Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 2, 1873, Page 2

&t onco, but it failed. 1 < PTEMBER 2, 1873 THE COUNCIL. Benner Wominated as Fire-Mar- ; shal. The Subject Laid Over Ome Woeek. Ordinance for Eleotion of o Tax-Com-~ missioner, Lighting Strects with Kerosene. The Council iold n regular moeting yostorday ‘ovoning, with the Acting-Mayor in tho Chair. Prosont, Ald. Richardson, Dixon, Warren, 0ooy, MoAvoy, Sidwoll, Btouo, Plckoring, Tracey, Schmitz, Cullorton, McClowry, Clowry, Baitey, Powall, O'Brien, Clark, Swoot, Kohoe, Miner, Shorwood, Moore, Clevoland, Quirk, MeGrath, Eckhardt, Stout, Mahr, Lengacher, Schaffuer, Carnoy, Cannon, Ogden, Woodman, Corcoran. FINE-MANSHAL. The Acting-Mayor sout In the nomiuntion of Matthing Bonner as Fire-Marshal, which was ro- forred to tho Committoo on Firo and Water, on tho eall of Ald. Bailey, An offort was mado to sceuro tho confirmation PETITIONS. : Totitions were prosented and roferred for ro- poiring tho bridge at Clybourno placo; for o Bower on Hawthorn avenue, for & water main on Tawthorn avonuo, for the rafsing of tho grade on Pacific avonue, botwoeen Harrison and Polk streets ; forn sower on Mark streot, botweon Union and Ialsted; for paving Fostor stroot; for compousation for injurics ro- coived by Fred, Wagnor, while duiug guard duty at tho timo of the fire. onvENS. Thio Board of Public Works was ordered io direct tho 2., Ft. W. & C. Railwoy to station n flagman at the crossing of Stowart avenuo and Bushuell strect; to put in_firo hydrants on Arclior avonuo at tha futcrsection of Limo, Salt, and Quarry stroots; to putin hydrants on Ar- nold stroot betwoon Uhirty-soveuth wud Thicty- ninth, at the corner of Springer avenuo and Fox stroot, andat tho cornor of Thirty-fifth and Laurel streets, in order to furnish the residents there with lake water and to provent the spread- ing of cholera into the Sixth Ward, . BALE OF HCHOUL LANDS, Thie action taken by the Council in rofusing to concur in the rocommendation of the Board of Lducation for tho sale of eighty ncros of Innd inScction 11 and tho subjoct roferred to tho Committee on Scheols. Au order divecting the Comptroller to pay £1,000 to tho widow of C.J. Jacobs, the police- man killed on tho 19th of August, was roforred to the Committee on Financo, * REOULATINOG THE DRIDOES, Ald. Dixou presouted an ocdwnnee, which was reforred to tho Committeo on Inrbor aund Biidges, providing that all bridgos shall bo closed from half-past 6 to half-past 7 a. m. and 6 t07 p. m., and no veasol could paws them during that time, audno bridge to po open for more than ten minutos at n time, BANITARY SUPERINTENDENT. An opinion was_recoived from tho Law De- artment Lo the effcet thut tho torm of oflice of Dy, B. 0, Millor, ws Sanitury Suporintondent, ex- pires in Doce:bor, 1673, STRELR INMPROVENENTS, . The Board of Public Worky submitted ordi- wauces for paving Curtis streat, from IHubburd to Indinna, aud Dearce, from Deeplaines to Hal- sted, whicl was passed, 2 Ald. Cloveland offered on ordinanco which wag retorred to tho Committoc on Stroets and Alleys, West Division, fixiug ot ton feot the widthof tho sidowalk spnco ou Kinzio stroot, west of Ash- land nvenuo. - - ke order authorizing tho Board of Publia Works to build an appronch to the Lweltth stroot yvinduct on Stewartavenue, eostiug $4,073.60, was postponed Lill the next meeting, CLYLOUANE PLACE LRIDGE. The commuication of the Baard of Puble Works,aslsing thut tho appropriation for building »now bridge st North aveuue bo used for build- ing & now one nb Clybourno pluce, was taken up, and the order passed. CITY TAX-COMMISSIONERD, The ordinance suthorizing the appointment ofn City Tax-Commirionor aud dotlning his dutios ns follows, was taken up : e it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Chicago:. SrerNt, That tuero sl bo appointed a Clty Tax-Commiseioner in and for sald city. ‘The Comumits aoner firstappoluted under this ondinante shall hold fils otiice until tho second Monday of Decembur next, Ou +uid second Monduy of Decenber, nud overy two thereafter, there sbsll Lo sppofnted o City Tax- iswdoner 1 aud for sajd city, ANl Tax-Cominis- Woners appointed under this ordinance abell bo ap- Tointed by the Mayor, and with the consent of il Gouncll, and shall hold their ofiices for tho torm for whith appointed aud wntil thelr successors uro appointed and qualifiod, The salary of {ho sald City i Commigsiouer shall bo at tho rafo of $3,000 por at~ um untf] the Ist dey of April noxt, aud thereaftor tho aulnry of the City Tux Cammisejoucrn shall bo fixed in the sl appropriution ordinance, or by somo ordi nance pansed during tho tirat quarier of the fiseal yoar of rafd city, o, 5, iho City Tax Commissfoner shall tako and subscribe un oath of oflice, and sliall enter into a bond T tho penal sums of $10,00, with two or morg suretics, £ be approved by the Mayor, for the fuithful porforie e of the duties of bin oftico, Ske, 9, Said Commissioners shall keep in sultable books, 10 bo prosided for that purpose, o record of all Information which ho may be ablo to obtaln in respect 10 tho taxable property aud porsons Uablo to tazation it entd city, and all changes in_{ho owncrehip of seal aututo I wuid city, of which lio can abtain infornia~ ffon,” Ife elall luvo yover (o appolut suiteblo pimoun e clorlis and employes 1 eald ofice $e Muuber to bo linited und walarica fixed by the Common Council, whoso ~busines it shiall bo, undor bis dircction, to mako, from timo fo time, amend and correet the record of tho property i thlo oftico of snid Commissloucrs, both a8 regurds il ownership aud extent of such properly, by a dally examination of mups ad conveyanced which Bhall be left for record in tho oftice of tho Recorder of Cook Connty, and also all maps in the office of the Board of Public' Worke, which oxnminatlon ko shull e entitied to make frev'of all charges whatever durlug ofllev hioure. %0, 4, Hehiedules of all the taxablo renl etato n the sovoral districts shal bo furnished by the Commission. v of Taxes to aid tho Ansessor und Ausistant Avsossors i1 the yerformanco of their duties, upon which they hall onter their valuations, and ssd Tax Commieaon- v slll emtso (o bo propared ull books and blanks nee- eapary for enid oflicers and fur tho ollico of kuid Tax Gomndssioner. Said Cominissloner in making out fold pehiedules may tuku s his guide {ho asexsment Tt on collection bouls of tho provious years aud the 1ot of sulmequent conyoyances, and uuch othor duta v ho can flud to mako tiem aw ncasly corroct o8 o~ Bible, Buld Commissoner ¢hall porform such other Qutics o8 the Councl way from time to time require of Lim, 8 , fuld Commisnlonor of Taxon for hio precnt el year shali bave power 10 appoint the following clorkeand employes at tho wunil walary and com- peneatiou set opposlts Lo eact, o-vit Pirat oflice clerk, kolary Recond offico clerk, wal: "Thirco Indy eloris, copy g, salars One record elerls, lary Tirat mup-clerk, saury 140 mop-clerke, salary £500 cuch 4 . 1 "Three mien soven monthi ut $160 pex monily eacls, to il thp ASsessorn $n obtafning Bomes, reshionces, and Tocation of persous and perionnl wropurly Halls t taxation, sud in kg Hets, secdules, aud books, £2,100, Ala. Cullorton moved to striko out Sec, 1and jnrert tho following, Jus renson being that the Aleyor's bill would expiro jn Mareh: hore ehall bu elecled aunually by tho Common Counell & City Tux Commissiouer it nnd for sald city, ‘o Commisidoner firet elceted under this ordinance atiull holdt hin oftico until tha first Monilay i duly, $874, and until his snceessox o olocted aiid quulitied o 'walary of tho said 'ax Commisonr suill Lo at 1110 rate of $4,000 por annum until the 1st day of o April, 1674, und thereafter tho kalory shullLo fixed in The annial appropristion ordinunce, or any ordiuunce ‘ssicd durig tho frat quarter of tio fhical yoar woxt roceding ; provuded, howeeer, tint nothing confained $ir Gii ovder etall be considered binding o tho Cottie Iman Conneil In caso thoy duteriing to colleet tho ity 154 of nny ono yeur utider tho provisions of the gen- erul Rovenue lnyw of this Btato, Ald, McGrath fuvored the nmondmont, since thio Commissioner would thon Lo olectod just after his salary bad beon fixed, and gluco it nle Jowed the oity to do its collecting under the gen- ovel Revenuo low whenovor it ks fit, Ald, Dixon objected to tha subntituto, sinoe it guvo only » ono-yoss torin to tho Tyx Counnly- oner, “‘Ala. anu¥ moved to lny tho matter avor for & wool, and it wus agread to—yens, 17§ noys, 16, KEROBENE. o order directing tho Bourd of Publio Works to’ light_ with kerasono cortain plrcols whoro nt- aossments havo beou mndo for gus posts, way 'nu}:nmxho: moved to posiooue for twol waoks' to noo if tho (inn companies would Jkeop tha pledges thoy had recontly mnde. * ‘“Mcl. Sohaftuor movod to tiblo the wholo mat- T, 1t waa 1ot ngroed to—yens, 12 ; nayw, 21—and tho mator was Justpoued for (0 woolts, Tho Council thon adjuurnod. THE RAILROADS, Condnctor Beane Ploye: o Cndr rowaGauge Rond. Buporintondont MeMullon, of the Chieago, Alton & Bt, Louis Railroad, Is annoyed ol tho nu- sortions of tho Jowrnal and Times that Benno 1ind recoived only §50 per month wages, aud that ho hind onco beon diacharged by the Company, Mr, Mc)Mullon says that his teatimony bofore the Coronor wns corroborated Dby tho tralnmaster and sovernl othor goutiomon. Tha books of the Company show that Deano’s wagos wero 870 o month up to Aug. 1, 1873, nnd- nfter that timo @76 o month, ‘The ongincor recolved £0.50 o doy. I-‘roifzbl. conductors on the Chicago & Alton Itond xecoivo all the way from 70 to 8956 amonth, nccuxdlng 10 the nmount of Inbor thoy havo to porform, Thoro ars mo records what~ ovor to sliow that Benne was discharged from the omploy of tho Compnny, and nll tho railrond offi- cinls declaro omphatically that ko nover was dig- charged ; on tho conlrary, ho had always boruo & good charactor, and i intendent MeMullen ia confldont that Boane will toll tho truth whon his cago comoes to Lrigl. In rogard to tho capturo of Beano, thero is hardly & doubt that ho gave himsolf up to Mr. Miller to get tho rewnrd to enable him to engngo o Inwyer for his dofouso. Mr. McMullen has re- coived nn nuonymous lotlor, stating that Miller R0t 8100 and Benno 9000, Tho day bofora tho arreat of Boane, Mr, Miller camo Lo Judgo Beck- with's oflice, and asked that gontloman whether o would (iub tno 1,000 roward if ho arrested Bonne, and whether it was necessary for him to linve o warrmt. Judgo Beckwith iold him that anybody hnd the right to arrest oano, and if bo Dbrought him to Chicago tho Compnny wonld pny him tho roward. Tho fol- lowing morning, -Mir, Miller delivored Bonno to Jailor Folz, nud recoived his money. Tho Gom- pavy is porfectly satisfied that Beano hins gecured tha roward, sinco it onablos him to make & prop- or defenso, Thoy think it is just ns well for Boano or his family to huve the monoy ag any of our sngacious dotectives, Ihe Company has sottled with all thoso that woere wounded at the Sng Bridge collision, and it has also sottled or made nrrnnchamn for sottlo- ment with tho relntives or administrators of all thoso that were Lilled, Theve iy, therofare, uo ::llmnr.;f: for nny Inwwuits arising from tho ** ncei- bt L gdis Tite Fme & St Lonis Noare TIHE NARROW-GAUGE, Tho ofitor of the Waierloo sidvocate has heen riding on the Cairo & St. Lonis (narrow-gauge) Railrond, and thus dotails his oxporiencos: On Saturdny lnst tho firat. repular pnssengor coach pagacd this placo going honth, L was 1ot open to pas~ Rengers, uf, on fnvitation of the gentlemauly Super- Intendont, A, Humilton, we rode i {t from East Car- ondelot to Watorloo, 1t hins o width of soven fect, and {4 Turnishod with tenty-two armschaire, and sofan at each end. There I an afslo down tho contre, Thio chtrs a0 of walnut, handsomely earyed in ontiquo style, Tho nislo 18 carpotod with Axfister Brucsels, Tho wp- holatery 48 tasteful and suggestive of Juxury; tho windows of plute glass, and lago, with & very neat daubla Llind to drop and ‘Tai=o : {ho woodwork” withe I of wahniut and oalk, and paucling of English waluut, fivhed to degreo of porfoction slmast {uerediblo t6 behcld ; and, to complete ul, two very haudsomolamps, . AN EASY VICTORY, The St. T.oulg Cricketers Defeat the Chieago Ileven. ‘| Bui the Strangoers Have Pleuty of Lelsure 1o Practice the Game, Tho gamo of cricket is ono which has mot witlionly a slight approcintion in this country, owing to the longth of timo roquired both in nequiring tho knowledgo nocossary to bo ovon o pasanblo playor, and in playing nmatch gamo. Thint the gama should bo popular in England s natural, winco, in the first placo, it s indigenous to the soll, and socondly thero are mauy more gontlomon of loisuro in Great Dritnin who ean well afford the time and oxponse involved In the successful study and practico of tho game, Whilo wo aro always propared to keep the load in all im- portant mattors fuvelving onterpriso, onorgy, and pluck, wo wilingly (for tho prosont, at loast) rosign tho palm of superiority in cricket to tho busiuoss mon of St. Louls, especlally (a8 Mr, Tra P, Bowen necidontally let slip, in his anto- prandial specch) when tho fall trado is coming, and our morchants aro too busy to attond to anything olso. Undor the circumstancos, it was not unoxpected that 8t. Louls ehould bear off tho prize in » gamo which requires & large amount of leisuro in order to attaln to proficiency, but as Chicago is doecidedly averso to beiug boaton in anything, it is more than probablo that, aftor tho naxt oncountor with tho U, G. 0, tho #t. Louisiana will ronlizo that our business mon can do doublo tho trade of Bt. Louis, and plny n bettor gamo of gontlemen's erickot into the bargain, "Tho firat part of the gnme yestorday was do- cidodly unintoresting, as both olavens scomed to not like two cats in o strango garrot, with only ono mouse botween them. ~The num- bor of spoctatora during tho flrst innings for onch club was vory small, but by 2.o%clock o Jargo audionce bogan to gather, and at loast 500 porsons witnessed tho close of tho game, a great many holnt;lndies. Tho Clhicngo boys rotired ~Yory rapidly inthe firet inuing, no hit being “made for moro than two runs, and no individual fieoro boing ovor fivo, They elosed tho inning with only 27 ruus, and _the barometor of their Topes stood correspondingly low, I'ho St Louis hoys wero hotter trained, and handled their bats with more confidence, thongh they evinced n most charitablo desiro to abstain froin running any risks, or_clso thoy bad an un- duly oxnggorated idea of tho lightning rape idity of Cluiengo playing, In the third *“over,” Mr. Dale mado a splendid hit to leg for five runs, tho beut of tho gnmo. Ho shortly retired on tha umpire's decision that ho had Y\ll his leg instoad of tho hat in tho way of the ball. Sharpo popped up & fly, ousily taken by Ellis—twowiclets for 13 Tune. Mopdaunt's bales were noxt sent spinning by a swafe bnll from Collay—threo wickets for 24 runs. On tho first ball of the fourth * ovar,” Jolries tipped up a ball which the bowler, Harcourt, took in out of tho wet, the scoro re- mniniug unchanged, Temple, tho Cuptnin of tho 8t. Louis Eloven, becamo somowhat lamo aftor soveral ruus, und Dale ran for him, Tom- plo' batting was most judicious, and ha ac- T, Tawnshond 1t wloket, . . Bpencor ¢, Qox, b, Colisy. E, I, Lycolt o. Harcourt, b, Datlow. W. W. Elsenbroy b, Darlow, 0. Weat not out, Dyos . Log by Wides Total i i REGSHT NG, L3 0, Harcourt, b, Collo; T Do Aot oftbsse i Lycott not onf Dyos.. Vil Total COLLINS, THE ¢ CUSTODIAN.” ow Ilo Nold A's Dookw to @, nnd Qs Books to A=A Warning to nil ¢ Ouse todinna, Btraugors wonder why Chicngo grows so fast, why our stroots are so dirty, why wo havo tho largost and bost hotols in tho world, and the most ignorant and unelvil etreot-cor conduotars, and tho moanest hospital. In short, thoy aro surprised nt other, os well as theso, ovidonoos of our prosperity and enorgy. But conld thoy sco half-n-dozen of our groat publio men, ke Banyon, Miko McDonall, and John Colling, they would wonder no longer. Now tho lattor-named gon= tloman is not John Colling, the * Cast-Iron Mfin," nor doos Lo display photographs of his bonovo- lonop, with their blacking-boxes laid away and a orown upon tholr hoads, nud a copy of the Infer- Occan undor their cherublo arms. Ho works quiotly and effeotually. He makes no show, but hoisnot on carth in vain, Ho could manipu- fato & ‘“comer” in a way that would mako Jay Gould throw up tho pongo, Thero {8 o cornor on BStato stroet ho has boon gotting up which-has boon & success,—nok in flith nor ealoons opon aftor 12 o'clock. Noné of those things. Ho has not beon plaging tho amo of school funds ; but ho found two youths o whom thoro was no guile, and who kept book storos ou Btato street, Now, John Collins don’t atonl. Ob, no; but ho would bo *custodian,” or “borry” a book from ono youth, whom wa will call A, Thon ho would go xound the cornor to tho other youth, whom wo will onll Q (bocauso ovory ono ofse would call him B) and eoll A's book to him, Aftar doing thia ho would * custode” one af Q'a books and ecll it to A, Tsn't this ontorpriso? Don't & man who doos ns{good albusinoss as this on no mors capital invosted than it requirost orun bunko—nono at all—doservo tho thanka of the community? Isn't this the man for tho Publio Library? Yot him gell o dozon volumes to tho Bosrd of Education for o 81,000, and then ** custode" from tho Bonrd and sell back to tho lernrg for $10. In this way ront can bo paid by tho latter to the {formor, and thoro noed bo no troublo, . John Collins was becoming & rich man., Ho thought of solling some ono's shitt for 865, or chl!longln’g nomotnnfiiusb liko John Allon or Hosing. 1iis monoy kept away swoot slumbor, in fact like Mlidas his gold was a ourse to him, At 1ast A and Q bogan to notico that although they wero buying §2 books for 17 conts, thoy . wore not only not making money, but wore sure- 1y ond by no moeans slowly, losing their profits, At lost A suspeotod that John's diamonds sud horsos had somothing to do with his inabilit to_ buy precious stones, 80 bho watchod, sud nt last with Qs holp “tho fact beeamo apparent toboth that thay woro * short, " suspended from the cefliug ut each end, ‘Clus coach— ‘it il uro {o be iko It on this road—la only cquuldd, aud not surpassed, by the Pullmau_palac cars, This Telng tha fieat triy of this coack, sonto doubts wero ox- presied aa o dts runninyg qualities, but ot tho end of {lio 0ret milo it was' porfoctly’ cvident to us that s moro comfortublo st tion ‘coulit not be gotten up: and a8 wo kat iga_half dreanty Stato wo remembered Low hinrd wo hiad iubor- ed for thfs road ; how ubiding our falth had boen in 1t, and Liow we bid endeavored to Ingtill the eamo futo otir readers, ‘Thit, Judeed, wns & happy reallzation of our predietions, and wo wonld respectfutly commond arraw-gango *ore beads,” from Culro up, ton rido I tlio siew coneh to curo them of thelr * pall ? ovil, 11t conclulon, wien wo ay that the Cufro & 5t. Louls Ttoad hina as fin 6 corps of oficera and _employes ns any other rowd, we render Imi o just tributo to thoso Ingividuals, Vivo la narrow-gauge, NOTES, As thoe Northwestern Railroad Comtm\_\" re- fuson to allow the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney Tailroad to cross its bridge aud run Liains into Clinton, to prospeets arogood for the imme- dinto construction of nuother bridgo ut thot placo, _ Tho iron superstructurs for the bridgo over the Missingippi at Louisiana, Mo., 14 now being carried forwnrd {o its placo of destination by tho Chicago, Alton & St. Louis Railrond. or casy-riding e AN OCEAN RAILWAY, A, Bennett’s New Machine for ng the Acia A Novel Af- capt Cro fauire Leurning that O. A. Bonnett, of Racino, Wis., was in tho city prospecting o little with somo Chicago capitalists in regard to tho con- struction of what ho modestly torms an occan railway, a roporter of this paper called on him ot tho Mattcson House yos- tordny to sce nbout it. 'Though santicipa- ting somo interest in his proposition, ho had not expected the matter to boeeome pub- lic 80 soon, and ho hardly folb disposed at pres- ent to draw attontion from other projects of a kindred naturs, more eapecially ag Lis principle was nlroady demonstrated muthonintically aud thoorotically & substantinl success in prospact, \whoreas the balloon undertaking was simply nn immeugo oxporiment, and needed tho utmost attontion in ecouring _ vesults, whioh 1o was vory much afraid would bo nothing moro practical {han giving facility to tho cscapo of Graphic gns, &nd porlmps tho cstablishmont of an admitted law of an uppor enstern-coursing air-curront. As to tho currout ever becom- fng o motor of commorce, ho lad his donbts; that tho balloon would ever bo- como o means of gencral travel, Lie considored rather *moonish;” the iden was o little too high to bo tolerated evon by Amorican minds of A sonring tendoucy. But ho thought that oll honor was duo to Wise and Donaldson for their horoic energy and fearless devotion to scieuco, Tho roportor was shown draughts, and olicited an_ explanation, from which i8 deduced tho following discription of the Caplaln'y mariuo carriugo, whiol in goneral appearanco, with- a fow osceptions, resembles tho ordinary propeller. - Thor is a lowor deck, and above it tho eatin 3 but what thera is below theso, in the placo oceupied by thint part of & propollor which {8 i tho water, i8 tha remarkable fenture, and peculiar to this new plaus of murino eraft, ‘Phera is no hull, and nothing lo be forced through the teater; but aba port, nnawering tho samo pur= pove, aro what ho calls tho ties” of bis railway, but which mny be proporly ealled Eontouus, 1y- ing crosswige, and undor the oar, and (he doctioia (nontoons) being connccted togothor ench to its pillow, thoy forin an _ondloss” chnin, which by means of an_ engine, is mado to revolvo around Iargo _perpondiciilar wheols nt onch ond of tho car, after tho muuner of tho trend-burs in the Woll-known horso trond-powor; thoraforo helf of thin belt s consecutively in tho water, making & bnso, n foundation for tha car to pass over, Dy its continued rotutlug movement around the wheuls tho ections of the' chain aro, a8 thoy aro roleased at the stern from position in the wator, cmriod up ovor the #torn wheel, and forward botween tho lower dack and cabin, to tho fore whool, whero thoy are each in its turn lob down aguin by the fore- whoel to their ofiices in the water, which prinoi- plois analogous to that porhaps’ the reador has soon demonstrated in the old-timo achool girl's manner of croasing o shrllow brook, whore bub two stopping-stoncn kopt lior fect dry for dozon ardit oF MoFo, in tho placo of whicl, now, uins, e find plors, tho bard stony-hearted butmontd of conventionality, : “T'hio carriuge with which Capt. Bonnott intende to eross tho Atlantio this fall, s, un roprosentod in tho deaught, thirly foet long, by twelve feat wido ; tho pontoon soctions ton Taot long (tholr roupoctiva langth being crosswino of tho Jensith of tho car, muking tho width of tho bhelt !huf’ form), twa foet deop, and ono foot wido, each Tinving a buoyanoy of 1,250 pounds, whicl, mul- tiptied by thirty (Chut numbior being in the water ntatimo) mako, aftor allowing for their own weight, & tonnnge of _about 37,000 pounds, Tho driver wheols nro fifty-two feer in dinmetor, which, With 150 rovolutions por minute, give an impetun to thoe car of thirty miles por liour, aftor allowing for friotion aud atmospherio ro- RS e e ANOTHER HONEST STREET-CAR CONDUCTOR. o the Editer of The Chicago Tribune? B In Tk Tnose of Aug. 81, you publish n communication headed *'An Ionest Blreot-Car Condnotor,” e Is not the only ono. Judgo Bonjamin T, Fridloy, of Aurora, lost a packago from his cont-pocket contaimng threo 1,000 honds, and other papers of tho valua of &2,000. TPho Joss was sdvertisod in Tue Iapuse of Aug. 10, aud, enrly that (Hundny) morming, Williwa &liino, soudictor of ano of the throngh Coltuxe cumulated tio first doublo’ figures of the gamo boforo going out_nt polut_on diflicult ouo- handed cateh by Phitlips, His scoro of sixtoon mado up 40 runs for tho five wivkets. Town- shond mado a protty hit for threo, but shostl: aftorward strucle his own wieket, and tho sixtix wickeL was down for 48. Tho scoro slowly went up on byes and siuglos watil Calley put a swict ball into Day's wickot, and tho sovenih wag down with 66 rans, Elght moro rums were alo\\-l’y nddod, and then Cox took a long flyin “ on field * from Hpencar's bat,—8 wickots for 61 runs. Lisonbroy sllowed onc of Darlow’s swift balls to take his bales boforo a run had beon ndded, and Li'cott wng taken on the fly in beautiful style by Havcouet, in- *“ on field,” when 110 Lind gono after the fall of tho elghth wickot. Tho mnings closed with 67 runs, giving_Chicago an allowance of 40 for uundimm: " in come moncing their seond funings. “'ho Uhicngo boys commenced with an evident dotermination to male every run thnt could bo brought in by any possibility, Thoy made somo pretty risky ventuies, ond, in ono instanco, tho ricket-keopor got tho ball onabye whon the runner was soveral i’nrds from tho popping ereato, but he threw it iu such haste that ho missed the wicket. Tho first wickot foll for 7, and the succoeding plny on the part of Darlow and Colloy wad vory fino, until Mordnunt put astraight Dbull in Darlow’s wickot for 20, 1o slso succeeded in geiling o similar straight ono into Colloy's wicket soon after, tho scoro standing at 23, Phillips noxt retired on o hl%h slip esily taken by Mordauut, tho fourth wickot goiug for 27, Stowart hold his bat for one run, being caught and bowled by Mordanut, five wicketa fallen for 23, Dr, Hurcourt, after manifold tribulations \with his bat sud log-pud, wns stumped by Jof- {ries, tho sixth wicket leaviug the scoro ab 82, Turber noxt facod ‘Lownshiond's bowling, and, after & naat bit for two, and n single, wis run out whilo incautiously running on o short it to ‘mid-wigket, picked up by Eisenbroy and put to "Townshond about two yards in_advance of the Datsmnn, tho score being 40. Portor put up an onsy fly for mid-wicket which was taken by Tomple, tho eighth wicket falling for 45, Dalo now commenced bowling in placo of Mordaunt, and, though delivering vory swift balls, thoy wera not'oqual lu accuracy to Morduunt's, sud threo byes woro made in ono * ovor.” Willlams, boing a loft-hnnded battor, considerably bothered tho fleld, and in tho next two or threo * overs” tho scoro was incrensed to 52, at which point Cbam- Lera was bowled by Dale, Ellis was the noxt victim, by n straight ball from Townsend, tho seore being 53, which slosed up tho second inn- iugs for Chicago, “I'no 8t. Louis Eloven lod off in their second | foning by making & run_ou the first ball, fol- lowod by two log byes, but Sharpo was haud- somely ennght by 1nrcourt on n long kit to *on fiold ;" firag wicket for threo ruus. Dale then n.ade a neat cut for two, which wes followed by an ologant slip by Lycote for the samo figuro, By curoful play the lattor added threo more to 1us sicore, which, with the byes and widos, gave the 8t. Louis Eloven their fourtcon runs nocos- sury £0 bont, huving nino wickets to fall. The bont wos cortainly o bad one, but it must be recollected that tho Chicngo Tleven havo nover plaved togethor before, and that tho Club has only beon orgnnized within tho Inst two wooks, while the St. Louis boys have had over pix Weeks of continuous aud careful practico togothor. Thoy also haveamou, thoir numbor some goutlemen who have handl the willaw in Bton and Rugby schools, and ab tho grout Englinh universitios, It in quite gon- erully oxpocted that our ciub will &;‘\ve them & very ¢loso roturn game this fall, aud it I8 hopod that, thoy muy oven mako o third game necestury to decido tho question of euperiority, No adequato account can bo given in our limited spaco of tho clogunt lunch et in tho club-tent, nor of tho spoeches und tonsts there delivered during tho lunch-hour provious to the second inningn, Thomosthoarty g‘?odfuolingprc. vailed, and Mr. Bowen and the other members ot our elil showad o thorough knowledgo of how to ontertain, oven if they wore not nlll)l‘:ln in Leoping the ball out of thoir wickots, Mossrs, Geary nud Townshend fayored tho compuny with sovelal songs, and ull went morry—nud #o forth, "ho day wus tortuinly & very epjoynblo ono, nud tho noxt tateh, though it may bio closer, cannob be more agreoublo poswibly, Tho Bt Louis Dloven go honce to -Lorouto, and roturn homo by Philudelpbia and Cincinnutl. e Chicago Clnb's seoro was us follows ; : INNINGS, Fan 1, 11, Cox run ont, Rubiert Lorter b, Mordaunt. T. W, Phlilips ¢, Mocdaunt, b, *t, 1, Golloy ¢, Murdaunt, b, £o 3./ Davlow not out X, 1t, Harcourt Williama b, 31 Btowart o, Day, b, Mord arber b, Townstiond, . asnbiers b, Mardatnit, . b, Towneliend, oo Cox b, Townshend Calloy b, Nordau Durlow b, Murduuni el Thilisps o, Morduunt, b, Townsiiend Turcourt stumpod JoNTios, b, Mordauin Btewart ¢, sl b, Mordauit, Tarter v, Templo, b, Furlfor Fn ou Wiliams piot ou Ulmbers b £y Total..,.. e - ]’l‘{:o following I8 tha scora of tho Ht, Louls uls ¢ FIRAT TNNINGE, IL, B, Bliarpo o, iy, b, Golley. &', Dalo Jog Leforo wickot, Jo W. dofirles ¢, und b, Grovo ears, roturnod tho packuge, which ho hnd found in his our. All hionor to honest conduators, Fat Prav, 1, I, Mordaunt b. Coiluy. Oyrus Day b, Golloy. 1, Temulo 0, Phuilliva s sud Collins was *long” on books. Thoy took advantago of a littlo technicality, and John was incarcorated. Custodisus bowaral Lot John Colline bo a warning toall of you. NOTHING MEAN ABOUT HIM. A Pleasnmt KLittle Occurrence in o North Clark Street Restnurant, James Drako s s vory vain young man. He thinks ho is baudsome, and thst Lis whole ap- posranco i oxcoodingly prepossessing. In fact, o ias, aftor much thought, arrived at the con- clusion that ho was not born to work. Lot homo- 1y people do the digging, ho will live on the fat of tho land through his Adonis-like appearance and inordinato chook. James Drako might havo + gtarted in 1860 with a $10 bill,"” but on Satur- day ovening ho started out with s B cont nickel, which ho borrowed of his small brothor, and, ssuntoring -nlong North Clark stroot, so that he might bo observed by tho largo number of peoplo that on Saturday night usu- ally froquent that thoroughfare, the idea came into his head that ho must supply the inner man with some of the many delicacies 8o temptingly disployed in tho numerous rostaurants in the vicivity. Did e, liko tho good boy whom wo Lavo ofton road of the _Sunday-soliool books, and who Mark Twain says mnever wont to Congress, inyest 2 cents in a bun, put the romaining throo away to_give to- wards introducing temporanco tracts among tho Fejoo Islanders and tho inhabitants of Calumet, and, going to the_town-pump, oat bis bun snd drink Adem's plo? Ob, nol James ia o boy of difforont stamp. He would look with scorn on such s pracecading. Ho found the fiuest and most exponsivo restaurant on the North Bido, and, with a moaner that can only be attained to, orfootion by o residenco abroad, Zin Bridgeport,—he advised tho garcon, if ho had any further use for his hoad, to smmodiately 'hrinfin him_some roed birds and a bottlo of Yquim. The proprictor, on hearing the ordor iven, thought ho must have some foarfully filgh—lonud chap who was straying from some ot the monied contres, and, ordoring tho_waiter to put on a cloan apron, ho inquired if Jamos was ono of the originators of tho $5 .corner in Bt. Louis, 'This was an_ insult, and so James roceived it Ho looked, and the man wilted. Jamos told him the extout of his work was play- ing solitaire at Haunkins, The order coming, tho convorsation was interrupted. Jomos ate Uken hired mun, and draok ke an invited guest at o plenic. When bLis . bill was prosented, he found his lunch only cost him 828, ¥o 8U) Eouad ho Lad oaton more, but lho walked to the desk and informed the money- changor ho would kick him out of tho lemple, and that ho had no money, but would liko s dgu. Tho man fainted—that was enough to make B strong man woop, Ho refusod the | modest request, aud advised James to go and ar- rest the Chiof of Polico. This was moro than James could brook, His proud spirit. rebolled against the insult, - Ho rushod for the stroct. Ho pioked up two well-grown bricks, and demol- juhed the huge pano of French plate-glass, & collection of fiuh, water-molons, and pige® faot, artistioally arrangod in tho window, snd quits soriously injurad tho monstor who rofused him the Partogay, -Hiatory does not relate all that tranepirod, but to-morrow James is going toa placo of rosort, Heis doad-hesded to ride- woll, HAND-BALL, COhicago Against Brooklyn==The For= mor Wins, Tho second serios of games of the bhand-ball match, between' Messrs, ‘James O'Brion ond Jamos Foron, of Olicago, and Messrs, Casey and Duun, of Brooklyn, camo off yesterdsy atternoon at tho ball-alioy of James O'Brien, on Harrigon stroot, botwoen Olinton and Tospinincs, The rubbor consisted of thirtoen gamos, six of which wero played yosterday weelk. - Tho score atood on the fivat six gomes, Chicago three, and Brooklyn threo. 'Tho gamea plnaed yoaterday wore witnoss- ed by & largo number of tho lovers of tho natlonal gamo of Iroland, Old ball-players who wora present atato that tho contestants of yes- torday aro now the best experts at the gamo in the world, The Chicsgo men played with un- usual skill and coolnesa, and boat tho Brooklyn men, the score standing 4 to 3 in favor of homo tafent. In. tho rubberof twolve gamod, tho Chiongo men wou Boven ‘aud Brooklyn five, thua giving tho stakes to Ohlmgo, tho Amount boing 9600, To-day several wmatoh gamos will Lo played. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE, OnioAao, Bept. 1.—Tho rangoof tomperature this day, 88 reportod by L. Munnsse, optician, No. 23 Weat Madison stroet, overy half-hour, s ab followss ¥ 100 8, W —A Mra, Jackson, who lived in Hamilton, Ind,, committed sufoido last Friday nl(he by shoating hersolf. Domestio Infelloities we supposed to have been the causo of tho i, Mra, J, not having livad with hor husband for ovor 8 yoar, It is roported that Mr. Jaokuoi hes lost his Yesson siuce tho suioide. Ule unfortunate wowan was a daughter of Danlo, Smith, w well- kuown tarmer m& staok-ralacr it that raclan, | Ttoslsn, a4 tho simil LITERATURE. The Prospects in Boston. | 9. R, Osgood’s Programmo of New Books. Speetal Correpondence af The Chicago Tribune, Bosrox, Aug. 28, 1873, Tho dull season in the book-tindo is very noarly ondod. At lenat, tho publishors assumo that it is, and aro alrondy well on in proparation for tho brink trade which they nutloipato from the mlddlo of Boptombor until Now Yesr's. J. R. Osgood & Co. hnvo s vory long st of now +| bools and now editions of popular works, that will keop thom busy enough In bringing out, and good readors busy onough in approprinthig. Truo to thoir traditons, thoy promise quits o 1ibrary of pootry, . though much of this is old wino to bo put in now bottles; but, aatho wine 18 good, and tho bottlos likely to bo tastoful, tho publio noed not bo oxasperated,—for frequontly in pootry, 8a in wine, “The old Is bottor" LONGFELLOW, Loogfellow's *¢Olristus "—including * Tho Divino Trogedy," “Tho Golden Legend," and “ Now England Tragodics "—~was published, asa comploted work, last yenr in threo volumes, Now it ia to be roproduced in five difforont edi- tions, uniform with Longfollow's othor postical works, namoly: blue and gold, cabinet, diamond, red-lino, and in an octavo volumo to matoh the ono-volumo Dante. His Pooms woro fssued soven yoars ago in the same stylo na tho Farring- ford Tennyeon, in four volumes, Thoso aronow to bo comprosaed into two thick volumes, which will bo excellontly suited to library-use. Very onrly in Boptember, Longfollow's new volume will appesr. He calls it ‘' Aftormath,” by wny of confossion that provious harvests of pootry havo boen garnored from the flolds which this volumo glosns, It includes a now sorioa (the third) of * Tales of & Wayside-Inn,” supplomentad by a fresh flock of * Birda of Paa~ Bogo.” A few of theso poems havq boon pub- lishod, but n good proportion aro now. Ono of tho “Tales " appoared in tho Boptomber Atian- tio,—* T'he Rhyma of Sir Chriatopher.” It would . be s convonionco, a8 well a8 a pleasuro, to havo tho throe sorics of * Waysido-Inn Tales ” in o volume by themselves. Later in the senson, Longfellow's Poems aro promised in an entiroly now form, in o ouschold Edition like those of ‘Whittier and Teunyson. If the American peo~ plo do not read Longfollow, tho responsibility certainly will not rest upon his publishors. ADELAIDE PROCTER—BAXE—DURNE. Dinmond and red-line illustrated oditions aro announced of Adelalde Proctor's pooms, which aro to bo read with the henrt and soul quite as mutch a8 with tho understanding ; also, of Spxe'y and Burns' pooms, WIITTIER, whose pootical works have just been published in a single-volumo Merrimack odition, good for libraries, will bo bonored in Scptember with n now ootavo illnstrated odition, which will bo | pretty cuough for holiday-use, and suro to bo in roquest therefor. 2, ALDIIEK has rovised his pooms, formerly published in bine and gold, has withdrawn soveral which io once liked botter thau now, has added to tho ro- moinder many pooms written during tho fow past years, and a new volumo will be issued in Novembor, undor the titlo * The Cloth of Gold, and Other Pooms.” Very little modera poetry is 8o distinctively poctical, or manifesis tho sccom- plished literary artist so clearly, s Aldrich's, TILE PORMS OF MR, HOWELLS" aro to bo collectod from two or more thin vol- wmes in which-some of them have boen pub- lishod, and from magazinos, Thoy will mn)‘z’o '3 book liko his ¢ Chance Acquaintance,” and will Lo very forlunate if they win auy considerablo uhx'u-odof tho popularity that exquisite story has wined, HOWARD GLYNDON'S (Miss Loura C. Redding's) poerus nre to_appear iu October, under tho name of “Bounds from Secrot Chambors,” which mny bo ivtended to hint romotely at tha authoress’ snd misfortuno of boing deaf and dumb. Bho has genuino poetic fooling, and 1o small gift of pootic oxprousion. Ougood & Co, publiuh immediately su English poom, # WRITE NOSE AND BED ;" anonymons, but , by tho suthor of *8t. Abe and His ;Bovon Wives," who is rumored to bo Rob- ort Buchanan. The horo ef tho story-poem is & Maine man, of no special horoism or valus, who finds his Red Roso—nn Indian maiden~‘¢ Dawn Enst,” and, after wearying of hor, comes hithor and finds his White ‘Roso—an’ American girl. Xied Rose, with Little Red Rosobud, comes on to Where o dwells with White Rose, and oxplanas tions are in ordar. Tho story is iuteresting, and many of the descriptive paskages aro very pic- turesque and charming. STEDYAN. A fow years sinco, Osgood & Co. published Btedman's poem, * Tho Blamcless Princo,” and now editiona of 'his provious_volumes, * Alica of Monmouth,” aud ** Pocmy Lyrio and Idyllic.” Thero have never had an oxtended sale, nnd Stodman hag porhaps less reputation as a poot than any other American writer of equal excel- lonce. Ho novor writes a poor poom, and many of his pleces are almost porfoct in fancy and in folicitous expreasion, His threo volumes sro now to be consolidatod, or rather roproduced, in a singlo volumo liko the I*‘l.rrlnglorg'.l‘cnnyaun H and, in this dosirable library-form, it is to bo hopod thoy mey flud the popular fayor thoy so richly morit. Mr. Stedman and Mr. Aldrich hiave solected from tho poems of WALTER SAVAQE LANDOR a largo numboer of short pleces, {mrfcct goms of pootio beanty, and will publisl' them_undor the fittiug name of * Cameos,” The book. will have an Introduotion, which discusses Landor’s lyriea in a scholarly aud an exceedingly grnccful man- nor. Mr, Stedmsu has made o very caroful and critical study of Laudor, and this Introduction {8 doubtlass’ bis worl, though M. Aldrich docs not yield to Lim in admirag appreciation of Landor's genius, - DDYANT. Dryant’s superb, and in_every way classio, trauslation of Homor s to bo republished in & moro _compact ond inoxponsivo _etylog the Tlnd inasinglo volumo, uniform with tho Furringford Toeunyaon; _ the Ollynnn{ in two volumes. This _odition Toars tiie name of Brlynm'fi Long Tsland homo, or edition of Longfollow's Pooms' is tho Cambridgo; of Whittior's, tho Mosrimack ; and of Tonnyson's, the Farring- ford. (Exact justico requires tho ntatemont that tho English spolling of Tounyson's home is Faringford, but what is ono » to n liboral publishin-honso ? Earliost of Osgood & Co.’s proso-publications to appear in Soptomber is tho Rov. Mr. Mur- ray's book on ‘¢ TiE PERFEOT NOTBE," to which Honry Ward Boecher contributes an Tntroduction, tnd tho Hon. George B, Loriug o chaplor_ou ' Agriouliuro and tho Horeo. It is ombollished with pletures of many notod horses, and it iw uxlxcctod, at least by Mr. Musray, to work & rovolution in tho breod~ ing aud traming of horses in this country. It usy be accurately, and without slang, doscribed an full of * horso-sense,"—for Mr. Murray Lod wtudiod hippology quito a8 thoroughly sud on- gorly as thcologJ', and can train o colt'aa cffect- voly as lio oan doliver & normon, Dr. Loring is our smatour farmer-politician, aud hay suficiont {uformation aud litorary skill to write or tulk well on horses, or tomperauce, or the nowest po- Titloal wrinklo. GEN, LEW WALLACE'd STORY comoa out in Beptembor, aud promises to bo tho groat litorary ovent of thie weason. Iroad the plate-proofs of it with amazoment, and au inter- out 8o fuconso ns to bo nlmost painful, It is onernlly known that tho titlo of itis *The Fair Eod," aud that it {s an bistorical novel of the Couquost of Moxico, Gon. Wallaco, haviug been in Moxico, is ablo to describio tho cones ot his story with pecullar accuracy and vividnoss, aving bad varied military oxporionce, o can dapict tho battlos through’ which tho narrative necensarily Jonds, with the onsy mastory of au adopt. 3o follows very closaly tho bistory of that most sudacious entorprise of Cortoz, as ro- Itod by Borual Diaz and our own Proscott § and all who have read Proscolt’s pieturcsquo ‘mgofl will rendily adinit that litilo ald of imagination is nosdod to vouder tho fucideutd, the epeg- taclos, the blnnd{ rites, and tho wsuporsti- tious faunticlem of tho fateful months whioh ondod with tho doath of Montezums and tho temporary Bcourging of tho Hpaniards from Moxico " on the * mohnolml{' night," profoundly _intoresting, QGou. Wallaco hias oertainly ndded all that was nuuuuunr{, and hag porirayed the wholo with oremarkablo dramatio howor a8 to produco tho hnprossion of most ine ouge ronlity, Though tho air s tropival, and tho customs and sconery unfamillar, ono scoma not to bo rending of ovonts that oceurred, and of mon and womon who lived throo and o half con- turies nqo; but the maryelous panorama of mys- tlo rito, lovo, joalousy, florco groed of conquost and of gold, battlo and duom, sooms tho brilllant pleturo of passions and ovents so tromondously vital that one cannot think«of them na past, but " as crowding into and filling tho }arnunt inktant with most momontons {ssues, t I nlwayn hozardous to forotoll what raception any book will meat i Dbut it sooma simply impos- eililo that *The Fair God " should not be imme- diately and gonerally popular, A story-volumo, sharply difforont tn oharactor from Gon. Wallncs's book, will ba i ALDRION'S “MATUORIE DAW AND OTIER PEOTLE." Thin i interesting_ indood, Lut tho intoreat in of n quiot nature, and ono is at loisura to ohserve and onjoy tho rave litorary grace with which_tho story i6 related. Mr. Aldrich is one of our hest writors of short storfes ; ho has & Fronch frm- ness and dolicncy of touch, o doos not try to boguilo you from Gocing & thin place in tho s{ury ‘Lfi' dcnunhlm‘ tho neonory with elaborate gestic- ation ; ho does not settle down on you with n sormon ; but he just goos on from point to point with tho onslest and most natural graco imagiria- ble, 8o that you think writing n Ahort storyis Just the simplost aud most chiarming bit of work ar play In tho world,—as it s for Ml who can do it, and for us who have it to read. - anea. QOrog'a ** Enigmas of Lifo" has attracted. so much attention among intelligont readers by ita able, frank, and peouliarly sincero trestmont “of ' cortaln thomos which most* writors .. disouss - - fippantly ‘or with ouno eyo on the public . to Aco promptly if any suspicion ariaen that they are out of tha timo- honored ruts, that Osgood.& Co. anuounce an- other volume by him, entltled * Literary and 8oclal Judgmonts.” _Its subjocts aro Madame do Blnel ; Dritleh and Foreign Characteristics ; Falso Morality of Lady-Novelists ; Kingsloy and “Oarlylo; Fronch Fichion ¢ Tho Lowost Deop ; Chateaubrinnd ; M, .do Toequovillo : Why Aro Womon Redundant ? /Iruth Vorsus Ldification ; Tl'mn 3 and Good peoplo. The %?d! rarely give all gifts to suy ono man ;. and, whila thoy gave Mr, Grog logic, singlo- noes of oyo and of mind, which fih\ 0808, and to » raro dogreo anables, him to sce things as they renlly are, and an unusunl sincority, which im- cls "lum to scol the truth and to utter his opin-~ ions without reservo or ambiguity, they withhbld from him the preclous gift of Lhumor, In hia ¢ Fablo for Crities,” sponking of N, . Willis, Lowell soys ¢ In & country whoro acsrcely a villge s found That has not ils suthor sublimo sud profound, For somo ono to bo slightly ehoal {s a duly, ‘And WAlIa? shallowness mskes half Lfs bosuty, 80 we may any that in those days, whiou ovory- ‘body ig, or tries to be, wut{ ond is ashamed to sy muyiling uot briiant, {is a rellof to find o man like Mr. Greg, uttorly intont on discovering and doclaring the truth on the most important sacind, cconomical, moral, aud religious quos- tions ; and wo will cheorfully pardon his ‘Inck of Lumor in gratitude for lus wisdom aud rure truthfulness. NIGGINSON, Those who 100d ** Oldport Wharves,” ¢ Old- . port in Winter,” and othor Atlantic articlos which ad Oldport (New M'fl for their themo or scono, will wolcome tho boolk of * Oldport, Days," iuto which Col. Higginson hns gatlicred them. Thoy aro admirublo’ specimens of tho - bost type of osgny, sud moy adyantageously be read by any youtig man umbitious of gaiuing the most desir- ablo style for an cseayist. But thero is much |- moro in theso charming onsays than mere oxcel- lonce of stylo; thoro are fruits of tho closest obuorvation, the most careful gulturo, and—what in ravely found 1n coujuunction with culturo— bearty aud simplo lovo of Nature, ' cortain out- door froshnoss whicl acrates and gives * awoot- ness and light" to nll hin essays, - 'This book is to bo embeilished with ten full-pago holiotypo pictures, taken from Naturo oxpressly for tho iHustration of Uol. Higginson's (ruucriptionu of Nowport. I'wo books of # George Eliot’s" busband, ; B d. JL LEWES, will bo published this season by Osgood & Co.,— * 'I'he story of Goothe's Life,” condensed from a Inrgo octavo to an ordinary 16mo volume, omit- tug sowe dotails of his literary worle and hiy modo of living which aro esseutial to an oxhaust- ive rocord of his eareor, but not at all uccessary to ordinary pooplo ; and * Problems of Lite and Character,” & work of dooply-thoughtful naturo, not likely to bo road boyond® the title by averago randors, but richly worth the attention of parsony who mix their reading with thinking, snd who rond with sorious purpoge, and not -morely 88 o rospectable and pleasant dissipation, THE REV. JAMES FREENAN CLAUKE has o now book, on *Common Souse in Relig- ion,” which subjotts all the londiug thoological touets of the sects to the tost of common souso; and tho rosult is & work of solid, simplo charac- tor, whiok_will commend itsolf byits perfect candor and truthfulness, It .is nearly as plens- sut lo disagreo with Dr, Clarko asto agreo with him; he is just ns courteous and Christian in ljs troatment of a thoological foe asof o friond, and_bolioves moro good of bim than ho would dare bolicve of himself. But this spirit in an suthor miakes it difficult, and almost disgraco- ful, to differ from him, Qepgaod & Co.'s list includes aeveral promising books _¥OR YOUNG TOLKS: # Fox-Iunting,” and: * On the Amazons,” the fitth and sixth volumes in Stophions® very popu- lar “ Campiug-Out " geries; * Doing His f!nal.," by Mr. ’l‘ru\\'hrl\lgol o continuation of his * Jacle Huzard " storios; ' Trotty's Wedding-Tour and filnr{—]}oak," by Misa Phelps; * Mott's Follios,” by Mary N, Prescott; and * Ohild-Lifo i Prose,” cditod by Whittier,—though ihis sppesls quito us strongly to the interest of mon and women who remeinber their childhaod, “ Proturesque Normoudy,” and # Artists and Arabs,” are tio vaolumes of travol by HENRY BLAGRRURN, llustrated with designa by the author, They aro agide from tho linos of customary obsorva- tion, and lave a peculiar froshness of subjoct and of treatment, Tho descriptions aro thosg of o caroful, practiced, poetical obsorvor; and tho pictures supplomont thom offectively and attractively. Doubtless soveral othor books will bo addod to Osgood & Co,'s list befora tho Lolidays; .but tha above enumeration is suflicient to show that, 80 far as dopouds u&mu this oue house, good road- ing will bo abundaut tho coming soason, Frrrz. —_— Escapoe of Four Lions from erie. The Anglo-American Circus of Mesars, Boll & Hntchinton arrived-at Hel, in-Holgium, on July 20, intending to give but ono ropresouta~ tion, Tiarly on tuo following morning the sor- yant who liad beeu swoeping out tho Jargor tage, with two uomtmrtumutn in whick the five Lions aro kept, nogloctod to ofoo the door. The lious sprang out, but one way sfterward frightened Dack into the cage., A circus horso, standing ponr, was attacked and soriously wounded by ono of the lions, The liou-tamer, ugh Condacl, also their ownor, prevailod upon tho citlzons snd tho circus omployes not to firo onhis pets, In about three or four hours tho firat lion was ro- captured, aftor Lo had prowled throngh many of tho stracts, ‘The eecond lion took to tho opon country, followed by geundarmes, citizony, -aud the olvcus men. Yorlunatoly, he entored an aquoduct, ‘Tho two issues wore guarded, and it i Bougnt to mko him como out by burning yarions materiale, but in vain, At longth. the lion-tamer and & ofrous employe descondod into tho aqueduct and drove the llon out through' the (‘fl.{:er oud into a little ditel, whero ho 'was ro- aken. T ¥ Morphino, spread on meat, wWas thrown to the two atill romaining loose:in the publio squars, A Tunning nooso wus thrown ovor one of thouy and both were aventunlly eaptured, A, Coudael's whale fortuno wna inveated o Menngs in theso lions, which are worth about 91,000 oach, An Arab ‘Tradition. A writer In tho Overland Monthly relntes the following: *'I'hig tradition which I toll yon,” | snid Rois Hassan, *is many couturies old, It stuton that thero was in Paradise u tomplo built up of preclous stouod, Mau daro not utter ite sploudorn, Doop in tho midst of Edon it stood, . angol-built—n dazzling ennctuary, Our purents Hung thole vopor hongs 1 tho twilight shadows of ity courts ;¢ for thoro wore pillared linlts and cloistors of omerald” and pear], where fountaing aprang aloft in the ilont noon; and long, lumin- s yintny, whoro, hand in hond, thoss two lovors walked In binless bewitty. Then thore wore * pinnnoles and domes of sspphive, Lluz. ing In tho sunlight by day, and glittoriug in. the starlight by night, = From court und torraco, wators wellod out, anid the irla-crosted cascades fell dawn to cool shady dells of asphodel below { for the tomplo was plaed fur within the pri- vaolos of that valley of Edon whonca tho four rivoia flowed eastward, Howover, end to rolato, lipon tho day Adam foll, this_glorious tomple waa soattored into & willion of fragments, and gown broadeast over the carth. Thess frug- wonta wo now light upon, aud gathor up witl ‘oot and care, and call them rubies, omoralds, m\lppmmu, aud dinmonds § but thoy are, afler all, only that primeval palace, Tho sunsot splondora and the diadoms of Priucos, the milky way in tho Lionvons, and tho spray that sparkles in tho ontangloments of n mallon's hair, are sliko but the coptly dust of that lost sanotusry,— tho sad romombraicos of a doparted Eden," CITY TAX SALES. Tho Non-Redemption Proof Yikely to Lead to Trouble-=-The County Clerk Threatened with Sults by Pcople Who Want Their Tax Deeds, Ho Is Prohibited by tho Law from Giving Such Deeds Without Proofs That are Non-Existent.-A Serlous Dend-Lock--Tho Attorneye Qeneral Refoses fo Advisos It is enld that sovoral purchasors of land sold for city taxos aro about to commenco Buib sgalnst tho County Clork, Joseph Pollak, to compoel him to exccuto in their favor tax-deeds of tho proporty 80 purchased, Mr. Pollak hav- fng rofusod to do 80 in all cases whore the portics aro unablo to establish eatisfactorily tha fact that the proporty has not boen redoomed nccording to lnw, The Clork enys ho fe unablo to movo, hand: or foot. Tho statuto of 1872 mado cont-iron regu- Intions binding him not to {ssuo tox deeds oxs copt wheru satlafactory proof of non-redemption i produced, and affording noloop-holo of escapa whoro the titlo might, poselbly enough, bo quita good, but tho proof not produciblo. As the only proof of rodemption proccedings, aa regards city property, was burnt up by tho firo, it is diMcult to 860 how such proot can be produced. Oity tax sales, and all proceodings regarding thom, wero carried out st tho instance and under tho control of the Col~ lector and Comptroller, bofore tha fire ; and their books and papera wore destroyed, No friondly sbatract firm, nor any othor enterprising citizen, over thought of making copies of these impor- taut doouments, and there is now absolutely no ‘moeana oxisting by which the Clork can be sntis- flod 08 to tho nou-redemption of lands sold for s terrod 'k TRIBUNE roferred nt s tronblon. whon they it spDeaReR. on tho hork zon, giving verse and chapter of the statutoes, oto,” “Wo now print tho opinion of tho Attornoy- General, gent in answor to the roguest of the County Olork for advico how to procead, by which it will bo soon, that tho highast logal oflicial of tho State declines to take tho rospon-~ sibility that the County Clork is asked to sloul- dor. What {a going to bo dono about it? The fol- lowing is the correspondenco : Joseph Pollak, Evq., County Clerk Cook County : Dizan Sm: Tho quostion prosonted in your lettee 124 ult, rospecting your authority to fauo” tax-deeds ‘on clty aalen, witls copy of opinfon of tho Ifon. M. ¥, Tuloy, Corporation_Jounacl, was submitted to the At~ torney-General, tholon,Jamba X, Edeall, for Lis opinion theroon, as requested by Mr, Tuley, 1 Incloso to you {lio reply of the Attornoy-General, - Yours truly, 0. E, LIPPIscoT?, The H,L;n Chas, E. Lippincolt, Auditor of Public des counta® Dezan 81n 1 Your lotter of tho 23d fnat, s recolved, onclosing # cortifled copy of communication' of tho Hon. M. F, Tuloy, Corporation Counsel of tho City of Ghifcago?. nlao s lotter from Mr, Polluk, County Clerk ot Ciok County [publishod already’ fu Tiris THIBDNE], relating to Ll duty iu reforonco to lesuing deeds upon certifleaten ,of #alo of real cstato mado by the City Colldctor of Olicago, to col~ Ject clty faxen in cases whero tho records per- taintog fo tho salo sro burned. It {a propor that I should say that my opinton of March 0, 1873, o which referonco s mado in theso papera, wu based upon tho Generul Revonuo law of this State ; and was not writ= ten with referenco to {ha spucial’ provisions for tho collection of city taxes contained iu- tho clinrtor of tho _Clty of Chicago, As the queatious Involved do not af- fuct any Interest of tho Blato, or tho colection of ity roveuuo, but cliefly concern ‘privato paytics, it would -scem to'bo improper for mo to give an olieial opinion thoreon, I sm, very resprctfully, axis K., Epaswr, Attornoy-Gonersl, A WOMAN'S THOUGHTS ON THE NATION'S AFFAIRS. Covruxmus, Wis,, August, 1673, o the Editor of The Chicago Lribune : Bm: I am neithor a popular nor an sbla | fow't spaniso onongh by tho right porsowm, writor on this or any other subject. On the contrary, I am an insignificavt littlo womnu, aud blush to own that I'm not oveua * Wom- an's-Righter." But I humbly ask space in your columns for a fow words on tho one absorbing subject that is, and has beon for the last fow months, agitating tho people of the United States. Ounly a fow months ago, we looked with pride, and tho world with adiiration, at our American Ropublio,. Wo oponly bonasted our nationality and praised our statesmon ; and to-day, a8 we look at the condition of nffairg in our country we fool humilinted—ashamed. Wo who, a8 & nstion, have won our wealth with lnbor, our famo by honesty, and our frecdom with blood ; who, ne & sox, only & fow years ago, wutched the proud forms of husbands and brothers dopart for the Dattle-fleld, and watched in vain for their return; who have welcomed home, with many tears, yet with patriotio prido, our manly lovers and sons, maimod and crippled for life, do we now feel ropaid? Wo wopt fora nation’s sorrow, but wo weep for a mation’s shame, Wo blush for its dofaultors, aud, for tho frdt timo, are ashamed of our country. And yot, now, a8 wo look at affairs in Stato, county, aud town, in the United Statos, wo aro not aurprised that corrapt mon havo ascended to tho firat offices of the opublic, Scnators and Aanmbl{mon aro bribed to favor somoe railrond corporation ; Judge and jury aro hired to decide in favor of Rome suit; oven town-ofllcers ara corrupt, and, like the moro influentisl oflicors of tho United Btates, their aim is not to benefit thelr follow-boings, but to help #ill their own coffers. Thia disease—this itching for offico—ia o tho the increnso, Monoy is the ouo groat ob- joet. Got capital without Inbor,—tha formor King, the latter slave, Wo bonsta free couu- try, yot are in the midst of slavory; and, if taxes, mounopolists, aud thieves continuo to ‘inorease in -the noxt ten years as thoy hnvo the last ton, how long will it bo befora tho ‘poorar olass will bo ou thio sume footing with tho pensnnts of Englund,—oye, on o par with tha sorfs of Russia ? 1# Ewrope, it a crowned liead wora to commit, tho erime our law-giver hay, he would nover dare to commit anotbor. Ifote Lo not only commits tho crime, but gives his full cousent for othera to da wo, and by one party is_boldly uphield, his sins covored as much us possible, und the partic- ipators, after boing coaxed or drivon to give Dack their apoils, aro laudod as houcst mon, Party intorest, we maytruthfully say, hos boen tho causo of tho presont rovolution iu tho United Rtates, The United States! Tho name is be- lied by tho inharmouiona condition of affairs ; for nover were two rival kingdons more divided, or havomora hatred botwoon thom, than the. “two political partios of tho Ropublie. No mattor who is nomiunted, oven though bio is o blackleg, he {8 swung inand held upto the world with surprising touacity, and the newprpors—those ‘most influcntinl agoeuts in a nation’s canso— Eraiso his Vurly ounuing aud boldness, lnud him ing, and do fiim homnge, Anything to keap up party intorost, Grant, in tho arms of the Republican party, puts us Iy mind of a petted child and dotug mother, *1fe's go eunning, tha littlo dear, no. oue cowld got offended b him. esides, he's mothor's own darling.” " 1lo's undoubtedly eti-- Jing, but, like most such cunning babics, ‘WWhon the pooplo look to their own Interests, and not for thew in unison ; when thoy feel that thoy aro rowponiblo for their political as woll their privato ncts in lifo, and that eech,-in @ small way, {8 hin brother's keopor; whon they Tonrn to apprecinto an_honoxt i ; 'to s it all up in ane seutence, when thoy respect princirta more than party,—then will “peaco, huppiness, and prosperity find p homo in ovory dwolling ;. thon sliall wo fgain be proud of nationality ; then, and only thon, will honest mon rule the American Ropublio, Eroa. B Hinir of Difieront IEnces, Bomebody who hus boen studylng the matior of the form and substance of tho human huir in ditforont racos, finds that the hniv of the North American Indian in cylindrical, thut of the whita yaco is oval, and that of the nogro muy Le tormed olliptical, It is also fonnd that when tho hair 18 cylindrical the nirotehing and shrink- ing powers are oqual on all sides of tho filamont, et thin condition gives It tho lank, straight appoarance_of thagof tho puro-blood Indian, e oval hafr displays a “gronter number of iibros upon tho flattenod side than olsewhore, & condition which gives to such huir tendency ta curl or curvo inthat direction, When occuns trically olliptical it not only always curls, but ofton aesunes o bpiral shapo, as on the head of thenegro. ‘The Linir of the Chincso is_noarly oylindrical, aud honca it is that ourled bair it afmun unknows among that paoula