Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 12, 1873, Page 8

THY CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1873. TAXING CORPORATIONS. Roport of 1o Sub-Committeo of tho Board of Bqualization which Visited Chicago, The Chamber of Commerce Denies the Right of the Board to Tax Its Capital Stock. Argument of the”Committeo in Reply»-- A List Being Made of the Stock Companies in the State. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tridune, SrmNarIELD, Sopt, 11.~Tho following s tho report of tho Commiittes of tho Btalo Board of Equalization ‘which visited Chicago Iast wook with a viow to investi- gating thio fuots concerning the faluro of tha Cook Gounty Astessor to nraces tho stack of corporationn: To_the Itonorable Blembers af the State Hoard of Equalization : GrrrLEwEn: Your.Commitico, nppointed in pur- suanco of o resolution passed by your honorable body on Bopt, 3, 1873 (sco Schiedule A) would respectfuily Deg leavw to roport that they proceedod without deliy to tho Oity of Chicaga, I thio Gounty of Cook, snd, na Boon g practicablo af(er thole arrival, cxtendod invita~ tlons to the Conuty Olerk and the threo Town Asscee~ ora of Chicago to meet the Commitieo and give what- evor explauntions they could in regard to tho malters Boforo the Committes, Mr. Edwin Drury, Deputy County Olork, first respondad, and, after bolug duly sworn, testifiod as Tollows (ion Schedulo 19, Your Commitioe wero ratinfled that tho discrepancy in tho roturn of tho lote, olc,, waa a clorical orror and entirely unintentional, Your Commiltes aro also informod that o sworn statement of tho fucts was forwarded tothe Biato Auditor, and & promiss made tho Committeo that a supploniental Teport would bo made without delsy, In arder to vorify tho slatement. of tho County Clerk, Nr., Aloxander Wolcott, County Surveyor of Cook County, modo afdavi¢ to tho following slatement (seobeliedule ) ¢ ‘Tho threo Asscssors responde: In turn belng duly sworm, tostided substontially os ollova. That' tho reason why the ¥orms No, 6 wero nct filiod_out nnd forwarded according to vy was tho difiiculty which tho representatives of tho different nl’?llnlznflnnn met with in comprohending tho exact snd proper mbnner of flling out eald Blank No, b, and it also becamo nppatent to your Qommitice thct tho Ansosmors themsclves consldored tho law unvon stitutiona] nnd opprensivo, And thoreforo aid not tmako tho proper return of No, G. After a careful research and diligent inquiry smong tho most prominent business men of Chicago, your Committoo aro satiafied of tho fact that at lcast nines tonths of the 00!3] rations as listed by the Becretary cf State, and which wero claimed fo bo in oxistence in Cook Conuty, nro utterly worthlesa and mere myths, In order to reach the different Corporations which woro deomed sound, your Committeo causod to Lo printed o clroular, n copy_of which is horowith ane exed (soo Sehodulo D). * Theso circulars were handod by tho Asscssora to the representatives of all corporne tions which could be reached, and, whilo somo roe spondod, tho grenter mjorl, through somo_roraon ‘unknown to your Committee, failed to mwako their ap- soumcu. As au illustration of tho ploas put forward ¥ prominent corporations, your Commitiee will cita tho verbal answor of tho President of the Ohieaga Obambor of Gommerco, wiekling groat influenco and possossing conslderable wealth, Tho following 1s In substonco thie élatemont ¢ 4o decline to fll and return Blank No, 5, beeatizo wotako isauo wilh tho Audiior and Btate Doard of lh}qlllfllfllivn on the construction of our State Rovenue aw, Tho property of our Corporation fa ropresentod by stock of nol;lnn! valuo S»‘JW?I;U& 1t bus & real or mlr\! kot valuo of §850,000. W Liuve Teal and porsonal prop= orty of agsesscd valuo already returned for taxation of romptly, and, each Tho differonco betweon Hio sssessed value of oue wvisible property and the market valuo of our at an invisible value, nnd, therefore, not properly tax- able; and, if wo AUl out and rotiuwn Blank No. 6, this in~ ¥isible value will bo sssessed and_ taxed, coutrary to tho truo intent and mesning of our Ravenuo law. 7 tho Auditor ond Stato Board aro orrect {n thelr construction of tho Rovenuo law, thon wo taka feauo with the law itself, as being contrary to the Con stitution of our State; and, if it becomosnecossary, wo wrill contast tho question fn the courta,” Bubsequently, your Committee rocoived from the Becrotary of tho same Corporation the following come munication s Copy : ‘OYFICE OF THE CHAMDER OF COMAMEROE) or TuE CITY 0¥ CRICAGO, Cricado, Sept. 6, 1873, R, P. Derriexson, Esq., Chairman’ Toard of Equaliza- ton of Tazes, Dean Sir: Tho Exccntive Committeo of the Chiam- ‘ber of Commorce direct me to inform yon that tho Chamber of Commerco of the City of Chicsgo have no personal property of auy kind whatover, ‘Tho entiro capital gtock 18_ropresontod by tho Chamber of Comn= morco bulldlngs; end the roal estoto. on which they stand, The stock i8 below par and has heen since the fire of Oct, 9, 1871, 'To asscss both tho real estato and capi~ tal alock, would eauso s to pay twico on tho samo property, and thoy do not think you wish to put such on unjust burden upon us, _ Yours vory rospectfully, Onances L, Rayaton, Socrot . Your Committce not having oithor Teglalativo or ju- alcial authority, nro compelled to leavo tho fairnosa and the constitulionality of the law to tho Legislaturo and to the Courts of compotont jurisdiction, thelr sl duty belug to ndminister o Tsw & they fad Thio poniion tkon by Socrotary Baymond o b It ter of the Oth inst., is at entiro varianco with the plan requircmenta of tHo Rovenuo Law. Tho fourth clauso of Bection 3 of eald law statos in plain terma that tho asgossod value of tho tangibla property,—real and per- sonal-shall bo deducted from tho aggregate falr cash valuo of thocapital stack, including tho franchiso, “Tlua € o tonglbl ral it personal properly s aa- scssed at, an' 100,000 ond the fair cash valuo of tho capital otock [s say $850,000 {he sascssment for capital stock undor tho Inw, sssuming property to bo asseased at its full valuo would bo $760,000, But sssuming properla 1o Lo sascased at 60 per cent of its actual value, the capital stock of $850,000 would bo $425,000, from which thio $100,00 assosned valto of tangible Teal and personal property would be deducted, loaving 125,000 Lo Lo nsscssed as capital stock, The decialons of thio Supremo Court of this Btate heretoforo made in Buresu County and in other cases, will compel the Btate Board in its nsscssmont of property to adopt ae ita basis for value, the proportion cP tho actual yalue at which this Board finds other property of the State to bo nssesaed, This your Committeo beloves to bo & conciso statement of tho requirements of the Rovenuo Law, which must govern the Blate Board in tho scssmont of the capital stock of corporations, In plain words, tho Board is only required to assess capitul stock whero o value Is clearly ascortained over and above the agscseed valuo of tangibla property of the incorporated_company or nesociation, If thero s noguch value, then, no ngscsement can bo mado agninst capital stock, “The Inw doca not contemplate taxing the same thing twice, as clafmed Ly Becretary Raymond, 1In answor to the claim of tiie President of the Cham- ‘ber of Cominerce, that the value of capilal stock {san. invisible property, and not a taxable property, wo only takio the law - whidh gOverus Us, swhich, i tho Arer goction thoreof, doclores thaf Fourth—Tho capital glock of compnnies and asseciations incorporatod under tho Inws of this Btato ” i3 a property which shall bo nsaossed and taxed. Soventoen corporations in the City of Chicago made roturns, which aro now in tlie hands of the Auditors, to your Committeo, after which your Comnittoe de- ported for Joliet, Will County, The oflicers of this county scemed t0 bo lahoring ‘under tho samo misap- ‘preliensions o the ofticials of Cool County, Thoy, howover, chesefully furuished the ommfltea swithy alf tho information derired. Fiva corporations made returns in this coanty to your Committes, now in hands of Stato Auditor, - Al of which s respectfully submittoed, It, P, Dernioxsoy, Cook Co, D, R, MoMaaTen, Randolph Co, B, 11, Drwey, Graudy Co, On motion of Mr, McCabe, the report was received and reforred o (e Committoo on Cspital Stock Cor- porations. - In compliance with a resolution of Mr, Derrickson, ndnrlml ‘Weduesiny, tho Becretary of Stats s mukiny s list of corporafed companics outeilo of Cool me‘n:!y. Up to noon to-day over 1,000 Lave been ro- rorted. CANADA. Meadonald-Popo Letters«-Fors sonnls Special Dispateh to Tho Chlcago Tribuns, MonriEAL, Sopt, 11,~Concerning tho publication of tho Macdonnld-Tope lotter, o roport f current that tho Tos of tho lolter hus boon traced Lo tho proper soureo, and furlher disclosures moy bo oxpected, “Thio TTon, John Young Lias gona to Now York to at- attend tho meeting of tho Henato Commitics on Trans~ portation, ‘Tonoyto, Sept. 11.—Tho Hon, Gearge Drown has yoturned from o trip o Lurope, Tho Ministerinl {ouennls wiich atuributed s golng sway to s feor that 0 might bo summaned befors tho Royal Commirsion aro somowhat discomfited, and would doubtleea prefor not Laving him tell what hio knows, NEW YORK. Rond Forgers Propovo to Compromiso withT'heir Victims="The SolfeAccusud Murdorer of Nathan 1o e Brought from San Franciscos New Yon, Sopt, 11,—It 14 roported that tho partics who secontly’ atlccossfully nogotiatod tho forgod Duf- falo & Erlo bonds have been in conforonco, and ato now in carrespondenco with ono or moro brokers hero who loaned funds upon thom i viow of tha return of portion it not all of tho money advanced, Itis un. derstood_that Willlamson, the person who obtalnod most of the caak upon thodo sectritics, {a in tho Wast, pnd the party who is now negotlating for the setile- ment with tho brokors i A bill of $45,000 w e e suit s 3 O i boon desiied to bring Irving horo froni San Franoisco o soe what ho knows of tho Nathan murder, "A tequest having been made by the London Bunday= fichiool Union that the Bunday-Schools in the United Bated hould unito with the schools fn forelgn couns 'The rienIn oheorving Octolior 10 as 4 dayof prayer for Bunday-Behools, Rev Dr, Vinoont, of the Now York Hunuay-Bcliool 'Union, hias indorsed tho appeal, and asks {10 schools in thie clty and olsowhora {0 obieryo that day, 'The losson for tho cccasion i not to bo O ozhan Ontbelt that b ¢ man Oathollo paper says that the project of an. Aimciean BTG o o oE Eiort O G o sbetae of Turopo and to llomo has boen under conatdoration by thoso who would probably bo tho leaders in it. This statomont 8 drawn out by o corrcapondent, who i artioularly anxiots that somoof tho * Bon of Mary " i Amorica should visit tho elirion of *Our Lady of Lourdos," The plan whiol moots with tha moat favor conlomplatea clinrlering o stoamor, which will take frolght both wi ays to liolp pay th oxponsos, aud it ing s highly spiritual work witl ordinary Tolaxation, which ouv peoplo claim during vacations, ‘Tho Evening Poat snys thut tho noxt trial of Blokes for shooting Jim Fiak ia nct down for Octobor 6, 8 Diroctors of the Northorn Pacifio Railrond hiaye docided to locato thio weatorn ferminus of the main lino of that road at Tacomsa, Pugot Saund, e ST. LOUIS. The Republican City and County Committec Mildly Consure Fostmas= ter Filloy’s Asscssmont Practicoses Tho Druid Festivities, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Br, Louis, Sopt. 11,—The Ropublican Committes of 8t, Louls County and Oity held a meoting last ovening, to nominato a Oontroller for 8t, Louis, but that was a comparativoly unimportant businoss, 2a tho party 18 Jargely in tho minority in the city, and has no Liope of electing anybody, Tho Post-Offico huassmont mattor had, howover, been pressed strongly upon tho mome boraof tho Commitice, and it was rumorcd earlyin tho day that rosolutions vigorously condemning Mr, Filloy’s conduct would be offored and passod. Mr. Filley got wind of it in timo to send a par- ty of his employes to stave off ml action on tho matter, Without an hour's dobata the Gommitteo gottlod tho businesa of tho Controllorship, and ihen Maj, Wililam 8, Popo, o mambor of the last Legisla- ture, and for somo years 8 prominen politio o and offored n serics of resolutions condoming in gen- eralbut in mild forms tho couduct of Postmnator Fillay, Maj, Popo did not get his rceolutions in with. out a good deal of hard fighting, While he atill held thom in his hand various persons in tho intorost of Mr, Filloy rous to polnta of order to moyoto adjourn, andto questions of privilogo, Gon, {ioloman, ond of Mr. Fllloy's clorks, wna capociaily carncet'in ate {empting to atave off thé cenayro of i upertor by all kinda of pacllsmontary sublactugos. Tho tollowing sre tho redolutions s finally read, shorn df an oxpressivo preamblo : Resolved, That wo, the membdra of the Ropublican Central Committee of 8t, Louis Oity and County, snd membors of tho Republicsn party, asscme bled togother for rogular busingss of tho party, eannot adjourn without expressing onr utter condemnation of th10 not of (e above-named ofiiclal in the matter of tho aforeaaid tazation, 3 ‘TResolved, That this scthas no relation to the custom of asscseing candidstes to dofray the oxpenscs of a political campalgn, for in that caso tho candidatos do ‘ot give money fo bo patd to the men who chooss tho ofiicera and for that choice, but simply {o dofray necessary expenscs of public mootings, otc.; but in this case mono) taken from the chosen official by tho ono and only ono individusl who Lns tho pawr (0 ap- ‘voint lifm, and scomingly, to ssy tho losst, a8 & com= ponsation for that nppointmont. Resolved, That wo cannot countenanco tho intima. tion given out by tho Postmaater that hio was seconded §1y s act by oficials at Washington, for the Adminls- tration of Presidont Grant Lina ropcatedly condemnod 1ho practice, and wo trust that no {nalanco of tho kind will bo suffered to pass without a prompt romoval af any officlal who attompts to follow 80 odious 5 meas- urd, d. Pope followod up bia_ resolutions with flory specci, of which the following is 8 compendious ro- ort P have not nsmed M. Filley in this rosolution, Tt ained me to draw up suich & resolution, Ho is & man haye held and this community has held in high esti- motion, Yot when our vilal principles aro at stake, tho very thing upon which wo bulld our in- teyrlty—roformation, progress, ond ~honeaty,—thnt whichi has glven us our prostige boforo ths pooplo, which has_given us our power in this country is as- salled, and {hat by an_oflicial high in station—this s another matter, ‘They are such practicos aa tho world Sl condemn, and tho very best of Afr, Filloy's friends cannot excuso, Mr, Filley himaelf cannot oxcuso it when lio looks at it in viow of thointorests of the par~ ty ond of tho pooplo whom ho repre- senta in Uigh station. It is sald that Murphy did this thing in New York, ond wo know what a thunder-storm was brought on tho Administra- tion, ~No honcst man can exouso uch action, Tt fean official act, and wo condorun it to maintain the integ- rity of tho party. Knowingof thess facts, wa have to slink away and refuse to inaintaln the truth of the party, or elso willingly {ndoreothis action, In tho lat- for casa wo dio oud oughtto dlo, Inovor will belong toaparty that will indorss or second such action n of oflicials, [Applauao] I olued . the Ropublican party - bocauso I Mevod it was tho party of principle, tho party of Lonor, the party that represonts progross, roforma tion, 'In all theao things wo bavo had numorous, too sadly numerous, instances of corruption in Lj.in placos; but, sir, I stand to<lay, and sm_willing to ptand atill and sy that when theso thinga have taken laco in tha Republiesn party, tho honor of that party 1yin routing thiom, and golting rid of such men oa specdily as possibio. Tho honor of the Administra tion to-dy llosin tho fact that whore theso things bovo been mado cerfain snd | proven ey havo taken tho means to ramovo them. The only stigmn. reats whoto these things have beon pointed out and have not boen romoved, Wherever theao acts 50 commited tlio Tiopuablican party should condemn them in prineiple, and show that such men have no part or parcel with tho party. ‘Wo can disponse with tho services of men who will act in that way, I havo drawn tho resolutions ss rildly ss possibley and pro- scntod them simply as o lettor of am{’. elloving ihat the curo, as in tho caso of caucer, 4 ligs {n erasuro,” [Applausc, e eated discusalon of all the polats involved in the case, in_which Dir. Filloy's frionds could_only #ind two roasons for bfs retontion ia_offico, namely : ‘That he had been & good oficer, snd was & P! The following was adopted as's substitute for Alaj, Pope's resolutions, by A, Tiovoll, tho Chajrman ¢ tesolved, Thnt this Commiltes most omphatieally condemn tho compulsory assessmont. of Government employes for political of uny other pirposca whatever, and thint such nssossmonts are contrary to the spirit of Nepublican institations, destructivo to tho man- 1ood and indopendenco of individuals, snd highly ine Jurious to the public morals, The scono nt tho meotlng wan extremely amusing to the outsiders, Nover was a party commttce more per- ploxed ot deciding s queation of diacipline within ita own ranks, To have indorsed Mr, Filloy's § por cent ‘busincss, which was meaner than the Gongrossfonal back-pay %nh would have been the death of Repub- licansm in Missourl, To havo consured him too soveroly would havo alfenated his friends, Mr, Filloy now gives out that ho desiros an investigation, o8 ho confosses and excuses his fault, Thero scems nothing loft for tho investigating pgent do, unless ho wishes to pla; the rolo of o “\hitowashor. Nothing * fa loft for Filloy to do but to put on penitentinl robes, go down upon bia knces, and humbly suo for pardon, ' But it is «doubtful if Grant can afford to eave him at any price, As for the $100,000 that ho expected to mako during 1 ferm of ofiico, wherowith {o roplenish his bankrupt coffera, it Lina vanished into tain nir, [70 the Associated Press.] 81, Louis, Sept. 11,—~The Druids, who have been in session ioro sovernl dnys, formad in ‘procession to-day, and, after yarading sovoral of tho principal streots of tho city, murchuf, with flags and banuoers and musio, to mndo’l Park, whero tho day was spent in festivitics, Among the spankors woro Liout,-Goy, Jobnson and Judgo Btrimmel, of Bt, Louls, The procession was ivided inio fivo’ parts, and was mado up of differont lodgon of Bt Louls and surcounding towns, grand officers, Stato aud Uuitod Biates, numbering ahout 2,000 persons, and made s very imposiug sppearance, _ FIRES. Particaulnrs of the DBurning of the Eloasant KXill, Neb., Jail, Whereby Four Persons Lost Thoir Lives=-De« structive Fires in Californins-Ware« houso Burned in Mattoon, Xl «EFires Elsowhere, 8r. Lovts, Sopt, 11,—An oxtra, fssued by tho Pleas- ant 11il), Nob,, Aeirs, says tho fall nt that placo burned ot 4 o'clock Tuesdoy moruing, and all its inmates, four in number, porishod in tho fames, It is supposed tho bulldiug was firod by one of tho prisoners in order 10 offcct Lis escapo, but tho lames eproad 8o rapidly that ho was sufTncatod beforo he could bs rescuod, and tho firo had made stich headway beforo the alarm ‘was sounded thaot no neafatance could be rendered to {lo Inmates, Tho names of tho prisoners ware Mrs, Turdeschicedt, chargod with 1aurdering hor husband; Georgo Wilcox, Vincent Doylo, and B 3 8AN FiANCISCO, Sopt. 1L~A. fire In Teddiug, Osl, thismorning, dostroyed an outiro black, Loss, $75,000, Insutunco, $5,000, Tho Poat-Office malls weto totally consmned. BAN FaNo1so, Sopt, 11,—A firo last night dostroy- e one-fourth of tho Towii of Forest Hl, Oal., pria clpally dwollings, Tho loss {8 unknowa. aTT00N, Il Bopt, 11.~The largo warehouse own- ed by Day, Spraguo & Go,, of Providence, R, 1., waa discoverod on fire about 11 o'clock last night, and waa Dburned to the ground, Tho fire W #oon under tho northeast corner of the main IJIIJIGIDF, and fa genere ally supposed to bo tho work of an Incondiary. Tho loss in catimated at over 8,000, insurod for $0,600 in fhio fallowing companies : - Phaonix, $4,000; Triumph, 2,500, and thio Imporial, $1,000, Neustapr, Ont,, Bept, 11.—A fire to-day doatroyed o browery ownod by Honry Heuthor, and valued at $75,000, T'he insurance pflflcr ran_outa month .%o‘ and Lind not been renowed, The fite originated by sparks from an engino igniting tho shingles. MnDLENEAD, Moss,, Sopt. 1l—An incendiary this moraing burned Paino’s stablo and_six horaes, Mans~ tang Iouso, Natfonal G uk, and a dwelling, Lon,"fi,uontl. iatfonal Grand Bauk, an welling, —_———— Description of a Thiok, antronn, Goun,, Bopt, 11.—T, II, Wilson abscond- ed from Hariford oil tho Light of tho Oth fnat,, with & lorge amount of monsy stolon from the Adams Ex- pras Compuny. U fa shout i1 years of mgo, an eandy Lait, Uaht eyow Ught hin nioustacko, vory thin and frecklod face, ia b foet7 inchea in helght, sbout 125 pounds in welght. Stoops siightly, xnd hes tho authoa, g™ A Chango of Venue. Camo, 11l,, Bept, 11,—Dalsoy Droese, the wan ohirged’ with kliling by ‘brather, this mo oo {00k & cliange of veniio o Johnson County, nowilibotrled during the st weak %D noxt, ocember —_— Ocean Stonmship Nows, Livenroot, foyt, U.—Tho sloamabips Arsagon and Indis, from New York, have arrived out, New Yoy, Hopt, Il.Arrived—Bloamabip Colum- Dla, from Glasgow, THE POLARIS SEARCH. Important Facts Elicited from a Greenland Oficials His Story Regarding the Cause of the Quarrel on Board the Ship. Dr. Bissoll Said to Have Treated Capt. Hall with Contempt, Tho Recovered Diarles--=No Dircot Ref- erenco to Hall’s Death. New Yonr, Hopt. 11,—A diapatch from on board tho Arctio stosmer Juniata saya: Onarriving at Upeie navik, Commandor Bralno paid hia reapoota to Krarup L. 8mith, Inspector-Roysl of North Groenland, who narrated, with considorablo minutences, tho dotails of the qusrzal on board tho Polarls, and attributed the unhappy dissonsions to Dr. Blascll, the sclentifio ofMoor, who spoke most contomptuously of Capt Mall, alloging tlst ho wna ignorant of Arctio history,and un~ fittod for thowork to bo accomplished, snd endoeav— orod to prejudico the crew of tho ship sgainst him, s apparently wishod to givo tho oxpodition & Gorman iaracter, snd deslrod 0 tako full commnnd, Tho In- spoctor furthor stated that Capt. Hall ovidently had Bome kind of misglving or promonition of death Whila at Dlaco, whiera Lo saw Bmith, and placed in_his care valuablo rocords of tho Franklin Bearch Expedition, which records woro handed {o Commonder Braine whio will placo them in tho custody of thio Socratary o fhe Navy, on his arrival in {ho United Blates, ‘Tho stesm-launch of tho Junlatn_sighted tho Tigress nenr Upernavik. Liout. DoLong boatded her and ime artod Valuablo duformation to Jommander Greor, ox- {uiting » chart phowing tho track of tho lsunch, snd ‘recommendod him 10 tako a northwoaterly course from Gepo Slackloion, n the 14th of August tho Tigrosa passod Capo Alox- ander and Port Foulke, It was now all daylight, anda rock in_the vicinity of Gapo Alain was recoguized by Onpt, Tyson sa tho same that. hid tho Polaris from tho view of tho party on tha ice-float, The vessol was hero atoppod, when tho sound of human voices was heard, and o boat was. instantly. lowered. 1t wan about 9 o'clock_in ths ovoning, and amid o groatest oxclte- ment Commandor Groer oxclalmed: I soo their howso o tants aro cloary porceptible, and moving human fgurea can bo scenon tho main-land, noar Lit~ tioton Island,” In 82 hour aftorward the boat return- od, but only Lrought tho intelligorco that Coft. " Buddinglon and b party “lad gone south ~in tho middlo of "Juno Isat, in 4o boats, hoplng to meat friendly whaling vesscla to carry them to Nowfounaland, Tho Tigress boat was Bgain manned, accompaniod thls timo by Commauder Greor, and Esquimaux Joo (ss interpretor), Fivomen, two women, and two children greotod them, and thoy found the Houso sbandonsd wud proaontiag ‘intarlorly 8 sceno of tho wildost confusion, DBrokon Inetruments Iny on tho floor, whilo tho remains of s mutilatod log- ‘book were acatterod about, The Esquimaux had como from Pond'a Bay, and had remsinod with Capt. Bud- dington sll winter, Ouly half an hour was apent in soarching for the rocords by the Commander and his ‘men, who pickod up what ouriositios thoy could and roturmed to tho ship. Tho boat wan manncd s third timo, and this party picked up somo torn dlarioa, all Toleruncos o (o doatl of Gapt. lall bolng dostroyed, Wit tho oxcoption of n torn memorandum, seiting forth an ngrosment botwreon Buddington sud’ Ohoster to continue the research for tho North FPole, Nothing of importanca was dicovered. The entiro timo of tho Tigress fn tho melghborhood of Littleton Inlend wae only five hours, Tho Esquimauz, when s seon from tho ook of lte Tigrens, wero 'n tlie nniforms of exilors of tho Unfiod Statos mavy, but they subsoquontly changed thelr clothes and rodonned tholr Exquimoux. spparel, on action that looks very suspicious, Tho Esquimaux lind but fow_ provisions ; Dolthor had thoy any boats, aud thoy asked, through Joe, to bo takon on Dosrd {Lio Tigress, but Commandor Greer declined, ‘Wagnmazon, Sept. 11.—Tho roview of tho Polaria oxpodition by the celobrated Dr. Peterman, of Goths, ‘has beon translated into English from the German, under direction of tho Bocretary of the va‘{. Tho Doctor ssys that, nll the circumsatances considered, it must bo conceded this fs tho most fmportant expedis tion that over wont to tho Arctlo reglons, The Englieh talkod loudly for nine years, and criticised freoly all other opiniona and endeavors, they themsolves doing nothing sll the while, The high-toned acts of the Amaricsn Govarnmont will, Lo bepes coniribule to- ‘ward bringiug to an end tho loud talk of the English, l‘!lml fldlus&‘fi &am at laat to At and send out an expedi- jon 1 FAIRS. NORTHERN ILLINOIS FAIR, Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Atmona, Tll, Sept, 11.—Twenty-fivo thousand peoplo want through the fair-grounds to-day, Many were die- gusted ot the Jom at tho ticket-ofiico and left withont entering the grounds, Tho anticlpations of the most sanguine ware realized, and only tho dust marred tho leasuro of the accaslon, The Socloty 18 young acd s loarnod fast, but many things need corroction tint will add to the publio comfort. and thielr own roputa~ tion, Tho Fine-Art Hall, which I Joft unnoticed until to- day, was tho contral’point of attraction, being & mu- weum in itself, It was filled with birds, fossils, mag- nificent casea of jowelry, and srtlstio luctiona of every varloty, “Amongst tho curiosities woro a couplo ‘of Kansas tosds, that afforded sn infinite smuscment to the crowd by thelr abllity ns fly-catch crs, Somo of the paintings on eshibitlon woro very fino, beiug from tho casels of Messrs, Oross, Brown, Hilllard, and Kemble, C. M. Brown, of this clty, very deacrvedly took tho first premium for landscape painting, and Komblo for portraita, Arcourt, & very su- ‘porior artist, took the first promium for an_alaborato ¢rayon drawing of Miss Fannio Davenport, the notross. Tho esmo gentleman got the first promium for a siatuotle sud bust of Zonobla in fera colts. Prof, Cross, of tho Napervillo Northweatorn Univer- sity, got s st promiumn foz crayon-drawiog, land- scapes, and portralt, Tho spocimens of pon-drawing from this gentleman got tho biuo ribbon, o also the oxcallent ornsmontal panmanship af tho Metropolitan Business College of Chicago, A. H. Elwood, of ‘Aurors, bad some fing architoctural drawings,—one s view of’ the new Trinity Onthodral, Omaba, that re- colvod tho firat prizo, William Holmoa took the first promium a ongllt pletura frames, which wero much . Dayne & Morand got the diplomaof tho Aswoclation, for thole Indisn-ule portrails, ‘There belug no competition, D, O, Pratt gota iho firat premium for photographs, _Pianos, statusry, and o goneral sesortment of ourloslties oomploto ~our re« Viowr of this most abtractivo department to tho genoral visitor, Considerablo discussion was indulfled fn on tho dls- covery that Tuz Onicaao TRIBUNE was tno only clty papor that iad {n tho partioutars of tho Fair, Iu tho is- ®uo of the 11th, Tho trot for $3,000 enmo off this attornoon, and tho following horses started : Iied Cloud, Bodine, Brother Jonathan, and Lady Mack., Red Oloud was tho favor- ite, ouins, owmod by iz, doodrieh, of Ghieago, won ovory hieat, 'Time: 2:281%:27, and 2:37, Ied Gloud came in second, Jonathan third. ‘ Tho firat premium for oxcellotice in ladies’ driving, wan swardod o Misa West, aud tho sccond to Mra, Thomas Bticklo, ‘Tho attractlons for to-morrow, the last day, sron trot for horses that have never boaten 2:48, for §100, o purso for ladios' riding, and o fool race. GRUNDY COUNTY FAIR. Speetal Dispateh to Th Chicago Tribune, Monus, Ill,, Bept. 10.—To-day 48 tho last for entries 8t Grundy County Agrlcultural Falr, and tho fair is likely to provo » failuro. Fow additionsl entries have Yoon mado sluco yeatorday, aud tho farmers com to havolostall ntorest n ft, Tho kiow of stock iy vory #mall, and almost nothing 18 found fn the floral hall, Tho ‘day Lisa boen speit moatly in horso-racing, Pools wers openly sold ot auction at the track, and Dotting on tha races i tho only thing of interaat, ' Tho falluro s uitribiuted generally to a elrous and ‘e gerlo, which to-day oxhibita u town, und whicl scema fo bo'much moro attraotive (0 tho farmers, as sbout throe times as many aro attending that as can be found ntgm fair, U, Sopt, 11,1 onnis, U, Hopt, 11.—Thoe Grundy County Fair haa clodad) and Lua bees a tofal failurs as fur o agri- culturo oF hortioulturo fa concerned, . Tho. horsoe racing of yeaterday snded in bad fecling and a row, To-day Mr, Palinor, of Chicago, deliverod an excellent address, Tho afternoon was occupied with mule and lorso-racing, a gao of Lase ball, and daneing,—for ‘which last dls; flnr of tho agricultural products of tho county sullable platforin isd boos laid, and tho musio of two violius furnisiied, With tho oxcoption of tho address of M. Palmer, thero was notblng worlhy tho attention of tho fariiers oF any ono clies Tt was ontirely iu thie kauda of tho farmore, MICHIGAN CONSOLIDATED STATE FAIR, Spectal Dispateh to Tha Chieago Tvibune. Gnap Rurtos, Mich, Sopt. 10.—Tho entrics for tho Gonsolidated Btato Fair, which opens iu thia city on Monday noxt, ors coming in withn tremendous rush, excceding all expoctations at uo early a stago of tho grocoedings, From proscnt sppeatatices {ho total entrica will excéed 10,000, borldes ho pomological do- partment, o which 1,000 pots of plants aro olready enlered, aud o lllfl!fl.llnnl{ large diy- oy of frult sasurod, cousideriug tho ow expoutations from hat department, owing tothe soverlty of Inat wintor, Much Leavymachin- ery s now in place from Detrolt, Bagiunw, and other laces, Thonrt bull and florsl’ Lall aro progressing ust {n maguificont decoration, Ono notablo fact I th numeronsiuatances in Which ono oxhibltor outers Iargo numbara of artclea, Spoctal pollca for tho clty and fair grounda during the fair will bo aworn In tox morrow, Tho loras-railroad fram {ho city to the grounds 1o comploted, and cars aro ruuying. NORTHERN KANSAS DISTRICT FAIR. Atontso, Kan,, Sopt, 10.—Tho third dsy of tho ‘Northoen Kanasa District Fair witnessod a vory Iarge attondanco of people, varlously cutlnated at from 5, 107,000, e woather waa vury fine, and thodiaplay of mtock universally pronounced tho fingat evor scon fn tho Missourd Valloy, The display of fruit was aho vory large snd fing, Farm-product entrics are not ho lirgs, bt tho qualiy of tho grain exbibiied Is very suportor, BOUTHERN WISCONSIN FAIR. Spestal Dlapatah o The Chioigo Teibiina, JaneaviLLE, Wis., Sopt, 11,—Ovar 10,000 peopio visit d the Bouthorn Wisconsin Fair hore to-day, although tho entirs grounda aud roads leading therelo wero desp dust, sud plonty of air o keop It afloat, Tho oz~ hibitfon of hornos and ealtla in quite creditablo, but sheop and mwinoare poorly represcntod, The lortt. cultural and domestio departments woro woll filled, and {ho disply oxecllent, All the sowing-machines woro Iargely repreaontod, the firat prizo boing given o flo Eilaa Towo, Jr. 'About 1,000 Grangors had A plento on the grounds, and afterwards marck ol lhmuqh ho grounds, hoaded by sevoral offic of tho Btafo Grango, and o brass band, In tho aft noon Col, D, Wyatt Alken, of South Carolius, doliver- o0 sn_nddrons,—subjoct, '*Tho Grango,” glving tho farmors flomo good. Advice, and urging them to work for tho Minatsaipp! River improvoment, and theroby obtain cheap transportation for their farm products, Tho Colonef aldo apuka of the coudition of tho Houth. orn Blatos, and hopad tho North would ald his poople {u ridding theimselvea of tho patasite catpal-baggorn, The fair closc to-morrow, and the probabiilties ara tho sttendance will bo good and the dust still despor., PEKIN, ILL,, FAIR. Periy, 11, , 11,—This, tho third day of tho Po- Xin Fair, hua'in many rospocts boon a puscess, Every dopartment was moro fully represented two procodiog yoars, Tho nochanical dopartmont has much 1n {t that intoreats our farmers, and is s credit 1o our manufacturcrs, Tho exhibition of horucs waa cspecinlly good, _Mr, X, Richmond, of Mackina, has ono, and Mr. E Fuller two, very fie imported French lmrann‘.! Thoro sro some good shoop and hoge on the grounds, £, cro waa s largo aitandsnco of pooplo, composed of farmors, Tho trotting race to-dIny, milo hoats, threa fn five, for horsoa that nevar beat 2:40 prior to Aug. lx{lmm' Bl;.m , was won by John Warron's ch, m. Aollio, t time, 2:39, 2:41, 2:88, Tho ruhning race, dash of one mile, for horses gwnod in Tazewoll Gounty, piurso 76, was won by D X, Btickloy’s b, g, Burnaido, Time, 1:613, ‘Tho ruining race, milo hoats, two in throo to rul {llnnn $125, was won by A. Uppoedegrall’s Re orde, Timo, 1:40), 1:48, M'LEAN COUNTY FAIR, _ Sprectal Diapateh fo The Chicago Tribune. Droosiiaros, I, Bopt, 11.—This, the third day of {hio McLoan County Fair, hss baon oue of great ine toreat hero, Fully 20,60 persons visitod the grounds, ‘Tho dlsplay of groutait fntarost to ol waa hat of draft orgos, of a'l ngs, McLean County, om0 may asy, in Hio loadquniocs af tho Norman stock of he Weat, and tho fineat speoimens wore in tho ring to-lay, near Iy 100 in nll." Dill & o, of Normal, oxhibited ifty Noad, smong thom _fho recently imported sinlliona Bigot, Diopho, Favorito, B, Laurcato, aud oftiors, The’ majority of all premiums wers faken by Dilion & Co,, who ga from horo totho Stato Fair at Teoria, John Murray, of Ireland’s Grove, took tho pre- mium on his stalion, Napoleon socond, Tho fair closca to-motrow, Tho following nto tho oficera eloct for the coming yeat : Presidont, W, L. Doaworlh; Vico-Presis donts, 3, O, Davis, and Willlsm Karr ; Becrotary, . T, Didiake ; Freasiror, ¥, B, Blecro, 1OWA STATE FAIR. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Triduna, CEDAR RATIDS, In., Sopt, 11,—Tho weathor was aus- Pictous agaln foe " State s and, at 9 oclock, tho al of cultivatars, iarraws, pianors, olc., commenced, and vas looked upon with much intorost, Then fol 1owed the displsy of tho various alasses of cattlo, This waa o splondid oxbibition, boing far abead of any rovious fair in tho number and varlety of animals, 'hore waa soparnto parado of tho different clasaos of horscs enterod, which vaa largo, consiating of roads stora of all kinds, farm toame, carrisgo teams, matchod and singlo horaos, oto, To-morrow closea tho oxhibition, which thus far, In folat of numbern o stlondancoand articlos on oxhfbie {om, exceods that of nny provious year, BUREAU COUNTY FAIR, ; Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribuns, PrniorTox, T, Bopt. 11-—Tho Duresu Couniy Ags cnltural SBocioty openod thelr saventeenth annual fair bero on_ Tuceday last. 1Lios been tha big day in point of numbers, It was cstimated that thoro was ot leas than 6,000 pooplo on the grounds this aftore E Tho weather 1s warm snd- dry, and foarfully usty. Tho display of cattlo far exccods thatof ony pro- vious year, whilo tho number of hoga and shoop 6ro not qulo cqual fo that of lant sear, but tho grades ara conaidersd much_bottor, The' diaplay of ngricultural imploments i vory good, 8a in also that of fruita and cercals, The fine-nrt dopartment % olegantly ar- ranged, and fs much finer than herotoforo, STEPHENSON COUNTY, ILL,, FAIR, &vecial Dispateh to The Chicano Tribune. Fnzeronr, Iil,, Sopt, 11,~Tho Hon. Schuyler Col- fax nddressod about 8,000 peoplo on tis fair grounds in thla city to-day, Tho fair of the Stophenson County Agricultural Bo- ctaty §5 in progress hero, Tho display is good, and the fair will provo s grand enccess, Prof, Welch, of sour city, will sddress tho Patrons of Husbandry on tho grounds to-morrow. NORTHERN WISCONSIN FAIR- Special Dispatoh to The Chicasp Tribune, Eay Crang, Wia, Sopt, 11.—Fully 30,000 poreons aftonded iho Fair {o-dsy, In’ tho trotting races, best throo in five, Bon Skdnnor won, Dost imo, 2:54. ' Tho ruuning raco was won by Fanuy Free, in two siraight Doats, The Troiting Park Association will hold a raca ‘maeting on tho 24 of October, when $3,600 will bo hung up in purses, UNION COUNTY, ILL., FAIR. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, €amo, TII,, Sept, 11.—The Unfon County Fair is in full blast ot Joncaboro, A grand good time Is expect- ©d, and tho farmers are bound to make & big show, NORTHEASTERN IOWA FAIR. McGnzaon, Ia., Bept,, 10, 1873, To the Editor of The Chicago T'rioune : Bin: Tho Northenstorn Agricultural Fair of Towa commences Sopt, 10, aud coutinues four days, to ba held at Postvilio, Railroada havo reduced thelr rates ono-half, Thia will bo n large fair, WEATHER AND WATER. LOOAL ODSENVATIONS, Cmioaao, Sept. 11, 187: N Hour of ob ircetion and, - servation, oree of wind. S £} B 658 3. m, p 11:18 8. m. | Falr, 2:00 p. m . 3:58 p.m. . 9: , ., 10418 era, Mazimum thermometor, 88; mintmum, G4, GENEUAL ODAERVATIONS, On1oaao, Bept, 12—-1 8, m, Clear, Station, | Bar,|Thr| Iind, [Rain| Weather, Brockiur'ga [20,04| 49[N,, froeh., Clondy. Buffalo,....,[30.04| 60[8., gentlo, lcar, Cairo, 20.08| 75!CaIm. Ohicago. ... [20.88] 7: Cinciunail.. (30 Glovaland,.. Davonport . Duluth .. Detroit.. . Eacanaba .. |29, ¥t, Gorry, Keukuk LnOrossa. Hilwaukes.. Blarquettoe, Omaha, Pembins, .| Bt, Paul, .« W, fresh,f.. Toledo, 0]8., gehtlo, Olear. TRODANILITIES, WasnmaToN, Sopt, 11,—On Fridsy, for Now Eng- Jand, frosh Boutbicust, 1o soutliwast winds, rising tem-~ perature, aud gencrally cloar weather will provall. ¥or the Mh‘dln Btates, fresh southoast to southwest winds, decldod riso of toipurature, sud olear or partly clondy woather, Yor tho South Atlantic and Gulf Slates east of tho Mississlppi, risiug temperaturo, cloar or partly cloudy weather, and gontlo to frosll winds, mostly from tho northeast and southeast, For Tennoasce and Oblo Valloy, freeh {0 brisk southerly o weatorly winds, high tomparaturo, ond fncreasing cloudiness, witth possibly Light rain in tho latier, ¥or tho Lower Lake Togion, brisk konth to weat winds, cloudy weatlor, and Vght ratns, Trom Missour! to Indiana and Michigan Drisk south and wes winds, cloudy woather, and light zain, winds veering to wosterly and northerly, with fallihg temporature and clearing weather during tho day and ovenig, with frost nt_night, ¥or Iowa, Min- nesota, and Western Wisconein, briak northweaterly ‘winds, low temporati and cloarlug weathor, with frout to-night and probably on Friday nlght, DAILY REPORT OF TUE STAGE OF WATE! n (With changos in the 24 hours ending Sopt. 11, 1673) OHANGE, ADOVE LOW WATEN, CoBoanmsmmas RERRREPPRRRR cananSon EFEEEESE 71, *Below Ligh water of 1871, W, i, Kaurman, Observer, Toom 78 Major Bioek, Chicago, ) Obitunry, PoRTLAND, Mo, Scpt, 11,— Ashur Ware died in this ity tust night, A 92, 1o wan oditor of the Boston Yankes in 1816, and the Yortlund Lastern Argus in 1817, I beld the offico uf Distrlot Judge forty-four ears, besides other important trusts, 87, Touss, Bopt, 11,—Judge Joln ‘t, Ryland, of Lex- ington, this Blato, Aled lnst ufght, nged 16 years, 1o had beon amember of tho Missourl Dar Afiy-one yoars, twonty-sevon of which ha ind #erved on’ the Dench, Part of the time fu tho Supremo Court, S R SO A Haunans Oty Onttlo-Mnariot, Kansas Orry, Bopt. 11.—Oattle—Receipts, 1,087 shipments, 880, Markot more activ ; comuion grados nominally unchanged, The goneral feoling ia not 8o strong to-day, iirough Toxus cows, $1.7 ¢ thin, wintered Toxas cows, $1.35; wint, ateors, §3.655 win Toxas cows, $2,16§ corn-fed Lexua stoory, $3,12334.20, oge—Buyers held aff, snd pricon lower, st $3.65@ THE GRANGERS AND THE RAILROADS. Viowns of Commodoro Vanderbilt, and ot Vice-Prestdent Blanchard, of tho Erio Railrond. From the New York Herald, Sept, 10, COMMODORE VANDEADILT'S VIEWA, In pursult of furthor information regarding the ef- foct of the Grangor movement on thogrost commorcial futeroats of the country, _Herald roportor recontly vislted Commodore Vanderbilt, as ropresonting one of tho thireo great competing linod to tho Weat, Tho Herald commispionor immediatoly nsherod him- £olf {n and announced to tho Commodoro that tho bust- noss was 1o “ inlorviow ¥ him on tho Granger movo- mont, and learn his opinfon of ita probable offoot on e e A hw“ix" 1d tho O d or Moyom e Bovemont 7 sald the Commodors, b 0 Farmors' mov it out » um. "{,”1’,‘”:"’:,"' o romen! ‘Woat,” responded ¥ Wol on't know anything sboutit, ot pald nu,y'lltcnnonwll." A AL ey ttont, Comumoiore, wad E Mt (i O an know all about ftn" g Ak Ju Py ** Bt X don't, " X nover rond ono of thelr articlea, Thez st down o tho ralzands, aro {hoy 7 4 noma so. . Tlioy conuplath gonerally of biy exacting tarlTe, 0o nivch spoclal raiirond. legialation, sud of varioua privileges enjoyed by railroads and ‘aed for purposcs of exioring unfir prices rom thie “ Thoy do, oh 2" sald the Gommodors, kmocking the aalioa from L cigar, _“Woll, aa to speclal. legisision, X agroo with thom, It thoy 'aro In favor of making only genoral railziad laws, 111 bo wilng 1o baok ‘o, urtlier than that T don't caro what the 3 Tiuo Gentral can hold ila 0w, Lol fogg 20 “1 pupposn you will bo ablo to securo bread and mosty oven 1f {ho farmors succood 1n all thelr do- mands 41 might substat somohow, zond leglalation, 11 bo wiling to do anyiling tho ther railroads have to do, ¢ No spoolal legislation’ is my cry an woll 0a tho farmors’, Thoy havo already specially loglslated mofuto_carrying psssengers for 2 conta o when othor_roads chargo 3, " \Tv”hy hina a spocial distinotion boen mado sgainad you 1 Oh, T anpposo $horo ara ressons, The Lord knows what thoy aro, Tho farmera didn’t do it, you undor- stand, But I don't kuow anything sbout this—what do you call ¢ 7—Grangor question. You seo I don'ty T can bo of no'gorvico fo you there, air,” & Thion proy bell mo If pricos Lavo been affoctod any by tho movement ; pricca of transportation 7" 1 don't know, really, The farmors complain of chiarges for local transportstion, or somothing or other of {hat sort, Dut I hardly over nttond very closcly to railroad mattors nowadaya, If tho farmers aroopposcd to spectal leglalation, allvight. Tho Gen: trol can gtand angthing tho otber raiiconds will. Let etn givo us gonersl raifrosd leglalation, and after thiat X don't care what they do, Bo, you see, I don't knaw enongh to bo of sny orvico ta you.” VIEWS OF MR, BLANGILATD, OF ENIE, Mr. Blanchiard, s Vioe-Prosidont of Eris, who 18 tho ofticial authority’ on transportation and’ tarifta, was found Lunily eugoged at his dosk in {ho pafatinl Erio officos, ond resdlly consented to givo his views on tho Aubject, surmising, howover, that they woro only his ' own convictions, by mo mosns bo authoritatively exprostod viows of tho Erle Board on tho sitbjoct, and that thoy wero of nocessity crude viows st best, aa the movoment had not maturod suf- clontly to randor the futuro of it s matter of ony cer- fainty. With_tho Erie,” safd hio, * tho offect can hardly bo falt, Wo_have really oll 'tho transportation busluces {hat wo can woll mastor, Tha roads further Tost which feod tho Erio and, tho other competing lnes doubtloss will fol it, ud, 8 wo have to boar our sharo of tho through ratca which those roads conrrect for, e may fool it Indiroctly hero,” qh and But aa to goneral rail. ! a1t beon falt at all 8 yot 77 ¢ No, not atall byus. Bomo months sgo, in or- dor chiofly to got tho immonso store of grain throngh t has aconmulatod at the great Wost~ orn depots, wo lowered frelghts, without any refor~ cnco to this movemont whatover, &ud, in fact, freighta arolower now than thoy liavo over beon, Dut low frolghta do not meot the difMculty, for I havo here n telegram from tho agent of our siosmor linoa across tho Inkes, and 1t indfcates ono of tho_most remsrkablo facta in railroad matters that has ovor occurred ; and 1t will siow you, moreover, that low froights will not meet tho dificulty. Thiangont {alograpts that o Loa contracted to carry from Chicago, vis tho Isko stcams ers, horo, 50mo 20,000 bushels of wheat, at 29 conla & Dbusliel, whilo ali-rai) lines chargo only'37 conta. price, you nderstand, lns Leon offerad by the pro- ducers ; not asked for by us, Well, the inferenco is, that groater moanu of transportation aro nceded, and it Indiontes, not extortion on the part of railroads, but tho ,;mc dovelopmont of the country,” * Then moro rallroads are needed 7" * Undoubtedly, But first moro ships are necdod. ‘Wo cannot carry away tho grain alroady stored here, In Chicago, last woek, thero woro 1,600,000 bushela of graln, mostly whoat, atored, Thers s domand enough for It'in Europe, snd wo can earry it Loro, if tho mor- chonis want us o, * But they complain that Inck of ralirosds ralsea tho Pprico of transportation 27 “ Gorlatnly tho law of supply and domand prranges all thesemattors, Wo cannat rgo more than the Penneylvanin or tho Central, becauso wo would loso our oustomers, At tho mamo time we cannot rofuss frolght af 29 cents to carry freight for farmers at 25, Certalnly, thers should no antsgonism botween tho railronds snd tho producars, Thoy ald and support. ono anoth- er, If we raiso our rates so high that producers can- not ship by us, wo_do mot cripplo tho produccrs so much a8 o eripplo ourselvea, - At tho samo time, if wo mako the rates_so low that we cannot keop up the rond, or psy our debt, or ba enabled to ofen up coal ‘mines or minoral bank’ or establish new connections, we wil un down, loso our credit, and in tho end crip: ylo tho peoplo along the lino s well as oursclves, A Wappy moan must bo established,” “Woll, {a this happy moan established,” *Yes, Bubject, of course, to the law of supply and omand which fs 'an immutable Iaw, Sboyed readily by rmer and rallronds aitke,” ’ *#Thon what {stho principal cause of complaint 2" “Tn Illinota t was_tho aifference botwoen {lrough and way frefghts, Tho farmers claimed and havo succeeded in socuring law that the tarif¥ far froighta Letween way atations shall be the same per milo as the tariff for through freights, It is tho samo a8 aaking & dry-goods man to soll at retal] as low as ho would at Tho result has been thut tho railroads, boing compellad to acceds {0 tho law, have ralsed through frol qh(!, thus doing no good to tho way pro~ *ducers snd almost crippling the through frelghts,” “Docs this hurt the raflrosd or the farmer moat 27 It ovidently doea tho farmer no good and it i likes 1y to hurt tho railroads very littio—cortainly loss than if tho way freights had ben reducod ; but it will raiao Ohinoso wall around Illinols, unless tho quosiion now raised of unconstitutionalily by reason of tha right of Congress to regulate intor-stats commorce, i sdmitted, becauso_ railroad through other States may bo complied to shutoff all freights into Liinols in conssquenco, e ey SPORTING. Exciting Sport on tho Prospect Park Conrse, New Yonw, Sept. 11.—Tho Herald furnishes the tollowing: The second day of tho fall meoting of the Prospect Park Falr-Ground Assoctation was 000 of the most remarkablo ovents in tho annals of tho American turf, “Tho most prominent sporting men doclaro that thera nover wes such racing o sny other courso in tho world, Tho firat raco woa for & purno of $400, all sges, ono mile and three-quarters, For this ovent wors onterod Coffeo's Sightning colt, Ohickabiddy, Utica, Benjamin, and Mart Jordan, Denjamin and Mart Jordan made & dead heat, and’ trial between them for tho puro was passed over until tho other ovents on tho card camo off, whon thoy wero called upon to decids the matter, a0d thoy had auother run, _Tho fudgos ngain declaired tho affalr o dead beat, Tho {hird heat was declared_dead, and tho horses wore obliged to contond again, Denjumin floally won the best and most closcly-contented race that over took placo in this country, Time, 3:1, 3:383¢, 9:16, B:10x(, Secoud race, ‘purd 3900, all sges, vivo-mile hoatr, Tho following' wur enterd : iifsgo Blacksmith, Warleki, Mold of Orange, Lizzlo Lucas, Gorald, and Miidew, In fho first heat It was supposcd a dead hoat bad beon mads by BMildew, Warieki, and Village Blacksmith, with Lizzle Lucas about 8 neck behind. Tho Judges, howsvor, Anally decided tho heat won by Mildow in 3:433, Vlliago Blackemith won the secon heat by a lougth from Wurlike, thus winning thoe hoat and raco by distancing tho winner of tho first heat, a8 by the rulo all other horses had to go to stable, The raco was u solling race, all ages 13 milos, purse r?ou. Tho follawing wero entercd: Wiostly, Hattio O'Neill, Camden, Livorpool. Tho first was a'dead hoat be- tweon Iiattio O'Neill and Whestloy in 2:13}4, They ran the dend hioat off, Wheatley winaing vory caaily by threo lengtha in 2:25, ¢ 'Thia [s tho fArst time,” eaya tho Iferaid, *iu thio history of racing, of two horaes making throeo dsad Leato fu s dash race.” - NMegatta nt Snratogn. SAnATOGA, Sopt, 11,—~The rogatta to-day was a com- pleta succoss, The attvndanco was vory lare, Tho Woallier wau favorable aud the water fu capital con- dilion, Thgra vias no poolacling allowed during tho sy, The Young Men's Christiin Assoctation havo ravonted it In- town, and the Rowing Assoctation fiavn effoctually atopped 1t at thelake, No porsons oxpress mora slncero sstiafaction with this srraugo- mont thau the various Loat-cluba themsolvos, ‘Thoy say thoy do not wish to be laced on o lovel with tho horsas,” foveral of thom luformed Mo, Conkling, Troaidont of tho Rowing Associntion, that if paol-sofl® ing wau allowed they would not dip u oar, Owing to delay in'recelviug outriggora for the To- onto elube, tho pair-ared boat senior eingle-soull Tacowas rowed firut. Ninostarled. Fonton's boat, of tho Mutuale, of Albany, was_disabled, snd comio- uently Fonton did not gv, Gourtnoy, of the Unlon A irings Rowing Glub, 100k tho lead, sad _maintainod it casily, turning tho stake-boat at tho end of the firat milo about 35 longtha abead, and coming in an efghth of a milo ahoad of all comnpolitors in 14:16; Keaton, of tho Linrlom Rowing Assocation, sccond, fu 14:60 5 B0 Yates, of the Grand Iuven Doat Olub, Gran Tiaven, Mlch,, thlrd, in 14:58 T tla socond racc, palr-oared, Jobnon and Browa, of fho Nassau Bost Club, of ‘Harlem, and tho two $ambos, of (ho Argonsuts, of Toronto, Canada, starled, 'he Canndinns Jod'handsomoly ail tho way Found, arsivivg In 16:43, about six longths shoad, oricket in Philadeiphin. PHILADELFIEA, Sopt, ll.—’ru—n-{ tha Unitod Orlckot Ciub, of 8t Louis, began ngame witk the Young Amer- fon Club, of this clty, in the presence of a large num- bor of persous, Ono fnning was played, Tus socond will ba played to-morrow, Tho scoro of ths 8t, Louis Wa 49, anil that of tho Young America 13, Tho play- ing of both clubs was good, Iinces in Fhiladelphin, PHILADELTHIA, Bopt, 11,—The fall mesting of the Toint Breezs Park ‘Crotting Association closed this aftornoon. Tho unfnialied race of yesterday resulted n favorof Blar fn 2:30, Lady Eauma 20, Btowarh Ma- o w0 clonlng_contests wero for horsss of the 2;34 cluss, purse $4,000, opsn {o all, The first race was won by Urown Princo ln throa etralght heats, Timo, 227, 2:203¢, and %30, Thomas Joforson 24, and Don Flnger 84, 5 . In the vocond race Goldsmith Maid won In throo siralght heatn, - Glostor 2, Sonsation 8d, Timo, 3:33, 2:253¢, and 2:34, ‘Tho Lexington (KRy.) liacos.' Lxxmazon, Ky, Sopt. 11,~Tho races ovor the Ar- saciation Cotirse, to<lay, were wall sttended, Tho hurdlo raco was's comparativo fallura, Cadwaider Tost the race by & foul rider, Duford’s Charloy Kava~ Daugh, by Emory’s Loxinglon, was tho winmor s Mc- Grath's Luoy Jackson second; AoHynos’ Fancy Jana third, ~ Timo, 8:65%. Hocond racs, solling rce, milo Licats ; MoHynea' b, o,, 3 yoars old) by Asterold. Robinson's ¥ fics . Grinsteads ob. £, by L1 fmo— purse, fl-fl;. 0. Shooting Tournament nt Xown Oity. Towa Orry, Tows, Sept, 11.—Tha great Shooting Tournament at this place oponed to-day, and coniin- wes until Baturday ovening, dividing tho intercat and sttendance with the Btate Fair, About fifly of the notad aliots of tho Btate aro here, and more aro on the way. e e Foreign Xtoms, Thero wore threo rallroad _sccidents in England yos- terday, Tho alarming froquenoy of dissaters of ihis charaoter han beon tho subjoot of much commont this morning, Tho papers call upon overnmont to intore Toro and compel. tho managers of tho Toads (o adopt ‘moro stringent measuros for tho provention of theso dents. Mavum, Sopt, 11.—Bonor Ssimoron, in his apeoch on taking tho'shair 'as President of the Gortes, urged the Deputios to give their undivided support to the ad- ministration of Caatelar, LORDOY, Bopt, 130 &, m.—Tho Oaflist forces have e-m,nred Vsocarion, MDAT, B, 11,—A serious riot broko out _sovoral {sys ago in tho Presidoncy of Madres, T: scnt o tho scens of tho- digturbanco, o order, not, howsvar, before they Lad fired upon the rloters and killed oight, A ourious and barbstous oustom’ has bomm rovived in Shanghal. Sovoral men camo_befors tho suthori- tios and naked permission to ray God tostop the Calacaty, L this praer ‘was nof ageworod mibin & cortaln tme, they will quffer themsolvea to ba burned alivo,_Tho applications wero rejectod. MARRIAGES, l!fl}‘l}.lb—“nflwlfl—h this olty, Sept. 10, by the G. P 3 3 B ol T b ot B HELMER -BRADLEY—At the roldonoo of Win, J, Dradley, Eed., on Bopt. 9, Alr. X k Mise h{\ull;qflndln.‘:l by Taav. oD Haluier, st by BON-RAYMOND—At tho resl T aner, H Baioary o fhe T s s of mibe spedd, Jamss 3, Johaton end Filinle 1, Hay- , daughior of tho lats Oal. 8. B, Raymond., MOARTHUR—ERBY—Sopt. 8, atthe residenco of the bride's father, by tho Rov. Mr. Porkins, Mr, John Mo~ Arthur and Ml Annio M, Erbs, both of this city, hi tho k- James D—8WAZEY—On Thursda; , tho 11 (Do restaonen of s britar purenee 20 fhe A1t S et At B e officiating olorayman, s TEEENE DEATHS. KETOHUM-—AL the restd ! b , [, KCoX D, 08 Watron-av.y Moves Ketotam, Sad o1 yoars 18, & [y T Romatns will b R e nk Hor b “M'fl%.fi 1l :1: 8 : "~ fuddeily, at Hor homp og, L., 8 Aimlly 3., wifo ot Zod. T Gatt, and. davkhios of thd on. Nelsos Aason. il ON—On the 10th inat., Harrz, infsnt scn of onaidson. ONALDS James and Amy D AUCTION SALES. ‘WM. A. BUTTERS & CO., Real Estate and General Auctioneers, 15 & 17 RANDOLPE-ST. Regular Saturday Sale OoF Fing & Medium New Frniture, TUsed Houseghold Goods, Pianos, Parlor Organ, Melodeon: Carpets, and General Merchandise, On Saturday, Sept. 13, at 9 1-2 oelock, At 16 & 17 Randolph-st. WM. A, BUTTERS & CO., Auntionoers. Two Dwelling Houses and Lots AT ATCTION, On Monday Afternoon, Sept, 15, at 3 o'clock, on the premises, corner of West Jackson- st. and California-av, A Two-Story Frame Dwelling, 0, 1183 corner Califoruin-av., with ot & Ly 125 foot. Tho housd {s now having boon just com- plotad, contains 9§ raoms, closets, and pantry. A Two-Story Frame Dwelling, On Adams-st., Sust cast of Oallfornia-av., with lot, 25 by foot. ‘Tho houss contains § rooms, closots, and pane fillcfl. built with a view to the acoommodation of two fam. o: ‘Terms of salp easy. Tor partlcalacs san " "Wt A. BOTTEILS & 00., Aucttonoere. HUMBOLDTPARK 48 RESIDENCE LOTS Pengent’s Stbdivision OF T H North half of Block 3, in Borden's Subdivision of e north half of the Sontheast quarter of Section 36, 40, 13, AT ATCTION, On Thursday Afternoon, Bnd)b. 18, at 8 o'ol'k, in Room 3, Hawley’s Building, 144 and 140 Dearborn-st., cor, Madison, 12 Tots fronting on California-av,, 94 Tots fronting on Tairfield-av,, 12 Lots foonting on Washienaw-av,, Bouth of Courtland-st., north of the Chicago & Pacific Railroad, onlz half a block from dgsofi, oor. of Onlifornin & Bloomingtoh-avs, ‘hig :arou‘mrl,y iglooated o few blocks east of tho Boulevard, and only two blocks north of Humbolds Park, and is rogardod as desira- ble as any in this vxmn‘iflr. Milwaukee Plank Hol Paeiflo Railroad. SALE PEREMPTORY. THRMS: One-third oash, balanco 1 and 2 yoars, with intorest ot 8 per cent. WL, A, BUE[‘TEHB & 0O0., Auctioneers. BY GEO. P, GORE & CO, 08 & 70 Wabash-av. AT ATOTION. Regular South Bide Sale of Household Furniture! Parlor sud Qhamber Furniture of Hvery Doscription, Wardrobes, Book-Ong I,Rngur- blo-Top Buroaus and Tablos, Ohuirs, ers, Lioungos, Parlor and Oflloo Doak is noopssible b and the Chiongo ols_nnd Wool Oai 1654 Bixionsion Tablos, 16 ora Orockery. AT 13 0'0LOOK, s, Buggies, and Hxpross Wagons, DeTiAg Tad Bisigle Hnraossos, i On SATURDAY, Scpt. 13, at 9 o'clock, prompt GO, P, GOIl»I?f[_J_O. Au?lluncgu‘ 1 BY BRUSIL SON & CO., 41 Bouth Canalst. FirsteCUlass Frurniture, Darpols, 0.1 Pafatings, &0.. at Auctlon, BATURDA’ RIS o Chamber. Hole, Marbiostop Tabjes, Hiaroutis, ant Oonuodes, Tiod: Soorotairos, and ook Oa 10 Ot on Ging, Orogkory, Flatod Ware, Drusa aidsblyGltpota,"Lace Guride, ots Hadiing, Hate Q’T fook and Dax lor Htoves. - Also, elousnt OIf e iy afil;;u, il line ob Now Lusnl: X Ll tura, BRUSH, co, 3!‘13‘; tousors, By TAYLOR & HARRISON. PEREMPTORY BALE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS, Macblo-op Ohambor Sots, Parlor Bots, Lave Ourtatay Harnows, Grockery, ko, 48, AL 12 wolook, one S:seat Gurflags. On ARTUKDAY, Bopte 19, a4 953 o'clook, At | St oo ama, X BV 1% & ' AUOTION SALES, By ELISON & FYOSTER. . 1182 Wabash-av., NEAR TWENTY.SIXTIL-ST, Flegant Martle Front RESIDENCE, LOT, & BARN, At Auction, FRIDAY MORNING, Sept. 12, ot 1 o'clock, on the premises. Two-story, th Mansard Toof, 18 room: e e e nd Closets, with s} ‘modorn improvomonts. Lot, 22131 foot. to 14-foot aller, with good two-story Brick Barn. First-class proporty svors rospact. Terma of salo: Parhasor to Assumo xa incumbranco of 83,000 dus Jano Iy 1874, and 3,000 due June 1, 1875, with § por cont. intoroxt, vsable ainoallyg balance cash. A depasit of 8500 will' ba .-T,nrod attimo of salo. For tnformation apply to A. O. ODELL, Room. .+ 133 Doarb 0, No.'133 Doarboraate, 0% top, 1 oo v e Roal Estato Auatlononrs, 87 Markot-st. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT, 12. Household Furniture AT ATOTION, Friday Morning, Sept. 12, at 9 1-2 o'clock, Alio two light Bxpross Wagons, and some Sewing Ma« oliines, 16 dozon_arm-oliairs, ony B-harsel ulo-box, ona counter, at auz alesrooni, 61 Markel By ordor of Gdo. W, Calmpbll, Awignoo, ELISON & FOSTER, Auatlonoors, FOUR LOTS ON STATE-ST., Bet. Thirty-first and Thirty-second,, AT ATCTION, On Salurday Afternoon, Sept. 13, at 3 oclock, On the Ground, belng Lots 36, 27, 80 and O1; in Blook 3, Chas, H. Walker's Subdivision of north 20 acres of west ¥ ot N. W, X Heo, 81, Town 89 N. R,, I{ East, in Cityof Ohlcago, 252181 faot each, to an alloy. Immodiately aftor the above salo we will sell ONE RESIDENCE LOT, On Wabash-av., Betwoon Thirtieth and Thicty-Arst-sts., 168 foat north of Thirty-first-st., Lot 34x1l4 foot to & 40-foot Court in tho Tosr, TERMS OF BALE—Ono-third cash, Lalanos in1and 3 yosrs, interest 8 por cont, or ona.third cash, balance in Byeara with 10 per cent interost. Thoss attonding the eale can take tho Bate.st, cars, ELISON & FOSTER, Auctionaors, &7 Marke il Al[l‘:rll]fl Y 65 RESIDENCE LOTS BITUATED ON Wahpanseh-av. or Thirty-sev- enth-st, Wallace-st. and Lowe-av, On Tuesday Afternoon, Sept. 16, AT 8 O’°CLOCEK. On the Ground. Thono lota aro two blocks east of Halsted-st., botweers Thirty-sixth and Thirty-elghthsts., X milo north of the ety limite, and nsar tho graat Union Stock Yards, Wa. i one of tho fineat avonuos irt the city, passer through the contra of the proporty. Tho Cathollc Bish of Obfcago has purchased fiftosn lota near Wahpa: av,, and will soon ercot & church and school upon them. Dummy trains ovor the Pittaburgh & Ft. Wayno Ratlroad and horso ears, which aro within 5 minutos* walk of the proporty, with good eldowalks sll the way, afford ready transit to all parta of tho city. Esplanado and Em- orald-ats,, next wast to Dashiell:st., will scon bo supplied with water, and negotiatinns are bolng mado for laying an 84nch wator-pipo from Doarborn-at, to Halstedst. on ‘Wahpansoh-av,, thus sffording an abundant supply of wator to rosidonts in this locslity. Thoso wishing for iomes or & good investment should buy one or more of thesa lots, s thoy will aurcly Inorease in value. Title parfoot. Printod abstracts furnishod with each lot. TERMS OF BALE—X cash within 30 days, balancal, § and 8yoars, with 8 per cent interest, payablo snnuslly. A deposlt of 350 will bo roquired on each lot at timo of salo. A speolal froe train will start from tha P. & Ft. W. dopot, cornor of Badison and Can: at 2y o'clock, on tho day of sale, stopping at all stations for the accommo® dation of tending the salo. Tho mammoth tent will aluo bo exeoted on the ground. $lon apply to ELISON & FOSTER, Rosl Patato Auotionoors, 87 Murk By C. C. THAYER & CO,, Roal Estate Agonts and Auctioneors, LAKE SHORE SUBDIVISION, WINNETKA, The Hudson River Property of Chicago. 130 Beantifal Grove Lots, TLocated on and near the Lake Shore, 40 to 80 feet above the Lake, AT AUCTION, 01 Wednesday, Sept. 17, 1873, on lie Gronnd. Ir, unobatructed nccess to the 0, At B doans viaw of tha onilro shippiok to aud’trom 'ATmBY; tho entira Lako Bliore, from Obloago to Lake + wpoculativa prices. And, ne th Fotets, 8 St pratarty 8 Hnitody AN OPLORTONI: SYTE'ROW OFFERED to sl who desiro a Lake-view Foridotico. t obtain ouio &% a reasonabio &nd toderats 0. P36 village of Winnotka Is situatod abent 12 miles from tha city, oo the firat high ground north of Ghicago, about 01090 toot abova the Lako. The oasy drainage, frocdom from syiamps and malsrious broozos, thu bosuty'snd varls oty of ita sonory, and its fino, frosh air, make It thomo; darlrablo of suburban towns foe rosidenco. Tho pop! lon fo wearly 1,000, aud zapidiy lucromsia. A largonuric barof housos iro bolog bulle on, and {mportant o Acadomy canduoted are Niryives of tho. Obicogy Univarsly, widh Build: i worth $55,000. 1 s good Storos and Sfarkots, and somo of 1ha mbst besutifal fosldontos iu the Coutlty on Bnd near tho Lako Shioru. | A tite has boun secured for & e Totor, il Mistory Gt alfiasgo aities provas hae o moas altraotivo sad dseiszblo sosidgnce pruperty la i U0 ViGiatty of Jarga bodles of wator, New York hit its Hud- Jon Tiiverand btaton Tsland rosorts, Phiiadolyhin its Ohos. apeake Bayand Oapo May, sud the high proporty Iring no May, ot north on Lake Michigan, with lte oxhilarating breezes, ‘braoiog alr, and gloriol the prospocts, will bosought s Most Desirable Suburban Prop- erty Near Chicago. e Ratlrond acoommodativns nre smple, Sevon u;m. each way daily, Title to Property Porfoot, Abstracts of Titlo Furnished, TERMS OF BALIZ—One.thid cash, and bslanoo in one and wa soata, with lateroat, at 8 por dont. A doposic of Gt vatuo of snch 1ot wili ba resired at il halauooof first. haymont within i o : Sl s ot on tha groin, A BUREGIAT, WIUREE TRATN will Jeavo the Dapat, of thia Nerihwostotn Rallnay, vornor Osual and insio-ster a¢ O fovhsacton nd.plata of th t7 can bo faritior niorma coposty aan had of PO FAY e R 68! Real Eatato Auotionoors, 18 liast FOR SALE, GRAND THUNK RAILWAY OF CANADE, STEAMER, FOR SALE, ‘The Grand Trunk HRaflway Oumf 0y will be prepared ta yecalro offors fur the puroliasa of o Stosmor -t daternas tional,” now plylng botwean Fort Krio and Buffalo, he . This ‘?mpexu Ia vory scccsaibla to tho eity, and offors e pada ol WDl romat Tox deilrary waen, tho aomalsiioniog {lio ** Intornational Bridge, " during the month pf Ogtos o ozt Offors for his stoamer (to bo deliversd ia Fory ta) will e ractrad .ifl'tsvn'(ffi"lfl“m.w Direotor, Montroal, Aug, 13, 1578 Y >