Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 8, 1873, Page 4

TIE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNE DAY, JANUARY 8, 1873. TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE, B XTEKHS OF RURRCIIPTION (I‘AY‘AHLI IN ADVANCE), il by e 812 ¥ Farts of & yenr at tho eamo ralo, 'To provout delay and mistakos, ko suro and glve Post OMeo address In (ull, including Btato and Connty, TRemittancos nay bo mado cither by draft, exproas, Post Otico order, or in registored lottors, At ourrlsk, MU TO GIEY SUBACTINETS, Dlls, delicernd, Hunday oxcoptad, 35 conts por waek. ully, dellvere.) I:'Illll‘ ly M!}H;‘:‘(:j B é‘(’\l{;)rfl;i;m:k‘ Address " ' Ml M1 I ior Madtson atkd Deasboriatn. Ottbase, Tl TRNUNE Branoh Offico, No. 460 Witbnshe Tooketors of Messra, Cobb, Audiews & ndvartisomonts and subzeriptions will bo recelved, and :;"_\l Lavo tho sumo sttontlon ne if loft ab tho Maln 2co, 0U CONTENTS OF TO.DAY'S TRIBUNE. TIRST PAGH-Washington Nows: Procoodings in Oon- growe; Tho Oredit Mobilicr Inveatigation—Stato Lieghiluturss-—-Miscollaneous Telegeams, i BICOHD PAOE-County Mattors—Tho Financlal and T-2anomical Outlool: from tho Farmors' Standpotnt [Communieation]—Womau's Afd Assoclation—ant- fary Matters—Early Lako Marino—Diccot Inportas t isantton Mattors—A **Gommorcial Syndi- eato," Anather of Mr. Scammon's Nieo Littlo Tn. curanco Jubs—Doforrod Tolegrams—Matunl Eeou- rity Tusuronco Company: A Card from Qovornor Biresa, AAIRD PAGE—Tha Tunt Rtroot Murder: Tho Young Aesazsin Undor Arrost—Taltroad Nows—Iiyda Park in Arms—Washington Lotter—Raflroad Y'huo Tablo —Advertirzmonts, WOURTI PAGE-Fditorlals: Oakes Ames’ Toatimony; Tho Sunday Ocdinanco; Tho O Past Oflico Lot ut. Nuws Items—Notes and Opinton. FIFTIL PAUR-Tho Law Courts—Uhileago Live Block Markol—-Oitfeago Dry Gouds Murkot—Adsortiso- Manotary and Commorotal. lewna Totler~Gon s Ttoma Halo, Tu d, Boarding, Lodglag, o' Vorefyn Nows~Tono of Wall Stroet llanoans ‘Telograms—Tho Verdict or Caso—Markota by Telograph— streot, sonth of sh Opera Troupo.” Bobemian Girl," "TRE—Wabnsh avonuo, cornor of Oon, . Faggomont of Joseyh Preotor. *'The Aftornoon and evenlug. AMVIOER'S THEATRE-Madieon stroot, botwoon e Darhorn. Lugagemens of hilis Oharlotta Casiiaan, ““Guy Mennorlzg.” Afloraéonand ovenlng. 5OOLLT'3 OPERA JIOUSL -Randolih otroot, be- 2 Cluk end laSalle, Now Comody Compaay. Attornoon and evening. MYERR' OPERA TIOUSE—Monroo etroot, betweon Desrborn. Arlington, Cotton & Kenible's Builesquo Troupo, **'Tha Black Paokot- Wauntad: A Nurso,” **Poter Pipor," GLORE THEATRE—Dasplaincs stract, betwoou Madl- A Whashingten, Drumulie and usieal Variatics, 2iternoon and ovuntlif. AMPHITHUATRE- ol Intonstront, batweon ph, Engagomont of Mr. Hiddon liand," Afternoon 5 NOTICES. 13D AND SKIN MADE SMOOTH Hoap, Manufaotured by Chewell 0105 VSPIPST, INDIGRSTION, DEPRTASION of ohiita and Cicnownl Dobility, tho Forro Phosphoratod I of Calii g Larl” (Calliasa Bark. mad Itom, s tho £ 3 Madoe by Caswoll, Ilazard & o , Nuw York, inls. BT Piti.yIOUS 1540FS OF TIIIS PATER 1 TAV ot g mynyioms accumpuosio tho various forms ot Usnasmiiog, Litor Complefut, &or, oud hava azsericd ti:at my Modiel will guro thoso discasos. ‘eontiune yom duy to-day o prodco tho prools Sesortians I tho foria of woll-authonticatad or- of thic o aninis tuo mang curs by my medloinon Is tho fallow. witieh vl bo found futorostins: o ¥ V. H. NOHENOK, M. D. * D, J. 1L, Senmsce—Dear Sir: As you havo wifa of Awell-marked conmmption when she wa. wurn, by tha vory jaws of death, netico to yoursol, s weli an duty to x:iy'(»llannnn. inpals mo to address you s Totter, and dutail (he conitition of my wifo, and_tho vory remnrinblo eftects of your modictno fn Jloro than throo years ogo, oho \was taken with & copions biceding from the funzs, nttandod with a vory ad e-ugh, Ic of appatlte, pain botweeon hor shoulders, ‘Baduhc.” ool Teoh and & przdnal doclino of Tor P deel pow L ealiod fn our {amily physician, who lg ro. Tardeq as ono of (ha nblest practitioncrs in thacity, 1o Eumttnuzil tonttend her forn loug tine, and durlog thint Timo #ho dd sovoral altncke of honiorrhiaga from tho Juncs, which mado her very wouk, and brougl ll.lmrni(h T¢wan whon 1 felt that hor_chancos for 1fto d tliut Mra. Edward Eronch, ad bacn ouired af L‘nn:«umrllnn and blosding s, AL word to. hor by all 1ueaus to sply to i, o would bo wure to curg hor. At thia “my wifo wes very ba, Sho was muoh reduced in nnd strength,’ had Triich was 0 dLstiuselugg as neatly to doprive bae of sloey Fho nnd 0 ot tnd s ross t her langa, end G was ovl- w3 1l tat sho waw Tor £ano with vonsumptions {n 0 utternonus kho would haso fevor aud orcoping cuill, AL gt tets ; CRELEE SOTITNOK bad given her un oxamination vith his Respiromater, ho pointed out to wife tho part. Seiiee T et was padly disozsod: - 5 had Httle Bonc or cAvo. of Mooreitowt, I, .y i fom oy 1o zppetite, & vary hud cough, Pitineo e this1hao o any remedlos, ‘s sho had ueod 2 yhine 18 modirtas, withott tho losat: beaciit. i conmaeueon weini th Palmonio Eyrup, Maudruio Fiitls, anc Wi aud eontion, lo uso thon ed ‘Thalo, , tcoing Dr. SOMENOK onve a weelk, Shen sho wepatlonend n_markod imoravemont. ‘Thoro ¥ thts difroranca i the offect of thuso medioines from aitothars: Insterd of driving up thio scorotions and niat- tar, 6a othcr madiefnes had dane, they seotnd to ripsn T maticr 2 1 iv in tho forni »f exprotoration, atth samo 1 no tho woorotions oiv nntural and hnuhhr condition, and ulnto naturally. W clong tho, as tho dls- atinatoly resistad tho action of tior hegan to ripen, ti hincio of matter oceurro hero iy wifs folt that her Jungs Tior ‘anpoitto and dizoation improvod, what sue_lad loug hoon o stiungr to eloep. Tho medlcino continued ta net ‘huriied 1f, ond aftor four ov fivo dnod her strongth, and folt that lor ‘Trom all diseasa, | Sho Lt now svell and s attemi to tlio dutles df hor fumily, g A R R ke nodleluos, » Sho 3. devfeaus Y oy Wave dond for b it & 1 th 3 d e e Puman race, Consumption. I Sed; Lanning ny ono call on us ut oxf Lo (raat vie- Yours truls, it ared b PR ur of BIXTH ‘and v cale by ull druge YVednerday NMorning, Janunry 8, 1873. Novadn T.ogislature, which mot yester- a postponed the clection of United States Sonntor until the 21ab fst. thoro avo any Teton Eloux fis tho proposalof the Tutovior Dopartment to take a caroful consua of ull tho Indiaus on the Continent. Now Orlenns waa quict yeatorday, Tho Pinch- beek Leginlaturo and the Iouso of the Fusion- it Yeeginlature wore i nossion ; thore was no quornm presont in (he Sonato of the lattor body. Tweed's counsel havosought again to delny tho frinl of their onpor client, Ly maling intorminn- lo arguments snd dilstory motions, Lut Judgo Davis was not to bo movod, and tho jury will Lo empanclied to-day for Lis trial on criminal charges of fraud. QGeneral ITumphreys, Chief of Inginoors, in- forms Congrosn that £2,857,462 hna so far boen gpont on the canal around tho Falln of the Ohio, and £2,769,200 on that avound tho Des Moines Ttopids. Tho ship-canal talked of to conneot tho Misnissippl sbovo the Delin with the deop swaters of tho Guif will cost $7,600,000, Btoken has boon takon from hin Juxnrious quarters in tho Tombs, and confined in the murderers’ coll, Ono ground on which the ver- dict will bo nttacked by Btokes' counsel in tho romark said to have been mndo Dby one of the qnrors, botwoen the first and second trials, that ho would bo #n juror next timo ; thon you will goo what will iappen to Blokes,” The $t. Louls Tepublican will, this evoning, formally opon and {nnugurale its now and splon- did Lullding, which hag tekon tho place of the ono doutroyed by fira about 4o years alneo, It 18 ono of the mout notablo and imposing odis flo9s i tho gounfry, sugd is wosthy of tho gveat City of Bt. Louls, Its intornal structure is mod- olled aftor that of tho old Tminuxe building, which was likewise destroyed by firo, Mr. Drooks' repulation soems to Ho bLotweon 'Comb and Alloy. 'Tho former testifien that Brooks wae the only membor of Congress who got Credit Mobillor stoclk without paying n fair prico for it, Ilo says Lio hoard Drooks soliclting Alloy to let him havo 60 sharos, which ho ebtain- od, and for which ho promited to tnlke caro of the Democratio sido of tho Houso, All this Alley stoully. donics Bonator Buckingham's bill, introduced into the Sonato yootorday, adds anothor to tho countloss ochomog for improving our enrroncy, e pro- poesa thet banking Lo mado freo; thab nointerost bo allowed on doposits ; that banks may mako United Blates bonds a part of thelr renervos, and may rodeom their notes {u coin, legnl tonders, or Natlonal Bank noles, "Iho bill further provides for Lo rociproeal convertibilily of bonds and preenbacks, [ — To-day, tho New York Legislature will vota for United Btaton Sonator. Tho Assembly or- gunizod yesterday by the solection of A. B. Cor- uell ng Speaker, Qovernor Dix, in his moseago, recommonda that tho Brle Canal bo kopt within the vontrol of the Stato, and that stopa bo taken to gnickon transportation. Among othor ro- forms for the governmont of Now York City, ho prosses tho adoption of Miuority Representa- tion, The Stato dobt is 925,886,726, which in £4,000,000 lesn thon Inst yonr, ment hna talen to discournga omigration seom to binvo glven it o groater stimulus then over. Gormans are convineed thnt its anxioty in duo to oxpectation of war, and nnmonso numbors, it in statod by tho I'rosidont of the North German Emigration Svciety, will leavo for Amorica in tho spring, smong which will bo 10,000 tobaceo growors and 12,000 wino growors. The commisgion sentout by thin Soclety to buy large tracls of land fu the Wost il for Now York Sunday next. As originally drawn, Sounntor Bhorman's bill concorning tho Lonisiana and Arkansas tronbles proposed to inquire whother thoir oloctions had Dbeon hold in accordanco with thelaws of tho Uyited States. In deferonco to Seustor Thurman snd othiers whe wishod Lo votafor the bill, bul did not caro to approve tho Fodoral juriadiction im~ pliod in thia wording, Senator Shermanamended tho bill eo as to oxtend the inquity to compli- ancowith State laws, In this shapo it haa passed tho Senato. Wo publish elacwhers a commurieation from on Tilinois farmor ou tho eommorcial und flnan- ciol outlook, in which it.is nssumed that Tum Cirrcago Trinose favors such logislation iu ro- gard to the currency a3 will reduco the rato of intorcat to the recortained rato of increuso of tho natlonal wonlth, It liardly nocessery to 8oy that wo do not Leliove that nny spccies of logislation can reduce the ralo of interest holow ita natural lovel, unless it bo legislution which improvos tho charactor of tho vewurity for loans, ‘VicoPreeident Colfwx mada & writton statemout tothe Credit Mobilier Committe, yesterday, to thoeffoct that, fivoyearsago, upon the repreeonta- tions of Mr. Ames, ho contracted to buy twenty sbares of stock, on which ho mado & partial pry- mont of 8600, Ho novor recoived any dividonds, cagh or xerip, from this stook.” In the samo year ho bought it hio throw it back on Ames' hands in order to escapo the litigation which lind arisen botwoon tho membors of the Company. T'ho not resolt of his spoculation han been o loss of £500, to soy nothing of thoe anuoyance of tho dis- closures. A recont official invostigation iuto tho condi- tion of the peoplo of Ircland has disclosed o docresso 0f,184,016 acres in tho extent of land undor cultivationin 1872, ns compared with 1871, The decroaso of acros sown in cereals in 98,361 aoros, Mr. Froude insiats that tho condition of tho Trish people is improving under British rulo, and that lLomo rule would ruin them. Emigration s on the increaso, and tho labor of tho countryis compolled to abandon it. If home rulo could make things worso thun thoy aro, thon it would indeed bo doplorable. Wo oxprensed tho opinion, some days kinco, that Mr. Allison, of Towa, was not ouo of tho recipients of Oredit Mobilior stock, Our opinion upon (it mutter ia not essentially changed by tho testimouy of Oakes Ames, who says ihat ho ‘was o recipiont; and is conflrmed by tho despateh sont by Sonator Allison, who is in Now York, to tho Credit Mobilior Committeo yos- torday, donying the statomont of Oakes Amics that hio had bought ten shares of Credit Mobilior utock., That number of shares and a clieck for ono dividend woro sent him by mail, but woro re- turzed. M. Allivon says plainly and fully that 1o ins nover had any interest in the stovk or tho dividonds of tho Credit Mobilier, or of tko Union Pacifle Railway. ‘The countel for Slokes aro enid to altributo his conviction to the exetted condition of New York society, aud the severo comments of the press about {he inereaso in tho number and stroeity of murdors in the community, If this wero true, it would only teach (hat tho peoplo can ulways do much for thoiv own protection by vigoroualy demanding the oxocution of {ho Inw, and tho supprossion of erimo, Thero is nnothor circumatanen, howover, that probsbly had o Inrge influence in dotermining the result of the trinl. This is the modifleation of the Jury law which pormitted the empancl- ling of rompectable inen, sufilciently intol- ligent to conulruo the ovidence und instructiony properly, and sulelently intorosted in tho wel- taro of tho community to deal out justice, Tho Bloken jury consisted of an iron morchant, a rotirod 1aorchinut, u flour merchuat, nu Insurancs agent, & Lreker, an architoct, o carpenter, o Lrickmaker, o provizion merchent, n builder, and o printor. Thelr avoceiions indleato that they wara twolvo ropresentative mon of evory- day city lifo, and coustituted such n Jury as could not possibly hnve beon obtuined under practico that diwqualifiod all persons of sufie ciont intélligonco to forin an cpiion concorning pasaing ovonts. . The Obleago produce murkuls woro stoady yestorduy, oxcopt wheat rad highwinog, and broadatuila wore loss active, Blews pork was ne- tivo and sloady ut $11.09@11.65 cash, and £12,00 gellor month, Lavd woa nclive and tlem ot §7,10 por 100 1bs cauh, nnd $7.40@7.42! ¢ solice Murch, Ments wero aetlvo and sirong aL 23 e for shoul- dora ; BI(@B)o for nhort ribu; Go for ahiort clens, and $7.80@7.90 por 100 e for jivosn lamit. Drossod hous wore dull and Go pos 160 il lowor, at 84.90@4.35. IMighwinon wera 1.oro native, buk doclined <o, alosing ot 83 vex kullow, Flowr wan In bottor domand and firm, Whent was losn aotive, nt Mondny's range of yprices, closing at $1.213¢ cash, and 81,23 sollor Fobruary. Corn was dull and stendy, olosing Yo lowor, at 805(@303¢c carh, aud Bi) @3life sollor TFobruary. Onts wore o shado more ncllve and 3§ highor, closing ot 243¢o cash, and 25}¢e soller Fobruary, Iiyo was quict and nshade flimer, at 68!ge. Darley was quiet and 1c highor, cloning at 66!¢e for No. 2, and 63%4@5% for No. 3. Tho market forlive hogs was lurgely ovoratocked, and pricos ‘woro unkeliled and lower, At o doclino of 10@200 trading was activo, snles making at £3.65@4.00. Closing ratos woro €B.65@8.00, Cattle woro moderately active and fivm, Bhoop mot witha Lottor inquiry ab nuchanged pricos. Tha slocks of grain in {his city on Bnturdsy last wero: 1,145,650 bt wheat ;11,868,268 bu corn; 901,300 bu ontg; 215,964 bu rye, and 337,192 bu barloy, QAXER AMES TESIIMONY, “ho Letinony of Mr. Oekos Amos, givon bes foro tho p\'atlit Mobillor Investigating Commit- tee, which is now madoe public, conflring the truth of the statement made by 'Tun Cniresco Trmuxe ond other journals during tho Presi- dentinl cnmpaign, that tha ehargo of eorruplion ‘made in connection with that now famous or infa- ‘moug corporation was not a more camprnign ca- navd, It was furthormoro stated by us that tho Crodit fobilier scandsl would rench beyond tho oloction, aud that tho membera of Congross jn- plicated in it must cloar their ukirts or it would groatly damnge them. Torgolful ns BMr. Amcs finds it convoniont to bo, whoro his tostimony would tond to criminate his Congressional frieudn, his ovidonco, novor- tholess, shows very conclusively thut nll tho membors named in the memorandum given to M'Comb by Ames, oxcopt Blaine, Boutwoll, and, possibly, Beoilold, had stock, and that thoy de- sired to concenl tho fact, Thorowas somo nego- tintion with Dlaine and Boutwoll, but it resultod in their not taking tho stock; whiloSeofiold took tou shares, but reiurncd them, nssigning ns o ronson thal ho had heard ibere was n personal responeibiliby alinching. to them. Mr. Amos” tastimony showen thal hoth Alley and ITooper went in and subseribod o8 oxgiual corporalors, after being guarantood agalnot loss, Colfax ap- plicd for como of tho stock, and Ames i “pratty confdent ho had puid for it," although it wus not bransicreed to hiny, M. Ienry Wilsou lisd twenty shares, which wora nomo timo lator ro- turnod at{ho roquest of Mr, Wilson, Pattorson,of New Humpuhiro, ngreed to buy thirty sheron, and roceivod tho dividonds upon them, ulthough they woro nover transforred, whichmeans, in all theno eazes, that Onkos Auos hield the stock in frust. Dawes jeve Amea $1,000 to invest Tn the stock, nnd aftorwards reucinded tho contract. Bingham furnizhed him with €2,200, a portion of which ho invested in twonty shares of tho Crodit Mobilior, and, in 1870, Ames took them off hig houds. Garfiold applied for ten chares, which Ames way to hold until Lie could pay for ther, Lut, a3 ho novor paid for thom, ho did nob gel thom, According to Ar. Ames, Dlaino and Bouiwell declinod the stock, Eliok nevor sgreed to tako any, and Kolloy, althongh ho expresred o wish to have uomo, wus not eblo to earry it, and therefore did not tako if. When tho Credit Mobilier eeandal was first made public by the printing of Oakes Amca’ lot- ters to Colonel M'Comb, anud tho mombers of Congreas neamod above found thomselvos ime- plicated, the pending political camprign forced them to mulko some sort of oxplanation to thoir constituents, Lettors wero written by Davwos, Wilson, Kolley, and othors, and spoochies wora mado by CUolfax,which wero intended (o bo taken no wpecific dentals of tho charges. It is rathor remarkablo that, while overy fact in the evidonco pointed to Qakou Amen na tho briber of his fellow-mowmbers, not one of thom, in their oatensiblo denlals, madoe any allusion to hitn, who kad been iho solo party ongaged in negotialing tho stock, oxcopt Mr. Colfax, who teavelled out of his wzy to oulogizo tho Great Amorican Bhovel. Tho testimony of Oakoa Ames now shows that thoso lettors and speechos of denial wore provavicatious, Thoy did not toll tho whole truth, They ovaded the roal poiut ub ispue, nnd showed much moro ingenuity in shiclding Oakes Ames than Onkes Amos hins shown in shielding thom, It would not bo just, howoevoer, to pronounce condemnation upon thom, nor cen an equitablo estimato be made how far they wers guilly of oficial misconduot or pre- variention until their own testimony is henrd. Public judgmont shonld bo mispended until thoy bavo mado their dofenco and the teslimony is compleled, It isloo grave o malter for husly aud Incompleto deciuion, Thoro is oo man, however, who is convieted out of hiz own moutly, both oz direct felsehood nnd of corrupt practices. Just prior to the Presidential eleotion, Mr, Orkos Ames wes com- polled by tho pressuro of public opinion to broak lis long silence, and to mako «speech to bis conutituouts, in which lo tlatly deniod that Lo Lad made any attompt to Lribe membors of Con- grous, or to intluenco thelr votes upon any mat- tor conuectod with Union Pacific legislation. Ilis own testimony before the Committeo shows that this wad o fulschood. THis own testimony, and hin lottors to X'Comb, fnrthormore prove that lio was atlompling Lo bribe his follow-mom- bers, placing tho stock **whore it will do most good tous,” es hoeays in onoof hly lottors. aud glriving to *use tho stock In o way to spread our influenco overywhere," as ho now suya in M testimony. Thene members of Con- gross whom Lo appronched, not boing capitalisti or specnlators In stoelk,—tho nlout of them, in fact, 1ot hiaving monoy enowgh to pay for tholr slack,—tho inforcneo ks incvitable that tho stock was placed whero he supposed 1L would have nu influenco on legixlation, Tor thin, Ovken Ames rhould bo oxpolled from Congress forthwith, Tio D proved himsolf unworthy of his sout, und an unsafo mun in the admindstiation of publie {rasts, and a would-bo Liribor of his follow-mom= Dhors, It is not nccessary Lo walt for further proofs of his ofticial misconduct, ITis own teatl- mony aud felters huvo convieted Lim, and tho Houao of Ropresontatives should vindiento its own honor and nolf-respoct by removing Lim from thio pluco hio s dishonored, e ) THE OLD FO31 CFY LOT, A proposition will bo mado to tho Governmont to oxchange tho old Dridowoll lot for the old Post Ofticolot on the corner of Dearborn and Monroo streats, ncluding the walls now stend- ing, Tho Mayor, tho Common Council, the Buowrd of Hducation, and the Dircotors of tho Froo Tibrary unite in fuvoring tho exchango, with {ho putposo of Fotting apart (ho building (which can bo vestored ab poinuch loss cost than wold bo raquired to erect nnow etructnre) for the wio, of tho TFreo Libiney, Tho pro- juet I ono thab would undoubtedly ro- wilt I omtual advastagos for tho city and {bo Uulted dinles Ctovernmwont, aud tho torms of the proponition aro an fair ns posaibla, Tho oity propoean to glve tha Bridowell lot for tho Posl Offico lot ontright or to submit to an appraisomont of both plecos of proporty by com- potont porsons, tho oity to pay the Government tho difforonce i ensh if tho Post Offleo lot is ndjudged Lo bo the more valiabie, and tho Gov- einnient to pay tho city tho difforenca in caso tho roverso ia decided, Where in ovidently no disposition, ag thero is no opportunity in such n play, to take any advantage of the Governmont, Tho Bridowell property extendn from Fifih nve- nus to tho river on Polk stroot, having 830 feat frontage on Polk, 200 foot ontho river, and 19834 foot on T'ifth avenue, and contalna 75,430 squaro foot, Tho Post Oftico property coutains 17,100 squate feot, or only about ono-fifth tho torritory, It s belioved that tho actunl value of thio Lo lots would bo vory nemly tho samo, Lu this would Lo fairly dotormined inany caso by an appraical, T'ho only uto to which the Government could put tho Post Oflico lot, and tho building which could be mado of tho four walls now standing on it, would bo that of n bonded warchouso. ‘The proporty s poorly adapted Lo sucha purposo. It i8 nob large onoughj it ia located at o distance from w1l tho railronds, and wonld neees- sitato an enormous oxpenso for cartage, an well as o wasto of timo In the handling of bonded goodw. Tha Bridewell lot, on tho other hand, fn admirably adapted to thoe location of the bonded warchouse. It has tho Michigan Southorn and Rock Island Railroads directly in front of it; tho Fork Weyno Road just across tho river; n Inrga frontaga on tho rvor itaclf; and it could bo roached divectly by all tho rafiroads in the eity without the laying of now tracks or tho ob- atructing of ndditional strocts. Thero circum- stancos would give tho proporty » special ndvan- tago for Governmont warckougo purpones. Tho ot on the cornor of Doarborn and Mouroo sirocts, on tho other hand, is as ccutrally located ag any othor spot in the eity for the Freo Library. I'he walls.of tho old Pogt Ofieca Luilding aro of tho solid charactor that slood tho test of tlie grent fire, und mey bo put into porfoct condition, Tho interior of tho building can thon Lo constructed ta suit tho Library purposos, Tho Bridewoll lob helonga to the School Fund, and, iftho exchango in made, tho Post Ofiico lot would bo leascd to the Froo Library for ninoly-nine yoars, at a fixed rental. It is suid thet Mr, Mullott, tho Govern- mont Architect, favors the exchango, and wa do not doubt that a1l the Government ofticials who biell bo mado nequainted with the real morits of tho proposition will iudorso it. THE BUNDAY ORDINANCE. Tho oppononts of the Sundey ordinance havo talen tho occasion of the re-onactment of the city ordinances in o consolidated and consistont form to raise the queation of tho repeal of that law. Tho oxisting lnw males the closing of tho galoons during tho wholo of Sunday a condition, of tho license for sclling liquor, Tho oppononts of that luiw, aftor changing front several times, Lave at lnst proposed to placo” tho rotail of Hquors and tho Loepiug opon of saloons on Sun- day upon tho samo footing as upon othor days, except that saloons shall be kept closed on Sun- day until 1 o'clock p. m. L'his lutter regulation i copied from tho regulations in Borlin and, perhups, othor Corman citics, whore during church hours on Sunday foronoon saloous are nomwinally closed, cud whero iu tho aftornoon thicy ure in full blast. "L'ho closing of saloons and other plneas'tor the srlo of liquor on Bunday in domanded by o large class of porsons au. o fitting part of the ob- sorvanca of o day sot apart for roligious sorvices, but il is also demanded by & much lergor body of persons, who, while thoy dony tho right of ‘tho Btato to catablivh & compulsory obsorvanco of any duy for religious purposos, insist upon It 08 o wivo and healthful preeaution agrinst vico and crime, sinco drinkivg is moro common aund in carried to groator oxcoss on Sunday than on woek days, beeeuso tho great miass of those who patronizo gnloons havo more leisure thon, Want of occupation oncouragos attondence ot saloons; the greater the loisuro tho groator the numbor of saloon visit- ors, and, of courao, tho greator tho number of thoso who got drunk and fall into tho viees and crimes proceoding therefrom. Wa will not now diseuss tho question ag Lo how far au obligution oxists to observe Sunday differontly from other dpys. Inthis counlry, no one is compolled to nttond chnreh, ‘or to contributo to the nupport of any cliureh ; all that isxequiredis that on this por- tienlar day, which i {ho duy set rpart by common congent £or rest from labox, public order, pozco, decancy, and proprioty ghall bo maintained. Al rights of individuuls ave Lold subordinate to tha geoeral good ; and cach man's libertios are sub- et to tha condition that in the oxereine thereot Lo shall not intorforo with thoso of hiu noighbor, or with tho genoral welfara, Sunday, theroforo, boing thoe dey npon which thio groat body of thoso who attend publio wor- ship oxereise thet privilego, and, boing the day cstablished by cusiom rs the dey of rest for man and beast from labor, it is & propor oxorcise of polico authority to meko wspecial provision againstany oxcossos or disordors, oithor ay dis- turbing thoso religiously inclinod in their ofilces of worahip, or suck ag aro likely to result fiom tho gonoral Idloness or dissipation on that day. Tt is the Inw of thie Btate, aud, wo supposo, of overy well-regulated community, that, on olec- tion day, whon tho numbor of porsous disen- gngod from their ordinary purauits may bo as- sumcd to bo groaler than usual, all placus for tho enlo of liquor shall bo cloged. The wnmo remnon that commends this rulo as wiso and propor upplics with oqusl forca to tho cloaing of saloons on the day when the poople avro mout likely to congroguto in such ostablinh- monts, and produce dlsordor leading to orimo. On Bundey, thero aro 40,000 poraons from 16 yous of sgge upward in Ohicago who can luvo tho time and upportunily to visit saloons and lo drink liquor, who havo nooijqual opportunitios on any othor dny. Does not this fact eall for the interpoaition of wuoh proogutionnrymeasures oy will protest gocloty from (he incrcased dan- ger which this fact produces? Aro mnot proventives bettor than remedies? Tu not tho abkolute exclusion of visitors from powdor~ milly bottox than surgory and pain-killera? In 1t not Liottor to closo tho enloons, thoveby koop- ing tho 40,000 out of them, than to multiply the polico forco to stop the fighting and bear home the wounded and murdored? Leaving, ss wo do, tho whole roligious aspect of the day out of cousldaration, we hold that it ls a wise procan- tlon, in tho intorests of mociety and of publie ordor and deconey, that tho powor of tho Mayor to oloss saloons and drinking houson on Sune dey shall not bo disturbod, Whether tho cn- forcomont of it bo moro rigld hovenfter than it has beon duving the past twonty yoars or not, tho povor o1ght Lo oxist. "This mattor comed now beforo the Counell not 1n tho uhrpo of & new segulation, or now i, to oporato a5 an invnslon of oxisting [n-lvllcéna and tights, Evorymanholding nliconsoin tho City of Chicago holda it subject o the Sunday oxdinance, Tivory man who lias como to this elty or Btato, and ovory man who has ongaged in the lquor traflle, has dono Ao with a Inowledgo of this Inw, Itls truo that it has not beon often on- forcod, Wo canuco no reason for enforchug it againot tho vondern of mich harmleas fluids ns Inger beer, and agalnst o class not prono lo crimo, who have boon aconstumed to Bunday Lbeor from thelr earliost youth. Novertholoaw, the repeal of tho ordinance, foobly ns it s likely to bo enforced, will not fail to shock tho mnoral rantimonts of tho communily, and do Injury to sociely, Wo Liopo tho Council will let it re- waln oo it s, e FIRE-PROOF OITIES, Mr. Arthur Gilman, n Now York archiboat, writes o lottor to the Tribune of that city com- paring tho Irench and American systoms of building. Ifis conclusions aro those which Tun I'rinuNE hag ingloted upon on many difforent oc- caslons, viz, that tho meand for proventing firo aro more important than tho appliances for ex- tinguishing it; that such conflagrations as visilod Boston, Porlland, and Chiengo can only ho pro- vonted by a genoral system of roasousbly fire~ proof buildings; and thet such o system ean only bo securod by law and by an adequato pro- coss of inrpootion committed to compotent houdo, Mz, Gilman {ells of o exporience of & friond who wan oxceedingly amusod at scoing n elight alarm of firo call out the onliro Firo Dopartmout of~ Floronco, which consisted of four mon, cach with o pailful of wator and car- rying o hugo syringo undor his avm. This was cortainly ludicroun as comparod to the steam fira-ongines, tho hoole-and-ladder compnuios, and tho varled and impressive pavaphernalin of our Amorican five dopartmonts ; but, added to the tostimony of Afr. Powors, to tho offsct that Lo bas not scen ono fire of consoquenco during hio thirty years’ resldenco in Floronco, it be- comen en evidatico thut Europoan cities nro built in sicka way that thoy do nob roquire our ox- pensive propatations for pulting out fires, Wo hiave already had lessous onough to con- vinco reasonnblo men that tho Ameriean citles ehould Imitate tho Europoan system of con- struction. M. Gilman tolls us that this is not 60 impracticablo nor costly ag fn gonerally sup~ posed, aud in prosf of it gives en intoresting deseription of tho procautions that aro usod. Au catly na tho middlo of the Iast contury, tho French suthoritios recognized in tho xapid con- contration of communities tho necessity for providing for a moro uniformly ccure modo of construction, Ab that time, tho use of wood for bening, roofs, and partition wally way quite a8 general in Paris as among us, though oven then thoy filled inend all around with solid plaster; their wells, both oxterior and iuterior, wore more solil than ours aro 23 L3 ruloj and a caroful Governmont supervision was cxerciced thab all tho Luown meansof precaution might bo mado availuble. By the yeor 1830, hovwevor, iron beams and incombustible materinl for filling in floors and roofs worg the features of o dozen difforent systomn of flre-proof struclures, An importaut Cygmmisaion was appointed in 1840 to ascortain the minimum of iron which could ba cafely and practically employed. * Tho conclu- sions of that Commission," says Mr. Gilmao, “ wero that rolled iron beams, 3 8-10 inches in height, and distant on centres atout 2 feot 6 inches, whon uzod, In conncction with their systom of gypsum arched foorings, woro abso- lugoly snfo for all goneral domestle purpoucs, over o span of 14 to 16 feot.” Tho object wag to make as light and cheap an inner structuro as compatible with non-combustibility, to take tho placo of the tinder- boxes which constitute the interior of most of our finget bLuildings, These siructares are, of comrse, not dovoid of wood- work, but is used fin such small quantities, nnd i0 50 inclosed nnd ropnratod with iron and plag- ter, that the dangor of fire iy remoto in ench in- dividual caso, aud it can searcely spread into o conflagration that sweops overything beforo it. Tach building is of o nuturo fo present u fire- wall, and to ufford protcetion not only to itwolf but its noighbors, Tho iron components of these European hulld- ingsavons common in Peris, or othor lurgo Luropenn citics, ay tho connon joists and beawmy in tho lumbor yards of American citios. Thoro aro efrips of iron which go ncross tho inter- spaces and lap over the beams on each sido, about 1-6 to 2{ of an inch in thickness, by 1% to 134 iaches wide. Theso aro placed rbout two feet gix inches apart, Roda are run transversely with theso to sustain the gypsum flooring, which is pud in solidly between the beams, and then covered with tiles or hard wooden floora. Strap-iron of tho necossary sizos is already found in tho American merkete, ns also the iron beamo ; and the domand alono is needod to mako them as commion and as easily obtainod ag woodon boams or laths, Professor Chandlor, of Columbia Col- Tege, enys (hat tho gypsum, which i just as fm- portaut as tie iron in tho conntruction of Paris Intoriors, ean bo obteined in any quantity in our own country. Hois of tho opinion that tho States of North and Bouth Carolina slono wonld furnish all the gypsum that our Amoricau cities could uso forthe noxt linndred yonrs, Tho plas- tor couldnot Lo putupon tho eolid surface of tho stono wazlls in thia country, as it isin Paris. Tho climato in loo sovere, nnd tho frost wonld strike through, Thin diftenlly could bo ovorcomo, howovor, by leaviug an air-spaco or hollow in tho walls, or by uaiting common brick in a ouccension of flucs bacle of the front walls, Theo Iultor courso hns hoon adoptod to advautage in tho construction of tho buildiugs in tho Charlostown Navy Yard, Thointorior partitions of the Trench buildings aro of Lollow-brick construction, or of solid plagtor liold in place by strips of hard wood, sirongly fustoned at tho top and bottom, and imbedded intho plaster ituelf, Tho chimmey-flucs of tho Frouch system aro built of civeular comont or stoneware pipes, and nro madoe a part of the wally, no wood belug pormitted to como anywhoro noar thom. Theso are tho main Teaturos of tho Buropean system of building, which avuoluloly provents any such oxtonstve conflagrations ns have boen “oxperdonced In all large Amerlean citics, Tut such. provontion fs not peonred by the inlor- ppersing of & fow huildings of {his chavactor horo and there, The noorot of general nafoty is Inthe uniform ndoption of {hiu stylo of cou- strnetion, Thora wore in Borlon and in Clu- cagzo fsolated buildings of as thorough conatrue- tion ag (hogo of Puris, Lut not onougdi of fhem {o provent-tho npread of n raging flio that way simply frcosiutible. o peoplo of Tarln aro conutrained to build afier (Lo fashion inliceted, and Mr. Gilman fuys (it (o wo now ot Jeast ono hundred firct-cluss, celontifle architeots o tho emidsy of { yersio mafority, bnt was warning {hat tho Brands —t that ecily to watch the buildingn in procosn of ercction, It {n net enough to pro~ vido the moans for making flre-proof huildings. If wo would proteot ourselves from {lo repetl~ tion of tho Ronton and Chicago firos, pooplo must be forced to take means with {helr ronch to mnke thelr bulldings rensonably non-combus- tiblo, Fire-proof citles aro possible and practl- cabl b this way alono, : NOTES AND OPINIO During the reign of Pinchback, fu Loulstans, tho Ifon. A, 1. Harris prosided in tho Honate as ¢ Lioutenant Uovernor of tho Btato.” Wo put tho fact on record for tho benofib of Iaridy, bo- caupo lia was nover voted for, much loss olocted to woar tho tillo. —Tho Cincinunti Qazelle suys : Tho twenty-fivo uew * Peors fabricated Dy tho Prussian Emporor walked into the * Herronhaus,” ot o reassambiing on tho fth Decomber, They wero e troduced Dy the Ministor of the Interlor, aud took tho oath, which, of cowrso, d%, in thelr caxo, voto a8 they woro crentod fo, was required of the lwml?'-flvu on that day was_ to volo. egainst referriny iho so-called #reform” bill, which they did, Tho batch of twen five nuloinalons wos not cniough {o overcomo the Durgor lind enough moro of tho sama surt at hiand, wie Josw (ho reousant Peers pucewinbed, ThiniaGarmanized Constitutional Government, Twonly-five *Bonators,” fabricated by the Party of Power, have iakon tho onth which, of courfo, is, in their case, to vole asthoy wero ero- atod to, 'Tho batch is enough {o overcome nny majority that doos nob porpetunto itself, and thero is not lacking & warning thdt tho Party of Towor bas mero of the smne gort at hand, T'his is Ropublicanized Constitutional Government. —Tho talk in Pennsylvania of & millionaira Ropublican witling to pay liberally for tho Ben- atorship was ouly a hint..to houost Simon to *gomo down” Bimon came down—220,000, «—T'ho latcat and most nuccessful mode of con- teating n seat in tho Legislaturo hus been dig- coverod mn_Arkangas. And whon_you como to undoratand it, it in us unique in deslgn ng it is puccosalul n-oxecution. dofealed candidato, who hapons lo bo a magistrate, procures the arrest of o pucceasful competitor on tomo trumped-up chnrgo, secures his conviction by perjurod testimony, and inprisons him while tho contest for tho seat i3 mada, Tho charge that John J, Pattorson bought his olaction to tho United Staton Senate from Houth Carolina is supportad . by specifications of cor- ruption so strony and numerous that; tho Sonate owes 1t to iteolf to order an investigation, It onc-lialf that in charged alout {ho manner of his olection iy trug, lio I entirely undosorving of n seat in that body, end honest men of ‘all par- tios havo o right to expoct that the Sonato will xamine into the mattor, Tho Sonato of tho United Btates s, in its organization and functions, tho most dignified dcliborative Lody in tho world, and should be the uvest: It iy o great thing for any nmn honorably and fsirly to roprosont n sovercign Btato, but itin correspondingly infamous for him 1o buy his wey into that high and sncred posi- tion, ~ Where have been some weak and modiocra men in tho Sonato of lato yeurn, and it i high timo that thepeople and the Souste itself should unite to cloyeto tho standard, Above ol thingy, no man should enter thoro whoso election bears tho slightest taiut of fraud, DIatieruon calls himsolf o Nopublican, but tha indications ara that o in o_corrupt man, and that his olaction wug securoed through wholesalo bribery. 1t is to bo hioped that an indopondent pross, rogardiesy of party, will demand an investigation of tho caso.—Indianapolis Journal. Tho position takeu by tho supportera of the President on ol these questions, and tho con- tlant appoals mndo to tho pooplo, to trust their proper solution to the konor and patriotism of Couoral Grant, warranted tho popular belief that if re-clectod ho would sigoalizo his now {crm of oflico by » constitutionnl treatment of tho Bouthrrn Biates and by a xadical reform in our foroign polioy. Mo this ond it was con- siderod nu sottiod that the politieal ring swrounding tho Whilo 1ouso during the pust four yours would bo brokenm, and that tho Cabinet, would undergo s complote yeconstruction. Tho recont unforbunato ovents in Louiriana have not given much euncourage- mont to the hopes rajwod by the apologetic tono of tho Ropublicany duriug tho caurpalgn, o far a3 tho troutment of tho Boulh is concernod ; navorthalens, the beliof in still enterlained by many of thoee who_supported Goneral Girant that ha will not fl(an})omt thoir oxpoctations, but that tho dth of March will seo tho com- mencement of a new national policy an honor- ablo {o the President au it will ho gratifying lo tiue country, Tho reported intention of "the presont members of tho Cabiuet Lo rotive at the closo of the Yl‘cfient torm will cortainly alford tlio opportunily for such a change, and tho ro- plnceniont of Heeretarien Boutwell and Williema y_slutesmon of broud, nntional views will bo Liniled ag the fivst stop in tho new doparture.— New York Ierald. Wo aro glad thut tho prosont editora {of the New York Tribune] haveinet tho diecreditable reports put forth by certain contemporavios b a rosort to tho law, and not by the sénuoloss an vutlgar retorin aud recriminations which aro the usual charceleristica of journalistic warfore, I'ha accusations woro too serious to bo _disposed of in that wey, Thoy must bo withdrawn, or thoy muat bo proved. - Nowspapors aro now pub- lic institutions; (heir good nanies aro not onlys part of thoir eapital, but, what is moro import- uut, o part of their means of uscfuluess, Thoy wonld " becomo poworlors aw corrcotors of abusos, if it woro gonerally supposad that thoy were moroly moreonary, or the organs simply of tradory n utors. They must Joop thoir oneutehe roiehied to fight effectively the battlo aguinst injustico, wrong, knuvery, aud olf- whnaees, which hag beeomo their arduous bub glovious tasi.—New York Erening Post. S g THE CITY IN BRIEF. The Tlinois Siato Woman's rago _Assooia- tion will Lold a meeting at No. Alichigan avonuo to-morrow afternvon at 2 o'clock, Tho Board of Police, yesterday, accopted tho rosignation of Policoman Jolm Catay, and fined Policeman Dilgoer ouo day's pay for disouoying ordors, The 'licenso of A, Tikowa, mock-nuctionoor, No. 48 Nortls Cannl slrect, was rovolied by tho Mayor yesterdoy, Mis offonco was solling “gnido ” watcho. A young man of plausible nddvess, under which was lidden o depraved Loust, engaged bonrd on Wost Monree streot, and stayed just loug enough to *'gob away” with o valuable overcoat bolonging Lo oue of the bonidors. Tho anaual meoting of tho Chicago Athlotio Club, for tho olection of oficors and tho trans- netion of othor buriness, will ho hold to-morrow ovoning nt No. 82 Markot streot. The elano in French of tho South Sido Chrls- tian Union vill moct this evoning. 'Lu-morrow oventng Kato N. Doggott will deliver her third lecturo on art uk (ho elass roomw, No. 758 Michi- gan nyonuo, A mooting will be hicld in tho Council Cham- Dor this evoning, for tho purposo of orgauizing 1ho new militin rogimont, Tet overy youlng man in tho city who devivou to join whiu crack organi- sation be on Land promptly ot 8 o'eloclk, "Tho contract for tho gas_fixtures for thio Pas cifi¢ Notal, culling for what isfo bo'tho beut and most oxtonsivo amonnt of worle ovor or- dorad for a wiwilr parpor I the United States, has beon svardod o 16 M. Wilmarth & Bro, ‘Lo Totillon Irothers havo {aken (ho barbor shop, and will fit it up in sumptuons style, An Engllsh_gentlommn, i rocont arlval, who i boou Tusidisng on Fourth nlycct, noar Oak- loy, fur Lhreo er four wewkn, #shodaddiod” with i3 wifo's nintor, o girl only 14 yeurs of ngo, on Monday Inst. “Ulio” dovorted wifn, who is ropre- sentod to bo *a good and indwidrious lttlo wonan,” in Inft in n destituto condition. “ho abscouding partion aro eaid to Linve jumped * tho town without faking u chungo of clothing. spondont Ingnires (ho meaning of tho plo Bob Mujor,” as nppliod: to { musical foquoneos of tha opora of ** Marthn. Ui YRibus man who knowss vopliou as fol- lows : The Tiiple Bob Major is tho fuvorito ar- rangenent for the wodding poul, for which tho utunl feo n fow years ngo was ano guines, or twonty-ono shillings, ho parirkh olor’c alwayy rmunfu withs tho bolfry lauds in tho n‘nqm- of porquinites, allows juat threo whillings to enell, Tho'uhilling is wiill cullod » bob In nuny parts of Bngluwd, and this al'otment of throo ol each mey bo the key to tho nuwe * Lriplo Bub Major," I'ho nnnual mooting of tha stockhcldern of tho Cily Hoilrond Compnny way held y aftarnnon, for the purposo of elug! ors for tho ennuing yoar. At was wiler an oxeiting mectivg, the points whoreof o moto intorceting, howover, to the stookliol {hu to the 1‘.\hsic, Of thu 12,50 o 4, 12 represented at the meofing i pevon Diractors to bo eleeted, and olght gentle- men jant forvand ws condidaton, Uio Tt namod, e, hompeon, consenting only on thoe condi- {ion thai kiv yesignation b uceepted on the day ollowi ‘Tho ‘votos reu ws follows: Albert Crosby, 12,9903 D, Dlonit, 12,200 ; Daniol A, Jouow 11,0604 D . Allofion, 13,000} Edvin Loo Brawn, 13,008 ; Tirskino M. Dhiolps, 12,200 ¢ M. D Honsossy, 7,179, and_Hnrvoy M. Thomp: won, 6,089, All but tho last wero declared oloctad. AMUSEMENTS. I ENGLIBI OPRRA, Tho seoond porformance by the English Opora troupo nt tho Acndomy of Musle, Inst ovening, was fairly nttonded, Tho opera was Wallnce's sparkting and alenys popular “ Maritana,” which was givon with tho following cast: Maritana, Roso loraco; Lazzarillo, Mra, Hognin . Charles, IMull; Don Jose, Johu Clarle; Don Cwsar, Tu- geno Clark, Tho porformanca was oxcollontly good in spoty, anud the ensemble quite as effective perhggs as could bo expected from o troups rathof\hotorogoncously thrown togethor. 'The orchehtra and chorus givo but little assistanco or support, the brunt of tho work having to bo sua- tainod by tho léading poople on the stoge. Tho orchestra {8 small in number, and wea often g0 wild and bolsterous a8 to entt oub very onorgotio romonotrances from Mr. Bohreny, What with wiclding tho baton _with ono hand, playing tho pianio with thoe other and holding back ™ hia flory, untamod steeds with all sorts of ojacula~ tions, ha lny n position by no menns onviablo, o povorty of rosourcen wlso in tho way of in- struments offen ealls for vory decidod Ingonnity and combinationn to meot the demands of tho nccompanimont, and thiy was specially manifost- od Inst_ovoning, whero tho plauo lind Lo do duty for tho harp and the violins, piano and 'celto for tho organ in tho prison trio. Tho chorus nlso is small und has sonio raw, crudo voicos in it which put an edgo on overything, while in point of DPersousl apponranco they reach n dogreo of quaintiess and gauchorio which io - simply Lumorous, forcibly bringing to mind somo of thoso roemnrkailo congregutionn of Inzzaroni yihioh the older Grau ustd to gob togather in hia prlmy dnys of Italian opora. 'The opors, hows over, was forlunato in liwving o really good cnst in tho leading roles. Ttuso Lloraco, nlvways bright, frosh, nnd plquant, woy novor more 5o than in har reprecontation of the Gitano. Bhe has not logt titho of her exuberantapirits, or Lor gracos ful winning 1neuner, since Lor lndt appontance horo iu the nhadow of tho great Paveps, and #ho wingy iply nuif who conldn’t help i, Thoro are fow emall voices so floxiblo nnd clour ns hora without being shrill, and tirewomo to the car, T'ho melodious cheructer of her voice, its ring~ ing tunofulners, and_tho morvellous’ caso with which vho delivers it, jolned with its bright, fresl quatity lldlllh‘n‘)tf' ndant her to sing Muri- taun, whilo nature mado hor iu tho oxact mould to porsoueta tho littlo gipsoy. 1t wasuot n grood encoriug audience, or shio would have carried off severaloncores, for shorichly desorved thom, es- pecially for hor uinging 10 oponing romnuzaz nlso *'Iho Harp in tho Air,” and a neat bit of charactor singing in {ho fortuve-tolling scono, Mera. Seguin’s Lazzarillo is so woll known that it is almost puyertiuous to vy anything more than that sha porsonntod the cheractor.” Sho is in magnifleent voice, and fairly itls tho vhole staga with business. 1t is evident thutehe foels thore- sponsibility of Ber position, sud, in the offort to fuldl it, “sho imparts lher = brisknoss wnd vivacity to il about hor. Tho parts of Don Jose and Don Casar woro unusuelly inter- asting from tho Fact thnt thoy iutroducod two new singers, Mr, John Ulark “(basso) amd Mr, Jiugono Olutk (tenor), hoth of whom may bo ot Qown a8 huving wado’ very succesaful musical debuts. John Clark has o vory deop, rich, sono- vous besa, and iy n vory fruo siugor. In womo respects ho recalls Harry Penkes, although he is & much more correct singer. o is us yet new to tho slugernud, theretore, crude in some res peety, but thore I3 the stul'in him for a_good st. Eugeno Clurk has n vory sweet and mod- oratoly powerful tonor voico, ings with pression, and ab times i qnite drams I has vory limited ideas with regard to tho propor porsonation of Don Casar, und Lardly brings out u suggestion of its rollicking charactor, Lut ho sings the numbers vory beautifufly, and with real artistic finish. Both those gentle- 1hen are fortunate neceesivng to- opern, und wo onticipato that, when (hoy have sung through a fo aeasons, aud heve becomo thoroughly necis- tomed Lo tho stuge and stago Lusiuess, they will mako a very hundsomo reputation, Taken ag o whole, the ringing of tho distinelive numbors of “Marftana ™ was very eredilable, the chorus and orchestra vory bud, the dramatic ropresentation, oxcopt 50 far 08 Misa Horeeo and Mra, Sepuin were concerncd, well-nigh intolorabls, This nftornoon, Lic. barg's **Luctor of Aleantara™ \e;illlhu givon, aud this oveniug *'Tho Lohemisn Mysny' OPERA HOUSD, Tho vory euperior bill of minatrolsy offcrsd by tho Arlington, Cotton & organization ab Myors' Opora Houte, is_ drwwing vory superior aulencos, made up largely of ladica. Tho refined character of tho enteriain- ment i n credit to tho Company, tho houso, nnd to Chiengo, for it mny bo justly claimed that o performanco #o funnuy and aftract- ive, nud at tho wsamo timo g0 freco from all” that could offend, is mnob to bo found in the. minatrel profeselon, Lvery sep- wrato nct end. fenturo s givon with claborato scfluur{ nd _nappointments, and with thet rollicking dagh and spirit which is the very essenco of burnt-cork comedy. Tho company, ng'at present constitutod, is tho best wo Liava ever had in Chicago, and suply desorvos tho elogant palronago which it attrcts. 1100LEY'S ORENA HOUSE. Aftor to-night, ot Hooloy's, tho * Baben in the Wood " will be withdrawn, and * Paul Pry,” ono of Dillon's grontest ausumptions, will Le tubilis tuted, Tho admirablo atterpicco, * Mr, and Mra. Poter White," wiil bo retained, with Miss Clino, Mirs Scldon, and Dillon in their rich comedy roles. —_——— VERY SINGULAR. Thero soems to bo 1o limit to the number of weys in which o man can come to an end in this tnlinppy city. 1le may be pistolled by his grand- mother, poisoned by highwuymen, trampled upon Dby n streot car lioyso, drowned in s basement, clubbed to deuth by an efiiciont polica oflicer, or @io from disgust in tho Council Chamtor, These things may bappen him if ho escapou Dr. Rouch, tho horue divenso, getting married, or falling into tho other couniless snaren that Lesot humaity in Chicago. Everybody Is preparedto dio violently, ind the mcaus” have been 50 come monly cxhibited that 1o ouo feols curions nowa- dayu. Bup'obn Callison come noar yioldiug up 11 ghost in quito » new vy, rarer oven than Lunging, and this ishow Lo did it: Ho was one gaged b Ball's foundry, on_tho North Lrauch, ind was_shovelling iron inton farnnea. Ho had just thrown tho last shovelful of seraps into the furnace, whon an explosion wns heard, and ho fell over, lis mm plcrcod by o bullet. 1t appeera that nmong the seraps of old iron were womo rusty pistols, one of themn Probubly contuining tho ball, Tlcated by tho firo, 1t oxploded wnd natrowly misscd the poor man'a hond, Here is food for” roflection among men, and a chanco for somo enterprizing clergyman to illustente tho text, *“In the midst of life wo wro in deallh” Now comes the most singular puet of the story. A doclor was enlled in to hl‘ullu tho wound and probio for the bullot, but found it not, Ionco, it is probablo tlat thera was_no bullet in {ho pistol, and that there wna no bullet in {the gorupe, oven, - Howover, It in Loo guod o tory Lo bo npoiled by thiat trifling cir- cumstanco, e = e SN e s s Anothor Strong Tostimonial. It gives me plessurs to inform you concerning tho efleacy of the Sxpectomnt, Two yonrs 6go my son contracted the bronchts, aud 1t becamo 50 bad, L2 husd to tuko to hin bod, T procured s Lottly of Dr, Jnyuo's Exnectorant, und giviug i (0 hitn necording to divees tiona, it soon brouzht L rolief § but u strong fuvor comfugg on, his mother nnd mysolt got unensy about Iy, and gent for our fumily doctor, On Wis arrival ho Lot un tho Expectorant rifht glve him eane, but it would not hit, 80l guve . woimo modleing of his own proseriving. In ono day, howover, ho wis 50 much worso wo ull foarcd lig Would dic, nud o s Jost veinort wo conchuded to glvo the Expectorant, anothor friu), oo greal Jog, afi v taking two bottle of it nnd onoboxof the Batiallve Pills, ho win entirely cured, Binea thot thne 1 Luve cured a denporato easo of eroup witl it, anid bwo ather casod of bronehitis, 1 therefore can sufoly ay 3L in tho beal medielns for the throat and Tunga I ever tin bt years, and I haveno objuetion to your multinyg public erfenve Wit 1, —Beter Sautery Lansburghy Le-Sewr County, Minn, gt To Tax-Payers, All owners of real celate thint hus boen rold for taxes, will Lo dntercated i (ho notico of Julin Foraythe, Lsn., publiehed to-day, announcing his rotlrement from tho tax-tuelncer, Knowing Mr., Tomytho s wo do, wo woull greatly profer settling with liim, rathor (hah to tako tha chances of wottling with his vuccozeor, ' i i Mho Saxatoza Clevaor Water, Buck & Rayner draw true Quyser watoe izt iho “8pa,” ———e ~A nown despateh datad from Australnsia, dated in Mellourne, Vietorin, yeutorday, reactied Londou at 8 o'clock’ In_tho morning t-day, aud wah ropeated through tho Atlwtie eallo fo Now Youl, annad delivorod at tho Herall Luilding Lnlg an hone after mid: fzht, Tho tolegram appoars il our columnt,—New York Herald,