Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 26, 1872, Page 4

HWHE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1872. TERWMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TT OF SUBSCRIPTION (PATABLE IN ADVANCE). rily; by mail. 2.00 | Sunday., 8 Ruipliqet - S1E00) Sweky 5588 Partsoiay thp same rate. o prevent éclay and mistakes, bo sure and give Post co address in full, including State and County. s may be made either by draft, express, Post , orin repistered letters, at our risk. TEnss TO OITY SUDFORILERS. ;, delivered, Sunday excepted, 25 cents per week. delivered, Sunday included, 30 cents por week. THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, o. 15 South Canal-st., Chicsgo, 1L TumusE Brinch Office, No. 460 Wabash-ar., in the Bookstore of Messrs. Cabb, Andrews & Co., whero Fdvertiserzents and subscriptions will be recoived, aud i1 roccive the scue sttention 24 if leit at the Main Ofce. TEE TRIBTNE: counting-room and busiaess department will remain, for the praseat, at No. 15 Canal sireet. Ad- Tertisementa should be handed in at that plsce. — LIBERAL NOMINATIONS, NATIONAL. Por President : TEORACE GREELEY, of New York. For Vice President : . GRATZ BROWYX, of Missouri, OHN X ANIEL K. H "JOHN HINCHCLIFFE; ENJAMIN W. SHARP; NELIN = FRANELIN PIERCE. Nideteenth.. STATE. Tor Governor : . GUSTAVUS KOERNER, of St. Clair, For Lientepant Governor: JOHN CHARLES BLACK, of Chempaign, For Secretary of State: EDWARD RUMMELL, of Peoria, For Auditor of Public Accounts O'HARA, of Cook. CHARLES H. LANPHIER, of Sangamon. For Attorney General : JOHY V. EUSTACE, of Lee. For Clerks of the Supreme Cot iv.—R, A. D. WILBANES, of CTentral Div.—DAVID A. BROWN, of Ssngamon, Southern Div.—ELI SMITH, of Cook. COUNTY. So108 B, 718 First District—LUCIUS B. . Second District—CARTER H, HARRISON, Third District—JOHN V. LEMOYNE. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. Firet District—DANIEL C., SEELLY. Second District—THOMAS WILCE. Third District—CHARLES ENOBLESDORFF, LEGISLATIVE. Firet District (Wards 1, 2, 10, and 11)—Senator : JAMES W. SHEAHAN, Representatives: HENEY SWEET, OTTO MUTSCHLECHNER. cond District (Wards 3, 4, and 5, Hrde Park and y—Senator : JAMES WADSWORTH. * Representa- tives FRANK T. SHERMAN, EGBERT JAMIESON. “Third District (Wards 6, 7, and §)—Senator : MILES REHOE, Representatives:” CONSTANTINE EAHN, OMAS L HALPIN, T Ounh District (Wards 9, 12, and 13)—Senator: JLLARD . WOODARD. Representatives: W. H. N, S. 5. GARDNER. ctrici (Warda 14, 15, and 18)—Senator : DE- <GTION C. EDDY. Representatives: HUGH Blc- LATGHLIN, AUSTIN J. GIBBONS. ‘Stth District (Wards 16, 17, 19, and 20)—Senator: AMTLTON, Representatives: W. C. Mc- E. HA 010 PELTZER. b District (County towns, except Lake snd mie \—Senator: . Representative: DAN- TEL DOOTIL, COTY" TY OFFICERS. State's Attorney—THOMAS J, TURNER, B eener—RODNEY X D oroner—3 . DAY. ounty Clerk—JERE: 3. CROWLET, Cireuit Clerk—GEORGE F. BLANEE. LAIR E D, Recorder—ST. CI At County Commissioners—] 7 N. E. F. A TIN THATCHER, J. W, HORTOX, A. C. WALDROX, DANIELC. S ALEXARDER %EI\GL‘EY, M. SKELLY, . ROBINSON, THEODORE — CONTENTS OF TO-DAY'S TRIBUNE. FIRST PAGE—The Horse Disease at the East—Folitical —Now York Matters. SECOND PAGE—Arkansas Letter; Tho State Between 1840 and 1672; Diary of its Poblic Lifo Concluded— The Less of the Ship Golden Hind—The Official Vote of Indians—What Resulted from a Misplaced Sritch—An Adrolt Robbery—General News Items— ‘Personal. . THTRD PAGE—Oounty Matters—The Law’Courts—Tlii- ‘nois Humane Society—An Annual Fair st Chicago— The End ¢f Bronswick—An Alleged Murderess— uiscellenoous News Paragraphs—Advertisements. FOURTH PAGE—Editorials: The Sundsy Beer Ques- tion; Mr. Ferguson on Rallroad Freight; Our Dear Friend, the Horse; Items of Current News— Political. FIFTH PAGE—Murdered—The City in Briof—Liberal Appotntments—Advertisements. - SISTH PAGE: Finsncial and Commercial-Marine ‘News—Railroad Time-Table. SEVENTH PAGE—The Horse Disease—A Noted Horse in Articulo Mortis—How a Fellow Fecls When He s Full of Strychaine—Sharp Practice by Boys—A Queer Railroad Accldent—Street_Oleaning in Paris ZSmall Advertisements: Resl Estate, For Sale, Wants, Boarding, Lodging, To Rent, ete. EIGHTH PAGE—The Sundsy Law : Continued Agita tion of the Movement to Olose the Saloons; Mayor Dedill Between Two Fires; Addresses to the People of Chicago and the Masor—MMiscellaneons Local Matters, TO-DAY’S AMUSEMENTS. HOOLEY’S OPERA HOUSE—Randolph street, be- tween Clark znd LaSalle. Abbott-Kiralfy tronpe. #*Tiroe Honchbacks.™” ACADEMY OF MUSIC~Halsted strest, nesr Madi- Mrs, F. S. Chanfrau. Tho Fremch version of ATKEN'S THEATRE—Wabash avenugand Congress street. Mrs. Oates' Burlesque Troupe, *‘Fortunio.™ MYERS' OPERA HOUSE—Monroe street, between State and Dearborn. Aslington, Cotton & Kemble's Dlinstrel and Burlesque Company. GLOBETHEATRE—Despleines, between Madison and Washington streets. Variety Entertainment; burlesque, ‘ailet, minstrelsy. M'VICKER'S THEATRE-Madson street, between Stete and Dearborn, Revival of B. G. Howard's omed * Saratoga.” NIXOX'S—Clinton strect, between Washington and Reodolph., Mafit and Bartholomew Pantomime Troupe. FIALSTED- STREET OPERA HOUSE—Corner of nstieet. McEvoy'sHibernicon, and Irish Come- Whe @hienge Tribumne, Sgturday Morning, October 26, 1872. Arbitration is growing nnpopular in England. Fhe San Juan award came too soon after the adverse decision at Gepeva, and the London Post says that it will not improve the relations between England and America. Justice Nelson is about to retire from the Supreme Court. Hisplace will be flled from New York, probsbly by Mr. Evarts or Judge Woodward. Senator Conkling is ineligible, as he was a member of Congress at the time the selaries of the Jndges were increased. The Chicago money market continues strin- geat, bauk-deposits are still ata véry low ebb, and {ho ability of thio banks to help their cus- tomers is very limited, but country bankers in the centrsl part of the State report some im- provement in their deposits, and & somewhat easier condition may be expected here soon. Pismarck esys, with regard to the Protection- it reaction in France, and the apprchended repeal of her ccmmercial treaties, thatno such retrogrension is possible for several years, asthe French ireaty Wwith Austria, which is very libersl, runs uatil 1876 and of course until that time cquel privileges must be extended to all {friendly nations. e—— Abont 25,000 borses are disabled in New York and Brooklyn, sud dummy encines are to run in their stead on the streets. Among other distin- guished sufferers are two of Bonner's valuable horses. No deaths have been traced to the dis- eage. A few horses were affected in Si. Louis yosterday. The “ Committeo of Seventy,” whatever that may be, and the Committee of Fifteon, and tho Committee on Elections, furnish a variety of reading matter, this morning, in roferonce to the Sunday and Temperanco questions. They woro active yesterdey in their ondeavors to prosont addresses and congratulations to tho Mayor, but o was nob nccessiblo. It is supposed that they will favor him with a fow briefl remarks to-day. The United States District Court of Towa (Judges Dillon and Love), sitting at[Des Moiues, have decided that the assessmont of 80 per cent on the stockholders of the Repullic Tusurance Compauy, of this city, cannot bo logaily colleet- ed, said assessment having bean made by a com- mitteo, whereas it should have heen made by vote of a majority of the stockholders at a meot- ing duly called. This decizion dinmirges about one hundred cages where suit had beon brought against stockholdera of the Company in Towa. 1t is not likely that o majority of the stockhold- ers will ever order sny such nsscssment, and, if this Towa decision is sustained, the collection in cases where it is resisted will necessarily be abandoned. In the trial of Mayor Hsll, yesterday, & bill presented for $16.940 was ehown to havo passed the Board of Audit, of which the Mayor was a member, for $48,900. Keyscr, tho celgbrated plumber, testified that he was told by the Clerk of the Board to add 88} per cent to his bills, and that he had seen bills for £900,000 bearing Lis (Keyser's) :ndorsement forged, from which he received nothing. Garvey testified that, upon taking bills to Mayor Hall which covered advances of money to Tweed, and work on the honses of the latter. che Mayor fgquired first whether these were Tweed’s matters, and then signed them, and that, when once he asked the Mayorif there was danger of prosecution for these irregularities, Mayor Hall replied, “Whois going to doit?” The attention attracted by the alarming re- ports of the Horse Epidemic was timely, be- cause it will tend to induce precaution, & resort to preventives, and possibly exemption from the visitation. Certainly it will have secured prep- aration for sound, sensible, and prompt treat- ment. The horee community have been treated with far more coneideration these past few deys, and perhaps a better system of stable care, feed, and ventilation will be the permanent re- sult. Tse TrmUNE has made the best veterinary anthorities here and abroad its sources of in- formation, and is able in this issue to present most .encouraging intelligence from Toronto, where, according to & distinguished veterinary surgeon of that city, the malady has lost its ter- rors, and is dying out, after a most wide-spread visitation. The facts seem to be, that, once in- troduced, the disease is in danger of making ite rounds; but if met by skilful and sensible treat- ment, its worst evil need only be the temporary loss of use of the animals afflicted. Now that the Emperor Wilhelm has got the San Juan boundary question of his mind, he should turn his attention to the Duchy of Meck- lenburg, which is just now engsged in sending ‘her criminals to the United States, The German papers are continuslly printing accounts of ‘manacled ruffians taken through the streets of Hamburg and Bremen, for transporation to this country. A description of two of these fellows, which appears in & Reuss psper, msy poseibly stand as a type for the rest : “They were tho barber Sonncwend, who poisoned his wife and attempted to murder his babe, be- cauge he . wanted .to magy another womsn, and @ farm-leborer who committed highway robbery on nine occaslons.” We have aplenty of this class already in the country without needing to import from Germany, and if the Eaiser wants to confer a real favor upon us, he will give the Duchy of Mecklenburg, which hag been up before the German Parlia- ‘ment on geveral occasions for bad behavior, an opportunity to keep its Sonnewends at home, or, what is still better, instruct the Duchy to hang them. Havinga surplus here already, there is no demand for them. — The proprietor and chief editor of the Evening Journal were cited to appear before the Su~ preme Court of the State, at Ottaws, yesterdsy, inacase of contempt—the offence being the publication of an article criticising the action of the Court granting a supersedeas in the Rafferty murder case. The supersedeas was granted upon proper grounds. Indeed, it could not have been refused, for it was ehown to the Court that the prisoner was not served with & true copy of the indictment againsh him, nor furniched with a list of the panel of jurors eelected to try bhim. At the game time, it may well be donbted vwhether the Court was brought into contempt by the Journal article, or whetherany good will come from issning an attachment against the editors. Thelaw of Illinois regarding contempt ought to be brought into conformity with the Iaw of the United States. Under the Ilatfer, at- tachments for contempt sgainst persons mnot officers or suitors can only be issued for some overt act committed in the presence of the Judge. Judges Breese, Scott, and Sheldon, dis- sented. The Chicago produce markets were dull yos- terday, and breadstufls were generally lower. Mess pork was inactive, and nominally unchang- ed, at £14.50.cash, and £12.75 for seller Decem- ber. Lard was quiet and steady, at 75c for old or new, and 75@7%c seller December. Meats were quoted at 5¢ for shonlders, 8}4@8}{e for short ribs, and 83¢{@82¢c for short clear, all 15 to 20 days in salt. Highwines were quiet but strong, at 89¢ per gallon. Lake freights were active, and Ic lower, at 15¢ for wheat to Buffelo. Flour was dull, and egain easier. Whent was moderately active at 3{c decline, clos- ing &b $1.08 cash; SLOT3 seller the month ; and $1.053¢ seller November. Corn was rather more active, and declined }@%c, closing firmer at 30c seller the month, and 303§ @303{c seller November. Oats were more ac- tive, but (@34c lower, closing at 20@2034c for regular, and 2034@2034c seller November. Rye wag in fair demand, and steady st 5lc for strict- Iy fresh receipts. Darley was active, and 3¢ Digher, closing at 63}¢c for No. 2, and 4Sc for No.8. There was very little demand for hogs, and the market was again wesk and lower. Sales dragged at $4.10@4.40. The cattle mar- ket was dull at yesterday's prices. Sheep wore fairly active, but a shade lower. e Of late, the Ban Jusn Yelend, or northwest ‘boundary dispute between England and America, shadowed ; but in the Polk and Dallas campaign it was the dividing line between parties, and gave the Democrats their famous ery, *54-40 or fight.” The Administration which was carried into power on that issue is seid to have drafted a declaration of war against England, which was fortunately nover issued. ‘Mr. Buchanan, Polk's Secrotary of State, settled the matter by a com- promise on parallel 49, in which the great mis- tako was made of allowing the Hudson Bay Company to retain jurisdiction within our torritory. American cmigration at once sot into Orogom, and the agents of the Company threw overy obstacle in its way, some- times rosorting to violenco to intercopt the in- dustrious Yankees,whose saw-mills would replace Leavor dams, and whose farms would drive away fur-boaring animals. No lclaim was made to the Teland of San Juan bofore 1853, when o sheep- farm was established there, and the whole Arch- ipelngo assorted tobe English soil. At ono time, {lo difticulty batween the Americans, under Cap- {ain Pickett, who led tho famous charge at Get. tysburg, and tho English officials, bordered on bloodshed. At the suggestion of General Scott, the two Governments, pending the settlement of the disputo, enteroed into joint military occu- pation of the island. It has now become our property by tho decision of Emporor William. It is o fortilo island, containing 40,000 acres. So nutritious is the pasture that mutton raised up- on it is remarkable for & peculiar delicacy of fla~ vor. There are productive fisheries, and coal and limestone quarries. Ithas400 inhabitents, 200 of them soldiers, The man Davenport, whose conduct as United Btates Commissioner iu New York is attracting 80 much attention, has s history, which is fur- nished by the Cincinnati Commercial. His re- cent conduct 1n the arrest, imprisonment, and refusal to try Mr. Heinrich, & citizen of New York, is, perhaps, one of tho most arbitrary cases of an abuse of authority on record. J.D. Davenport held, during a part of the war, the rank of Lieutenant on Ben. Butler's military staff, He wasthen 19 years old, and was But- ler's Secrotary and Assistant Provost-Marshal. Ho was, liko his chief, imperious, arrogant, and arbitrary. Heseemed to take a special delight in croelty. He had control of Ben. Butler's famous ‘bull-pen,” on the James River, and he kept it full of prisoners,— Union soldiers. The cruelties endured in that stockade prison have been frequently told by the sufferers, It was even more dreaded than the Libby or Andersonville. Ho was a success- ful imitator of Butler in the infamous treat- ment of every person brought before ‘him a8 & prisoner, or charged with offence. Hanging by the thumbs was one of the gentle persuasives which he used, as Provost Marshal, to make per- gons confess the guilt with which they were ac- cused. Bodily torture was part of his discipline. He retired from the army with Butler. Later, he was appointed United States Commissioner in New York City, “As a civil officer, he has resumed, to & great extent, his mode of proce- dure ns Provost-Marshal, As a civil magis- trate, he assumes the arbitrary power of the military policeman. The personal liberty and other legal rights of the citizen find no respect from Mr. Davenport. Whoever is responsible for retaining him in his place ns Commissioner, should, in the name of public .decency and pub- lic justice, have the man forthwith dismissed from office. The Portland Adverliser, a Grant paper of considerable ability, offers itself as an exponent of the intestinal reform movement of which the Springfield Republican gave an inkling a few days since. The Adrertiser tells gome pretty plain truths, but we judge that its own standing in the party is more likely to be called in quos- tion than the reforms which it demands are likely to be acceded to. In its issue of Oct. 21 it eays: Both parties have been compelled to make some con- cession to the growing demand for a reform tariff, sound currency, a purified Civil Service, snd an end of exceptional legislation for the Southern States. But upon these topics there is s difference of opinion which is opening wide seams in both the old parties, The gulf which separates the Camerons and Butlers from the Adamses and Wellses, yawns also between the Hunkers and the Young Democracy. On the one side 138 stolid eatisfaction with the old political ways and notions; on the other, an enthusiastic belief that bete ter ways are possible, and a resolute determination to find them. The signs of . irrepressible conflict multiply on every hand, Now it is Semotor Homlin, who, tfurning umeasily in his seat, grumbles that he 1s * sick of the name of Civil Service Reform.” Again, it is the veteran editor of tho Trib- ‘une, who takes occasion to announce himsell 88 “‘a ferocious Protectionist.” Or it is Wendell Phillips, demanding new messures of coercion to restrain the no longer rebellions Southern Btates, Or it is Secre~ tary Boutwell, eneering at Mr. Wells' instractive array of statistics, In the demoralized and defeated Demo- cratic party we find the same jeslousies, It is notori- ous that, during the Tecent canvass in this district, Mr. Clifford received only o half-hearted support from the Hunker clement of his party, while many of the ‘bluest of the blue-bellied Democrats were actuslly con- spiring ogoinst him, What do these things mean? They mean clearly that the Democratio party is already in the throes of dissolution, They indicate no less clearly, that the Republican party in Congress, under its present leadership, is in serious danger of becoming o conserv- stive, obstructive party. If thenew combinations of conservative and of progressive clements should come about in accordance with theso indications, we shall find the reactionary Republicans reinforced by the Hunker Democrats, just as the Democrats were rein- forced by the Silver Gray Whigs sixteen years 1go, And when that time comes, there will be a real Reform party which will deserve respect in the outset and will surely command victory in the end. Such 3 party cannot be contrived in back parlors, or set agoing in ‘packed conventions ; but if a Republican Congress should now fail, throngh negligence or set purpose, to perform the legislative work that is meeded, it will come, and come to stay, ‘ e THE SUNDAY BEER QUESTION. The meetings held on Thursday evening by the friends and opponents of Sunday lager-beer were temperate and rather conciliatory in tone, though showing no lack of firmness on either side. The most notable event at the German ‘meeting was the discomfiture of Mr. A. C. Hes- ing, who was not allowed to take any prominent part in the proceedirigs. Whether this proceeded from the fact that Mr. Hesing wasregarded asan indiscreet advocate of German idens, or from the belief that his conrse in the premises is gov- erned sud controlled by mere party considera- tions, is immaterial. He was essentially rebuffed by his own countrymen. At the two temper- ance meetings, which were addressed by Rev. M. Parlhurst, Rev. Robert Collyer, and Rev. W. A. Bartlett, there was no disposition evinced to encroach upon German.customs, or to wage war against 8o harmless a fluid as lager-beer. The denunciations of the speakers were exclusively directed against intoxicating drinks.” On the whole, there seems to be no danger of any con- flict other than thet of opposing lawyers in the courts of justice. It should bo steadily borne in mind that the object sought in the recent law and order move- ment was to check the rapid increase of crime, growing ont of the use of intoxicating liquors, on a day when there was a great deal of leisure for drinking them. If the law is to be enforced, decided yesterdsy in our favor. has been aver- it should be done with that distinct object’ in view. If it can be shown that the beer-saloons are disturbers of the pub- lic peace, that they breed crime, and that the beer sold in them is intoxicating, then should the law be enforced against them. But these sre charges which have mnever been alleged against them. In all the meetings which have been held, we have not observed that the most radical advocate of temperance in the abstract, or the most urgent counsellor for the enforce- ment of the Sunday law, has ever charged that beer is intoxicating, or that the drink- ing of it has led to crime. It is possible that & man who drinks beer may commib & crime, just as it is possible for & man who drinks water or coffee, but the fact of in- toxication does not exist in the one case moro than the other. The man who commits the crime would have done it just as quickly without the beer a8 with it. The men who commits & crime under the influence of whiskey, and other poison- ous edulterations, jin the majority of cases would not have done so bt for the intoxication and delirium produced by them. To charge, therefore, upon the beer-saloon what belongs to the whiskey-shop, and to enforce the law in such & wholesale manner as to close the former for the offences of the latter, ia to trample needlessly upon the personal rights of one-half the people of this city, who make beer a daily beverage, and have done so from youth up, and of thousands of others to whom it i8 not 80 much a necessity and habit of life as -it is innocent pleasure, Untilit can be shown, therefore, that boer is an intoxicating liguor, which leads to the commission of crime and en- dangers the safety of the community, it is folly to attempt to suppress it,—unless the real ob- joct is to enforce Sunday observance irrospective of intoxication and crime, in which case it would be as well to enforce the Bunday Iaw against fhe street-cars, and omnibuses, and railways also. But while on the one hand there is a palpa- ble opportunity for discrimination in the en- forcing of the law, there is an equal opportunity for discrimination, and for the exercise of com- mon senso on the part of the Germans. It is plainly their duty, as citizens, to recognize tho great increase of crime in this city, and to do their share in suppressing it, equally with all other nstionalities. They will not act wisely if they allow themselves to be misled by rash leaders into the display of sectional feeling. They will strengthen their caunee by keeping within the bounds of lawand order. Proces- sions which disturb the public peace, or demon« strations of a riotous order, may irreparably in- jure them, and turn public sentiment against them, The present movement is not a sectional one. It grows out of no antipathy to the Ger- mans, or any disposition to invade the rights which they share in common with other people. 1t is simply and purely & question of suppress- ing crime. OUR DEAR FRIEND, TEE HORSE. Human nature is 8o constituted that it does not thoroughly sppreciate what it possesses until there is danger of loeing it, and does not find out all its good qualitics nuntil it is forever gone. Grave-yards sttest the truth of thisin memorial penegyric and monumental audacity. Our virtues seem to be made of such fugitive and intangible stuff that they entirely escape notice until the possessor dies, at which time they are first published to the world upon the marble pages of the cemetery,—a volume seldom read, and more seldom believed when it is read. Constant use and familiarity engender constant abuse and contempt. Some people live together in marrisge for many years, holding cat- and<dog relations to each other. BSud- denly, one of them dies, whereupon the survivor discovera that he or she has met with a great loss, and no mourning is black enough to symbolizo the overpowering grief for the beloved defunct, who, when slive, had no sppreciable value, either financial, connubial, or otherwise. Porhaps the most striking instance of this perversion, or, it may be, eccentricity, of human nature, has been developed by the sudden ap- pearance and rapid spread of the horse-catarrh, influenza, epizootic, or whatever other name it may be known by among veterinary surgeons, ‘horse-connoisseurs, and horse-jockeys. If any domesticated animal in the whole range of brute creation has reason to complain, it is the horse. Thecat has no greater troubles inits life than tho danger of occasional bootjacks, which rarely if ever hit the mark. The dog’s greatest sorrow grows out of the perverted use of tin-kettles by young children, The muleis of that heroic mould which scorns pain, snd puts sorrow to flight with one kick of its sgile hinder hoof. The cow and the ox are, almost without exception, kindly cared for and honsed, and lead good easy lives. The horse, however, who is the superior of them all in nobility and usefulness, and is absolutely indispensable in daily life, is the victim of fre- quent maltreatment. Any sort of stabling is good enough for him. No amount of work is too hervy. Shoe-pegs and oat-husks will do for his eating, and if, under such circumstances, he slackens in his work from fatigue orbad temper, the next thing in order is to beat him unmerci- fully. He must neither expect favor, mercy, or rest, but drudge along uncomplainingly, until he is incapacitated for further work, and then he is turned ont to die, perhaps of starvaj tion. ' The horse-disease, however, has made its ap- pearance, and suddenly every horse-owner who hes been accustomed to abuse his animal, now that there isa prospect of losing him, discovers that he is & dear friend, & noble creature, de- gerving of the Lindest consideration and most touching care. 1t is painfolly ludicrous, the amount ‘of pity and tho tenderness of -treatment which isnowbestowed uponhim, Street-car companies, which have used their horses as if they were made out of cast-iron, which have put them un- der the rein and whip of stupid and cruel drivers, whichhave overworked them to twice the smount of labor of which they are capable, are now absolately overwhelming in the delicacy of their attentions. A horse of ordinary appre- ciation must be filled with astonishment to find a first-clags breakfast set before him instead of his customary indigestible mess ; a day's work proportionate to his strength, with an opportu- nity to rest; blankets provided for him that he ‘may not take cold ; and, at night, a palatable supper, a clean stall, and plenty of fresh water snd pure air. As nothing is the matter with the horee at present, and as he cannot be aware that the atmosphere is threatening him with catarth, one can easily imagine the anxiety he must feel at this slarming change in his treat- ment. The danger to & horse of sensi- tive nature, one who has not hed sll his finer feelings blunted by drudgery and cruelty, is & peculiar one. He may die of the catarth if he takes it, 2nd he may die of astonish= ment at the delicate attentions and distin- guished consideration of which he is at present the recipient. The omnibus horses are in the same category. It must puzzle them to under- stand why they are not drivén and beaten as usual. And eo on'through the whole list. The ugliest two-legged brute in the city, who has made hig horse the daily victim of his cruelty and rage, all of asudden has & snesking idea that his animal is & noble, honest, faithful crea- ture, deserving the most friendly regerd. He never thought of this when there was no dan- ger; but, now that he may lose him any moment, there is no limit to his appreciation of his horse, excopt its money value. Itis evidently a good tine for horses just now, and, for the first time in the history of horses since Caligula conferred the consalar dignity upon his steed and made the lictors show him obeisance, it is & blessed thing to be s horse. But in this sudden out- pouring of human kindness, this universal effer- _vescence of sympathy, this more than fraternal regard, we conceive there is & dangor greater than that of catarrh, and, in the interests of this long-suffering. and much-sbused animal, we ad- monish his owners not to carry the thing too far and kill him with kindness. Our corre- spondent has suggested, in addition to the gen- eral remedies, canton flannels, in which o wrap him, and another is out in favor of Turkish baths. At this rate, we shall soon have ginger- ten, oatmeal-porridge, female nurses, bouquets for the sick-room, “‘lucid eirops tinet with cin~ namon,” dry toast, Cologne-water, and hair- mattresses, which would be a manifest wnkind- ness to the horse. We have no disposition, however, to disparage what the horse-owners are doing, We hope it will not prove a mere spasm of selfishness, but that it will con- tinue long after the danger of catarrh has passed away. At the same time, the facts suggest the question : If thehorse in Chicago is deserving of this humane and considerate treatment mere- 1y because the horses in Toronto and other places have been taken sick, why he is not al- 'ways degerving of it? MR, FERGUSON ON RAILROAD FREIGHTS, Our present railroad.system, and its effects upon the productive interests of the r,ount;y, were the subjects of a paper read before the Na- tional Board of Trade by Mr. R. H. Ferguson, of Troy,some of whosestatements we reproduce, ‘without, howeveér, guaranteeing their accuracy. For the last five years, the average charge for carrying 100 pounds, fourth-class freight, from Toledo to New York, has been 454 cents; for & bushol of 56 pounds, 26 cents ; from Chicago to New York, for 100 pounds, 56 4-5 cents, for a ‘bushel 81 4-5 cents ; from St. Louis to New York, for 100 pounds, 66} centa; for =& bushel, 873 cents. The avorage of all these charges was for 100 pounds, 593 cents, for a bushel, 834-10 cents. From Decatur, Pana, Terre Haute, Keokuk, Dubuque— the average charge was 71 cents for 100 pounds, and 393/ cents for a bushel. But other charges are to be added, since the farmer must move his grain from his farm to the interior station, when it comes to some one of the points named above. This additional cost is from 15 to25 cents, according to distance, and makes the cost of moving grain from the three chief cities named sbove 993 to 1093 cents for 100 ponnds, and 54610 to 60 2-10 cents for a bushel; and from the gix interior points mekes it 5328 cents abushel. As comn at these points brings only 15 or 20 cents a bushel, the Western farmer gells three or four bushels to pay the freight on one. Three quarters of the Western farmers' product is given to the railroads to carry the other quarter to market. Can you be surprised, agks Mr. Ferguson, that— tho Western farmer is unablo fo pay the interest on hismortgaged farm? Was over & people taxed by Eing, Emperor, or despot three-quarters of their pro. Auctions? Does not the query force itsclf upon the minds of all intelligent persons, If continued, whera will it end? The tendency is toward consolidation smong all through lines, so a8 to crush out all compe= tition and permit two or three raflroad kings to dictate to the people how much they ehall pay for thetr food, fuel, and clothing, Already the railroad system of our country (com- prising over 50,000 miles and fast increasing) s in the hands of half adozen men, Who can to-morTow morning telegraph orders from their headquarters that will raise tho barrel of flour you buy at noon $1 per barrel, the pork you buy 1 ond 2 cent per pound, the beef you eat the same, thecosl you burn 1 o ton, every bushel of grain in the country 2, 3, 5, and 10 cents per bushel, putting into their purses millions of dollars before night, to the disadvantage of every man, ‘womsn, and child, and to the beneft alone of balf a dozen millionaires. Mr. Ferguson shows next what is the actual cost to the railroads of the service for which they charge so extravagantly. By the testimony of a prominent offieial in the Iron Mountain Railroad, of the President of the Virginia Central, and of the Superinten- dent of the Schenectady Locomotive Works, it is shown that a ton can be hauled one thousand miles at an actual outlsy of $2.63, all ex- penses, time, labor, interest on cost of road and equipment included. But the charges for that distance have been $18.28 between St. Louis end New York, and $11.36 between Chi- cago end New York. Further, this ach cost of 8263 & tom is for trans- portation under bad management. Calonla- tions based on the accounts of the New York Contral and the Erie Railways show that, with proper management, & saving of one-half could be effected, reducing the actual cost of freight from the Mississippi to New York to $1.81% = ton. This would be s saving of 80 cents s bushel from St. Louis, and 244 cents from Chicago. The remedy which Mr. Ferguson proposes is to have the railway business of the country done for the people, at cost, by the people. This to be done, not through the agency of the Govern- ‘ment, but through the National Board of Trade. +we may remark, will be possible when the National Board of Trade owns the railronds, and not before. POLITICAL, Hendricks, Brown, and Koerner are announced to spesk at Dacatur, Iil., the 30th. —As the Philadelphia election-refurns are serutinized, every one is found to have been “doctored” in the same way. For instance: BEVENTH WARD. _TRUE VOTE, RETURN, Div. Hartranft. Buckalew, Hartranst. Buckalew, Tenth, 6 122 276 [ i 149 254 0 2 530 7 9 —J, Ross Dubs,” says the Philadelphia Press, “has declared for Grant.” Good heay- ens! We wouldn't have had it to happen for worlds.—Zouisville Courier-Journal. —The canvass in Virginia becomes more ac- tive as the campaign closes, and the Liberals are undismayed at the defiant threats of the Grant party to carry the State. Among thoss most sctively on the stump for Greeley, are: Governor Walker, Thomas 8. Bocock, B. John- son Barbour, T. 8. Flournoy, Edward Pendleton, Bradiey T. Johnston, snd Alex. H. H. Stuart. —The Grant candidate for Congress against James Brooks, of New York, ia Adolph G. Dung! the six interior competing points—Mattoon, | —It was too good to b trug that eyen ome | district of South Csrolina had clected a white man and a Liberal to Congress, but the tele- graph for two dsys reported the election of ex- Governor Benjamin F. Perry, who now, how- evar, appears to have been beaten. —The Grant managers do not put an 0'Conor ticket in the field in Pennsylvanis, because, they say, * Greeley cannot, in zny event, carry the State.” Bat an O'Conor ticket has been lsunched in Vermont with all the formalities. Is the Vermont vote in danger ? —The Washington Pctriol does not agree to the policy of electing Colfax, or Browne, or &0y other Republican, to the United States Senate, over Morton, by the aid of Liberal votes in the Indisna Legislature. It says: As a matter of cholce, we prefer to ses Radicalism illustrated by the Mortons, Cemerons, Chandlers, Nyes, and that class of corrupt _demngogues and vio- lent agitators, than by another set like Frelinghuysen ond Buckingham, who, while professing Christian principlesand conservafive ideas, vote the sxtremest measures, and swallow the bitferest piils witicent a ¢Ehange of muscle. The former defended evey actt.of peisnics e fhu sk cor cover nothing’ but pr o ow Yo Gumtom Hrouss, L0 o8 DRt Ly, —Luther Gordon, of Brockport, is the Liberal candidate for Congress in the Rochester (N. ¥.) District, vice Southworth, declined. A ~—The Liberals, who have over 30,000 white votes in South Carolins, and who let the 80,000 ‘blacks fight over the spoils in the recent State election, have now put a ticket in the field, and will add their numbers to the Greeley vote in November. ~—Only ten of the old members of the Indians Honuse of Representatives were re-elected. —The 8t. Lonis Republican says of the author of the Osceola (Ark.) disturbance: C. B. Fitzpstrick, 8 young lwyer of Arksnsas, s candlidatefor the Legislature, and tho leader of the ‘Dlacks in the lato war in Missfasippi County, escaped {rom his pursuers, went to Memphis, was interviewed, 101d his story of the tronbles, and made o sensstion. Now he ssys he intends to go and see Governor Had- ley and give himself up for trial, iz all there is about Eitzpatrick, oxcept that he wras for 3 time Judge of the Fourth Ju Circuit of Arkansas, and i3 now 26 or 27 years old, —The powera at Washington wanted the friendly aid of Governor Reed to ¢ fix things" for the election in Florida, and Reed wanted the scalps of his enemies in Federal office. On this ‘basis, various new sppoiniments were made by the President, and the Governor was in high feather. Now, however, having exhausted his own appointing power in the matter of election- officers, the Governor is dismiayed to see his old enemies walk into office cnce more. The Presi- dent, being appealed to, says the political sitna~ tion was greatly misrepresented by Governor Reed and his friends, and that he doesn’t know who to rely upon in Florida. —_— THE LOCAL CAMPAIGN. Hon. Fred. Hnusurek to Speak thia Evening —Other Announcements—~Candidates for the Ofiice of Alderman—Candidates of the ** Com= mittee of Seventy.”? The Hon. Frederick Hausurek, of Cincinnati, will gpeak this evening in German, at Seramora Hall, corner’of North avenue and Church street. The Germeans will undoubtedly give their dis- tinguished countryman s reception worthy of bim and them. Colonel John O'Mahoney, of Fenian fame, called at the Liberal Headquarters yesterday. Governor Palmer is expected to speak in this city next Saturday evening. 3 ANNOUN CEMENTS, Liberal meetings will be held this evening at No. 415 Archer avenue (Sixth Ward); No. 3id West Twenty-tecond street, near Centre avenue (Beventh Ward): No. 251 Blue Island avenue, corner of Twelfth street (Bighth Ward) ; north- ‘west corner of Chicago avenue and Rush street (Nineteenth Ward). ~Good speakers will be in attendance at all these mestings. There will also bes mass meeting at the Cottage Grove Wigwam, which will be addressed by Hon. Thos. J. Turner. The independent voters of the Seventh Ward will meet this evening at No. 113 West Six- toenth street, for the purpose of nominatinga candidate for Alderman. CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE. Liberal County Campaign Committee—Thom- a8 Lonergan, President; David A. Gage, Treas- urer; C. T. Hotchkiss, Secretary; Redmond Bheridan, Johs C. Dore, D. 8. Hammond, D. O. Skelly, M. C. Hendrickson, James H. Honfield, Williem McKindley, J. J. Whitehouse, Nelson Monroe, C. J. Shields, Willism Strak, F. A. Hoffmsn, Jr,, D. C. Eddy, H. E, Hamiltos, St. Clair Sutheriand, Daniel Booth. i ALDERMANIC, The following are the names of all the candi- dates for Aldermen now in the field : Candidats. ‘Eehos Busse Candidate, HE The Committee of Beventy will gupport Mr. Reno, the Republican candidate for Police Com- missionor from thi West Side, and will probably put & third candidsto in the fleld for the samo office from the North Side. The Legielative tickets on the South and West Sides will be examined, and the men most in fayor of en- forcing tfe Sunday laws will bo sustained by tho Committee. On the North Side a new Senator and Representative will be put in the field. The following candidates for Aldermen will b supported: _ First Ward, W. H. Richardson; Second, ¥, W. Warren; Third, G. H. Sidwell; Fourth, David Coey; Fifth, 4. H. Pickering; Sixth, Sventl, Eeighth, and Ninth Wards, 5io nomination; Twelfth, A, F. Miner: Thirteenth, Avery Moora ; Fourteenth, B. Quirk ; Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth Wards, no nominations. VERY “PERSONAL " INFORMATION Yielding to a vigorous public demand, a mdde of imparting personal information highly pop- ular in certain localities is hereby adopted. It was originated in anewspaper, some time de- cessed, by & gentleman of strictly temperate habits' and an nawritten history. The person- als given may be considered the best of their kind:; as ‘Hiram Jones, of Naperville, picked his teeth on the steps of the Blenis House, yesterday, ‘Brigdier General ’Bannon, of Blue Grass, took his ‘pre-Adamite Bourbop from o siphon bottle, yesterday, at Burke's Hotel, M. George T Groby, of Duluth, Arctic Giccley Xicked off the bed clothes at the Brigg's House last Dight, cursing his dreams and tho excessive heat of this tropical clime, ‘Prof. Eleazer Snowflower, of Evanston, decanted the rosy at dinper at the Gardner House, yesterday after- noon, and thought himself unobserved. wipes, of the Sherman Houso dige, sestorday, grated o Wooden nutmeg over a pale yellow Tom st | Jerry for Deacon Lennuel Smithers,of Hartford, Con. Mr. L. B. Roberts, of Cape Cod, persusded himsel? outside of one fish ball at the'Sherman House yes- terday. . Simon Camden, Esd,, clerk of one of the sawmills at Oslikoeh, and oné of “'the boys” of that city, is st pingat (o Barnes House, . Tho resiaons odaz of the woods exhales from his garms ita Hlong Canal sirest, e e B, 8. Smith, of Burlington, Tows, threw his leg over the back of o chair, in silent conténtment and after- dinner bliss, at the Gardner House, yesterday. Flukenblower Snigglewortly, of Cincinnatl, in- scribed the cabalistic characters of his_nsme upon the inky pages of the Sherman Houso register, yesterday. The blooming Fassett banded him the pen, 8nd 7ed 08 aroseis be. i Percy do Vere Bogas, of Boggs Hall, Stoko Pogg Yorkatire, Englana: snisied fromcally. ot e terically #No- lavender,” ns ho inserted himself be- tween the sheets of the Brigga House, last night, When the Daily Falsifier was Ieid by Bis plate, yee- .terday, at the Grand Central, Hon, Erastus Corning, of Wyoming Territory, plaintivly asked the dusky at- tendant to try and get ot the * nub” of the jokes with tho nut-crackers. ‘Hon, Ebenezer Androscopgin, of Kennebuok, fracs tured the Main liquor law st the bar of the Tremeut House, last evening. *All taps 1s wanitics)" aald the isinterested Drake, who was standing by. Personal, To the Editor of Thy Chicago Tribune: Sre: You have permitted the use of your columns to cortain chomists, Who spent their venom against the Board of Héalth, elsughter- house men, and everybody else who, at one time or other, fell in'disfavor with them, and we ro- quest the srivilege of a small space, for the pur~ pose of doing justico to one who has been mnocengy disgraced, in being called a perpetual ard, Mr. A, Des Landes, whom Dr. J. M. Hirsh accused of being constantly under the influence of liquor, has been 'in our employ for nearly a year, and has always Ero\-nd himself relizble, efticient, and trustworthy, and, =bove all, per- fectly Bober, and we have no hesitancy im leaving in his charge the management of one of our factories. Yours respectfully, STEIN, {imx & Co. THE CHURCH. Alumni Institute of Chicngo Theological Seme Inary. The exercises of the Alumni Institute of the Theological Seminary closed'last evening with a Jecture by Prof. Hyde, on * Philosophy of Beauty.” The exerciges of the day commenced with & “Praise Meeting,” conducted by Rev. C. F. Clapp. The howts from 9 to-11 . m. wera occupied in the considerstion of Shakspeare’s % Richard ITL.” Selections were read from the ph:iy by Revs. Atkinson, Bush, Lawdon, Reed, and Daniels. A fine essay was resd by Rev. H. C. Simmons, on the ‘* Qharseter of Richard I11.,” speaking of his physical defects, intellectual power, and moral corruption. This was followed by an essay from Rev. J. A. Cruzan on *The Tragedy &s & Whole,” in which he spoke of both the defects and virtues of e plsy, ‘making it, as & whole; a grand concep— on. - As the “ Layman” failed to appear, according to the appointment in the programme, the 1ast hour was occupied in the transaction of busi~ Dess. Professor Bartlett suggested to“the Alumni that they adopt some plan for a_vearly sppro- gnu.hun by them to the Seminary lbrary, as the emands for money in other diréctiong were 5o great that the institution could not, for the pres- ent, apt%opx’mle money to this purpose. Act- ing on this suggestion, the institute authorized Professor Bartlett, the President of the Insti- tute, Rev. C. A. Fowle, and the Programme Committee for the next meeting, ‘Rev. J. A. Cruzan, to appoint & committee of one to cor- respond with the Alumni in reference to the ‘matter. and collect from each the sum he is will~ ing to give to the library. < AN AWFUL FALL. A frightful building aceident occurred at & o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Adsit's building, on South Clark street, between Lake and Ran- dolph strcets. Threo men, named P. Nichols, harles Rutherford, and Daniel , were engaged in_hoisting heavy roof-timbers with small derrick, on the the third floor. The guy- ropes holding the machine in plice parted, owing to the strain‘upon them, and the derrick fell through o hatchway, carrying the men elong Withit. The height of the fall was from the third story to the basement. Ratherford had & leg broken in twg places, and was badly injured internally. The man Daniel (his surname could not be ascer- tained) was fearfully shaken up, and had severak bones broken. These two were tuken to the County Hospital. Their recovery is deemedim~ possible. Nichols was severely but not fatslly injured abont the head. He was removed to hia home, at the corner of Milvaukee avenue and In street. It is reported that another- Workman, name not given, was itmuck by the: derrick, and had his chesi crushed in and three: ribs broken. . —_— PERSONAL LIBERTY. The Personal Liberty Leagne has issned the following circular to its members: Smm: A general meeting of tho members of the Personal Liberty Leagus will be held on Monday, Oct. 28, 1872, at 10 o'clock 2. m.. at the heus Hall, southwest corner of Peoria and Lake streets, for the purpose of perfecting & campaign ticket to be supported by the League, and making the necessary arrangements for tho coming election. Please invite such- of your friends as favor our cause, when an dpportunity of joining the Association will be afforded. Your personal attendance is demanded under the pen- slty of expulsion from onr Society. By order of the Executive Committee. L. Loose, Secretary, Y MASONIC, . In the Mosonic Tomple, Chicago, o the23d inst,., at their Annual Aszembly of Stper-Excel- lont, Hoyal and Belect. Musters of tuo_ Grend Couhcil of the State of Hlinois, the following were duly elected and installed as officers for the ensuing year: Grand Puissant—Gsorge E. Lounsbury, X, . l));puly Grand Puissant—Jokn F. xa:éi“%‘}?&'i. 61d. Grend H, of T—Wilbur F. Hromfleld, Trscola. Grang P C. of W,—Edward Blac’mhat Urbans, Grand Captain of Guard—L. R, Jercme, Princeton, gnnu? gznduz:tvr—gé . Frmv_% ‘Chieago, ai aplain—Rev. Henry @, Perry, - Grand Recorder~James H, Aliles, Chh‘::ctgmv,gw Grand Treasurcr—Charles Fisher, Springfield. Grand Seriinel—A. B. Robinson, Sprivgield. LADIES’ CHRISTIAN UNION.‘ An sdjourned meeting of the Woman's Aid, Asgociation was held at the rooms of the Ladies’ Christian Union, No. 87 West Randolph street, yesterday, and the following officers nnanimous= 1y elected : : }y‘(efifint—dch:‘il_?n E. Cualver. ice Presiden . Dr. A, N, = Smith, Mrs, Wm, E. D:g ett, Armold, Mesc o Recording Secretary—Ars, D. F. Groves, Corresponding Secretary—3rs, E. G, Hall, ZTreasurer—Mr, George Scoville, ZFinancial Board—RBev, C. D. Helmer, J. F. Ebers %‘il‘lke’t‘tye- Enfnsmn. :(gm X:hmi.“:). A. Jones, J. F. , Mirs, ‘arpenter, Mrs, J. X Hoag, Mrs. Vi, Cinrke, S N _ The sentiment of the meeting was enthusias- tically in favor of pushing forward the work for ‘Which the Association was formed. The attention of the clergymen of the city is called to the recent chenges which have resulted in this organization, and the requests slready sent to the churches by the Ladies’ Christian TUnion, for representatives on the Board is Te- newed. - B Committees were sppointed to nominate mem-~ ‘bers for the vacancies on the Bourd, and to plan the fmmediate work of tho Association. e next meeting will be held at the same place on Thureday, Oct. 81, at 4 p. m. —_— Horrible Balloon Adventure. Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. .DBKALB, L., Oct. 25.—A horrible balloon ac- cident happened here to-diy. Through some mismanagement the balloon started npon its up- ward career befare the seronaut entered the ‘basket. The rope, which was attached to the machine, becamo entangled around the leg of & man, named MclMann, & resident of this place, and before he was abld to free himself from the coil, the balloon had carried him up fally 100 feet. At this giddy height he released himself and climbed into the basket. The balloon kept cn in its upward course, and when it had reached an elevation of 400 feet, theinvoluntary seronau jumpod_out. His death was simultsneous with his reaching the earth. The balloon took fire shortly afterwards and was quickly consamed. Emportant Legal Decision. Special Despatch to The Ohicago Tribune. DesMoiNes, Ia, Oct. 25.—The United States District Court, Judge Dillon and Judge Love on the bench, now in Bes- sion here, decided yesterdsy o case brought by the Republic Insuranco Company_of Chicago sgainst one of the stockholders in this State, 10 recover the 80 per cent sssessment of unpaid stock. The decision was adverse to the com- pany, on the ground that a Committee of the company had no right to order any assessment, unless g0 suthorized by the stockholders them= selves. This virtually dismisses over one hun- dred cases in this conrt at the company’s cost. The rest of the cases were continued but will undoubtedly be abandoned. ———— . Oysters, Oysters. ‘We are now receiving daily by express our cel- ebrated “Square Brand Ojsters,” universally recogrized by the public as among the most re- lisble goods of the kind evee. offored in this market. The rapidity with which they have gained fayor tho entirs Northwest readily attests —their superior quality. The city trade is sup- plied daily from our wagons. All country orders romply’ flled Ly F.J. Rath, Nos. 85,and 87 outh Qpnal street. ) i E. H. Hutchinson. E. J. Hutchinson, corner of Wabash avenue and Twenty-second street, is selling choice Baltimore oys- tersat the following prices: $1.50 per gallon, 40 cents per quart, 3%cenis per can. New York, Providence River, and Shrewsbury oysters received daily Dy ex- oryse, The best place in the city for steamed oyatory,