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, 1874-02-02

Among the cases from this county reversed
and romandcd by tho Supreme Court are those
Of Michael Lavin aud Androw Helm. These
persons were indicted in October, 1872, Layin
for sollfng liquor to ono Isaao G. Holmes, the
said Holmes being then and thero in tho habit of
getting Intoxicated" Helm was indicted at tho
same time for selling liquor to Louis Lottormau,
who WAS subject to tho Hame. inartnity. Tho
defendants wero convicted and sentenced to
a fine Of $50 and ton days' imprisonment each.
Tho points upon which tho casos were appealed
wero: 1. That tho Court refused to havo the
jurors asked, before being aworn, whether they
were mcmbors Of q temperance society or mem
bora OF 1easuo organized to prosecute tho new
Temperance Inv. 2. As to tho guilty knowledge
or intont of the accugod, whether they knew tho
parties to whom the liquor was sold wero habit
uni drunkards, was not proven. 8. That the
Court below hold TINT tho sale by barkeepor
WIS an act Of the defendants to the extent OF
making them responsiblo for tho crime: l. That
tho law, In providing penalty for ''violationa
Of tho provisions of Soc. and g." could not be
construed as applying the penalty for violation
Of Soc. 2 only. We havo not yet learned upon
which Of thcso points the Supreme Court has re-
yersed tho conviction.
, 1874-02-02

We hayo nowe that the Supreme Court has
affirmed the deciBion in tho case OF The People
IT, Atlnn d Scott. Tho history Of the caso il,
briefly, az follows: Tho Warehouse law {roquir-
ing warohousemen to tako out license and give
bond not to charge foes in excoss Of those
paid by law) having been resisted by tho Chch-
go warehousomon generally, stato's Attorney
Rcod filed an information in tho Criminal Court
against Mum 4; Scott, for doing business Us
warehousomon Of Glass A without giving bond
aud taking out l.conso to do business, aa ro-
quired by law. They pleaded not guilty. Their
attorneys and tho Stato's Attorney agreed upon
tho facts, and submitted tho question to the
Criminal Court. The attorneys for the firm in
sisted that the law was unconstitutional. Tho
Court horo decided that the law WAS consttu-
tiopal, and imposed fino upon the firm. They
took tho caso to tho Supreme Court, and there
urged tie unconsttrtionallty of the law as be-
low. Tho Supreme Court having affirmed the
Judgment Of tho Criminal Court, tho prosump-
tion is that tho Warehouse law has boen GUS
TUNED, aud that, hencoforth warelouscmen Of
Glass will 10 obliged to tnko out license and
give a bond before they Gun do business. Tho
full toxt Of tho Supreme Courts opinion, how
ever, may give aoH1o special construction Of the
law that will considerably modify it's present as-
, 1874-02-02

National and County Building

Speeiat Dispatch to Ihe Chicago Tribune.
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Fob. 1.-The last Con-
gresa passed t. law authorizing the Secretary Of
tho Treasury to purchase 4 Bfto in this city
suitable for tile erection, by tho Government, Of
building for Post ~oflioo, United statos Court,
ctc., said building not to cost over 5000, 900.
Commissioners were appointed, who received
proposals from parties owning sites and reported
to tho Secretary tho bids offered, without recom-
mondation. Trouble, too many Greonbaclis to tho
acro. The Secretary Of the Treasury declined
all the bidH and requested the Attorney Gener-
q to o institute proco odinga to condemn ground
Tor Tint purpoao, i'll accordance with the laws OF
Michigan. Tile Attorney General. acting through
tho United StateH Court for tho Western District
OF Michigan, located hero, waa informed by
Judge Whitney. Of that Court, that there is no
Btattlto in this State under which condemnation
OF land for United States pnrpoBo8 can 10 made;
and TINT, according to a decision Of the Supreme
Court Of Michigan. tic Logis saturo Of this stnto
has not constitutional right to enact Buch
statute. In view OF these facts, tho ReproHonta-
tive i'll Congress from this district, W. D. Will
ianB has introduced bill, apparently general
in ita application, "To authorize proceedings to
condemn property for the use Of tho United
States, which Ia now in the hands Of the Judio-
Jury Committee of tho House.
In the matter OF a county building for Kent
County, however, the prospect is moro definite.
Tho Board OF Supervisors has just passed q res-
luton to submit to tho people Of the county, al
tho April election. tho question Of raising, by
direct taxation. S150, 900, In four annual levica
Of 937.5G0 each for tho purpose Of erecting
building for Court-Houao aud county offices, On
tile public squire. near the centre of the city,
plated for that purpose by Louis Campau. tho
principal pioneer land-proprietor here, thirty
aeven years ago, and never yet built upon.
, 1874-02-02

Percentage Of the Lust Crop of Corn
Remaining In tho Hands Of Pros
duccrs--Stoctx Hogs in the Hands oi

Percentage Of the Lust Crop of Corn
uuccrs--St0cik Hogs In the Hands Of
ECedcrs.
JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, Feb. 1.-Tho National
Crop Reporter contains to-day estimates IN ro-
1ation to percentage Of the last crop Of corn
remaining in the hands Of producers Jan. 10;
aud estsnatos Of the number OF stock hogs ia
tho hands Of feeders at the Bau3e date, in COM
pariBon with tho number OIL hand ut tho corrcs-
ponltng dato in 1873.
III relation to corn it says: In tho StateB OF
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, and Wisconsin,
Which produced in 1878 upwards OF 3S2,0 0,0o0
bushcls the Average ansol!ut Oil hand ut tho data
nnmed il eBtinated at fraction less thRn 5o per
cent on an approximate quantity Of 1oo, ,Hoo
bushels. Tho nverage consumption ls very uli-
form in.nll the Suites, being highest in WlBcon-
sin,-G0 per cent. Tile universally mild wontlor
in I'LL tho locations hnH telltlcd largely III keopng
down tho curl consumption, mud tho condition
Of stock generally Is bettor than was anticipated
u month earlier.
The estimates upon the stock Of hogs are for
tho same States named above, and Indicate ali
average falling OF Of q per cent from tho nuln-
ber oil hand year ago. Tie condition Of como
is considerably below tho average. Tho high
prices ]aid by packers and tho scarcity Of corn
layinE caused I'LL o,lttlow Of tho marketable
l:ogs anil stinting Of supply OF food to those
ronlaining, the outlook Is worry unfayorable for
summer pAcking.
A comparison Of tho average prices in tile
StateB uamod Dcc.1, 1873, aud jan. Is, 1874,
shows q docieed advance. although the indiea-
tionB are TINT the maximum has been about
reaoDd.
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cont OIL the whole of tho freight business done
by t|loBe twelve roads,

cont OIL tho whole Of tho freight business done
by tlicgo twelve roads.
It iB trio tl,at ii tho groat Enst ant1 Wcst
roada in Illinois woro included in this calcrla-
tlon tho proportion Of additional coat caused by
tho tariff would 10 diminished, but NO hayo
omitted them purity boeauHo lilo Commissioners
reports do not tn all casos distinguish lilo sop
arato earnings In Illinois, and also bocouso q
largo amottnt If tho business Of those great
Eaet and Wost roaaH iB derived from smaller
conssoting roat1s. Tloro is alAo tontonoy in
present railroad discussions to ignore tho 1lawor
and smaller roads, forgetting that all tho pron-
cnt great Woatern roaaa had equally small bo-
gin1,inGH and III sEor oarly stages largely helped
forward tile development Of lilo Wost, as man
of tho present smaller roads aro now doing.
For theao rcaBons It Ia m we'll TINT attention
should 10 especially directed to tho OBJECT Of tho
tariff on tho newer roatla Of the State. Wohavo
ITO moans Of making aimilar comparison In re-
latiou to tile railroads Of Iowa, Minnesota, Kan-
Bas, and other States, but believe tho result
would toll with still greater forco against tho
tariff on iron.
THO total business Of tho twolye roads mon-
toned is sufficiently large to show their impor-
tatco to this State, and although farmers are not
likely to be ruined by ths item Of the tariff, It Is
plain tint thoy have boan and aro noriously In
3nroi hv
, 1874-02-02

SO far. forty-eight Parliamentary elections
havc boon hold in England, and tho Conserya-
tivos have carried twcnty-eight Of them. Eight
districts, which were represented BY Liberals in
the Parliament just dissolved, hayo gone over to
Disraoli's party. The Liberals have unseatotl
only one Conservative member. These returns
ualto tho succoas OF Qladatone's move moro a
matter Of doubt tlnn 1t seemed at first. Tho
bold Dritons exercising thoir electoral priyi-
legcB in their uaunl FREQ and riotouB way which
would not be tolerated In tho lowest
purlieus Of any city in this country. At
Tower Hanalota, tho Conservatives broko in upon
the Liberal mooting, and tho fighting that en-
sued compelled alr. Ayrton to stop apeaking
more than onco. At Grconwich; tho Liberals
attacked tho Conservatives, and, moro succcss-
full With their fists than they seom to bo with
their votes, carried the field and dispersed their
opponents altogether. There wero fears Of so
serious disturbance at tho aame place when Mr.
Gladstone was to speak that troops woro held in
readiness to act upon emergency.
, 1874-02-02

II tho effort to collect enough money by TO-
cent subscriptions among the lreednon-t il
significant. by tho way, that freedman Is almost
aa much disuscd word as eontraband--to pay
for Balls group Of Lincoln Freeing tho Slave"
should fail, Congress- would do vol, the next
timc it appropriatos monoy to encourage Amori.
can art, to pass by the lobbying atone-cutters OF
Washington aud order this piece Of etatuary
from Florence. It ia bold and spirited. Tho
chains fall from tho slave aR he rises from his
crouching position. A great light soems slowly
dawning in hiR Dyes. Lincoln stands by,-lis
own homely self, clad in his own ugly curb.
But tho spirit beautifies tho plain face, and tho
long coat il finer in its truthfulness than the
Roman toga, III which 60 many Of our statues
are swathed. The work ia great one, and wo
should welcome warmly all art that turns toward
America aB its destination or for its subject.
, 1874-02-02

Tho Rov. Florence Mccarthy yesterday
delivered O. "sormou OF 4 personal character,
treating chiefly of tho disaension that has
arisen between him nnd tho Union Parls Baptist
Church, of which he is the paator. We print
elsewhere SO much Of his ''aermon as ia flt
for publication. Tho discourse, a. delivered,
contained passages Of 4 vulgar character TINT
would disgraco the pulpit Of any church ever es~
tabliahed. Though the Rev. Mr. Mccarthy sail
these things to q crowded assomblago, including
virtuous wives and modest maidens, without o
blush, wc spnro him, his congregation, and the
religious community in general, the scandal Of q
reproduction. Ar. McCarthy's "aornon" las
nnquostionably settled tho controversy between
him and Ills congregation. Tho lattor have al
ready asked hlm to resign. They can now have
no hesitation in ejocting him aummarily in case
he fails to retire without further commotion.
, 1874-02-02

railroad robbery almost as dramatic ~ that
at Adair. Iowa, last yoar, was committed on
Saturday at Gad'B Hill, on tho Iron Mountain
Road, III Missouri. As In that caso, tito robbors
were masked aud iloavy armod, aud p1uutlorod
tito mail, the exprosa car, and tho passengers
and olfluia!a Of tho road. They did
not, as nj Adatr, onlangor tho safety
Of tho train by removing 4 rail, hut
switched It on to sido-track. Tho tota1 amount
OF booty was about $4,000, besides gold watches
and valuable lottors and packages. rho citizens
Of Gals Hill who stood by mud saw tho outrage
committed are sud to bo preparing to follow up
tho robbers. who will DO vol out of tho way by
tho time they got roady. Tho inquiry will ut
onco DO suggested whothor this is not tho Bamo
gang tint appeared At Adair, and was traclod
down into Missouri but It iB not liley to DO an
swered, "a the lastor wore not caught, aud tho
formor arc not likely to bo.
, 1874-02-02

Tho furthor continuance OF tho session of tho
Illinois Legislature is m outrage ,lpon tho peo~
plo Of the State. That body haa already
passed resolutions and sent them to Washington,
denouncing tho action Of Congress- in voting Tho
members extra pay. The Constitution OF ILL
nois provides that tho Legislature shall meet
only once in two years, which provision tho prcH-
ent Legislature evaded by trick of tnhing re-
cess from h1ay, 1873. to January, 1874. There is
no business for tile Legislature to do requiring
this extraordinary session. Iho cost of the Leg
islature is at tho ratio Of 81, 600 per day. Tho
Legislature, therefore, is merely spend
Ing that much money without rendering
any service to the State. For a session
Of ordinary length, each man costs tho
State about 5000, not including tho darnago he
may do by vicious aud unnecessary legislation
Tie Legislature has now been in session thirty
days, and Inns consumed e45,00 Of public money.
The members have done nothing md really 1avo
nothing to do. They are only running tho sos-
sion in :lor own individual interests. It's
further continuance il fraud-it iH Hala.y grab
biug equally unprincpled with that committed
at Washington. Let tho yeas ndnays bo called
1T least three times week in each House on Il
motion to adjourn sine die, and let tho people
know tho names Of those who desire to have
their boagd-bills paid out Of the State Treasury
for no value received
, 1874-02-02

py lilo positions they aro seeking. Whonover n
woman can DO tho worts Of a mnt, bettor than 1.
tnan, Or oven M we'll as ,nan, why should nl,o
not DO it9 If this acoms arbitrary, thou lot man
console hinlaolf with tho fact tint, with oil tho
advantages and experience llo haa l,ad ao ourlt
to riso above the species Of work vlicl, d woman
can do wol1, mud sock atill higher occupations
wlloro thero danger Of competition. 1fawo-
nun ncan bo successful school why yHlould
H''e not also llnyo an opportunity to allow her
ability School Committoo woman? The yast1na-
1orlty Of tcacl,crB In this country arc women.
III Chicago thoro aro thlrty-ono n,a1o md 440
fomalo toachers tho thrty-one maloa being
principally ffguro-1londa, hot up for disciplinary
purpoaes rat'ier than with any object Of irnpars-
Ing cducation to tho rising generation. Tho elo-
mentary education of this country, and many OF
tito highor departments of toac,ng, arc in tho
hnnda Of women, and tlloy llavo shown thcm-
HclvoH competent for tho task for ycars. Why,
thon, should thoy not DO competent to Aerye uppn
School Doards, md put into general practice tho
rules a11tl systems which thoy havo GIL
forced in individual cascB? At tho re-
cont county elections in this sato Boy-
oral ladios wore elected County supern-
tcndcntp Of Schools and no complaint has
yot boon mndo Of inonicioncy upon their part.
II, therefore, the Supreme Court Of Massac1u-
sofia shall pronounce 1t constitutional for these
1adioa to gorvo, It is only a very narrow and I'M
manly projudlco Which will prevont them from
doing 30. If, on tho other hnnd, 1t is decided to
be unconstitutional, then The law should bc
amended 10 that no legal obstacle eau staud in
their way.
, 1874-02-02

Who NUT ut Pittsburgh on Saturday, arc re-
ported to havo agreod that II tho price OF pig
iron-which is kept up by the tarifr-was not
reduced, many Of them would be compelled TO
close their mills. A fow days ago. Horno Of tho
lQrgest consumers OF iron md steel in tho
country met in Boston, in aolf-dofonso, and
formed an association to procure the reduction
Of tho duties On those articles. Facts like
these, Which are transpring every day, must be
inoxplcable to pooplo who believe that Pro-
lection protects.
, 1874-02-02

Whole vote fiji jnnt convention, 13o.
Necessary to choice, 10.
All the Senators, except ono {chosen to llll
vacancy). wore elected In 1874, and thoy are
classcd: Republicans q; Opposition, 0. The
cntiro House Of Representatives woro olected in
1878, and these nro clausea Republicans, "a;
Opposition 64. The Opposition. however, are
made up Of extremely heterogeneous olomeuts.
Twenty Republicans refused to 60 into party
CAUCUS, II members were elected as Neformera,
10 as independents, 10 as Farmers, as Demo.
Gratis, and as Opposition. Tho u anti-eauoua
nombors aro thus accounted for. The extont OF
tile party decentralization, howovor, ia most
strikingly shown III Ill attempt to pass tue fol-
lowing resolution iu tho uouge,
Rexosed, That to have Jul t4ith and eo.y1dtnos It,
Ms lfpabs1ean purity, and hsfsbv rsnew our pledges
of d*'fy to saf4 purity, and bslisys that Ill sators
, 1874-02-02

Tho five counties Of Harper, Darbour. Conan
chc, Kinglnan mud Ness, III Southwestern Kan
EDS, arc said to contain about 600 inhabitants be-
tween them. Tho Kansas law requires popu-
lation Of GOO In each county. Whom Barbour
County was to DO organized, 1t contained tlroe
houses. 4 list Of GOO na.nes was mado up. Just
baforo 1t was to bo hid botore the Governor, 1t
was discovered that the names wero all 1nascu-
line. The proper changes wore mado; fictitious
women and children took the placo Of sono OF
the uon-oxistent men; aud the county was organ
ized. It at once voted 800, 600 1nilroad bonds,
Which arc now III tue lnarket. Tho sn1no process
WAS repeated In the four other col1nties. SO tho
Ring rot half million dollars in bonds and sont
five of itB mcmbors to tho Legislature. Each waa
unanimously elected. Evidently ponoroy's
sweetness Laa not been wasted on tho Kansas
mir.
, 1874-02-02
GOV. CARPENTER AND THE TARIFF ON
IRON

GOV. Carpenter, Of Iowa, In hfs recent Inaug-
ural, mnkos statement {borrowcd from another
aourco) to tho effect that tho tari1Y on iron up
piled to the business of the Now York Central
Railroad would make tho additional charge on a
buehol OF wheat from Chicago to New York Of
only ono cont aud one hundred aud oighty-oight
thouaandtas Of cont Oh account Of tho tariff,
and that, therefore. tho tariff will mover ruin the
Western farmor. This III one of many instances
in which, other through Ignorance or willful-
moss, figures which aro true III q particular appli-
cation arc made to falsify general faots.
Tho freight business Of tho Now York Gen.
trail Railroad is 10 enormous that obviously
tho extra coat Of iron caused by tho tariff
can have but q very slight ofrect GU each
buBlel Of grain carried, but the farmers Of Iowa
and Illinois havo primarily to do with the rai-
roada in their respective statos, mud when tho
tarH iB applied to the business OF thcse roads,
especially to those moro recently built, the result
will DO found far different. On lookIng ovor tho
report of tho Illinois Railroad Commissioners for
1872 amongst tic classified roads We fluid that
thoro aro twolye whose tota1 miloage IL 1903
miles, and whoso freight business for the IL
months, aftor adding proportionato dilroronce
III tho case of four roads wlloso earning, arc only
given for part Of tho year, amounted to 201o,-
030. Now the additional cost Of tho iron cauaol
by tho tariff for these twelve roads,
reckoning tho duty at 50 per ton goll,-88 tons
to the mile, and gold ut 1oo.-wou|d 10 1885,
$685. The interest on tlls original Investment
cannot be set down at loss than . por cout, and
the life OF tho ruils say eight yoarH, would In
volye charge Of 19 pnr cent por annnm for re-
placement, making total annual charge OF 20
per cent. This glyea LII total annual charge
Of e250,07o, which Is equal to au additional
charge o4 nina and 1naty-one-huntredtha Per
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FOREIGN.
Returns from Tic Parliamentary Elcc-
tions In England.
Tho Conservatives Make q Con.
siderable G,lin.
Advices from the Gold Coast..!Tle
Ashantce War,


I.oynoN, Fob. 1.-polls were oponed yestcr-
day in Guiljford, Chatham, Kcldor,ninstor,
Maidstone, Audovor, and North LincopBhiro.
TIE CONSERVATIVES WE'RE VICTORIOUS,
holding their own In all elections except TINT nj
Darnstaplc, and oloating tlloir candidaten in
oight borougls represented by Liberals In Inst
Parliament. Tito Liborals SHOW gain Of only
ono ,nomber, having dcfonted tho Conservative
ut Darnstape.
TILE RETURNS FROM CHATHAM
Rcar-Admral George Elliott, Conservative.
was elected at Chatham by minority Of tGo, al.
though tho doc1-yards and other Government
Embellishments ttcro give tue Ministry groat IN
i!uonce At tho Inst election llo was doioatcd b7
tho Liberal candidate, Mr.. Otway. then Under.
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, who Lad lua~
jority Of 1874.
OTHER RETURNS.
Onslow, lIibornl. WIS oooted at Gudford by
243 majority, against al Mt tho last election,
Horny James, Attorney Gonoral. md A. G. Bar
clay, fortnor Liboral members, wero both TO.
turmoil from Taunton without opposition.
WORK OF THE WEEK.
During the week tlloro were forky-oight, cleo.
tions, and tho roHllt III TINT twenty Liberals and
twonty-eight Conservatives aro returned to par-
1iament.
Tho Liberals havo carried Maidstone, eleoting
both their candidates.
4 Conservative IN returned from Bowdly In
WorcosterBoiro, and Il Homo-1lulo candidate from
tho borough Of Carbon, ireland.
, 1874-02-02

Wo publish this morning. in connection with
the description Of tho now fremont House,
which ia soon to DO opened, a history of tho
hotel under it's different nanagomonts, from
10 intimately connected with tho growth Of Chi
cago TINT the "reminiscences given concerning it.
and tho many brilliant and abe mon who have
been associated with it in ono way or another.
will be road with interest by tho old and new
residents Of this city.
, 1874-02-02

tltetol by Slate and nation and will be oitain-
Cd through tint party.
This resolution, which had boon previously
pasacd III tho Senate by ~ to &, WAS rojoctod In
tho 11ouBo by SO to 60.
Or tho aoyoral candidates for tho United States
sonato, atr. ssovor is supposed to ropresont
party foalty md ca,ouB ru1o in the highoat eeuso
Mr.. Phillips tho eano dootrinos In less strin-
CONT form while hlr. Plumb and ox-aov. 1Inr-
voy, though l,ominally Republicans, arc ready to
slide out upon OCCASION. Mr. J. X. Hudson iB
supposed to represent tho Far1ncrs' Movement
moro nearly than any other candidate.
It is probable that hlr. Phillips, who
is himself fa1mor aud nun Of
marked ability, could --be elected II lie
stood In tho samo position that Alr. Hul-
son does. As q matter Of faot, 1e is not thor
ough.going party man, but, having boon elected
to Congress as Republican, ho probably feels
bound to stand by party ussgcs as long a.
he holds ollico at tho hands Of tho Republican
organization. Ho md ex-Gov. Robinson arc
tho only candidates namod who arc much known
outaidc Of tho State. Both Of them wero honor
ably identified with the early history and strug-
CLOS Of KanaaB.
This singular complication at Topeka ia only
another symptom Of tile break-up Of parties. 1t
is part and parcel Of tho Reform movo-
mont in Wisconsin, tho Iudcpoudont
purity in California, tho Autobiography
party in Iowa, and tho Farmers
Movoment In Illinois. II tho Opposition in tho
Kansns Legislature arc In earnoas,-if they do
sire to build up o party that ahail control tho
State for years to como, aud DO Influential in tho
affairs Of tho natton,-thoy can do 80 by uniting
their strength on aomo MN Of 0rst-class ability
and character. Kansas has been too long rop-
rescnted by inforior and corrupt politicians.
There is now m opportunity to rescue her from
tho odium brought upon her by tho LanoB, Pom
oroys, and CaldWo1lB who have trailed hor BAN
ner in the mud before the eyes OF tho whole
country. To 10 this, however, they must
unite.