Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 1, 1873, Page 1

wuit ; that tho enncnllntl& in's nharea was novor ol ora ; thot tho #too) nt and ablo to pay. ‘ay that tho Reca ‘nut tho stockhr * to hinvo booy 1, and that Ghicago CHICAGO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1873. VOLUME 26. *ome GIFT CONCERT. COD LIVER OIL. Rrandest Scheme Ever Known, Fomrth Grand Gift Concert FOR THE BENEFIT OF TIIE v PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY. 12,000 Cash Gifts, $1,500,000. Brory Filth Ticket Draws a Gilt, $280,000 for BTO. Tho Fourth Grand Gift Concort autharized b{ spocial aot of tho Leglalaturo for the henefit of the Publie Lilira- ol !'(Iflnmlu{%y il tako placo n Public Livrary Hall, ak bieA ‘Wednesday, December 3, 1873, Only sixty thousand tiokots will bo sold, aud ano-hsit of theso are intondod for tha Knropoay markot, thus lon only 50,000 for walo in the Unitod States, whera 1 woro disposad of for tho Third Concort, Tlte tlokot: dividod {nto ton coupons, or parts, autl havo on thoir back &0 Hohemo, with & full xpiaBation of 1o modo of draw- A t this Concert, which will b the grandest musical ey avor Timedsnd £ s couits, 1 Haprocadantod $1,500,000, Dividod lato 13,000 cash gifts, will bo distributed by lob among tha tickef-holdors, " Tho numbors of tho tickots to Do drawn from ono whool by bliud childron, and tho gifts from anothor, LIST OF GIFTS. ONE GRAND CASII GIFT. 10 Cnsh Gifts, $10,000 eac] 100,000 30 Cush Gifts, 5,000 each 150,000 50 Cash Gifts, 1,000 on 50,000 80 Cash Giftyy 500 encl 40,000 100 Cask Gifts, 400 ench 40,000 1560 Cash Gifts, 300 ench 45,000 £50 Cash Gifts, 200 ench 60,000 325 Cash Gifis, 100 ench, 32,600 11,000 Cash Gifty, 60 ench.... 550,000 Total, 12,000 Gifts, ALL CASII, amountivg to. +riesnner s 81,500,000 Tho distribution wifl by posltive whethor all tho ticketa are sold or nat, and the 13,000 gifts all naid in proportion £0 tho tickots sold—all unsold tickots botng destroyed, as a2 tho Hirat and Socond Concorts, and nob reprasvatod i tho drawing. PRICE OF TICKETS. ‘Whilo Tickots, 850.00; Halvos, §35.00; Tonths, or : “Eloven 'Wholo ‘Cickots ' for $500, Wholo Tlakals for $5,000.00 000,00, No discount ot loa than 0,00 worth of Tickots at a time, Tho unparaliclod suocoss of the Third Gift Concort, ns well g tho satisfaction fiven by tho First and Second, makos it only nocossary ta announico tho Fourth to insuro o prompt salo of ever tickot, ho Fourth Gift Concart will ba conductod n all its dotaila like tho Third, snd full pctisulars may bo loarned toom ciroulars, whidh wll bo Bont froo from this olfico to ail who way apply for “Tickats now ready for salo, and a1l ord, ordars accoms by o monoy promptly filléd. Livoral torms given (o i0a0 who buy (o sell agsiu, TIHOS8. E. BRAMLETTE, Agont Publ, Libr, Ky. and M, Gitt Concort, ot P i I rary Bukiing, Leouiseiio, Ry. BUSINESS CHANCE. FORSALE CR T0 LEASE. NEWHALLHOU MILWAUKEE. Wa offor for ealo or ta loaso on vory favorabloterms, this Dolabrated Hotol—ths finest in Wisconsi: 1t is situatod on the principsl husinors stroot, convoni- et 1o atoamboata and dopota. It is full of guoits and do- g vay prottable and Incroasing busincss. i A v“““““;fi“d’l‘ffig. LYNDE & MILLER, Milwaukee, or J. H. BISSELL, Chieago. OPENING. GRAND OPENING, Satarday, August 2, OF MEYER & KOEHLER'S RESTATRANT, _ WINE, AND LAGER BEER HALL, EXCHANGE BULLDING, Southwest corner Olark and Washington-sta, e auall gl fall saistactlon toallour patrsns aad tho ur placa. e On thid ocotlon & fino and sclostod lunch will bo sarved to our guosts. GRAND OPENING ! On SATURDAY EVENING next, August 3, THOS. RATEGAN will open his now Billiard 1a)l snd Bamplo Room at 359 South Olark-st. Al ar fnvited. FOR SALE. TRACING LINEN, AND PATHR, AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. CULVER, PAGE, HOYNE & (0, 118 and 120 Monroesst., Chicago. SPECTACGLES, AT J. G. LANGGUTH'S, Opticlan, #2 State.at _botwean Washington and Randoloh. DISSOLUTION NOTICE. DISSOLUTION. The copartnership hitherto exating under the firm pame of Edwards, Bluott & Oo, oxpiros this day by lm- ftation. The firm of Wilds, Bluott & Oo. will sssumo the Uabllittes and colloot the dabts of the late firm of Ed- wards, Bluett&Co, ABRAM EDWARDS, ‘WM. 0, BLUETT, Chlcago, Aug. 1, 1873, JAMES WILDE, Jx., & CO. COPARTNERSHIP. The undersigned bave formod & copartnership andor the firm name of Wildo, Bluatt & Co., for the purposo of earrying on the Olothing Business, and will occupy thelr now staro, at the northwest corner of Btato and Madison. ste., on or about August 1, 1673, JAMES WILDE, Jn., & 00..' WM. 0. BLUETT. COPARTNERSHIP NOTICE. COPARTNERSHIDP. o partnership businens horstoforo existing u e Sa ai91n of Philin Kramor and Rernard Abrafiams, 04 carriod on at No, ) Archior.av., Obicago, s this day Blitolvod by mutual consont, Tho' businosswill be car- Flod on &t the aamo yiace, by aaid Bornard Abrabama; Slso, all olalnis to bo pald by aatd Abrabam, P KRADMER, BERNARD ABRATIAMS, Dated, Ohloago, July 29, WILLSOIN'S CARBOLATED €OD LIVER OIL 1sa Specifio and Radteal Ouro for CONSUMPTION AND BOROFULOUS DISEASES, ofiemermbor o namo, *4¥ilsonis Qusbolatod Oad Liver " jomes in Inrgo wi 0-8hiA] caring 10 o ntos's aTimatite, S 1 soid b tho beat Druaisie. Propored by J. H. Willson, 83 John-at,, N, Y. Tor salo by sll Druggtata. URLBUT & EDIALL Chiesgor.- RICHARDSORN & CO., ¢, Louts, Mo. COAL. Coal. Coal. MINER T. AMES & G0, 1 West Randolph-st. Tackawanna .......... .. 9.50 Erie, Walnut Hill, and Briar Rill - 9.00 Minonk. . 8.00 Hocking - 8.00 Indiana Block - 8.00 Wilmington .- 6,00 WHOLESALE AND RETATL. Liberal Reduction made on Coal by Car Load, FINANCIAL, WALKER, ANDREWS & G0, 14 ‘Wall-st., N. Y. REWS & OO, 10 Place Vondome, PARIS. Travelers’ Credits Issuod, both n STERLING, on UNION BANK OF LONDON, A e s s, Circular NWotes, 0f £10, £20, and £50 on the UNION BANK OF LONDON. Commercial Credits: Exchange on London & Paris. Stocks, Honds, and Gold hought aud sold on commis- ston. Rtiiway Loans nogotiatad. (00K COUNTY SAVINGS BANK, 1028 Washington=st., Northoast cornor Olark, opposite Court-Housa, WEST BIDE OFFCE, .17 Mollvwaulsee=avr. DmnEorons—William B, Ogdun, Redmond Prindisille, . 8. Bou- Georgo Taylor, Henty R. Payson, . . Taylor, 3 o B D G, Boi, V- Foge, Lilsha 8. Wadaworth. TMONEY can be drawn at any timo, with interest at the rate of 8 per cont per annum on all sums deposited one or more full months. SKOW-PETERSEN, ISBERG & C0,, BANKERS, No. 2 South Olark-st,, Issuo OIRCULAR LETTERS OF CRED- IT pnd LETTERS OF OREDIT availablo in all Buropoan oiti NEW PUBLICATIONS. FARMERS FOURTH OF JULY THE IMPORTANT ADDRESS 0f 8, M, SMITH, Bocretary of the Ilinois Btate Farmers’ Association, bofore the Liv- ingston County Farmors® Association, At Pontiac, on the Fourth of July, Is now rendy for delivery as an 8-pago doou- ‘ment, for general circulation. Farmors’ Olubs and Granges will bo sup- pliod at tho following rates: Blngln Copies.. 3 ots, | 100 Oopies...75 ots. 10 Copiea.......16 of 1,000 Copies....$6.00 Address J. W. DEAN, Room 6 Tribune Building, Chicago. STOVES, RANGES, &o. BOYNTONS HEATING FURNACES! “Qur Favoric? Runges, “Tho Cubinet? Cool Stave, Baltimere Ienters, Teating Stovos, Tuttle & Builey’s Realatery, &cc. Thero goodn aro the vory best manufactucod, and. ar rolinble v ovary rosnocts o BOYNTON FURNACE i ol 03 G diTerant azos aad ads for hent- Jur butldings of every desoription: Hoatink aud vontl: 1aflng promptly attendod 0. atos mado on short Totice, Wb favito the attontion of doalors and thosa wanting ap erfect working furnaco or cooking arrange- Thont t6 oall and aoa ua or sond for elsoul BLISY & BROWN, & Lako-st., Obiosgo. LOTTERY. $300,000. Oapital Prize, $60,000. Missouri State Lottery. Grand Slngleo Number Schieme. Drawa thelsst dayof erory month. 5,650 Prizes, smonnte 8500, 000, Wholo tickots, 8103 Halves, 86, Sond for !i"}fc:‘fi.;‘w NURRAY, MILEEK & 0O, Bz 3445, 8t ouis. Mo. ‘WANTED. Salesman Wanted. tablished Commission Xouso, & eapable, enorgetla salesman, fully conversant with Ohfcaga trada: Aduross, with roforonces, L. SONS & 00., Tribuno ofiico, GENERAL NOTIC, NOTICE. Country Auctioneers, Land Bpeculators, and Trading Mon in all parts of tho country, ‘will henr somothing irunel to their ndvane tago, by addressing A 46, Tribuno office. Proposals Wanted Far exoouting cortain ropairs and fniprovemunts proposed 2o bio made on the First Aeoteh Olrch, cornor of Hauga- mon aud Adan acaording o pla and speofica. tlons to Lo sogn at the ollicoof John Mauksy, Architeot, oo 8, northeast corner af Btate and M n whom propo 1 bo ludgod on or befar: posals will bo ‘Phursdny, the Tih'dny of Augast. The lowosteilor may mut by secujted DIVIDENID. Tho Bwansea Silvor Amelti: fining Oo. of Obl. ensusar el ARG Setnf G R of ono and une quarter (11{) per uld on and aftor tho 15th inat,, o, B Ohloago, Aug, 1, 1873, Shippers, Attention! For potits In Colorado, New Maxico, and Kanias, THE GREAT NEW ROUTE {'l:; ofllra:l!lo 1 inducomonts in the way of froight and olal and got fi a, w T . Ko L, [¥) 71 Olark-at. AL W By WEDD, Gon't An'te 2144 ", botsroon Madium and Monrgo. R Y b ocand and third floors, 401 Hoffiiarol lufis, funces ang i, Hoorss and il basos aratoly. Bor) torm y O ot Sequiro on tho pramises or of J. L ROW1, wllh‘ Roddin & Hamilton, MEETINGS, Masonic. . M. 1 iy Fn‘;‘;:lk“"{ el 1 1. N et e Enninossaut, WORIC on & By ordes of tho Aastor, THE KANSAS GRANGERS | 'The State Grange to Be Reor- ganized by the Conven- ~ tion at Lawrence, The State Board of Agrioulture Con- sured for Encouraging Horse-Racing, Resolutions Adopted Calling for Na- tional and State Regulations of Railroads, How Rallroad Properly Should Bo Assessod--Re- duction of Taxatlon Demandaod---Sympathy for the Setlers on the Osago Lands «-Polltical Feeling Among tho Dolegatos. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, LAwReNCE, Kan,, July 81,—Tho speclal objoct of tha Convention of tho Patrons of Husbandry, mnow in gossion in this city, is to organizo a Stato Grango, Thoro hos beona bodyin existenco for gomo timo calling iteclf tho Stato Grango, but it was organized irrogulatly, by specisl ap- pointmont or disponsation of tho National Grango, whon the order was fow in numbors and comparatively insignificant, and its working hias not given eatisfaction. This Convention ia composod of delogates from overy subordinato Grango in tho Btato, and a now Btate Grange ia to bo organized about whose valldity or rogularity thore can be no question. Thora is no political signification to the meoting, excopt that 8o large o convention, ropresenting all parta of tho Btato, showa tho romarkablo strongth tho ordor has attained, and tho political power it Is cnpable of exerting. The loading man, however, aro opposed to taking any political action ot presont. Wo havo no genoral elogtion this fall, oxcapt for membors of tha lower branch of tho Btato Legislaturo, The Logislature, howover, las a Unitcd States Bonator to eloct in the placo of Ar, Caldwoll. Thoro kas been some talk of the Grangors —nominat- ing a_coudidato for tho position, and %mng into the field to eloct mombors of tha ouso of Reprosontatives on that issue. Tho great dificulty is to agreo ona candidate. If the choico is to bo narrowed ton practical farmor, the only two_prominent names now before thoe poople would bo thoso of ox-Gov. Charles Rob- inson and ex-Gov. James M. Harvey, Both are Grangors, and both practical farmors. Robin- son was tho firab Govornor of the State, and wag in the Liberal movomont Iast year, Iarvoy is a Ropublican, and rotired from his second torm a8 Govornor last January., Gov. Robinson in by far tho ablest man of thei wo, and Thas been very activo in the Farmers' Movoment, indoed, mny almost bo said to bo tho fathor of it in this Btato. Governor Harvey Las not publicly espoused the Farmers' Movement, but ho i roportad as an honest, straightforward man. 'Tho allant fightho and his fhonds mado. sgnios Pomeroy aud Lis crowd, lnst winter, endoared him to many of the best men in tho Btato. If this Convention will nominate, thocontost would Do botween thoso two mon, with the chances in favor of Robinson, Thore is no doubt that Pomoroy twas brought , hore with the idea that ho ~ might make some improssion upon_ the Grangers, but the Lonost yeomsury wouldn't spesk to im, aud ho loft in disgust. Sidnoy Olark, another'of our playod-out politic cians, ia also hore, trying to mnke some capital with the Grangors, but ho is as dead as Pomo- roy. Justnow, the Grangors eny they aro not in politics, but aro compacting thoir organiza- tions and getting things into shapo; but they are bound to onter tho political fiold at no dis- lB“tu: day, aund whon they do they will carry the ate. Among the membors of the Convention aro mouy farmers who havo horotoforo beon memwbers of our Legislature, and held other positions of trust. Bevoral of the country oditors are also here as mombora, They are ac- tive in their opposition to the propssed estab- lishment or recognition of any xmzmr 28 an orgon of tho Grangors, They ey that the coun- try pross is alrendy on the side of tho farmors and tho peoplo will not support thoir local Jjournals and a Grangor organ t00. Thoro was o sharp discussion this morning in tho Convention upon the premiums for fnst horsos offered by our State Board of Agriculture for tho State Fairthisfall. Bany of tho mombors denounced horse-raciug in bitter torms, Othors thought that, as the State Board was not run- ning » Bunday-school, and had to take public soutiment as they fouudit, and a8 tho races drew the crowd and filled the treasury, the Board had dono right. Another subjoct of criticism was the expenses of the Btate Board of Agriculture for printing & volumo of transnctions, oud somo othor things, smounting_to somo 18,000, Board is o Stato institution, the oxponsos being paid by the Btate, many of * the farmers thought they had botter begin roforming by abolishing it altogether. Othors defended it as tho only art of the Biate Govornmont relating directly ?o farmers, and in thoir intorest. A Grango, organizod in the Third Ward of tho City of Loavenworth, snd composed of town farmers and politiciant, was refused recognition. The Convontion flcchtod an invitation from Prosidont Frazor to visit tho State University, and made the visit at 6 o'clock this ovening. thio building is the fincst in tho Btate, and the mombors were much pleased, The following rosolutions wore passed this evening, the only ones that have yot beon made, though a llu'%o nnmbor have been introduced and roferred to the Committees on Resolutions, on Horse-Racing and Fairs : Resolved, That tholate action of our Btate Board of Agriculture in giving such unusual prominouce to ‘horse-raciug at tho coming Btato Fair in September, ond in offoring suchlarge and exorbiiant promiums for tho same, to bo pald out of the publle monoy, mocts with otr unqualifiod disapprobation ; and thnk thua to permit the horse-raciug intarest to overshadow overy other s unjust, immoral, and unworthy s Board supposd to ropresont the highost intorests of agriculturo in our Btate. . “Jtesolved, That tho State Grange and all the subor- dinato Granges, and farmers genorally, bo earnestly requested to tako such an active and lively intoreat in all matters connected with our ogricultural fairs as to wocuro a large and crowded attendance upon the same, and thus avoid the necomsily of thoeo having them in charge to resort to yuestionable measures to insure fuancial success, The Committee on Transportation roported the following, which were adopted: Reaolved, That wo look with alarm upon the power which motteyed monopolics are wiclding in_our Inud, snd wa feol that the groatost danger to our ropublican inatitutions s in the undu influcnce which s oxerted by thom, and rosolvo that raflroads, like public high- vinys, abould bo bullt and_conducted for “tho bouefit and convonlonco of the people ; and wheroas, tlioy aro conductod for the bonofit of capitalists, regardless of tho publio good, thorofore, Regolved, Thiat It 8 the (llll’ of the Government, Na- tional aud Btato, to Interposs on Lehalf of tho neoplo, tust full justico may bodone, Itls tho duty of tho Yegislature, under tho Coustitution, to pravide for a uniform ahd equal rate of ausossment and taxation, and wo call upon the Legislaturo to nssess raflroads ad farms aro asacsiod, according to valuo, regardioss of ncomo, Itesolved, That, in view of the fact that a groat por. tion of tho peoplo of our State who labor the hardest are unablo to pay taxes, which hinye hocoma & bnrden lvona to bo Lorne, we o in favor of fho strict, fioneat, and ocononiical adininitration of our Nntiona and Biato Govoruments, and of ‘a_roductlon of tho kalnrica and focs of wll natlonal, Btate, and county oficers, Ttcaolved, That wo doom 1t expodiont to appolnt an agont for our Stato, whoso duty it shall be to corre: spond with tho Geanges of ihe different States, and mako contracts, for and in bLohulf of the ditferont Qranges of ihis Blate, 8a to_tha exchango and trane- portation of the producty of the different Blates, i T‘}xu following are tho rosolutions on the Osage ands : Wiengas, After the treaty with the Ossge Indlana Dby which tho titla to what fs now know as tho * codud lands,” comprising the Countios of Noosho and La- botte, was oxiingulslicd, a largo number of poople sot~ tlod on sald lauds ; and Witeneas, Congress, by a joint resolution dated April 10, 1869, suthorizod and dirccled tho Land De- partment to sell said land to actual seftlors for §1.25 per acro; an a FUOKER, Soo. | Wukngas, Under sald Jolay rosolublon tho soltlers Ay this Stato’] Tiavo purchiasod and pald for #ald Innds, and_have im- roved tho same, worth from $1,000 to $10,000 on each ract § and . Witknras, Tho Bocretary of tho Intorlor has rocent- 3y decldod {uat eald lands bolong to tho M,, K. &, Y, Tailrosd Company, tinder land-grants matlo lon boforo the Uniled Btatea owned theso Jands, and which minko no allusion to them, oxcopt in o provision which exompt thom from tho oporation of thio grant to theso ronda ; (horeforo, “Resolved, That'in our $udgmont and opinion said nilligs and declsion i favor of eald ronds was mado corruptly by tho Socrotary, snd in collusion with tho #ald raflroads, and fa tho rosult of o conepiracy to rob tho pooplo i tho Intercata of corporatg wealth and power. Rtesolved, That wo lioroby expross our hearty sym- {mlhy to tho sottlors on those lands, and ndviso thom 2 contond for tholr homen and altats to the Iast, and in thts contest wo will rondor ihom all the aid i our power, WASHINGTON, THE ATTORNEY-OENERAL ON THEL KU-ELUX PAT- DON QUESTION. ‘Wasminaroy, D, 0., July3l.—Atty.-Gon, Will- {nma has writion tho followlug lettor in answor to tho South Carolina gontlomon who urge the Ku-Klux pardons: WastiNaToN, July 30, Blessra, Porter, Rershaw, and Sima, Washington, D, C, GENTLEMEN: Your leltor of fo-lay, Intonded to elicit from mo & publlo expression of tho pollcy of the ‘Government in relation to the prosccutions and pris- oncra under the Enforcomont act, 8 roceived, I havo to mny in suswer that, as indicated in his conversation with ‘you, tho Preaidont haa communicated to me, what I havo hercioforo undorstood fo bo his wish, thnt iho prisomers ncoused and convieted of of- fences under sald acts should Vo trested with a8 much lonity as possiblo, without prejudico to the ends for which tley were passod, It must, however, bo strictly undorstood that this sction by the Government {8 not prompled by any doubt ns to tho naceasity or validity of said acts, or of tho justico of tho convictions nlroady bad under them, {0 provent UNHAPPY SPAIN. Barbarous Massacre at Alcoy by the . Internationalists. The Defenders of the Town Beheaded and Mutilated. Renewal of the Bombardment of Almeria, Decrces of the Communist Juntas at Grenada and Seville. The Cortes in an Uproar and De- moralized. Maonip, July 81.—A correspondont, writing about the massacro at Alcoy (Spain), says: *“Tho womon played o conepicuous part in tho massa~ cro, 88 thoy did in Paris during tho Commune. Nothing which occurred in Paris, ovenin the “last fionzied ngony of desporation aund baflled ‘fury, at all appronchos this brulal massacre, 1 When the Minister of Foreign Affairs waa asked and punisl high crimes, bub by tho bolief 'that tho Ku- Xlux Kisns have through safd convictionnbeon aimont, if not altogethor, brokon up, and _that thoss who wers concerued in, or sympathized with them, havo como to soo tho folly, wickedness, and danger of such organizations, on havo been plessol to say tomo, and similar ssaurancos havo beon given by othorn ecking tho samo object, that the oxecutiye olemoncy at this timo in tho Ku-Klux cares would tond to remove many causes of uneasineas and irritation now existing, and conduco gonorally to tho publlo penco wad traanility, nd the proposed action 18 takon with referenco {0 fuch caes, with tho full oxpectation that theso sasur- snces will bo vorified, You are informed that tho proscoutions now pond- ts for violatlons of tho Enforcemont pondod or discontinued, nd instruc- this offect havo already been given to tho Rov- tions to eral District Attornoys, but thero may bo_excoptional casos of sz aggravation, whoro tho Government ‘would inaist upon conviction snd punishment, Thero aro, bowover, but a few of uch cass now within my knowlodgo. ‘Persons who havo nbeonted thomsely on account of their complicity in Ku-Klux offen) ara at Hberty to xeturn, and, unless thelr crimes b long within the nbove-named exceptional cases, they willnot bo proscouted, Msny of thoso sentonced to imprisonment for such offensea have been slready pardoned, and tho cases of others aro uuder consld- Gration, ahd will probably bo_disposod of in Wlko man~ ner, keeping in view tho propor relation between the; punishment nd tho naturo of thoir guilt, i To avold any miaconcoption of theso proceodinge, it- 18 perhaps necessary for me to say that nll conspira- clos and oufrages of violattons of theso scla horeaftor committed, like thoso herctoforo punishied, will ko ‘prosacutod with alt posaiblo onorgy snd vigor, and it in 0 bo understood that the Govornment does mnot in- toad to abandon sald acts, but to induco If possible a willing obodience to their reasonable requiroments, Hubstantially they sro intendod to protect citizons of tho United Statea tn tho posscasion and enjoyment of thoso political and civil rights Sguaranteed thom by tho lalo smendments to the Constitution, and the President, whoso duty It 18 to soo_that the ‘lawa aro faithfully oxecuted, would bo recreant to that duty ifhodidnat so administor the Governmont na to afford to ol citlzens the equal protoction of its Inwa, T hiavo added these suggoations to the information for which you sk, with o aincoro hopo that, by tho oxer= clso of 'n mutual recognition of cach other’s rights by - al clagses of peoplo, no furthor nocessity will arise for their {l.rfllmfiuu and enforcement under said acts through tho action of tho Goneral Governmnent, Very rospoctiully, : jzonoE H, WiLLIAME, Attorney-Genoral. INFONMERS' FEES. : Ton per cont is to be paid informora horenftor, - Dby the Treasury Dopartment, instead of six. ¥IGUT FOR A LAND PATENT. A patont for 26,000 acres of land is being hold by the Burvoyor-General of Californis, in- his oilice at San Francisco, pending further évidence rolating toit. Tho patentees thoro replavinod the Burveyor, put the Bheriff in his oftico, and threstened last night to blow open tho Eafe to obtain the patont,” The Gonersl Land Afi““ has tolegraphod tho Unitod States District Attorney to tako nll necosgary stops to provent intorfor- enco with the Burveyor. INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTH, Tho intornal rovenuo receipts for the month of July amountod to 28,570,000, OUDA, The statemont that two Spanish war-vessels hove beon soized by their crows and aro now on their way to Cuba to join the insurgents is re- ceived with joy by the Cuban sympathizers horo. MISSOURL The Texas Cattle-Fover in Nodaway, Dekalb, Caldwell, and Davis Coun= ticsesThe Kowan Railrend Robbers Still Eludo Their Pursucrs. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, 8r. Jo, Mo., July 81.—Tho Texas cattlo-fover is provailing to an slarming oxtont in many of tho counties in Northwost Miesourl. In Noda- way Oounty, whero tho diseaso provails with violonco, the peoplo have refused to lot Knnsas cattlo land from tho onrs. Tho discaso now pro- vailain Nodaway, DeKalb, Caldwoll, snd Duvis Countios, in this quarter of tho Stato, and the Toss haa alrendy been heavy. It is mow protty well “established that tho Towa robbera aro separated, sud that two of thom crossed tho Haunibal & 8t. Jo Railrond and Missouri Rivor south of this city ; that tho othors crossed north of here, snd that all aro far on the Southwostorn frontier, whero pursuit will bo bootless. They are of n class that know all that men ovor loarn of the means of avoiding pursuit, TRAGEDIES. A Man Shoots ¥is Mother=in-Law and then Mis Wifes-Attempted Murdor and Suicide. InpranaroLts, Ind., July 81.—Oyrus McCarty, living about & mile from Rochoster, Fulton County, Ind., shot a Mrs, Wright, his mother-in- 1aw, through the chest, this nmrnini, inmntin&; o {)m\xnbly fatnl wound ; aftorwards he ifired five imos at his wife without effoct, and then shob bhimself in the forohond, Thoro aro no hopes bt hin recovory. The affair 5mw out of the sopa- ration of Mr. and Mra. McCarty, which, boclain- ed, waa causod by Alrs, \Vrlfih‘. New Yong, July 81,8 arly this morning whilo asloop in bed, Josoph Guides, of No. 33 Avonuo A, agoa 88 yoars, was stabbed by Georgo Lohn, of the same houso, for the purposo of murdoring bim, and who, thinkiog his purpose accomplished, lmmudinoly shot himself, Both wero romovod to the hospital, whero Lobn iu dy- mg. Guidos will probably rocover. A wowman ‘was tho oause. e R e The Cholern. = Inpranaroris, July 81.—Tho Becretary of the Board of Health this morning roports no cholora in the city, Notwithatsnding thia, tho very strin- ont rules adopted b‘l\i the Councll ako offoct to- uiv; and will be rigidly onforced. ouIsvILLE, July 81,—T'wo doaths from cholo- ra ocourred at Lagrango, Ky,, to-day, Tho dis- easo has ontirely disappeared from the other Kontucky townd, and no caso originating here has appoared in Touisvillo for wooks, EvassviLLe, Ind,, July 81,—Tho Journal has privata advices from Oarmi, IlL., saying that the ocholera has broken out thoro in full force, Light donths had ocourred in tho 24 houra up to 1 o'olock p, m, to-day,making 14 deaths sinco tho cholera mado its appoarance there, abont a woel ago. No ocases have occurred ginco 1 p,m. to- day, and activo moasures are boing takoen to (‘lllu&ulout the town., A numbor of familios have od. —_————— ‘Tho Oro) Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Prartsnourit, Nob., July 80.—T'he wheat erop of this rogion has beon haryeatod and the aver- nga is almost donblo that of last yoar, Lhe corn crop in doing woll, Speotal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Des Mornes, July 81.—The whoat larvost In this county is about over, Whoat is m!l'lmlulty injured by blight and smut. Now whent s of- forad quite freoly at 80 to 90 conts, Tho first :u:‘lfll of now wheat was shipped to Chicago 0-day, RS- Gy Summary Punishments Latree Rook, July 81,—A Texas horso-thiof wat shot and killod ‘st Okolons, Olarke County, youtorday. in tho Cortes fur a statoment of what ronlly hap- ‘poned, ho declared that for the houor of tho Chamber, of the Council, of the Iopublic, ho waa obliged to rofrain from mentioning all that happened. According to his ‘account, the insur- Tection was got up by the Intornationallsts, and vcommonced in n strito, or a series of strikes. The workmon demnndod o large rise in -their wages, ss much as G50 por cenl, aud, whon it was refused thoy loft their work -and assumed o very threatoning attitudo, intor- +fering ovorywhero with work and epreading an alarm smong tho peacoful inhabitants, cspocinl- V1y those belonging to the woll-to-do clagses, and sooking tho resignation of the Town Couneil and tho substitution of a Council of their own nomt- uation. ‘This domnnd tho Mayor of Alcoy, Senor Au- gustin Albora, refused, and was givon three liours to chango his mind. IIo took possossion of the Tawn Iall, and with n few civil and Na- tional Guards, and some friends, tried to hold it against the mob, Tho little garrison was soon overpowered ; tho assailants burst in, and then followed a scone which tho Minister declared it impossiblo for him to describo, I'ho dofenders of tho Town Hall, after boing subjected to other horrible insults and injuries, woro stripped naked and hold up from the bale cony, in full view of tho howling mob below. Thoir names wero called out, ono by one, and the mob was aslked whother it would have them doead or alive. According to tho answoer, eithor thoir heads wore cut off and their mutilatod bodiesthrown down from the balcony, or they wero thrown down sitll alive, tho maob below trying to catelt them, as thoy fell, on bayonets and” pikos, and overybody then rushed to assist in dis- patohing wWhat romuants of 1ifo woro loft; or, if too Inte for thig, to further mangle and dlsfiguro tho broathless Lodica. Ono of tho principai and most ,respeotablo in- hnbitants was soized by tho insurgents, and aftor his clothos had been_sprinkled with petroloum o was sob on fire and mndo to run, while shots werq token at bim. Othor atrocities scurcely less torriblo nro roported. A dispateh has boon recoived from Sovillo, ane nouncing that 1o Thangents havo sot firo to tho city in four difforent placos. Totroloum twag {reoly used. Tho rofusal of tho authorities of Almeria to’ comply with tho domands of Gon. Contrerns for o contribution of 50,000 pisetas was followed by an attack upon that city by the insurgont fleet. Aftor two Lours’ firing, tho assaulting foreo made an attompt to disombark, but woro re-; pulsed by tho national troops and compolled to. rotreat to their vessols. Tho women and chil-, dren loft Almorin beforo the attacl, and the town is now oceupied by tho Ropublican troops, who aro dotermined to maintain their position. The Cortos has resolved to proceed immodi- ately with the consideration of billa providing for » now loan, s national arnamont, and tho. suppreasion of {ho right of pardon by tho Presi-. ont. Tho Civil Governor of Barcelonn has soized a nowepnpor in that city for endeavoring to :'xlx‘clto & mutiny among the natioual troops ero. Mabnip, July 81.—The Revolutionary Junta at Granada hos issued n decree dirocting tho soizuro of tho property bolonging to the State, including churches, convents, and boll-foun® drics, tho last-montioned to obtmn metal for coinago. ‘I'no insurgent Junta at Boville has also 1ssned & docreo ordering a reduction of 60 per cont in tho loasos and rents of tho gonoral community, ond a similar reduction in tho necossarios of lifo, closing factories, nud making o division among tho poople of uucultivated Innds. A dispatch received at tho Ministry of War snnounces that tho insurrection iu Sovillo has been suppressed,and tho city is now occupied by Government troops, The fires started by tho insurgents havo boon oxtinguished. The Cortos bas adoptod rosolntions thankiog the Ropublican troops ot Almorin for their horoio resistance to tho attack of tho insurgents, ; Tho foreign property iu Almoria is in groat- danger, and foreign rosidonta will appoal to thoir respoctive Goyvornmonts for protoction. The Itadicals repudiate the protensions of Marshal. Borrano to be s friend of tho Ilagmb]jc. BAYoNNE, July 81.—Don Carlos Luns entered. Biscay. In the Cortes to-day the Doputies of the Left rotostod against tho proposed vote of thanks to yho citizons of Almoria for their devotion to the Tiopublie, Angry oxclamations from tho mom- ‘ors of the majority followed the prolest. Bonor Quintoro made a epocch in which Lo dofonded the provecdings of the insurgents., The mem- bors of the ma?ority ngain protestod against tho courso of the Doputios of the Left. passion~ ato debato followed, attendoed by & Bcono of grent confusion in the chambor. "T'he insurgonts at Cartagona attompted to fit out tha iron-clads Mendez Pinto and Fernando Ll Oatolico, to assist tho vessels cngeged in an attack upon Almoria, but found thoir supply of coal to be insufilciont, Tho insurgent Governmont at Cartagona made an effort to place nloan in London, but failed. Piorrad was in command of the insurgents who endeavored to destroy tho city of Bovillo by firo this morning. The insurgonts in Valoncia still rofuse to sur- ronder, and the Republican troops reaumed tho bombardmont of that city Inst mght, Tho citizons of Alosute, fearing an attack from tho insurgonts, have mado urgont applica~ tion to the Madrid Govornmont for reinforco- monts, A sacond conferenco botwoen Senor Colanca, Colonial Ministor, aud the Doputios from Porto Rico, has been fixed for Monday next to dovise the framework of a bill for theabolition of slave- ry in the Antillos. Pauis, July 81,—Gon, Chaband Latour rofused to sit with tho Court-Martial at Oadiz, joined the insurgonts to-day, and oponed firo on tho Arsonal, Mapnip, July 81.—In_tho Cortes to-dny, Gen. Gonzales, Ministor of War, road a dispatch an- nouncing that tho insurgonts had recommeoncod firing upon tho City of Alinoria. ‘Uhis aftoruoon tho insmirgont projeotiles had domolished tho Liouse ocoupiod by the Gorman Cousulato, not- withstanding the Consular tlag was tlying over the building. A body of 700 inaurgents from Oartagena sur- prised thio garrison of Orihmols, in the Provincs of Alieauto, oaptured tho town, and are now marching upon the City of Alleaute. "I'he insurgents in Valoucia are roported as be- coming moro discouraged, Gon, Martinez an- ticipatos easy victory over thom. Aldsining A5 Mo i NN Rallrond Thioves Caught. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, OnesruiNg, Ohio, July 81,—For the past six months tho Plttshurgh, Pt. Wayno & Chicago Rnitway having lost large quantitios of goods from thelr cars, they instituted a complote sys- tom for tho dotoction of the guilty parties, under the genoral managoment of Linkerton'y Dotoct iy Daily Tribune, lve Agonoy. Tho mattor oulminated yestorday in tho passago over tho lno_botwoon Pitts- burgh and _Orostline of J. D, XLayng, Asslstant Gonoral Managor, R. Wiggin, Suf:orlntundunt, J. Twing Brooks, tho Bolicitor of tho_ Company, accompaniod by Mr, Warner, of Pinkorton's force, arresting somo Lwonty of tho omployes of tho Company. Largo quantitios of tho slolen gooda have boon racovered, and tho whoronbouts of mauy moro aro known, Tho guilty parties havo neatly ali been committad for trial, and their conviction s cortaln. Undor tho prosont comploto syatom, it in impossiblo for crimes of this naturo to go long undiscoverod, RAILROAD RATES. Viewn of Leading NMerchants and Manuincturers of New York on tho Subject. Snectal Dispatch to The Chicage Tribune, New Yok, July 31.—The transportation con- | trovorsy is exciting considerable attontion horo ot prescnt. Morchants aro beginning to discuss raflrond rates, and proparations nro making for public mootings to press the subject on tho attention of the people. The firat of theso will bo hold ns soon 88 cool weather sets in, Tho Tribune, which hos discussed the question ropoatedly, publishos to-morrow tho views of lending morchants and manufacturers on tho subjoct. Tho souior partnor of ono of tho Inrgest sugnr-refinorics in this vicinity stnted that Baltimoro rofiners could ship their sugara to Chicago, Bt. Louls, and othor points Waest, 20 contg por barrol choapor than Now York refinora. Now York importers also complain that unfair disoriminntion is made ngainst thom by tho railrond managers a8 compared with Doston, Philadelpbia, and Baltimoro houeoes, tho lattor boing able to ship South and West from 10 to 25 por cout choapor, .Benjamin B. Sherman, of the New York Sugar Roflning Company, stated that the unfalr dis- eriminations of tho railrond companies in favor of Boston, Philadolphis, and Daltimoro, and agaiust Now York, woro tho princips] grounds of complaint on the part of New York meorchauts, and that they wore dotormined to put an ond to such unfairnoss, N. B. Thurbor, of the firm of H. K. Thurber & Co., grocors, said that morchants of Now York wero just awnking to a sense of the danger which threatons tho commerce of the port. !ilo thought that railronds would be triumphant at first, In tho end, howevor, ho had no doubt thnt the poople would succood. — Ho said that thero is infihis country to-dny £3,000,000,000 of fiotitious railrond capital, on'which, in order to pay divi- dends, commorco is taxod by high froight ratos withott limit. o is in favor_of the proposcd double-tracic railrond from New York to the ‘Wost to bo dovoted exclusively to froight, With un oxclusive froight road, goods conld be earried from Now York to Chieago end St. Louis in threo dnys, while at presont ton days are required for guud’n to rench those points. Tho saving in ox- ponee would Lo about one-half of tho prosent rates, Buch o rosd should be built and owned by tho Governmeat, but operated under a gon- orel railroad law by the poople, who should own tho roiling stock, and tho ratcs charged should nott\ng over 7 por cout on thae actual capital in- veated, Tarly in Soptombor a great public mooting will beld in the Coopor Instituto, while commit- too mectings will bo held from timo to time as necossity may dictato. By Mail] Contemplated Organization of New York Merchauts Against Railway Abuucs, From the New York World, July 30. ‘The question of transportation ns related to the commorcial intorosts of Now York has beon much ngitated of loto among gentlomen cons nocted with tho Importers’ nnd Grocers' Board of Trade. A number of meotings have been hold, resulting in combining the principal trades in & movement designed to foster tho commercial intercsts of New York as conucctod with tho question of trans- portation ; and nlso to co-operatowith the move- mont of producors now in progress in tho West, to tho ond that incrensed facilities moy bo had, and that tho abuses of the presont system may boromedied. At n recout moeting n committeo was appointed to propare o call for a mass- mooting, to bo hold at the Coopor Instituto carly in September, ond at mooting of this Committao, hold yesterday ot tho rooms of tho Importers’ sud Grocers' Bonrd of T'rade, tho Committee organizod with B, B, Bhorman, of the New York Hteam Bugar Rofining Compony, ns Chairman, T. B, Thurbor, Bocrotary, and B. P, Bakor, of B. P, Baker & Co.’s cotton and grain commission houeo, Trons- wer. Tho following call was adopted aud arrange- monts made for its circulation : The Comunitteo roapect{ully submit for consideratior tho following tacta s Y e, That the production of the country, both agricul- tural and mauufacturing, has grown much faster than the facilities for transporting that produco that during tho last fifteen years n9 now trunk linos for tho trausportation of freight havo beon oponed between tho East and the West, and within that timo tho production of the country had trebled ; as a reault, the people of tho West ara clamoring for in- creanod facilitics, and tho investigations of the Benato Committee, now In progress, togather with the rocent meetings of Congressmon at B, Louls aud Governora at Atlnnts, aro indications that the Government will be called upon to take some action in tho matter. Wo bellove thiat the policy of our Government should bo eo shaped that our great producing Intorcst and tho commerco depending thercon should not bo Ieft to thio tender morcles of chartored monopolies on the land, and of foreign shipping on the sea ; that in our inland trunsportation system thoro oxists many defects and sbuses which should recsivo the careful conslderation of Congress, fn order that all intercats may Lo justly troated and harmonized, Prominent among tho defocts and abuses in our Ppresont railway systom wo may mention : 1, Tho watering of stock, until the nominal or flctl- tious capital upon which thia chmmerce of L country 18 taxed to pay dividends s estimated to cxcced in smount our entiro national debt, 2. Tho squandering of milljons upon millions of ollars, wruug from this poogl, 12 ‘corrupt their legla- ors, 9, Tho granting by railway companies of special privileges to numerous * fast freight linea ” which muintaln oxpousive busincss organizations, tho cost of which n\(lmn(ul{l falls upon tho pro- ducor or consumor, thus making tho margin of trans- portation o constaht barrier to tho expansion of our rade, 4. Tho discriminations which exist against New York in tavorof Laltimore, Philadelphis, and Bos- ton, which in many branches of trade are bewg sericusly folt, Wo Leliove the production of the country has so in- creasod thot rallways exclusively for frolght area neceasity, and that morchants Esst and West will not tolerate & dolay of ton or twelve days in transporting goods a thousand milos, wien, with a rond devote gxclusivaly to frelght, snd oporatod st tho rato of twelvo to fiftoon milos'por hour, the samo distsuco can bo travorsed in about threo deys, at one-hall of 1he prescnt expense, ‘Wo bolioye that rallway corporations will bo forced to retronch in thoir lavish and_extravagant oxpondi- tures, and that mAdsI instead of supporting numbers of # brodit Mobilier” fst frolght and expross linos, will bo forced to do thoir own business in all depart~ ments at reduced rates, ‘Wo boliove that our eanals shonld be enlarged, and thelr capacity increased by oporating them with steam powor, in ordoer that we miay_compoto with Ganada on nlqunl terms for the grain businoss of tho North- weat, ‘Wo boliove that much of the scarcity of money and the fluctuations in our monoy market aro tho roault of an insulliciency of facilitics for the trausportation of morchandiso, “As 500n pa canala close in tho fall, pro- duice accumtlates at thi priucipal shipping polits In tho West, tying up a vast capital, which, with proper facllitics for transportation by rail, could'be kept mov- ing the year round, o bodlovo that tho coneolidations sud_combina- tions whilch railway corporations hava mado n order to perpotuato theso sbuses must be mot with combina- Hons on tho part of tho peoplo ; that unless morchnts, manufacturers, and consumers at tho East organize and co-oporate wilh tho producers of tha Wost that our commerce will bo tnrmnuuulh‘ injured, To conclualon, wo suk all merchants who approve of thin 1movoment fo onroll thoir names as mombers of this organization, and to subscribo $5 towards defray-~ lug thooxpouises thoraof, Zach member of the Commiltes s authorizod to re~ colvo subscriptions, aud the public meoting at Cooper Tuutituto will bo hiold a8 soon as suficient subacripe tions and slguatures to the call havo becn obtained, Rospectfully aubmiltied, F. 1, THURDED, . F, Wraaw, E, F. BuowxIna, ¥, J. Mantiy, W. H, Famrigu, WiLLIAM Duxyed, Joun ¥, Hexuv, TUANKLIN Ensod, Janzs Piv, 1. B, Buensuy, 1. I Baxes, 1, 1, Crarwiy, Committoe, Janesville Iten Spectal Dispatch to The Chicaga Tribune. JaNEsviLLE, July 81,—Robert I, Wilson, of Boloit, was arrestod hore yeatorday for posting bills advertising a lottory to bo held at Beloit. Four pickpookots wore arrosted at the depot ycuturdn{ and lodged in Jail, one of whom had robbed Mra, R. O, Whiting, Matron of the Btate Institution of tho Blind of @46. They give tho names of I, Conway, I, Dwyer, G. Joues and ‘Chomag Alooro. NUMBER 346 THE FORT SNELLING MATTER. Scerotary Belknap's Vorsion of tho Salo of tho Reservation. " i Abstract of the Report of the Commis- slon Appointed in 1870. : How the Valuation of the Property Wes Made, and How BSteele's Claims Against the Government Were Adjusted. Spectat Dispateh te The Chicago Tribune, i ‘Wasmyaroy, July 81.—Scorotary Belknap re- | turned thismorning. Your correspondentcalled * on him for the purpose of ‘gotting tho War | Dopartmont version of tho salo of the Forl =} Bnolling Resorvation, The Becrotary oxprosued gront surpriso at tho statements published in cortain Minnesota papers with rogard to this transnction, Ho declared that whatover might bo enid about outside parties, ho and tho mem- ‘bors of the Commigsion who mado the report on tho salo of the rosorvation were innocont of all charges of fraud or corruption, or nttompts to dofraud the Governmont. In Octobor, 1870, tho Beorotary issucd an order creating n Commiesion to oxamine into tho matter. Inhis report to tha Prosident for that year, tho Becretary says : *¢‘Tho nct sotting apart o portion of the Fort Bnclling military rosorvation for & pormanont military post, and tho sottlement of all claims in relation theroto, hias boen carried out by having the location and tho facts concorning the claims reforred to and oxamined by o bomxd of oflicers, who made roport recommending » sottlos ment, which sottloment was concurred in by myself and accopted by tho claimanta,” The report to which tho Sccrotary rofers is dated Nov. 10, 1870. It statcs that tho officors procceded to Bt, Paul, where they met Mr. Franklin Stoclo and Gen, Sanborn, his attornoy ; that Mr. Steolo and bis partnors paid 300,000 for tho propurt{lln quostion, §80,000 of which was in cash, with amplo sceurity for tho remaindor ; that, in consoquoncoe of o roquost made to tha Bocrotary of War by n solect committee of tho Houso of Nopresontativos that ho should suspend action in the matter until certain investigations ~could bo made, the Govornment authoritios had feiled to com- ply with tho requiromonts of the contract in making o convoyanco of the property to the pur- chager aftor ho had fulfilled all tho_conditions required on lis part ; that after e hind boon putin guuuusulou of the promises by the proper United tatos authoritios, and had incwred considorabla oxpongo in making surveys of town-lots, and in g0 h:fi and conveyanoing o portion of the sama to individuals with o guaranteo of titlo, tho ros- ervation was again taken possession of by tho military authoritios, ‘and had beon bold by them over since, and that he was doprived of the power of consummaling hig engagements and subjected to_hoavy damagoes and losses, Upon thia Steelo declined to moot Lis deferrod payments, wheroupen tho Socretary of War caused proceedings to be instituted sgainst him. Jerominh 8. Black, nt that time Attorney General, was naked for an opinion _on tho subjoct. In roply he said: *‘The War De- partmont ks tho power given it by Congross ta sell tho land in question, Ilaving eold, it your power is exhausted. You can do nothing more, excopt to enforco tho rights and perform tho ob- ligations which the sgreement creates.” Thie contract entitles tho purchaser to n deed as koon a8 hie?pays onc-third of the price and gives satis- lnutnrg docurity for the romeinder. . With regard to tho prico of tho land, the re- port says: *“Fho Board mado dilient inquiries of thoue porsons whom they considored most roli= eble, disinterested, and’ the best judgoes in re- gnr(f to the valuo of tho Jand at the present timo, ut found it diftieult to arrive at n satisfactory counclusion, as thero wero wido discrepancies of opinion upon the subject, omo catimating 1t o low as 310, nnd othors placing it an high as $100 per scre. From information which wau decmed tho most roliablo, and from the prices at which adjacont and similarly situnted lands have rocontly boen gold, tho Board sre induced to be- liove that tha ontiro rosorvation might at the prosent timo be sold for farming purposcs at an nyerago prico of about $20 per acre. That por- tion of tho tract adjacont to Minnehahs Falls gnaueusua o much groater value, Indeed, Mr. teolo ndmitted that the forty-acro lot embracing tho falls was worth 20,000, but the ewamp and sandy lands would be worth considerably less than tho aversgo above named, The conclusions of tho Board are as follows: That a just and eqni- tablo settloment of the claims of Mr. Steolo and his nusoclatos, e required by tho termn of tha Joint resolution of Congress, approved May 7, 1870, would bo for the United Btates to take the fort and bulldings thoroto portaining, with o new rogorvation of 1,621 20-100 acros, having tho f@1=<" lowing bounduries, viz: beginning phrfir of whora tho south lino of tho northepe- HHEEE Y thonortheast quartor of Sectjnr (A o inal north of raugo 2, wpet "o ‘mim : Erm p|u meridian, lntumrfll‘ vio middle of the main channol of th- @xinnesota River, thenco wesb to tho moyiwest cornorof tho northwest quarter of oottion 83, town and range aforesnid ; thonca north to tho northwest corner of Bection 20, town and range sforcsnid; thonco east to tho middle of the main channel of tho Miseissippi River; thenco along tho main chanuel of the Mississippi Rivor and the confluonce of the Mlfln(uni)ipi and Minnesots Rivors at tno hoad of Vike Island and tho middle of the Min- nosota River to the place of boginning, contain= ing 1,620 20-100 nores a8 an oquivalont, for which the Commission rocommonds that tho claimants Do allowed ns follows, viz: For tho 1,520 20-100 acres abovo dowcrihed, €25 per acro, $38,030 for the fort and buildings, $12,920 for tho use and occupation of tho premises, being 6 por cont on 30,000, the amounl of tho firet installment paid for the period of rotontion by the United Statos, viz; nine yoars and sovon months, from April 20, 1861, to "Nov. 20, 1870, 817,250 ; total $68,200 ; the Governmeni eoding to the ofaimants their romaiuder of the resorvation, 6,394 80-100 acres, and tho claim- ants rolinquishing to tho United States allclaime upon the now reduced roservo of 1,620 20-100 9 ; acres. This adjustmont of tho quostion would ? balance the account and sottlo claims upon the reservation. Should any further oxplanation bo necessary to a full understauding of tho considerationt which influcuced the action of the Board in ar. riving at the forogoing results, it will bo remom- ‘bored that tho resorvation was sold at a time whon land spoculation was rife in Minnesotr, and tho supposed oligibility of tho position f a town site, moro than its value for agrioultura urposas, doubtloss influonced tha purohasers ; in the prico_they paid for it. ‘Tho rapid growth of 8t. Paul'and Minneapolis havo greatly {mpaired, if not wholly anuibilatod, tho prot- poots of the Fort Snolling reserve town-sife, o that now it possesses but little value uside from farming purposes. The buildings, valued at $40,000 by Commissionors Haskill and Fastman, thirteon yoars ago, Linvo boon kept in ropuir by the Government during tho poriod of tho ocou- - pation of the reserve by the troops, The Board aro therefore of opinion that the amount stated 1,920, 18 & foir ostimato, as tho buildings would - have deprecinted fully the amount of diiferonco, As the Govornmont has deprived the olaimants of $ho control of tho property, oquity seoma_to ro- uire that intorost should not Lo eharged thom or the poriod Government rotuined possossion, « Tonce no intorest as boon charged on tho ro- ¢ forred paymonts, oxcopt for tho timo tho claim- ants woro iu possossion, and for a similar reason intorest on $30,000, tho installmont paid, lna beon allowed them foruse and oceupation, Final- 1y, the_Board .have not overlooked tho fuct that tho claimants did use a portion of tho Iand, and bad tho ontiro control and profita” of tho ferry,” tho, emoluments of which wero largely enhanced by tho oceupn- . tion of tho reservo ns rendozvous for troops. ! Should this form of sottloment not be accoptabio 10 tho olaimants, tho Doard would suggest, ws another oquitablo mothod of adjustmient, that tho Uultu‘tl Btates rofund to them tho amount thoy hovo paid, with interest upon the same ! from tho dato of their pnyment to the prosent timo, they relinquishing fo tho United Btatow all claims upon tho proporly growing out of thoi cantract of purchaso, as well aa for its subso- quout use and ocoupativn by tho (roops. N