Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 12, 1872, Page 2

2 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: I'UESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1872. “AID FOR BOSTON, Great Tifass Meeting of Citizens at the Chamber of Commeree, Yesterday Afterncons Rich and Poor Alike Assemble to Offer Assistance to the Bcston Suf- ferers. Ono Hundred Thousand from {he Relief Fund and $50,000 Sthseribed on the Spot, to Be For- warded, Words of Sympathy from Mayor Medill, Wirt Dexter, Laird Col- lier, and William B. Ogden. List of the Contributors to the Citizens’ Fund. In pursvance of the proclamation of the Mayor, convening a mass meeting of the citizens 251 o'clock, in the Board of Trade rooms, nearly 21 the leading men of Chicago met there yester- dsyat the appointed time. It was a gathering where all classes were represented, and where all were =nimated by one common motive—to suceor the city which had so promptly come to their own asgistance when under similar circum- stances. ORGANIZATION. Mr. J. W. PrestoX, President of the Board of Trade, called the meeting to order. Hesaid: < This meeting is called by & proclamation of His Honor the Mayor, that the citizens of Chi- cago might say what can bo done for the relief of our sister city of Boston, which has suffered o disastronsly in the terrible conflagration of a few hours ago, I would move that His Honor Mayor Medill preside at this meeting.” Mr. Brainard seconded the motion, which was agreed to. 4 BEMARES OF THE MATOR. Mayor Medill then came forward, and spoke a8 follows: Feurow Crrizevs: We heve assembled here to-day, in pursuance of s call, to confer togetier in regard to & terrible calamity thet has fallen upon a sister city. It seems buc yesterday when our own fearful visitation crushed us to earth amid flames, and dust, and ashes. Now we meet to deplore the loss of a similar bereavement that has overtaken not only a sister city, but one of our oldest, warmest, and best friends among the municipalities of earth. [Cheers.] Itis dueto our humanity, and to our gratitude, that, on this occasion, the people of Chiczgo shall manifest, in a sympathetic and material way, their feelings in behalf of our friend. Yesterday, at one period, it seemed as if Boston wonld be scourged to the same teribleextent that crushed Chicago ; but, thank Heaven, whilo the blow was heavy, an lp’pfi&flfl? cruel, yet it was not as severe, nob as terrible 2s that which we experienced. ‘Nevertheless, that fire bas unquestionably left thousands of people destitute, who are now, on the verge of winter, withont means of support. Meany have been burned out of their homes, but % much larger number deprived of their means of sustenance. There are thousands of men who depended upon employment in the large ares that was destroyed yesterday, who, now, Took » cruel winter in the face with nothing bub the scanty earnings they may have saved from their past labor. We remember how it was in our own cage, that nearly as many people in Chi- cago were rendered absolutely destitute,—with- out the means of buying a loaf of bread or & ound of meat,—whose houses were not touched y fire, as those whose houses were swept away from them.. So, in this calamity, we cannot measure the destitution in Boston by the num- ‘ber of peo&le .who were unhoused and tarmed out on the 'streets by the fery element. Thousands - of - employes—cf laboring men, of clerks, ~ of salatied men, of . emi manufacturers, emall ehop-keepers, have lost all. Their property was in those burned stores, and their employment and sustenance depended upon the varions branches of business engulphed. Fellow-citizens, it belonga to Chicago 10 show that ehe can appreciate fayors,. that shehas & heart for others’ woes. [Cheers.] She hsas al- ready herself been touched by affliction. She has felt that warm, heaven-inspiring sympathy from others that lifted ua up out of aches and put hearts in our breasts, and carried us througe the terrible winter, and enabled our people to rebuild the city, and to live when death seemed to stare themin'the face. Now it stands us in hand, when one of our helpers is stricken down, to come to her rescue, and divide with her the fruits of love according to the measure of our ability and her needs, ' [Cheers.] Gentle- men, I will not detain you farther, but ehall pro- eeed to carry out your wishes with regard to the organization of the meocting. = -. Preston moved that Rev. Robert 'Laird Collier be elected Vice President. . ‘The motion was agreed to. ~ Thae CrarryanN—\What other business, gentle- men? Mr. Jorx B. DrAxeE—I move that Mr. Charles Bandolph be elected Secretary. The motion was agreed to. PROGRAROIE. p The CmAmMAN—Gontlemen, the meeting is 10w organized for further business. In consul- tation with a few of the friends before this meet- ing was called to order, the following proj e ~was proposed for your coneideration, to car- ried ont here in detail, with such suggestions as sou may make: First—That you sppoint & Committes on Resolu- Second—That you appointa Finance and Disburse- ment Committes for the city, to_consist of — mem-~ bers, to receive all the aid of various descriptions that be offered in the city. Third—That you appoint a Canvassing Committes, to consist of various sections ; for instance, three tocan- vass among the lumbermen of the city, three among the bankersand brokers, three among the dry goods dealersand grocers, throe among the manufacturers, three among tho hotels, threo smong the packers, ele- Vators, and Board of Trade, thres for the raflrosd aud ‘exprees companies, three for the officials, city,Federal, Blate, etc., and three among the citizens at large. ‘Thesé various Committees, after baving made up their subscription boaks, 10 report the same to the Finance Comumittes, That is about as far as we got when the hour eame for convening the meeting. According to this programme, the first motion would be fo appoint & Committee on Rezolntions. . Wit DExTer—I move, Mr. Cheirmag, that the Chair appoint & committee of five to prepare resolutione. e motion was agreed to. The CrARaAN—The Chair would appoint the following to constitute the Committes: Hon. Wirt Dexter, Rev. Mr. Kittridge, Georgo Ar- mour, Esq., Hon. Wm. B. Ogden, and ex-Lient~ enant Governor Broes. |Cheers.] The Cratrxay—Gentlemen, the next thing on the programme is s Finance Committes, say of three, to receive und disturse whatever moneys that may be procusc2 in ibe city for therelief of the people of Boston. " Tk?a VFI!J:B President, J.aird Collier, then took the chair, Mayor Medill's voice being too weak to be audible, even at & ahort distance from the latform. . J £ A uenflemsn sugzeeted that the Chair appoint the i ’ H the Chair also appoint 'inance Committes. Mr. Dow moved that the committes to solicit contributions. The motion was agreed to. BEMARES OF NR. COLLIER. The Vice Prpesipext—The Committee on Finance to receive the funde after they are con- tributed, andto forward them to Buston, con- sists of Hon. William F. Coolbaugh, Colonel C. G. Bammond, and Hon. Charles B. Farwell. The Committee on Coutributions cannmot be announced at this meeting, but s full list of _the sub-committees will be published in the morning papers. Ihavebeen Tequesied to zay somothing in be- half of aprostrate city suffering 1rom & calpm- nipm go great, but of a like nature to the one which came to us so unexpectedly only Lwelve monihe ago. We are not here to decideas to o the neceseity of Boston, nor to determine the measure of her need. No peonle know thab as ! do the peoplo of Boston. They know their need, and the extent of their calomity. First, our humanity, our instinctive promptings, and then our gratitude, must place us in a posture where our shoulders ehall be ready fo receive any little end of the burden that Providence has placed upon them. [Cheers]. Wo would not ever dzre to fase the noble men who came first and fullest to owr nssistance if we should here determine the menaure of their calamity, o the cxtent of their necessity. It isnot for us to sey William Gray, Alcxender Rice, Mayor Gaston, and o legion whose names I cannot men!ion, are the men vho will say if they need not our asasjstance, “We are very thankful to_sou for proffering it, but keep it at home.” They will receive it only a8 they need it. I feol ihat this citizens' meeting should at least subscribe here now 950,000, and let the President | of this meeting sond within the afternoon the uews to Bostou, that a grateful city, nov yet wholly arisen from the results and cousequences ; of an unparallcled calamity, is tho first, with un- affected sympathy and sccording to the full measure of her ability, torespond to the need of Boston, the first to rerpond to her’s. [Cheers.] ¢ 2fz. W. 8. Jomxsox—I understand, from the papers of this morning, that there 18 o large amount of money in the Lands of the Relief | Committee of Chicago. I would like to hear H the relsxorz of the President of that Society, Mr. | Wirt Dexter. [* Dexter, Dexter.”] s Me. CoLLitr—It is the pleasure of the meet~ ing that we Lear Mr. Wirt Doster. BENARKS OF MR. DESTER. Mr. Dester—With s little disability of voice | that I labor under, I am afraid I shall not be | heard unless gentlemen will be kind enough to stop all movement back and forth upon the floor; if they do that, I believe we ehall find it possible to hear a portion, at least, of what is said. The gentleman at mg right asks me about the money that is in the Lands of the Relicf Society. There is s considerable fund; bow much, precisely, I am 1not able to say; a portion of it is mot_yet collected, and some may not cometo us at all. We have large engagements, Wo need,—1 say, by we, the suf- ferexs of Chicago,—all the monoy that the Re- lief Society has in its treasury, but we do not need it now, and perhaps Boston does. We need it next month, or the month after; she may need it to-morrow, and we propose to shara with her to some extent the bounty we have re- ceived, trusting that Providence may, in the future of & rigid winter, withhold the icy frost and temper the severe winds to our condition, if we act in this way. [Cheers.] But that is not the question that particularly concerns the people with upturned faces before me. What are you to do, as citizens of Chicago ? The relief money came from Ohio, from Penn- sylvania, from Boston, from New York, and from the nttermost parts of the earth. It never has cost you anything; you do not give any- thing when you give it; and _the question re- tums, what are you, in the light of what Boston hos done, and in the name of Gbd and humanity, to offer bere to-dsy to do? ([Cheers.] Gentlemen, aliow me to cell your &attention & moment to this uestion, What place is it that hasbeen stricken? oston, the historiccity of America! 1 think, the greatest of all ourcities, not perhaps in bulk, not In area, not in population, but in character, in education, in religion, in_ssylums, in hospi- tals,in _charities, in everything,—[cheers],—in everything that & consummate and perfect civili- zation can do toward developing the abilities of the active, and ministering to the wants of the Telpless. ''This city, gentlemon, was swept yes- terday by & fire that made sad havoe. I believe this city has no equal on this continent. I be- lieve it has no equal on the face of God's green earth. Think what Boston is and hss been in the history of this country! The liberty that we rej in and possess sprang from her lois Shegave it birth, and she afterwards defended it. She was the first in the Revolution, and the firstin the Rebellion, The sons of Massachusetts have suffered two massacres for our sake,—one at Boston, and the oiter at Baltimore, [Cheers.] | Novw, gentlemen, I believe the history of Mas- sachusetts to be that of American civilization and American libeq. ¢, aside from these general considerations that will pervade every home on either side of the Rocky Mountsins to-day, the people of Boston ave endeerod tous in 4 particular and tender mauner. A year ago to-day and = little more, when this semo devnstatmg element swept away our homes, our stores, an our places of worabip, and vo sit in the black- ness of darkness. \Ve eat down down in ashes enveloped in an unuttersblowoe. Oh, Heavena! what woe it was! We felt asif we were for- saken, that God’s providence had left us, and thero we wera helpless in tho night. But in & little while, gentlewen, from smaller towns, and from large cities, end from near-by places that bad hitherto been cur rivals, and from far off points that did not speak our language, came words of cheer, and gifts of love, until the electric sympathy encircled the whole civilized globe, and poured its fruit upon our wounds, and we wera healed, The arm of the civilized world was thrown around us and encircled and sustained us, and we etood up on our feet again. Ob, gentlemen, we were brought then to a just understanding of all tho little differerces that mar our common life; they all went down be- fore human nature; they were all hushed in the . presence of those celamities, and thet master-spirit of sympathy which came from God on high, guieted every differ- ence of religion, of government, and of race, and pronounced the brotherhood of the human family. [Cbeers.] Foremost 2mong those comforters, came Bos- ton to us, and how did she come? _Did she ey, # Do you want, anythiné?“ No. Did she ask eny questions? No. Go back thirteen months, and let me read you the first despatch that came from that glorions people, that capitsl of New England industry and intelligence and heart : ‘Boston sends Lor warmest sympathies to Chicago, and will do her utmost to aid sou. What doyou need? Wi GasTos, Mayor. Abaout an hour afterwards, came this : You sre authorized to drow on Kidder, Peabody & €., of this city, for the sum of §10,000 for the relief of the suffering, [Cheers,) The undersigned Com- mittes of citizens of Boston will zeach Chicago Satur- dsy morning, : They did not send it by express; they did not trust to the telegraph; they came with in it their arms, and their hearts full of love, sud their eves full of tears, and said: *Here is our gift, =nd let us add our personsl efforts besides.’ That is the way Boston trested us. A day after- wards, came the following : The Boston_crockery and glass wholesale dealers shipped this dey to your carc, twenty-five crates of ‘plates, mugs, cups, teapots, ten-pitchers, washbuains, Platters, and tumblers, We follow themn. * We have snid somotimes, that New England people ‘sre cautious, that they are care- ful, that they sre close. 'They .may . the darkest hour we shall ever know. b’ thrifty, but it is to gather money to assusge human sufferings with. [Cheera.] They may.be close, but_it is to hoard money to do God's work with. How soon they came! I think it i8 on tho next despatch that I minuted, “Nouse to answer," because they are here.” Then after that comes this: - *Give us the par- ticulars: of what .more you want.” It would though .. they ~had covered . -They had sent shawls for the cold, they had sent tea for the sged ; they had sent every comfort, but their hearts reached out to us. They had sent money, Dut, they said * Let us do more for yon yet.” Good William Gray, -that noble man, walked into the office, and laid down the first package of £25,000. We cut the strings; we gent it to the Water Works, it paid your men -there, and set the water coursing through the pipes of the city sgain, [Cheers.] That 18 what Doston did ‘for you. Then comes another despatch: ‘We send 5ou some more shawls, we send you some ‘blankets, and we send you lamps and lanterns, That was a lantern lighted from on High ; that was & divine bescon, an_inextinguishable light. They knew we were desolate, thoy knew the light had gone out_in our homes, and they came clear from New England, those blessed men, with all these things, and brought their Janterns that they might minister to usin the darkness that enveloped us. [Cheers.} Why, gentlemen, you caniot destroy such a people. The fire that ewept through Summer and Pearl strects bas left nearly everything that is valusble, Thers may not be a boot or & shoe there, but such & people are divinely sbod, and this {8 the way they met us; this is the way they came tous. Now what shall wedo? Iun- derstand _that we are a poor people; that we aro a bruised reed; that we are tired and worn with a year of unparalleled vexation; that money "is not abundaut; but, gentle- men, let us do something—do the best we can, and as we acquit ourselves to_ DBoston 80 wedo to the world that gave to us. Itis nob agift; it is 8 debt. It is not charity; it is grati- tude; and Itell you that the money you give to-day, you will ‘find to be he jewels hereafter which '¥ou bave kept. ([Cheers.] Now, what do the Relief Society think they can do? Aslbave snid, we may want this money; wecan use it here, but we can spare it fora httle while, and, perhape, trustto the future. We are your trustees in administering this money. _We holdit in trust for ¢k people and for the city, and if they shall approve our action we propose—if this meeting and his Honor the Mayor, and the cily authorities shall approve our action—the Relief Bociety have instructed me to send this despatch to Boston: Fo¥. WILLIAM GRaY, CHAIRMAR—Wo thank God that, if you need it, the Relief Socicty can send your sfficted city $100,000, [Cheers,] When Wo romember the promptand generous way in.which you came to our hielp 2 year 1go, we wish it were ten {imes a8 much, ay heaven suslain your noble people. [Cheors.} Winz DEXIER, Chairmen Exccutive Committee, . And we have appointed 2 committee, con! ingof Laird Collier, Dr. Johnson, Jfr. Fair- ‘banks, and C. G. Hammond to go to Boston, as they came to us, to manifest ourselves by a vm‘x‘l:le presence and an active personal sym- pathy. Now, gentlomen, aside from the Relief So- ciety, let. the paofiie of Chicago see that this dark page in the history of Boston be not fin- ished until we write upon it in lotters of im- perishable lustre some adequate return for the tender kindness we experienced from them in [Cheers.] THE GENEROUS AMERICAN. Mr. Corrier—I am authorized to read the fol- lowing : 2 Hon, J. Medill, Ma Chicago: e e A Fepross Company will carry free of charge donations of govds and money for tho fetief of the Boston sufferers, Very respectfully, CHARLES FARGO. Applause followed the reading of the letter. THE SUDSCRIPTIONS. Tho Vice PrestpENT—If it is the pleasure of the meoting, we will now begin the taking of subscriptions for the relief of Boston. A Voice—1 will give S5. The Vice PresipENT—Your namo ? The Vorce—M. Kennedy, peanut pedler. Mr. Kennody came forward, and handed a $5 bill to the Secretary amid deafening cheers. The Vice PresmENT—I do not kuow how you do jn such & meeting as this. In our church meotings we begin with the biggest firat. The following subscriptions were then re- ceived in rapid succession : John V. Farwell... $2,500V, N. Sturgit Georgo AL, Pullman, 5,000|Thomas Purker. Field, Leiter & Co.. 5,000(S. A. Kent.... . 250 Mr. Conuzr—Your Commitbeo nppointed to represent you in Boston may have immedinte need to draw on this fund, and these contribu- tions are looked upon as cash subscriptions. I feel personally proud of Chicago. We hsve done our duty this morning in some mesazure, according to our ability. As God lives and has blessed us in the past, God lives to prosper us more abundently in the fature. [Cheers.] Mr. CmAnies Rasporrm—I1f any gontleman has not Gubscribed from modesty, or any other reason, I shell be glad to secure his subscription and add it to the list, either with or without his name, if he will leave it in the office of this Board. The meeting then adjourned. HOME INSURANCE COMPANY. Mass Meeting of Its Creditors at Register Hibbard’s Office. Financial Statement---A Dividend of Two Per Cent Will be Paid on Chicago Losses. A mass meeting of creditorsof the Home In- surance Company was held yosterday afternoon in the United States District Court-room. The expectation that a dividend would be declared drewa large attendance. Register Hibbatd pre- sided.” The report of Mr. Bradley, the assignee, showed the following Notes saved... Notes burned. William B, Ogden.. 2,000[Allen, Coryell & Co. 500 ‘Hibbard & Spencer. 1,000/0, L, Ma 100 | Total assots,........ Hule, Aser & Co..... 100 100 DANERUPT ©. H. McCormick.. 1,000 100 | Depositions before Begister. ‘William Blair & Co. 1,000{J, Q. Adnms. 100 | Amount of claims apparentl} Bliss, Thompson & 100 | * the depositions. .. 18,748.00 1,000 100 | Amount of apparen tiona by adjust- Union] 1,000Jumes I Cochrane, 60 | ments........ .. 32,0500 S. A.Irwin........ 100|D. M, Palmer. . 100 | Amount of claims for which depositions J. B. Drake.. . 6008, Meyer, Strauss & are filed, but which are contested by the Carter H. Harrison 600 © 300 | BSHIEROC.....viesiieneennes i 120,700 Emploges of Ghica- -8 | Amount of ciafty 1or WHIGh proofs of Toea 0 Terrs jof . are on file wi e asgignee: or W] Eompany sy <o D200 | _nodeponitions wore floq with tio Register 358,5832.34 Employes of Reve- Fairbank, & Of the last-named item the sssigneo con= nue Bureal... Co. 500 {zs'a‘nlar tho reason that the policics were 16‘8 mot z{o(x-m at the time of thie fire, the 208 amount of... 4. Amount of ref 500 | * turned for cancellntion. % . 2,059 T | A e o on” St ho o er, but for which no 100{H, E. Sargent...... 100 | proofsof loss have been filed with the 100{Pack; Spencer & Co. 100 | company or the nssigmecs............... 2286210 100/0. W, Clapp. . 100 RECAPITULATIO! 500 | Claims proved before Register. $1,545,087.78 25 | Additional proofs with com; 356,832.34 10 | Beturn premiums 2,957.96 ! $1,004,887.08 - B, F. Murphy 100[W. E. Furnass. ... 3. 3L, Broadstrect & P Derrickson. .. 102,858.15 200/George Stewart. . ———— zg gl:,mentfl&]fl}'er . lg ..$1,802,019.93 i rge Holt... . ‘] Sumioh b Jonea... 5o0| Wight, Dunion & Bg{“"g’;“%,“""“ which a dividend of 2 per Spruance, Preston & Co. . 1o | centis basec: Co. Depositons fled with tho Reglater.......$1,545.051.78 H M, cductions: Bro. By duplicates. $18,748.00 . Sny. By adjustments A, J, Averil Contested claims of those file H. Jackson. with the Register.... 20,700.00 J. Q. Adams. No proofs with Company. 23,862,10 95,365.19 S Yo iy W, H Carter fmmmt to Eyfldfivsdund on. ,As,fi.fi C ros, & Co. per cent dividen: . X S G oo Obsh on hand.. 2838457 Blanchard, B lytichard, Buriiog Defictt.... 509,688 H. S, Noy The Register stated that a dividend of 2 per Jos. Preeman cent would be paid, The announcement was re- .M. Lyona ceived with laughter by the creditors. The Frieed amount wonld be paid in about ten dsys at No. E. T. Wright.. 281 West Madison street. The attorney of the Barrett, Arnold & me;nf said they expected to recover from the Kimball, 3 A stockholders sufficient to mako a total dividend - orme o creditors © WO in p P SRR G| RSO e manerdat the onpuny o Tnion Foundry Burley & Tyrr 300 | &8 to make thio final dividend as large as possible.. o ot B T 100 | Tho Hogistor acclaved tho meoling adjourned. |E. Burnbam n, 100 ———————— 100;Phel) & Car- 1001 michael -...ooer 100 THE COUNTY BOARD. 100|Andrew Brown..... 100 —_— 100,Jobn Mason Loomis 200 | Sympathy for the Boston Safferers—Proposi- GQhas, 8. Fellows. 50/Hugh McClellankCo 200 | “tion to Domate n §50,000 Cook County r, Bros. & Keep 100[Joel mbard. " s & Furwell . 200{Cooley, Dwlght & A regular meeting of the Board of County S“‘{{ r;gon& %nahuée‘t‘vg 1!_)50 Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon, 3 o . - 25 | President White in the chair. Thero were pres- 500 Wilmin 8t ot H 3. Wimterbation. Ynington, SE8T ;| ent Commissioners Ashton, Crewford, Harris, D. !:Lmk : ‘i‘:ukm 0 | Herting, Jones, Pahlman, Skolly, and Btearns. Pt E W e of Danion Dy nosnimous consent, Commissioner Asbton A A ?;izby & Co. % submitted the following, which was unanimously . S. Johmson....... adopted: 5 : Arcagur, Dole & 02 399 | ™ Resolced, That, a8 ropresentatives of the people of 5 | Cook County, the Board of Commissioners of Cook a5 | Gounty, on behalf of the whole people, tender to Bos- 100 | ton their Beartfe!t sympathy in this, the hour of her 95 | great afiction, and promise to do al in their powor in 50 | the way of material aid, gratefully rememboring her 2 1:13 mfi ‘generosity and prompt response in our hour of : n . 100/Cisrk, Iaston &Co. 100 On motion, the clerk was directed to transmit .+ GO, P. Whitney, 50 | the reachution by telegraph to the Mayor of B 2> | Boston. 3 §$ Commissioner Ashton moved the appointment of s committee of five, of which the President 25 'y 3 s 2% | of the Board hnll be Chairman, o take into 3. E. Young. 200 | consideration the propriety of donating a sum P. P, qylflfirsb 5 = 50 | of money to the "“efl :‘t a’\:flemrx in Boston, . 30 Frod. 8. Doy. it i sum shall XN fondereon LT Richasdson... oo | 2. it e e e T ns e 3.7, Dale... SO, J, Lako..ooewree 150 | 560 s . sigekton & Co.... | 100[W. Norten. .-+ o 03 | g motion prevailed, and the committeo was Tt was announced that the Independent Order of 0dd Fellows had forwarded to the Librarian of the Public Library of Boston $1,000. THE RESOLUTIONA. The Vice PresteNT—The report of the Com- mittee on Resolutions is resdy, and the Hon. YWilliam Bross will read the report. - Mr. Dross—Mr. Chairmen, and gentlemen, your Committes bog leave to raport as follows: “The citizens of Chicago, in mass meeting assembled, Qeeply saddened by the terrible calamity which has ‘befullen the city of Boston, hereby resolvo 1, Tist wo tender to the fmmediate YZ??““M gur ‘unaffected an e D meve of aLEisiancs that both humauity and grati- tude would suggest. ‘5. That wo express not only the ordinary prompt- ings of such an occasion, though these wonld urge Dearty and instantsid, but we feel that ours is o sacred auty, remembering our own calsmity of a year sgo, and the more than generous response of our sister city now in like exigency and distress, The resolutions were unanimously adopted. BEMARES OF HOX. W. B. OGDEN. Hon. William B. Ogden was then called for, and addreseed the mesting as follows : Fertow-Crrizess: I am neither prepared, norin a proper physical condition to make a wpeech, but an oceasion of this kind is not common one, and must not be passed by in_tho ordinary manner. 1 have always been proud of the action of Chicago. Itis the proudest mo- ‘ment of my life to seo the people With whom X have been associated here; and to observe how courageously they made their way through trouble and difficulty when prostrated by misfor- tune. 1have sympathized with them in all their sorrows _and . distress, and, coming back here =nd obsorving the city rebuilt with almost magic rapidity, can _find no adequate language to express my feelings. 1 have eaid in letters to friends abroad that I ‘was gratified to be identified with such & people, and { was never more proud of them than to- day, when they express such heartfelt sympath: for others who are deeply afflicted and Wound and suffering from & disaster similar to thab which Chicago has had. It is impossible for mo 1o continue talking with such a fecble voice, and it seems to me improper to detain you. I have been ill a week, suffering from an affection of the throat and lungs, end am unable to eay any- thing that you can heardistinctly. Allthe world will commend what you have dome _in the past and what you have dome to-day. Tho bravery of Chicago in its calamity of last Jear, and tho greater bravery in its rebuilding. as Bs it is, a more beautiful city, in such rapid time, bas given it & world-wide reputation that no ood fortune could ever have done; but thatis he compensation that you have for all that you have suffered. 'Those who come after yonfl»md you yourselves, for the rest of your lives Tl " Denefit ~ immensely by the spirib that you -have shown in arising from the ashes which overwhelmed you & year ago. Throughout all the world's history & ropu- tation will atiend you, and a fortune will attend you, that never would have dono so excopt for ihis calamity, unloss it bad overwheimed you entirely. Drave hearts and a determined spirit to overcome all that has befallon you will bring you future prosperit, reputation and fame, such 88 you never eould bave Lud unless these calamities had come upon you, sevore and terri- Dle a8 they were; and that is the compensation you must look to for what you have endured. CONCLUSION. Ar. Juriax 8. Rousey moved that the Com- mittee appointed by tho Relief Society to rep- Tesent it at Boston, be aleo authorized to rep- resent the citizens of Chicago. The motion was agreed t0. appointed, to consist of Commissioners Ashton, onergan, Stearns, Pahlman and Skelly. Comtmunications were received from the Phy- gician and Warden, denying the charges, recent- Iy published, that poor food is furnished to the inmates of the County Poor Houso and Insane Asylum, and bearing testimony that all articles of food furnished are fully up to the quality re- quired by the contracts. Various bills were submitted and referred to appropriate committees. S e Committee on Public Buildings reported recommending the pagmnnt of sundry bills, which were ordered paid. The Committes on Equalization of Taxes re- ported mcommendinit e Temission of sundry taxes in cases where the assessments were found to be too high, The report was concurred in. The Board then adjourned until to-day. After adjournment the Bpecial Committee on Relief for Boston held & short mec finf, A vote Was taken, end it was unanimously decided to recommend that & Cook County bond of £30,000 ‘be donated by Cook County to” the Boston suf- ferers, provided the County Attorney ehall ro- port that such & donation would be legal. THE POLICE. A regular meeting of the Board of Pollce Com- misgioners was held yesterday aftornoon, pres- ent Commissioners Talcott and Klokke. Com- ‘missioner Talcott presided. ; The resignations of the toun\vm]g police offi- cers were on motion accepted; Louis Apple, Thomas Hassett, and Patrick 0'Day. George Leland was_on the application o C. R. Gardiner, appointed special policeman for the Acsdomy of Music. SFecinl Policemen James S. Fisher and Louis Hofer were upon_the recommendation of Su- mfintm‘zdent ‘Washburn, np%ninterl to the regu- service of the department. _Officer W. Bouton was charged with inatten- tion to duty and disobedience of orders, and was ordered to forfeit 10 days’ gl y- The Board examined applications for appoint- ment and then adjourned. SWISS INDEPENDENCE. Next Saturday, the natives of Switzerland re- siding in Chicago, and some of whom are among our leading citizens, intend celebrating their In- dependence Day, the anniversary of the founda- tion of the Helvetic Federation. In order to do it in & fitting manner, they have selected the large Turner Hall on West Twelfth street, as the place, and have entrusted the arrangements to the competent hands of the Grutli Verein, as- sisted by the Swiss Maennerchor. Beside the festival-banquet, with its toasts and speeches, there will be other features of the celebration which will not be without interest for others than Swiss, such as the music and singing, and tho theatrical representation of the * Oath in Grutli,” given by a nuraber of Swiss residents of the cify.” The price of sdmission to the gallery i but fifty cents. e e The Wilson Sewing Machine. The New Wilson Under-Foed Sewing Machine i8 the machine that is to-dsy, with its perfect operatfon, ‘Dbeautiful, easy, noiscless movement, and unparalleled range of work, making firm friends and sdvocates in hundreds of thousands of families in all parts of the globa; 1t s the machinato uy if you wnt a good one. stoom at No. 378 West Madizon street, Chicago, and in all other cities in the United States, The Com" ‘pany wants ogents in country towns, OUR EQUINE PATIENTS. Favorable Reports from Both Public and Private Stables. The Omnibus Companies Resuming Operations on the Avenues. The epizootic israpidly abating, and our streets sagain begin to assume their normal condition. More vehicles were observed in the strects yes- terday, than ut any time since the outbreak of tke discase, thongh many of the horses used still showed signs of weakness and disease, from which they had scarcelyrecovered. Many horses are still dying, and the greatest caution and care is necessary to prevent a relapse, in which case the horse is sure to die. Twenty-seven dead horses wero recoived by the Union Rendering Company, at tho Stock Yards, on Bun- day, and thirty-one on Saturday last. This makcs n total of one hundred and forty-two horees received at that place since ‘Wodnesday last, but many horses have undoubt- edly died that have been buried without being reported to the proper authorities. o8t of the owmnibus lines have again resumed operations, and ore well patronized. There are geuern}!y three horses driven to each 'bus, and hey are very gently used, no horse being al- lowed to mako more than one trip & day. Mr. W. H. Young esys his Lorses sre rapidly im- proving since he commenced driving them. The_People’s Omnibus snd Baggage Com- pany, better known as the 2. I. P.” line, will tull{ resume operations to-day. Their horses, all but two, are doing well, and are perfectly able to perform light work, The horses at the City Railway Company’s stables are also rapidly improving, and the com- pany intends to start a part of their cars to- morrow provided the weather remains as fice as at present. Some of their horses were out yes- terdsy taking Aemyigy cara to Cottage Grove. The Weet Side Roilway Company also report their horses much improved, and if the weather remains favorable, they will begin operations at the end of this weel, a consummation which has been devoutly wished for by tho footsora inhnbitants of that section of the city for the Isst two weeks. West Siders will hereafter kmow how to sppreciate etreet cars, and will overlook many of the shortcomings of the Bail- way Company. At the private stables the horses are also re- ported to be improying rapidly, and in one week mora it is predicted Chicago will again see her streets thronged and crowded with vehicles of all kinds, and policemen will again be necessary to conduct timid ladies and- small children over street crosainfis. Many complaints are heard that people are overloading and illtreating their oxen. These eople should bear in mind that oxen are unused o the hard pavements of our streots, nor can they draw such heavy loads as horscs; besides, the gnke is & torture in itself, and unless proper-~ ly adjusted o the neck and shoulders of the animal, will choke and prevent thom from breathing. There are very fow men in this city who know how to handle oxen. In European countries, where oxen are mostly employed as bensts of burden, the use of the yoke is pro- hibited by law, and a harness is used instead. There are several ox-teams in this city that are driven in harnees, and they are doing their work much more satisfactorily, and are more easily handled than the yoked ones. The Humane Society havediscovered s new r.medy for the horse-disease, which they recommend in the following communication : To the Editor of The Chicago Zribune: Stn: Tho agents of this Society have tried a nasal douche on horses affected with tho prevailing epidem- ic, and tho results in each caso have been apparently good. They believe it can be pradently recommended for trisl. The planis simple and inexpensive. Pro- cure a rubber pipe six feet long, and one-half an inch in dinmeter; trim a piece of wood to the shape of an ¢gg, smoothly, sbout two inches in dumetor; bore Dalf an inch through it lengthwise ; to the small end of this attach the rubber pipe. Take a pail or other wooden vessel, with & hollow plug in it near the bot- tom, of & mizo edmitting the Tubber pipe being strefched overit; havo the pafl half failof warm water, 0dd half 3 pound of salt, fasten the pail se- curcly, slightly higher than 'the horsea head; introdiice the ~egg-shaped piece of wood into tho horses _ nostrils, ond sllow ~abont a pint at a time, before lowering his_head, to flow into ono nostril and out of tho other, Parties desiring o try this treatment for their horees can_do 8o {ree of any cost whatever, by applying at _the barn in the rear of our office, No, 599 Wabash svenue, More faith s placed in this, because of the well-known good results ising from fhe use of tho douche on tho human sub- Ject. e shall be happy to confer with or hear from any of our friends, concerning this propoaition. Wirzia H, Smaze, Secretary. THE LAW COURTS NOTES OF INTEREST. The jary in the case Coffield v. the Coutinen- tal Insurance Company, of New York, yesterdsy found on the issues in favor of the defendant, Coffield and his partner, Burnham, were appoint-~ ed in February, 1869, goneral agents of the Com- pany for the BState of Wisconsin, receiving §2,000 per annum each, and 5 per cent commis- sion on new premiums and 214 per cent on re- newals, in roturn ‘for which they were to give their whole time to mnkin§ the Company known, by the establishment of local agencies, nnd in building up_a ccmgleto syatem of business. On the 25th May, 1670, the Company gave notice o annul the contract, complaining that the firm had not observed thecontract in good faith, and on the 16th of June possession was taken of the office by the Company. Coffield, one of the arties, now sued for a balance allegéd to be due im of more than $4,000. His Honor, in effect, cherged the jury that the iseue was, whether the firm had kept their contract in good faith, for Coffield’s position was ingepareble from that of the firm, and that if the Compauy was justified in cancelling the agreement, then the claim might be untenable; it was for the jury to find Whether the agreement had been oObserved in fiond faith or not. Any claim made by Mr. Cof- ield for his services at a period when he was ab- gent from the office, through sickness, could not ‘be alloned. Henry Swett is suing Follansbee, the share- broker, for $4,000, deposited with him to buy 100 shares of St. Paul Railroad stock, 200 shares of Erie Railroad stock, and 100 shares of North- western stock. The defence is that the money ‘was deposited as a margin to secure the brokers against possible loss bya decline in prices be- tween the time of purchase and settlement and that they bozfim according to order, bu seeing the heavy fall that followed immediately after the fire sold at the best price that could be realized, and they contended that, although the ‘moneys of plaintiff were expended, yet the plain- tiff was saved & much greater loss than he would have sustained had they held on; also that the plaintiff had called on them and expressed satisfaction with what they had done; and that thiaaction was an after- thought, the transaction having teken place on the 10t of October, 1871, and the plaintiff first indicating hostile intentions on the 16th of Jan- uary last. The South Park land condemnation frial was on yesterday. The arguments were as to the R‘inpet time for deciding the value of the land. 0 defence contended that the proper time was ~when the jury visited the property, that being the only occasion when their judgment could be found, and not on the date of condemnation. Attorneys msy gave themselves the trouble of filing notices in the Circuit Court to-day for the November term. No calendar will be made up until the December term. The creditors of the Home Insurance Company yesterday agreed to divide 2 per cent—a very drop in & considerable ocean of debt. There was a second meeting of the creditors of Besrdsleo Brothers, yesterday, when a divi- dend of 10 per cent was returned. There will be s meeting of creditors of Reu- hen Wood this morning at 10 o'clock for the elec- tion of an assignee. The creditors of Tengel Halvorsen yesterday met and elected Morton Culver essignee. No_Criminal Court; a formal opening this morning at 10, and every dsy this week. Judge Gary continues to devote his energies to engineeriag two Courts at once, Chancery and Common Law. THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT. LAw—{Judge Blodgett). 596—Stine ctal. v. Alemannis Insurance Company ; Jeave to withdraw plea of general iesuo and filo special pleas {nstanter, 523—Cofhield v. Continental Insur- ance Company ; parties by attorneys, and jury come again and find issue for defendant, 533, 534, 537, 640, 541, 542, 555, 592, continued. 535—Kibbe v. Rowcliffe; Judgment for plaintiff, 636—Kibbe v. Wear; eame. 552—TUutri THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. [Judge Blodgett.) 741_Lsmb v. Hartley; defendant defaulted, and Jjudgment on note $36. 743—Same v, Martin DoVries; same order, BANERUPICY. 2,145—Thos, T, Constantine j:proceediogs dismissed To-day the Episcopal Church has unless objections are filed by 2,148—Un‘on Lithographic Compass il 10 e b Cotapanys e rant. 1,086—Germanis Insuran: npany; demur- Tor fo Afilliman’s petition overrulod and assignee given ten days to answer said petition. NEW BANERUPTS, The Union Lithographic Company ; of the Cleveland Paper Company ; on Dotes, and chattel mortgage fo V. E. $2,000. at petitioner’s_costs, Monday morning nest. on the potition claims of unpaid MManger - for NEW SUITS. Thomas Buckley, assignee in bsmkrupicy of the ‘Home Insarance Compancy. v, Owen McCarthy; as- sumpsit, $10,000; W, H. Hoiden, attorney.—Same v. W, Hosbein ; assumpsit, $2,000,—Same v. Heaney; $5,000.—Sarne ¥. Michael Keeley, $38,000.— . McCarihy ; ossumpsit, $4,000.—Same v. Henry Enower; assuinpsit, 32,000, . THE SUPERIOR COURT. Law—(Judge ‘Garyl. . 1 3,342—Ovington v. Lec; appeal diemissed ot de- fen(lant’s costs, with procedendo for want of compli- ance, &c. 2,114¢—Schimpfermann v. Bradley; de- murrer to fourth plea sustained, to third plea denied, and leave to roply to the last. 1,419—Tibbals v. Libby 3 demurrer to narr sustained, and leave to plaintiff to amend. 3,0%7—lllingis Staats Zsitung V. Svensti Amerikaner; default. 3,3i0—Fullem v. Henshaw et al:, leave to intif _to amend papers by changing names. 3,343—Kelly v. Henshaw leave to plaintiff to amend by clianging aames, 1,414— Cross v. Race; plaintit’s attorney withdraws. appear- ance, 785 a—Hardy, trustee, v, Olinger; d at plaintifl's costs, with returno habendo, for want, elc. 3,184—Schnabell v. Sprague; motion of defendant to sirike petition from files donied, and exceptions by defendant. 1,301—0'Hara v. Mortlmer ; leave to plain- H to amend by mulking Bridget O'Rane party defendant, 2,884—Henrich ‘v, ercial Insurance Co.; judgment, £1,000, 3,269—Pickott v.Wood Preserving Company ; défault and judgment, $293.31. " 2,540—Bwilt v, Reeler; leave ~to plaintfi -to amend putition. 9,001—Neymer v. Grotte; dismissed at plaintii's costs by stipulztion.” 279—Moss v. Per- kins; same order, 1,985.—Rofinot v. Parish; submit~ ted to Court and’ possed. 1,989—cDouald v. Poyer; .samo order. 2,674 a—Wilson v. Eina Manufacturing Company ; motion by plaintf for new imL‘ Lsni—\‘v;‘hum‘us v. Howard; jury trial, and jury to separat Call 3, 6, 10, 1560 32, inclusive, arANCERT—[Judge Gar!y.] 977—Kurisn v, Eurian; decree of divorce. 58— Joues v. all whom it may concern ; eervice by publica- ton, defsult and decree. 899—Hutchinsou v. Jones et al; gervice by publication, default of all whom it may concern, etc. ; appearance of other defendants watved ; service of process, and default. 941—Sample v. Jef- ferds ; decree estal g title, 843—Davis v, Btack- polo; ' publication_ and default, 540—Lightburn V. Stevens etal; by stipulation declaration of Sin- claire & Thompson filed, and leave to answer in ten dsys. G.N. 41,217—Fower v. Power; decree of ‘di- vorce, 85i—Mary A. v, Jumes Church; reference to " 915—Stevens v. Stevens et al; decreo appoint- ing Commissioners. 729—@illick et al. v. Hubbard et al; leave to strike out of bill where they occur the words, “N. W. X of,” and snswer, FEW surTs. 41,318—Torenz Kurzks v. Quirin Regenery and Peter Schiid ; assumpsit, §2,000 ; Ranyan, Avery, Loomis & tock, attorness. 41 o michard Liveacy v, Marga- ret, his wife; adultery alleged with one Edgar Bonse, at No, 281 Orchiard street. 41,220—Ferdinard . Keaney v. Michael Gernhardt and Henry Greenebaum ; bill to restrain Gernbardt from collecting any of the dsbis of the late firm of Gernhardt & Kenny, and Greenebaum from poying any moneys due to said firm. 41,221 —Rohann v, Duon ; bill to compel conveyance ‘of Lot 1, in G, B. Clark’s Subdivision of Lot 5.in Block 63, in Canal Trustees’ subdivision of the northwest quar- tor, except Blocks 57 and 58 of Section 21, Townahip 39, North Range 14 ; Bnowhook & Gray, attorneys. The grantor baving deceased, petitioner prays a warrantes deed a8 per zgreemant annexed to bill. 41,222—Amalie Rickert v. Paul Rickert: divorce. Petitioner alleges that she has been compelled to leave her husband in consecuence of his _cruelty, snd fo bire 28 & servant gil She prays also an injunc- tion on the property of the defendant, ten Bcres, miles distant, southwest the city, the exact location of which she does not give, 41,223— Heury W. Miller v, Wen. Patrick ; sasuampaity $5500 t Moran & English, attorneys. 41,221—Stephien Ga: and Gunter Borner v. Matthew Marx; assumpsit, $1,000; Wm. S. attornoy. 3rtDodough ¥, Jobn H, Dunham, David E. Bradley, A. R, Briggs, and Lewis Bartels ; trespass, £,500 ; Hill & ‘Kimmes, attorneys. 41,226—David Thomson v. Robert J, Hamilton ; sssumpeit, $1,000; William H, Sisson, aftorney. 41,2%—Mary C. v. Guilford G. Judd ; di- vorce; crueltyalleged. 41.27—Annie 3L V. A. J. Rag- gatt; divorce; cruelty snd “sprees” alleged, 41,229— Hilcher v. Geiger ; appeal. THE CIRCUIT COURT. Law—{Judge Rogers]. G.N. 4,672—Little & Fuller; leave gronted fo with- draw transcript and procedendo. - 2,123—Girard Tube orka and Iron Co. v. Wolff; judgment against gar- nl.!ém; %enmt Nm ;gnifi on answer {:rcsav.u, and judgment i n & Co,, gar- ishecs, on onsw er for $8.15. 431—Hall v, Yates ; Jury trial. 1,751—South Park Commiesioners v. Cook; trial not concluded. Call 247 to 249; inclusive, except 345 and 246, [Judge Booth.] The City of Chicago v. Lounis Bartels ; on petition of defendant writ of certiorari ordered to issue to Jus- tice Kauffman. 1,049—Johnson v. on ; rule on defendant to show cause why a new appeal bond should not begiven on 5 days’ notice, 636—3loran v. Loitz; submitted to Court; jury waived; Court finds for plaintiff $50; defendant moves for new -tri 883— Beseler v. Stophani ; files returned. Call 260 to 280, [Wudge Tree.J 292 Fule et al. v, Foreman et al ; dismissed at plaintifi's costs for want of narr. G.. 4,763—Ames etal v. Adler ; motion to quash capias granted ; dis- ‘missed by& intifi’s attorney. 33i—Dewey et al. v. Halfeld ct al, ; diemissed by plaintiMaattorney. 303— Swett v. Follanbece et oL ; jury sworn, and jury to seal verdict. é ‘crAxCERY—[udge Williamal. 615—Vail v, Iglehart et al. ; time™to file replication or exception to answer ot option of complainant ex- fended to Monday morning. next, . 66—Kibbea et al. ¥, Gibbs et al. ; dismisse efc., at complainant’s costs, _ 3 . [Judge Farcell]. 299_Wells v. Blunt ; decreo directing foreclosure and confirming Master's report. xEw surTs. 4,537—Hastan H. Peck v, Martin E. Andras ; bill for specific perfc Southwest, corner of Stateand Twenty-ofth streets, 2nd to enjoin the collection of rents, transfer of prop- orty, etc,; T. G. Beaver and J, S, Grinnell solicitors. 5,338 City v, Lewis Bartels ; pelition for certiorari. 1’829 Fasell et. ol v. Marphy; sppeal 480— O'Connell v, Eott ot _al.; uppeal. 4Sil—orse, Loomis & Co. v. Hassender; appeal. 4,830— . Joyce -& Wm. Duvid: confession by Judgment ; action on promissory note of $451. 4,835— ChatlesJ. Davis, and Lyman G: Mason v. Walter S. and . Babcock; assumpsit, $3,000; John Van Arman, at- torney, 4,34—P. W. Falmer v. Daniel Pounce; eject- ment, $10,000; Hs, P. Noyes, sitorney: premises eituate Lot 64, Block17, in Ellston’s Addition to Chi- Cago. 4,8%—Ames Sherman & Co, v. David Adler; capias, fors debt of 352, 4,86—Wm. ML Butler Martha A, H. Watera; petition to sot asida s gift desd ‘of property conveyed by pluintills wife o defen- such property being conveyed to plain fif’s wife, in trust for her, and the children, to secure the terms of an act of separa- tion, to laat énly 80 long as t_o wife should remain un- ed, and nelther .child have reached full age: Beckwith, Ayer & Kales, attorneys, 4,857—Joseph V. Taylor v, John H. Gallsgher, John J. Sayre, Wim. E. _Bayre, E. H. Gary, J. D. Wallace, J. O'Brien, T.H., ‘Alficy, 3. Forsyth, and C. Van Schaack et al.: petition for portion of the undivided half of Rlocks 1,8, and 3 in George W. Clark’s Subdivision of the west half of tho souihmest quarter of Section 13, Townanip 30, Range 14; H. Crawford, attorney, 4! ger 3. Riedd ; sppeal. 4,819—Elins v. Rackiel Alkens ; orce ; desertion alleged. 4,840—A case, $3,000 ; Storrs & Van Afman, -attorneys, 4.841- Corhelia 3L, v Cyrus 3L Hawkey ; assumpsit; $10,000 ; Thomas M. Thompson, attorney. 4,842—Edin v. | Schmidt ; appeal. THE COUNTY COURT. [WJudge Wallace.) James Kearsley ; venue for & juryat 10s.m. fo- day, to try alleged insanity.—Jacob Bishrer ; Maria Metz appears and presents_ wil, and citation ju Qischarged.—Lorenzo Eldridge; _potition for rrcitation v. administrators’ dismissed. —Edward H, Aiken proof of heirship, final reports and accounts filed, estate settied and executors dis- charged.—James Kelly; jury to try alleged insanity at 10 8. m. to-day.—David Wilkins; order allowing the erection of & monument.—8ilas’ W, Port ; lnveutory and appraisement spproved, Carl Dralle; will proven Jetters testamentary to widow; bond of 5,600 ap- proved,—Willism Young Edwards; order allowing scheduie to be amended. _—e—————— UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD LANDS, Oxama, Neb,, Nov. 1, 1872, 7o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : The sales of the Land Department of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, for the month of October, 1872, were 20,657 acres, amounting to $92,879, at an average of $4.50 per acre. The total sales from July 28, 1869, to the egent date, are 649,051 acres, amounting to 9,757,303, at an average of £4.25 per acre. There were 140 purchasers in October, 1872; average toeach, 148 acres. P “0. F. Davis, Land Commissioner. Niobrarat. From the Buffulo Courier, Our telegraphic despatches of Saturday an- nounced that the -Homse of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church hed lected the Rev. Wm. H. o to be Bishop to the Indians. Tt would have stated it more correctly had it iven his title as Bishop of Niobrara. 8 new g;ocese takes its mame from & branch of the Missouri, which forms in part the boundary line Detwoen Dekotah and Nebrasks, and upon which several of the Indian reservations are placed. thirty-six mi the Santee Sioux, Yank- Oneidas (Wisconsin) ainnnx]:i’ink n: ;-‘vlor]élx:imang D8, otahs, 8WES, o a8, it Sions, and Cheyennes, one-half of the’ whole number being natives. These Sssionaties have been Enccessful beyond all ex- pec'ation. At tho first Ponka baptism, June 19, D872, thirty-one were baptized, nine of whom Sore chiefs; and_ overy chief of the ?:glee Biows, once, tho flercest warriors of Northern i is now & communicant of the ?}xl:nunmhea?u‘i'hl:lndim Commission msgealun of the reservation of these latter, B35, \mk Hln dt.ig of June, 1872: + Not a tepee 0T .himth et Indi- an have we seen since we crossed o e_runnin, water. We have left ‘parbarism behind us, “an for want of complisnce, |- ormance us to the conveyagce of the have come into a communi morality, snd consistent compare ravorablg with any parish of the'same sizo in the United States or elsewhere. When it i3 remembered that ten years ago these Indiang were outcasts on the frontiers of Minnesota, aud that for four years afterwards, while our missionary ° - was among -them, nothing was done by the Government for their relief or proservation, butmuch, it would seem, for their extinction, it oughtnot to ap- pear to any practical man a \'arg' ifficult task to rescue other tribes more favorably situated.” It was fitting, indeed, that tosuch earnest and hearty converts, the highest official of the Church to which fl.\(:ly belong should be sent to preside -over the fold. It should always be distinctly borne in mind that there are as great differences between In- dians 28 between their white brethren. The Comanches, Olgallas, Apaches, and other moun= tain warriors, cherish an undying hatred sagainst thewhite pioneers of civilization, and are sworn to & warof extermination. They will deserva the fate they would awsrd to others. But, on the other hand, there are Indians who desire tha peacs and walfare of their tribes, and who ask of the Government only to bo allowed to kfep their reservations and till their land in peace. DMore than ten years ago, Bishop Whipple, of Jinnesota, told President Lincoln that he would keep peace on the border with a corps of mis- wionaties costing one-tenth of the money spent by the Government on wars. His Church didnot wholly agree with him then, or it would have set its chief minister st work. Now, at last, it makes its foll experiment, and it willbe watched with great inerest_ss s movement vital to tha interests of the red men, i There is one draw-back to the satisfselion felt among Episcopalians at this morement. Tha mitre of right belonged to the Rev. 8. D. Hin- man, who, for nearly twenty years, has-mini tered to the Santee Sioux, and whom all the In- disns venerate. ' Mr. Hare's electiou is eaid to be a sop to the “low” churchmen, and the re" sult of o compromise. which for industry, istian conduct will GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. The unveiling of the Queen's statue, at Mons trenl, ia to take glwa on the 2lst inst. _The Amherst freshmen, being in & msjority, have tnken to ‘*hazing " the sophomores. 1t is said that thirty or forty ships are cone stantly loading with lumber at Dariens, Ga., most of them bound for foreign ports. —Rhode Island puts in her claims to the pos- session of the oldest voter, in the person of John Bullock, of Bristol. 104 years of age. © —Hydrophobia is ruging to an noparaileled extont in the northern counties in England, where many men, 88 well 2 animals, meet their deaths by it. Ve —The populstion of the town of Winmdpeg. in Manitoba, is now 1,467, having increased nearly 500 during the year: —In the Iast nine months the yalue of railway carriages for passengers exported from England was_£26,166; in the previous year it was as much as £97,303. —Virginia now boasts of twelve cotton fac- tories, having a capital of $1,000,000, employing 5,000 persons, and neiting profits of about 23 per cent. = —The number of gold watches tezed in Phila~ dolphis, this year, 18 12,823; of silver ones, 7145 and of “‘other” kinds, 35—a statement which would ghow that the number of time-keepers in. that city is actually dweasmgi ¢ —Judge Robiuson, at New York, last week, in & case where the foes charged Dy the Sheriff were contested as illegal, the Lill being for 3419, decided that the Sheriff could only legally col- Tect 819. —Boen Pemberton and Iseac Pullman Ent into s quarrel in Raleigh Precinct, Sline County, 1L, on Wednosdsy of last week, about & piece o Clearing, when Pemberton shot Pullman, killing ‘him instantly. ¥ i b —The inventor of tho Engel organ is exhibit- ing his instruments in New York. The organ has a new stop called the **Vox Angelica,” an imitation of that stop which only esists in the Basle organ, and sounds like a chorus in the dis- tance. It appears that-the French Government, by the grant of & concession for the manufzctura and gale of matches, is abont to realize s revenue of £640,000 per annum, with 2 probability of i3 being increased to £950,000. "3t the close of the French and German waz quantities of seed potatoes were sent from Great Britain, to enable the half-ruined French farm-~ ers, whose lands had been overrun by the con~ tending armies; to produce a crop for the'ensu- ing year. _Part of the second vear’s droduce of these seed potatoes is mow being ehipped for the English market. —Tt has been discovered that the syord exhib~ jted at Dumbartan Castle 23 that of 3ir William TWallace, could not have belongéd to that cele- brated chieftain, and the Britieh Secretary of War has declared that it be'no longer exhibited assuch. It bolonged to the period «f Edward 1V., and was probably.used by that monarch. _ Colorado expects next season to have in operation_a-cheese factory on an extensive scale, st the cenmoim of the Monument Valley, about sixby miles from Denver. The News seys the.facilitiés are uneqmlled, cold Spring water being sbundant ,and svailable. building meterial chesp, and the mill from 1,000 t0 1,200 cows already promised. —'The_annual valuation of real estate for tax- stion, in Philadelphia, i8 just- announced-to be £518,234,565. For 1872 1t was $511,024.682 . for 1871, 2500,436,882; for 1870, $479,776,613. The increase in four years has been 838,457,925, The real estate exempt from- taxation is valued at $54,488,329, . —The tea supply, so long monopolized by China and Japan, is_destined to receive very considerable competitive reinforcement from the Indias. Think of a stretch of tea-grinders, & thonsand miles in length, Iying along the base of the Himmalyas, -and covered -with -&now st Jeast two months in every year, yet yielding largely, and a vigorous crop. S AMontion is made from Washington that & roposition will coms before Congress this win- For facreasing the ealaries of the- members_ of the Cabinet and of the heads of important bu- reans. Accompanying this statement is the in- formation is the statement that the present pey of these officials is not sufficient for the keeping of the establishment and the style of entertain- ‘ment the people expect of them. Thia is a fact which has long been known and regretted, and wo are glad that some action is soon to be taken. The Cabinet Ministers should receive 2t least £20,000 per apunm and the President 250,000 There will be little opposition to the proposed increase.—Philadelphia Press. e e e PERSONAL. rg. Bucher Swoope is named for Attorney Gen- - eral, P —Sir Francis Hincks will continue to sdminis~ ter Canadian finances a while longer.. ; —Governor Cofiin has been appointed Lieu- tenant Governor of Manitoba, in place of Mr. Architald. 2 * —Qail Hamilton says in her mew book that woman does not want opportunities, but guali- ties. —Hencock is now senior Msjor General of tha Army, but, nob enjoyini favor st the Whito ‘Houge, he remains in & subordinate command. . —JMsjor J. 8. Hsy, formerly of the St. Louis Euening Dispaich, i6 about to start s new after- ‘noon paper in that city. —George H. Boker, tho American Minister st Constantinople, has & high reputation in that city for the elegance of his entertainments. —George B. McClellan has had his own salary, as Engineer of the Department of Pablio Docss, of New York, docked one-half, or to $10,000. Colonel Henry, of Paris, Kentucky, whosa sudden death has been announced, was engaged at thoe time upon s bust of his late father-in-law, the Hon. Garrett Davis. " —The Cumberland Jews has heard that Presi- dont, Garrett, of the -Baltimore and Okhio Rail- road, lost by the recent failures in Baltimore from $500,000'to $750,000. N —President White, of Cornell University, has just increased the list of his gifts to the Institn- tion over which he presides by the presentation of a building of brick and stone, which is to be used in perpetuity as the mansion of the Presi- dent. —W. E. anwé' \;en-lm!iwn ‘member tll:f the British Parlisment, has just purchased the es- tates of Canwell Hall and g;urn] Hall, near Tagworth, Staffordshire, for the sum of $955, 000, The estates contain 2,908 scres, and are sbout ten milesfrom Birmingham, and close to Drayton Manor, the recidence of Bir Bobert Peel, Bart., M. B A 1t is ramored in army circles that the Presi- dent will appoint Brigadier General O. 0. How- ard to the Major, Genanlshiph made vacant by the death of Meade, and that he will be_retired thereafter with the foll rank of Major General, on account of long and faithful service and wounds. His retirement will still leaves va- cancy, which will be filled by the sppointment of either Terry or Canby. = —Ther is lively contest for the_position of Solicitor General toon to be vacated by General Bristow. Clement H. Hill, at 'present Assistant Attorney General, is_strongly urged by Senator Wilson. Benjamin_ F. Tracey, of Brooklyn, N. Y., is supported by leading members of the New York Bar, while ex-Governor H. H. Well, of Richmond, is also an spplicant, supported by Senator Lewis and others. The relations of the Attorney General and Solicitor General are such that it is understood the President will only sp- oint on the recommendation of the head of the epartment of Justice.