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any shortening Of distance until the branch road

any shortening Of distance until the branch road
ia completed; and, second, becauso Now York,
Chicago. and San francisco arc too closely con-
nootod to afford any probability TINT tho agen-
cfos at tho 1attor city will oyer 10 discontinued.
With regard to tho third point, whether tho
Sums realized from the ealo OF lands will 10 Buf-
hctont to redoom tho bonds within thirty years,
Herr Haas has no doubt aB to tho ultimate
result. Ho pronouncos tho lands rich aud
productive and nttel for colonization. Tho
entiro amount Of bonds, ovon II redeemed at 10
per cent abovo par is S110,00 900, while the lands
at tho minimum Government prico aro wortl,
&125,000. 900. But, on tho othor hand, It ,s in
evitable that for several years tho salcs must bo
small, az most Immigrants prefer to avail them-
solvca Of tlo advantages offered by tho Homo
Btead 1aw. Thus it must happen that for como
time no substantial advance can bomalo towards
paying interest, mud simultaneously tho onrn-
ings of tho lino will not produce tho requisite
amount for tho payment Of interest, 80
that, undor tho operation Of these two
oauses, hondholdors must be compelled to forogo
interest for aomo time. uorr IIaaa further sup
ploments his examination Of theso three points
by the statement that, cvon under such critical
clfcnmstancea Us thoso tho rights of tho bond
holders arc not sufficiently protected by the
mortgage Of 1870. The powers conferred upon
tho Trustees By this instrument, in caso Of d.
fault OF payments Of interest at various times.
to soil lands and to take possession Of tho rood
and work 1t, Horr uass very quietly romarks aro
no additional protection, from tho fact that
Trusteos cannot soil unaalablo lands any bettor
than the Company, and that they cannot convert
q non-paying line into paying ono any moro
readily than tho Company can.
Wc have given tho substance OF Herr Haas'
report, overy point in which ho fortiAes BY
unanswerablo facts and figures, and every point
In which moreover haa been fully justified by
subsequent events. Tho report has answered
lts purpose in Germany by warning thor capital
lists in timo to sayo thom from investing in Jay
Cookies balloon enterprise. 1t should also
answor worry useful purpose az model for Con-
gross to initiate, when It undertakes hereaftcr ia
Investigate railroad enterprises. In clear-head-
odnoss, sound, hard truth, rigid impartiality,
and exact, succinct statement, 1t Is In refreshing
contrast with the 1ong-windcd and baloonine
Congressional reports on tho, Pacific roads.
, 1873-10-09

The Rockford, Rock 1aland l. st. Louis Rail-
tors at the annual meeting yesterday; and tho
of1lcors vera instructed to prosecute tho suit
brought against Henry Il. Doody for 9245,000.
, 1873-10-09

ANOTHER "J0B" IN THE COUNTY BOARD,
The Board Of County Commissioners, with but
four dissenting votos (Harrison, Galloway,
Jones, and Louergan), voted yesterday to take q
certain portion Of tho Chicago Times building
for tue Recorders Office, "at rental to be Hat-
isfactory to the Board" which is understood to
DO $4,000 por annum. Thoro were other build
ings offered at lower rental, with better 1oca-
ttons md moro room, and, in view OF this, Mfr.
Harrison and two or three other Commissioners
earnestly endoavorod to induce the Board to in
spect and consider all proposals. but they werc
ei1enced and voted down under tho leadership Of
Sam Ashton. Tho Marine building Was offered
for $4,000. Tho II Lakeside building, located
near the Grand Pacific Hotel aud directly op-
posito tho new Government building, offered
6.7G0 feet Of room with large vaults for Is, 7B0.
The building Nos. 81 and 66 Franklin street
offered 6,400 feet Of room, with vaults to be
built Of tho shapo aud capacity to suit tho Re-
cordor, for $500. These offers wero all thrown
out in favor of tho Times building, located in IN
out-of-the-way place, which affords but {, 900
foot Of room with small vaults, for which tho
owner wants $1,000 year rent, but will probably
compromise on $4,000.
It is currently reported and beloved tint the
renting of tho Times building to the county ia
the result Of o compact between tho editor and
proprietor of the Times and tho Hosing-O Harm
faction, by which the former shall support tho
lettor in tho coming election in confederation of
tho rental Of his building. Timo will show
whether this rumor Is correct or not. 80 far,
there are four or dvo very suspicious circumstan-
cos about tho action OF tho County Commissioners
yesterday, viz: ~ The Times building, though
completed nearly year, has not rented single
Office, on account Of the natural reluctance Of tho
public to occupy quarters In which that shoot
Is printed; (2) tho price asked for room In the
Times building Is considerably greater, and the
accommodations furnished considerably less,
than other buildings offcr; (3) the Times,
though oharacteristically vituporative In its
treatment Of tho Hesing 0 Hara combination
heretofore, has had nothing Of consequence to
say about it since tho Saturday night meeting,
though tho whisky party plaood itself at that
time in q worso light than over; ~ all the
Hesing members Of tho Board Of County Com
mHsionors voted in favor Of tho Times, which
they would not have boon likely to do except
as por agreement botweon tho high
contracting partios; " somo Of tho membora
who voted for tue Times nearly chokca them
selves with explanations, declaring that they
we're not afraid Of hrr. Storey hfr. Ashton and
hlr. Crawford were as bold as sheep in tho cmer-
gopcy. Ifthoy Ind been voting honestly, thoy
would have anid nothing about 1t. The whole
thing Is oydontly swindlo. 1t is not yot fully
but 1t is intended to bo dono to-
day. unless public opinion is sufficiently aroused
to frighten the conspiratora away from their
laont,x
, 1873-10-09

The Chicago produce markets were again 90.
tive yesterday, with few important changes In
prices. Ness pork waR quiet and shade easier,
at e14.e5@14.o0 cash, aud 1880 seller Decem-
bar. Lard wns quot aud oaaior at 7596o per tb
oash, and 75l@79{o so1ler December. Meats
were nominally unchanged at 8@8116o for short
ribs, eAo for short clear, and 0@10o for swoet
, 1873-10-09

The Washington ID. C.) Germans have struck
a novelty in expression in deciding not to Rup-
port any candidates for Office who aro committed
to tho "porn1ciouH causo Of temperance"
, 1873-10-09

From The LNJaVel{s J0N17la|,
A young Indy Of Terro lIautc. while getting
ready for = party tho other evening, WAS soma-
what dismRyod When Hhe couldn't tlna her now
ohignon, which she hal purchased that very day;
topsy-turyy, every room in tho house searched,
but It could not DO found. So, making the best
of a bad matter, allo hastily arranged her old
one on the top Of her hoad, hut 10! when nho
went to put on her shoes, sho found tho chignon
in tho too Of one of tholn. 1t had dropped from
tho bureau aud rolled IN.
, 1873-10-09

The French Government in opening the
prosecution, makes out very bud case against
Marshal Bazaino. It claims to have owl
donce that he wus chiefly engaged in plotting
for tho restoration Of the Emplrv. and, tu this
end, wns in secret negotiation with the enemy.
II the Government can produce the evidence it
claims to havo, 1t will 60 hard with Marshal
Bazaino. Death is tho penalty Of tho crimes
Of which he IL accused.
, 1873-10-09

A commission has been appointed by tho Sec
rotary OF War for tho erection Of military prison
1t Rock Island, in this State. Tho prison is to
be kept exclusively for the confinement Of mill
tary Offenders against the army regulations aud
ian
, 1873-10-09

Rouher, the former champion Of the Napoleon
dynasty, Ia ready for the French Assembly with
3 proposition for q plebiscite. Ills notice is to
declare tho monarchical principle established,
but leave to the people to select the monarchy
they like beBt. He evidently bolioyos that tho
people of Franco will prefer tho young Bona
parte to tho old Bourbon.
, 1873-10-09

New YoEK, Oct. ga fro broke out in Mount
Vernon. N. 'Y.,:oarly this morning. Several
stoam fire-cngines we're sont from this city to
aid in o1tinguishng tho flames. Tho Post says
TINT twouty building havo beon burned, md that
tho loss will be $4,000
ia the East Chostor Savings Bank. 4 man WAS
caught IN the act OF s.artiug tho fro.
The Wagner brush factory, in MorriHaania, and
residence adjoining, wore burned early this
morning: Lose, $A0, 900; incendiary not ar
roBted. Whilo this aud the Mount Vernon fires
we're blazing, All incendiary tlrod an unoccupied
building In Vest Farms, aud it was burned to
the ground. No arrest.
, 1873-10-09

There was eomo excitement on Change yea
torday over report that grain receipts had been
issuod fraudulently from tho elevator Of MosHsa.
Il. II. l. O. 3. Hougl. An inquiry was act on
, 1873-10-09

LONDON, Oct. 8.--The steamships Wescr and
Anglia, from New York, have arrived ont.
New YonK. Oct. 8-rrived-Steamship Pom.
sylvania from Glasgow, Canada from Liver
pool, and America from Bremen.
, 1873-10-09
ROBBERY OF THE MAJORITY OF THF
PEOPLE.


Wo have already pointed out to our readers tho
great tax-robbory completed nt Springfield by
tho State Doarl Of Equalization, in increasing
tho gonoral asHoBamont, that the payment Of tho
principal aud interest on tho railroad-aid debt Of
Homo Of tho countioB and towns Of tho State
might be- transferred to the stnto; and that tho
whole people bo taxed million and ha1f year
at tho domand Of tho holders Of thoae bonds,
robbed from tho muncipalitios In tho first
instance. Tho principal Of this railroad-aid debt
il over thirteen and q half millions Of dol1ara !;
tho accumulation Of unpaid interest is rapid
when tho rate is either 8 or 10 per cent,
and tho annual charge for intorest is ncarly
million md quarter Of dollars That tho poo
pie who arc to pay this tax to pay this enormous
debt and annual interest may know who owo tho
dobt, and tho proportion tho debtors boar to tho
whole population, VIC havc compiled tho follow
ing table, showing tho amount Of ra11road-afd
bonds now outstanding and duo by tho several
counties, md citeB, and towns Of the State, and
tho population Of tho municipalities who owe tho
dobts. This interesting list is as follows aud is
, 1873-10-09

rEnMs or AunscnIrT'oN trAYAnEE IN ADVANCED
1 1nai!s, hy ua!l....8l2.! Swna1sy.'"" n1y. ..S2.S9
parts Of year at tin snnlo rato
To proront olny and ulistskcs, to and g7e Post
DAlco addtcsa In FULL Including State nnd County.
Rettancoa MAY be nada aiter by dtnf oxprcss, Post
Otco orter. Or In registered 1otcrs, at MIR rlsk.
TEnMR TO OirT AullsUH1nEnB.
Dnr, dcttvGro. SnhGay cxccrcd, ea conte per weak.
pBy, dciyoro1 Sunday included. 90 cents ror weok,
Address THE Tribune COMPANY,
Coruor Madison nnd ,cnrhorn-st4.. Chicago, III.
, 1873-10-09
CONSUL TO HAVRE,

speciai Dfspatch to The Chicago Tribune.
n1ouMoNp, Ind. Oct "a telegram WAS re-
ceived horo tonight from Col. JOHN A, Bridge
land, Of thia city, now in New York, announcing
his receiving commission to-day aB Consul to
Hayrp.
, 1873-10-09

which do not owo any county dobts, arc to DO
taxed to pay bonds iasucd by othor communities.
Aa an ILLUSTRATION Of tho rockloHa mnnnor in
which those bonds wero Issued, NO cite fow
examples giving the amount OF bonds iasuod
by several towns and tho population Of tho
sumo towns:
, 1873-10-09

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. ga fire today destroyed
the square Of buildings bounded BY Alarlguy,
Vaudeville. Good Children, and Moriles streets
about forty small houses. LOSS, $50, 600.
, 1873-10-09

ToRoXro, Can, Oct. IA fire, this morning,
burned Walker, poolo & Co.'s engine and boiler
works, Loake's wharf, Irwin j. Co.'s engino-
shop, and a number Of solooners at the wharf
which WAS damaged. Tho loss is loayy.
, 1873-10-09

navigablo streams, mud for water-powor, vhon
the pnblio interests domaud It.
Tile section forbidding geucral royiow Of the
laws hereafter, was atriok out.
BuBlnesB engagements hhvo compelled tho
resignation Of Commissioner GIddings, Of
Romeo, In tic Seventh Congressional District,
, 1873-10-09

GLOBE THEATH -nesplaincs strco between Mad.
- lIanA" and - Oix1o"
, 1873-10-09
OH Ubleapp 0ribu11e.
Thursday Morning, October 0, 1873.

The Constitutional Convention Of Michigan
has declined to admit the eligibility Of women to
any public Office whatoyer, excluding them evon
from tho school boards.
, 1873-10-09

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 8.-TAo residence OF John
Fisher. one milo west Of Halos Corners. was de-
atroyed by fro to-day. Fisher estimates his losa
at 20 600. Ho Ind an INSURANCE Of 81, 800 in tha
Mechanlcs' Mutual, Of this city.
, 1873-10-09

BogroN, Oct. 8.-The American Social Science
It's, President aud Frank B. Sanborn Secretary.
, 1873-10-09

QUEENS C1RCUS-yYabash A7unue, ootnor Adams
ptroet. Afternoon and evening.
, 1873-10-09

TonoNro, Oct. 8.-Only 1000 bushels Of wheat
Of tho cargo Of tho propeller Asia will 10 saved
, 1873-10-09

citizens, holding high position as lawyers,
physiclanH, bankors, manufacturers, merchnnts,
oto. "Lot them como to ,,s, tllon," eay Tho
Oommittoo Of Seventy. They will not
do 30. They consider that thoir rights
rs froo mon, in common with thoir
nationality, havo been tramp1od on witll-
ont causo, md tint II this invasion Of g
larmlcas custom, sanctioned by boil, Church
and State in thoir nativo country, and commonl-
ed by Martin Luther lmRolf, is not .rosistod in
eyory legal mannor, tho noxt invasion will bo
something worso. They will not go with You in
TINT enterprise, and we shall not condemn tliom
for refusing to do 10. We have never been ablo
to 300 tho wisdom or necessity Of thiH raid upon
1agor-boor. Possibly caso OF disordorly con-
duct oan DO found now and then, where nativo
or foreign born cit'zon has commenced Ills Bproo
OH whisky. and ansl,ed 1t IN q lager-beor saloon.
The question Ia not whether you can fnd
few caacB Of this kind, or ovon
few casos still moro raro whoro
a man has guzzcd go much lagor TINT tho
per cont Of nlcohol which 1t contains has
finally capsizod him. Tho question Of social ro-
form to DO considered is whether thoso few
caaos aro to outweigh aud obscure everything
e1ao-wlothor for tlis small otfonse one-tlird
of tic population Of Chicago arc to DO deprived
OF an enjoyment to which they hnyo boon accus-
toned from infancy, which is In tho main harm-
less, and which Is, to multitudos Of them, tho
only sort OF social enjoyment and recreation
they ha.o. We hope it will not DO necessary to
tho Hosing faction on tho ono hand and the
Committee Of sovonty on tho other.
, 1873-10-09

FURNITURE. GENTEEL AND ELEGANT,, AT
G1lo nts 9f N a" tH ooaGeFs Union
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-13

! good many Republican journals
have been trying to explain the result
of the recent elections on various hy-
potheses. The Indianapolis Journal,
which is usually credited with being
Morton's organ" albeit it has given
frequent manifestations Of having Il
mind Of its own, reads this sharp les
son from the returns Of the late cleo
lions:
~ public officer thinks il no shame to
complain inpublic documents of his sal
afy. and ask for more. \ President, if he
don't ask more takes it when ii is offered,
and lends, consciously or not. the influence
of his acquicsceuce TO increase the DISPOSE
ton to make Office the means, not of eX-
hibitihg sclf-Sacritice and the virtues a ma
ton delights to honor, but of getting more
money. Office has come to mean money.
and little else. And this degradation Of
il. this prostitution of its opportunities
this contempt for It's honor and alteration
Of its emolUmentS, is the sin of the times.
II is not party sin. 1t is national. Ii
tajnts every State and community alike.
Every party is scabby with its sores. The
elections are protest against its perpetual
ton. They are a ciamOr for cleanness, for
the washing Of the lcprosy in a political
Jordan"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-13
-~--
QUARANTINE.

In a spirited article published in the
Memphis Ledger Of theSth inst. George
W. Gift says: Had the case from the
Bee been promptly isolated, as was the
case in New York a few days since, we
would have had no yellow fever here.
But it was not seized upon and isolated
and what has been the RESULT" This
question concerns more cities than
Memphis. The seeds Of pestilencc
multiply precisely ike sparks Of FIRE
Where all the conditions are favorable,
disease spreads ike fire on a dry prai-
rie: if the conditions are adverse, the
vital action in yellow fever, cholera and
smallpox, dies out. Disease, to a large
extent. is a matter Of vital conditions.
If so, why not study these conditions?
Every malady has a cause. Why seek
to keep this cause in the dark to the
public injury? BY condensing vital
air in oiled rags. what is
called spontaneous combustion
is often seen. Great consumers Of
brandy have taken fire in the samewav.
and burnt to a cinder. Between chem
zeal and vital action there is but shade
Of difference and the two are nearly in
separable Why has lowering the tenn
pcrature of the weather at Memphis
greatly abated the yellow fever? Be
cause it has nearly destroyed that plant
vitality which attacked its human vie
Tins. If the cause Of the disease had
been gaseous. atmospheric and purely
chemical, no such speedy abatement of
its influence would have been witnessed.
As the temperature rose after frosts.
chemical action would influence all in
organic bodies as it did before: but
when frost kills parasitic fungi, no
matter how microscopic, they can no
more grow and multiply than a dead
potato vine Some vegetable parasites
contlivc to live all winter in warm
human body, ike tender tropical plants
in a hot house. 1t is time to bring the
microscopic fora that produces pesti-
lence. under the eye of science.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-13
STATE POLITICS.
views of Cur Tennessee Exchanges.

Views of Car Tennessee Exchanges.
From the MurtreeSborO Monitor.
The opposition to the Republican
party. III this State, are the former adj
herents of those grand old national po-
litical parties Of ante beilum days, the
Democratic and Wing. Since the war
they have stood side by side in every po-
litical contest and fought for coDstitu-
tional government and an honest ad-
ministration of public affairs. Before
the var the voting strength OF these old
parties were very close. and the issue
always uncertain. IN elections in this
State The Wings carried the State in
the Presidential elections of 1910, 1914,
1913 and 1852. The Democrats carried
the State in 1856, and in 1860 the vote
stood: Bell, 1924; Breckenridge, 64,-
700; Douglas, 1850. 1t is natural
that the former adherents of these
old political organizations should
still be attached to their old
party names. The Wings have never
been entirely reconciled to the aban-
dOnment Of their party name, andmany
are unwilling to be known as Demo
Gratis. Democrats are also unwilling
to forsake their party name in this
State while it is the only national party
opposed to the Republicans. But for
the sake of that harmony which is so
necessary to secure success against a
powerful and well organized opposition,
the names Of Wing and Democrat
might hereafter be united The Wing
Democrat party has a pleasing sound
and IS eminently appropriate. We be-
heye there is much in a name, notwith
standing the old adage. Many an old
Wing in this State would rally to the
support of a party thus named, who
are now Iulewarm and Indifferent par
tisans. We throw out the suggestion,
not with the hope, however, that it will
meet the approval of those Independ-
ents who want only Office. But to those
old line Wings who honestly desire to
defeat the Republican party in the
forthcoming elections the suggestion
viii meet with a favorable response,
and It is to them we make it.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-13
rr,r PANIC AND THE FUTURE.


New York has. been assuring us fer
weeks that the panic is over, and the
increased reserves of the associated
banks are mentioned us a triumphant
proof that such is the case. Prach.-
cally, the merchant, the farmer, the
mechanic and the laborer of every
grade, finds the panic coming closer
home each succeeding day-times get
ting harder, money scarcer, and the
future more doubtful The ealy safe
course, FOR individual family, firm or
corporation, is to reduce expenses to
cash basis and pay as we go. Eschew
credit and be slow to make new paper
or incur any money obligations. Every
head Of family with fixed income,
ought to economize until his cash gets
a week or month ahead of his expen-
ditures; then he will be on sound
basis. A large per cent of the high
cost of living, concerning which we
hear SO much complaint, arises directly
from the credit system, The merchant
who lets goods go out on credit, must
put a per, cent on. the price to
cover the per cent OF bad
debts. This seductive system actually
mulcts the honest man for the sins of
the dishonest. We urge on all caution
as to the future, because that future
depends largely on the action of a mob
which assemblies in Washington next
month under the title Of Congress.
This Congress is more Radical than its
predecessor. To expect financial wis
dow from such horde of corrupt pol
iticians is rather an abuse Of hope. The
dominant party is so identified with the
false theories which have enmeshed the
Government in the banking business
of the country, that we have little rea-
son to expect from it more than tenn
porary makeshifts to allay present dis
turbances and postpone the agony,
without touching the root of the evil.
The natural tendency of the times
is to specie payments and the
standard of gold prices for every
thing This tendency results from
two causes: first, greenbacks have
appreciated in value from their search
ty, thus approximating gold; while, sec
ondly, gold has deprecated in conse-
quence of the arrangement of foreign
exchanges and the influx of foreign
gold to buy our products. The move
ment thus far has been mutual-gold
STOPPING to meet greenbacks half way,
while the latter also appreciated. The
bone fde increase Of value in the green
back was shown by its commanding
premium of four per cent over first
class commercial paper. Some writer's
argue that all this is temporary and
abnormal condition of affairs. We
need but remind them that the shrink
age of values which we mean not
simply the fancy stocks of Wall street,
but such staples as cottOn-is an exist
ing fact We have endured more than
all the shrinkage and depression need
ed to reach a specie basis. Our prices
are to-day mainly on that basis, or
seeking it. Wehave endured the ago
ny: shall we not reap the benefits? Or
shall we return to imitation, to go
through this agony again before we
can reach the hard PAM" The solu-
ton of these questions rests with the
incoming Congress, and it is in no par
tisan or sardonic vein that we warn our
readers Of the improbability of that
body taking the wiser course.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-11-13
TENNESSEE NEWS.

The Chattanooga Times, of the 18th
inst, says: One of the deck hands Of the
j. 7. Wilder fell overheard on her last trip
down, and was drowned. He fell from the
boat while all the officers and passengers
were at dinner, and every effort to recover
his body was in vain.
The Chattanooga Times ''walks around
town" every day-5eing very plastic jour
nal-to receive the impress of current
events in that city. The following is i'm
pressed upon the edition of the 18th: "The
city election excites the politicians to an
unusual degree this year. As for Ourself,
we are calm and serene"
The KnoTrjUe Chronicle Of the 18th
inst. says: On last Friday, Mr.. VIM. Rock
hold, living about two miles from Union
Depot, was shot, and. it is feared, MORALLY
wounded, by an unknown party in ambush.
He was quietly walking along, not far from
his home. when suddenly two shots We're
fired at him from an ambush, one Of the
balls taking effect in his shoulder. splinter
ing and tearingit ina frightful manner, and
his recovery is deemed exceedingly doubt
full. It is not known who peTpetrated the
crime. and the man shot, we understand.
was not aware he had such a deadly secret
enemy.