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a bill to repeal tho Lako-Front Act" has
passed to n second reading in the State sonate.
Wo publish tho act which 1t is proposed to ro-
peal in another place, together with synopsis
Of tho argument OF Hon. II. T. Tuley tho Corr
poration Counsel, in favor Of tho repeal. Tho
act was paased in April, 1869, was vetoed by tho
Governor, md passed over hiH voto. It sought
to convoy to tho Michigan Central,
Illinois Central, and Chicago, Durlng-
ton Il Quincy Railways, three blocks
of land lying on tho lake shore, between
Randolph md Monroe streets, for the erection
Of passenger depot. for tho sum Of 1891, 900, to
be paid to tho city and distributed to tho North,
South, and West Divialons Us park fund. It
granted to tho City of Chicago the right, titlo,
and interest Of the State In and to tho romindor
OF tho grounds fronting Michigan avenue, COM
monty known rs Lnko Park, with the right to
soil the samo and apply tho proceeds to park
purposes elsewhere. 1t also sought to grant
to the Illinois Central Railroad the sub
morgod lands lying cast Of their track
for distance Of one nilo into tho lako,
ind extending from the south pior to point
nearly opposite sixteonth street, subject to tho
uscs Of navigation, resorving to tho State the
right to flx tho rates charged for wharfage and
dockago thorein, and providing TINT por cont
of the gross receipts derived tlorefrom should
10 paid into tho State Treasury A clause wae
aldcd declaring that, It tho IIlinoia Central Rail-
road Company should loase my portion of this
property, the leasohold portion should not bo
exempt from municipal or other taxation. This
phrasooogy was construed to mean that tho por-
tion not leased should bo exempt from taxation.
The Corporation Counsel justly observes that
TINT portion Of tho act rotating to tho three
blocks OF land intended for depot purpose, is a.
very small matter; and, while llo deems tho
,prlco to DO pnid inadequate, he thinks tho City
Government would not bo liable to consuro If
they should oousummato tho bargain, In view Of
the nature OF tho improvement to bo made
there. They layo been restrained, however, by
Injunction Issued out OF tho United Btntes
District Court aud tho 100000 paid by tho
Companies as first installmont, ia still In tho
hands Of Waltor Kimball, tho ex-Oomp-
troler Of tho city. Tho real prlzo
sought to DO obtained is tho outor harbor,
aud this portion Of the not Is what should espo-
cial1y be repealed.
Tho arguments presented by hi. Tuley on
this head are strong and convincing, and wo
| hayo no doubt tho Legislature will aot upon
them, aud recover 80 much of this property aa
is still within their reach and control. The
| Railroad Company claim that, having filed their
acceptance Of the act in duo form. thor rlghta
| cannot now 10 impaired. It this DO true. then
no harm can DO done by ropoaling tho act, OK
cept, perhaps, to multiply litigation; but thore
ia likely to DO as much litigation "a anybody can
attend to, even II tho not ia not repealed.
Upon repeating tho bill. 1t becomes the I'M
, 1873-03-19

A1ABANY, N. Y, March 18.-The Committee Of
tho Assembly appointed to investigate Eric Rail
way matters mot this morning. Cen. francis @.
showing that Ills connection with Con. stclslcs in
tho proceedings to effect change IN tho Eric
Directory wa1 perfectly legitimate, and that
moneys paid by slckloa were paid to special
counsel.
tor says that tho proposed Eric Railway inyesti-
CATION haa awakenod much interest. Lobbyists
who have boon heretofore heavily subsidized by
Gould and Fisk are said to laye inetigated it,
anything from tho proBent Directors. THO
management Of the Now York Central
Road ia q little alarmed, as among tho INIT
tors which will bo soarched Into Is ono just
disclosed, which shows that William Il. Wander
Directors for services In shaping legislation.
At that timo GOV. Dix was President OF the
rORl,
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Hator IN three feet over her deck. Tho atoamer
Fas ynllnd at $4,000; uninsured. Tic cottop
iH being removed from tho wrock.
akGvio1v OF tho Money, Gold, El0satt,
stock, ami E'ro.stscr HtartEots.

Akavicsv Of tho Money, t:oltf, Elo1stt,
stock, amt E'rotttscp EdnriEnts.
Special Dtspatch ia Thc Chicago Tribune.
NEw York, March 1B.-Jhis waa tic tlul1oat
day In Wall street for months. Money waa
narltod by Increased Btrlngenoy, tho ratoa boing
1-1G at tho close. Kilograms from Washington
report TINT tho now Secretary will use llB powor
ovor tho 3i4,000,000 lcgal-tender roservo with
oxtrolno caution. Tl,oro 10 nothing important
doing in commercial paper and clloico grados
arc hold Mt 0 to 12 por cent.
HTooKs.
Stocks wore quiet throughout tho day, anG tho
changes in the general list unusually light. Tho
only nhow Of activity WAS in Pneifo Null, West
orn Union. and Lako Shore. Now York Central,
Rock Island, and st. Paul, which woro fairly
active for short timo during tito early part Of
tho day, boca,no dull III tho attornoon mud re-.
corded feW changes. Tho market for railrond
bonds was firm With o small business.
GO1,D.
Tt was rumored In tho morning tint the np-
poIntmont of Secretary Richardson had caused
the formation ina Of no" gold CLIQUE, and god ad;
to 1lIM OIL little moro pressure to boll. Much
Of tho borrowed sterling on Which tho stock
spectators have bcon trading for tho past thirty
days is being o1clinngcd for now bills drawn
a8ainHt railroad 4nortgngea roconty negotiated.
Governments woro strong and higher, and
sales amounted to 5182, 100. Tho largest 'deal-
ings woro in registered 1s05s, coupon 1857s, and
coupon 1868. Tho advance was stimulated by
tho rise IN gold and increased purchases for
Investment account. Tharo ia aomo demand
from Now England and othor States, whoro
taxes arc levied on April /, AZ capitalists thoro
| can oscapo local taxntio1l by investing >thoir
! money temporarily In Government bonds.
| pNoDUcE.
Flour WIS moro active, with stoadior foel-
ing; sales, II ,30u brlB. Whoat was fir1ncr, but
dealers woro npart III thoir viows. The dot,and
Ia chiefly for export. Tho millors hold off. Pork
was moderately active and stcndy. salos report
Cd OF 55 brlB now MOSS ut s1G.25@1o.8111. For
| future delivery, sales reported Of 7b0 brla
| Ut about $1G.3l15 for Juno, and e10.50
| for July. Cut meats exhibited q light b,1si-
| tial change. Dry naEted ahouldora aro
quoted ut 01S@611c, tho lower figure being bid.
Fick1ed do arc quoted at GNo. Bacon was
tlrmer for long clear ut 7124@o7igc OH tho spot.
Short clear is quoted ut SISo. Baloa COO boxoa
short clear last night, soller GO days, ut 1-1Gc
| md do to~lay at 8 3-1Gc for April. Lard waa
rather irregular and unsettled. Wostorn 70,
March was quoted at aB high na 8}1o, without
salos; city, 10 bid; 8114c asked. For future do
livery 500 tcs for April at $3.50; afterwards
quoted 811@8 9-1G.
, 1873-03-19

On tho 9th Of March tlcro came over the
wires from Philadelphia tho following vail sont
forth by the carpet-manufacturcrs Of thatclty:
Tho carpet trade Of this cit, is very seriously affect
cd ut rreacnt. Tie manufacturers neither OBJECT
eales OF their nccumu1atlng Htocks nor procure ad-
yunccs on thor Now York conBig Many OF tho
firms contemplate suspcnding operations for m IN
definite period, purposcly to reduce their atockn.
Jamca Ktehcnmnn WHO haa IN extensive concern cor
nor Of Amber and Lottcrby atrccs 1t ts understood
will closo in day two. In addition to tha trouble
general strike of the carpcwcavera ia apprelendod
The operatives Of George McDade Son. whoso cstab-
1alnent oxtens from o92o to $3.50 Amber street. havo
already struck The operatives Of auohor concern on
Hope street are also out.
Tho carpot-manufacturorB havo had moro than
oyon ordinary advantages under the tariff, and Il
any class Of persons ought TO hayo boon enriched
by protection they arc tho mon. They hayo had
protection in two forms: tlcy hayo had cxceB-
siyo and enormous dutos On foreign carpets,
aud thoy have lad foreign carpct-woolenB Mt
low duties. They have had comparative free
trade in the purchase Of their raw material, and
have had high protective taxes upon tho foreign
competing manufactures. While the mnnufac-
turers Of fine cloths hayo boon taxed out Of
thoir business hccauso Of tho practical prohibit
tion Of tho finer woods not produced in this
country, tho carpet-manufacturers havo lad
tho woola thoy neod for their business at tho
low ratio Of conts per pound. The scale OF
duties on foreign carpets, huoh as como into
competition with tho Philadelphia mnnufaotur.
ora, Ia rs follows:
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THE HALBTED BTREET HOMICIDE.

Governor Dir, who has always boon peculiarly
happy in Ills aphoriBtio sentimonts. says, in his
letter declining to Interfere In tho FoHtor case
"Eyory man who strikes q murdorous blow ut
tho lifo Of Ills fellow, must bo mado to fool that
lis own is in certain poril." Thoro is mood
TINT this should bo q guiding principle at this
time, and at Ill timos, III dealing with the dan
geroua c1nsaes. Tho present Importance Of
Governor Dix'a advice has Just beoh illustrated
almost simultaneously In Now York mud CHI
cago. On Monday evoning, in Now York, party
OF three roughs, without proVocation, began
their murdorous work in a saloon, and, evidently
maldcnod ut tho sight Of tho blood they causod
to flow, kept it up aftor going into tho street,
cutting md Blashing with thoir knives at
ovory ono thoy ohnnced to rnoct. Early
yesterday morning, somewhat similar
slaughter occurred in tho disreputablo neigh-
borlood Of Halstod atrept and Canalport av-
euuo,-wlloro Rafrorty killed. Officer O'Moara,
and whore tho two police oi3cors wero forced to
kill tho two McVeighB to savo their own lives.
In yosterdays melee, ono man had tis throat
cut from ear to cur, others were bndly damaged,
and 1t waa only the singular chance which is no
ticed in rows Of this kind that prevented mora
general destruction OF human life. Tho neigh
borhood In which this latoHt murder occurred is
crowded with dangerous characters Of tho
Rafferty, and MoVeigh stamp, WHO aoom to 10
entirely uncontrolled by law. There Is but ono
way in which an impression can bc made upon
such community, and that is tho way which
Gov. Dix suggests. Tho rapid anl cortnin exocu-
tton Of the law, death to actual murderora
md tho seyorost punishment possible to
would-bo murdorers, is tho only efroctual ROM
edy that can bo applied. Nothing short Of this
will appenl to tho brutal instincts Of tho caasoa
who defy tho laws, and permit their pas
sions to run wild. The man who deals ms,r-
derous blow Unjust DO made to feel that his own
lifo is in certain peril" 1t is only necessary
that Drivers murdoroug companions should be
tried according to law to havo thom 60 tho Same
| way hc vent last Friday. It is only by riddiug
the community Of these outlaws that tho class
| to which thoy bo.ong may bo ''rought undor the
| terror that alone can restrain their murdoroul
| propouBitioH.
, 1873-03-19


: Prof. Tynin1l has com111gnd ndea~AiRscn to tho
gratitude Of nil students Of scionco In thia ooun
try. by dispoaing Of tho surplus funds which ho
mado in his looturo-courso 80 TINT they may bo
expended in MD OF students who dovoto tlon-
solvos to original researches. The gross receipts
of Prot. Tyndall'a 1octuroB, thirty-flvo in NUM-
Dor, woro $780, 100. OF this amount, tho surplus
above expenses, amounting to upwards Of
$4,000, has boon conveyed in trust to Prof.
Horny, Con. Tyndalo, and Prof. Youmang, for
tho purpose aboyo mentioned. It will be re-
mombored TINT Prof. Tyndall Ia not man Of
woalth, whtoll makes Ills noble contribution
all tho moro praiHowortly. Tho Now York
World makes tho oxoollont suggestion that some
Of our mllllonaireB incroaao tho sum to e50, 900,
and that tho fund ahall then be known as Tho
Tyndau Fund, and tho Original researches mado
by ita naaistanco as tho Tyndall roscarchos,-a
small part Of tho intorost being rosorvod for
moia1s,-to DO awarded only to original inquiries
in tho domain Of Bcionco. Such q noble and
dlsintoroated contribution as thiH should DO so
generously supplemented us to carry out tho In
tentions Of tho donor to tho very utmost.
, 1873-03-19

The presentation Of second memorial from
Missouri to tho United States Senate, charging
senator Bogy with bribery, olioits an o1plana-
tlon from that gentleman. 1Ie reviews the In
Festagations which wero made by the Leglsla-
tnre' and which found him innocent, alds to their
Judgment his own opinion that ho Ia nothing ii
not N honest man, and raqueata that the Senate
will at once appoint a committee Of inyentigs-
tion, pondlng Which ls will not yoto upon the
Cases Of Senators aimilarly situated. uo calls
attention to the fact TINT tho second
Investigation at Jsfforaon City was ordered ut
bs zs2Aast but le doea not allnaa to tho aeQu-
, 1873-03-19

question OF discrimination chi thus DO dlspoEod
Of without further trouble. Whothor dtsorimnn-
tfon In n certain caso In just or rnjnst, will
bo thus finally determined upon competent
evidence. Tho railroads should DO willing and
anxious to conform to 30 plain r1lo Of law. II
not, thoy will bo mado to conform to It, IT they
havo boon making o1cosRivo profits by unroason-
ablo charges, 1t is time tint such practice
should bo discontinued. Tho result, NO hopo,
will bo oo-oporation bctwoon tho railroads and
tho Commissioners to satisfy tho poop1o md to
avoid litigation. Tic schedules would DO prac-
tically olaAio and variab1o, according to tho cir
cunatances controlling prices, rs tho established
maximum tarir would last but ono yoar, oven nf-
ter judicial decreo; aud not necessarily 80 long
II tho railroads could agroo with tho Commits
sion On reasonable oharges without going
into tho courts. In such caao they could, ut my
time, submit evidence Of tho necessity for now
Bohodulo.
Tho bill Is ontitlod to moro respectful consider
alton thnn any other plan that has boen brought
boforo tho Legislature. It may not bo aB per-
1GEt III uoLAl A6 EuuplAe1htloA AAaA eAAR-
ouasion may suggest, but 1t Inns tho only sub
Btantia1 basis that cnn DO found In Justice and
common sonee. It docs not aeok to mako that a
crimo which Ia not crimo. It dooH not seek to
hold conductors, ticket-agonts, ando aubor-
dinates, responsible for tho acta Of thoi1
superiors. It docs not fly in tho face
Of all experience in other Suites and
countries. It conforms, Us nearly Us pos
siblo, to tho common law. and, thoEoforo,
has sosno chanco of yiolding practical roau]te
after it is pusaed. It may 10 question whether
tho clauso giving precedence in tho courts tc
this class Of caBos Is not an injustice to otho1
auitors. 1t may DO alleged that man who
claims Tint ho has been ovorcharged 91o by 9
railroad ought not to DO givon m advantage
over throo or four hundred other porsons whe
aro sooking to enforce their rights to muct
! largor amount. But this is minor considers
tion.
, 1873-03-19

FIRST rAOE-WaahinRton News-Ncw York Matters
Miscellaneous TelorramH- Advertisements.
SECOND pA0E-Tho Lnko-Fsont Nopcal Bill: Argu-
mont OF tho lion. NJ. T. Tuioy In lite Favor-.our
Agricultural Wrooks tOommnuicatonl- l-Co!fax'
What tho ox-Vico prosdont saJs-Wrook Of tho
Stoamor uuorgo Wrlght-~A $50, 900 Libol 6uit-
Oil In Iowa.
THIRD pAqE-The Law CouEta-1lovdytsm Na'npnnt-
Chicago Dblo Boototy-Tho Deati-Donling Dor
s!ck-Hailrual Tlnp- Table Advertisements.
FOURTH pAuE-Edosia!s Tho liildrup Aetfeaa
mn: Tho Tsxos 1Yo Par: Tho Iako.Front nopchl
Bill; Tho I1alsted Street Honlicde-Ou1rent News
Items.
FIFTH pAGE-MatoEa at the State Capital: Ihe hasl'
road Bills, THO I1umn,o nYostigatlon-Markota bS
Tolograpll-A advertisements.
BlxTH Monetary and Commercial.
SEVENTH PAGE-Amnll Advertisements: 1toal Estates
For Sale, To nont, Wantod, noardng. Lodging
etc.
EIGHTH PAGE-Foroign NewB-hfiaoohneous Telo-
grams-Anothor hlurdor-ChfcsEo Dry Gooda aud
1.-Two Stock Markots-Sma1l Adyortfsononts-Auo-
tonA.
, 1873-03-19

The arguments urged for tho abolition Of the
Railroad and Warehouse Commission IN the
House, yesterday, wero that 1t could do nothing
that could not bo - we'll done by tho law
officers Of the State, and tint II tho rail-
roads could buy Congress and State Legislatures,
they could easily corrupt tho Commission. On tho
othor hand, It was urged that the Commission wna
as necessary to guido and concentrate litigation
on behalf OF tho people, as General to CON-
mand an army, that the Supreme Court and
the Governor wero III liable to bo purchased al
tho Commission, and that this argument would
compel the abolition Of all the departments Of
tho Government Tho proposition WIS lost by a
vote Of 78 to 81.
, 1873-03-19

The strike Of the locomotive ongtnoors on tho
Missouri Northorn Road continues, and tho
st1tkors finding tho mere obstruction OF property
tame work, have attempted murder. Pi1os Of
tics arc heapcd upon tho track by night, in tho
hope Of wrooAing trims which are known to be-
On tho road. train that left st. Louis night
before last was ditohed BY this doyilish dovice,
and that no ono WAS killed was not tho fault Of
tho strikers.
, 1873-03-19

Fosters frionds hayo not abandoned him.
Yesterday they sont GOV. Dix tho sworn stato-
mont OF severa1 jurors that the verdict Of guilty
would never have been given had not tho jury
supposed IN good faith that their recommonda-
ton to mercy would sayo Fostor from being
hanged. They pray tho Governor to
Dix In his lotter to DR.. Tying, published yestor-
day, wont over this very plea and decided 1t ad-
vcraoy, he patiently promised to consider it
again.
, 1873-03-19

Special Df8pdtch to Tho Chfco0o Tribune,
LABALLE, March 18.-Arrlyod at peru-Htoan.
ers Friendship and Joo Fleming, both Light, from
st.. Lo,lis.
Departed from peru-stoamor Friendship,
towing three bargos OF ice for Memphis, Tenn,
Floming towing 1.-Two bargoH Of Ice for Nash
villo, Tonn., and one for Bt. Louis also canal
boats Col Taylor md Door Park No. 2, both
with light loads Of lumber for Peoria, md Ry-
burn and Industry, both light, for same destina-
ton.
River slowly falling. T. good demand for
canal boats below lis anticipated
, 1873-03-19

OFFICE OF TIE GRIEF bIaNAL OfEtcEn,
Of Commerce and Agriculture.
STORMS,
During this month ten different storms have
crossed portona o1 the coantsy eass .,. o. tno
have, approximately, been tracoa upon tho war
Department woather maps, signgl Service,
U: =. a.
=. on III nto toeG
companicd By rain at places hogyy from .3a Io1as
to Iowa md eastward T. to tue Middle Atlantic
coabt, put ny genoralIy lEht snow or rnln tnence
westerly winds being most neVoIe} t1nnucF ai
storm reported from AnoxTl!e, 4tl. ., teD. y,
& ena amd tbc"eo @ o% oil tho sid.
do aud East Atnnte c1asta' ana over Noya
SCOTIA, accompanies py e.e!S nen'S ta'u u,t,' ~
Massaeh1laotts,, ano ~ 1tcsn hnu orlsk
winds over dulf coast, anu orish anu nlSn oTes
severe: Fob. 4nd 7CEastWard i eyer Northern
Mlrnoaota ana Lake enpef;or 't so uanadI @ i;s. IT,
companlea py areas o. Veiy hghs snow' anu p.isA 3
and hg wanaa osof 5ae a,t iako fegaoh a an"
EGn ~ ~ aa Saaa af9m oanota m.a oyer
lueso1N, ntsIp.lsli, nnu tiGnsan .n+o cuila.
gu, acc9n'palnum ~ ~ sculnliy le4H naml y. Sly"
1rol1 M!0hout, tonnos1es, aiit flsn'a l9i.I
manHs VIM axara e1l ' an5
noaa hoSot9. 9 ropc - anu ,.a,, l1a
oYer eoa5nern etates an9 pos9nu .nlaaie w,
Atlan9'J n9nai, I,tns ~ aoa raas
1ron hentuGky . 10 puu'nuen u EuM S c,.; Tutnoy
anu son5n""iu " Gni, ~ nuoH IAp ~ ,y;aI Ou ~
lower laaes auu % 0oJct'ous, anu u5 nsh s1a ~
Men hontne1!y ~ Wostntty WILLIE osoI mea.o!n
Gnlt coaas, ntisK nna nish % ao1tn"9stGlIy ty uS91
eousn Atlant.c osetus, UNI n!ish anu se aen eIs.-
cry 70 nottAerly from ellg1n'4 .o n!assnGn- i!a
set5s thunderstorm ropoftea @ ron o IN Amo1yo, a,
lztn gloln seIy so'9t9 T. it1ia Ga'o 1uu 19ne sa
yard. Fob. IL; III, and i1-Northeaet"ard =, from
Ioxas over sho onio Yaney, tnoneo eastWaIa
over and peyona mldqle At!aht'o coAs1 accom-
| panleu ~ ram, eeneia!ty Aeaey, 1Iolu 1oMA W
| Conneotlcut anu Bo4th"atu to tuo ouiI, ous
areas ol light ram and SNOW thonce iortn"atu
to Maino aud tho hikes, and oS brlas is,s
and hlgh Wlnds over western .,,5al GuIt
storm reported from Momphia ,1t on lSth: heb: 1 II
ana l8-Nor1h9astWard ", iron pa9ota, oVer Ml-
nesota nnd & Laho SUPERIOR into ~ uahaah M o
panied W Light raln and cnow, anu ~ oflsk ana
| nlgn WINDS, 1ouo"oo " low teinpefatule. feu;
| ~ and 21-Oho over tno eonLHern otates, ah9
thouco northeast nlong tue coast, Wta 1foHn 3 ano
prlsA eoutnoIly "l1ds ofo1 eue "eot uuit, seoi
| ing TO AGn noItnory pF!sA sout1!oilJ ofeI
south Atlantic coast} aha hflsk a1iu nlgh nottn-
| oastorly over mlduse anu cast Atiani!o COASTS;
other noslloastwaru oyor missouri 111nola, aha
Allcl1Gan, into Canhaa, Will pIlsR Allo nigu
wlnda;. tho Two accompanied oy neaVy tan
over tho country cast OF tno hocKy hloun-
Trims. except enoW from Iowa anu - silnllesota E4
eastward oyor tho lako region ana Northefh new
England. Feb: ~ and 21-tfom Nepfaaha anu
Missouri northoastward over Ailcn'Yan lnto
, 1873-03-19

Governor Waahburn has vetoed the bill Civ
ing tho milwaukee, l. st. Paul Road the right to
bridge the MissiBaippi at Lacrosse. Tho Fed
eral Government, he argues, Inns exclusive juris-
aotou in the matter, and has, by act Of CongroHa,
already mado arrangements for the erection Of u
bridge at this point, and he refuses to sanction
bill which nullif1es law Of Congress-. Tho
Lower House, on receiving tho message, carried
the bill over tho veto.
, 1873-03-19

Three ill-favored Americans yesterday otfored
deposit Of $4,000 to bank in Cork and wero
kakon In custody undor suspicion Of completely
In tho frauds on tho Bank Of England.
, 1873-03-19

Tho charges that Tom Scott bought the ma
jority which defeated the National Railroad bill,
in the Now Jersey Legislature, have been re-
peatod on every sitle with such doaniteuess mud
persistence, that that body has appointed u spo-
cial committee to investigate these "rumors."
, 1873-03-19

Michigan congratulatos itself that both it's
Senators and two-thirda Of its Representatives
voted against tho SALARY etoal, and, through
its Legislature, administers scnthlng robuke
to the one-thrd who transgrogaed.
, 1873-03-19

Gov. Loslc, OF Kentucky, refuses to intorrose
In favor Of tho murderer, Thomas Smith, who
viii, therefore, DO hanged, according to bis aon-
tence, on tho 21st inat., week after tho date Of
FoBter's execution.
, 1873-03-19

r. a aort of rotributiye Justice seems to have
fallen upon PRUSSIA, which for somo time past
las boon gloa.ing over tho disolo4uros Of Credit
Mobi1ior in thie country. The sale Of railsoad
concessions has stirred the whole Kingdom. Tho
people nro tremendously exeitod. Tho proBa can
find nothing olAo to diBousa, mud even tho cab1o
haa bcon prcsaod into service to spread tho in
tollgcnco. Tho whole nlachinory of Goyorn-
mont-parhament, Ministry, and Orown-has
been act to work to approhond nnd
punish tho Offenders. To an American,
all this buatlo and oxcitemont will
aoom lauglablo when 1t is remomhorod that tho
whole amount Of tho pruHsian fraud only
amounts to llalt million thalers, or about
ssO0, ,000,-a sum which would DO laughed at III
Washington or Now York City. Laughablo, how
ever, as 1t may appear, there Is something ro-
treshing in this pruBaan idoa Of official integ-
rity. Tho first qualification oxacted Of of1lcora
iH, tint they shall 10 honost tho second, that
they shall be capable the third, that tAoy shall
bo educated A correspondent OF tho Now York
Tribune, writing from Berlin, says:
A department clerk, who must IN indispensable
condition 10 graduate Of uniyoralty, and who
may 10 abe to wrlto dispatches In lalf.adozon lan-
guagce, receives perhaps salary Of 1900 thalors.
Profound scholars, 1nou who familiar with sctonce,
with philosophy, with literature, with law aud who
might i'll profeaaorYhipa In any Of these departments
work faithfully In Government bureau on salaries
which barely sayo thotr families from actual want Aud
they do not sea They do not dabDle in atoc&a. They
do not attend caucuacA, atuH ballot-boxea, nor
"mako combluatlonl," nor le aud cheat, and bear
, 1873-03-19

aation Of tho st. Louia Republican that, III pr[-
vato, ho begged tho Legislature not to institute
tho examination which ho demanded In public
MI accusation Which ho has novor doniod, md
which tho Republican confidently nvora ho novor
will lonY.