Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, May 8, 1873, Page 2

2 o . ' THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, MAY s, 1%, - THE SOUTH.’ A Protest Against the Illiberal COonduot of Some Northerners, Letter from an Ex-Officer of the j Union Army, ¥ . ATLANTA, Gn,, April 25, 1673, b the Bditor of The Chicago Tribune: Bm: Asa Northorn man who has rosided in the South for the past elght yoars, I thank you for tho liberal gontimenta you are 8o ably advo- cating o8 to tho proper course to bo pursued by tho Northorn people towards their Southorn brethren, It would indoed bo woll for every Northern man (and his family) who has boped to fmprova his conditton In life, or hie (or their) hoalths by living in n mildor climato, if your pa- por woro tha weokly visitor of overy homo in tho Bouth, . You even could not renlize how unplesant it 10 to straightforward Northorn resldonts of tho Houthorn Btatos, who are idontifylng themaslyes with tho Intorcsts of tho Southern pooplo, snd aro “dally rocolving increaged marks of confl- donco, to 8ee thoso peoplo annoyed and har-. assed by UNGENEROUS, CONTEMPTIDLE FLINGS, moddlesome, uncalled-for inalnuations, about tholr want of patriotism, their hntred of tho . Goneral Government, thoir universal Ignorance and shiftlossnass, their dislike and ill-treatmont of Northorn peoplo living amongst them,—thelr oven forcing thom, by destroying thelr property and by keoping them out of socloty, to lenvo tho South, Now, it {8 possblo that your intelligent, 1iberalty-oducated citizons atill bollove and swal- low all’ theso cxnggorated misroprosentations or without making any al- ith doubts Jthaubeny J tarting nnd lowanco for the many reasons for s promulgating thom ? Bofore, and especially durlnq. tho War, tho Northorn peoplo wora 1ot only indoctrinated b politicians, but by many philanthropists, witl sontimonts woll cnloulated to causo o want of confldence in tho good intontions and tho honenty of all clnaenfll of flélo Emtélmn‘i 1&0[3,0. Slavol was, ut, consldoro y tho mass ryof the Nmmm' people to bo a mad, you, tarrible, calamity (I thioug t 50) ; Whilo this. oplo thought othorwise, Their raasons for ae mllnving wero not only questioned, but ridi- culed ; and, whon the War was tlio rosult, wo all (count myrolf in) doubted hoir honosty in doing aa they did. 1 DO NOT NOW, Natural consequonces only followed. They woro oxnaperated because of Northern intorfer- enco with what thoy folt wore thoir rights ; and they fought like tigors for thouo rights, as thoy gaw them. They looked with theit eyes, not with ours. Eight yoors' cloge obsorvation, and an Intimato acquaintanco with many Confederato officers, and with many of the leading citizons of Tonnesseo and Goorgin, Wwhose whols souls wero with tho movement which aroused and halgud to carry on the War, convinco mo that, whon all waa ovor,—whon Gens, Loo and Johnston eurren- dored,—all parties had fully mado up their minds to ACCEPT HEARTILY TIE TERMS OF PEACE, 28 foresbndowed by Gons. Grant and Sherman, {0 conduot thomselyes in accordance with them, and to so advise their poople and soldiery, Iam oqually satisfied that nu u:.r\Y and plonsant eat- tlement of our national and Jocar troubles would havo beon brought about if a set of unprincipled, thioving NORTHERN ADVENTURERS, who had no standing at homo,—not a chance for political proferment,—had nct come down into tho South, and sought and reached publio pinces overywhero by appealing to the lowest foolings of the culorad Eopulntinu,—by daily ox- citing projudices onr tholr part towsids theic _~1{urwvr masters, to such an oxtent as to endanger the lives of tho latter, and tho safety of their pro]i‘urty. ‘The many murders, and tho daily work of the incendiary, for a timo vorified be- yond question that fact.) Then, upon the vory foot-prints of thoso dark dnys, to have Cungreuelounl onactmonts rapidly following each othor, looking not only to dis~ froating the good intontions of ono and all of thus poople, but to taking m\'nix from them evon the possxbiflty for the timo being to rogulate TUZIN INTERNAL AFFATRS, was, to eay tho least, hard to bear. — Bitt, when * the littlo tho Statos, counties, and citica had Ioft wos not only misapplied, but oven destroyed or stolon, 18 it to bo wondored nt that this peo- lo should have abhorrod thoso in power, and looked with distrust upon ovory one from the North l that thoy should think it wiss to wateh all of them, and provo their good intoutions and geuoral character DY THEIR ACTS before receiving them into full confidence, and extending to thow the private and plonsing re- lations of their home saciety ? It is all nonsenso to publish to the world that thoy never recognize, socially, tho Northorn gen- tleman and lady. 1 KNOW THAT 18 NOT 5O, On tho contrary, I know of many instances whore Southern “gentlemen and ladios have put themselves out of their way to oxtond courtesics to Northern peorsons of good standing, that had boen found to be gontlemen and ladies, Itis with Northorn mon and womon to mako their * positlons (it may take somo timo). Itisgoall over tho Northern and Western Btates, and why should it not be so Liore ? Your soclety domanda porsont to bo well introduced, or to have proven- thomaclves wortby of confldence, before they aro roceived in o vocial way ; and yol, judging from tho tone of many of the Northorn press, these swoll-ostablished ‘and very correct rutes of your society must Lo ontirely ignored by this peopla. And havo thoy not much greater reason for ‘moving coutiously? Thoy cortninly Laye bad mnny positive proofs of new-comers turning out badly.” Their ondonvors to encourage immigra~ tion and tho bringing of capital into their midat have been abusod and misunderstood. Tho South is fast getting to bo, and can well bo, INDUSTRIALLY INDEPENDENT, This poople bave wonderfully recovered thoir lost energies, from tho shoclk caused by the loss of their slaves, as well as other possessions, and from the unsottled and uneatisfactory condition tho labor of tho country was loft in when the War ondod. For & time, it was hard for them to appraciato their condition; but they hayo not only done 8o, but the former mastor and slave now undorstand each othor’s position, and are doing well. Tha doubts aud foars horetoforo ex~ isting have been, in a great mensuro, swopt away. Inavery short time, all will bo well, if thoy can only bo let alone, As to tho situation of NOWTHERN RESIDENTS, they can and are bound to do well, also, if thoy only act like mon, and pursue aaquare, straight- forward courss of conduct, and are liberal- minded, expooting no more 'than they should glve,—~no more thun are tho natural promptings of & gontloman or lady, The Boutherners can- not hilp liking an indopondont thinkor; it mat- tora not how much he may differ with thom, if thoy aro ustisfied lio is honest in his viows; whila they despiso a sneal and fawning hypocrite, I havo been prompted to write this lottor on sce count of . TIIE GREAT VRONGS which aro continually uemf; douo to Northern people who have homes nllover the South, by thoso datnty travolors from tho North who pass through somo eoction of tho Boutb, and who then, with the hopo of gottinga littlo chenp pop- ularity, givo orroncous, storcotyped views of this pooplo aud thoir abits, to somo lacal politl- cal Enpur, or sottlo down aud sond thoir letlera to the Northorn pross, Take, for inglance, theinclosed spocimon from one William P, Fryo, M, 0., whioh-Iseo has found its way into soveral Northern papers, but, Iam pleased to add, without gonoral comment From the Lewiston (Me.) Journal, Tho Mon, Willlam I, ¥rye, member of Congross orom this district, arrived home Friduay evening, - Mr, Fryo 18 in excollent Lealth, Ho mude s brlef ttlp futo Virginia, with a viow, at fhe outeet, of traveling furiher Bouth, but Lis exporionca of Sonthern lifo was fio unplewsant {hiat he returncd, golng o further than Dotorsburg, Uesays {hat tho’ ulmost poverty, nog Ject, aud projudico provail, nud that tho paoply uro far behind {u fuiprovoonts, und thefr mothods of Uving, Tho hotela are foul and unwholesome, tho cookery Daod, and tho entive atinoaphiere taintod 'with shiftlcass uess, Theprojudico agalust Northorn nien fs sflll deop, eapectally du poclal ruations, Mr. Fryo sposks o oue gentleman (a Malno man) who has lived in Peters. burg twelve yoars, noxt door uelghbior ” to an W E, F, V."of mostazure blood, It chanced that the housed of the two wero ldontleal, Yor nearly twelvo yeurs (ho two families bad lived sldo by uide without tho alighte st sockal futercourso, 111l ono day recontly & daughtor of the aristocratio Virginlan stimblod futo the Yan- Xeo's house by blunder, Bhio soon rotreatud on diucove oring hor mistake, Ou reaching home her mother ro- quired hor to remova her clothing, and besure and not put on tho habiliments desccrated by the Yankeo's footutool until thuy had been washied, DMogt of tho Southern journslists take no ne- tice of thewo ill-brod attacks, but, nevortholess, it stings thom, and naturally, when soon by the masses, calls forth a dotormination to ignoro Northern aocloty. Novw, I ask, ig it posaible that */ A, O.'a" can nako capital at home by critlolsiog the manner PR of cooking nnd living of thelr Bouthorn nolgh- bora, Whon all is said, it is £ ONLY A MATTER OF TASTE. ‘Whon Webster, Clay, Bilas Wright, tho Ad- amaos, and that clans of mon wero In Congrons, Brent sontimonts woro looked for,—romething olovated. The gonoral good aud the wall- being of the wholo country ~woro con- sldored .from some high etandpolnt, I imngine [t would havo baen a nattor of indiffer- enco to thom aa to whothor the Bouthern folks preforrod corn-brend Lo baker’s broad for dinnor, or whothor thoy friod or broiled thoir meats, Thoy did not Eublk:[y discuss, or give obsorva- tlons to publlh nbrond, how this or that sootion llvndQ 3 or lx:\lnto, mr1 the Immnt purpgnn.l with groat guato, some damnglng story nbout somo ‘qui nian Iady stumbling {uto n Yankeo noigh- bor's by blunder,” and thon being required, by an infuriated mothor, to romovo hor olothes, It ia poeaible tho anld Yankoos wore dirty people; and it is alao guaalbln that anid Virginlans wore narrow-mindod fools, Tho liko are found all over the country. (It is moro than probable that tho story i without » shadow of truth to atand upon.) 1t is cortainly truo that overy villago, a8 woll as oity, North andBouth, has near noighbors who only know oach othor by namo; aud almost ovory placo has famillos from some onuso doadly hostile to ench othor, Allow mo to protest earnostly, but rospoot- fully, sgainst . $on THIS ILLIDERAL WARFARE on tho part of somo of the Northern journals and pooplo, who aro thus tr{’lnfi‘eu keop alive tho smouldering firo causod by that dosd jssuo —Blayory—and tho late War. I caunof bollovo that thoy can bo o ungenerous ss to take dolight 'in injuring tho , standlog and soclal rolations of thoir frionds and rolations all ovor tho South, who profor to live hero and bo respected. Yol this unwleo, mosn courso is doing 8o overywhere, No persons, much less a Thota poopls, liko o Lavo thelr roal faulta thrown up to thom ; but, whon they aro con- tinusily chafé by falaolioods, thoy are not to bo blamod for resonting it. I ropeat, thoy are now abloto and can tako caro of themselvos, Thoy certainly have had onough to suffor in tho past, without continuing to atand such sbuso un- notteod. On tho contrary, give them a fow moro such 5 LIDERAL, GRACEFUL ACTS a8'that of Vico-Prosidont Wilson iu calling tho Hon, John B, Gordon to prosido over the Bonato, and all will bo well, Northorn rosidonts will be well tronted, Ponco will bo restored in renlity, It is kindnoss and magnanimity that subdue and kill a brave, big-heartod people,—not insults and injurios. Nospoctfully, WiLuiax H, WiurE, Yato Surgoon of tho First and Twenty-socond Iowa Reglments, —_— EVANSTON. Flrst DMeeting of tho Now DBonrd of ‘Lrustecs«-Seasion of the Board of Ed« ucation, The firat regular meoting of tho Board of Trustoos of this villago was hold in tho office of Oharlos K. Bannistor, Villzgo Olerk, on Tuesday ovoning. The membary wero nll prosont oxcept H. G, Powers ; the Presidont, Olarles J. Gil- bort, in the chalr. « Mr, Bannistor rond tho Prosidont's messago, in which eomo valuable suggoestions were mndo. 1t waa recommondod that o Board of Health bo organizod, consisting of physicians who would gorvo freo, and that tho Board so formed report to the Trustoos overy month. Tho importance of labeling tho stroets with their roapective pamos ; the establishmont of & uniform grado on business streots ; tho noceseity of cleaning tha atroets and alleya; and that immediato action be taken to push through the Lake Shore drive, a8 tho right of way may have to bo pur- chased, woro all recommonded. Also the ereotion of acrib north of the pier, 100x160 foot, to protect the wator-pipes when laid. Tho appointment of the following Committeos was confirmod : * Finance and 1fater—Gugo and Towers, L Strects, Alleya, and. Stdeicalks—Thelps’ and Dlsnch- Street Lamps, Fire Department, and Aasessmenta— Willard and Gilbert, « Police, Licenses, and Drainage—Towers and Gilbert, Public Library, Pluts, and Subdivisions—Blauchard and Willard, Bills' wore nudited and ordered paid, footing up §205.04, A potition for a sidewalk in front of Mr. Leonard's property on Hinman avouuo was reforrod to the Committeo on Bircots and Alloys. A ;mmlon for & plank sidowalk on tho wost uido of Bongon nvonuo, from Davis strook south to the_villago limits, was referred to_tho samo Committeo, Tho petition of T. 0. Hoag ot al, fora drainon tho south sido of Davis stroot, from Chicago to Sherman avenucs, to drain cellars, waa roferrod to the Committeo on Stroots and Alloys, with power to act. Thepo- tition of O, F. Grey aud tho ownors of a tract of 77 acroa adjolning tho WeetJine of the Village of Evaosaton, remonstrating against the offorts ‘boing made for aunexation, was reforred to tho same Committee. Counnors® Subdivision of Lota 21 and 23, Block 40, of Village of Evanston, was xAs‘{cn‘nfl to tho Committos on Biroots and oya, A{:ommnnlanlan from the Chicago Gas Light and Coke Company, in whicl tho offor was mado to light tho streets of tho villnge with gas for $18.14 por Iamp for the yoar, the prosent cost for eame with oil, is $12, was referrod to tho aforesald Committoo. Hugh A, White, Eaq,, waa olected Corporation Counsel for the enauing yenr; Honry Osker, Btroot Commissioner; Lyman J. Gage, Troas- wrer, and M. Jonnings, lamplighter, Mosars. Powers and Willard woro appointed to roviso tho ordinances of tho Board. 0 Village Olerk was instructed to draw an ordinauce, cov- arlnF the same ground as the Btate law, againat cattlo running st large, Tho Btroet Commissionor was inatruoted to notify the peoplo to clean their alleys. Messrs, Blanchard and Oage wero sppointed to nogotiato for tho purchase of a safo, after which tho Board adjourned for one wook. PIILOSOPHICAL. The Eyanston Philosophica] Assoclation mot on Tuesday uiibt in the Library Hall, Prof, Oli- vor Morey in the Olair, _Johu F. Dale, of Win- notha; N. W, Toomer, of North Evauston; snd T, Dwight, of Bouth Lvanaton, wero elocted to memborship in tho Aegoolation, Dr, MinerRay- mond read a paper on ‘* Education,” which elicit- od conaiderablo dizcussion and praise. A, Heslor produced, for examination by the Association, the nogative of & flash of lightning, which ho took during the recent storm. The remainder of the ovoning was spont in social conversation, Tho Association will holdthe noxt meoting on tho first Tuesday of Juno. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION for the Township of Evanston mot ot the resi- dence of Isnza . Hitt on Tuesday evoning. Thero were prosont, A, Shu- man, Prosidont of the Board; I, 1t Ifitt, J, B. Millér, G, E. Parrington, A. W, Waod, and Drof, Charles Taymond. A potition was read, .signed by tho res{douts on Dempsator straot, p:uylnfi that the Doard pay tholr share for claying an raveling said strost. ‘Tho Bonrd, after momo fi[uuuaalun, accedod to the prayer of the pe- tition, with the proviso that tho cost should uot excood 18 cents por foot. The Committeo on Teachors wero givon discrotionary power to ad- mit pupile from other school districts. Tho jan~ itor's palary was fixed at $25 for tho summor months, Thepay-roll for the month of April was audited b{ the Commitiee on Finance, and the Becrotary instructed to draw ordora for the Bame. The Board adjourned to maot on Friday ovon-~ ing, the 16th inatent, —— THE DIXON DISASTER---AN ACKNOWLEDG- MENT. grenriNg, TiL, May 6, 1873, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Bin: A the specinl train was roturning last evening from the ead sconcs and sights of the torriblo calamity that has bofallon our sister oity of Dixon, & meoting was organized in the crowd- ed cars, and the sincero and Leartfelt thanks of our people were cordially and unanimously ox- tonded to the officers of the Chicago & North- wostern Railroad, and to tho telegraph company and thoir omployes, for their kindness and zoal in praviding, at so short n notieo, a special train for our poople on that occaslon, John B. DMallott, Esq, our ablo and ofi- clont Agent horo; J. P. Lawrence, tho Conduct- or; Larry Gogin, the Engineer; (fcorgo D. Bkitel, tho Hoad-Master; J, R. Bmilh, Local Daggageman ; and L', L, Parks, the Tolegraph- Oporetor, are ontitled to all pralso for tho kind- noss, onorgy, and dispateh with which overy- thing was done, They doserve woll of our poo- ple, and the companics may well foal proud of such mon, I'he train was freo to all, and the oars wero crowded to suffocation, snd hundroda aould nob go for'want of room, Truly yours, 4. Teaner, e e EUS Ex-Cav. Hayea haa declined for tho socond time tho appo{utment of Asslatant Ireasuror at Olucinnati. IT COST HIM $25. An Ungallant Sowing-Machine Man Fined That Sum for Roughly Ljcoling a Lady from His Store, Tho exact amount of homngo dua tho recipient of nsnlary of §40 por woolr, and tho charming tyranny thatsuch a porson oxpeats to exereiso with Impunity upon omployes, was illustratod yester~ day morning in tho Wost Bide Police Court, where Mr. W. II. Wellingion, agout for tho Grover & DBakor Sowing Machino Company, waa finod $25 for an unprovoked assault upon Miss Fry, o young lady who hind hoen an omployo of the ngonoy, and Iad beon dis¢linrged by Mr. Wollington, The testimony fully ostablished’ tho brulality of the assault, but tho causos which lod toltdid not appoar in ovidenco, sud na they aro essontial {0 & proper estimato of the nsgailaut, and of the syatein of potty despotism carriod on by persona enjoying tho salary and position of Mr. Wollington, wo shall give o short history of tho caso: Miss Fry was onoof tho ladies employed in tho saloaraom of tho office, which I8 nowsituated ot 160 Btato strect, nnd was ongogod by the formor agont, o Mr, Wheolor. 'Thia gootloman, 1t would soom, was & rart avis smong ngents, for both his wifo and himeelf were much Hked by their subordinates, After Mr, Wellington's appointmont, tho plonsant rolations botweon the | Iadien of tho oftico and thoe formor agent's wife woro kept up, and caused much joalousy on tho part of Mr. Whoeler's succossor. This rosulted, in o disliko for Misn Fry and tho othor Indics on tho part of Mr. Wollinglon, who discharged tho Indy on the ground of “ Loo much partiality for Mra, Wheelor.” There {3 a young man in tho offico, rojoleing {n the name of B. A. Groon, who lad beon pay- ing attentiona to Migs Fry, but had boon warnod by Mr. Wollington that his attontions to that 1ady mast cones, it ho wished to rotain his it tion, Mr. B. A, Groon, psid no heed to this warning, which tended to iucroaso his employoer'a disliko for tho innocont causp of tho troublo. When, however, Mr. CGreon lost helf adayin drlvlng Mirs Fry out in a buggy, My, Welllngs ol ton's dolicato iro was fully aroused. It wasin- subordiuntion. Miga Fry accompanied a Miss Allen to tho ofiice ono day Inst woels, the latter's object boing topay a bill,’ During tho fow minutes thus oo- nuFlud, Miss Fry took o soab noar & Bowing mo~ chine, waiting for her friend. Tho gallant Mr. Wellington drew forth a wateh, and said,—to use his own statement in the Polico Court: “11 just give yon ton seconds to got out of horo,” and at the oxpiration of hnlf that timo, soizad the unresisting girl by tho srm with such force as to throw hor againet agewings machino and strain her back, The poor young lady hostily agreed to loave if ho wouldallow hor, but tho gentlo nflwiu%v-mnchlnu agont, who stands more than six feot in his stoc’]uu%s, dragged her to tho door and thrust her violontly Into tho street. Tho gallant Groon stood by and witnessod the assault without making an offort to protact tho object of Lis alloged affections, who, on finding horsel? on tho strect and in ront pain, went homo to the residonco of Mra, Brua Onita, No. 065 West Washington atroot. Dr. Baxter, n physician of acknowledged ability, on boing summonod fo attond Hiss Try, found hor arm black-and-blug from tho elbow to tho shoulder, and tho shoulder itsclf so swollen ns to make him bolieve that tha brutsl assault had dis- located it, This fortunately {n-ovud not to Lo be tho case. Tho muscles of the gil's back, too, Liad boen soverely wronched, and shie was unablo to stand. s Mr. Ohild, who is woll known in insuranco cir- cles, was indiguant at this trentraont, and applied to Justico Scully for s warrant to rrost the gon- tlo Welllugton, but Mr. Scully, Anding that tho asoault hnfi boen committod on tho South Side, reforrad tho applicant to Mr, Dogborry Banyon. Tlmt unlearned person heving hioard the com- laint, docided, without enlling for tontimony, {’hnt it was only o *“dieordurly” caso; that thore 1iad been no sssault, and that the warrant must only bo given on_the lessor charge. Tho caso camo up bofore Justico Scully yosterday, ona chango of venuo. The ovidenco showed clearly that o most brutal agsault had been mado on the Indy, and whon Mr, Fravk Adams, for the proso- oution, roso to repliy to tho attorney for tho do- fouse, tho Court declined to hear him, as tho caso was too palpablo for diecussion. Mr. Adams, while submitting to tho roquest of the Justice, regretied that ho had not an op- artunity to toll Mr. W. H. Wallington just what EB thought of him. Mr. Scully decidod that the caso was clearly ono of assault and battery ; that tho muguutnhlllty claimed by tho priconer not only did not mitigato bub rathor maguitled tho offenso, and that the conduct of the prisoner was simply indefensiblo, Ilo thoroforo fined him 825, Tho caso was appenlod. It would goem from the trifling amount of the fine that Mr. Beully must bo_henpecked, or ho would Lavo backed his robulfo with o heavior fiue. o would have fined & woman $100 had thio caso boen roversod. Tho prisoner has tho {full sympathy of & very largo number of citizons now cugagod in making brick in a distant part of tho oity, and whoso wives appesl to tho Mayor for {hoir pardon, on tho ground that “Bhure, your Honor, o was dhrunk, or ho novor would havo beat me.” It is probable that the caro will not end Liore. Mies Fry should bo n;zl]o to recover heavy damages for €his {rospnss at law. THE EXPOSITI Tho Plans for the Inter=State Exposi~ tion Taking Shapce=The Building Proposed. A full and important mooting of the Board of Directors of the Inter-State Exposition was hold ot their rooma yosterday foronoon, A full at- tendance and tho beat of feoling amoug those prosont indicated that the Associntion moenn ‘business. Their subscription has reachod $130,~ 000, and it is desligned to increase it to $260,000. W. W. Boyington, architeot, was instructed to propare and prosont plana for the Grand Expo~ sition Building, which will bo orected on tho lako shore in time for the Exposition to take placo in Octobor. It is proposed to make tho building of iron and glaes, of n highly orna- mental design, & foature of boauty whjch, when oncoa orected on tho frontage of our city, our citizens will not willingly see romoved. Nevertholoss, tho plon is only for ono yoar's ocenpancy, tho wholo arrangement of tho parts of tho atricture being ot such a charcter that it oan, without large exponso, bo taken down and romoved to & permancnt site when such la secured. It socms ovident that Chicago is taking bold of this mattor with hor accustomed zoal, and the projoct will know no cessation or paruso until & consummation is reached worthy of our Now Chicago, ip this our new moetropoli- tan ntagn of growth., Tho aubucriytinuu will go forward briskly when onco the Dircctors show tho community just what thoy wish to do, and that thoy wenn to do it . —_— A SCENE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS. i That oxceedingly modost Olty Board, the Po- lico Commissioners, was yosterday put to tho blush by o womanof the town, Commiasioner Bhoridan was appronched by n gentloman of the Jogal profassion, who said ho camo on o high and holy misgion, Hoeamo on bohalf of bis client, alady who had beensubjected to many trials and tribulations through tho partiality of the Cap- tain commanding the police forco of the Bouth Division, Bho was tho propriotross of & houso of prostitution, No. 412 Btato streot, and on tho gvound flgor sold pop andcigars. Hor catablish- mont had been raided frequently, and, as sho gold no liquory, sho folt it an injuatico to hore self, Heunco sho had doputed biu to ask of the Doard tho favor of being nllowed to carry on both businossoss without molestation, Commesioner Bheridan assurcd thio legal gontleman that tho Board of Polico did not do businoss in that way; that tho orders issuod by tho Chief of Polico wero peramptory, and the Captains pulled those places withoul fear or favor. The lawyor theroupon asked tho Krlvllogu of introducing tho propriotress to Mr, horidan, and, Loving obtained loave, handed lor out of n carringo into tho Commissioners’ office. Bho ropeatod the roquost of hor logal roprosontative, sud Mr, Bheridan's usually rosy fuce assumod o huo of o moro Froucunccd shade, e told tho womnn that hior pluco way tho unare aod ruin of many s virtuous young man who would novoer have ontored it had he known the true charaoter of it, and that slie must coase ono or the othor brunchoes of her business, The woman maintsined that sho ocould mnot afford to, and iusiated thet hors was an orderly, woll-conductod, and inoffonsive house. Bhe oven invited tho Hoard toatop into the carrlago and drive ovor to inspoct i, Mr, Ma- son's blush was very }wrccpu blo; Uol. Wright bid bis faco by looklng i the Vacltio Hotel, whilo Alr, Bheridan suddenly turnod tho couves= matlon into o losn }!nngurn\lu channel, l‘.\y ;mldn(;v kindly aftor Qol. Wright's fomily. Tho woman took tho hint and loft, aftor making surc of an- othor_raid by adverlislng hor don, This ja known' by tho polioo to bo ono of tho worst in - ‘flui“e\ly“ oud it will bo broken up by.coutinual - pulling.- ’ : T CAPT..JACK’S .VICTORY. ; Dotnils of tho Socond Laya-Ilod Trag~ - edy==EXow 'tho Story of tho ;Ambus-: cnde Camo to Oamp. Lava-lied (April 27) Correspondence of the San Frane cioco Chrondele, Thoir departure was vory qulolly made, Ilalf: tho command g duplcvoi a8 skirmniahors,whilo the romaindor kopt within supporting distance o8 resoryed, 'They slowly clambered over tho. rocks, moving in asoutheasterly dirootion. From Moj, Groon’s camp wo watchod :tho thin line through our glassos, Tho Iast seon of thom thoy woro pagsing sround o largo sundhill, abouta milo and a Linlf. off. Onco past the lava bluf: thn{ wero ontiroly lost to view., Tho Warm! Bpring Indiana wore on tho extremo loft. T'wo hours had olapsed when the reconnoltering LFut sigualod back to camp that no Iudians ha n{’ boon found. As thoy ware only to oxplore fho. country a distanco of about four miles, aud pa thoy iad encountered no onomy, the goneral ex- r«c{nunu in camp was that tho party would ro- urn bofore nightfall. 5 . Tho dotachmont, according to all accounts, ronchod ita dostination at noon, . At the timo was watching from the signal-atation tho &woe] of country ovor which thoy hnad passoed. All af onco I snwy through my glass Intho far distanco somo commotion ja tho rocks, A closor glanco satisfiod. mo that tho Indians had boon oncoun- torod. Though I could nejther hear tho cracks of any rifles nor geo the puffs of mmoke which gonerally succood -tho flash of tho guns, I was woll gatisflod, from the ningnlnr ‘movements of tho soldiors, that they wero hotly engaged, They woro running wildly about, crawling and. creop- fug ovor the rooks, and soved €0 bO .panic- gtricken. Tho signal-officor at tho station sig- nnlled Mnj, Groono, who at onco went to tho ng- alstanco of Maj, Thomas' forco. w9 About half-past 1 o handful of stragglers came into enmp. ey woro foarfully panic-strickon nd oxhaustod aftor thelr raco from the uavages. roathloss from clambering oyer the rocks, and too rrifmunm.l to sponk, nothing of the ‘real na« turo of tho disavtor could at flrsf. bo gloaned from them. Up to the time of ¢he appoarance of thena stragglors in camp wo bad entortained no sorlous spprehensions as to tho safoty of tho foreo undor AMaj. Thomns, We had, co;{wm\-a\x thnt thoy wero falling back in good ordor, and little was thought of tho manttor. Bub theso atrnqglers whom ¢ aubn(;réuontly appeared had basely and co ardly dosorted thoir comradea at tho firet firo, brought in torrible tidings. Thoy snld tho wholo forco had been ambushed by the Modacs, who were shooting the soldlors ‘down liko shoop, TlmK said the force was_surrounded on overy sido ; that all wero or would .bo killed, and that from 60 to 100 Indians were pourlng in o galling firo on the remnant o3 tho band, '1e roinforcemeonts sont to the relief of Maj, Thomay conslsted of four companics, two from Maj. Groon's camp snd two from Col, Mason's camp, Btretchore for tho accommodation of the woundod woro also sent aloog, Thoy reachod Qol. Magon'’s mm}) in about an hour and & half, Doploying as- ekirmisherg to the loft of that camp, thoy swept up the lava-bed jn_tho direc- tlon it was supposed tho men woro. Wo listoned pationtly, expocting to lear every moment the atllo of'muskets, but not o shot was hoard. Night was rapidly coming on, and wo anxiously looked for a more intelligent nccount of tha fight than that brought in by the recroant fugi- tives who fled nt the flrst ive. One of thom says . that ho loft Capt. Wright and fifty othera in'n littlo Liolo or hollow_thoy-had sought to avoid the bullots, aud tho Indians were fiving down on them from all sides, when ho jumped out and ran. How ke oncaped ho knows not. The cavalry, under Creson and Lrimble, tool tho right, under the high blui, aud soon both - lines were lost to eight. Darknesa' gathered aronnd us, and all wag still. Sadly wo waited tho long night through, waiting intelligence of tho fato of tho party, but none camo until about daylight, when Corgoral Noblo, of Battory A, comoin aud roported to_Rorgt. M. Boylo that he hind beon ordored by his oftlcers to iry and get througl with word of their situatlon, atd, taklug two wounded men with Lim, ho started, and, after floundering around in tho darkness, tinally came on Col. “Green's - lincs. Noble was shot in the neck by a minnio ball, but for- tunately it was well spent, and inflictod only n severo wound, Sounders, privato of DBattery A, who came in with Noble, snys thoy wore driven into a littlo Lollow, from tho rim of whonce tho Indians flred down on them and oven tried to kill thom with stones, So closo wero thoy a stone thrown by a Modoe hit his hand, disabling tho fingers for some time, Pri~ vato AoAillon, of Battory, A had .o shot put through tho right hand from sido to_sido, He was tryln%to provent them from. flanking his tmoK. The shot carried n““i:{ o ploco of gun- stock snd disebled liis hand, Hoe fell back & mila. with tho battery, the men belng in good order, but soparated from the othars, As hie could bo of no uso, he came into eamp by order, supynulng the company, would arrive all right, but it seeins they aftorward becamo en- tanglod and were forced to fight intho situation doscribed by Baundera, Deing too weak to copa ‘with the foe, it was a total rout of the forco. We want men hore who aro usod to fighting Indians, It is altogether. a different motliod of warfaro from what rogular troops aro acoustom- ed to, Wo want horo 2,000 volunteers at once, with whom to surround this ecope of couniry, and, closing in, kill the lasb one of theso red' dovils, -drive thom into the luke and drown them. Tt cannot bo done with less, We can drivo them from stronghold to stronghold, but cannot whip. thom, and in rotreating they can destroy or rons dor tho small force Lere inoffectivo and suffor littlo loss themselves, Give the commandes men enough to work with and the tribo can Lo ox~ terminated at onco; bub ‘leave him with fow troops, and tho latter will be themsolves ex- torminated and the Modoca romain masters of the situntion. Throw away projudico and send us_volunteors, old Indian huuters, who can- fight thom in their own way. The troopg now hers ecnnnob do it. They aro brave enough, and thelr officors are a3 gallant o sot of men a8 over fought an ouemy; but, unfortunatoly, thero aro not enough of thom, and they fight at o disadvantago. Uuused to Indian fighting and the country, the bravest ;md wisost ate at fault aud comparatively power- os s, At holf-past 8 o'olook this morning the wounded began to roach the camp—that is, thoso of them who woro strong enough to como in nn- aided, TFrom private Francis lolla and William MeCoy, of Battery K, who havo justcomo in, I Ioarn tho ead end of the gallant soldiers, They had beon forced back, and fourteon of them wore uccut‘yhx & soml-circular nolo, fronted by " n bluff, beliind opon ground, and nocover. Col. Wiy h{ Dad, through tho fight, shown himsolf tho brhivest of the biave, oxposing Limself to koop his men in good heart, aud, wounded in the Lip, bad with othors 'sought this placo of sholter, A fow ran oaway ne tho balls flow around, but the rest remained. THe was soon aftor shot in the groiu, sud thon, ns he was trylng to firo his rovolyor, in the right wrigt, then through the bresst or bowels, Ho lind buried his watch, Emvlnully romarking, “ They sban't ‘;ot this," when ho dicd. 'Fho sol+ dlors still stald, pmloctiufi tho _woundsd zud dend. Thore wero Rolla and McCoy, of Battory K, and_Bonham, of Company O, here. But minute before the Firat Bargegut of Compeny I3 tried to bring Capt. Wright b driuk of watorand got aball thro\!g hia thigh, sud was left in this place with four Indians ghooting at thom. From noon thoy remsingd until dark—7 p. m. About 3 or 4 p. m. an Indian cropt up to the odge of tho laco nud enlled out in English, * Bay, you fol- lows who ain't killed or wouuded, had bettor go homo, e don't want to kill you all,” Then gn throw some rocks 1 ordar to &tir them up, Ro- celving no answer ho ratreated, aud then nnoth- or orawlod up to the edgo of the Lluf, uuylng to thoso who wore boblud him, * Sb-h-li-h,” “fla wag within four fost of Rolls, who un-pguil right's pistol st his head, but it missed Aro. Boubam ”f“"“"F up, aud with his gun knocked over another, with the words, ** You —— of b—#, I'vo got you now," whilo tho only ouo of tho oth- ore woundad who had his gun fired alao, and tho Indinns left them, It is thought thros Modoca wero killed thero, but this is uncortain, They ware burniug dead bodies, and our troogu Bupe pused it to bo thoso of our wmon yho Lad fallon Iulfl thoir hands, At dusk, Rolla and McCoy loft Benham, who was shot through both erms, aud made their way to camp, crawling most of the way, Rolla carrying MeCoy. Rolla way sbot through tho right nfigh and loft calf and right arm, all flosh wounds, MoCoy wag shot in the groin und hand. _Thoy reachod horo_safely, losing Bone ham, From’ their acconnt I gather that the ate tack at first wag but a folut by u few. Tho tiring commenced on threo sides, juat to keep tho sol- dlora busy until the trap was sot. Tho fourteon Indians Becn ondeavoring to flank the troopa bad another object; for, whon the troops fell binck tothe bluffs Dohind thom for a placo of snfoty, thoy found thom ocoupiod by tho Modocs, who poured in on them a murderous fire fu tha 1ittlo, unsholtored glade. but some of the men_behaved vory badly, escap- ing ay beut they could, luwh;%thulr comrades to protect the wounded and dead, ouly for themsolves, A the frst firo, John !|.Bpring Indian noal Lynch foll woundod, and was loft ta tlio enomy, nurup:l):lc% vmn Cl'hn onalaught, 5 S A tho fight Company B, Twolfth Infantry, Col. Wrlght, nd tho akirmish lino, which ncedunts in a mensuro for his balng thus soparated. The lino shond waa in tho shapo of a V, point ahoad, with flanikorn at enchi ond, tho reserve belng olosa bohind Ilonrn ihat whon thoy wero attacked thoy woro all u!mu{; down chatting, Sorgt.' Obarlea: 1. - Thornhill,” of Battory T, Fourth Artillory, who went ‘out to attend tho wounded oarly th tho moraiig, rolurned at 2 o'oloak this afteruoon. On tho way ha found o Modoo, whowm ho shot and killed. A Waum g{ed tho dead warrior, making four sealps in all takon fn this fight, Ienwa big fire inthe Modoo, cam andit {a buminqno\n I fear Liout.Cranston, woundod and helpless, is :{m thero, If 8o, God ))llghlm, for thosg flonds Emarunm havo none. Biill wo wait sadly for tho last and mout sccurato nows amid this cold and pitiless rain, alnost alono, and with our dead—not oura yet, for wo linve not got them from’ the Lloody flold, though wo oxpeot themn every minute, Jum 8 & sed camp to-night, and every man's hand growa strong, ag wo think ouly of vengeanco, Wion the command-fell' back to the bluffa they oxpectod to find thom held by the mon who had flod, but they found only Mm{oou thoro, who pourod {n on thom & morcilass firo, 1do not Jay this blame to all the men, but to tho false-lioarted of theso commands who fled at tho first firo. 1t doos nob atiach to ihoso who stayod through all that drondful scono, Tho ‘:uidn, Mr, Ticknor, escaped, and foll in with Warm Bpring Indians, They expected to moot our troops at the Lang Onve, Lut missing thom they folloyyed on, arriving justin time to take {mrt in- tho closing soeno. But puch lio demoraliZation of our uaogu that though tho Warm Bpring Indians had a buglor with them and triod to mako an advanco_to help our men, thoy woro supposed to bo Modacs and wero firad supon. Fiually, thoy had to .givo up in deapair, and wait for night to oloso in to giyo them n chanco to rendor assistance, Woll, that is all T cau eay of tha day, and now for tho result, -A long, cold night bas paesod, during whioh o blinding snow-storm filled the afr, fire was kopt by on Signal Rock to %umo our troops in ywith tho doad and wounded, but thoy @id not got in until about 6 o'clock this morning, ALl night tho storm raged, and through the darknoss $ho soldiora toilod over tho rocks, gotting in tho .living and burying the doad, Tart of tho sol- , diors werao buriod on tho battlo-ground, having ‘beon horribly mutilated, A citizon named Loivis Webber, who was in ohargo of the streichors, was also killed, making in all, out of the prrty of sixty-four, sovonteen kitlod, sovouteon woundod, and fivo missing, which is tho samo ns dead ; or a total of twenty~ two killed and weventeon wounded, not including - Asaistant Surgeon B. Hcmig who is wounded iu two placos, Tho Dattlo-flold_prosontod a hor- riblo ulfiht. In ono hols, thirteon dend and wounded” woro found; seven in another, whero thoy had huddled® togathior liko shaep, and wero slain or wounded, It was a total rout, cansed by tho defoction of a fow mon on tha start. Tho ponio throw overything into disorder, A courler from Col. Mendonball announcesthat his command, 120 men, was at Burgotsyille, two and one-half milos from Fort Orook, in Pit River Valley, on the 24th. Tho. Modoo women .and ohildren had all arrived, and woro scattorad smong the Pit River Indians, On the 17th or 18th jnst., o band of Bquaws were observed lenv- ing tho Iavi-bed loaded for a journey. ‘They wero the advance guard of the .traiu which con- voyed tho womon and childron to a placo of safoty. Thismoans war to the knife, and a knifo to tho hilt fight whilo a Modoc survives. From o sccond dispatch received from Maj, Green to-day, it appoars that thero aro now col- lected and awaitingconveyanco to camp sixtecn men Lilled, includivg Capt. Thomas end Lient. A, Howe, i-‘aurl.h,Amllnr , .and Liout, Wright, Twelfth Infantry, and cight wounded, includin, Liout. Harrig, Fourth Artillery, Theso, addo to. the numbor of wounded men abovo cited, show A largo porcentage of casualtios from tho amall number of men ongaged, but it is readily nccounted for whon one cousiders that many of tho Modacs are armed with tho 8poncor earbines and breech-londing muskets, Nor is it singlo inatanco only where one Modoo has been known to have in his possession two or more Sponcer riflos, thus ennbling bun ta_keop up n rapid firs of ahots from lus natural or artificial bronst- worle of rock. Tho surfaco of tho groundin many places i 8o torn by volcanio action as to Ienve ‘orovicos, and thoso™ are adaptable to pur- oses of eithor hiding or points of defense. TIn soveral inatancen, foldiors kuowing nothing of the, topograpliy of tho place hava como unn= wares on sucl cscapo from their position,” wore caunfronted by a wily Indinn with riflo leveled and finger on triggor,” Deatl, or at leaat o dangoroua wound, ia tho rosult, and but too often tho redskin cs- capes by somo ono of the many paths known only to themsclves,” As a samplo of their cun- ning, it may not bo amiss to stato that o portion of Datteries A aud X, Tourth Artillery, aud Company E, Twelfth . Infantry, finding thom- solves in danger of boing outflanked, tool shel~ terina hollow epot affording partial cover, . Thore wera some tienty in all. }}u sooner had they done go than tho Indians, who knew and conunandad overy egress from this cavity, and who at this point numbored twenty-ono war- rlorg, ‘detached soven of their uumber to one side, fourteon romaining on the- other, and openod & cross-fire_on the poor fellows, who «could not show head-or hand ‘without an almost certainty of being struck. A vory fow escapod uninjured; tho rost wexs killed or Woundod. ~ - to-dng, The Lava-Reds, From the San Francisco Bulletin, Tt is said tho lava-beds occupied by the Modoes cover au aros of a Aundrod square miles, Tho poculiar difficultios which they present to tho ‘mothodical operations of rogular troops are woll indicatod by the following doscription, which throws new light on tho slaughter of April 26: “'Flio gulches and orevices range from o fow feot to 100 foet in width, and mauy of thom aro 100 foot deep. Tho Indiang can travol through all theso lava-bods by tralls only known to thom- solvos, and stand on’ bluffa ovor persons fifty yards boneath and whero it would require a long Journoy to go to thom, ‘They can seo mon com- Jug at a diatanco of five miles without boing viai~ blo themaelves, Thoy also can pormit their pur- suers to como within'a few feet of tho bluff aund shoot them down and retiro, if necessary, to othor similar blulfs. If prossed too closoly tho Indians can drop into crovices entiroly inaccossi- ble to troops, aud follow some subtorrancan pag- sage, with which_they aro fully acquainted, sud gain another ambush from which it would cost ten lives to dislodge thom. It is represented that the Modoes can shaoot from tho tops of cliffs without exposing an inch of their persons,” Yot diflicult as this rough rogion is for mili- tary oporations, we question if it is much -moro g0 than tha Vords country, in Arizons, whora Crook has Iatoly boon %o successful againgt tho more numorous Apaches, . If tho diflioulties ara greater, then all tho more reason for opposing the Modoes with a strategy resombling their own, ~ Gen. Gillem should bo au- thorized to form & body of exporiouced Indian flghtnu, who are numerous onough among tho Westorn fronticrsmon, and would readily go into thosorvico. A compaoy of shurpshiooters, evory man looking out for himself in battlo, wowd soon load the army to victory. —_— Reminiscence of a DridgesDisaster. From the St, Louis Jiepublican, A similar accident to the Dixon bridge-dlsaster occurred, wo believe, in 1858, at Albion, Orloana County, N. Y, It was tho lnst day of tho County Tair, and thousauds of the well-te-do farmors, with their wives and children, wore out in thoir bost *got-up,” enjoying the holidny, About 4 o'clock in tho afternoon, tho time adroitly ealou- latod when the poople would bo * hitching up* and starting for homo, o showor of hand-bills wora seattorod about tho fair-grounds snnounce ing that & “ropo ascension,” as it was callod, would take place abovo tho Main street Lridgo, which spans the Erio Canal at that pluco, Thosa wore the days whon the “mountebank Blondin had 8ot tho minds of i‘omlx erazy with his exploits of crossing {he Nisgara River an n ropo cablo, Tho excitement and the chonpness of tho oxhibition hurried tho multi- tudo to tho locality whore it was to take placoe, and in a vory shorb time tho iron bridge, us af- fording a._good point to obsorve the apaotaclo wau crowded withi vehicles fillod with women and childron. 'Thio bwo wagon traoks woro thus oo« oupied, and, bosides, tho track for fool pussen- rors on tho uppor sido was packed with human oings, Not only avery availublo space on the floor of the bridge was thus packod, but the iron frama-work, braces, and oross-plocos above wore ocouplod by boys, who woro perched on any poin wherd a bird could flud a foothold, Just abovo the bridge was scon n rope oxtending noross tho caual, with a heavy sag from its woight and with both ends fastoned to bulldings on eithor sldo of tho big ditch. Presontlyuyonug man drossed liko an ape emerged with o long ‘balancing-pola from tho socond-story window of o low tavern, and bogan to walk ulong his rope, whon, without anote of warning, the bridge, with ita freight of men, womon, aud cbildron, and horaos, pitehod into tho canal. Tho rosult was that eighteen dead bodios, some of littlo girls, and two or throo old men, were taken ont of tho muddy wators and lald in & row along tho I'ioro is_no queation | tow-path. Nauy woro roscued, somo with broken arms and logs, and othiors with_brokon ribs, A young lady from s Western eity hiad hor Lody whilo they cared | out i two by n ploco of iron whilo standing, au did many others, on tho towpath undertho : b wag' fissures, and, before thoy could | ‘| nounced in the T bridgo,: Tho raking for bodion contirised Ul Iafe" in “tho night. Tho miserable . barlequin who wns the causo which lod to tho cntastrophe, sprang from his ropo ns soon an tho accident ocourred, and ho wns nover noen aftorward In that viclnity., Iad Lo beon caught tho oxasporated orowd would haye givon him a littlo oxeroiso on his ropo different from that an-~ rogramme, Tho next morning, an order from tho Caual Commissloners allowed tho water to bo drawn from tho canal, witha viaw of moro mndll( finding sny bodles thab might still bo ml «nin;lv. ‘When tho wator waa lowored down to within flireo or four Yoot of tho: Lottom, crowd of men woroe -organized, who, with locked arme, oxtending fromi ona side of tho cannl {0 tho othor, walked abroast down o mile or #o, loaving no part of : the bottom but was thoroughly examinod in this way. A fow rods bolow the bridge a woman's _{nd was brought up out of : the mirs; but no moro bodles wero found, as tho ocurront was ioo sluggish to transport thom a gront distanco bolow thewreck, 08 was the caso in tho Dixon disestor. . - ———————— THE LINCOLN MONUMENT. Kotter from o Mombor of tho Associns , tione To the Editor of the New York Timen In your fesuc of the 22d you say, *From tha nccount of a rocont visitor it appears that tho Lincoln Monument, at H[:ringnolg, in In & most doplorablo condltion. The monumont, in its dosign,is well kuown as an outrage on good tasto,” oto. ¥ ‘Whothor tho monument- is in good tasto or not I8 a question about which men may diffor. It is built after the dosign of M, Mond, snd it 18 well known that a very lm}o majority of thoso who visit it think ‘it to'bo in very good taste. As to' tha tastoof ita dosign, no just or fair critiolsm can be mado in tho present .condition of tho monument, The design conlomplates o Btatuoof Mr. Lincoln and four groups of atatu-~ nry § ood, until tho monumont ia orosmented with thesn, wa think any aritiolsm on tho tasto of sho d ‘:‘:f,‘i.f‘u,’.’{?;"&““" mgo siatomont tiat o mog or: - tion Iy nob truo,and donio, SepLimbisol 0 monumont may be divided into nrts. Tirat, tho sbaft, tho ohiof pact of 1:};"';3 oot at it bago, ita foundation 18 feot boneath tho surfaco, and lI:mlE built on conarete 8 fect, thonoo of solid blocks of stone, No ono hns ovor quostioned tho propor construction of thix shaft from foundation to apex. Socond, the four pedastals, ono at cach cornor of tho shaft, and on ywhich the four gruuylw of statunry are tobe . placod. “Theso podostala ench stand upon & ‘foundation of its own and aoparato, and a part of that of tho sbaft. The propor construction of ‘thoso pedestals, liko Lhat of tho shatt, has novoer been, and cannot with pmrrluty Lo, ques- tioned, Tllh‘d, tho torraco, or olovated walk, 14 feot abovo the surface of tho ground, and sur- rounding the pedestals and shafts, and reached by -steps nt oither end. 'This’ terrace, like tho shaft and pedestaly, stands upon its own founda~ tion, and cntiroly distinot from thom, In fact, this torrace could boe taken down without injury to the shatt or pedestals, and is coverod by n floor of largo dressed atono. Tho monu- ment is atill in the kauds of the contrnctor, who has discovorad defacts in #ho construotion of the torraco, and anpaulnlly {n {ts floor and the stops loading to it. ‘Tho dofoct in the floor consists in ita want of eufilciont slopo to carry off tho wator falling upon it. -Tho contractor has hoen for somo timo, and I8 now, busily engaged in corrocting theso dofecta in the terraco undor tho suporintendence of a- compotont - architect and builder, and soon will bo comploted. * Visitor" Lins doubtless soen the monument injthis procoss of -the recoustruction of the terrnco, and mado his complaints without having thacandor to stato that tho dofects of construction wero being rem- edied. Tha nagociation has not nccn;lllml tho mon- ument from the contractor, and will not do so until ovory part is mado complgte and in accord- anco with the design and spacifications, The g~ sociation has retainoed from the pay of tho con- tractor n sufliciont sum to covor any exponse i makiug the structure as durablo as'can be made with granite, brick, and mortar. ‘I'ho mewbora of the Lincoln Monument Adso- ciation havo boon earnestly ongaged sinco tho doath. of Mr. Lincoln in eroctivg a monument which wounld do lonor to his momory. Thoy hope and bellovo thoy have succooded, snd for 8o doing thoy expoct no porsonal advantago to thomeelyos—thoir limo being givun freoly and fi:nullously. They bolieve, and would exprosg that bolicf with modesty, that when ornsmonted with its pr?wr neulguue, now being provided,— one group furnished by frionds of Mr, Lincoln in tho City of New York,—it will oqui surpass, any monument on this continent. Thoy would be giad to see built to his memory & mon- ument more grand and besutiful, and whon such & ono ia erectod ite builders may fairly claim tho right to criticise the Bpringfleld Lincoln Monu- ment. ° A MEMRER OF THE ASSUCIATION, BPRINOFIELD, 1L, Yuesduy, April 22, 1873, if not Statement of the Condition of the Eunds o the Editer of the New York Times: By reason of a publication in your psper on Ingt Sunday, wo addrossed tho inclueod lotter to . Hamilion, Chairman of the Committee. Ho has returned it to us with tho roquest that it be fowarded to you for publication. You will oblige us by publishing the ssme. Yours, truly, . Lee & ALVORD. NEW Yong, Saturday, May 8, 1873, Jokn C. Hamftton, Esq.: . EAR Bir: Our attention having beon callod to s lotter in the Now York Times of tho 27th ult., regarding the distribution of tho ** Lincoln Monument Fund,” whoroof Mr. T. G. Churchill was Treasurer, wo take tho liborty of making somo statements on the subjeok to you ag Chalr~ mun of the Committoo. : As you are woll aware, Mr, Churchill has haon. 111 for somo time, not having been at hia ofico “for govoral months, and is ‘now so sick that -ho cannot bo spoken toin rogard to this matter. Under thess ciroumetatices, 88 his_attornays, wa have mado an examination of his books, and wo find thoroin a completo statemont of tho ,rml{:ta and expenditures by him as such Troasurer. Wo collato therefrom the following condensed state. mont : ‘Amount recatved from subscriptions .§20,720,92 Amount reculved from fnterest on Blates bonds inwich the fund waa investod, Profits on BAtNo, N10rest, &Cuversvsssersns 655,00 Making o total of..... . s suee £ 620,485.68 Amonnt pald for printing; adveriising, snd sundry exponscs, for desiggus, phologriphs, $ 1,421,383 20,000,00 5,000.00 421,08 &0, Sreesarans sensensnns! Amount paid Tr. K. Brown' Tor afatus 33’ per contract,, ...« tavee Amount pafd for base of status Making a total of. New Yonx, Friday, i Thig leaves & brlance in 3r. Churchill's handy of $04.50, which wo beliovo it wag hopod would be augmented sufficiontly to enablo a railing to bo constrncted around the statue, As this now sooma improbablo, of courso the balance is at the disposal of your Committee, Yours, respect- fully, Lee & ALvonp. PARSON EROWNLOW. Hlis Reply to an fnvitation to Attend the St. Lonls Convention. From the Knoxvills (Tegu.) Chronicle, 3a; T, vrs, April 24 The Hon, William @, Brownlow ; . Dean 81n: You are respectfully and onrnestly invited to attend o convontion of members of both Houses of Congress, to Lo Lield iu thls city, commoncing on tho 18th duz of May noxi, at 13 o'clock 1., at Which timo it is proposed to lny before you tho agricultural, manufacturing, and commorcial noeds of the West and Bouth, jn tho Liopo of thereby scouring your co-oporation to- warda obtaining such natioual logislation ng will inuuro tho improvement of tha prosent, and tho opaniug up of now, wator-lines of transportution to tho sonboard, ? (Signed by tho Exeautive Commiiteo.] ¥ , 1873, 3 KxoxvILLE, April 30, 1873, Ilon. Messra, Drown, Blow, and others : QentrEdex: ) havo bofore e yonr vary courtoous lettor inyitivg mo to attond & Con- gruualaunl Convention at Bt. Louis, I respect- ully doclino mmnt; myself up with any more Bouthorn commorcial and agrienltural conven- tions. Boforo the Into Rebollion the londers in Southern politics got up a sorles of Bouth- orn commercial convontions, and while thoy woro for tho avowod purposo of advancing tho commorcial, mochanical, and nfirlcnllurn intorests of the Bouthern émtus, oy Wwore in runlltfi, a8 avowod by Mr, Yuncoy, inteuded to firo tho Bouthorn hoart, and instruct tho Bouthern mind in the arts of war, nnd in briuging on tho villainous work of soccssion. Tho oloven Statos that wont into tho rebellion woro all presided over by Domocratic Qovernors, who'succoeded in plunging tho country hoadlong into o bloody and four g’anrs' war, ‘Thorosult of this conflict” I poed not panse to give tho par- ticulars of, as the wholo country Is familiar with them. ‘The country is now " prosperons and happy, nand wealth and abundance moet the oya whoraver yon go, What wo want is harmony and & universal accoptance of tho stata of things os thoy exint, I sposk advisodly whon I say Congrees will cheortully giva to thae country such national logislation ea is wanted, Wo havo al- roady tho bost currency of any country in tho olvilizod world, Wo noed about five hundred milliona of groen- backs sdded to our prosent olroulation to enable ug to eet tho wanly of commorco and trado, Vory rospoctiully, eto., W. G, BROWNLOW. THE WAR IN SUMATRA. The Xfollnndc-Atchinese Stru . 'R‘hy El'lllll.l of Action, rom tha London Témes, April 22, A romarkablo lioldent In mdorn colnal bia- tory iu reported from tho Enst Indinn Archi- Bnlnga. considerable forco of Luropeans hag oon dofoated, and is now held in clmcir, by the army of o native Btate, o Island of Sumatra is for the most part in the possossion of tho Dulch ; bub thoro remains at lonst two native Btaten fn the northorn and northenstorn por- tions of tho island, That in the north fa tha Btato of Achon or Atohin, On the 26th of lnut month the Dutch formally declarod war againet the Atchincso, and on fhio 12th of April they Joro raportad to bo meeling with somo suécoes. ’llmi"hml thon eaptured two Atohinoso carth- 3 -worl and -wo Bl pn\nm.m Dlanning an advance on tho gglces= Evon thon, howover, they seem to liava found tholr task more formidable than thlny l}nvu anticipated, as they wore said to have tolographed to Batovia for relnforcamonts, Fiva ays lator it wna Aunouncod that thoy had puf- forod o roverse. After capluring some small caslirli, tho? lnd Simapied %o %orm the chiof citadel of tho Atchineso, and they wore ro- pulsed. The fighting was most ~ dosporato,” tho lossos oxcessive, and tho Goneral in come mand of tho Dutch forces waa killed, #Qra- ton," whick sooms to bo the namo of this ohiof c\tndq}, 18 pald to bo provided with artillory of large'ealtbro, and to bo occupled by n’ numorous fnmson. Thoy mndo o desporate_dofenss ; and t wne not with tho garrison ouly that the Dutch bLind to desl. OQutsido tho fortross they woro s~ enilod on sl sides by numorous bands, snd thoy. had to send for both military and naval reine forcomonts. They have sinca bocn obliged to abandon thoir enterpriso altogother for the rosont. At o council of war hold in ront of = Atohin, it wns ungnimously agroed that nftor tho losses thoy had sus- tained thoir position wns untonablo, and it wad decided to suspond the expedition till the autumn, Tho princlpal ronson sssigned for thia resolution, however, ia tho appronch of the mon- soon. Thls violont wind might intorrupt for waoks all communication \\'i&\ tho shoro, aud thua rendor it im}{losslblo to convey supplios to tho troopn. - All that can bo done for tho Drosont is to muintain tho blockado of tho const. Tho Atchineso, thoroforo, bave for tha moment | gainod & decisive victory. Thoir cnemy in not tonly dofested, but compolled to withdraw. It must soom very. Hh‘nn?o that the Dutch should have so signally miscalculated thoeir powers. Tho Blato of Atchin, indoed, is not much known in Europe. Ono of the lnst and beat gazotteors mtatos that it was formorly n poworfal kingdom, but 1a now nonrly oxtinct.” Whon the Portuguose’ first roachiod Sumatra, in mm\chny found tho torritory arouud Atchin rulod by o powerful King, and wore provonted obtainiig & footing fn thn nolghborhood. ‘Tha Duteh woro mora fortunato a hundrod years later; they wero recoived by the King or Sultan, and Atchineso Ambassadors accompanied tham on tholr return, This kingdom, in short, hsn boon powerful evor sinco Bumatrs Lias boon known, and tho Dutch, ono would think, should havo beon well ‘ncqualnted with its rosources. It bas a falr trade, nud, according to thoso accounts, tho pun&uu have found monns to posscss thomeolves ~of powerfull artile lory. Tho nativos of Bumatra are chiofly Malnys; but thoso in tho northorn part of the fsland, noor Atchin, aro doscribod na a finer race than tho othor tribos. Thoy aro taller, stouter, and of darker complexion than the rest, and are suppossd to hrve a considerabloe {nfusion of Hin: doo blood. They are_Mahomedaus of & soma- what irrogular t{po. It is not a littlo romark. ablo that @ poople thus comparatively uncivilizod should have inflicted #o sovero a check on a Eu- ropoan force.” Tho Dutch have gradually ex+’ tondod tkelr territory in tho island by taking nd- vantago of the feuds of potty chiofs, and the Atchiuese must bave conducted their prep- arations with grost ounmning to Vo so complotoly surprisod their adversarics. courso, _ there can bo but ono coriclusion to the strugglo. The Atchinese may un]ofi' theis victory till the autumn, though the Dblockads of their consts will dostroy thelr trado, and possibly thoy mny rotoliate upon the Dutch sottlomonts in tho intorlor. But when dangor from tho monsoon is over and autumn arrives, tho Dutch Governmont will not fail to bava collocted s pufiiciontly large forco- to insura succoss, and resistanco must bo crushed. It is impossible to witnoss, without melancholy, thoso Inst struggles of mativo racos ogainsb tho advancing forco of European powers. It §s tho mamo story, whateyer the par- tioular dogreo of disproportion, « whother tho natives bo semi-cinlized Moylays or. wild Modoo Iudians, Thoy inflict thoir rovengo trom timo to timo, but thoy are sternly ovorpowored of tho last, We aro not yot informed what was tho causo of quarrel Detween the Daich and their Malay noighbors; but it may cnsily b supposed that the Malaya viow tho power of tho Dulch with standing suspicion, and that occa- siona of dispute zro only too ready to hand. Tho Duteh, however, Lave gencrally doult with their colonies in & spirit which is notwell ealculated to allay any such jealousies. Atchin, indeod, was not’ s, depondoncy of theirs; bub ite rolation toward thom is likely to be materially nffected by tho genoral feeling rospocting them in tho lsland, and thoy Liavo not hithorto shown much ‘disposition to adopt tho only policy -which can Qisarm native opposition, Tho Dutch colonios have not, in ono senso of tho word, beon colo- nios at nll, Thoy have boea ostablishod and maintained almost wholly for tho sake of tho profit which could be derived from them for the mother country. BOY-MURDER. The Boily of & Boy, Only Nine Yonrs 014, Discovered Dend in the Woods Near Greensburg, Pres-A Compnne ion, Aged Fiftcen, Oharged with the Supposcd Murdeors From the f'x'lmbur"m Post, May5, On Baturday morning o tragedy was dovoloped in Wostmoreland County that bids fair to oclipso in intonsity of mystory tho recont Saltsburg horrer. It appoars that GeorgeShaum, o bright, “intolligont 1nd, living with his poronts ot Moce casion_Ilollow, about thirtoen miles from Groensburg, Dn., was called from Lis plny on Thursday Iast and dispetched by his mathor to agrocery storo, nesrly amile distant, to pur- chnss somo sugar snd to procure some medicing for Liis grandmother, who was alok. Ho nevor roturned alive, The family thonght nothing of his disappoaranco until Iato at night, o not mmrnhxg tfl’ay went to tho noighbars to Bseck somo tracoof him, Tho ouly word thoy gat of him was from onc of tho noighbor's boys, who gaid that ho had seen Georgie on his way homa from tho storo in an altercation’with Timothy Bacon, a neighbor's boy. Triday morning camo and yet Geargie was not found, ~Toward noon tie boys by the namo of Blator wore passing ' through tho woods noar whoro Goorgo was last scen, whon their attention was pttracted by the unusunl apposrance of o nowly heaped clump of leaves in tha forka of two froos. Thoy at once, with boys' natural cu- rionlty, procecdod to investigato tho cone touts of the clump. To their horror they fouud at tho bottom of tho leafy covering the dend body of Qoorgio Bhaum. o resonted a horriblo appearanco. ‘Tho face was Eun{un black and blue, Tho skull was broken in noveral places, sud tho body was very badly ‘bruised, Tho boys at onco gave tha nlarm, and the neighbors woro attracted to the spot. Tha body was soon removed to the house and tho torriblo news convoyed to the parents. An in- yostigation.wns at onco fustitutod, Indicntiona woro soon digcoyored of whoro tho murderor 1iad af firat tried to dig & grava in whioh to bury his viotim, - Noar the partinlly-made grave was found the packego of meditino which young Georglo Shauni hml?urchnaml tho day balora, Romomboring that 'limothy Bacon, a lad only 15 years_old, was the boy last scon with tho murderod lad, the Constablo of thp township, accompulod by nomo of the noighbors, wout to . M, Dillon's, Bacon’s atop-fathor, and found tho Doy thoy wero soeking in tho barn noar the houeo, Whon young Bacon was arrestod lo did nof show tho trepldation natural to ous 6f his years. o took the nrrost vory quiofly, and, whon ace quaintod of the charga upon which ho was ar- rosted, ho denfed it vohomontly, When taken bofore the Jnstico of tho Peace, John Fassold, tho hioy still porsisted in Lis innocence, until tha maglstrato told him that his donials wero uso. 1oam, that Lio was seon with Bhaum in an alterca- tlon with him, .and that he bnd beou scon ta strike him, 7 Ilore Bacon acknowlodged striking young Bhaum with a club, becauso ho would nob giv up the sugar ho hed just purchased, This ne- Lnowlodgemont was rogardod as enough by the magistrato, end the prisonor was romanded ta tho Qroensburg Jail for further examination. Vrom o, sppoaraon of tho doud budy, i would nflunr Lint young Bhaum was beatan nl death: with a * wattlo," a littlo hiokory stick, bal switeh and half club, Thero avo still cluos Incking that are nocessary to fix tho guilt, and thoso are being followed up closoly nns zonlously. How fast ono gonoration of Y“b"a men in this country succosd anothor] In looking over the yoas and nays in tho United States Sonsto on tha annoxation of Toxua, in 1845, whioh stood 47 for to 25 ngainat, wo dixcovor ihat thoro i but ono ainglo aurvivor, and ho i William Allon, of Ohioy ~—Uincinnati Enguirer l