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voting, because le has understood tint she WAS
not able to pay It, It will be remembered that
lilo Judge declined to ortor Miss Anthony into
custody Until tho 1no WAS paid. Accordingly,
Mr. Smith takos tho practical view Of tho mattor
that 1t s not necessary to pay n fluo whom jndg-
1nents aro worthoss aud tha Jail closed against
tho guilty person on tho outside, By giving
Miss Anthony tho privilege Of using his donation
at hor own discretion to promote tho ca,lsc Of
woman-sutfrago. H1r. Smith, In Ills lostor,
apeaka Of Judge Ward Hunt rathor in sorrow
than IN anger. What ho complains Of Is, that
Judge Hunt "dil not hold az void, inetead Of
arguing thom to DO valid, any words In tho Con-
Htitution which eceuod to him to favor tho dis
franohtBemont OF wo.nen." He thon describes
tho worship Of tho Constitution rs binding, be-
littltng, and ahriyeling to tho soul. Ho IL
ments tho downfall Of Daniel Webster, who bo-
cana 40 dabaacd that ha daaired no other in
Bcriptton On his gravostono than tho shameless
confession Of this worship.
, 1873-09-01

Tho Lara mic OHyoming) independent reports
. copyeraation which its editor recently held
with Commissioner Drunot, with tho purpose OF
aBcertainiug the Indian policy. az understood by
the Peace Commissioners. Tho report is SO
remarkable that we are half Inclined to think that
tho editor is lampooniug Mr.. Drunot, but We give
tho substance of 1t for what 1t iB worth. Mr..
Nunot is reported at saying that tho Indians must
bo fed aud clothed by tho Government until
they are too lazy to take care Of themselves, and
that they will thoa prefer to deliver up thoee
who commit deprodatious rather than have their
annuities stopped. Dir. Drunot is also reported
~ being opposed to demanding tlo surrender Of
Indian murdesera aud maEaudera ns tho
present time, because ho thinks that refusal
would s.eccss.tato cutting~ofr OF supplies and
load to an Ildian war. Ills desired point Of
lulian lazinnBs has not boon reached M yot.
1Ia thinka. howovor. That half Of the Sioux are
already Ia this desirable condition. The whole
statement seems prepoateroua, Gut 1t satirizes
very happily tho policy pursued In the liberation
OF 8atanta and Big Tree u
, 1873-09-01

a survey Of tic political situation in Masaa-
chysetts. made by an acute aud trustworthy
observer at Springfield, leads him to doubt tint
Butler will carry the Convention. Au impartial
canyasn shows him to DO at present in a minority
Of at least one hundred. Tho primnries
still to be held IN Springfield aud number Of
tho small country towns will determine tho re-.
o,,,I. ou4 .vIluspunuont thinks that il Butler
is nominated bolt is certain, and that il ho is
not nou,inated bolt ia likely, as ho Ia evidently
getting ready for that courao.
, 1873-09-01

Politics In &1iassBippi Heom 10 DO considerably
mixed. Tho two groat powers Of tho hopubll-
can rhrty In that Htate--Alcorn and Anlos-aro
at atloggorhoala. The samo Convention which nom-
lnntod Amos refused to indorso tho Kollogg
Government In Louisiana. Amos charges Alcorn
~ with trying to gottho white olonlont Of N1HBiB-
aippi to join tho Republican party,
which would DO fatal to Amos anl
othor carpot.baggors, and a. with going
ovor to Tho Democracy. Mcorn comcs out
and accusoe Amos Of all sorts Of bad things, but
TINT Which will bo most likoly to injuro lin Ia
tho Charge that ho (AmcB) ls unfriendly to tho
negroes. Alcorn says TINT whou Ames was Mill
tary Governor Of tho State, and Inv unto him
self, ho might have SECURED tho negroes thoir
civil rights. but that he failod to do so
and that 1t was only after he (A1corn) Ind
been elected TINT the negroes could ride
on the horso-oArs In 1rst-cass railroad -coaches,
etc.. cto. A!oorn charges, moreover. TINT. II
Amos should DO olooted, thero would bo o war
Of races in A11ssiBsippi.' Afr. Son-iu-Law Amoe
aeems to have az trying timo Of 1t In AisHissip.
pi aB Mr. Fathor-in-Law Dutlor has In Maasachu'
actts. Mr. Ames Inns succeeded, howovor, In got.
ting hisnomipation and, ii A1r. Butler is oqunlly
successful, wo may reasonably expect to 500 boti
Of them elected Governor, and, In duo course ot
time, tako their seats alongside each othor IL
tho United States Senate.
, 1873-09-01

Tho Chicago produce markets were active on
Saturday, except in provisions, and gonorally
wenk, though some markets ruled higher. Mess
spork was dull and oaHlor closing ut sl67o@167 rs
caall, aud 1887 5@t3+5o seller December Lard
was mora actlyo. aud stoady, at 72so per ID for
winter, and 79S@71io for summon rendered.
Meath wera quiet aud oaAior at 79@@7}Go for
shoulders. o@911o for short midd'es' and o11@
11o for sweet plcklod hams. Lake froights wore
auiot and 10 higher, at % for corn to Buffalo,
uleuyines were loaa active, aud advanced
IL. to e1.os per gallon. Flour was ao-
, 1873-09-01

tho future, M 1t always ]iaH, from Hancock aud
Houghton. Tho completion Of tho canal mid
tho Increased Tonnage which will find ita way to
Houghton will NOW necossitnto tho Widening and
deepening Of tho inlet from tho mouth of Kowco-
nav Bay to tho lnke. It is now narrow, tortu-
ons, and shallow channel, tho navigation Of
which. excopt by daylight, is oncompnssoa with
oxtromo d4tcultfos, especially for vesBola which
mako the tip to Torch La1so for cargoos Of cop
por. It is statod, however, TINT tho channel will
bo atraightoncd, widoncd, and locpoued by tho
Portago Lake and River Improvement Company
noxt seasop. When this ie accomplished, tho
Portago 1,ako Canal and It's approach from Kc-
woonnw Day will bo ono OF tho most impor~
taut and valuable improvements on tho
lakcs, and will add greatly to tho
commercial prosperity Of tho Lako Superior
towns, and holp establish moro firmly tho trade
Of Duluth, to which tho saving In tlmo a1ono
ia no email ltom considering tho Hlortnoss Of its
aoason Of trade.
According to tho 1ako Superior paporn, tho
work has boen we11 done. Nlno mlos Of con-
tiuuous pi1ing have boon driven, ind, behind
the front TOW, shoath-piling, four inohos
In thickness, has beon drivon to keep
tho sand from percolating through. Tie
cutting WAS made against tremendous OBJ
stacloa, in many caaoa hugo troos which
havo boon burlod for agos having to bo dug out.
As the work noared tho lake, tho cutting from
surface to bottom WAS over forty feot, aud, at tht
outor end, tho most skillful engineering has beot
employed in sinking cribs and building piers tt
rosiBt tho torrible Btorma and heavy Hcas, tho Of
| fecss of which arc Visible all along tho souti
shore of Lake Superior. To roaist tho action o
these Htorms, two parallel piers have scsn built
$50 foot apart, LOCO f0ot ii length, and 80 fee
in width, and loaded with II, 600 tons Of stone.
only remaina now to drive few moro pile
and sink faw criba, aud tho Portage Lake ca
nal will 10 tinishad and open to voaaels drawinI
IA foot Of water. Gifts importance to tho Lak
Superior commerce. and as ali ally to tho 1alroa'
connections Of Duluth, It is UNNECESSARY t.
speak. 4 glanco at the map alone will show til
advantages which must accruo from It.
, 1873-09-01

10 lower, closing weak ut $t.171l caBh, md
@i.14l aollor September. Corn WAS active aud No
l,ighor, closing tamo at A19Go cash, and 4216@
43o Bellor October. Oats woro active and BI,alo
oascr, closing at 28@2s116o onR, and $3.50 aollor
October. Rye WAS Aotivo and 10 lowor, closing
al Goo. Darloy was In better demand. aud 1G@2o
Aighor, closing at Gill for No. 2, and 8i@95c for
Nod Hogs were in good demand ut unchanged
prlcea. c1usng ssonly at s4.25@A.8o. lilo cattlo
trado WAS lull at weak and irregular prices.
Shoop remain quiet and stoatly at 23.00@4.60
, 1873-09-01

II railway travellers would like to know the
kind OF cattle tho railroads intrlst their lives to,
they should read tho testimony taken at the iu-
vestigation Of the Muir disaster. The brake
man WHO was sent back to 1ag tho ap-
proaching freight-train, and who told tho
Conductor afterward that lie had gone mile,
tostltlos that he does not know how far q mile is
lIo thinks it is about eighty or ninety rods. His
ideas Of longitudinal measure also embraced the
notion thut yard containa about eighty feet, 1t
was this brutish creatures refusal to 60 far
enough bnck that causod tho destruction Of life.
, 1873-09-01

Williamson, the principal in tho bond forge
RIGS which have brought transactions in New
York Central bonds to a atandstill in Wall
street, has uot yet been arrested. So fnr,
$4,000 worth of the forged aecurities have boon
discovered, aud 1t ia r1mored III Wall street that
ono bank has been swindled to tho figure OF
100000. This Williamson is only the agent OF
gang Of countorfeiterB, and. aB it is beloved
TINT tAoy hayo been initiating other stocks,
business in Wall atroet is paralyzed Tor the
u.au1aut
, 1873-09-01
THE sArETY OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS

THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS.
Chicago ilns had bitter and most expensive
experience in tho matter Of losing public records.
tho records was notorious, anl repeatedly was
it urged that hall for thoir custody should bo
provided. Nothing WAS ever done, and, when
tho Court-House wont down, there went with it
oyory yault aud other place provided for tue
sato keeping anl protection not only Of tho roc
ords Of conyeyances, but Of all tho courts and Of
tho tax-coloetors. The loHB, public and private,
has boon too recent and too sovoro not to DO
fully understood BY every person. Tho Legisla-
turo has sought to remoay tho ioBs by giving
partial validity to various e1podionts, but tho
iucouyenieuco md loss will bo folt In Chicago
for half q century. The records Of transactions
Binco tho ilro havo boBn more than ordinarily
numerous. Tho Recorder has boeu called upon
to put OH record tho partial fragmcntary evil
douccB Of titles existing before tho fire, and
certainly tho rocoras as thoy now stand are, If
possible, doubly important. They include not
only tho frat aud original evidences Of title in
1nany casos, but also the outire evidence of
whatever character that WAS rescued from de-
atruction Of tho larger part Of tho business
property Of tho city. These records are kept
in the temporary and haatuy-constructed
building on tho corner OF Adams and
Lnsailo streets. That building ia not Of char-
whole interior la wooden. There arc vaults
supposed to be of sufficient strength to resist
ordinary fires, but tho risk Ia grcat. With re-
spoct to their safety tlore ought to be no uncer-
taiuty, and 10 risk whatever. The books of the
Kocordors office, aud the vast amount Of original
papers always in that Office, ought to DO placed
who1o their safety will bo beyond all doubt. This
mastor las alroady boon brought to The attou-
tiou Of the public nutl!oritios by the Recorder,
and a committee haa been appointed by tho
County Commissioners TO procure II possible
somo otlor quarters for theae recordu tAan tue
present Clty-llall.
| It iB Bafo to asHumo that the new Court House
will not be Eoady for occupancy tor several yoars
| the work bo douo In q proper mannor, before
! tho ycar 1880. Before that timo tho public
records will have accumulated iu atloll yaBt bulk
! tint tho present quarters will answer for but o
small portion Of them. Shall thoao rocords be
kept In the proHent temporary building, oxpoHod
to cortain destruction In oase Of fire, until the
Oourt-Houso IL completed, or nhall other and
moro socure guartors bo obtained7 : The queA
| tim IL nne ~ nrauanh iunortansa aud nf i'm INN
diato aud diroot ooncorn to every oltizon.
, 1873-09-01
THE PORTAGE LAKE CANAL,

The Portage Lake Canal, connecting Portage
Lake will Lake Superior, aftef five years Of la-
bor, las, at longth, been virtually completed
pleasure by mariners aud shippers. Hancock
aud Houghton are tho great shipping points on
Lake Superior, especially Of tho copper product,
Of which these Two towuB ship moro than two
thirds Of tho entiro product por annum. by tho
old route, a Steamer Oh route for Duluth, for ill.,
stance, waa Obliged to make the trip across tho
mouth OF Kowoenaw Day and up tho Portago
Lako to Houghton, q distance of 10 or GO miles.
and, after loading or unloading. return tho samo
distance, and then take the uana1 COURSE around
Kewoepaw Point, distance Of about liz miles,
to the mouth Of tho cauaI making in all about
100 or ITO miles which are now saved by this
canal. From Houghton to tho Bhoros of Lake
Superior on tho woat, yia tho canal, is but nino
miles, 30 that fully 160 miles Of navigation arc
aayed. Tho saving In time, fuel, and expense
will bo worry great, and. In addition to this, mar
iners will be spared tho rBlsa Of a very hazardous
voyage around Keweonaw Point. There arc no
harbors or shelters on the east sido Of the
Point, except for worry small yeasols, md, in
hoavy or foggy weather, which yory ofton pro-
vailA in tllat locality, tere ia great risk iu uay-
igaton, All this will bo avoided in tho future.
Tho now route will not be detrimental to that
portion OF Kaweouaw Point which is nov all
island as 1t uHod to be many yeaEa ego beforo
the aand aoorotionB closed up the connection
which has now been reopened. TAoro arc no
important places on tho Point, and its only pro-
duotion IL copper, which will got to market IN
, 1873-09-01

Tie State journal hints strongly that the ac-
t'on OF tho state Board of Equalization i'll send-
lug for parsons and papors to take testimony
relative to tho asaeesnent Of railroad property,
implies either bribery or desire to be bribcd,
on tho part Of q majority Of tho Board. Tho
Board is very largely Republican in Its compost
tion, and as tho State journal is tho contrnl
organ Of the party, It's iunuendoeB will, perhaps,
be takon for something moro than thoir worth.
We don't bolioye that thcro is any bribery
in tho case. This ia not time
when bribes would bo accepted oven
if tendorod. There being an intonso pub
lie feeling on the subject OF railways, mud an
omnipresont suspicion aud scrutiny upon tho
acts of all public officers towards railways. no
momber Of tho Board unless moHt hardened
Of railroad money. Tho facts Of the caAo are
these: It is proposed at this timo to change
the who1o systom Of railway taxation-to aasess
railway property differently from othcr proper
ty-tho provisions Of tho State Constitution
not having beou changed in Tint regard.
AS tho legality of the tax-lovy may
BY brought In question by tho pro-
posed chaugo, tho Board OF Equalization
may DO excused if they take all tho necessary
stops to ascertain the ground upon which thoy
stand, and upon which their action must rest II
the Slate Journal can produce any evidence Of
bribery, or attempted bribery, desired bribery,
tho public will bo glad to hear tho particulars,
| and we promise to go All far as That paper In the
effort to expoHo and punish tho guilty parties.
, 1873-09-01

Shortly nfter the fire, in obedience to an
almost universal sentiment, stops were taken to
establish Public Library In this city. Tho notice
all parts of the country, and in III especial mall
nor met hearty response in England aud vari-
oua other parts Of Europe. The donations OF
booka from England aud Germany hayo boou
extremely liberal. Az soon as tho necessary log
islation was obtained, IN application was undo
to tho Government OF tho United States for tho
alto OF the old Custon-Houso and Post Office,
and tho remains OF tho old buildings,
for Pablo Library purposes. Tho scheme com.
mendcd itself to general favor. It met tho
approval OF MI classes OF citizens and all
branches OF tho City Goyornmont. Tie Alayor
aud Common Council mado the request. To
avoid an opposition that would naturally have
been made in Congress- to naked grant Of such
valuable property to Chicago, it was proposed to
ask tho Government to exchange the Custom
House lot for tho old Bridowoll lot on tho river.
But at no time was thoro ever an intima~
tion or q thought TINT tho lot thus OBJ
taincd by tho city was to be used for any
other purpose than for tho Public Library. The
Bridewon lot was the property Of tho school
fund.-has been tho property Of t!.at fund for
porhaps forty years,-but we do not boiievo
it eyor yielded dollar Of revenue to tho schools
CongreHa authorized tho exchange Of lots,
which exchange Aas been made; tho Bsidowoll
lot has beon conveyed to the United States, aud
the C1stom-Houso lot to the City Of Chicago.
Hore. then, tho case stands. Tho City Of
| Chicago asked for the old Custom~Holso lot for
| tin Public Library. No man In Chicago would
| laqo asked for the lot for any othor purpose.
1t Was represented to the President aud to tho
Secretary of tho Treasury that the CUSTOM
| House was wanted for tho Public Library.
| Those olilcors, 10 understanding it, commended
| 1t to tho favorable consideration Of CongroaH.
| Congress granted the authority to mako the
] exchange upon TINT assumption. Now tho lot
belongs to tho school.fuud, ind III represented
| by tue Board of Education OF Chicago, which
claimB proprietary control ovor 1t.
There may DO those who suppose that the
Board Of Educatiou aro only waiting the proper
| tbl!l1 " lllHhO tAO ~
tho lot to the City. for tho purposos OF tho Pub
lilo Library. Thore may 10 8omo legal toolIul-
calitles In tho way Of such transfer, but, OF
course, 1t can 10 done. Unfortunately, however,
tho Doard Of Elucation has not dono any
thing Of tho klud. It ls foloitating itself upon
having 1nadc good real estate trade. It pro-
posea, II thooity insists on It, to lease tho Custom
House site to the Library, provided tho Library
pays ouch ront therefor Nh the Board Of Educa-
ton may think reasonable. The Board acom To
regard tho legal poBaossou Of tue ilo to that loI
aa t. warrant to employ 1t aa q moro source oi
revenue to thoir branch Of tho City Government
Probably tho old Oustom-lIouao would produce
moro rovonuo as frst~olass restaurant, or as
biltiard-hall. than AZ library, but We question
whether tho uao Of that alto for any other pur
poRo than tho Public Library will be tolerated b1
, 1873-09-01

Disrogarding tho orders Of Don Car1os, who has
forbidden lis adhorents, under penalty of death,
to Interfere with railway communication, the
Carliata havo taken agnin to tearing up tracks
apdiuterruptIng trains, this time On the roals con-
nocting Madrid with tho nortlorn frontier. The
struts to which tho Republican Government ia
reduced may be seen by ths proposal Of the
Government to draft into tho army all males
between ~ and 50 years Of age The dos-
parution which would look to such q
draft makea ridiculous the declaration Of
President sa!rnoron in the dobato on granting
amnesty to tho Iutransgontos, that ho would
neyor recognize the right Of insusEection.
, 1873-09-01

In estimating tho Inter generations, that III,
tho grapdeonB and great-grandsons, Of courae
tho computation can only DO made on the omi-
grafton between 1921 and 1850, amounting to
G00,0o0. Naturally, only a limited number Of
these would hayo grandaons ind gyeat-g -grand~
sonst and these the Nachriohten estimates at
100000. Tho total summary, therefore,
ehowas Gornan immigrants, t,8s6,0o0; first
generation, 1,008.0 600; and other generations,
100000, ora total Of 1901, 600. In round
numbers, NC may say, that thoro arc 5000, 900
Of Germans and their immediate descendants
living In tho United States.
There is every season to suppose that tho in-
crease Of Gorman emigration for the noxt ton
years will bo larger than TINT Of tho last locadc
It was supposed III Germany that tl1o cousolida-
ton Of the Gorman Empire, the now outgrowth
Of patriotism, and tho brilliant victories of tho
Prussian arms In the Franco.uorma var, would
create s,,ch u renewed loyo for the Fat1Dorlnud
that emigration would DO cllockod. Tho con-
trary, however, hos boon tho result. During tho
war, emigration waa Of course suppressed with
an iron hand, but sinco TINT time
the proscnptivo policy Of Bismarck, tho oppros-
sion Of the Ultramontanes, the Ugorous military
dcspotism Of the Empire, aud the glowing pros
poets Of wealth offered In this country, have
greatly stimulated emigration to our chores,
notwithstanding tho vigilant and constant efforts
Of tho prussian authoritiea to prevent 1t. The
statistics show this increase worry clearly. Tho
number Of immigrants in 1865 waa 1t5,892; In
1867 1876, ,42G; in 1903, 1873 o70; in 1862 124, 1888
in 1870. 1,779: in 1871, 107, 7,2o1; in 1874 155.
sos, and to these numbora is to bo added Ii, 900
immigrants from countries not belonging
to the German Empire in all total Of 1866, 751
snce 1866. At tho rate Of emigration for tho first
threo years Of the present decade, the emigsa-
ton for the entire ten ycara will amount to over
million souls, aud computing from the increase
which aeoms to be inevitable, year by yoar, it ia
more than probable that tho total will reach a
million and half. Those facts and figures he-
como Of more than ordinary interest when 1t is
considered that the number OF people in this coun-
try Of German doscent, foreign and native born,
amounts to noar1y oue-sovonth Of tho ontire
population, and that almost ono-half Of it IL
contorod in the Western States. Loca1iziug
these statistics to still narrower range Illinois
has about ono-thrd Of nll the Germans In the
West, and one-oighth Of the ontiro German pop
uation OF tho country. Should tho increase in
this State during the noxt ton years keep pace
with tho last ton, tho consumption Of beer and
tho nnDiuentton at hRhonH will hecn1ne rnattorg
Of primo importance to tho natiyo born.
, 1873-09-01

Unitod elatos guarantee would ralse thom from
theBo low and doubtful values to tho price Of
United Btntca bonds, or premium on tlloir par
valuo. As many Of tho bonds do NOT roprcBcnt
a cost to thoir prosont holdors Of moro than
their quoted .ntuo, tho amount Of money which
would 10 mado on q guarnntoo Ia enormous. Tho
influence from tho South will 10 still moro i'm
portant ns affecting Congress-, for 1t will embrace
the whole cnrpot-bag Interest. 10 tho carpot-bng-
gers, tho yain would not only bo retroactive,
as In tho case ot Northern bontl-hodors, but
also perspective AUuited StatoB guarantee Of
outstanding indebtedness would restore tho
crofit of tho Southern Statcs which arc now
bankrupt; now bonds could DO Issued md Ro1l |;
anu second epoch OF pillags aud robbery
could be successfully inaugnratod. Such har-
vest will be clutohed ut with 30 grcat b, avility
Oh the part Of carpotbag politicians that, in ono
way or anothor, theg will Beouro tho oo~cpora-
tfon Of tho great majority Of tho soutlorn
members. Tint tho achemo is seriously Goa
sldored to DO practicable ia attoated by tho fao1
that several Southern Journals arc now advo
eating 1t, and tho advicos from Nov York lndi
cato that 1t ia not unthought Of thcro.
, 1873-09-01

Col. Moabv has diegnsted tho Republicans by
nspousng the cause Of tho Conservatives In tho
Virginia campaign. The Washington Chronicle,
opinion Of hx, aud evidently considers him no
better tlan political guerrilla. It says that he
promised, wlen seeking ofI1co for his friends,
that he would help tho Republicans to succesa-
full campaipn
, 1873-09-01
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