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, 1873-02-26
" THE WEATHER.


war Department RrpEnoattcatlOnS1
CHICAGO. Feb. 25.-Tho Signal Service roporta
more motl:sate aud generally cloudy Weather this
morning all ovor tho country. SIM Francisco,
u degrees above; qorinne, Utah, 28 above
Cheyenne, II above i; Omaha, 10 above Penn
bins 10 above BroelIinyidgo 8 above Duluth,
21 above; ST. Paul, above; Marquette al
above; Davenport, above; vt. Louis, 81 above !;
Chicago, IS above; Detroit, 1a above Toronto,
Is above; Quebec 80 above; Boston, 26 above !;
Now York, II above; Washington, 10 above
Charleston, s. O., 81 aboyo; Jacksonville, Fla,
n above; Havana. Cuba, Ct above: Now Orloanp,
68 above; Memphis, 81 above; Nashville and
Louisville. q above; Cincinnati, "a above
PittHburgh IS above. Showing In Northern
Ohio, Western Pepnsylvania, and Vermont.
Raining In Northern Florldn
WoRcEsgEA, Mass, Feb. 25.-All the railroads
centerlpg IN thls city have beou badly blocked by
BROW.
Westerly winds will continue, with warm tenn
poraturo and increasing oloudiness over tho New
England and Middle States on Wednesday,
Easterly winds, with rlaing temperature and
cloudy Weather, will prevail over tho South A.
lantio and Eastern Gulf States, aoutherly aud
eahterly winds, falling barometer, cloudy and
rainy weather viii prevail from the Western Gulf
coast to Missouri, An area of low barometer
will moyo eastward to Lower Missouri, aeconpa-
MED by southeast and northeast winds. Cloudy
Weather and possibly anow from tho Upper Lakoa
to tho Missouri.
, 1873-02-26

Prince Bismarck has rocontly made speech
which brings confusion to those who have at
temptod to attribute hia partial retirement to
disagreement with tho Emperor. Ho explains
that ho haa borno the burden Of an acoumula-
tion OF Offices for many yoars, but TINT ho rs no
longor atrong enough to do 1t. Ho retnfnds the
people TINT he Is growing old. Bismarck
WAS for long time hfinistor-Prosidont,
which required him to direct tho policy Of the
various members Of tho Cabinet ho was also
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, mud the head Of tho
administration Of Alsace and Lorraine. Ho
has resigned his position Of Premior. and ro-
tainod tho two latter. It would DO but natural
to suppose, in tho absence Of hia explanation,
TINT ho would hnvo preferred to rosign tho two
Inter, as moans for reducing hla labors, and
retained the higher position, IT no Ind exercised
Ills own choice in tho matter.
, 1873-02-26

III tho Congressional discussion OF that pos-
tion OF the appropriations set aside for the Dip
1omatio and consular service, aome curious
revelations were mado. It WAS found, for in
Btanco, that IN old law provides that, when ono
Minister performs at tho aane time tho duties
OF Minister to another country he shall receive,
in addition to his own salary, half tho pay at
tached to the latter position. Az half q dozen
Central American missions are consolidated,
1t was discovered that tho Minister per-
forming the. duties was in. receipt Of
S22,6oo year, Or 81, 600 moro than tho Minister
to Franco Of England receives. 1t was also
found that, though there is 10 longer any Auch
Government as Paraguay, Minister is always
appointed, and draws his pay without even
going near the country. These are but samples
Of the present condition Of the American diplo-
matio and consular aYstoms. Ono or two unim-
portant reductions Of pay were nude, but 1t s
evident that there should be complete revision
Of the laws and practices Of foreign representa-
tfnu
, 1873-02-26

When the report OF the Poland Credit h1obilier
Committee camo before the House, yesterday,
Gen. Butler surpassed himself by moving that
the evidence gathered by tue Committee bo
referred to the District Attorney md the prose-
cutting officers Of tho District Of Column
bia, to be by them submitted to tho
Grand Jury, who ahould find indict-
ments II they were called for by tho facts.
Tho debate Was opened by Mr. Poland, who do
fondod the report Of the Committee, and urged
vehemently that Anos and Brooks bo expelled.
Some OF his arguments had a far wider range
than he evidently meant to give them. In refer
ring to Anes' bribing he aaid: "If mans moral
Honse saw no wrong In what his pre-
decossors had declared ponitentiary
offense which should forever disqnal1fy q
man from holding the meanest Office, was such q
man fit to BIT hero aa one Of tho law-makers Of
tie land ?" This "ponitentiary onense ia
bribery :. q bribe to bo. givon must be taken !;
dooa Judge Poland mean to reverse the Scrip
tural rule, and dsclare, Us to brbes, that 1t is
moro blessed to receive than to give2
, 1873-02-26

Tho Chicago produce markets. we're moderately
active yesterday. HESS pork was In good do
mnnd and 2oo per brl higher, closing at s19.9o@
1886 cash, aud s13.65@18.70 seller April. Lard
was active and unchanged, at $765 per 100 lbs
cash, and $7.85 seller April. Meats woro less
active and d shade easier, at 44@4a4c for Hhoul-
dors 051b@oe4o tor short ribs; 61Go for abort
clear, and s5z@9s4c per lb for 18-lb green hams.
Dressed hoga wore quiet and 30 por 100 lba
higher, at e5.ao@5.45. Highwines wore quiet
and steady ut 87o per gallon. Lake fretghts
wore more active and firm at 1870 for corn to
Buffalo. Flour was dull and steady. Whept
WIS moderately activo and 1171@114o lower, clos
ing st s1.1816 cash, e1.1s51 aoller March, aud
S1.21h aeller April Corn was tame and
}S@Ho lower, closing at 81o caah or
seller March, and 1890 sellor April.
Data reEo dull and 10 lower, closing
OF 2Ss4c cash, and 2e}6o seller April.
nyo was dull and l@l15o lower, closing ut Coo.
Barley was In moderate domana and irregular,
closiug at 0o11@7oc for regular No, 2, or soller
March. The market for loan hoga yYas aotlyo
and excited. Tho demand waa maiply on East
ern account, but the competition was briak, and
prtces advanced 15@2oo per 100 lbs, closing at
el.60D5.00. Tie cattlo trade was fairly actiye,
with prioes firm. Sheep were quiet and ull-
changed. The stocks Of grain in store on Satur-
day last we're 2,02o,7bs bu wheat 6,040,109 bu
, 1873-02-26

A principle has been recognized In tho govern
ing Of tho Boston police which, though not uu-
known in European oitiea, is entirely new in this
country. It comprohends the necessity for
preventing crime in order to diminish 1t. Tho
idea Of police duty in most cities Ia TINT Of
making arrests aftor crime has been committed.
At all events, this has been the case in
Chicago. Bodies OF thieves have been
known to infost the city, to have their regular
places Of rendezvous, and to como and go With
out hindrance, as long as they were not actually
caught In q criminal act. Gambling g-houaes have
been permitted to be furnished and opened un-
der the very eyeB and nose Of tho police without
interference, until m order for "pulling" them
has been issued. The Boston idea gooa back Of
the commission of crime, and eudeavors to fore
stall it. One Of the worry first steps OF this now
departure was to lismiss tho regular de-
tectiye force. It was assumed, md proba-
bly, not without juntico, that commerce between
tho thieves and detectives is a natural sequence
OF this System. It's abolition also gives an OPP
portunity for the employment of citizens, upon
occasion, who arc not known to the dangerous
classea as aro the familiar facos OF tho regular
detective force. The now plan Ia said to work
admirably In Boston, and is applied to the num-
eroua preventive measures that constantly de-
yolop Themselves when such treatment Is in
vogue. 1t would DO we'll for tho police authori-
ties Of Chicago to inform tlomsolyes upon the
details of the Boston 8yBtem.
, 1873-02-26
FREIGHT DETERMINATIONS,

The intimation Is made pretty broadly In the
opinion of tho Supreme Court in tho Alton Rail-
road case. that discrimination in freight
charges which is grounded upon the more fact
Of competition, and has no other fact to suataln
1t, Is al unjust discrimination, and one which
will not be tolerated. This ia declaration Of
tho graveat Importance, and whether tho towna
case Of Lexington us. Bloomington, shall reap
all tho advantages they hope for or not, it be-
hooyes tho railway companies to put their
business into harmony with this doctrine
forthwith. It may bo alleged that the
discrimination in favor OF bloomington
not having been created by tho Alton Railway,
but BY other competing roads, the dsorimina-
ticn will practically continue after tho Alton
Railway shall have confor1ned to tho principle
laid down by the Court is, TINT an increase
Of It's rates to 7565 per Ii for carrying lumber
to Bloomington will not put Lexington on the
aamo footing as Bloomington, since the road
from Toledo (Which, being mainly an Indiana
and Ohio corporation is not aubjeot to the juris-
diction Of this 6tato) Gun still carry lumber to
Bloomington for IS. We nssumo, for tho pur-
pose of argument, TINT the Alton Railway allega-
tion, that It cannot carry lumber at profit II It
is compelled to reduce It's rates at al points
on it's line to tho figure adopted for
Bloomington, is true. II 1t bo true, then the
advantage possessed by bloomington over Lex
ington will continue the samo as before, aud the
only result will be TINT Illinois railways and ILL.,
noiB Blumbormerchantsw will lose traffic which they
now hayo, and the railways and merchants OF
other stateB will gain 1t. II 1t be not truo then
tic people everywhere will have gained ma
torial advantage.
Ono thing is certain: tho decision must be- sus-
timed. 1t is IN application OF the principles OF
tile common law to common carriers. It ia q
Just principle which forbla discrimination be-
tween different communities and difforent inli-
yiduals Of tho samo community. Whatever in
conyenioncea 1t entails upon the carrier, in the
complicated relations Of modern railways
tho inconvenioncos resulting to the community
from the opposite principle arc much greater
Moreover, tile common law is now, tho barricr
which stands between tho railways aud that
class Of dcmagoguos who propose tlat ano Of
e1o, 100000 shun bc imposed for tho o1enso Of
carrying ono carload Of lumber to Bloomington
for e6 per Ii, while e5.65 per II ia Charged for
carrying another carload to Lexington. The
railways cannot afford to aid In breaking down
tho common law. Thoy must conform to It, and
the sooner they act about 1t tho better for thom.
RelYea,
, 1873-02-26

President Grant asks Congress to take some
action, If any be feasible, to put an end to the
ness and political interests OF Louisiana He
recies the faots Of tho conflict OF authority, tho
existence Of two Executives aud two Logisla-
lures, explains and defends his Interference to
sustain Judge Duroll, and statos that, in case
State, he will feel 1t Ills duty to do go by rccog
nizing and maintaining the Government declared
plected by the Lynch Returning Board
, 1873-02-26

tho report made by tic Chicago, Burlington l.
Quincy Railroad to it's stockholders aud that
mado by It to tho nailroad Commissioners. Iii
tie lattor, tho cost Of construction Ia put at
$50, 900 per mile, with $4,000 moro for oquip-
mont; III tho formor, tho roud Is satd to hnvo
built Mt tho ratio Of $4,000, equipment included.
Tile road has received local and other aitl sum-
ofont to rcdueo this cost to 910,2s8 por milo.
Tho Committee Bay that in their report to tho
public tho Company attempted to show how
much tho road cost and how little they mado,
whflo to thoir Stockholders thoy showed how
chcaply It waa built and how muck thoy woro
making. Tho Committee complain that tho re-
ports Of tho raiiroad companies to tllo Railroad
Commissioners abound in errora, aomo amount-
ing to mistakes Of $1,o00,000.
, 1873-02-26

Jurors in Cook County arc hereafter to bo al-
lowed mileage only once oach way during their
service. Tie: law Is construed by the Circuit
Judges in the decision delivered by Judge Treo
to presume that citizon when once summoned
will romain In constant attendance on tho court.
He may so homo at night. but ut his own peril
and expense. Ho will be pnid mileage only
for one journey to tho court and for ono to his
home. This decision will save the county many
tens Of thousands Of dollnrs q year.
, 1873-02-26
TIE COST OF RAILROADS IN ILLINOIS,

THE COST OF RAILROADS IN ILLINOIS.
II there hud been no other result from tho eB.
tablishment Of the Board Of Railroad and Ware
house Commissioners than tho publication Of
their second annual report, the money spent
would havo been well repaid. No other volume
Of information 80 important in ill respects has
ever. beon published IN this State, and for tho
first timo tue Legislature has had tho informa.
tion actually needed for Intelligent Legislation
upon tho subject Of railroads. But tho tables Of
statiasica furnished by tho Commissioners, valu-
able as they are, can be made etill more useful.
For instance, tue Commissioners furnish tables
showing: The amount Of the stock and dobtH Of
tho various railway companies: tho length OF
line, and coat Of road and equipment; equip
ment and mileage Of trains; earnings In detail !;
expenses in detail; groBs earnings aud expenses
compared; tables OF the tonnage, and re-
port Of the nccidentH OF the year. In tie de-
cision of the MoLean County case, the Supreme
Court mado suggestion that, III future suits
to test tho Justice or injustice Of discriminating
rates, the railroad company might offer eyi-
dence explaining the aamo, including tho rate
of profit doriyod from the capital invested III
the road. Tho Importance Of this point had
occurred to the Railroad Commissioners, who,
in their report, after stating that tile cost Of
tho railroads In tlis State averaged about
sA2,2g4 per mile, used this language;
The fact that our roads show such great cost eau.
not as rule, be traced to natural obstacles aud dill
- construction nrHsantH1 Inv finn Yunfera1
, 1873-02-26
Sherman has got hitnso1f Into tho worst acraps

Sherman has got hitnse1f Into tho worst scrape
OF tho soaaon; aud It has booa, pretty good sea-
aon for aorapos too:-GincinnaH Commercial.
That Judge Of TIC, United statos Court
most saddonlng lluetr sflona of tho demoraliza-
sort Of froo people, nnd w1lcn 1t becomes cor.
rltot, onr Ropuhl!carE Institutions aro poisoned
at thoir fountatn.-Dctroit Tribune.
IT is gratifying, to 'know that, while tho retlr-
Ing Vice President las boon convicted Of falling
q black lilo, hn attccoaapr confeasoa to telling o
whtto one Tho dlsttrSotion ls not without q dif-
ference, though there nrc old-fashionod puritans
who are no rtgid IN tllesr notions ot morality oa
Age.
Tho Buffalo Commercial Adccrttser (Ropub-
llcan) Haya Co1fax iHt worso OF with the NeBbitt
money tllan with tho 1900 ohook; anl thnt,
beyond tho shntlow Of doubt, he Is guilty Of
awful and deliberate perjury" Then, speaking
cally,
mol Let Air oo1fnx bear with him into private life
tho crushing ead Of lizgraco and humiliation Atono
ho ends ip careor IN objoct Il profound rity. Tho
naniS cannGt tel Indignant at him. rhey loo
whose tnir fnrno IL dagracofuiy tarniaho forever.
-Lot no American, especially no young
hane american, fall into the blunder Of aupposing,
has therefore escaped punishment. Ho oarrrioa
us Judge and oxecutionor within his own bosom.
One gltmpao into that Becrot torture-cliamber
would melt to sudden pity tho flerceBt partisan
Or poisonal enemy who Ia now c1amoring for his
impeachment. t.-SprinafeId Republican.
Tho Vice-Proaident dofunct continues to
point tho moral Of the poet'a lines,
:: Oh, what tangled web NO weave
When ar1t We practice to doceivoI
Mo statesman devoted to the Christian rclig-
ion was proved to bo rascal yesterday for tho
frat time; and 4 holy calm, tho lulI after tho
storm, is said to have porvndod tho great, atrhg-
Cling capital-C Cincinnati Enquirer.
shall we never got to the end OF It? Has
Congress become a more instrument In tho hands
Treasury? In tho Sherman lobby caae, Lo-
grand Lockwood testified TINT 81 200, 900 was
spent in Washington, l.ss winter, to increase
tho subsidy to tho Pacific Mall to $1,000, 900
for ton years, instead Of $1,000 as hereto
foro. The service was increased from mouth
" to o soml-monthly meil. An luyesti-
eating committee has been called for, and the
public may reasonably expect n continuation OF
the nauseating stencil which follows the unooy-
ering Of corruption. We'll, while ut 1t lot the
Ausoan stables BIO thoroughly oleanaed.- Toledo
Blade. >,
: We trust that there will be no hesitation in
impeaching Judge Sherman, if tho Committee Of
Waya md Meane are satisfied that lie haa been
milking monoy In tile lobby. Ho would serve
very well "a q lawful example," That le was
engaged In very dirty business for Federal
Judge cannot DO dcnicd, nor is his record entiro-
" clear with reference to ha connection with
tue Union Pacific as Government Director.
Let his official hoad DO cut on worry short, il lie
ia found guilty. Il lobbyists cannot be driven
out Of Washington, they can at least be driven
of from tho Unttod statos bonch.-BuDalo Com
snercial Advertiser.
, 1873-02-26

Senator Pomeroy declarea that the $1,000 ho
paid York was given him to be taken to mu-
complete tho capital necessary for tho eBtab-
lishmeut Of q National Bank at Independence
He says that York asked him to intrust tho
money to him for delivery. The Senator AYERS
THAT he never himself used, or authorized othora
Tor him to Use, money to purchase his election.
York was reoalied, and sworo that the National
Bank at Independence had never been men,
1ionod in his negotiations with Pomeroy.
, 1873-02-26

In tho debate on tho report Of tho Credit
euobilior Committee Mr. Tarnsworth reduced
TINT document to theso four propositions, !.
That Oakes A,nos had bribod his friends.
2. Tint they did not know tloy were brIbod. 8.
Tint they vore not affected by tue bribery. 4.
That neither Aues nor thoy knew for what pur-
poae tho bribery vas attempted. Afr. Farns-
worth declared his Inability to see why Ames
slould bribo bis frendR, or how one person
could commit bribery any more than one per-
soa could commit matrimony,
, 1873-02-26

Meeting OF tho Stute Association at
SpKinEkiGlI.

A+AS@%AAA8 0A &AAo NA%Ak0 4hN8OE4Ak1VA III
Sprincfiell.
Special Dispatch 10 The Chicago Tribune.
sPn1NaF1ELp, ILL.,, Fob. 25.--The State TEN.
peranco Association met to-day in this city at
the Office OF the Secretary Of State. It was
numeroualy attended, by representative men
from various parts of the State. Tho topic Of
discussion waa the present Temperance law tho
reports concerning the operation Of which SEEM
ed to be Of the most aatterIng character. The
verdict was that much good had been accom-
plished By It, and, II continued In operation, aa
they hoped it would be, itwould almost offectua1-
y euro many Of the worst phases Of the liquor
traffic. With the suggestion OF few tri6ing
amendments. the law was indoraed by tho Asso-
citation.
:, At the evening session the following roaolu-
tionB we're passed:
We the friends Of temperance In convention
assembled ut Springfield Fob 95 1878, hereby esprcos
Arm conviction Of tie needs Of united and bar.
regulating he sae Of liquor inforesd @ 3D. and
the full fruits thereof occurred to tie blessing OF the
to bo " ope s s M
only. ultimate results to which ve muat,
pledges in our IVES ana
tco ~ duty we owe to our God to ourselves and to
effective labor and glorious achievements Of tho yar
oua temperance organizations OF our State, hereby
earneaty invite their cooperation IN carrying out tho
objectH OF the State Temperance Union organization Of
this date. Adopted.
The Constitution provides the name Of tho
is organlsation q;a, aa the Illinois State Teq,
each Congressional District Secretary, Traas-
urer, Executive Committee Of Five, and stato
Organizer. The ofIicers are. DR.. Fowler, Of
Chicageo, President; o-Proaidonts- Dis.
trict, ]. I. Drake, Chicago; Second District,
Rev. II. Sl. Parshuret; Third District, i. F.
slocum, Lake County Fourth Diatrlct, i. Lane,
Of Rockford; Fifth DISTRICT ". Snyder, OF
Whitesido County; Sixth District, ". Il. Jor-
dan, Of Princeton; Seventh District, Hon. ".
Reddiok, Of LaSalle Eighth Diatrict B. @. Colo,
Of Kankakoe; Ninth District, Rev J, q. Evana,
Of Knox; Eleventh District, DR.. r. Nc.
Cornick, Of Adams; Twelfth District, Maj.
". B, Little, Of Christian; Thirteenth District,
John McGoWen, Of Mclean Fourteenth pis-.
trict, John Hyde, OF Coles Fifteenth District,
J. ". Henry, of Shelby si1teouth District, ).
=, Douglass, Of Fnyetto !; Eighteenth District,
Ninteenth Districts were lott blink. Secretary,
g ?: Dalton; Tfeasurer, Capt, 3: P. Mooney,
ord Executive Committeo, Rev. g. L. Taylor,
I.ashllo County; Rev. ". q. Smith, Lasalie
County James Roberts, OF Carbondale.
Tho appointments Of officers we're confirmed
By tho Convention.
All persons over 15 years OF age can become
membors Of the Association by signing the con-
stitution and upon tho payment OF 25 cents aB
membership fee. The Association will hold its
ne1t meeting on the Sd Of May next at Pana,
aud ono delegate willhe allowed to every twonty-
I've members,
, 1873-02-26

The ministerial criais in Spain is over. The
National Assembly Inns olected now Ministry,
which loavea ProHidont Figueras and Minister
Castelar and their associates in tho Departments
OF Justice and the interior untouched. The
Chiefs Of tho Marine, Finance, Public Works
Colonies, and War Departments arc changed.
President Figue.aa introduced the new Ministry
to tho Assembly in speech, in which he stated
that the policy Of the Government would be un-
nltarad.
, 1873-02-26

The murderer, Samuel O. West, who ia 78
years old, was sentenced, yesterday, at Geneva,
to imprisonment for life. Even II tho aentenco is
executed. his incarceration, at his age, cannot
be 1aDR
, 1873-02-26

Spef1dE Dfypdtch ID IMf tH1eaIo IT73{{RE.
LANSING, Feb. 25.--Tho special COMMITTEES,
sont to inquire iuto the condition of the Hou.
=. II. Binchman, injured yesterday In the Jack
son accident, returned this morning, and ro-
ported that ho had recovered consciousness, auus
was improving.
Several bills passed. both Houscs, amou,z
which wero bills organizing several township
In remote countioa also, authorizing arroaa -
fraudulent debtors altar obtaining 1udgus' - y,
books Tor tho State Library; also, aulc r,,n % VI
the City Of Cotdwater to borrow 5000 tan ti,ss
paymout Of certain iutorual improvenls ~ wv
, 1873-02-26

Mr. Oolta1's room, in Washington, is reported
to have been robbed Of %, 600 in bonds. The
misfortune Is all the greater because this Hum
WIS not the identical 81, 600 Nosbitt contribution
which A1r. Colfax would undoubtedly have given
up, along with itB reoollections, without any re-
1rrtenca
, 1873-02-26

It Ia stated as an interesting bit Of social goa-
sip that Mr. Henry Wilson, the Vice.President,
tB about to DO married. It is safe to assume that
tho future Mrs. Wilson will not care to accept
any Credit Mobiller stock as bridal present.
, 1873-02-26

Speaker Blaine md Z. 3. Waahburne arc
talked Of aa candidates for the Presidency. The
.tCrcdit Lobolia " mon are supposed to be
against both Of them, but especially against
Blaine, because he moved the Investigation.