Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 23, 1873, Page 2

2 — e e—— z THE INDIANS. Kiowas, Arapahoeg, and Ohéy- .. ennes Preparing for, War. The Government Ahout to-Furnish Them Leadors by the Releaso of Sa- tanta and Big Treo, “The Arosities for Which Thoso COhiefs Wore Arrested, Tried, and Sentenced, The Present ¢ Protection” of the Fron- tiers a Farce---What Should - ‘be Done. An Indian Moses Looked for by the Red~ gkins---Why Gen. Canby was Killed. ?x;cspects of & General Indian War---A Massacro of Modocs in 1852, Indinn Trenchory--Satantn nnd Big Troes-How to Sottle the Indinn Quuss tio! . Ty the Editor of The Chicago Tribuns: Sins’ Blnco the murdor of Gen. Oanby by thé Modocs, we rend of nothing but accounts of In- dion treachery; bub treachery among savaged is > NOTIING UNUSUAT, and I am convinced from porsonnl obsorvation, that any of tho wild and hostilo tribes on our ‘Border would have acted as Capt. Jack and his ‘band, bad thoy beon in Iike circumstances. Lnot full, wo road that, whilat the Commission- ora woro holding o connell with the Kiowas ond Arapahoos, thio chiof mon of the former tribe, drow off and dobated amougst thomsclves aa to 1ho advisability of " MURDERING THEN, ‘but tho thought of tho appronching wintor mado them dotormine to dofer their hollish act until tho spring. 3 d In my lnst letter to your paper, of date Aug. 15, 1873, I predictod A OENERAL RAID this spring by tho Kiowas, Arapshoes, and Choy- cunos, on the frontiersof Texns and Kanuas ; aund Into advicos from those points stato that those ,iribes aro oven noi leaving the roserva- tions aud proparing for war. All they want aro Teadors,'and those the Govornmont are-about to furnlsh by the i RELEASE OF BATANTA AND DIG TREE, g Burely, the Modoc tragedy will provent this ‘blundor,—or, to use a stronger word, this erime. ‘Whon Gov./Davis commuted thosontonco of those notorlous scoundrels from™ death to fmprison- ment for lifo, the peoplo of Texas wero unnni- ‘mous in their protost against such an outrage on justico. i; I linvo seen botk Satantn-and Big Tree, and I Xriow woll what thoy ara. BATANTA 48 tho oldest and most expericnced Chief of the Kiowas,—n tribonoted for thoir flerco hostility o the whitos, Previous to his arrost by Mr. Tatum, the Indinn Agent at Fort Sill, under tho :superyision of Gon, Sherman, hie oponly admit- ted tho crime for which he was afterwards ar- xnigued, and tried, and sontenced to ho hanged. He is a celobrated Indian orator, and has an im- <honeo influence iu his own and other tribes, the Cheyennes and Comanches proforring him to many of their own Chiefs, Most of your readors are probably unawaro of THE IMMEDIATE CAUSE . ‘of tho arrest of these two Chiofs, and a short doscription of tho occurrence will not bo out of ‘place at this timo: " Intho fallof 1871, o train of ton wagons, nssing over tho prairie hotween Salt Croek and E-‘oxt Tiichardson, was suddonly attacked by 2)out 160 Kiowns, nuder the lendership of Satantus aud Big Troo. Tho teamsters gallautly dofonded themselvos,—tho Wagonmaster making a8 per- -foot a corral of his wagons 88 was practicable under the circumstances, and in tho ‘short timo .givon him for proparation ; the wagons wero placed in tio parallol lings, the teams facing in- Awards, and the extremitios’ Emrtinlly guarded by -gncks of corn ;thrown from tho wagonsaundpiled up. Afeor ciroling the corral of wagons sevoral times, Hntanta sew that it wasuscloss to attempt ‘anything on horecback, and, dismounting his ‘mél, ho Tenewed tho fight on foot. After o gal- Jant defense, tho brave but unfortunate team- sters woro overcome,—throo alono cscaping to tell the nows, "Pae sevon who wero glain wero A0ST HORRINLY MUTILATED ; ikelr bodies were almost hown to piecos with axos taken from tho wagons. Iwas on the gronnd within a fow hours aftor the occurronce, .and §t was with tho greatest difticulty that I suc- «ceeded in removing un axo from the ekull of one -of the unfortunato men. Tho wagon-meater, who was capturod alive, :lmvmfijhnd his lbigfx broken by 2 ball, waa fas- ‘teved by & chein to ono of tho wagons, and DURNED TO DEATIL. . Ho presented o fearful spectacle. Oxe sido -was burned to s cinder, and the iimbs wore all «Jrnwn up by thecontructed museles, Altogether it was u sight to haunt ono for g lifetime, And now wo roud that the leading spirit In this Aloudish massacre is to e E:rdmm , and again ‘Iot luso upon tho frontior that Lias so loug suf- ferod from his deprodations, : DIG TREE in o young man, I should judgo not over 25 “yeain of uge,—but ko Lias niroady attained a rap- tation for ‘daring aud_forocity which placeu Jim ghnost at tho head of his tribe. Noxt to ‘Satanta bo I8 the most to o feared. Whon tho troops went to arrest him, ho waa seated in one of the stores ot Fort $ill, but madoe his eseape b jumping through the window, taking the sash With biw, sud, owing to his marvelous fleetness of fout, he almost succeeded in gaining the ‘timber, half o milo distant, before the liorses of the gunrds overtook him, and ho was disarm- od and arrested, Ho is n handsomo Indian, tall and powerful, and ns nclivo as & wildeat. Plaited in his sealp-lock ho has the loug fal hair -of sono POOR FRONTIER WOMAN, awhom he has outvaged and murdered, and hin ‘wholo character makes him a fit Licutonsut for *Balauts, . I nttonded Lho trinl of these two mon, and the ovidenco againgt them was overpoworiug. “Thoy wyero LEGALLY TRIED, CONVICTED, AND' RENTENCED, woud, ad o late citizon of Toxns, I onter my goleinn Pro(one againgt their pardon, and in my protest I am vory snro that I carry-with me {ho ‘entire population of _the Stalo of “loxws, - And now one word regarding the unprotectod stato of our frontiers ; Toxas is nlarge Btato ; and to supposo that such an oxtensivo frontier ean bo ofticiently pro- tectod by a ¥w handsfal of soldiors, siun{lm‘od hundreds of miles apstt, is simply folly, in my amind, Ihavo lived un tho froutier for n humber «f youars, aud I unhositatingly say that suel pro~ <ection 15 A FAROE., « Tmmigrants to Texus hnd bottor not rely on anything but thelr own stont hearts und good wenpons, until such timo as the Governuent soeu it Lo uller its prozont vacillating monsuros ~with tho Indistg, Why not tale one-haif of tha troops now stationed on the frontier, put the Indious on tho reservailons, vlacoe a cordon of soldlors nround them, and lot the ditforont tribes Lnow that, if they leave, 'THEY GO TO OEINTAIN DEATIC? Tt would only take sbout Lulf tho mén to do it that ave now garrisoning tho difforont posta. 4ivo tha Indinby cattle and horaos to raiuo, taks’ all their arms cwa; ducorruptibje uum’n’ Tndian question Qaieaao, Aprll 21, 1873, and furuish thewm with ood, [s, and I vouture to sy the i soltlod forovor. Henny D. Gnzao, Mussacre of Modocs in 1852, Ban Franetsco (April l?fl gmpu(eh to the St. Loufs jobe, The treachery of tho Modocs in murdering the Peace Commissioners brings to mind the bistory of a former mussecre, In . which eightoon Modoo peaco men woro murdored fn 1853, Northern Califoruia was then | Yrol | por ot tl THE CHMICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, APRIT, 23, 1873 Aturbod by Trdlan teoublds, aid the anmo yonr', ngum ‘uly,:ynmler'- commadnd of Onpt, niujnymln Wil h%,i{wns‘nsrulzod, and' procoede? | from ;: to'tho Indlan; comtry~around {'alo Lnko and the lava-beds, “Thoy * fonght-thteo -unsuc-: cosstul battlos, tho forco \mlug insuffiolent for the subjection of tho Modocs, ‘Thoy returned to Yroka, urqnulmd & Inrgor forco, nud murclivd again to the Modos “country. Winter appronchs - {ug, found tho Modocs’ supply of blankots, ani- munition, nand food _extromely limitad, consequently tho. Modoes woro nuxious for o cossatlon of hostilities, In Aprit, ' Capt.” Wright recoived tho-3lodoo ovors turos with gront cordiality, ‘A ponco conforonco was n;{mnd upon, and & place appointed in the finmediato viulni(y of tho masancre of Gon. Oan~ by.. Tho conforanco met, conslsting of about twonty-five Indious and thlrty white mon. While disoussing tho torms, Wright gave the slgnal, and in n moment thoy killod clghtoon Modoes, and sovon Modocs eacapod. . Thus porishod the fathe ors of 'the presont Modocs, Cnpt. Jack wns 9 ents old, Johin Schonchin 19, and Boaton Char- oy snd Hooker Jim 2 yoars old. It is probablo rovonge grow with age, culminating intho Oanby snd Thomas massacro. Bomo Xnam afterward Wright' was appointod Indlsn Agent on Roguo Tivor. Wright waa apprehionaivo of Modac von- gonneo, _One nlght a Hodoo Ohiof, namedEnos, Siurdored and hopribly mutilated Wright'a Lody. Chiof Tinos was aftorward captured and hangod. Ho dled oxulting that lio had wronked vongenuce on bflm lendor of the massncro of his murdered tribo, An Indian Moscu==Tho Existenco of o Now Rtoligion Among theo ¥ndians, Dendly to Civilizations-t Tho Dvath of Gon, Canby the Fultfiliment of Na- turc’s Prophecy Pe=lrospects of o Gonoral Indian Wars=Strougth of tho Fudian Nations, Tho ovents of tho past fow days are my justi- fleation for asking your anrious ‘consideration of tho viows hieroin presented as to the probabilitios of o goneral Indisn war wost of tho Rocky Mountains, The report of tho Commissionor of Indian Aftairs for 1872 makos the folléwing oulimates of tho numbors of Indians in thoso soveral Slates and Torritorios, viz: § Tho prosent'soat of war in on the lino Oregon and Californin, and the Indians aro but n handful, yot thoy have succoeded nskilling tho only man in the army thoy feared, oxcopt Crook, and they know ho is too Tar off aud too busy to intorforo. g WIY UAPT, JACK KILLED OEX. OANDY. To any ono ncquainted with the prosent tem- ‘m Paoiflc Const Indians tho reason for tho massacre'ot Gen. Canby by Capt. Jack is ob- vious. A boliof oxists among tho tribes and banda in the Btates and Torritories horatoforo named that tho time of ‘ their deliverance from tha domination * of ‘tho white- race i8 cloag at hand, It has ‘long been prodicted by "tho_old warriors and their medicing ‘mon, and within tho Inst threo yoars has gained an almost universal accoptance. - When question~ od, howover, by thoro sustaining ofticial relations with them, most of tho Indiany dony any lnowl- odgoof these boliofs or traditions. - Novortho- loss, the fact that tho boliof Lns becomo almost universsl s well Jmown to all intelligont nien baving frilmdg yalntions with tho Indiaua. » On page 803, Qommissionor’aToport for 1873, aro four staiemonts on the subjoect, by N. A, Cornoyar, agont in clinrge of the Umatilln Resor- vation, Otegon, to which Supt. 'T'. B, Odenenl, of Oregon, at the conclusion of his report (on page 362, samp book), malos the following roference : A STRANGE AND DANGEHOUS RELIGION. ' Tho Indians mentjoned by Agent Ccrno{er in his re- port a6 being on the Columbia ltiver, nunbering,in Uls Opinlon, 2,000, are o sourco of conaiderablo annoyauco to thoeagents at Warm Bprings and Umatilla, “Thoy liavo a now aud poouliar rellglon, by the doctrinea of ‘which thoy aro taught that o now God fa coming to thefr rescuo 3 that all the Yndiane who havo died licre- tofore aud who shall dis hereaftor nro to Lo resurrcct- ca; that as (hiey then whl bo very humerous and pow- orfhl, they will bo ablo to conquor the whites, rocover {lieir tands, andliva s frecand unrestrained us tholr futors Hyed in olden times, Their model of & mou is a0 Indiun ; they espire o bo Indians sud nothing cloe, About 400 of them belongat Umatilla Agoney, 1004t Warm Bpriugs, and {tio remaluder in tho Terris torles of Idaho anil Wasbington, I understand thut ropeatod ueticctual offorts Lnyo boen made to faduco them to return to their resorvations, It b not been racticabla for me to confer porsonaily with thom, It fi thought by:thoso who know thom Lost thal they can- ot bo made to go upon ielr reseryatious withuut at least bewng intiinidatod by tho presence of o wmilitty forca, WO BIALL DE THE INDIAN MOBES? This beliof, substantiolly the same as oflicially statod above, has led the Iudiaus fu that bolt of country situated east of the Cascade and west of thd Rocky Mouutgins to ]an(élnglfl look for the coming of their deliveror and to hail all nnusunl netural ocgurroncos as indieations of his speedy adveut. No Chiof knows but that ho may prove to Le the cliogon one, and Capt. Jack in his suc- coss will be greeted as such by great numbera of braves. ‘Tho samo iden that Inspired the flrat gun of thio rabellion, namaly, to “firo the South- orn hoart,” actuated those Indians, The tronch- corous assault in which Gen, Canby was saorificed would novor have been mado had "not Capt, Jack “and his associntes been guaranteed the co-opera- tion of tho grent tribos of all that section. It wos the ono thingneeded to fire the Indian hoart. The fact that Gen, Canby and othor men woro slnin is a8 well known to-day to thoIndians about Yort Bonton ns to the poople of Yreka. The oartliqualio which shook Orogon and \Washing- ton Territory last Decombor was accopted by tho Indians as prophetio of & groat event in thoir favor. This bloody massacro will be to them the fulfillment of nature’s Ymphm:y. Bueh is the meaniug of the lava-bed catastropho, QTIEI CAUBES OF WAL, [First—Bottlors hiavo come into theso sactions in o rapldly-increasing ratio for tho past fivo yoara. No Indisn consenting to a trenty nnder- itood that Lo was to bo confined to o reservation, On the contrary, it was always oxpressly stipu- Inted that ho could hunt, fish, and gathor roots and borries everywhere, €xcopt on privato prop- orty. The exception Lud no meauing for Lim in thoso days when whito sottlors were few, and ho consentcdg But tho tides of cmigration Lave averflowed nud touched tho edgos ot thoreserya- tions, If ho goos off in any dircction ho tros- pusses,and the impatient sottior complaing to the agont. Tho treaty Yndian is conscious of an un-~ comfortable restriction, which i daily growing worso, Tho groater froodom of tho non-tresting tribos makes his own boud more galling, ‘Llis 18 & constaut topio of convorsation numn‘y tho tribes, aud thoir speach-makors draw vivid pic-'| tures of tho froedom of thelr ancostors before avy “ Bostons " foynd their way to that const, TitE: ENCOURAGEMENT OF WIlITE OUTLAWS. Second—Seattered among all theso tribos ave white men with squaw wivos and Laif-hreed fam- ilics, who profit by such rolations, Tao meny of thoso men are desporadacs of the worst kind, who forfoited the sacioty of thoir kind and wero forced to soek Indian sholtor and associntes. T'o all such men o general Indlan war means rich plander and abundaut gratification of vengoanco and lust, and they are artful and persistent in fanning i6 to a {iste, Thirid—As bad a8 the last named, more numor- ous and moro subtle, ars the illicit Indidn trad- ery, supplylug whisky, guns, ammunition, and othor things, und oncouragiug their customors in tho iden of n spoody deliverineo from the white race. TIIL: PEACE POTXCY REGARDED AS A JOKE, Fourth—1Tho Indinus have no faith in Ameri- eany, und bellovo that oll officinl promises aro aliko., Whilo undor President Graut's system there aro mnny frauds practised upou them, nnd thoy recolve, in fnct, overflu\lng for which the sppropristions provide, thoy (smarting wunder past wrongs) look upon tho present liborality ns & shrowd bribo to keop thom quiot under the in- oronsing rostraints to which referonce has al- roady Ligen mado, and thoy necopt tha goods, but mistako tho motives of the givers, £ A BETTER FRONTIEW-DEFENSE NEEDED, Fifth—Thoregracomparatively fow soldiora west of tho Rocky Mountaing compared'to tho forcen formerly stationed on that const. The numbor of isolated sottlors In vory Jargo, and tlioro ara almost conntless lords of horsos, sheop, and cattle cntircly unprotocted. Tho hulhmu nro Dottor uupgllcd with good arma and ammunition than evor beforo, and have an abiding faith in tho truth of their * dreamors'”’ prophecies. Thoy beliove that tho timo appointed for thely rodompition s &t Land, “I'hoto flve rensons aro suflicient incitement to tho saveges, but thero nro othors thnt will prob- ably haston a gonoral war, LATE, WIIICIE NEVER DIES. All over tho Paciflo slopo are multitudes of men who buvn for royengo upon rod mon, Bomo lost noar rolutives “or friouds In othor wars ; others havo boon driven from mines gud cattle rangos by thom, Btill othors, & nwmorous cluss, lato thow instinotively, aumon do rattlosnakes, and deslre thelr destriction. LOVE OF NONEY, Iundrods of mon in safo places hunger for the ot contracts whioh au Indian war engenders, aund will regort to auy mothod to bring it on, "I'hona soversl clasuon of citizons will not wait for doolared hostilitios, but will avail themuolves of the intense popular feeling enussd by tho recent magsgore to gratify their thivat for blood aud plundor, by sttacking even poacoful Indians when thoy oo au opportunity, ~‘L'his will compel ovon the woll-dlsposod tribos and bands to tike armn in golf-dofouso, and ho ond no ono can forbeco, il B ) TR BAVAGES WILY, DNITE, 1t has boon atntod that the_ sayage popmiation.|. of the two Btates and fowr Torritorios némod {8 nhout 100,000. Thero is no'dangoer of n revolt among thoue of Puget Buund, ‘L'lisy woro #O Ho- - verely punishod some fiflaen years ago that thoy | will novor again, og triboy, ougngo in war, But in cneo of n genoral uprlning thoy would send aoross tho mountnios about 1,600 young men to talo part wilh' tlia"O'Ttanagaus, fillc}mtnl, and othor warliko tribes, E Military mon familiar with theso paoplo make the following estimatea of thoir warstrongih ¢ Waahington Territory (Iast), alded. by Britiel Columbis Indiana from above Colville, Young braves from Yugot Bound Total WAYLIO 4ovvaensessarens sanen This estimato undorrates their strongth, but it shows a very formidable foo, Bcnttnrnfi horo and thoro, woll mounted and woll armod, thero 18 no military organization to provent them from swooping down upon tho dofouscloss settlors, and porpotrating thoso nameless horrors which binclton the pages of all our frontier history. THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT MUAT INTERVERE, 1t is tho duty of tho Govornmant to oxert overy onorgy to punish the guilty nnd protoct thoinno- cant, whether Indian or white, and (0 sob in oner- ation at onco Buck agonojos as will bost accom- plish this work. Lspeoially should immedinto oficial warning bo given (o the pottlors on tho frontiers to organize for mutunl dofouso, nud to ostablish o Bystom of watchfuiness againgt any sudden outbronk, This ouuco of provention ovorlooked, and the curo will bo costly in trons- ure, misory, aud doath. Forswarned fs fore- armed. B, B. PAupER, T T THE EUREKA TRAGEDY. A Xtoply to Somo Statononts by Worlke man. Tonexa, TiL, April 16, 1879, To the Fditor of The Chicago Tibune: Brr : Thore appears in your columns to-day n lottor nddroasod to tho Rock Island Union, over tha eignature of T, 0. Workman,—o man doubt- 1ess familiar to most of your rendors through published accounts of tho recont murder of Mrs. Hedges, in this placo. Tho communicntion contains one vory start- ling montonco, ns follows: *If this had not takon placo in a Campbollito town, who hato the Mothodists far worse than thoy do the Devil, thoro would not hiave beon 60 mauy unmitigated lies publishod about it."” % Tt may bo unploasant for & collega town to ba nsgniled in such ungrammatical torms, but this is nothing whon statoments are mado, 1 por cont of whigx, belug truth; would constitulan weighty chargo, Tho fact.is, there oxists no unfriondii- noss botween tho two roliglous bodies, so far as they aro represautad in this place. Th o town of 1,600 inbnbitants thoro is a Chris- tisn (* Campbollito™) chureh, of nearly G500 membors, o Metifodist chureh of 100 or 200, and o Prosbytorlan organization ncorly as large. Thoro does not exist, aud has not oxisted during Mr. Workmaun's stay hore, eny_ unfriondlincss whatovor botweou theso religions bodies. Tho * Camplollites” patronizo in trade, voto for ab olactions, associato with and estoom thelr Methodist neighbors, Mr. ‘Workman has himsolf ocenpiod tho pulpit of the Christian Chureh in_ o union temperanco meot- ing, union Chankey Vivinglnxnrnluau, and, oun tho oceasion of o I‘rnnclfmra' nstitute, joined in tho deliberatious, e:rorcsaing to bo plensed with tho spirlt manifostod. s Tho collogo hag boen managed in tho apirit of Just liborality. It has Leon largely patvonizod Trom all portions of the Btato, and by persons of all religious connections, and no narrey or big~ oted epirit hag over boen charged npon 1ts mai- agomont. All the walks of lifo uvo filled by its honored graduates. No .intolerance or hatred has beon anifeated here. Nor is it trne that tho most numorous religious pcoll‘wle of the town have taken the xrlucipn\ patt iu the inventigations which have led to tho im- prigonment of Mrs. Workman, Tha chinf mun- agors and witneusos in (ho caso woro Methodists. 'fimy hinvo shared ot lonst equally the fooling which hos justly moved this community; thoy hove contributed their part of tho” stories which have gono abroad, gome of which, undor the circumstances, must lhavo boen mistakon reports, but none of which, I lhope, wera intantional, and thorofore * unmiti- nted” lies, IF, at the prosont Limo, thoro is o duop feoling against Mr. Workman hioro or clse- where, all may be assurcd that it is not outer- taived or promoiod by ono religious body onl‘y, Fiually, it i8 woll known that tho Mothodists and Disciples have always disagroed on somo points of doctrine, and that thero have not beon wauting champlons of eac.. in the arenn of pub- lio disputation. I can rondily beliove that, on thene ocensions, thore bns bLeon some of tho spirit alludod t6 manitested by both partics, but am equally sure that, by whomsoover oxhibited, it was ontirely wrun\? sud is not eanctioned by tho ehurolios gonerally. ; It is impossible to tell how much of thisbittor- nows may have been rankling in tho mind of Mr. Workman, nor how mueh Lio mny suppose his re~ ligious appononts to possess; bub it is certnin that, in the trial which ho is now undargoing be- fore tho publio, his caso in not projudiced by the pooplo whom ki slatiders, nor by tho town which 1o calls # Campbellite ;' 2nd that wo_should all rojoice to have & crime which could not lava been committed without some motivo traced to n different ono from that given, aud to a differont origin than a proachor's family, W The Workman=ilodges Lettevs, Frow, the Peoria (IU1,) Jemocrat, April 20, Through the favor of M. O. Hodgey, Teq., ‘brother-m-law of the murdored woman; wo are pormitted to lay bofore our roaders tho corree- bondouee betwaen tho Ry, Workman and his vietim, Mrs, Ilodges, tho discovery of which led to the murder, / The following are the two lottera enid to lisve been found by “Mrs, Workman in {he hnsbaud's pocket-book, hile monding his clothos ; Dear BuoTnrn: You ask meto pardon you for haviug owakenod i iy heart this foolltyg of love, When 1t was 1othing tat you ovor enid or duno that cansed 1t, for X hind been fighting ngulnst it for montls beforo 1 kuuw or thouglit of your caring for me, aud I caunot 101l you why it Js, but g0t 187 though I did not intond 1o Jotyou knusw nbythivg abont 1t, and uever should, porliapa, 1f you hod uot, inade the cxplauation that you Qid, and T am still prayiug over it, and I min guking noaror toGed, 1 feol tint X aw altogether in 1lis handy, Mny His_grace over sustain us, snd 1wny we try to Inbior wore for tho salvation of tioso around us, forget oursclyca fu tho fnterest wo tako i the eaving'of the souls of ptuers, Ol ot us work for tho Maater, aud ull things will Work togethior for good to them thaf love tho Tord, ‘Prsiiént Mungoll, of thio Wesloyan Univorsity, hns vesigued, Tho troubl T dou't know what, Dran Brouren: Tam glad you came dn thls oven- ing, 1wasnfrald that you did not intoud to como pgninafter whal hud beon safd, I wmust Lave oue of thore booku. I'll meo you uguin abont if, You ask mo f0 pray that God might dellvor you from your troublo, T huve heen praylng for a loug timo thut Godl might so -chengg tho Lon, by ffa almighty poer, of lior whom g d THo hat givon your, that who might seo the error of hor ways, sud turh, and not only jove God, but lovo lier Dusbind, * Notling 13 impossiblo with_dod, and, If bo would léanso Mary Muglaling, why ot uhipthcr? 1 want you to joln mio du this prayer, and {hat $fu sy 1ivo sou b Bpirit of forgivencas and turn your Lell into 8 beaven, I know (hat T Jove you well enougl to livo" witl you, aud b huppy, sud_mako you heppy enough to furgot that wo ever hud auy troubls 3 but I don't think that will over be, and then wo would Lo o very happy horo that o wonld wuut 10 stay hiera aiwayd, and poauibly foryet dod, aud Vacksllde, Wo Luvo 1o travel wy-bill and ou differently, or we iro apt to stand stifland go backward, Muy Gad dlrcet us, and glvo us wisdom and grace to elp ua to do right. M'ho following is tha lottor found pinned to the slagvo of the murdored woman : You caunot givo your hand to anothor, and you bavo 00 hopo of ovor glving it fomo, Tut whiat niskes un Jove ono unotlier so strougly? ThisJovo s puro, It certalnly docs not apring 1rom our position alono, Tt 18 1ot i) outgrowth of lust, or wo would foel condem. sied aud conld not pray, i God willing that T shonld hiovo two wiven b onco? Ttds frue thut Jucobhnd two, sud Abruhima might ns woll, and God never condemucd thiem, with many cthors of the samo olasa 3 but yon Xknow that {3 not {olerated now-s-daye, . But forgive o for mayiug auch things (0 you. T'casi only aug (it 1 love yon most intensoly, aud Ieaunot hoip f, £ huvo yrnyed over it ovory day’ iornmnlhu;mnt, and I bollevo ith it sy Deart, (hat 1t ds God's will fo-doy thut we shall Jove cach other just ns we do, My iature de- mandy that sume ong sbult love o ra o Wifo ouglit to Jovo Jier husband, The following nro tho lottors dojivored to the Coronar at the inguout at Tuvokn My Muat Sacred Barthly Friend : f fully aggeco with yoti tlint tho stops wo liavo takon a6 0f o post Judicrats chirantor Wion viowod from & philosopbio standpoint, but you kuow that triw lovo Bavor looks fromm sl a Btundboint, 1t b nutbig o do with pihilosoply, but conslsts of & Luruiuy flane thint muny wuters caunot quencl, Dut, f it 14 ridicn. lons for you to nat an you hinvo, what aiout ne, for I o sl orso? Automy cloice, I cunot holp it for cortatuly, 1€ futo s dogio unyllfh for e U i tho s, FOBOLY XU X conli Jusl as ounily forget my own uxluteiice, Q1 pardon mia, yurdon 1o fur bulog 50 foolish a8 (o allow 1y feellny to conirol my Judy- mont i thin way, T ought nover to Lave told you how dutenely I Toved you. Why did yon uot lap iny jawa whon I firat attemipted to kisa you, und that would huve euded it foroyer? Hut what I feol most to regrot is it I by avukoned o Fospousiye luve tn your heart tliat miay nover bo gratied, Muy God forglvomo for thinf Tezmnot utdoratend wht you ot by praying not to bo led juto tempytation, aud thon gojng into i ; 1 my coianelonco, only 40 far na it mi 0 14 omothiiis sbout & Womat,—" 3 7 < Jith” both oyea "open, - In tho placo of yon bo- ing btnnnl{h o, X'foal that I would bo untrorlhy of 01 6VON iF 110 trny Wak oloar for us, O1 lot u pray ‘coutinunily st God may lead us nright, l My DrAnrst Brerent You say that my vielta are your ouses, aic, T will say bt Ao fot Loy lnyo Loen inino, T cantint "toll “you now nll 1 want to, heneo T will only oxplain somo thirgs, You say, if ny oxe planntion win wrong, our intimacy which it ling ro- sultod In n also wrong, mud, ‘Wil nover Botray.no now,. "I love yots all the detter. for thfs, _But the wrong I meant was uofinviolnuun’nf Bt hold you from Tottoring youraelf, na it may bo thut God intonded {o nake you tho fnatrument to save hoth fuonud my wifo, But, shonld sko' becoma' o truo* wifo to mo fhrougli your prayers, wouldn't it bo wrong for us rtill fo lovs one another aa wa now do.?. Oh1.1nover could cesso tolove you with all my heart, Aro you going down {g tho quatlorly mooting a¢ Allinon’s?” Lot 10 know. in your noxt, sud X'will thon soy thiat I hayo s clear cone aclonco, 80 far as gullt beforo God {a concerndd, Now, a8 to whothor Qod s lending 'yon on this Btrango way fo ovorcomo your projudico agalnat preacliers nnd socond marringes, I will on- Bwor {hnt part of your lolter a8 soon na I can got an opportunity, I think I ean malo 1t perfeotly satistactory to your mind, from tho toach- 3ug of tha Biblo, thnt our {nlimacy, even {f it was still More 80, under exfating cfroumatances, would not .bo wrrougt i tho slght of God, Now don't bo nuhimoed nt Ahie, bt watt until 1 got 1me aud opportunity, sud X will make it nll plain.” I will never violate my con- Aclonee, nor ank yon o do anything contrary to yours, X beliovo with flo“ that God will In some Wiy answer :a;‘firgnr. Oli 1 you must tell what that dream was 0. ¥ Dan Braren : You soom {0 ontircly oxonerato mo from oil Llamo a8 to your feoling toward me, which i‘on #ny you never would hayvo mado known tomo if I iad not madg nn_oxplanation, ote, Well, porhapa T dono wrong in moking that explanation, I could noi Tiolp it, a3 you safd n your long Tove-lottor about novor hioviug loved but one othier 88 you domo, T ean beat that, for God knowa that I nover loved any human belug Wit tho fntensity I now love you, 1 carried your lot- 1ovn sovoral daya bofore X could muster .up courago to burn thom, 1 beliovo that all things work togethior for good to them that love God. Ol lot us Loth pra; it Gol'a wil moy bo_ ooy &ud espeoialy (hat may in some way bo dolivored from tha domoatio Liell in which I havo livod for so many years, 1 know not what may bo iu tho future, but I hiave and now eall i1 God and tho holy angals, togotlier with all tio paw= ofa of hoavon and eartly, Lo boar mo witnesd to what T nm golng to record, I nm;}:ramho, with my hand on the Holy Nible, and that Bidle on wmy heart, that i, at any time in tho future, hawever remote, I ahall bo freo to take you legally to my parlor, T will Qo it, regardicss of circumstauces. Tt may o that, If tho way was now clear, undor oxisling. circumatauces it would not bo Dbest, Youhave fivo children, and X bave six, Threo of nfne nnd two of yours aro quitesmall, Now, Who Knows but what God; in_His goodness, simply meant to plant the sced in our hicarts now for & mote nbln- dant hnrvost of happlness in tho- future thau we could possibly hiave now, Of fobus wait, and work, and pray, and let God In 1{ls . providenco disposo of us, Writo once in while, when you bavo something good or fmportant to toll. 'You mist toll tlat dream, B MeTAsORA, Apr] 16, 1873, Tho foregoing lotters wero not voluntarily furnished by ma for publication ; but, undor tho diraction of tho: Court, 3r. M. T, Tedges, .o brother-in-lnw of tho murderod woran, wns per- mitted to male- coples of them—the origiaala still remaining in my oustody.. S . Mantry L. Nuwers, State's Attoinoy, Workman in Eureka. Eureka, 1. (Avrit10), Correapondence of the Pioria T bemocrat, : Tho Workman family roturned to this place on yostordny, Mrs, Workman camo by tho ears, and tho Roverend gentloman by buggy. - 1o ltna nob a8 yob nppeared on ofir stroots, and it s hoped that, it ho Lins any respoct for the feolings of an outragad and indigneut peoplo, ho will not do so. ‘T'ho nctiou of the Grand Jury of our county in rofusing to find n bill in tho ea3o of Mra, Work- mnn ig conmdored boyond precedont by our poople, a8 the teatimony was vory strong in tho caso ; and a trinl by law might have more fully doveloped the facts and seltled the quostion, “Did plie have an_accomplico in the bloody deed ? ' Thoro i8 talk this morning that cortain partios will bo arrestod by Stato warrant, and an - offort mudo to lold thom for-trial, . Nothing less than this will satisfy tho sengo of justico of our indignant and outraged peoplo. JUDGE LAWRENCE. Miv Candidacy for Kc-olcctions Irom: the Genesco (T1L) Republic, It apponsy from the petition sent In to Chiof Justico Lawrenco, of tho Supremo Bench, that vory nearly, if nat quite, all tho lowyora of tho district ave in favor of his re-olection. They sl hitn to beeomo a caudidato, and they pledgo him thoir hearty support, This foct ought to Lnve somo_inflnonco on the netion of the Farm- ors’ Judicial Convention, to be held at Princo- ton on the S0t instant, bub whother itwillior not remaing to bo soon. £ 'Tho Bar of tho district, it muat bo concoded, ero compotent to judge correctly of the merite of n candidato’ and of qualifications needed to A1l the pluce acceptably ; and .it would seem as thongh their wishos should nob bu disxcgm‘dml in making asolection of Judgo Lawronce's suce cossor, It I not o partisan movomoent on their part; tho signors of tho request belong to all politleal organizations, sud no party copital Is uuu‘?ht to Lo mado out of it by anybedy. Wo nlsocnll attontion toJudge Lawrenco's roply, Itischaractortsiic of tho writer—atraight- forward, manly, and_fair. 1o proposes to give no plodgen to anybody, and that is right. Whilo. it is an indisputable tact that ho sympathizes with thoe proiducing classes in their efforts to freo themselves from tho yoke of bondago which grasping and heartless ‘monopolists havo placed on _thoir necks, ho will not consent tobo the Judge of any cllque, party, or movemont, but must tako Lis seat o free and untramumeled Judggo, if ho takes it at all. Thisis ono of tho mauy strong reasons why ho should bo ro-clect- ed to his sca on tho bouch. From the Minonk (fll.? Reporter, We publish in snothor colmn_au invitation from tho Bar of ihis district to Judge Lewrenco of tho Supremo Coutt, nsking him to becomo & candidate for re-clection. Wonro of the opin- fon that this action ia_just and proper, notwith- stonding the arguments soveral Farmers' Cou- vontions have used against it, in cousoquonce of Lis baving decided thu caso of tho Railway Cow- ‘minsionors vs. the Chicago & Alton Railrond ad- versoly to the famers, Like the crack-Drained Knight of Corvanten’ gatire, the Dons of Illinois havo boon thrashing around, and striking outin all divections at some imagintry foo which thoy call tho ¢ railrond ring," or bottor atill, * chartered mouopoly,” waraing the peoplo of the country agaiust ite machinations, aud calling in loud lones for its overthrow. Would it not be more to tho purpose for thoso pooplo whoss lumentations resound the land, {o conso weeping, dry their torry, und ingtract tholr Ropresontntlves at the State Capi- tal tomako a law wheroby tho entiro railroad syatem of the -State mey ba governed? Yhoe Bupremo Qourt having decided that the State ‘has authority to make such & law, we suy lot it bo made at ouco, and thou we whl havo sonio- tllxlng tangiblo upon which to base our opera- ons. T'he trath is palpable that mon of all partios, and witlout excoption, so far o8 wo knoyw, wish to have the iuterests of tho farmer guarded, not only in this caso, but in 1l othoéry, and any pro- tonso to tho contrary ia & sham. Tt is absolute- x{ nocesanry £o tho prosperity and woll-baing of the Wostorn conuntry that tho farmers Hlmulg bo Ewmmd, bt Jot it bo douo Jegitimately—lok 1o ruto foree bo used ; first seo that proper laws are enacted, and thon relly round thoso lnwa sud inaist upon 'their onforcement, From the Henvy (11 Republican, ‘Wa publish the corrospontonee this woek Le~ tweon the Inwyors of the Fifth Judieinl Dintrict and Judgo Lawrenco, invitinghim to becomo o cnudidato for ro-cloction to thel udgoship, Ilis lottor will command eareful attontion, and as the signs of tho timos indiento-thero will Lo no party quostions involved in this contest, ovory volor | can dotcrmine his oyn opinion of the caudidaios presonted, and yoto accordingly. Unless moro valid ronsons ave glven ihan aro now apparent why Judge Lawronce should not ba roturied to the bonuh ho has 5o nobly honored, wo are In- clined to tho opinion thak the people will commit n gravo orror in making u ohango. Tho JIndge in fu sympathy with tho pooplo, and dotiorves Lhnt full confidonco ju his integrity ho hag long oruo. . —_—— CAPTAIN FRENCH, ATTENTION ! Tv the Editor of The Chicago Tribune s. Bi: Iwould eall the nifention of tho sloepy Tajico Dopurtmont, through # Llust fu your col- umus, to the pandomontum of rufilanism bolug now daily, nightly, and lourly earriod_on, by & Enuk of juivonilo #toundrols on West Pollc sbroct, obwoen Houth Hulsted and Daosplaiues, neur the sehool house, The police who range that locali- ty aro cithor worthloss or- indifforout to the law- lassucen of tho miscronnts whose prosenco is curio to that noighborlhiood, and whose misdesds aro n dlsgrace to tho city authoritios, Crrazex, - SR - LOST STEAMSHIPS, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: . Bin: In your lssno of this morning, Inotices slight orror in tho matter of tho list of lont stonmshiph copled from tho Now Yorlk Ztmea. 'I'he stomnahip Prosident was 1ot fron, neithor wad tho Columbin; .uor hus the Noyn eotian yet boen loat, CoxaTant READER, Owicado, April 32, 1879, . i my consclonto con- ' demnnn mo, never to Ay anothier word to you, and you . HOW TO- RAISE REVENUE. _An- Interpretation of the Rovenue La ; +That Concerns All Tax-Pay- ing Producers, Conflscation of the Property of a Citlzen, Not for Non-Payment, but Non= f 3 Intentlon {0 Pay. Tho Outragoous Act Donounced by Justica Fleld in Excoodingly Warm Language. The Suprome Court of the Unitod Blates hns filod o declsion that one of the dissonting Jus- tices rofers tons *singular” and ‘unprece- dontod.” Tt will bo road with interest Ly thoso. intorestod in distilleries and in all producty taxed to produce revenuo, 'I'ho’caso is known ns Hon- dorson'n distilled spirits, In the United Slates Hl\p:umo Court, aud will bo found in 14 Wallace, oAt Tho facts ara na follows: A mnn named Joha~ gon, o distillor in Now Orloans, was tho owner of n distillory in that city, togother with the ‘bdnded warohouso, such as distillers are obligod by law to havo in which tostore spirits that come undor tho chargo of tho store-keopor, & United Btates officer. It is tho duty of this store-keopor to tnko thie spirits as thoy coma from tho distillory, and ho only allows them to. bo taken away aftor tho taxon are paid. Jolnson mado 100 barrola of gpirits, and: in duo courso placed them In tho bonded warehoueo, whoto tho store-keeper took clinrge. It is alloged that at that time ho (Johumson) hadd i his mind an lutoution to defraud the Qovornment of the tax, but this intontion, if it ovor oxisted, was novor carried into effoct. Ilonderson bought tho nElrim from Jolnson, in tho storo, subject to thio tux, and he Slllondqruon) aid subsoyuently Bny the tox fo tho Goverumont, and tho 100 niTels woro pormitted to Lo taken mway. Hondorsan having thus raceived possession of lils proporty from tho Government, ahippod it to - 8t Louis, whoro, upon anival, it was solzed by the Goverumont, on information filed agafont thom (tllo burrols), ft boing claimod on_bebnlf of tho -Hoizora _that thoy wero forfolted by the _intention that John- son Lad . bia mind.* Tho United Statos Pistrich Court of Misdouri decided that the barrels wore* £hio Inwful proporty of Hendorson, and that they “Woro not forfeited by tho montal "process men- tioned, Tho case ‘waa carriod to the United States Cirouit Court, sud tho.'judgmont of the Unitod States District Court was thore nffirmed. ‘Lhen the Governmonb appenled to the United Stutes Supremo Court, whore tho canse came np in tho Doecembor torm. Tho majority of tho Court filod an opinton decluring that the spirits wore farfeitad to the Governmont by the unose- cuted intontion which Johnson lad in his mind to defraud the Government, and thoy raversed thie judgment of the othior conrts bolow. Mr, Justice Tield, with whom conturred the Ohiof Justice, and Mr; Justico ‘Miller dissouted,’ ond filed tho following opinion : T nan unablo toconour fn tho Judgment of the ma- Jority of tho Court, and I swill briefly state tho grounds of my dissont, . Tlio procooding is an fufornytion Tor the forfolturo of 100 borrels of distilled pirlls, Tho forfellnro iv ot decrecd on tho gronnd that tlio Gova ernment hns nok recolved tho faxes lovied on tho epir- {te, for it is admitted that these hnve beou paid ; nor onr'th gronnd that the complainant hos comumittod, o partieliated in tho commission of, any fraud -n'tho ‘sequisition of tho property, for it a conicaded that ho purchased the spirita in gooil falth, withont knowledgo af any defeet in his vendor' titlo,” . Nor fs tho forfeit- wro {nflicted for any violation of law, in nct or deed, on tic part of tho distiller of whom ' the claimnnt phr chased,. 116 only rowmoved tho apirits from tho place of thuly manufacture to (ho bonded warchouso of thie Unit- od Biatos, and that was o lawlul, not e nnlawful, act, Tho forfeiture is doereed becauso tho former ovner, in removing tho spitits t0 tho bonded warehouae, in< tended ot tho time to defraud_the Goverument of tho tox {horcon—an {ntent, howover, which Lo uover at- tompted to carry futo oxoeution, Wo liave thus the slngular aud, T ventiro to say, un- procedented fuct, {n tho history of Judlclal decfs{ons in this country, that tho properiy of o citizon, honcatly nequired, without suspicion of wrong in bis vendor, fa forfolted'nid_taken from hita becatso hin vondor, at some poriod whilst owning the property, conceived tho inteut to defrand tho Governmient of tho tax thercon, although sich intont was nover developed in netion, tind for tho oxecution of which mo step was ever takon, “Tlio presumpiion I, that thio mforlty of tio Court sro rlght in this deciiion, and_that the wminority aro mistaken jn their viows of the law governing the ease, - 1t Ju with difiidence, therefore, thal T vonturo o dise Bent from tholr judgmont, n uffidence which 14 greatl naugmonted by {lio deciuration of tho majority, that it 1a Iinpossiblo to eseapo the conclusion which thoy bavo reachod, . _Dut for this conclusion, I would Lavo supposed it Impossiblo, at thin doy, and in this tge, sud in our couniry, {0 ohtain s déerco confiscating tlo- property of & clifzon for auyfhing which o foruor owner of tho property mny hievo intended to do, bit nover did, With Tospect to ft, 1 ahould have nuld that tho futentions of tho mind, lying dormant n tho brafn, liad long sinco ceascd to'h Subjeets for which Leglalatures prescribod puulshment. Againat threatened injuries to porson or property remedicn nro provided; aud thio, it is be- Tioved, ia thio extent to wiich logisiation ‘an_ logilie mately go with respock to intentlous, howover Fraudu- lent or wicked, 80 lang ns they romain undoveloped by action, Pennltlos and forfeltires ara not fnflicted at thin day fu auy elvillzed and freo?govornment for tho ‘motives with which lnwful acts ard done, “Tho uability ta nscortaln, with certalnly, the fnten- tious of n party, escept ns thoy ara_oxhibited in Lis ncts, and the injhetico which wiust necossarily follow any attempt to nflict punishment o them, cxcopt a8 {hoy aro thus oxbibitod, have hithorto, in ths country, provented any leglslation of that charncter, nuless uct- Jeginiation & found In (ho presont Tevenus act of Coue qrese, . Tho fujustico fu fta operation of such legfalu- Tion, assuming such Tegislation Lo _exlst, could not bo more striingty Hlustrsted fuan i (o prasent inatanco, But I on ot preparod to admit, notwithstanding tho cogency and porsuasivences of (ko abloand eluborate argumént in the opinion of {ho nsjority, that thero ia any such leglslation on our atatuto ook, * * < '« Tin ia caso of great hardsiip and manffest in- uatico, ‘Thg claimaut found tho pirits Iu g bonded Iwareliouso of the Government, in custody of tho offl- cers of the United Siates, 1o’ patd 1o ihem tho fax aue on thic oods, and ko paid to their owner tho vatue, 1o lind no suspicions that s vondor had ropented of s intention when he delivered_tho property to tho keopingg of (ho ofliccrs of tho Unfleil States, Tho Government, through s ofticord, took from (ko fnno- cont pureliasor tho dutics upon tho goods, thus saying fo hin thint thio thew goods belonged to’ tho diatiller who placed they fn tho warchouse, Tho Govorn- ment now doclarcs, trongh $s officorn, thnt thoso goods all ftho timo belonged to 1t by readon of tho previous forfeituro, aud thus tho uoeat cahmant loica boths tho taxes and tho goals, or at Joust 16 lett to tho donbtivl chanees of obtuining tha formor by potition fo lhe Governwment, aud tho Jattor Dy actlon agaiust i vendor,, "o objoct of thoact uf Congress, under which tho forfeiturd Is declarod, §s to Taito yovonuo 3 and ft scomy t01n0 thiat tlo sovera construction in_favor of forfoit- tures in tho houds of innocout partics, given by the majority of the Court, must have o tendduoy to defeat s objuet ; for it willuearculy bo possibi Lo nny oo {o_purehasy merchandfso with Eafety when it may bo seized aud forfeited In Lf# possessiou for reasons such 08 aro asslgued fn 1his caso, 3 SUBURBAN. LYANSTON, The Bvanaton Trustosa met last night, Presi- dont O, J. Gilbort in tho chair, The onth of of- fleo was duly administored to tho unew Bonrd. Tho old ono then went “glinmering 'thro’ the drosms of things thet wera,” The future polfey of the Board, and rolativo morits of {ho different plans for supplying Evanston with aqua pura that heve been proposad, provoked o gonoral discugsion, which failed to throw much new light on the subject, Lo funoral of Bru. 1l A, Gago took place ontordny, and was woll attended, notwithetand- fl)g the wnpleasant wonther, Tho deceanod was au old residont of thix place, o most catimable Chvistinn lm!g, whouo loas will long bo felt by tho community, B8ho lenves a lwisbend, two gons, n danghtor, and grandobildron to mourn her losa, P Tho anmial meating of tho Woman's Rduca- tionnl_Asgociation will Lo held nt tho Uollogo Chapol Lo-tlay at 8 p. m. Tho election ot ofti- cors, and the disposition of the focturo-funds are tho main objecty of tho meeting, : Hymon hes been heard from ; ho will visit this village on the 20th inst, 1 Thoro iy tha* "= al amount of anticlpation and proparation. Thoe wedding will bo privato nt the residenco of tho futtuyd ésno bid's father, Tarvoy B, Thurd, Baq. Tho rareption will take lj’[""“ in the ovoning. ho partios nro Mjss 3da Myrd end Goorge B. Lord, BOUTIL EVANSTON. q On Mondny oveniug, the 'U'rustens of this vil- Ingo hold a conclavium, Fho lata olection wan prouounced carrect, and the gontlomen, whouo names have already beon publinhed iu Lk Tirn- uyg, wero doclaraif olected. Tho old Board thon rotirved from tho onerous dutips of public lifo, “'lie now Board took the onth of ofiico, aud oloat- od J. B. Adamw, Isq., Prouident, Unimportant business aud adjournmont followed, o THE MAY ALDINE, The Aldine Press of Now York, recognisod widoly as tho representativo art journal ot Amer~ ica, gives, in ity May number just isaucd, n vories of suporbly exccutod cuts of buildings illuse trating now Ohleago. Thoronro tho noi, Govorn= fmot building, & full-page ohit;” the Grand iPholflo Hotol ; tho Michigan Southiomnand Ohly engo, Roole Tsland &' P'acific Passongor Dopot ; "|.tho now Ohnmbor of Commorag, aud tho now PirnuNe and Limes buildings, a golection woll enlenlntod to Impross tho travellor with tho order of mnterinl facts nasociatod with his arrival hero, by 1ailway, Lis hotel nccommodutions whilo hore, whero lio will (by and by) find his Iotters - and - Lis roadlvg matter, and how hio may arrive ab o knowlodgo of the handling of onr great prodnea staples, about theé wholo xango tho nvorago outsftle will noed to sook, I'ho ox- ecution- of the engravings Is .fully In Laoplug with tho Aldine’s heat stylo of art, and thovo is nono bottor, 'Pho nccompanying lotter press ivos.somo of the londing facts of our greut ro~ uilding, . "tho Aldine in this igsue also gives its usupl Busmrb varioty of fllustrationa, It is no wonder the Aldine in :succossful, Its Hut hog more than doubled tho y{mt yonr. Itis sold ‘mainly through 4,000 local ngoncios, though 1t Iins m%.o and- inorossing salo iu al tho Argo cltian of thia country and Iurope, and whorovor art lovora nsrmolnu tho bust in art, It is of ad- vantage to Chicago that an lssue g0 large, amnong _such nclass of patrons, hag thus exquisitoly illustratod our now Ohicago. pei i 2ot STeol] SANITARY MATTERS., . fMooting of tho Honrd of Nonlthe=A Scavonger Firm Insist on Havinga Contract == Mortality IXoport == De= cronvo in tho Death IRato == The Slaugtoring-Ilouscs and Rendering Rutablishmonts, Theo {rogular weokly meoting of tho Board of Honlth was hold yosterdsy afternoon, Mayor Medill in tho Obinir. In addition to Drs. Rouch and Bohlootzor, the new Commtasioners, Messrs. J. McGrogor Adams and Charlos . Moore, wero presont, snd weoro formally recognized s membors of the Board. . On molion of Dr. Rauch, Mr. Adama was placed on the Financo Committeo, and Mr, Moore on tho Committeo on Banitary. Polico. Tho Sccrotary rond o commubication from Ounningham & Gray, insisting upon having tho contraot for the dny scavengor-work, nud glving notico that thoy woro about to bogln legal pro- ccodings to enforco that claim, Tho communi- cation was pinced on fllo, and the Beorotary was Instructed to furnish’ the Corporation Counsel with o copy of tho eorvice, with & request that thie Law Dopartmont tako nocessary action, ‘Tho Honlth roport for tho week ouding Aprit 19 was submitted by the Banitary Suporintond- ent, showing a totnl of 117deaths, bosides 8 pro- maturo bithe, This was o decrense of 25 deaths from the proceding wook, Among the princi- -pal cansos of doath wore 16 by consumption, 13 by convulsions, 4 by pucrperal fover, 8 by mearlot fovor, 8 Dby typhoid “fover, 8 Dy mensles, 4 by corobro spinal meningltis, 2 by old uge, 5 by proumonin, 10 by small-pox, 2 Dy whoopiug-cough. Thero was, ag compared with the preceding weol, an increasa of 2 deaths Dby accident, 8 by eancor, 2 by dropsy, 2 by en- toritis, aud 2 by typhoid fover ; whilo thero wae n decrodzo of § by brain diseases, & by convul- sions, 2 by searlet fover, 4 by congestion of tho lungs, 4 Dy measles, 4 by pnoumonis, and 4 by small-pox,” Tho h:{;huut rate of mortality wasin tho Fiftoonth Ward, and thelowost in tho Soven~ teonth Ward. = Thoro woro 60 less deaths than for the corresponding weok in 1872, In honses infected by emall-pox thore I8 a decrenso of 4 from Inst woek, and of 23 from the same weok of lnst yoar, ~Thoro were 21 doaths for tho wook Jast year, The Sanifary Superintondont cnlls attoution to tho fuct tlint, as tho 1gtof Mey 1 npprnnehhf(i. it i o mattor of tho utmont’ importance that all honscs in . which thore hna beon- pmall-pox_recontly should bo thoroughly disinfectod, and all porsons moving into them should be vaccinatod, An abundauca of good'virus {6 on hand st tho offico of the Board of Lenlth—some of it directly from tho cow, and Bomo one or two romoves off. Tn accordanco with o resolution passod by the Tonrd at its last meoting, iho Ilealth officer pro- sonted n report on the condition of the slaugnter Tiousow, rondering - establishments, oto, on oxawmination ho finds thom all in fair. condition, and all promising to introduce improvements which will prevont the offonso cansed by their offal and sowage. Tho distillers keeping cattlo hinve all boen notified that thoy will be required to romove them befora tho 18t of May., The usual forco iy nmzflnyml on seavengor work, und the E“h“gu within n limited rango is fairly roemoved, ut lnrge nccumulations of ashod romain jn the alleys of alnrge portion of tho city. Theen- forcomont of the ordinances rospocting nuis- ances has beon scriously iulem:})tcd by the im- patsablo condition of the roads, and for tho samo reason tho roemoval of dead animals aud manura has boen attonded with special diffionl- tios. There ware 482 noticos sorved, aud 814 nuisances abated. 'Cho condomnution of moat included 17 quarters of Loef. On motion, the Police Dopartment was ro- questod to co-oporato with the Health Ofiicor in keoping watch over the diatillorics and slaught- oring and rendering ostablishmonts. Tho Board then adjonrned. ——— OUR FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPIL. Mhe NIost Completo System in tho Wnited States=-The New Machinery Put in Working Order Yestordays “+Bub for an occasionsl alarm of firo, and & casunl mention in the annual estimato of tho oity’s expennes, the goneral publio would never know of the existonco of thoTire Alarm Tole- graph Departmont. It is ono of tho most im- portant, aud yet loast obtrusive, branches of the municipel governmont, alwnys minding its own ‘business, and dovoting no time to tho affairs of others. The Polico Commissionera are sup- posed to Liava control of it, but tho fact i, they kuow but littlo of its workinge. Firo engines can bo purchnged, patrolmon appointed and dis- charged, and Dbills audited. with short prac- tice, but understanding how to utilizo oud diroct the oleetric current is n differont kind of work allogether. Polico Commissioners can't got the hang of it, and accordingly they havo songe enough not to boiber their honds shout.it, any furthor than to pay tho nccessary oxpensod. 0 ur Firo Alaym Telograph oftico is couducted on this principle. The Commissioners nover outor it oxcept when thoy want to ascertein tho cor- rect limo, or bo nutonishod by eomo now and marvelous plece of machinery. Aftor tho Iattor i fully oxplained to them, thoy walk off, know- ing no more nbout it than they did before, At tho presont timo wo havo the most complete firo folograph systom of any city in tho country. Ycuxer(lny 80,000 worfh of new aud improved in- gtrumonts were put in® placo, and aro nowin porfect working arder, ‘L'ha roador, unless in Tio olectrio busiuoss limsolf, would not un- dorstand_ “the mwst_ nccurate doscrip- tion of thom that could bo written, and such & doscription would noccssarily “involyo an ag- count of tho uses to which they avg applied, and Low, when, end by whom it wes discovoro thut tho tolograph, in coujunction with tho in- tricato picces of mechankun Imown aa firo-nlarm boxes way tn indisponsablo object for Liolping in oxtinguishing fivos in large citics, Our new machinory comes from the manufactory of Unmowell & Co., Now Youl, and is_a_highly or- nameutal accumulution of marbled slato, rose- wood, silvor-plated motal, bright stool, end brightor coppor. 1t will set oft a suitnblo room in the new City-Hall with groat offoct. Tho people ceu rest assurod of one thing, that unless n big wind comosalong and cerrlos off tho poloy and wires, tho Jocation of firos will ho wmpt}ly and unortingly indicated overy timo. M. 13, B. Chandlor s tho Superintondent of tho Dopart- ment, sud tho only one it ever ind. To enjoys au onvirblo mgumumx for his practienl knowl- adge of overy branch of Lolography, Tho Chijof. Oparator, Mt. John Darrott, it auothor praotical man who undorstands his_business thoronghly. ho nsslutant oporatory, Mossrs, W, J, Brown and Frank Stevens, aroln overy way fitted for the respousible positiona thoy acenpy, Lhroe or four ropnirers Aniul tho list of amplayes, ‘Fho oxpeno of running tho fire alarm offico Is so small, whon comgarad with ils importanco, thnt 16 had holtor not Lo moutionod, Yot it in safo to uny that two or threo ignorant Aldermon, who finngino thoy ean inve parcols gont by lulufrnph and omlnuyfln}' lnborors to run the machinery, will ondoavor to cut down tho appropriation for noxt yonr, 3 — Roed's Tomple of ITusla, 'Thia catablisnent now oecuples tho corner of Dear- ‘bora undd Vau Burcn streets, tho firm of Mcasrs, Read 2 Hona having oveeted a new bullding of tholr owa, ex- prosely for thelr plano business, The interior waro- roomd aro prenounced by compotent judges to bo among (ho very fincst in tho United Btates, Tho dis- play of new Ohiokering and other l)hlllm {8 the marvel of the muslo trade, Whoever has tho slighiest futeront 11 sucly mattors sbiould visit these wurerdoms, sud wo uro authorized by tho Mesyrn, Huod & Sonw to oxfend o generul invitatioh, and ossure every oug of a hoearty welcowe, whethier wishing ta buy or uot, \, \ Park this year. . THE SOUTH PARKS, Conferenco Botween Property-Owners nnd the Commissionors --= Inforested Parttes Domand tho Tme « provement of Lake “It You Wark on Tholr Land, You Must Wark on Ours "~--An Equal Expondilure of Money and Labor, or War. Boveral porsona who own land adjncent to the north ond of the ““Inke Park" hnd an informal converaation with the Board of;Routh Chicago Park Commissioners, at their_offico, in tho Ro- public Building, yesterday aftornoon. Tho obfect of tho meoting wag to impress the Com- misslonors with tho importanco of improving at luu:. the north eud of Iflm Linke Park quring the coming summor. Mr. Morgan wa Shmhg g i olooted Mr., John Titch submitted o proposition to construct o rond or driveway aloug tho south ond of tho onstern division of tho park, from tho Inke shoro to yde Park avenusj tho work to bo doue under tho suporvision of the DBoard, oud to bo commonced 88 Moon m the epecifications are propared ; to bo comploted during the present songon,” Iooffered to take in pnymout tho cortificates of tho Board, Iseued upon monthly ostimates, payable in ono year after dato, and Learing 7 per cont intorest, Commissioner Bidway oxplained the theory of improvements contemplatod by tho Board. The two boulovards londing to tho West Park wore to bo completed fiest and connactod by & roadway through tho north ond of that park, fitty ncrea of which were to bo improved &0 that tho peoplo could have o resort In warm weather, Tho work ‘waa P\must done, and the streot cars running within a block of it; it was nccessiblo to all who desirod to get o breath of frosh nir. Doulovards wora to bo conatructed to the Bast Park, Mr. J. O. Dore did not ihink the Tast Park should bo sncrificod for the benofit of thoe West Park, Tho formor was tho moro nccossiblo, ag the steam cars ran vory nenr it, 1t was not right to construct the boulovard lead- ing to tho East Park beforo the park wasim- proved. A great expondituro of monoy would Lo necessary bofore tho :{mrk waa reachiod if that iden was carried out. Tho plan was an excellent one for tho rich men who owned horses ; but tho Intorosts of tho groat mass of the people sliould bo consulted in Tro!orunco. Ho favored €ho granting of pormission o ono of tho new railay companios to lay theix track through tho Lnst Park. With o dopob: within tho grounds, thoussudy of puoKlo would visit the park to en- joy thomsclves, As much money should be ex- pended on ono park as on the otlier ; tho law ro- quired that, and it should bo done, - Mr. Fitch had geon thousands of poople within the cnelosuro known a8 tho Lake Park last sum- mar, Mo did not go to tho Wost Park, which I praitio with n little T‘mvn of trees in one cor- ner, half o mile from tho dummy track, Nothing conld induco tho poople to go " thero, On tho contrary, tho sloam cars carried thousands to Hydo Parlk, sud tho; ]l\m{md tho fonco around tlio Lake Lark and spout tho aftornoon under thetroes, If the Commissionors adlicred to their iden of improving tho West Yark flmst, thero would bo war in their, cnm{). The people of Hyde Park would not stand idly by and sco tho money thoy'had paid in g8 inxes nnd nsscus- ments expended on_the West Park, and tho ouno near thom neglected. 'Tho eighty acros in the Bast Park, about which thero had boen 80 much controvorsy, had been in tho posses~ sion of the Commissionors for four yenrs; it was foncod with their fouco; tho people offored to build o rond ; but ns soon a8 the improvoment of tho Equt I'ark was montioned, tho Commiasion- ora snid, ** We do not own the land, aud cau t da it.”_ 'Thore wore 200 men and thirty tenms ot work in,the West Park, Ho did not wish to eriticiso the work of the Board, but those wha arointorested in tho East Park had a voico, and they desired that 100 of those men, and fiftcen of {liovo tonms should bo sont to their park, Ha did not ask tho Board to do moro than thoy wera ablo, or whnt Lhoy woro obliged to do b{ tho Jaw —do ot much worlk on one parlk as on the othor. Commisgionor Gage imagined that the gontles men wore aware that the monoy raised by taxa-~ tion was to bo oxponded in improvements ; tho ‘ommisgioners dosired to sccure tho goad-will and nssistance of the proporty-owners. The City of Clicago pald cight-tonths of tho taxes and ay- sossmonts, tho Town of Lake one-tonth, and tho Town of Hydo Park loss. Mo considerad tho construction of the Kankakeo boulevard an ovi- dounco ur(i;uudjudgmnm on tho part of tho Board. It plensed tho most people. Nothing beyond tho construction of u sower had been doue in the Town of Lalke, yot thero was no complaint from the pan\fle living within'its limits. The Board had decided to wake improvements in tho Lake Tho people who wers Lon- ofitad by tho cnhancoment of ‘tho yaluo of their property had not paid iheir taxes;. If they did, the monoy wonld undoubtedly bo oxpended whore they were interosted. Ho presumed the Board would do its share In carrying out Mr. TFitch's plan,—would pay helf of tho cost of tha roadway; the proporty south of it sbould bo as- sossed far tho othor helf. Hyde Park avenue was improved inshat way. The park echome 7 extepsive, and thero were many peculiar in- {erests. to bo consulted. No fsult should ba found unless thora was some groum! forit. Tha Board hind ncted according to its host judgment, having la view anly the public geod. . Mr, Doro did not underatand that any ono complained of what tho Bonrd Lad done. Commissionor Bidway said the porsons who owned the Innd facing tha proposed boulevard, 600 fect wide, intended to advauco tho mouey for the improvemont. IMr. Doro contended that the Town of Lake was more bonoflted by the boulovard than was tho City of Chicago, Ho slmply degired the Commisgionors to do thoir duty. Tho law was imperative—according to the numbor of acres tho expendituro shouid bo pro rata. Commiseionor Cornell #nid tho Board bad pnesed an order for the planting of trees on tho north end of Lake Park. Mr. Fitch did not think the questfon of taxes should govern tho amouut of work to bo done, "I'he people interosted in the East Park wero. ag rrompt»pnylng o those intereated in the Wast Park. Commigsioner Sulway romarked that a groat mintake was made by agsacinting the nionoy iu- tonded to purchaso land and that to be used for iwprovementa. Commiysioner Gngo enid not oyor ona-half of tho lost aokosamont had beon paid; the Board roliod upon it to carry out their plans, and wore financially crippled. © ° ‘Commigsioner Bowen said when iho Borrd commionced it worle it was estimated that ull the Jand noeded _for park purposos could bo pur- chased for 2,000,000, Tho bighont estimato of roal cutato Was mon 31,700,000, During the first, eight months they wore enjoiued by the courts, aud did nothing, ~ Daving that time the natural {gro\\'lh of {ho city and tho oxciloment relativo to lia parks increagod tho price of land. After the courts docided that the Pmrk bill was con: stitutional,” and that tho bouda could bo sold, thoy wero disposed of “at 92 conts, TheBorrd Lought ali the proporty they.could buy lieforo condemuntion procecdings wore commenced ; -and, {o thoir groat surpriny, ovidence was producod in court showing land for which thoy. gn d $2,000 an acre (o worlh ©6,000 and 38,000 'TL3 vardiets wers propor- tlouately lurgo, and tho moidy ub the nmPum ot {ho Bonvd yus not sufliclont o sceuro tho lang, The now Constitution of the Btalo wnn™ subnes quently adopted, and the” Cominikslancrs bad to await the passage of tho condemuation law, which wnu naterinily different_from the old ane, The Grent Yive came thon, and ull the books, pa- pors, aud everylhing .rs\-tuinluu to the Board wpe burned up. The Commissionors Tind beau obligod to horrow monog wud plodse their judividunl oredit to pay the intorest on QB Londs, Fvery dollar placad iy thofr hands 1“\3 boon used to the best ndvantago. Aoy hud Iind tho mattor of improving the Lake Park uuder considoration ; thoy know the law thoroughly, and proposod to do what it requived. Commisaloner Hidway romarked that tho books and Pa*mm of the Board lind not boon rostored until ghont throe months ago. * 3Ir, Vitoh thonghy the Hoard had chargo of toG big an elophant, Comumisaionor Cornoll thought It lot rlong they conld buy overy foot of ground neoded, snd hayo & roasonnblo fund to improve it. Aftor somo furilior conversation, which do- voloped nothing of intorost, tho meoting ad- Journed, ———————— —Commodore Vanderbilt Las rpuonfiy pur- chasod tho sonthwoest corner of Third aveuuo aud Porty-sacand stroot, Now Yorl, for 100,000, whoro ho intouds to erost a lnrsu umarhla bl?k‘- 1ng, to bo kuown as tho Grand Contral Banks | Park, . %fisussmauta wero for the purchaso of land. Tho Y N s