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mattcr to be tlotorminod by Courts Of Inv, md
not by tho Logialaturo. 1u tho case Of tho 1'li-
noig Contral Railroad, 1t proposoa to upHot
npoolal contract bots7oon the 0o1nrany and
lilo ssnto, and to joopartlizo, to TINT
extent, tho claim Of tho 6tato to por
cont Of tho groaa earnings OF tho roa1
In a caso Of this Importance, involving quostions
Of such magnitude, this paper Inns not nt-
to1nptcl to dictate to tho Courts that they
ahould sustatn nor that they should Hot aside
tho Inv. Wo havo inBiatod from tho beginning
that tho railroads should DO prosecuted undor
tho aatuto, md TINT tho consttutonalty Of tho
1aw SHOULD DO jutlioial1y determined, and, when
TINT ellall havo boon done In tho 1nodo pro-
acrlbol by law, tlon tho decision must DO main
tainol. In tho meantime, wl,i1o tho caso Ia
ponding before tho Courts. wo shall continue to
roprobato all acts Of violence, all proceedings
outside Of tho law, In tho way Of oyorawing rail-
road conductors, taking possosaion Of trains,
rofuaal to pay faros, tearing up tracks, instl-
tutod by persons who have abHurd1y takon to
thomaolvos tho titlo Of ''law-abidora."
, 1873-02-21

Tho Chicago produce markots woro moderately
active yesterday, with general stoadinesa in
prices. Mess pork Was quiot, and 15o per brl
higher, clonlng at s12.85@12.oo cash, and 813.1o
@1320 sellor April. Lard was active, md 20 per
100 lbs higher, at S755@7. GO cash, and s7.75 sell
or April. Meats woro in fair tlomand and steady
at 4111@499sc for shoulders; G91@811o for short
ribs :; G95@e34o for abort clear; and 911G@o1(o
per Ii for 10-tb greon hams. Dreaaod hogs woro
firm, aud 10 per 100 lbs hghor, closing at e5.1o@
5.20. Highwinea woro dull aud unchanged at 87@
o71<c rn~ nal'on Tnto fraiota wnrn a,,int md firm
At 12o for corn by snl to Buffalo. Flour WAS quot
andstoady. Wheat was loss activo, md unchanged,
closing at 81 219 caBll, and 9l.221l seller 1Earch
Corn Was in fair demand. and steady, closing at
a11l@s1eso cash, and 311G@31s5ko ac1lcr March.
Oats wero qniot and stoady at 2o11c cash, and
2G1lo sollor March. nye waa dull md un-
chnnged at 85c. Barley was moro actiyo and
f11nor; closing at TIC for No. 2, and $50 for No.
0. 1.-Two hogs wore dull and lower, the decline
reaching 5@1oo, and boing most sovcro in com"
mon and medium grades closing prices werc
e4.1O@4.65. Tho cattle market WIS weak ut IN
1l@1ac decline, Sheep were in fair request ut
full pricoa.
, 1873-02-21

Tho Bonver Falls (ponnsylvanin) people, who
roccntly hold nasa mooting to protest againat
tho employment OF Coo1io labor In tho outlory
factory at that place, have sont petition to
Congress- in roforonco to tloir grievance. Tloy
ask, rather portinontly, TINT congrosH shall
c'ther prohibit any furthor importation Of Oht-
nesa lRbororn undor contracts made in China, or
else authorize the FREQ Importation from foreign
countrios Of such articlcH AZ may bo produced In
tho Unitod States by Chinoso labor 80 contractod
for It may possibly llavo occurred to tho
Deavor Falls workmon, in this mattor, TINT tlloy
rccoivo precious little bonoht from tho protcc-
tion which fs guaranteed undor tho tariff. 1t
should have beon ovidont, Mt least, TINT thcao
protective laws ha7o not beon franod with any
Wow to their advantages.
, 1873-02-21

having tho matter III ohargo shall nano Chicago,
1t will moot n cordlnl rosponao from all olr
people. by tho first wook In Juno, most Of
our large llotola will bs fnisi,od and NO eliall
havo much moro and far bcttor hotel accommo-
dationB thnn no Ind boforo tho flre. a great
loal Of work will hnvo 10 ho aono in tho way Of
Invitations and correspondence, providing n
place Of meeting, otc., and 1t is suggested TINT
II tho Governors who 1lavo tho matter In
charge should request our Board Of Trado to
attend to all this incidental machinery, t!,oy
would do 1t III tho beat possible manner.
1t haa long Binco become historical faot that
the Chicago Commercial Convention of 1847
gavo tho first groat commanding impulse to tho
settlement and tho prosperity Of tho Northwest.
A goneration has nearly passed., and so wonder-
full Inns been that development that another Con-
Vcntlon is imporattvoly needed to doviso moanB
to got llor products ohcaply to market. Tho
production Of ono groat staple, corn, has about
reached lis limit, unlosB channol capable Of
passing largo vcssols to tho ocean can bo opened
to our producers. It will not and ought not to
bo raeod for fuel. such being tho nocesstios
OF tho situation. thoro Gun DO no doubt that such
Convention ns 1t ia proposed to cali can deviso
tho means to moot It.
, 1873-02-21

How Il N'cut-sldcz Lost His Watch and Chni,,.
Yesterday morning aIr. Hu.or, Of No. Gu
Fulton street, wns robbed Of watch and chaiu,
and e12 in money, in a norol manner.
About 10 o'clock N[r. Huber IVES walking along
West Lake-st., in company Will, Mr, Zo:t, both
ao,nowAet Intoxicated Elr. l1ubor, under tho
impression that l,iu nohar limbs woro gtoadfoc
than those Of hg friend. waa ondeavor,ng to
assiat linn III his locomotfon. lie was not
very succcssSu',, nrd, when gonteel
young man mot tl!en1 and offered hia a.
aiataice, Ilulor accepted 1t. They had
not proceeded far When Eott ohaoryotl tint 1lu-
boris watch aud c!lain waro il tho possession Of
tho young ruall, wI1o Tao about 10 slip thom III
his pocket. zott had M Indefinite idoa that this
proceeding waI irregular, and upon milking
known this ilcn to tito young man, le handed
over tho property to Xott, with tho ro,narl that
Huber had rcouoGsad lin, to take tt: Whom tho
party arrived 1t lluuor's houao, lint gentlemen
wa., pleeod i'll lila bod, and Zott wont to lia
own liouBo near BY. About I'LL l,uur after, tho
Young 1nap, who hntl received nnny hearty
fhautiH from Mrs.. Hnbor, roappoarod at Huber's
front door, mud raid TINT Zott had been arrested
for boing disordorly, and had sont for IIubor's
watch and chain to got linn out Of iail Mrs.
Hubur, without consulting her nleopng part.
nor. gave tho young man tho desired property.
It IL ncedloas to ada tint noitllor the young man
nor tito watch a,sd Chain i;lyo boon seen sluce,
1t hns also boon dincosoted TINT s,1a WAS tahen
from 11uDer's Yoat.
, 1873-02-21

Several Of Judge sherman's lottors to tho Nav
York Stock Exchange hare beon produced before
tho Committee OF Ways and Means. They con
yict him not only OF outright lying, but nre full
Of intimations Of tho most offensive sort Of cor
ruptlon. On Wednesday, Judge Sherman sworo
he had not been in Washington for threo yoars !;
In letter Of Fob. IL, 1879, he says ho Lad boon
in Warrington that winter, and is going again.
Ho sworo TINT he had mover attempted to influ-
enee the legislative conduct of any person What
ever in his letter ho says Ao has
every rcaaon to bo conadent Of succoss
in putting an end to tho tax. Another
Of his lettors prosses for tho payment Of his
claim another, written less than month ago,
only q fortnight before tho disclosure, in Wow
Of tho probable refusal Of tho Stock Exchange
to pay him, conveys threatening intiaaton
that to is about to visit Washington, md TINT
his action there upon tho interests of tho brok-
ers will depend upon tloir decision. Aa a far-
ther argument In favor of the payment Of his lit
tlobll, he tolls hiB correspondent, young Logrnnl
Lockwood, that tho estate ho has inherited from
his father, who was d stocltholder in tho Credit
Mobilier, mny, pernaps, bo involved in Buita to
bo brought by tho Government FOR restitution,
and offers to advso him in tho matter,
, 1873-02-21
ADJUSTMENTS.
THE THOMAS CONCERT,

IT , last of the regular F" Btar " season Of
Thomas concerts WIS glVon In tue Michigan
Ayenuo Baptist Church, yesterday evening, to a
large and brilliant audience. Tho season has
boon one of the most successful Mr.. Thomas lns
bad In Chicago, and 1t will confirm hia conf
doncc Of our peoples constant appreciation OF
his musical accomplishments.
Last nights programme was particularly in
terosting for tho presentation Of Raff'B Third
Symphony, !" In tho Forest" Tho musio, aa tho
titlo indIcates, ia descriptive Of day in tho
woods, the first part pcturing Tue Impressions
and sensations OF the day-stroll tho second, tho
reyerio Of the twilight hour, and tho
Ounce Of tho wooi-ny1nphg; tho third,
tho murmers Of tho forest while
tho shades Of night layo fallen, and tho weird
effects Of the legend Of tho "Wild Chase" whoro
Damo Hollo and Wotau come and 60. Much
was expected from this music, but yot tho beau
tics wero so manifold mud tho description 10
vivid aa to offer gonuino surprise. It was liko
reading new aorles Of bucoltcB, aud it offered
aerlou8 temptation to grow poetic. Tho first
part presented some quaint llarnlonias sug-
geatiyo of tho quiet surprises Of woodland in all
autumn day; tho royorla Of the second part de-
veloped moro distinotiyely melodio character,
aud its contrast with tho danco music that fol-
loved gave to both happlor 'etroot than either
would hayo had separately but 1t was In tho
grotosqua and exciting tono-pioturo Of the night
Bceno tint tho composer developed a!l tho poaal-
bilitiou Of tho tEenae. It would. not have boon
difficult to 500, with closed oyos, tho old women
riding tho broom-sticks, tho prauka OF tho Erl-
Kinge daughters, md tho sensations Of Tam
Ophantor'a rldo NIL combined. Tho music WIS
BunerblY playod, bringing out Ito yarel ofrectH
, 1873-02-21
WALL STREET..

Review OF Tho EAoney, Fond, Gold,
Stock, and Produce Markets.
Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
New Yonx, Fob. 20.-Tho money stringeney
was unchanged to-day, cali loans ranging from
1-82 to u, with tho bulk Of business Mt
1-16@3-32. Leading Government bond
dealers quote tho narliot at Z currency
to Z gold Mercantile paper is dull
aEd nominal. Much Of the existing strin-
gency is artificial. and thcro arc Ito signs Of
speedy reliof. Loans on call nro being drawn in
vigorously, and tho daily statements made to
tho Clearing House arc watched to 500 the con-
dition Of cach individual bank. Thogo which
arc largely creditor or debtor uo required
to adjust tho differences promptly. nnd thus tho
borrowers on stock collaterala. Tho currency
balances In tho Treasury arc down to about 3d.
000,000, md, aa long us Congress is In aoRsion,
tho Secretary will not isAuo my more legal
bankorB arc ,,rgingupon Congress- tho authoriza.
tiou Of the issue Of part Of this Gid, 900, 600,
but it is 10 near tho end Of tho session that the
prospect Of Legislation in thiu 1rocto OIL ID faint.
suspension Il Lixerdi t. Co., Spanish mer.
chants, with the main house in London and
branch at NoT Orlcang are not important
Tho London monoy market is easy at from q
to SO.
The stock market wna moderately actiyo, and
generally higher, especially Western Union, New
York Central, 1Iarlotu, and Lake Shore. Union
Pscio fell Of to s2 Te 3foekholeru Of the
ratincd tho negotiations completed by tho mana
gerB Of tho road Tor tho 1onse of tho Pennsylvania
Petroleum Railway, the pitholo Valley Railroad,
and tho Chonaugo 4 Allegheny Railroad. Tho
Pennsylvania Petroleum Hallway. which is to
run from Titueyilleo, Pa., to Cambridge, on tho
Atlantic l. Great Western, is only partly built,
10 obtain tho necessary funds for leasing theso
roads, the Atlantic L. Groae Western Com
pany, thro;ngh ts London i,1 aeoe9ts zod hegs eye
on por cent rental trust bonds, being part OF
tho s6,9G0,0oo specially secured by fho rental Of
tho Pennsylvania Petroleum Railway, the
pithole Valley Railroad. and tho Chenango
was quiet aud steady at 91145G@$11419. Even
after tho Treasury award, but Gttlo movement
WIS noticed. Tic amount bid for at the Sub
aiiaoi ffsaS To sili55 Ut prices ranging 'f0"
An estimate OF tito imports for tho week showa
that the total wi1l be about 5l0, ooo .o0o: There
goods, ns compared with last wcok, and de-
crcaae OF nearly 5a,000,0 600 in general norchan
dieo The customs payments for the Wook will
DO in tho nelyhborhootl OF S;3,00o,o0o.
nO.;Ds
Governments woro leFs firm than for som.
time. Cable reporta to-day utato that tho new
French loan in nbout per copt premium. This
loan was p1aced at about 81 Per cont. 30 tho
original Subscribers hnyo already mnde hand-
aolno profit.
Flour was quiot. closing lower on most gradea
under $1,000. Winter wheat brands aro a5unl-
ant. In wheat at tho opening there was little
done, and tlle offerings wero limited, but holdera
under atoadior Liverpool advicos, woro firm,
especially for choice npring. Pork was qulot
, 1873-02-21


Tho Wilson Credit nTobilior Committee lave
reported. Tho Union Pacific Rai1road, tloy say,
cost $50, 900. It's builders received in casl
value not loss than 2s,00o,000, or 43 por cent
Of tho cost. In tho opinion Of tho Com
mittoe, the Company had no right, as
against either its creditors or the minor
ity Of it's stockholders, to distribute
any portion Of It's capital as dividends. Still
more unjustihable was it to squandor in divi-
dends money borrowed Of the Government, or
on first mortgage bonds. There ia no evidence
of Encouragement by tho present Directors of
tho road, and tho Committee 500 no way in
which those who hold stock which they have
bought In good faith can 10 diaturbod.
Tie report closes with bill direct
ing tho Attorney General to begin snit i'm
mediately for the protection Of tho interests of
the Government in the road, and tho rocovory Of
tic Sums of which both the road and tho Gov
crnmcnt havo boon plundercd. Mr. Swami, OF
Maryland, agrees with tho Committee, 80 far as
they go, but thinks they full short Of their duty
in not making recommendations for tho treat
ment Of the Congressman who had dealings with
Oakos Amo8.
, 1873-02-21

Of VIII County he'd no Jurisdiction In tho caso
and tho trial and conviction amounted to no
moro in tho eyoo Of tho Inv, thnn II n number
OF irresponsible persons had constituted t.o,n-
Bo1voa court md jury, and passed. sontonco upon
portcot. III applying for tho superscdcas, Judge
Know1ton assigned t'yonty errore ono of which
wnB The failure to isBuo n ,cmittit,,r. Whatever
other errora tlloro mny havo been, this nlone Ia
c1nimod to havo boon sunlciont to secure the writ
Of error. Tho responsibility for falling to pro-
vilo tho fcmitlitur rostH upon tho prosecuting
attorney. Tho guilt or Innocence Of tho man
Porteet has nothing wl,ntovor to do with tho
caso. Experience has allown 1t to DO nocosaary
to protect mon on trial for tl,oir livea against
malicious persecution or ignorant indignation
bycortain safeguards which tho Inv now provides.
Thoy furnish no escape for tho guilty who nro
prosecuted according to Inv, md 1t is simply tho
duty Of tho suprorno Court to enforce thom in
tho case Of. Ignorant or carolosB practice. It is
BonsoloHs, therefore, to visit tho Supreme Court
with denunciation for simply doing what tho law
o1acts, whilo prosecuting attorneys rornao or
neglect to obaorvo tho dutieB which tho law puts
upon thom.
, 1873-02-21
CONTENTS or To.paY's TRIBUNE.

FIRST rAGE-Washngton NowsI Report of tho Wilson
Conmittees Tho Louisiana Investigation, Procood.
inKs In ConRross.
5EC0ND pAGE-WaahnRtoo Decentralization College
Tho State. and Its Corporate OFsprtn6-Sprin8-
fold: Flat Notes Of tho United alatoB surrey OF tho
Stato oF 1lllnois-Wisconsn I,ottor.
Fu1RD PAGlt-Tho Law Conrta- Council Meeting This
Evenfng-Oustoma FeeB-1tRilwAy E1tonson-Tor-
soual 1ons-R Railroad Tlmo Tnblo-AdvcrtIso1uon
FOURTH pAGE--Edftorfnla A Bold and Fearless
Stand; Judge Sherman, Another Dad Momory;
Commercial Convention for tho Northwoat: Mr. Dol.
fa1a Counsel-Current Nows 1toms.
FIFTH PAGE-LoRislatiTo Notos from Springfield
Other State Legislatures Markets by Toloxraph-
Advertisements.
SIXTH PARLIAMENTARY and Commercial.
SEVENTH rAGE-Tho Good Temp1ass' Convention
Tho CITY In Drof-Tho Tolcsoopcd Trun-Ncws
PareRrsphs-8mhl Advertisements Iaeal Eatate
For Sale. To Nont, Wanted, Boarding, Lod9'
ing, eto
EIGHTH PAGE-Tnregn Nows-Now York Items-hls'
oel&u0ous Te1eRra.ns.
, 1873-02-21

Tho htssory Of tho pholps, Dodge d Co. swii-
die, in New York, haa already bcon presented In
THE. TRIBUNE Tho charge ngainst thom was
tlat Of furnishing false invoices to tho Custom
House, by means of which tho Government yaB
dofraudcd Of its legitimate royonuo Suit WAS
brought against tho firm for 81. 100000 to re-
cover the amount still duo tho Government on
tile roal values Of tho imports. From this Htago
thoro began a Borioa OF oifozto at compromise,
which aro not loss remarkable than tho original
fraud. First, tho firm made IN otrcr OF s260, 900
In aottlo,nont ut tho Same time protesting their
innocence Of my wrong-doing. Tho Secretary of
tho Treasury aeid that tho Inv did not authorize
him to receive money from parties who wo1o in-
noecnt. Nfessra. Phelps, Dodge Is Co. then ro-
moved tho offer, mud withdrew tloir protestations
Of innocence. This proposition was accepted,
but no Boonor accepted than withdrawn again,
because tho Bonior mombor of the firm feared
that some Of Ills religious frionda would regard
it as confession Of guilt. Then cnmo another
r,1,nor that tho mattor Ind boon sett1od and that
the junior members Of tho firm, who wore said
to 10 roaponaib1o for tho Custom HouBo
swindlo, had been expelled from tho house. Sub
soquently this was donicl. Still lator thorc WINS
now proffor Of compromise, iii which gil 900
more was offered to tho Government than at
first. Thia proposition seoms still to
DO ponding, Hero wo hayo 4 succession
Of protests OF innocence and confessions of
guilt, aud sliding scale Of proposals to roim-
burHo tho Government for It's logsoB, which In
dicatos TINT tho full amount TINT ahould DO paid
back has not yet boon reached. Nov. tho firm
Of Phelps, Dodge l. Co. oithor presented falso
invoices or they did not. II they did, 1t is fit
that tho public ehould know it, md tho exposure
would DO Of benefit in tho way OF euppressiug
similar transactions in the future. Moreover, II
tho Government has boon dofraudel, thoro is no
question TINT 1t should receive all tho money
lcgitimatoly coming to it. For this reason, COM
promises on 4 fluctuating basia naturally excite
suspicion that Mcssrs. Phelps, Dodge d Co. do
not propose to pay back nil thoy should pay, If
they ho1p 1t. It is plain that the only proper
way for tho Govornmont to pracood is to proHc-
cuto their sut publicly, for tho double purpose
Of obtaining comploto indetnnilcation md sot-
ting an example that appoara to DO noodod.
, 1873-02-21

At last We are to have recognized authority
TT to what constltutos the "intomporato use of
Intoxicating liquors or drugs" It has been d
lnooted question In society, among physicians,
rnd IN tho Courts for many generations. but
now Congress- proposes that tho final standard
shal be Axod by, the Secretary Of War. The
louso has passed bill declaring that no officer
Of the army addicted 10 tho incorporate use Of
Intoxicating drinks shall 10 entitled to promo
:ion, and consequently the Secretary Of War will
hsye to decide the question. Wo may thon have
IN army standard Of just how much liquor may
DO consumed without reaching tho Incorporate
degree. Whether fortunately or unfortunately,
1t ia probable that this standard will be an OK
tremoly liberal Que. hlr. Roberts, Of New York,
uaae auggeatlon that the same bill should IN
, 1873-02-21

The Hartford Courant statos t1at moro than q
year ago conductor on tho night train received
from o passenger in payment Of hia fare = thou
hnnd-dollar groenback. Tho conductor told him
he would give him hls change later, but when ho
returned tho man denied having given him the
noto. Tho conductor placed tho noto on deposit
In bunk, md 1t llas boon there ever since. Tie.
cent developments indioate that tho mans name
must hayo boon Neabitt,-h acquaintance with
The conductor waB so very slight, and his method
1t bestowing groenbncks upon strangers 40 OK.
t:aordinary.
, 1873-02-21

Tho House Of Representatives. voted, yostor-
day upon Fernando Woods motion to impeach
Vico President Co1fax. Tho voto stood 10G
yoas to 100 nnys, boinG dofoatod by majority
OF threo, OF whom two wore probably Ames and
BROOKS. This was surprisingly narrow escape
for 0olfax, and It indcntos that the Houao ia In
q much angrior mood towards the Crodit Mo-
bilier mombers than was commonly suppoaod.
Brooks and Amos may well tromble in tIlsir
shoes, If indeed expulsion would DO any ndtli-
tional punishment to thcm. 1t VIVA only utter
two years Of repoatol effort that majority
voto was obtained to impeach Andrew Jollnson,
In Congress Of Its political enomioB. This
vote upon the case Of Coltax, in Congress- Of
his political frientla, is equivalent to moral
impeachment, md NO trust it will DO go regarded
by the Young Mems Christian Associations aud
tho Temperance societios. After tho losa OF Mr.
Woods motion, AIr. Tyner, Of Infliana, II Ropub-
liean, offered resolution OF d general nature
instructng tho judiciary Committee TO examine
the evidence submitted by tho Credit Mobilior
Committee, and report whothor It callod for tho
Impeachment Of any officer of tho Government
or any further investigation. This was &C
cbpted.
, 1873-02-21

There appears to bo Bomo ground for suppos-
Ing that States Attorney Rood ovated tho real
tasue in tho card which ho published a few days
since relative to tho second supersedeas which
Judge MoAllistor granted in portoot's cago. Tic
thon quoted tho conclusion Of tho Supreme
Courts "opinion" in its revorsal OF tho first
verdict against Portoot, and led tho public to
bo1eya that this was oil that Was necessary to
authorize second trial. Judge Knowlton, who
defended Perfect, now statos publicly that tho
record OF the case does not Bhow TINT q ,'e,niNi-
fur waa over scnt from the Supreme Court to
tho Criminal Court Of Cook County, or to tho
Circuit Court OF VIII County. Mr. noby's card,
published at the same time, ehowa That,
withopt a writ Of this nature. tho Circuit Court
, 1873-02-21

A singular calamity ia reported to have oc-
Cured In Smyrna. a coffeo-houBe on tile shore
Of tho Gulf, much resorted to by the Greeks,
aRa boen gradually undermined by the action Of
:ho tides, and was suddenly swallowed up in the
Haters the other day. Tho loss Of life WAS
between 100 and 200 persons.
, 1873-02-21

Another bribery investigation has been set On
soot in Congress by the passage Of resolution
ordering the Committee Of Ways and Means to
End out what ground there Was for Legrand
Lockwoods statement that q largo amount Of
money had boon Hpont on Congress to procure
the aubsidy for tho Pacific Mail Steamship Com