Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1872, Page 8

THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE : MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, I872. BRIDGEPORT vs, STOCK YARDS. _— Which is the Best Locality for the Slaughbter-Honses and Render- ing Establishments ? Gonsideqéfibu of Dr. Rauch’s Re- ‘cent Suggestions to the Board of Health, Result of a Visit to Bridge- port and the TUnion Stock Yards. ¥r. Turner’s New DMethod of Utilizing Slavghter-House Offal. ‘The report presented to the Board of Hea lth, last Tuesday, by Dr. Rauch, in whichho sct forth what he believed to be a feasible plan for obvinting the complaints which have been made in regard to the conducting of the slaughtering and rendering business in this city, has excited generzl attention, especially among those resi- dents of the South Division who have suffered ‘most from noxious odors ; and, since it gives the conclusion arrived at by the Sanitary Superin- tendent, after long and careful discussion of the subject, it deserves respectful consideration. B.ut it is necessary to make a therough examina- tion _of the territory around the Stock Yards, mnd its present condition, in order to find whether the removal of this business there is 30ing to be'beneficial to the city, and the results »f that investigation, which was carefully made, we given below : THE DIFFICULTIES TO BE OVERCOME 1n order to carry on the business of slanghter- ing, packing, and rendering, withont -giving seneral offence, consist of the manure, offal, blood, tank-water, and the peculiarly offensive “gases evolved in the process of rendering, the Iatter, borne by the wind, being the most far- reaching and unhealthful of all the odors aris- ing from fhisbusiness. If they cen be satisfao- torily met, it makes comparatively little differ- ence where rendering is carried on. The odor ceasing, ninety-nine hundreths of the objection ceases. Providing there is no nuisance, it is a matter of elight consequence to the public gen- erally whether it be carried on on Archer ave- nue, or the town of Lake, so that the price of mest is not affected. There is no question but that Tor years the so-called BRIDGEPORT ESTABLISHMENTS bavorun off blood and tank-water, etc., into Ogden Slip and Healy Slough, until both became corrmpt. It is also certain that they have allowed the gases to escape from. their tanks, fouling the sir over to the Leke Shore. In addition to these gins, they have been so unfortunate as to betherenderers nighest town, and to, therefore, bear the responsibility of sny stenches which might have originated at other points. \hen the wind was in the southwest, an offended dweller on Michigsn avenue 2scribed the smell to Bridgeport, while, for all he knerw, it might have started at Egan avenue. LAST SUMMER, - the special attention of the Roard of Health, snd of the Mayor, was given to & nuisance which was the subject of such general complaint, and they have been advising, suing, regulating, and swatching the renderers ever giiice. The canel baving been deepened, and the South Branch turned into a flowing stream, they utterly for- ‘bade their draining into stagnant pools like the Hesly Slongh, but required them to make sewer-connections with the main stream, knowing that whatever foml water they discharged into it would be carried along by the current. They also required them to provide their rendering tanks with condensers, 80 that the steam and gases, which had previously es- caped into the air, ghould be conducted into the Bewers. is has been done, to the improve- ment of Ogden Blip and Healy Slough, and while where their sewers empty into the South Branch there is & slight smell, it is perceptibla only there, and the foul water is carried down the canal. These gases, which have been the chief canse of compleint far beyond the odors of glips and sloughs, or smells of tallow or offal, 2and which are now, by the direction of the Board of Health, led into the sewers, have been mtil- ized by one of the renderers, Ar. Turnmer, by converting them into TLLUMINATING GAS. By a common trap, the gases are intercepted, while the condensed steam is allowed to flow off, snd the former, after purification by passing through lime, etc., are converted into & burning §a8, which is more free from odor than that from cot The packers, howerer, have met with great difficnlty in disposing of their offel. They could not utilize it; and nothing remained, being una- ble to pitch it into the river, but to bring it somewhere. Here they found themselves bo- tween two fires. The Trustees of the town of Lake refused to allow it to be buried there, and guarded their line with policemen. It was al- most equally difficult to find a place for it within the city limits. A proposition to carryit out into the Lake and dump it there met with stren- nous _opposition, and so they have been com- gilefl to hire a field here and " there, where they t conld, and thus dispose of it. A MACHINE HAS BEEN INVENTED by Mr. Turner, upon which he has been working for a year, and which will soon be in operation, which, it is trusted, will enable them to turn to rofit what has hitherto been 2 burden on their ds. The machine coneists of a revolving boiler, with a capacity of about eight tons, #nd ~ with a double ehell, the space ‘between the inner and outer one being filled with steam, while along the bottom of the boiler run perforated pipes, throngh which hot air pastes into.the material. The boiler revolves slowly, etirring up the offal, and bringing itin contact with heated surfaces, and allowing the hot aif 1o pass freely through it. It is believed that in about forty minutes whole contents will become ss dry as dust. The gases arising from this process can either be carried off under Exo\mfl, or, by meking a chimney of sufficieut eight, be carried up into the upper current of nir, where they will annoy no one. THE TANK-WATER. 1If these things are fairly done ; if the offal is thus dried without offence, and the gases aris- ing from rendering can be disposed of by burn- ing, orin any other equally eatisfactory way, then little remains but the tank-water. Dr. Rauch, in his recent report, calls attention to the value of this, on account of the quantity of ammonia, etc., which it contains, and suggests its utilization. Mr. Wahl, how- ever, who has experimented, says, thatin order to obtain the ammonis, the tank-water has to be fermented, the result being the creation of & emell fully as outrageousas thatcaused by the gases evolved in rendering, and mot go easily controlled as the latter gases are. Itis the in- tention, of at least three of the Bridgeport ren- derers, to sink artisian wells on their premises, which will enable them to keep a steady stream Tunning throngh their sewers, snd to mix their tank-water with 28 much pure water as to make it perfectly inoffensive. 7 THE QUESTION OF BEMOVAL. 8till, no matter how inoffensively the business 18 carried on at Bridgeport, that constitutes no reason why it should not be removed to the Btock Y , providing it can be done there as well, and providing that the final resnlt is not to incréase the cost of meat to the consumer. It isa great cattle centre; and there are already extensive rendering establishments there. But before making any sweeping change it would be well 1o consider the geographical situation of this point, and also the prosent condition of the establishments at the Stock Yards, which, though ontside of the city limits, are, by the charter, under the control of the municipal authorities. The South and West forks of the South Branch unite near the mouth of the canal. The former crosses Reuben strect at Thirty-first, and then, making = broad sweep to the east, comes within two blocks of Reubenat Egan avenue, and crosses the former street a short Gistance couth of the avenue, Up to Egan pvenue it hos been dredged out_to a fair depth, in order to cm:lec: this sé:eum di‘:‘lectlyfiflth the ‘ards. A canal is now digging along Egan av- 3nue, “which will be a mile in length. The South Tork, liko the North Branch, has no current, ex- cept during one or two days in the year, when ihe melting snows fill the stream. There are iwo artesian wells at the Stock Yards, but the water from them but little more than answers: for wateri the éattle. They donot perceptibiy help the stream, If the Bouth Fork were at present pure, it wonld be uestionable whether it would be wise te put these slxug'__ltex‘}wus on a fortwous stream about two miles long, and without a current, unless precautions Word taken to prevent 4 Healey Slough on & grander scale. THE BOARD OF HEALTH, under the charter, has jurisdiction for five miles outside of the city limits, and consequently is bound to look aftér the condition of this stream, and of the Stock Yards. At present, however, 28 a close inepeation shows, both require looking after. Owing to the ice, it was impossible {o see how the South Fork was, north of Egan avenue. Justsouth of that point thete is 2 smill dam, thrown across it Boine time 2go by the Stock Yards Company, in order to ob- tain water. They found it did not answer the purpose, and let 1t o. The dam rémaing, how- ever, and at this point, on one sido of the stream, is & distillery, and on the other some cattle-pens, Above thedam, over which the water cannot flow more thaa twice o year, the stream is per- fectly pure. Below, it is exceedingly foul. - On the left bank, a stream of liquid manure from the pens has poured info the river, so that for quite a distance from the shore there is nothing but a mass of water-soaked manure. On the right bank, the ewer fron the distillery empties in'in & steady atream, and with a most manifest smell. Tt is plain that, if thisis not stopped, tho whole length of the river will become one mass of corruption. _ GUEASE COLLECTORS. A short distence north of the Stock Yards two sewers, rulning from the yards and the render ing establishments there, discharge into an open ditch, which runs slobgside the unfinished canal, and empties {nto the South Fork. Through one of theso sewers, which is exposed for a little distante before reaching the ditch, flows a stream from the rendering establishments, 8o rich in animal matter that some people have built a cabin near by, put boards across the sewer, run- ning down & few inches into the water, catch the Erer.sa which collects on the surface, putitin oles dug in the olay till the water evaporates, and then sell it. At the mouth of the other sewer there is & strong smell, but very little offal, that remaining in the sewer further up. These sewers lLave numerous man-holes in the Fards, and THE STENCH irom them, at some points, is outrageous. Out- side of the Yards, and just east of Halsted street and south of Egan avenue, there are some slaughter houses, and the blood from them runa freely along the ditchon the eastside of Halsted. The smell from the rendering establishments at the Yardsis so offensive that, when the sonthwest wind blows, the people living north of Egan avenue are compelled, likethose on Michigan avenue, to shut their doors and windows. So, when the west wind blows, the residents on the 1ake shore south of Thirty-first street find them- selves driven to a similar expedient. There were Iying, on Saturdsy, on the platform at the Stock Yards, over FOUB HUNDEED DEAD HORSES, eome of which had been there so long that little remained but the skeleton. Since these manifest nuisances now exist at the Stock Yards, and thefieople southeast of Bridge- port complain as londly when the wind is in southwest as do the peosle on Michigan avenue, north of Twenty-second street, the question arises whether the present condition of things would be improved by concentrating all these establishments at a point which has not been g’uctmflly under the control of the Board of ealth ; and whether it is wiser to haye them on s running stream, where they are nnder con- trol, oron a stagoant one, where, apparontly, they are not. DR. RATCH, I¥ HIS REPOBT, oints out what he considers to be the econom- ical advantages of the removal. The mea} would in summer be brought {0 the city in re- frigerator cars; be delivered in better condition, and would not be 50 apt to spoil. But the meat, which is now bronght up at night by teams, Te- quiring a little over an hour, does mot go direct to the consumer, or even the marketman, If goes to the commission men, now on Jackson street, and remaing hanging ‘upithere, possibly, during the dsy. It is alleged, further, that meat which has once been chilled putrifies more rap~ idly upon exposure to the atmosphere than that waich hes not been. It is also claimed that cat- tlo lose nothing by being driven from the Stock Yards to the elaughter-houses, and that there is, therefore, nothing to compensate for the greater cost of delivering the meat by cars, which in- crease will come nipon the consumer. THE FEAR hes also been expressed that, if the business is concentrated at or near the Stock Yards, no outside firm will be able to compete with.the Stock Yards and Transit Company, and that the result will be the establishment of a monopoly in the slaughterivg and rendering busi- ness, and that, competition being removed, one set of men will have it in their power to fix the price of about every pound of meat sold in Chicago. Still, the possibility of & monopoly is not so alarming. But it does seem guestionable whether the hesalth and comfort of the people will be advanced by concentrating this business at o point which spparently cannot be drained and where the prevailing summer winds wi bear to the city whatever unwholesome smells may be created there. —_— THE CITY IN BRIEF. A_gold watch and cheain were stolen from the dwelling of Mr. Neve, No. 141 West Lake street, eerly yesterday morning. i Langley's notion store, on_Canal street, near Madison, was visited on Sunday morning by burglars, who appropriated sbout $50 worth of stationary and cutlery. The furnishing store of Burke & Kehos, No. 117 West Washington street, was broken into during Saturday night, and robbed of $100 worth: of ehirts and neck-ties. The alarm from Box No. 324, at a quarter after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, was occasioned by fire in the frame dwelling No. 219 West Monroe street, About 825 dzmage was dome. Cause, & defective chimney. At 10 o’clock yesterday morning a police officer found the body of a newly-born infant in an alley-way 2t the rear of Nos.7and 9 Orchard street, near Clybowrn avenue. It was taken to the Morgue. The residence of H. Kohn, No, 103 Fisk strest, was entered through a side windor, 2t 3 o'clock yesterday morning, by two burglars. Mr. Kohn Tas awakened by them, bub was compelled to remain in bed snd keep quist by one of the thieves, who held & revolver st his head, aud threatened to shoot him if he gave an alarm. The other man broke open geveral buresu dromers and. trunks, but obteined only $30 in casg) The Coroner examined into the circumstances attending the findisf of the body of the infant ‘beneath the sidewslkz opposite No. 183 Fourth avenue yesterday. Accessto the place where the corpse was lying is_easy from all parts of the block, and there being no marks of violenca on the remains, the Coroner concluded that the child was still-porn. Jenny Williams, who lives at No. 183 Fourth avenue, 18 unwell, faring from pneumonia. Mary Amnold, of No. 53 Mitchell street, +was employed at Fairbank's lard works on Black- well street, was badly injured on Saturday afternoon. ' Her clothing became entangled in & revolving shatt, and she was whirled around rapidly two or three times, her head coming violently in contact wita the floor. The ma- chinery was stopped, and sho was romoved from her perilous position to her home, and the physicion who is attending her thinks'death will ensue from concussion of the brain. The house of John Mahoney, located in what i8 known 25 the “patch,” off of Jefferson street, ‘between Van Buren and Harrison, was pulled by the police last evening. Therewas an entertain- ‘mentof some kind going on there,and theinmates, it is claimed, became very boisterous. Two licemen sho requested them to keep quiet wera told to clear out, and informed that “* We know Bheridan and Klokke, and will have you fixed if you interfere’ The noise cotinuing and ihe partics within bocoming mor hilerious, s¢- sistance was called, and in the house—six irls and three young men—vero arrested and E{ked up in the Sixth Precinct Station. Officer Fitzgerald, of Hamlin’s force, had an encounter with some roughs on Saturdsy night near the corner of Hubbard and Desplaines street, and was shot at by one of them. Ho saw a fellow rolling a keg of beer slong tho side- walk, and four others following him. Accosting the "first one he asked him who he was. The man refused to say anything about himself or where he procured the beer, and Fitzgerald soized him by the collar. His asgo- ciates attacked the ofiicer, and he kmocked one of them down with his club. One of the four then drew arevolver and shot st Fitzgerald, who pulled ont his own pistol, and started in ursuit. A train of cars came along, however, efore he could croes the railroad track on Kin- zie sireet, and the roughs escaped. Upon re- turning to the place where he knocked the man iiovm, o found the keg of beer, but not the fel- ow. What inthe name of all that is thiraty is this city to do under the circumstances? MNMr, night, embodying the abovestatement, snd but is suf- who Myers, Mr. Walker, and others have raised the War-cry against galoons, snd now, travel where &man may, he cannot raiso & _glass of beor to quench his’ thirst. Last night, to add to the migery of those whose temperamentsrequire oc- casional stimulus, and who regard water as the best drink in the world when thera is nothing else wherewithal to irrigate_tho alimentary canal, the merciless city authorities shit’ off the water supply in the business part of the rity. And from thirsty throats arose Imptécations which, were they of any potency, would have blighted both the Tem- perance Bureau and the Board of Public Worlks, might have been heard on every sde. What police magistrate gould fine a soloon-keeper for openihg his barroom when no water could be ob- taitied from the pumping works? Is this tho work of the Temperance Buresu sls6? A young man nameéd Chapman alias Semuel Copland whs arrested in this city yestordsy for haying two wives. He loft England and a wife and child about five years old, and upon renching this country, settled in Columbus O. Hore ho became acquainted with a young lady and mar- ried her. Removing to Chicago a-short time since, he rented the house No. 143 Lytle streot. A relative of his wife, who went to England for his health, accidentally encountered the firat wife, and obtained from her proofs of her marrisge to Chapman. ~When the relative returned to Columbus, ho informed the young lady's parents, and they dotermined to have the bigamist taken into custody. His residence here was ascertained, s roquisition ‘was procured from the Governor of Indiana, and a Columbus officer sent to apprehend him. Chapman was secured without difficulty and acknowledged that he had another wife. Ho was_ taken to Ohio last evening. His wife's mother and sister took charge of her, and she will return to Columbus this woek. The two were living very happily iogether, and havea child about two months old. ——— ILLINOIS STATE TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION. GALESBURG, Iil., Dec. 14, 1872. o the Edilor of The Chicago Tribune : Sm: Will yon plense announco in Tns Triz- UNE that the nineteenth annual meeting of the State Teachers’ Association will bo held in the city of Springfield, Dec. 25, 26, and 27. Distin- ed speakers from this and other States will e present. ‘Tho Springfield hotels make liberal deduction to members; and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad has agreed to sell return tickets ab one-fifth fare to those who pass over that road in going. Other roads are expected to ‘malko similar arrangements, J. B. RoEnTs, President of Association. Consigned to the Tomb, +Special Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. CoLuaBrana, Ohio, Dee. 15.—The friends of the two little Porter girls, murdered by their unnatural father on last Thursday, took placo to-day. The services had been announced to tlkaglnce at the M. E. Church, at 10 o'clock a. m. At an early honr people began to pour into the church, and by 9 o'clock, every seat was oc- cupied, and by 10 o'clock, every inch of atand- ing-room in the large edifice was filled to suffo- cation, and still hundreds had to linger outsido unable to §et in, At 10:30 the funeral p amived, and, it was with difli- culty that the casket containing the two Iittle children could be taken up to the pulpit. The services by the Rev. Darby were very appropriate and impressive, He laid the cause of the crime to the use of intoxicating liquor, which it no doubt was, indirectly. Aftor the services the corpses, still beautiful in death, ‘were taken to the vestibule, so that all could see them as they passed out of the church. It took nearly an hour for all to pass out. It was by far .| the largest funeral that ever took place here. A Missouri Scandal. 7. Loms, Dec. 14.—A good deal of commo-- tion was created during the past weekin St. Joseph, Mo., in consequence of the disclosure that in May Iast the County Court of Buchanan County appropriated $15,000 to assist in secur- ing the location of the Northwestern Asylum at that place, and quite severe roflections have boen cast on_the Board of Commissioners of the Asy- lum. The Board met at St. Joe yesterdey, to investigate the matter. Tho following facts were bronght tolight: The Buchanan County Court, on the 25th of May last, made an order donating $15,000 to the Asylum, provided the, | Commissioners located itin a situation at or near 8t. Joe; that the Court A?Ointefl John L.. Bittenger sgent to deliver the fundsto the Commissioners; that Bittenger employed Nathaniel C. Claiborne, a lawyer of St. Louis, to take charge of the matter, and secure, if ossiblo, the location of the Asylom at St. Joe; hat on the location of the Asylum at that place, Bittenger paid Claiborne the $15,000, taking his Teceipt therefor. Bittenger testified before the Commissioners: that he never saw the order of the Court until about six weeks ago, therefors he did not know* its naturs ; that he declined to act as ngent for. the Court until he was authorized by them to employ an attorney to carry out their purpose; that he employed Claiborne because he was be— lieved to have infiuence withthe Commissioners,. and when the Asylum was located at St. Joseph he paid the money to him ; this was all he had. to do with the matter. Claiborne testified that he was engaged with. Bittenger to act as the attorney of Buchanan County and receive the $15,000, if the Asylam was located in Bt. Joseph. ~The Asylum wast located there, and he received the money and: used it for his own benefit, considering it o} logitimate fee; Lo never saw the order of tho: Court until within the past month; bed he known its real character, ho_would not have taken the money, under any circumstances. The Commissioners to-day examined the- members of the County Conncil, and alladmitted. that the order of the Court was never communi- cated to them officially or individually, and all the other witnessos unhesitatingly stated that they knew nothing to criminate the Commis- sioners or in any way connect them with the action of the Courtor the disposition of the. money. B “The Commissioners adopted !enolnhnn!,‘to-' ar- ther stating that they never received this money orany of it; that they have been unable to trace- it beyond Claiborne, and found no foundation for the rumors that have reflected upon the character of the Board, They also claim that £15,000 is due from Buchanan County to the Asylum, and when the new County Court meets in January, W. H. McHenry, President of the. Board of Commissioners, will make s demand for thomoney. The mew County Judges and the Circuit Attorney will try to recover the money and prosecute the guilty parties. Bittenger and Claiborne are both reputable men, the former being the editor of the St. Joseph Herald, a_prominent Republican mem- ‘ber of the last Legisleture, and the latter o rominent criminal lawyer of this city and_ emocratic member of the last Legislature. The affair has created & good deal of comment in all parts of the State. The mystery in the. matter is, why the County Court donated the money to the Asylum, and faied to notify Bittenger of the real nature of their order or ‘communicate the fact to the Commissioners. et o oy The Apache War. 8ax Fraxcisco, Dec. 15.—The latest advices from Prescott, Arizona, state that General Crook is prosecuting the cnmgn.ign vigorousiy against the hostile Apaches in the northern part of the Territory. ive expeditions are oper- ating in the mountains east of the River Verdi. General Crook was Iagt heard from east of the Mongollon Mountains. The results of the cam- paign are over one hundied Apaches elain,- many wounded and_their stores of provisions and several camps destroyed. His Eoliuy is to follow the Indians constantly, and hunt them downin every direction. im0 Murderer Sentenced. ‘Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune. ‘Warsaw, Ind., Dec. 5.—The jury in the case of the State of Indiana vs. Sylvester Proctor, charged with murdering Nicholas Webber, have rendered & verdict of guilty of manslaughter, ‘and assessed punishment at three years in the State Prison. This case has beon twice heard in habeas corpus proceeding, and has been twice before the Supreme Court, and thisis the second trial before a jury, the first having failed to agree a year ago. Over a month has' been con- sumed in the trisl and every point thoroughly contested. R Railway Accident. New Yore, Dec. 15.—The Cincinnati express train, going west, on the Erie Railroad, was thrown from the track yesterdsy st Basket Station. Fortunately no ono was injured. Burned to Death. Covvamus, Dec. 15.—A young son of F. B. Machhold upset s conl oil lamp last night, and Was 8o seriously burned by the fiuid that he died to-dayin great agony. el o SRR Sy Telegraphic Brevitics. Dr. Jobn W. King, of Covington, Ky., ac- cused of malpractice, cansing the death of Flor- ance Ritter, has been acquitted and fully exon- erated by the Civil Courts in Covington. Thos. Andergon, Deputy Postmasterat Soring- field, O., charged with robbing money order Ietters of 8,000, waived an examination before the United Stafes Commissioner on Ssturday, and was held to answer ir 36,000, William Gardner, of Cleveland, who has beon on trial, charged with poisoning J. Waters, of Bedford, lnst March, was acquitted yestorday- The World special from London, 15th, sa; Disraclys houlth is greatly impaired: T - INDIANA. Saturday’s Proccedings in the State Legislatures _ BENATE. INDIANAPOLIS, Tnd., Dec. 15.—The Senate bill to provide for the distribution of railroad stock among tax-payers, being the amount contrib- uted by tax-payers under the Railroad lIaw, re- ceived from the House with an amendment, was concurred in. The bill nppmprintinf 824,000 for the erection or an iron fenco around the Tippecanoe battle- ground passod. ’ The bill providing for the holding of an elec- tion on Jan. 28, 1873, to submit to the voters of the Btate tho Constitutional ‘amendment pro- hibiting the recognition by the Legislature of any linbilitios on tho part of the State to pay or redoom the Canal certificates, passed. Tho bill to re-district the_State for Senators and Ropresontatives was taken up. A motion to refor the bill to o committee of ~one from each Congressional district was lost. Under the provious question, & motion to en- groes the bill paseed; yeas 22, nays 14. ‘When the vote was taken Messra. Williams, Grzig, and Harnoy entered their protest against the bill on account of its injustico and incqual- ity, their romarks looking to extreme measures to defent it. A voto to adjourn £ill Monday was lost. At the aftornoon session only 20 members re- sponded to the call,—less than a Tmrum. Mr. Gooding moved that the doorkeepers be dospatchod for absent members. 2 Mr, Dittimore moved to adjourn. Ho was the only Domocrat present. He 8aid that the Dem- ocratic Senators could be present Monday after- noon, but he thought not before. -His motion was voted down. At this point a number of Democratic Sena~ tors came fnto tho Chambor, onough. to make a quorum. A call of the House showed 3% mem- bers present. 4 The Senate bill to relieve counties z2nd townships under which a railroad tax had oen lovied under the act of 1869 from the collection of the same until sn amount of work has been dono by the road oqual to the amount of taxes lovied, pnssed— ayes, 26; nays, 14. Motions wero mado in several cases to sus- pond the rules to put bills on thoir passage, but thoy were votod down. Adjourned to Monday, at 10 o'clock. HOUSE. The bill to provide for the nssessmont and colloction of taxes on National Banks was or- dered ongrossed. The Special Commitice to whom was referred the investigation of the facts in the Car- roll County cnse, in which Joseph A. Sims, attornoy, testificd that ho had prosecuted to udgmont and collected an aggrogate amount of 11,199 in bohalf of the State, and that he had oid into tho Btate Tressury tho sum of 700, reserving tho balance, _reported that the matter will be referred to the Attorney General for judicial “investigation. It appears that 8ims had o contract with J. D. vans, late Auditor of State, under which ho lrzhimsd he had rotained his oxtraordinary e08. The Senate bill, providing for the issuing to tax-payers of cortificates of stock equal to the amount of taxes collected from the same in aid of railroads, passed—yeas, 78 ; nays, 2. The bill fi)mvidns that where money hns has been collected by tax for county or town- ship aid to railroads, and remains in the treas- nrg unclaimed for years, it should be redistribu- ted to tax-payers in tho proportion collected, or elso transferred to the general fund ' of county or ftownship, in__which case tax-payers shatl be credited with the amount aid by them in the fature collection of taxes. Passed—yess, T7; naye, none. A motion was made to consider the vote re- pealing the Pailroad Aid law, and it was made the spcial order for Monday afternoon, Nineszon new bills were offered, making 254 in Adjourned to Monday, at 2 p. m. THE MAUD MERRILL MURDER. The Assassin Surrcnders Himsclf to the Brooklyn Police and Admits the Shooting—ke Proves to e the Girl’s Tucle—A Strange Story Told by Blim. From the New York Herald, Dec. 12. The tragedy that occurred on Tueadn{( after- noon at the house of Bmma Cozzens, 10 Neilson Place, resulting in the death of Mary Ann Smith, alies Maud Merrill, one of the frail ‘boarders, created much excitement in the Fif- teenth Ward yesterday. During the whole of Tuesday night Captain Byrne and his officers scoured Brooklyn in search of the assassin who committed the deed, but they were unsuccessful. They, however, sscertained that his name is Robert P. Bleakley, and that he lived at one time in Navy street, Brooklyn. On proceedin, there, they found that he had removed, and al traces of his present residence were lost. Still the search was not ebsndoned, and tho Captain waa earnestly at work endenvoring to fathom the mystery, when his Iabors wero bappily expadited by tho voluntary surrender of the accused to Captain Smith, of the First (Brooklyn) Police Procinct, sbout 9 o'clock yesterdsy morning, by whom he was turned over to Captain Byrne. To the police of Brooklyn Bleakley made the following statement : 1y name is Robert E. Bleakley. I am 38 years of age and & blockmaker by trade. I have worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yardforsome time past. 1 waa born in Cork, Ireland, and came to America 22 years ago. 1 was sent outhere by an uncle of mine, who was an_Episcopsl minister. Since I have been out here I have worked at my trade. Ihave also served 28 a musician in the Union Army. My uncle's reasons for sonding 6 to this country wes to ot saything which was coming to me and my sister through my father's death. In 1866 I visited my sister in Ireland tobringher out to this country, but found her sick when I got there, and in codsequence she wasunablo to come with'me. A little over three years ago I visited her again for. the same -pur- pose. and on seeing my sister the first thin, which attracted my attention was a pair of blac} eyes she had from = brutal husband, and wes within a month of her confinement at the time. I was compelled to postpone the object of my visit for the second time. Whenleaving Ireland she requested me to bring her second eldest daughter with me; her name was Charlotte Smith, now residing in Brooklyn, After arriv- ing in the United States I could not get work in Brooklyn and.went to California, While there my siater requested me by letter to send her money enough to come here, asshe could not stand the treatment of her husband. I eent her £12. Instead of coming herself, she sent her eldest daughter, the deceased. After her arrival here she chose & life of shame, which I was alow to find out until she tried to ruin the character of & clergyman now living in this city (Brooktyn) whose name I withhold for the present. mine I would have been in the State Prison in consequence of her actions, Last week my at- tention was called to a paragraph inthe Irish- American_of the alleged death of my sister, Charlotte E. Smith, by suicide, which, in the ab- sonce of a letter, I can hardly believe, and I guspect Ehe has been murdered by her husband. I sent the sister of the deceased to tell her of her mother's tragic end, and request her for God’s sake to leave off her life of shame. The sister went over to the bouse, No. 10 Neilson place, where decoased was then living, but was informed that she was not in, I determined then to see her myself a8 soon as possible. 1 had frequently visited her, re- “wmi her each time to give up her life of ghnme, ut all to no purpose. Yesterdsy I vis- ited her in her apartment, and was met by ber. Bhe received me in & most defiant manner, and seid if I did not go to h—1 out of that she would |- have mo put ont. Her sister told me five weoks ago she had bought a pistol to shoot me wit and if shia did not do it she would get some o her friends to do it for her. This put me on my guard, and I preparcd myself for the worst. When I first spoke to her she was ly- ing on her bed; she got up &nd went to” {ho mimor and eombed. her” hair. She then approached me and seized hold of me. Ibegged her to desist, and implored of hor again to give up her way of living. She then told me that she *would see me and all be- longing to me in h—1 before she would do so.’ After that she made & movement foward the Qoor, putting her hand in her pocke, which I supposed to bo with the inteation of drawing a pistol or some other weapon, and at that mo- ent, in the beight of frenzy, I shot her. No one but myzelf was witness to the affairor in any way implicated. I simply say this for the purpose of removing any euspicion that might rest upon any_other l{m.rty. Well,” continued $he prisoner, “she killed her mother; I've killed her, and xow I am willing to die myself.” On being piaced in the custodyof Captain Brrno. Bleaklev made a similar statoment, and Had it not been for a few friends of. detailed his movements after the murder. He gruuedefl from this city to his residence at 365 old street, Brooklyn, but. subsequently went down to a hotel near the ferry, where he slept uatil morning, when he surrendered himself, In Captain Byrne's room, yesterdsy, he detailed Dis efforts to reform his niece, differing butlittle from the above story. He stated that the min- ister against whom deceased charged improper liberties is Rev. Mr. Williams, a2n Episcopal pastor, in whose servics she was, The decsased raqi‘]ested him to prosecute the minister ; but as he had learned her character, he declined, telling her that her reputation would not stand in- quiry, and if he prosecuted the clergyman ho in turm would be prosecated. Bloskley siatos that, after her arrival in this country, she was a servant in the employ of o Mr. Wallis, bat got no recommendations on leaving. 8he next was & servant with a Mrs. Hall, in Pearl street, Brooklyn, where she represented herself ass greontiorn, jus landed. This was last year. Tp to this time he had every confidence in her virtne. Aftér hearin of her charge against Rev. Mr. Willisms, prisonet ¥rots {0 Rev. Mr. Myers, - of Montague streef, Brooklyn, 2s to her character, a8 sbe hadlived in hisfamily. Ho roplied that she needed 4 great deal of watching, or she would disgrace her family. When he refused to prosecute Mr. Williams, deceased told him he, her mother, and all the family were d—d fools. He alnEped her face for.this remark. For some time he lost all traces of her. He finally found that she was in the habit of associating with a man named Grif- fiths, of Sands street, Brooklyn, and, watching Grifiths’ movements, finally traced them to 114 West Twenty-sixth street, a house of ill repute. Next day he' called there to see her and was re- fused ittance. Thefollowing Sunday when he called they refused to udmitium saying that Maud had roported that he was not her uncle,but & fellow who wanted to get into her good graces, and that if he did not keep away sho would geb somebody to fix him. Two ~months after he called, asked for Maud and was ad- mitted. She deniod making .the remark that ho was a lover, and declared she wanted to see none of hor family. He implored her to re- form. She was obdarate for & time, but finally promised to do go. He never visited her again until she moyed next door, to No. 116, when she again promised to reform. He next saw her Zoslerdny, spoke of her mother's death, and oggod ik fo_ roform, snd ho would pay her board. In responso ho soys he got nothing but curses and abuge. She suid if he did not leave the house she would find & way to make him do it. Having heard that sho had purchased & pis- tol to shoot Lim, he says ho went prepared for the worst, and, remarked he to the reporters, I was bound to got in at the risk of my life yesterday. The results I suppose you know, and 1 have no moro to say.” The above is the substance of the prisoner’s statemont. He is » man of good education, ap- arently, plainly but neatly dressed, and while smniling his grievances botrayed no emotion nor regret for his crimo. o accused sdmitted to Captain Byrne that 1o did the shooting, but declares that thers was no improper relations between him and his de- ceuuzfnicco. The Captain has letters written by Bleakley to the girl thaf, he believes, show criminal relations to have existed between them. HORRIBLE MURDERS. Two Children Slain by their Father. Columbiana, O. (Dec, 13), Despatch to the Cincinnatt Commercial, One of the most inhuman and brutal murders ever porpotrated in this part of the State was committed yesterday morning at 7 o'clock, sbout threo miles southouat of this place. Erben G, Porter, the perpetrator of this horrible deed, and ‘his family,consistivg of wifeand two little daugh- tors, oged 3 and 1 years, resided in the samo house with his father-in-law, Mr. Henry F. Flickinger. At the timo the murder was committed Mrs. Porter and her three brothers, Jacob, John, and Solomon, and her sister Lydis, wWere in the house, and sll except Alrs. Porter were engaged in’ cracking walnats. Erben Porter, after going up stairs and puiting on three shirts, came down with s hatchet, and seated himself with the other members of the family and commenced cracking and eating the nuts, showing nothing unusnal in his manner. After a brief interval Mra. Porter went up stairs to attend to some work. Porter quietly arose and walked into an adjoining room, where his oldest child was alone ; after closing the door he struck the child three blows with the edge of the sharp batchet, cutting a terrible at each stroke on the top of tho head, either of which would have produced almost instant death. He then opened the door leading into the room in which the other members of the family were seated, and seized his youngest child, dragged it into the roon‘a end struck it. ad, two blows on top of the head, burying the hatchet deep into the brain at each stroke. He then walked into an adjoining room and threw the hatchet, all covered with blood and brains, into a wood-box, put on his hat, and started out of the house, passing, as bo did so, his wife, who, on hearing the first child uttera pitiful cry a6 ho struck it the first blow, had come down stairs to see what was wrong. On seeing her husbend throw down the hatch- ot, she asked him what he had done. His an- swer was thot he had done what he ought to have done before, and he could not help it. She burried to the room where the deed had been committed, and seeing her children lying in their own blood, ran out to the road and gave the alarm to the neighbors, several of whom lived near, and were on hand in a few minates. | Portr, after leaving the house, made his way at s rapid rate direct to this-place, and thence to Leotonia. He was followed to this place by one of his neighbors, Despatches were sont in every direction, and a large number of persons started in pursuit of him, Immediately on the receipt" of the despatch at Leetonia, it was placed in Marshal Rollin’s hands, who, in about twenty minutes, saw Porter crossing the railroad track, and started sfter him. On spproaching him, Porter turned round and gave himself up, ad- mitting that he had committed the deed, and ssked the officer to protect him from those who were in pursnit of him. s « The finrehnl brought the prisoner to this lace on the 9:55 57 m. train, and he was imme- siately arraigned before Josish Rohrbaugh, Esq., for a hearing, when he pleaded not guilty to the charge of willful murder. After hearin, the testimony in the casc, the Justice committe ‘him for trial at the next term of the Court of Common Pleas, and sent him, under a strong escort, to New Lisbon. The Justice then empanelled s jury and pro- ceeded to_the honse where the deed had been committed, to hold an inquest, when the follow- ing facts were elicited : §[rs. Porter sworn, and deposed 28 follows : T am the wife of Erben G. Porter ; saw Porter go up stairs several times this morning ; at one time I was up staire ; he asked me if he could got into his chest;; I said he could by moving Some things ; he did so, and opened the chest and took out his hatchet; X went down stairs and in & short time returned up stairs to make the beds ; Porter was standing at the window ; he went down stairs ; did not see him haye his hatchet ; the next time I went up he must have had it under his clothes ; in a short time I heard Mionie utter s pitiful cry ; started down stairs to see what was the matter ; met Porter coming out of the room with the hlbchacl which he threw into the wood-box. . Isaid: ‘Erb., what have you done?’ He answered, ‘I have done what I ought to have done and could not help.” T opened the door snd eaw my children lying on the floor dead ; Lran out of the house and gave the alarm to the neighbors ; did not know of his drinking or being. intoxicated at the time; he left home about the ist of April last, and did not return until about the middle of October; he aid he had been in Illinois; he threatemed to take my life and the lives of my children about three months ago ; Minnie was$3 years old on the 22d of November last, and Adelaide 1 year old on the 22d of October last.” ‘Several other witnesses were examined, whoso testimony was only corroborative of that given above. . . Porter is 35 years old, of powerfal frame, about six feet high, weighing over two hundres pounds, of dark complexios, black bosrd and air, and piorcing black eyes; is well educated, has been living in this’ county about twelve Jears, a carpenter by trade, and served thres ears in the Twenty-fourth Ohio Volunteers. e is_ naturally’ quarrelsome, snd when under the influence of liquor, which he fre- quently was, he was savage, often turning fartly out of the house in the dead of night and in the severest weather. Ho was & terror to his family and feared by all his neighbors. His victims were smart and lovely children. Hun- dreds of people are visiting the’ ceno, and, a8 they behold the now bloodless faces of the dead, express themselves almost unanimously that summary punishment ought to have been dealt to him ; and, in fact, the excitement seems fo be increasing as the people comprehend the enormity of the crime. g The Alleged Dispute Over Mr. Grees ley?’s Wills From the New York Herald. _We have received the following communica- tion from Mr. Ssmuel Sinclair, of the New York Tribune, and the assocints and personal friend of Mr. Greeloy, waich we publish Wit pleasure: NEWw Yok Trisuxs, NEw Youg, Dec, 1, 1672 James Gordon Bennett, £87., Editor of the Herald : Dean St 2 Having doneall in my power, s3all the . to harmonize the interssts in’ Alr, Gree- friends by ley’s will,I was very sorry to see the drticle on the sub- . culafly the lat “ghould he (Mr. Sinclair) support tho claim ad- e W iiiara BiA homos soay b Impesche Jor it cen bl sald him that a desire to obtain sion of or to coired at Graley's shares of the "rivune ed, sco- stock 1 at the bollom of sire Lo ste the provisions st lesat; pul ley's lonely dsughters, and we do not envy thoss who attempt to stem its angry current.” 1assure you that tnere is not s word of truth fn ‘what X have red, and I do wonderthst yon could bave published it. I never saw Mr, Greeley’s will, in which I was nanied a one of the exectits 1l it was placed in the possession of Mr. g an sty enued: O seving o by Barsogatea simple a o it wo waro ahown & Iatex Wil 4s 1 stated 8% the outset, the friends, B0 far as ¥ kmow, are scting in ens tire harmony, and I trust that you will not publish anything mofe which msy tend fo distiirb harmony. Yours, &c,y . BAMURL SiNGLAIR. The family affairs of Mr. Greeley, like those of any other citized, would have been exempt from comment or criticism, 80 far as the Herald is concerned, but for those peculiar relations ex- isting between the deceased journalist aud the g;xbhc, which seemed to make his orphan chil< on, in & cértain degree, thewards of the Amer- can people, Mr, Greeley rendered great service to his ¢oun en during his busy and useful life, and just before his desth he was a candi- date for the highest office in their gift, and re- ceived the votes of some three million citizens. ‘When the impressiod prevailed that Mr. Greeley had ,died in comparatively straitened circum= stances, we only gave utteranco tothe thought and the wish ‘of the nation when we grapossd a popular subscription fund for the endgvment of the children, a8 a tribute to the memory of the father. We were well pleased to hear that the proffered aid was unnecessary, and, in com- mon with the whole community, we applanded the proud claimof the associates of the ented journalist to the privilege of watching over the future interests of his orphan daughters. When subsequently it appeared as if the last will mada by Mr. Greeley in the interests of these be- reaved childrenwas to be contested by those who had seemed to be his best friends during his lifatima‘ we felt thatthe championship of the orphans’ canse was s public duty. We are glad now to lesrn—indeed we were unwilling at the time to believe otherwise—that Mr. Bmc?ur and the other a%eraoml friends of Mr. Greeley desire only the advancement of the children's interests in the settlement of the estate, and we trust that s harmonious arrangement, honorable to all parties, may be reached. —_— Religions. —The subject of free seats in’ churches {akes up » large part of a recent number of the Con- gregatimlagsl A large quantity of testimony is adduced from churches who have tried the system, which goes to show that the plan has passed its first stage of trial, and in the opinion*| of the Congregationaliat is destined to come into very wide use during the next generation. —The Rev. John Tecumseh Jones, an industri- ous, economical Indian, of the Ottawa tribe, died Intely, and left his whole estate, $60,000, to the Baptists in the State of Kansas, for the edu- cation of ministers. —The American Lulneran tells us that there are three firma in the United Btates who are ad- vertised in * Brobst’s German Almanao” asman- ufactaring or selling sacramental wafers, which are required by the Ritualistic Lutherans at the Lord’s E\wper. One of these firms, G. Brum- ler, of Wisconsin, makes patented wafers, marked with the figure of the cross, which he sells 2t $2.25 per thousand. —According to the recent action of the Board gfond.lng for visitations, the coming year, to ethodist mission fields, Bishop Bowman will go to Bouth America, Bishop Fosfer to Germany and Italy, Bishop Harris to Indis, China and Japan, and Bishop Bimpson probably to Mexico.. —The following statist show Warsaw, Poland, to have a larger Jewish population than any other cityin the world : 1871, Warsaw numbered AT6 inhabitants, of whom 155,541- were Boman Catholica, 15,805 Protestants, 6,821 Greeks, 211 United (Greoks), 30 Georgians, 46 Mohsmmedans, and 86, ews. Almost one- third of the population is Jewish. Vienns comes next in order, with 60,000 Jews. = —The Archbishop of Canterbury, at & recent meeting, remarked that *If the Church is to weather the storms which lower around it in the, present and in the future, it can only be by the timely adoption of reasonable reforms, without abandoning its essential doctrines ;” while, in reference to the many beliefs and unbeliefs which lurk around the Chureh, he said: * The strength of other sects and communions lies in the definiteness and vigor with which they are frapued to face the problems of religious life. t remaina to be proved whether the Church of England, withont forfeiting the breadth of ‘which she is justly proud, can hold her own in this vigorous struggle of positive creeds.” —Thirteen ministers, including the President, Vice President, and Becretary of the German Evangelical S'inod of the West, have presented & petition to the House of Bishops of the Prot~ estant Episcopal Church for the appointment of a ishop ¢ over them; that, fo use their words, ‘“he masy bring to us sgpostolic ministrations with apostolic suthority, and that he may convey fo us the blessings which we believe God sends down through His appointed ministers. We are far from desiring to establish a new Church. We desire to be part of yours.” The request was courteously received, and a German-speaking ?mhup was designated to confer with the peti- ioners. - 2 —The Bishop of Manchester having, at the Church Congress, exg;:;aed his sstonishment that in the days of Christ “the poor heard him ladly,” while now they were the claés most dif- . icalt to reach, & correspondent of the Church Herald suggests » solution of the difficnlty, and says: “I could not but wonder as I listened to him that he did not under- stand why this was, The poor heard Christ eglmfly, because’ He understood them. He lived among them. He knew what it was to be hungry and to have nowhere to lay His head, and therefore was able to pathize with the gorin temptations and trials. _Christ gave up is glory to'save man. And if English Bishops Teally want to reach the greatmassesof the poor, they must copy somewhat Christ's exam- ple.” —In the course of pulling down the old mint building in Cowgate, Edinburgh, recently, to widen the sireet, there was discovered in the crevice of a wall a specimen of the medal struck by Gregory XIIL, to commemorate the mas- shcre, of St. Barthalomew. Itis rather larger than an English half-crown, and bears on the obverse mide the effigy of the Pope, with the legend, ' * Gregormus XIII., Pont. Max. An. 1.7 (Gregory ., Supreme Pontiff, in the first year); and on the reverse with the le- end, egonuttomm Strages (Slaughter of the inguenuln 1572,” a representation of the mas- sacre, in which is seen the figure of & winged and helmeted angel, With & croes in one hand and a sword in another, engaged in the work of destruction. —— A Great Event at Hoosac Tunnel—The Eastern Heading and Central Shaft United. ‘Hoosao TuN~EL, East End, Deo, 12, A great event in the work at the Tunnel oc- curred to-day, in the union of the eastern head- ing with that of the central shaft. At 11 o'clook this morning a drill was sunk by the central shaft gang through the arust of rock which sep~ arated the two gangs, showing their exact loca- tion, which was fully in accordance with the ex- pectations of the engineers. Drilling was at ‘once commenced by the esstern gang, and, after several blasts, at 4 o'clock an_ aperture about eight inches in diameter had been made, and, aftor an exchange of congratulations, etc., drilling was resumed, and the next blast, which occurred at_half-past 4 o'clock, opened a hole large enough for the passage of some of the workmen from the east end. Enthusias- tic cheering and congratulations followed. In a very few minutes, however, water commenced running, making & passage throngh yeryhazard- ous indeed. The central shaft acted 88 an im- mense chimney, making & ‘dranght which drew the water back toward it, filling the tunnel for a distance of nearly twenty feet with spray. Al- though the aperture was only large enough for the passage of & man, and. although the com- pressed air was flowing from the pipes in its usnal volume, the dranght was so heavy that it drow the smoke, which nsually finds egress at the eastern portal, at a geroupbible speed for & distance of over seven thousand feet. The contractors confidently expect to make the final opening, unless some unforseen event takes place, by the 1st of November, 1873, and complets the ‘tunnel before the st of March, — ——— A Mother and Child Dieby the Doctox’s Knife—A Eevolting Case of Malprace tices From the Siouz City (Towa) Journal, Mr. David Fisher, who drives the stage between this city and St. Helens, gives us partial partic- ulars of a sickening event which occurred at TLime Creek, in thenorthern part of Dixon Coun- ty, Nebraska, the latter part of last week. Mrs. Holverson, » middle-aged married woman, the mother of eight children, was abont to be con- fined, and sent for Dr. Lyons, of Vermillion, to attend her. The birth not proving to be enfire- Iy natural, the dostor first imputated the srm of the babe at_the shoulder, and then killed it by piercing its heart. Thus mutilated theinfant was removed, when Dr. Lyon still further msed his ‘knife, this time mpon the mnforiunato ‘woman, inflicting injuries which resulted in her denth even before he had concluded his oper~ ation. zlil‘ha %flal.\‘ u\ased i;t}ansa extcitemant i the neighborhood, and our informant states that the doctor e have been Iynched had he not speedily have betaken himself to the other side of the river. Sheriff DeWitt summoned a jary and an inquest was held, wherein Dr. Addia, of Ponca, and other experfs, testifid, after havin made an examination of both the woman an the babe. Mr. Fisher could not give us the exact verdiot of the jury, but he eays Dr. Lyon was found guilty of gross malpractice, the “in- vestigation proving that the child was perfectly formed, and there appearing to be no excuse for the extreme measures which were resosted to. No srrests had been made at last accounts. TMr. Greeley’s Recent Letters. Froim the Cincinnati Commercial. A %;BM many of Mr. Greeley’s lstters of later date have been published since his death, somo of them infilcnhng o disturbed and despondin; state of mind, and soraething of weakness ang excitement in view of his misfortunes. The following letter, addressed to a friend in this city, is ed before the public because it shows $hat, when expecting both domestic bereave. mént and political disaster, Mr. Greeley hsd erfect command of himeelf, and looked to s part in the campaign and to the future of the country with cheerfulness. until the strain of accumulated griefs came upon. him, while he was out of health, owing to excess of exertion on his Western tour, that he gave way to despondency ; while the cry that all was lost was the signal thathis mind wasdisordered. Injustice, it seéms to us, has been done the memory of Mr. Greeley by dwelling 5o much, as the preachers and pspers have_dome, upon the despairing utterancea of his dying days. This letter, not heretofore printed, shows the man, the politician, and the philosopher as he weg, and as he ought to be remembered : NEw Yonx, Oct. 18, 1872 = My Dzin Sm: Befors the eventful day, let me thank you for the al and heartiness with which. Fou have sustained the Liberal movement, thongh its candidates wero not your first choice. 1 share in the canvass Has met your spproval, though Iy role sa s speaker was & very dificult ope. You Imow that I wonld have kept silenceif I had felt at liberty to doso. ButIwas suthoritatively urged to g0, and I went, . Even though our candidates should suffer, I am con- fident that our principles will not, and that the ‘sober Eecond thought? of the people will pronounce them just, and their proclamation timely; 80 we ight on to the first mile-stone, now 80 near at hand. 1 do not obey the earnest solicitations that T make another Western tour, mainly becanse my wife lies on her death-bed. She may live a month yet, but her sufferings are very great, and she cannot_long atide withus, Bo, you see, I cannot lesye her. Yours, HORACE GREZLEY. DIED. M'GILLEN—Rosanna, wife of Thomas McGil Bér residence, No, % ‘West Madison-st., Dec. 15, z ‘uneral from ber resids it 10 o'clock , Taes- aay, Bec. 1710 Cairasy Cometery by cotring e ada. n at 57 Canada and Coburgh papers please copy. AUCTION SALES. By GEO. P. GORE & CO. 2, 3, and % East Randolphest. OUR CONSIGNORS WANT MONEY 0o WEDNESDAY, Dec. 16, at 9 12 A i, ‘'WE SHALL CLOSE OUT THEIR Boots & Shoes AT ATCTION. Retallers will £2d the assortment large and of all grades cases of those celebrated Sucker Boots ia. S T e @EO, P, GORE & €O, 3, 24 and 26 Baadolphst OUR TUESDAY S AUCTION SALE Isresumed, and will be held At O A2 8. 1., Dec. 17, ‘When we shall offer a bankrupt stock of DRESS GOODS, ATLSO, Army Clothing, Knit Goods, Bal. Hose, Men’s and Boys’ Caps, Gloves, Notions, and 300 gross best grades Toilet Soaps. GEO. P. GORE & CO., 22, 24 and % Randolph-st. 268 BISEIOP COURT, Betweon West Madison and Washingtan-sts., The Entire Contents of s Pirst-Class Dwelling, AT ATCTION. Hlogant,_Farlor Buites, Rich Marble-top Chamber Sets, Ei s, Marble-top Ta- Blear Eirtoneion Tables s Tpatish, Srussels; a%.i'r%ree- ly Carpets, f;és a:a,?a;mugg amber_Stoves, 'urnace, Fixtures, ina and Glassware, Cook Stoves, &c. AL Elogant Piano, cost $500. Leavs Madison-st. cars at 521 M: st . 18, at 10 O’clock. e o R PEREMPTORY SALE “Dnredeemed Pledges HELD BY A. LIPMATT, Pawnbroker, o . 72, at the salesrooms of oy Ty st., ocoosisting of Gold and Silver Watches, o oo ih freat varisty, Fins Gold Jawel- . Bhera S Yout +* Lockers, Guas, Cutlers, S Bt sof FANGE GOODS for holiday gifts. By order of 4. LIEMAN. 8 {71, A; BUTTERS & €0, Auctioneers. Sale commencing at 10 o'clock . . By WM. A, BUTTERS & CO. 5 and 57 South Canal-st. POSITIVE SALE 40 open and 'Iufi Tiu@:gies, 20 douhle and single Catters, 30 seis donble and single Harness, TO PAY ADVANCES, TUESDAY MORNING, Dec. 17, at 10 o'clack, at & ?&:3 mgs?l wmw:ahlnmn.:&,lm:n“u‘: A ] " sts. Now is the time for bargains. Our orders to sell a0 EREMPTO; WM, A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctioneers. OIL PAINTINGS THE COLLECTION OF ALEX'R. VON WENDT, 'Will be Sold by Auction, Wednesday Afternoon, Dec. 18, - AT 288 STATE-ST- SALE COMMENCINGAT 3 O°Clk. ‘We invite the Public to view these Paintings, and judge of their merits. ‘WM. A. BUTTERS & CO., Auctioneers. By ELISON & FOSTER. GCREAT SALE Holiday Gifts! BY AUCTION, CONSISTING OF ELEGANT MARBLE STATOARY, BEAUTIFUL Bronzes and Clocks, WWII take place on TUESDAY EVENING, Dec. 17. at. 7 o'clock, at Storo No. 970 Wabashav. Sale will continga each afternoon at 8 o'clock, and evening at 73 o'clock, until allare sold. This is the finest collection e haveyed offered. ELISON & FOSTER, Auctioneers. CHROMOS. TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 11, AT 10 0'CLOCK,, & ELEGANT PICTURES of CHRMOS Last sale before tho Holldays. JON & CO., Auctic HAERISON & 00, Auctionoere,