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, 1874-03-06

q dofalcation3 Whom lo or Homo other equnlly-
roliablo philoogst shall have provided tho
language with n most necessary synonym for
this phrase, wo will apply IT to Btr. John Dulor,
Fort Scott, Mo. 11o was tho agent Of tho drnng-
ors III the noig'lborhood Of That town, nnd nftor
being intrustoa with tho management Of somo
coa1 fields thorcabouts, narriotla wifc, to whom
hopreHontoddamonds enough to salt ovcry aquare
mile Of Arizona. few wookB afterwards ho was
cruelty way1atQ by many mon In buckra1n, who
plundorod him OF $4,000, tho exact sum which
oonld not 10 accounted for In hfs books. As B1r.
Dltlor's caso In hut ono tn thousand, aoon-
denHol account Of l,ia proceedings Is dotnandodin
QUO word. What Is It?
, 1874-03-06

4 young American, s. ". uealy. has written
to tho New York World long letter, in which
he denouucos six American artists residing in
Florence and nomo as frauds upon tue public
Tho six arc 4. Il. Park, Larln G. Mead. Jr., T.
r. Gould, W. g. Turner, p. F. Connolly, aud
Mis- Hosmer. all OF them arc charged with
hiring ltaliauB to model for them. Illinois iB
especially Interested In this matter, because
Mead Is now ut work on tho monument that Is to
coyor tho grave Of Lincoln ut Springfield. A1r.
Healy declares TINT this las been in groat part
designed by siguor PasHaglja. OF tho truth Of
this particular charge VIC know nothing, hut "e
do know that thoro are two BldeB to tho question
in some Of tho other casoB.
Tho fight which bus now been transferred to
the columns Of tho 1Vorld began Inst spring tn
Florence. Aa A1r. Hcaly has mado lg version Of
tic case public, wo shall cite that OF tlo impll-
cated artints. They Bay-or they aaia then-
that this young American came to Florence and
apaedtly mado hinaelf tho laughing-stock OF
American society thore by Ills mistaken and
pompoua criticism Of wdrk6 Of art. ue was ap-
parently nun Of lttlo education, at 1eaat In
catletio matters, but ]to soon Picked up stock
of technical terms by constantly lounglug around
tho studios, Uo was GU friendly terms with all
tho eou]ptors until ho wrota to AL American gen.
tlemuu who had orlorod something from Mr. II.
II. Park, and accused tho lattor OF trying to palm
on his employee works rs bis own. This
lettcrwas forwarded to tloaonlptor. His defenso
WEE peculiar and, TO the Americans then reHd-
Ina IN Floronce, moderately satisfactory. The
order that had beon gigon him was confirmed.
Every one KNOWS that soulptors rarely touch
chisol to marble themselves. They make the
modal, mud their workmen manufacture the
copies therofroln. A1r. ". ". Story is almost
tho only Bculptor who personally aatshcs hia
works. When they are nominally done, le goos
over them, clisol In hand, touching aud rotoucll-
iuu. until le is satisfied. ~ noyor know what
changes sunll make" he reoontly said, but
f.el tAotu." Alr. Park claimed that hls hiring
Italians to model minor detaila Of arapery, eto.,
under hia diroot supervision aud subject
to bis criticism VAS perfectly proper, be-
cause Il WAS on \ par With tho mechanical
| work Of copying. aud that, moreover, oyor5
sculptor III Floseuoo did tho aAmo thing
, 1874-03-06

Tho owners OF tho Chicago Bl,oo-factorios
.eavo NJ ono reason for reducing tho wages Of
their worlsmon thai they found thomso1yos un-
ablo to compete in tic nnrkot with the contract
orB for tho ponitcntiary labor. Tho excuso WAS
doubtless woll-grounded. Tho artisans In tho
noighborhood Of every Ponltontlaty suffer
through tho competition Of tho rogucs confined
there. Tho dilemma haa two horns II tho
prisoners work, they often drive lonost men out
OF work, and 30 load aomo Of them to crime {;
II they do not work. there is frightfu1 waato Of
money, aud prison becomes, for some people,
moro than ordinarily comfortable almBhouHo,
aud, for others, 4 Moro way.statlon on the
road to tho lunatio Asylum. 1t would be pos
slblc, however, to materially modify the frat
part OF The problem by changing the psosont
system Of letting Ponitentlary labor. THO
usual way Of making contracts now is to calcu-
laro tho cont Of maintaining prisoner and then
to lot his labor to tho person Who will food and
clothc him and pay tho largest bonus hesi1cs.
Occasionally tho prisoners are divided into
classes, aud tho labor OF tho different classes ia
lot at different rates. The trouble with tlleso
arrangements ls TINT the contractor can mako a
profit, not only On what he pays, over and above
maintenance, but on tho food ho furnishes IN
part payment. This double profit enables him
to undoraoll tho goods TINT honoaty makos, even
when Ills original bid WINS fair one, and the lot
ting has boon froo from jobbory or politicB.
Instead Of this systom, 1t might DO better to
divide tho prisoners into tue two olassoB Of
skilled and unskiled, and to then let their labor
for cash ut tho markot-piico FOR such labor, CT
aa near it rs possiblo. The State would then
pay for food, md the profit on it. If thore bud
boon my before, would thoncoforth lnuro to the
5tato inatcad Of to tho contractor. Under Hucl,
system, mechanics would suffer no moro from
competition With jail-brda than they would Il
the birda wero free aud busy ut honest toll
Further projection than this iH impossible.
, 1874-03-06

Tie sight II man dying Of Starvation would
be a terrible shock. uoaring Of such death In
ones own street or city, OF oven country, Affects
us strongly. But when distant milton is mcn-
acod by famine, eyon whon tho victims Of want
arc counted by tho thousand, wo aro but 1ittlo
moved. We sent something to Persia to help
her through her doath-strugg1o Of two years ago,
but tho subscriptions woru small and tho donors
wero few. Now that tho Indian famine is at its
height, wo arc doing nothing. Not many people
here know there Ia q famine. Scarcely anybody
knows its extout.
According to Lord Northbrooko, Viceroy Of
India, "thrty millions OF people aro in doep dis
tress and si1 millions Of people arc thrown upon
our hands to save or lot perish" OF course, tho
famine has boon foreBoon, md for months the
Government has been busy. with measures Of
relief. It Is oonfldontly assorted that sufficient
food is on hand. Tho great trouble is lack
Of carriage. Btill, money can do much, and
England stands ready to pour out money with
desperate la7iahncss. Private subscriptions aro
being called for in England and Hinlostan, to
supplement Government grants. Queen Victoria
unwisely headed tho London subscription with
:s1,o0o. No native will henceforth dare to give
more, Lost ho should insult his sovereign. Ata
moeting held in Calcattn Oh tho 9TH inst, STU
tstics Of tho famine st that timo woro read. In
tho Province Of rlhoot, QUO million peop1o out
Of tho four million population will havo to bo en-
tirely supported for several months. Altogether,
tho Patna Division will hnyo ono md a
half million recipients Of relief. In other quar-
tors tho outlook ia as gloomy. In many places
the people have alroady but ono meal dug.
They arc anxious, but wonderfully patient" "
Even the higher classes nro forced to ask Gov
esnmont aid. Everything within mortal powor
il being done to curry that MD Wherever 1t is
needed. II Lord Northbrooko' plans succeed, Ae
| will have tho proud consciousness TINT he has
saved more liyes than tho 1nightiest couquoror
oyor destroyed.
, 1874-03-06

It Ia fortunate that Diaracli approciatoH the
importance Of prompt dcaling with tho 1ndiAn
fa,nluo There can bo no doubt that tho gront
calamity wllch tho English prosB haYo with
singular unanluity boon pressing upon tho at-
tcntion Of tho impasaivo English poop1o and
Government is at hand, The dispatches al-
rontly bogin to toll Of deaths BY starvation, and
tho number Of applicants for rcIiet has doubled
within wook. Tho Indian famine iB acknowl-
edged to be tho grcatost problem before the now
Cabinet,
, 1874-03-06

hlr. Garfield made M important speech yester-
]ay on tue deficit with which R1r. DawoB Btattlod
the country in his speech sonlo time ago. Flo
said Mr.. Dawos confessed mistake OF S29, ,000 900
in calculating the oxponscs Of tho current year
Ind takon tho bottom out Of hia Htartling
statements Instead Of boing fncreasod
to s319oo0,0o0 from e2oo,oo0.0o0, the
Expenses for tho yoar would bo roduced to
a270, 900 if the Honse continued to stand by
the Appropriation Committee in its rotrench-
ments. Tic believes that tho revival Of public
prosperity viii enable tho Government to 60 to
the cnl OF nc1t year with Its prosont SOURCES Of
rovonuo but, If such should not bo tho caao, ho
Ia in favor Of restoring somo of tho taxos tho
abolition Of which las reduced tho rovonue.
, 1874-03-06

Tho Chicn.o produee markets wore generally
stronger, with moro huslnosB doing. Meas pork
was in good domand and 2oGp25o per b1l higher,
closing at 9l4.o0Gp14.60 cash. and e14.00@l4,7o
scllcr April Lard vas active, md 26o por 100
tss higher, closing at S6,85@8.67N caah, md
1896 sollor April. Meats wero quiet aud 10
per lb higher, $50 for shoulders, ITO for short
ribs. 7a5o for short clear, and o}l@1o11o for
sHeet-p,ck1od han,a. Dressed hogs woro dull
anl castor, e6.o0@o.1215 per 100 lba. High
wlnos wero aotlye aud easier, at 0oo por gallon.
Tlour waa dull and unchanged. Wheat was
sottyo and tlrmor, closing at $l.1o1A cash, and
s1.a09< selles april. Corn wAa active aud 5fo
, 1874-03-06

Tho investigation before the Board Of Police
Commissioners raveals tho fact that 1t has been
tho practice Of tho Police Magistrates Of Chi
duly signed, hut oshorwiBo In blank. It also mp
pears that the practice Ind been for the bor-
geants to fill up these warrants and deliver them
to tho patrolmen to execute. 1t WIS warrant
thus signed on which Officer scnnlon arrested
Rafferty,. and, had Rafferty, shot scanlon instoad
of oAlcara, tie crime would have boon merely
manslaughtor. This practice, nc suppose, hns
been abandoned. It is d serious ques-
tion for patrolmen to nttcmpt tho ar
rest Of any ruiflan. Tho whole fra
ternity Of thieves and roughs have been fully
informed TINT any defect in tho warrant
Of arrest will roduco tho crime Of killing the
officer from murder to manslaughtor, and, 40
1ooBoly has this business Of issuing warrants
beon conducted in Chicago, TINT in nino casos
out OF ten they might have takon tho risk with
safety.
Asa general thing, thore ia but little attention
given at tho Police Courts to tho proper form Of
tho warrants iaauod, and this practice should be
promptly corrected. The Clerk Or tho Magistrate
should remember that tho officer who is to exc
cuto tho warrant haB no discretion but to obey
his orders, aud TINT, should ho be murdered tho
ASSASSIN may eRcapo the penalties Of tho crino Of
murder through m informally Of the warrant.
Justice to tho policemen demands that tho
makiug-out of tho warrant should DO committed
to competent hands, aud never iHauod without
careful examination.
, 1874-03-06
BOME WcHKING-WDMEN.

Tho laliey Of Atlantic, Iowa. havo aot good
example to the crusading women In tho matter
of breaking up tho whisky business. Evidontly
believing that there Ia as much efficacy in work
az in prayer, they took advantage Of tho annual
city election on Monday last, storu,ed the polls
and successfully carried them. The ,nodus
operandi was worry simple. In tho first place,
during tho campaign, they demanded ofllcora
who would not grant Baloo4'-.::onses; md, to
clinch tho matter, they hold oaucus and put q
truo-blue, cold-wator tickot In nomination.
Then thoy got up pledge for tho signature OF
voters who would agree to abide by mud support
tho nominations. They circulated this freely
and got sufficient signatures for 9 nucleus
to the good work. Having done this,
they prepared thomsolvoa for tho fight.
Promptly at o'clock on Mondny morning they
were Oh tho ground, aud thoy stayed thoro until
the polls closod ut night. They hired tho VII
lago bravs baud, and 1t dlscoursod most excellent
temperance musio, mono Of tho players taking
horn during tho day. The only hanl-orgau In
tho village was a1ao subsidized, and ground its
mournful musical modtoum steadily from q bur-
rel which had novor boen taintol with liquor.
Tho buildings Of tho town woro decorated with
flags and banners. The Indies peddlad tho
tickets, aud, when the voting lagged, they talked
and sang. ThuB tho day woro On, and when tho
polls closed tho tired women took carriagea
aud went homo. The result at tloir work was
that thoir ticket was elected eutire by Afty
majority. THUS, by ono day's good honest
work, they routed their enemy, and will not be
annoyed with him for yoar longer ut least.
The victory ia suggestive QUO to thoao who arc
engaged in tho temperance business wleroyes
municipal election ia pending. There is 10
more effective way to dispose OF whisky than
to voto 1t down. It ia better than closing up
saloons aud pouring whisky into tho strceta,
because now onsa may open again. It ia bette,
than getting druulards to sign pledges, bo-
CAUSE tloy may break thom. Tho la1los Of At
lantlo have gone to tue fountaln-heaa aud sealed
1t up. THO victory they havo won ia Legitimate
/. onn
, 1874-03-06

And now Louisville puts 10 c1aim in tho way
Of porsonnl difficulty. nosidonts Of Spring.
fold and Chicago aud various other citios will
remember tho Toy. ailbort Il. Robertson, whose
sins aeoufod his expulsion from lis Church
yoar or two since. When his guilt bocaulo pub
lio Ills friendB foil away from llim. Ho went to
Mr. Watterson, editor Of the LouiBvillo Conrie,-
Journal, throw himeclt on tho lattors sympathy,
and obtained employmont Us a writer on tho
Cou,icr-J journal. Ho afterwards becamo editor
Of tho Louisville Commercial, andat onco abused
hts position aud amused himself BY doing vhat
Ar. ". styles "squirting poietB Of mud at me-
Finally, Robertson published All elaborate assault
upon the man who had befriouded him In
Ills need. Ho received no reply. Whom ho triod
to get back into the Church aud failed, tho
Couricr-JourNal commoutal on tho fact as a
pieco Of nows. This, with two other incidental
! rofcroncos, includes everything tho papor hns
aaid Of tho Row. Robertson. Tho lattor has re-
comfy been collecting certiflcatos OF character
from various cltizons. 1ntrcnchod bohind
| these, ho bus kopt up steady fire Of falHehood
upon Atr. Watterson. This gent1omnn'H patience
has at length boon exhausted. lie sets forth
! that Ao has conscientious scruplos against duel
| ing, but adde, with grim pleaHantly, that while
| 1t may bo true that he cannot hit barn.
door At ten PAGES, he thinks ho "mlght
do something moro creditablo aud Of
| fcctivo IN oase it became necessary to
shorten tho range" 10 would apparently
prefer range equal to tho breadth OF bis Office,
for he closes his signed edtorial by saying that
| Le holds himself responsible for anything and
everything that appears in the Courier Journal,
and thas he can bo found In Ills room at any
| time hy anY aqerinYad poraQuH.
, 1874-03-06


Several years ngo, Dcan Richmond, Of No"
York, and others entered into contract with tile
Dubuque l. Sioux City 1tailroad Company, by
Which thoy wero to build m elevator Mt Dubuque,
through which all grain pnsBing. oyor that road
was to pass, ut n spcciled ratio forhandlsng. Tho
plau WIS to receive the grain In bulk, tako It into
tho elevator, put It In bagH, and lavo It shipped
down tho river. before tho elevator WIS COM
plotted, tho Illinois Central Railroad Company
lcaaod tho Dubuque l. Sioux City Railroad, and
stnco thon Ill grain coming from tho Went has,
without stopping ut Dubuque, beon carried d.
roct to Chicago, or to such other EuBtorn
point aa It .nay hnvo boen consigned to. Upon
tho completion Of tho elevator, tho propriotors
announced their readiness to receive grain !; aud
On oyory business day sinco thou they hayo kept
tho establishment opon, and llayo kept . force OF
mon In readiness with fires Lighted and machine
~ IN order to tako tho grain into warehouse.
Neyor, however, Inns a bushol Of grain ontorod
tho warehouse. Finally, suit WIS ontored
agaiuat tho nailroad Company under the contract,
in which 100000 waB claimed for tho business
which tho elevator might have dono, but novor
did. Tho elevator was perhaps. worth half tho
amount OF damages claimed. The trial has just
finished, and tho Jury Inns given verdict for
1924 ,750.91. Othor casos against the Central
Company havo boen previously tried, and all
were decided against tho Company. Tlcao
cascs are pending On appeal in tho
United statos Supreme Court. The jury
in this caao cut down the plaintiffs
claim moro thau half, and tho total Of their ver
dict was as stated, md maIo up Of tho following
special findinga: /. LoHs OF profits Of handling,
receiving, aud discharging grain, 2oo,oo0.2o. 2.
! LOSS OF storage, 820,249.20. 8. Loss Of proats
on handling aacka, "a, ,oo9.c2. 4. Loss Of profits
Of sacking tho grain, e2,C40.48. s. Loas Of
prohta on cleaning grain, ss,77a.12. 6. Loss Of
profits on value Of elevator and buildings,
! s50,000. a motion for now trial has been
mado, and tho case, like tho othorB, will DO
taken to tho Supreme Court. II this and tho
othor findings against tho Railroad Company be
I sustained. tho shortest and cheapest thing for
tue Company is to buy tbs elevator aud pull 1t
| 6nwn.
, 1874-03-06

Boss Shepherd charged In bis lnto communi-
cation to the District Of Columbia Investigating
Committee thut ho could not pay the school
toaclers Of tho District bocauso the grave
charges made against tho District Government
hnd impaired its credit aud rendered it unable
10 get tho money. 1fr. Corcorau, the Washing
ton Daukor who was ono of tic leaders in maxi
lnb theso charges, now offers to advance money
Gcptamhnr
, 1874-03-06

Another attempt was mado yesterday TO royiyo
tho franliug abuse in the interest OF the states-
men who get denominations by distributing Pat
ent-O1ice Reports and garden-Hecds among their
constituents. Mr. ShanAs' motion to reconaidor
last week was agreed to by 1928 to 109, and the
bill was tllou rocol,ellorol THIS waB tho onl
OF Mr. sLanEs' auccesscs. Ills motion to sub
stltuto Gotl. putlor's Franhiug bill Was lost by
183 to Is, and tho reconaidcrel bill was then
defeated again by Ill to 100. Il WAS lost Oh the
vote Inst week hy T. majority Of tYo.
, 1874-03-06

The repOltA uf NJ. Louis DO !iasnpai, q French
detective in tho employ OF the Now York police
authoritios during tho timo Of tho worldngmon's
agitation there, have just bpon made public. 10
road these reports, one might believe himself in
Paris at the t,no Of the Commune, or TINT the
Paris Commune had beon translated to Now
York. It might puzzle All American citizen to
discover what d froncl revolutionary and Com
uaunistio Circlo" has to do IN Now York, or
name Of tho organization-an organization not
gotten up, remember, to revolutionIxo France,
but to net right horo. Tile loadsug spirit
among tho Fronch Communists In Now York is
hir. May, o man WHO acquired somo experience
in that limo during tho PnriB Commune, aud
who came to this country, according to II. do
PlainvaPs account with goodly supply Of
diamonds stolen during tue lato reign of torror
there. A great number Of the French Commun-
ists in New York wero aotivo participants in tho
Paris Commune, md would desire no better
pastimo than to roviyo it's horrors hero. II. do
Plainyal attended one OF their mootings previous
to tho attempted display IN Tomkins' Square,
and heard tho speeches mado On the occasion.
These haranguos wore worthy Of tho times OF
the first French Revolution. Ono speaker ro-
rnindod tho mombors OF tho Circle that they
must do their duty "ovon at tho coat Of blood"
Another recommended, aH tho best way of maxi
ing this world Utopia, to march to tho City
Hall, stake tho Mayor by the mock aud throw
enthusiastic individual, the proprietor Of drum.
offered his services to summon tho soldiers OF
liberty to action. His services wero accepted,
md ho did noxt morning beat Luis drum about
tho streots Of Now York to call tho Commune to
arms! In adjourning, tho members, In true
Frouch style, did not forget to cry out" The
Commune or death !" Tho dotectiye commis-
stoned to watch tloae movements reports TINT
he Ia satisfied tho men would follow their
leaders and obey their commands to any oxtont.
At another meeting, somebody hata-pushed for 3
little money, doubtless, proposed that those
buildings iu which money WIS stored should bo
burned down. This was after tho Interference
OF tho police with the Tompklna' square DOM
onatEatlou. LUG OQulWUAldta. uolA aaEHAan AAu
French, wore determined that tho ue1t time
the police interfored. shoy should DO
opposed by force. Tie Germans came armed
with rifles anl bayonots aud Oh ono occa-
sion. while tho Fronchmon were in ono Btory Of o
building talking, tho Germans were upstairs
drilling. They were determined that there
should DO no second defeat, aud that In tho fu.
| ture tho police should be met with blow tor
blow and blood for blood" 4 military organi-
zatlon was decided upon, finally, to consist OF
companies Of 400 mon commanded by Captains,
four suol companies to form Q, legion. Such ia
tho plan that has been transferred to our couI-
Try from Europe during tho lhat decade. Com
pared With cur population tho!s uumbar ID small
, 1874-03-06

Gathorue Hardy and hin clerks in the British
War-Oilicc, who havo been sitting up nights
and waiting for ncws from Sir Garnet WolAc-
10y, lavo received TIC cheering intelligence
that the expedition is safo, aud has added to
lte tropl,ic. tho King OF the Ashantcoa, who Inns
surrendered and III now a prisoner OF war.
, 1874-03-06

The scare Of tho Wisconsin Senate in adjourn
ing to dodge Gov. Taylor's expected yoto Of the
essary. Gov. Taylor last evening signed tho
BILL and tho Senate ia once moro ut iborty to at
tend to ito business in tho dgnlied way usual
to State Lcgialatatrea.