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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-07

any fitty yards of its length; that
the opening through it is ample for
the passage Of boats, while the truth
is the shoals caused, the current
through the opening and the debris
of its shattered material have des-
troyed the practical use of the bay
that Government dredging has Civ
en- us better harbor than we "eUe7
had betore,'" the truth is, not dime
of dredging was necessary at the
entry, had the due current acted be-
tween the cribworks at that place ;
and that the water flows i,a. as much
as ont through the canal, when the
fact was that the usual elevation of
the bay where the canal now is, was
one and half feet above the Lake
and during the semi-annual floods
quite three feet; and it is the canal
two hundred and fifty feet broad, !,
dredged to sixteen feet depth, which
reduces the bay to the lakes level.
Contrivances as dikes, jetties and
wing dams are to be interposed if
our destroyed harbor shall be fur
ther injured; and we are to have a
bridge; ; had it been built, the scheme
connected with it was to fasten up
on Douglas County an eight per
cent interest bearing bond debt of
three hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, for a bridge to enable that
grasping system of railway to 90
East at our expense.
But the cry is eff the canal is
closed Duluth will be ruined,' with
out the bridge, Duluth was never
less than a ruin. now, In all her
splendor, a most accomplished one,
in debt one hundred cents for every
dollars worth OF property real per
sonal and mixed in that mass of
ruins; half million debt for her
bonds which have been sold at any
price to pay for her canal, break
water, dikes and dams.
Duluth will be saced by the clos
ing of the canal, when readiusted to
enjoy her natural facilitie, rs de
signed by Natures earth works !;
her ware houses, depot and eleva-
tor placed where they should be, on
Rice and Minnesota Points, along
the channel of the St. Louis and up
on the best side of our common and
best harbor Of the Great Lakes.
Then and only then can Minnesota
have lake port Of which she may
be justly proud.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-07

Eighteen miles of falling water a
quarter of mile in width, that some
/ day will be sold by the cubic inch !.
What city will yet be built around
this vast heart of industry and life
A FLOOD
in the Mohawk, Susquehanna, Ohio,
Wabash, Connecticut, Hudson, in
fact, in any and every river east of
the Rocky mountains, is a thief.
The muddy color is the proof Of the
robbery 1t is soil, agricultural
wealth, carried away to the Allan
tic, and the Mexican gulf, to the
enormous loss Of the nation When
the snow on the mountains of Mon
sana melt and her brooks and rivers
run brimming, you can see the gold
and silver trout glitter as clearly as
if they We're in glass globes. Mon
tana's streams never run turbld-
that is, they never steal her soil,
never hook her salts of manure.
THE TWO GREAT RIVERS,
the Missouri and the Columbia, may
serve to measure the greatness Of
this territory in all things. From
the Gulf of Mexico to the Falls of
the Missouri, IA steamer can paddle
five thousand miles. The Columbia
is a sea a thousand miles from the
sea, and serves to drain large part
of British Columbia as well as the
Northwestern United States. Only
Montana could give birth to two
such mighty rivers at once.
The LAST OF THE "SwAMP AN
GELS.-The notorious Steve Lowry,
the last and the most desperate Of
the terrible Lowry gang of North
Carolina outlaws, has been killed.
For ten years the Lowrys kept the
mountain districts about Lumberton
in terror, and outrage after outrage
upon the white people was commit
ted by this gang of negroes. In
deed, about three years ago they
were at war with the inhabitants of
the whole section, and for time it
seemed impossible to subdue them.
Their ranks were successively thin
ned, however, by the capture and
death Of members of the band, till
there remained only this young man,
who has at last met the tate of the
others No story Of brigandage in
the mountains of Spain or Italy was
ever more terrible, and the people
Of North Carolina are to be congrat-
ulated on the extinction of the
{ Swamp Angels. ". Y. Herald.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-07
TERMS :
So SO PER AN N U M

On Wednesday night last, Gov.
Taylor signed the bill, conferring
the Saint Croix land grant on the
North Wisconsin and the Chicago
u Northern Pacific Air Line Rail
road companies, and it is now a
law. At this act of tardy justice,
tc this long neglected portion of
Wisconsin, the people are rejoicing
hoping, as they do, to see the rail
roads for which the grant was orig
inalIy made, under construction at
an early day.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-07

A square will be counted the space ten lines Of
this kind of type.
Business cards lines or less $500 year.
Legal advertisements charged at he prescrib
ed by statue
Special notices 10 cents per line for each insertion
Transient dvertisements must be paid for in ad.
vance all others quarterly.
Advertisements not otherwise ordered, will be con-
tinued until ordered out, and charged accordingly.
No proof of legal furnished until the
advertisement is paid for.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-03-07

w WIS iobS hN -iSCt1b pun tloll vi
Wisconsin, the people are rejoicing
hoping, rs they do, to see the rail
roads for which the grant was orig
inalIy made, under construction at
an early day.
There are a few instances of indc-
pendent railroads and independent
railway systems. The Baltimore
and Ohio is one, an expensive road,
involving heavy work and more than
ordinary care to operate the rolling
stock; yet it is the cheapest route
betWixt West and East. The Di-
rectory form no entangling alliances.
The Wisconsin Central has nobly
withstood every attempt to draw it
into q combination of any sort.
And such is the character to be
maintained by the corporations
which shall develope the ST. Croix
Grant. It's association with compe-
tlpg lines will be as fatal to the
prosperity of this district and our
Lake Superior towns as is that OF
the Northern Minnesota road These
aggregatlons Of power, or rather
brute force. have been onr curse for
a score of years and have finally cul-
minated IN bold robbery, suspension
Of and attempted destruction Of our
State sovereignty.
We but relate the general. 0ut
spoken belief Of our citizens when
we state that in our present Cover
nor, immediate representatives.
Mess Barron and Fifield-and the
Legislature irrespective Of etfete
party, we have untrammeled states
men who will not shrink from full
vinlication and recovery of the inn
periIed rights Of the State.
The proceedings of the meeting
held to receive the Madison dele
gates report, exhibit the spontane-
ous views Of more than nine-t enths
OF our citizens. We most sincerely
regret the necessity which prompt
eli the mover to disabuse our Rep
resentatlyes OF the idea that as a
community amy desire exists to per-
petuate single fragment OF wreck
tor the salvage of which, not an
otoaer can be discovered "uhot-
ecer the dispoSition might BE-" the
ability has signaIly failed.
1t is with original courage instil-
led by the patriotic action at Madi-
son, that our people entertain the as
surances that the Saint Croix and
Central's Grant will not be tied and
made subscrvient to a system of
railway, the managers of which have
hitherto by well known agencies
batfled and secuted the power OF
this State.
The well digested and harmonic
INC results of debate, however
searching and contested, are to say
the least more than most of us an
ticipated. Yet the task before us
is q matter OF no play. First of all
unanimity of action must be cultiva-
ted and maintained. Our Repre-
sentatives and Senators in Congress
must not be misled into the error
that we desire the lands of the
grants restored TO market, if by log
rolling and sinister motives an eX-
tension should be delayed. Cover
nor Taylor and his legal advisers
need and must have facts to clear
away the effect of former blunderS,
attempted truces and truitless com
promises.
Such have been the befogging eff
feet and false impressions from de.
partures from the line and value of
facts, that grave doubts have been
suggested that the State may be de-
feated in the recovery of her rights.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-18
wEsTcHEsTER COUNTY AND THE HARLEM RAIL
ROAD.

The Executive Committee of the citizens of
NewYork and westchester residing the line OF the
Harlem Railroad have presented petition to the Legs
lative Committee Railroads In refuaon OF the state
ment OF Chauncey NJ Depew before the Committee.
They charge that the administration Of the Harlem
Railroad retarded the growth OF westchester County
and has driven from this State into NewJersey and
Connecticut 100000 people and sOOOoooOo OF taxable
wealth since 1852.
The Committee ask that the Joint Railroad Committee
forthwith report bin the Houses
that IL may be considered by the Legislative wisdom
in the Committee OF the Whole and that the Harlem
Railroad Company in its management may be controlled
by the same limitations and provisions now affecting
the Central and Hudson River Railroads, to passen-
ger fares and freights and the NewYork City railroads
FROM the City Hall up 10 Forty secondst, and that the
Harlem Railroad Company may be compelled by whole
legislation resulting hereafter in their own bene
t TO afford the facilities aud accommodations for
travel now furnished by the railroads OF SewJersey
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-18


The above general course is not related 10
the mechanical II il OF the courses OF general
culture The number OF students deyotng themselves
to the regular classical 1t will be seem Is not
seven IN q hundred There IA q strong pre-
ponderance OF other studies over those here
tofore regarded specially useful In what
are called the learned professions. The aggre-
gate number OF students in agriculture and practical
mechanics is about in 100. The number OF hours Of
attendance required OF students In the course or me
chanc Is including shop practice and work In the
draftngroom, 1900 in four years, against 22O In other
courses.
The Commissioner think that more might be done 10
secure practice by students in the Mechanical
Department. and that greater variety OF WORK should
be set before them The Agricultural Department they
saw does not fulfill the purpose of Congress, praoti-
cal training being neglected. The sum de-
voted 10 lectures by nonresident professors
in this department might better be applied
TO moro practical objects. Tue management or the uni
yersty for general educational purposes Is ouna 10 pe
satisfactory merits those OF school Tor gene
raj culture not Of one specially for the mechanic arts
and agriculture Its tendency is toward a school Tor
literary training, tendency which Will be nara
to resist 1t recommended that the provision re,
during about 52 non-paying students TO be received
should be repealed and not more than one ree student
be received at n time from each Assembly District Inc
report says The financial condition OF the Goege' 80
far as relates to ts annual income and expenditures 49,
by the sworn statement or its Treasurer THIS:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-18
TIE BROOKLYN TAY-OFFICE.
MORE IRREGULARITIES DIscoyERED-DEFAuLr AND
INTEREST MONEYS MsAPPLIED.

MORE IRREGULARITIES DIscovERED-DEFAULr AND
INTEREST MONEYS MIsAPPLIED.
1t became known yesterday that the account
ants who been for time past investigating Inc
affairs Of the Brooklyn Taxoce lately discovered frauds
OF a different character and involving larger amounts
than those previously revealed. Both the members OF
:he Board Of Audit and the accountant Mr. Seaman, re-
fuse to furnish any details Of what has been discovered
Put the character of the frauds is indicated Hereto
fore the discoveries have been rsauon TO erasures
and alterations OF figures, but 1t appears that pre-
yious to and during Mr. Badeau's administrator
system prevailed by which default and III
terest accommodating unpaid taA-bs "ero
not recorded the books as RENTED ous
actually paid 10 somebody who failed 10 turn 'H
amount over to the city treasury The amounts in'oeu
are said 10 be very large Some time the account
ants announced that els OF the surplus und naa
appropriated by some person during inc aa,n Sol,
VI Edmund briggs. IL was asserted that the Mn LIZ
amount missing will reach $4,000 The matte, VS. VS.
thought or much importance that tue meoel ,,re
Board OF Audit summoned Mr. Drugs 20 appear "a
them for the purpose OF settling or explaining tue NJ
fcency. Accordingly, yesterday Mteruoodd Con.
briggs appeared before Mayor huhter anu 70
trolIer Schroeder and conversed with them IN ~,
gard to the irregularities durins ms yer
Re sa,d he had counded the financial branch OF tne u
partment 10 Mr. Baaeau, his deputy hnu ~ asp ND
an assstant He said that the surplus tuhu was az ps1
over by him through the agency Oh Oaps u' .a,,tsJ
aver he was fold that different sums were 10 DC crelsv
ana IN he Maid over 10 particular account No a
his check payable to order OF Capt Gl lie sas ,Ss
accountant ana thereioIe loiss
management Of the Otice To Badeau ana ON l ae "a
h"rs nj the Hoard of Audit state that they intehn "
search the matter W the bottom and nnd out ""o
yed aud used the money.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-18
SALE OF THE HAsELTINE ART COLLECTION.

Charles +. Hasetine's collection of paint
ings sold AT auction yesterday afternoon at Leavtrs
Clinton Hall salesroom. The room was filed. but the
bidding not brisk. and large number of the most
valuable pictures not sold for that reason. The
following hst contains OF the most notable sales
cieaty Dsy on the Ash.nys Wall sold FOR $50 seller.
ssler, Pnee $780, The Li, Pes.sn, Girl By j. sis
nohHi 800 sellers price $3.50 .o The First ks.
800 Prse,nag for the B,,h" b, Charles Chapln $40
81 0OO The serenads Comsarsn,
$500 Amer TIE Beaff.' b. L. O. broun $500 sellers price
$500 Before toe shrine" Edmund Castsn seller. rrce
$4,000 The PompeAn Msdr by GusVe Boaangsr $50 sellers
81 -
j. NJ w. Turner's "venice" was offered for a. 600
which not half Of the sellers price but there were no
bidders Oyer 100 other pictures wero offered about
ope-thitd VI which were sold.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-18
CORNELL UNIVERSITY.

REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY
AN EXHAUSTIVE INQUIRY INTO THE MANAGEMENT
or THE FIyANCEs-THE PLAN GENERALLY AP-
pRoyED-No ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION NEEDED
lFRon TIKI REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRiBuNE'l
ALBANY, April 1.-THE Governor sent to the
Senate this morning the report OF the committee ap
pointed nv him last Winter to investigate the charges
made by Mr.. Mcclure, member of the last Assembly
against the founder OF Cornell University. ENGov
Seymour makes minority report differing from the re-
port ohs colleagues the Committee. Col John d. Van
Buren, and the Hon VIM. A. Wheeler, mainly on legal
point involved in the investigation.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION.
ALBANY, April 16, 1874.
grant was made for agricultural ana mechanlcal cor
ieges, the Legislature Of New-fork, wilh q view, no
doubt TO Increasing from private eources the endoW-
ment Of such institution in this state at first gave
The income from share thereof certain pecuniary
conditions. TO the Peoples College at Havana, 10y eDap
6ll of the laws OF 1863 The conditions not having been
complied with, law was passed IN lS. s1n glS
to- the forms OF the act and Of the law OF
Congress This was done on condition or mat lime teo
by Ezra CorDel OF ithaca aforesaid which last nameu
fund shall be given absolutely ana without any ~ th
boD restriction, or CONDITION TO De proven ,, tne
satisfaction of the Controller and upon the iurlhei
condition that Mr.. Cornell should pay $4,000 TO LIMA
Cornell gave his bond for S50O0OO TO Cornell unNeIsy'
payable within ten years with interest ied NV t6e
which. with ITS collateral security was pi ON me
Controller as satisfactory The "hoe pfihoip"i WI" 10
He haH also given 10 the University. as estimated oy
ts ocors land and other property TO the vaiue "a sio
s9i ri He mas also advanced. as claimed IN ms &C
counts 70 pay and expenses unon LANDS, nne the
contract set forth below, about s29O0OO incI'hS -
terest Ie - now bound the State for slgeOO IN part
a,'c,t ~ land scrip We set forth what Mr.. Cornell
ms one Tor the University according 10 its statements
ad eeek by dispOsng OF this point, 10 make more cea
H. Ina dealings with the STATE, while they grow
ont of the same subject. are kept by us distinct
from his transactions with the University, ana
are TO Ue viewed in the hight OF his duty to the
state ana OF its obligations TO the General Coy,
af m guard and keep II forever for certain purposes
OF eCucation set forth in the act OF Congress- anu 20
homo 10 make good any loss which the iuhd nay SUI
FER We cannot therefore, in dealing WIN tns ui,
suhniited 10 us take into account ANY aets % ~
a. me DiVfrsiiv ON the part Of those VINO 1ouhueu OF
confr,bute 10 support IT. As the state, IN giHhg the
n1ne of me Iana grant the University, had III view
d"nf to iDduce others to end0W IT, we give state
mont az Gifts nd promises made TO II Dy ulnereht per-
sons r. reported 10 Us by It's 0hcers' 1Ae PiIholpaI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-18

New-York City Lleweliyn p. Barry presided. Resolu
tons adopted in opposition to the bill now before
the Legislature TO annex Brooklyn TO New-York and An
address to the Mayor drawn up dele CATION tbe,
proceeded the Mayors office, and Llewellyn Barr,
read the address The Mayor said be heartily
In the sentiments OF the address. do ain -
his power 70 prevent the annexation. Committee wa
appointed TO go TO Albany TO oppose the bill for the an
ueXatiOn ~ III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-18
CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Senate. in

WASHINGTON, April T.-Tne Senate, in Ex-
ecutye session to-day. confirmed the following nomna.
tons:
Clark Postmaster at Aun ArbOr Mich; Brewer Reeei yer
Of Public Moneys at st. Cloud. Nina.
The Senate was occupied nearly hour In the discus
sion OF the nomination OF Edwin NJ McCook to be Gov
efnor OF COLORADO Territory. which recently
ported favoraby from the Committee on Territories but
did not reach vote on the question of confirmation
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:
SO that the end of 1870 he in adv ance about
slOO At the end OF 1872 this reduced by
to s5259 90 After the close OF the 1877
Cancelled two contracts with Sage and McGraw aud re
paid to these parties tl0alO9 20 for what thew had
already paid him the contracts and for expenses in
CURED by them In examining the lands. Dsregarding
this payment mis- disbursements 1873 were ti22 90
and his receipts 1870 Is, leaving his net
the Of t60l5 %. To this must be added i'm
mating his cash outlay the interest which he mas paid
TO tue State every his bonds given for the SCRIP
which amounts to ts7,864 a..
Giving him crcdt for the repayment TO Sage and Me.
Graw the Commissioners cay they ind that Mr. Cornell
cannot claim more than s2Ss395 81 the score OF dis
ments. We also ssay that taking all his disburse-
ments together they do noamouDt toenOugh 10 eptte
him 10 assign the contracts, as he did 10 the
University as security for bond OF his executed In
1865.
COURSE OF STUDY Al THE UNIVERSITY
The Commissioners continue: The sixth subdI-
vision OF the resolution requires US to ascertain
whether agriculture and the mechanic arts are the Ioad
ing studies taught at Cornell University or whether the
leading object OF sand university lch such
Of related 10 agriculture aud the mechanic
arts required by the fourth section Ia
la Ws OF Congress- passed Ia 1854" The proyi,ion m the
act Is that the colleges which receive the beneat Of
the grant the leading object shall be- without eYci,d
ing other scientific and classical studies and
military tactics TO teach such branches OF earnng az
related agriculture and the mechanic arts p snch
manner the Legislature oi We staIos may respeo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-18

The estimates for the current year show surplus SUI
fcient cover this deficiency. The income from the
Collage l. md Scrip: Fund and the Cornell Endowment
Fund is however over estimated. The two together, so
far as invested make up capital Of only 5000 O00 yield
ing less than $4,000 OF Mr. COrnelPs account
with the University shows that he has promptly paid
the semannnal interest on his bond for 100000.
The Commissioners say II does not seem TO be neces-
sary 10 recommend any legislation TO properly secure
the fund derived from the net profits on the oca
tiop aud sale OF the lands by Mr. Cornell under the
agreement OF August, 1866 All needul powers, they
say seem now be held by the Controller and other
state officers The report which closes with this sub
,ect il signed by Messrs w. A. Wheeler aud Johu D.
Van RuTeu.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-18

A clam with gold finger ring on It's shoua.
the said ring having several initials engraved 0" "
dug nj New Bedford Mass the other day. IN a ring
wbers AZ ia customary baptize converts Inv
probably slipped from tue logger Of some im~''"
slstcI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-18
PROTEST AGAINST ANNEXATION.

meeting of real estate owners, numbering
nearly 100. held yesterday, at No. 50 Pines TO pro-
test against the proposed annexation OF Breoklya 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-18

lively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal ana
practical education Of the Industrial classes IN the SOW
eraI pursuits and professions OF hfe ,,
strr xnainIna the Intention OF the above provision,
the re port says: The owing Is classification OF the
sfudents In attendance the past two years, by tho
courses OF study pursued by them severally: 80 -.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-18
NOMINATIONS BY THE PRESIDENT.
the following nominations TO the Senate to-day:

Frsaf Fry of Maine TO DO Consul Omoa Honduras "
Brewer 10 be Receiver Of Public Moneys at st. Cloud MINI.
Postmasterg-Jimes b. Pollock at 0ahe, Kan NJ Benton Al
Branbrdge, Ca Jesse Moore owensboroagh XVI Carie. O.
ClArke at Ann Arbor Mich
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~ u
The Commission mas summoned all persons who were
named IN t as likely 10 give information on the ques
mons submitted 20 H. Tie testimony handed to you
with thls report Tho Witnesses were examined In the
presepce Of one or more OF the Commissioners No tes
tmouy offered has been rejected. Mr. Mcclure was in
yited To ali the meetings OF the Commission ana to pre-
sent 20 II questions Of law or fact.
The resolution of the Legislature requires us TO In
aure into aud ascertain the condition of the College
land grant"