Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 25, 1873, Page 2

i 2 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1873. ‘THE POWELL EXPEBITION, A Visit to the Aztec Cities of Arizona. . The People--Their Appearance, Dress, - -Manners, and-Customsi— Parming---A Dinper---Courtship- ---Nannfactures---Relig- ions Rites. 24 An Ancient People on the Verge of Extinction. From Our Own Carrespondent. i The TUnited States survey of the Green and Colorado Rivers, in charge of Prof.: Powell and Thompson, i concluded as far as river-work is concerned. It now romains for the corre- soondent to finish his report. "It may be remembered that the winter and epring of 1672 were devoted to map-making, geotogical studice, and overland explorations. e bont left behind at the mouth of the:Dirty Deeil was fourd, and taken to the crossing where the other craft wero cached. Everything being in readivess, on the 17th of August luat our party, mow numbering sovon, embarked in the Dean and Canonita. The crew of the Nell +was gono, exhausted by fatigues and oxposure ; the gallant Little vessel was in a wrecked condi- tion, and unseaworthy. DOWN THE CANONS. Leaving tho junction of the Papria with tho Cslorado, we soon entered Marble Canoz, snd were fairly afloat in a gorge,—the most gloomy, grand, and interesting that bumsn 5o has ever twen, or living mortal over threaded. Day piter dey wa battled for our lives with tortuous 2nd continuons rapids; contending with the fierca floods of & great river confined between narrow, Sretted walls, that rose in torraces to thosky, one mile and & quarfer above our heads.” The sights scen, the sdventures met, the work ac- complished, will fill 2 volume. Ho who succeeds in telling tho story well will find no lack of lis- teners. Pictares that should even faintly depict the wonders of this hidden world wonld make the painter's name immortal. Within the limits of & single lotter, few de- tails can bo given. In previons communica- tions, the river and its canons have been de~ geribed. I have thought that on accountof & very curious people, among whom %o have been maing recont studies, might be of interest and value. i THE FIBST SCTTLERS. From the beginning of our voyage, evidences of earlier discoveries were abundsnt. If we climbed some towering cliff to make an observa- tion, stone steps would often nid us. If wo medo o detour through thoe desert, and, over- come by dust and hent, sought with succoss some hidden spring, thero would be seen the « pitcher broken at the fountain.” . If a moun- tain was scaled, remoto, formidable, and the explorer induiged in any of those inspiring and gublime idens that are suggested by &tanding where man never trod befors, those high-born fancies would bo shaken by & stamble over crambling ruins. If we penetrated the shadowy iabyrinths of some dangerous and intricate wa- ter-way, ever nnd anon our wondering eyes swould trce strange handsriting on the walls. Whon, moving elowly, in single file, the men en- tered & cave inthe canons, we moted coilings blackened by fires that burned ages ‘since. As we journeyed down the Colorado farther, details of this “tragedy in stone™appeared. [Perched up- on the walls that frown sbovoe the river, aro ruing of Kivas,—temples of worehip,—and, at inter- vals, imploments of stono, flint, and sagate ar- row-heads. Some of the Indizus whom we meet zpeak of 8 strange tribe that held these natural fortresses **many, many nows ogo.” ' Thesa feagmentary suggestions excito our curioeity to know more of the persecuted gmple. Lot vé tarn to the journal,and make their acquaintance. Again in cap at Kansh, A party i October.—Again in camp at ] . arty is orderad to start to the Moquis towns. Hillers, Hattan, Hamblin, and the writer promptly pre- pure, and, on the morning of ‘the 9th inst.,.are b, Outfit consists of photographer's apparatus, Sations, smmunition, and_goods for gifts and ‘barter among tho * Lo" men of untutored minds, Followed the old trail to the mouth of the Pakria, via House Rock Valley. mmhm_zainhlrmg re- ceived a dispatch to intercopt a raiding band of Tndians, left the second day out. He Tejoined us at the crossing, after o fruitless errand. The Tinta Utes, instead of the Navajoes, had_ stolen oventy-five head of horses, and safely run oft to their reservation. Thus far our stores had heen carried in a wagon ; it was here abandoned. Vo made & boat, and carried effocts across the Colorsdo. - Bome ona suggested that the ‘mules’ 2ars be cut of, and & raft made of them. THE COUNTRY. £ TWith 12 animals, we_ struck southward into Central Arizons, following & zigzsging line of liffs, We are upon an elevatod platoru, -seamed ond fissured; the sandy levels covered with p=ge; the landscape broken by buttes and crags. Tho primeval curse rests upon the land. that con be exprested oy the word desolation is here found in & superlative degree. For nearly 250 miles, we painfully pursued our solitary ey, meeting now snd then scattered bands of Navejoes on trading_expeditions, bound to the white settlements. £ increased by lack of water. Sometimes wo) had \one; sometimes tho Bprings were 50 sirongly surchary our isa long lsne that has uo tumig.” At one placo, wo climbed the cliffa in whose leo the path- wway long had led. Traveling for a time through groves of cedars, we camo £0 tho ¥ o THOUSAND WELLS. 4 There is hlf a section of gray sandstono, hol- fowed out into myriad cisterns, that, in the rainy seeq0n, hold fresh water suflicient - to supply an ermy. Bomo of these natural wells, or pockets, oxtend nnd'ia_rh the r?::ks in c:v!af h?‘f @mdun}!:le capacity. The explanation of singular phe- e ia simplo: The floods of Tain, and melted snows gathered on the cliffa above, sproad ont on this once-level formation of ‘soft’ tock, and are lost at last in the sands beyond. Tho waters, rushing down stoep declivities, bring - Tith them to the plains detached rocks: ' these boulders are caught here end there in the nar- row channels, turned round and round until s ‘hole is hollowed by atiition, and the stone itself - ia worn into fragmants end carried away. When Nature goes o well-digging, the plan is unique, put the work well done. The romsntic valley of ** Quitch-im-tu-weeh,” =24 ofher placos of note and interest, were pasi- od. We follow the trail once mors, in the shado of cedars, until tho base of a line of cliffs -is reached. Here are living remnants of the people whose wanderings e 50 far have traced. - Half- wey ups shapely-aloping hill of sand-rock, are shalves, or benches,worn by tho eloments, rising ‘one sbove theotner, like amassive flight of stops. Tpon the uppermost ter is & sgflng. The lng?- Bns, by a system of grooves and ditches, distrib- ate the water . whers needed, aud manage to raise considerable crops upon theso DArTow fadges, varying in width from 10 to 20 feet. Onions, betns, tomatoes, squashes,” pumpkins, ete., are coltivated. Thesearstho _ . TERRACED GARDENS OF ORTRA, ~ . - - or, inthe nativa tongue, Hoterville. Saw the sole occupants and owners,—an old Moq)n:xs, his squaw, and deughter. Thoy live at Ory] but tond the gardens in summer. .. ‘\nwez the horses, and ato_some proffered fruit. Winding in and around tho cliff, we toiled ‘slovly to the top; thence, over & 5-mile waste of level sand ; we lialt to view the strange scene. From the edge of the platesu, s butterises; its smooth s sre covered with gueer pictures, mdely {Scawn, Topresenting an attack by mounted men, “o.d & sucoesuful defense by thé natives. In tho - below, are_cornfields and gardens,— valley 8 arming’ 028es. Dounding an ang of the anIng wdeuly see th “haian Gity of Orgba. T A by the situstion. “That SN St i e gituation. - That The whols stor, ated, plundered, 1ymned, ~gine formidablo desert, whero death and de . popaly and ther i little totempt greod f:é?finC:-PTh“ oyen hera they were followed by relentioes 1257 12 ShOWD ‘buildings strongly made, perthed 2200 the of a platesu 500 feet sbove the 1 N.7; A «rall, behind the town, closed the pringiy. S ATe * @0t approach. The only other wey of av. V&Y is a parrow flight of eteps, easily defended, cut in the rock. A huge reservoir, built of solid masonry, stands near. This 8 kept filled from the springs below, for use in case of an attack or other emorgoncy. As we draw near, small, black, blanketed figures assemble on the house- tops.” Theso prove to be the women and child- ren, It is 8 oclock in the aftarnoom, and the men aroall afield: Our train winds through narrow, - crooked, filthy - streets, past *| huddled masses of cmmhlinhfisxock. with star- ing windows and falling w Although we seem to bo objocts of intense curiosity, there 15 50 word of gresting; no groups at theTorners, 0 exy of children, or’ noiss of any kind. When any of the little people on the roofs chance to move, they walk with certain grace of man- -nory, very slowly, and in ailenco. Arrived at the P T ot abn, we pile our effects against tho walls, and go into camp in tho rear. The Mo- quis woman invited us to lunch, and serves a huge melon and a basket of * peke.” An Indian took the animals, leading them down the rock to 5. When Msj. Powell first visited theso ‘owns, Tuba and wife returned with tho party to Kanab, and thero remained for & year, acquir- ing °:flllr‘unwloclga of while customsand Yankee spet CITY OFFICIALS, Woro met by Talta, one of ihe Chiefs. We were in some fear of Tulta. He etarted with Powell for Weshington, bat lost his horse before Teaching the sottloments in New Moxico. (Tho Navejoos had stolon it.) One day was given to find tho animal and rojoin his_companions. Failing to arrivo in that time, the Aajor pushed forvard alono next maraing. Tults, mosawlile, procured another horse, and bastened -after, Peaching Saata Fo about an bour .after Povell loft by stage. An official at that'place wouid ‘have paid tho Indiaw's passage to Denver, but doubted Lis story. Talta, therefore, rotarned, 2nd had not since boen seen by sny membor of our expedition, Ho received ua kindly, and, in Toferring to the matter, simply said that tho ‘hito man had waited as agreed, and there was 10 cause to complain. This Chiefs special oc- Ccupation is that of Town-Crier. Every evening, from his house-top, he announces the pro- gramme for tho folloving dog. Tl Gororumont Consists of threo porsons, the principal Chief and two subordinates, who arrgnge the order of public festivals, coremonics, and general affairs. ¥ A MOQUIS TOWN. ? Oryba contains G00_inkabitants, exclusivo of vormin and such emall deor, Tho housos are ‘built abont & contral court, or plaza ; the stroots run parallel to the four fides thereof. There aro no intorsecting highways. The traveler must turn down _lancs, alleys, and go aronnd back-yards, in order to got from one streot to anothier, As_thero are no wheeled vohicles of eny kind, and fow hores, and, moreover, thero i8 110 hurry, the citizons donot find this arrange- ment inconvenient. The housos aro. builtin blocks, or continugus rows ; they aro all of stone, cemented with mortar, and from two to threo stories in height. Tho roofs aro flet, plas- tered over, sud made to catéh and hold what water passing clouds may drop. _Resorvoirs contain the surplus. = The doors face tho comrt; there aro none in tho rear walls, These apertures—and there is but ono in cach of theupper storica—nro the only ‘means of admission for the caller, and for light and air. They are sometimes closed_by wooden bars, but generally by blankets. Each story es from the onebelow, leaving & landing, or platform, runaiag wlong 1o honso-fronts, od- ors lead from the ground to tho first story ; out- sido steps to_the upper ones, -~ The lowar room is uséd for donkey-pens, and storage for corn, atc. ; in each of the higher ones, a family Lives. In the houses of the richer people, one family occupies an entire houso, Tho rooms aro some- times subdivided; in some, wesving is carried on; others sreused for slecping apartments Storage, cooking, cte. The floors are supported by wooden pillars ; ceilings, walls, and foors are ways smoothly plastered over. 5 ANDIAN HIABITS. The Shinemos, as they call themselves, are groat thieves.. *Jack” had a handsome new re- Solver, that he carried, for ssfety, in & sscl, An Tndinn saw the bright troasuro; soon a dexirons hand opened the ack, & dusly hand was thrust inside, and, in a twiniling, the pistol was con- conled 1 the over rcady blanket. *Jack," of course, was wroth. Andy, moro wise, drow a circlo ‘around the camp, and, in his vigorous manner, gave the crowding Indisns to under- stand, that the first one to cross it would dio. Hazablin and Hillers accepted Tulta's invita- tion to visit him ; Hattan remained in chargo of the stores; and your correspondent went forth on & sight-sceing tour, The. ef- fect of s naturally formidable appearance a3 hoightened by a huge rovolver slung to my side. gne of the natives del'arantinl]y aske “You, Chief ?" _Unannounced and uninvited, entered several dwellings. Found two or three TIndians who could speak English. I offered to trado horses for blankets, and describod tho animals in jockey terms. Tho Moquis answered, '0h, yes! me want him ! somuch!” The peo- 1o spaak in low tonos, ond in & sing-suug Beylu. B fxdoor group of bif and little Tolk: chatter in ‘musical murmure, that contrast favorably with the cries and noise of frontier househol PUBLIO PROCESSION. & About sunset, a clatter and jinglo atiractod attention. Winding up the mess, n singlo file, came » long line of tho young peoplo roturning from a frolic, All were mounted on donkeys,—the brave driving ; his “girl " behind him, sitting erect, with folded arms, The women do ot ride astride, bub mansgo, without s ad- dle, to sit_gracefully and well. All were tricked out in their most dazzling array. Blan- kets of bright colors, spangled moccasins, and "The fatigues of travel were | ed_with alkali, we dared bat moisien. ed lips with the delusive draught, *It |. shining ornaments, mado quite o display. Added to all this was the sound of myriads of small bells. There were bells on the arms and ankles of the riders ; beils on the feet of the donkeys, that kept up a tinkling chorus, filling all the streets with echoes. THE VOICE OF THE DONKEY. Although the people’s voices aro not shrill, Oryba s rarely freo from noise. Wrapped in blankets, wo wero scoking roposo from the lsbors of o long day. Buddenly & head, surmounted by two enormous ears, was thrust through opening ust above us. eard,—s Tattling, ecraping, horrible wheoze. The cry had scarcely ceased when an answor came from across the court, and, in & few min- ntes, from every quarterof tho town the din was kept up. At times it would die away, to be start- ed again by the fiend at our heads; and 60 tho clamor roso and fell unceasingly till dawn. A mule can make music wherever he goes; but an Oryba donkey can gt ap, on short notico, the most complete concert for a charivari the world affords. PERSONNEL OF THE HMOQUIS. Early in the morning, all the women of the town march in procession to the spiing nt the foot of the rock; Eech has an earthen jug, lLolding three or four gallons, strapped in & shavwl. Thoy go and return in ro] order, talling among_themselves, soft and low. o women &re short and rotund. The men are of medinm height and build, with black hair and eyc Thoir complexiona are lighter, and their of finer toxture, than is common among rod men. Ths Moquis are affa-~ ‘blo in manner, poaceable ip disposition, indas- trious in babits. The men are very much attached to their wives ; %anon!ly Dbeve but one. Polygamy is nllowed, but not often practised. Work is divided : men till the fields, weave blan- kets, and porform tho sovore tasks ; women pack water, grind corn, and attend £o domestio affirs. Al gom to livo happily together. In summer, the crops receive attention. Weaving is the principal occupation in winter. Tho great roqui- Eites, wood and water, are scarco. “Ivery stick of wood is earried, on tho backs -of men osnd: donkeys, from 6 to 10 miles. The town is built on . A an g (COAL-BEDS, Iying but a few feat below the surface, and crop- pingont in meny places, Lioat Tves, who visited ho place some years ago, called tho attention of the people to thiis cheaper fuel, and showed them how fouseit. No attention’ was paid to the stranger's suggestion, as it was considered bad medicine. - 1t is only by the greatest industry Jifo cun bo supported in such v desert, and it seems pity that tho tribe’ fails to use all the sloras offored. 3 e I8 § FARMING IN ARIZONA. Tho Moguismods of agriculture is original &aud unique. The plain below the townisa vast, €£andy platcan. The Indian Inys ont thereon his Little Eztch of ground, dividing it from his neighbors' . by ~paths and ridges. Hore ho sows seeds and plants peach-trees. We askod where tho first each-trees came from, and were told that ‘their {fathers bronght the sced from the West,—prob- ably California. The gronnd is_cultivated with heavy hoes. Thess were formerly made by the natives from wood, but now are obtained from the Mexican settlements. Planting begins in Mearch. Vegetables are gathered as thoy ripen through the year. Melons, beans, and onions fhrivewell, Peaches are of excallent fisvor and quality. Corn is stunted; stalks are dwindling anddry. The ears shoot out of the ground, the stem connocting them with the main trank ing below the surface, In October, the com ripens, and is hueked from the stalk. Four varieties are raised, each of different color. The industry and _skill of. these untsught tillers = of the' goil -become more ap- parent whon onp_reflects upon the obstacles to be overcome. Upon these dry, “sandy pla- tasux, but little moisture falls, Occasionally a shower that has escaped the monntains wets the parshod ground, but nob often. The supply of Then o startling sound was | vater in the springs is only sufficient for drink- ing and domestic uses. \Vhite men bave not Yot puccoeded fu_raising crops on such laud Srithout irrigation. ) : The Moquis have another important regource, in large flocks of COARSE-WOOLED SHEEP. - These feed on tho plains during the day, .liviog on tho dry, but nutritious, bunch-grass,—tho favorite food of the buffalo. ~The herds are in charge of boya, who defond their wooly psoperty with skill and pluck. Being on the boundarics of the Novajo and Apacho. range, -raids- from- those marauders were frequent. Not longsince, & mounted Navajo made 2 descont on & flock, thinking to ~make an essy capiure, 28 there was but one boy, watching. Tho'littls Indian stood his ground, letting fly an.arrow throngh the wrist of the brave, and showing & disposition to shoot at a more vital point. The disabled Navajo turned and fled. At night, the sheep nre driven up to stone corrals under the walls of the cities. AN INDIAN MEAL. In wandering about tho town, I was treated with civility: ‘One Moquis invited mo_to dinc. With squaw and papooscs, we st down to an ex- collent menl of melon, peko, and soup. It was evening, and darknoss and the chil night-air Werb gathoriog, rondoring tho light and warmth of the firo-place quito choerful. 1Yo wero seated \1pon blankots and skins of animals spread upon the floor. There 18 no usolesa furniture in & Moquis ~dwelling. Earthen dishes wore _placed upon tho bare flaor, from winch each one holped him or herself. Tho soup is made from vegotables of many kinde, boiled with pieces of mutton, The Indians dis threa fingers of the right hand in the bowl, ant manage to_convey liquid and solid food with great rapidity to their mouths. One bowl serves for several, and generally for an entiro family. Peke is curiously made. The four kinds of corn —“iallow, Ted, white, and blue—aro kept care- fully soparated, and finely ground. The flour is made in o thin batter with water, and baked on & long, smooth stone slab, raised from the floor, and heated very hot byafire benoath. The squaw takesa bandful of tho gruel, nad, by s dexterous movemon}, throws it smoothly over the stone, -which has been previously well gressed. The thin. material is dono to a crisp ina momentand laid on o plate. These thin leaves, of different _tints, are kept and sewed in bundles, This is pepe. Water being scarce, 1 went to camp and brought back & canteon fall with coffee and sugar. The Mo- | quis thought tho cup of coffeo, soon prepared, was * wano,"—good,—and , drank, and smacke his lips, and drank again. INDIAN GOURTSHIP. - About 9 o'clock, Hamlin ugpeued. As wo walked through tho dark and deserted streets, we hoard some one singing. Creeping noiseless- Iy up & Jaddor, and_poering through & doorwsy, gaw a woman grinding corn and chanting a sort of song. Whon she paused, the song wes cnewered from tho roof, in a low and musical voico. The ' lover on - tho house-top _ was sercnoding the maiden below. eing of_a practical turn of mind, tho Iady worked steadily as she sang,—tho firalight now lighting up, and the darlmess szain Ob- scuring, her dusky faco. Hoaring a slight noise, made by our nearer approach, she suddenly mppmf,-eimng erect, motionless, and watch- ful. The singer on tho roof as quickly ceased his seronade, and quietly withdrow. s AANNERS AND CUSTOMS. The word Moquis means woman, cowardl torm of reprosch given by the surrounding tribes. The people call themselves the Shinc- mos,—the Wise. Lot us speak of them hereafter Dy their better name, for they aro worthy of it. The children sre nude until 8 or 10 yaars old. Yomen woar plain, blue blankets, carried on tho right shoulder and under tho left, fastened about tlie waist with a sssh, Their moccasing and leggings aro alwaya white. The mon sre dressed in shirts of whito cotton cloth ; short breeches of the same materizl, slit ot the knocs, to show colored leggings. ~ Moccasins _ara brightly dyed. Over all is thrown a square blankot of 88 fanci- ful coloring and fashion es the woerer can afford, or his tasto sugzost. When of marrisgeable 8go, the women dress their hair—hitherto worn loosa —in huge spirals, in close imilstion of ram's horns. Tho singular shapo is preserved by somo contrivance unknown to me. Some are very long, measuring from eighteen fo twenty inches from tip to !ifi; The married woman takes down theso hugo coils, .and trains two curls in- stead, ono on_either side tho neck, that aro tied at the ends with colored strings. Tho heir is very long . and thick, It is combed, well brushed, and washed with ex- tract of tho oose plant, ‘which givea it a glossy, wavy appearance. Tho Aztec women, unlike those of most tribes, are chasto. The rare ex- ceptions have their heads shaved, insign of shame, and remain in disgrace until it grows ot again. The men cat their hair square from the forehead; it hangs loosé down the shoulders, and is tiod at the back, inan old-fashioned knot, with colored yarn. 5 INDIAN CUNNING AND CURIOSITY. An Indian came in with the report that omr horses had got in tho fields and destroyed vast quantities of corn. A largo bill of damages was prosented, which wo refusedto pay. Tho horses wero subsoquently found quistly fooding on unch-grass, _desorted eir _ keeper. Packod up, and, amid_& curious crowd of the citizens of Oryba, we descended the stone steps leading to the valley, and took the trail for an- other town, sumo fifteen miles sway. Thero aro goven Shinemos cities in all in this part of, Ari zona. They are all built on high rocks erising abruptly from the plain,—the first, Orybs, upon an isolated butte; the three next in a cluster upon another mesa; the throo next mpon still another eminenco. Having heard of our arrival, tho people from far and near camo in scattered 1p5 t0 sen the strangers. All wore drving Sonlioys laden with native wares and manufac- turcs, which they desired to_sell or _exchange. e tald them to moet us st Wallpy. _Petty jeal- ousies exist_between the towns. The Indisns dectared ““‘fl would not go to Wallpy, nor would ti eI trnde with sny ome who first vieited 80 dogenerato a place. One com- pany of five men, mounted on horses, pursued s gomo distance, jabbering nnd gesticulating, Disgusted, finally, st our repeatod refusals. to ‘Tunpack there and then, thoy rode away to their own city. At last we came in sight of thé mesa npon which the towns of Moquis, Wallpy, and Tarwa stand. When 2 miles distant, We pass tho corn-fields. Rounding & point of rooks, wo find ourscives in peach-orchards, and mote & large reservoir filled with water. Cows were being driven up’ to shelter for the night. A broad, winding, gently-rising road, cut in the rock, leads to the level of the streéts. Narrow spuces, o few rods wide, divide the towns, Wo balted ot the contral omg, Wallpy. A son of Mr. Crothers, the Government Agont for_this triba, lives here. Tho only- other whito man js Wallace, o Bpauish interprotor, saw the Chiof,—Chens,—who procured: us & room. Hired two herders for the horses, and unpacked our effects. TRADING. The room was soon crowded with Indians, talking, peering about, and grecting Hamblin, whom they knew. Some romembered blsjor Powell. One, who could speak a fow words of English, told me abont his party. He scratched bishendso persistontly,somsoneackod if ho “had e bite.” He knowingly replied, ** Oh, yos, him plenty bita!” We bogged the privilego of Imyi:fi ‘ood, and succeeded in purchasing threo sm; sticks, which sorved for supper. Wallace in- formed us that giving or selling ammunition to the Bhinemos ~was not allowed, ss they, in turo, tmded it to tho Apachos This seomed like n ruse to _provent new-comers from obtaining Indian goods, as VY. was probably in the interest of some trader at Fort Defiance. Being a Government expodition in quest of Aztec wares, implements, and mana- faciures, we proposed going abead.” When the time arrived to shut up shop, we invited our nu- ‘morous guests to depart. Words did not suffics and forcs was used. Ono obstinate fellow ehowed fight, and got soundly thrashed.” This created some disturbance, but IMEGM to -the -Chief- quelled the uprising. g mext day was lively ; room thronged as usual. The aborigi- nal methods of closnliness and ventilation are not yob porfoctedl. When clustering thickly in & small house, * their offense ig rank ; it smella to hesven.” ‘A’ Piute appeared,” who hes some- thing of & fale. .- Ho was sto- len - when a child by the Navajoes, and traded to the Shinemos. He has lived and married among the latter people. Hamblin Enew his family, living on the Palria, snd gave |- him an account of them.’ On being nskod if he did not waut to return to his former home,. the Tte ehook his head nogatively. One Indian of- {fered totrade, who claimed fo have traveled ex- tonsively, and spoke five or eix langusges. Hamblin exchanged beads, indigo, knives, mir- Tors, ete.; for blankets, clothing, pottery sund peltry. Among our stores wag & quantity of raw cotton, bought from John D. Lee, of lountain Meadow massacrs fame. This sold readily, but Bomo ornamental butfons were most eagerly taken. The braves fixed them in their ears, snd wero delighted with tho effect. The cxcitement grow as trading £rogmmd. Indians were hurrying through tho stroets, Iaden with every conceivable ‘ trap” that coula be disposed of.” The men alone sppeared, end transacted all the business. The barter on the part of the United States was rather eharp. We g:t up & corner on beads, and readily obtaineda ar-skin for a 5-cent bunch of the shining glass. Whits, black, and blue beads were preferred. These colors are interwoven in their blankets, Bome forty pieces of pottery, and many skins of - Gity, because its inhabitants” nover fight. black and cinnamon bear, wild-cat, deer, eic., were procured that day. » REVENGE. Tho western town in this trio is called Moquis Ex- asperated at last by Navajo raids among their ficlds and flocks, the péoplo resolved - upon Tovenge. A trenty of peace was - proposed, and guests invited to & P el commemorstion”of the event. Thirty-five unsus- pecting and’ unarmed Navajocs accepted, and were admitted fo the town, surrounded, over- pawered, and thrown from the edge of-the- cliff upon the rocks below. Mognia City is_built up- on a peninsular cliff jatting ont from. the. main mosa. Upon the narrow rock, or isthmus, tho Iuckless Navajoes were crowded, and were una- VWASHINGTON, The Présentation of the Régort of the Poland Com-. ' " - ‘mittee. i Scézes in the House—Outside Celebri- ties Who Were Present, . i blo to defend thomselves or escape. We saw their bleeching bones and shreds gf blanketa. This event took place in 1866. Taaw, or the 3 2 CITY OF TIIE STRANGERS, is upon the eastern wall. During the Epanish conquest, begun by Cortez, its citizens lived upon the Rio Grande. one Aztec town after another fell bofore the mailed and mounted warriors of the Cros: these peoplo snw that they also must yield, ans gladly accepted an invitation to build and dwell among the S8hinemos of the desert. Although of the same race, tho strangers differ somewhat in customs and habits from those of the original six cities. The - ¥ _ PRINCIPAL MANUFACTURES of this nation are weavingand pottery. The wool is cat from the sheep with knives. Every thread is drawn_out, by-twisting and spinning, in the fingers of the men. It is dyed with paint collocted from tho rocks, juices of plants, and indigo obtnined from the whites. Colors aro permancnt and brizht. They are now obtaining somo knowledge of aniline dyos. Tho yarn, wound on reels, i8 woven into " cloth, blankets, end woaring spparel of many patterns. 'Tho looms ere simi- lar in operation to those of modern carpet- ‘weavers, but are of much simpler construction, being made of three sticks. The blankets are warm, water-proof, and exceedingly dursblo; are always finished in the centre. Best blankets of Moquis make sell from £25 to 50 in coin in tho sottlemonts. Cotton i grown to some ox- tout. Karly frosts generally nip the sensitive plant, injuring the fibre. White cloth, bow- ever, is mado from this material, that’ wears well. Strings and sashes are woven in small and simple hand-looms. Pottory is manufactured by tho women only. It is made from common clsy, moulded by hond, snd burned in the fira! Jars, jugs, dishes, cups, mpoons, and evory variety of kitchen-utensils and table-wares, are skillfully fashioned, and often handsomely colored. Much of this ware breaks m burning. _ Acres of frag- menta lio ecatterod over the country oocupied by this tribe. - RELIGIOUS BITES. _ Tho Aztecs are worshipors of tho Sun, beliey- ing that it is the homo of the Great Spirit. Everything that is mysterious or capablo of do- ing them good or avil, is deified. - The gods are’ reprosonted by woodon 1mages, placed in all the Touses in each of tho citios. Tho lesser deitios take rank in pm%:fliun to the er they exert. Every moruing, before dawn, the peopla can be sconsitting upon the house-tops, with faces turned to the East. " When the sun rises, they bow roverently toward it, and then the business of the ‘day begins. Dancing is their creed and ritusl. In all ther prayers, in all their fasts and feasts, joys and sorrows, dancin, goes on, inducing and Leeping up tho mental excitement. - - COMMUNAL HOUSES, Their places of worship, or Livas, are lurge roonis hollowed out in the rock. Desconding b; & Indder, we find ourselves in a cistern-shaper n%mment -, Around the walls are benchos, whoreon spectators sit. The DATTow opening throngh which we hava entarod givos little light.. One man kce;’;s a few sticks burning in .8 hollow in _the ceiling. Another . bests a large drum, made by cutting out the centre of & huge 'pine block, and _ covering the ends with sheepakin, tightly stretched. A row of men, nearly naked, dance for hours to- gethor, shoking gourds with peas inside, and Chanting monotonously, Thoe old men, eéated on the ground, tell of the former greatness end - prosperity of the people, and tears flow freely as their present condition 15 held up in contrast. - THEIR DOOM IS BEALED. o ‘Theso are the living remnants of a nation'that will pass eoon into history. Theirs is the earliest civilization known upon the Continent of North America. Their traditions run back for cen- turies before the timo -of Columbus. tho yesr 1632, the Spaniards found these semo’ citios ~very ancient. As hercin indicated, thoy possess s kmowledge of . the penceful arts that fills the travelor with astonish- ment. They have s written history running back from ouwrrent events through countless years. Tulta dined with us. We treated him with all the kindness and consideration® in our power. The Chief did not fail to observe it. Btanding erect, as ho was_sbout leaving, he ac- knowledged our courtesy in smooth and stately Spanish. Ho told us that our coming was noted upon the canon-walls; that his God would repay the debt he could not, for he would make an ac- count of it. When this Chief dies, another dusky historian will take up, and probably com- lote, the story of his raco. The Bhinemos seo eir fature fate, mnow near at hand. From small-pox ; from an unequal contest_with ‘Arizona's genius of desolation; from thoincur- wions of savage Apaches; from cunning Nava- joes,- relentloss’ Comanches, and whita man’s Fend and tyranny,—the ancient ration—the \Vise People—are dwindling fast. We had ad- ventures smong them; learned much that is curious and interesting, that cannot herebe told. . In closing this correspondence, it may not be insdmissable hero to acknowledge - tho ‘vigilence of the proof-readers, and the libarality of -the publishers, of Tee Cmicaco TRIBUNE. Many trzvelors hiave written about the deserted houses and crambling ruins that are widely scattered in the canons, among the valleys, and on the pla- tesux of the West. Two Government officials bave visited the inhabited Aztec cities of Arizo- na. Dxclusive of their reports, it is believed that no more-detailed account of the living . peo- Exe and their history have yet appearcd than has | een given in these columns. ) CreaEsT POWELL. e e FOUND DEAD. HEART DISEASE. 2 Yestorday morning, sbout half-past 6 o'clock, one of Pinkerton's policemen found a man lying on the sidowalk in front of the Bon Ton saloon, No. 464 Btate street. Tpon carrying, the man_into the .house, tho officer ' dis- covered that he was desd. His pockets were searched, and & bunch of keys and some papers were found, from which it was sscortainod thet his namo was H, F. Barley, of No. 71 Third street, Erie, Pa. -Tho body was taken to the Morgo. Deceased was appurently about 45 years old, and, being s large man, it was at first ‘prosumed that Lie diod,_from apoplexy, as.thero wors no marks of violence upon Lis person. Yesterdayafternoon the Coroner held 2n inguest 3t tho Morgue. Dr. Emmons, County Physician, mado o post-mortem_examination, and found thet death had resulted from the rupture of 2n. aneurism of tho heart. The jury rendoreda verdict accordingly. ¥ FROZEN. . An old man named Barney Sheridan, of No. 138 Bromor stroot, was found dead on tho ice in the North Branch, mear the North Side Gas Company's Works, at an ey hour yesfordsy morning. He loft homo at 5 o'clock Festorday afternoon in an- intoxicated condition, and was not scen agein alive, Itin supposod that;de- ceased fell from the dock to the ico, and baing stunnod by the fall was frozen to death. There wero-no marks of violonce on the body. - The head wns under the ice when found. Thke de- cenaod was 65 yonrs of age, and numarried. | At Glimpses - of ‘thie Guilty--Oakes . Ames and - James, Brooks. : From Our Oun Correspondent, ‘WasaINGION, Feb. 18, 1873.. This day, near noon, the great scone came off. THE ARENA. t e You conld tell thiat it was coming by the harry of people to.tho Capitol,—well dressed, in silks, grave or gay, a steady stream of bettor folks to look on than common ; for they knerw that it was' coming. When such tkings come, society feols its intimation in all its many ears. Cruel people, and also those who pity guilt from weakness, and call it by the name of mercy; listless peo- ple, for whom a penalty has its fascination ; and sturdy people, who have tho stomach aad tho epirit to stand by and sce the flogging given: they wero all there! . The gallerics of that large, darkish-cornered, bright-floored house were even- 1y filled with poople,—negroes and whites, ladies and malos,—and the silent rows in, the very large, severely-rectangular space sbove were meraly black groovings inthe dark frame around tho picture below. Tho Hall of Reprezontatives lios plainly under tho large reflectors of clear whito glass in the roof, and you can 8eo every man near the centre of tho house with' slmost the plainness of tho chief actors on a lighted stage. » o o THE FRESS-MEN. The roporters’ gallery was densely pacied, and, looking around, I .made the mental caleu- lation as to how much of the American pross was subservient to politicians. About 60 per- sons wera in the gallery and around the flanks of it. Of theso, fully 20 were true, unflinching ‘mon,. acoustomed to hato a scoundrel, and to kuow him by tho sense of smell. These men' are gonerally voung, but worldly-wise, mo fanatics, and recognizing their constituency to ba tho injured public, and often too aclf-respect- ing to attempt to sgreo with each other. If the nowspaper-press, in its better senso, ever goes into cancns, let tho flag of the country be hanled down! About 20 men in the reporters” gallery on this occasion were the ropresentatives of the job political press; and’ you can tell thom by a want of lustre in the eyes, an ‘inor- dinate affability, snd that port exprossion which intimated that all this attempt to ex- pose any loyal body was mers nonsemse. Tho rest of the occupants.of .the gallery were what we call hangers-on of the prese,— scedy-looking editorial rats, old chsps holding alcemosynary newspaper-placos, and discharged idiots who stick on a3 if ‘they were subserving. some useful function to the jowrnal' Altogeth- er, the pross outlook was hopefal. One man _with vengeancs in his purpose is equal to a host merely playing the scribe. % 4 The ladics’ gallery was full of handsomo peo- ple, who seom to belong to modern Waehington. Probably there is no town in the country which can make & finor showing of fina women than this Capital; for the averago public man bas s meaty eye, and is wrapped up in the flesh. Fish make . brains, and, romembering .their origin, breins must swim. Many negroes were out ard taking their firat lossons in public virtue. It was ead to see these poor human: creatures, lately alaves, looking for moral senso and direction from tho white people, and suffering tho con= tamination of such an exposure. : % THE OUTSIDERS. tanding near one of tho doors was EX-MEMBER ROSWELL HART, of Rochester, who is the Generaliasimo of Ros- coo Conkling’s forces in that Btate, and now in the Postal servico. - o] NORMAN JUDD; of Chicago, ox-Minister to Prussia,—very red and worldly-looking,—watched what he seemod to think real political foolishness, alongside of BOBEHT PURYVIS, a light mulatto, in whose veins blend Jewish; Moorish, and nogro blood. Purvis has_been an enthusiast for the porfect equality of his race so many years that a little matter of corruption in the superior raco does not trouble him. The great 2 s G GENEBAL THAYER, ; » of Nebraska, who used to vote in gonorous jmi- tation of Charles Sumner's ‘ Aye ” or ** No,- as Thayer's name immediately followed Sumner’s in the roll-call,—locked on at this sceno as'if he expected presently to be requested to give his opinion npon it. Aftor the reading had begun, » red-facad, slonder, fighting-looking man, with & cano in his hand, and one arm in & black sling, walked through the main door, and, with tha painful, dragging geic of ‘ono who had gensation 1n but half his body, and wae f:-?linlz tho other load along as a dead member, limped toa chair, and those who kmew him felt a quick rush of sympathy and horror. It was & - 3 TRANK BLAIR, o Msjor-General in the lato- war,: and one'of the rodecmers of Missouri from the Slave-oligarchy. A fow months ago he was n quaint, keen, inci- sive, and- pogulu‘ man, tho prideor his old father, and the vindicator of his family in public Jife. in ononight, affliction came upon himj; his prospects for his coat in the Senate immedi- -wl{xvnniahed; and, at this mournfal spectacle of the inquest into living character, he came a brolen witness, and warning to both the.just and the unjust. ' ! oL W Crouched in & seat beside a Congressman was - BILL FING, i long the Postmaster of the House of Represcnt- atives, and a jobber all the time. Ho has-taken flight in a timely wsy, satisfied that the National Tigilance Committee cannot long bo postponed ; and hereafter, I understand, ho will ben gorge- ous’ contractor on the North Pacific Railropd. ‘What possible connection can thers bo_between the .functions of Postmaster of the Houso of Representatives for many yests continuonsly, and immediately, presfo! o responsible railroad. contractor? ... @ 2 Walking around on the ontside of Congress, in that large, canning way which tho profession- al browser in legislation adopts, the celebrited . ... -.:.DIOR FRANCHOT, , Pl of New York. chiof cgent of tho Central Pacific Railroad in tids city;at £20,090 a year. and ione ‘of - Roscoe Conkling's henchmen, looked upon: this scono with, somo of that disgust which s business spirit in legislation has for tho vigue things which he calls eontiment, honor, and such like. - Tho Librarian of Congress, - i of Ohio, shot throngh the door s minute, to got the Coroner’s inquest, yesterday afiernoon. the ury- rendered & verdict of accidental drowning. gt e e " THAT CHURCH DIFFICULTY. To the Fditor of The Chicago Tribune: 5 Bin: In your issue of Sundsy last there ap- peared an article entitled * A Church Difficulty,” wherein you have thought bost to publish what purporta to bo a statement of somo of the finan- cinl oporations of the Swedentorgians in this city, and of the canees that led fo the recent formation of a second Society. Without under- taking to consider in dotail ‘all the facts thercin contained, which do not immediately concern us, 7o dosiro to say that 80 far e3 your roporter has been led to believe thet the members of the Second Eocioty seceded from the parent organ- ization mainly and largely on account of proper- ty considerations, ho is mistaken. Nor do we have any intention of resorting to the law to procure & division of the church nropertgci; the city. We have no quarrel with the old Society. Our familics mingle as formerly a¢ our places of worship, and at our homes. If thera is-any “bitterness of feeling " existing, it i confined to & few individaals. Indesd, we are not sivare that any of our members entertain any such sentiments towards their brathren of the ¢ Chi- cago Society of the New Jerasalem.” Dy direc- tion of the Bonrd of Trustces of the Second Swedenborgian Bociety of Chicago. Jos. B. Pursat, Secretary. Cx1cag0. Fob. 24. 1873, s & wink 0f the -spectacle—woll-awaro, porhaps, that, in the great repository” of our’ literatur which hie is industriously’ collecting, to-dsy’s | tcone will many a_time be callod for amongst those tomes, and carefully studied as.a compen- dious tabloan of onr period. Thore - also- crept up tho middlosisle the tall, reddish-topped “eufigy of DAN VOOBKEES, the defender of John Brovn's men after the campaign of Harpers Ferry. Upon s chair in the rear sat EX-MINISTER HARVEY, o for many years a correspondent in-this city un- dor Wiz Adminstrations, and an appointce to the Portuguese mission by Secretary Seward, of | whom he has_often said a good word. - Harve; had a furious fight to get his money after going to Lisbon, 03 it was discovered thab he had con- ducted s corrospondenco with some of the lead- ers of the Confederacy up to the eve of the Re- bellion. Beside Mr. Harvey sat tho great OB JORNEON, . of Arkansas, whose family controlied that State, uuder Ambrose Savier and himself, for aboat 20 years. Johnson i3 a rephow, I believe, of tho former Vice-President, Richard 3. Johnson, of - Keatucky, thoslayer of Tecumseh. 3aking tho common mistake of tho leading politicians of the South, he want over to the Rebellion, and camo out at the end of it quite stripped snd saddened, . and he lives amongst us, an inoffensive, good- natared lawyer. The 3 " TWO MORMONS, Hoopor and Cannon, against whom “the Preai- ent - recently lamached & _proclamation, were eitting ride by e, hearing these tales sbout the Gentiles related so fortuit- ously in the time of their calamity. It. did striko a number of people m;)resen! that, a8 .the Mormons had_been allowed to run for 20 years, perhaps we had better clear up some of our own peceadilloes before we engage in another holy war. : : BENATOR TOM DAYARD, = ' of Dolaware; occupied a retired seat; listening silently to the handsome' vindicatior of his father and predecessor in tho Senate, which the _Poland Committeo mede when_they_recom:.| aended Messrs, Dawes, Scofield, Kelley, and others to take Bayard's letter to Henry S. 'Comb for an oxample in legialative life. Near at-hand was - - - i e b EENATOR VICKELS, of Marsland, » smooth, orthodox, quict'old gen- tleinan, for whose later daya this pagaant seemed to have some attractions, andwho Lis- tened through all' the rending, and then put on his bl.sl:k cotton gloves aud stepped out without aword. -~ [ ¢ -Inone of tho seats, n member of Congress had placed - TWO LITTLE OIRLS, - . - 5 or 6 yeara old each; and these little children listened awhile, and then whispared together, and made quite » flowery spot in the midst of &0 uch hard moil; snd perhaps, amongst the enrlicat recollections of both of them in the fature, will bo this extraordinary sceno, which wes requisito for the interment of the extrava- gances of & timo of war and profligecy. - CIARE INGEBSOLL, i of Tilinois, was upon tho floor; and the great 3. = AMES ASHLET, who led the vanguardof Impeschment s fow yoars a0, aud fnally tripped up himself a3 Goy- rnor of 'one of the Territorics, by reason-of & letter which hesent in an ungusrded moment, asking to be lot into some jobs ez-o[ma.‘ Final- 15, 2 ! . SEYATOR ANTHONY i came in to hob nob & moment with anothor gen- {leman ; ond this ollowed overybody Wha was o3 tho qui vite to know hot differcnt was tho atti- tuds of a Touse committee on corruption to that of Anthony’s own committee which hed attompt- ed to whitewash Caldwell. - AMES AND BROOKS. 1t was known, of courso, to the two men most | deeply concornod in - this 'roport, exactly what tiowr Own situation would bo when the rasding ehould bo over. Oskes Ames and Jemes Brooks havo been conscious, for tho lest .two wesks, that, in their several cascs, there was very littlo Liopo 3 trifled with) tho’ whole-duty of the Comamittoo would be performed without stint as to their acts.” Ames had been the sctive character in tho. whole of this Credit Mobilier work. He had not been elected to - Congress 3 o man of affairs, 83 = lawyer, or as one sanxious $0 occupy a position of consideration in his con- stituency, but solely and wholly in_consquenco of great enterpriscs whose affairs wera 00 im- ‘portant to'be instrusted o adyocates or associate liticians. He brought with Lim Pandora’s x, and opened tho lid almost withont consid- eration o3 to whether the ack was right or wrong,- or tho conssquences ordinary or disastrons.. Ho Das won a little sympathy here from those. who have watchod him closely, on the-scoro that he ia a porson withont sensibility, and with no clear apprehensions that to make, Congress a Bourso' snd Disbursing _ Office would be any great scandal It was enongh for him to know that this wes the most convonient spot to do the work; that his inter- cote had fo be protected; and that, to use hia own_langusge, the sures way to make others mindful of his intorests was fo make it thoir in- torest to doso. But ho has not been proved in eny cago to bo s man ‘withont veracity, and, Whon the investigation was opened, ho regarded the wholo thing 88 & piece of moonshine, which would be & littlo awkward for somo of hifi aaso- ciates, but could do him no great ipjury. When B frd; gavo featimony, it wos with a dull dispor sition o lot_anybody- off - who might -feol alarmed, provided it involved no act of perjury on his own_sccount: But, aa.the investiga- tion proceoded, it occurred, even to tho commonplace Ames, that tho country-at-large had mado serious matter of his Credit Mobilior amusement ; and that,. nnless he told the truth, Ho. might, be_gotting. himself into ‘an awkward sitastion, and bo medo amensble, perhaps, 19 criminal law. He hoartily despised the antics of somo of those-peoplo who had been willing enough to take his stock, and get the profits, a3 long s tho thing could be kept quiet ; buk to ba ‘modo. o scapegast for all these persons, and, worse, fo bo proved a liar, which would, to some oxtent, affect his business-word, Bad béen no part of his calcalations. It was in- ovitable that his veracity should bo disputed by his timid dapes, and, when this_came to. pass, there was discovered in.. the -old -man snother kind of integrity,—perhaps not entirely incon- sistent with his defection tv his public duties, and that coarso concaption of the-office of Con~ ssman which would drive.on his commercial Sndértakings under the Speakor's oye. Whan ‘Ames found that the'persons whom he had good- ‘nnturedly given businss-interests_in his_enter- prise were turaing o & Body upon him, and 1dly conspiring o prove that he_was not to be ‘bolieved under oath; Lio grew enfaged. Under that rage, ho told the whole story s aad then the third degree of sensibility happened, when he discovered that be waa really to bo rasde an example of, and set outside”of the Capitol. Wathin the past two weeks, o feable bresking up of that gnarled exterior has been noticed, and Wemay hope that, coincident with that afilic- tion, Mr. Ames hag been upprised of tho fact that to sell doves in the Temple, and pay out stock in the Capitol, are g&r!! of the same New Testamont under honorable interpretation. During the reading of to-day'a report, Ames set digniied and silent, smuling a littlo once or twice, but his_countenance’ constantly. growing heavier and older, £a becomos-his age; and Le heard tho last syllable without a remar - ' _ THE CONEERVATIVE SKITTLE-SHARPS .“James Brooks occupied his regular seaf, a fow rows from tho front. On his right hand sat Mr. Ozro J. ‘Dodds, of Cincinnati ; on his lpfi, Congrossman Roberts, of Now_York, formerly head of the Fenian Brothorhood, and fr. Pot- ter, of New York, a-son of Bishop Poiter, Pro~| testant Episcopal Bishop of Penukylvania, g “Brooks’ faco.was & matter of sympathy to the edles and many, uew-comors, but.his mennors “wero “unchianged to tliose obsorvers who knew him well. Nature and time have cndowed him with considerable sensitiveness and no senze of honor. He hus all the phraseology and affecta- tion of a gentleman of spiri; and_most of the principles of 3 striker of a HATp. . He ‘can grow Ecflow and_ old. when .found ‘out; -but, if tha reczo should blow over -to-morrow;. mobody in Washington.would put on_mors -assnmption of. ariatocracy, and more affect ‘to despiso : the eountry-members. ‘It appears bya book recenily published, entitled * Tho Press of Maine,” that, Eradusting at 2 colicge in_ bis native State, o &75s solected toedit n Portland newspager, whero ho showed somo smartness, and one of his first ropcasities was to slip offto_Washington s a TR or. Hero ho_scquirad all the bouzco and impudenca of 8 gréat man of affairs,.and persuaded the proprietors of Lis little journal to send him to Europe for .‘‘the grand tour.” When he had obtained his journalistic education, | in this way, he quietly went back on the pro- prietors of his’ papor, elthougk under promiso to _return.to Jaine and. employ his adyan- tages for the bomefic of the journal waich had extended them to_him, and he issued tho prospectus of tho Now York_Ezpress when | tho ebip landed bLim in Now York. He stiil, st up was only a venture for his brother Erzstus, and that be should presently come-bsck to Maine and put on the barness again. His only 1abér in Maine, however, was to obtain & ngmi- naifon to Congross, in which L. catifely feiled, and this finally cloeed his ‘cOnnec- tion_'yith tho_papor which izl g} i [“hig __start. Yo tumbled inte the opportunities extended to him in that loosa metropolis, mado money, and finally reached tho purpose of his ambition by being eent to Congross. Persons femiliar ;with- the. litigation of -the Now York -Ezpricss i wwhen tha Brookses throwout their partner, some years ago, will recollect that, -amongst othor things; he made an ofth that alf tho property’ of | which he was_possessed was bis- interest iu tho Eipress, a home, and-a very little money. | At the same time, ) was -‘the ‘pos- sesgor of his - profits “in . the Pacific Railroad,—tho same which havo come out during this investigation. Brooks ‘never wes & Demo- crat in- the ecnse of conviction; but had been aa -} old-line Whig and a Know-Nothing whén' fhose parties gave some promiso of domination'ia this country, and, as a_Democrat, he has used Lis. bland.. oxtorior, sud_lordly wag,—and-gelz- assertion to throw himsol? into important places, whero ho has notscrapled to enrich himezlf, fin violation of law and of the: micest sonso:of ‘honor. To-ts F SCOFIELD CALLED. e ‘Wken the name of Scofield was called, that worthy waa secn far on the_loft of the Spedlker,’ ‘his hair quite white. ‘and tlis top of - his k very beld; and (s littlo M-at-cese) ho-kept hia eycs siraight upon'the Spesker, losking neithor to tho right nor to the left. Scoficldis o fine- looking man, minus. his hair, of which there:is 60 littlo that wo need not speak shont it. Hdis not o native of Pennssivania, but of New Yark State, sad. ho Icoks- like -a - Ndw Yorker hail- ing {rom Chauteuqua VCo:mLf which isFen- ton's home: Ho is two yoars older than Fenton, znd he graduated at Hamilton ™ College, New York, in 18149, having been a Legizlator -for a | szt time and a Judge.. After-the begin- and, that, however other men might bo | and has been elected Sfvo i Last year ho was re-elected Reprosentativess Large. Scofield bears two different charactey in this city. By some he is called s pure and other peoplo are com&:red to him in i, light as if ho were a standard. By others, oy regarded as a speculator, and o thorough peig, cian of the pericd. As n political competiy heis coarse; and, doring the last campai when he know all about this Credit fobilig! matter, he alluddd to it 83 ** a Greeley lie.” -—But it was aBign of ise that 3ir. Scofial althongh s Pennsylvanian, scemed quito alive 55\ the importance of his character, while the Cluy _was perusing the vory. mild statement of Y Scofleld's transactions with Oakes Ames. 4 CGarz, § I h 1! ki P~ e THE COUNTY. BOARD. The Resignation of .Commissione: Singer Withdrawn. A . 3, Award of Contract for Drugs---Xo Mon ‘Luxuries for ilie Poor---The Jary fu Mileage Guestion, Y A mooting of the Bosrdof County Commissioy | erswasheld yesterday afternoon, Prosident Mille § %¢ in the chair, Present, Commissionora Ashtay | Bogue, Crawford, Clough, Galloway, Hurrisoy Horting, -Lonergan, -Joacs, Pablman, Singy Roslle, Russell. g Alfter the minates of tho precedibg mestisg| g hadbeen rosd and approved, o Tosry px:fl o ed to business. . i ¢ o A communication was received from Dr. Y. oo Ier, Superintendent of Publio Charities, recon. efi mending that tho County Ageni be suthorized 1y | xoduce his force of visitore. It was soordared oy Coms onor Ashton moved o tald upth fyyi Tesignation of Commissioner Singer, and act it one way or-the othor, 80 as to reliovs thij tleman of his ancertainty. It was takonup, : whoronpon Mr. A-hton moved that tho rosigns. ‘Commisaioner Harrison thought that, as by ‘badbeen~elected by the Feople, L. Singe; ought nst 4o resign. -Ho ought not Yo sscrifee gt his private intorests, but he onght to giveth ‘public just as much of- his time as he can afford, Ho would Jike to havo Mr: Singor feol 53 theugy he'was right in coming to the meotings-of thy Board only when hecould do 8o svithout projuie. ing bis privata intorosts, 2 Commissioner Singer said that if he could be rolieved of the details of committea:work iy would be content to remain. He. would liks i be relievod of his_position as Chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings. With this r derstanding, he would withdraw his reaignation, Bo the matter was settled, and tho Board ra. tains one of its most valuable members, The - Committeo on Public Becords reportad, recommending that the Recorder of Deedsby instructed to keep an index of maps .and play ‘recorded in his office. The report was coneurraj in. ¥ : ‘Tho Special Committee on’ Drugs and Medic Supplies, to whom were rerui:efi_x_m piv;;“of{,v" for furnishing such supplics, reportad tho thres bids forthe amount estimated to bie as follovs, T. J. Eluthardt, £587.78; G. A. -Hoffmn ©549.16 ; Hurlbut & Edsall, '9514:12. Thoyres ommend that the contract be awnrded to Korlbuty & Edsall. : 1 5 - Gommissioner Achton moved to refer the mate tor to the Commitiee on Hosritals. Lost. +-The Taport of the Comimltice was than cozcr i, ¥ ** Commissioner Bogue moved the passsgsaf’ the following : o «s Resolred, That inno case. ehall -any persan cr; sons be discherged from their isbiliny on oy sreal ‘bail bond or recognizance uniess tho prinelzal i reh ‘bon or recognizince shall fliet.be prodaced .end sz _rendered ; provided, no discharge under this recoluticy ‘shall be granted except by a vots of two-thinds of 31 the memijera electcd to this Board, s ~ 'Beveral Commissicners expressed the’ belie! that the resolutions would not ba bindizgupa | subject. ‘A'd(:gted. en the Board merely as a resolution, unless it were incorporeted in the rules of the Bod ‘With this view, the “resolution was referrod { tho Committee on Judiciary. Comutissioner Galloway moved the passagsdl tho following, which was adopted : Rezolzed, That the Overseers of tho Poor be rsquete ed not to order lnxariea to asking rellef froa the county, and that, se far sa possibie, they ccatze tho list of supplies farnisked to such asticles of s sity an fool; flour, potatoes, meat, fish, besas, peud barley, cotfee, =oap, cindles, shoes, Resolted, Tuat the Clerk of the Board be instrucied to furnish’ each Overseer of tho Poor a copyef e foregoing resolution. Commussioner Ashtan offered the following, and it was unanimously sdopted : _ - Resolted, That tho eeveral clerka of ali ‘the comtsdt record in ‘Cook. County be, and they arederebs,b. ‘structed and dirceted to i53uo 1o certificaies of mileey 1o jurors, except for mileags once each way goingani refurning -daring the term; end fhat the e e e .0 pay no such - cxcept &8 above ] Tnti farther ordered. H - President Miller gave noticothat he shouldmk be ablo to-'sérve on the Commiftes fo.go 1 Bpringfield and look sfter hecoseary legislation. ‘Commissioner Harrison meved the passaget a resolution directing-the County Attomey 2 investigate and report to_tha Board whethier {8 County Clerk is entitled to fcesor to a salg, there being much- -difTerence of- opinion oo th! i A_[nqfl:&'dw ntig /,5; thy The Board gfimed -oon Hext at 4 ¢’clock..” * * EVANSTON WATTERS.- This wesls farnisties the denizens of thif pise with the nsual emount of intellectual succotuzh The Young Peoplo's Union Prayer Madtiag or- ganized-s Young Men’s Christian “Association st the close of thomeoting last night. - ~Tho Evhnstos Philoscphical Associstion ¥l hold an adjourncd meoting, ot Mogers. Heslerd Son's srt gollery to-night.™ " rs...E- Huddleston's - funoral will occurat 3 o'clock to-day._Birs. Buddlsstor vwas tho mother of re. Philo Judson, who is the motherof dr- Gov. Beveridge, who in turn is & grandmotier. Mrac H. wea 88 yeara of ago, and a very estink me.y Bu:terfie‘d; of Chicego, has purchased the residence of Major Ludlan, - on the Wes TRudge, west of Jr. J. D. Easters. ’ Prof. Wentworth, Principal ‘of Eaglazood Normal Bchool, gava . fcco loctare Inst night st the Methodist-Church, before the studenis d the Univarsity. SUE I 0Black's ‘Doston Stereopticon. Round tht World, from San. Francisco to Pelin in Tw0 Hours,” ete., will bo exhibited i Lyons Hall o might at 7:30 o'clock. Tho proceeds of thiyer hibition are to go for charity, sad the pegplec tho town have another raro chance to disphf Yoweser, allogod that the papor ho was abaut £6 | thoir generosity. . e e "YESTERDAY'S FIRES. ~ Tho alarm of firefrom Box 15, at :35 yeater, b dsy morning, resulted from s caroless attemp to thaw ont the beating coil in Room 350752 Metropolitan Bloek, by the applicstion of ke sene, whicli ignited: The floor being {5 A revealed the fact that the heating pipes on wood.. She Jozs will not excced $0.~ - Box 63 .was sounded at 5 o'clock ygs‘,eq 3 ternoon, for & small Eroin thoLoase of KL ington, Esq., No. 114 Colemet avenne. Horis: ingted from - defective flue, and wad & | tinguished with slight losa- . “ bout half-past 12 o'clcck yesterday mommith Ofticet™ Rricizko discovered a firo iu the Glod Theatre saloon, on Desplaincs uizoct, Tho c& cot bloke in-tho door and extinguished flames without sounding sa plasm, i3 4 We Are the Fair Se A short time ginco, when talicg his custom vealk, attended by Lis suita, tho Popo haitsd b fore ' aviary filled with Taro birds, -amosdt them n maguificeny peacock, which, from Bi brilliant scarlet plurmgoe, has receizgd tke of *The Cardinal.” ~The bird, riquet quite tame, stepped forth froma his cege AL vanced with slow and Etately.paca L0 “group, hecdless of the injunctions cf *Como on; don't kce&tho Pops waitl! L Tiving in front of tho Holy Facher ho stood o with head erect and conscious air, 89 if 8 ."b‘u 5 #Admire me.” As the lattor yas receivind! meed of petling at the hands of tho Popér ©0 poshen came up in her tur, tut modsstir it by -mained in the ranr of hor mate, 33 if COFVED of hor want of brilliancy. His Holiness, (UZZ2 - towards: his suite, obaerved : “Sindé o no ladies present 1 may venture to call SOt 7 tention to,tho faet that in the cotire snimal (7 ‘whether volatile, quadruped, oz rcp_hlzsu\ W’E“ -ig'ever the handsomer. Xt s only IntBe A0, raco that tho females claim the palmof i baving the protension to. sfiyfi @flfi!flfigfi, fair sox’; but,” added the Haly # mes> niag of the War, he came to Congress. | ingly, striking his chest with his L mes while, is all the mistake of thal vz‘:uvl,, men re the faix sex. I/ bal sess0. slamo 1%