Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 22, 1873, Page 2

" COUNTY AFFAIRS. _ R A ‘Bad Condition of ‘Things at-tho- County’ Insano. Asyidm, . Some Spicy Statements ‘Concerning the Award of a Contraot. - Glaring Errors in the Valuation of Prop- - erly for Assessment, A Red-Hot 'Wrangle Over thp Court-House Plans. Knows Uoinmisnlonor Ashton How It Xs to Be Called a Liar, Commin;aioner Horrison Retraots the Language, but- Adhores to the Idea. i Tho Doard of Commissionors mot yosiorday attornoon, Prosident Millor in tho Obair. A communieation was submilted from tho Buporinténdent of* Public Gharities, ;;ndtouow: ; y g of my Inst sundal report I eallod your tontion &g ‘the ovcrerowiled. condition of tho foasno Anylum, and askod that an additional story bo placed on'tho present bullding, £o°na fo_givous moro room, and stnted that puch addition would'coat us $30,000, or 400 por pationt, Slnco that timo wo_ have bnd about Torty adinissions, nud now o Lave 201 patfonts, It. Srardls intended for twonty-Avo patiouts we havo from forty lo forty-five, In rooma for ouo bed wo bovd two, and in pomo. cnses fhroa, Tho Tesult of {his overcrowding ‘s that it makes the patient moro irritablo and nolsy, nd .of nights 3¢ 4% no tncommon thing for tho physician 10 o caled up to dress n cut head orn Lruised faco, tho resnlt of fights coused by focking up pationts to- ether, - Asldo from this, wo hove érysipelas in tho ougo, caused by tho eanitary condition of tho wards and tlin polsoncd stato of tho air engendered by over- crovding, Should woluvo oa. epldemlo during th sommer, and wo bave tho_condilionn presont, caused - by overcrowding, {0 canso ¢, tho Tosult wonla be foar- * thin mater, . With suflicient room’ and propor trestment o Joizo nersontags af faswity 13 ourabie, and every ong cured fa ting much takon from the oxponscs of Cook County, ond in nany cases thoy go out aud take car of lcit families, whero, olhierwiao, tho county would »-eara for thiem, Tha danger of locking up in ono room two or moro porsons wl}zo aro 1nunnu'3mu ‘exemplified in the Asylum ©on Blackwoll'a Taland, New York, whero one insano aman murderad hia fellow befora holp could come and Btop tho Aght, If somethiug §8 not douo, I foar that wo hall ba compolled to_ record some such {ragedy nt our Asylum, Thisisa T!lnllfln that deacrvos acrions consideration, ond should recolvo fmmediato atten- tion, ‘I caunot too strongly urgo your attention to To facilitate mafters, I would respoct- sully ask your honorable body to vislt the Asylum, and on tho grotnd consider the question, On motion, 1t wun- xosolved that tho Banrd -viait tho Asylum ou Baturday next: FROM AN BNEUCCN:!FUL COMPETITOR tho following communication was received, being in rolntion to the nwarding of contracts for tho building of tho County Jail and Oriminal Court buliding: Your potittoner, Jolin W, Garvoy, Yespectfully show that o fa rightfufly entitlod to (ho earpenter’s sork on the Criminal Conyt and County Juil, instead of tho | peraon to whoin it bas been nwarded, under the name of Frouk Silverman & Oo, and nska your honorablo body to tako such netion fu tho' Trcunlses a8 moy scom Jusf to your petitioncr and_conducivo to tho interests of the county, and yonr petitioner presents horowith his afiidavit of the fucts and circumstsnces undor which tho sald & Co, i, Cook County, 8. , Jobn W, Garvey, being firat Quly sworn, on oath do say that T-am a carpentor and bullder in the City of Chiicago, aud bave beon ongaged in {hat business for the last elght years: that, in sccordoncoe with tho ndvortisoment of tho Bulldibg Committeo of tho Board of Chmmigaloners, I put in two bids on the work of the County Jail and Criminal Court of Cook Cuuaty, tho one Lelug on aggro?'ule hid of $417,500, nud tho otber beiug o separate bid of $20,804 for tho carpentor work ; that Doylo & Johuson, plasterers, weroalso bidders for (ke wholo work; {hat on the morning of tho duy wheu tho ids wera to bo aponcd, Johin Doyle, of th patd firm of Doylo & Johnaop, mol ‘mo near th Court Touse aud asked mo- to lot’ him Imow what my bid wag for tho carponter's fob, and gafd 1f I would give him my bid ke would put {t ]ll hia bid forihe wholo job ; thaf he hiad no other carpon- ler's bid, and if ho got the job 1.ehould havoe the care onter'a’ work, T Qidmot give In my real id for a while, Dbut considerod it over, and finally thought, said Doyla was Lonost, and thiaf Zcould rely upon him, sud X thorefors gavo hi the amount of tho bid which T jutonded to_miake, in good faith, to-wit, : . tho sum of $27,804, for sald cnrponters svork, whicl; amount Idid putid a8 my soparato bid for aald work ; that when eaid bida wero Oponed, much tomy astonfshimant, T found tuo bid for carponter- work In naid Doyle & Johusay, n%gmgnto 1id, tho sum. 920,000 Inatoad of tay Lid, Which X had glven him, o-wit, 3 I furihor ‘state that snid Doglo & Johnson have either in thelr employ or connecled with thelr busie ness, a certafn Frank Sfivorman, whom thiey havo uaed a8 o time-koopor, and who 13 Ko carponter, s 1o was acknowlodged i my presonc, and who hag no mo- chanical trade, a8 1 am {nformed and beliova; that when said bids were opencd it turned out that' sald Frank Bilverman hud put in n bid for the wholo job, Including n bid of £26,500 for carpontar's worlr, boin; I work wag awarded. to the said “Frauk . Joun W, Qanver, janio ag Doyle & Johnson’s Mdforanl’penlnx'fi wiork, 1 further show thot my bid of $417,500 was tho lowest aggregate bid for tho wholo work, aud thnt my separ- 310 UL o carpenters work lone, of $30,604) wag tho lowest soparale bid for tho ' carponter’s work, and was tho lowest bid, aithor in the eggrogalo bids, sopurato bids, for the carpentors worly excopt this bid and thoDid of Yrank Biivormsn, I futther atate thaf Fraok Silvorman _has acknowledged that ho got said bid from Doylo & Johmeon, in {ho presenca of - varioua peraons since, snd 1 henrd him ackuowledgoit, also, in the presence of tha Building Committeo, 1 farther stute, on information and bellef, that thero was n combination between tho said Doylo't Jobnaon nnd Bilverman to cut mo aut of the workaftor they had pollen, In contidence and good faitl on my part, my id from mo + that tho two bids of Doylo & Johhson sud Frank Silyorman being the sam, sald Doyle & Jotinson withdrow their bid, and left tliblr time-koeper; Bilverman, the lowest upparent bidder, - . T furthicr atoto that when it was found that aatd Bil- sorman's bid was tho lowest, Lio was asked by & men- bor of your Dullding Committeo if Lo was o carpen- ters 6ald “No, but Lio hid ono of the bent partnera in thocity, I further atato, on information nud beliof, ihat at thie thma ho made tlio enld statement, tho saf Bilverman had no parinor who was o carponter, ond that ho subsequontly oblatned the namo_of Timothy Dagey fo usy {n that capacity, Jomn W, GAuvy, Sworn nnd subseribed to Dforo mo this 17tk duy of Ayril, A, D, 1873, T'naxx E, Ottyen, Nofury Yublio, Commissioner Harrlaon remaiked that it wns too late to do anything in tho muttor, and on his .motion tho communication was placod on file. DETAINED AS A WITNESH, A communication from Charles H. Wmum:i sotting forth tho fuct that ho has been detaine In tho County Jufl for over_sixty days na & wit- ness fu the cago of Clogg v. Nugont, and has loat & position thoroby, and prayin the Bonid' to take {ho mattor ibto consideration, and,’if pos- of_Doylo & Jnlm!onL . iblo, to remuncrato him for tho loss of kils thno, was reforrod to the Judiciary Committeo. ERNOUS IN AYSLASMENT, : Commissloner Hurrison called the attention of tho Bonrd to tho fact that, under the prosont modo of asscssing proporty for the collsction of taxon, grous mistaken word made, involving sreat loss to tho county. s know of ono inutanco ‘whoro J)ropurly worth 2,000,000 way ussosscd. nb 140,000 ; another, whera property known to be worth 8500,000, wos assonsed at "$80,000, Ho, thereforo, submitiod tho following resolution, whick was paesod s Itesolved, That this Bonrd would carncetly rocome mend thut'tho monbora of tho Legislaturo from Gouk County endeavor to havo thy volo dofeutfng the bill for tis0 creation of u Commiasioner of Assessmonts In Cook Connty reconeidored ; nnd bo it Ztesolved, 'That {bis Bourd I8 of the opinlon that such sn officer, With propier nowers, would suwve to tho Stato snd counly many thotssnda ‘of dollars now lost by utrageonsly low nusesumont of many large feccn of roperty, and ibat tho rebates nocessarily allowed by fio ona, growing of crrancous assgestiients, would 0 for townrd paylig tho sulary of such wn oflicer, Renoleed, ‘Tt u copy of {ub resolution Lo vent by 4he Clork to cach Iiopresentativo aud Senator from Look County. ALOUT TI COURT-TIOURY. PLAKE, Commissioner Ashton profuced with Lis cus~ fomary long spoech the fntroduction of tho fol- lowing prosmble und resolutions : ‘Wurnias, Tho Commitico on Publie Dulldings of tho Comnoh Counell of (Lo Olty of Ohtoago, aud tho Board of Publls Worky of said city, acting jointly, hava aeaumed to Jgnoro tho duly suthiorized conimittets of thi josr@ fu the solection of plang for tho now Court-Ilouso and City Hsll Buliding, and have by thely .uction oxcluded a portion of the Jolut Commiiteo of itha Dourd frem purliolpating in tho sclaction of sald £Iknu. haying oight votes to tlio County's five, there- (0r0 o Atesulved, That tho Committco on Publlo Bulllings of (his Bosrd sre horeby directed and fnstructed to soloct uo plsu, or award any prizo thorefor, il tho Same bl b Arst subruiited £o (o Board fe 1t adope ton or rojuction, etriotly in uccordunco with the for. meractlow of iy Boeyd, of July 10, 1879 ; and that ull formor nction of sid Committeo %t confilct thore- il T, nndt tho sumo 8 horoby rescinded, Comuisloner Harrjson sald that ho belloved that it should have beon eo srranged that tho Bonrd only could Lnyo the right to award the prize ormake the weleotion; but, as tho Board bad alrendy compromised itsolt by the originnl advortisemont, and-os.-it - had - boon well under- stood that tho Bullding Commitieo would not mako the final solection and award without con- sulting tho views of the Bonrd, ho could seo no necoraity for the &nznn go of tho rosolution, Commigsioner Ll.lawn{ bollevod that tho two Commiltoos of the Board aud of the Conimon Countil wora o unft, 5o far, on the subjoob of tho plans, and ho had no foar but that tho Board of Publfo Worlka would .coincido with the action of the mnjority.” Io wae opposed to tha passago of tho rosolution; believing that it would lnnd?n oronto confusion, Commissioner Olongh deproeated the iutroduc- tlon of thio resolution, and counsoled care and cnution in tho mnitey, BN '_Commissioner Ashton a\wlud from some un- discoyered poot o the effeot that **'Tis human to orr, and folly to bo wise,” whoroat tho Board laughed and iho.:Commissionor blushod,. Lialt suspocting that ho had put his foot in it, > THE COUNTER-OMEOK QUAMRELSOME, Commissionor Harrigon, reforring to somo ro- mavks of tho preceding spoakor_in reforencs to rings, Bald that the worst ring ho had heard of wa3 ono in tho old Building Committeo, which urposely drow.up the advertisementso as to avo $ho oxclusive handling of the plans. Com- misslonor Ashton wos & mombor of that Commit- too, and nl%nml tho advertisoment, - . Uommissionor Ashton~No, sir; I did not; 1id not sign it; T know nothing about it. Commissioner Harrison—1hen, sir, {on Inog- looled your duby, and stand reaponsfilo for tho advortisomont, whotlior you signed it or not,” Prosidont Millor (Commigaloner Bogue in the clmh? snid that if any misteko was committed i‘rly the old Bullding Committeo in issuing the nd- vortisomont, which he did not beliove, the Board should sand by the nctfon of that Gommitteo, sud all. that hod einco boon done in accordanca therowith, s Commissionor Ashton snid that tho statomont that thoro was a ring- in tho old Building Oom- mitlae was & falsehiood, and tho man who rotail- od the statoment rojmlod a falsehiood. A v TIE I DIRECT. . Commissioner Harrison—Do youmoan to may, eir; that I bavo.retailed a falsolicod ? h’llmmnlmaknwt Ashton~That is what I moan 0y Commisgionor Harriton—Thon I wish.to say that you aro o liar. Do .you know what that ‘means ? 5 3 - Commissionor Boguoe celled the Commissionor to order., Commiasionor Ashton, turning n lttle palo and sbaky, said that.ho had not intondod to say that Cominissfoner Iarrison purposely rotailed a {falsohood. t ORE THMOWING OF DINT. Aftor somo confusion Commissioner Harrison aroso and beggod the pardon of tho Board for the lA'nF 0 hie-hnd used; but ho wished it to bo understood that ho still entertained tho idens ombodied iu that langungo. 1Io further roforred to tho-fact thak a raport on'tho chargo thdt o mombor of tho Board had uned brick from. tho Court-Houso to build his house with was gfill in thopockot of that member:, +Commlissioner, Ashton sald that this was n mis- take, . Ho would not use a stronger expression, for Lo nover allowod himeolf to sink so low as to uso ungontlomanly langnago. S TIE RETONT COURTEOUS., Commiseiones Harrison—You ucver yof rose 80 high a8 to boe & gontloman, H Cammisefoner Crawford moved as an amend- mentghat all the plang bo submitted for the ac- tion of tho Bonrd, 1lis object was to divost tho- Committon on Publio Buildings of tho powers conferred upon it by the Board. Gommissioner Galloway, in order to simplify the mittor, moved that the Committas on Ditblic Buildings bo disohaiged from farghor considora~ tion of the Court-Houso plans, ~- Commissioner Clough woved to lay tho whala subjoct on tho table. It waalost by o tio voto, 88 follows ; Ayes—Togue, Olough, Gallowsy, Harrison, Jones, Bloger, ler—1, oy A Nuys—Ashian, Orawtord, Harcls, Herting, Lonergan, o, Russell—7, . Tho motion to discharge the Committeo on Publio Buildings from considoring.. tha Court- Houso plans, was lost by n bio voto: Teas—Aahton, Orawford, Harrls, Herting, Loner- oot Clonghs”Gollowey, Harrisan, Jous = 3 B Singor, and Miflarg.c * O i Tho original motion of Commissionor Craw- ford was Iost by tho samo vote as above, On motion of Commissioner Crawford, tho Board roconsidered its formor action by which tho Committoo on City Rolations was dircctod to nob with tho Building Committeo, A POSITIVE DENIAL, Wo are roquested {o publish tho following communication : & o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Tho swora utatement prosented to the County Board of Commlusioucrs this nitornoon by e Garves, b whinlug carponter, is unqualifiedly” false. I shull Dring tho multer boforo the text session of tho Grand Jury., TFRANK SILYERMAN, - THE CADETSHIP, ExeMayor Rice’s Appointeo, nnd What 1s Being Done Abont Kt. ‘Whon tho Governmoent devolved upon ox- Mayor J, B. Rico tho selcction of n cadet for West Point, it has provon that the call was upon o thoroughly conscientious gontleman, fully alive to the public service, Wo would there wero moro of tho kind, and for M. Rice's sako wonld be disposed to koop tho mattor quiot, The mag- pificont Barnum is now making up & world's show of curloaitics, and will inevitably put Mr. Rico up in wax, to be exhibited as the man who treated public intorests precisely like his own, | who carried the samo concionco into a docfsion that would involve public intercsts that Lo lins given to tho careful privato concerns of John B, Rice. For ho might havo found plenty of proco- donts for the contrary courss, Ho might have taken somebody's son in hang, i?l‘ :na in consideration of 8500 in band paid. 'act. 2 Ho might hayo tekon his grandmother's grand- daughter’s noighbor's son, out of family con- siderations, Not unusnal. Ho might hove takon pity on some parent with & worthless shuck of a boy, and loadad him upon ‘Wost Point because ho was worthless anywhere clse. Natural humamity. o might—woll he might bave dono o thou- sand things to show that lio was only consulting ‘himgelf, incronsing his own power and porsona prostige, and boing fully g?..ma under the rulos of Tito Barneclolsm: What o glorions com- pany of martyxa Mr. Rice might havo then shone in, for tho time fis mmh:g{- or eleo the Lord holp us, whon the pooplo will bring faggots and sot up ofakes fnd pillorios, and whip- ping-posta—nll in moral machinory, of course, and mako a political Bmithfield for the lmnven that fatten ou publio trusts, sudreck- lesuly wasto-tho power aud bounty and faith of tho nation. In that day, whon a fow men like Mr. Rico will walk in white—but this is millen- nial, and really gotting so far away from our.subs Ject that wo comio back to eny what Mr. Rice did dlo, and porhaps the oxamplé mny toll on soma public mun ot too far gono In' sin to be soyod yot. Alr, Rico must havo beon ronding about young ‘man ‘named Cyrus, in whoso early duy Bomo pecniar notions obtaincd e to the fitting and traloing of tho Loy to become n man of servico to tho Stato, o s beon taking his Mustrations for West Point from the Oyropiadin, Wo Linvo bofora roforred to his announced. plan of yocolviug the mamos of all candi- dates for this cadolship, submitting ench to a medical' oxamination to sea the physiquo is all ight ; to o practical educator to 800 if thomontal muchlner{ Iapromising. Thore hiave beon sixteon applications, and on the 28th of April all these Loys will be brought togother for u wolection. , It ia well done, and, if tho bo; 60 soloated does not turn out on Lonor to the country whoso sword lio woars, it will not ho the fault of Mr, Rice, who hns boon as oareful and congolontious u the mattor uy if ho was buying a fawmily borgo, and if any mun knows s stronger camparison, wo don't, Bixteen boys, porhaps moro, will Lo resdy by the 26th ; theroforo, and it does not watlor who their fathars voted for in tho luto clection, whother their uncle is an Aldor~ man or bas o saloon, whether mother rides in o tnndom or doos plain sowing: wanted, o first. class boy to becomo o first-class sorvant to this Uoverninout, 8o that tho nation shall bo hon- ored, und in one instance at least a pure and Lbonest solgction Lo mado, . e st Mot Sand Bathe, A thorapeutint of London thinks ho has dls- coverad an infailiblo cure for yhoumatism, nnme- ly, the adinlnistration of liot sand bathy, 1o claims that tho advantago of this modo of tront- mont consints, aupocinly, In tho faot thut it does not »nr[n‘enu porspiration {iko tho hot wator bath, but rathor fucrension it and unothor advantago It possosses ly, that it doos not intorfore with tho respiration of the paticnt, ns doos the ateam buth or 'Purkish bath, It ls nssorted that the body can enduroe the influcnco of such a bath for 8 much longer timo, and a much Ligher tomper- aturo can aldo be applled. It can be ueod for in- fonts, aud pexmlts of onsy application to n part or to tho wholo body. LA . ‘The cost of supporting the Eplscopal Churchos In the Olty of Brooklyn Is nscorlained (o he §814,005.85. As thoro aro 8,203 familics connoct- ed with tho Church intha city, tho oxpento to each family {9 within o gmall fraction of %94, MILITARY. Gon, Jofforson (. Davis, the Now Commandor- of tho Dopurtment, of thio Columbia, - - fiis Life, Promotions, and Pub- g lio Services. ¢ The True 'Stofi of the Killing of Gon, Nelton at the Galt House ) Louisville, yin Col, John M, King and Jeff C. Davis the Coming Brig- adiors, A Grand ' Military Wedding at Omaha. v Speetal Correspondence of The Chicago Tribune, - Oxana, Nob,, April 17, 1873, A man of moro® than ordinary ‘interest to tho Amorican poopls at this moment s Jofferson O, Davis, Who' ling boon just sppointed by * tho Governmout- to sucoeod tho lamouted Gen. Oanby in command of tho Depertmontof Colum-| bis., As Tar Tnmusg has given n vory full ac- count of tho Modoe War, and thy 1lifs’ nod’ buc vicos of Gon. Canby, it will not bo improper now to glvo somo account of his successor, JEFFENSON 0. DAVIS g sas born on tho 22d doy of Mareh, 1828, In the, County of Olark, Indlana.~ Io comos of gaod stock,—his grandtathor, William Davis, having’ boon ono of tho pioncors of Kontucky, and an Indisu fightor of considorable yopute, Tiwo of Daviy' uncles wore prosent at tho Battlo of Tippecanoo, aud rondored good service, | His fathor wha n quiot mom, born and raiged In Ken- tucky, and overywhera apoken of, by: all who know him, asa brave and ohivalrous gontlemau, Hig mothor was an Indiana Indy. Young Davis in 1841 entered Olml‘,ooupty Seminary, and was o student thore for four yeara, Tho institution was thoh congidorod ono of tho bont in the Wost, and Davis nequired s fair edu- cation. Ho wos' still . studont whon the Moxi- con War broko'out, and ko at onco lof; hia'books to ) . JOI TE ARMY. Ho firat onilsfod in Capt, T, W. Gibison's com- pany, thon reeruiting for Moxico, His Captainy who was an old Woest-Pointor, liked the youth, and, to show his npprecintion, mado him a non- commissionod oficei, “Whon. Davis started for Moxico, Lo was' just 18 yoars of ago, and showed mnch of tho nrdor and patyiotism that had distinguished his ancestors in thelr battlos with thosavages on the “dark and bloody ground” of Kontucky. His company was called the Glark Guards,” and, on boing mustored into. servico, waa attached to tho regimont of Gen. James H. Lano, lato of Knnsas, Davis was in tho army of Gen.! Zachary Taylor, and participated in noarly all thoongage- ‘mants of that corps, terminating at the battlo of Buona Vists, whoro Lo g0 . 4 GREATLY DIBTIKGUISHED WIMOELE that Lo was recommonded for s commission in the rogular army. Ile was duly appointed s Bocond' Lieutenant in the Ilrat Regimont of Unlted Btatos Artillery,—hls commission bear- ing dato Juno 17, 1848. s Davig' fivat duty in, tho rogular army was por- formed at Oincinnatl, whoro hoe romained soveral months on recraiting sorvico, Ilis company ro- turning from Moxico, ho joined it at Baltimoro- Amongs tho oflicora thon morving in thn Tirst Ar- tilory wero Jolrr B. Magrudor, Stonewall Jaol- son, Hill, Winder, Slaughter, Frencli, Drannan, Baud, Bodgoy, Andorson, and Doubleday. Twou- ty-ono of Davia' mossmates afterwards Decame Gonornls; and it is safe to eny tynt, with thosin- glo oxcoption of Stonowall Jackon, “ NOT ONE OF THEX waa o better woldior thau Jeff ©. Davis For two years, Davis was stutioned st Fort Washington, on_{ho Potomac, oprsite BE. Vor- non, nnfi, it is 5aid, applicd bimsolf diligontly to tho study of military books and tho acquiroment of o Inowladgo of hia profossion. In July, 1850, Lo was presont a8 escort, and commanded n sec- tion, abt the funeral of Gen. Taylor, tho dond President. In the summor of 1851, wo find Lim' with Twiggs ot Now Orloans, and, {i tho fall of that year, on tho Rio Grande, eningml in tho ox- pedition sont out o enforco tho Noutrality laws, On the 20th of February, 1852, Tirst Licut. Btonewall Jackson resigring, Second Liaut, Jofferson O. Duvis WAS PROMOTED to fill the vacancy thus created. That samo yoar Davis roturnoed to New Orleans, and was sont with his company to Pascngools, Miss., whore tho yollow foyor attacked tho comnnnd, andmauy of tho soldiors diod. Davis himsolf was g victim to the horriblo disease, and cama noer dying. N Hianoxt servico was on the Carlowhatchio Rivor, Fla., whoero' o made sovoral reconnofss sances agaivat the Indiang. In Juno, 1869, ho obtained” his first leeve in five yoars, and spent sovoral mouths ot his ‘homo in the Wost, Ha was at the Arlillory School at Tortrozs Nonyoo from 1853 to 1855, and, in tho fall of tho latter yenr, jolned Fronch's Light Dattery at Fort McHonry, where ho romained for two yenars in practice, and bo- camo ono of tho MOAT RIILLYUL ARTILLERISTA in tho servico. In Soptomber, 1857, lug tour of duty being comploted at Fort McHenry, he was ordorod to a statlon on Indian River, onst const of Florida. Toruenrly n year ho scoutod tho Iverglades; snd, in 1866, whon tho Indins, uuder n spooin] troaty, were removed West, Davis procooded with his command to Churleston harbor. Aug, 28, 1858, hio was Rasigued to tho commend of TFort Bumter, DEING IT8 FINST COMMANDER, He found thoro tho ship-lond of Afyfeans cap- tured in the Xolio by tho Dolphin, undor YLiout, Mafitt, United Statos Navy. Tho oxcitemont in Charleston about theso negroos was vory great, and the puu!flu threatened to take thom from the United Statos suthoritiea by forco, Soveral writs of havens corpus wors sorvod upon Davia, but he yoplicd that Africans woro not citizens of Houth Carolins, and couscquoently not cuti- tlodto tho boneflt of tho hobons corpus nct.” Thin opinlon was aftorward sustatued by the highoat logal authority in the couutry, and gave Davis’ considerablo reputation for shrowdness and knowledgo of Inw. Tho Enllow fovor broko out in tho fort, nnd, whilo tho conlroversy was pouding, most of tho Jnieppy nioguose died. Thoso loft wore uent totho Colonization Socioty, DAVIG WAS IN FONT BUMTER at the broakiug out of tho War of the Robollion, by tho side of ¥aj. Audorson whon he cut down tho flag-staft of Iort Moultrie, spfked the gune, aud took refuge in Bumter, Iowas onoof An~ dorson's advisers and most active supporters. Ilo snw tho Rebela build thelr forts, aud watchad thoir worl of treason with indignaut impatiouca, +At longth, on the moraing of tho 12th of Aprl, 1861, whon tho little gorrlson wero nlmost en- virened, at four-o'clock, while Liout. Davia was rolieving tho sentinels, o sholl thrown from Fort Johnson burst almost divectly ovor his hond. This was tho first shot of tha Robellion, and thoe War was sotually bogun, It 15 unuocossary to ropont liore the story of Bumtor; nll ronders of history aro fumiliar with Ity ond thoso who aro not canturn to any book of tho War and find It Liout. Davis : COMMANDED ONE: OF Tilli DATTERIES on tho northwest faco of tho fort during tha battlo, and iy ploces almost wrecked tho Rebels' floating buttory, sud entiroly silonood it. Ho surrendorod with Maj. Auderson, and went with him to Now York. Hore ho was dotailod ag mustoring oflicor for tho State of Indiana, aud promatod to bo UAPTAIN OF ARTILLERY, his commission Learing duto May 14, 1801, e at onco pracooded to ludianapolis, whero ho not only acted s Mustoring Oflicor, but also as Quar- terniastor and Comnnisyury. il Not hiking duty in tho renr when there was fls[l]xlluu {o be done at the front, Davis asked for an ONTAINED A LEGIMENT,— the Twonty-Socond Indiana. Lroceoding atonce switle bis reghuent to 8t, Louls, Lo was ordeed by Gen, Yromont to relicve Qen, U, 8. Qrant, On the 28th of August, Col, Davisfixed his aad- ud McCulloch, who hind thoir foreon atnnd abou Bpringfiold. . Dovis was mado . o . A TRIGADICR-GENERAT, ond Basigngd, to Dopo'a¢ omminnd,”‘An_ o' ndy vaticod, Lrico andMeCulloch foll hnok, ard final- 1y flod bo-Arlcnnsns, - 1o wannow giver command- of 16,000 mon § but, alna | .tho. forbunes of warl Fremont was reeaffod, Huntor succooded, and Popo camo noxt, Amidst thono ohungos Davis was rolioved, aud ordored to join his company at Washington ag o Coptain, Tialleck, howevar, liad tha'good sonso to ltosp him.nnd rostors him to lis commangd, ‘ z 3 Wo noxt find Davis with Popo on tho Black- walor cnmlm(gn, whoro, boing font oub, he, n ftor o sharp notion, captured tho onomy's ontiro forco of cavalry, talting 970 mou, with oll thoir tents, horsos, ninlos, aud 75 wagong, Roturning basti- 1y to Indinnn, *: IE WAS MARRIED, aud, for a bridal tour, wont with'his young wife to his camp at Ottorvillo, Hoon aftorwards ho joined Qlon. Curtis' col- umn, and undortook the, march from Rolla to Hpringtlold, Tho mareh to Lobanon wne 6x- tromely Lnzardous; but, orosnius{ tho Osngo through masros of ico, in'ton dnlyu rom tho timo of starting Davia joined his column fo: Curlis, nudthucumohym. of tho Army of tho Houth- wosk. . Y At Cross Timbors, Arle., Davia was assignod, to tho command of tho cavalry, about 2,000 in numbor; and, falling upon tho enomy’s rear brlfimlu, routed thom fn confusion, On tho 7th of Klarch, Davis, with 10,000 mon, ATTAQKED ‘2'0ULLOCH, who was fn strong position, with12,000 soldlers at Pon Ridgo, Tho notion lnsted ona Lour, whon MoCulloch™ was_ routed. Tho Rebel Gons. MoCulloch and MoIntosh wore killed in this ac- tlon, and Gen, Herbort takon prisonor. On tho following day, Dnvis, withliis division, assaulted ElichornHolghfs, carrfed, thom, and took five eanon, Davis won with Ourtls on hils march fiom Pea Ridgo to Sulphute-Rack, whore ho roceived: or- dory from Hallaok to go ta (Jarinth. - Marchin 240 milos sncross tho country, at tho rato of 2 milos por dey, ho arrivod at Cape Girardonu, snd ab onco orabarkoed for Pittsburgh-Landing: Ho was at tho ovacuntion of -Corinth, and onghgod n tho puzault of ‘Beaurogard. Hosoczans noxt ordorod him to Jacinto, nud, nbout tho 1at . of July, ho mndo o reconnoisance to Riploy, Miss, o lind advancod to within o fow milos of Holly Bprings, whon ho was ordored back to his com] ut Jacinto, whero ho foll sick, and waa compolla: to take a short leave for cho bouefit of his honith,, d . ¥ Heaving that Bragg wns advancing into Kone tucky, closoly foliowed: by Buell, Davis, though still sick, hastened {o Louisvillo, and_offored his sorvices to Gon. Wright, commanding the do- fenaos of tho city. Gon, William Nelson, of Kon- tucky, wan the sonior ofileer, and it was whilo at Louisville tint Davis killed Nelson. . As I have movor scen the oxnct facts of & THE GALT FOUSE TRAGEDY . publishied in tho West, I will, at-the risk oven of making this sketch too long, hero recito them : +‘Nolgon was ‘in commnand, Ho stood in the offico of the Galt Houno ono ovening when Davis eutored. Davis iwns in commandof tho: digor- ganizod and irregunlar companios .for the defonso of tha city ; bnd, wishing to kuow - tho pasition, condition, and availability of tho troops undor him, Gen. Nolson tnrnod to Dayis and inquired : o many men havo you, Gen. Davis " 4 About 80 many,” roplled Davis, stating as nonr ns hio could tho number, . . ‘*Do you know, sir, how many mon you havo " orlod Néluon, growing vory angry. ~ “Thomoen of my command, 18 you lnow, +Qlonoral, oro unorgenized ; new onos aro con- stantly comning fu, and. it is jwpossiblo: for mo to toll you oxaclly how many I havo.” A “soldier should Lnow how many men he s, I am aehpined of lyau, sir( Youaro not fit to havo a command! ‘I will reliove you, sirl" eried Nolson, now.in o toworing rago. gou Wab sieon o draw bacl his and and, |, . STRIKE DAVIS ACROSS THE PACE,— somo £ay with n glove, MR “ Davig Instantly left tho room, and Nélson com-. monced & conversation with somoe gentlemon, as though nothing hied hapyoned, but soon started {0 go up slafrs. - Mennwhile, Devis, smarting un- der tho insull hio had received, had gone into tho Dar and borrowed u pistol fron somo ono, and ra- ontored the ofico just as Nelaon was loaviug 1t Following to tho foot of the ntaira, Ly P I FILED AT NELSON, who was on tho steps, and with fatal offect, tho ‘ball entering Nelson's body, ' Tho'wounded Gon- crnl exught hold of tho stair-rniling, and sup- ported himeelf until ho was helped down and ul Lue auo of iho altlu-roans, k TFrom tho moment the shot waa firad, Nolson bolioved lis wound was mortal, snd the surgoon soon conflrmed his foara. 4 Ho oxhibited no alnrm, and met his fate ns ho Dad fived, liko abrave man, - At-his requost, tho Rov. Mr. Pobbert, who was in the botol a the timo, was called to administer to the dying man, Having arranged Lis worldly affairs, tho Gonor- Driof timo allotted to him on earth to proparing his soul for tho other world. A littlo later and N WAS DEAD. Jt s likoly that Nolson has baon Davie’ gkole- ton, and that hio hna many times sincerely regrot- tod killing him, Tho gm\'ocnmm W88 vory groat, nud lob no man any what he would do under like ecircumstancos until o has beon tried.. We must romomber that the shooting occurred at o time ‘when thoro vas gront exeitoment thronghous tho country, and whon men woro fearfully wrought up; and wo must romomber, too, that Davis was in feeblo health, and his mind rondercd sonsi- tive by bodily euffering. - After tho shooting of Nolson, Davia gave him- 8olf up to the’ anthdritics, who'confined him for tonty days, and thon RELEASED XD, . in obedionoo to the almost univorsal domand of public opinion. i was for a ehort time nssigned tho command of Covington and Newport, Kys; and then, his hiealth having improved, ho joino tlio command at Edgofield, Tonn, ’ At Stono River, ho was In the thickest of- the fight with bis division, and Hallock wroto thus of him: “ Davis ought t0 bo mado MAJOR-GENERAL, in our sorvice.” h I caunot, in tho ecope of this communication, follow his carcer any furthor in the War; bu enough ling boon aid to show tho kind of mottle tho man is mado of, cnd that his oxporience g been varled. At tho closo of tho War, Capt, Davis wes ap- pointed . .COLONEL of the Twenty-third Unitod States Infantry, or- anizod by authority of tho nct of Congrass of §uly 28, 1866, Binco tho War ho has been on duty in command of Alngka and a8 Superintond- ont of tho Goneral Recruiting Borvico, aud was latoly an laave of absonco. at his. home in In- dian, from which place ho has just boon called to tako command of the Department of Colum- bin, mado vacaut by the unfortunato death of Cen. Conby, v * In thoovontof tho retirement from gorvico (which now sooms probable) of Gons. Howard .and Coolko, it is likely Cols, JEFPERMON O. DAVIA AND JOIN I, KING will bo appointed fo_.succced them gs Brigadier Gonorals in the regular army. AARON Anout. Special Correspondence of the Chicago Triowne, Oneanta, Nob,, April 18, 1873, ONE OF TIE ORANDEST WEDDINGS | that over ocourrod in Oimalia camo off yostardey. The happy pair woro Miss Maggio Wilson, doughter of Col. Robert Wilson, and Aaj, James Von Horn, U. 8. A. For months, this wodding hins boon laboriously talked of ; and, for wools past, milliners hiave boen turning over piles of fabrics of the most costly neture, and making all gortu of pretty things out of thom. The stores hore hayo boon ransmoked by the ladies, and, whon they could not got what they wanted, o dispateh to Ohicago brought forward with light- ning-speed tho desirod goodn, ITusbands growled, patorfamilies looked; glum, and all wore raundly thoy could not stand.it ; but thoy found: thoy had to stand it; aud, now that it I8 all over, ovory ono fools rolloved, oxcopt tho dear ladies, who doclaro it was #glorious,” and that thoy aro_just * dying" for anothor graud wodding, 8o tlioy may do it all overagain, Tho ofd follows eny that they will Do -—if thoy shall do it ovor again, and’ ook glummor than ever as tho bills continuo {0’ pour 1 from tho drygoods and millinory honses, Col. Wilkon hag ‘anatlor protly daughter, o young lud{; ‘but tho old Colonol tolls the young Tollows **{t will bo n long timo boforo elie can think of mul’ylng," whici, no doubt, moans that tho fair Margarottn hasoxhnustod thoexchoquor, and ho would put the oxpousive, if not ovil, day of unothor wodding afar off, Mothor of Moses | HOW IT DOLA CoBR to marry n i:lfl Ooff thesio thnes! Gloyes, honnels, volls, nocklacos, cnr-rings, piny, chaily, bracos laty, rings, rufilos, bows, bauds, buttons, loops, foldy, pipings, pleats, silke, musling, lacos, fam, bootd, slippors, fmrmmla, coflars, oufis, nots, chiguons, watorfally, raly, mico, bralds, frizzlos, s\vlto!.\uu‘ puils, curls, panior, tournuro, Greolan Lend, Tlieo aron fow of tho things 1t takes to launch & girl in tho sow of matritnony now-n- dayu. Porlapa nover boforo in tho history of quarles at Joffurson City, and assumed cos mand of the forces betwesn tho Osago aud M souri Rivera, o repaired tho Pacitic Nuilroad, robulit tho Larumie bridge, aud attaoked Prioo tho world did wo light o craft carrysuch a aeupoudous cargo, THE WEDDING OF MISS WILHON to0k pliaco in Bt Daruabuy' Oburch, whick wag i Soma othior convorsation followed, when Nel- | donsoly packod with pooplo deslroun of witnogs- 1o the coromony. Tho day being dunp aud the wtroat mmiddy, n matting-earpob lind beot Tnid £rom the hotio to tho churell, At just b o'clook . m,,—tho hour sct,—tho procession started rom tho rosidonco of Maj. Ilmit, Tho pncked audlence hnd hoou yralting for wonely T, and it was with nolittlo relfof they hoard tho ap- -pronching chant of tho cholr-hoys. When the rido antored, the vast congrogation rosoe Lo thoir foot, and remained stauding until it was nll over, A murmur of u{mlmuo wan lionrd: as the bride -pnssod up the lslo, and I thought somo of the womon would dislocate their necke toget n glimpro of hor drc.... (Bills Dogro myn ho wishos hig wifo hnd! . Bulle Doggo i a brute,) Bhio wore n whito gros-grain sille. hoautifully trimmed with tulle wud” flowors, Tho usual Iong voll, bouquot, snd orauge-hlossomn flnishod hor tollot, T'ho groom worg o full-dress unformof hits rank, ‘Tho bridosmaids wero Miss Yot Wilson, Miss Colé, Miss Lvelyn O'Connell, and Bfen Bntio Doldon. Thoir drowsos woro sime plo white tarletan, puffod and rufiled untll they appoarod flonting in n nos of whito down, The §ruumnmon wore Oapt. Charlos. El’orm Oapt. (Jonen, Naj, Thomas Gregg, and Licut. Earnost, U. 8, &, Iinok woro the uniform of hia grade. AMONG THF: DISTINGUISIED IERSONS PRESENT wore Goni, Ord and 1aty, Gon. Kugglos and Indy, Gen, Baniger 'aud wife, Gon. I’nl’rlv wifo and foand wifo, Judgo dnughtor, - Col. _Smit Burnham, Mnj, Bolcher ‘wifo, Brs, GQon. Swoltzor, Mra.” Gen, Drisbin Col,” Btanton and wifo, Mra, Col. Torroll, and mauy othors, Desides thoso, woro tho Mayor of ‘Omabn, Judgo Tinke and wifo, Mra, MeCormnck and daughtor, Mr. Wooddy, Mre. Gon. Mandor- 8on, Gon, Strickinnd, and rcores of well-known citizens, f Gon. Ord's staff, attonded in full uniform, and T noticed in the body of the church Maj, Morton and wifo, Licut. Oapron, Licut. Ray and wife, Maj. Raridolph and wifo, Licut. Wolls and wifo, Liout. Lynch and wifo, Maj. Jorden and wifo, Miss Wyatt, Miss Barrott, Mrs, Onpt. Mix, Mru. Qnpt. Bpanlding, and othern, . TIE BOENE. IN TUE.OHURGH | was grondy; and, whon tho gucption, ' ¢ Who ivoih this womnn in marriaga ? was nsked by lio ministor, & deop hush foll ns tho white-haired Golonol, and hia ~forward to givo tho b mothor in dead). - do awny, (Miss'Wilson's " MnJ. Van Horn anawored the important ques-' - tion much us if ho wero giving o commund on drose-parado; but 1o ono could henr what, the. Dbrido said, though the Major semned to..thinlk Lier rosponso satislnctory, for ho said nothing to tho contrary, e Aftor tho coromony, ‘which was performed by tho Rov. My, Hammond, ho brido and groom . UELD A RXCEPTION . Hart's, whero an ologant collation was Gen. King Iindly sontdovwn the magnificent band of tho Ninth Unitad Btatos Infantry, which farnishod tho wmusio for the ovening, At 9 o'clocle ibo Dride and groom taok tha[r dopart- uro, when tho dancing began, and was kopt up to alatohour, . 4 ] In tho grounds about Maf. Hart's, tonts were anhcd, army and shields hung up, and orderlios i foll uoiform stationed. ~Iho gentlemen's smoking-raom_was o largo marques, furnished with enmp-chniés and chosts. _Capt, Bollock and Licut. Tooto, U. 8, A., with. Mr. O'Byrne_nnd olhers, woro tho uchers at tho Louke. My, Hert did overytbing she could to make tho ro- coption plonaant, cud that it was, all tostify. - bad intended deucribing the dresses and pros- onts, but Luvo not tho timo ox ability to do juu- tice to them, i QEN.JEEF C. DAV i Ioft hero thin morning for Orogon, o assuime command of the De{m:tmnuc of tho Columbin, mundo vaennt by the death of Gen. Cauby, 1lo s, ncqumi)muod by Mrs, Davis, but takes'no stail with him. Gon. Dovis thinks the fightjng with tho Modoes will bo over bofore he renches biscommand ; but, if tho Indians ura atill thoro, promises to give them a lively timo, Joff- i8 n fl(;l.\(.m'( d'not o whit of & peacoe-policy mnn, o bolieves moro in hard kinocks than {rontics to keop Indians quict. Gon. Kiug, Col. Litchfield, and other army oflicars, wore ab tho train to.seo Gon, Daviy sufo off to his new command. - : AAnoN AnovT, - % THE WESTERIV. STGAM.. Losa of Lifo and Bestruction of Stocic. From the Omake Herald, Aprit 19, From Thomas Kogs, aq. nd Mr. -John Evans, of tho flm of Evane & Durnall, we fintlmr the following parliculars of tho damngo ouo ou tho line of ‘tho Union Pacifio by tio Into storm. In company with C. D. purchasing agent of tho Uniop I'acific, end 'L, J. Staloy, thoy loft horo last Sunday for' Gibbon to organizo an 0dd Follows’ lodga, Mr, Evans represonted tho, soverity of tho storm a3 belng almost equal 6 that exporionced hero in 1856." 'At Glbbon, whero thoy romnined sl was baphized, and dovoted the remaining:| until {ho blockado was “open, it raped with: al- most indeseribablo fury—tho drifting snow in Inces houping up to tho proportion of moun- aing, whilo tho wind swept ovor the plaius at s velocity of about 70 miles an hour, carrying with {f overytling of nmovable nuburo Teo izing tho dauger they would incur by wandoring ton stops from tho house whore they wore stopping, thoy concluded to securo’ the doors, stop up the cracks, nud ‘have n good timo in gonoral until such times as thoy could enfoly return {o Omaha. Eucloged by four dingy walls, in o room 7 by 9 feot, twenty- fivo mon” romained from Sundsy night, i1l ‘Wednesdny noon, not dmuito opon tho door. Judge Morso boing ono of the imprisoned pnrty, rolioved tho monotony of tho situation by rola- ting wondorful incidents, jokes, ote. "But whilo thoy folt themsolvos securo «from tho violent storm xaging without, thero wero other porsons in tho vicinity of Gibbon suffering tho agonizing tortures of death by tho slow process of froozing and suffocation, Aman and Iifs wifo, living & fow miles from Gibbon, could not bo found sftor the storm abated, and it was bolioved, at the timo our in- formants loft, that thoy' romained buried bo- nonth the ruins of tho house, which had blown down during tho storm, and on which was heaped s immonso snow-drift, Lvory offort was being mado to recover tho bodies. Threo horsos, owned Dby a resident of Gibbon, porisiod from’ suffocation. Anothor man bad fiftoen hond of fat cattlo in a corral, out of ‘which thoy eucceoded in making their way, wan- dered of to tho river “and were all drowned. TFive moroin anothor corral mot tho eamo foto, A heid of, catilo, valuod st 36,000, sfumpoded, and it 18 supposod nll povishiod, an nouo of {hem Ind boon found alivo up to Wolluoflfllg’ ovening. At Wood Rivor no lives ava known to bo lost, but tho loss in stock is vory great. I'ho farmors yworo organizing thomselves nto compenios for 1ho purposo of scouting the couniry to ascortain the oxtont' of .dumage done, aud to ronder such sesistanco ng may bo nocossary to those who aur- vivo and may requirait. Tho yivor was com- plotely bridged with snow, ranging ia depth from fifteonto oighldon foot, and was packed in Dotyeon tho banku o hard that o loaded wagon could pass ovoer it with perfoct safoty, Ono man !ficlwd up goveral praivie chickens that wovo nlive, but 80 benumbed they could not iy, yAt TLono Troo, o boy who stepped outside tho hotol to got sonio fuol was unablo to rotrace his atops, wandorad a short distance from tho bouso, nud porished, Whilo soarch was boing mado for lim, tho bady of o irapper was fouud, It is thiought moro l1ves were lost than thoso alroady ‘reported, a8 nothing can be heard of tho immi- grants that woro campod alono tho lino of tho rond beforo the storm commenced, F: ‘I';yo mon aro kuown to bavo perished near Grand Tuland, and o grent deal ‘of stock is nlso roported Jost, Homo of the Logs taken out of the freight train at Long T'rae, which was unnblo to side-tracls, woro found to bo entiraly destituto-of hair, nud had the appearauco of having just boon dragged from u vat of sealding water. “This was caused rmbnbly by the hent becoming so intenuo in hoir endonavor to keap on top of tho snow. But vouy littlo stock was romoved from this train o, 1t will bo gomo dui's yot boforo tho full oxtont of the damage dono is known, v —_— Alligntors in the Muilss<Adveniures of "wo Postnl Clerks with tho KKings of the Swamp, Hrom the Lowdaville Ledger, Bhortly aftor tho mall trein over the Louisville & Nnshville ailrond had left Gallatin, yostor- day, coming novth, tho mail-clorky in the postale cat, Mosurs, Yorsytho nnd Glusscock, procoodod to dintributp the “Tlorida mails, which they lind rocoived nt Nashyillo. Affer sovorn] bags of lotlors hind beon disposod of, Mr, Forsytho ?n(ll- ored on to n lurgo lonthor bag filld with priuted mattor, us was supposed, und, nftor unlooking, turned'tho enck upslde down ta empty the mnttor upon o Jarge board areunged for tho buepono, whon, to his surpriso and liorror, two live lligns tors woro spilied out, aud in'an instant Uioy leaped from tho bowrd {o tho onr floor and ran benonth n lob of looke papor aund ompty hufiu. The wnow frightened clork shouted aligstora™ to hiu companlon, Alr. Glasneock, und in o fow soconds thoy had vacatod {ho mall-room for tho purpono of pro- ourlvg holp to Idll tho monsters, Glasscock finnlly re-cntorod the mail-room, snd slowly, but cautiously, procecded to remove the loose papor, whon he discoverad & ellck looking, &'o ow- apottod tall rosembling vory much tho tall of & aunfiur dnughior, Pot, stepped | . Clek, snalo, At thia sight ho ronlly doclared the thing to bo n enako, and seizing & poker noar by, he donlt it n blowr and cut-tho tail off. -Thia- caused- tho allegator, an it proved to bo, to loayo his ‘hidiny -pfi\cn and run out, when Glasscock killed it.. 'Tho other roptile_wns captured alivo and | brought on to tho cily, Ixaminntion revealod tho tfict that numubm'[gh\ Tloridn had sent thesa curlous pets through the mail in n paper. hox: to somobody in Michigan. Mr. oyl hn' who bad Doon . piok for gamo timo, was complotely une norved nt the sight, and for a fow moments was | 80 whito ns cotton, PORTRAITS OF THE SAVAGES. Pon Photographs of Onpt. Jnck, Fohn Schonchin, Boston Charley, DBlack - . Jimy nnd XMeokn Fim. From the San Francisco Chronfele, Tho poculiar atrocity of tho masdacro on Fri- doy has awakenod a koon intorest in the savage porpotrators. 'The following skotches of them will, thorefore, bo rond with intercst. Tho wrifor sow and ebook hands with overy ono of {ho monstors bnroly nix woolts ago iu thoir own stronghold, Thoy wore tiion apparontly dosirous of ponce, aud thos who vlsflod ihoir camp can only now reslizo the dangerthey ran in reposing confidonco in 8such morcilass beings as thoy have slnco proven thomselvos toLo. Itis highly’ probable that thoy even thon contomplated their wrotohed. tronchory, and wero only waiting to gob'tho throo Commissionors in tholr npnwur hoforo* \)uglnnhxfilthnlr drendful work, Honca thoy met on_ friofe dy forms all who cometo them untll thoy could entico . tho . Commisaioners . within tholr graap, Tho night of tho 33th of Fobrunvy tho writor.slopt in Capt. Jack's caye, lylng down | beaide tho lattor with n foelivg of porfoct sesn- rity. . Bineo the droadful nows on Saturday the rofloction that ho did that almost makes Lis flosh oreep, - ot & (X S - OATT, JACR. . Coptnin Jack, the Ohicf of tho tribe, and suthor of tho villainous plat, Is o fall-bloodad: -Modoa of about 80:yoars of age; though ho'looks much oldor, Holins n good Lord, though, liko oll Indinng, tho' forchoad s low and rotront- ing. ‘Ills comploxion {5 dark, belng u bright coppor color, aud bis eyos are binck, fullmd plorclng. Hin hnir.ia long, hauging down to tho shouldors, and his faco is eul?rcly deatituto of Venrd, - His mouth is large, and ity shapo indi- catos firmnosy and dotormiuntion, thouglt it by 1o meang denotes cruolty and basencss—~tinity which. Capt, , Jack scoms to possces above all others. In.mamnor Lo is cool, solf- possessed . and vary dignified. Mo in- sists upon, boing trosled , with the groatost respoct by all with whom ko comes in contact, and the chiof ruler of forty millions of peoplo could not bo n groator atickior for ofiicial otiquetto than js this uame miserablo savage. Mo nover wmilos. His grooting of his visitors on tho ‘oconaion of tho visis roforred to was a plondid oxhibition of indifforonco'nsnd haugltinass, not: withstanding at tho timno ho was so {1l he could ‘not atand u‘;. Beforo this act of troachery ko wns belioyed to bo tho soul of honor. Rettlera in'the nighborhood who hind many denlings with Lim _said that thoy nover know ~Oapt. Jack to do moan br bnsc act, nor would -he knowingly por- mit any membor of his band to do oue.’ If any of tho ranchimon ovor complalned of any zct of peculation or other annoyanco, Jack was suro to ‘Visit punishmont u&nn tho licad of the offondor. Ho was olected Chiof of the tribo'two or threo youra ugo, and Squiro Btoalo, of Yroks, netod au Judgoof. Lloction—n fuct which ns altvaya mado Hteole Jaol’s fast Leiond.#Ho was the lot man in the tribe who it would bothought could bo giilty of 80 baso an act—an act entirely out of kaoping ‘withhis paat cheracter, ' JOITY BCHONONIN, ; John Schonchin, a brother of / 0ld 8chonchin,” Jacic's predecessor in the ofiico of Chicf, iy o man about 40 yenirs-0ld, " He'is n lightor golored man then Juck, but n great denl stoutor, being broad-- shoulderod and 11(““0 corpulent, His hair is long and-straight, and his oyos umail and. oxprosston- lea. Iis faco is plenaing in oxprossion, and hoe is much less determined _in look than the younger chiof. Helionchin s & rival to thoplace occuplod by Capt. Jack, he belioving that be has o heredi- tury right to tho Modoo throne. Conssquontly Iie and Jack Lave not hoen on thie bost of terme, thongl in their horible plot thoy seom to have worked togethor, Ho.is tho man who shot Meachrm, and inflicted the wounds from which the lattox s likoly to die. Schonchin, in nll theso or0o_megotiations, hasboon mors exacting in Els demands than oven Jack himsolf, Ou thooc- cnefon of Bteele'd fivst visit to thelava-bed, ho was lebs friondly than any of the othiers. Ho'oven ‘went so far awto ncousg Bteelo of Wishing to *4 tolk with two tongues,” " and tho latter had to make him & ‘gharp speech in roply to prevent o recurronce-of the nsult, . DOBTON CHADLEY, tho man who shot and instantly killed tho Rev, Dr. Thoniay, a8 youug Yudian sbout 22 yoars old, " IIo is practically whito, and Lis comploxion quito olear, Tonco the nama of “ Baw,on ' given lim by the Indians, which wignifies *‘ whito,” Ho bag na_history at -all, and gained no promi-. nonco in tho tribo until tho poaca negotintions began, whot hie rcted a8 mossonger. Ho was ono of tho young savagoes who cama out to Fairchild's with Stoolo.-and party to talk to Gou. Canby nbout tho 1st. of March. Tho (leneral troated them all yory kindly, and their roturn for this is Lis brutal massacro, “ Boston " was bolioved to bo one of tho -best dispositioned Indisus in the tribo, Mo was good humorad, always laughing and talking, and scomed to like tho whites batter than tho Indians. Ho wns ono of thoso indicted by tho Oregon Grand Jury for the killing of the sotlors, but hio was known to_have had nothing at oll to do with that muttor, being on tho wost sido of tho lako at the timo, ¢ HOOKA JDI - This is ono of tho worst Indians in the wholo tribe. Ho waa the lendor of the band who com- mitted tho murders in Decembor, He is young, not over 21 or 22, but ig lnrgo and powerful. e is not a Modoo propor, but belongs to & band of Indians known in Biskiyou as tho * Como- Twashos.” Thoy are composed of remnants of sovoral tribes, uid havo long beon regarded ps thioves and ~murdorers. U'wo of . thom oro in the Iava-bod,~Hooks Jim and tho ¢ Doctor," ~and even Uflft, Jack was said to bo afrmd of thom, This Indian hag i bad face, Ho, too, way ono of thoso who cama out with Stoole, and was tho only ono that the Chronicle COrrespou- dont folt uneasy with, when on one occasion on tha routo hio was Ieft far behind alono with him,* It was gottiug Iato in' the nfternoon, and tho par- Lfi had got ton miles to ride when thoy struclk tho ' divide," » ?nim tho mountain to tho south of Little Klumath Lako, 'Thero wore fivo whiton and fourteon Indinns, Btoelo and Fairchild led the party, and came out of the trail and struck tho Lost Riiver rond, Btoelo put spurs to his lLorso, and fho ‘wholo party sterted for homo on n gallop, the Indiang riding olong . heavily “armed, with their fonthors and fox-tails fying liko g0 mony ponushts, Blioy yollod nnd bowl, and tho pariy cams down tho slope like flying Tam O'SBhnnters. Bomothivg getting wrong -with the Chronicle man’s eaddio, ho stopped to fix it, which tool noarly twenty minutes. . Hooke Jim nnd Curly« hended Jack, another Indian that it would not do to trust far, socing tho correspondent stop, rodo on a faw hundred yards nnd stopped also, When tho latter mountod ho saw his own party (\IL\{ two miley nhoad ;fi:ingllko the wind. o started on o run o ontel thom and then two Indiang Joiuod bim, aud all throo wont down tho valloy on o dead run, Tho Indiang rodo their ponics one on cithor sido and seomed to bo highly Lickled at tho correspondent’s somewhat unskillful hand- ling of hin horse. Then thoy began n ‘sories of ‘movoments, designod to frighten tho lattor .and mitko him dvposit his: preelons burdon. in itho sngo-brush, cud onoo Hooks Jim, with s fyoll, doliberatoly spurred hils loay dirently ngainst tho lorso,—a movement that hoarly accomplished tho dosived objoct, * On tho wholo; It wau an un- comfortablo rido, and tho reporter breathed much froer whou ho camo up with Steelo, DLACK 313 T'hig Is another of the murderers of the ret- tlers. Ho lu n tnll, savago-looking fellow, with & vory darls, thin faco. - 1fo is aboit 30 yeoks old, ix’ud i one of tho most desporato warriors fn tho and. o Mrg. Lonra Cair's Loy of Bliy Eevs Mra, Laura Faiy, tho ncquiited killer of Orittondon, nrpmmd In 4 Ban Franclsco court on tho 80tk nit,, to show cawse why sho should nat puy toJudgo Loander Quint, 4 lnwyer; tho sum of 8,500 Tor hiu sorvicts na ponnsol during hor two trinls for murder.” A large crowd was l)rcunnl. to hoar tho dotails of tho enso, nud Mra, 'aly was nnturally the contra of attrpction to curious oyes. Bhe “was looking,” puotically ro- marka the local roporter, * ng fresh oa & dando- Yonin May, Bho -had on a now stool-striped dyeey, with polonaiso, aud n bustlo mado of Morning Calls, A jaunty littlo whito straw-hat rested onhor soft goldon hair liko o bird's noat, aud on the top of the hat wore two prim, sliff- loolsing Bponrs of graes that revemblad (wo littlo marino sontrlon with fixod bayonots, A thin voll partially obsoured the woft, dolicato, peach- bloom that suffused hor faco, but her oyos shona through bright’ and eparkling, and lLor whale mnaner was' unjmated and vivacions.” It will thus Lo soen tha Mrs. LFair was in oxcollont splrits for yenlating tho wagnificont claim of hor somotimo counsol “Sm“ her purke, Judge Quint, {ho plaintisy, stated his sido of tho atory, which wad to the offoct that on the 11th of Novembor, 1871, ho mado an arrangement with Mry, Lnno, the mothor of Mrs, F'aiy, to defond tho Iutter on hov telad fortho murder of Orittondon, Lhe or In Search prico stipulatod wan 85,000, of which 82,600 was pnid down at the Hmo, and ha gavo Mra, Laua o rocolpt for thia g, with -n_provision ntinchod 15 ihe rl.‘t,'olrt that _tho remalning £2,687 was to bo putd at Lho conclusion of tho trial, fnwhntovor court tho caso,might bo tried, 'Tho first tyinl of Mrs. Tair hogon on Mareh 27, 1871, aud was oons ciuded on tho 20th of “April.’ “Wlion tho second trial camo on, Judge Quint sppoared nans- slatant to _Judgo ~ Curlie, who wna @me lfluyoll by Mrs, Yalr, after tho fieut ilal, o “take charge of hor cnse, It ig for thlg” sorvico that Wo mow claima tho otlior 62,600, "lio balanco of {ha clnim, 83,600, ho lays Lo oxponses luourred jn worldng up the cano during the firat trinl, Mra, Tuir's necount, in opposition to the claima of Judgo Quint, Iy, that hor mothoer mado the agrooment ahout tho £2,600 ndditlonal without' Lier kuowledge or asmont; that Quiné had fiat £2,600 which was all she had inlonded to glve him, and that sho liod statad on several occnsions _during the socond trial that eho did_not want Judge anlne 88 an asglstant counsol. Bho had only cone sonlod to hia 8o sorving nt tho roquost of Judge Gurtls, Who told hor that Quint.would clinrgo pothing additlonal for his rorvices, Bho had urthor offorod to pay Judgo Quint his bill of oxponaes if Lo would show tha vouchors for thom.. This waa the substanco of storios rolated by tho plainti® end the dofondant, and tho pro- coadings in conrt wore much onlivened Y & loud ranr of laughtor, whicl eclioed through tho Court-room—a laugh in which Mre, Fair joincd ~—whon Judgo Curtls, Intho course of his ovi- dnnfio eaid somothing sbout Ars, Fair's Ine souity, o T S THE FARMERS' MOVEMENT, Convention of the Farmers of Tazos . ‘well County, f11, : The farmors of Tazowell County, Tll,, met at Pokin, April 18, and adopted tho folloywing reso- lutiona: i ' ~Reaolved, That tho railways of iho Slato being- qi public corporations, chnrtored and. ondowod \gll?‘ 6:: Tiyght of eminent domain, bewauso thoy wore Intended 10 bo of public 1ee, must therefors Lo run i tho pube 1o intereat, ot tho rmallent posaiblo cost to the shippore und pacaciigorn lisreon, sud that o ratirond bua tia A moro than n o m;;!ll:’fltl;x g,llly ‘l‘)‘: Itor:lkhoh!erl‘: P e ey losolved, That the railway companies of Tili oller Htates have Fnfi(ulnnlyly, lr} 1|anueo of lxlx’\uvll:o?le ~ trary o publlo policy, aud ophosed to an_ entightenad solf intoreat, charged 'rates of fare ond freight tuat Past exparierica hns domonstrated to bo unnecosmary to :1‘.\::‘ («é?‘umr?uona, :lt:;lrdl“nson;b !nl fl\ul public, and do- o of proutictlon in agrioultura), m%“l(;lflfi‘,!r}fl[{ {n(fifl'}!ll. ; ultural, mechanieal, and esolved, Tiint (o great ahus unt oxtartion G nilifon of dolixrs sy foom iy dncera nud conaumers of tho Biate, miuet and shall be abajed, pnd that wo plodga our {nlividual and unitod mfi‘lflu'nl 10 that oud, from thia timeto the end of the Jicaolicd, Thnt hereaftorno ono sball racotvo ‘our yotea for any office of trust or profit, who is not known to bo fully {dentified with our interost, which inter- fl:,l;m!rn im to be in cousonanuce with tho publi good, 3 Jegolved, Tht wo conalder 1t tho legitimate duty of -iho Congress of tho United Blatey, Ell.nl within 'L\m scopa of ita jurisdiction, to legialate ana Tegulata all ratea chinrged by all raflronds thronghout tlo States, 1n order that the corporators. owniug nuch raflrondnnsy apply them as publio highways, for tho beneft of tha people, oud tho oxoritant rates now churged go modi 11od us to allow u rezsonablo porcentago to tho cozpo- {:m:, ond . cheaper frefght rates to tho gonoral Icsoleed That bt s tho opinion of thin mecting that tho conduct of tho 1on. Laban 3, Stroud, inabsenting Litoasolf whon the vot was tukon for tho Iiiinols River Improvoment bill, descrves tuo reprobation of his fiauen\:nucuu, aud proclaiius Lim unworthy of onr cone co. Rcoolutions of the Cnlifornia Farme orw? Union Convention, The Farmors' Union Convention of Callfornis, in sossion at Bnn Franciieo n fow days ago, adopted tho following rosolutions :- ¥ First—That (Lo rates charged for frolghts ovor tho rolironds fu this Stato nxo rulnous to our agricultural interests, : i Sicond—That, in our opinton, tho corporations oper- ating theso roads, being tho croatfons of Inw, araand ehould bo under control, of our stututes, aud thal tho nuximum rates of frélghts sbould Lo o fized by elututo ns to provent cxtortion, and loave the producer & margin of profit on Lis productions, and that way- {roiglits be charged only in proportion’ to tho distinca the frolght fa sent with tho® churgen for through elght, 4 T'hird~That {f wo find 1t fmpracticablo, undor pres- out manegenient of puch roads, to obtain's fuir reducs tlon on uch frolghts, wo will agitato tho subject; and {usfat (hat tho railrodds built by tho monoy of Govern= ment shull bo operated by Govermnont fu tho inforssts of thio peoplo, vather than by privato porsons for pore soual aggrandizoment, . : 5 Fourthi—That, oa theso mattora aro political, wo will 80 for mnko this u political bady s to cast our votes | Aud uso our ffiuetca for such mou for our Btato Leg- iataturone will corry our viowa into effect, Z{7eh—Tliat, Inscmuch os tiio furmors of (his Stato £ind themsolves » proy to monoyed rings in tho matter of grain sucks, worcfer this mattor to tho Executivo Committce of 'tlis body, with instructions to consider tho propriety of utlllzitg tato Prison labor, either ot BauQuentin or Folyony, in the production of a sufli= cleat number of sackd exch year for our homo cone sumption, o be sold to farmers at their actual cost, tLus saving tho profit now mado from ua by doalers, iztli~That our Exocutivo Committeo aito conslder such other romedios for tho wrongs we now sustain in that rogurd susball to thom scem practical, Seventh—Thot thoro being leas tariff on tho raw mss texfal for sacks, wo can pud ought to providg ourseivos with the monufactured nrijclo without piying any anargin to mero dealers in sacls, . 5 Litghth—That our Lxochlive Gommitteo conslder and proparo s man for (ho organization of co-operative nking, which shnll put tlio farmers of o Stato in posscasion of capital sufficlont to protoct themnelvos from tho rirgs formod by capitaliats to sppropriate to thomsclves tho profta of our induatry, Ninth—That the Executive Commiiites bo roquested fo preparo somo plan for Uio -opcration of farnern in cach locallty in the ealoof “thelr producis, and tiio purchato of ocossaries, with 8 viow to rotain among tho producers the profits now mado by mero dealers. Tenth—"Thnt our Exocuiivo Commiltce also consider and providon place for storing grain wnd other furmy products, with a view to onablo farmers to rotain tholr crops uatil they can gt for them tho bighest market valuo, - —— The Bccreasing Population of tho . Sumawich Iulands. X % Trom the Honolulu Gazette, March 19, The consus of 1806 gavo a total of 63,959 in- babitants of the kingdom, divided as to' sox ay followa: Malos, 84,805, fomales, 28,664, The censu of 187 Kives a total populntion of 66,807, comporcd of 31,660 malos, and 25,247 fomplog, Tho decreaso_in -totels is 6,062 wowls, & littla over 11 por cont, in six you Of tho natives of the Iingdom, fucluding balf-cnsbes, tho total in 1672 was b1,681; tho total in 1866 waa 58,705, making n docroaso of. 7,284 in oix years. O thid class wo find that tho full-bloodod native has decronsod 8,081, whilo tho Lulf-casto hos in- cronsed in numbers 817, Of forcigners, in 1868 wore numberod 4,194 ¢ in 1873 wo find 5,366, showing o galnjof 1,172, Theso numbers ine clude Chinesa. Tho percontage as to the wholo population of thoso under 15 years of age has slightly inoreesed tho past six years, o most on- courazivg fact, x Of full-Llood natives tho males aro largely in oxcees, while in tho easo of half mmifi.n hldod or. th, of full forelgn blood of Hawailen birth, the fe- malos ara slightly in oxcess of males, A roferouco tothe consus statlstics sinca 1832 glves the percontago of decrenso of population 2 follows : » Tyrcent, 1830 o 1634, 4 years, 10 1830 to 1850, 14 yoar 2 1830 to 1859, 8§ yoars, 18 1859 t0 1690, 7 yeara, 4 1830 to 1803, 0 years. 1800 to 1874, 0 Joars, T'ho native raco numbored, in 1832, ubout 180, 000; in 1872, forly’fmnrfl Intor, tho full blood untives ara numbered at 40,044, 4 —_—— Lost Stenmships, JYram the New York Zines., During thc last thirty-two ?’unm-— '1872—counuting only stonmsh] dm_ ‘usad for transe atlantio voyages botwoon tho Unitod Btatan, Eng. land, and tho Continent, forty-four ships’ haye beou lost, us follows ¢ WAODEN wTEsNIITR, \ rom 1841 to ™ ITtumboldt, retic, Frunklin, Pcific, 10N STRAMSUIDH, Tresfident, North Britatn, Columbln, Culedonia, Oily of lnegow, Novwegint, Qily of Pliladelphla, Toliwwlan, Oity of Doston, Nova Scotlan, Cityof New York, Unitod Kingdom, Tyonnaly, Tilbernia, Tompeat, Unlon No, Austrin, Lafoyeilo, Canadian No, 1, Cambrin, Now York, Brotland, Tndien, Undon No, 2, Arago, * dlavgor, Ifungarian, Cleopatra, Connauglt, Zoo, Unitod Slafes, lus Thomas, Canadian No,'s, Bt, Goorgo, ejtannt: Atiantle, nglo-faton, Ohlengo, Colorado, Qermania, City Of {hoo, tho Presidont, Uity of Glmaignw, Kingdom, of nostnll' Paclite, 'Lompost, United and Mina Thomay, foundorad nt sen, nayor hoy~ ing hoon hoard from. The dangers of the const of Novu Beotin are woll chown from tho fact that botween 1857 and 1864 nino iron stoamors, run- ning from tho mouth of tho 8t. Lawrenco ta Portland, wero lost, —_— Tho Prosbylorian minlstora of London have combinad to shorten their prayors, especiaily the {:ruynr that follows tho rermon, and ono divine ws dono away with tho aftor-sormon prayor al- togatlior, thureby inorenging hls hoarora at lonsh twonty nor cout,