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Tho Chicago produce markets wero moderate
" active, and all were frmer, except wheat
Mess pork was in fair demand, and 1o@15c high
or, closing at @1200 cash, and 91235@l2, 10 soll-
or March. Lard mas in good request, and 1oc
per 100 lbs higher, at s7.35@7. cash, and 97.65
@7T11 seller March. Meats were shade firm
or, at 4c for shoulders 576@Go for short ribs,
6z@6Ac for short clear, and 71c per ib for Is
1b green hams. Dressed hogs wero actiye, and
SC per 100 lbs higher, at s4.50 for heavy, and
s47o@4.75 for light. Highwines were active
and firm at $50 per gallon. Flour was
quiet and strong. Wheat was active, and
16o lower closing ut s1.24A cash, and
s1.25 seller February Corn was active and
Ac higher, closing Mt Sic cash and 31374o seller
February. Oats wore more nctige and 10
higher, closing at 25lac cash and 25ee1c seller
February. Rye was quiet and eteady, at CSC
0s14o. Barley was quiet and hrmor, at 75@76c
for No. 2, and 62@63o for No. 3. The hog
market was active to the extont Of the supply,
and stronger, the pens being cleared at &c nd
vance, or at ss.75@4.1o. Tho cattle market was
quiet but frmer, owing to light receipts.
Sheep we're dull and nominalIy unchanged.
, 1873-01-24

The returns from the income tax in Italy sho"
that either Italy is dreadfully impoverished
country, or that IN income tax is productive OF
q frightful extent Of perjury: It is probable
that there Ia something OF both those re-
suits to be discovered in the figures. Out of I'll
the lawyers in Italy, it seems that only 1,267
have IN income Of over s2oo, and only $50 Of
these coufess to an income OF moro than s4o0.
But 457 physicians and surgeons return 1900
income, and there are only 70 doctor8 who have
more than 800 q year. And yet Italy has not
been considered particularly hoAithy country.
Small incomes in the professions, however,
are not so remarkable as they are
in the commercial 2ursuits- There are only
952 merchants, LII Hillers, 64 chemists and
druggists, with other avocations in propor-
tton, that return incomes Of the value Of 500
per annum. Tbs uost astounding exhibit is
found among the cafes and w1ne'ahops, OF which
there are 136,2s0 in the kingdom; and still only
$40 of this large number are admitted by their
ovncrs to make s4oo year. There is little
wonder that living Qncluding eating and drink
ipg) is 80 marvol1ous1y cheap in Italy. Yet the
inference no would draw from this exhibit is,
that the abolition OF the income tax in the
United States has materially decreased the cx-
tent OF false swearing.
, 1873-01-24

that he had failed to make these later state
ments at first because he had not his memo"
randa in his possession, md that he now pro-
posed to tell the g whole truth, Eliminating un-
mistakab1y that the "whole truth" had never
vet been told. In reference to the check OF
S534, which AIr. Colfa1 claims to have loaned
Mr. Ames and not to have received back, Amos
saya that it was money paid to him for balance
due On Credit A1obilior stock His statement is,
that Mr. Colfaxs stock to be paid for in diV1-
dends, and that it was 90 paid with the excep-
ton OF 1854, which 11r. Colfax gave IN
order to pay for it in full. Ames further testi-
fcs that he gave Colfax check for $1,000 IN
payment OF cash dividend. Mr. Co1fa1 denies
having received this or any other sum OF money.
but Ames says TINT the check was given on the
Sergeant -at-Arms, with whom monoy hnd been
deposited to check ont Congrossmen's dividends
and the sergeant~at-Arms produces the record OF
having paid q check to rs. c." for 81 400.
Ames exonerates Blaine, Boutwell,, Fowler, and
Bayard. whose names wero on the list which ho
furnished M'Comb He says that Senator ALI
sons evidence D6lQI0 lug to0lA1Lsoo Nao oAIT
stantially correct, though thero may be differ
enco in tho time when the stockis alleged to have
been returned. He insists that kelley's case was
precisely the eame Us Garield'a, thes amounts
of money having boon paid In both cascS. J. +.
Wilson's statement Of his case is admitted to bo
correct, Dawes and Bcofield, he claims, took
ten shares each, but subsequently, got frighten-
ed, and Ames took them back. If Mr. Ames'
later testimony, g;von with his memoranda IN
hand. should bo aubstantiated, the number OF
Congressman involved would be Increased by
Mr.. Colfax, Mr. Kelley, A1r. Dawes, and Mr.
scoheld though not ali involved to tho same e1-
tent. In such case, the original List which
Auoe furnished M'Comb would be verified, with
the exception of Messrs. Blaine, Boutwell,, Fow-
ler and Bayard. One thing is certain: Tho
public is much nearer the truth Of Congressional
connection with Credit Mobilier than it was
q fow days ago; and Mr.. Ames has now been
forced 60 far that it is probable that all the OK
isting evidences bearing the case will be forth
coming before the Investigation shall bo con-
c1ufoi
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1usTICE TO MR, COLFAX.

It is but Justice to A1r. Colfa1 that he should
bo heard in denial of OakeB Ames' fiat and posi-
tive assertions Ames says that Colfa1 bought
the stock ut par; that at that time there was due
to it a large dividend Of bonds, which bonds ho
sold for Colfa1, and the proceeds he applied to
pay for tho stock, leaving only s545 due By Col
fax; that subsequently he paid Colfax, by check
drawn in favor Of SIS c." 81 200 cash dividend;
that long after these things had occu rred Colfax
paid hl,n the 95A5, and that he (Ames) now holds
the stock, with all it's accrued Dividends for Col
fax. Against this statement, We reproduce hlr.
Colfax's indignant speech, in Octobar last, to lns
neighbors, in which he said:
Do need to add that neither Oakes A1nes nor any
other person ercr gave, or offered to give, Eo one
snre twenty Shares two thousand sh1res IN the
Credit obiier any other railroad STOCK and that
unfortunately, have never received tho value OF
fartlng out Of the 30 per cent dividends, nor the 500
per cent dividends in cssh STOCK md bonas you hare
read about every dsy for the past month, nor 100 Per
cent nor per cent, nor tho tenth Of per cent.
have said that If twenty shares Of 1t could be purchased
at par, without buying into prospective A"Hult, It
would be good Investment. II It was as
valuable q stock represented, and hare
said that would like to buy twenty shares at par,
attainabe, In tho studebaker Wagon Company,
or the Birtlge11 Clover Separator Company here, I
challenge either one Of the two last to
euch m opportunity hereafter but never hav-
ing been plaintiff defendant in court Of justice,
want no stock Of amy kind, ut any price, with aw-
suit On top Of it, not even with the prospective di'-
dends Of 81 0o which, am free to maintain neither
these good eyes Of mine nor this haVe ever
seen the first dollar Of although it is so positively as
Be,ted that have been entitled to this handsome
amount ever since four ycars ago.
Since that speech; Mr. Colfax has testified
that he did pay Oakos Ames about $500, but
o6ing to Ames' financial troubles, bad never
asked him for 1t. Mr.. Golf.1 has, so far, no
RECOLLECTION Of having received tho q 200 di7l-
dends.
, 1873-01-24

being reported in tho American journals" ills
rather remarkable TINT tisnbrance OF American LIE
should prevail to such an extent in the higher
circles Of England. There is certainly c1ame
enough, and Of q sufficiently violent and reck-
less character, to warrant almost any denunc.a-
ton or lamontation that could be uttered But
how it could bo 80 grossly misconstrued and 30
falsely attributed, in the time Of cable telegraph
lines, 1t is not easy to understand.
In tho very same article wo find an admission
OF prevailing crime in England upon which 1t
would be just as reasonable to base the conclu-
eions that are drawn in the case OF America.
We doubt whether our calendar shows more
revolving crime than that OF four nen killing an
unofrending person BY means OF "runn'ng
kicks" The Saturday Reuie,o also adds:
Even In London, II every one had bis due, we SUE
pect there would bc at leaat ~ mnny nurderers "ai-
inn their trials Is in New York It il strange how little
attention is rnId to the number Of bodies that are
found under circumstances strongly preaumpuVe OF
foul play. Corpses continually being PICKED on1 OK
the Regents Canal under circumstances that Suggest
murder rather than suicide 1nfantc1de "oulo seem
to be going brtskly agan, re arc to Judge IRON
the frequency Of inquests On the corPse8 OF cn1en
that have been cast out into the Streets But jurors
ud opeu yerdicts and isolated instances pass almost
unuottced And while murder goes often undetected
and unpunished It would appear that dsorder is de-
cidedly on the increase.
What would the learned British reviewer say if
this evidence wore made the text tor pictu1ing
the brutality OF the British race, as handed
down from the time, and modelled after tho
fashion, OF which Victor Hugo writes in his
"L'Homme Qui Rit?" Yet such course would
not bo more absurd than that adopted by the
Saturday Reoie,o in accounting for the preya~
lenco Of crime In America.
, 1873-01-24

Vermont is Just now aeitated to it's very cen-
tie with political complication. Flat treason
is rampant among the Green Mountains. The
citizens Of Franklin County, in that State, eon-
tend that their pro rata OF the State taxes has
been unfairly apportioned, and they have sol-
emily and unanimously decided to resist the
collection Of such taxes. The remainder Of the
people Of Vermont are equally determined that
Franklin County shau do It's tar duties to tha
uttermost tarthing. Az Franklin County con.
tainB but 80 POI people, and the other countiea
Of the State 800, ,26o, the odds aro just about 10
to that Franklin County will have to satisfy
the tax-g.therer, or that there will be trouble
nmong it's hen-coops and haystachs-.
, 1873-01-24
AN ENGLIsH PICTURE OF AMERICAN CRIME

AN ENGLIaH PICTURE OF AMERICAN CRIME
The Times, OF London. has recently printed o
communication from Chicago, reviewing the
extent of crime in the United States; and we
have an Opportunity of Judging the effect it has
produced upon the English mind By IN article
in tho Saturday Rerie,o, commenting upon the
gloomy picture TINT had been drawn, The con-
clusionB aro about as accurate as the average
British id2s OF American geography, and tho
reasons given why crime ia SO prevalent are
curiogs enough to figure in the COMIC History
Of America. It Is probable thnt the Chicago
letter Was exaggerated in its 1lst9rlc; and tho
Saturday Ieuic,o admits that tho statistics
which it presented scarcely warranted
the broad general statements that the
writer made. Yet tho Saturday Rerie,o Illus
tratos with vivid 6gurcs insecurity o2 human
life throughout tho Union. We are told that it
is the infection Of the backwoods 1a1ity Of
morals, snd t,he inability to extend an adequate
police force over 20 large ~ extent of territory
which are chiefly accountable for the frequency
Of capital crimes. The patriotic Englishman,
who has been reared in the belief that America
is one vast and bowling wilderness, receives IN
ample verIlcatiop o{ this traditional tenet of
British patriotism from the picture Of reckless
ness and lawlesa violence which the writer pre-
sents,-a panoramic view embracing the length
and breadth Of tho Continent. The circumstance
That tho New York Erening Post once limited
something about 20 few doses Of lamp=post
justice n is sufficient to lead to the general
statement that "some Of the most cautious and
respectable journals in the country are boldly
advocating q return to Lynch Jaw" The British
reader is gravely informed that the backwoods-
man is taught to Lisp in oaths, and it should
have been added that he sucked gunpowder from
Lis mothers breast, and played With revolve1s
and rifles. among tho first toys that Santa Claus
brought him. At al events, it is held that Bor-
der Rutiapism is still ruling the land. The
miner and the rough makes his 'spile," and then
goes to New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, or
Boston, and fires about promiscuously, setting
the example after which American civilization is
modelled. The crime Of our !arge cities is thue
absurdly attributed to the influence OF Border
Ruffianism.
Certainly, English journals presume largely
upon the credulity and ignorance Of their road
ers when the Saturday Reoie.o can describe as
common occurrence court ecene, in which, AZ
ter the usual incidents Of tobacco-chewing, amoE-
ing, and swearing, the opposing counsel give each
other the lie. and simultaneously draw pistols.
The Judge then draws his revolver, and there is
free fight in court "Judicial episodes Of this
kind, eays the Saturday Reriese. "a1e constantly
, 1873-01-24
NEW COMMERCIAL FLAG.

Among the rights purchased by the samana
Bay Company ia that Of using the National
flag Of San Domingo and the value Of this in
Commercial sense will soou become evi-
dent Under the laws ot tho United States,
no vesael built in foreign country can ever be
enrolled IS an American vessel, and, consequently
can never carry the American aag. No American
built vessel, owned abrosd, esn retain its char char
acter. We hare by our laws prohibited the build
ing Of wooden ships for foreign commerce, We
have also rendered it impossible to build iron
eteamera. Wo haye, By jaw, So thoroughly and
enectualIy broken up ship-building Of all kinds
in this country thai, aea consequence, re have
closed all the mammoth establishments for the
manufacture Of steamship machinery shops that
twelve years ago we're the pride of the country
and vera zithout rivals in the world Having
thus practically prohibited American ship-build-
ing, and At the Bame time denied the privilege
to purchase toFeign:bailt ships, the American
tonnage engaged in foreign trade hss given way
to the foreign, until, OF all the ocean steamers
leaving New York for foreign countries, not one
Of them now bears the American flag. A largo
number OF these steamers, however, ere ewnad
by American citizons, who haYe been compelled
TO place them under sone foreign flag. AL the
steamers engaged in the South American trade
are owned by Americans but tho vessels havo
been, Of necessity, enrolled as BRAZILIAN, and ay
tho flag OF thpt Government. In the List Of tho
samana Bay corporators are many Of the largest
ship-ownera in the country, who are Jet obliged
to send their vessels to sea under foreign flags.
Tho purchase pf sauana Bay with sovereign
rights, and especially the right to use the flag Of
San Domingo, offers an opportunity for the
transfer Of all American-owned vessels to that
hag. I. offers also the long ng-dosired opportunity
for the purchase ot foroign-bui1t vessels By
American merchants. It Is probable, therefore,
that the commercial marine bearing the flag Of San
Domingo viii assume large proportions, and,
within very few years, will far exceed that bear
ing the American flag. Intentionally Of the ves-
sells will hardly be disguised. Though enrolled IS
merchantmen OF the Republic Of San Domingo,
the whole world will know that they are, in fact,
American vessels. Indeed, the Republic Of San
Domingo will be a mere political expedient,-
that country and its government being 6ubstan-
TALLY American in every respect
, 1873-01-24

The principle Of using money "Where it Will
do most good" Us construed and applied BY ME.
Oakes Amos, is not conBonaut with the highest
one of public morality; and yet it is not impoe-
sible that, as an element Of A1r. Oakes Ames'
character, it may be Of sozne service in clearing
up the mysteries Of Credit Mobilier transactions.
Mr, 0nkas Amos now virtually confesses
himself to be In o position whore his
exalted idea OF f-preser vation will induce him
to make clean breast of Congressional alliance
with tho Credit Mobiier frauds. II ho shall
conclude to do this, it will be because it will do
him 'snost good" On the enc side, he is ac-
cused Of having entered Congraes with the
single purpose Of corrupting the members IL
the interest Of tho Credit 11opilier scheme. On
the other side, he is accused OF sssindling his
associates in tho Credit Mobilior by representing
to them that be had distributed q large number
Of shares among congfeasmon, which he really
retained for his Own benest. Neither horn of the
dilemma is pleasant ono to accept but Mr. oeEea
Ames has only choice Of OWLS. 1t Is intinated,
with much p1ausibility, that he prefers to be
known as an agent employed in bribins
Congressman rather than as . false as-
soeiate in business who has betrayed tho trust ri
his partners. This is why Mr. Oakes Anes has
found tho important memoranda which had
boen u,ialaid, and revived his memory accord
ingly.
we hayo practical indication of 5fr. A1nes'
new departure in his reply to Senator Patterson,
OF New Hamphire. Tho confidence with which
Mr.. Patterson made his statement, denying
point blank that he had owned Credit Mobilier
stock or enjoyed profits theref1om, and his pro-
duction of the letters which Alr. Ames had
written him during the campaign, would indicate
that there had been previous understanding
between Ames and certain Congressman as to
the courso which should be taken in the presence
of the Committee. Had there not been, Mr..
Patterson would scarcely bare laid himself open
to the fat contradiction which Mr. Ames made
upon the conclusion Of his testimony. Tho in
ference, is that such an agreement has boon made
between Oakes Anaes md other Congressman
WHO have given testimony before the
Committee. Ho testified, Immediately after
Patterson had denied all connection with
Credit Mobilier, Tint he had invested $1,000 in
thAt Company for Patterson that Patterson had
received 81, 223 in cash and 80 shares Of Union
Pacific stock as dividend within month; that
he paid Patterson about 81 800 more about six
months after, as co per cent dividend; and TINT
he finally settled up the transaction and gave
Patterson another dividend Of 50 shares Of Union
Pscifc stock. Mr.. Oakes Anes announced, fur
ther, that he had written the letters which Patter-
son produced ut tho urgent solicitation Of the
latter, and with the good-natured purpose OF
helping Patterson to "coTcr up" his tracks.
Mr.: Ames has further: reyiewedhis evidence in
regard to hi. Collar, and some other of the gen
tleuaep who had already given their testimony.
In response 10 aharp questioning, he explained
, 1873-01-24

The Paris Constitutional, in remsrking upon
the suicide monomania in that city, draws dia-
tinction between the sincere and insincere sui
cides.-the former being those who really Wish
to get nd Of life, and the Inter those who IT.
tempt to do so merely as & means Of gaining
notoriety. It claims that suicide is only e1cusa-
hle when fatal When otherwise, it thinks there
should be wise and paternal law decreeing
that, it the person attempting suicide "did not
succeed in killing himself, he should bs inme-
diately destroyed by the Ministers Of Justice.
The choice of the means OF his execution might
be allowed him, the knife, poison, and guillo-
tine, precipitation from the height OF the Arc do
Triomphe, hanging, Of the Chaaaepot; the means
would not greatly matter, if only the end vert
attained" There is great deal Of sound philos.
ophy in tho advice of the Constitutional Such
q law would act ~ q deterrent upon great many
people,
, 1873-01-24

The project Of providing penal code for the
State of Nav York, which shall include the treat
mont Of al crimes thai nov come under the
common Law, as well as those already defined BY
statute, is to be revived before the present Leg
islature. There have been several previous at-
tempts to bring this subject to definite consla-
Grafton, but they have always failed heretofore
There is now in existence Commission to
whom the project WAS delegated by
the Lcsislalature Of 1867, but, though
it's report 10 ready, It has never
the comdissio hold that they have provided
ponal code defining ell the GRIMES fqr which
persons can be punished and the ppnMiah1nent il
for the same. so as to dispense with tbs nsces-
sity Of any reference to the common Law to de-
termine the elements constituting the oHence-
It is guggested thet tAQ question cannot DO
considered at more sppsopriste time than At
present, when c1imo is running dot and beyond
control
, 1873-01-24

The communication In our LAST iss4o touching
the cause Of the burning Of the First Congrega-
tional Church, and signed " Justice" left that
cause In mystery. IN interview with Mr
Esmay, connected with the oratorio Society, gu
ttrely clears up the mystery. His statement may
be considered authoritative, as he WAS present
with the jsnitor when the fro broke out. It ap-
pears that the furnace was under the yestibu1e
steps on the Washington street eido. 4 large
folding-door shut OIL tho furnaco~roon
from the basement The emokepipes
passed through the plastering above
the door, and only SIX inches sooYa the casing,
Upon this casing there were placed = sheet Of
zinc which covered only q small space. When
the fire was first discovered it was burning tho
casing. This they e1tinguiahcd; but subsequent-
1y it Was found that it had worked it's way into
the partition, and blaze Was seen issuing from
the pipe-holes, The alarm w.s then turned in.
From this statement it is evident enough how the
church was destroyed.
, 1873-01-24

The movement to unlock Secretary Boutwels
hands and allow him, solong ss the Pacific Hail~
rods aro in arrears for the interest due on their
bonds, to refuse to pay them any Of their earn-
ings from the Government, is making its way
in Congress. Tho House has approved it, and
the Senate yesterday, in Committee Of the
Whole did the sane by striking out the ninth
scction Of the Legislative Appropriation bill.
Nothing NOW remains but for tho Senate to sus-
tain this action in regular session ;; but this WILL
cot be done without serious struggle.
, 1873-01-24

l. bill introduced in Congress yesterday, which
seeks to make 1iquorice, ETC., used in the MANU-
factu1e Of tobacco and suu1, free Of duty, let's
out secret OF the business. Il, however, the
removal Of dnty is going to make the uquoric9
aud the Is ETC." any cheaper Or more universal,
We have no doubt the consumers, paradorical as
it may seem, will strenuonsly object to the bill
Tobaeco-chowers and snuff -takers are already ex-
posed to all sortH Of fraudulent compounds. The
veteran anun-taker no longer can hayo any con
fdence in his favorite naceaboy, but how much
mora deplorable will the result be when
uouortce and !" etc." csu be brought here freq
, 1873-01-24

Pennsylvania frat gives shape to reform OF
the abuses incident to the pernicious system Of
holding goneral and local elections on the same
da-, and OF holding State elections in October,
so thnt in Presidential years n,isclioyous intlu-
ence attaches to their results. Tho Constitu-
tional Convention sitting in that State has
framed an amendment to the State Constitution
fixing the date Of State elections on the Tuesday
following tho first Monday in November, and
that Of city and township elections in February.
, 1873-01-24

Oliver Ames once President Of the Union Pa-
ci1c Railroad, confessed yesterday that that por-
tion of the road which the Company contracted
which had already been built. and for which tho
Government had already paid that the Credit
aIobiier made an enormous profit on it, and
that tho dividends which it soon afterwards de-
cla-cd we're drawn from that source.
, 1873-01-24

Ohio has recently had an interesting lawsuit,
in which = lifo insurance company escaped the
payment OF policy because itwas proved that
tho insured came to his death By reason Of in
temperance. Incidentally, the Court divided
drinkers into three classes; !. Those who
drink occasionally, when they Taut to drink !;
who can stop at any time, even when the; have
q " cocktail" or u glass Of wine raised to their
lips. There Was no attempt to demonstrate how
much or litt1e drinking Of this kind mi2ht indu.s