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Yftife OP HOfti The of Hie Unlltul luovbioa, (RrllclP fi, uK'lion thrtl, ITpoMvml, Vice Treahioul, All ofiltuire of Hip Hulled bn nmiovnd from ofilnp on pencl.iimnt (or, sml of treason, bribery, or other high orlniM and Wo havu no doubt Hut Andrew Johuenn has been gullly of numerous acts fur which he may ho impeached, and for which, upon conviction, ho may justly he deposed, butts such a proceeding necessary Has not the President been Impeached and convicted by tho people, and official power been virtually wrealed from his hands The President shortly after his accession lo office, originated the policy of carrying on the Government without the help of the legislative branch thereof. He substituted proclamations for laws, and executive orders for the Constitution. He decreed what Slates had Governments and what States had not; he decreed when aud how State Governments should be formed, who should participate therein, and what provisions should be put Into the Constitution and what should be left out. He appointed. Provisional Governors, directed when Congressmen aud Senators should be elected, what laws the State Legislatures should enact, and his policy inclndcd a general supervisory and revisory power over the formation of State Governments and their action thereafter.

This policy was opposed by Congress. The result was a virtual impeachment of the Executive, and his trial before the peopie. Hu was convicted upon every point upon which he made a defence, and the people so constituted the two houses of Congress, that during the residue of his term of office, he should, be a cipher, not possessing even the veto power. What more cau be done by a formal impeachment and deposition? No such action can add anyt liing to the infamy which has attached to his crimes. Nothing can increase the contempt in which he is held personally and officially by the American people.

There arc several reasons why the impeachment, if it is Intended, should be oostponed. The present Congress expires by consilintlonal limit on tho 3d of March. There arc but City-four days of the present session left. On the 3d of March the terms of one-lhird of the Senators will expire, and several changes will take place In that body. Should the trial not he concluded by that day, it will hare to be recommended by the next Senate.

Bnt the project of impeachment includes another that Is calculated to give intensity to the public feeling upon the subject, and Is to provide that upon the impeachdicl of the President, he shall be suspended until lie cud of his trial. Suspension may technically oC different from a removal from office, but practically it Is the same thing. To suspend the official authority upon the new impeachment, will amount to removal from office before conviction. The Constitution says that be shall be removed from office on impeachment of high crimes and misdemeanors. The Constitution docs not contemplate his removal from office until two-thirds of the Senate shall pronounce him guilty and while wc know that a suspension of an officer pei.dlcgan Investigation Is not final removal, It is.

ns long os ttiut suspension continues, removal In fact. WtieihcrCongrcss may or may not suspeud the President during tt trial. It will probably be found thattbe country can more easily endure the official existence of Andrew on during the remainder of bis term, willi bis bands tied, than it can bis punishment before trial, nnd In advance of his conviction. The arrest ami suspension of the President upon the mere pioentaflon of articles of Impeachment Is the exercise nl an unwonted power. Articles of Impeachment are the work of only one house of Congress, nnd a nm- Joiityofn quorum may Impeach.

It is no iineominou thing In this country to have amnj'lrll of (be llonscnl Representatives opposed the President. It has happened repeatedly and may happen again. Had the rebel Representatives remained In their seats In the llrel Cniigrrss after Lincoln's election, that body would have been opposed to him polilh ally, and according to the proceeding now piopnsed, Plight, by a majority vole, hare impeached Mill, nltd slispeltded hint indll It nap their to hHbg hilulo I flak 11 is a pimet, Which, Wbellier 11 exists tod, enhlml be cXereised wtlboUl pfib dueitig nh "Xeiieittshl nnd Itmtmil, llml will be eeliuusly ill till purls uf Mu-eouhhy. rnenfi lo Hm nxitMordiitmy pFmM'Sfl hi reiepumlinu Hm RrMaidmH- upon nmro rn'i'ip cmlOM, mid inHalting piii'i'iusuc to (MiMiMxrHmG.ivmiinmni, mvalre iug judgment of tho t-'uiirt, will trivo to I'npporhttfid party a plmMhlo pre-text claiming (hat Hm Impeachment lo hut a coyer under which the numerical majority in the House of UuprumiUativos, ti place their favorite In an office to which the pconlu ouve never elected him. The cry of persecution will lie hoard, faction will rain; Us prostrate head, rohclthin will gather new hope, and the worst dements of the country can hardly fail to gain strength In the next Prcttldeniial i AND ms Tit 1- DCCUUS.

The people of-Illinois lo November List elected a Legislature by an aggregate majority of The Republican members, by a vote of two to one ou a preliminary motion, declared their preference for Judge Trumbull as United and, had they been put lo the lest as between him and either of his rivals, would have chosen him possibly by a'vote of four to one. With his triumphant re-election it was to be hoped all controversy within the Republican party would have terminated, nnd such in fuel Is the case. The several gentlemen who were supposed to he candidates against him have L-ng since submitted to the decision and gracefully bear testimony to his worth and ability. The (Juincy Whig, in expressing the thanks. ff the people to the Legislature for their reclcctiou of Judge Trumbull, says, with great truth IVc hare seldom witnessed a more unfair, noscrupulous or vindictive warfare upon a faithful public officer that which has been waged Judeo Trnmboll, and onr rratlSca'ion its failure Is incrca-ed by a consideration of in character.

The most serious charges hare been made against him by xccnsatljns In the to'm of questions, acknowledged by no one, ana su-tuln- hr no proof. Some of imptiid charges. If true, were oi a nature winch should, and would, have withdrawn from him the support of every true man In the parly, and if sn-ccntlhle cf proof, should have been directly and explicitly made, and the authors boldly avowrd ihclr names. Instead of this manly conrre, anonymous communications, of facts, omi-eions ol circumstances. Imputations upon motives, and a maend sy-tem of personal arfare have been resorted to to accomplish bU defeat.

unholy warfare reunited the mret active eCorta counteract Its and ihe consequence has been one of the warmest contests In the political history of the Slate. successful tocnit In the triumphant vindication of Judge nnd bis return to a station he hbi adorned by eminent qualifications, and filled to tho general satisfaction notm-Mv ofhre Immediate constituent-, hnt with the liigti commendation of the beat and truest men ol the country everywhere, is a mailer lor sincere and congratnlailon In width we warmly Kcpnolicni- members of the Legislature have done wl-cly and This warfare, so accurately described by the is kept up by that of petty journals which originated It, and unwarrantably used the names of respectable gentlemen os sanctioning their Indecency. These papcrs.seck notoriety. Like the dog that bayed at the moon, they have no Idiu of lying unnoticed in their kennels. To bark Is to make a noise, to make a noise Is to attract attention, and lo attract attention, no waiter of what kind, is accepted by them as a recognition of Ihclr existence, If not of genius Mid enterprise.

great charge made against Judge Trumbull Is that ho Is not What do these meu mean by radical Has he ever faltered upon any question touching human liberty Has ho ever quailed from the date of his first appearance In the Senate in comber, lo the present hour, before any either Senatorial or Executive? Has he ever hesitated In the assertion of true principles, or In demanding their full callon to all men and all measures? Has ho been Indued equalled, In the ate lo the manly, and Intelligent defence of the great principles of human liberty and naliunnl freedom Ills cacy ofllcpubllcan principles has been pored by Intelligence and reason; his speeches have lost none of their force or effectiveness In frothy declamation and Impotent threats. When he addressed the Senate hlsnudlrnces were not gathered to witness a pyrotechnic exhibition. When Lo spoke ho had hearers who listened lo the reasoning of a statesman, und to words bf wisdom uttered with the dignity' mid gravity becoming his high ofllcc and the rsnkbo-bears a.member of the. Senate. bought nolo-5 rlcty by appeals to popular prejudices; he never was guilty of trying make rebellion odious by.

rebelling against truth and decency. Boring all seasons and aUTlmos, bet has been the dignified American Senator, conscious of the rdapobslbUlUos of bis office, Mid competent for their successful discharge; keenly alive to the prills- that the Union; but neither Influenced by passion nor palsied by fear, he kept his mind stantly dlrcctcdjto the eternal principles of truth and Justice, and lu their successful fl'iicc won a character fbr statesmanship arid ability that has not been surpassed sines Webster aud Clay adorned the Senate Ilouie with their presence. To accuse him of not being a Had leal is to Imply that radicalism means something to which great ability, a stern sense of duty, a conscientious devotion to truth, nod a sense of pcisonal honor will nut consent, or Implies Hint the accuser Is either Ignorant of wlmt he veultires or is wilful, deliberate defhmer. lu either case Judge Trumbull Is heyund the reach of the Intended detraction, and nuw, returning to the Peimto with ft now commission, endorsed by Hie people of his Blalo, ho will enter upon his high duties with Hint same dignified ability which (or twelve fonts has won tor him an eminence In Hm Bennie alike huiiurahle to blmselfaud hoimrabto to Illinois. Tim idea that a man to bo UmHoal" must iioeeasiirlly he a tool, is oiilorlttluod by reryffcw poisons, Those wlm domitorlaln 11, of (course, Imvo rwpaat for Trumbull i Im not of tMr number, himl, hs in the past, so lu thu Allure, liU policy will hi no wise be changed to meet Hie -tpprnvrtl ol that faction, and to exclto the disgust of un Intelligent people, who a prldo Hie commanding ability and unswerving tldcllty that have been so potent in tho ells of tho party, and In the Senate of thu Union.

TUB ABOMINABLE TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. A Washln gton despatch says: foncresslonal Printing Committee aro about to Issue proposals lor annul the Government Printing Office with Bixty tnoasand reams of paper. No bid will be received for ices than one thousand reams, and all will be open on the 13th of February. They have reduced ibe quality of some grades, so as to save to the Government at least We can put the Printing Committee, and also the Committee on Retrenchment, on the track of a method whereby the ment can save forty timen forty thousand dollars on the paper it consumes, without reducing the quality of any grade. The method is a very simple one.

It consists in repealing the present duty on Imported paper. This duty is a direct tax of twenty per cent In gold on every pound of paper consumed by the National Government; by each of the State Governments by every County and City Government. It Is a tax of twenty per cent on all the books and per need In every free school, private academy and institution of learning in the United States. It is a tax of twenty per cent on the cost of every sheetJof printed paper purchased by the people of the United Slates. Who receives this tax Docs the Federal Treasury? The Committee on Priming and the Committee on Retrenchment will be surprised to leam that, notwithstanding the Imposition of a duty of twenty per cent on loreign paper, the Treasury receives no revenue therefrom, for the simple reason that no printing paper Is imported, or at least so little that the amount is not worth considering.

An inspection of the revenue returns for the last thirty years will show that the Government has not received $20,000 a year of income from the duty on imported paper. The purchase of foreign paper does not average oneshcet to every hundred reams manufactured by the American paper-makers. They have had a complete monopoly of the entire home market for this article for more than a generation. The present duty Is practically prohibitory, therefore rcvcnuclcss. In the very nature of things it Is impossible for the paper makers of any foreign country to compete, seriously, for the American market with our home paper-makera.

The raw materials arc mainly produced in this country. The power used is water, which is certainly as cheap as steam In England or Belgium, and the diiTcrcnco in labor is ful'y offset by the cost of transportation from Europe hither, with commissions, insurance and storage added thereto. If Congress will place on the free list, a Ibw articles purchased abroad by the paper manufacturer, such as bleaching powders, soda ash, felt cloth and revenue upou which can readily be would then remain no imaginable pretext for retaining the impost on imported paper. Let Congress repeal the duly' on imported paper, and at llio same time place ou the Irce list the items we have named, and thenceforth the publishers, book-makers and people oi the United States will have cheap newspapers, mngazlucs and books; Hie circulation ol newspapers will greatly Increase; the sale of books ami periodicals wilt bo materially enlarged the demand for paper will be so entiuneed ns in keep all the mills fully employed in supplying It, More work will be tuinlshed for printers nnd pressmen, for type and Ink nmkers, and the Govcrmuuul will sair a round million a year on the cost ot the white Paper It consumes. (Vu Imvo tlm duty ot.

paper is twenty percent, But It Is mure tiinu Hint. Can. gross lasl duty Im renseU Ibis linpusl al least lltu pot- oehl wlthuui cause, pollUuti or jitslliiealluh, dude ill tills fra? i To the invoke pike of paper Is ttddeil Hie oi-oan Dolhlil, insurance, commission, Morale, fthtpimge of niui duly is levied on Hie HaHreiHte amount, Tim eltVel of Hits mode of imposls lo inise Hie dniv on paper km ire iiiaii live per eeni, so Hull Hie present Import exceeds nvenlirfive per eeni on Hie (Weigh value. And (he pfipeidnnkera Imve added live per ceift in Hielr We denmnp'ed (Ida o( (-'oiqjnsa mdrflge mid downright, swindle on end of paper In the United Blales. Not Hm fcllghti-st.

imiSM oxlalmj (hen to Justify il, end none exists now Air Us retention. It was purely arbitrary and gratuitous Imposition. The previous duly yielded no revenue, for It was practically prohibitory; ami the addition of live per cent thereto has not hcnetUed the Treasury to the extent of one farthing, but, on the contrary, It has Increased the cost of all the paper purchased by tho Government since last per cent. Il has taken perhaps ont of tho Treasury already, and has not returned it a dollar. Wc cannot believe that our Illinois or Western members were aware of the hostile effect of the bill on publishers and the Government when they voted for it; and now that it Is pointed out to them, wc expect that they will take steps io have that sneaking, dishonest impost rescinded.

The closing legislation of the last session presents some singular contrasts. The internal taxes on the manulactnrc of paper, ink and type, which had yielded the Treasury a year, were repealed. But no taxon newspaper publishers was removed. The tax on their gross on ''their advertisements, on their incomes, were left standing in full force. The paper-makers were relieved of a million of taxation, which they have since pat Into their pockets.

A five per cent tariff bounty was also voted to them (to bo levied on the publishers), which they have not ikilcd to collect and pocket; and after having thus bestowed a million of Internal revenue ou the papertnakcis out of the Treasury, and a million and a half out of the one of whose various taxes was reduced a members of Congress, Republicans and 'Copperheads, made a dive at the Treasury, and each one grabbed and carried off fifteen bundled dollars more pay than they were entitled to hj any law on the statute book previous to the grab. Now, we submit to those honorable gentlemen whether they have done the just or thing by tbc publishers of tho United States; and wc timidly and diffidently inquire iflt Is not about time to undo some of the wrongs, and redress some of the grievances, ol the American press Taxes on books, writing paper, pamphlets nnd newspapers, being (axes on knowledge, can only be Justified on the grounds imperative necessity. No aueb necessity exists. To retain those imposts would bo barbarous legislation, unworthy of (his age or nation. Wc trust that white the House Is revising the Intern revenue and tho Senate the tariff, Jhat all taxes on imported paper, on newspapers, nnd on hooks, and on (bo raw materials entering.

Into the manufacture of bp slrlck- cn out of those bills, and that from the adjournment o( the Thirty-ninth Congress no lax on knowledge will disgrace the statutes of thu United States. ts? Several gentlemen from this city who are Interested in projterly, somewhere between Chicago and Calumet, nre urging up on the Legislature a scheme or schemes for the location ofu largo public Park of shape, south ot the present city limits, it would bo absurd to suppose that these gen- Hcimn would consent to sacrifice the public fur private Interests, but the frailty of human nature Is such that wo must insist that, whatever plan shall he adooted, the whole matter shall ho finally left to the decision of the people. If wo ore to have a Park, or Parks, let them bo so located as to benefit the whole city, and to ho accessible to the masses, and around which the people can dwelt. Then let tho Commissioners ho elected by the and lot tho land surrounding tho Park bo assessed according to tho benefits received, to aid in purchasing and Improving the land condemned. Tho people will not consent to he taxed to Improve Mr.

marsh, or Mr. Jungle, even for so desirable on object as a public Park, unless Mr. A. and Ur. B.

In proportion to tho benefit they receive. Common Council last evening, by a nearly unanimous vote, adopted thu Qaa -Bill as ono of tho proposed amendments to the City vote of the pooplo io taken In conjunction with tho election for officers next observes tho Mayor of York In Ills recent message, city New York is governed by the Mayor and Council. In fact It Is As our neighbor, tho remarks, Mayor says true, New York Is not by the Mayor and Common Council. Ills simply lUfcnt by I OUR CURRENCY. Tho Ruinous Effect of Secretary Policy.

Opinions of tho People. December 80, To the Editor of (ho Chicago Tribune I Tho improper maiingouiout ul our imltohat flnanooft may nut bd as disastrous to ballons) honor ns an roounalmuHon of the Union, but It wilt be terribly dlsastruna to otivprosi.PiUy ftmi imtloiml orodll, will pimi-ot CHiHlnly iPsiili In reainfing Hip rohol to Urn pontrol orthp Hovorn. V2 1 1 I 111l 11 1 hm mild losjisak of of timHep. Thorploo mimh rpason losniipnaa It Hm aptlled pnlloy ol a treacherous Mratlnn to destroy our bAllmml eredit Am) the prohperltv the people, Amt thereby bring odium upon the dominant parly who will hu held responsible fur thu spread financial ruin sure la follow Us adoption, as will secure the triumph of the rebel Democracy In 18tW. The Intelligent people of the country aro, as you say, overwhelmingly opposed to his policy, and woe to the Congressmen that betray them.

The idea that tbo prosperity will be promoted by adding thirty millions lo their taxes, white reducing their means to pay them fifty to seventy-five per cent, Is worthy only to find a lodgment in the brain of an idiot, ond it 1b scarcely possible that any but knaves should seek to force such a policy upon the country. Why cannot our ry and our Congressmen bo content to let well enough alone The country was never more prosperous than during the past year Every branch of Industry prospered beyond all former precedent. The rcveuueand taxes were promptly paid; labor was in good demand and liberally remunerated; tho laboring classes were never In more comfortable and prosperous circumstances; the country was free from that wild spirit of reckless speculation so often produced by (tank inflations, and for a repetition of which Mr. contraction of the greenbacks will only pave the way; the people have Implicit conUdencc In their own currency, and there is no evldci ce that there is any more money now in circulation Ilian is necessary to transact the legitimate business of the country. What the country needs Is stability in financial managements.

This constant tinkering and experimenting with policies keeps the public mind in a feverish excitement, and the failure ot Congress to at once declare its satisfaction with the present policy has already caused a fear that Congress may make some change, or endorse policy, which has already produced a great deal of llnancml and business embarrassment in the country. Before Congress decides that there is too much currency In circulation, and contraction should be resorted to, it would be well for them to remember that our population has nearly doubled and our business nearly quadrupled during tho past twenty years, while the circulating medium has Increased but little more in proportion than the population. One thing is very certain The experience of the people, particularly of tho Western States, with banks, has not been so eminently satisfactory that they aro dcfeirous o. having the greenbacks transformed into Interest-bearing bonds, to Increase their with any kind of book issues put In circulation lo supply their places. The political days of any Congress or party that would sustain such a policy ought to be speedily numbered and cannot terminate too soon.

Asti-Bank akd Free Suffrage. Chicago, December ST. To the Editor of the Chicago Tribune: Our nation is now straggling through the financial grouud swell, after the storm of war. This is seen in the hcavings of corporate and individual credit, us confidence rises or falls throughout the land. For several years I have followed the expressed sentiments of the TninuNE on a thousand questions of podey and morality.

Ido not remember more than points on which I have felt compelled to differ. That of the writer on our financial status, I think unwise, and unfriendly to the best interests of our commercial, manufacturing nnd agricultural population. Slucean admitted majority in Congress sustain your financial views, I presume that I can now obtain a candid hearing and, perhaps, an impartial Judgment. 1. Our chance of currency from a gold basis of IbfiU to Irredeemable paper has dinturhal the commerce of the world.

The nominal value, or received prices, of real and personal properly In (Jrcut Britain. France, Prussia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Egypt nnd India, have advanced from live to twenty-flve Per cent. The price of a pound of beel ln England. of a bottle of wine In Italy, of a chicken in Egypt, and of a pound office in India, has risen more during the last six years than it hud previously during the memory of man. Houses singly and in rows have been built at a rale, nnd In a style of elegance, which the hlslory of the world cannot parallel.

Prosperity seemed to lift millions of citizens of Europe from a condition ul well-to-do to wealth and independence. The Incalculable amount of this increase hi the nominal wealth of the old world may be Inferred from the following fact; Last dune or duly the (limnclnl panic In England reduced the nominal wealth of Great Britain, during one inonlli, according to Hie estimate ol their best financiers. iiyna.WHI.OOU sterling, or The views of material prosperity, which seemed swollen with gold unto hurst- Hm. suddenly collapsed. Like the chill I hat IblloWs a ffiver, eominereUi seemed ehhing it way i ami securities worth eteiiinggold nl night beiMine but withered leaves in tho iioinibg, This panic was seateely in Inn hundreds Iti India seethed like a vessel tint sittooili sea-smb ijehly sititidiiig on on unknown volemile iliiny up In uigiii.

Hie Agra Mnsierloit Dank, one of Hie spimiM ablest ninimged hislttulhots In loMvoild, had to sueeumn. It lindesinlo Mied mi nueney hi Paris, lit Hie teeth ot Hie pndefeiiiig Rniiieehiid RroHiers. Houe princes in Hie of gold. During dmuielal tempest Httifie wealthy dews of London, Frankfort and Geneva, got their humid on the throat of the above hank and Mranglcd it. Nothing in England had reoemlded It since the explosion of (ha South Nea bubble.

Never have building of houses, railways and other expensive rushed forward so energetically. 2. Our change from a gold basis to Irredeemable currency was the proximate cause ol ibis vast inilatlon ot prices, which continues, more or less, throughout the civilized world. Some Continental lltmncicrs have attributed this vast change to the actual increase of the amount of the precious metal This would not nor could not have effected this change more than two or three per cent. How can this reach the increase from tlvelo twcuty-fivc per cent? Lot us glance at one or two pregnant which underlie the vast ocean of human confidence, as the Cable does the Atlantic.

Those sailiug on the bosom of the dark blue sea are unconsdotuiy affected by those very in wealth or becoming poorer. So there are hidden streams of confidence, (the heart and life ot a commercial nation,) which unconsciously or consciously buildup or dash down the credit on which the very wheels of commcicc turn. When our war began our banks bad about 00 in gold in their vaults. During the last six years, California, Nevada, and the other gol'd-bcaring districts, have yielded about per annum, and Australia about per aunnm. This would be for the United States, 000; for Australia, total, Add this amount to the metal in bank, ISOO, and we have a total of Subtracting the now In the United States Treasury, we have Kuropejlooded with seven hundred and ninctij millions of dollars during six short Years.

Is not that enough to create a tremendous change in value in their goods? Five bundred millions of this sum belongs to this country as a basis of confidence. The working man receives two dollars in paper, worth to-day 120 cents; to morrow It may only be worth 102 cents. As it was natural, the enormous gain resulting from exchanging gold for greenbacks, iuduccd our bankcra and capitalists to part Vlth the metal, it flowed out into European channels for all kinds of manufactured goods. Our manufactures were, in a degree, suspended, and interest and importations at. length drained the gold from our laud.

I presume the Bank of America, In Wall street, in ISOO, held usually in its vault more gold- than there is at resent in cum in the thirty-six States of our Tnnn outside of the National Treasury. This vast amount of gold which naturally belongs to our industrious and thrifty pco? pic, flowed into England, France ana Germany, and inflated the nominal value of tho entire material wealth and products ot Europe. In place of gold, wc have about of small bonds, each, which are actually used-as currency, in legal tenders nnd National Bank currency. This is, practically, the amount of currency although not legally nor theoretically. If, thcn.noDC can deny that thu smaller bunds of tho United Slates arc used as currency, and the practical volume of our currency then what becomes of our complaint about ibo contraction you have endorsed? Four hundred million dollars, nil the financiers of our land are com to admit, are entirely adequate for the purposes of commerce.

Wo then have three hundred millions surplus of actual currency, inflating the price of everything from a paper of pins to the ocean steamer, from SO to ICO per cent. Now wc sec the fruits of this inflated currency. Tens of thousands have ceased to bo producers nnd have become living by their wits. They have nothing to lose, everything to gain, and they dash into speculation. While confidence lasts they prosper; but one breath of suspicion weakens, destroys confidence.

Creditors must have their margin; credit Is contracted; debt, leniently extended, bo paid; spocur laturs are angry, because tho banks will not li them have money without security. Borne write for tho papers, and declare war against Mr. McCulloch. Why do iutelllgont tuun fall to learn that every tarn of the wheel, grinding out more money, only weakens tho confidence of those who have anything to lose? Hnv6 they forgotten the experience of Mr. Monmitngor Ho told tho Sonth Unit i increasing tho volume of their currency only injured them.

Our currency is above tho wants of the nation, nnd until wo can reach 1 dime, I say, can be can. not tell who to trust, what our goods are worth, nor enu wc embark our Interests on the sea, that docs not promise some haven I of real. J. R. -1 BoKxns, KcnoMia December To the Editor of the Chicago Tribune.

Tho of tho Northwest are twinning to think the cry to a gold Or specie basis prooceda from, hnd 8 i tended to benefit the banker, mevuey loader or produce speculator, much more Chan th 6 farmer, meouanic, or tho laboring man in general. All our taxes aro, and will be fbr some lime, arranged In view of the great debt wo have Incurred by the rebellion? and one duller In greenbacks pays, just as much ns gold would. And, as Vucro Is twice ns much of the paper os would bo of tho cold, so wo can gut twice ns much of It, and twice as cosy, too, os we could tho gold. We think wo con see this very plain. But here If a mystery.

Wo see why 11 Is so much better to draw In and burn up these greenbacks than It would be to draw Jn the larger The former are wearing out and being lost and are drawing no Interest, whlto the latter aro not subject to that loss, aud aro drawing Interest bo-ldo. Why not use tbo surplus gold lu buying up and cancelling these bonus Instead of keep(lug 11 hoarded up, like a miser Faambii. KouaFunt), January 1. To lbs Editor of lbs Chicago tour cffbHs In regard to the proper management of the uurrouuy must meet (ho hearty endorsement of nil good nnstmters, and it fa to ho hoped that you will eontlnuo your ellbrls. Mr.

McUilllooh Wreibly tho pnlloyor aeortaln king, In years gone by, who required (ho people to make brli'k without straw. The people will pay Hie lakes. ouerous ns they are, irthe tinkers of Hip puiipiipy do pot tie their The Uwallowingtlinfhmi uflhe Treasury to iiorttoh ofthe tjreeubaoka every iiioulh Ualf wrong, amt ought to lm repeal. Cal) In and raneel the Interpsl-beai liig nojrs, apply Hmanrplnsgold to ofiMindD, lisp Poinnmn soubo, amt put away Hm bugbear of a aiomto baata for a while, Hlvp Urn psoplp a efmuoe, and they will whip nut tho National Daht In duo without a financial crhds, Common Abnas. Duaiioini, lowa, Bacember fi4.

To lbs Editor of tbs Chicago Tribune; 1 write to usauro you how much good your articles on finance aro doing, and to express hope that you will coutlnuo to hammer away on the subject until your object fully accomplished. Ono would hardly Hunk Mr. McCulloch conld get half a dozen votes In support of hla policy, and yot, on a test question, ho seems to have had sizty-olght votes tosixty-flvo in tho House. 1 cut out one of your best articles and sent It to our member of Congress, and in reply, lie wrote me tha; he had all your articles in his scruo-book. So you sec bow much good you are doing.

G. Beruh, Wisconsin, January 7. To the Editor of the Chicago Tribune: Secretary McCulloch and Commissioner Wells hold that the asgls against financial is a contraction of the currency to a specie basis. Again, that redundant causes exorbitant rates of Interest. Let the and railroads of the West, which were bought aud built at tho ante-hdlum gold rates, answer the first assumption; and the present ten per cent maximum interest rale in the new Stales, put against the forty per cent rate' of ISSG times, reply to the latter.

Query; If farms and railroads In the West, bought and constructed onu gold basis, could not be paid for under that star dard. how isa National under an inflated paper system, to be provided for by returning to a gold standard V. C. T. FROM SPRINGFIELD.

Bill for the Regulation of Railroads. Power of the State to Control Railroad Corporations, Fix the Rates of Freight, and Prevent Extortions. The Proposed Rates of Pare and Freight. An Historical Painting of the Battle of Mission (Special Correspondence of tho ChicagoTrioano) SrniNonKLD, 111., January fr 67. TUB HAILKOAD DILL.

Hon. Stephen A. Hurlbut, the able representative from Boone County, introduced the following important bill into the House this morning, which went to the Committee ou Railroads, and will, with scarcely a doubt, be reported back In a few days with the recommendation that It pass: A BUI for an act to assert the control of the State over radroad corporations, to fix the rales oftmghi, and to prevent extortions section 1. Thafanconsolldanonsbadandmatlc between railroad corporations exiatlngundor laws of this Slate, to which the Stats has delegated any Sortlou ol the right of eminent domain, without ret having received the express assent of the Genera) Assembly thereto, be, and tho some, and each of them, are hereby declared tiutl and void and or no binding lorcc and effect whatever. See.

2. In case any such corpnrallon wllhln lliis blole fhab berenlier desire to ctlect a consolidation or merge with any other corporation within this blato, such corporation shall give three notice by advertisement published that tcncih of time Inadallv newspaper In Iho cities ol Chicago Springfield, and in one newspaper in each county of this State through which its line of road may tho; oi, In case no newspaper he publthtied In ary such county, then by written tiotirc served upon the t'ountv cleik ot Its to apply fur such power at the next General Assembly, and do application for sttcli power shall hetulerlainedoructed upon without satisfactory proof being furnished of the giving or tho notice pure bird fur In this section. Pec. 8. Each of said notices, whether printed or written, shall distinctly and clearly set forth Die picclsc Items of the consolidation night, the full and roipointe names nnd styles of the several corporations sought lu be consolidated, Mtu termini, if fixed by law.

of each, the amount of capital stock sudor secured or Homing, of each, slid that the consent of two-thirds of thu stockholders of each corporation has been glum to the proposed consolidation, and (lie ortelnal notice loiiluliilmr these facts, subscribed and sworn toby the Pecretarlos ul each association, hall be filed to the of the Secretary of state tutor to the mietuig of the General Assembly, dlth ttu; proof provided for lit skclloii two of thu aeU but nil without prejudice to the Icmil Imldef Mtll imh-cuusehtihg theexmessMssuiof his) bad, sltnTi, alter ilm td mli vHkpralobp.of lit ioojuiieituii nilh oiimf Mitimrallohs, iireaifr mlipf oams, siyle iiaihdi, utliof diAeraM fram kjeisoi pmvpfa oi overaiiy nmur diilmtmi tbfs ol imiiilnbibm ami oimraibm Rim Itfimlco lb llmlaus ami rtuiiara ami ammtilmxbis ibpre o.freaMim or mmiiufbtf mnporaitmi, shall lw dmibfro uml wimii Hsnrpurt iqmu Dm imnpbi of the niaraof llllnofr, aim )o Wu waived and abandoned all aim slnguWi lha nobis powers, and trauenisea originally id by enfd laws, clmiiers and mmmdinenu In said ami iqmn nmvirium of (he same In any Cpuit in frla Htolu. ofcompuleni Jurfrotminn, upon ininrmatUm tu tho nature ol a quo warranto, judgment of oudor shall be given by eaid Court, ard tnfoTced by proper wilts of execution. bee. G. All railroad companies heutoloro chartered and now to lorcc, or hereatlcr to be incorporated tnllilb Htate, shall be aubji-ct to such rates ol tariff for fitlcUl and passengers as the legislature from time to may permit, by general or t-pcctal laws.

Sec. fi. The following shall be tho maximum rales permuted to bo charged and collected by corporations ot the class specified in section No 5. from any station this state to any other station tn this State: For first-class passengers above ten years of age, not to exceed three cents per mile; under ten years of age, half ol the above fare For all grain In bnlk or uags, not 4o exceed four corns per ton per mile. For all farm products (ixccpi live same rates.

For coal, thrccandahairccotspcrton per mile. For all other freight, ihlrly-threc and one-third per cent reduction from the rates of height in force on the Ist day ot January, A. D. IS-iT. Btc.

7. Each and every railroad corporation recclvtcg grain for shipment, shall fit up and keep In good order, at each station on the line of the same, proper and accurate scales, and, whenever thereunto required bv any shipper, shall accurately weigh any cialn offered to be shipped by him, and shall give to said shipper, on bis request, a way-bill or receipt for the true weight of said grain, for which said weight the said corporation shall liable as common carriers, and no special or advanced rates shall be charged by or on account ot said weighing and receipts. And if, within torce months alter this act goes into force, the said corporation shall refuse or neglect to erect said fcalos or shall refuse or by their agents to weigh and give on request, then any shipper having made said request and not receiving toe same, may make ont a way-bill or tom cetpt from bis own weights, and the said corporation shall be liable, according to the weights made ont by said shipper. £sc. 8.

No railroad corporation shall charge for passengers or freight a greater rate for a less distance on the line ol said road, bnt all such chorees shall be in strict proportion to the distance actually travelled. Sec. fi. Any agent, conductor or employe of snch corporations who shall wilfully violate any of the provisions of Sections 6,7. and 8, of this act shall be deemed guilty ot a nigh misdemeanor, and, ou conviction thereof, in any coart of comprtrnt jurisdiction, shall be fined not less than or more than or he imprisoned not less than sixty d-ys or more titan months, nt the discretion ot IboJadec of satd Coart, and if convicted of a second offence, shall be both fined and imprisoned for the hlphesifnmounland longest lime above limited, and any snch corporation which bv its corporate authority shall authorize any such violations shall forfeit lU corporate existence to (be stale of Illinois.

Sec. lit in all cases of forfciUtres, or of acts and omissions involving forfeitures of corporate riebts. trader this act, the State's Attorney of anr ctrcnlt, in any connty in whlcn said corporation may operate its road, is hereby authorized and required, npon proper information, under oath, being laid before him, lo proceed, at ihe next term of the Circuit Court, to file and prosecute an Information in the nature ot quo warranto against said corporation in any connty of bis circuit, In which said corporation may have or operate its line of road, and the service of a copy ol the info, mat ton proposed lo be filed on the President, Secretary or any station arent of said corporation, thirty dnvs hetore the first day of the term, shall be sufficient notice to compel said corporation to appear and plead or dctnnr to the same, on or before the second day of the be in fault: and the came ahull be placed on the Criminal Ducket, and beard and with aU possible despatch consistent with the tights of the parties. bxc. 11.

Writs of error from the Supreme Court on any judgment of forfeiture and ouster under this act shall be placed at the bea of the docket, and proceeded in with all possible despatch; and, upon Iho affirmance of the Judgment, process ol execution to euforre the same shall issue from said Supreme Court within ten days after snch affitjnai.ee. Htc 19. ADUwsand of laws Inconsistent with this Act arc hereby repealed. TAINTING OF THE UATTLB OF MISSION liman. A bill was introduced iuto the House this morning to procure a historical painting of the battle oi Mission Tlldge, to ho plaecdta the State House.

The bill provides, First, thill the sum of £20,000, or so much of that sum os mny be needed, ho appropriated out of anv moneys In the Treasury, for tho pur pose of procuring a painting in oil of the battle of Mission Kluge, which took place on the STith of November. IWI3. Second, that the Governor Is authorized to appoint three Commissioners, who wore serving in Hint battle from Illinois, to employ the artistic talent in tho country for making the miutlng, Third, that the Commissioners to bo paid their travelling expenses, and nothing else. Fourth, Hint said painting shall contain os nearly correct portraits of Generals Grant, Sherman. Thomas, Phcrldon, Hooker, Howard, Palmer and Logan as tho circumstances will permit.

The fifth (and last) section provides for tho manner of drawing tho money (ortho purpose intended. The battle of Mission Kldgo, remembered, obnUlned more Illinois troops than ant other battle foughtdur- Icg tbo war. and ll toaonot inappropHatc that this groat historic event ahould be commomornledin the manner tomiUatcd by this WISCONSIN. of tlieSlatc Legislature. The nemlmlaiu Concerning Senator Uoollitlera Apastn.y-Tno movement Against KKnllri.ad manopolleaand Biu.

of the Ueneral Slat, Change In the Una for the AMoMinent and Collection or Xnx. of the Senate'and Am fentbly. Ooira.pond.nce or the Ohlrago SUnuon. January 18. The second week of the session of the Log.

Islsturo Is substantially ended, for there will probably ho only short with little of Importance dono to day or lo lilor. row, nnd then an adjournment over till Monday evening, Though there has nut been very much nccompllshcd ns yet. things sro well organised end put In trim lor business. The tluvernor's Message, with Its recommendations, has been relbrtcd tu the appropriate committees, and the various subjects de. instidlui! Urn nllctilloii of the Legislature thus brought directly helbre It, If the disposition shown hy the Assembly yeslerdsy, In adopting, wllh hut Amr dls.

seining votes, a resolution In receive nu new liiislnese alter the Ullh nf Pehrnary, oon. lltinef tu he manifested, we shall have a short nl not much over sixty dayf, hot there Is nn knowing whst may turn up tu Indues the liieinlicra of the Legislators to prolong tlmtr oloy. It Is rather esrly, as yet, sot hounds to tho length of tho sesslSn, eW measures have come up during the week. Moat Inleroit was ox. cited, though there was no expression of It In debate, by the resolutions so promptly passed In tho Assembly, by tho unanimous vote of every Republican and Independent member, denouncing tbo course of Senator Doolittle, branding him oa a betrayer oftbo trusts confided to him, and of the cause of human liberty, and demanding that ho resign tho scat which bo has dishonored.

It was significant oftho slight esteem in which ho is held, even among his present allies, that not one of them raised a voice in his behalf, and some of them rather take In the treatment he is receiving, he Senate, perhaps before this Is printed, will add Its voice to that of the Assembly and all tbe loyal people of the State, when the resolutions reach it. The ball has been opened against railroad monopolies, in both Houses. In tbo Senate by the adoption of a resolution instructing the Committee on Railroads inquire what further legislation. If any, is necessary to limit and regulate the tarUTfor freight and upon tho railroads In this State and to regulate the transfer of freight when the oldiceient companies cross or iutereect each other, in order to protect the citizens of this btatc from alleged unreasonable and exorbitant demands of railroad companies; with power to send lor and papers, and to compel testimony.under to report at tho earliest posable period, by bill or And in the Assembly by tbe introduction of a bill, substantially the same as passed that body after much debate last winter, to provide for unllorm freight tariffs and amend the several railroad charters of tho State. A very strong effort will be made to get this bill, or something like it, through the Legislature.

An important bill was introduced yesterday providing for a revision of the general statutes ol the States. The people having overwhelmingly declared against any new Constitution, it becomes Important to have the moss of laws embraced in the revised statutes of 1853 and the innumerable conflicting acts since passed put Into some barmouions and intelligible shane, so that the mass of the people may be able to form some mint idea of what the law is. This bill, giving the appointment of rerisora to the Judges ol thcSuprcme Court, and devolving it on them to pass on the manner in which the work shall be done, takes the matter out of politics and puts it In the best possible hands. A bill was passed in both Houses, repealing the law of last winter taking away from the State institutions for the relief of the unfortunate, their benevolent character by compelling persons who Wished to send pupils lo the Institutes for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and Blind, either to pay for their support or submit to the humiliating alternative of swearing themselves paupers, under the operation V. 1 0 Tbe number of Inmates in these institutions had become so reduced that they were entirely falling of the object for which they were established.

So narrow and illiberal a policy will not probably ho soon adopted again. One of tho most Important matters to come before tho Legislature is the revision of tho laws for the assessment and collection of tpcs. A Special Commission authorised by the last Legislature, and consisting of three men peculiarly well qualified for the work, Messrs. George Gory, of Oshkosh, Stoddard Judd, of Fox Lake, and D. K.

Tenney, of this city, hove devoted several months to this arduous work, and tho result of their Labors has bcca embodied In two hills, of which tho following Is a synopsis: 3bo bib prepared nr ibo Commission provides Thai the Clerk nf the Board of Supervisors shall he County Assessor and superintend Iho assessment of the real estate In tits connty. no "hall appoint such number of district assessors as the labor may require, nol oxcceolng seven In a county. The assessment of real estate shall bo tnaac oucc In three years. An account of buildliirr erected or dcslioycd shall be taken every year. In assessing Improved land, the land Itself and the shall be valued separately, and then ni'greeatrd, so (hat unimproved land tuny not pay.

as herotofore, an undue portion ufiaxes. Town CL rk serves notices upon persons liahle to list personal property, who are required appear before of tho and make nnthiolnelrtarahlepropfrty. If they tall loan. pear or refuse to swear, tho enters Judemenl npalnsl them for a penally of ftn, and Issues execution against tho body. Adequate provision Is made for the corrcrtlim ol fraudulent assessments.

No person's sworn statement shill beheld nclusive. All valuations must be made In (he currency wllh wnich taxes ere usually payable and all properly valued at what It would ordinarily sell lor at private sale, and what the atsestyi or person llsiltig believes the owner if desired to sell, wotiliTscw pi In full tmrmnnl. I lie detailed list of personal iiroiierly to lie sworn lols terv full and complete, and thoroughly Fentchitnq and caiitiol bo avoided without direct Foi llm jiiitbuse of cgUftilzsUott ft town Hmtd of llevk'W, roiitdr Jfoairt or Itqtliilli'slimi. nml pihlp lioaiil or EquftliMllmi, mint-used ufihe nmeiliiii, PeetelaiV idPiaie. Plate Tautsiuei, Alljubev Him rial mtU PjliieilhiPliiUUil me provided foiv hjisubnl iuoiiefiy Ihmfjl "I HnVlpn, hi ImftiilUlMlil'u-il H'OlO uiodsi) sod f-fliifpil mil ifishmi of Mu' and iimnuipiuntiniu si iiim hoii hniFiofory Hkiiig mum sfssyfl Tim I'onmy llm amok In In llu itmimlmrp llm hnim y.mn llm aHiiru (tisiiiiinny or Mm iftalimr, Urn full whit of llm sloth lire sluo) Im a han upon dm rinru, and the batik may pay it ami have a lian for llm snioiim ana wn imr ram luforcdi, The meitjon for cnjlucllnn, by town and count? treasurer.

aPd Ibe provisions rotruUHnir sale of lauds lor taxes, redemption from such sales, deed upon nqn-rerteiupiiuii, aud tao UUe, are not nubriuntmllychanged, but are vastly abrldeed ami tlmpllfled, and clnUi- rt lu clear and precise lan- to as robe easily nudemtood, The adver'nt of iho Clerk's list Is dropped. Ample per allies are provided for infractions or evasions of the Isw. The penalties noon assessors tor utfre valuations, and upon persona requin to Hal personal properly for not listing the same, or for giving a fraudulent list, are severe, and well calculated to cure faithful compliance with tbe law. The penalty for not listing property Is five percent npon its value, one half going to tho Informer. Ibo attention of the grand Jury of each county Is to be especially called at each term of the Coart.

to the penal sections of the law, by the Circul. Judge, and the grand jury shall indict all offenders. The compass of tbe law has been reduced nearly two-thirds, and Us provisions made clear, definite, harmonious and thoroughly intelligible. While no one would agree with every minute particular of the law, os proposed to be enacted, It would probably be muchbettertotakeltosit is than for the Legislature to undertake to amend It, which would involve endless contusion. There are so many conflicting opinions about taxation, however, and so many men claiming to be wise on the subject, that It is hardly possible that the bills will escape a thorough overhauling.

Thu annual statistical list of members and ofllccis of the Legislature has been prepared, and a few Items may be of interest. Of the th'rty-thrce Senators, fourteen were born in New York; nine In New England; four in Pennsylvania two In Kentucky; one each in Ohio, Virginia, Washington and England. As to occupation, twelve are farmers; nine lawyers; two each lumber merchants and clerks; and one each In various other avocations. As to ages, Lieutenant Governor Spooner, who, with Stoddard Judd, each CO. is the over CO; nine over 50; twelve over 40; and eight over SO.

The youngest Senator Is Colonel C. E. Warner, who is SO. The oldest residents of the State arc 11. Ronntree and Orson Reed, who have each been In the State forty years, and Senator Ronntree has had the most legislative experience, having been a member fourteen vears.

Of the member of the Assembly, 40 were born In New York; 23 In New England; sln Pennsylvania; In Ohio; 7ln England; 3 each tn Ireland and Gcnaanv; 0 in other foreign parts; and the remainder, 1 each, in various States of the Union. By occupation, 43 are farmers; 20 lawyers; lumbermen 4 physicians; 8 millers; 2each manufacturers, printers and lumber merchants and 1 each engaged in various other business. One member, R. Wilcox, of Brown. Is 73 vears old; 5 are over 00; 20 over 50; 41 over 45; 25 SO; 8 over 20; the youngest bermr 20.

The oldest resident of the Stale is W. Monroe, of Lafayette, who has been here years. The latest comer Is F. 11- Buckbec, of Walworth, who has been hero only three years. The jDPtrnctlona to Senator Doolittle.

IFiotn the Madison, Journal, January 17. The Assembly by the emphatic vote of seventy-three to twenty-one, adopted the resolutions offered by Mr. Dyer, of Racine, Instructing Senator Doolittle to resign. Every member of that body elected by the party which sent Judge Doolittle to the United States Senate, voted for the resolutions. They also received the support of Mr.

Clason, of Milwaukee, an independent Democrat, and formerly one of the publishers of the AVies. Furthermore, there was not a voice of remonstrance against the passage of the resolutions raised by tbc Democrats present, aside from their quiet votes lu the negative. Indeed, it wns very apparent, by the conduct of the minority, that while, for political reasons, they did not choose to place themselves on the record In favor of the resolutions, they would be entirely satisfied to sco his sent vacated. None of them bad anything to utter In hts behalf. Last year when tho Legislature passed resolutions declaring It the duty of the Fenntor to resign, bo affected to believe they misrepresented their constituents.

No sucu trcUnco ran bo kept up this year. The Issue i tween Senator Doolittle and the people whom he represents wns fairly tried during tho last canvass. Tho ofthe people" more than ratified tho action of the last Legislature. Their representatives coming up fresh from tho several districts of tho State, and thoroughly conversant with popular feeling, now In the most emphatic mnnnor fosfruri him to resign, as no longer a luitlmil representative of tho Slate. THE FARM AND GARDEN, A Farmer Speaker of tko (lon.e or UeorrwmatlTra Mato Kulum Sln.c Vote proprrallon to Uw state Horticultural Soelelr-A Fenee Skipped from Central I ill.

noUt oar AgiicoUorai.Corwpoadont.j fl eiunurnLD, Janoirj 17, For Ike Orel lime wllliln mjr rocollectlun, the Speaker of the Homo la a armor. Mr Corwin cm Into thu Slate ten year, iu-o, nml since Hint time Ims Riven hi. tintllrltlcd attention to forming, nnd lias nude It, auccora. LaSalle Cmiutv ha. done well selecting one of her eultlvalors of the anil tu represent her varied i nnd the Homo ha.

given dignity to rural labor by placing Mr. 0. In the chair. From this wo nugur that thoro 1. a dl.po.i-tlou to coiistder the claims of the rural pop.

ulstlou) and, iu alt evidence uf this, wo have the passage of. hill, this morning, providing Stole liiitumoloirlit. The hill paced wllhuul Shd will go to the Senate, where It will doUhllcM ho received wllh like ftvor. damage done to the Varied crop, of insects, amounle annually to ul dollars. The eurcullu and coiling mull.

util cm checked, will destroy Dio at apple crop of the Plate, The ten Jived potato hug the Plate from the west, and nrumlsef to scourge the pula. etupor the whole Plate within thoue.U euppueed, will he aiu pointed mate pa. aV teady luvesllgaled tint ImhU. of till, hog, and llilnlia hit ravages tun he cliri'ked to a largo extent, Any ners.in who a basket nf apples, will llnd more nr less ul the worms or i of the emiiing innlh, tiimiiy ensconced wllhln lire blushing flank of Die pippin. STATU OBNITfIOkOOIoT, Next In Importance Is tho appointment of an ornithologist, to study thu history and habits ol tho birds, with a view to thulr true relation to the husbandman, the gardener and orehardlst.

Tbe views of members oftho State Horticultural Society are widely divergent, and the ouly way to solve the quostlonls to kill these birds at various periods, submit the contents of their crops to the entomolo. gist for the purpose of examining what Insects, and In what quantity, and at what time they form the food of the ornithological family. The proposition for this appointment comes from the State Natural History Society, and will provide for the collection of specimens to ho added to the museum ol that There can bo no objcctlon to this, as It Is probable that this very interesting and valuable muscum of tbe natural productions of the West will bo divided, and a part go to the Industrial University. A DOG LAW Is before the House, to provide for the payment of sheep killed by dogs. It Is to be hoped that such a bill will pass, so that the owners of worthless curs will bo taxed to pay all such losses.

TUB STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY An appropriation of $2,000 Is asked tor the use of-this Society annually, fortho purpose of publishing its transactions, to nav the expenses of the Odinteriam Committee and for the paying of premiums. Tnis Society has now been in existence eleven years, and thus far has had no aid from the public treasury. The growing importance of horticultural products now piaces ibis Society scarcely second in importance to that of the Agricultural Society, and it is to be hoped that it will receive the careful consideration of the Legislature. FENCING LAW. .1 law will he carclully considered by the Committee of Agriculture, who have It in charge.

The State Agricultural Society nave recommended a change in the law, or rather one to obviate the decision of the Supreme Court, which virtually compels the gram-growing farmer to protect his crons from the marauding propensity of the herds of the cattle speculator, or those of his neighbor. If parties desireto pasture the outlying prairie, let them put their stock in the care of a herdsman. The only laws in onr statute hooks on fencing la to provide for fences between adjacent owners. No such thing os rood fences is provided for, except that contained in the common law, and even this lias been decided by the Supreme Court to be inapplicable to our condition, and the result Is, that under that decision the farmer who purchases a new farm on the prairie, is compelled to make a substantial fence around the same, at great expense, often more than the cost of the land itself, bclore he dare to trust his crop to the newly plowed soli, or ho will find that some landless owner of stock will destroy the crop and care him no resource. It Is to he hoped that il the Legislature will not protect tho rights of the grain grower, they will, at tho question so that all may understand it.

At present no two lawyers agree in regard to It- THE GEOLOGICAL BURTEY. tow providing this survey was passed in when tho south part of the State held the balance of power, and they provided that the survey should commence nt the ml. State and progress north. This feature needs changing so as to enable tho geologist to Investigate such locations as may present features of practical value. The coal Holds have only been glanced at.and It Is time to hove them thoroughly investigated.

To do this will require an additional. appropriation. Twenty thousand dollars a year tor two or three years ought to complete the survey. The above, with the Industrial University, oro all the measures of direct Interest to the agricultural Inleiest yet presented. Of course there are others ol more or leas direct importance, such as amendments to the township and School Laws, hut they have not as yet come to tho surface.

SHIPMENTS OP STOCK PltOM CENTRAL II.Lt- "l.io Toledo, Wabash and Wcslcrn Hallroad have shipped to tho East. rto Toledo, and to Bt. Linds, ns follows Tins does not Include the amount scut to Chicago. Tho largest part, It will bo seen, goes East direct TOTotino. cars, a qii Isi Cheep i Mules 88 Total.ii4 i Oiblfl 'n MlllHiiiiiniiimiuiuiiiiiiin I.

mi mi I TcUftlM MMMMMM IMMMMMMMMMM "Iftl tllL khiiuiipnis wMi 1 llV ll lU llM IHIF It hi. 1 ''y. i-ksstiifl iiifiHikii Hum iiuiiMs V. lf.L lie llH i 'l 11 lIFli-VIl ntuuh -im jo'iilsil His sflvsFKl llsnirsllis. Iriiiul.itlkf(Js nfllis flush nt Usiilrnl (illiiut.

wsnt Tu I.nijls liiHfhiil, Nuw Hi, l.nnls Issun, nllvil inulnlf Hum lisp ftwii nists sn.l irum 1 lAfIS, In Ills snr InnflK to tlx mimlisr nf vvo liKVS. nrmulo, fKklmt tho low nmn. hernfflitiisn to Hie 7H.SIU hcofl liobk, overaninK sovcnly flvo licmt, rnrt of tltu enra flouhla flocks, shoon, moles. hen 7,545. 1 Thu lotol valnn of this stock must have been over six millions of flollnra, nnfl this only port of tho amount gnthorcfl np along the Hue of a single road running across the Stale.

A large part of tho hogs from this section went to Chicago and Quincy; which would swell the amount greatly. Springfield, Naples and Morldasla are packing points that also drew largely from the supply. Now all ibis raw product goes out of the State to pay for goods, a part ol which we should produce at home. Let a stranger enter tho State at Danville and pass through to Quincy; he would see great tracts of outlying prafrlc, and conclude that only a small part of the country was under culture. And yet the above account .01 stock shows that there is wealth in the prairie soil, and when this great corn zone shall he freely cultivated that it has not Us equal in any country.

Rural. INTERESTING HABEAS CORPUS CASE. A Quadroon Girl In Court-No Property in Never Had a the St. Louis Democrat, Janaary About three years ago, Mrs. Elizabeth Burd, a mnlatto woman of this city, in travelling on the Western waters in the capacity of chambermaid on steamboats, found herself at the historic spot in Tennessee known as Fort Donclson.

At that famous post she became acquainted with ayonng quadroon woman named Emily Woodson, formerly a slave, who was the mother of a qnlntroon girl, some seven or eight years old. An Intimacy sprung up between the chambermaid and the young mother, who was now free, and who felt unable to provide for the child in a suitable manner. Tbe father of the child was a white man, of course, but Emily did not tell whohe was or what had become of bim. Emily was anxious that her child should bo properly reared, and she begged Mrs Burd to take the little girl to St. Louis, and keep her until sbo came after her.

Mrs. Burd consented to do so, and the mother carried the child a long distance in her arms, through the deep snow, and gave her to Mrs. Bnrd, who soon after brought her to this city. Mrs. Rnrd took the child to her house, In an alley between Morgan and Franklin avenue, and when she went on the river again, left her in charge of a mulatto girl named Uettic Ilongb, (now Mrs.

Simpson,) who was reared in a highly respectable family in the city, und had received a good education. Tfce history of ilcttic Is full of romance, but it Is not our purpose to relate it now. In the neighborhood of Mrs. residence lived a white lady, Mrs. Patmore.

Getting in debt, and being unable to take care of the little girl, whom she had renamed Missouri Burd, Mrs. Burd, about sis weeks ago, hired her to Patmore. Little Missouri Burd liked Mrs. Patmore very much, and when called upon to turn to Mnb Bard she demurred, aud dually went hack to Mrs. Patmore and refused to leave her.

Sirs. Burd th.n employed a lawyer, who obtained from Judge Moody, of the Circuit Court, a writ of for the child. The case came up yesterday. and the witnesses were examined. Mr.

Eoos Clark appearing for Mrs. Bard, and Mr. R. K. Sanders for Mrs.

Patmore. The Janitor of the Supremo Conrt, Rev. E. S.Woodson, black man, learning tbc girl In dispute wns named Woodson, appeared In court as au interested spectator, but when he saw that the girl was of fair complexion, he declared that she was too whltu to belong to Mrs. Burd related la a dear and Intelligent manner the circumstances by which olio camo In possession ol'tho child, and was anxious to reclaim her.

During the examination or this witness Judge Moodv stated that since the itassago of the emancipation law ho had never recognized property in children, nod In all such cases made it a rule to decide lit favor of llio best Interest and the Inclination ofthe child. The girl In court had neither thtlicr nor mother nerc to claim her, and he should dispose of her ns might seem heat for her own Interest. In the cue of the Hargraves children, about which his friend (Jaiescho had been so uneasy, the mother had made a sort of transfer of tho children to Hot. Dr. Elliott, and fhr that reason ho had ordered them to ho delivered luto his custody.

Upon this hint the lawyer drew from the witnesses facts bearing open the treatment of the child by the two parties claiming her. Mrs. Bard sa she was amply able to take care of the girl, had sent her to Sehool. and always treated her well. Mrs.

Hattie Simp. UD that the child had been treated by Mrs. Buid. clrl herself was then sworn, and dls. played extraordinary Intelligence for a child of clevi years.

She raid that prior to here eho belonged to her mistress and nmstcr near Fort Dunelson she know nothing about her father; didn't think she ever had a father: bad heed given by her nil 1 rv? Bur wmIII came alter her. When asked who she wished to rromirUy replied with Mrs. i Ol dld want to live with Mrs Burd. because she did not treat her Mrs. Patmore always treated her goods had 'given her all the clothes she had on.

exeunt two skirls am! an tinderdrcss; when sent hack to Mrs. she did not tike U. and fbr idlcher of she lehcr wont jWn to Mrs. Xtii wM 1 MM hb a room to fo- A 8 flod lh had Healed plained tocher 1 frequently Judge Moody decided that the girl should bcallowed to take her choice and go with 2 (teetll.oli up lo Mrt, I'klmoie. lank UulJ or mV.

1 etaluiefl lifif bfulceliou. lfdwae quite llldlaimtilAut tieloa a I'll! flic eliblnlllcd tu I lie decree of I'. eaiJM. lurried in llr.iilier iVoodion fur euatulmluu (n tier illslreei. VMS AMIATK) IIAItUAUtVIL'N.

Ewnoh Expedition Aplmt Vreneh Nhval mil tery miner of Hie Mueiuy I Hong Uopg this port I found the community diverted from the thlneeu Empire toward Corea and Jauao. toward Corea because of the massacre by order of Us Government, of several Americans and ranchmen, mul toward Japan on account of the civil war from which that country Is aulTcrltg. Speculation has been Indulged In Ing the probable action of the Uulted States and France In relation to the recent events lu burning olive of tbo crow of the General Sherman In their vcaael, and tha beheading of Roman Catholic missionaries. Conjecture concerning tho action of the French In the matter has Just ceased, an rival from Shanghai hrmaing an account of the approach to the capital of Corea and of the capture by the French Admiral of the adjacent city of Konghoo. A preparatory expedition had been previously despatched to explore Beoul River, on which is situated the capital Sayool, about sixty miles above its embrochuic.

The river was found to have a current of five miles an hour, and to be navigable without much difficulty asfirras Aonghoa. Forty miles from Its mouth boats were able to ascend twenty-sls miles higher np-to within sight of the wall of the Royal City, with difficulty, owing to shoals, rocks, abrupt cunres, and the rapidity of the current by which the explorers were several times brought to a stand. Slone fjrts of rude construction were met with, on which useless guns were mounted. Military officers there first presented themselves, who were on the eve of obstructing the progress of the French bv sinking a fleet of junks, but relinquished their object as soon as the gunboat Sent a shot among them. Mandarins then came on; board and presented the with fat ox among other requested the French to withdraw, which they did, after taking drawings, soundings and plans.

On their return down the river they were upon from several points on the river, but in each instance a few shots seemed to disperse the tlmldCoroane. access to whose strongholds thus for the first time became known to tho ut Id The Bf uadT then returned sailed rt of 00 from whence Ou tlie 11th ultimo Admiral Rozc nenln set sail for Corea, this time prepared to inflict punishment. His fleet consisted of seven vessels, having on hand -100 riflemen. Puree easy etcnmlnc bronchi him to the const of the Peninsula. The cunboita of tho expedition proceeded up tho river, taking position before eleven forts, which proved lo be without defenders.

There was no movement of any kind in the forts, and not a soul in the way of garrison was visible, although the muzzles of guns could be seen the embrasures. On the following day the fleet ascended higher, mid landed the riflemen without encountering resistance. 1 hey were ready to shoot I They entered a village which was wholly deserted: the inhabitants In their flight had taken with them their portable valuables, leaving in their houses furniture, clothing and a quantity of provinces. A number of muskets, glngals some hows and crazy cannon, and a powder magazine, were the useless trophies, together with poultry, pigs and vegetables, which were useful. Next morning, October 15th, the riflemen pOvnnccd three miles higher, which bronchi them to the city of Konghoa, which Is situntecl on an Island, and regarded by the nntlves ns one of their strongest places, but which the French found wholly Indefensible.

Captain went Into the city to dislodge Bring party which was posted on the ramparts nl distance or over I.SOO yards, hut without effect, ns they tired too high. The lire was returned by the French riflemen, when the gmrlson hnllcd, nod sought relhgo In nn nrchwny of one ol the cllv gntes, (ruin which they were driven when the gale wns forced with nxes. Tho Cnptsln did not euro to retain possession of the city, although eighty men would have proved a suillelent garrison for Its defence. After surverlug the (dace and horning the defences of the gates, he retired to the river hanks, carrying wllh him ling which wns seised nn llm walls. No Frenchman received an abrasion, and oulv loree Cumins were killed.

On the Huh tho Admiral entered Kongjinn, nud liiiind that llm Inhabitants hud nil lied to the bills during the previous night, taking will! them all that they cnnld earrr rauna weio taken prisoners, wlm slated that the mandarins, on quitting, had directed ip Inhabitants la leave also. The French soldiers scattered the ellv nhd licd-eovera, pigs, fowls mol like cllHoslUes, Ihe ollleers peneH-aled Ihe Imbue unices, end swords, nffuns and ullipf weapons, alid nl last the olildle chest was dhciivctcil, colilKitting In silver ingols, cntclully Wfaiipcel no In iinpcfi one lO Hhimlinlef of llic rlvcf on Die liauks ilescfllicd as small, poof amt cuj oi nl Intmiilinhts, tin. luFllllcainiHs were niiefly lii.lgnlilmiii. The siioccss of Ffencli nroiiglu out Ilia unrig. IIBIUi Of lU'lgltilOfllflMCl, Umi oily.a manMfi AilminU I Hgu nini fiuhliy hi MlUiitf inhwlomirlwa i Im fthrmniy unit not wall pleased with Urn rfo rypilnnaoonnlmt to him, un Urn second fttl'iurfl despatch was received, written In Chinese, from Urn viceroy and mllllary coimimmlant ol Corea, who wrote in behalf of tho The contents were v-tguo and diffuse, and treated at groat length nf tho punishment which had befallen the Into missionaries, concluding by a request lo tho Admiral to como up lo the cap- Ital and cuter into negotiations.

The Ailmlral in reply extolled the missionaries and laid down his claims, which were; tho punishment of the three principal ministers who instigated tho execution of the missionaries, and that an olllccr invested with full powers be sent to treat with him. The latest dates arc to the 23d ultimo. A convert had brought intelligence that an army, 15,000 strong, was advancing from tho capital to attack the French, and that stoneladen jnnks bad been sunk In the river to obstruct the passage of the men-of-war. This looks as Ir the Coreans bad designed to imitate the Chinese, in the treatment accorded to the British when conveying Lord Elgin lo Pekin with the treaty of 1858. Had the French Admiral accepted the invitation to visit Sayool, he would probably have been decoyed into an ambush.

Art and Artists In (December SO) Correspondence of the New York Herald.) To the generosity of a retired American actress iatthis city I am told the Mu-ic Hall of Boston will soon be Indebted for a noble work of art, the fruit of the rising genius of a young Danish protege, who, in accordance with her desires, is preparing a set of four noble brackets to support some statues of distinguished musical composers destiued to grace tbe upper end of the ball containing great organ. The genius, the fresu originality, the vigor and delicacy of these brackets has been tbe theme of art circles in Rome for some time past; In each can be seen some distinguishing allegorical or typical allusion to the particular talent of the composer whose statue is intendcd'to grace as much as support. Writing of artists in Rome brings one naturally to Major Haselline, who 44 left art to fight his battles during the This gentleman baling paid his debt of gratitude to his country to its fullest extent is now cultivating his love of art in Rome, its resting place. Considered one of the rising geniuses of tbe times, even in the land of Its birth, it is no wonder that his studio, filled as it is with monuments to greatness, destined one day to grace her halls, should be the daily resort or onr countrymen and countrywomen, admirers if not patrons of the marble he so successfully pursued. His last most successful work isa marble bust of General Daryee, ofZauavc notoriety.

Some other specimens of hls talent in the shape of allegorical figures of Mourning over her and Goddess of nro objects of frequent visit to strangers In Rome, Mies Doenicr, too, whose talent Is probably better appreciated Id Italy than that of any other foreign artist, must not be forgotten when spearing of devotees at the shrine of art. Miss Stebbins. another of our countrywomen, remarkable In Home for her ucuius and strength of design, as for her originality In thought and readiness in represeating her vivid conceptions, fairly bids to rival other artists, natives of the soil, competing for lonrci crown. It is but fair to state that In all which concerns art America is honorably represented in Rome. Andy Whipped by Thad.

StoTcmi. The Madison correspondent of the nllc OazrUt says eagle Andy son got a severe whipping to-day from a rooster that was presented to his keeper. lie turned it into the eagle along with a Hue fit pullet. The eagle at once made for the rooster, when ho slipped between the eagle's legs, and getting behind him Jumped buck of bis neck and began spur him so fiercely that If the rooster hod been golfed ho would have nuickly finished the eagle. As It wns, ho plteonsly screamed, nod the game rooster Jumping In trlomph to the 'saluted the bystanders and the bumbled giant with a lusty crow.

They soy the rooster Is a fighting one from your city, and on hearing the account I at once wout to the econo of the fight, where I saw the eagle cowering In a corner and the rooster flapping his wings, and In the presence of on thuslastlc crowd, dnhbcd the plucky victor, by which name ho will hcrcaltei be known while keeping hU huge and trained assailant In THE PRIZE RING. "Tlio AraCHcnn Championship of tho light Weights. and nenlads Two Thon.nnd nalian and the lloqikln in Urapiiic pcectiption tin uiwi cord ofibe (HalUtcoro 13) tothe New York ulr 1 mile, from li I Juofuhm, betoeen Sam Uoll. KT-'-C ''MhlneUm, and John McUlnilr, of nrt HniL'lit, when Collyer doclarvd Hib CPLUBtI AMI IMS IIECOim. Pam Collyer.

ol Uallhunfe, Is hither fellow some mi years of age, 1811 pounds weight, nud five feet noVsta InchM 16 5iV durlrig fctio war on tho side ho Nufll, with solno credit toliliut 1 ptt leaving the oimy brought Hhio before UiusportlUg a yll lo Billy 1B of tho Soger wliloll ioinecfltr? fIS Uul accoplml from 8 Uolslbl 1 ft)f I i lUO wllb dlni Kcfitguii, in. (rtvhiw hands Rijiwjlli VmA Aiilic itmi" Mitrch in. imw, hy Ima ft Hstit with of at Hoqk MtirylniMl. itir a sidu, CollynrAmi Carr hurt eftoli Itoftinn iloUtur, ami now uams ifaHicr 10 rtgbt lorponnuaror. Afierlwuntyt jlvo mlmilts, and on tlio fmirteontli round, tarr waa ao vury badly that scponda ihrow up Ibo ejnmge and declared Collyer the winner, It will bo bered tbat Christ James, one seconds was abut dead the following night At too American Theatre In Washington, by Cutting Jack After this, and Jim Kerrigan baying settled Pbelans htth, Collycr's desire lor a tight with him returned strong as oyer, and ac.

cordlngly tho match was made and articles drawn slake with a irlvllego of making It Twenty.flvo dollars was posted, bnt from some unknown cause felT a 0 comc up, paying for- Hla lasi flghi fceforo tho present was the well-known one with Barney Aaron, In June last, for SSOO, when, after a struggle of two hours and ten minutes, ho waa again victorious. Even this did not satlslV him; he bent upon being champion of the United btates for light weights, and accordingly Is- MG Id cballense 60 Promptly taken up by Collyer went into tialnlng about tbe same time as McGlade, and under the skillfnl tuition of Aaron Jones and Johnnie Roche he has gradually improved until he now, on entering the field, is in fine condition as any man need be. Scotty, who beat McGlade. we may Don, beat Barney Aaron In Canada, October 18, rounds In eighteen minutes Aaron, as was said, was In turn beaten by Collycr. and ms achievements.

Johnnie McGlade, the New York favorite In the fight, is an Irishman by birth, and the natural propensity of the Celtic race, the desire for a square seems to have been strongly developed in him even at an early age, as no is said to have been the terror of the neighborhood where it was his luck to reside. He Is now about 4 years of Is five feet seven in height, ami fights at 123 lbs He is thick set and well-built with a somewhat battered mug which, however, from the frequency of his encounters. could hardly he otherwise. He strips well, and was yesterday In first-class condition though he might well have spared a little flesh from his face which was somewhat full. In Liverpool previous to his arrival in this country In 18oS, he fought three times, and on each occasion was the victor.

In that city he was thought a great deal of as a good sparrer and carry ing his reputation with him to this countnr, he speedily proved himself to have ffai deservedly. In IbOO he was matched by a Boston sporting gentleman to light Jonufe Roche, of Now York, for and the affair promised to he one of no small interest. Matters progressed favorably until the day before that fixed for the fight, when Roche had the ill luck to he arrested by the police, and so the fight could not come off. In July, ISCI. he fought Jerry Donovan at a place near Chicago, for S4OO.

After rounds, fought in seventeen minutes, Donovan was declared victorious. On December 80, oftbc same year, he and of Philadelphia, alios Bendigo, bad a first-class mill for S2OO. The fight lusted an hour and twenty minutes, and comprised fotty-elx in this also being tho loser. In November, ISO 4, wc next hear of him. Having met Johnnie Roche, with whom, as we have said, he was matched in 1800, he had a line fight with him In a bar room In the Fourth ward.

Twelve rounds occupied thirty-two minutes, when tho fight ended In a draw, though Roche was thought to have had tuc worst of It. Ills next encounter was In tho fall of 1805. when he bad a severe set-to with Dick Johnflon. near New La. Mac put up S2OO to his SIOU, and after thirtytwo rounds In thirty eight minutes, won the fight, beating Johnson badly.

At the fight between Phelan and Kerrigan In January, 1800, ot Port Jervis, a purse was made up for a mill between him and Butt Riley, which ended In draw, owing to a minor of Intended InturlWcnco by the police. Nothing was heard ol Mac from this lime until the present light came up. Collyer challenged any mutt of his else and weight In the country, and some Southern sports answered It In the person of MeOluduf went Into training under Dan. Kerrigan early In December, and continued hard at work until Friday lost, lie la a hard hitler, thorougbly panic, and Is possessed of immense power of cndur-nco, iiAimifliirno, ttns Uiu rcmlef.vuns. timi on Monday poiiiq or Fi'Vfii I mud ml Apnits arrlnia from Nuw Uiiltltiioro ana Lmtrllni roll tub rtiillrr All Ilia bail arfltad liv (line in I lie liiuHiliir uu Monday, mill ll was on I'llllHl'll tlml at (julllj; lu Ills Unlit Slllllllll iiiwl nl lalltoaii dtiiiiil at tliAeu ill Ilia iiiuimiiiN Hails Wafa, or auiiipa, liiiiiiisstble.

pa Hie emwil aiinipail ItjijiiiselAas, aricf 11 liisllllill, until Unit IlnllF. TllfilUUll puma iiaainiiiiiibluilaliij'llieliatiinifUiililsbiiFiiiiijli. wliufe in Unlit was tn laha lilaaa, illil nut aava 111 pis 111 Ilia. llliiFlilim. ami nifltad at Up ilaplllinlliiii in alnilll alafil.iii Ilia midst of a liaavi piniw Pimm, ilia flval nujlllpip wars was sonalii In lia iifoaiiFad, min Piiriujpaa ua jo Ilia llgUt aouiliiH olfal all warn Iraaly Indulged.

A lava) I'lnl JiiPt liordarlmj Ilia rnuiMritali nlmnl a mlla from ilia villntju, nml wtttilii of I tie ulnrnma Hii.nmilmmu, fropan lino ImraoWlllj, maaulaaiad, THE llINd niter eliort time nUcliod me dcr tlm biniurvlaluii of Oystur Tlmro imui.l.i of tlm loom ring another, so that the ltowi! mlnht he elteeloatly kept hack. All this time the simir continued to fall heavily, and iho ring apace waa with dllllculty cleared. At eleven tho ring waa ready, aud the men alone were waited for. THE CROWD had by this time increased In numbers, and the snow storm in violence. The trees in the neighborhood had adventurous sports perched on all their branches, and sevchil wagons, drawn close to the outer ring, were heavily laden with spectators.

Three horsemen occupied a pood position, and watched the proceedings with interest. One was no less a person than the Sheriff of the county, and of the other two, one was an antiquated sport, the other a village Escnlapius, the last present with an eye to business. Several females, ever curious, were also amongst the crowd, which, considering the occasion, was a most orderly and good-humored one. APPEARANCE OP THE MEN. All was ready, and the men stripped and came forward amid loud cheering.

Collyer looked in the better condition of the two; there did not seem to be an ounce of spare flesh on his body, and tbe muscles or his chest and arm? stood out like knotted ropes of iron. He Is but thirty-two years of ape, but tbe training made him look much older. His face had an exceeding pleasant and decidedly unprofessional expression, and altogether the admiration of the spectator was not HI bestowed. McGladc did not appear to have trained so well, although with his physique none could And fault. He had a Jaunty and confldcntial air about him, but his face was bard, coarselooking, and uuintelliceat, presenting In this a strong contrast to his antagonist.

Kit Burns was in ecstucics over his man, and Inquired of all if a beauty of a the preliminaries being arranged, Collyer went over to hU corner and offered to bet two hundred dollars on the result, which offer was gladlyaccepted. TUB Fluor. Sound a vuy little preliminary parrying, McGladc led otf rather coifidentiy with his In gently on right cheek and receding a light coaster on tua own cheek. Some quick exchanges followed, which ended In larding a stinger straight Into tho mouth of McGlade as he was smiling; it threw him against the ropes, from whence be went to grass, oriather to the snow, v'ollyer's band was a little cat, and iheeffectoftheblowwas shown tn the tact that McGlaoc look one of his front teeth from his month and threw it on the ground. Sound In the first exchange of qualities lit on Collyer's left eye, without doing much bans, and Collyer, in return, threw a very sudden tap with his right one to canting him to get out of the way of another by going down against the ropes.

There were cnes ot first bnt no blood was risible. Kit Burrs cot excited, and rushed across the battleground, shouting and examining Ccllycrs bauds for bidden weights or nolsonoas chemical applications. Sound came up laughing, though ho was rnlher surprised at the result of the preceding rounds. Collyer as a mark, and sent In a shot with his hit just under it. McGlade got in on mug.

and the latter followed by a owingcr trom the right mauler on left cock that bis eyeballs The men clinched and fell, Collyer on top matters looked rather bad for McGlade. Even at this stage of tho mill Collyer's friends were cheering rather sarcastically. Hound had thus far almost all been done on ilcGlade's side of the mark. Collyer was again first to tbc scratch. With, os before, but very slight ornamental sparring, McOlado commenced business by swinging his right with a terrific force Into (be loft side of neck, and again pot one of.

tho ssmo sort under his armpit. Ho escaped a return blow by getting down laoglilng. Cheers tor HcOladu. Sound Collyer comes up quickly and advaucea boldly beyond tbs scratch to force the fighting. McOlndo sby, backlog oQ and smlllog viclon-Iy: Collyer drives him to bis own corner, making him got to work.

lie got away from one of Collyer's rushing blows almost backing sgniuit the ropes Collyer dodges a return, nod before McGlade recovers the defensive deals him sockdollogcr on tho breast-bone, knocking him over tho ropes all tun bean, Flmkock down allowed forCollvur. Sound first to tho scratch, drawing Mcttiado to bis corner; with slight advances gets la on tscc, and tbe latter returns a blow on the breast; a cunch, and iboy go dotwi-McOUde on top. Cbcors furMcGladc. left goes id on neck. (InlcU oxebanges, left llihlfy on mouth.

Another blow of hits short, and Uullyor gives him heavy one on the Jugular, sending him bis pins. peppering right and left by both men anywhere li happens. They go around tho side of tbe ring In this way, with thumping and dodging, CoUjct driving McUUUo; or If ft lfid landing uatha olhrt uicAit' Mull a Ijciti ihud Upnind sparred to IJ wf.u* Hound soot out three effective aue. ecsslre Moira without ary coinoeuaitlon. Uie njalon McGtsdt'sconk.

tbooihere on Mi breati figMlng. wildly. and knocked flat a fiomxior Uj Uio ColtjrorV bSckurs ob. he bit him ooelor me then I 4 him tauom iu him thU down on hid proboscisj" el tte llp-foced with much moro lolally uulll for i-uMicuUim. wss evident (hat Collyer had It all mtie belting, because It and tlieu 4 at evert odds, 'I 1 1,, llf i but fell Ihorl on account of Collyer knack of oettlntf out of itieo second time, snuagsla oil Hi, Illini um, irltli a similar tcsull, Collyer merely awsv 1 thet balMills about bis heck ami chtti il 1 ul 'l sifWfi in si 'tl'o dbSi end, i iAuLJ beflvdi'i cheers fof liM Mm.eif, anrt Pomw's rt.u jVti mB a ft swarm nf htinmia.

Ai had a pome Mi liahll. Mriilaiia Jet) with a heavy nlow "Web fyll abortt collier look dH phi In rW atirl'jS 8 ilJht fryMtol wpWIIj alt k'lown dee-uny, netmors. jinn, Ml catching It, Rasliig hlmaeU on Uctiiado irheal and neck, ho asaln retnrttea IMMSMKf mm sharp and drciaire. McOlado ban lost heart In this round, McGlade flrar got la on Collyer then gave him two twe 01, 1 ea ln Quick succession, causing him to tall backwards, portly in an at. el i an a he commenced to fall cd a terrific blow over his noao and HBOcklnebmi fiat.

Atblaaeconde picked a A tin toenthyran down lua face pro. lively. Claim offlrat blood, which waa allowed a Sr, rs rjtomil a i 6 r5 i blowing np his antagociat, sent els rlcbt out twice without hitting. McQlado leaclog aofarback as to escape them. At Col).

JM ttlrd attempt McGlade leased eo far hack that bo stumbled and fell backward against the hia earner, knocking over and partially Bpiliirg tbe water pan need by hla seconds. 01ad ce look awollen and bloody. led out with his left, which Collyer easuj escaped; he lollowed by leading out with bis tight, Collyer again JlcGlade fell forward by the force of his own forls. Ilootsand shoma of derision cries, Oh, yon re lovely," will win in iesa than an with both hands, Davis. 1 want no more after again sLikes short, Collycr lightly: McGlade swings a heavy Mow to tho back of neck, trying to catch him, bat falls under him.

Cries Three cheers for Sam lyC rt nl uln a black McGlade Is "that's played him Sound led oat with his righ', and itrncA nothing but the Again derisive oIJ Jer followed him In' his corner, peppering Mm well, where he went down. Hound McSlade came up pulling, and cot his lefi on cheat heavily. Collyer col him Info bis comer, and giving a Mir nght-hanaer on ihc nose set him spinning before' he McGlade. alter a short blow, landed his ft on Coll ver a ut ILo same time coming mon bugle with his richL knocking mm down. Wild delight, cheers and dtnaiyc shouts, that smack on the the at that 22.

McGlade got.Uis right on chest. Collyer pm toe right on neck ana between fats eyes. Alter some wild sparring they clinched ami fell, Collvcr on top. Hound lade slow In coming at tho call of time. Collyer goes over the scratch to him.

go no further than the McGlade makes half a btow with his right, thinks Better of It and draws it back, laughing, and lit many similar ways betrays bis misgivings and lack of confidence in himself Collyer alights alrUy on his snuffer troy, and be goes down smiling. McGlade, being pushed hr Coll ver led out with alight one on the breast; fned it again, and fell short. Collyer struck ai nun with nis light, and McGlade went down to escape punishment. IA voice: careful of foul, bam; what after now; strike him when he down.l pomt the cars of the Northern Central Railroad passed along elevation by the side of the ring, and the crowd gave a tremendous cheer.) Hound came up puffing but at? parcntly quite as strong as ever, lie made a short Collycr got la smartly onlhelelt side of his heart and got hta arm uronnd hra neck, but McGlade sllpprf through ft to the ground, smiling at bis success. Hound forced the fighting and got Ini astrong one on flic breast withuls tight: Hc- Gladedown.

Hound forced the fighting and rat- Ued his opponent fa a lively and reckless manner rirbt and loft nnul ho fell. "jwnd pat out a heavy btow with the left, aimed for tno cheat, hot Collycr got out of I reach easily. McOlaJc rallied a-alnln a ipirtied manner and left a stinger on Collvcr'a ear. Uicers for McGlade. They clinched, straining for the mastery.

Collycr finally got two or three halfarm hits on McGlado a nob, and tho latter went down smiling, as limp as an India-inhbcr stovepipe. Hoots, groans, cries, ah. you're staggering, old bor." Hound driven to defend himself led oat with a strong and beautiful sockdollager. which wasted Its sweetness on thedoscrtalr collver sflor getting aw from it, eamsbaec with his left.atralght as a bullet, into mouth, filling It with blood, and keeling him odtbls fotmnations. Hound comolalnts and claims of Ton! wore now made to the relbrcee mat McGlade was not tip In time.

on. fight said the referee. McGlado, taking bat tittle care to protect himself, received one on the shle oud the month and on the nose, and.trylns to slrtko h-avb with his right, staewred ami fell. Cries, uh, lake him bon.el "Oh, that's Gteal excitement, venting itself In profanity, and 1 suggestions as to hu-ltrg Oliver struck his no the rlieat, and pul In one that sounded solid on oljirsi side. Collyer got two successive no cue side; of McGlado's Jaw.

and sent out the third, hut McGlade fell away trout it unoa tberones, nearly Injuring himself against a post. 1 cry nt hull Has raised hy McGlado's uho chimed that seeunds stopped a of McUlade'Si said lbs telerccj al It- FUls Jvi llif itii'l tfiiHllelP, ofthllPO 1 CrtH iMlsl jOlfr Oil" VpttHn tteHlfoirtHi off WfiM! Wei ftilrt 1 W.Wti oitfl? nfui jipdte hi ypupfui fislore (iml 1 Ji tliuiutu ttf'oJ'ii" jl-rti pmined eiftui on (WWm of round fMpmmuii rpm, 9 ht muf iiio iiun) Approflytiud (ho efrfttrh 1 kl ft nsm will) 0t (pun ihft Fintr from ml eillpo. Ilalf llopeil (Toni fUatuuj me inriivi'lpiiU on (he corpuf, A nnmWf oi pistols drawn eiMl iomraheri, 'fherp was a'loinhfa nulling, -Wa lP rt one men Will) 4 dint wnlle fried (rnnilcsl jo slasli one over (he 10-Bfl wlih A man, aaoljo Ito named Alut- ATMitir, from was ciinecri by a aiont. a genii men, wjln a sort of horse pistol id ms band. Jnst at iho elevation nntafdo tho hhr Ibo tall man lurried and confronted the other, and, received two murderous blows over the forehead from H.e handle of the pistol, lie fill Ufaless, for the lime, and motionless to the ground.

Ills mends lined him up and carried him into the rotd, Baying that be was Wiled, bm it woe understood be recovered afterwards. Uowevcr that may be, tho tight went on. Jiovud by refault, It being Impossible lor Uic combatants to get at each otoer tbroach the excited crowd. The referee was firm and knew bis business, and the men came to tbe scratch all right. Hound this to tbe forty-seventh, the rounds were almost a rcpetttton of each other.

-McMade was continuously complained of for not coming up to time. McOlade grew weaker and weaker, though on the fortr-slxth round he was able to deliver a very hard blow. lie was continually laklrc punishment without much return, and going down at every round toescape It. Coll.vers science and skill were too much for the New iorkcr, and at the forty-seventh round the sponge was tbronii up amid great cheering. 'lbe flebt was then given in favor of Collyer, after 47 rounds, occupying 55 minutes in duration.

A CURIOUS CASE. A Tonnsr Barber of Twenty-five, who married a Widow or Forty, Seeks Damages of a Wealthy Sexagenarian for Bntlclng her Defendant Claims that It Is an Attempt to Extort money. RTrom the New York World, January Court op Common htfore Judge David M. Freeman vs. Zadocfc This is a case of alleged crim.

in which were developed some rather peculiar characteristics at the trial commenced yesterday. The plaintiff seeks to recover 110,000 damages of the defendant for enticing away from him his wife, Sarah, at Chicago, in April, ISGS, and depriving him of her comfort, aid, end society, while he was supporting and living happily with her, os man and The complaint alleges that plaintiff was temporarily absent at tee time, and defendant took her to a separate residence In Philadelphia, and afterwards to New York City that on or about the 12th of July defendant took Mrs. Freeman to the National Hotel, in Cortlandt street, in this city, and occupied rooms there, and lived with and carnally knew her as his wife until the 10th of July; that defendant registered his name and that of his pretended wife, Mrs. Freeman, as Steele, Pa.that ou tbe 80th the two Iclt the National Hotel and went to Hotel in Canal street. The plaintiff is a young nmn of rather prepossessing appearance, apparently not over 25 years or age.

Mrs. Freeman, a woman of over 40 years, with strongly marked features, was present and sat in a corner of the Courtroom with a blue vail kept closely over her face. She wore a plaid sbawl and a hood with fur lining. Itaopcars that she had been subpoenaed to be present for identification by a chambermaid of the National Hotel, and It was seemingly with much reluctance that she came forward at the request of counsel and removed her vail. The defendant, Mr.

Street, is a benevolent looking old gentleman of over sixty years, and is stated to be quite wealthy- The case having been opened to the Jury, the plaintiff was called to testify in his own behalf. He said: reside at present In (he Slate of Ohio; in April, 1663,1 resided In Chicago; am amirtled man, and at that time was living with my mleatid supportliig hcr; we were not keeping boose, were hoarding at Iho time; I was absentia tho mouth of April; can't say exactly how long; retoalnco away probably two or three weeks; when I returned homo my wife was not (Here; (made a search for her and tried to ascertain whore she bad didu't find her; 1 camo East to search lor her, after Laving remained at home for a few days: 1 got Information of her whereabouts at Byractuc, aud from there I came 19 Sow kork; I found her In tho National Hotel and an dish gentleman ia company with her; think 1 could recognize him non. that la him, tbc defendant; when 1 first saw them they were comlrg out of the hotel together; Ihco I saw them In parlor looked at the register and ascertained that that room was occupied by blci-le aud Lady, FhIU I sltMwnrda saw them In tbc wero walking together; they went to Earl Hotol. aud 1 followed them there; I examined the register and found that the imiti'- onUred was Mia. U.

Freeman; 1 was married Falls, to widow farab Myers; up (o tho time sho left 1 had lived happily with her, and had supported and taken rare of err; had never seen the defendant until i saw bim at tho hold. was born In Albany County, and am twemv-flyo years old was engaged la hunoesa as abatbor while there; toll there whni Iwas tom teen and wml to Montgomery County, and then returned was about twenty-ono when 1 Icli Albany again; wmtltoui there to bjrtcuss, where I slMdhrd brlhreeJjears via tiployrd there In an catlnff boose, and then 1 was engaged in tbe bbermao Tlooee fiotne sir months tnen 1 cut lo Glen's Fulls while at Hytacuse I did not mjr wornu. nu i martini the Dial time aflct going to Glen's Kails; was mnnlfd In 1 week after going edtwttta my wife before-thal; coni; aba tvas kreyinasalhUnthatha there; after otu tnaniage she broke up tbat caiabltihmcnt; after tboibarnane we wont lo handy Hill and re. tnalnen there till Febraary six iqontbs we went to Waaiitnctoo tabu wi-nt two or weeks betorv me; I old tioihirg while there 5 went there to mynlf In miriness; my wife look a boardtne aha stopped at the wood Jlnuw kelhrb there. How old a woman Is yonr wife! A.

I ktiuwi 1 never sakedi I think 1 rumahed In from Pelifttify mi April, IMJIt 1 Jen writ! to Brooklyn; was a cleric In Iwsaiberelwo or three we-ks, and thr-n rmirtied to because my ui.f»?[ bad started an Ice cream cs- LV2 tt Btt i er bc I Irit; Ibrn I came on 5 1,, r. t4 a fee days, want to 1 there a.moblh or ttroi ihmi wiS. I li. rnnlt-T, where I I In tny business as 5, will wre hi ha thffe ilt was In An- KKijfi IJiM'tf "I'fIbl 1 bI i iII Ills 11 was Ihe fell of tuoadwaVi hu. oil IbeUptiefaldei WdiebialSi-dUiete atmtit lint Weeks, i tliluU 11 paid Urn board mi i wtHl (0 swptrtbibled by lit )e 1 5 Nimiefl 11 RuWAFiI tfOMUs 1 weld Jei Iblw hHsihesPi I Weill nway fur a imuith utt nribe waief, mf wile tiemi 1 hwV bave btetiawjyiwoMiihiliaiwliPji I dm I dh'in dim.

bef leiiiathpu iheruaweeki iTom iheiy in wprfg 1 reiNAliieda tew dsya, lo hew a Arihlii nsilioav swiifiu I and am lj? or tNaiiouM liman was niajuos pMof fl. dnh.lmAi a (mirii HmnamsofcJ.Pieeluamf wna fMisr a Hill illyt kittela as li'ai lor on that day i it was a nrlvaic lb orptipancy ofinu bumu; 1 ojumoi jkaijhodrieniUntwasthoreon Monday; iconu cUi no memory on ilm aiihjeet. my memory Is pretty good, and I can oltau recall the counienances or guesta by referring 10 ina in he ,811 me they there at a certain (hue, if there waa any circumstance tu-iieo in connection Ml-h them; I know how long it a persona going by the name of Mr, and hteele remained, bothy looking at the register 1 eee that the room waa noi occupied by any other parties until tbe 42d of July. 7 3 resided there In July, i ara there at present; waa then chambermaid 1 ifi harce of arlo I made the beds, lease descilliu Low the rooms are situated to cb oth A There are folding doors between them; the parlor must be passed Inrough to get lo the bedroom 1 made the bed there regularly; nobody bat myself attended to rcc 11 1 wl occupied that 6 A lr hay between tholtih aLd.Oibf I don recohtct. em -S ho occnpted tbal room la July! A.

dr; It waa this o'd gvnileman, (the defendant). Q. From what fact do yoa recollect that a woman occapled the room in July. wassne tick, or dIJ she want any attendance! A. I know that she was sick; the gentleman called for water for his wile or tor the lady, I recollect which he said; be said sho wanted water to bathe her fact Q.

Do you recollect the woman who occupied that room. A. 1 cion know, air; it I should ace her probably I might. Q-1-ook at that woman yonder and savwas that the lady? A. 1 thick she might h-; I cia'd not state; I saw them In the rooms occe the centhman was ia the bed-room, and the lady In the Bailor: Mr.

Slipet called at the hotel ard had a talk with me. kcow r- cmar.thc became there and bronchi that laay with him: he wanted to introduce her to me. and aeell 1 conld iccognlxe her; It was on Salazar last you know that Mr.fitrcci craratavcd a Finple night at the National Hotel while you'were ttcie? A. 1 no not. There were two beds In hiaroom, and but one ot them had been used; it was a double bed.

The plaintiff here rested, and then Jndgc Smith moved to dismiss the complaint. The motion was denied, and then Judge Smith opened the case for the defence. He said that the first time the old gentleman Mr. Street, first saw this lady was while he was in Philadelphia. She came to him at the hotel and represented that she was there on her way to New York: that she had relatives here whom she was going to see; that she was entirely destitute of means to get to where she could bo taken enre of.

Counsel supposed that she asked him from the fact that she felt assured from his appearance that he of all those about the hotel would he interested In such a story. After arriving here she said she could not tell where her relatives were, and cried, saving she was destitute and had no way of supporting herself until she could find them, lie, like a humane man, responded to her wishes, and took her to the National Hotel, where ho was in the habit of stopping, and paid for her lor two days line she was there ho became suspicious of her from her actions, and then he determined to release himself as quickly os possible. and gave her to understand that he was about leaving the city. Then she suggested that she must have some place to stay until she could find her relations. To get rid of her, he proposed that she go to Hotel, and he accompanied her there, leaving her baggage nl the National.

He had been there but a short time when ho was arrested. Counsel contended that husband and wlic were in complicity. The case was then adjourned until this morning at eleven A RAILROAD WAR. Another FlsbtDctiiccu Vanderbilt and the New York the Hudson Itlver Ls to bo Ueaicn on tho Freight about the Quarrel. I From the Ouffiiio Express, Jnuttary in.) Yesterday morning a despatch was recclved bv Mr.

Tilllnghaal, the superintendent of the western Division of the Central Railroad, from Mr. 11. W. Chittenden at Albany, stating that the Secretary of the Hadron had given ulllclnl notice that after January 17th no tickets Issued by the Central would he received on Hint road; that no through checks could be wed. anil llml height must he transferred at Albany, putlog It cul rates from thence to New York.

Of course, considerable excitement was created In railroad circles, ond many speculations wete Indulged In us to the result. Uur reporter hmfld considerable oxcUi-meul prevailing, tho litipresshm being Vert genlliat rules wohld of bu Itirnelr IheFeaerd bv (bo break, mt Increase trlilelt entild hardly he iu (bo present of the nmt-heli Very iiathrullv Ibo lliiuhmd olllelals HirthllestetJ liti pariieiilar KHi'hil It Is oil ill (rtliu that blows hi'tm(jv(finnl mill wi'iiii) eef; Inllilt in-lhb'if 111 (he premises; Mailers (Ilia Plllljie 111 oVldolt Wheh I'iifieF 101 btii iimoFihb oVbmk impl night tt. dpp(HiU i from WHsueni In alp; rrooNpF, Him leinbmi, In jlieeilm ihsf muimmuh t'ttHU' Would pFObllbh fiMlllllll (ltd oiJKIM, Hill Femumbeml ilmt ponm two years plrn'o lim prjlwii.ui mdl HibUos. nniiihMhpt mnifhl lUilpood with ovvf iwo fIMMIJHIHIPIIFIItmIS wblfh ibo toller nimim) in carry tlimngh A Imd mil had Nmd them bet hM and Mr, Vanderbilt's Httto gamu cud )be Central over It claimed by (be latter that tho two roods should pro rata on all freight carried through, the Centre) receiving hvo-thlrda fttr Its three hundred miles or road, and llm Jludson River one-third for Us one hundred and filly miles. As It costs more to handle Iruight In New York City than In Buffalo Iho Central have been willing to allow Vanderbilt extra compensation for that work.

The result 01 tho tight, as far os the passenger trafllc Is concerned, will of course bo to compel the Central to supply Its agents with Hudson River tickets. So tar, no inconvenience will be caused, but a change of cars will be necessary at Albany. By the time this reaches our readers the Central will probably be masters of ihc situation, so far as the freight question is concerned, negotiations having been begun for the use ol tbe Road. Freight will thus be taken across the river at Albany. and thence by the Western Massachusetts Railroad and Konsatonic to Bridgewater, from which point It will be carried over to New York in barges.

Tbe of the Hudson River in March will probably bring Mr. Vanderbilt to his senses. So long as the Hudson River remains open be is compelled to accede to these terms, bat the moment' tbe ice closes the passage be demands a thousand, dollars a day additional. This the Central retuscs to pay and Rente the declaration of war. It Is barely possible that Mr.

Vanderbilt can ran tbe Hudson River and Hudson Roads after shutting off a thousand miles of but tbe sport will be expensive. There Is evidently an irrepressible conflict between the two interests, and a prominent railroad manager not long since remarked that the matter would never be settled until the Central had a line to New York City or the Hudson River road was extended to Buffalo. As the former is by far the most probable there can be little question os to who will finally win. Arrest of an Austrian Porzer for Fraudulently Obtaining 160 000 Florins. (From the York Evening Post, January n.i Adolphus Schwartz, one of the passengers by the steamer Bremen, which arrived at this port to-day from Bremen, was arrested, by order of United States Marshal Murray, on a charge of forgery, committed In Vienna the sum involved being one hundred and sixty thousand florins, amounting to one hundred thousand dollars ol oar currency.

A Cable despatch a few days ago informed the Austrian Consul General, Charles F. Loosey, of the escape of Schwartz, whereupon that officer made his requisition in usual form under the Extradition treaty. The requisition was allowed, and detectives were set to watch the arrival of the Bremen. Deputy Marshal Macay and two other officers made the arrest of the alleged former, whowasthls afternoon taken to tho office and searched. He Is a small man, has heavy whiskers and a determined expression of countenance, and Is not at all excited In regard to bis capture.

A quantity of gold, paper, was found In his possession; bnt of what value Is not reported. This and other facts are withheld by the counsel for the Austrian Consul General, that lawyer declaring that this 1s a for the present. Schwartz will be kept In the Ludlow street Jail until the witness or witnesses against him arrive from Austria, and then he wilt be examined before a United States Commlssioncr. The crime, it Is reported, was committed in Vienna. Charles Letter Co tbe ConvcnUou.

The following-letter from Charles Sumner was rend to the Freedman's Convention lu Washington, on Saturday evening lost: Dkaii 9m: lam glad are about to assemble tn couvonUon to consider how best to promota their welfare, and to secure those equal rights to which they are justly than a revolution. Tho revolution must pre- i ar llcd civil tights have accorded already, bnt every argument of these is oqnrily important ftor political rights which cannot bu dinted without tho greatest wroiu. U-t the dcltltens persevere. Let them calmly but constantly insist upon those rights which arc tho premise of our Institutions. They should appeal to Congress, and they should also appeal to the courts.

1 cannot donbt the power and duty of Congress and ol tho court- to sot aside every Inequality founded ou color. will bu tho wonder of posterity that a Constitution which contains no discrimination of color uaa so perverted tn Its construction as to sanction Ibis discrimination, aa If such a wiocg could be derived from a imt which contains no such discrimination. Tho fountain brad Is slots which flute irum It must he squally pure. Accent my best wishes, and brllevo me, dear sir, uhblully fonts, iblgnid) Cuaulxs.