Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 21, 1872, Page 1

¢+ YOLUME 25. CHICAGO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1872. NUMBER 94. ORIENT INSURANCE C0..- OF EFTARTFORD- AssersNov.1,1872 - - = = ~ = = §651,000 CONNECTICUT FIRE INS, CO, OF ETARTFORD. Rssets Nove 1, 1872 - « - = « - -5650,000 Eastern - INSURANCE €0, OF BAINCOR. sasets Nov. 1, 1872 - = « = Over £400,000 LANCASHIRE " INSURANCE €0, OF MANWCHESTER, ENGLAND, insurance Fund B ¥ Net Assels = = = 8543525433 The above Companies have but small losses by the great Boston fire, ?gfi will, of course, pay all losses in 3 ‘_Pérfi_es desiring first-class indem- nity will not fail to see the superior security offered through ouragency. B.W.HOSHER &0, 142 LaSalic-st. ASSURANCE, Landon Assurancs Comyorating Tiocal Committee. . P. GIRAUD FOSTER, __ GORDON NORRIE, - % & R T R sonisan. Boorman, Johaston &Co. CHARLES M. FEY, HOWARD POTTE No. £ Wall-st. AR T . GOOLD H. REDMOXND, Of Deanistoun & Co. Fotal Funds, Gold, - $13,234,425 Fire Assets, Gold, - - $5,064,000 GEQ. C. CLARKE, Agent, - S and 4 Bryan Block. ‘Eosurazcs effooted on Business Buildings, Merchandise ‘Provisions, Dwellings ead their conteats, TREES. - LARGE FOREST TREES, Wo are now prepared to transpiant any quantity of For~ wat Troos, and warrant them to grow thrifeily. For the gharacter of aur work ws refot to the big trecs planted by Bsoa Ashiandav, @ fn Tincoln Park. Parties desiring troes transplanted daring tho coming winter will plezse hand iu theirorders earls, €0 wo can ‘prepero the ground before the frost setsin NELSON & BENSON, 129 & 131 LaSalls-st., basement of Boone's Block, REBIGVALS. REMOVAL. FASHIONAELE FURNITURE! V. Vi. STRONG FURKTTURE (0., 266 & 268 Wabash-av. FURNITURE. ~ D. M. SWINEY & BRO. MANUFACTURERS OF Counters, Partitions, Rails, Cylinder Desks, Ete. FACTORY: 507 T0 513 KINZIE-ST, CORNER REUBEN CENTRAL BLOCK, Room 7. GENERAL NOTICES. STEAM HEATING. Fstimates furnished on application. General stosm ‘ gobblng. HERON, SHITH & TOOERS, = 76 West Washington-st. NEW PUBLICATIONS. FATHER BURKE " AKD FROUDE. Bee the TRISTI SWORLD for fall reports of Father Barke's repls to Froude, tho Enelish Listorien. BOSTON TLLUSTRATED. . Tho FRISIL WORLD for this weck contaius a splen- id bisd's.eza view ilinstration of the city of Beston; also Franklin-st. o ¥iro; the Ruins (£ tie Burat District, &o, MISCELLANEOUS, e Cotatatanaaattaasansas s sy Feather Dusters -At Culver, Page, Hoyne & Co.'s, * 118 50d 120 Monroe-st. Chicago, FINE OFFIGE FORNITURE, | SEGARS. Lewis Moss, Tmporter of Ha~ vana Segars, has opened his New Store at 121 South Clark- st. Dealers and consumers will find the largest and hest selected stock in the West, Prices as low as any other Tm- porting House in the United States. Lewis Moss, 121 South Clark-st. Send for price list. LUNT, PRESTON & KEAN, - SODTH SIDE—157 LaSalle-st. WEST SIDE—Gorner Randoiph and Ealsted. Receive Deposits ; Discount Com- merciel Paper; Issue Certificates of Degosxt; Furnish Letters of Credit and Commercial Credits; Transact Commercial Banking in its ‘branches. A, 0.B Ai@;ln%ughter, Comer Olark snd Medison-sts. Buysand sells Stocks, Bonds, and Gold. Receivos moniey o8 doposis and trsns: acts a General Bin king and Brokerags Hasines Repuitic Tnstrancs Gertificaiss Bought and sold by 0. G. BRYANT, 42 West Madisc Lioans WNWegotiated On realestate, in the city or suburbs, at carrent rates. G- S, HUBBARD, Jr., 153 East Washington-st, OVERCOATS. OVERCOATS In every grade for MEN AND BOYS. | The largest stock in the city, all of our own manafacture. EDWARDS, BLUETT & CO., 45 and 47 West Madison-st., Under Shermon Houso, and 73 STATIR SO FUEIT. UNDERWEAR HOSIERY Of every description. LOWEST PRICES, EDWARDS, BLUEET & (O, 45 and 47 West Madison-st., Under Sherman Houso. ST B e T2 TR T ROQTFING MATZRIAL, ROCFING HATERIALY Building Felt. Send for Cirveular and Samples. BARRETT, ARHOLD & KTHBALYL, 230 Monroe-st., Chicago. 37 TO RENT. OFFICES IN THE Tribing Building Are nearly finished. Several are yet untaken. Fire-proof, with vaults, English tile floorsthrough~ out. No offices in the city equal these i in every first-class respect. Plans of the Tribune Building can be seen at the oilice of W. C. DOW, Room No. 1, Nevada Block. FOR SALE. SATE FOR SALE. A first-class Safe, of large size, as geed 28 new, will be sold cheap if applied for soon. Apply at the office of the Secretary of the Board of Trade. FOIN SAT EN, A small job printing office, with power, quarto-medium Globo press, and cighth-medium Gordon press; a fine assortment of typo. Presses aad typo mearly new. A gcod investment for a practical printer. Will bo sold cheap. Inquire at ARDER, LUSE & CO.s Chicago ‘Tspe Foundoy, 129 and 141 Monroc-st., Chicago. FLOUR. Choice brands white winter and spring flour, for salo by LYON & KING, Commission Merchants, . 153 South Water-st. BUSINESS CARD: WELLINGTON BROS. & C0. ‘Were uninjured by the fire, and are doing business 58 usunl at 86 Chsuncy-st., corner of Bedford, Boston. DMasonic. Regular communicstion of Kilwinning Lodge, No. 11, ning, Kov. 21, 182 B A e cotooe aistad and Raatolph 3a: Members will pleas : take notice and attend, asbusinces of imperians wl o bofors o odger 1 o, see, WASHINGTON.. The Proposed New Internal Reve- nze Law, Reduction of Revenue Officials, and Consolidation of the De- pariment. Our Relatiors with IMexico of the Most Cordial Character. A Brace of Hurderers to Ce Hanged, Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. PROPOSED INTERNAL REVENUE LAW. Wasnrseroy, D. C., Nov. 20.—The following bill, drawn by the Commissioner of Interaal Rovenue, will be submitted to the Congressional Committecs of Ways and Means, and of Fi- nance, at their first sitting, ot tho approaching session. It is one of tho most important pieces of legislation that will be recommended, and will causo s greoter interest in every portion of the country than any that will be saggested. Tiie objeet, as will bo scen, is to abolish, at an early date. tho offices of Asecssor and Assistant Aesassor of Internal Revenuo, and heve the busincss of _ fboso Oficers per- formed in the Rovenuo Bareay by clorks, It is held that tho ofiiceof Assessor is no longor nesessary ; that the Littlo business re- maining may be douo by Collectors, Supervisors, and resident officers. The bill a8’ given below meets the approval of the President, who hes iven it much attontion, and also of Secretary outwell, end tho leadiug Supervisors through- out the country. Doth the President, in Lis message, and Boutwell in his sonqal xoport to Congress, will urge the passsge of o similar measure. There ~aro now 230 Assessors in commiesion, whoso salarics aver- oge $5,000 cach per year, making in salavies of nssessors alone, $1,150,000. Thero aro 1,300 Assistant Assossors who male fivo dol- lars perdeay each, or 31,950,000 per year of 100 working days. ‘Tho following are the main fea~ tures of tha Dill : Bo it enacled &c., That on and after the doy of 1873, the fkices Of Asscssor aud Aseist:nt Assessor of Internz! Bevenuo guzll cease fo ezist, and that, Thereafter all duties imposed by lew on Asaessors and _Assistant Assessors, except a3 here- inafter otherwite provided, | be ond the same are hereby transferred to, and imposed on, Col- Iectors of Internal Revenue, to'bo performed by them- selves or by their deputies ; and that all returns and reports reauired by law to bo made to the enid Asecs- 5013 and Assistant Assessors shall be made to the said Collectors or to their deputies ; and that each of eui Assessors shall transfer to such revenno officer a8 may bo designated by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for that purrose, ail bools, papers, and other property belonging to the Government in Lis possee- sion, or in that of any Acsistant Assessors, asd siall flo with his fnal account an inven- tory thereof in defail, with the receipt of said ravenue officer thercfor; provided that the Commiesioncr of Internal ‘Revenue is hereby zuthorized and required to mako tho iaquiry, deter- nation, and assessments of the following Lazes, to- it : For deficiencics imposed by the provisions of Section 20 of an Act imposing taxes on distilied epirits und tobacco, and for other purposes, approved July 29, 1868, cs ameaded by » subsequent act, semi-anuall ou the deposits, capitsl, and circulation of each persor, Dk association, company, or corporation engaged in {he busincss of banking, jmposed by the provisions of Section 110 of an Act {0 provide Tuternal Revenus to eupport the Government and to pay intersst on the pub- licdebt, and for other purposes approved Juno 30, 1861, &5 omended by subsequeut acts; vpon distilled spirits inposed by the first proviso of Section 14 of an_ Act toumend existing laws reicting to internal revenue, and for cther purposes, approved Mrch 2, 18647 upon tobacea, snufl, and cigazs, imposed by Section 60 of an Act imposing taxes on distilled spiriis, tobaceo, and Tor otker purposes, approved Junc 6, 1872; provided, Jurther, that the said Commissioner shall certify such Tesessmente, when made, to the proper Collectors, re- speetively, who shall proceed to collect taxes 5o certi- fied in tho same manner ss assessments on lists are now collected. SEc, 2, Andbe it further enacted, that all special tazes imposed by Iaw, including the tax on stills or ~worma, siall he paid by stamps denoting tho tax, Tho Commissioner of In: Levenue fs_hercby author- §zed and required to re approprisio stamps for the poymeat of such taxes; and the provisions of Sections 26and 101 of an act imposing taxes on die- tilled spirits and tobacco, and for other purposes, ap- proved July 20, 1863, znd oll other provisions of law Telating to tho preparation of stamps for distilied spirite, fermented hquors, tobacco, and cigars, 5o far s applicable, aro hereby extended 50/ 23 to include such stzmps, and tho Cemmissioner of Internal Revenuo ehall biave authority tomalse ail needful rules and reg- ulations relativo thcreto, provided thst every person engaged in any busineds' avocation or employment, ho s thereby mude liablo to a special tax, except to Ezcco pedlers, ehali placa and leep conspicuously in Liis establishnient oF place of businose, zll stamps de noting the pryment of 8xid apecial tax; and any per- 80D Who shall violate 1bis provision of law, by nogli- fence, or refusal, or otherwise, ehull pay 3 penaltyof one hndradidoliare. Sec. 3, And bo it further enacted, That Section 110 of an ach to provide internal roveate to support tho Governmeri, t0 Tay intercst on the public debt, sud for other purposes, approved June 30, 1964, a8 subse- quently smended, thut the returns therein required to L made shall be medo und reudered semi-annually, on. the Ist day of December and the Iet dsy of June, in duplicate, to tho Collector of tho proper districs ro- epccifull, one copy of vhick shall theu bo transmitted by the Collector to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. BeC, 4. And be it forther enccted, That the Acten- titled 2 Act mposing taxes on distilled spirits and to- baceo, and for other purposes, epproved July 20, 1668, a3 amended by subsequent acts, bo furtber amended 25 follaws, to wit: That Section 5 bo amended 6o that the duplicate statoment of tho #run” required to Lo returned by the Assistant Asseesor of thd district shall be berecfter transmittcd by the Collector to the Com- missioner of Internal Revenuos thot Section 19 bs amended £o that one of the duplcate roturns therein required to be sent by the Assistant Assessor of tis district shall bo hereafter transmitted by the Col- eator to the Commissioner of Internul Reveaue ; that 8 be g0 amended that all of the additional ission of ome-half of 1 per cent on the amounts on the tax on distilled epivits therein allowed shall Tereatter bo paid to the Colloctor receiving the tax; that Section 50 be s nmerded us to ruthonzo the ap- ‘pointment of §fty Itevenuc Agents ; that Section 50 be 8 amended that in coso 'any pedler Te- fuses fo exhibit a proper cerfificate from the Collector of his or her district, and fails to show cause why the property seizcd ehall not be for- feited 3 proceedings for its forfeituro ghall be taken and had under the general provisions of the Internal Revenue laws, relating 30 forfeitures; that Section 103 e 80 amended that its provisios aro cxtended and ‘made applicable to the provisiona of this act. - APPOINTED. The Pregident made his words good to-day on ‘the subject of tho Philadelphia Postmastership, by appointing George W. Fairman, the candidato of the citizens and businessmen of Y'hiladelphis, instead of Truman, the candidate of Cameron, Hertranft, and the “ring.” The name will be sent to the Senate on the first dnyof the session. PERSONAL. Mr. Dent, the father of Afrs. Grent, is con- fined to his room, at the White House, with serioas illncss. He is 87 years old, and it is feared he will not rccover. He is unable to move about without assistance. Secretary Belimap will return hero from Tows on Mondsy or_Tuesday next, and it is probable that the new Major General to succoed General Bleade will o appointed shortly afterward. Senator Sherman arrived here to-dey, and had an interviow with the President. THE CHICAGO-BOSTON RELIEF FUND. The difficultics with regard to the unespended balance of the Chicago relict fund yet due from this place, do not appear to bo settled. Yet R. 1, Merrick, as Chairman of thelocal committee for the disbursement of this fund, to-dey ad- dressed a short letter to Governor Cooke, de- ‘manding that the balsnce due of 25,000 b at once turned over to him for disbureement. The reply of the Governor will be forthcoming to-mor- Tow. M. Merrick claims the disposition of this onoy under tho terms of the Logislative act authonzing tho sum to b raised. What the Governor yiil gay in Tesponso to this demznd may b inferred from an editorialon the subject, 1u ono of the morning papers here, which mosd particalarly represents hid views and intorests. fhin cditorial sets forth that this balanco of £25,000 has laid in the District Treasury for some months past uncalled for, and it Wwas supposed by -tho District authorities that it would not be asked for, ingsmuch as it Dad been published to tho world that no more pecuniavy aid was needed for Chicago, which statement was corroborated by the fact flmt_ the Masonic Relief Aseociation of Chicegohad,after 3 thorough oxomiration, eatiefied itgell that the suffering'poor hed been provided for, ard hed Teturned to tho Grand Lodge of the Districtsome by the Masons of the country, and which it was found was not needed in the burnt city. This article concludes as follows: “The amthori- ties of the District did not and do_xot now re- cognize Mr. Merrick’s authority to receive the money in question. The other portion of the n.]()proprinfion hasbeen disbursed on tho order of the Mayor of Chicago, and, as sfated in sub- stanco to the applicant named, the remainder will be placed to his credit whenever he makes application in the manper he has done heretofore. If the money is noeded for Boston let the Mayor o Bignify, andit will be pat to his order as quick a8 & warrant can be drawn. This much and nothing more, While on this subject a question orises, bas this Dis- trich outhority to pay $25,000 to Chicago for the _relicf of Bosfon people, when the law making the appropriation dis- tinetly snys that it shall be applied exclusively to ihe relief of tho suffering people of Chicago " THE STEAJBOAT LOBBY promise the largest and most influential attend- ance in Conzress this winter. Thore was 3 pow- orfal clashing of interests when tho Steamboat bill passed Iast winer, and the opposition to the pronent law will be resumed as soon as Congress fairly commences work. The Western steam- boat interests are &)repumll to sngport the bill as it stands. Tho influence of the Secretary of the Treasury will continue to bo, 83 it has always been, against the bill inits present shape. . DENIAL, Senator Harlan’s Chronicle, to-day, denies that thero is to bo any change in the Presidont's Southern pdlicy. The groundis takien that such action would amount to o confession that the policy of the President in the past towards this section was unjust and urfair. 7 the Szavciated Press. INDIAN APPROPRIATIONS. WasmoroN, Nov. 20.—The Committes on Appropriutions ab their meeting to-day took up the Indian Appropriation bill, and nearly com- pleted action upon it. INTEBVIEWED. The Hon. William G- Keliéy, of Pennsylvania, Dad & long interview witls tho President to-day, during wluch the Philadelphia Postmastership was talked over frecly. o . TO DE HANGED. Barney Woods, convicted of the murder of S. M. Cheeseman, of New York, will be hanged on tho 25th inst, the Aftorney General baving decided = sgainst his appli- cation’ for = commutation of sentence. Charles Johnson, convicted of the murder of his wife, will bo hanged on the 10th of December. A motion for & new trisl for Cherles H. Brien, o policeman recently convicted, is now pending. Should the motion be denied, he will also be hangeg. " OUR RELATIONS WITH MEXICO. Our Minister to Mexico, Nelson, had a long interviow with President Grant, this aftornoon, in relation_to the condilion of affairs in that conntry. Ho spenks in terms of praiso of the new Prosident of that Republic, and particularly of hisintelligence and desire to preserve and strengthen tho friendship now existing botween Lis own country and the United States. There seoms to be no obeteclo 1n the way of concluding amnow conventior oxtending the timo for disposing of the remaining claims before the United States and Mesican Commision, which by limitation will expire undor the presont Convention in Feb~ Tuary noxt. . It i stated that the Mlexican President is anxions for such extension, and will appoint an Agent in good faith to carry out tho design of thio Commission, in tle place of Guzman, by whoso_action the procecdings were for some weeks interrapted. ~The proliminary steps havo alveady been taken foranew Convention, THE CIVIL SERVICE. It is to-day given out, upon the authority of the Administration, that the interview of the Pepneylvania politicians with the Dresident, relative to tho Philadelphis Post Ofiice, was of the most pleasant character, and that the delegation only asked that if the Civil Ser- vice rules were to be disregorded, Truman might be appointed. To this the Prosident replied that te intended to be governed by the Civil Servico rules in all fature appointments. The President is firm in _this position. Certain politicians who haye determined to attack the Givil Service machinery in_Congress, have used this interviow a8 the basis of an extravagant sensationalism. WESTERN MARINE HOSPITALS. Dr. Woodworth, of the Treasury Department, starts to-dey upon an_inspection tour of the Western United States Marinb Hospitais. CANDIDATES. Judgo Richardson, Assistant Socretary of the Treasury, is Lamed as a candidate for Boutwell's lace. D emard, of Tennssses, 1o now cmndilishs forthe Speakership. He has the support of Brownlow. Tiedale, Fenton's Secretary, is a candidate for the Marshalship of the Suprame Court, vice Par- sonsy f.\cczcd to Congress from the Cleveland strict. TIE MESSAGE. The President being ongagad on his message, will receive but few visitors before the mecting of Congress. . PEESONAL. Mr. George S. Bangs, Superintendent of tho Railway Mail Service, has arrived here from Chi- cago, with his famil; CINCINNATI. Fhe National Commercial Convention —Baptist Sunday School Convention —Ohio River Improvement. CrxerxyaTe, 0., Nov. 20.—~The St. Louis Com- mittee of Arrangements for the National Com- ‘mercial Convention have just notified Hon. N. R. Bishop, President of the Convention which was held in Baltimore last year, that they have changed the time of holding the next Conven- tion from the third Mondsy in No- vember, as appointed by the last conyention, and ealied tho convention to meet, at §t. Louis, on Wednesday, Dec. 11. In pursu- ance of this notice, Mr. Bishop has issucd & call on all bodies entitled to representation to ap- point their delegates. “Tho National Baptist Sunday School Conven- tion and Institute met in this city to-day, and organized by clecting Rov. Dr, 3. L. M. Curry, of Virginia, President; Vico Presidents, L. Thano Miller, of Cincinnati, and Clement Leach, of Illinois; Secretaries, George M, Vanderlip, of New York, and G. Syreck, of the District of Co- lumbia. Committees have been eppointed on resolu- tions, but have not yet reported. The Chamber of Commerce to-day took action adverse to the city contributing a million and a ‘quarter in bonds for the proposed Chesapeske and Cincinnati Railroads. The Ohio River Improvement Commission ‘met this morning. A voluminous paper on the ghn of improving the river was. reng oy Ceptain ames E. Worral, civil engineer, of Harrisburg, Pa. This afternoon & proposifion to invite tho Btotes_ bordering on tho Mississippi River to send delegates met favor in the discussion, and was reforred to o committes for further action. THE WEATHER. War Department Prognostications— Rcports from Various Points. ‘War DEPASTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHEF SraNAL OFFICER, DIVISION OF TELEGRAME AND RepoRTs TFOR THE BENEFIT OF COMDERCE, WasangToN, D. C., Nov. 20.—Probabilities— On the lower lakes and theuce over the Middle and New England States, cloaring cold weather, and southwesterly to nmorthwesterly winds. Ta the Gulf and South Atlantic States, high bar- ometors, generally clear weether, and winds voering to_ the morthwesterly. In tho North- west, Foutheasterly to southwesterly winds, cloudy weather, and felling barometers, extend- ing to-morrow to the lower Qhio Valley and to the Upper Lakes, with snow. has fairly set “Avzoa, IIL., Nov. 20.—Winter in. Theico o theriver, abovo the dam in Au- rora, hasbeen strong enough to bear people, who have croseed over it for the paat three days. Frost extends in the ground hereabouts abont ten inches. Duanu, Now. 2.—Tte weather continues extremely cold, the mercury ran; elow zero. Travel on tho St. Paul & gnux 5‘:25 Rnilxuud“ie still obstructed for & distance of 150 miles. Cuntox, Towa, Nov. 20.—The weather is in- tensely cold. __ MapisoN, Wis.,, Nov. 20.—The Mississippi River is reported frozen over at and above Prai- rie du Chien, snd near LaCrosse. The weather is very cold here. CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 20.—Fourtcen inches of snow fell hero to-day. o ey The Pouliry Discasc. Mmwavree, Nov. 20.—Further reports have been recoived to-dny confirming tho provi- 9900 as its proportion of ~he monoy contributed | ous report of the disease smong the poultry. SNOWED UP. Fears Entertzined of a Terribie Calamify in Hinneseia. Eight Hundred Track-Layers Snowed TUp on the Winona & St Peter Railroad, Their Supply of Provisions Limited, and Communication Cut Off. Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. Sr. Pavz, Nov. 20.—Gloomy news may bo an- ticipated from Minnesota. The track-layers -on the extension of the Winona & St. Peter Rail- road were approaching the western Stato line at the rate of two miles daily when the terrible storm of last Thursday night enveloped them and cut them off from communication with the civilized world. The working forco numbers over 800 men ; and, 80 sanguine wore the exped- tations that the favorzble weather would outlast November, that-no preparation was made to avort tho calamity which, it is feard, hes befal- len thom. Only s limited supply of provisions was kept in storo; for, althongh 100 miles dis- tant from the telegraph, construction trains maintained regalar communication with Sleepy Eye, the nearest white settlement. When intel- ligence of the storm reached Winona, Mr. J. H. Stowart, the General Superintendent, started out with two locomotives and & train of cars; bat, so heavy and deep were the snowdrifts, and g0 intense the cold, that, up to Bat- urdsy morning, thoy hzd not passed New Ulm. There two additional locomotives were attached to the train. Then, taking on board rations for thirty days, and 150 men, besides materials with which to fit op boarding accommodations in the cars for the storm-beseiged party, the train was agein started, Slowly & passage way was forced through drifts eight andten fcet deep, sud, even where the snow did not excoed one foot in depth, 80 hord was it packed that recourse was bad to ehovels before an advance could be made. On Sunday the train hed penetrated 25 miles. leantime the storm raged with & violence un- precedentod, and, when lust heard from, on Tuesday night, the relief train was stuck fast in the ever-accamulating snow, 40 miles west of Sleopy Eye, and 80 miles short of the suffering track-men. Yesterday morning the telegraph wires were down west of St. Petor; and latest reports from Winona, in the afternoon, state that the wind had increased into o furions gale. Tor six days the storm has continued with upa- bated fury. The painful impression created is, that tho men at the end of the treck will actual- ly starvo before relief can reach them. No sup- plies aro known to be accessible, for, in order to secure valuablo lond grant, the lineis being constructed by the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company, in advance of the Govern- ment surveys, far into & country inhabited only by & few adventurons squatters and sickly Indi- ans. The men have with them o large number of horses and mules; and, if compolled by the necessity whose only lawis self-preservation. they may be forced to the seme famishing straits as were Napoleon’s decimated army in the retreat from Russia. WALL STREET. Revicw of the Noncy, Bonad, Stocl, ... @o0ld, ana Producc Marlets. Special Despateh to The Chicago Tridune. New Yorx, Nov. 20.—In the- money market to-day & marked change occurred. During tho morning monoy was ery stringent, and ad- 3§ per cent per diem Tor cail loans, but after the nannouncement was made that tho Treasury had accepted $2,000,000 bonds offered, and wonld pay for tho same in logal tender notes, thore was an easier fecling, and call loans declined _to 7 por cent gold. Aftervards the markel hard- ened ain, and some business was done at 1-32 per diem, but towards the close of bank hours, rates wero 5 t0 7 per cent. Tho dis- count marlict continues close. The minimum rate for_prime paper is 12 per cent. Tho Ezpress says this evening, “The 1,600 National Banks begin to be a little restive as to tho parposo of Secretary Boutwell to foree an exchango of their securitics. The banks insist upon a Teduction of taxon circulstion and de- posits, which tax supports the Bureau of the Comptroller of tho Currency, and rolls mp & owplus of sbout $17,000000. Thera is eome talk at tho Tremsury of increasing the deposits of _eccurity for bapking to 100 per cent instead of 90, and Tequiring an elastic specie reserve, siall at first, but graduslly increasing when benking business Tests on o specio basis.The circulating notes to be issued are to be legal tenders and tho bank notes to bo called in. _This scheme s to bring about specio payments by gradually locking up a Inrge portion of gold, and distributing tho notes in away thet the banks will loso their_identiby, go far us their currency is concerned, and the Unitod States become the redeeming agency.” Tho report_thet Thiers had resigned and Mac)Mahon had been appointed President of tho French Republic was much discassed among the Yoreign baukers. Tho_ roport at one timo had a elight influence on gold and foroign exchanges. FOREIGN EXCHANGE was firmer, with an_improved demand and a decreased aupply of bills. aoLD, opened weak, and_declined to 1136, bub after- wards advanced to 1183, and finally reacted to 11334, STOCES. The stock market way more active, and ad- vanced with some oxcitement in Northwestern, Pecific Mail, and Erie. The market cloged firm. & GOVERXNENT BONDS were doll and heavy. PRODUCE. Flour opened steady, but quict. Tho demand for shipping brands i8 limited for_present deliv- ery, h‘::lfm’d for next month. Family grades were dull and heavy, " At the close, the market was irregular; shipping brands steady, and fam- ily active; medium oxtras heavy and irregular. In wheat, there was little doing; higher prices for spring checked the shipping and milling de- mand. Choico white winter 18 much wanted. The market closes steady and fairly_sctive, the domand chiefly for export. Winter is held with much confidence. Pork was weak ; mess nominal in a wholeeale way. Cut meats generally quiet. Sales 250 very light pickled hams at 12}{c. Ba- con moderately active; long clesr quoted at 8{c on spot ; eales 100 boxes city short clear for December at 834c ; 25 boxes short clear on spoiat 9c. Lard steady. Tho Horse Discase. JANESVILLE, Wis., Nov. 20.—The epizootic has at Inst made its appesrance here, snd all the liv- ery stables have suspended business. Spectal Despatelito The Chicago Tribune, ‘Brrorr, Wis., Nov. 20.—There muat be nearly or quite 100 horses sick here to-day. Tho livery stables are closed. There aro few severs cases. Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune; Mapisox, Wis., Nov. 20.—No well authenticat- od case of epizootic Lina yot appeared Lere. Some horse reported sick with it proves to have something else the matter. 1t is all around us, however. 3 Avsona, TIl, Nov. 20.—The epizootic is in full blast in Atrora and vicinity, nearly all tho horses having retired from use and gone into bran-mashes. The express mattoris conveyed from tho oftice in Aurora to the depot in a wheel- barrow, and strangers' baggage at the hotels is principally delivered in the same_manner. Ona enterprising millonen has come down to a hand- cart in defivering bis millt, and is accompanied about the city by his wifé and two small boys. A prcentible riso is already shown in wood and otfior atticlos brought from the country, and the pmfi%ects are that very eerious pecuniary loss will bo exporienced before the disease zvates. LaSarze, TIL, Nov. 20.—The horso distemper ‘has spreed to such an extent that there aro now but o horses in tke city that have escaped the contagion, and all branches of business are suf- fering in consequence. ‘The price of team work has advanced 100 per cont within the last few days, and is likely to advance still further. Eliot & Co., brawers, are using oxen for tho do- livery of their beer, and it seems not improbablo that the demand for oxen, to take tho place of horses, will become fquite general; but, ss tho number of workipg cattle in LaSallo County is extremely limited, and farmers® horses aro suf- fering equelly with others, the question how to supplay such a demand becomes a perplexing one. ‘Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. Sr. Paur, Minn., Nov. 20.—The epizootic is not epreading, and strect-cars resumed their trips to-day. Snow is falling to-night, and tho dampness may cause an increase of the malady. MILWAUELE, Nov. 20.—The epizootic to-day sliows quite favorabla signs of although s large number of sevare, ani instances fatal, cases are roported. Fi sre reported to-day, one Of the nnmb . ot valued ot 91,300 Tho majority of the horecs first aitacked are roported recovering slowly. Quite a number of horses appeared on tho strects {o-day. One or two omnibuses commonced the regular trensfer of passengers to and from tho treips. The beckmen have obtained = number of teams from tho country not yet attacked by the disesse, xud resumed buginess, charging ouly ordinary prices. Tergo numbers of oxen are offored for salo dnily, and the city is already overstocked. One yoke sold to-day as low as $25. Up to yesterdey ‘prices reached $150 to $200 a yoke, Roox Iszaxp, Nov. 20.—The epizootic is ex- tending very slowly. A livery stable in Molina ’has been attacked by it. CrLEVELAND, Nov. 20.—The Lorse disease is on, the decline, though as yet the streei-cars rua only oceasionally. NEW YORK. Commenia of the Press on the Ires quency of Murder—Summary Justice Advocated—lilnesy of Horace Greeley ~Father BEnrike on Froude—Water Works—Aid for the Danes—The Rou~ manians-0'Neill’s Funernl—Carrie age Buiiders? Associatton—Xo Chick= en Disease in New York—Arrival of Stanley—Breach of Promise. Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. New Yozxk, Nov. 20.—The apperent impossi- bility of punishing any murderer by legal pro- cess in NewYork is a text treated in all tho journzls, and & peremptory demand is made for reform. Itisprobable that the murderer Ring would haye becn Iynched by an cxcited crowd in the street the day before yesterday if the police had not evaded them. The Post says : “*We are not gure that a fow doses of lamp-post justice, administered by in- dignant citizens, would not have had a good effect fm—ing Qedade through which wehave just pagsed.” Even the Tribune goes in for hemp, remark- ing: < Whilo Lenging is the penalty for mur- der, murderers should be hung when blood is not avenged atall. We are very near social disorganization. Of the nearly thirty murdereis now in the Tombs, some have been locked up for nearly two years. Many witnesses have been bribed to leave the city. The shp-shod method of prosecution was exemplified to-day in the trial of the Freachman, Andre, for kill- ing his alleged unfaithful wife. The prosecutor asked for an adjonrnment, because & certain woman has Icfb the city, and there rppears to be a dificalty in finding anybody else to prove that the person killed wes Mrs. Andre. 'I'wo of the most hard- cned sssassing in the “Tombs,” Foster and Murphy, were sentenced to death, but have been granted new trials. In the cases of Stokes and Heggi, the alleged poiscner, the juries dis- agreed. The others have not been' tried, but, xélying on the insanity dodze, are ready for tho farce.” ‘The Society for the Suppression of Obscene Literatare has nearly stamped out the publish- ing of obscene books in this city, some of the dealers having been sentenced fo _the Peniten- tiary, and others removing their ders to adja- cent Statos. The Society heve turned their at- tention to physicians and draggists who sell morchandise rogarded as immoral, Dr. Julian was arrested and broaght before Commissioner Osborn t6-duy on fhe Chirge of depositing in the United States mail a circular adverfising for salo objectionzble rubber goods. Bail wag first fized at 95,000, but after srgument reduced to $2,000, this boing the first cose Of the kin ‘brought before the Federal aunthorities. It is claimed by the prosecution that these circulars are obscene publications within tho meaning of the statute. i ¥ . The Assistant Aldermanic Committee on Rail~ roads held a meeting this afternoon fo heer tho views of the gublia in regard to the resolution authorizing the use of steem dummies on city railroads. A large number of intelligent citi- zona were prosent, and the drift of opinion wos strongly in {avor of discarding horses for stcam., Mr. Peck said he represented 2 Steam Street Car Company, and described the worldng of the car. He esid it ran smoothly and was more economical than a horse car ; that steam conld be utilized to heat the car, and the car could be stopped within 2 distance of six feot. The Committes has the subject under ad- ‘visement. [0 the Associated Press,) New Yong, Nov. 20.—Tho ZTribune says, this morning, of Mr. Greeley that ho has been seri- ously unwell since his wife's death, from nerv- ous prostration, resnlting mainly from the Ee- vere strain upon his nervous gystem through a want of rest and sleep during the Jast month of herillness. Nothing but his remarkable strength of constitution hes enzbled him to give atten- tion to his Tecent duties, but it may be safely trasted to restore him speedily to his nsuel vigorous health. vory part of the Academy of Music was crowded last night to hear Faiher Burke on “ Qliver Cromwell,” in reply to Mr. Froude., He 8poke two honrs and o balf. Mr, Van Nort, Commissioner of Public Works, says it will take 8,500,000 to give the city an adequate supply of water, and he recommends an immediate appropriation of that amount. War is making on the systom of opening streots that hes prevailed, whereby political favorites were made ricL at the expense of ‘Property-ownors and the city. The funeral of Anthony ¥. O'Neill, who_was shot by James C. King, on Monday, took place to-day from St. Stephen’s Church. - ¢ wife and mother of the deceased and s few frionds Were present. At & meeting of the Carriage Builders’ Neo- tional Associstion to-dsy, A. A. Wheeler, of Kentucky, and A. Wocber, of Tows, wera mado Vice Presidents. A commutteo wes zppointed to report at the next meeting the propriety of hav- ing 5 uniform track of road wagons thronghoat the United States. = The Danith Consel in this city makes o public appeal for immediate aid for his countrymen who lost their property bythe recent severe storms in Europe, and who are now in positive want. ‘Stanley arrived by the Cubs, and was escorted up the buy by a delegation from the Geographi- cal societies and the Herald Club. Scannel and King will bo tried in December. Dr. Nathan Newton hss received a verdict of 7,000 from the Brooklyn City Railroad Com- pany, for injuries received in falling from one of the open cars, his ground of suit being that the gnn;d of the car was loose, and not properly attached. Julius E. Julian was held to bail in $2,000, for mn‘x\i:i:g n\i\‘scena circulars to boarding-schools, and elsewhere, “Ex-Mayor Kalbfleisch, of Brooklyn, hs filed his answer to the complaint of Mrs. Wade, in ‘which she seeks $100,000 damages for breach of promise of marriage: The reply attacks the plaintifl’s nhsmc:xq:.'l and promises proof of the legation upon tris w’.l‘lgz: !amilyfi of }:xm M. Tweed has returned home in the “ Cuba."* o Ar. Stanley will have his first reception in America ot the Lotos Club, on Friday even- ing. A distingnished sssemblage met at the St. James Eotga'tsto-nism( to further the objects of an Indostrial kxhibition in New York. General Divenpresided in the absence of General Dix, the head of the organization, and stated the ound hed been purchased for the proposod edi- ce, in the beet Jocation in New York ab o cost of $1,700,000. Among other speeches wero Chaun~ cey M. Depew, Augustus Msverick, and “Hon. ‘Ernstus Brooks. Steamboat Disaster. San~1A, Ont., Noy. 20.—The steamor Manito~ ban, arrived from Loke Superior, reports that the steamer Chicora struck a rock in_iho loke apd sank, Steam pumps were procured end she was run £ Bault St. Marie, whero hor 'cargo is being discharged in a dzmaged condition mm‘{ib THE FiRE DEMON. Another Serious Conflagration in Bosion. Destructive Fire in Jersey City---Loss About $1,000,000. Tires Elsewhere. to Tie Chicago Tridune. 50 -A thorough alarm, mede play ont ovents, has just called out the Fire Depariment of this city and ad- joining cities to meet what promised to be & serious conflegration. The scene of dissster was the great prioting house of Rend & Avory, on Cornhill, at the hoad of Washington street, a large five-story building, filled with printing and publishing machinery, and one of tholargest estsblishments of the class in New England. The engines from Charlestown, Sonth Boston, Somersille, and Chelsea were sxmmoned by tho sacond general fire alarm. Tho adjoining build~ ings on Cornhill running through to Bratile street were for atime in great danger, bub by strenuous_exertions the fire was confined to the Rend & Avery premises, whbere & very thorough destruction fook place. You in Chi 0 can Imagine the sensotion caused by b Closely rectirring alarme, and storics ihet ormons wera trying to burn Boston were trecly ailoat among the more timorous. But ¢hese &0 only a return of usual city experiences, and tio firemen were oqual to the occasion. By o singular coincidence, this Istest fire is exactly in the direction of & long talied-of & provement,—the extension of Washingtcx str —and the grest printing house would, at no tant dey, have been removed. It will probatiy basten, and make more available, the extenzivo system of street improvements now_ earnestly begun, and to be carried out, though it may cail for soine legislation. The propositions are taking shape for & thor- ough reform in the street system of the bwrnod district. The main features of the plan are the widening of Weshington strect, on the casterly side, to eighty fect, between Milk and Smmmer strects; of Snmmer streef on the northerly side to fifty-five feet; of Broad streeton the water side one hundred feet from Summer street to Atlantic avenue; of Milk on the sun!.hm%y side to fifty feet ;. of Water to fifty fect; of Federal on the ensterly sido to seventy feet; of Con- gress on the custorly side to sixty feet, from road to Milk stroets, and to eighty feet from Hiilk to State streets; of Devonshire on the easterly gide to sixty feet, between Milk and Frankiin; the straightening of Dovonshire and Otis, between Franklinand Summer; the widening of Purchase street on the southerly side to fifty feot, between Federal and Pearl; the widening of High street to fifty feet between Congrees and Pcarl; the widening of Franklin street at its faot to fifty, and its extension to Pearl, oppo- site Sturgis; the extansion of Pearl and Mfllg to Congress’; the estension of Oliver straight from A[iIE'to Kilby; the extension end widening of Haswley street to forty feet; the widening of Arch, on tho westerly eice, to Torty fect. 1t 15 thought desirable o have & broad avenue throngh the city as fire barrier, and on which large public buildings could be erected. This msy bo done by the extension of Federal street 10 State street, cighty feet wide, and o) ening School street the same width from Fede: gireat, thus maling o re baccler in that direc- ion. BostoX, Nov. 20.—Shortly before 7 o'clock this evening, flames burst forth from the uppet win- dows sndrool of Rand & Avery's extensive printing house, No. 8 Cornhill, near the foot of Washington street. The flames shot fariously upto s grest height, and s strong Dortherly wind carried showers of burning cinders over the buildings on the easterly side of Washington sireot and across to State street. In response to the general fire alarm sounded, the firemen were promptly on the spot, and the steamers st once opencd play from Ststs and Washington gtreeis, Cornhill, and other points ad- Jjacent to the fire, and in thirty minutes the flames, which threztened another great con- flagration,weresubdued and confined to the limits in “which they first broke out. The general fire alarm and the grand illumination caused by the shooting flames caused & great commotion, and immense crowds of excited people gathered from all parts of the city to the acens of the conflagration. ~‘The military which has been kept up since the great fire were of important gervice, forming acordon across the streets, keeping back the crowd, and giving the firemen ample room for the most efficient service. Rand & ‘Avery were almost entirely burned out. They had one of the largest and best appointed bool 5.sd job printing establishments in New England, émploging some 200 hands. MILWAUEEE, Wis., Nov. 20.—A fire at Port Washington, WVis., this afternoon, destroyed the large grain warehouse owned by J. Goldsmith & Co., and several barns and dwelling houses. The loss is 810,000, which is fully insared. JaNEsvILLE, Wis., Nov. 20.—The dwelling bouse of Mrs. Margaret McGee, in the Third Ward ot this city, was totally destroyed by firo yeosterday afternoon, with a_part of her furni- ture, The loss is about £3,000; insursuce, $2.100. Rand & Avery employed some 300 persons, 50 of whom were girle. ‘I'hers was a large number of power presses of different kinds in the build- ing and s large amount of books and pamphlets pertly finished, which will be a fotal loss. Rand & Avery estimate their loss at $250,000, insured mostly in Boston offices. The follawin%g: 8 list of the other losses, which were 1more or less insured—mostly in Boston offices: Abbot's bindery, £3,000; Adams & Baker's bind- ery, 23.000; Confiregnfi\mal Publishing Society, 240,000 ; Henry Hoyt, book publisher, 820,000 the Congregationalist nowspaper, 82,000, and the building, which was owned by the fifty asso- ciates, about £80,000. The fire criginated in the press room of Rand & Avery. Creverasp, O., Nov. 20.—The Herald pub- lishes an account of 2 destructive conflagration, on Sundsy lust, in the village of New London, Huron County, which consumed a row of frame ‘building in tho beart of the business portion of the town. An entire block was burned over. The totel loss is about $50,000. Among the losers are Gregory & Van Horn's dry goods Btore, Bolvillo's elothing etore, McClellan’s dr and hardwaro_store, Runyan’s boot, hos, an: Jesther store, McCreary's grocery store, Thomp- son’s cigar and nows store, Kimball's confection- ery, Emalie’s fancy goods store, Briggs & Day's giocery, Bf‘.‘hle Post mfie’t a B\'firy i;fbln, go illiard’ saloons, a photogra; o dentists' offices, and ezl il Ncw _Yorw, Nov. .20.—Schmidt & Co’s malt ‘house, in Brooklyn, and 50,000 bushels of malt, were burned this morning. _The loss is $50,000. NEw Yomk, Nov. 20.—Abount 6 o’clock this evening a fire broke out in Perrin & Hance's steam gaw-mill, on Fourteenth street, near Hen~ derson street, Jersey City, destroying the build- ing and surrounding lumber yards. —Loss, $15,- 000. The flames extended to Jarvis & Hen- woods tobacco inspection_warehouse, bounded by Thirteenth and Fourteenth, Provost and = Henderson _streets, ‘containing about 5,000 hogsheads of tobacco. Loss on tobseco about $1,200,000. Loss on building sbout $18,000, which was insured principally in New York companies. The store house &’ash’fly- ed was abuilding 400x200 feet, one story and attio high, and filled with tobacco recently re- ceived over the Erie Road, and belonging to & large number of firms, who posed to_ be insured, though it certain, In close proximity was an immense six-story _buildiny containing fally five thousand hogsheads of tobacco, which for- tunately esceped injury, though the wooden shutters to tho windows, painted to represent iron, wero somewhat charred. The newly- erected shopa of the Erie Reilrosd, also close at hand, were not injured, though for a time in great danger. The dwellings in the vicinity, which wore s great many, built of wood &nd occupied by laborers, were soon emptied of the contents, but were saved by the firemen. The loss on the tobscco is varionsly estimated, though the most intelligent statement we have been_able to procure fi‘];ces the quantity burned at 3,000 hogeheads, which would bring the loss in ‘the vicinity of $600,000 to $500,000. The ‘burned saw-mill was insured for $11,000. Dereorr, Mich., Nov. 20.—News has just reached here of the destruction of two woolen mills in this State by fire, viz : Hamlin & Sons” mill at Anburn, Oebland Cm:u;z TLoss, 17,0005 insured for §10,000. Also Const mills ; loes over insurance, $12,000.