Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 2, 1873, Page 4

I CHICAGO DAILY TRIB TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1873 TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE g n:lmnxumx-non (PATATILE ¥ ADVANOR nl el 2,00 | Sunday Pal ookl B ’«.33| Weak & Parts of a yoar at tho same rato. Ta provont dolay and slatnkes, b miro and give Fost Oflico addresa in full, including Stata and County. Remittancon mny bo tando elthor by draft, oxpress, Post Ofico ordor, or in rogisterod lottouw, ut. our risk. TERMS TO OITT BUDSCAIREIA, Daily, dolivorod, Sunday oxcoptea. 95 cente por waak, Daily, delivorod, Bunday Included, 20 conts par wook, Addross IR TRIBUNE COMPANY, Coruer Madison and Doarborn-sts., Uhicago, 11l TODAY'S AMU: ACADEMY OF MUSIO-Ialsted, batwoon Madaion snd Myuroo, Kngasement of Lawronto Darcolt, *Rich- elion." MCVICKER'S TIEATRE-Mydison, Letwosn Doar born and Stato. ** Dismonds." B TIIEATRE-Desplninesstroot, Lotwoon Mad- b S et gton DSeplpg troots botwaon HOOLEY'S TUFATRE_Randolph l“flfllklnfl LaSallo, *'Chockmato," ** nors, ** stroot, botwaan Wantod 1,000 Mil- MYERS' OPERA-MOUSE~Montos stroat, batweon " Parborn and State. Aslinglon, Cottan & Kombis's wirols, "BUSINESS NOTICES, INSTEAD OF BITTER, USE BWRRT QUINING The Chicage Tribune, Tuosday Morning, Soptombor 2, 1873, Congrosn is askod by tho Italians, in conven- tion al 8t. Louin, to take measures to arrcat tho Italian slave trado in our chiof citios. Bonnor has been nominated by Acting-Mayor Bond for Fire-Marshal. The Common Council have Inid the nomination over for a wook, despite an offort for immediato confirmation. The Democrata of Yown will hold no Stato Convontion this year. An nddress has beon is- smed by tho State Contral Committeo advising tho Democratio voters of tho State to supporf tho nominoes and platform put forth by tho Anti- Monopolista at Dos Moino A county tickot has boon put in the fleld by the Domocrata of Montgomery County, in this Btato. Our correspondent, in aunouncing this nction, statos that most of tho Domocrata in tho sounty will support tho indopondent tickoet nominated by tho Farmors, With one exception, all tho mombera of tho next Congress have drawn their monthly pay o8 . allowed by law, at tho ndvanced rates, Tho ox- coptional mombor i8 the Hon, Lowis B. Guucklo, of Ohio. Ho has declined to draw any of tho increascd pay, which, ho thinks, ought to be ro- pealod, and, to show Lis sincerity, makes tho ropoal bogin at home and at onco. Portland, Oregon, hra not suffored 50 much from tho rocont firo as oxaggorated roports would indicato. ‘The Mayor states that tho 815,000 raised by tho citizens of Portland will bo onough to meet the immedinto nocossitios of tho destitute, and hence Lo will not need to call on Bnxt Francisco for tho $18,000 offored by that city. 5 Amasn Walker addressed the meeting of tho Boaton Grange yostordey. In his opinion, the bost remody for our railroad griovances is the assumption by tho Government of tho entiro raiirond system of tho country, and it oporation by loases. The whole matter, Lie thinks, is one that can bo roackied only by logislative mossures, and it must perforco vecomo a political quos- tieu. The Committee on Corporations of tho Board of Equalization show no intention or overlook- " ing tho capital stock of corporations in deter- mining thoir assessablo proporty, although most of the connties have omitted to make any return of this specics of proporty. 1f othor menna fail for nscortaining tlio value of the stock of corporations in Cook County, the Committeo will have rocourse to the records in the oflice of tho Secrotary of State, . Tho meeting of the Farmers of Bureau Coun- ty at Drinceton, IIL, yestordny, to make inde- pendent nominations for connty gfficors, was tho * largost aud most respectablo county convention " over bold In that placo. Thero woro 811 dolo- gates prosent, most of them Republicans. Per- haps the moet significant action taken was the adoption of a special resolution demanding the Immodiato repeal of not ouly the duties on iron, sanlt, and the like, but every taxiff duty not lovied for rovenue only. In tho official «wpurt of the investigation of tho Wawassot disaster, the Commission say thoy do not believe the statement of its officors that all that was possible to save the lives of passon- gors was dono. Their firat thought seem to bhave been to save the boat. The women snd childron on board wore desertod in tho hour of their direst peril. There was no iacipline of any sort, and noithor pas- songers nor crew had any instructions as to the uso of ihy firc-oxtinguishing or lito-saving ap- poratus, Tho ongincor is deprived of his licenso, and tho prosaention is recommended of tho Stoamboat Company, and of Capt. Wood and his Mato. Cartagona may possibly bo the sconeof a naval onpagoment bot woon the British and the insur- - gonts, Tho lattor have warnod Ronr-Admiral Yolvorton, that if ho takos out of the harbor the two Spanish iron-clads ho has solzed, thoy will fireou him, Inroply, bo has given the inenr- gonts two days to reconsidor their belligorent message, ot tho end of which time ho will take the iron-clads away. The vessols of the twodis- putants lic brondsido on towards each othors with all port-holes opon. Meanwhile, the insur- gonta soek to compromim, by sllowing tho re- moval of the jron-clads on condition they bo taken to Gibraltar and bo not surrendored to tho Bpanish Government, the presont campaign, donouncod tho salary- grab Inw a8 o robboery g0 glaring that its repesl, both as respocts the back-pay and the pay for the presont Congroes, boginning in March last, conld alone satisfy tho pooplo, The result is that nono of the Republivan moembors of Cone gross who recoived tho brck-pay, nor who have beon recelving thelr 625 por month sinco March Iast for servicos hereafter to bo rendered, can conslatontly speak st tho same mootings with ~ tho Governor, who s, theroforo, canvassing the Stato alone, No salary-grabber will, this year >r the noxt, bo permitted to sposk at any po- 4itical meoting without encountoring such popu- Jar oppoeltion ag will rendor tho task oxtromely dlsagroeable. Of tho twenty-ono mombors of Congresa and Bonators from Oblo, all bave eithor takon tho back-nay, or Are now xecefving the in- eransed-pay in advanco, and the publio fail to soo auy difforenco botwoon tho tiwo, Tho Ropublican Stato Committea of Iowa mako oficinl aunouncemont that Sonator Jobn A. Logan, of Iiinols, will not make any spcechon in that Stato, and tho appointmonts heretoforo announced for him have been eancolod. It will bo romembored that some of tho Town Ropubli- can papors protostod ngalust Honator Logan oroxsing tho river to mako spocchos in that State 80 long ns ho rotninod his back-pay, and wo sup- poso tho Senator promply rosented tho insult by rofusing.thio invitations of tha Btato Committeo. Bonator Wright, of Iows, is in the eamo position ng Bouator Morton was beforo Lis recent lotter roturning tho monoy to tho Treasury ; that fs, Benator Wright has not drawn the money, nor has he roturned it, and thero aro strong objec- tions to his being allowod to speak, ovon in hin own Stato, until ho has sout the monoy to tho Troasury, formidablo evory day. It s now bolioved that $1,000,000 worth of falso Beourities havo boon put on the market by the countorfoiting gang. Thelir oporations in Now York Contral, with ro- gard to which there waa at first g0 much alarm, aro insignificant, smounting to only 93,000, but largo amounts of forged New Jorsoy Con- tral, New York, Buffalo & Erle, Wentern Union Tolograph, and Now York aund Boston bonds aro said to have boon successfully palmed oft bythem on the public. Thoy bava dono their work very expertly. A broker to whom 810,000 worth of tholr Now York, Buffalo & Erle bonds woro offored, took thom to Dunecan, Sherman & Co. and the Erlo Railway ofilco, and was assurod by thom that thoy weoro gen- uine. Tho forgora did not limit thomsclves to Now York, but have boen oporating on tho Lon- don market. ANTI-MONOPOLY IN WISCONSIN, A call hus beon issuoed in Wisconsin for o Lib- eral and Democratic Convention to moet on the 24th of Soptomber to nominato o ticket for Biato officors. Tho call in torma ombracos all persona desiring Roform. Wo suggost to theso Roform- ors in Wisconsin that they bavo it in their power to givo tho pooplo a striking ovidenco of their sincority, and that thoy do not merely pfoposo to put in nomination ono sot of office-seokers against another set. The Republican Con- vontion nominated for Qovernor tho Honm. 0. 0. Washburn, This nomination was not mado from any affection for tho Qovornor, but bocsuse tho Convention dared not do othorwise, Gov. Washburn has shown his complete indepondence of politicians and party. Ho bas been bold and fonrless in lis nadministration; uvawed by clamor, ho s resolutely opposea overything that looked like dighonosty. That ho is conscientionsly and fenrlossly opposed to monopoly in overy form is beyoud all question. Ho is no now convert. He fought Credit Mobilier almost single-handed. o opposed that fraud whon his associntes in Congress woro drawing their dividends from Onkes Ames, and baving their corruption ro- corded in his memorandum-book. His honesty is not limited by his party allegianco, His hos- tility to monopoly hes always been con- sistont. s firmnoss and dovotion to public intorosts are woll known, Tye ory man in Wisconsin knows Gov. ‘Washburn, and every man knows that ho ought to bo olected Governor, If tho whole Stato woro soarchied, there could not bo found another who possoeses the public confidonce to such an ex- tent, and no man moro worthy of that confidenco onall questions concerning tho reform of abusea snd the restoration of honest Govornment. Undor these circumstances, why shouid not tho Roform Convontion of the 24th, if its only purpose bo to socure the olection of Roformers, nominate Gov. Wasbburn for Governor? Conld they more gracetully recognizo tho infloxiblo in- togrity of tho man, or moro clearly show that they seolt reform alone, and aro not influenced Ly party foelings? The olection of such a woll- known Anti-Monapolist as Gov. Washburn by the unonimous vote of the Btate would be tho most effectual roform domonstration that could bo mado. The Republicans, howevor, anticipating Gov. ‘Washburn's eloction to the United States Sen- ato bofore the cxpiration of his torm as Gov- ornor, have nominated for Lioutenant-Governor & gontleman who is, perhaps, of a differont charactor,—who is at Ienst not known to bo a Roformor, nor an opponent of monopoly, nor in any way idontified with the peoplo in their struggle with the corporations whose baleful influonce hes beon felt as strongly in Wisconsin a8 In any part of the country. If tho Reform Convontion reslly mean reform, lot thom show that they deserve it by nominating Gov. Wash- burn for Governor, and eome real, bona fide farm- or for Lieutenant-Governor, and let them meke tho fight for reform npon the record and charac~ tor of the two candidatos for this lattor offico. Tho strongth of tho Ropublican ticket Is in Uov, Washburn's neme, o is expeeted to carry the “party " and all tho railroad agonts and sti- pendarios who have been placed on the ticket with him, Lot tho Reformers doprive the Ro- publicaus of*the advantage of this fraud by placing Washburn on their ticket, followed by the names of unquestioned Roformers for all the othor offices.. Itis usoless to attempt to dofoat Gov. Washburn, and it would be bad policy to dosooven if it could bo done. An attompt to dofeat him will be justly regarded as a diroct war upon ono of tho ablest frionds of roform in tho country, and will bo a8 justly resented by the pooplo at tho polls, If tho Convention shall de- cido to mako war against Washburn, the result of tho olection can casily be forotold, and, in the knowlodgo of what that rosult will bo, it may in such case be asked why the Convention was called at all ————— THE CORRUPT USE OF THE DEMOCRATIO PARTY. The Cincinnati Enquirer is just now engaged in & frantlo effort to induce that portion of tho peoplo of Okio which ouco bolonged to the Dom- ooraticparty to *rally” in October noxt aud voto the Damocratio tickot, Tho same pnper complaina that, whilo tho Democrats ara propar~ ing to exhibit their mtrongth at tho polls, Mr. Jofterson Davis, of tho late Confedorney, by a most inopportune epoccly, hiad contributed great- ly to asslut tho Ropublionns, The compluint ia thua wot forth ¢ eforo the War, Dasis was aman of aatfon rather than words, Tlo was reticont and safd littlo, But winco the War bio has becomio gurrulous, and ombraces every op portunity to fujure tho Conatitutional party of tho North, and to assist tho Ropublicans, Davis 1a an old poraons! friend of Grant, When, after the Moxican War, Grant was tried by o court-martlal for varlous offonsca and condeniuod to b disinissed from the sor= vico, Jefforson Davis, then Becrotary of War, ovarruled the sentence, aud allowsd Grant to honorably rasign, To the fufluence of Grant in his favor during the early days of Audrow Jobuson's Administration, when Johne son wan calling for blood, tho presorvation of Daviaiifo I8 genorally attritnited, It mny be (hat Jio makes theas annual gpecches from gratitudo to Grant, but ovon thia 18 10 exouso for him, Upon tho assumption that thora is an notual struggle botwoon the Republican and Demacratio partios for tho establishmont of opposing prin- ciploa and policios, aud that in such s conlost Joff Davig has gought to biacken thooharactor of ono party in ordor to mako tho other by come- parison lvss objcctionablo, then his conduct might bo rogardod na & stab in tho buok. Tho ZEnquirer complaina just as if this-woro tho caso, and just'as if it woro not notorlous to all mon that thoro I 1o porslblo politienl differonco bo- twoon thotwo partion, and that the Domocratio organization hns no othor purpose in Ohio or anywharo olso than to koop tho Ropublican party in offico, by confining tho popular choico to that party or somothing worso, I1f Mr. Joff Davis, 88 tho Znguirer ohargos, pnrades tho ghoat of tho Confoderacy onco a yoar to servo Gon. Grant, ho doos no worse than tho whole Demo- cratio party doey overy yoor for tho samo pur~ poso. Tho allogation that Davis ia netuntod by porsonal gratitudo for Grant's intorposition to snvo his lifo, evon if truo, is in no way dishonor~ ablo ; ho nota nnd speaks for Limaself, and socks to control and influonco no othor porsons, But how iu it with tho manngers of the Domocratio party? Thoy run thoir machine, and boast that it is tho same old, rotten, corrupt, and offonsivo coneern which the American peoplo havosolong and i ropeatedly daclared to be too postilential to bo any longor tolorated. These man- agers will not smash that machie, and lot tho Democrutio mnsses make now afliliations and now organizations. Thoy keop up tho “Domocratio party” in the intoroat of tho fow Domocrats who got clectod to Congress, and who aro admitted to a sharo in the corruptions of that body With their Republicsn partuors, Thero has boen no swindle, robbery, or job per- potratod or attompted in Congress during the Inst six yoars in which thoro have not boen Domocrats admitted to full co-oporation. Tho object of this Lns boon a doublo ome: Tirst, to arrest opposition nnd sllonce investigation and oxposuro; nnd, soc- ond, to furnigh tho Republican party, in caso ox- posuro was made, with the truthful declaration set forth in all their resolutions of this year, ** that corruption in Congross was confined to no party, but the bad men of both parties were oqually guilty,” Tho Democrats who ropresont ““pockot districts™ have endeared thomselves to tho Ropublican majority. They aro always willing to divide the responsibility of any moas- ure, fora consideration, with tho Ropublicans. Lot tho hietory of the Credit Mobilier frauds, the Sccor cnse, tho TFort Boolling job, tho enlary- grab, and tho long list of subsidy monsures bo examined, and tho diroct complicity of Domo- orats in all theso things will bo established. Democrnts in Congresa are all-powertul with tho various departments, capocially in an age whon investigations aro possiblo and whitewashing is indispensable. It is tho old caso of the plaintift in o law-suit employing counsel for tho do- fondant to ' concede” awny tho case of tho Ilntler. Tho Domocratio party, cousid- oring tho managers a8 tho “party,” have & better chanco at tho divislon of plunder than they would have if there was mo Republican party. Thoy are precisoly like thoss deteotives and policomon who sharo with the burglars and thioves at whoeo acts they connive. In point of official intogrity, tho Domocrats in offic aro oven moro corrupt than tho mombers who composo tho mnjority. o dostroy the Domo- cratic organization would be to destroy the Rte- publican party, which oxists only ns an antago- nism to something worse. In tho downfall of both partios and the organization of now par- ties, theso old, corrupt, and designing traflickers, who have como down from o past genoration of dishonost official life, would fall into oblivion. To oscape such o fato, the Ropublicans require an annual parade of their Domocratio allies under their old, dishonored flags, that tho pooplo mey bo torrified from making a chango, The only purposo tho Democratic party accomplishea ut prosont is to prevent tho peoplo rejecting tho Ropublicans ; and, for this servico, such Dem- ocrats as can manago to got olocted in isolated localitics are liborally rewarded by being ad- mitted to & proportionato sharo in the plunder which oflice affords. MOSBY’S LAST RAID, It is related that & missionsry ouce convertod a Fiji Island woman, who promised to be o Dright and shining light, Sho was to all appear- ancos o dovoted adhicront of the cause. Sho attondoed religious sorvices rogularly, and bo- camo & zoalous propagandist. Sho lsbored side by side with tho missionaries in inducing other Fiji Islandera to turn from the error of thoir ways, to give up cannibalism and othor eccentrio forms of onting, and to take a pow in church, The worthy missionary was rojolced at tho conquost ho had mnde, and wroto homo glowing lotters concorning tho mpread of the truth in the {slands of tho gea. One day, however, it becamo necessary for the Fij convert to die, and, as hoe lay upon hor death- bed, tho good old missionary came to ece hor. Lo inquired concorning her tomporal and apir- itual condition, and, although tho woman ro- plied that all was well, thoro was something in bLer manner which indicated that there wassome- thing wanting to make her completely happy. Ho dotormined to find out what it was, and, it posyible, obtain it for hor. Accordingly, ho asked her if there was not somothing lucling which would comploto Lier happirioss, Tho eyos of tho dying woman brightoned s sho rapliod that she should die contonted if she only had a littlo fingor to pick. Tho good old missionary was utterly dumbfounded at the mannor in which his Fiji convert had backsliddon and fallen from graco, Tho ruling passion was still strong in doath, It ntrikos ua that tho cago of Moshy is analo~ gous to that of ‘the Tiji woman. During the War Mosby wss & guerrilla. Ilo obtainoed considorablo notorioty for his bushwhacking propensitics, In fact, his name became coupled with idonl deods of during and flotitious battles, and Lis roputation apread far and wido as did that of the Jayhnwk- ors of Kansns and tho rough-riders of tho Bonthiwost, Binco the War, however, it has boon dovoloped that Moaby was littlo clso than o come mon-place tramp, who made vallaut predatory oxcursions upon hen-coops and plg-pons, little caring whother they worae Union or Oonfedorate chickons, or whether the pigs had takeu the irom-olad oath. Hia objootive point was nowhero in partioular, and his objectivo rosult was loot, e fought vallantly with plckets, and he drovo herds of cattlo bofars him in precipitato hastoand deadly torror, Ilo foraged upon corn-cribs and Lo eubslsted upon farmors, whothor thoy adhered to tho Star-Spane glod or tha Onufaderate flag, He nelthor fought, "and “political guerrilla,” and blod, not died, andyetho mannged to acquiro considernble raputation as a horo. Binco tho closo of tho War ho has managed to lve and thrivo upon his roputation, and fo ob- tain moro or less ‘political influonco. When the Administration party camo to recon- struct tho South, it found Mosby among tho soaoty of tho institutlon, and nccopted bim ns n first-class ‘articlo, at firat cost’ and without question. Tho Adminiatration oponed wide it paternal arms, aud ombraced the -bushwhacker and snluted him on both checks. Tho fatted oalf wae killed, and tho patornal mansion was brillinntly filuminatod in honor of the return of tho prodigal son. Tho ninoty-nnd-nino faith- ful omos who had not wandered awsy gramblod- gomo, but it wan of mno awnil Tho bushwhaoker had the bost in tho houso, and unlimited pormisslon to rango at Lis own swaot 'will, without lot or hindrance. Nothing could bettor suit & bushwhacker. Then tho Adminis- -tration, having aocoptod its convert, vauntod it~ 60lf upon bLim, and hold him up ns an oxample to the' Bouth, and made somo .plaintive appoals ‘to tho ox-Confoderates to follow tho oxample of vfl)lu llustrious chioftain, and roturn to their nllogianco to tho Btars and Btripes. Tho new convert, like the Fiji womsn, made n groat show of zeal, and became a propagan- dist. Ho took to tho stump, and proached tho dootrines of the Administration, and, upon ono occaslon, ovon ndvoeated Cmearism. His dove- tion wna g0 great, and lod him to such oxtromen of zoal, that ho was the firat to nominate Grant for a third torm. At lnat, however, there camo a time when tho ruling passion returned. Thon Mosby bogan to bushwhack. Having unlimited pormisslon to do ng ho pleased, ho availed himgolf of it Ile gathored in sll tho fot offices ho could find lying about the Whito House.. Ho ravaged the Tronsury and Interior and Revenuo Departments, and londed bimsolf with patronage. - Ho got appointed Teod Bteward and: Purveyor for Virginia, and Diotator for all the rest of tho Bouth. When ho had got all tho plunder he could carry, the un~ gratoful bushwhacker mado off as fast ns ho could to his frionds, tho Virginta Consorvatives, and now thore is not only weeping and wail- ing, ‘but cursing and' gnashing of toeth, in the ‘camps .of tho Adminiatration, “ungratoful gorilla,” and “unprincipled bushwhacker,” now takotho placo of the endesring epithots which the parly organs wore wont to bestow up- on Mosby. Wo doubt whothar thero will bo ‘much sympathy wasted upon the Administration. We doubit ovon whother tho bushwhacker is to blamo for his courso. Having got insido tho Topublican camp and witnessed mothing but plunder aud corruption going on all around him, wo are not surprised that he should follow tho provailing fashion—tako all ho could carry and quit. Tho Now York Mlining and Engincering Jour- nal is responsible for the statoment that tho matorial for o atone monument at Georgotown, Colorado, to mark an sstronomical station of Liout, Wheelor's survey, was bronght all the way from Mnine. As Liout. Wheelor must have soveral moro astronomical ststions marked in tho Waost, it becomes an intorosting question to kuow whothor the stono is to bo hauled from Maino overy time ; also, what particular necessity thero is for hauling stono from Matno, thousands of miles awny, into & country full of stono, Tho stone which was brought from Mnino {8 said to be & poor quality of saudstons, wheroupon tho Salt Lake Tribuncenys: * Evon if poor sandstono ia imporatively required, thero ore o fow hundred thousand squaro milos of itin the Territorics,” Bevoral small storma are browing at present in tho Euglish Church, which may yot combine and roiso o furious tompest. Ono of these littlo storms Is just now raging upon thoe subject of a baldacchino in one of the London churches, Tho baldacchino is & canopy over the altar, which may bo more or loss gorgeous, The Ritualists or Iligh Church party have made an applieation to tho Bishop of London, sad ho has gravely ro- ferred it to tho Asgessor, and tho Assessor has hod o long and solomn sitting over if, but no decision has yot boon reached. 1t is nssorted that if the decision is made in favor of tho Ritualists, thero will bo o general and vory bitter row, which may end in fisticuffs, In tho meantimo, while theeo zoslous Church- mon are fighting over s miserable pieco of ornn- mental trampory, what becomes of tho sinnors 7 e The littlo Republicot Switzorland, which hasro- posed 80 tranquilly in the Alps for the last half contury, unmindful of the groat wars which have boon waged all around it, is at lastimprossoed with tho nocesaity of arming itsolf withtho view to fu- turo contingonclos. Tho Governmont has com- menced reorganizing tho army and fortifying morostronglyits stratootically-important places. Tho olliances which bhavo lately boen made liavoalarmed the Govornment, and it is now firmly Dbellovod that the next war upon which armed Europo will entor will have for Its theatro Switzorland or s immediate vicinity. Ih this ovont, tho Mountain Republic will bo prepared to defond itself. Although the antiquariana havo takon away hor Toll, tho old. spirit still ro- maiug thore. — NOTES AND OPINION, In Wieconsin a good many Republicans aro in- clined to bo froa-spolion 6u thio ticket nominatod for them at Madison last wook, and the State Journal ig moved, therefore, to apply tho party whip, gontly ot firat, for tho animals aro not well inhand, Itseays; Tho anll’ queation to decide, when a ticket 15 put uto tho fleld, {u, us to whethor the candidates ara reasonne bly it for tho diachargo of tho dutles of the poslifons for which thoy ao nomsnated, If they aro, thoy should rocolyo tho cordial, mot the reluctunt, support of tho thoirparty, This support should be freo from growling about thik thing aud that, Tho *growling about this thing and that,” in Wisconsin, would llkely bo portentous wore 1t not that the Domooratio acarecrow is to be timely producod on the sceno, ~—In Towa, whero the Domocratio scarecrow i Iald beyond oven the powor of Administration hands to raise it sgain, tho people talk in this way: ‘We, the pooplo of Mills Oounty in mass conveontion assombMd, frrospective of pust palitical difforeuces or wsnuclations, recoguizing tho fact that our past politi= cal asdociatfons havo falled to weoure. juatice to tho people, aud deapairing of-effecting un ndoquate reform in our’ county througl thelr agoncy, + o . . do- clato sgainst the Infullibility of party; ‘that ‘whea caucus or conventlou falla to presont ft eandlidnten for oflico it fs tho high privilego as well as the bounden duty of nll good citizens to withhold tholr votes from such candidates, and, regardless of party afliliations, 10 support the beat meu presentod for ofticial position, Aud at Burlington, Iowa, Aug, 80¢ Rtegolved, "That, in the corrupt Tammany ateal, the ©rodit Mobliler fraud, tho Congrossional snlary-smine dlo sud official embozzloments, and tho hundreds of othor combinations, utealy, frauds, and awindles Ly which Democratio and Republican Leglslators, Cone vasmon aud ofice-holders bave euriched thomaolves, etraudod tho country, and {mpoverished tho Boopis, wo nd tho nocessity “of indopeudent action, and the importance of unifed ufforl, and cordially fuvito all o of whatover calling, busiucay, trsde, or vocatlon, ‘regardican of yust political fug tho evila that wo sorlously affoct us all, —At Monroo, Wis., Aug. 80, an Independont Oonyention nominated candidates for the Wise views, o joiu us in remov- |- consln Logialaturo, and adoptod a declaration cutting looso from both tho old politieal partios, ~If Ropublican pap-fed organe viow thismovo- mont with alarm, no loss do pap-fod organs of the * puro Domocracy,” In loealitios whoro Do- mocracy paye, Thoe Jersey County (11l.) Demo- cral gays : Tho Ropuhlican and Domocratie partien woro not modo for Father Grimes and EnglislVs amusoment ; wind yot thers two 1ip Van Winklo' puoudo-politiciaus ariso out of thoir sleop, rub tholr oyor, look sronnd hant thom, snd mwenr by thele beardn that * things hiovo progreased,” and tiint politfeal partica und politica 870 “played ont,” and that tho country is ruined un- lean auch farmer politicians as thomeclves aro allowed tostart a ' new purty,"—having for its principlen *'no Pollles,” , , . No govornmont ovor yet oxiatod without partics, " Partles aro tlo oxponouts of princi- Plos,—and govornmonta are founded on principles, ~In Domogratio counties in this Stato, Ropub- Means mauifost & vory cheorful activity I obun- doning their own party and joining with tho Farmers, irrospectivo of party, to nominate county officers_aud cloan out tho Demooratio Court-Houso cliques. Wo aro glad to goo It, aud wo hiope In avery such county tho Farmors' tickota ¥ill bo olootad, nnd in every county whore the Domacrats put o tickot in the fleld ‘ngainat tho Farmors' tickot, wo hopo tho Demoorata will bo beaton. A Domocratio Court-Housd oliquo is aa bad as & Ropublioan Court-Houso cliquo, and wa want t0 800 all such rings brokor, np matier whothor they are Democratio or Republican, If there evor was a timo for tho pooplo to rosumo control of their own Government and oxtinguish un:1 corrupk rings n.hlu'l.‘x invo usurpod authiority and mado the peoplo thoir sorvants, that timo i now.—Rock Island (I0) Argus, E ~In_asinglo town of this (LaSallo) county ovor o hundred * prominent Rapublicans * have Joined the farmors’ movemont. = Othior Ropubli- can ‘“ boota etick out Tflln a8 Plninly X anovnr tho country. As tho Farmors’ party can't woll amount to much unloss it gains accossions from old partios, all Laving belonged to onoor tho otlior of them horotoforo, wo fail to oo auything }mrtlunlnrlv horrifying in'tho fact that it is boing oined in acores and thousauds everywhoro by former Domoornts as well as Ropublicans, In our uneophisticated way, we have been inclined to look upon such facts ag decidedly uueumaglnfi to tho farmors at loaat, however * horrifying it may bo to tho adhoronts of tho decaying old Dulk called tho Ropublican party.—Oltaioa (Il.) Tree Trader, —A hide-bound Republican objects, in the Autora Lerald, o the now party of roform, bo- causo, ho nays, it is founded on o singlo pHnel- ple—opposition to monopolies, *‘Any party riding Into pawor on a sivglo principlo, &a Boon 04 1t zeachos tho gonl,—tho Capitol at 'Washing- ton,—finda itaclf facg to faco with othor quos- tiona and difiieuliics’of vital consoquonco, for which it is not prepared, sud concorning which o dofinition of its posltion s inoxorably do- manded, and than comes tho hour of smash.” ;l‘nlwhlch tho editor of tho Herald pointodly ro- orta: Tho Ropublican party when organtzed had but #a nnfilo principlo :*° No more Slavo Hiates, It muc- ceceded in catablishing this ; it wns succeasful in carry. ing on a great war which grew out of this question, and now 1t “ finda itaolf faco to face with othor ques- tions, and difiicalties of vital consequonce” for which it danot prepared, and, according to our eritic, now ¢ comes tho hour of smash,” —Every abuso of which tha_farmors justly complain hias grown up during the last twelvo yoora, or aince tho Ttopublicari party camo into powor; and all tho offorts that paréy Las mado during all this timo to correct any of these abuscs hnvo been in the shape of promises.—Jonesboro (1) Gazetle. —Tho Republican party s not a party of seots or classes, but it is tho truo friond of manufac- turors, farmors, merchants, rich mon and. poor mon, blnck mon and white' men, producers and cousumers,— Waukegan (1ll.) Gazctle. —Eliminato from tho party its complicated systom of monopolios, abusos, aud stonls, nnd thore is nothing loft of it. What strongth would the Ropublican party bave in Now England and Donnsylvania, but for its support by tho tariff monopolists ; or in Now York and tho great inan- cial contres, but its avat by tho bank monop- olieta ; or in Contral Now York, Wisconsin, Mif- nosots, aud Miobigan, but for its support by tho salt, lumbor, iroy, and coppor monopoliste; or among tho railroud thiovas avorywhero, but for its support by tho Credit Mobilier rings and rail- road land-grabbors from Wall strcot to San TFraneieco ; or in the Bouth, but for its support from the L‘Arpul-lm%gnm. sealawags, and robbors from Casoy aud Rellogg down.—Oltawa (I1L) Frec Trader, —If anytling woro noeded to prove the fact thint tho Domocratio purty is o double-facod or- gonizntion, tho rocent convantions of tho party eld in Ohio and Penusylvania would farnish conclusivo ovidence to all the doubters, Tho Oliio Domocrata adopted n platform contnining n plauk deprecativg o protective tariff ; tho Ponn- bylvanin Democrata adopted tho platform of their Ohio brothors with the oxception of the auti-protaction plauk, which thoy struck out, This is Demacracy. In * protection™ localitios, the party sdvocates protoation ; in Froo-Frade communitios, it advocatoy Froo-Trade, and, as o National organization, it is noithor fiah, dosb, nor fowl on’tho tariff quostion, and has pro- nouncod for & tariff for revenue—with incidontal proteotion.—Cairo (IU.) Demscrat. —Tho question is Will the poopls allow thom- solves to bo govorned and coutrolled by a sot of unprincipled, eut-throat politicians, or will thoy freo the Governmont from tyrannical and profii- gate rulo.—Glenwood (Towa) Journal, ~—The farmers' movenient, and the dotermina- tion to put a straight Farmora' tickot in the fleld, iy daily gainiog ground, aud accessions aro hoing mado to the ranks of tho Farmors’ party almost unsought, This is always tho way with a sue- cossful movement. In tho very naturo of things it will grow. Every dny moro or less farmors become convinced that ‘what is worth working for, and advoenting, is worth votivg for.—Tou- lon'(IUl.) New Era. —ho Philadelpliin Bulletin (organ) says : Tho discovery of tho fact that tho Brooklyn city treasury hne buon robbed of more thinn §260,000 by the Doputy Treasurer and certain othor officials, will cune blo the New York Jerald and tho Sun to fest for a whilo from tho work of denouncing # Ring rascalitfos” in Philadelphia, Why 80; tho spread of an evil is no resson for “rilonce” about it ; quite the contrary, It tho officors of tho law in Now York combins to hush up tho rabbery, and, after n yoar, it still romains unexplained and tho thioves are not prosccated, it will bo a parallel caso to that which hnm)unud here, with this addition, that tho ity Froasuror, who hLas noithor oxplainod tho Ehoft, uor mado good theloss, norprogacuted tho thieves, is ronominated by tho * Ring" for tho oflico which ho thus fills to their ontire satia- faction.—Philadelphia Age. —Tho Republican party indorsen a Prosident who, for 100,000, signed a bill that took $1,000,- 000 from the Treasury,—a bill that way bogotten in avarico, onacted [n' fulquity, signod in dishon- or, ond carried out in disgraco, Tho Prosidont 1a tainted with $100,000 worth of this disgrace.— Taylorville (1iL.) Democrat. —Tho President publicly proclnimed that his re-oloction was an’ indorsement of his_scts; and Congress, with the stimma of Credit Mobilior, a steal of such unparalleled magnitudo-a8 to astound bolief, fully estabiish- ad, plunderod tho Trensury by an 1 ncroase of 100,000 to the Prosdent's snlary, and <5,000 to cach'Congrossman | 'Tho Progidont, of courso, had no hesitation in al}:lflng this oxtra draw on 16-cont corn, as thio farmers had so recen.ly walked up to the polls and indorsed his prior acts of a similar charactor, This is the clavs of roforms **in tho party " that the peoplo may ex- poct s loug a8 thoy indorko tho samo ut the }mllot-bnx, by voling the Republican tickot,.— Fort Dodge (fowa) Times, —T'wo papers in Waehington aro rivals in the ambition of being called Dy tho ‘Demoacrats the “organ” of tho Administration, and tho do- !cu‘:fi:m of back-pny. 8o thoy strive to outdo ench other in uustnlnlnfi tho snlary-grab, aud nominating Grant for a third torm. ~Tho Washe ington Republican has & threc-column articlo in favor of Grant's nomination three years henco for o third term. We agree with ‘the Boston Globe thut tho only way the other paper there con got ahoad of tho Republican is to print a four-column articlo nominating Graunt for the Tourth torm.—Detroit (Mich.) Post, —Lverybody has becn supposiug that, when the buck-pay of Congrossmon is *covered " into tho Troasury, it becames the proporty of tho United Btatos, boyond all logal reclamation, but QGon, Splnuor, who ought {0 ho good_authiority on the subject, aflivms not. Ho eays that, s no consideration for the manoy is glven, ith pay- mont s null, and it {a still subject to tho claim of the payer.— Columbus (Ohio) Journal, As goon as Morton hoard of “this decision of Bpinner, hio wroto to tho Olork of tho Sonnto to roturn his back poy into the Tronsury.—Cleve- land Plaindealer, —Wo otato that Fornando Wood lins not beon, | nor will e bo, fuvited to spoak n Oblo durlng the canvass, The Democraoy of Ohio are not compolled, a8 is the Ropublican party, to sond out of the Btute for sponkors, ns thoy lave an abuudanco of material of tholr own to show up tho Oredit Mobiliors and salary-grabbors of thoe Ropublican party.— Cleveland Plaindealer, —Harlan ia al4o posted by tho Ropublican Btate Commiitteo for specchos in Iowa, Ho is to mako oue spoach right undor tho Haiok-Lyo's nose, at Mount Ploasant. IHe, too, has drawn tho back-pay, If the stewardehip of tho Hatk- Zyo extouds to Council Bluils, it oortainly ex- tonds to Mount Pleasant.—Desdfcines Register, —1'ho Democrats of Pnu!mfl\'nuln, #oizod h{-l audden fmpulso of honest iudiguation rogarding the back-pay steal, have robuked several Con= gressmon of thelr parly from that Btate for hays . Carlinvilte. fll o) ing rocolved and kusz tho monoy. Inasmuch an tho Domocracy in anmoun s mflmfly responei« blo with n minority of tho Ropublican mombors for this outrnge, thoso demonairations aro slg- nilleant, Thoy sliow that the peopla aro on tho slort, and aro “watchful of their intorosts. Dut it is atill moro_aignifleant that tha -Domocratic Convention,in Virginia did not ovon attompt to oritigiso tho course of its Reprosentativos in this mattor, although overy ouo of tham votod for and pockotod tho bnel-pay.— Washinglon (D, 0.) Republican. ~—All honoat Domocrats will rogrot to lonrn that Congrossman Niblack hins ylolded to the eeductivoinfluonco of tho 35,000 back pay, . . . Wo, in common with honest Domocrats of tho ontiro Stato, will bid the_dinhonored William B, Niblack a lasting adieu. 110 hns orocted his own olitical tombutono, and the paople will soo that ods duly proparod for an oarly and lasting burinl.— Laporis (Ind.) Arpus, —Wo insini that o’ diroot, square issuo be made noxt winter with every mombor of Con- Emau who doos not voto for tho ropoal of the alary bill. Lot the coneontrated wrath of & justly indignant peoplo hurl thom ignominionsly from public lifo, and make oxsmples of thom for coming timo, It would do very much for the purity and integrity of tho public sorvico.— emaocrat. —From Itopublican papors wo hear nothing sbouf Grant’s part in thosteal. WhiloCongross- mon who aro boyond tho reach of the poople, at Pprosont, are donounced ; tho man to whom, of sll others, tbu{ ook for’lprotccunn In timen of such raids ag'this on the Trensury is npfi_lluudm], many of tho Ropublioan papors olaiming that Grant s giviog us n *patriotio aud succossful administration."—Juncau (Wis.) Democrat. —The Merrimne (Mass.) Journal asks tho Ropublicans who complain so londly of the * salary-grab” tho following quastion : 1 tho ¢ malars.grah bo a moral offense, why do not 4ts opponenta cither join the Domocratio party, or, in Iova of political purily, form a now party? Why' do thoy not call a piblic convention and donounco mil who yoted for tho ! grab” and ll who recolvod it—for the Toclvoris asbad aa tho thict—from Presidont Graut A new party ia forming out West, friond Journal, for admission to which no *“grabbers " need n{:ply.—-l’corla Democrat. ~—It is clonr nnoutzh that the peoplo ought to tio tho hands of their Congressman so tha thoy would no longor bavo this *grab " temptation beforo thom. If it in right for Congrossmon to fix their own compensation, lot us have the right oxtendod, and lot olérks,and printors, and gohool- teachors, and farm-hands, liavo, also, tho adjust- 2?‘3& of thoir own pay.—* Buckeye,” in Toledo lade. * PERSONAL. .. 8. Bishop, U. B. A, is at the Shorman House. J. M, Harnoy, of 8t. Louls, is at tho Gardner House, R. 8. Porry, of Boston, ia at tho Shorman House. A, H. Plaut, of Bt. Louis, is at the Gardaor Houso. A. A. Harnoy, of 8an Francisco, {s at tho Gard- ner Houso. B. M, Farrar, of St. Louls, is at tho Grand Pa- cific Hotol. Jacinto Frisos, of Porto Rico, is at the Grand Paciflo Hotol, B. 8, Sprague, of Providence; R. L., is ot tho Grand Pacifto. Dr. 0. J. Fronoh, of Bpringfiold, IIL, 16 at the ‘Gardnor Houso. The Hon, E, 0. Stanard, of St. Louis, is at tho Grand Paciflo Hotel. Tho Hon. C. B, Adams, of Maaeachusotts, ia at tho Sherman House. ho Hon. C. J, L. Moyer, of Fond du Lao, Wis., is at tho Shortian, Tho Hon. B, J. Oglesby, of Docatur, Til,, is at the Grand Paciflo Hotol. 7. F. Joy, President of tho Michigan Contral Tailrond, is at tho Sherman Houso, Tho Ifon. T. A. Btorrs, of Now York, formerly of this city, is at the Gardner House. Gon, Honry Hoath, Commissary-Genoral of Bubsistence for tho Stateof New York, on the %lnfl of Gov. Dix, is a guest at tho Sherman oo, . Mr. 0. N. Gilmoro, the vory popula conductor on tho INinois Contral Railrond, hias been on & trip to tho Enat with his family. o roturnod sostorday, and is again ot bis post. W. @, Purdy, Casbier of tho Chicago, Rock Ioland & Paciflo Rnilrond, roturncd Saturdny from au oxtended tour through the East, whoro hohas beon spending his vacation, Mr, J. C. McMullon, tho Suporintendent of the Ohicago, Alton & t. Louis Road, has ro- turncd from St. Louie, where Lio has boon trang- acting somo busincss for his Company. Hon. J. D. Crabtreo, of Dizon; Gen. Jolm MeDonald, Suporvisor of Iutornal Rovonus, Bt. Louis; Col. II. J, Noble, of Dixon; Lawrenco P. Barrott, the trogodiat, aud tho ¥ Girards,” are ot tho Wont Sido Briggs Houso, Br. §am Parkor, ono of tho brilliant olorks of the Pacific Hotol, ia about to bo married, Tho fair one lives in Boston, and Mr, Parkor is about to atart for that city, whoro, tho nnuptials boing duly colobratod, the happy pair will roturn to tis maetropolis of creation. Liout. 0. L. Hoopor, U. 8. B, 8., attached to tho cutter Fesaondon, at Dotroit, was married to Miss Lottio Hoag, of Oakland, Cal., at the Shor~ man Houtio, last evouing, by the Rov. J. T, For- rester. Tho happy yuuugncuumo doparted at 9 g'clonk on o bridel trip to Buffalo on tho stoamer apan. : It is Congressman Thomss_J. Cason, of Indinng, and not Congrossman J, A. Kasson, of Towa, who has purchasod o residonce on Capitol Hill, 'at Washington. D.. . Swigart, of Ducyrus, lins rosigmed tho Prosidoncy of tho Atlantio & Lako Erio Rail- road, and V. B. Horton, of Pomeroy, Ohio, hug boen' elocted to suceoed him. An oxchango romarks that, as Sonator Mitche 6ll's namo was Hipplo whon ho marriod his prou- ent wifo, sho also should apply to tho Logisla- turo, for it doosu’t look well for Mr. Mitcholl and Mrs. Hipplo tobo. Liviug. togothior 84 man aud wifo. Tenrlotta Robinson, tho velled murdoross, hns beon taken from Sing Sing Prison to tho Aubnrn Luvatic Asylum. Sho I8 Lopolossly insano, Bho has orved cightoen and a_half yours of & lifo sontonco in tho prison. Hor inauity is of o mild type. Tho Rev. Dr. Bpring, who died last woek, had boen soparated from his young wife in conso- quonce of diffarancos inmoney mattors, Sho died ton days hoforo him, and was burted from tho houso of ono of her own relatives, 1lo ‘was buried from Lis own houso snd church, and neithor hiad soon the other for a long timo, The Rov, Jobn La\'lnfitnn, & well-known A, E, ministor ofj & decidod ant!-Masonia turn of mind, has boon natifled by his Presiding Elder, tho Ttov. Dr. E, IL. Pilchor, that compluinta havo boon mado, and chargos will bo proferrad against him, at the next sossion of tho Dotroit Confor- onco, for falschoud and defamntion, based on communications of his published in a papor called tho Methodist Free Press.—DelroitTriv- une, S Not long ago Robert J. Alcorn, & nephew of Senator Alfsorn, but opposad to Amos, was ap- nointed Uniited States h}un’hnl for tho Bouthern Dintrict of Missiesippl. Ho had scarcoly bogun the dutics of his oflrcu when bo recoived tho fol- lowing tolegram : Wasnnvatoy, D, O., Tuly 8, 1873, To the Hon, ftabert J, Alcorn : You are ropresented horo us hoving supported the Democratio tlekot in tho laat Presidential oloction, Is this a fact? GEORGE H, WiLLIAMS, “Attornoy-General, Mr. Alcorn repliod that ho had supported Greo- loy, but did it on Republican principles and with- out having wavered in his Republicaniem. IIo heard nothing further from Washington until a fow days sinco, whon ho recoivod formal notice of susponsion from offico, and information that & carpot-bagger namod Loroy Brown was his sue- costior, —— Fredericlk the Gront’s Uniform, A ourfous story comes from Prussia, Accord- ing to old customs the unifosm in whioh Froder- lok tho Gront died beecamo the proporty of Ins valat, and waa prosorved in tho inhoritor's family up to a fow woeks ngo, whon, the head of that family dying, the holvs rosolved to convert it iu- to money, 1t was dispoued of for 160 thalers to & dealor in old clothes, who' soon mot - with a patriotic admirer of historical relics, who invost- od 600 thalers in the sult, Tho noxt purchsser was an Boglishman, who venturad the ‘sompara- tivoly high prico of 8,000 thalors (£1,200) a8 a spoculation, hoping toronlize a8 muoh as £3,000 by resolling it to & Priuco of the reigning houso i Prussia ‘who was anxious to possess himsolf of tho uniform, but the price alurmed bim, 'Lho purchasor, it is enid, has_ shipped the interosting curmonts to the United Btatos, whoro ho bolioves ho will obtain even a highor price than that ask- ed of the kroat King's descandant, - - THE CITY 1IN BRIEF, Tho raid mado by tho polico on IMankins, the shirt-man, rosultod in tho conflreation of roveral ohips, oto,, and the fluing of govornl mon 810 and coatn, A mm\\v? tonm, holonging to Col. I'. F, Tay- Tor, collidod yestorday with o grocery-wagon, throw out tho ownor of tho lsttor, Thoodoro Locklin, and caused him rathor sotious injurles on tho hip and arm. The regulne monthly meoting of tho Board of Qounclllots of tho Houpital for Womon nud Ghil- dron will bo hald this afternoon, at 260 o'clock, ll‘lho Hospitu), cornor of Paulina and Adams stroots, . The Tiro Commismionors bitterly eomplain that from Salt to Limo streot, on Arclior avonuo, thoro is nothing In tho shapo of n hydrant, al- though thoy hiavo begged for roliof for throo yoars, . Bovoral protty serlous runaway aceidents are roportad by tho polico am rosuiting from tho lenving of horsen standing unhitched in the stroot. A fow arronta of partion infringing upon tho by-law pmvldn:’g for tho hitching of horacs would do some good. L'ho cdornor-stono of tho Onk Park M. B. Ghurch will be Iaid this aftornoon at 4:30 o'alock. Tho Tov. J. 0. Peck will daliver tho addross, Tralna loavo the Wolls stroot station for Onk Park at 8:46, nnd loavo Onlc Park on roturn at 817, Al frlonds are cordinlly invited, John Wildor, Chatlos Long, and Frodoriok Prita gobup o privata riot, and, dmongat thom, wont or a pound of Fitcholf Andorson's flesh. ' Thoy all_playod Shylock so woll that Judgo Kaufman ‘had sonio difficulty in deciding who was (ho star, Ho at Inst awardod the preminm to John aud Oharles, onch 40, and Frodorick $10. Tho alarm of fire from Box 247 at 1 o'clack yostorday aftornoon, was caused by the Appoar- anco of o quantity of smoko issuing from tha window of 88 North Erio street. When tho en- ginea nrrived thero it was found that the mmoke was made intentionally, with a viow of driving away & host of musquitoss. Tho following saloon-keopers woro teenrmrl “yestorday for violation of tho Sunday Liquor aw: Thoodoro Willims, 171 Tarraboo stroota Nordstrom & Thorston, 95 Gbicago avonuo ; Au gust Jolson, 693 Chitngo aveuuo: John 'Goo- or, Halstod ‘aud Vedder strocts Jaln Glmbol, €88 Milwaukeo avenuo; Josophs Vallento, 025 hor avonuo, A young man named Stephen Monghor, 2 years of age, whilo driving homo near tho cor- nior of Mouroo and Market stroots, at 6:30 yos- orday avaning, fell doud in bia trick, o vaa convoyad to Lis rosidonce, cornerof Forquor and Halatod streofs, whon Dr., Bradloy, who was eallod n, pronounced it a casa of hohrt disonso. At holf-past 8 o'glocke yestorday ttoraoon a boy named Jamos Quigley, 7 years of ago, whilo trying to got upon - lioavy “wagon, wai caught Dotweon tho hiud whool and tho box, and very goriously jammed abont tho legs and body, D, Holmes, who wns called to 860 him at his rosi- donce, 720 Milwaukeo avenus, pronounced bLis condition to bo vory critical. Therofs aman on tho North Side who has givon tho police & great deul of trouble, His namo is Louis Jobneon, and his mind is not Tight; in fact, ho is ot times porfoctly crazy. Yostorday, on his appearanco beforo Judgo Kaut- muan for tho 301at time, e was finad 200, which 1o not boing ablo to pay, the city will give him froo board for somo tima to come. An ¢ Old Man " atatos, in & communication ta tlus paper on a postal-card, that ull ovor tho city wo dofociivo sidownlls, with boards looso on fion altogathor, and bo ihquiras, Yory portinont- Iy, hoso placa lc is to aiten to thed vidovalks, il tho courso of tho fall or wintor thoro will be n considerable claim for damngos, which & fow feat of plauk aud pounds of nuils might have Baved, » 3Ir. A. D. 0'Neil, tho bnildor, hns fittod up tho bagemeit of his residence, No. 107 Park avouno, in ologant stylo with choss tables and 5 suporh Dilliard tablo, and ho oxtends a cordinl invita. tion to all lovers of thoso puroly intalloctunl games to como and anfoy their favorito recron- tion, To guard ngainst an abusc of this howpi- talily, un organization bas been effected, with rules and condition of memborship, which can bo loarned from on oficer of tho club aé tho zooms any ovoning, All genllemen, whio can proporly appreciato ilis public spirit and libor- ality aro requested to co-oporato. . Atabout half-past 8 o'clock yostorday morne ing, & tcam of horsos, harucssed fo n brick wagon, woro frightoned by an ongino of the Michigan Bouthorn Railrosd Company on Twonty-second stroot, near Lumbor, and ran away. Tho drivor, John_Mahouoy, was thrown from tho vehiolo 'bonenth tho wheols, which passod ovor bis nealr, broaking it and causing Instantancons death.” Decoased, who leaves 3 wife hitt no childron, waa convoyed to bis late renidenco at Hart & Allsop's briok-yard, on Westorn avenuo, * Tho Bonrd of Polico Commissionars have come to no decision in re Simmons’ shirts. Bhoridan enyH thoy nro keeping their shirts off on nccount of the weathor ; Wright always did opposo washe ing dirty linen in publio; Cloveland takes af- front at tho lovity of his colloagnos; Simmons will bo hangod if thoy keep him in susponso ‘much longor, ‘Tho Board of Health yesterday visitod Reid & Bhiorwin's packing-houso to iuvestigato Turnor's new system of consuming smell, ~Hitherto the lungu of noarly half & million people havo beea called in to Purlurm this cheorful oflice for tha packors. Mr. Tumer ruus tho smoll through fgacoling, which makos it o much wormo Chat 1t urns without the amzulicn(ion of auy other en- couragomont. Bon Miller ia porfactly satisfiod with the process. The Board of Public Worls yosterdey swarded the following contracts : For paving tho intor soctions of North Franklin stroet, from Division stroot to North avonue, to 11. Venkke ; for paving the intersoctions of Randolph and Denrborn streots, to McBean Broa. ; coutrnot No. 8, for tho construction of sewers in the North Diyi- ‘sion, to Bartloy Langan ; contract No. 6, for tho West Division, to Martin Blanoy; contract No. 7, for tho West Division, to I\ McGrath. It i atated that, by soma oversight, tho Peo- plo's Gas-Light and_Coke Company, & wealthy corporation in the Wost Divicion of Clicago, caunot bo found on tho books of the West Side Asgestor, although it must posscss poraonnl proporty, franchives, otc., of great valuo, This omission on tho part of_tho Asecssor is unfor- tunato, sinco it causes ill-nntured pooplo to say harsh things about bim, and sinco it rolioves thia property fiom taxation, in ordor to throw tha urden on those who are less ablo to boar it. 0. L. Backott, bookkeeper with B. H. Dont & Co., waa walking homo with o friend from the theatro, on Saturday night, and, whon near the corner of Roboy and Adamn streots, both were struck by lighininz and Jud on tho broad of their backs with & rapidity that only o waywnrd clectric. Apurl can produco. Both men plcked thowmselvos up immediatoly, but Suckott was not ablo to spoak for sovoral minutes, Tl friond, who had not suffered 8o #overe o shock, exsmined Suokott's right urm, which ho compluined was somewhat numb, and found on the middle.of -the foroarm a round, sealded spot about tho sizo of wailvor dollar, Strange fo Eay, both tho cont and shirt showed 1o slien of tho passago of tho clectric fluid which had caused the burn, Noither party hns since felt any ineonvenionco from tis suddon atlack of tho most potont power in tho universe, In & lato issuo of the Salt Lake Daily Herald wo fiui tha following complimentary allusions to Chicago entorpriso: “ A wagniticont volumo hag been issued by thoe publishors of I'he Land- Owner, & periodical dovoted to tho real ostate businoss in tho Gardon City. The volume, which s dono in moroceo, coutalns sbout & hundred fino illustrations of tho new buildings which graco Ohicago as it has risen from tho ashoy of ils torriblo conflngration, Among them wo nota the_splondid struoturos of soveral of our friends,—Pago Bros, & Co,, M. D, Wolls & Co., and_others, whoso onorgy hus placed thom in thio frant rank of the merchants of the country. When tho now city has com- loted putting on its rehabiliments, it may woll Bhaw Sctention to 1 outerpriso and maguifl- cenco, Livon now it invites tho Unitod States to attond ite Tntor-Stato Exposition, pnd in oracting weplendid_buildiug for tho occasion of their ns- sombling,” - . A} about half-pnst 7 o’clock yostorday morne iug, 08 Houry Servanco, maungor of the Union Dock Company, was making his' ronnds among tha cars, ho found, upon %mllln[; o'car of tho Galona Divielon of the Northwostorn Rilrosd Company, tho dond body of an uuknown man, lying on’the top of a cavgo of flour, Docoasod was 6 man of about 80 yoars of ago, dressed in darl-brown clothes and ilannol shirt, & pioce of cord hohlluq them togethor round tho waiit, An Inquest was hold by Coroner Btoplions in o nftornoon, whon it ap- poared that tho car fu whieh deconsod was ouud was consignod to William Ienry, of this olty, on'the 24th ult, Nothing waslearnod about the deconded, and nothing was found upon him bf' whioh ho could bo idontitied, No marks woro dlscormble neum his body, and the Jury roturned & vordiot that doceasod onme to his death from Bomo eauso unknown to the jury. Tho quostion arlses whothor an examination of the man'a stomuch would not havo rovealod the faot thay ho t\\ud of giarvation,