tho
Evsut Of Civil Service Reform Prevailing in Chi
cago-Small Advertisements: Real Estate, For
Sale, To Rent, Wanted, Boarding, Lodging; Etc.
EIGHTH PAGE-Foreign Miscellaneous Tele-
g1ans-Auction Advertisement
, 1872-11-23

Washington dispatches state that AIr. May
nard is an avowed candidate for the speakership
Of the next House Of Representatives. A Wash
ington correspondent denies that Mr. Blaine has
written letters urging the convening Of the
Forty-third Congress Immediately upon the ad-
iournment Of its predecessor.
, 1872-11-23

At the meeting Of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters in New York. yesterday, it was
decided to reduce the commissions Of agents
to 10 per cent, except for dwellings, and farm
houses, in which cases companies are allowed
to fix the rates Of their own agents. An In
creased tariff has been adopted in New York
City, and similar advance ordered throughout
the country
, 1872-11-23

Mrs. Putnam. wife Of the victim Of Foster,
the car-hook murderer. has been awarded S., 900
damages in her suit against the railroad COM
pany, one Of whose cars was the scene of the
assault, and whose employees she claimed should
have protected Mr. Putnam.
, 1872-11-23

Wall street has been the scene Of another ex-
element without parallel since the memorable
days Of the Prairie du CHEN speculation OF 1866.
Heavy purchases have been made recently in
Chicago 3, Northwestern stock for the nurnoae,
, 1872-11-23

Jay Gould Was arrested, yesterday, on the
complaint Of President Watson, OF the Erie
Railroad, who has been investigating the &C
counts Of his predecessor, and now charges
him with having dafrauded the Erie Railroad OF
So SOC, 900.
, 1872-11-23

the money nor add to it's debt, and must per-
force sell some Of its property, it is absurd to be
discussing whether it will pay 100000, or
S500000, or 100000 for these abstracts The
county ut this time is not in q condition to pur-
chase these books at any price.
, 1872-11-23
OBJ Gb1a1qa Qntbars'1e*
Saturday Morning, November 23, 1879.

The latest news from San Domingo ia, that
President Baez has succeeded in capturing two
Of President Cabrals Generals, and has, as is the
custom in that climate, murdered them both.
, 1872-11-23
Professor Coignard's Restaurant.

Professor Coignard's Restaurant.
The increase in the number Of his customtrs every
day who eat his excellent dinner for 50 nnts, md
drink bis pure imported clare for Is cenls, proves
that Professor Coignard has wel-ea1ned bis repua-
ton Of having Of the best restaurants in the CITY.
Try him, at No. l78 South Water street, and sou will
not repent having done so.
, 1872-11-23
Adieu, Horse Disease.

Now that the epizooe il one Of the things that were,
H. Newton Co., the popular livery stable neu, ara
prepared, az before, to turn out the handsoest rigs
and the best horses in the CITY, They can 20 it sure
Their stable is in the alley in the rear Of No 18 aE@
l89 Warrington street,
, 1872-11-23


Ihe oEhe 0ouTHa'' az opr1n6nelo' zAss' sass u
its so-cauea oncla1 1elorns
In ep1 can,na era sr 9nt tn aro
betne transportation OF figures By the compositor, and
ovesfooked By The pr1of-reader, who "as doubtless
&A'1T1rh Ttas uorndne ii he table Is correct.
The TRIBUNE did not complain Of sranspo-
position of feures," but instanced the duplica-
tion,of Clinton Countys vote for Cass, and the
wild GUESS for ST. Clair. These errors, with
others hardly less fragrant, had been perpe-
trated for morethan week in daily editions OF
the Stale Journal, and had escaped either it's
OWL editorial notice or tho reporters revision.
Even now, with the proclamation ssthis morning
the table is correct" the Cass County vote for
Governor is not corrected, but is the duplicate
OF Clinton County again! And the State Jour-
.a1l, adhering to such table, gives footings
which are not true even for the returns they
represent, but which are nevertheless tele-
p1aphed abroad as stthe corrected oficia1''