Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 28, 1873, Page 2

9 " ENORMOUS DEFALCATION, Spectal Dispatoh to The Chicano Tribune, Nnw Yok, Aprll 20,—Tho regular mecting of tho Dizectara of tho Atlantls Nattonal Bauk waa ealled for L o%clock this aftornoon. Abont that hour, Mr, F, T, Taintar, Cashlor, visfled tho Oloaring Mouse, and, ap proaching Mr. Tappan, Peoaldent of tho Commitieo, tianded b tho koyn of tuo snfo and vaulla of tho bank, nagtug Lo wished to deliver them up, M, Tap- pan, vory much astonlshed, asked him why ho did uot doliver thom fo tho Lauk olficors, Ar, Talutor To- plied, “ No; T want tho Olearlug-louso Committes to g0 ot onco to tho bouk, sud oxamino s affalrs. Uo wra so puifectly cool and collceled that Mr, Tappen dld not know what to mako of bim, Ho fnquired whint tho mntter_wan, *Defalca~ tlon,” was tho lnconfe 1oply, *Whogo?” aelcil Mr. Toppan, still moro catonished, “Mine,” waa tho placid answor, Hoadded: “Iwill go up with tho Comuunttoo and assist them to tho best of my ability, I havo no intontion of running away.! Nr, Tappan fmmodiatoly summoned tho Commilico and sont them to tho bank, 17 Nassan atrect, . Meantime the Directors were holding thoir meoting, ond tho entranco 8f {ho Commilteo nstonished thom ©evon moro than {ho Cashfer's visit did Mr, Tappan, Tho Gommilto sfatod tho objectof thelr coming, and tho Dircctors Uatencd In blank surprs Mr, Tninter, having Lung up bis overcoat and hat, nnnouncod that Lo waa ready to mako oxplanations. Ho wan ackod tho amount of thio defaleation, and lioro- plica ** $400,000—$75,000 in gold, $162,000 In necurilies Zeft in tha Lank for mafo keeping, snd tho remalndor socuritios deposited as collateral.” How ioug Laa tuls’ been goiog on?" was then nakod, : 44 Tive yoars, wns tho reply. tomsHavo you auything Iofe7” aked ono of tho Direo- t, 4 No,” anewored Mr. Talnter, #Y¥Hat hos becomo of 1L2” #Bpeculation,” Mr,-Bouthworth, the Preeidont, was 5o affected at it sclosuro, that o burst into_tears, Tho Direc- ora and Committco retired to a privato oMco to” awalt the arrival of Mr, Tappan, and the Cashior going be- Tind the desk went on transncting business, just a8 if Bothing bad happoned. When tho Gommitlca lsarnod this, they characterized 1t aa n gross ouirage, Aftor ir. Tapphn'a arrival, tho Committco, asaisied’ by Ar. Dloign, the Nutional 1auk Examiner, began a thorough inveatigation, which lstod uutil a lato Lour this oven- ing. They' wero motecially aided fn fholr fhvealigations by tho defaulling Cashior, whoso Souincss under o clreumatancoa waa _perfectly enchonting, Iio moved nbout horo and there, looking aup ovidences of his crio, and pointing thom ont with the utmost nonchalance, ~The reault of {helr Jolut 1abors showed o defleft of $604,000, na follows : Reals 1red nasots, $519,000 ; liabiiltles, indepeudent of capl~ £, $015,000 3 ccurliica loft in {110 bauk for safo keop- sag, of which tho Cashior acknowledges stealing $102,000, leaving tho dofieit, a8 rounrda out- slders, approximately estimated, nt $233,600, Tho apital waa 800,000, and surplus §76,000, making the Dt deneit $004,000, of which tho Cashier ncknowl- ©lgos Linving ombzzled $400,000, This statomont waa telegraplied Lo Ar. Knox, Comp- tho Houso Committeo on_Btato Affairs, In which hio worked most patiently ana Inborlously thronghout tho sosslony oxamining overy quostion most inuuely, snd aubmitting nevoral elaborato an sbudiod Feparta, com- Frluluuvn nablolegal argimenta fn dotormining impor= ant quaationn frequontly coming biofore tho Y.ogiiln- ture, - Prominent amonig Tia reports woro tliose Hirows 1ing outaido tho Legialatuyesll applications for a chongo of namp, and againat thoapprapriatlon of non-realdent lighway taxes for tho conatruction of Btat roadn, o wna rognrded na the nblest lawyor in tho Homac, and 1o dotibt with Reatcely an_ oxception, tho ablost mombar of the present Leglslature, 1o waa appoint- ed Jnst Mondny Chairman of the Committeo to {nves- tigate thio fraula in tho Land Oflice, to which Govorn- or eallod ttention by speeiel moseage. He wan born i Groonvilis, Now York ; wan admitiod to (Lo har in 1845 3 was o resident of Michigan sinco 1047, Appre- honslona wora ontertnined rogarding tho resnlt of his llnesn olnco Thtraday, and on yesterday o Tesoiution of high compliment and aympatly was ndopted, Thia ‘morning lio waa roported to linvo folt g0 much bolto ontospeak of leaving for Lomo, Mr, Walkor ocot plod tho samo scat fn tho louso_ ne oceil- ded two yosrs ogo by John Landon, of ackson, who died during tho nesslon. Tho poal- tlon In ono of tho worat in the Ilouse, being closo to thie regisfor for tha passage of the impuro air from tho rooni, 1ifa death hio doubt s pardly atiributablo to this causo, ‘Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Treibune, TANRAS C17Y, April 20,—Nohemiah Ifolmes, Presle dent of thio Mochanie's Dauk, sud o prowinont citizon of this place, dlod (lla mornibg after shiort liiness. WASHINGTON. Special Disnateh to Tho Chicago Tribune, TMFORTANT TO LIQUOR AND TOUACCO DEALENS, Wasminazon, April 26,—Tho liquor and tobacco Qcalors, and ofhora aubjoct to licenso on specis! tax under tho Internal Rovenuo 1aws, wil, from tho lst of May, bo roquired to pay tho tax under {lio provistons of thio act of Doo, 24, 1872, fnstend of walting for ss- sossmeut, Thoy will bo required to pay in advance, tho samo o Stato leenacs, and tho ponalties aro heavy for doing busineas after tho 30th of April without hav- ing paid the fax. Tho tax recelpt, to bo procured at tho offico of ke Collcotor, fa to bo pontod consplcu- ously in the placa of busincss of tho tax-payer, Tho law impomes ponnlties for falling so to post tho ro- coipts or stampi NIDDON DUTIRS, = Tho Attornoy-General haa decided that sillc and cot- Ton-velvet ribbons Are subjeet only to duty of 60 in- atead of 60 per cont, 8 Lias been levied by tho Cusiom- House officera, under tho act of 1864, 'WI'nis declkion s rotroactive, and affeets all goods of this characlor Im- ported ainco tho sbova uct Leeamao oorative, PHELYE, DODAK & €0, Tho Secretaryof tho Treanury wiil, to-morrow, give out for publication tho correspondunce Uletweon the Dopartmont and_the irm of Phelps, Dodgo & Co,, of Now York, Ex-Secrotary Boutwoll s assfated in col- locting the evldence aguiuat tho firm, and it I3 under- stood that a statement will accompany the correapond- euce, showlinug, that Phelps, Dodgo & Co, were guilty of flagrant violntion of Iaw, and rolterating tho statement of Mr, Boutwell, that the Dopartmont doos not compromiso with partics who professod their innocence, 3, T Nichols, Depnly Collelor of tho Flest Mars. 1and Rtevenuo 'District, oua of Tostmestor-Gencral Croswell’a appointees, 18 aileged to Lo o defaulter to THE STATE CAPITAL. Spectal Dispateh to The Chlcago Tribune, TUE TAILIOAD ILL, Srnmarmen, April 20,—The Tulroad bill fs sue pendod botweon the two Houses 1iko Mnhomot'a coMu botween carth and lieaven, If tho Henato recedes from it nmondmonts 16 wiil oconio a luw § but i 5t declines to rocodo, & conferenco committco will have tosit and atiompt to adjust tho difference by some sort of compromise, It I3 dificult to anticipafo whnt such o compromiro can bo, tho lssuo botween o Jousos boing distinct hud radical, - Porlapn tho olghth saction mny Lo £o amended 88 to dircet tho Commissioners to gather facts and Ogures regarding each rond in tho Siate, and roport (o an ndjournod scanfon fuformation on which leglslatton might Lo basod, Tila wonld ro- imove tho objactiona_ ratsod that tho dolegation of ‘power by tho Tegishattiro Ia unconatituttonal, and, per- liaps, accuro onough Benators to recede, nud bo eatis- factory to tho Louso, It would bo falr, and, f the Commisslonora worked diligontly during tho summer, valunblo and interceting statistica might bo colleoted, Therofs n doad-lock now, but this will not continue, an mombers feel thoy dare not go homo uniil (hey Pacs nomothing, whothier or niot 1t fo worth puytiiug ‘whon passed, Ar, Hlay's spocch_excltes conniderablo comment, All adiuit 1t was an ablo argument, unique and powor« ful.. Mo golw credit fov eantlor, Judgo Bleclo, of the Bonate, safd ho was tho only Inwyer in oithor Ilouuo who nttered his honost sontiments, Tho miore alinimo for tho otliors, Fsult is found with him for not spoak- ing carlier, 1t in held ho should havo givon the Tiotiso his viows whon ho LIl was on sccond reuding and aubjoct "o amendmont, oud b tardy _op- poeltion o commented " upon, in sevoro tormi, Ir, Iay belloved ho stood slono, nod it wa3 no uno discournging_ honest effort bofora it s~ sumed dofinito sbapo. Iiis criticlun haa tendod to ‘undormino tho serenn confidenco whick n majorlty of thio mombers roposed fn the bill, and, If thoy succead in pasaing it, thoy Wil go homo in Goubt and trom- bithg for the ofticaoy of their work. A motion wua mado to bring up o bill {n the Souato, this morning, on tho quostion to recede, but tio molfon was withe drawn, and wisly, a8 1t would, if pressed, buvo ondan- gored fie lifo of tlio Liik, ADIGURNMENT, JItlo propor at tho eudof to wecks {o vatictnate a Mitle on tho prospect of adjourning beforo unollier weok slips from under tho foot of these honorable Dodics, 1o of thiom, both cqually louorable. Bo many galno “prophecies hive Leci ultered ol 1o adjourns ifat - miont, that 1t is unsafo to fix the date, If s0If fixedt it, tho General Assembly would go back on it and cobtinue to draw five dotlara o day each, Tho ond f4 not yot. * ‘ho Rajlroad DA ia the Qouernl Appropristion bill s pendig, | o Tugcols Rullroad bill s pend- ng, he Tiison claim s pending, tho Bhawncotown dliéh fa unfitied, tho two mill tax s still an opun ques- tion ; omo 800 billsaro unpasacd os most of tiew de- servd to bo; the Soncto and Ifouss aro at loggorheads of¥ll strifo and_dixzenslons havo destroyed thcir futor: al hiarmony, ud ihere is an unscttled condition of things in goncral, so that oven Elijak would risk hia ropuiation ms @ prophet wore ho to vonturs predicion a3 to the possiblo action of pendlng, troller of tho Onrroncy, at Wnshington_to-uighit, and ho telegraplied back, A:anlnlhlg r. Molgs Recuivor, Tho byl 18 to bo strickon from tha Oloaring Iouso iist o Monday. 1t isliopolcssly bankrupt. Tho stock= Toldors loso ail thoir investmont nnd _aurplus, - 'Tho dopositors may recotvo 50 por. cont, whilo those wlo Placod tholr socurities in bank for ssfo-icping havo Do redress, Tho Olearing-TTonse Committeonra eapecially sovero on tho Bauk ofiicers, Thoy say that nothing suort of o grorsost carcledeuces would pormit el an i menso dctalcation to o ausceaalully carzled over such a loug perlod. "the Directors made application to Tnitod States Commiseloncr Osborn for & warrant of arrcst against v, ‘Tolutor, and it wos granted. Deputy-Marshal Durvia wna dotatled ta oxoento b, and aftor frst takin Tis prinoner to 1o Astor Ttouso for supper, ho locked Dim np in Ludlow-treot Jufl. Tafntor's father is o Tecldent of Windsor, Conn, Yo s roputed to Powortha million nnd one-half, and is onoof tho Targont stockbolders in the Gullatin' National Bank of 1 city. Tt was to this fact that young Tainter owed e boing pincod in tho poeition of Cashier of tho Mlantic e yeor ogo without having previously assed (hrongh tho intermediato grades, Tho prisoner & small man, about J0_yoers of ago, married; and owne o fiue resldence ot New Rochelle, although hia Zumily lavo beon living in thia city durlug tho past {hreo montha, Mo has always been steady in lis Tinbits, and hiad the fullest confidono of Lis sunoriors, Four sorrespondont had an inforviow with bim to- 2ight, in tho courso of which ho offered tho following explunation ¢ When T took charge T fotnd the bank o o vory wenk aud impoverishod conditlon ; I formed tho ido3 of birengthoning it, ond I did succeed in gotting xid of vaat doal of comparatively worthless sccuritfes o ool prices, I thion triod Taclfic Mafl and luck went Uarinet mo, I did not intend to meko o cont for ms- Bolf, TadT succoedtd tho bank would havo bad the entiro benofit, "Thio Atlantio1a one of our oldest banke, It wna or- anized under th Stato Iayy, wud waa one of (o first §5 tako advantago of tho National bauking law, Its _cizcuiation wae §990,000, Ita ftock waz divided” Into 4,000 share of thio yr valuo of $176, although it eold ‘abova timt price, belng in_good demsnd. G, Hilion Boribnor, our present Secrotary of Blate, Ia ono of it Directors. onry Clows tells mo that it hus transactod ery littlo busincss {hrough the Clenring TTouso for Romo timo, | His oxpreaalon was that * it hiad rusted qut Tho fatluro ereates tho greatest oxcltoment fn tho'clty, £To the Associated Presn.) New Yonr, April 20,—Rumors bogan to clrculate in Wall streat to-day soon after noon, concorning tho sol- yoncy of the Atlantic National Buik, 17 Nassau stroct. The bani wad orlginally slarted twehty yeora ago 18 & Blato inatitutfon, but was chauged into a Natlonal Bank eoon after tho act nuthorizing such bapks was passed by Congress, ‘Tho capital wpou which it il bueinoss was fixed at $300,000. Tho Dank sustained sovere losaca soon after ita open- ing by tho deproclation of tho socuritics which it held 3 collateral for loaus, ond which were mot redeomed, ‘onscquently it ha never had the roputation of being strong, nnd many bankers and busioces men i tho Biroot Aid not oven know that such o concorn_oxisted, Tta checks possod regulnrly {hrough tho Clearing- Tlouso, which waa first advised of its condition to-duy, Although tho Clearig-Houso oliictals liad not regarded tho bank as strong, they wero not prepared for tho alseloguro which took place, ‘Atobout 1 o'clock, I L, Talnter, tho Cashier, top- cd n, nd, ofler asking for Mr, Tappan, Choirman of o Cleariug 1fouso 1ixamining Committeo, announcod that the bank waa insolvent, aud that ko wea o de- Faulter o thie amount of $400,000, whicl o hod taken from tho' funds nnd lost in stock spoculations, M. Tappau, who waa President of tho Gl fatin MMationnl Bank, wos porfectly astoundod at tho rovelation, and immediately made preparations for an oxaminstion of tho bank snd its afiairs on tho art of the Clearing-Houso Committee, which is au- Thorized to fako such courso for tho protection of tho banks and tho public. Tanter, tho Casbler, told Tup- pan fhiot lio bud como to him beceuss Lo folt mors like iving i tho luformation thau avy ono clse, and that 0 wirlied o ald in whatever investigation wight tako placo, The reacon of tho bunk's cmbarassment Feached tho streot 80 lato in tho afternoon that but fow dopositors gathered about tho doors to raiso tho cry for their noncy. Ono cuslomer, who bad do- ponited a fow lmndrod dollars st 200 p. m. gatnod .Gn entrameo, nnd tolied xather lvely' for o Ehort thno' couccrning the thelving” of tho men who fook money up fo tho lsst moment, Shon thoy knew thut thoy wero hopoleaely fnsolvent ; but with thnt and ono or two olhor {xiling oxceptions) £ho affair passed off very quietly. The Dircctors, who Sero to liaye mado an ozaminndion, in {ho ofternoon of tho bank and ita_securitivs, ot tho roquest of tho Presidont, Andiing that othor parlies wero st work to accdmyplivh the wamo cnd, under dificult suspices, mercly ntood around, scemingly bowild: ered,” ond loudly profested that they had Dot ‘entertuined {ho slightest suspiclon of (o banks nsolvency up to that aftcruoon, They sald that they had rlweys examined the eecuritied carofully, aud 1iad not found any doficlency oxiating citlier in thom or in tho cash, “Tho Bxamining Committec, conslatin of Messra, Tappan, Lovorldgy, Hoyes, Luntor, an Porking, gavo thio Tullcat dotails’ in_thofi posseazlon of tho lossoa aud tho notualntulo of afaira. Thoy went furough . tho sccuritien carefully, throwlng out tho bad, ond figurod up A4 uoarly an possl- Blo the cssh -~ ou land, fn - this woy arrlving approximately nt tho'assots, While thoy Toro olifgagud I Ul work a messcnger was sont for & warrant, upon which to liold Tinter, who was actively acefsting tho Committes in nerlying at the truo condl tion of ‘affatrs, Tho Cawbies wn3 uob informod of thls movoment, clthough Lv uudoubtudly oxpacted it, United Stntes Doputy Marahal Furvis orrived about 6 o'clock ‘fn tho bnulk, ond _ awaited ordors from tho Fxmuinors whon to make the arrest, Atabout 7, the work wus finished, and it was found that tho deficlt, independont of tho enpltal aud sur~ plus, amounted to $601, 000, About $130,000 of this Smount could bo traced to bad debts, for which tho Cashicr was not responsible, About $420,000 of losses wers wmade Ly him u hle stock spoculstions, It was found that, bestdes using tho funds of tho bouk for tho purpos of spceulation, ho Lud lso oponted $164,000 of private so- curities loft Tor aufe-keeping in tho bunk, 'L 0 tickels Srero alo found i tho drawer, repreaonting $75,000 of gold os anaots, "Thio Téntes oo on {0 say that thomonoy and fecurl- ties of (ho estublishiment has been effectunlly cleancd out, and tho drnwors und plgeon-holes in tho sufos, O ™ or thelr uccommiodution, were _slmiost empty. Ho tho LExamining Committee found thelr 1nbors wero comprratively light, and_ns long as the concorn liad gone to smash, it took them but little fimo to wado throngh the ruins, 1t wad found that amang the depositors tho Slate figuroa ug o ereditor o tho amount of $30,000, which had been )flnc?\l thore, Yaving boon dorived from cunal tolla, Then tho Testorn Unlon Telegraph Company kopt an account, averuging nboul 15,000 st the time of fle fallivo, Tho tota) wmunt of {ho depoaits on com- puted by tho Examiuing Commitios was $510,000, It s thought that the depositors out of tho usscta of tho bauk will realize ubout 50 per cont of thotr monoy, and f the stockliohlera can stund tho uezoksTENta fO1 Which Uy oro lisble, tho dopositors will bo- entirely relmburaed, Another Defalention. % Sneetal Dispateh to The Clieugo Tribine, Nrw Yon, April 20.—It fs roported that s heavy defaleation hiza bean discoverad in tho Poat-Oflico I $hts clty. Two oxporls from Wanhington have Lot Inyostigating tho accounts of tho eavhior, Heury Wa Whiting, for sovoral daya. The ofliclals rofuse to glve any dofiiis for publication for the prosont, Whitlug $i0 held the onfeo of cauhlor for teu yonre. ——————— onituary. Speetal Dupateh to Ihe Chicago Tribune, Lanernn, Bich., Ayril 20.—The flon, Luvi Walkor, of Filnt, Gbnesco Gounty, dled bero to-duy at noon in $hio G0N yeur of hli ngo, having_beon i} sinco Monday nfght loit with puoumonia, Tho muin cauro of his @oath wau tho fatal ntmosphiore of the Represuntative ;}lo Govornment, 110 hao reslgued snd gone tolls omo. DEOLINE THE BALALY-STEAL, As predicted in theso dispatchics, ox-Ropresentativo Qox, of Now Dork, has roluraed his bLock-pay, Bx- Cangrasoman Potars, of Maino, ins alko authorized tho United Slatca Trenstirer to cover into the Trousury tho smount due Lim {n back pay, and iu his letter ro- quoated that nothing should be ‘said in relation to his action, 1o the Associated Press.] TREASURY VINANOES, Waguivarox, D, O., April 36—Dulances in the Trensury to-day aro: Ourrency, ‘$1,889,810; special daFDul! of legnl-tendors for the rodempiion of cevtll catea uf doposit, $38,000,000: coin, $77,199,408, includ- ing coin vertiicater, $20,208,4007 legal-tendors cut- staud.ng, $367,942,380, IR VIEXNA OOMMISFIONERS, A dotailed report of the Investigation now meking in Vicuna by Mr, Jay, United States Miuster, rud Thomas MeLlraib, tnlo the conduct of tho American Gomumlusionore, will Lo medo publie s soon a3 ro- colved, INTIRNAL REVENUE. REGULATIONS. New regulations has been featiod for tlia ‘mont of Collectors sud_Doputy Collectars, under tho Gebof Dec. 4, 1872, Collectors ara required to take posacasion on Moy 30 of tho public Propbrly then in custody of tho Asacasors, giving recolpt therefor, and to Liaya a thorough canvas made monthly of thelr kev- cral iatricts, Dintilleries aro fo bo kept under such survolllance 88 will mako fraud impossivie, g WALL STREET. Review of the Mooy, Geold, Ioad, Stocl, and EProduce Markcts, Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, ‘New Yonsx, April 20,—Wull sireet was aguin extremes 1y dull to-day, Money wan casier, There 1 overy rea- son to beliovo that wo hevo at Tagt passed through the money stringency. From this time into summer we shall have p scason of ease, which will bring with it good fruit, - Bince this day week tho express compa~ nles, nccording to thelr Toports, havo brought in §9,- 500,000 currency, incinding larger amounta of legal tender notes than during any previous wecl einco tho influx mct o, Ono of thy most cheerful results of this retuiniug flow of currcucy 18 an increasing dlsposition on the part of bank mens sgors to discount for {heir customcery, Following tho exumple of tho banks, capitaliats Lave purchased mor- cantilo papor moro frocly, and, in’ open markot, prime namen oro tuken with comparative freedoin at 10 to 12 per cent por annum, The bauk stateraont is favorablo T banks now wantivg only $300.276 to bavo on hand 1n Jawful money 26 por cent of their linbilities, ‘Tho National Danks have $319,400 abovo the 25 por cent, and tho State Banks, which are under no resiriclions o8 to resorve, aro $628,075 short of the 25 per cent ro- sorve, vorn- sTooKA, The stock market reflected the dullness which sot- tled on tho Exchango dwring tho latter part of tho woek, tho volumo of business snd changes having Yoen oven lows fmportant then on provious daya, Tho widest fluctuntion wag 1}; per cent, but in most in- atancos ¥ to 3¢ per cont was tho rango, The markot wha alternatoly weak and trong, but towards tho close, wealness predominatod on ‘accqunt of tho To- ports of tho Atluntle Natlonal Bank troublo, aoLp 7en dul snd steady, ¥orelgn oxchago wao ¥ory weak, nowps. Governments wero without featuro, TRODUCE, For flour the demand. was moderate, but with & sicadier feellng in winter whoat brande, Faucy spring whest brands aro plenty and lnuv{, Other gradesrulo ufot, There wos somo inquiry for shippiug Lrands for May, Sales, 14,00 brls, including 4,000 brla ship- ping oxiras for Aay dolivery on privao terms, Re- ceipts, 13,285 brls, * Holders of wheat bavo again ad- Vancod thoir viows 1@20 por bushol on sprliig, Tho Juarkot {8 qulct nnd firm for good, Which fa seateo, buk fnforior rules dull and heavy, Tho sbesucs of good lmgpluu qualitica checks business. Bales, 7,600 ushels; recelpts, 99,000 ~bualiela. Pork ruled quict and very unsottled for thia month, on which thoro 18 reported o corner, A sale of 760 brls for Juna {8 reporied at $18,605 receipts, 635 kg, Out moats wero generally quict, and prices nomis nall unchanged. Dry ealtod shoulders, _0ro lower at 7o plekiod hams, 1134@13c; 600 smoked sholders u bulk sold at #3fc; rocolpls, 090 pkge, Dacon was quiot but firm; long ' clear “la quoted at 10%c, with 100 roporfed -~ bid; short Olear, 10c, with 1040 bid, No transnctions, Tard'was moderatoly activo, and tho market ruled ‘oasicr, Prime Western 18 quofed at 90, a':d ety at 9 @9igc, For fuluro delivery, transactions embraco 1,000 tierces for May at 0igc, and 2,250 terces for June at 8@ 13-10c. Iocelply, 658 packngos, e e o Nallrond Accldentss Special Dispateh to The Clicago Tribune, ZANCHVILLY, O., April 20,—James Murpby, an em- ployo of the altitore & Oblo Raliroad, was killed lost ight in by city by falling off a train aud boing run over, Iis_body was dragged for Somo distanco until it Toached Licking bridge, whero it foll futo tho river, Mzapiny, April 20,—As the goutlorn train on tho Mempbis & Loulsvillo’ Rallrosd approached Tregoant station to-ilay, o Iady, namod Mru, Lilin, attompted to croas the track fn front of tho ongine, and waa run over and inatantly killed. —_— Nebraska Conl Deposita, Special Dispatch to I'he Chicago Triliune, TanooLy, Neb,, April 20,—Tho State Journul oxpo- dition that wont !fl the now conl miny in tho sonthern part of tho Blate hra returned, and report that the uc- count mado by F'rof, Augasey regarding tho thickuess of tho coal veln und good quulity of tho coal are cor- Tect in ovory purticular, This wiil have the effoct of fduclng capitaliuts to work this ming, and wil give an impotui to all kinda of manufacforics, an it will chitspen cosl one-lulf, msking it cout Liefa sbout §1 per ton, SIS S Journnistics Speclal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Atomisoy, 1Kas. April 20,—Tho frut numbor of the Atcisson Daily Glabe, n novw Hepubiiean papor, 1o now Folilug from an umenso Ooltrell & Lubeoel pross, aind $V4ik b damued to-morrow morning, Tite eatablishmont Y conayloto i all lts dopsrimonts, with four, power rexses Tun by steany, und tho oflico of thd Groat eatorn Telograph In ity busiucss room, Tho public avo looking Lo tho Glahe with Interest 3w agenoy of ower i tho great Tofor movemienls of thu day In unnas, ————— Do the Sni onfengo. fr, Lours, Ma,, April 20,—] y order of tho Board of Tolica Cominissloncrs, Chlef of Polico McDunuugh toulay merved o notes tho_keopors of wll on gambling-houres in tho city that it s tho unqualificd determination of the Yalico Com- und fhat misslonera o suppreed uumhlln‘(-lmuuu oyery meuns at thir conmand will bo urad to nccom~ plish this end, Tn compliance with thiu order, ull the Gambitug-hotiscs fu tho elty closed to-night. priskiessionl 4 Tho Lost Atlantic, Inauteax, N, 8., April 26,—Capt, Williams arrived to-dny from tiio wreck of tho Atjmutio, “Lho diver Sostiaed oporations nnd recovered somio of thio curya S1u o bovlos of (o slosraiio pussongers in s goed Siato of proscrvation, Tho wrockera uro proparing to Liow & holo bu tha upper sido of the sbip, e Tl T The Harhor Question, New Yonr, April 20,—Tho omployes of the United Blates Watch' Cumpany, ot West Eud, Jersey Olty, Hiave struck, 1t is uuid, 1 consoquenco of tho Hionpiy. hont of “wages for 'the past mouth, duo Friduy lust, and tho frreqularity of paymenss mado somo {ime proviously, “§lo employes ntaber about 360 men od tio Genoral Asembly, | They will adlourn when thoy got roady, probably, but it will bo oily for & goa- son, a5 thicre 14 » delierate jutentlon to roturn in De- coniber or January nost, to atay whilotns frost stays [n {Hio ground. Several retolutions wers offercd rolativo to adjournment, all of them contemplatiug anothor meoting, and fixlng nost Jridey os {ho last day of this Boasion,”_Wlicle conaideration. wna refuted Dy tho House, No duy will be determined upon nntil sovoral bills, Thciudiog tho ailroad and thio Genray Avproprl ations bills, aro paesed, When that will bo s imposalblo for oven o prophet to say. THE SOHOOL TAY, Tho fight on the 2-mill nchool {ax ls not yot onded, though o victory has been gained by thioss Who opposo it. Tho preseut Bchiaol law provides for ulovy of 2 mills, which, under {ho onhunced valuation fbsieted upon’by tho Auditor, wonld produco moro than fa noc- ensary. It iu also thought better to bave a fixod sum of one million, so that tho achool money sbnll not fuctuato every, yoar with o uctiations of tho asscesments, Tno gonoral eppropriation Lill containg Ao proviston of ong million, and liould pass in that ‘shape. Fhoro i nnotlier bill' i the Benate, repealing the neetlon of {ho School law, providing for tho two mills, Tho lax i by no menus'beaten yot, though Jua- tice demauds it should Le, 5 TUR JURY TAVS, Tho Bonate discueacd‘tho Howso Jury bill to-day, ac- cepting, without question, tho yrovision tlat knowl- ©aio obtainod frowm readinig newspupers, ou which an l‘!pmlou.hnn not been formed, alill not dlsqualify o uror, THE IIVE MINUTES RULE, Tho Benato sdopted o rulus fo days ago, limiting spacelies to fivo minutos, thereby choking off much Valu hsranguing, The IEonso referred nuch resolu- tion to {hio Committee on Lules, Tt sliould Luvo ben idoptod montl ince; it is too Iato now to oconomizo mo, . TRAVELING EXPLNALS. Tho LI glving members sad clorks of committees wlo havo licen traveling around tho State 10 centw o miloand their hotel expences, was properly referred to tho Conunitico on Civil Serviconnd Retrenstient, It fan ood committeo to kend it to, espeeluily tho re- trenchment partof §t. 'Fhio bill will stoud cutting down to the actual expouncs incurred by auewmbers, COMMITTIE CLI: "The Hoyge diseharged tho e :lt‘rlm wud Junitors of Commitlc e, ut of {ls Committca oma, 1t fs about oLvIL BIIVICH, Durlog o dcbate on_o claim for sorvices in the En- groxsing Doparkment of tho Twenty-ierenth Geueral Rasombly, 1t was stated that tho Chicf Iingroasini Clork could not write iy nawe, It was not expecte fiiat lio could write, Such places uro tho perquisitea of yoliticiuns, withiout regard to their quatifications, Auinfasion of Givil Scrvico Meform u Sielo sppointe ‘ments wonld bo on fmyproven:ent, A TAILROAD YL, The Govornor aigned tho bill worked through tho Senato aud Houso by tho Clicago, Tafayolie & Gincin- ‘atl Ratlroad, to akd It In its contcst n the Qourt, vith thie Chicago, Danvillo & Vinconnes, Many had doubts of Its constifutionality until tho Governor sigued it, but of courso Lo knows, . GROWTIE OF TINDEN, ‘Tho Senate hins paseed o bill to enconrage tho plant- ing and growing of timbor, tho principal toction rend- ingas followay . ot 1t ghali bo Inwful for the Board of Bupervisors or Count)y Commissiouora’ Court ju auy county in this Stato to offor @ bounty to any persou in said county ‘who shall horesfier plant ono_or more ncres of land With forest troes, and propiorly cultivato tho samo for Threo yoars, any sut not to oxceed $10 per annum for {hroo yoara for oach soro eo. planted: ~Proviled, that trocs a0 planted shall not bo at o greator distanco than tun feat apart each way. "ADOVTION OF MINORS, T following bill, which has boon slgned, will bs of Intoreat to tho Foundlings! Home, to thu foundlings, and to {lioso who, having' no_children of thelr own, ‘adopt children who liave no parents A Bruz foran nct to bo cntitied_“ An act to smond an act ontitled *An actfo provido for tho adoption of ‘minors, approved Feb, 2, 1872, BeorioN 1, Je it endcted by the people of the State of Tilinufe, repretented in the General Agsenbly, That any ‘minor child which may Liavo boou heratoforo or hora- aftor may bo adopted by auy, porsony in tie munver prescribed_by tho act to which tila fs an amend- Tnont, or which moy hinv boon deafguated or doclarod to bo'tho adopted child of uch person fn and by auy ool or last will and teatament of tho person 80 adopi- Ing, whoroby any proporty moy b _ormay havo beon glven, bequeatied, or dovised to such adopted child, Buull, for all purpoacs of descont, ibiritance, aud Bucs cesalon of property, bo deoued nd takon in Taw to Lo §10 child of {ko perion #0_adopliug, sudall laws of doscont ond rules of fulieritdnco shull npply to and govern tho descent of suy property | wilel” o enfld ndopted may wka or may have taken, by gift, dovise, or descont, from tho porson so adopting, sud’ tho accumulations, income, and profits thereof ; but tho foregolng provis- fons o st aball not =pyly Lo any proparty whicls thig'adoplod_porson may iukg or iy lixvo tskuiy by it dovieo, or descent, from ko kindzod by blood of Such adoptéd poraon, ior to suy properly other than that which the ndopfed porson may tuko or may hivo inken, by gift, dovip, or doscont, from or through tho pereoh adopling, or Lits heira or legal roprosontativen, Bud tho neoumulations, income, sud protits thereof. VY LITILE DONE. The Touso did no busincss of importauco to-day, Tho Bpeaker was slck, and Afr, Counolly prosided, ‘Aftor o noiay scauon of two Lours, th mombors voted to adjourn, nnd then organized o sluging socloty, Tho Sonute wad thinly sttended, DECLIN TO PAY. Tlio Reflrond and Warcliowio Commissioners hinva decided not {0 llow Mz, Tompkins, tho ex-Grain Ju- Bpector, $793 for tho uwo of @ huno tud bugyy durlug clghity-eight weoks, nor tho salury which ho cluiing from tlio tiime Uls successor took churgo of tho aflico ntll July, when the two years for which Lo vas op- pointed vould oxplre. ot A ) PROGEEDINGS IN DETAIL, SENA! o Sonato met ot 0:00 prestding, auswered by 20 Sonatora—n quently uppeurod, TTI0NH, . By, M. PATICRSOKTH tho Hnporvisors of Whits [o} ‘i Proms cltizons of (Lo vite, praying for ralirosd leglslation, previous o adjouruent, A counnunieation from tho Carroll County Central raugo sustaining My, Daner, L ddent of tho rocent farimors’ Conventlon in_bis controveray with Scigtor Voris, wus presented by Mr, Pattereon, but tho Senato yotuned to reetivo ik, MR DAIROAD DILT, Mr, SIEELE moved to immedialuly tale up tho Tlouse meceage, mmumwlug\thu refusal of thiat body to conour in (ho Senuto smendimenta to the Compromise Teuilroud bith, but ot roqust withdrow It, THE JUBY LAV, Tiso Benate then_counldered tho “Houso Jury Liil by suctions, nud ordered it 10 o third roading, HALALIED, Traure bill 110, smending tho act fixing salariea of Blato ofleory, &e,, was read a sccond timo and ordercd consldered by sections ‘Houeo bill 503, amondiug tho Revenuo law, was read firut timo, BTIAY ANIMALS, Tho Committea on Agriculturo and Diainnge, ro- ported back favorably, Houso bill 641, prohibiting do- Ineatic animals running ot large, way read u eocond thine, diseharged from consfderation by sectlons, and ordered to o {hird reading, IIOUSE, THE ILLINOIS CANAL, Touso b1 697, to nmicnd tho act cloaing tho trust of {1 Trusiees of (e Ilinols & Michiguu Cuual, was or- dorad o a tlfed reading, TOWNAIIL ONOANIZATION, Benato bill 108, rovising the Township Ory anization Lavy, wak referrod fo tho Cownmitteo on lovislon, wiich BrRNAFTELD, A elock, President Bl Tho Foll was eallcd nd quoruni, Six othicra subz carrlos 1t over to tho adjourned cexslon, Ar, HAWES enterod s motlon to reconslaer, MILPAGE TO VISITING COMMITTEL: reseee LY ENA AUardor milaana 40 Taotsladlua alte ing committees was rafc Ity eommiite orred Lo tho Committea on ADIOURNMENT, Mr, RAY offored a rasolution providing for aijourn- mont afne die on May 2, The Llouse rofuscd (o sus- poud tha rules, i Ve INTTEA' TALIG o205, DEADWELL ofoced n resclution Mnlling i by Vo julnutes, Nefvrredto tho ‘DrsomanazD, A resolution_disch phipsactation, dischorglog al coraaien clorka and Adjourned, NEW YORK. l:r‘ln Railwny Complicntions =="The Eight=-Iour Htriko Postponod=-Tho Uase of Stophon Englishe=lzobborien oud Assaultse-Miscollancous Local Newss | * Nrw Yonuw, April 20,—~Wall strect goesip ntl- mates that tho Erlo ond tho Atlantie & Groat Weatorn Tadlronds counot’ bo cousolidated. Oloso working or running arrangoments, on o pro rata busts, will bo es tablished botween thiom, 1t fa nlso sakl that Tweed, Discliofalicim, and Goldsmith knvo oponed tho rogu= lar Erlo campaign, Gould having gono *“short” of stock on ealea to iho Intior, who was “long,” Tho campnign fa to bo stfll further enlivoned, according to tho namo authority, by a war to be waged by BluchofTe- holtn, Erlo's London banker, on President Wataon, Twonty-soven dolegates from tho varlous trades unfons tho United Btates mot in_secrat session lust ovoninyr, and, after disoussion, rosolved Lo postnons sny oGt o enforco tho eiglit-hour rulo il 1674, i*ivo moro nallor boarding-houao koopora woro nre rested fo-day, Thene, togothior with thoso arrested 1ast night, woro admitfed to bail in $500 each, Tho ou- tiro Fourth Ward nccompaniod tho prisoncrs to tha Court, the Legialativo Commilteo on Oriovancea ‘To-dn) resumed the investigation of tho caso of Btopben Enge T s Salkin detagdt of hall on tho chirgn of. ba prelorzsd iy e winston, Prosfaont o o Mutual Lifo Insuranco Compsny, - Testi- mony wad taken .showlu fhat . tho allegations mado sgainst Ir, foston ond his ‘Oompany had no fouudation in fact. Robort Howell, * counsel for Ar, Winston, testified that tho bail ul’ $20,000 Mr, English ia required to furnish waa fixed by Judgo Darbour, without suggestion from him or any one conneoted with the Mutual Company, When Euglish heord of tho proccodings boforo Judge Bare Lour ho flod to Jorzoy City, where ho waa followed, and tho Oourts thero ordored him to fnd bal in $10,000, Proferring to be srrested in Now York, English re- turnod hore, snd accordingly wha lodged i5 jall in do- fault of bofl, In regard to ihe McCullough ‘inventiga- tion in 1870, tho witbesa testifiod that Tom Flelds showed him ' report domsging to tho Company, which was {o bo presentod fo flie Legllature, but s pubsequently hnd nn Intorviow with Flolds, which was arranged by Win, M, Tweed, and 8 more favorablo ro- port waa mado_to {lio Assombly, but no monoy waa paid to socuro tho change. 1In tho caso of tho widow of James Fisk, Jr,, ngainat ho Union Pacific Rattrond Company, Oredit Mobilior, and othors, N, W. Butlor, who clalma to Lo the owner of twenty-fivo sliares of stack, asked Judgo Blatolford t0-lay, through counsel, to bo permitted to interveno I tho auit and sbaro in thebenofits ; alao, thiat the puit ehall not o discontinued without niofied to him, Do- clnion ronorved, . - "Cho Doard of Audit allowed claling tolay to tho amoutit of $328,000. Judge Biatehford, to-dsy, denfod tho motion for o reduction of bail in the cato of ox-Senator Gralam in Ludlow Streot Jail, awalting irial on the chargo of Liav- ing, while President of tho Wallklll, N, ¥., National Daitk, ombezzlod patt of Ha funds, Tdtard Corrigan hns been arrostod on tho chargo of Lieing {ho person who, in August last, fired a stono Hhrough a window of tho saloon of o Fritz in Weat ¥ifty-sacond mtreot, killing tho dsughter of tho_lattor. Tho Coroner has ordered the arrest of Sergt, Wester- ‘man and Officer McDonusll on tho chargo of fatally clubbing Witliam Rehlsen, b4 “Chreo rivor piratcs, lnst night, went on board & bark 1ying nt Fonrth street, Enat River, clubbed the watch- ‘man into Insonsibliity, snd then rifled tho cabin, About_the same lour s kindling-wood factory st Avenuo B and Eighteenth strcot was broken into, and the watchman bound and gagged, Whilo tho thioves wero operating on the snfo, u confederato on guard an- nn'm;;:a tuo approach of the polico, and all got nway safoly. ‘Boinobody gavo pojnt Inst niglit to tho ridiculoun and threateniug letter sont during the week to Recorder Hecket by besmearing the frout of his house, Carl Schurz eniled for Europo to-dsy, A portion of the cargo and baggage of the passengers of 1o steamship Atlantic was landed Loro this aftor- noon, % Early thin osenlug Soraphia Sorpa and Sanuel Moo, tilla, Gubaus, rosiding tn Brooklyn, quarreled in o en-' loon in Atnidon lane, aud Sorpa sliot Alsutilla in tho Licad, inflicting & dangeroua wouud, SPRINGFIELD. Stabbed nt 0 Clroug--Ronlgnntiol IWholesnle Removal of Policomen: Personals Svectal Dispateh to The Chicago Trloune, SeaixorieLp, April 26,—Olnoy Olarity, who was stablicd tn the abdomen by Samucl Woods, in tho pa- vilion of the Great Eastern Clrcus, on yesterday, died from his wounds sbout daylight this morting, His ‘denth oceurred ot tho Homo for tho Friendless, Tho following ndditional particulars in regard to tho affair have come to our knowlodgo : On yesterday nftorncon ‘Woods, tho murderer, passed in and out of tho drees- ing-room, to which ddecnsod wea door-Keopor, & um- borof times, and took o position near tho ond of the nonts on the west sido of tho entrgnco to the ring, Whilo hero ho waa spproached by tHe deceased, nnd ordored to take o seat, which he declined to do., Tho doconned then ropliod. that by would, mako Lim mé down or kill im, and struck B on tho right cherk with his fiat, Tho prisoner then drow a knifq and g\nu&:d it fnto his abdomen, It is further atated thut Woods hiad previously had sevoral ‘ditilcultics with }thu decensed, had maltreated him, npfiucd spprobrious opttiots {o him, and threatoned {o kifl bim, ~ When in- formod of tho death of Clarity, Wood expressed groat regrot, but claims that blamne should not attach to hfin, 'Woods hed o proliminary examination to-dsy, and wan bound over {o tho Clrcult Court, which meota in this city next Monday. < ‘James 11, Raymond has_tendored hin rostgnation na Bocretsry of ihe Board of Railrosd and Warchouso CGominlsiloners to take, offcct jmmodiately, This res- fguation was tho result of a political preasuro upon the Commissfoncrs, who teatifly to his oxcellent quali- fications, but say that thoir party will not brook Lis long'> continuance in ofiice, James McGlsughlin, of Boone County, is to be Lis uccessor. Mayor Hay, of thia city, has opencd the ball by ro- moving tho old polico forco and appotnting tholr suc- consors, Thio old force, howovor, refuso o surrendor thir paraphornalla of dfiice, alleging tlat thoy cannot .bo suspendod until their succossora aro confirmed by tho Council, 1t will bo rersembored ihat tho Council ia Toegoly opubiican, rad 8 nio fight may bo ox- pected, y: ‘Gov. Doverldgo, sccompanied by Senator Logan, loft tho ity todoy for Ohicago, Gov. Loveridgo willnot roturn until noxt Tuesday, Mlrs. Doverldgo starta for New York on Mondl_lg’b mepau(n:fioo ealling for Europo on the 14th of Bho will bo pbeentsix ‘monthie, FIRES. Dentruction of Property in Various ®luces, Ponasours, O., April 25.—Tho storo nnd waro- ‘Touso belonging fo'tho Aadison Furnaco Company, nt Oak T, Olito, was destroyed by firo last night, orlgl- nating fn_the warchouso, whoro meat wus' boing swmoked. Loai $1,000 ; no fuauranco, MinDLETOWN, Os April 20.—The' barn of Martin Clavk, nour this cily, was deafroyed by firo Thuradsy mght! It containcd 160,000 pounds of fobscco aud & Totof farming utcoolls, Tiuired for $12,000, Mupims, Lenn,, Aptil 28,—A special to the dva- lanche sayy that thic town of Murlana, Axk,, was nesrly dostroyod by firo on 'Thursday, _Tho loss s estimated 2t $50,000, ~ Tha priucipnl losers woro W. 1T, Coller, Danks & Griffn, dry goods ; Nuuloy & Luilon, dvug store; nlao, the Pout-oilice and tolegraph oillco. 6 i Loulstana Afiairs. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribins, Nrw Yous, April 10.—A Washinglon spocial snys: 1t 14 Intimatell tn ofliefal elrcles that Gov, Kellogg's ac tion in sonding tho Btato militia futo_the Intozior of T.onfulnus {0 mnke arzosts and_proserve tlio ponco wus rought about by a bint from" Washingtos, thnt unlcss Botna atep wag tnken by tho Stato nuthioritfes ta_ malu= tain the peace, tho Fedoral Government would not feol it their duty to contiuuo to protoct them, Kellogg ws notifiod tht he wus oxpeetod to show wiore Urmnesa - iy tho adminstration of tho duties dovolving on_Lim, and not rely on boing kopt 1n oftlca by tho foreo of tho United Blates militars, “Another stya tht ntelligonco ws racelved thata to- iy from Now Orloang, to tho effect that tho Demo- Corats 10 Bt, Mary's Purlsh uro organtzing themaelves {nto militury coinpanics, Thoy a¥o srmed With Win- chester ropeating rificn, and parado tho town of Frauklin und ils suburba'in squads of fiftics, openly dofying the Courls, and {hrealoning the lives of tho Topubitenn oicerh, Tho oficers of tho companica Livocommisoions signed by Mcknery as Qoveruor, g Eiud 0f tho Wharton Onuc, TarTisong, April 20,—At Aunapolls, this morning, tho caco of Eiizaboth G, Wharton, indictod for at fompt to murder Eugeuo Van News, o stol wag eulered :.lyl Ih:o Proscouting Altorney, thus ending tho \Wherton rialo, —_————— Bronch of Promise, =« 8AN Fiiaworsao, April 20,—Tho caso of Misa Itellonn Frazer va, Thrift, for broach of prowmiso of marelugro, eau eonclidod to-night, Vordiet for tho plalntif for §12,000, Tho caso haw oxeitod much inlorcat horo, Turift is a woll-known lawyer, puiach e 4oy P RIRA Nayigation Xtems, Maormaw, April 20—Weather hazy s Hight wind from {ho northwest: (bormometor 64 degroes, Tho {to opposlto the Gulphins Point, and cxtonding enst 1o Ol Muckinao Yolut, {8 vory orous, ~Yestorday Sfternoon mido an opentug neatly two milea longs ani homilo wide, It 1 now dangerons o cross at any Dol ‘Iio propeliera o not n wight, pleasant; wind wost "Au AuLE, Aprl] 28,—Olear and p and light. Propeiior Luko Breeso, from liay City, s i oo, tying o ko o doce, o 1014 Viry eavy, A AusTry, April 20,—-Wind, norllest, lght, Tiyg Inko 14 packed With Ic5 as far as wo oan sce, Buuors, Ryel 20—Daapatohes tile ovouin from tho north indicato tho specdy otmulnu of navigation, ‘At durk four propollors wero abroast of McGulpiu Fornt, Biraita of Inckinaw, elowly working through, tho ico, fow dnys siuco, orrived fn Thunder Lay thls aftor- Zioon, baving sccoeded in reacking Dotour without ‘mootlng any sorious obstruotion, P vt aun Anril 97w aaflara? strika sommanaad ficra on Fridny afternoon for an incrento of wages from 8210820 yor duy. Boversl loadad sconcle, from which mon hind atriick will bo towed through to_ thelr deatination by tugs, Tho vessel Caplaina oxprean o determination to ronlst the airlke, and nro coniident of siiceess, Meannros havo heen faken by fho clty aue thorfties to proveut uny disturbance. -~ THE NEW COURT-HOUSE. To the Editor af The Clifeago Tribuno Bin: Your notico of what you permittod me to say 1n Bunday's Tninuss sbout tho nocessily of providing a morosuitablo location for tho conrt-rooms fu thonew Gourt-Houso thon s now proposcd, as being an im- portant uggestion, but porheps too Into, tompls mo to add gomothing furthor on tho samo subjoct, | manda of the peoplo, A% tho plan of tho proposed bullding bne not yob Leen ogreed op, ft 8 lardly too Into for dny uggeation ihat fa valusblo, 1£ thoso n chiargo can by any means bo provailed on to rocoguizo tho {mportanco aud justico of tho suggos- tion, 1t socma Jlke an obvious proposition that tho primary objact, #u buliding o ourl-Houss, i to provido s suil- ablo and proper placo for tho courta; aud that, n lo- cating tho court-room, caro should be tukon to mako tholr convenloncs poramount, and not suborduste, to ovorythint olso, But, in the arrangomont proponed, it really acoms {hat overything clie e been cared for firat; and tho courts Liave bocn pushed away in a lumpto the “un- appropriated apace” of tho eliy-floor, ne moro garrote Tubbish, Aftor ovorything snd averybody olse, down to tho humblest oficial aud clerk, {8 comfortably pro- vided for in tho convenient and acces jblo parts of tho ‘buflding, tho courts are permitted to occupy what 1a loft, 1o0t o genoral doslgn and nrrongement of rooms for tho bullding, upon which tho arehitocts wore {nvitod to figuro, wos proparod by the Board of Publlo Works and committecs from tho Common Council and County Cominlasionoers, It s mfe to sy Aliab vory fow ot thoso parsons . havae any oxperimontal Jmowledgo of tho uses of ocourts, and of tho convoniencos thoy re- quire, Anditis vory obvious that thoy nd chisfly in mind tho conventence of themsolves, aud tho familiara with whom they most aanoctato. Tha ground-plan of tho propoced bullding is very extonsive, covering nestly tho whola square, And tho elovation contemplatos o high basoment, ond threo itorics abovo that, The biscment i practically tho ground-floor story, 50 that to reach the so-called third story roquires throo flights of stafrs, and long onen. In tho_appropriation of offlces, tho cntire buflding 18 diatinction ‘usoless and absurd, sod which only gorvea to ald the schomo of Klvhl‘g tha bést placos to tho lean important officors, This fs a featuro which was handed down from tho old Court-House, —Indood, moat of tho features of tho arrangement of tho new ‘bullding soem to be carcfully copied from that patchads up abomination, the destruction of which was tlo only commondablo nchiovomont of tho Firs, Tho arrangement mado by tho aforesaid Commit. tors oppropristes tho Tooms of tho _soveral storfes ns follows. X loave out’ tho dis- tinction ‘botwoen city and county eides, and request you to italiciso sa I do tho thin, 0 which ‘wo shall considor as out of place, thiat is, as ot ontitled Yo moro favorabla location tha thio court-rooms: ‘Baoment—Tecordor of Deedn, large vault, Bhorfr, Engineer and_onting Dopartment, Polico aud Firo Departments, I’l{ Toom, Meter Dopartmont, Goa In- Bpoctor, Harbor Master, Btorage, aud suother Engl- noor's and Hoating Dopartmiout, - > FIUST BTORY, Mayor, Comptroller, City Troasurer, City Gollctor, o stomers o logyd of Publle. Worka, Seoretary af Tourd of Dublic Works, Hookkeeper of Ioard of Public Works, Water Department, City Clerk, County Troasurer and Colloctor, County Commissioners, Su- -pertntendent of Publie Charities, and tho Clerks of the Circuit, Supcrior, County, and Probate (7) Courls (whatover tho Probnto Court moy be, the County sud Trobato Courta bolug onoand {1 saimo), HECOND 8TORY, Corporatian Counscl, Superintendent 'Public Iivildings, Superintendent_of Draughting Department, Specinl Asseasment . Departmont, Scicerago Department, Board %/ Edweatlon, Public’ Library (not the hicago ~ I'ree Library, mind you, but o figment of tho imugination, not yet in oxistence, nor likaly to bo), County Court, Probato (7) Court, Law Library, Superintendent of Schools, County Surteyor, and Coroner. THID GTOLY, Typ Counrs and * unapproptlatod space,” slong with tha Buprome Court, Councll Chamber, Fire-Alarmn, and Board of Health, It ia strango how thal last namod_ * Board ¥ allowed themuelves to bo tuckoid sway over tho heads of the Sldeyulk, Sowerage, and Dranghting men, whon, by spoaking in timo, thoy gllgktt Jjustns woll havo had tho place of ihe County urt, " fow momont’ {ntelligent consldoration of that ar- rangoment will render comment unnecessary, Thero 15 no mothod, or wisdom, or justice init. Tho plain rule that should govorn in thoarraugement s, that tho placon that nocossarily domand thu ationdauca anil proa- enco of tho largost number of pooplo sliould havo tho ‘beat, most convenient snd_acceasiblo locations, nnd 8o o down tho neato; thoso that isvoto bo visitod but lit- tlo by the public, and which ouly neod to accommodato tho office-work of clorka snd ‘cmployes, should take ‘what {a loft aftor tho accommodation of the first-named, Anotber obvious rulo le, that, the Ligher any room s Jocated above the ground-floor, thie more fnconvenient, inacecnsiblo, and ovory way objeotionablo it fa. Theso Tulos prevall unlversally tn ordinary businoss arrange- ‘ments, Tho concern whoso busiuess demands that & Targo number of tho publie shall callin daily takes tho grownd-foor with th largost rent; tho buinbler indi- Sidual, who only wanta place to work, availa himselt of the choaper rent of thio third or fourth floor, and gels aloug Just as well, Is thero any reason ‘why thosorules should bLe turned topay-turvy in o building desiguod for public business, where procisely the samo reasons and conditions aro involved 7 Thero can be no doubt that tho court-rooma domand {ho daily presonce of moro pooplo than any othor do- partment of businces in that list,—immensoly more. Abd tue importanco and diguity of thelr functions are Ccertainly mot loss fhan suy other, Tako, for ex- amplo, any common-law branch of tho Circult or Buporlor Court, Thero must bo in conatautattendanco twenty-four jurors, or more, About Lwcnty cases aro 1iable to bo called overy day, bosides preliminary mo- tions and incidental business, iuvolving tho attondance oF watclful visitstion of, oy, fty Inwyors snd clerks, ond & hundred portjes litigant and witnosses, Much of tho timo tho thrun;f {s denso, Alliug tho rooms with {ho intercsted or waiting nitondants, and tho halls aud stalrways with tho comora and goors, And this con- 1inucs overy day tho wholo year round, oxcopt for tha short interyal of the sumimor vacation. Compared with them, the Collectors’ oflices are thronged, it is truo, for o month o two ovory ye but do but littlo busincss with tho public the remalnder of tho time, Yot it is proper they should o on tho first floor, Tho samode trueof the Comp- trollor, sud Treusuror, and Mayor, and tho pes-oflice of the Wator Dopartmont. Lot thom romata on tha first floor, | Tho Commissionors of tho Bonrd of Publio Works aro to bo reached by numerous contractors and omployos of tho city, snd thoso who Layve to do with publio jobs,—a stalwart class and used to climbing, hose gentfomen hava a potant voico in this now Court- ilouso bLusinces, but,. aa they do not furnish tho funds, and aro_ pofd & salary for all thoy do, thoy should not make the mlstako of suppos~ jug that the wholo thing bolongs to them, TNor sliould thoy suppose, as they evidently have done, that tho fmporiance of their ofiico {8 at all to bo come pared with that of tha courts, Dut what is to bo sald of putting thelr bookkeoper nud_sccrotary, and tho whole clerical forco-of tho Water Dopartment, iu tho very best places? And what of locating thoe County Commissioners on {hie first floor, when thoy only meet For an aftornoon onco a weok or logh, bud thelr ace- slons requiro tho attondance of mo one but them- selyes 7 It plainly domoustrates that, attaching an ‘oxaggerated fmportance to themsolves, and having tho power, thelr Committes have simply \Iallrfvl.'d {ite hout pinco, fustead of boing content with a third- floor location, ns tho fitucss of things requirad. TTho mistako ia apparent, elso, of supposing that tha Qlorks of the courts desorvo places Inore convenient to the publio than tho courts themnclven, Thoy are not Visited, by, perhap, ono-bilt 1o Ay’ peaple, ondit cithor §s {0 be subordinutod, lot it ba the Olerka, It is donlrable, If possible, to have them convenfent to tho caurts, and quite as necessary, uo doubt, us it {atobave fhcir bookkooper noar tho Doard of Publle Worke, ‘Conglder, agnin, tholiat located on thio socond floor,— il of thom unfmportant ofiicials, in tho senzo that thoy are brought into but 1itlo coutact with tho rr\lb— Jie, und ouly uoed plicen to do thefr work In u privaty way ; end yot tho humblest serlbo or draughtsnien of thom ol i ony way connected with city or county \Work, 1h nesigued a placa ranking i convenlonco aud comfort higher tha that of tho courla, Jt 0 very clenr 1hiat tho gotlers-up of tho acrange- ment elther bLed no idea of what a Courte Jlouss should be, or oo o proper yegard for tho otornal fitness of things, or the ust de- Ingo_important a mattor sa desfgnating the location and_arrangomonts of the consts, thoy shiculd havo consulted with Lo Judges,ox- Judge’, nud exporionced mombers af the Bar, and al- lowed some voice to thoso who know about such things from oxporience, and luvo on fnterest in seelng thist 1o vighis of thio'publla in theno things aro cared o, 1t von a utriling commentary on tho {gnoraico of {heso committeos about the requirements of courls, Ahut one nrchiteet proped his way to tho discovery that largo number of roomn needed ms adjunets (o tho courts biad Loon left out of the oficlul arrangement entiroly,~thirty-two, bo said, though that number ‘svomn pxaggoratod. 'And hio, ‘nftno of tho arcbifects, figured thoso rooms 1 o Lio'beat._could, and, in &0 City Attorne: o “Slreeta and” Sideealts, Engineer's Department, doingr, traueferred tho chmncery-roows to the gecond floor,—ti:at agafn allustrating - how Hitle ho know about it funsmuch ss it 48 far moro fmportant tohavo tho commou-law raons convenient to th publio than in tho cago of tho chan- cery room, o proposed_arrangoment should bo thoroughly overlmuled and vendjusted by sonto porson who Jinvo sowo fea of whatn Court-louso showld bo, Tho Common-Lav: Court rooms, Gounty Court, and Probata Goutt rooms (if thore {8 to b sucl & court) should firat bo proporly Jocated on fho flrst foor: and thero i ho neod” of w mico dlstinction belweou elly oud county eido, Tho city s cortuin 1y {ntorented In providing & proper placa for_courts, Tl Colluetors of taxes, ity Comptrollor, and, per- Linpo, tho Urosaurer’s and Mayor's oflcos, ehould 1o on the sawo floor, Phen, noxt in_importaice, tho Olerks of, Gouty, snd tho yaulls contadning’ thely records Hliould bo accommodatod sn convenlontly nost tho Courts us the opaco will purnilt, 'Llio chisucory-roome hauld bo plncod not prghor han tho socond fidor ; und thoHupromo Court might romain on o lbird ioor, up {hoir sosslona occupy biit ulort thmo fn {ha oar! ‘Ihon all th other oliclals should bo located "Mhio stonmer Kowoonaw, which loft liora a'| | thio ordor of thiplr relativo fmportauco to (Lo public thio mout pribllo being ausigned tho moat convonten! acon—having a v alwass (ho rule that tho most nporlant publio placos should be well locatod first o loss uuportant blug auaignod to tho localitios tha are 0 Tha changes suzacatod. it 1 suovosed, do not nocoss divided in themiddlo into n cltysido and county side,—, sarily tnyolvo any matorinl chango 10 the plans of tho Toposod bullding,—mercly f rearrangement of pinces. BAOIt oy doy Tt tho chonges fn{lio plans Lo ‘mado, and 10t tho * rehitecturo # of tho bullding con- form itsole to tho ugos and purposes for which tho ullding is fatonded, Do o Oourl-Tionro s to cost an immenno sum of moiiey, whish hio twx-pnyers must ray s wuditle o tanid Zor il time, o at lenat until tha noxt general Sonfingeation, Let 1 havo an edifico winoly contrived £0 subeorve tho convenlenco of thuzo who pay for it, Bud who munt. trananct Dusinoss - thore, and et ond Hhiat witl bo & atanding offonso to all idons of fitneas, Jualtco, aud convenionce Lex, e, CAIRO. Stenmbont Mate Murdered by & Decls slnnd--Total Louw of o X3arge. Snecial Dispateh to The Chicago Triduna, 0OAtno, TIL,, April 20,—Last Thuradoy night, whilo thosteamer Grand Towor woa lying at this port, o ne- gro roustabout, nomed Bllly Brown, slias ¢ Yollow Man," formatly omploged on thiat ateamer, waylaid tho Tirot Mato, Mr, Thomas Doylo, and struck him a tec- riblo blow on the head with a billet of wood, inflicting injuries from which ho lns sinco dled. It mooms tbhat. Doylo had diechargod DBrown o trip or two ngo, for: creating troublo on tho boat, Brown thought ho wauld get ovon with him by killlog him, Brown at tho tmo mado bis cacape, but wna ca turod in this city to-dsy by Oblef of Police Melfall, On his way to jaif he wn¥ofluml to striking Doylo, but snya hie did not intond to kill htm, Tho ovidonco is strong against bim. 1t {6 undorstood Lint the bargo Msy Loury, loaded svith iram oo, Which was wank tho AtlsswaIpL Tivor botwoon hore and Commerco o fow days sgo, will likely provestolalloas, Blo was valued at about $9,000, FOREIGN. SPAIN, 3 Pants, April 20,—A Madrid dispatch deniea that tho .Commune s boon prociaimod in Bpatn, 3 MADRID, April 20,—The offlolal Guzefts annotnces {hnt Don Alfonso, brothor of Don Oarlos, sccompantod by i stem; -crossea ‘uto_rrance from Spaim on Wodnosday lsst, Tho Corlisls lave beon defonted voral tlimes rocontly. In ona engagoment their loss ‘waa ovor 100 men, TRumors of amodification of tho Ministry aro current. 1t 1 sid th o prosent Govornment, with tho oxcaption of Figuorsa, Pl y Margall, and Caatotar, will rotire, and Oontrerne, Estobauoz, Garcl, Lopoz, and Risps, oF ofher sdvamced Fadorallts, will succesd tho rairing ombors, ——— HOLLAND." - Tre Haaus, April 20.—Tle Governmont has or- dored fourtoce steamord {o, prococd tmnadlataly fo Sumatrs, and co-oporate ‘with tho Duteh troops in tholr movemonta ngainst the Achincso, Tho vessels will carry larga quantity of smmunifion sad srms for tho troops. & i GREAT BRITAIN: Toxmow, April 26.—The London Republicans havo underlaken tho prosecution of (he Oarlist Committeo in this city who aro collacting funds for Don Carlos, aa §t I clatmed to bo in violation of intornational law, © ——— CUBA. 4 HAvARA, April 20,—Tho Tribuno yostorday attacked tho prosont aystem of oducation 1h Hovans and tho Junta, whick iss ombargood the property of the Ou- bans, and says it will give thoir names, Tho Z'ribuno alko ndvises the poopla to abstain from playing in tho Havnus Iottory, Gon, Rigelusme has boon ordored to return to Spain, Tho Havana journals confirm tho burning of Aura, :ml (ht; killing of somo of thoinhabitants by tho fu- urgents, THE INDIANS. Scnlping-finives for the Rod-Sking-= Ehe Orcgon Indions vn the Wars Path--Nothing Curther from the Modocs==The Novadn Plutcs Mean Tischicf. New Yong, April 20,~The Purchaning Committeo of thio Board of Tndian Commigsloners Liave contracled for 1,600 dozon biitoher-knivcasnd 120 dozen skinning {acalping?) kuives, smong tho other articlea to be fur- Dislied to tho Indins, . WasuiNoToN, April 2 mic, Col,, roporta {ho wounding of anothier by taibo, ! A% Fraxoisco, Apeil 26,—A dlspatch from Dozt 1and lnst night soyo thiat tho Indians who rocently left tho Yahima resorvation havo mado thelr appenrance In the Lowls Tlver . sottlontents rrayed in war paint. X'goneral outbrenk in Fastern Oregon a feared, Tho Bottlers requeat to bo furnished with arme by tho Gov- ornor of tlio Stato, Nolater newa bas been received from tho lava-bed, Thero will probably by no courler at Yreka beforo Tucaly, Goverunient niessougors ouly paes the routo at presont, Vinorxth, Nov., April 20.—1t {6 roported that a num- Der of young Pluto bucks, who spent tlio winteraniong tha cctilomonta {u thia portion of tho Stato, latcly die- appoared well urined and mountod. it 18 Bupe pored they liase gono to ol tl Kieln ‘Mountala ands, north of {ho Pallssdes, from whom troubla 18 sutfolpated, Sigual fivos havo beon noticed in the mountaing eartwerd and southward for sovaral nighta past. Tho Indluna hioroabouta profoas {gnoranca Con= ceruing thom, A largo number of Plutes oo atill in thia viclnity, perfectly quict g e o . ST. LOUIS. A Jowolry RRobber-=mBusiness Fallurose Penltentinry Labor. B1% Louis, April. 20,—It has boen ascortained that Leroy Bwift, who robbed Buddek Johnson of £4,000 Worth of jowelry, night boforo Iast, on tho Pacific oad botweon lero nnd Keusas City, is not, nnd hiag not Deen, in the omploy of Eldridge, Dunham & .Co., Now York, ne ropresonted by I, ~Yfo is, no doubt, an pert'thief, who followed Johneon, waiting fof sn op portunity torob him, 1fo s described nn about $3 yenrs old, fivo fect ten inclica Ligh, slimly bullt lse rown hait, and sandy whiskors and moustachio, Tho failure of James A, Ward, a pork-packer, of Rangus City, Mo, is sunounced, Tho Inspectors of tho Missourl Ponitentlory havo boon motified of an spplication for an (njunciion to Testrain them from lcasing the conyict labor of that prison, aa provided by thoackof tho Legielatura last winter, Tho Indian Agent at Lara- Ing of ano man and the cconjaus, nt.l).m Bioux —_— Railrond Nows, Srnzator, Tll, April 20.—Col. Ralph Plumb, of this Iaco, tho well-known railrond builder, returned last huraday night after a four months’ visit to Europe. The objcet of his journoy was to disposo of Chicago & Paducah Railroad bonds, $3,600,000 of which Lio placed in London, thussecuring the immediate prosecution of the road, sixty-four milea of which aronow constructs ed. This liue runs from Pontino and Streator, vin Falrbury, Monticollo, and Sullivan, to Flors, on the Boutheastern Raliway, a distance of 200 miles, and i regarded o most important outlet for tho coal product of thia place, ; Oathith, April 20,—Tho Midlsnd Rallroad Compauy have delermiued to bulld a vranch from Otoo Connty to n polnt in Kaneas oppasite B, Josoph ; alao a branch from Boward ox York County through tho unorgau. izod countioa of tho Stato_to point on the mortiorn boundary of Nebrazka, Leroaftor to be desiguated, “Tho smondatory articlos’ of fncorporation hovo beou filed in the ofMce of the Bectetary of State, Jouter, Til,, April 20.~T'wo survoya of fho Jollot & Valparaiso Railroad have Leen completed, Tho first 1line paescs through the township of Now Lunnoxd Will County, and tho villages of Moneo, Orete, i Orown Yolnd, Ind, This lino crosses tha linls Con- Aral, tho Ohicagd, Dauvillo & Vincenncs, aud the ‘Great Jastorn Ratlroads, and conneota st Valparaiso with tho Dittabusgls, Fort Wayno & Chicago Ruflroad, and tho Pouinsular Ratiway,” Tho roturn lino pasacs through Centerville, Ind., crossos tho Stato lio at Dyor ftation, touches tho village of Rick, Cook Coun: ty, and Moueo, Will flcunt{. The longth of tho roa wiil Lo about fifty-threo milos, and the catimated coat of its construction s $20,000 per mile. Special Dispateh to I'he Chicago Tribune, Kaxsas Crry, April 26,—~Tho auit ponding s ainat {ho Kanusas City & 8t. Loufs Narrow-Gaugo Rafiroud Compony was decided in favor of the Rallroad Com- pany to-dny, and a poremptory order given for tho sounty Qourt to jusno the bonds, ~ Contractors ‘will bo Kut upon tLo work at ouco ‘Dbolween Lere and Indepen- enco. Speetal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Lrxcory, Neb,, April 26,—I'he Midland Pavific Rafl- road a to Lo oxtended tu a point opposite 8t. Josepb, und to tho northorn Nmitaof tho Stato of Nubras Tho Board of Diroctors declded upon bullding thote ‘branclios yeaterday, I'he rond, when thus comploted, Tt bo ono of tho shosttmportaht vest of tho Misaour} vor, Special Dispatels to The Chicago Tribune, SrnuxarrzLp, Iil,, Aptil 30.—Tho Toledo, Thiornton & Bt, Louls Air Line, and the 8t, Louis, Bholbyyillo & Detroit Rallroads have beon cousolidated, aud now form tho ‘Puledo & St, Louis Rallroad, The rond ls to b bLuilt from Dotrolt to 8t Louis, Oapilal tock $1,250,000, —— e 'Tho Grent Stornie Spectal Disvatch to The Chicago Tribune. L1x00LH, Neb,, April 20,—Accounts ‘from tho storm in thy Weat ora' tlil comiug iv, and oxhiblt o moro frighitul loca of lifo tunn ot fivat aupposed, Comie musileation Just opened with thls soctlon shows thnt men frozo to deuth s fow roda from thoir houses whila trylug to save tholr stock, e e Post=Offico RRobbor Sentenced. TopExa, Kuu,, April 20.—Tho Durlington, Kaneas, Pout-Oflics reblbiry enso, Whicls hns excitod much fntor- oat, waa Ainshed {o-duy in tho United States District Cotiet by {ho sentouco of the aceusod, Jaspor N, Geosoys to pay w nominul fluo and costs, aid fo servo four yoars fu thio Venitoutiar, —_———. Acquittod. Mearenrs, April 20,—Corry Walters, who killed fipiko Nolow, in Jinchwai’s salooil, last summer, wag ace auitelt losdny, G100, April 20,—Tho trlal of Ioflman, for the mur- dor of Tubbg, in {his county, reaultod lust night fn bis acquittal, B Enuk Susponsion. Mearers, Tonn,, April 20,—Tho Memphis Lifa and Goneral Insurancd Lank, D, 1, Mallory, Presidont, suspended thfa morning, with liabilitles of 333,000, which, it 1 sald, aro fully seoured Ly the nasols, _— . —— — Two Iloys Drownoils Ouyrox, Tn,, April 20.—At Fulton, Ill, this aftor Roon two Boyiof D, W, lirown, and tho eldvst son of 0! Snydof, whose nges ravge from 8 {o 13 yoars, woro i o skiff noar tho Weatern Union Haflroad bridgo, and, by ncoldent, wore procipitated futo tho water. Tho son of W, O, Bovisr aluna to’tha Loat, Lyt th ?.um ::lnl“w.‘rlnm: And rers drowned, Mrfi’nrnwg connln, 1n tho emplo; Chicago Rocitiwoatorn Daiirond Gomprryy o7 0f to Colcte o s TMecnpture of an Bscaped Murdorer, Prrranunar, April 20.—Tho Chroniele's Wask:ington (@a,) apeclal wugw tiat Bileclntud, tha convioted it der. .or, Who rucontly oacaped from tho jafl in thut placo, wis reenptured yostorday ovening, in n barn near Cole Hor's Btatlon, Weat Virginia, by two brotliers naimed Caldwoll, They had gono' {o the barn to feod thole stack, and noticing {hat Aomo ono had becu in the mow, mado an_oxaminntion, ‘and ! found Lriceland under tho hny, o prisoncr fuedo o offrt to eicapo, and wag returned to tho juil thin morntug, 1o cone fensod thil pomo porron furnjelied him with o koifo duriug hin trinl {n the Court-House, with which Lo cut tho moulds for tho oy, but wil glvo no nownes. MARINE. PORT OF CHICAGO = 3 JApril 20, Stme Gorons, Bt Jonoph, 48 bxs ond v, 8 dend bidgs, 16 ks Curnips, ! Behr Ll Torapo, 3aniatee, 140 m ¢ lnmbor, Behir Coral, Lincoln, 100 m {t lumber, Bchr Ohatmplon, Konosha, 85 yds sand, Dark Groat West No, 2, Horn's Tier, 3,860 tilen, 1,200 telograph poles, 600 codnr posts, 27 bu patatocs, Schr G, Knapp, Ludington, 180 m ft Jambor, Bark R, J. Banborn, Ludington, 170 m £ lumber, Sohr Confoat, Holland, 60 m 1t Hardwood lumbor. Bchr Ellza Dhy, Ludington, 110 m £ pitio lumber, Bohr Whirlwind, Ludington, 100 m £t pino lumber, Bohr Livo Oak, Maniatos, 160 m ft lumber, Bebr Binal, Ludington, 100 m ft lumber, Bebr U, 8.’ Grant, Ludington, 150 m ft lambor, Aohr Australls, Jacksonport, 8,000 posta, Solur Coral, Likcols, 100 m f lumber. Al Liereannes il Stumr Garons, Bt Josopt, 117 pigs ocerionT phes dry goods, 121 pkga hardware, 13 brla ofl, 60 kege beer, 2 horses and buggie, fchr B, G, Gray, Muskegon, light, Drig Pilgrim, Muskegon, Ught, 8clir A, A, Boers, Muskegon, light, Behr W, Hawkine, Maniatoo, lighte el Ralofgh, Mahistco, lght, bk v T, . Riarsout, Maniu g:l.du 18 & Yonon, Taals, S0 b corn, op William 1. Graves, Buffalo, 43,007 bu corn. Bark Jymes Couol, Bifalo, 81,190 480 b corn, o, 2, Bark J, P, Mocch, Buffalo, 20,500 bu corn, Ne Hehr Mary Morritt, Port Golliorne, w.nm’u%‘l?\'n corn, No, 2. Sehr Coral, Lincoln, light. Behe Ellz Dy, ‘f.u‘{;nmfl. lght. neen of thio West, Horn's Plor, b Schr Contest, Hotland, ight, s lght Bark Groat West, Horn's Pler, light, Bchr J, Hibbard, White Lake, light, Behr Whirlwind, Ludington, 1 Belix U, 8, Gran, Ludigton, i schr G, Knopp, Lndington 8chr I, O, Albrocht, Maniatec, light, Schr Australia, Manistee, light, i Tark R, 4. Banborn, Manlstee, 10 tons hay, 8chr Champion, Waukegan, light, Bebir @. G, Cooper, Buffalo, 22,830 bu corn, Behr Oitor, Collingwood, 13,008 24-56 bu corn. FROM THE STRAITS. MiOETRAW, April 26,—Hnzy ; wind northweat ; lght 5 thermomeoter, 54 ; ico opposito McGulpin's Point, and extending oast toold Mackinaw Point, very porous, Tgelorday . m, vind mado an opeufog ncarly twd leu long and » milo wide, now dangorous to- crosa way yolnt, Fropsliers not [n sight. - Au BaDuE, April 20.—Wenther clear; plossant, Wind swoat ; ifght, Propollor Lako Dreozo, from Bay gity, ono sl G (ryiug {omako dock, Ieo. very cavy. ~Pont Austry, Aprl 20,—Wind northwest ; lght Lok packed with 165 58 £or 20 bt e A lottor, datod Oconto, April 24, says: * Capt. Boyer wonf up to_{ho mast-head yesterday, and en; 1he bay 18 clear of ice out about fivo miles from shoro, Tho northeast and _caat wind hna driven a_body of floating fco inon shoro this ‘sido of Feshtigo Point. ‘This body of icols about five miles wido, Teaching: along this shore, but outside of that, the bay scemed to) Do clear, Sont® Indisus camo up from Peshtigo har- bor yentorday, aud roportod tho bay all cloar north of Pealitigo Point, 1t, n, light, gt LAKE FREIGHTS. ero dull and lower, with no chartors ; quotablo at 11@12 for corn to Buifalo, with_shippera and carricra trying lard to nway tho market to suit their own viows, Tates of steam to Kingston oxo 180 for wheat. LUMBER FREIGHTS, Manisteo, §.00; Ludington, $2.16; Muskegon, $2.603 Ocouto, £4,60; Menominco, $,35@3.60; Yentwator, £2,75@3.00; White Rivor, $3.76@3,00; Grand Haven, $205@200} Baugatuck, $2.50 3 Boy City, coming u, .60, - ‘Halt from Saginaw at 20@25c per brl, ATEMS, . Crtoado, April 27.—A- dispatch recoivod horo lnst cvening states that tho Straita of Mackinaw aro open for thio scapon, threo propellcra having pasacd through to tho westward yesterday, This makes tho n{:flnlna ono day carlier than leat year; but it is thougl it that . thio pasango will not bo eafo for sall vessela for two oF threo days yot. The propeller Annio Young, with 22,000 ‘bu of wheat - and othor freight, left for Buffalo to-day, touching ot Mfiwaukeo to receivo tho romednder of hor cargo, glfl; I‘u the first vessol to loave this port this scason for uffalo, " Bovoral safl vessels fntend leaving for Buffalo to- ‘morrow, and probably o larga part of tho grain floot ‘will start this week, “Tho schooner Amcrican Union was pulled off thobed ¢f toxivar sesterday, by tho unltod offorta of three ugs, A gontleman who arrived horo this morning from Olovéland, ond was ju Buficlo on Friday, states that {ho tug 8, E, Brysnt, with sevoral lako Captains on ‘board, wna out inspecting the iev at Buflalo, and the) proushiuced lc prospect of a2 carly oponing not ot favorable, Local arcights from Builalo to Chicago aro roported firm at $1,00@1,10, The 8, T, Atwater and sov- ‘eral ofhior versals have left Dutfelo light, via Chippowa and Port Colborne, for Cloveland, to oad for Chicago. Tho schooner Guiding Star from” Oawego has arrived. at Detroit, and will load grain for tho ssmo port. 'A sailor named Francis McCavitt fell from tho main topimast of tho sclioouer Thomaa H, Mott, ot Buffalo, 1ast Thursday, and was 80 sovorely injurcd thatlois - ot expected to recaver. Tho ice {8 now moving nwnfl from this eido of Lake Michigan, ond it is thought that it cnnnot much longer * finpodo navigation on tho lake, The bolt s sald to bo narrow, and as it drifts out into tho lako it will gradu- ally break up and dissppesr, Tho boats of tho Goods rich Transportation Company huve resumod their trips to Milwaukop snd Aanitowoo, and probably sall yessels will boablo to do so fu n fow days. Advices from Yacanaba are that thero is no prospoct of a veascl gotting thore for a_waek yet, ot least, The_ schooner Fashion, which Ioft this port for - Muskogon, Monday Inst, ‘bns not been heard from, . Bho is supposed to bo fast in tho ice somowhero, Fivo ethooners aro zoported to boin tlio lco near Milwaukeo, A Jetter rocelved liere from a Captain who recontly * mado o irip on Lako Erle, says {hat thero i moro ico T3 tho Iako than_bo ever 8e before, and {ho prospocts of an early entrance into Bufialo aro not at all flutter- ing, Tlo doptn of water ot tho mouth of Black River Ja - growing less and less each year, nnd tho current in Changing tho conformation of tho botom both above and below Black River, Thaonly cortain way to avold it fa to go around, and if pilots” wili do that they will oftentimea eave hundreds of dollars thoreby.—Afil- teaukes Sentinel, ‘Iho Oconto plor, according to tho Reporter, has been dgatrogod by the'ico, The plor and road cost tho city ‘about $3,000. "Tho Anclior ling of ateamers will ply botwoon Ohfea= goand Bufinlo, It g beon orrongoualy reported tlat $5wmo of thom would run between Chicaga and Duluthi, Tho acow Vampyro lsa been got off ~Chickanola Reef by thio tug Mytlo, Tho now steam-bargo built Ly Capt. G. W, Jonoa at Sringwells was launched on Thursday, sud was named. o Nahant, “Mariue wrecking on tho lalies hns sssumed suchmog- pitudo of Iatoyeurn s to domand a lnrgo sharo of at- - fontlon durlug tho ecason of vavigation, and may bo - considered now ns reduced to naclenco, “Ilio steamer Rowaonaw, {rom Dotrolf, {3 on her way to Dotour, Bbo found tho Canadn sido of Lako Hurod open. 5 l()1: t. Dickson, of the propeller China, says tho feo is 8 feet thick alongaide hiw propolicr in the Lurbor of Aar~ gl\lullc, ‘and ho thinks navigation will not open beforo [0y 15, ‘a0 propellers Fisk, Juva, and Colorado, of tho Union Lino, left Clovcland on'tho 24th inst, for Chico~ go nud Milwankee, Tho propeller Cnldwoll starts from Clovoland for - Cnleago on Sunday night, o ruu on tho Chicago and Surnlac routo, "Pho schooner Montauk, which left the Welland Canal on the 216t inst,, arrived hero yestorday st 1 o'clock, after o hazardous oxperienco tlirough ico folda noerly tho entiro distance, Blo found no (ficulty until wost of Long Poliit, where £ho becsme entanglad f the fco, ylileh drove her from her course and causod hier cons - siderablo detontion, These diflicultics lustod until shio yeached tho locality of Port Stanley, when a cloar pase Eaga was found fof tho romaindor of the voyago, Capt, Barry saya bo would not sgafn ruu tho hazard of such ® Lrip for tho vatue of his vessel and corgo, Iods of the opinfon that s weatorly wind would aguin clogo the nossago to the cunal for the nest two wecks, snd that rom tho upper end of Long Toint tho ice, 121013 inchics (hick, covern tho entiro Jake, - After u shiort do- Iny hexe, the Moutauk procceded on to Ohicago,—Dee troit Jost, Mcasre, Bafloy & Drollicrs, of Toledo, hinva signed contrncts for thio construction ot anammoth bark for Sooearn. Wiloox & Lockwood, of Milau, tho keel far - Mhiels fu niready Inid, Tho veasol Liaa r Jongth over all of 173 feet, 93 foet, breadth of beam, and 18 fuet depth of hold, sud ‘will, it Is estimated, bo of ahout 700 tong burden, or in other, ‘words, lnvo a_tonnage tflxllcfl? of 35,00 Liw of corn, Tho crit & {0 Lo atloxt by tho S0tk Uy, ana will coat, when full xigged, b tho vicinity - 56 850,000, Tho veouol will Lo sailed by Capt, Willlam's, ong of thobuilders, nnd a_full-slzed canal schooner - Hiag been commenced for Messre, Ourtia & Allon, Thor eruft will bo 143 fect fn length, 26 fect breadth of beam, 13 feot depth of hold, and cost $20,000 to $27,000, Tho « Yoznel, 1L 31 oxpocted Wil bo reudy for Inunchingabout iho 16} of August, A tug ond bugo aro ulso to be Inutiehiod feom (hia yurd koon, At present 148 men are manw.,a Dy thie abiave firm, ‘Mr, Webster, foreman of linrbor linprovement works, . took eonndings of the channel at Two Rivers last wouk, with the following result : Four feot from fusido - fico of west pler he found {ho mininun depthof * water in tho chaunel to bo 0 4-10 foet § maximuim, 11 fuot ; tho greatost depth commencing 80 foot fram shoro end, laating for nbout 100 feot, then gradunily dimintshing il minimum i reachiod st about 400 feot ; from atorgy whon i graduslly fncrouse till neasly tho maxinum {s sgnin atinined ot thooxfrono_lake ond of * (ho pler, whick $a nearly ono thousaud foot in lougth. Twenty-five feot from iuside fnco of west pler the. minfmum depth s 0 5-10 feet ; tho maximum, 0 6-10 fect, Tho abovo sonudings wero taken at intervals of - 53 foot, correaponding with tho longth of soctions tn tho plor, and extending twonty-vlght scctions, tha: whole length, Mr, Webster also’reports tho wator in: tho lake 4wo fnchios Jower un an average than th avens ago lags noazon at tlis place.~Chron