Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 8, 1873, Page 2

TIHE CHICAGO . DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY JANUARY 8, 1873. A COUNTY SUPPLIES. Oponing of Bids by, the County Commissioners, Chenp Bools and Shooss--Docidedly Low Ratos . for Buridls-=-Provisions for Paupers. The Board of County Commissionors mot yes- terday nflornoon, pursunut to adjournment, Drosidont Miller - in the chair, 'Thero wero prosent Commissionors Ashlon, Bogue, Clough, Cinwford, Gallowny, Tiarris, Harrison, Horting, Fonos, Lonorgan, Lublman, Russoll, nnd Binger. A communication was recolvod from tho Buperintondent of Prblio Charities, anking for Increnscd accommodatlons for small-pox patients nt the County Poor House. It was roforred to tho Commilloo on Poorhouso and Paupors, with power to nct, Tho Board thon praceeded to opon and oxamino bids fer furnlshing supplics to Cook County. Threo bids, banded in aftor the timo announcod for receiving thom, wora rojocted on motion of Commissionor Crawford, The bids Laving boon oponed, on motion of Commiggionor Orawford, the Doard rosolved it- folf into Committen of the Whole. Tho bids wero tnken up and ncted upon in tho following order: For boots and shoos tho only bidders wero Philip Apfol and L. Deitrich, Tho bidof Mr. Doitrich was nccopted, and the contract avarded aa follown: For mon's shoos, por pair, 81.76; koys', §1.25; womwens', $1.26; missos’, $1; childreny', 76 conte. 7 TFov wood thoro was but ono bid recoivod, that of Henry Ifarms, who proposed to furnish body oak and nsh, nt the Poor Houso and Asylum, at 10 per cord, hemg nearly 94 moro thon was paid Jast yoar, Tho prico was deomed too high, rtd no 2etion wag takon on tho bid. Tor tho burint of paupors there wera throo bide: Willinm oinrich, to bury at §2.50 each, and furnich well siained pino cofling and & com- fortable convi seo Lo tho burying ground; Willinm Niomoyer would do the samo at 3 each; Xiemeyer & Co. would bury at @2 ceach. The lattor bid was accepted, on condition thet cofling and convoyances ato furnishod, For milk for tho County Iospital, Charles Heines' bid was the only ono—at 20 conts per gallon for tho firgt thrco montha; at 18 conts for tho next six months, and at 20 conta for the last tiveo monthe, 'Who Lid was laid ovor. For buttor, William I’. Grey Kuh in o bid at 25 conts por pound delivored; A. G. Hanchotb & Co., at 19 conts ; Frod. Boornor, at 1055 conts— allfo ba No. 1 tatdo buitor. ,Mr, Bocmor will furnish bonug of first-clasa quality at 82.60 per bushol, Thebid of Mr. Boernor, on butter, was aceepted. For brond, there woro bids by Frod. Kleinheus ot 81¢ conts’ per pound; Sebwieinfarth Bros, & Co.. 83¢ contn; "hompson & Temploton; 334 conta; I'red. Volz, 8 16-100 conts ; August Dres- moyer, 8 Y-16 cento; C. J. Vordier, 8 7-16 cenls; C. L. Woodman & Co., 435 centn; Auguot Hofler, 8i¢ coning nud A. McGowin, 3¢ conts, It avas detormined to tako no action on' theeo bidn until samplcs aro furnished. Amouq othor bids wag ona which proposed eu?pl,vlng “ono pound of bread for the Wost Division,” Tor dolivering fionr at_tho Poor Houao, Rehwoinfurth Broa, & Co. bid $6.76 Fur Darrol They agreo {o furnivh the samo quallty as last year, for which thoy recelved §6.26 per barrol. Arhis bid was laid over. Tor furnishing drugs end medicnl supplics, ids wero yeceivad from Hurlbut & Edoall, . W, FEhrmen, T, J. Bluthardt, G. A. Hoffma, and H. D. Garrison. Inammuch ng nobody knew anything sbout drugs, Commissioner Millor-moved that the mat- tor Lo lof{ to tha Board for its action, This mo- tion prevailod. I For meat thers worg bids from 8. Werstrom & Co., J. G, Werstrom, 0. & J.Schiund, Diamond & Sweotzer, Leonard Ingalls, Wia. Yoloy, John Ruf & Co., Chan, Canissus & do., O, G.. Bmith, Wm, Coker, Kenstor & Kemp, Wm, Roinhardt & Co. Kohlhuzantor, and B, 8. Nutting, "Tho. prices ranged from § to 57 contu per pound for Imonts for prupers and Poor Mouse, aud trom 8 $0 10 cents per pound for extra quality for tho “hospitels, No action wan taken on theso bids. Tor graceries thoro wero bids from Z, M. Hall & Co., Jas, Forayth'& Co., and Allen, Correll & Co. No action was taken on thom. Tor ptinting blankn, cte., and supplylng sta- 4lonery, thero wore bids from tho Jilinois Staals Zeiluyg, Smenl, Robanks & Co., Ballard & Beully, Comoron, Amberg & Co., T, A. Ploreo, Olurk & Edwards, Sinclair & Blair, J. AL W. Jones, Legal - IXews Cohipauy, Jamoa O, Robertson, and M. B, XKonny. No action was takon, Theé Committeo then arosc and reported action 1o tho Doard, and the report was concurred in. Connuissioner Hurrison moved the appoint- mment of n committeo of threo to oxamine bida Yor flour, groceries, and bread ; auother for ufa~ tions and priuting; enothor for drugs and medizal supplies; and n fourth for othor bids not Zcted upon, tho meotings of theso commilices to ba Lield openly, und tho bidders interested in- vited 1o atend. Coiggioncr Ashion claimed that the motion wan out of order, as it contlicted with tho reso- ion ];ra\'iounly ndopted by tho' Board, Dy afl 1ida mast Lo opened aud actod upon in tlio £l Doxid. z Connnissioner Clough sustained this view of he eas " Comuwiseionor Gallowny did not think that the -point of oxder was well taken, Tho motion did f1ct conflict with tho provious resolution. Th2 Clairmen decidod that the motion did not «corflict with the rewolution, and was, thoreforo, net ouk of order, yens and uays being called npon the mo- 1ho appointment of Special Committecs, envried by & vote of 7 Lo G, rioner Clough mwoved Lhat {ho romain- amined fu tho Board beforo being 0 $peciel Committoed. igon moyed to amond eo way bo read, and not oxnmined, in ths open Board.” Tho motion way carrled, s he Board adjourned until this aftornoon at 2 o'cleei. THE FINANCIAL AND ECONOMICAL OUTLOOK FROW THE FARIERS STANDPOINT. o the Lditer of T'he Chicago Y'ribune 3 $Smr: Wo hoar mnch from the roatrum, through thio mera pazty proos, and somotimes ovon from tho pulpit, nbout'the unprecodented proypority of the country, 1low far this may be true in re- pect of thouo who prospor Ly land-grauls, bank, ship, end toriff subsidics, monopoly, epecule- tion, stock-gambling, und publio ofice, wo aro unable lo sey; bub wo do know that, g0 far s tho agricultural - intorest iu concerned, it s wholly without foundation in fact. On tho contrary, mattcrs nre in s most uneatisfactory and discouraging condition. With corn at 16 Lo 18 cenly por bushel, and pork nt £3 0825 por 100 pounds, and othor pro- duets in a liko rate, and with grocories and olher neceasnry kupplios ab from 60 to 100 por cont bighor thnu ten or Livelve yours ngo, wo cannob mako the tvo onds moot—to say nothing ebout profit—unless wa ndopt tho costumo of our fivst parents, diet on tho nir, and drink elough-wator. To have any roward for our labor above Lhat of tho slsve, wo must have a radieal chango in ho lnws governing the distribution of tho vom- binod productions of cepital end lnhor,—bo- twoon raoney, or non-produging cepital, and productivo labor, Wo have been acoustomed to atfribute (ho ovils wo are sufforlng wholly to exorbitant rail- rond-frelyhts and tariff-movopolies; but, upon Investijrtion, wo find that, while theso contrib- uto dircetly ahd lavgoly to the existing depronsed condition of things, tiicy are by no mcans tho only, nor aro they the main, sourco of those wrongs, and thorough Investigation of the subject in all its phavos und Learinge, wo are led to the conclu- rion that these ovils have their root in and aro tho lagitimato out growth of tho presont viclow monetary systom ; and that yailroad sud manu- frcburing “monopolics ara but the mennn awed by the money-power to appropriato sho onfire ewrplus” onrnings of industry aud entorprivo, 1t {3 cloar, wo think, that, #0 long au thoso railroad, manufacturing, and othor corporationy, as well as morchants aud business men genersily, bavo to Hn tho extortionsto ratoy of inlevost demandor {:y the money-olj- avchy,—which, under tho progont. systom, it has tha powar to oiforco,—thoy must colieat it from tlosu who patronizo them or purchuso thoir ooy wud waron, It follows, wo think, that wo Gt have cheap transportation awl gonorat prospevity inour productive Industrien without ~ a moro oquitable division of roduclions botwoen capital aud Iabor ban can be socured uuder the prosont Aftor tho mont careful exsminntion .| tum. Tho many and varlous plans nnd schomos proposod for {he rogulation of tho ourroncy would seom to indieate n goneral unroat and dis- satiafaction with tho presont systom, ns woll ns & desiro for . tho adoption of n sysicn batlor adapted to the wanty of the Government and business-intorosts of tho pooplo thaun any wolnvo hud in the past, Thoro i o gonoral drend of gotting back into tho old rutu that have uniformly proved 2o disautrous to tho businesu- intorosts of tho country. Among all tho moasures brought to publlo no- tico rolating to this subjoot, nono scoms to ng 50 well adapted to tho wants of the Govornmont and logitimato businoss intorests of the country, or 8o gonorally accoptablo to the pooplo who pro- duco nud distributo tho wonlth and pay tho taxea of the nation, ng tho systom of & legal-Tondor qureonoy fsmlod by tho CGovorument diractly to those who are able to pay for it in advanco, oithor by returning the intoreat-hearlug obliga- tlonaof tho Governmont, or in paymont of. sup- plion furnishod or sorvices rondorad to tho Goyv- ornmont; and reconvertiblo, at the option of the lolders, Into Ciovormmont bonds boaring an oquitablorato of intorest, not exceoding £hé ay~ orngo rato of jnoronso in the National wonlth, a8 rocontly discussod in tho columng of Tix TninuNg, This syatom would, wo thiuk, s you olonrly show, give the poople just as much or ns littlo mouey na thoy might doem necossary for tho transaction of their busincss,—oach indis yidual bolug; at liborty to fudgo for himaolf how ho will employ his own moaue, whother in tho bonds of tho Covernmont, or in tho lawful ‘monoy of tha nation, ‘This would FI!(EI oll tinkoring with tho our- ronoy, oither in Congress or by tho Governmont officfals ; provent all unduo oxpansions nud con- tractions of it by lock-ups or otheriwiso, ay.woll a8 the high and fluctunting ratos of intorest that have, in the Hnnt, dopressod ol branches of productive industry, doranged all logitimato commeroo, and mado us little loss than o nation of gamblors, " With just such rate of interest on the Govornment bond a8 will mnko an equitabla division of productions botwoon capital and Inbor, all necossity, or ovon plausiblo protext, for land-grauts, steamship subsidios, farift, or otlier spocinl legislation, would Lo removed. All usoful improvomonts would bo mado, swhorovar thoro was & ronsonnblo cortainty thak thoy would yiold a grontor profit than tlint do- 1ived from an invostmont in Governmont securi- tioa ; and nll logitimalo busiucss_aud ontorprito could be conducted on & safo and rlinble basis. By a.prror\'inting tho monoy that would come into the Tronsury undor this syatom, as well as all dorived from other sources, bayond that roquired to meot tho current oxponditures of tho_Govornwont, to tho psymentof tho na- tional dobt bearing a higher rato of interest than that allowed on the honds issued under this sys- tem, tho loanablo funda would bo rapidly in- creased, which would reduco the intorost it alt businoss transactions, aud compel capital to scol invostment whore it would bo subjeet to taxation. 1In a word, unleas thero is some hidden fallacy not discernablo by {he common mind, it will moot overy want of 1ho Government and people, and i Just what is needod to restoro genoral nud por- manont proporty to allnsoful iudustry aud com- morco, Bo far as tho sume can bo dono by logisla- lon, Adopt this syslem, and_then the neury lawa may safoly bo abrogatod. With freo eurvency, froe trado in monoy cun wrongmo ono ; but, un- dor the presont 1010y mouuq‘o}y tho repeal of tho nsury laws wonld, wo think, placo tho whol ‘business community at tho morey of tho curren- oy-mongora and mouey-loanors, Tho result of tho struggle through which we have rocontly passed has beon to remove frowy tho political nronn Lho quentions thal divi arties for several dceades, if not from tho en iost organization of Lho Governmaut, and com- Fxomly disorganized old political pattics. We have now cutored upen a now ora, I'he paramount issue of the present and tho immodiato. fulure aro thuso rolating to_cconomical ecionee, rathor than nbutract roflflcnl probloms, pro-éminent among which iy he regulution of the currency. ‘hin is indood & quostion of transcendont - importance, and should bo most earofully examined, thoroughly investigated, and fully and clontly discussor, Lo- foro any syatom i Jomunonlls adoptod, itor enduro prosont ovils until wo can find a rolid basis on which to establish ourmonotnry system, than to adopt any makeolift polic; theroforo, heartily glad to uoo that D takon hold of this subject, and wo hopo aud trust that it will, with its ‘acknowlodged ability aud fearloss indopendonce, continuo to digouss 1t 1n all its length end brendtn. 1t i to thoe public journalu that have the inde- endenco and coursgo to riko above all party rammols that tho poople havo to lool for tho protection of their intorcsts and the vindication of. their rights, and not to those subject to party dictation, Fanaen. TASaLLE Townsuir, Jan, 1, 1673, R WOMAN'S AID ASSOCIATION. ‘Regular Meeting Yesterdny--Reports of Ofl= cerd-«What the Asseciution Iug Done and Will Do In the Future. Tho regular monthly mooting of tho Woman's Aid Association way hold yesterday aflernoon in the lecturo room of the Methodist Cliurch Bloclk, corner of Washington and Clavk utroets, Proai- dont Culver in tho chair, Dr. Thomas, pastor of the Clark strcet Mothodiut Church, oponod the meoling with prayor. Misa Dryor THZ SECRETARY, in tho absonco of tho Tronsuror, M, Seovell, ro- ported that no funds of importance had beon handod to the Trensurer. Sho roported that Mius Bunkor, the Manager of "the Fiploymont Burenu, hnd pub into forco the rulo whoroby every applicant for work was cskod fo pay €1, end the monoy refunded if work was mot ob- tained, Tho rule had worked harm in gomo cages, but waa growing into favor, and sho be- lioved that ultimatoly it would mako tho Em- ployment Bureau self-sustaining. EAPLOYMEST REPORT, Tho report of tho Employment and Visiting Committeo for tho months of November and Do- combor, showed that thore lind beon donated for special casos §47.60, Ten familios hnad been re- lioved and supported, and 291 situationn fonnd for womon and girls. There hed boon held on tho North Sido during tho month of Dacombor ninolcon mootinge, ab which tho n\:"r:.- galoattondsno Lot heon 1,200, Ou tho Wast ide thero had beon thirtoon mothers’ mootings held, 'Theso wororoportod ns boing Froduutivo of much good, as encbling mothora who woue raining families in povorty to voceive ou- couragomont and good advica. Among THE DONATIONS woro §wolve tons of coal from Mr. J, B, Young ; Roliof and_Aid Socioty, §20; Mr. Cultor, 382, The Committoo roported that the schoolu’ wero greatly in ncod of Lonchers, and ‘requosted thiat the mombers send them wa many os thoy could find. Thoy roporiod that tho various tehools wero vory inuoh in need of ¢ OLD CLOTIING, and roquosted that as mucii Lo sent in ne could bo found. Clothing may boloft at 97 West Ran- dolph straet, Miss Dryor roportod that the Looks of the Employmont Burean had boon ox- amined, nud found Lo bo lopt by u good system. APPOINTMENT, . It wau roported that Alw, Millor, tho Supor- intendent of tho schools, had beon compelled to vesign, The Committoo of Diansgers rocoms mended that Mis. Andorson ho ny\miulml in Myw. Miller's placo, ‘I'ho recommendation was concwrred in, and Mrs, Andorron omployed. Inaccordanes with the arvangamont roported at tho lnat muctlni;. by which the LADIEY CHRISTIAN UNTON ‘bocame morgod in tha Ald Arsocintion, the Soce rotary reported thiat ulia had recoivad property from'the Union to tho value of §400. Ob ac- count of this donation, Mra. Smith naled that Mra, W. W. Patton, Mw, Georgo L. Beott, end Mr, T, B, Carter, of Lho Christian Union Ho- cioty bo elected honorary mombows of the Aid” Asnoclation. Tho requeat was gruuted, ‘I'he Bocloty tdjowrned. i R Ruturne Wyandatte, dlich, (Jan, ), Correspondence af the De- troi Trtbtina, Quite a gouxaiion has been oroated in this ciby Dy tho return of Mayor Jowell, who cloped wit iss Mary Coollen nome two monilu sinco, groatly to the nstonislient of the entiro coms munity, leaving his own fxmily in trouble and disgraco. At tho noxt rogular meeting of the Goungil” tho ~Bayor ballly appoured, do- clarod that no “vacancy find ocemrred in the Mayor'a oftico, nnd thot, consoquent- y, Mr. dohn Dittorf wes' not logally olectod Mayor by tho Council. Ila then ton- dered his rorlgnation formally and rocommond- od Olivor Colhornn, wheroupon the Couneil olected Golboruo, but hy les than o majonl(?' of all tho Borrd, which the ehartor roquiren, o that tho oloction it invalid. Thero i u good donl of stir ovor tho quontion, Who i Muyor of tho city?_Jowoll's victim, tho yonng girl, in said to 1ot Brio, Pu., whithor hior moihior hing gono with tho intontion of bringing her komo i pog- siblo, Her brothoer and father havo hoth (hroat- oned to shoot tho roducor, but hevo not dono yo, ~—The Cincinnati ]inm'fl of Comneil han ‘\MH(I\‘, by a landsomo vote of 35 to 2, tho vrdinanes SANITARY MATTERS. The Majority Report on tho Slaughiering Questlon Adopied by tho Board of ealll, Mortnlity Reports for December and tho Past Weel---Smull-Pox. A mooting of tho Board of Hoallh was hold yostorday nfternoon, Presont, Mesars, Rmuch, Hoard, Bchlootzer, Johnson, and Roynolds, Bov- oral bills woro audited and ordored prid. "TIL BLAUGHIERING QUESTON. Dr. Bohlootzor submitted a minority report on tho subjact of rendoring, adverio to a concon- tratlon of tho businesa nt the Btock Yards, owing to tho lack of wator, sinco a suf- ficlont stroam conld not Lo oblained ovon with artesian wells, Tho slaughter Liouson alrondy ot the Stock Yards wero o aufll- cient nuisnnco, Ifo bud oxamiued tho South Fork of tho South Branch, aud found it a gecond Honly Blough., Tho odors gonorally Inid- to Bridgoport had gonorally omanated from this stream. Tho Bridgeport places woro loas objec« tionablo wlhoro thoy woro than it located nt the Btock Yards. 1t was dangorous, slso, to give so much power toany private corporation, s was contomplated. The majority roport, which favora tha orestion of o graud modol slaughter-house at tho Stock Yards, ns remodying the ovils connectod with rondoring, ote., was takon up. This, roport favors also tho oxtension of tho jurisdiction of tho Board over protty much the wholo county. The mrjority roport was adoptod. MONTILY MOITALITY REPORT. Tho Banitary Buporintondent submitted tho montality roport for Docombor. Thoro woro 707 doaths, or O7 moro than in Novom- bor. Of thoso 865 wero mules and 842 famales 3 169 wero undor one yaar. Thore woro 66 donths by small-pos, 82 Ly consumption, 74 by coavulsion, 83 by typhoid fever, 0l by pnoumonia, and 31 by cronp. Tho mortality by wards was a9 follows: Iirst, 1; Second, 6 ; Third, 16 ; Towlh, 20; Fifih,17; Sixth, 60 ; Soventh, 53; Righth, 66; Ninth, 52; Tenth, 86 ; Blavonth, 34 Twolfth, 19 ; Thirlconth, 20; Tourtcontl, 194 Fiftconth, 95; Sixtconth, 443 Hovontaenth, 813 Lightconth, 25; Ninotconth, 74 Twentioth, 8! A COMPARISON, # Tho following is thn comparitivo mortality by gome of the csurea of denti Ocesivn, Accldents , o (ati v prents), ago (forclgn pavents), BAATI-TOX, During the month thero wera mmall-pox ensos ns follows: Becond Ward, 4; Thivd, 15; Tourth, 4 Tiil, 3; Sixth, 7; Sovoh(h, 1 ghth, 13} Tiinth, 23 ; Tenth, 7; Tlevonthy 27; Twelith, 63 hirtdonth, 8; Fouvieontl, 1; Tifloenily, 683 Bixteenth, 4; Hovonteonth, 8; Lighteontl, 6; Twontietly, 8. 'There wasan increnso of 21 on the Houth Side, r decrouse of 3 on thoe West, and an fngrenyo of 14 on tho Noxth, In tho lust threo mouths there have Leen 431 casos and 156 doaths. Doston hiad 1,793 cases and 513 pentis, WEEKLY MORYALITY RETORT. The Sanitary Superintondent also snbmitted tho mortality report for laat week, showing 160 doaths, or 12lens than laet woek, Ofthoso 83 wore oeles, and 77 females, Thoro woro 18 donthy by consmption, 17 by convulsions and pnewmouis, and 24 by small-pox. There wes & decroase ol sovon in tho causos of doath, and ton 1noro donthy by small-pox—a docrenso among thoso Dborn in'this country, an? on lucrauso mnoug thovo born in forelgn .orntrics, Tho most wnvked fonturo wau fhe increndo by g\lorpnml fover, pnoumonir, aud emall-pox, aud the de- croase by convulsions rud croup, Ward mior~ tality shows nn inereate in tho Boventh, Thir- teenth, Bixteonth, Eighteonth, and Ninctoonth, and o docroaso olsowhero, ‘tho mean daily tom' oraturo was nineteen end o hlf degrees lower han for tho proccding weele. Tho Increaso in the nuaber of infoeted houscs is no greater than expectod, though tho toial is greater than for any weck in = sevon nouths. ‘I'wo-thirds of the cagoy aro in tho northwestorn pavkof the nit{. Special attontion hng beon directed to thiy district, and it is hopod thore will Boon bo a decroaso. Theroe are aimost d:\ll{1 im- portations from othor localities. Through the noglect of thoso in chnrge, vavioloid has broken out in the Protestant Orphan Asylum. Childron admittod to such a place should bo vaccinated as goon as poasible, particularly. at prosont, Tho increase in deaths was_oxpectod, and was tho soquonce of the intonsgly coldweathor. A great decroane in doaths ‘and cases roported is oxpoctod this wook, ~Cnsos havo boen reported at Nos. 19 Ilubbard, 1653 Prairio avonue, 442 Bouth Union, 356 and 217 Wost Polk, 871 und 812 Division, 101 Hebiller, 150_Fulton, 249 and 289 Rucker, 165 and 65 Wost_Indians, 213 Wout Ghlcn.%o ayouuo, 367 Rouhen, 170 North Morgan, 23 and 208 Noblo, 741 Wost 'Tako, 136 Tourtcanth, 59 Archer avonue, 633 Milwaukoo ayenuo, 104 Carroll, 218 North avenue, 875 South Canal, 27 Dustold, 184 Augusts, 23 Cornclin, 42 Wost Mourog, 476 North Frauklin, 80 Nowborry oyenuo, 20 West Quincy, 30 Bremer, 159 De- Koven, 120 Eu;'y’urlor 26 DMark, 238 First, 10 Tiromer, 65 Fry, 795 Michigan_avenue, 146 Dun- Lor, 78 Canalport avenue, 22 Fourth, 851 North Rteuben, 21 Blonn, 898 Town, and 916 Buttorfleld. THE MEALI OFFIOER roported thet 21,048 nuisances had boon abated during the yonr; 613 houses had been connocted wirh sewora; 630 quartors of boof had beon con- domned, 290 hoxes of peachos, 400 watormolons, 1,070 dozon ogge, 1,435 pounds of choeso, 6 bar- relyof potatoos, ete 10,235 loads of garbago had hoon romoved, 7,630 0f ashos, and 15,605 dond ouimals. —_— EARLY LAKE MARINE. The First Sixteen Years of Steamboating on ll‘l]l!’ Inlkey —Tho “Grent Mistortane? of 182t Asmy Lord Izosulny would obsorve i this conncotion, “evory schioolboy lknows™ that tho first stoamer Dbuilt on the Inkes was called tho Walk-tn-the- Waler, named, it in said, by tho firat Indian who saw Lor wall, Sho was Inunehoed at Black Rocls, Ningare, in 1818, and visited Michili- mackinee in tho sunmnor of that year. Bchool- oralt, in his Momoiry, lnmenis the loes of this fino stormor nonr the foot of Lake Lrio in Novembor, 1621, Schooleraft’s Dolvoit friond, in & doloful lotley, thus bowails tho event: **This uccident may bo conniderod ssonoof thoe groatost misfortunes which heg ovor befallen Michigan, for, iu nddition to ils luwinf: doprived ug of all cortain und spoedy commuuleation with the civ- ilizod world, I am fearful that it will groatly cheok tho progresn of emigration and improve- ment., Thoy spoak of tiree now boats on Lake Tirio noxt scnson, 1hopo thoy may bo oroctod, hut such roports are ul\vui—s oxaggorated.” Tho onutious old party was right, for only ono now Dont camo out in_ 1533, thio Buporior; 500 tons, built at Tuffalo, and subdoquently convertod Into a full-riggod ship. ~Aftor two yours' sorvico, shio was wrecked on Linko Michigan, with tho loss of sovoral Jiveil, ‘Iho Chippowa, which had n model similar in form to o mnuskmolon, was tho only stoamor which camo oul in 18315 she was 100 tons bur- thon, and plied botween Duffalo and the Fails, Tn 1425, tho Honry Olay, 848 tons, built on Lako Michigan; tho Pionaor, 230 tony, built at Black Roolk ; and Niagavs, 80’ lons, bullt also o the lattor {flmzn, woro the only boats which com- ‘mencod vunning that yoar, * Tho two first namod, aftoy savoral yeurs, wont to decay at Duffalo, "Tha Ningars, nitor bolng dismantled, was towod in shonl water st 'olodo, whera sharonaiued for soveral yonvs, and, in 1812, was st on fire and consumed, 1n 1820, tho only ateamors commiasionad woroe the William Ponn aund Tntorprive, the former 75 ton, biilt at Frio, and commandod h{ Cap- tain John ¥, Wright, tho lattor 260 tons, bullt at Cloveland, snd commandod by Captain Milos, "T'hoy rorvod many years, until finally cundemnned, and worobroken up at Buttalo, 'Tho mn]urlt{ of tha steamors during tit perlod of nuvigetion woro low pressure and eavrlod masts, But two atoamers wore sot alloat in 1820, viz. : the Wm, Yoacaok awl Nowburyport (emml\), {ho formor 120 tons burden, and’built ot Barcelonn, N, Y, ; onglno ligh pivniro, Duying tho monih of Heptombor, (630, shortly wfter fonving Lutlalo, 1ho exploded hiey boiler, h;,' which eaturnity somo {ifteon livos were los(, 1ha Inttor wag 78 tons, built at Lirio, Pu., nnd, stier short sorvico, wag brokon wp at Lt | Lash, b( tho atonmer Sholdon Thompaon, in 1032, sho 8lio boing employed hy tho Govarnment Lo bring troops _and provisions to Ohicago durlng tho Blaclk ITawk war, On honrd of her was Genoral Winfledd Beott. Tho Thompaou was commanded by Onptain Edwards, fathor of tho Rov. Arthur Edwards, of tho Norihuwestern Ohristian Advo- calo, Bohooleraft sponks of seoing the stenmor Uncle Bam ab Mackinnw on June 7, 1834, an ¥ tho flvst of & lino to Chicago,” and hoe writos quito hike & modorn jonrnalist whon he refers in n porfectly dlazying way to *thin whirl of com- morco betweon Bufalo and Chicago." —_— DIRECT IMPORTATIONS. Tmportance of Chieago’s Trade with Eue rope, vin tlto St. Lawrence River and’ Great Lakes. Complatnts About tho Lack of Compalont Oificlals In the Chlcago Custor Houso. Itis probable that comparatively fow peaplo aro awaro of tho presont and rapidly-inereasing volumo and importanco of Chicago's direct trado with Turope via tho 8t. Lawrence River, Mon~ tronl, and tho gront chain of lakes which- com-~ ploto the dircct and unbroken water communica- tion batween this city and tho seaboard, Bince thio crontion of this clty as o port of entry by nob of Congroas, our diract importations from Europo havoe stendily incrensed, unlil Now Yorlk bids fair to bo left out of the questlon entirely ns tho point of distribution of imports for the Great Weat. Thero could ba cited no better illustra- tion of tho prosent and prospoctive magnitudo of Chicago's trado relntions with the mnrkots of the Old World than s . found in the oxporionce of Irelands & Co, of Montrosl, tho ngouts for tho NMontroal and Olicago Lino of Propellors. For tho sonson of 1872 six now stenmors woro placed intho lino, making in all fifteon, tho carrying capacity of which waa forcod to it extromost limit during tho ontiro senson. Eloven new propellors aro now in course of construction for tho trado of 1879, for wilich Irclanda & Co. havo alrendy made ongagomontn nearly.equal to their obility to fulfil, Mr, Ircland, Senior, is about starting for Eugland for tho purpose of com- pleting with the agents of the great ocean lines arrangoments for through rates on froight bo- tween tho priucipal Buropoan ports and Chica- go, the advantago of which roadily suggonts {t- golf to our wmerchants, At the pres- ent timo thore are tho most comploto facilities for tho transhipmont of morchandiso from tho European hottoms to the Ohicago- bound propellers, Tho arrivals of ocoan vossols in Montresl averago oight or nine daily, and tho cost of transfor of goods to tho Inko atonmors amounta to but 26 conta por packaga or 60 conts por ton for froight in bulk—less than onc-half of. tho charges in Now York. The goods sro mnot takon to tho Moutrenl Custom Houge, but are bandled in bond aud immediotoly forwarded to tholr destinetion in the iuterlor. It is stated thore havo been hendled by the line represented by Trolands & Co, upwards of 4,000 paekages of Tass’ ale for Chicago ll(fiuul\dcnhm, whilo of othor kinds of liquors, and comont, ivon-girders, ateel, hordwaro, ote., an cnormous quantity hag beon lnid down in Olicago via Montroal Quring the past yoar. Much fault is found with the manner in which businossis tranancted by tho Chicago Custom Houso ofticinls, whogo tardinose ofton results in ront inconyoniouce nud losnto morchants. Tor nstunco, o leading wholesale toy houso was re- contly compellod fo wait ton days beforo & con- sigmaont_of goods conld bo gob through tho Custom Ifouse, aud in consaquonco of the un- nocessery dolay the morchants woro unshle to 1nuke thoir sales in timo for tho hiolidad - soason, Tho chiof troublo seomed to bo that thoro waa no competont official who understood tho rola« tiva valuo either of Gorman money or Gorman fion(m, and until this arithniotical problem could o0 figured out tho consignmeont must romain in the Cuatom House. Ibis claimed by our mer- chiants that two deya, ab tho outside, ia tho ut- most timo roquired to romavo goods from 'the Custom Housoe. -Collector Judd should look into tho matter. —_——— PfiOTESTkNT ORPHAN ASYLUM. Annucl Mecting of tho Board of Dircctorsess Report of tho Matron---fmall-Pox at tho AsylantanBilectlon of Ollleers. Tho annual meoting of tho Board of Dircc- tronses of tho Protestant Orphan Asylum wag held yostorday aftornoon at the residenco of Colonel Josinh James, No. 620 Michigan ave- nu, & full roprasontation belng prosont, Mrs. 0. @ Rounnoy presided, Mrs, Locko acting tom- porarily ns Seerotary. THE MATHON'S REPORT was prosontod, sotting forth the following fnots: "o numbor of children in tho eylun to-day 'was 93, 52 being boys and 40 girls, Thore woro 11 childron roceived last month, 9 sont away, and 8 had died, Cnsh donations during tho month had boon $123; cash oxponditures, $44.60; balance paid in to tho ‘I'rossuror, $83.40. he roport containg tho followlng unwolcomo clauso which will bo rend with sorrow by many: $Within tho last week o long-expected culamity hos fallon upon us. Small-pos, or varioloid has madoitsapposrancoamongus, nnd, to-day, Jan. 7, we have in ull ton cases ou hend. Bomo of theso are light, and four of ihem were vory sick but aro gpulufi bottor, "The contagion camo from tivo littlo hoys who baye boen inmatos for a long tinio, and wore takon out by their fathor on.n vieit. * * ¥ Tvarything has beeu dono to megpt its spread, and wo oro hoping for tho o8t CONTRIDUTIONA, Four ladies contributed $78 toward Chrlstmas fostivition. Mry, Durand donating 50, Tho I'rosidont callod for voluutcors to visit tho nsylum durlnf tho month, and Mrs, Locko, and Als, McDonald, rosponded. ELEOTION OF OFIOERS, Tho Board procecded to tho clection of officors for tho onsuing dynav. I'lo Commitico on Nomi- nntious roported the following oflicers : Prestdent—XIrs, Teury Bayors, Vice Presid L Jiceording Secretary—Mre Correyponding Secrelary-Met, Tnuvloy, Auditing Commitlec—Alrs, Sayers and Mra, Durand. Purchasing Committee—Nra, Irwin aud Mrs, Fol- nsbee, Jteception Committee—Nra, Bayers and Mrs, Tol- lansbee, Tho Boord adjourned. skl g e e EVANSTON WATTERS. Last Saturday night o meeting was held in tho Cown Hell to effoct tho organization of n fira compnny. A committoo was appointod, con- slsting of Messra, Taylor, Hooko, Winns, Hum- phroy, and Ganiblo, to draft s Conatitution and By-Laws, after which thoroll wag oxposed for nignatures, and tho mooting adjournod. On Monday night, at 7 o'clock sharp (tho first mocting in Evanston this wintor that has beon on tine), the moeoting was called to ordor by tho Liro Marahal, Colonel Wosley Brainard, eud tho roport of the Committeo on Coustitution and By-Laws was ealled for. Mu. 1, 8, Taylor, in tho nbsence of (ha Chalr- man, Mr. E, G. looke, read o deaft of a Consti- tution nnd By-Lnws which, on being submitted to tho Assembly, wau unauimously adopted. I'he mont intorosting foaturo to tho world at Jargo will bo found in tho first articlos “Thiy (fompany shall bo known a8 the Pioncer Fire Company of Bvanston,” An ovident plagiarism, ~—a4 tho buckat brigade aro ready to maintain, ‘I'ho Qoustitution requiring au Exccutive Com« mitteo of fivo, an oloction way held, which ro- sulted in the choleo of tho fnllowln{; gontlomen ¢ 1. J. Goge, Dr. 0. IL Munn, I, B. Taylor, Darke, and 0. O. Btratton, Ou motlon, the Boorotary was appointed to cnsl tho Lallot of the Company for Luther D, Bradloy, for Bcoratavy, and also for Louls Loon- Lirdt for U'ronsurer, 3 M. J. 0. Humplroy was olocted Foroman, Mr. A, (. Winno 1les Asslstant Foroman, My, Iinr- nost-Idler Becond Assistant, and B, A, Ifardy Thivd Asslstaut, o Mosgrs, 11, H. Chandlor and Axell Zottorstram wero olectod to momborship, An ndditlonal by-law wus adopted, to the offeot thnt tho Foroman shall ho ompowored to call spocial mootiugs as ho may uco fit, Aftor somo words of sound counsol and wdvico by Five Mar- shall Draluard, as to conduct ot fives and pystom and ordor, tho moeting adjournod to uoxt Thurs- day ovoning, ut haltspust 7 o'cloc, “'hin compiany has & momborship of ovor fAfty, and aro as fno i lot of men ag ofton ““run wid'a wmachine," and wo hope thoy msy long be an A “ COMMERCIAL ” SYNDICATE. Anothior of Mr. Scammon’s Nico Liltlo Insuranco Johs, How Pollcy-Holdors fn fho Commercial Insur- anco Company “Got Loft.” To the Rit'tor of The Chicago T'ribuns? Bin: Tho Commercial Inuranco Company, at many dolngdud policy-lioldera aro aware, wasmado insolvent by the Groat Fira. Tho losuos of the Company woro to onormous, and tho ausots o insignificnnt, that o majorily of tho croditors congidored it n waslo of monoy to attempt to colleot the moloty to be dorived from them. A fow of tho policy-holdors, howovor, took advau- tago of this opathy, and soon afler tha conflagra= tion, through Messrs. Goudy and Chandlor, thelr attornoys, {ilod o bill in the Circuit Court for tho winding up of tho affairs of tho Company undor tho Biale lJwwa. Thls documont wag flled on bolwlf of tho partios who had jomed in the procoedings, cight or ten in number, and' of all othors who should dosire to comoin and pay their propor- tion of tho exponso. Bubsequontly, o potition in ‘bankrupley was filed againat tho Company, but “tho officors denying bankruptoy, tho matter was sllowod fo rest. Tho proceodings in tho Cirenit Court wore thon pushed forwavd, and o default obtainod, the ofiicers making no defonco, and offering 1o objection to tho sottloment of ita affairs by tho parties inthe suit, Instond of doing what thoy ought to have done, dofonding tho sult, and pormitting all tho creditora to sharo undor the bankruptey proceedinge, tho oflicorsallowod this default to bo takon in the Blato Court, and dofonded tha suit to adjudieato tho Company bankrupt. Whon the partics repra~ renting tho caes in the State Court had procesd- od as far ag thoy could, nud while the bankruptey procoedinga wero ponding, they went to tho creditors who hnd filed tho potition in bank- ruptoy, and arranged with thom to have the pro- ceedings dismissed, so that they could go on in the Stato Court and soll tho renl estato bolong- ingto the Company, and divide tho procceds emong thomaclves. They obtained an order on o Fridlsy for the aismisaal of tho proccedings in bankruptoy, {f no abjections woro mado on or beforo tho following Mouday, ‘Chis order was suppressed from all tha newspnpers oxcopt the Inter-Ocean, includ- iug tho Daily Law Jecord. In consequonco, very fow of tho ereditors know anylhing of the order. Mr., Scammon roads his own papor, aud, of courso, wan awaro of tho ordor laving heon mado, On Monday Mr, Jonathen Y. Scammon M, John Forsyth, and sovoral other croditors who nceidontally heard of the proponition, made {holr appoaranco in tho Unitod Blates District Court and objected to the divmiseal, They had an_object in so - doing, aud woro not backward in enloring into en arrangemont lu‘oposcd by tho Btato Court Syndicate, 1o have ho proccedings dismisgod in” accordancs with the ordor, T'ho ring (heu returned to the Cic- cuit Court, and hiad o Necoiver nppointed, who sold o lof bolonging to (ho Company. ' This 1ot inlocntod ou Enst Waslington strot, and tho building occupied by tho Cotamercial Iusursnco Company was locsted nponit provious to the fire. T'he sum roalized from thissalo was about $17,000, which was divided among tho members of the Byndicato, Jonathan Y. Seamnion included. Tho frupnrzy was bid in by ono Meyors, and aftorwards ho titlo waa tranforred to Goudy and Chandler, who have sinco orcctod o building on the eite. A now petition has lately heen filed in bank- ruptoy by tho defrauded craditory, nnd tho Com- pa,nly; has boen adjudicated n bankrupt. Thore is aunothor phase in tha easo in which Beamnmon, for a wonder, is nob believed to be personally intorestod. Suon aftor the fite, tho oflicors of tho Company issned_corlificatos of indobtodness to the policy-Lolders, and it is undorslood that theso cerfitientos wore bought up for o trifling sum by partica who had given stock noton to the Company, Thoso cer- tiflcatos saved tho makers of tho stock notes thouaands of dollars, aa tho oflicers of the Com- pany genorously dolivered tho stock notes to tha makors upon receipt of the cortifieates of in- debtednoss, ~ This traneaction, aluo, is claimod to hinve beon illegal. Whon tho caso comes Lo- -fore tho United Statos Court for a hoaring, tho revolations will astonish the pooplo of Chicago. ‘oL10Y- HOLDER, Careado, Jan, 7, 1873, DEFERRED TELEGRAMS. Itoport of the Stnto Hoard of Public Charities. Special Despateh to The Chicago Tribune, Bermyorioup, I, Jen, 6.—Tho forthcoming roport of tho Biate Board of Public Charities will make & bool of botwoen 800 nud 400 pagos. It is divided into two parts, undor tho heads of *Misfortunc” and Crimo.” "Thoro aro eight chaptors of tho formor and four of thelattor. Tho firat chaptor treats of the origin and causes of human dogonoracy ; of tho influonco of horeditary descont; of congenital = misfortuno ; of tho tondoncy of consanguin- ‘cous marriagos to causoe dogoneration ; of tho power of disoase to produco infirmitios ; and of tho offect of climato, soil, social organization, and tho moral cauges, espoolally intom- poranca. Tho socond ohaptor is = dlag- nosis of tho oyinptoms of iusanity ; and idlosy,and concludes with an interosting cs- #ny on the peonliavitios of tho blind’ and doal. T'ho fourth chaptor is a history of tho charitable logislation of tho Stato, tho fifth a gonoral do- seriplion of the institutions of tho Stato, tho sixth an account of tho condition of tho County Alins Housos, tho seventh n mnotico of privato oharitios,and the eighth o skotch of tho organiz- ation and work of tho Board. I'ho uecond soctlon of thoe report under tho hoad of orimo treats in the first chapter of pris- ou roform, ita riso and growth, in tha socond of prisons of tho 8 tato, aud in’tho third of reforns domandod. Of tho 87,832 iusenc persons In the Unitod Statos, Ilimolu b 1,625 ; of tho 21,527 idiots, Tlinols hno 1,213, of the 20,820 blind, Ilhnois 1,042, and of tho 16,2056 deaf mutes, Illinols hos 839, moking o total of unfortunatos in tho Unltos Btntos of 93 484, of which Iilinois has o totul of 4,743, OF tha Inttor, 4,700 arn whito, and 48 colored. hoso figures’ are considerad approximate by the Doard, which belioves that thero are G0 l)ur cont more unknown to the authoritios of the Census Buroan of tho Btate. Of tho victims of lusanity, idiooy, blinducss, aud deafnoss, ncoording to the report, least has boon dono for the idiots. It fs cstimated {hat thoro aro in tho Btato 2,600 idiots, of which the Slate carog for only 80. Thore oo 8,000 Iusano porsons, and nc- commodation for only 800, "Tho romaindor aro confinod in nlms houses or jails, or wandor migorably from place Lo placo. A umall numbor of insane, whoso frionds can afford to pay for trontmont, find rofugo in priveto asylums, Aora aiylum accommodation i3 domanded. Counly institutions thore nre none excopt in Cook Couu- ty, aud ita exporimout hay produced an institu- tion which rauls in the second or third class comparod with those of tho Btate. Lvon if ovory counly carod for it own ingane, tho ag- gregato oflicloncy of troatmont and comfort 6f the putionts would not bo ns %mnh a8 it thoy wero congregted in threa or four large ostab- lishmonts, ~ Tho roport assorts that the asylum st Jocksonville has paid tho Btato from five to ten millions of dollurs over wnd aboye ite original cost and tho oxpenso of sus- taining it, by vostoriug to tho community tho yorsous etired sluco ita foundation, 1t lu kot forth that tho taxution necessavy to maintain tho asylum and kindred institutions, fo simply an insrance againat calamity to whioh all are linble, and that tho oxpeno of cariug for all tha unfortunatos of tho Btuto would bo but fifty conts por sunum to each inhabitant, 'Tho - medialo completion of tho Northorn and Bouth- orn asyluma is urged, Iheroport resoimmonds the abolition of the pay systern, by which some porsonn e chargad or (110 earo of tholr frionds, whils others pay nothing. Tho Warden i royulred to investigao {ho ciroumalances of each putieut, and vompol pay in proportion Lo tho nbility of ' tho pationt'a amily, This s deomed inguisitorisl, and alyo uncortain, oy it iv imposibly to v cal- culato tho amonnt of eompousntion. Evory cit~ izon should stand on nn o.pmhtf‘ n the malter, and thoso who do not like public rsylumy witl o froo to palronizo thoao (st rrop Tho prosont systom ostublislios cands in o publio hn- wtitution, and thosa who pay think thoy uro en- titled to more prlvilogos than by pzapers who caunot altord it, thoush both wo roxlly on the unmo footing and are, troatad prosaoly wliku. of the recommendationn of the Board, and it I Indorsod by Mr, Gilleite, tho Warden at Jnck- gonville, Tho amount paid by pationts last yoar was 810,000, N "Tho Deaf and Dimb _Asylum, at Jackaonvills, ia crowded to inconvonionco, having nome throo hundred pnx;l]u when it was_noyvor intended for moro than two hundved. Tho Wrastoes thinl it would be a good iden Lo unlnrfiu tho blllldlnq, no 4 to pive more room. Tha Board of Churi- tley diffor from tho ['runtcos a3 {o the sconomy snd advisubility of that courso, nud deelnro agalust it Thoy considor that the building oould not be cunvoulmlll{ improvod, and that g thio Increaso of mutes withln the nokt ton yoars witt mako thoe total number in tho Hla'n about 500, the hiost thing the Stato can do 15 to huild . socond {natitution in somo other part of -tho Btato, ‘Tho snpply of wator at Jackaonvillo is at Liman pracatious, ‘aud undoubtedlyinfluonced the Bonrd in rosching a conclusiesn, Tho ealo of the Blind Asylum at Jackuonville, ns toon g & purchaser can be found, is rdvized, ns it i In dangerous proximity to tho railvoad, Tu tho ovont of tho pioporty belug disposod of s noyw building will have to 'bo orected ot Jack- sonvyillo or somowhora olso. o appropriationn for charltablo purposas for | tho noxt Lwo yours, it oll thal {u nsked fn givon, will bo i round numbors, §3,800,000, ‘'ho Boorotary of the Bourd, Rov, Frod, H, Wines, has o:yum\ed much labor on the roport | and on n sot of ** nh\!lgrnxtshlc "charts ingenious- ly construzted to show the rolative amount of ]nunuu{, idiocy, blindnoss, and donfnos In thia and othor Statcs, - Tho report is a roadablo dnwxlx{mcnt. 1t will bo printed in throo or four wooka. The Tllinios Senatorship, Speclul Deapatoh to The Chicago Tribuns, Bearsariep, Jan. 6.—It bas beon auggestod that tito voto of tho Opposition bo cast for tho Hon. Jas. C. Robinson, of Springfield, forUnited Btates Souator, but ho iy disposed to decline in fuvor of Governor Xoorner, to whom he thinke the complimont miglit bo gracofully tondored. Xown Xtema, DrsMorxes, Ia., Jan. 6.—Among the most im- porlant changes rocommended in the Towa new colo by tho Codifying Commissionors, aro thoso . xolating to husband and wife. Tho ohangos rccommendod giva them oquel rights nnd placo them undor oqual responsibilitics. Tho wifomay encumber proporty owned by horself tho smmo a9 anyono clso, irrospectivo of tho husband, In all proporty transactions thoro is mo distinclion made*in rogard to tho logal rights of tho two, and the wifo hos pre- clucly tho snne power ovor her praporky that tho Luaband has over his. Iintetes of dowor and couvtony aro nbolishod. 'Tho wifo may olect that tha homestead bo included in hor share of tho catato of r doceased hushand or not, ns sho .choonos, Eascments in real ostate, an ontire now subject has hoen introduced in thenow codo, In tho collection laws, radical changos aro ro- commendod. Upon all judgments, with costs not exceoding ©100, o stay of oxccutlon is ranted for threo monthas ; upon all exceoding 100, six months, All Latin terms have boon excluded, nxcu‘m thoso which have from long use becomo genernlly knows, "I'vo hundred ‘and sixty-sovon thousand six hundred dollary woro paid out by the pousion agouoy In thiu city Inst yoar. 'I'ho Btate Agricultural Socioty holds its regu- Iar annual mooting ih this city, on Wednosday snd Thureday of this wook. The location of the Btato Fair will be decided at this mooling, Co- dar Rapids and Burlington are cach striving to socuro tho Fuir. . Dida for tho stono for the suporstruciure of TJown's now Capitol will bo opened on Thursday. A largo number of hids pro in. Articloa of incorporation wore filed in the ofico of iho Socrotary of Btato, on Baturday lagt, by n company composod priucipally of old politicians, cnpital §40,000, for the purposa of Printing insidos and onfsides for countrs papors. ‘o Polk County Cireuit Court oponed to-day, with 260 cases on the dockot, tho most importan! +of which is a suit to forecloso a deed of truat on the Des)Moines Valloy Raifroad. Now Yorl Etemss Kew Yonr, Jan. 6.—Judge J. 1, Dally, of the Court of Commoun Plens, docided, to-day, ihat tho Sociaty for tho Pravention of Cruolty to Anis mals bad_ no right to arrest drivers for morely driving disoasod horsios, and canuot ordor the horges to stable or take thom from the core, and granted tho injunction ogainst Borgh, askod for Ly tho railroad and stago linos. Tho witnasaes in tho Stokes’ caso, confined in tho Mouso of Dotontion & yesr, lhiave beon dis- chargod, . s Mayor Invemoyor, in his messago, rocom- mends the Cily and County Governments to bo consolidated; that oxtra Logislativo powors bo restored to the Mayor and Common Council that tho various commissions bo rovised and mads accountable to the contra CGoy- omment, sud that special legislalion bo disconraged. To omry aut (ho yoforms n co-operating Logislature will'be necéssary.. The Mayor polntedly donounced the reprohensiblo systom by which the hoads of dopartmonts are mndo mombors of tho Board of Apportionment end given authority to supply mouey for thelr own~ oatimetes, and _eniphatically commends Comptrollar Groon's administration of financos. A farge number of Communists will shortly arrive in this city from Paris. Their friends aro prnparing 0 g}lvo them g recaption. Jix-Mayor Hall ulfl:pnd, and broke su nnkle- bono last night, Lo will bo confined to tho house o month. ‘ The Penusylvania 04l Trade. TyrusviLie, Pa., Jan, 6.—The Courier in ul- Iuding to tho Producers’ report of the produc~ tion of ¢rudo potroloum for Novembor, which it will publigh to-morrow, says: ¢ Wo thiuk that, under all the circumstances of tho caue, tho ro- port may not bo fres from feveral important orrors, Tho average daily production for No- vomber, according to tho roport, was 21,287 barrels, Btock on hand, -Nov. 30, 835,909, While wo think theso figures may porhaps Do too large, thoro ocan bo o doubb that tho production was very heavy; but oven ifib woro #o lago, it would bo bottor to havo all the facts come out. The pro- ducers will now undorstand bettor the impor tinnnn of correcting tho evil of excessive produc- on. ‘Tho number of wolls being drillod is 854, Rallrond Accldents, Special Despatch to The Chicaga Tribune. Trorts, 1k, dan, 6.—A sorions aceidont ‘oc- curred on tho Chicago, Burlington & Quiney Railroad this morning, 03 a train was nearing Ldwards Btation, A%rokuu rail throw tho les! car, containiug a large numbor of pnssengors, off tha track, down an embankmont, smashing tho car_to pieces, but, fortunately, killing no ono. Iad the traln boon oing ll speed, tho dostruetion of lifo would probably have beon fearful, Goneral ‘Thomas J, Ilondorson, Col- loctar of this District, had Tis hoad and faco bndly cut up, Mre, Juno Lamb, of Hoomington, was hurt moro seriously than tho others. Ilor injuries arc internal onos, and may provo dan- oroun, Judge C. B, Lawrenco, Yon, C.IIL Entora, Gnlowburg; §. . Cackoy, Chicago, and n fow others woro more or less bruiced aud cut, but none soriously. Tovmsvitie, Ky., Jau, 6,.—J. B. Blaoghter, o prominent insuranco ngont of 1his city, was run ovor and killed et Bholbyvillo, Ky, Lo was on o ear on & switeh, whon by some accidont ho waa thrown off, his nock foll ‘on a rail of tho main track, and tho tondor of tho locomotive ran over it, sovering his hod from biy body. Businoss nt Dotroit in 1872 Speciul Despateh to The Clicago Lrivvine. Dersory, Mich,, Jan, 6—A summary of the {unr’s usinces at Detroit will be published by ho T%ibune in tho morning, It shows the 1o« oolpts of flonr o have boon 057,905 barrols ; whont, 8,391,974 busholu ; corn, 1,016,725 bush= oln: oats, 1,010,303 bushels; bavloy, 963,252 bushola; Tyo, 24,485 bushols; buttor, 2,201,040 pounds ; wool, 5,218,258 {:mmd‘fl hidos, 5,170, 417 pounds; osttle, number, 73,673; livo hoge, number, 755,970; shoep, number, 166,62 horaos, numbor, 8,136; drosyed hogs, 8,011~ 369 pounda; foad, 7,807 tons; pork, B,812 barrols pork aud lavd, 1,084,218 pounds lard, 4,362,555 Pmmdu; hops, 203,230 pounds; l:olm\h, 031,268 pounda ;_tullow, 631,480 pounds ; oof, 1,016 barrels : boct, 404,750 pounds ; po- tatoos, 164,081 bushols; dvied fruib, 463,092 poindis 3 apples, D1,434 barrels; boane, 1,495,355 pounds 3 bouns” and poas, 1,089,460 " pounds ; pons, 143,661 pounds ; soeods, $,161,306 pound: ; oured monta, 9,247,031 pounds; tobnoco, 6,414,- 81 pounds, Thosn figures show na increaro overThano of the provious yoar, and do not in- cludo hoso which wore rosoived in trausit for points boyond. vigh, BarT TARR Cr1y, Jun, 6,—The Gontlle papors eontinuo to disenss the Qubornatorial guestion, —tho T'ribune favoring Walker and modpraio monsuros, and tho Jowrnal taking n radieal viow of (ho wituation, “Pha Herald's Olileagocorrospondont prophosics tho prowotion of Caney, of Galons, to_suceeed Tudgo Blrieklud; Judga Titns, of Arizons, to Wucoeod Meioan, who i to bo Govornor of Ari- zona; wad the rotontion of Bates as Distriot Attoruoy, D tho past year waa 10,847 tons; amount of baas bulllon, '5,637}¢ tous; valuo of uilvor bars, 0,000,b00. A Defanlter Committed for Arson. Speolas Deapateh to The Chicago Trtbune, Dunuque, Jom 0.—At Dolhi, Dalaware Coun- ty, J. A. Broyn, o bttlo-sonrred votoran, and for . many yoars pnat Clork of the District Court, wia to-day arrested on n ohnrgo of Lrying to burn (ho counfy buildings on tho night of Uee, 81, The fivo wan discovorad undornsath ono of tho dorks in tho Olorlcs oftico, in . papor-basket, by n. part of young mun on tholr way homa from a watch mooting, who snved the bullding by bursting opon tho door nud subduing tho flames before nn{ great damago was done, In tho slova was found n heap of ashos, thonght to bo tho cash box, which is miraing. . Brown i supe posed to have hoen promplod to the not by a de- sire to cover o dofnleation of some alg or novon thonsnud dollars ho i3 chergod with, In default of 3,000 ball, ho wag remanded to jail to awnit examlnation. A New Rinderpos ! Omwitgorur, O., Jan, 6.—A enttle-disorso han appenred fu Franklin Township, this county, which proyos fatal n a very fow moments. Oné man has lost cloven head. Tho discaso taket the form of apasms. Stock mon noom to think tlo discaso will becomo opizootic, e it is spread. fuy capldly in tho noighborhood. 'An Indinn Eighte Omamna, Neb., Jan. 6.—A hunting parly of Pawnco and Bioux Indiens are said Lo’ hava” had o sovero jight within tho Inst fow days on the Topublican River, south of the North Tlatto, Nobraaka, in whicl soveral Bioux Chiefs werd Xilled, :froupn avo roported to Laovo started from North Platto to prosorve poace and protect tho sottlors. MUTUAL SECURITY INSURANCE CO. A Card from Governor Mross—Scums mon, Frors the Chicago Times of Jan, 7. Will you permit mo to ny to partics in inter- eat through your columns that my only abject in petitioning tho United Slales District Court Boma weols ugo for an olfset against the debt T owed the Lumbermau's Insurauce Company, was to gain {imo till the money should bo want- od for the firiit dividend to the policy-holdors, as tho following receipt will shoy : OrII0%: OF TAT: AsSInt Luatoenatants INSURANCE : OF THI" ADANT, Oniesco, e, 31 Tinceived of Wi, Bross Four ‘Lhottnan 1iim- drod £nd Sevenly-{hreo 34100 Dollurs, i full fur | ment of Ll noto given to tho Lumberian’s Tr-uriuco Company of Ohleugo, nnd dated Mareh 1, 1870, T, C. TloAt, Assizoe, Notico tho dato of the noto of March 1, 1870, As I havenn original loss under the policy of the Lumberman's Insurance Cowpany on my former dwolling for 5,000, the offsot, rs L am assured by my couugol, would cerlainly have boen alluved by tho Court. But while thisia tho lnw, many of my follow-citizons, and I corlninly couenr with them, havo gravo doubts as lomy moral right to socure the pavmiout of my own debt in full. To Lo on the snfo nide I have paid tha money and profer to tulto my dividonds with my follow-citizons, And now, having honeatty paid princip] interest on all T owed to our bankr compauies, viz.: to the Mutlual Security 30, and'to tho Lumbormen's, $4,873.84, T ail & 200.34, will you permit mo a words with ono of my brother ofticors in tho Mutunl Seccuvity 7 T mean, of course, Mr. Scammon, its Trossuror, Ho has, {u his own papor, and in yours, reconily rcforrold to me poreonuliy, in terwa not vory complimo: ary. Indeed, I foar ho doos not love mo. 1 I not'the least disposition to return bis com ments, by calling Lim hnrd namen, but 1 wish simply {0 stalo & Tow facl, which ho can dony. Thon, as ho somotimes preachon,—ias froquenily dono o to mo,—I wish to mhko n (va‘ * Ifm“m ovsorvations™ to him. or auco Compnuy, I refor to a Jiltle addra to its policy-holders on tho 931 of Nov: The fact cuunot bo donfed that Rlr. S Tronsuror, Dan. M. Bowmar, Secr myuelt, o8 Prcsidont, woro tho aetive oflcers of tho OCompany, sud yoro minly ro- sponsiblo to tho public for its condition at tho timo of tho firo. It is for this renson thet Mr. Bowmarand mygolf focl surprised and outraged that Mr, Beammon scekn: by legal r}llibl-lcs to. rab tho entire funds in his hands collceted from s policy-holdors, somo_£40,000, and uoarly £10,000 on stoul notes, and to pey himsolf ahout GG por cont on his lossos, whilo tho policy-hollers cennot expect to get moro than 12 to 16 por cent, Tor whatovor infamy nttaches to this trunsece tion, Mr. Scammon must bo held alone yenponsi- Dblo.’ A short timo priorto the clection of myrelf .oa Prosidont and Mr. Dowmar as Seorctur) ‘Company hed lost all of ita paid-up capitil ing on-hand only o littlo moro_than §1,000in cash. Something had to bo domo, mnd Mr. Beammon must have thought thnt my services 08 Prepldont waro sorth .something to ihe Compnny, for ho nominated o for the offica. 1 was, or rocently had been, President of a bank, and 'was porsonnlly known to s largo number of my follow-citizens, It is safo to'say thet somo of thom took policics on that-nccount. Anto Mr. Bowmar, Lo, in judgment, saved the Company from an ignominious denth, snd had alrondy docurod, at the tima of the fire; for it position nearly oqual to that of tho bost lacal compenios doing business in the city. o pro- courod nmong Lis porsonal frionds, mant of whom wero Kentuckiang, some 8500,000 of insuranco— nearly one-third of tho entiro indebtedness of tho company. By his business relations with Ar, Florsheim, tho Secrotary of the Germania, he got nearly £300,000 of insuranco from 200 of our German fellow-citizons. Of the money now fraudulontly, ns I bolieve, hold by Mr, Treasuror Beammon, somo 816,000 ‘belongs to these Kon- tuclkinns, and $9,000 to tho Gormans. And now = word with you, Mr, Bcammon. Wo havo lived long in Chicngo. Yor cither of us to call hard namos sud mnke merely geucral charges docs nob haye tho least effect with tha roat mnss of our citizons. 1t is Ly our acts, for ho last quarter of n contury, that they will judge us, For nearly all this timo wo have been personal friends-—cortainly if wo wero not so, ono of us wust ba n consummate hypocrite. At this writing, in spito of tho hard names you , havo colled me, I have only tho kindliest feel- inga towards you. In factInm vory sorry thut you aro doing ‘8o much (o blast your ruputation * ns an lonest business man and a Christian gentloman, You scom to feel that my action in relation to this matter is caused your printing what you, in your abundant mod- osty, boliove to bo a rival nowapapor to Tur Tpinuse: Not a bit of it, Thorelsno man in my acquaintanco I would prefor to print a paper —n moro party hack—in tho city of Ohicago, e {J_euia\lyirlhu\lanplmngalnst jin pocuninyy orostd, T havo beon for more thau bwonty ¥ connoeted with tho dully pross of tho_city, havo sowmo littlg prido i Jowenanium, T kiow it unmmbl)rosporl thono _eugaged in it pract Sayayy that aro dark end tricks that aro vain,” Tho peoplo aro far too honest and too intelligent for that, I fear tho offoct of this * Mutusl Se- curity Sfeal,” as tho poople will eall it, on tho succoss of your nowspapar, You run two l-:m\:u‘ Both of tham like Foruey's newspapers, **duily." 1t you succecd in Dbing this monoy hestuso {ou, as Lrensuror, had it in your hands, I feer ho ‘)Dup]u will nob trust your benks with their funds, % 1f,added to your roputation for aharp practices a8 1 tax-payor; your questionablo, not to sy dirhionost, ottleinents for your two banks w other Lankers and individuals in “stump-tail” times; your Doarborn nircot oporationu; your Sehool Tund listory, and other mutlera which, as o formor friond, L nover invostigated, end ulways chovished n doubt ln your faver, 1 foar your fcllow-citizens will “be forcod to boliovo what has for a long timo' been o matter of publiv notoriety, I fenr, also, ity di- reok elfoct upon your awn cheractor and upon your yepulation among all pubntantinl Christian inon all ovor the country, Lyen if you gek thia monoy by u legal quibbio, it will bo’a curso to you, ‘I'lio sight and tha smoll of blood-money, Ztor it i liko taking tho blood of iho poor Corman wnd __ othor _ policy- loldors ~ of the Butunl Security— will stiok to yonr hands like Duncan’s liood to tho lunds of Machoth, Neithor “all gront Noptune's acean,” nor the Inler-Occan, ' con wasl thin blood cloan from your hewds,” Now I beg you, Mr, Scammon, tako an ol and ond of yoirr hoal Feiond'n nivies, = Aoknowlodga your fault, avon bofora the Court devitles nrainul you, as I think it will; pey up tho £50,000 you owe ta tho poor policy-lokdors ef tho Mutuu! Becn- 1ity, and tho publlc shoald, may I nob sy willy forgiivo you, provided you * o wnd sin nomoro, With bost withes, vory truly yoursy, &o., Wi, Bross, Cuoaco, Jan, 0, 1673, SN —It {n proponed that rofined oila for illnminat- Ing purposes bo kol by woight instead of by measurs, 88 i now cistomary. 'Tho hetter quality of cils pro tho o'y and if the re- uilors woro compollod to well in thoe samo man- nor a tho roiinwa tho omall purduser wonld have in the weight and eolor of his oil a rendier tost of itu worlt us an illuminator then any \ , » {