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STATE LEGISLATURES.
OHIO.


COLUMBUS, O., April 3d. In tha House. this Inern-
Ing the enhte bill to authorize tho appointment Of
three Commissioners to inquire into the matter ct tho
artificial propagation Of fab III Ohio watera passed.
In the 8ennto, during discussion tho General
Appropriation bill, motion to submit to vote Of tho
people Of tho State tho question Of paying $3.50 600 for
damages done by tho Union forees during tho Mormon
rid was disagrood to. The Appropriation bill was
again defeated-yeas, II nays, II.
In tho House, the creator part OF the day spent
In discussing tho bill to allow FREQ trade In money but
tho bill was finally Defeated, yeas 80 nayB, 81.
ton was adopted appointing tho Governor, Attorney
denera, and BtAte Auditor to confor with tho uani
ton County oce1s, to the prico for which tho State
purchase the Long View Lunstio Asylum.
In tho Benate, the General Appropriation bill waA
passed on the sixth attempt, by = two-thFds vote.
Among other things, It contalns appropriation OF
for tho payment OF the Morgan raid claims.
Tho bill now goes back to tho lower House
for concurrence In tho 8onato amendments, and It Ia
highly probable tho battle will ho reuewed thore Tho
following bills also passed: House bill to authorize
Trusteea Of colleges to change their location md to
erect and maintain academies auxiliary thereto; House
bill to authorize tho purchases Of unfinished railroads
and complete the same; House bill providing for tho
conversion Of plank roads into FREQ roads, House bnl
to provide for Yacaung ltchca. AgBorous discussion
was called out BY aertcs Of resolutions endorsing tho
present peace policy Of tho doneral Government roa-
tive to Indian atsaira Tho resolutions 1aid on
the table, there being decided difference among tho
Senators on this question.
, 1873-05-01

culing % cars to arrive, 1908 bond, making tho
total for tho week thus far 7o1o head 448 CATS.
Market fiat aud dull at 10 off from Yesterdays prtces
The unfavorahle from tho East caused tho rcgu-
Lar buyers to haul OF, aud worry few Eastern buyera
were In attendance. Trndo was confined to local and
country dealers. About $50 head were dispoged of.
Sales: 204 Illinois steers, LOO to 1853 1bs ut ss6
go3o 81 Missouri steers, av 1,o8o to 1166 lbs, at
$3.50: - Michigan steors, LISA to i,20o lbs, ii
t529doo n Michigan stockors, Nv a8 ihs. at 81 85
ers, nv 487N Tbs, at $5.25.
s1EEr IND L4Mgs-ncceipts thus far this week, 6ss
hesa: Market dull aud slow, buyers holding OF for
decline. salea 600 Ohio Clipped at $4.25{9G.00 SIC
Ohio wooled, nv 81 to 115 u.s. Ut $5o0@03o 90 ind-
ana . woolea sheep, ~ % lbs, to.76
uoos-Todny. 800 making the total for tho week,
1890. Market dill At s.. .o0@5.8o oxtra lots SHADE
higher. Sales TOT Illinois logs ay ITO to 212 lbs, ut
, 1873-05-01
WALL STREET.

Roviosv OF the Money, Gold, Stock,
Bond, nnd Produce Markets.
Special Dispatch to Tbs Chicago Tribune.
NEW YonK, April s0.-hlonoy was mora aotiyo and
stringent to-day call loans being per cont gold to
l32 In tho morning. and Lilo to to y during tho nfter
noon. Albany dispatches report tho passage Of tho
Usury bill, a1nondcd ~ to take effect July and
reain in operation for two years. Mercantile paper
is moving freely ut 1o@ IL per cent for prime eom
cholce names aro held ut pcr cent.
RrooKs.
Tho stock market WINS alternately weak and strong,
bue tho fluctuations were confined within
worry narrow Limits. Tho lowest quotations
Of the day wero generally current after o'clock.
Tho Clearing House Committee hhve examined tho
Mcrchsnta' md hanufaoturera' Bank, and ind It nl
right. This and tho Continental havo been tho cub
jccts Of very unfayorablo rumors anco Saturday.
Th % 81 tho T. se
soS aS IL ss as;
ts eqas cry ho
other clique han boon buying with great frcedona and
botdness, which has provcntcd any eertoua decline In
in interest," Some Of the brokers connected with Jay
Gould have given precautionary hint to thetr custom-
not to sell Bt. Paul. which means, Of couEse, to buy
1t.
moved up to 117A again this atternoon, aud stood
quito strong Ut tltt pCnt toWa1 rl6 clot0 OF Tho mar
kot. Tho bulls aro confident in tho ability Of tho
clique to advance tho premium when tho signal shall
DO given, and look for assistance from tho condition
Of affairs In Franco, Whpro opposition to Thters np-
peara to be increasing. Some little influence Ia expect
cd from Indian Was, in cAs0 tho powors ut Wash
ington should decide to en!at troops to mako tho Wat
tho Modocn and other Indian trbea effective. Tbs
es2a q %hs s' |. TIT is st q Saoa %
for three yeare.
EXCHANGE AND DoNpB.
Foreign exchange wab dull and hcAyy, and Govern
menta firm.
PRODUCE.
Flour WAS moro active, but prices wore without
material change. Tho domand was pretty gcnoraf.
Large lines Of shipping uxtras Gro scarce. Sales,
13,aG0 brs; receipts, 1863 hrs. Wheat vaa lowcr
aud irregular, with the demand limited, aa freight
Though fsF for mng sqs tooo hnel'
WY WY Ii seli}ng At s1s7s, and 5000 for ANAL
lots. Fifty barrels moss ordinary sold at e1a75.
For future delivery no busincaa il reported.
orally worry light, md this ha. unsettea Prieos Dry
snited shoulders abont 7@7so picked hams non
iualy 11A@l3o. Receipts, 1865 pigs. Bacon was
moderately actiyc md atcAly. Long clear Western is
quoted nt do city at 10Ao Three hundred boxes
Western short clear on the spot sold at 10Ao Lard IL
o1zc for city and 9'@9 7-1oc for primo steam West
For future delivery, noto sales Of 100o tea ot
04o for tho last half Of May and 10io for July. juno
Is held at 9Jfc. Receipts, 500 kegs and ,178 pkgs.
COAL sALEB.
Eighty thousand tons Of Scranton coal wero sold At
last months prces. Tho following tho quo-
tatons: Lump, $4.27N; steamboat, s4:29H; gsasc,
chestnut, s4.259432H.
, 1873-05-01

MEMPIls, April so.-on Thursday night In Tate
County, Mishihsppia terrible fralrcido was comlnit-
Of scnntoba, under tho following oircuinstancos !:
Daniel. tho elder son Of rhonaa Whito was engaged
brother, John, waa oppoeed 10 thu marriage aud as-
sored that ho would till his brother rathor than ho
should marry her. Tlureday evening an altsrcatlon
aud in presence Of Ma father and motlos
and Mrs. Doydson, ahot Daniol near tho
navel, aud theu walked ont Of tho house.
Boon after he returned, doclartng blu iutsu.
tion to kill h's brother oad then, a ohos shot Ind
not killed him. With aomo dit,culty hs father took
his brother, wounded Ito was, soizod shotgun and
hrod 1t him, but missed him. Daniel died from tho
efoots Of htz wound tho mort night. The day folow-
Ing tho murderer arrested aud t&kon to Bensobis
whence he WaA committed to jaii.
, 1873-05-01
NEW YORK.

Tho Question OF Trains Insnnity-
Another Observation-Disclosures 11nrl-
wnrc Firm In Trouble for Violation
OF the Revenue observation-disclosures
Local 1tcmn.
Speefa, Dispatch to Tho Chicago Tribune.
New YoMg, April 3o.-At tho Train matinee this
afternoon Aug,ats Knuntz, tho millionaire banker,
testified that Train OF the organizers OF tho
Union Pacific Railroad, and that he was ono Of tho
party who broke ground for tho track on which ocea
son o made speech predicting tho completion OF tho
road In 1870. Tho pick anil shovel used on that occa-
sion were produced They have TITO na1nos Of tho gem
t1e,non present ongravod OIL the handles. Mr. Kauntz
was ono Of tho Original Directors Of tho Road. Hc
wns also Director Of Credit Foncior. Train oriBn
atetl this schomo md had Ito Holo management. It's
purpose WIS to improve Western rca1 estate It wns
I Of number Of "o o,eS s5eThSa nn
9s1ss r. s' S'nfef Be sn6s9asn nrsns RI:
witness saw no change in Tratn. Ho vas no
moro crazy now than ten or twenty years ago; The
The Credit Fo1lcior Under Trains management, roal
Hon. s II sSoy ,a Of tho New
s's 5s = s
e r. 1o'pp T1s w;ness ssnt
faxor. Nj. aroeloy ro,pestiaiy declined: ,,
anas sy ss se:a'a ID a.pe1 ns o
Train for many yoars, and TINT ho Ind thoroughly
se'' tiss 6.ve '4s seeSa,s lightly e1asesraea. -
. sssotsis tHst ho xii % sSyhnE thst viii sts
@ of eSos BY 1S pabo
thst il ID biz duty constantly strive for prominence
Train had founded tho Commune. He had
described how he had dono It by conspiracy with
aud BY skng speeches to largo crowds to 600 POI.
aons Ia instance. Train reoltod portions OF theso
speeches to tho witnoss. md they excited him. Ho
ncry Fzenchmon ripo for revolution Ths, T1an
claimed, W. tho beginning Of whnt afterwards dove-
wtness opinion generally from false promises. As to
st;reng term to thst ho s an 1tra atheist md
Train has no sympathy With Woodhu Gaaln X Co..
He ospoused their ea,Ro morcly for tho sake Of the
newspapers would montion him conspicuously. Trains
egotam Is very offensive to those who have nstle
would ii. oras to show Oh So That ii attention
Train to cause . remarkable. horse Of his
S S,t evor p, s, s 80 IN tho @
aubjeoted to a cross-examinaton. His tos-
imony ELECTED considerable laughtrr Once the spoc-
taors apptauled and Judge DAILY administered se-
yere roniko At the close, aoine pcraon caoa In q
loud voice for "threo chcors for George Francis
Train," but the demonstration WAS promptly sup
pEessod.
ITO tho Assoctated Prtss.l
NEW YoAK, april 3U.-Josuph ]. Alorrin, who aa-
6aultcd Jay Gould yesterday, gave bail to-day to
Auswer nt tho special session.
Richard Mosely arrested in Brooklyn, thlH
Ing On the charge Of fatally beating Julia Gum laat
night,
Edward D. johnson, Town Clerk Of North Bergen,
abscondcd with s. 600 to 600 Of the towns money.
United States District Attorney Dlfss has begun
suit against Wolff 1scsshal hardware importers, No.
legged violation Of tho act roayo to the naturalization
of inyajces
, 1873-05-01
DES MOINES.
Discouraged Fnrmers--A Church 8cnns
ilnl-.porsOMnl.


ilnl--Per8oMn4.
Special Dtapatch to The Chicago Tribune.
DEsMoINEs, H., April 8o.-Ths bad weather Of
late spring IL upon this section again to-day with
cold, drizzling rnln. The farmers nre getting
thoroughly discouraged, and certainly not without
Eesson.
queer suit for damages haa just boon com-
nenced In tho Datrict Court Of Les County Of this
State. woman named Garrett Bues church for
$4,000 damages. shc had had some trouble In tho
church. and wes suspended In consequence. She per-
sisted, however, tn attending church, and when her
eaeies M weEe praying aho would mako herself conspo-
anything but angelic. Thia aggravated tho brethron
70 much that she wss forcby eoced from tho church
1oom Bhe now sues for danages in tho sum Of O0
Col. George G. Tchcnor, for many yeara resident
81 Pc Moines ont for loug time prominent In the
from this city 10 Chicago, and left for there to-nght
The Colonel was for a1 yeara Postmaster OF tha city
and for two yoars Chairman Of the Republican
Gtate cenEa Committee aud In those and other pub
Ao poslttons attained much prominence mad acquired
great popularity throughout The Htate. Uo Will On.
gage IN permanent business at Chicago.
, 1873-05-01

DEATHS.
FARMER-At Evanston. April 30, Gilbert Farmer,
Funoral 9t tho Eoslaenoo Of bis bsothos.insv, Mr..
Joseph H. Lyons, ThuItday, at o'clock in tho aftor.
noon. Tho remains will bo taken to Massachusetts for
intnrrnont.
e1- 1-Boaton and Lowell papors ploaso oopy
BLAcK-1n tho Uty Of ohcago at 1st Hush stroet, at
John Ru'seli blaok Esq: altar short tllno.s.
funoral p. m. on Friday. I'd Of May, to Graceand
ooctey. Fionds will ploaso accept this iuttmnlion
PH1LLIPS--suddnnly. at Philadelphia, Pa, Tuesday,
April -, Samuel Il. Phillps, IN his 18th yoar.
oOFF1a11a tl!is o5. On tho 3oth Of April Holon A.,
Aemsine to ho takon TO Boston for intorntcnt.
II Boston papors p1oAso copy.
Gs RRINKERMoFF7o on Tuosday, April .. Of eerobro.
Funeral on Friday. At o'clock, from 3g 9tantouay,
SNNow York City pAre1a ploaao copy.
HALE-1n THY city. April co. Mrs. sadio r., wlfc Of D.
F1noral Services Friday II from hor homo, s7s
Mtchtgnnar Carriages Ii Rose HILL. friends aro IN
T1tod without further notice.
WQOD-At tho Blgelow IIouao, in this city, ut half
pses oclnck on he Both ult Mrs. Maria Louisa Wifo
Of Dt. q. b. Wood.
Funoral from tho DIee1ow 1onse, on Wnbastav, near
on Friday May At O'Clock D. M,
70 OAkNOod Ocmotery.
, 1873-05-01
CITY ITEMS.

The Coroner held an inquest yesterday on the body
Of George Otto who fol- dead IN 1a!oon tho
Of Canal aud Randolph streets on Monday. DR.. En-
mons u,ale post-mortem examination, and verdict
Of death from Inflammation Of tho heart rendered
An inquest Was held at tho Morguo On the body Of
dead babe verdict Of death from lack Of care at
time Of birth rendered.
Commissioner Wright, OF tho Board Of Police, has
recently introduced upon tho streets tho Monitor
atEeospE1nklor which las been In general use in Gen.
tral Park, Nsw York for somo time and whore |. bar
se IN its economy in the use Of water and the power
which the drisor has tho stream II the matter
Of nprnkltng the breota Is taken Into tho ctty's
hands, 1t as to be hoped TINT tho Monitor will be
nu0ptel,
, 1873-05-01

~ onAnLEs1oN, April 49, Morton, Bliss l. Co., Of
Now York, hhvo applied to the Supreme Court at
Columbia. to-day for writ Of mandamus to compel
tho Comptrollar General 10 levy tax uuoleu to nay
the overdue and accru1ng interest on tho 8tato deb
Tho writ Is made returhRblo on Tueadny next.
The Chamber Of Commerce OF this city had special
Meeting today to consider tue subject, and adopted
actor and amount Of the State debt, aud that tho pro-
ceedngs in tho Supreme Court may not reault in tho
declaring 1t duo to tho credit and good faith
Of tho people, md to tho. holders of the
unaueslonahy valid bonds, that the Taxpayers DO
presented by counsel In tho suits. committee waa
appointed to procure counsel and carry the rcaou-
tiQu.
, 1873-05-01

Fix wccka AGO ho wns c1cl upon by the Principal Of
thn tnstitution to bring Of thom hoo account
of disa1ng silnsn. rs.e.o tG n'' fE 7hs hoy
..h,,a n1nying at football but afterwards
that ln!ssy VA from beating by 9ac Of Tho
so.o points conottng Tho boy Ia said to hnyo stated
that TO wus thrcsteue1 @ with runishmens BY tho
called In several other rhynicians, and It found
that s log 1a<l boon broken botween tic tnoe md
nnklo II hha ncoratod and tim condition Of tho Iad
IS rrocarious. Investigation will probably clear Tip
fjInfu
, 1873-05-01

LOUISVILLE, April 30.-0nJ about thirty heoRates
had arrived at Frankfort thla evening to attend tho
easa Democrnt!o Convention tomorrow. The Coxrier-
JoHr7.a special says hut m interest Ia manifested Ii.
ct tho resolutions Of s. but ero IL strong oppoai-
ton to the adoption Of any platform. II resolutions
leaders, who will lead their forcea Into tho aya-beda
tomorrow.
Theatte'ldanco Will he small, and tho Convention IL
the proposition 10 chango the manner Of select.
ing the State COMMITTEES. giving each Congressional
, 1873-05-01
The L0uiayillc nnd Portland Canal.

CINCINNATI, April s0.-The Committee Of tho Cham
her Of Commerce on the Louiavills h Portland Canal
reported to-day the reaults Of their recent visit to tho
Directors Of tho CANAL from which 1t appears That up
to tho 1lth inst. they had received no official
notice OF tho passage Of the LAW authorizing tho United
States to assume control aud management OF tho
canal that they reay to surrender their trust
n tho full compliance Of tho General Government with
the oct Of tho ontucly Legislature authorizing tho
samo, which contemplated the actual payment Of tho
dobt. 1n tho event Of tho bondhoders do
clinin8 to give up tho bouds not ret due
they would consent to disregard tho tochnicaity aud,
still transfer the property. III vlcw Of the circum-
stalocs, tho uomnitoe recommended resolution In
vitng the attention Of tho Bocretary Of tho Treasury
TO ths Act athorizlng tho trnnsfnr and urging hiu 10
carry tho Law Into effect at the eorlcst possible mo-
, 1873-05-01
WASHINGTON.
Five Millions Of Postal.Cards for
Public Uso To-Day.
The Vienna Commissioner Scandal---
Commissioner Van Buren.
Internal Revenue Matters and Receipts
Special Dtspatth to Tho Chicago Tribune.
Doort1 mr. tTtoNa %rrTu rnANrE


poarA1 nELATtoNB WITH FRANCE.
WARRINGTON, April 30.-so many conflicting Atstc-
uuens have bocn published recently nbout tho probable
fa,re Of the negotiations bctwoe tho United States and
Franco fot tho establishment Of possa treaty, that an
explanation Of tho real slate Of Affairs ia Ado nccee-
sarY. Negotiations for posta treaty between tho two
Governments have been pending Rbout thrce yearf.
Franco has novcr attempted to adopt cheap syaon,
but has endeavored to profitable rovenuo from
It's postal acrvice quite In contrast with tho policy OF
The United Htaea Government whose cncavoF IL merely
TO make the posO Department acIfsuataining. In
o the past 80 Jcars tho rites Of postage In Franco
have been ,nohsnse except pS1ngr sghs r.,
war. We now have treaties with England, Germany,
A' p4 o & ssns It'd esi ss
oneo botroon Franco and this Government rentes
r. 5sf M g ss ssa ad s s es gs s Etc. 7ss
Thers arc other questions cf minor impo5taneo to b
.ettsd bpt no den.g f spRssenasa R IT,
Ss Ssvo sc far eosncodea to sareo 70
sS sS0Pi 3hoss ssns iii 70
treaties Ton cents prepaid s tho present charge FOR
Soss rases 70 md thoso oo1s suo 70
Internal ratea charged BY those Governments for hnal
ThS Of nanS q t.
thoso tt.e Co count1iea with whioh possl ilestes
s.am sat for & sena
England by which means only 10 cents arc charged,
trcaty botwoon England aud Franco, ars delivered at
their dcatlnation froo Of extrn charge.
BUBINEs8 M QEoN1EToWN.
Al Georgetown, in thts dssrict, business is lu'er
now than has been ut this season for yoars. There
arc but half dozen vessels At the wh.rres a1a ne m
tho advance In tho tolls coal made BY tho Chess.
pste oio Canal Company but Tnieh h:ye ~ IT.
% oTesd tns sdsd e. thS i; !:
Viz ths rairead WHICH are bidding strong for The
ooal-carr5lns trade o,,,,n,,
Up to to-day applications have been received for over
H. 51nsp. n1s sH ss. s II Y ds 5s' Sss
tomorrow, and other orders vii be ncd as rapidly
The E9S1ops Eye oomp19ny
to tho Postmaster General today that shey could bur
demands OF poatmasters and otsrs will be complied
with until Ill satis1ed. NJ fear is entertained that
eem s not puacont to compensate tie risk. Accord
ing to law and esto per cert of tho amount rcal.
t5s s.ss Of Ro,ags ssp. to Rsfis
% l. supposed Sy N; many y'tb tit similar pe9eonsse
will be allowed on sales Of postal-cards Therefore
artiolcs h.vo been sent 70 tho Pos-0iee Department.
but that Department decided to-day that no percent
age can be allowed on poatal-cards.
THE VIENNA SCANDAL.
The Department Of State having gyen IT, version O.
e. M " h ss
not lis, baf hat ot Secretary Fish or course this
scandal; but van narsns friends say int FIJI hss
ITO tho Associated fTess.1
rosTA1-oAnD REGULATIONS.
a ss ss that hys
ths stamp thereon 10 cancelled, een after their & &nSns
$n u1r
, 1873-05-01

1NpfANAFoL1s, Ind, April 90-Tiq, engineer Of tho
'RcGsmins csas tsan On tle Cincinnati natoaa when nssr
TIC ra. 1lo a!oppcd tho train before reaching tho
noy and took 1t m hoard. It proved to 10 that Of
menry Uayton, well-known farmer Of that vicinity.
inc PACK OF hia hoad crushed In, mud ho un.
doubtodly murdered and laid on tho track.
, 1873-05-01

L1NDoH, April 1o-1n tho 2.0oo.guinoha aakoa races
at Nowmartot won by arang Forward, Raiser was SOC
atart was to agalnat 1rang Forward to a8ainat
horAea rhn.
BALr1Monn, April a0-Dase-ball, championship
gamo Dslsin'oros, II Athletica 10.
, 1873-05-01

Thoy passed through stretch Of about tweny miles Of
almost aotid leo.
MAokirAu April 30.--Tho propeiora hns disap-
pca!od Westward. Tho Btralts mhy now bs consd-
ctod opcn. -
OBwEno April 3n.-Eho schooner Morning Light,
from Dntrnit with wheat arrived this mornings thu
Arst vosaol through tho Weland Canal this acsIoi.
, 1873-05-01

ALBANY, n. T., April 30.-The usnry bill has been
amended In the Houso to continue In force for two
years from the lst Of July next,
The Governor has signed tho Now York City charter
ALBANY, April 30 Tho Canal Debt Funding resol,t-
ton paased the Senate Tonight amended BY proyts-
Ion that all the said dob and interest shall lie pnid by
revenues from canals, aud not dollar Of It by d.
rect tax.
, 1873-05-01

MAQ1LL-STEANNS- On Tnoaday oveninR, April o.
1872 At the retouoo Of tho brldo's paren te Rev
sn sco g. &k ed p' Ill. Noo e. P soefPps
younger daughter OF John 8teatns, Esq. No cards.
Thoma! Forsyth, of Chicago and Margaret Hack, ot
MasJsvii1o Cal, ~ -
, 1873-05-01

KINGSTON, n. T., April 30.-The wife Of Louis
prtdooker while temporarily lnsano, last night, from
an attack Of pucrpora foyor nroso from her bod, and
taking With her hor infant days oa loapod into THO
The husband awoko at O'Clock, md missing Ills Wife,
inhde search, with tho result statel.
, 1873-05-01
0T1ft1unrv.

Obituary.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, April ao.-Wlam 8. BnlltvAnt,
prominent citizon, died in this city this morning. Of
pneumonia, nged n yoars.
, 1873-05-01


LIVERPOOL, April 30-The atoamships City Of Ant
werp Colorado, and California, from Now York, the
Scandinavian from Portland and tho HISTORIAN, from
Baltimore, ltnyo arrived out.
NEW YonK, April ao.-Ar1ivod, tho hteamrhirs Vic
torfa,. from Glasgow scotis, from Liverpool, aud
Thurings, from Hamburg.
, 1873-05-01

OLEvELAnp, Ohio, April e0-propolless Richmond
and Tweed that left Buffalo tho doth, arrived hero
to-day. They followed tho north shore, encountered
considerable leo. until they rcaehad 1qst Qolbornp.
, 1873-05-01

CNoNhkr1, April 80.--A singular story has ju4t
coma out, aid Ii creating = sensation bore, Dt.
Eyman, of this city, had two sons at school ii
, 1873-05-01

TAR. MATHEW AND MADAME MAYNARD oAN
p!Spo, o. ,yhpaE : as,foa. ;9 w' TO
oyBs, aolln&l MsaknGes, contapIinns livor comlsih
aguo, catarrh. poloAto dseaso. cured N 10" da5s
, 1873-05-01

i PERFECTLY COMPETENT TEAOHKR OF
Il short hond wantod who will glyo l0ssou4 osouluRs.
AddEoss Z, 2dl Tllstasea-st. =
, 1873-05-01

| RIO ORENT-TWC- C-HTDrtY AND HAB1shfENT Hn1QK
lion;e al6 Wahaaf.axi 19 ro2ms; tnodern improve
HnSS 70 WM. il. sA&PsoN i 3D.. Id Essaost.... a..
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-05-16

that they will cheerfully pay for the din
ners. Only two hundred miles above that
city is an example that might discourage
her citizens If they looked the whole case
squarely in the face. The Des Moines rapids
were chronic trouble, and there were oc-
casional appropriations of one or two hun
drcd thousand dollars, and an appointment
of some respectable old gentleman to blast
the rocks, and the people would blast him,
for he would he an unapproachable aristo-
crat till the money was spent, and then
another appropriation would he made by
congress. So il kept on year after year,
with little benefit to navigation, till at last
canal twelve miles long had to be made
from Montrosc to Keokuk. That has been
under weigh several years, and is not yet
finished. From this we might guess the
result of congressional tinkering with the
Mississippi over distance of several hund-
red miles.
The government ought to remove such
distractions from the Mississippi however,
as snags and steamboat wrecks, and gov
eminent dredging boats have pulled up
and sawed into pieces many "A tree. But as
for deepening the channel, that seems
hardly worth while. Any valley plowcd
in the bottom of that river would fill up in
month or two with sand. This would
keep a fleet of boats at work at great cX-
pcnsc. Still, if the st. Louis people would
be satisfied with that, and it would do them
any real good, there would not be SO much
objection.