Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 19, 1872, Page 2

(&) THE CHICAGO DAI'Y TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 187 WYOMING. A November in the Mouutaians ---Diamond-Hunting--~ Miring Excite- ment. Finding Precious Sfones --- Immense Tract to be Cxplored---Wild Auimals, Acquisitiveness of the Indians---Mermon Policy Toward the Redskins--- The Nauvoo Legie The Story of the Hormon Bible--Death of Washakie--His Character--Evan- ston and Is Surrcund- - ings. From Our Own Correspondent. EvaNsToX, Wyouing Territory, Jov, 11, 1872, A November in the Rocky Mountaing may be haracierized in homely phrase o8 “snug.” The wind from the enow-covered mountains hovls dismally sbout, ns if it were the abiding- place of a million lost spirits wailing in agony. The smow glints and glistens, and creeps 1hrough the crevices in the walls of tho houo, ‘and storm-clouds roll their appalling and gi- gentic forms across the face of Henven. It is Empossible to see angthing at any considerablo distance, on account of the falling snow-flakes. The cottonwood and aspen trees have droppod their foliage, whilo the sturdy and upright pines seem to exultin their strongth, and defy all storms, coming from what direction they may. Happy is he who hasa good covering over his hesd; and thrice happy is the Shoshones Indi an whoso skin-lodgeis in perfect condition and :able to bear up against the blast. These lodges in the willow-thickets beside thaicy streams Jook qnaint enough, and the people therein ap- pear contented. ‘Here I am going through the excitoment of & diamond fever, and my friends are hunting dia- Amondmizes. Ihaveownedmany silver minesin Nevada, 2 gold mino in Wyoming Territory, and mow perchance I may get an interest in some diemond-diggings! ALl of this sounds pretty big; but, when I state the fact that I never real- -ized one doller on all of my mining interests, “certainly no one will eavy me. I have paid out Jnany a dollar to “honest miners” for working in my clzims, and Leve done some pretty re- ‘sponsible work myself with pick and shovel, but have yet to receive the first dime of income. “Doubtless many people will agk, *Why do you continue delving when you have such poor success?” The fact is, the sight of & string of mules laden with bacon, flour, rugar, and coffee, and 2 dozen bearded and resolute men, well mounted ard armed, and about to start for new minicg-fields, is the very one thing on carth to Taise the hair on an old miner's back. Do you think you could prevent his entering into the Epirit of the thing? Ob,no, my friend! Human ‘mature is very week, and thoso miners would “go to the “new digginga if they Lnew it would “take the last button off of Gabe's coat.” cre i8 1o resisting the impulse to pack up and start off ; and, let me fell you, bear-hunting ‘and deer-hunting, withall the excitement con- nected therewith, are nothing compared with old and dismond-hunting. ‘Chey do eay that, low the grand old range of the Uintah Moun- tains, there are diamond-felds of immense es- tent and great richnese. We shall ece, and_for myself I can say that I believe in them, 1t does one good to become engaged in & real live min- ing excitement ; there is nothing likeit to muke “a man stir around and bring the blood to the surface ; and nothing will be of 50 much benefit to Wgaming Territory as these mines are sup- pozed to be along the southern bordor. Should they prove 0 be rich, there will be a “great im::vifimfim hithor next cpring, and USInEEs 1 bo correspondingly brisk. To seq the miners, with their outfit, d‘inppear;ng on the road that Jeads over the hills, and thence Tound the bise of the mountains, making ireils ond rosds where tliere mover was any ‘before, rouses the old spirit of adventurein every man’s mind, and thoy carry with them our best” wishes for their succers. They caro nothing for snow-storms or inclement weather, Yeing bent on finding something whuch will en- rich them and benefis their friends, snd, at the same time, sdd to the material wesaith of the Dation. They are true patriots. ‘Why ehould not there be diamonds in North America, 08 well as in Asia, Alrics, and South America? Iseeno reason, and firmly beheve thet they will be found, if they kave not already been, in great numbers on this Continent. It is said that tho diamonds were first found in Bouth Africa by the children, who wused them to Fley with, until, one dzy, & man came along who tnderstood something about such matters, who found that the little innocents were using fair-sized stones, Of considerable value, in their games. He wished to parchass he stones, but the parents Oof tho children said they were of no_velue, and gave £hem to him £t once. He gave the children some little presente, and went on his way & happier and richer man. Shorily afterward, the great furor about the South African mines broke out, ®nd many dismonds of great value have been found therein. Some very handsoms rubies havo been found in Montana, and come diamonds of ranall size in Idzho. 1t is also well-known that the soldiers of Cortez found some beautiful eme- ralds in the Mexican States of Chikuahua and Sinaloa. Iseenosuch great obstacles in the ¥ay of finding fine gems in the heart of the Tocky Mountsins, and believe, if they nro not Tound now, they will be found hereafter by those who are earnest in their sesrch. The snow lies on the Uinteh Range, and has ,filied up many of the gorges. AsIwrite, I can “see its magnificont outline resting ngainst the eky, 40 or 50 miles away, and closing everything in'on’'the south. Green River males a great bend to the eastward, then runs southwest, and &0 continues until it empties into the Grand River; or Rio Colorado, and thence on to the Gulf of Californin. is great stream runs through &n immense oxtent of conntry which has nover been explored. We are £oo apt to be- lieve that we have made all the discoveries that can be mado, but in this we are greatly mistaken wo know little or nothing about the resonrces of the southwestern portion of the National do- msin, and & land of great interest remains_to e opened to civilization. There are several In- dian tribes who have peculiar manners and cus- toms, worthy of careful investigation and patient study, Living, or roaming about, in this land 3 and there is more mineral wealth in it than has ever been drenmed of. The great bulk of the Tineral wealth of the Nation will be found in =ud near the Wasatch range of mountains, and €. the Interal ranges leading thereto, including the Uintahs. But this will require time. The Great Creator never designed that one sct of men shouid discover all the treasures of the earth, »°r that they should reap all the advan- tages which wero designed for untold millions ; for this reason, Lalways rejoice when I reflect that it is out of the power of any perty of pros- ectors to discover all the treasures that are Exddun in the earth’s bosom. A young men who croseed {he range afew Gays ago, reports that he was never out of the eound of the cries of the South American lions who were in the bushes near his trail, though he 88w nono of them. Thero appeared 6 be & great many of them, and their cries and growls were Inghiful. 1t Is now too late for good fishing ; the streama are covered with &_coating of ice, &od the trout are nob considered good at this season of the year. They get, poor, and run dow, and loge that delicious flavor which makes them 80 much better then acy other fish that swims. In iho depth of winter, how- over, thoy will sowetimes take a fly which has been let down through a hole inthe ico; but, as 2 rule, they are left un- dietwrbed. The Indians scarcely cver interfere with them duriug the cold weather; but, when spring opens, ithey i;o after them with great ood-will and zeal. I have seen & whole band on nake River busily engaged fishing; and the sulmon-trout taken in that stream form a con- siderable portion of the subsistence of the Boakes am‘Fannacks. These fish are but little different from the ealmon taken in the lower poriion of the Columbia River, though they are 1ot 8o large, mnor are they so care- fully meserved, as the Iundiens about the Cascades make & regular business of catching, drying, and smoking them. They barter the dried £almon off for buffaloand deer- skins which have been taken by tribes farther io {he eastward, and do & good business. old times, this was the greatest industry of the Indians, end they became expert traders as well as great cheats, ~ Indians drive closo bargains, and their generosity, 8o much talked about, ig, 30 far as my experience goes, sll & sham, = An Iudian uever gives awey anything without he ezpecis four ~ times as much_ in refurn. As a race, they are great beggars, re- ceiving all things a3 a matter of course, but returnizg npothing. You may give a redskin _ever €0 much, and the vext day he will return formore. Their nature is a good des] Jike that of ihe horse- Icech, which is contioually crying, *Give! give!” Ve all know with what nonchalance theto knolby-nosed veterans receive everything that is presented tothem on their visits to Waeh- ington, and with what peculiar graco they stow away iheir gouds. There isno end to their ca- racity of rception, and anything from a needle to o finely-caparizoned pony is taken in without the elightest remorse of conscienca. A huck- Indian, richly dressed and riding cn horsebacl; with a poor, broken-down squas: following Lim on fcot, with a load on herback that would break down & mule, is not an inspiring spectacle, thougl: it i3 by no means an uncommon one in the Rocky Monntrins, In a conversation which I bad with a Mormon, afew days ago, e informed me that Lis peoplé L:ad adopted the policy, long since, of feeding, ralber than fighting, the Indians. The Mormons Lave cxpended a vast amount of means and Jator in locating farms, supplying implements, and teaching them how to raise crops. This has Leen o greal tax upon the whites. ~ He eaid that almoest every difficulty which had arisen between ihe Indians and the citizons of Utah had been the result of reckless and barbarous treatment Dy immigrants passing through ihe Territory, or by indiscreet and _foolish persons resid- ing therein. As early as 1840 and 1830, troubles broko oub, aud, after several persens had been killed, a peace was patchied up by paving the Indians for the squaws who had been killed and the horses that had bech taken off; and, by this wmeans, further bloodsked wus avoided. In 1833, another out- break occurred among the savages, and several flourishing eettlements were laid waste, Inthe settlements in the new valleys, the dignitaries of the Church have invariably advised the settlers to build forts, and locate themselves in sufficient numbers, aud in such o way, that, when tho In- dians were on_tho war-path, they would be able to protect their familics and their stock, besides beingableto hold out until they could get as- sistanco. The gavages wero hostilo again in 1865, and Lilled eeveral settlcrs in Manti, Sanpeto County. Tor a time, they were very troublesome indeed, and, though the Mormons did the best they could in their own defenco, the Indians gener- ally got the advantage. So well did they fight that the Mormous were driven north, and en- tirely abandoned their settlements in Piute and Sevier Counties. This occurred in 1867. It is pitiful to hear the Mormons tell of their wrongs, and I noticed this man never exulted over the deaths of any of his foemen. Maybe this is true religion, but it requires a good deal of Chrig- tian charity to cducate oneself up to it. 'The Mormons themselves believe that their religion is in some way coonected with the Indians, and thet one of "their missions on thig earth is to civilize them and teach them the ways of peace. Notwithstanding all the harm they have received {rom the hauds of the sav- ages, they still seem willing to assist them, and appear more inclincd than ever to welcome them as friends. They are sincere about this, as the Nauvoo Legion., composed for the most part of sturdy mountaineers, could, if they so willed, sweep every Indian in Utah off the face of the earth within s twelvemonth, This Legion las ono Licutensnt Gene eral, two Major Generals, nine Brigadier Generals, twenty-five Colonels, and one Lundred snd twelve Majors. 1t also has the proper number of company-officers. One-fifth of the Legion is cavalry, tlo rest infantry, with & few companies of artillery ; and all of them are armed with the most approved modern weapons. In a biographical sketch of President Joseph Smith, prepsred by himself in 1842, in refer- ring t6 the Mormon Bible, or Book of Jormon, he says: © In this important acd interesting ‘book, the history of ancient America is unfold- ed, from its first settlement by a colony thut came from the ‘Lower of Babel at the confusion of languages, to the beginning of the fifth century of the Christiancra. Wo are in- formed Ly theso records thiat America in ancient times had been inLabited by two dis-~ tinct races of people. The first were calied Ja- redites, and caice directly from the Tower of Ba- bel. The second cams directly from the City of Jeruselem, about eix hundred years bofore Christ. They were principally laraelitos of the descendants of Joseph. ‘The Jaredites were de- stroyed about tho time that the leraelites camo from Jerusalem, who succecded them in the in- herntance of the country. The prineipal nation of the recoud race fell in battle towards the close of the fourth century. T remnant are the In- @ians who now inhabit this country.” Bo it will be eecu that the Mormons, a8 aclass, are in- clincd to look upon the Indians with & friondly eye ; and, no vory great while ago, they possess- ed great influencs over them. Liakie, Chicf of the Shoshonees, or Snakes, i8 reporied to have beon killed on_the reserva- tion in the Bractwater conntry a fow days ago. Ho was o telented and brave man, and o sincere friend of the whitex. His death is oue of the greatest misfortunes which conld have befallen Lis peoplo. - He was killad by an Indian who had refueed to obey hit orders, end who hed been guilty of some wrong, Wazhakie was quite an old men, and his whole eftorts Lhad been made for the aodvancement of the Judiaus. When 2 young man, Lo led several war parties, and geined a temporary kecendency, and nlways afterward worked in such 3 way 85 fo increase Ina suthority, A 1¢ebellton broke out awong tho Snakes some time Fago. and n young man declared that-ha wsaa greater mon than Washakie, and, further, that Lo was determinad to be Clief of the tribe. 1le gathered about him geveral other young men, who all went o together, declaring thai they wouid be no longer eubjéct tothe old Chief's authority. Washakie heurd of it, and, mounting his horse, rode out atnight and overtook the rencgades, who were asleep, He immediatel: shot the leader dead, as he lay on the grouut and, as the othiers woke up, ke called upcn_auy one'of them to dispule his sutbority. They wero all thoroughly chapfallen, sad followed tho old man back to the reservation without fur- ther trouble. Perhaps Lis death was cased by one of the young men who followed off the new chief, whose attempted reign was 80 short and digastrous. On another occasion, Washakie saw 2 drunken Indian whipping his wife in the most cruel manner. He ordered the drunkard to de- sist, which he did for & short time, and then commenced whipping Lis wife again. = Washakio again ordered Lim fo stop, and this happened three or four times. At lastthe Chief got out of patience, and, noticing some movement on the part 0 the Indian which looked like an at- tack upon himeelf, he slot the Indian dead in his tracks. This action was looked upon with fayor by all of his tribe. I think Evanston is the most prosperous town in Wyoming Territory at the present time. New buildings are springing up in overy direction, and the whole place has a business-like air about it. The coal-mines near by have a great deal to do with the welfare of the town, and the hills near Beer River are filled with coal. The Union Pacific Railroad Company has some fine workshops here, and it is unquestionably the best place to_havo repairs made of any in the mountains. I\Imfleave:3 it is quite a pretty town, oand has what travellers prize,— an excellent eating-house, where - people who are travellng across the Con- tinent can find something wherewith to refresh the inner man. The whole place bespeaks ma~ terial prosperity; and the long view up Bear River, between the ranges of hills, is one of the finest on the whole railroad route. It is seid that Evanstonis the trading-point for between 7,000 and 8,000 people, consisting of railroad men, miners, lumbermen, and people living in the adjacent settloments. It is situated Jjust at the castern bage of 1he Wasatch Range, and of- fersafine field for atock-raisers. The soil is £00d, and the climate healthy. I cannot call it mild, s some of its friends do, though I am willing to eay all I can in 'its favor, It i8 rapidly increusing in population, and there is some talk of building & large rolling-mill here. The Railroad Company has built a %m'ga hotel, and ebout twenty dwellings for its employes. The Evanaton Lumbering Company is manufac- turing a great amount of lumber, which it sells at reasonnble rates, The logs are rafted down the stream to the mill from the great pine-for- est & short distanco above the town, on Dear River. It isreally rofreshing to be able to say something good of oneof these frontier towns, #0d to be ablo to eay that one of them is thriv. ing and doing well. Such is the case with re- gard to Evanston, which, threo yeurs ago, was nesdesohto a pln&‘s =2 ono c;nld aée. 4 ince writing the above, I have learned about the dizmond-ficlds. A party wentm gfii from Fort Bridger 2 few days 2go, under the auspices of Colonel Brackett, Judgs Carter, and others, and the report comes beck that the dia- monds have been found. I have just seen s letter from & fcntlemau who went t0 tho mines, ho seys: “The weather is g0 bad we cannot vorl the ground till spring. We picked up ir threo bours fifty carats of rubies, and twenty- six diamonds, one sbout three carats.” Thogen- tleman who wrote the letter is & dizmond-dealer in New York. ArgEBRA. THE WATER-WORKS. To the Editor of The Chicano Tribune: Bin: In to-day’s TrisuNE there is an account of the etarting of the now engines a} the Water- ‘Works, and it was stated some days eince thaf the Board of Public Works and the City En- gincer were to be thero to test the engines, which implies that, if the trial should be satis- factory, they would be aecepted, and, of course, paid for. If such is the case, Ishould like to aek you and the public some questions, and make a few remarks: Is it considered that an engine is tested, or, to uze a milder term, tried, when it pumpa water 10 fect high, when the work it is intended to accomplish is to pump water 130 high? Is there anything in the contract that allows the builders of the engines to loave them on the bands of tho city on any such trial? If not, should such o trial be accepted? - And, if there is not anything in the contract allowing such 2 trial, will it be satisfactory to the Board of Pub- lic Works and the Engineer, or the people of the city? ~ Or will tho insurance companies doing bueinessin the city stand by, and, without o protest, accept such & farce of a trial, with the immense interests they lave at stake? How is it that, wilh a _water-tower 150 feet high, that there is never =n pressure of over L) pounds to the square inch in the pipes close by the Water Work, when 150 feot should givo double that pressure 2 One more question and I will finish my inquiries: How can the Fire Department be expected to give satisfaction with the supply of wator that such a pressure gives them ? : Having taken quite an interest in all public works where machinery is used, especially water-works, I am surprised that the City of Chicago should be satisfied with water-works such g8 this shows they have. Thinking the pr:gent the mos: suitable time, I hope some of the leading men of the city will {ake interest enough in them to investigate the whole matter, and lay it bofore the public, before the new ‘works are commenced, a8 this may be considered the finiehing of the old works and the com- mencement of the new ones. I shall make a fow comments 01 the old. and what the new ones ought to be. 1n the firat place, the management has prac- tically been in the hands of the same- officers from the commencement, and they have been granted all the money they have asked for. They have built and put in engine after engine to suit themselves ; and now, at the finish, have they done what they promised in regard to the main object of the supply of water? Thoy bave promised water with a head of 150 feet, and they bave bought half a block of ground, and have bmilt a town for the express purpose. They bheve had engines erected to suit themselves, and this morning the report states that the new engines are capable of nmping 33,000,000 gallons of water 150 feet Eigh in 24 hours, and that the other engines will pump roportionate quantity to the same eight. Now, under these circumstances, how is it that the reservoir on the North Side was re- paired after the fire and again put inuse? Why was not it, and tho one on the West Side, laid up, and tho engines put down to their work, giving the 150 fest the tower and engines were built for? It is certain that, so long 28 the reservoirs are in use, the engines cannot give tho pressure it is said they are capable of. If some men I koow bad made the contract for those engines, there would be a test some- thing like the following in the contracts: That they should pump 33,000,000 gallons of water 150 feet high in 24 hours, witha consumption of conl not exceeding 8o_much. In getting up the plans of the new works, would it not bo best to advertise for plans for the workscomplete, spec- ifying how much water they should pumg, oW high it ehould be pumped, what duty the en- gines should give, or how much coa! they should Tee, putting up the dutyto as high a point as possible, 8o that the City of Chicago may have ‘rater-works worthy of the name? With water-works with a preesure of 150 or 200 faet,—which is quite practicable with pipes tested, as they are, to 500 or 600 feet,—see what ‘would be the benefits if a fire should break out iu the top of the highest building in Chicago. The watchman could get water ou tho top floor, or connmect a hose, withont waiting for the engines, and would often save large buildings from being burnt; and it would also enablo a hose-cart to put on & stream with- out an engine, and often, in parts of the city where the buildings aro low, there would not bave to be 80 mauy engines out at every alarm ; aud it would give them twico as much water from the same mains that they now get. I am aware that it will tauke more coal to do this; but ono large building saved per year will pay the whole; end, inlarge fires, it would give tho firemen a chance to get water enough, and not be throwing only half-way to the top of & ‘building, becauso they bave not water enough to fill their pumps, which often is the case, and they are blamed for what they cannot help. T'hope that there will be & new departure in the building of the new works, and if possible, some change in the old, a8 the fire of Oct. 9 and the Doston firo show that we need all the pre- cantions that are possible. FIREMAN. Cr104G0, Nov. 15, 1872, i DR. RAUCH AND OUR SANITARY CONDITION. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : 8mr: The malicious attack in the Times upon our Banitery Superintendent, Dr. J. H. Rauch, will not only fail of ita object, but will rally all good citizens to the support of the gentleman who originated the Board of Health, and who has o faithfully labored for tho adoption of proper sanitary regulations to mect tlie require- monte of our City. Doubtless the person who so ardently desires to bo his successor would promise the removal of the city offal at leas cost than at present, and, doubtless, would guaranteo that Ogden Slip and Healy Slough, and all the streams in the neigh- borhood of the Stock-Yards, should no longer exhale disease-breeding odors ; that our citizens should no longer breathe air contaminated by the sickening swells from the slaughter and packing-houses; snd that our river should no longer bo & filthy sawer. But who would go surety for & person who could insti- gate such & villanons attack? Men ot this stamp are aseassins. Beset on the one hand by citizens suffering in comfort, health, and depreciation of property, and on the other opposed by powerful and com- bined interests, which have baen_able, in some Tnstances, to control legielation, Dr. Rauch's po- sition has been no sinccure. Honest and earnest in his desire to injure no one; alive tothe vast importance of the pack- ing interest to Chicago; bolieving that we can- not live on bread alone, but must have slaugh- tering-houses convenient to the city,—he has striven to do justice to all, ‘What other cities can boast of better sanitary conditions than Chicago, excepting those that are blessed with tidal streams? What other city has grown with the repidity of Chicago, with our ever-increasing necessities for proper sewerage and health-protecting laws ? That there is much yet to be done, no one will question, nor that the public will encourage and support our Superinterdent in the full discharge of his duties. Enemies are friends when they discover to us our short-comings. 2 ‘The packing and slaughtering houses cannot ‘be driven from us, but cannot they be made to cease giving offence ? Are there not scores of d:lvtices for accomplishing such necessary re- sults ? Is it the part of wisdom to wait until spring, ‘when the cholera will be at our doors, before en- forcing our sanitary laws ? ‘Wait until then, and how many of these estab- lishments are there that with their best offorts could complete their arrangements before cold ‘weather fi&a;in setin? 5 Thus, oughout the summer, our people would, Wwe fear, find the threatened destroyer at their ‘doors, made more ready by the unsup- prossed nuisances, We think it would be wise to issua an order 70w, that, on the 1st of March, let us say, all of theso establishments shall be closed, unless they have in constant operation or application some method of suppressing all offence. ‘This would give us a glorions summer after our winter of discontent. x e, Tinfoll Hangings. Paper hangings for walls are known fo evers- body; wooden hangings have lately been invent- ed; and it i5 now proposed to use hangingsmade of ‘metal. Tho metal employed is tinfoil, in sheets about 16 feot long, 2nd from 30 £0 40 inches wide. The sheets are painted and dried at & high temperature, and are then decorated with many different patterns, such as foliage, flowers, geometrical figures, imitations of wood, orlandecapes. When decorated,thesheets are var- nished, and again dried, and are then ready for sale. Minfoil isin itself anturally tough, and the coats laid upon it in proparing it for the market increase the toughness. The hanging of these metzllic shoota is similer to prper hang- ing, weal thersto. "Thus in this way.a Toom or a house may be nnwlg painted without any smell of paint to annoy or herm tho inmates. 3loreover, the tinfoil Keeps out damp; and es the varnishis damp-resister; the protection to the room is two- fold. Experience has shown also that cornices, moldings and irregular surfaces mey be covere with the tinfoil as readily ss a flat surface; hence, there iy no_part of a dwelling-louse or public building which may not be decarated with these new sheets ; and, as regards stylo and fin- ish, all who eaw the specimens exhibited wero made aware that tho highest artistic effects curlud be - achieved at pleasure—Ckambers' Jour- nal. fi?t ihat the wall is varniched with & St BEOSTON. The Question of Relick, Boston (Nov, 14) Cnn;lipwlxgmu of the New York rald. The Citizens’ Relief Committee mot at their hall this_forenoon, Hon. William Grayin the chair. Mr. Gray said he had received a daspatch from Philadelphis introducing Messra. Shippen, Marcy, and Agnms, representing the Relief Com- mittee of that city, and, with the consent of the Committee, he wonld invite them to come inand take part in the deliberations of the meeting. Tho Mayor of Lowell has been invited to be present. Mr. Gray then alluded to the many noble offers of assistance which had been prof- fered by other cities immediately upon hearing of the fire, and the only question which arose then was what anawer could be made to thoso parties. It was necessary that some response should bemade, and, pendingtheinvestigation by which only the extent of our calamity bo known, o despatch was prepared aud sent by Mayor Gaston, with the full approval of the Committes, to the Mnéors of Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Phila- delphia, Chicago, Allegheny City, Providence, and the President of the New York Chamber of Commerce, informing them that pecuniary assistance would be received with hearty thanks. The responsibility of the despatch shonld rest or. the Committee, but believing that the peoplo of Boston could provide forthe sufferers, he offered the following resclution « Resolted, That while we are profoundly grateful to tho people of all parts of the countrs %ho have ex- pressed their sympatby and tendered thelr assistance tousin our calamity, and with_entire readiness and thankegiving Lo accept the same if circumstauces made 1t necessary fo do 8o, it gives unalloyed pleasure to say {hat while our losses have Loen great, that Providenca has 80 bleseed our people that the assistance 0 gener~ ously tendered our citizens is not required. The resolution was seconded by Thomas Rus- sell. Mr. Nathan Matthews did not think they wero prepared tosay that they would not re- ceive aid from abroad. The merchantscould not afford to relieve the sufferers, and it mustbe done in other ways. Rev. William B. Wright had found many Joung men and women who wero in need of elp, and it seemed to him that there was an imperative demand for an immediate fund. on. Josiah Quincy agreed with others that it was too early to refuse aid, and ho moved that the subject be Jaid on the table. Mayor Gaston hoped some action would be taken by the committee, eo that definito answers cauld be given the citics and towns which had 80 generously proffered aid. Common courtos; alone demanded this. He had very decide opinions a8 to what should be done, and hoped the committee would take definite action im- mediately. The question was about to be taken on the resolution, when ex-Governor Clatiin desired that Mayor Gaston might give his views on the subject. Tho Mayor said *o thought nearly all of them failed to apprecis.e the magnitude of the loss sustained by the fire, not only by the wealthy people, but by the poor. There were two forms of charity in this city; one of which +was aid bestowed by the city government in the usual channels, and the other was_private charity, which_existed ouly to & limited extent, neither of which forms, h believed, the peopla of Boston wanted to resort to in order to relieve the sufferers. Asaid would not be asked by those in neced under these existing forms the question was, should we dare to interpose and refuse theaidso generously offered, and tako the foarful responaibilty of standing be- tween charity and suifering, because we were too proud to receive assistance ? He was proud es any person in Boston. butin an emergoncy of this "kind, where thousands of peopls were turned out of employment, he knew no State or municipal lines, but would thankfully recoive the gifts so generonsly offered. If a fund could be raised hera sufficient to meet tho wants of sufferers this winter who would never beg, bus mmet be sought out and cared for, then it would e perfectly proper to say to other cities, wo thonk you and sliall not need your moblo offers of assistauce. Butuunless that fund could be guarantoed on the spot he did not believe it right under existing circumstances to reject those offers. The remarks of Mr. Gastou were warmly applauded, and the resolution was laid on the table by unanimouy vote. ulr. Nathan Matthews then offered the following resolution: Resolved, That tho Committee, in behalf of tho citi- zens of Boston, return mostsincers thanks to their fellow-citizena in all parts of ihe Union, for the warm cxpressions of sympatly which thoy have tendergd at this time of culamity, and for the friendly offers of cuniary aid which they bave made, and that Ixiatmllily offers be and they are hercby gratefully ace cepted. " Ar. J. M, Wightman hoped the resolution would pass. JMr. P. A. Collins_thought it onght to be un- deretood what tho City Government and citizens of Boston Exopoaed todo; but, until it was set- tled that the wants of tlio sufferers could be fully mot by our people, he did not_beliove in taking the fearful responsibility of allowing peopla to suffer because wo were too proud to receive aid. He was not 8o sanguine as some abount employ- ment being soon furnished those who wero burned out, but he hdped the resolution would be laid on the table at present. Colonel Henry Walker then moved to table tho resolition until the situation was fully under- Btood by the Committee. Mayor Gaston said he wonld much rather see tho resolution voted down than to see it laid on the table. Delay meant to kill the resolution, and if they wero to receive aid it must be dono 10w, a8 other cities and towns would soou got discouraged at the course pursued byus. He did not belisve the Committee of citizens under- stood the extent of suffering that the firo had caused ; but were they placed in his position they would soon have an opportunity to under- stand that, under ordinary circumstances, there was much more want than peoplo supposed. Already in tho parish presided over by the Rev, Mr. Healy there were 1,000 persons who had exfiefienced the effects of the fire. ov. Robert Laird Collier eaid that the £50,000 ap%x;]oprined by the Relief and Aid Com- mittee of icago could be returned without leaving any doubt a6 to its future approprietion, but the 850,000 raised by the citizens in thirty minutes could not be 8o well disposed ef. Per- sonally he should regrot to retarn and say, ¢ Boston declines your offer” when it offered the citizens of Chicago such great joy to give. Their position was a gratoful one to Boston, and he belioved thet the people of this city wore bardly on the bot line of suffering, Those ‘who were thrown out of employment by the fire must Dbe sought out and cared for, and they should not be permitted to suffer. He (Mr. Coll- ier) was afraid Mr. Gray mistook the situation. ‘When the spring time came and it should be found that the money was not needed, it wonld ‘l:e khme to ask the doners to take the money ack. Mr. Shippen, one of the Philadelphia Relief Committes, said that no body of peoglo over came to Boston without being most hospita- bly received, and no emergency had ever arisen in any part of the country when Boston wag not a.mflng the first to extend its sympathy snd help. Now Boston 1was asked to allow other cities to do the same. They did not come to offer charity to her peoplo; bus only to return the bread she had cast upon the wators. If a fire or any other calamity shonld occur in Philadelphia they could not accept Bos- ton's aid unless shoin the present emergency re- ceived that offered by Philadelphia. He urged the people of Boston not to throw a wet blenket upon the kind hearts which had been touched by the calamity. [Applause.] Mr. Matthews® resolution was then unani- mously adopted, and tho result was londly ap- lauded. P Ir. Gray esid that the result gave him grest satisfaction, but he felt it to be a personal dnty to bring it before the meeting, and cheerfully scquiesced in its decision. He stated that he wanted the gentlemen from Chicago to nnder- stand that it was eubject to their dis- [Applsuse.] Mr. Gray farther stated that Mri. Harrison Gray _Otis had sent $500; the New Bedford Relief Committee on the Chicago fire offered £2,000, which was a surplus they had on hand, and 25,000 bad been offered by parties in London. '.E. 8. Tobey stnted that the Boston Young Men's Chiristian Association had on hand 810,000, which was intended for the relief of Chicago, un- less it should be thought proper to make other disposition of it. 3 Mr. 8. A. Stetson ssid the 0dd Fellows of Chicago hiad offered $1,000, and the 0dd Fellows of Portland had volunteered to provide for the safferers. A committee consisting of Messrs. Thomss Gaffield, Thomas Russoll, George B, Faunce, Jesomo Jones, Charles E. (‘V:ggms, and Bradley Gummin;f was_sppointed to report a committes to solicit aid smong citizens and report alist at a meeting tobe held at 10 8. m. Fridey. The meeting, which was very large and | of varnish, .and the shost applied , enthusiastic, then edjourned. Otis Norcross, Treasurer of the Rclicf Fund, has received additional contributions, making the amount 321,938.95. - ¢ Siatement of the Chief Engincer. Mr. Damrell, Chief of the Bostox: Fire Dapart ment, medo o statement, Nov, 13, relative t0 the preat fire, The following is an abstract : Within a short time afterthe fire broke out, e say8 Lo was confident thet it was boyond tho bounds of possibility for the Department of this city to arrest its progress, “and within twenty-reminutes after tho clarm was sonad- ed he telegraphed to the several towns and cities within fifty miles of Boston for lelp, and in cases where telegraphic communication was without avait, he had special trains sent out on the several railroads to bring the desired aid. Notwithstanding the fact that many of tho horses were paralyzed by the recont disease, and were unfit for use, yet steamers Nos. 4 an 7, and several hose-carriages and other appa- ratus were promptly on the ground, and upon the arrival of hosemen were immediately set to work. It may not be generally known that the hose- men do nob constitute the permeneatly paid members of the Department, and that almost al- ways upon an alarm of fire the engines will ar- rive upon the scene ready for action_before the hosemen who are summoned from their homes can reach the spot. No unnscessary delay, how- ever, was occasioned Seturday night, and the men used all their energies to check the volume of flame which enveloped the burning building, and a general alarm brought to the spot the en- tire force of the city, these alarms being given in rapid succession, The Chief early compre- hended the situation, and knowing well the character of tho buildings, their groat height, many of them being surmounted with Mansard roofs, and filled with goods, together with the narrowness of the streats, he became satisfied that a large portion of the business section was doomed. Y A year since, & complete examination of this territory was made, ande the Board of Under- writers were then informed that, should a fire break out under adverse circumstances, they might expect a very serious_conflagration. No soouer had the firo attained headwny, than the Chief at once conferred with hia assistants, who ‘were assigned to different points, with directions to check the flames at their respective stations if it was within the bounds of possibility to do so. Thego orders were obeyed to the letter, until the immense volume of flame forced the firemen to retreat to other quarters. When it became evi- dent that Fronklin streat was devastated, the Chief had & consultation with the Mayor at a store on Pearl street, and subsequently with ‘members of the City Government, who approved his course, which also met the viewsof the Board of Engineers. ) As the conflagration swept onward, crossing street after strect in its merch, it wes decided to blow up all the buildings on Milk streot on the south eide, from Devonshire street to and through Morton place, as many of the buildings in this locality were of & very combustible na-~ ture, and would endanger tho entire northern section of the city. This was between 12 and 1 o'clock on Sundsy morning,but a sulficient quan- tity of powder could not bs obtained in this city at that time, and Alderman Jenks despatched police officer to the Navy Yard with a request to Commodore Parrott to furnish a quantity of that erticle. With commendable promptness the Commodore ordercd five 100-pound kegs of powder to bo placed in & hack, and tho officer soon roported back, when the blowing up of buildings on Washington, Devonshire, and ‘Water streets was commenced. To make the corner of Milk and Washington streets the objective point in the ravages of the fira southward, every effort was made, end fortu- nately proved successfal. Then, to stop its crossing State street and swoeping the section of the city lying beyond that point, a number of buildings were mined on the soush side of that street, and on Devounsbire street, between Water and State streets, but, beforo theso extrome measures were required, the dreadful element was_under control, and all further danger avoided. At an early stage of the calamity Chief Dam- rell despatched a messenger with instructions for the water-boat stationed in the harbor to steam up to the large wharves north of the coal wharves, which Lad then succumbed to the flemes, and this valuable appliance rendered ‘most efficient servico in dronching the wharves, =nd proventing tho fire from raging in that direct on. The Assistant Engineers, under the personal supervision of tho Chicf, succossfully stuyed the tido of flames in that dircction, and the safely of tho northorn section of the city wos then as- sured beyond u doabt. At no time did Mr. Dam- rell or his azsistants apprebend that the fire would cross Washington street, from Summer to Ifilk streets, and to provont such & catastzopho le number of engines wero massed o consideralle slong theb part of Washingion etreet. Tho Chicf regrots that he yielded to the prozsing demands of prominent citizens in the blowinz up of buildings, 23 the courss puraned in conse- quence of their urg .ot entrentios, instead of ar- rosting the conflagration. as they supposed ‘would be tho ca-e, had the effect to ehatter tle windows in adjscont warchouses filled with gocds, ond furnisked additionel fuel for tho nmes. His judgmeut 2nd thet of his assistants was that a square of buildings quite a distanca in advance of the fire elould be demolished, and thus open o gap where o large forco of the Department could be thrown and resist furthor destruction. Whatever mey be the feeling at tho couree pursued in the mansgement of tho fire, the Chief desires it understood that he as- sumes_ all respansibil.iti_, and is ready to be judged in thecase asthe calm deliberation of the public may detormine. In his report after his return from the sceno of the Chicago fire last year, ho alluded to the ‘wooden-built Mansard roofs 23 one of the great causes of the destruction of the costern part of Chicago, and urged that all Maneard roofs in this city be so constructed hezcafter as to af- ford protaction against falling cinders. C—————— THE STORM AT DULUTH. Fhree Vessels and a Steamer Ashoreas Tho Breakwater Seriousiy Dame aged, and the Elevator Badly Lae jured. From the St. Paul Press, Nov, 15, The worst storm expericnced at the heed of Lake Suporior for many years has beon raging ot Duluth for tho past two days. A northeast wind, the most drngorous and mischicf-making which could threaten Duluth, aroso, and soon increased to 2 fearful gale. Great billows of fierce water were hurled into the harbor, dash- ing with a mighty aud damaging force against the breakwater and beach, and the water in the bay rose fiftoen inches higher than it was ever known before. Apout noon_ of Wednes- day two schoomers appeered in the of- fing, aud, instead of attempting to rum through the canal, o3 they might haye done, safely, their Captains undertook to swing them behind the breakwater. Bat it was found im- possible to securo eafoty in this way, and they were thrown upon the beach. Both' were laden with coal. The Francis Palms, of Detroit,loaded with 800 tons coal, was thrown upon the rocks in the bend between the main land and Minnesota Point, and is going to pieces. She was new, and this was her first trip to the lake, The other schooner, the Sweotheart, lies on the beach, half way from the bend to the canal. She is_ lying broadside-to on the send, and will not be se- riously damaged. The Captains of both vessels wero inexperienced on the loke. The vessels ‘were in company, and a Yilot had been ongaged to take them through the lake, and into the har- bor, but he either knew nothing of the canal, or misjudged the amount of protection offered by the breakwater, for he did not attemptto take them into the bay. The schooner Alice Craig, of Bayfield, light, was also beached, and has gone to pieces. El'he stesmer St. Paal, which was_lying at the ele- vator dock, finding her position untenable, at- tempted t0 pass t| ough tho canal into tho bay. When the matter was_broached by the Captain, the greater portion of her crew deserted her. But the attempt to tal her through was made, and but for the unfortunate mishap that her wheel became entangled ins line, she would have goue throngh sefely. As it was she was beached on the %nint to the north of the canal. Bhe lays with bow to shore, very easily, and has been but slightly damaged. She can be "ensily dredged off when the sea subsides. A rumor was afloat that two coal schooners which were following the Palmsand Sweet-~ heart had gone sshore, one at_Choster_ Creels, and the other near Superior. But an investi- gation Proved this tobe incorrect, and they are probably sefely ensconsed behind the isiands near Bayfield. The damage done to the breakwater is very serions. This structurs had been extended somo 500 feet this year, making it_in all 1,500 feet long. It was built 30 feet wide and about 26 feot high, of timbers, the centre being filled with rock. So tremendous was the forco of the swolls, that thoy would lift out rocks weighing 1,500 to 2,000° pounds, and about 9 o'clock Wednesday night the end of the breakwater nearest the elevator began to give way, A wild sea wall of rocks projected some 300 feet from the shore, but afforded no protection, and this part_of the structure went first. The swells continued to cut into the timbers, and soon the whole top of the breakwater was torn off, and the timbers hurled far up on the beach. Itis hoped, however, that the damage does not extend much below the water line, except at the extreme ses end. The waves rolled fenrfully high, dashing fifty feet up on the elevator. A8 Boon as the top of tha breakwater had been demolished, the merci- less waters attacked the elevator itself, and their terrific blows soon crushed in its doors, and the ser poured in upon the floor, breaking it down. Aside from this the bailding is not materially dnmnge\i, but if the breakwater is not soon re- paired. the floes of ice this winter will do incal- culable injury. A short piece of track to the resr of the elevator, used to back unloading trains upon, has been washed away. The freight bouse was threatened, but the freight was all snfely removed. p The tug Bob Anderson was moored outside at the commencement of the storm, and was finally abandoned by its Captain and crew. Its owners offered a reward to any one who would take it through the caval. Captain Wheler, of Oneota, volunteered for the dangerous task, and succeed- ed in placing the boat in safety. The breakwater was only about one-third long enough to cover the canal, and it was therefore unprotected. Fortunately it was not injured, except that one or two oulside cribs were slight- Iy undermined. No damage was doneupon Min- nesota Point, other than to a few shanties near the beach, which were somewhat injured by tim- bers from the breakwater, Yesterday morning the wind shifted to the northwest, and the sea subsided considerably, but fears aro entertained that it may change back into the northeast again. At present itis driving directly upon Superlor City, but what extent of damage, 1f any, was done there, coald not be ascertained. The_schooner Palms lies about fifteen rods from the shore, and it was found impoasible for the crew to getashore Wednesday. Among them was the Captain’s wife. _Thoy were obliged to stay aboard all night, with their vessel going to pieces. Yesterday, about 12 o'clock, they suc- ceeded in escaping from their unpleasant predic- ament, by running & line from the yard-arm to the shore, and rigging upon it a chair. Aa the Sweetheart was going ashore, the mato, who was in the rigging, mado a misstep, and fell iuto the ses. Fortunately ho was thrown up to the side of the vessel by & swell, and his mates gucceeded in catching and rescuing him. ‘The track of the Lake Superior & Minnesota Road at Spirit Lake, eight miles this side of Du- ath, was torn up by the swells for the distance of several rods, and detained the meil tram five hours yesterday. METHODRIST MISSIGNS. Annual Mceting of the General Com= mittee of the NMethodist Episcopal Church Misslonary Society—Basis of Appropriations, $500,000. From the New York Herald, Nov, 15, Yesterday the General Missionary Committes of the Methodist Episcopal Church, consisting of the thirteen Bishops and some twenty or thirty ministers end laymen appointed by the General Conference and by the Board of Man- agers, under the coustitution of the society, met in anoual eeexion to make the missionary appropriations for 1873 for the home and for- cign flolds. Bishop Janes presided, and, affer devotional exercises were held, and the minutes of the last year's meeting read for information, the Treasurer's re&oxe Was_pre- sented by Dr. Thomas Carlton. It showed that at the beginning of the fiscal year, Nov. 1, 1871, there was a balance in the treasury of $23,937.88; that the receipts from that date up to the cor- responding date of 1872 amounted to 3661,036.60; that the disbursements during the same perio reached 2598,647.63, and that there is now, there- fore, in the treasury & balance of $86,396.85. from this balance, however, is to be deducted drafts for the East Indian mission, which had not been presented when the report was made up, but hove been called for since—312,447. De- ducting also from belance the amount on hand at the begirning of the fiscal year, the in- crease of collections for 1872 over the previous year will be found to be $49,961.97, including an extra special collection, to relieve the treas. ury from n former indebtedness, of 321,000, TUpon the strength of this report, therefore, and ‘upon their own review of the work and its needs for the coming year, Dr. T. )L Eddy, ono of the Missionary Secretaries, moved that the appro- priations be based on an income of 2800,000. Dr. Trimble was afraid to go beyond the basis of last year, 5700,000, but Dr. Carlton thought they should not stop at'a less sum than $800,000, and he believed they could as readily ask fof and get $900,000 from the Church. Dr. Dashiell, Missionary Secretary, said they had examined their estimates very carefully, and were convinced they could nat get along with less than $500,000. Dr. Eddy substantiated this statement, and Dr. Hitchecock, of Cin- cinnati, was of opinion that the Church would raise $1,000,000 if God's work demands it, The Western Conferences, 8o far ashe could judge, are bopefnl, and teady to raiso their proportion, but be wad afruid at the eame time that these promises could be realized. He was airaid to give an estimate of his own be- causo the collections had so ofien fallen below his estimato. Still, he thought 3500,000 as lit- tle a8 tho Board could work tpon this year, General Clinton B, Fisk, of St. Louis, who had beon elected Assistant Secretary, thought they should not atop short of 38t60,000. The fears that that the Boston fire would grently diminish the receipts from the New England Conferences he thought were groundless. The Rock River Conference after the Chicago fire went to work - and increased its collectivns and subscriptions $4,000 above _the pravious year. r. Hitehcock explained that "this in crease wag n.;;g&reut and Dot real, since on ne- count of the firoin Chicago, which burned up thoir books, otc., no_reports could be maide of the moneys then on haud, aud hence nearly the tw0 years’ collections appear in this year's axhib- it; and such was the case to & lesser extent with somo of the othor Western Conferences. Dr, Trimble withdrew his motion for 570,000, and $800,000 was made the basis of the appropria- tions for the year 1873, [Among the appropriations mado on the 14th were the following:~ 4,000 to the Illinois Con- ference (Swedish): $2,500 to the Minnesota Conference (Swedish and Norwegian) ; $3,000 to the Wiaconsin Conference (Norwegian) ; 52,500 to the Chicago Conference (Germen); $5,000 to the Northwest German Conference; 31,200 to the Detroit Conference (Indian); 51,200 to the Michigan Conference (Indian); and $400 to tho Wisconsin Conferonce (Indian).} In the domestic appropriations the Chicago Conference, besido its regular ppropriation of 83,750, asked for $1,500 extra, as = loan to the German Mission in Chicago, which lost every- thing by the fire last year. They own a plot of ground, 100 feet squate, in the business part of the city, and ave building upon it s business block, with church accommodations in it ; but in ihe meantime they have no money to hiro o hall or support their missionary. Objection was mada to giving money to this object, becunse it was beyond the jurisdiction of the Committee, The appropriation was made, and the vote was afterward reconsidered and the matter referred to the Board of Managers, with & recommenda- tion to appropriate that sum for its_contingent fund. Bishop Janes was surprised that they could hesitate a moment to give this money to a man who, if Lo were to put Limself in the mer- ke, col:xlll get tho very best appointuents in the urch, THE HORSE DISEASE. Bonner and Bergh. From the New York Sun, Nov. 14, Yesterdey a Sun_reporter called upon Mr. Robert Bonner, st tho Ledger cffice, to obtain his opinion of the dropsical disease, which has broken out among the horses during the pest few days. Mr. Bonner has no apprehension that the malady will be attended with any very ger- 5 0 n¢ 5, 8aid ho, at young and rfiumu horses will be likely to cnhi it. glt is only the old and broken-down snimals that are Linblo to get it—that is, as far as the dropsical tendency i8 concerned. In one-half of the cases where the legs swell it is probably owing to tho horses’ feot being bound.” The best remedy for this is to take off the shoes for o time and apply an oil meal poultice.” Reporter—Do you think, Mr. Bonner, that this disease has Ho connection with the recent ??;:?mfi; :13‘.{1, in hr;dce, oy ho]:ee is liable to-gat y er it has an attack of the i ma.lm]ior otherwise ? frevions r. Bonner—I think sny old or overworked Borze is liable to catch it, though, doubtloss, meh a8 ;::ge already beog veakenod and Te- . e epidemic are 1 i nn%:y thtm utv!;eg. ly to catch it more Reporter—With regard to the dropsy. do think gflr{ect rest essential for its curpss.g' o Mr. Bonner—By no means; the best medicine 8 horse can have under such’ circumstances is moderate exercise. During the recent epidemic Mr. Bergh made o fatal mistake in forcing tho Third Avenuo Company to return_so many of their horses to the stables. A diminution of work was certainly necessary, but not more 8o than limited cxercise. Had the horses been al- lowed to make one trip a day the result would, Lam sure, been very beneficial, and the number of fatal cases considerably lesa. = Reporter—Do you think the disease lLikely to become epidemic ? ¥ Mr. Bonner—No, unless by neglock or im- proper treatment it should turn into farcy. Then, of course, it would become 80. Roporter—How are your own horses, Afr. Bon- ner. Mr. Bonner—They are nearly all quite well 1Ow; & congh is rarely heard in ths stable. Very few of them escaped the epidemic, and I at- tribnte their recovery in a great measure to their baving been moderately exercisedin 8 ring every 2. s The officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals are destroying horses con- demned by the veterinary surgeors at the rate of nearly twenty a day. _All of them have been more or less affected.” The animls which had been suppozed to ba cured had been. put to work, but had refused their food, and their limbs had swollen to an enormous size, evextually break- ing out in sores, and showing all the symptoms of farcy. In other cases the head end neck have awelled to & prodigions eize, All duy long own- ersare sending or telegraphing to Mr., Bargh to send ofilcers to destroy their animals. From the New York World, Nov, 14, The following letter has been issued by Mr. Bergh, concerning the horse diseaso : . ‘“Dean Sie : My opinion, based on observa- tion and inquiry, is that the disorder is boih ‘better and worse, if you will pardon a paradox. Tt is worse, becauss it has passed into secondary and tertiary stages, instead of subsiding in the i . 1tis better, because death, the mos skilful of surgeons, has cured the otherwise i . curable animals of all tacir ills, and sent the beyond the greed of their human masters to € rendering-dock, where they may be seen in hie hecatombs, awaiting the aztion of that compsy, thus furnishing additional avidenceof the utity of that noble animal in desth as well as in}te. That thousands of horses wonld have survind, bad their owners and the public allowed s wretched animals 2 little rest and care, is wil ascertained ; but notwithstandioy a full know- edgo now of the truth the work of selfishnes and cruclty goes on, revoaling tha fact that th dizease i3’ subsiding, not so_muc! by the skil and humanity of men as by the éffettive instru- mentality of the last Physician of sL. This So- clely, asis admitted by all the respatablo press, bas” done and is doing all in its pywer in the remises, the unfriendly and illiberal opinion of Alr. Bonuer to the contrary notwithstmding. A Jjust and reasonable public will realize how for- midable is the trouble with which wen~ra con- tending, end do not fail to recognize tas for bearance on the part of the officers of ths So- ciety, alike in its relations to the public as vell as itg responsibility to the humene duty they have in charge. “Yours, etc., “ Nov, 13, 1372.” R S GENERAL NEWS ITSKS. A euspension bridge is to be swung across he Miesissippi River near Minnehaha. . The depth now reached in boring for salt st Muskegon i3 1,340 feet. —There are cases of emall-pox in Lincoh, Broadwell, Lewiston, and other places in Cen. tral Illinois. —Owing to the searcity of mast, bears ara do ing considerable damage to corn-fields in Arlar- sas. —Prairie fires in Hardin County, Yowa, hare consumed property to the amount of 15,00 within two weeks. . —Dubuque is to be the beadquarters of the Government interior coast survey this winter. —The remnant of the Semiuole tribo in Flor- ida is divided into three families of about twe.ty persons each. —The quantity of lumber sawed ot Minneara- lis the past season will closely approximatc to 185,000,000 feat,—possibly 10,000,000. —The county seat of Adems County, Iowr, has been changed from Quincy to Corniag by a ‘mejority vote of 204. —The annual meeting of the American Wom- an Suifrage Association will be held at St. Louis, Mo... in Temple Hall, Nov. 20 2nd 21. —Twenty Romaa Catholic Bisbops have gone forth from the Diovese of Cincinueti, a greater number thau from any other diocese in the Uuited States. —Through passengers cn the Central Paciic Reilroad in October: To the East, 2,322; to tha West, 4,213 Total, 6,535. —Sume enterprising eapitalists of San Fran- cisco propose to manufacturo the bark of tha Oregon cedar tree into stuttiug for mattresscs. Pulu, soup root, and horse hair must take o tacl: seat. —Regnlar passengor trains will be rnn over the Lake Shore Road, hetween Sheboygan aad - Milwankee, within two weeks, —The Comuittes of Seveuty is engaged on o new charter for New York City, reatorivg the ab- Jjectionable minority represoutation clause of a year ago. —E. L. Todd, ahsconding telegraph operator, Teturned to his bome at (ardiner, Johnson * County, K., aud there murdered his young wife. 6 water supply hus again feiled a4 Con- tralia, and the Illinuls Central Railroad Company are hanling water from the Big Muddy to run their muchitie shops., —Atarecent wedding in 3nskegon, 3Mich., tho bride was adorued with diamoads to the amount of 350,000. The groom eported twvo sol- ituires on his shirt front valued at 25.000 each. —An English draggist was the other day con- d, for the fifteenth time, of neglecting to nato bis child. He has already paid noarly £14 in fines and law charges, but is &till obdu. Tate. The fine was repeated. —As two women in Philadelphia, were re- turning from the spectacle of General Meade's obseqnies, they wero attackedby aratiian ; where- upon oue of them kuocked him down with lier umbrella. -A young _couple were married in Decorah, Towa, Satorday weok, and on Thuradsy the {ather of the girl came and took her away. She ‘was only about 14 years old. —There are rmmora that the Chicago, Clinton & Dubuqne and the Chicego, Dubnque & Min- nesota Ruilroads are to be consolidated with the Michigan Central and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroads. —Somae of the river counties in Iowa, where timber is scarce, bave o large number of home. steaders who live in god honaes, and burn the 4 Hexey Bracy, President- rank river bottom grees for foel. They twist it, when dry, into ropes. Thus propared, if gives out an intense lLeat, and ias lsting qualities. . —The old Livinston House, in Poughleepsie, is being demolished, preparatory to tha aect~ of the buildings of the udeofiiiver Iren FO1 pany, of that city. The house is one ¢ € oldest in the State, having been erected 1n ¢ eighteenth centary. ; —It is snid that'the present mansgemenof the Erio Bailway have decided to ramovehe names, monograms, pictures, and all othefo- membrances of Jo3 Gould of James Fisk from the engines, forry-boats, palace coses, and other property of the Company. —Somebody has dug up & copy of thirst edition of Dryden’s ation of Virgil, ifiich thore is an engraving represonting menrag- ging a load of hay, while all around are thick, dying, and dead horaes—things, in fact, pretty much as they do now. The of tho third book of the Georgics the symplorus of this ancient epidemic, and g are quite similar to those of the present —Te New Orleans, Little Rock & Spo Ruilroad Cowpany has obteined promisgf {rom every county on the line in Ark: one exception, from Pulaski to the Iisiana State liue, and also d subscriptionsdn as- sesament lus been levied on the stoc}lders, and asurvey is to be commenced mmmiately from. Little Rock to Camden, Shrevep, and Alexandria. —Daltimore is in_trouble about heicanty supply of water, and the authoritics ni have under cousideration o plan by which germa- nent adequute water-supply can be gec:d at a cost of §3,500,000, 2nd two plans for LPOTary Eupfiliea until the completion of the pmanent work, 2t the respective costs of /000 and SHEDjt‘)‘(:]D. 5 Berbeidad —Jidge Scudder, of New Jerey, hesecide that any one_but & licensod 10tel’ keoyr may sell liquor by large measu-¢ on credit,und re- cover the debt by law, but «hat the law phibit- ing & hotel keeper from recovering foxdebts contracted for liquor sold on_ his prises, makes no distinction between tho sale Harge or small measure. ¥ —The earnings of the Peninsula Divim of the C. & N. W. Ry, ou the transporton of oro alona, will smount to about $850.0 this year. ' Tho road is but about 70 mil/long, exclusive of itsbranches into the mine¢ The earninga on ore in October were about 81,000 ; in August, the heaviest month, aboat §7,000. Besides the ore traflic, thero is a large psenger travel over the road, and an immunse arant of freight going northward. _ —~The current of air created by the dnes in the Boston fire was 8o great that fragnts of paper wore carried sixteen miles away Leaves of check-books &nd ledgers were und al Quincy, Hanover, and East WeymouthCinders fell in Abington, Hanover, and Pemoke. A charred 950 note was picked up at Eas Abing- tan. The glare of the conflagration w seen by night at Concord, N. H., and the lightvas dis- tinctly visible ninety miles at 808, andas also noticed off the Isle of Shoals, . —Thera was an auction pale of Amean and foreizn postage stamps in New York Winesday night. Amoug the stamps sold were tkfollow- ing, mostly Confederate and Provision, which gflmefl very mfi: prices: 3¢, Livingsn, Ala- ama, $23; 20, Mobile, 317; Athens, feorzia, %:r;n?rger'g gtnlzszsp, l;}auklin'%hcnd 155 3c, ) irginia, $5; Marine, Virginia, ;10 ; 5c. Brattleboro, 38+ Se. Baton Houge, 1o, 9750 10c. Nashville, Tt 8 ; 3c. i ST.50; 5o. Mavon, Ga. g, Tasavle Tonn.