Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 30, 1872, Page 5

i THE CHICAGG DAILY TRIBUNi : MONDAY, DECEMBER 30 office appoiiiments does creste s privileged .| clasg, and they are the chiefs of it. ’fim reform plan will oren these appointmentsco all the people, making honesty and efliciency the only tests, and removing from these mer. the power of rewarding personal servicee to them out of the public ofiices. The pest ucage has crested & political aristocracy of inside politicisns and rounced them vof porscnal ad- Lorents found to 11 belp pay tucie poliicai - x movement seaziers the foie pol cu, and ; otes oy entin fair compotition, to @vony citizen, W rd to what eervico be snay have dono 5 Snapp, Logan, and Weed. Theraisro possible aristocracy about it. Tiis iack is just what those gentlemen do ot like m it. They want to continne filling pub- Jic offices and dispensing pafronago at their own wweet will. The reform Insures that the public will o done on business principles. It renks up these sceret political rings. It nulli- fies theso secret bargeins over the people’s ofiices wad affairs. It opens "the door into pub- lic servico to the whole public, instead of con- fining entranco to u faw parly tools as pay_for work nominaking ang clecting their chiefs. It meies National elections something higher than o scramblo for ten thousand petty oftices. It reforms politics. Mr. Logan may not like that idea; Lul 8 an ides which will win. It is founded on common sense, snd nppesls to the fairoess and geod judgment of the whole peo- Ple. Pariy mensgers know this. So they have put ke reform into the platforms; it now re- ‘mains for them to putitin practice. 1{ they .aliy, aud object, and refuse, the people will put oiuer persons into their plrces, and tho re- Torm will g0 on.—Fockford Register. —We are evory day conscions that, whilo rail- ‘rocds are an absolute necessity to the prosperity «f the country, we are, at tha eame time, not simply peying them a fair compeusation for labor porformed, but we ore under tribule to them. AWe not only pey full value for work dome, we ‘<0 pay roundly for pricileges. Hence we are ready to denounce them gs extortionato and op- preeive—not aitogethor without reason—and %he people demand redress of griovances. How <o securo the relief demanded is_the leading question. Can it bo accomplishod by State or National legislation; by State or National 2id to mew cnterprises; or must resort De ked to sbeolute Governmental control of the carrying trade? Or shall we wait for <he elower growth of o home market? The Jatter we evidently cannotdo; that ehould be encouraged in every rensonable way, but before effectual relief can” be had by that mesans, the country is likely to become bankrupt. The ab- solute ownership and control of the transporta- tion busivess of the country, by the Govern- ment, is to be_considered only when every other Tacans has failed to give relief. Stato aad Ne- tional eld to new enterprises for ile increase of “transportation - facilities is entirely legitimate and proper, where tho obstacles to_be overcome aro too great for privat undertalings, and the Denelits are to be of a gencrel character. State tional legisiation, also, placing reasonable restrictions upon transportation compauies, a8 %o freights, fares, etc., we believe, i8 no in- fringement’ of the franchisca of such com- ‘panies.— Vinton (Towa) Eagle. —\While millions npon millions have been ex- ended, and is being expended. and used for tho Sy protection of the Eastern manufac- turers, railrond and otherimmenso corporations, something must be dono, and somet] bo_expended looking to 'the protection of the millions of sturdy agriculturists of the Great West. If present railroad and canal facilities caanot meet tho aemand for the shipment of tho incressed productions of the West at one-half the present cost of transportation, other and larger mesns of tramsit must be do- Siced It will not do sny longer for our Congressmen and Senators to hesitate to hnnfi into subjoction the large aud_wealthy railroa corporaticns aud canal monopolies that aro Tob~ bing tLo siardy farmer of & fargo portion of his just earninge by the imposition of exorbitant tronsportation charges. The day of enflerance hes well-nigh passed, snd the people will not much longer submit to theso great sbuses, The Yoice of the entire West cries as tho voice of one man, and the cry is for deliverance and pro- tection from these unreasonsble corporations. Tt Congress heed that voice, ere it burst forth in the indignation that is sure to follow & long- continued wrong.—Galena (1IL) Union. — The House of Ropresentatives has passed the bill for the peyment to the States of Okio, Indi- ana, and Tlkinois of 2 per centum of tho sum of smonsy received from the sales of public lands iving wilkin thoso States. Tho pretext for this pill is that the General Government once prom- jsed to provide o sum of money for these States 10 use in tho construction of National roeds. The roads, however, wero never mado, the moncy wis therefors mever paid, and in the mesntino tho policy of paying for Ktate improvements out of the Gov- ernment chest has become obsolote. There does not scom to be any special renson for tlo passage of & bill of this had, anless it be {50 fact that the reprosentatives of tho Western Btates hold tho * balance of poser in Congross. o far as we know, thero is no j setonce that this moncy—about thirteen hundred thourand dollars Zis to be used to carry out tho original purposo of the grant; whilo the fact that in Penneylva- iz, for example, & National road was made and sid for, furnishes no ground for paying other Btates for work not_done and whicl never be done.—Xew York Lrening Post. DBy reference to the Congressional Globe, of tho 19th inst., we notice that Hon. John B. Ifawley mado & specch onthe justicoof this cizim of tho State of Illinois, and gave some- Slut in detsil a listory of tho luud grants, wherein it was provided that 5 per cout of tho rovenuo reccived by tho Government of {ho United States from the salo of .tho public lands therein, after deducting tho ex- penso attending the survey snd sale, should bo Teeorved for purposes of iuternal improvement. Three-fiths of tho sum so reserved was to be oxpended by the Blate within its lim- its, and two-fifths was to be oxpended by tho United Ststes in the con- siruction of roads or canals leading to the State. Insimilar grants to other Btates, they bad received and expended the entiro amount ithout eny reservation, and had st the same timo reserved the right to tax the public lands afier they wero sold. The surrender of this Tight by Ohio, Indi_us, and Illinois was a sur- rendor of mors than five millions of money, bo- causo the amoust of land to be affected throroby amounted to more than one hundred and twventy million acres. Aftor 1836 the Governmont changed itw policy ; abandoned tho ide of resor- vations for building roads and canals, and gavo new States the whole of this & per cent fund, to Lo expended within their limita for local im- provements, without any restrictions againat taxing the public lands for five years after tho szlo by the United States. Congress having sbandoned its road and canal Improvement policy, Dir. Hawley contended that tho 3 per cont withheld from lllinois was unfair snd wrong, and of right should be refunded. The bill under consideration had this object in viow, and Mr. Hawley's review of the history of this whole matter was such an oxposition of facts a8 could not help impressing Congress with the justice of our claim. The bill passed tho House D a voto of 67 yeas against 27 nays.—Bureau County (IlL.) Republican. —Tho aim of the friends of tho Nisgara Canel evidently ia to.rush the sid bili through Con- esq in the burry of the prosent short session, 5 doing £o they expectthat it will escapo without that thorcagh investigation which it would otnerwise reccive. But it is not likely that Con- gress will vote fifteon or twenty millions to s project of which they know nothing ssve from the exaggerated reports of the friends of tho scheme. - Not a dollar shonld bo_voted for any internal improvement until tho Government on- gineers have inspected the _ground and oflicially Teported that the undertaking is s feasible one. If anything is done at this session, let & Com- mission be appointed to examine snd report upon the projects secking national aid, And then let New York Representatives sce to it that thie Commissioners are slso_directed to oxamine the Erie Canal route.—Butfalo Commercial. —Of courso tho Philadelphia North American has 1o right to set up » standard of Republican- ism, and the implicd threat has no terrors. Toke the postal telegraph, for example. Of course it gives no man & standing in the Repub- lican party to be in favor of that scheme; it is nothing against him if he opposes it. No party zesolution, no message to Congress, n0 voto of a Congress caucus can make it anything buta matter of every man's free choice whether ho will favor the acquisition of Santo Domingo or not. And we should be very sorry, as we are saro the North American would be, if the pro- tective policy in this country were made to de- pend exculsively on the fortunes of any politi- cal party. Should the theory of the North American provail, no Representativo in Con- gress choson on the ticket with President Grant Would have a omoral right to vote sgainst either of the measures al- reedy pamed, or in opposition to sny proposition which hss found s place in any of the roporta of Cabinet oficors. Thoy aro all under & ash, and reprezent not the pedple who aleclz:at{hem "t themill of the Adwminis. tration. Against this theory we strongly pro test. We refusoto commitour political con- geience in advance to any man or set of men. This is no boast of independence of dictation, Ts is simply the spirit in which every man_of all Em.ias ought to enter upon his political duties. we, and if elected representatives of the peo- le are to bave no other function than to regis- the decrgas of nalitical conventions, carry out the recommendations of the heads of departments for tho time being, we have & vory useless as woll a8 & very expensive ropresenta- tive syatem.—Boston Advertiser. CREDIT MOBILIER, [Ezxtract from a pricate letter from Washinatun.] Lvery person mamed by Ames to 1['Caunb, with tlia exception of two or three, had a positive interest in it, sud received dividends from Credit Mobilicr, though, in most ca: ca, their names did not appear upon tho books as sharcliolders. For somo, Ames was Trustee, the wives of somoe hald thostock, and, in other cascs, it stdod in the names of relatives or friends. In all, thero was sn effort at concenlment of tho interost held showing well enough, that when received, it wes feltto be n bribe. Benstor Patterson, of New Hawpshiro, had thirty shares in Lis wife's name. When theso men hesrd that s suit was com- menced, which might bring out everything, thoy were a good deal frightencd, soveral of them ra- turning thoir shares to Ames, others covering up theirs by transfor, all, however, with but one or twoexceptions, having first recoived in dividends, several hundred per cont upon what they paid, or pretended they paid, for tho stock. Provided the Committeo continvos to hold secret seesion, tho investigation will be kept slowly going until about tho Ist of March, when s short roport will Do made, too late to act upon it during the pros- ent Congress, in which the Committeo will fail to see why & member of Congress had not as good & Tight to buy tho shores of tho Credit Mo- Lilior as shares in any other company, or any other person to buy the szmoshares, aud though it was the fact thsi there was, at the tima, legis- Intion pending in relation to' il Union Pacific Road, still theso persons held stock in enother ‘company organized under o State, not an United States charter. Finally that there'is 1o ovidence of briLery, and that tiie stock was bought ak the seme pricé that others paid for it. —_——— PERSONAL. Str. and Mrs. Scott Siddons, of England, aro #t the Tremont. W. H. Clark, Esq., of Canads, is at the Gard- ner. Hco. John J. Safely, of Tows, wasat the Tre- mont yesterday. P. 8. Post, Bsq., Vienna, Austria, was at the Sherman yesterday. 3. & Pennall, o, of Normal, I, is st Anderson’s European Hotel. Captain L. A. Cook, Boston, Mass,, was at tho Sherman yesterday. Lawrence Barrett left the city for tho South last evening. Judge J. Burnett, of Cincionati, was at the Tremont yesterday. J. H. Wattles, Secretary Norwich Fire Insur- anco Compass, Norwich, Conn., i &t tho Tro- mont. Dr. J. A. Sevwell, Professor of Natural Sciences st the Stato Normal University, was at Ander- son’s European Hotel yestorday. The following were at the Gardner yostarday: J. W. Rockwell, Connecticut ; Georgo R. Marsh, Jobn E. Atking, Boston ; G. B. Rowles, Ogdens- burg, N. ¥.; W. W. Conatt, Detroit; Frank M. Powers, Johnstown, Pa. The following were among the arrisals at the Tremont yesterdey: J. H. Wattles, Norwichs inci ; Tobert Geston, L. A. Auter, Now York; W. S. Bender, Nevada ; John J. Safely, Towa; M. H. Williams, Dixon; E.D. Saxe, Salt Lake City. The following wore among the arrivals at the Sherman, yosterdey: R. H. Fleming, Cincin- Dpati, S. A. Buckmaster, Alton; T. C. Carson, Pitteburgh ; T. B. Shamp, San’ Francisco; W. Dearing, Portland, Mawo; J, F. Broadhead, Cheyenne ; A. Warren Kelsey and family, St. Louwis; A, A. Kevan, Now York ; O. P. Havens, Omaba ; C. A. Baldwin, Boston. The following wero_among the arrivals at tho Briggs, yesterday: E. B. Kewell, Pittsburgh ; Chas. ‘L. Recd, Boston; G. P. Stubbs, Des Meines; W. H. Garrot, Denver, Cal. ; K. Steins, Plnladelphia ; Geige Cook, Centre, Towa ; A. 8. Eerr, Baltimore ; J. Masgrave and family, Law- Tance, Kanses; G. B. Force, Newlon, Mass. ; H. 3. Burrell, San Francisco. Profeszor Tyndall goes home in Jaunary. —Wi F. Cody (*Buffalo Bill") resigns his geat in the Nebruska Legislature. —Lucy Stone will not loctiuro this winter. Her little boy is only four wooks old. —Goorge William Curtis is undor an engaga- ment to the Barpers for two vears longer. 5. . Prior, lato of tho Galosburg (Ii1.) Re- pudlican, has_nceepted tho editorship of the Champagno (1) Gazetle. Thie Russian Czzrowitz, lately roported at the point of death, Lus & son, Nicholas, born in 1863, who would inberit tho Crown. This little Princo is & cousin of the Princo of Walcs' chil- dron, the eldcst of whom was, only & your since, 2n objeet of intorest under similarly painful cir- cumstauces. —Dr. W. H. Rockwell, Jr., for many years connected with tho Insano Asylum st Brattle- boro, Vt., and since his father's resignation its Superintendent, has resigned. Archbishop Bayley, of Baltimoro, is too ill to receivo visitors. ~His complaint is Dright's di- senso of tho kindoys. —Judge E. K. Foster, of New Hasen, Ct, accidentally discharged his_revolver underneath his pillow, the other night, but received no hurt. —The latest rumor apout_the Covington Post Ofico is, that Postmaster Josso R. Grant will shortly sppoint Mrs, Farrell as firet assistant in tho oflice. - Mr. Enston, it is supposed, will re- tiro thia week. —The Rev. Dr. Salter, pastor of tho Congro- gational Church of Burlington, Tows, is colloct- Tog moterials with & viow of writing 3 memoir of tbe lato Senator, James W. Grimos. — General Sherman's 6taff will wear the nowls- sdopted army uniform for tho first timo on making the official call upon the President on New Year's Doy. —John T. B. Bond, tho editor of the Sciols Gazette, who died a_faw days ago in Chillicut Obio, was the founder of the Luuisville Courie which he sold to Willism H. Haldeman, still i'* publisher. —A Prince, and & son-in-law of Isabella, ex- Queen of Spain, was summoncd upona jury in Tome the other day. Ho refused, suying he could not be troubled sbout such trifles. Tho Judgo fived him 1,000 lire. ; Professor Balr, the well-known oditor of Horodotus, has dicd in_Hoidelborg, Germany. Ho was seized with apoplexy while at a banquet given to celobrate the cenfonary of the birth of Godfrey Hermann, and oxpired tho samo night. ~The Sulten of Turkey has confided tho in- struction of his youngest son, Abdul-Medjid, to Hulil Pocha, Grand Mastor of Artillery. Tmperial Highness, who is not yot 5 years of age, ‘commenco his studies after Bairam, by daily attending tho gun-factory at Tophanch. Miss Luos E. Edson, & niece of Governor Convorse, of Vermont, obd for many years an inmato of his family, died at Woodstock on Tucsday night. When'Mrs. Converso died, re- cently, she was telographed to st Burlington, and, i coming home, took cold, which csuse her death. £ Z L. W. Hall has becn appointed by Governor Geary to sottle with the United Statos the dam- ages sustained by citizons of Pennsylvania dur- ing the Iato Rebellion. ) S Willism A. Howard is recovering from his ainful illness. Ho is at tho St. Nicholss, in ow York City. Ho hes not been bleeding at tho lungs, s was rumored, but has had a Very painful citaneous diseaso. ' He will roturn hom, Sith Mra. Howard, who is with Lim now, about Jan. 1, coming via Washington. The despatchos Ronouncing that howas electod President ss well as Land Commissioner of the Northern Pa- cific were incorrect. He has been tendered the Jatter position, and hss until Jan. 1 to ey Whether ho will accopt the appointment or nof. —Detroit Tribune. i A statoment Lus been roing the rounds of the press to the effect that the late Edwin For- Fest was, in his latter days, in tho hubit of using abeinthe as a stimulant. On the authority of & prominent citizen of our city, and a life-long Zriond of the great actor, we deny it, and pro- nounca it absolutely falsc. Our informant also states, from his own_pereonal knowledgo, thst Mr. Forrest, during his_actiye career beforo the piblic, never, at_sny time, drauk to excese, and Seldom at #ll did ho drink.—Cincinnati En- rer. ) qu-“—!n the Iate disgraceful Senatorial contest in South Carolina, which resulted in the election of o carpet-bagger from Peunsylvania by the pame of Patterson, and which, it is alleged, was brought bout by the improper uce of monoy, there figures the nsme of H. G. Worthington. This edventurer, who has been arrested for ‘Dribery, it will be remembered was once 8 mem- ber of Assembly from San Francisco. Horan egeinst Delos Lake, and, s tho joke goes, all i Smew Lake voted for ‘Worthington, and ail who knew Worthington voted for Like; all who knew both stayed st home and did not vote at all. As Iake had moro acquaintances and was better known than Worthington, the latter was clected. Worthington, subsequently, was alcct- ed to Congress from Nevads, sud has beon Min- ister to one of the South American Republics. and, if be keeps out of State Prison, ho will havo at least one friend in tho United States Senate to secure for him another position.—San and | Francisco Qhronicle. FIRE UNBERWRITING. Something About Its Nature 2 and Origin, Who Were the First Underwriters, and the “ Chances” They Took, Fire Insurance in England, Ger- many, and France, As a ecience, fire insugance is sttll in its in- fancy. The law of average, 60 unerring in its application to mortality, is almost inscrutablo in its oction upon the clements. Statistics of experience in this branch of insurance are ex- ceedingly meagro and unsatisfectory. It does not scem probable that the calculations upon which transsctions arc based will over approxi- ‘mate certainty g0 nearly 28 do. thoso which form the basis of lifo insurance. This very uncer- tainty, howover, renders the protection estended by firo insurance all the more nccessary to the mercantile community. If no such provision against peril was made,com- ‘merce would bo subjected to tho most dangerous and perplexing fuctuations, owing to the de- struction of voluable commodities. Insurance is, therefore, the guardian of commorcial scour- ity, end, anticipating disasters the extent of which can only be roughly approximeted, aggregates, in advance, the resources of the entire commu- nity for tho protection of each member. Thus, losses which would work the ruin of a few, when distributed over a multitude become almost im- perceptible. The practice of insurance differs considerably in different countries. In England most com- panies transact all branches of tho busincss, life, fire, and marine, while in America only the last two aro ever united, and ina majority ‘of ‘instances even those departments are not con- ducted by tho same company. The form of con- tract in the two countries is easentially thesame, but it is likely that applications for firo insur- ence are scrutinized moro closely in England than in this country. German companies in- gure againstloss by theft during a fire, making good ol missing articles, while American companies do not_include such consequential Josses in the hazards insured ngainst. In other articulars the contracts aro very nearly alike. n some of the German States, insurance is fur- nished by the Government, which causes the volue of buildings to bo sssessod, and s tax levied to provide for restoring that which may bo dostroyed. Instesd of being humbly entreated to insure by an affable solicitor, Mein Horr is insured without any consultation’ of his wishes, and without having any voice i1 fixin, the price to bo paid. In case of risks ax:snmu& by companies, tho law of some of the German States provido that if any person shall procure insurance in excess of the value of property in- sured, he shall forfeit all claims under the polie§: In Franco o property-owner cannot obtain sn insurance sgainst the direct losses sustained by him. French companies specify in their policies the clasges of risks essured by thom as follows: Tenants’ Risk; that is to ey, the offects of the responsibility for which tho party insured ia liuble as & tenant according to Articles 1,733 and 1,734 of the Code Napoleon. Claims of Neigh- bors; to-wit, tho consequences of any action that meighbors may take against the insured on the plea of communicating fire to their property, 38 provided for by Articles 1,353, 1,383, an 1,381 of the same code. Claims of tenants against the owner, for damage caused to their furniture and goods, in nccordznae with the caaes provided for by Articles 1,336 and 1,721 of samo codo. The losses insured against boing indirect and consequential, s complicity botween & tenant and his landlord. or between two neigh- bors, would bo necessary in order to ' put up & gome” on the companios. The Fronch plan ould, thercforo, socm. at first sight, the bost for compruics and the community; but, as the liability of the insured to his landlord or neigh- bor is fixed by law, which, in this country, is constantly bLeilig amended or changed, and as Sres nro more_frequont occurrencos among us owing to hastily-constructed buildings. such & systom would doubtless givo rise to much litiga- tion and endless porplexity. The crime of in- cendiarism, however, necds some bettor check than bas yet beon discovered, and is, to-doy, the most vexatious problem with which undorwriters have to deal. Many suppogo that this evil is of recent origin, while, in fact, it is as old ns tho introduction of insuranco. Over twenty yoars sgo it was ostimated ‘that one firo in Eeven occurring emong tho small shiopkeepersin London was a0 incendi- ary firo.” _Thoro seems but one suro remedy for this, and that would Le & provision in the poli- cies'requiring at lenst one-third of tho actual Toss to be borno by the nssured. This would Tonder it very unprofitabloto burn out, and oven with honest insurers would be an inceative to reater care and watchfulness. At prosent thoro £ Tittlo or mo difficulty in insuring property for ita full value, although the theory of courso is, that the companies will only insuro about threo~ fourtha. The beneflts of firs_insuranco aro g0 apparent that it is suprising it was not oarlier adopted. Tho Saxon Guilds, about the cloge of the eloventh contury seem to have been tho firat to cppreci- ato the 1eod of somo such protection. One of cietics had the following regulation : er suffer from firo, water, robbery, or other calamity, the Guild is to lend him monéy without interest.” A rule adopted by another society was: *When any member is about to go sbroad, cach of his follow members shall con- tribute five-pence, and if any member's houeo is burnt, one penany.” Some of tho first proposals to organize fire insurenco as & distinct institu- tion were stoutly opposed on the ground that such provision against. contingent porils would Do tempting Providence, nud demoralizing to all concorned. _ In tho year 1609, an effort was made in Germany to induce the Lords of Estatos to insuro the houses of their subjects against fire, for which they were to roceive s preminm of 1 por cent upon the valuation of the property. It scoms to have been taken into account that heavy losses woro lisblo to occur ab tho vory outset, but the movors of the en- torpriso hoped that & considersblo fund would gradually ncenmulste, more than euflicient to cover tho average losses. An im- portant recommendation, which is equally ap- plicablo to_underwriting in our day, was that only & portion of the housesin_cach town b in- cluded in tho Association, as the valuo of all might constitute too hosvy a risk. The super- stitious fears of tho reigning powors provented this oxcellent schemo from being carried into offect. The noxt attempt was mado_in England with Dottor euccoss. . On tho 16th dsy of Sopteimber, 1651, o prospectus was issuod by a few private individuals from thew ‘‘offico, on the back side of tho Royal Ixchange," in Loudon, offering to insure brick houses against firo for sizpence, and timber houses for ficelve pence in the pound, being’ at the rate of 234 per ceat for brick, and 5 per cent for timber. Aboutthe samo timo, it was pro- posed by othiors that the City of London should Tndertakoe tho insurance of tho property of its citizons, and accordingly, on the 13th day of Oc- tobor in tho same year, an act was passed by the Court of Common Council wherein the corpora- tion did ““agreo and resolvo to undertako ye insuring all houses wilrn this city and tibor- tyes from firo, ond exsouto yo same with all expedicion.” Securities to the valuo of one hundred thousand pounds wore to b sottled 28 & nuclous for the fund, snd rates of premium were fixed at four per cent for brick houses, and eight per cent for modern buildings. The sct not being compulsory upon citizens, aud the municipat credit at the time being Yery poor, but fow policics wero issued, and tho projeck was abandoned in November, 1682, the ezisting contracts cancelled, snd the money psid for promiums refunded. 'This failure srengthened tho private onterprise already roferred to, and gave rise to several other mutual insuranco Societies, 5 notico from one of which appears in an issue of the London Gazetle of that day as follows: No, 2,407. July 6 to July 9, 1685, ‘There having hap- peued s fire on ihe 24th of the last month, by which ‘Beveral louses + - tlie Friendly Society wore burnt, to the valuo of £ theso are to give notice to all persons of tho said society, that they sre desired to *pay at .the | ofiice in Faulcon Court, in Fleet street, their soveral roporticns of the said loss, ‘which comes to fiya shil- {56 and one penny for etery hundred pounds in- sured, before the 13th of August next, S ) Tt io quito remarkablo that ong of the Sre firo insurance oflices known to have been estab- Tished, is still in existence. It is & mutal com- amy, and was orgauized in Liondon - nvmwglgn 1696, under tho name of tho Amicably) tior, but the name was afterwards cudl Handin-1land, by which it s atill known. 1t e otnonod at first of wbout 100 individusls, 8,351 Railroad Company ; injunctior who execated a deed of sottlement in 1693. This Company, or association, took no risks oxcept apon buldings, avd it is Surprising tunt us carly as tho year 1718t hadinsured nearly 4,000 houses. Its present incomo, althongh quito réspectsblo, is surpassed by soveral rivals. As a monument of 5 past age, and of that mutual principle u- m which insuranco is founded, it is to bo hoped that this o!d institution which has o long sud kuceesefully withstool the ravages of tho fiery element. mey continio to_exiem it protection perporually. The Sau Fire Odfice. of London, was founded in 1710, by ono Ciarles Povey, who was alto uoted 8s the inventor of @ fire extingnisher known as “Dovey's Fire Annibiletor.” Hitherlo the companics bad confined themselves {o _ the insurancoe of buildings, but the new ofiice ehowed = commendablo epirit of enterpriso by eugaging in tho business of inguring merchandise 2nd Liouschold oods as well as Louses, and was the first to extond its operations boyond the city. Tho Sun is still in oxistenco, and docs & business the magnitudo of which mayba cstimated by the amount of insurances granted by it in & recont vear, being in excess of $600,000,000. The Union Fire Offico commenced business in 1714, the Westminater Fire Ofice in 1717, the Royal Ex- gh;;}gu snd London Assurnace Corporations in 721, Abont this time and during & long term of years succeeding, insurance reems to have been Yogarded ms & species of lottery, and was ap- lied to almost every possible contingency of ifo. Among the various kinds of business transacted or proposed to ba dono by companies wero “ tho provention and suppressing of thieves, and insuring all persons’ goods from the same,” * for insuring Lorses against natural deeth, accident, or theft.” The election of a gentleman to Farlioment was made o gubject. of insuranco ot from 5 to 60 guineas per cent. It was mob until tho latter part of the eightecath contury that stringent laws wero exccutod for the suppression of these gambling schemes, and tho business of insurance in England placed upon a reliablo usis. Lord North, in 1782, introduced the first taxon the income of Insuranco Comparies amounting to 734 per cont of tho premium receipts, which bas beon gradually increased since that time to 15 per cent, which is tho pregent tax on premiums in tho United Kingdom. These were the boginnings of an institution which now extends its benign influence and pro- tection to ¢ll parts of tho world, and which it has been said, *‘may justly bo deemed one of the noblest creations of human genius.” A skotch of American underywriting is reserved for & future issuo. THE LAW COURTS. NOTES OF INTEREST. Theodore Emory oud Henry Ivoy, survivors of G. W. Gashiers, partners, of Now York, on Saturday petitioned for the bankruptey of iary A Higgins and George B. Brand, doing business a3 Higgins & Drand, claiming s croditors on an account of $12,937.71, for merchandiso supplied. The affidavit of E. K. Crandell, representiog tho potitionors, states that ho came here to arrange ‘with the debtore, when they told him they had stock on band worth $26,466.95, of which' thoy owed $18,240.08; and that their sales wero sbout §75 to S100 per day. Whercupon, they obtained an extension of & note then running, and failed to pay tho one that soon aftor ma- tured. Judgo Drummond, on_Ssturday, disposed of such questious as aro referred by tho law to the United Stotes Judges, in the matter of the Scan- dinavien Bank. Tho Comptrollor having ap- pointed & Recoiver, the bank comes into court for autliority to sell its fittings and personalty, and to make various cconomic changes in its per- sonnel aud management. His Honor grsnted the application {or permistion to el the fittings and fixtures, and the question of the disposal of stock and other matters was referred to H. W, Bishop, Master in Chancery, to take proof and Teport. Those whom it may concern and who aro in- terested in the claims held by the Netional Loan and Trust Company againat tho Stato Insurance Company, will find a complete list thereof pub- lished in Sunday's (vesterday's) TRIBUNE; 88 well as n completo inventory of the stocks, eharos, lots, notes, and other cecuritics given to the Lumberman and Germania Insurance Com- punies to sceure the dcbts of those policy- olm“l; who, on Ssturday, commenced suit for sets-off. Tho suit brought against tho Highway Com- ‘missioners of Palatine by Timothy Doan, farmer, for damages claimed to have been sustained by the layiug of & road on the north lino of plain- tifl's form, nemeir, of Soctiou 24, 1n said town, in which the jury found for tuo acrendunts - uo damzges,” was yestordsy appealed to iho Circuit Court, In the matter of the injunction granted by the Cireuit Court, restraining Louis Dampf_furthor interioring with tho manufacturing busiuess agreed to bo transferred to him by Barrett et al., a8 fully reported in Tue TRIBGSE, Judgo Far- well, yesterday, heard a mo ivsoive the injunction aud aypointa 1 to ver, aud set_tho Léaring for Thursday. Anidavits to bo filed Ly Tuesday. Suppressed caso No. 41,811, in the Superior Court, was o emall action for gssumpsit, brought Dy Mr. Lester Cofcen, the esteemed Deputy of tho Coust. The notes were made to Major Ste- vongon, and tho only way to oblain servico was by suppressing the uames. Nellie Felker prays an 'injunction perpetunlly seetrnining the Clicago, Danville & Vineanncs TRailrond Company operating their branch lino from Ada strent easterly through Block peuter’s Addition, to Morgun stroet ; awd o iem- orary injunction was yesloudey issued by tho ircuit Court. A dividond of 1217 per cent in (ho estate of Philip Healey wis d ou Sajurdey by tho meeting of creditors Leld Lefora Rogister Hib- bard, Tho habeas corpus trial, for tho possossion of the body of Emiaa Thompson, Thomas Mooro defendant, is set for Jan. 3. An order of dischargo was entered in themat- ter of Jacob Engel, a baukrupt, on Satuaday. ATTORNEYS' RECORD. AW, £, JJ—Old case—William Mormeu on Kecgh; rilo on plaiutif to file copics of appeal bond oud’ transcript. 2,304—Gilbert v, Enickerbocker Insurance Company; pluniff has Ieave to file 2dditional count to narr instanter, and de- fendant to plead at 10 days’ motice, 900—Field et al. v. Frary; conditional judgment against First Na- tional Bunk “ar $256.25, and aci. fa. G, N. 5,300—Pco- plo ex rol Emma Th 3 st for Jan.3. G. N.1,063—Hamilton v, Scott; 15 days more to fle spperl bond and pacs upon bill of exceptions, 2,813 Yopo v, Fordyco etal.; demurrer overruled, and until J:n, 22 to plead. Gi9—Rothschild v, Micligan Central R. R. Company; tie to filo bill of ‘exceptions extended 20 daye. Lowitz 5. Alemannia Insurance Company; dismisced by stipulation. Krug v. Eclactic Lifo Insurs, file ‘of_oxceptions. Bmelting & Re:fining Company ; fles returned. Tnz Strenion COUnT—(Gary J.,, for Porter). 2,521 —Mather v. Iijbernia Insuranco Company ; dismidsed by plaintiff, Trv CIRCTIT COURT—( St craxerrr, Tyt Crneors CounT—(Farirrll, J) T5—William v. ¥llen Curtis ; decree of divorco (s of De 5,314 —Darrett ot al. v. Dampf ; motion to_dissolvo injune- tion and appoiut s Recciver set for Thursday ; afida- Vits in support of motion tobe Leld on Tucsday, 712 —XNewman v. Schryter dismissed by stipulation. Tug Suremon COURT—(Gary, J.) 1,164—1larvey v. Bwott ; decree appoluting a Recoircr, Gi7—Lightfootv. Bockwith ; demurrer to bill sustained, 761—Clark v. Clark ; reference to Migruder, 207—Dinning et al. v, Phanix Insuranco Company of Brooklyn, N. Y.; sct for March 25, TANRRTTTCT. Tre USITED STATES Disimicr Count—( J.)—2,014—Jucob Lugel; dischiorgo entered and insiied. 21287 Ira Y, Munn et al.; filed petition of Juhm I, Norton to eorrect record, and namealterod from James $o John IL, Norton ; order allowing attornoys’ fecs and costs ; rule in G. Armour & Co., striking out proofs of debt.’ 2,008—Sago & Aldrich’; order for creditors’ meetings under Section 26; petitioners allowed §70 for isbursements. 2,171—Mury A. Higgins and Geo, B, Brand; entered rule to show cause, provisional order of seizure, and injunction. ST SUTTS, Tre USTrep STATEs Covnt.—Tho mew ruits in tlis Court on Saturday consisted wholly of bills for sct-off agajust tho Germania and Lumberman's Ta- surance Company, very full particulars of which ap- peared in Sunday’s TRIBUNE, ~ - i TRE Cince1T COURT—S,326—D. W. ¥, E: E. Tangan: diveree on the ground of &dultery in an nknown Loiieo of nssignation. dix v. Lecler; (Barnt Record, 0 Tgett, 5, 381,)—Jacob Kelley v, Sxmuel J. Zuwers ét al, ; petition to'establish title fo Loty 1,2, 3, 4,5, sud part of Lot 6, Block 2J, Section 21, Towhship 0.’ 5,308—Asa P, Kel ley, George E. Wobd, and David Kelloy v. Exxa B, Lin. assumpsit $500. 5,33 —Franklin E. Shandren v.. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Compday ;' as- —Ernest Xeyer v, Frederick' aud Hy. Krieter ; assumpsit $500, *'6,37L Dean v, Commifslbners of Highwave' b Falititle: llio Felerv. Chicago, Danyills & Vincenfies TrE SUPERIOR COURT.—1,$40—Tho’ Clty"'+. Johd 1-Johu Cook ¥, 'Ratd Pavisy ‘817—Dean'S; Tilly” aud 'Tiries | " dnies ooatpeo . JUOVE O, MOME: L veauant Tord 'Thsheellor Hardwick, when worth §4.000.000, wes a3 saviug of Lalfa crown es ! Omicaan; Dec. 2;:, 1890 when worth only only ono hundred pounds. Tho celebrated Duko of Marlborough, in the last stage of life, walked in a dark, cold night to his lodgings at Bath to save sipenco, leaving more than o cnillion and s half ponnds sterliug to o scapegraco reletive who had slways becn an enomy. Sir James Lowther, whose incomo was 3240,0100 o year, old, lame, aad infirm,‘wont some way back fo o coffes hovse for o better Lalf ponny than had heon given him in clauge. Hlo 1ooked wbout for zn beir. Sir William Smith, of Bedfordalire, o vastly rich Englishman, total- Iy blind, agread to give an ocalist sisty guincas if ho restored his vision. Tho operation was succesefnl, but tho old miser protended it was not oxactly perfect, although ho over afterco.1d read sud writo; ho got off with thirty. A rich Now Yorkor, notmaoy years in the grave, who loft arepuled fortune of sistoen millions of dollars, waa in the babit of buying = single maf- fin for breakfast, which ho carried homo from tho baker's in & bit of nowspaper. —_— HYDE PARK. Audited — Improvement Estimates — cenwood Avenue-Literary. An ndjourned meeting of the Trustees of the Village of lo Park was held at their hall on Baturdey aftornoon. The minutes of tho last meeting were not read. DILLS PATADLE, The following bills were ordered to be paid : Bills William Donoluue, salary as Calumet ferryman $61.33 Philip IL Waldron, for dieting prizoners.. 85.25 Police pa or (e moath of November 613,00 ter Commissioners® expenses. .. ork on Cottage Grove avenue, .. oll on Dulton Bridgo, er of smell bills wero presented and referred to the Committeo. During the afternoon session of the Board the Treasurcr paid off all the laborers on the public works, about $5,000. INPEOVEMENT ESTIMATES. _ Tho Commissioners sppointed on the follow- ing special nssessment ordinances reporied the estimated cost as follows : To completo Section 3 (Soventy-ninth strect) n. . To complets Town line (Ei drain To eompl avenue. To complete thoimprovement of Hydo Park ave- nue.. S To compicts {he improvement of Oak strest and Droxel avenue. To completo tho improvement of Ghicsgo and Thornton Road... sevveeraee. 5,500 To complete tho iniprovement of Cottago Grovo avenue. . To complote Fifty. ‘Total . avessaness 1eveess. 875,900 Tho reports were ccopted and tho above es- timates wero aprroved. 5 GREENWOOD AVENUE. Potition was made by owners of property on Greenwood svenue to have ssme graded and covered with stone 24 feot wide, 12 fuches deep, from Forty-seventh to Fifty-fust street. PAID AND UNPAID. Tho Collector's roport, submitted in accord- amco with resolution of last meeting, showed the several amounta of taxes collected for 1871 on the several special accounts, from which it ap- poars that there is still unpsid on special assess~ ments aboat $100,000 and $35,000 on general town funds. 3 The Finance Committeo, the Treasurer, and the Village Clerk arranged to meet in special session on Tucsdsy afiernoon to balance up accounts for 1871. TPresident Cady announced that he will hold his last matineo 8t the Village Hall on Tuesda; afternoon 8t 2 o'clock, for the benefit of &1 thosa yet doing business without o license. Delinquents will find Thuradsy to bo their judgment day. " Adjourned to Saturday, Jan. 4. IYDE PARE LITERARY BOCIETY. The regular meoting for thoelection of officers takes place this evening. Oration by B. A, Ul- rich. Debate: * Do tue signs of the times indi- cato a coming monarchy in this country?” Aflirm- ntive: Jos. C. Young, B.L. Underwood. Nega- tivo: J. J. Herrick, Georgo Willard. Ladies’ Department : Miss F. B. Morton. t trcet sower. . THE $2,000,000 LAWSUIT. o the Editcr of The Chicago Tribune: Sm: A gigantic lawsuit having been com- mencod by tho pretended heirs of one John Bostwick, threatoning to unsettlo tho title to millions of proporty in tho hands of hundreds of owners in possession, it seems clear that tho interests not only of the dofendants, but of tho public at lurge, domand that the amplost securi- t5 should bo givon by the plaintiffs in the action, and that the Court should require such security, before any other proceedings are tsken. Unless this is dono, the injury to real estate in this city and county will be incaleulable. Who can toll anything sbout their titles? Tho property covered by this estraordinary claim has changed hands sgain and again, snd on each transfor tho title has been carofully exnmined—and “ passed.” A very largo number of lawyers, including many of the profoundest ‘members of tho profession, hava given to these innocont purchasets the strongest opinions in Togard to tie integrity of thoir titles. Tho pub- Tic records and tho abstracts have shown no flaw in the chain of converance. Lverything relat- ing to the mstter of titlo has been as completo and satisfs :tory 88 to any othor property in this county. Tho defevdants, therefore, have rights whicli the Const is bound to respect. And the public bave rights which aro equally imporative. { these defendants aro to havo the property they in good faith have paid for tied up porhaps for years, 80 that they can neither eell, nor im- prove, mor borrow, many of them may be forced into baukruptcy before the final decision of the case ehall have been rondered. Could a grosserinjustice bo inflicted, or graater blow given to our renl estate titles # There is not u titlo to n single piece of proporty in this cily that might not bo attacked and s plausible caso made out by an_ingenious lawyer, who pra- dently waits until records are burned aad 3l witnesses dend or scattered, save only those who are interested, to sustain any trumped-up charges or allogations that may be mado. By allowing such wholesalo claims to me made, and thus endangering the rights of othezs, with- ot fall security for the costs of sustaining such action and dofraying tho damages of tho defend- &nts, is to offer & promium on rascality, It is to ‘presont to tho awarm of ehysters who infest tho community an opportunity to blackmail upon our most Tespectzble and Lionest citizens, with- out incurring tho slightost risk themselvos. Surcly no_Court_shoiild eanction such = one- handed and black-legged gama! Men who must soll their property aro obliged to submit to any extortion which sharpora may exact. How fow can afford to await tho slow progress of a suit in chancery, whilo their notes and mortgages aro running against thom at tho rato of 10 per cent por_ annam. The Court, thereforo, in cnses of this kind, should extend its protecting arms aronud tho multitude of in- nocent purchasers snd owners in possession, and sccuro them, 80 far os it can, against the possibility of frand and rapacity on the part of. those who_havo averything to gain and nothing’ to lose. No oao need four the result of ‘this litigation, excopt sa thoy may be embnfrassbd: Dy having their property * in chancéry.™ ' Law, equity, justico, and public poliéy'are mife 5, throw the plaintiffs “out of court'in'the end. Tho most scri~.s damsge that -can result “frsm' this sonsatioz =, story;of 6 man who died” with something on his mind ‘whicli he'conld not; would not, or did not, divulge;and of 'all"thi other mysteries” \rport Which *this* Bostwicl' sult is founded, is'thiit it may tond’to shrke the faith of capislists” in :tho validity of our.titles gen erally,'and thus interrupt tho flow'of SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. Drouth nnd Cold Weather—A Pony Railroad. Awxa, Union Co., Tl., Dec, 22,1872, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Sin: Southorn Illinois is suffering from a drouth. Farmers now havo to haul water long distances. Tho ground, at eecding-time, was so porched that tho whent lics_dormant, end that which sproated wede but lLittle growth. This pert of the State is now cnveloped in o sheot of ice. No ur:bod or smooth-shod horse can keep his feot, evon to visit tho emithy. Tho ther- ‘mometer this morning showed 6 dogrecs below zoro. What effect thiu icy shroud wilk have on whett, stravberries, and peach-buds, is only known to Him who *“ makes the apples round.” "A numbor of these soutaern_cotntics, some six years ago, voted bonds to a largo emount to aid in tho construction of s firat-class railroad from St. Louis to Csiro, The project slept, un- til, & yoar or two ago, it was discovered that a natrow-gauge, wooden-culvert, short-curve, and stoop-grado road could be chesply built. AS the countics bebold this_squatty, opizootic little pony trotted up to their doors, in_place of the full-sized, frm-looking animal they bargained for, they fancy the beast does not fill the bill, and want tho jockey to keop his pony, and they rotain their bonds.” Nothing less than 4 feot 8 inclies was the accepted idea of a railroad at tho timo these bonds wero voted. If the gauge can bo reduced to 8 feet and the bonds domended, why 20t to 13 inchos, and 50 on ad infikitn. ? GYPT. OBITUARY. Barnum?’s Gorilin—A Touching Tribe _ute to Ilis Memory—From One \Who Xunew Elim wells “From ths St. Louis Democrat. It is seldom tha we are czllod upon to note & more painful fact than that which wo now Tecord, and which is nothing moro nor less than tho rumored death of Bsrnum's gorilla, who is supposed to havo porished in the lames of the Museum recently consumed. Tuo news of Lia untimely and frightful end will cause a fecling of heartfelt ngouy to thrill the bosoms of his many friends throughout the country, who wit- nessed his playful sntics in his cage whorever Barnum went on his last summer's tour, or on- Joged bis socisty at » baer-saloon when'the la- ors of tho dsy aud ovening’s exhibitions were ended. The deceased gorills was & young man of ox- emplary hebits, and by his vereatilo industry smpported aa aged fetlior and mothor in Jorscy City, who can hazdly bear their prosent loss. His original pamo was_DBriggs, and ha was of Yankes, not Celtic, origin, 83 has beon errone- ously sfated. Mr. Runum becemo scquainted with young Briggs many years ago, and keon ob- sorver of uman nature that he- is, he soon saw that tho boy posseasedtslonts which would, if rightly applied bring Lim into public notice. Mr. Baroum first employed Briggs 08 & mermaid, but his nervous £anguineous temperament un- fitted him for wearing o wig and o cod-fish skin, and ho was_shortly ofter promoted to the pesi- tion of wili man. In this ho. schioved no suc- coss, and it was not until Barnum put his 'great travolling show on tho road in 1870, nnd geve Briggs tho position of gorilla, that' bo _developed those eccentricities that bave mado him famous. For two years no Detter specimen of tho gonlla tribe 'has been seen on this_continent. Though natural and convivial in his tastes, ho has sat in his cage an object of wonder end admiration to thousands, and submitted to being stirred up with a long pole for tho benefit of country clergymen, who 8tood by explaining to thoir youthful Sabbeth- school scholars how fearfully and wonderfully we ere made. No murmur of discontent ever escaped his lips, excopt at Terre Hauto, Iud, lnst July, when ho was heard to romark that he'd “bod—d if ho could stand it much longer woaring & hair overcost in not weather on a salary of 910 a week.” His selary was atonce elevated to $12.50 a weck, and Lia was allowed ico in his den theroafter, snd no better-bohaved specimen of his tribe was ever placed on exhi- bition. Ar. Barnum, wo are Informed, with chasacter- istic energy has telegraphed to Africa for other specimen of zaro wild beasts, to supply tho places of those destroyed by the late contlagra- tion. Ho may procurd clophenta lions, tigers, and cockatoos, but ho can never £l the place of Gorilla Briggs. Not ovon Dr. Livingstoue, with all of his exporienca in African jungles, can cap- tur o ine o specinien, oo who eoul capor so nimbly around his soven by nine cage, and danco to tho lascivious ticklings of his keoper's club with ouch pationco. Gorilla, adioul und may the bairy four-logged Pheenix who arises from your ashoa possess your noble qualities of mind and heart, und give eatire satisfaction to n de- luded public for the usual price of Lialf a doliar, INo Dancing Allewed, The Governor of tke French colony of Pon- dichiorry, in India, hes forbidden tho inbabitants 10 dance, basing Lis prohibition merely on patri- otic grounds. }e maintains that no Frenchmar should dance g0 long a8 the hated Prussians oc- cupy any portion of tho “encved soil " of Franco, and eny cheerful person who is discoverad in- dulging in gracoful movements to tho sound of music ibcurs his Lxcellency's serious displeas- ure. This s patriotism run wild, but it is thor- oughly French. Tho poor votaries of Terpsi- choro will have to indulgo in their favorite amuscment by stealth, or forogo it altogether, The Govornor's displensitro is of far too great ‘moment to provoke. _The Governor himself sots an example of vlholesome austority, and his #gvenings ot home” aro described as' “ Lenten ainmente,” in which, besides danring, , £ave of n _semi-religious chamcter, i8 etrictly tabooed. Whien tho Germans Lavo evac- vaied Frauce. what 2u outburst of pent up dance will agitate Pondicherry! We wonder his Excel Tency haa uot forbidden the onting of cebbage, seeing thet the Germans make their national dish, “kraut,” from it. Tt e Farmers? Convention on the Bailroad Question. At = Targo macting of the farmers and ofhers interested in obtaining o roduction of freht and passengor rates of toll on tho soveral rail- Touds of this State, beld in the Cuut Houro at Pontia, IlL., on Mondsy, Dec. 82, 1372, strong Tesolutiuns wero pessed exprossive of their viows on the mattor_of railroad oxtortion. Speaches woro made and resolutions were paseed assert- ing the ncceseity of railroads obeying the will of he people, and calling upon our Legislators and Souators to appropriate funds go that rail- roads can be prosccuted until they make just and reasonablo chergos. The meeting resolved to have a dolegate con- vention held at Pontiac on Mondsy, the 6th day of Januery, 1573. ‘'he Supervisor of each town in tho connty is roquested to call a meeting to e Liold on Saturday, the 4th day of Jeouary, to s that throe delegntos be seut to represont his town at said convention _on tho 6th of Januery.’ H. Sturt, Prosident. M. A. Pratr, Socrot; Poxriac, 1il., Dec. 23, 1872, sl S i Ferkimer County Dairy Marlket. Lrrree Farts, N, T, Dee, 28 —The weather has been very cold and. stormy this week, and farm dairiea have not come forward very freely.” The quali- t¥, 100, is fzlling off, much of it boing—to use o phrage of'the dairy—* not' cooked . down and_insulliciently cured.” Alont170 bozes wero deliverod, aud were X01d at prices ranging from 83 to lic, according to quallty, no'strictiy fino being in market, “The offerings in factaries this Wweck wers leis than hagual, but pHees “wore well maliitained, 14%e having bdenpald for * fanoy fuctories,” o -prico’ which somy gslora consider unwarranted id the present condition bfitho matket.. Wo give quotations .of a few truntac- ions, aa. fcliows : Liltle ¥alis Central,14o; Florida, c; ‘Count ; Ol I 145, o ot Falls off (his week considora- an, 1 Fairfield, 14 o delivery Ip bltt 15, owing, ‘denbtiess, to stormy weather and the oc- kenrrence :0f_the hoilddye, “Tho' prices paid runged Aromi 23¢ to 29¢, aud,.in a few i stances, 30c. We heard of nothirg gaigabove the last: figure, Dealera cdin- Jain tlaf Uso butter shows winier-make, and lacks. or and IAVEr, L o - i A'nugmder of z:lqrifs ‘Bavo -tlosdd 'Aut their) storks, ig:m ‘season, efthier sellity 8¢ slif " fo" New York 1 hping 3 o6 ield,*for tho present;"dmthielr dwn atedint: "o | nck of chea#o-i Nek- ¥ork Cify s’ refortdd 1o be- Quite modorztann; quaDtity,! s0d thohomademand is ority. * PRl of one thihg' T am stre; 'i2 3 falen hold of by tho defendants; 25-i¢" dulht "t be, it will dig in it4'infiicy; nll prove: 'itubif*to! bo's ‘mete “ bound‘and fary slghifyity soth- ing." ‘1t'will thus serve rather'to’ strenigthen’ our titles than to impair themt* efiks 14l 3 Tie's, Exp jfig 4bdi “ahd” Proz ” ad for boallig sad Mrengibeaiig thd grihrostana Lizigs - U dversmieres £ IR T AN SR . ;.. Tho Enabo jf dailnd g fo the Bna 3 194 ic0me, wib, finq}hwfl@:’jz\{!flfl, % i, " Coa Liver Oil. azard & Caswell's God Liver O I tho best, 83§, 10 12,2904, Tha stock of checse bitck iu tha coun~ i 1 an. the adjojuilug sectien, is compar- formed produce merrhayta n;sgm s for 1 win- g Bl second -trial ing'of, ‘thio joIii Vet of tho'vensoil, Thip'other ‘o7 ay wnder- e deritad vaTled 46 ' jyrdr, whetedpon all threo £ tha'dbuttzb] Juthped ' td thi t abd ‘object- d ¢l r-mwmemu lisd 34 3 i 05 cont bHoROf s prlonie T gally e ihiot Thoal, PEbehSel jaughc, fis wtbth “Mstighed, 'Btokds’ lsughed, créry hoay apghed. ' i sn it doos i ity bl Opanto, &8¢! _speciat ~ 'F:M\:‘k}md@i’})efvfa R r?‘c!ihu%a Istr:}gsrkf B giballutel Wasc Bakarid S0l Seich, Seomtary. - U Faw it cAttention b e o1 hY Chrpettara” aod Joiters X ] kb, -are’ hierhby re nrds b B Matl M'alflum‘imum&fll. oz Wenl it X Dec, 00, 14, 4L8 b 1., shar, a3 business of 5 . SCSIEDAM SCHNAPPS. TAolrho Wolfe’s CELEBRATED Avomatic Schistam Schaps. A MEDICAT, DIET DRINK, Of Eminently Salutary Qualities, MANUTACTURED AT SCHIEDAM, IN HOLLAND. In Grevel, Gout, and Rheumatism, in Obe structions of the Bladder and Kid- neys, its effects are prompt, de~ cided, and invariebly reliable, It i now somo twenty sears sincs tho pron-totor first i~ trodiuced it to the American pablic, nm{’ during that time 0 has Teceived over threo thousaad letiers from physi- cians indorsing it as tho parest liquor they have ever used intheir practice. It I3 mada from barloy of the fnast quality, solected with grsat caro from the products of the gx;n:z:g;h:ax,e&grfln-nfi\fi}w ‘dinlr‘i;:u: Eiflf"mam% essenco of tho aromatio juniper berty o 3 rectified by a peculiac process, whlcfixpelflmm spieltavery acetd purielo. . * 3 means of proventing and correcting the dl: bio and ofton dabigoraus oiioots produced upon the stom: ach and bowels by & chango of water—a visitation to which travelers, mow sottlers, aad. unacclimat ‘Poraons ace peculiariy Hablo, tho Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps g lutely tatallible, whilo 2 casos of v, gravol, ons of the' k o afe, stric i wotal dobiittyy e 10: ors 0 of e, dyspopsia and geuoral debilits, 16 st ompaatically by tno most distia- al profussion. Dottios, {a cases, with the e bottles and ourk, and s o Taho1 UUOLPHG WOLFE. unders fac slmilo of bis siguAtuzo o L Forenle by FULLER & FULL, LORD SMITIL & CO. VAN SCHAACK, STEVENSON & REID. E GENERAL NOTICES. Through Bills of Lading from Europs AUSTIN BALDWIN & CO0.’S American-European Express FAST FREIGHT LINE. I¥ BOND from tho difforent ports of EURS R SRV A warded without J- Now Yo from Tranship- NOCH R Tont o Uit tns FORFORWARDING AT REW & Tho atzontioa of [uporters 1 requ sted %o tho new Srrangements for iame- diato dispatchot Morchandlsa on TOROUGH BILLS OF LADING. For father particulars apply to AUSTIN BALDWIN & CO., _- Freight Depariaiont, 73 Broadway, Now York, R S & Co.. KANE & [smbu ) & U . Hamb: nd Leipzs {WEo lssuo throush Bills of Lading aad give full particulars, Gocds consigusd to ** Caroof ATSTIN BALDWIN & €O Now York,” forwarded and deliverod in any part of Europe FREE OF COMIS- SIONS in Now York. Election Notice. Notico 1s hereby givon that there will be & meoting of the atockholders of tho Morchaats' Savings Loan & spany, at their office, in the city of Chicago, oa .7, 1573, betwreen the hours of 10 o'clock a. the election of eloven Trusteos, to sorve during the ensuing yeur, and for tho transsotioa of such other buslnoss a8 way como before the meoting. CHARLES HENROTIN, Cashler. OFFICE OF TEHR Chicany West Division Railway Co'y, Chiesgo, Dec. 20, 1872. The Annuel Meeting of the Btockholders of this Company, for tho clection of Directors, e, will be held at the otflce of the Company, 5Gand 68 South Halsted-st.,on Tuesday, Jan. 14,1873, nt 2 o’clock p. m. WM. H. OVINGTOX, Secretary. MUSICAL. PEATNCOS Y THE UNRIVALLED Decker Brothers’ Grand Squarz and Upright Pianofortes, Also, other tirst-class Planos, of all cty}\nu and pric Will sl fur very lowest prico for 0, on lost ments. 1. CLAU! ©O. 5 Wabasi-av. Tisn & Tl o G, 231 Wabach-av., eornar Ven Buren-st. 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Roederer, 5 cises Champugne, Glatiaterr, L..Roederer, - 190 cases Champagne, Green Seal, * - . i 50 cases'Champagne. Spavkling Moselle. |~ | o " Just arsised nod for aslo by | J50. CLARKE & CO,, 21 z0¢ 23 Risoxs? SCALES, ' b A ", EAIRBANKR.w SCAT S 1A tREANES, }OREH Y i importaico ia o be trasacted. o By oc kot Presdaaty | & WEST WASIINGTON: