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8 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1873 . BUBBLES BURSTING. [Continued fyom tho First Pagr.) noney has boon wastod: 'Tho faflure will not sffoot iho dry goods trada ot all" THE NATIONAL LIFE COMPANY denlen positivoly that it will bo nftocted by Me. Cooke's suspension, Mr, Qookodn Ghalrman of the Financo domumnittco of the Doard of Dircotors, TIE NATIONAL DANKA, Al the Unlon Danking Compauy, at Fourth and Chestnut stroots, tho run was kopt up from half-paot 10 this marning wuntll the hour of cloalng, and thero “was no want of funds to meot sl tho obligations of tho institution camo{n, To nliow the carncatrions of tho Company,— To demonstrato that thoy wera in no inanctal stralt,— pne of tho ofticors mado it hin sols business Lo keep tho poople in line, and to facilitalo tho payment of thelr chocks as far oa it was poseibls to do eo, At tho Soventh Nalomal Dank 10 chango was observable from tho ordinary routine, ‘This bank {a rogarded as tho largoat dopository of Jay Cooka & Co, Tho firm are cashing tho chocks of the Fidelity as fast 08 presented. All rumors to the contrary mnolwlih- “anding, there has boon no run st the Central Nationnl Bank, on Fourth, below Chestnut streot; sud should thero bo, ample propara- -tlons havo been made therefor, ‘Thero was no run on tho People’s Bank, Mr, Kom- Dlo, the President, says that thero are FEW DANKA THAT ARE NOT 000D, He does mot expoct auy oxiraordinary run on his eelablishmont, The general panfo does not seom to affect tho de- posltora {n the Providont Lifa and Trust Compan, the usual amount of bualnese being transactod, There a8 been some little pressurs on the Philadelphls, Fraoklin, and soveral other ravings institutions, TIH SXCOND FAILUNE TO-DAY, flor DeHaven & Dros,, was that of Gllbough, Bond & Co,, which closed at 1p.m, The firm states that their dificultios nre owing to tho gonoral panio, and to thelr having losned money to Jay Cooke & ©Co, & loan having been mado as late as « Wedneaday, the same being roturnablo to-lay, Their wasots, they sny, ara in oxcoss of tholr liabilitles, snd the suspension ia but temporary. A MEMBER OF TIIE YIRM RXPLAING, Nr. Glibough rays : A New York houso in which we haves large balanco has also closed on us, Wo will be able, howsver, to pay dollar for dollar,” TIE FAILURES GOME TITIOKER AND FASTER, "The following fitma wont down in rapld succossion 3 George H. North, 125 South Third street, J.P. & H, E. Yerkes, No, 20 South Third streect, Charles P. Bayard, No, 238% Walnut stroet, John P, Lloyd. Henry H. Douglass, No, 305 Walnut stroot, . H. Hober Bull, No, 131 South Third stroet, T. 0, Knight, No, 138 South Third streot, Henry L, Fell & Bro,, No, 305 Walnut strost, Many small houses are tottering, and will doubtless B0 undor in a genoral crisls. Mr, Smith, President of the - DANK OF NOUTII AMENIOA, assured me that tho panfo had caused no run there. Ho says: * Wohave 50 per cont abovo our liabilites instead of having only 25.” At the Commerco, Uommorcial, Commonweslth, ‘Weatern, Contral, -Farmors' & Mechanica', Philadel- phis, ond Provident Trust Banks everything looks coleur de rose. THE DAY IN STOOKS, About soventy brokers asscmbled in Doard this morning at the Exchango, but nothing of fmportsnce was transacted, Ponnsylvanis Raflroad aold to-day for 47 cash, tho decline being attributed to tho panio, I called on Mr. Dresel, of Drexel & Oo,, and he smiiinglv told mo that thero was not tholoast danger from them, Inow turn to THE MONEY MARKET snd tho day’s transactions, At the opening of busi- tess to-day in Philadolphia on improvement in- city securitics was noted in tho recovery from yosterday's quotations to 10034 for cash salos of new Gd, but in Pennsylvania & Reading Rallroad stock the stringency Af money caused s ANOTIIED DOWRFALL, snd upon tho First Board {he former stock fell to 1%, whilo Reading was quoted ns low o8 50, Le- bigh Valley was slso nffocted by the panicky topdition of {iho market, and fell to 58, Government bonds aro barcly quotable, cither horo or o Now York, STOCRS WERE UNSETILED AND EXOITED, The interost was centerod on Pennsylvania & Road- ing Rafiroad shares, the former scliing largely at 49 down 1o 473, closing at tho laiter, nnd the latter at 50@50X. City 0s, now, eold at 101@ 101, and Lebigh Navigation at 29, Thoscones}in and around the Stoak Board ss tho fluctustion stock rose »nd foll wore raro fudeed. Tlcre was need of but the ‘numbers that visit the New York Stock Exchange to sroslo, A PERFEOT PANDEMONTUM, Every fow moments the intelligence thst soma well \mown firm of brokera had falled, would start snow tho revolving whoel of oxcitoment that found no time for abatement, TRE FAILULN OF YERKES on Third street, was greeted with that most Intense alarm, 88 ft wos tho signal of the danger shead, Yerkea held large quantitics of Pennsylvania stock, the decline of which has beon markedly steady throughout tho day. The rapid successlon with which tho failures of the bankers along Thirdstreet was announcod, created o perfect frenzy of excitement, not only within the precincts of the Btock Board, but without and alopg the street, Evory one secmed sefzod with paroxysms that have never beon oqualled {n Philsdelphis, ot least by ihe operations of speculation, DeHoven's fallure pro- @uced s consternation that was addod toby the finan~ cial combuation of Georgo H, North.& Co,, whose condition wns brought sbout by the failure of Joseph Yerkes to meet a $000 demand that had beon made upon him, Olarkson, Davis & Co. were next angounced aa contestants for tho Isurels so meagrely attached to extinction in tho Board, Thoso who had ascaped the effact of the crash . BUDDEXNLY TURNED TIIE TADLES of thelr notions about matlers, and songs were sung in chorus, bids were mado upon imaginary stock, and fortunes of o mylhical naturo changed bands every two minutes, Tho serious business of fho doy, that had beggared many, and temporarily staggered as many more, acomed to have no other effact than that of cresting tho ‘most imbecilo hilarity that can woll bo imagined, No shado of gorrow st the downfall of ofliors seemod to oversproad tho countenances of those who had sur- vived tho shock of this disustrous doy, Thore wera others in this Dosrd, howover, who ald nat Took upon mattors oa did thelr mero fortunato fellows, Tho lattor gathored around tho clearing house, and, with nervous Londs and palpitating heads, awsited thelr turn to redoem thole balancos, whilo hundred- dollsr bills, clutohod by fngers thst dreaded to part therewith, wero thrust through the windows, and the clearanco clerk was kopt in the most intenso flurry by tho oxclted men, every ono of whpm destred Ls business to bo attended to firat, TR DEATS ABE JUDILANT, owing fo tho immensoamount of stack thrown on tho market, principally that of tho Ponnsylyania Bail- rosd, We all bopo thst to-morrow will bring & Dotter etato of thinga, If it does mot, thers wil be run ond desolation in many homes, Itlsa matierof pleasuro to note, motwithe standing our present painful condition, an advance in theamonnt of our subscriptions in ald of the Bhrove- port sufferers amounting to $3,482, T g et IN ST, PAUL. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribuna, 81, PauL, Ming,, Sopt, 10.—For two hours following the nows of Jay Cooke & Co.'s failure, tho atreots were full of rumors, and_considorable anioly was mani- fested regarding tho_possible effect hers and in tho country 8t largo, From convorsotlons (his oyon- ing with numerous business mom, I gather the following: Tho mansging _ oilicors of o prominent Lank, rumored (o o {nvolved, aesura mo nut only that thelr houso hioa no conncetion What- ever with Cookd's, but that thoy know of no bank or bankers in tho Gtato than can bo fuvolved, Tho leading wholessls dealers, commission men, and produce operatora ngroed' n saying, and the statement {3 confirmed by buukors, that (e peo- loof this Stato are better eitunted, owlng less and aving moro moncy snd_moro wheal, than’ beforo in many yoars, and owlng less to tho Esst, The mauog- ing ofiicial 'of tho Northorn Pacifle, stationed hor fear tho failuro moy doisy the buflding of the road boyond the Missouri unttl now flacal agents take tho place of Cooko & Co,,—that i, that wark beyoud tho Missourl may not bo pushed {his fall, But they auticipato no eator dolay, and no other effoct on lio Gompany or o operation of {ho road, Cooko & Ca, thoy eay, Bave "baon simply tho agonte tuzough wilon Toand werp _ offecied, bub bavo not - themsolvea furnishod mondy for tho Company’s operations, Tankors and othors of whom I inquired esy tho Northorn Paciflo owes 1o largo sums, sud only small aggrogations in this Btate, baving pod tho debts of 1o year, and bt o bariking or businoes houses in ths Btato aro fnvolved wit that Corpany, ‘Business mon aud_fnancial ofroles fioro are ss tran« Jallea though Jay Cooke, and all the othiors who hava e by o waysido, were prosporing as usual, £0en Dlipaten Thls ovening® publiabos . inters .vlows with all tho bankers o the city, one wss & correspondent of Jay Cooke, 9.?&’ that was @ lttle accommodation exchsnge socount with his Philadelphia house, which only in- volves the Ioas of $600. Itis not thought that Gooke's ‘gaijure will have any effect hore beyond retarding the construction of the Northern Pacifio Railroad, and L ‘waa assured this ovenlug, by geptlenian whols in a aa thoy’ position to know, that Gon, Ones, Prosident of tho rond, lins monoy {o Illd 60 milea 10 Lo coal-beds this “"& Independent of tho Jny Conke falingo. It ina mintako (o mipnoro thnt the Noritioen Tacifio Oampnny owes atly Uills horo or n tho Btate béyond it monthly current 6xpones, Tont fail and winter (ho Toad owod Iargo athounts in B, Paul sud othior polnts In tho Blate, butt this yoar thoto han beot no construc- ton, au tiolr billa havo been adually potd, wntii uow thora nré noho, The First Nattonsl ane wan tho Mstitntion horo through which tho Northorn Pacifio busincas waa dono, and (ho Presidont Anid t your re- orter to-dny: “'Wo wero mot correspondonts with ay Cooke, ~ Noither ho, or the Northorn Daciflc, or” any Northorn _Pacifio Iond contractor, owen us o dollar.” I can ndd that this bank s not discounted a tmoddraft on the Northern Paciflo for soveral months, and that, inatend of hinviug anything duo thom from that Compang, tho Gompany lind monoy depositad {o ils crodit, A dolay n {ho oxtouslon of tho Norilorn Paciflo would Lo connidored & great misfortune, Lut thera nover has beon A Hmo sinco the Northern Ia- cifto falrly commoncod when tho Company owod 20 " littlo - i Minuesots doen now, Wo have botween 20,000,000 and 20,000,000 bushole of ‘wheat to oxport, and our farmaers woro never so noarly ot of (obt as at prescnt, Whilo the nowa from tho Enat §s looked to with interest, there is no norvons- Tiose nor any anxioty. e IN MONTREAL. Spectal Disyatch to The Chicann Tribune, Mowrnear, Gupl. 10.—~8pooulators in Now York stooka binvo Jost_conaldorable amounts, but they ara generally holding on. All kinda of rumors prevaled to-dny na o sovoral firma Leing n dangor of collapae, owing to tho oxcifod atatoof {he monoy market; bub 10 faflures have boon announced, IN DAVENPORT. Svecial Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, DaAvENTORT, In,, Bopt, 10,—A portion of tho funda of tho Davouport {Vator-Works ampany, amounting to several hundred thousand dollars, hind boon depouit- od with Jay Cooke & Oo,, of Now York, Luckily tho Inat drafl of $60,000 wae pald last week, IN TORONTO. Suecial Dispateh to The Chicago Cridune, ‘TononTo, Bopt, 10,—Tho fallure of Jay Cooko & Co, has creatod considerable oxclioment. One or two houses having American connections aro sald to bo il ‘but i1 no casa havo the shuttors been put up. pulsslipechia IN CINCINNATI. Omonweats, Bopt. 17.—The nows concerning tho New York failurca has beon nought to-dy with » groat doal of intorost, but has produced no oxoltement, Thoro §a feellng of gonoral eecurity with reforonco to our banks hore, and ho spprehensions_are folt cone cerning our déalors generslly in stock. Tho trans- actionain stock during tho last ano or two montls ato esid to havo boon unusually small, Tho im- pression appears goneral {n our financial circlos that the regular busincsn nterosta of the country will not Do serlously affactod. e IN LONDON, Loxpox, Bept, 19.—~The firm of Jay Cooke, MeCOule 1och & Go,,of this city, avo paid cash over tha countor ll day, notwithatandihg tho run on thoe Louse, psd el IN NEW ORLEANS. NeW ORLEANS, Sept, 19.—There i much anxlety in commercal circloa regarding tho Now York foilures, Busness about the bauks is qulet as usual, et JAY COOKE AND THE NOAHDTHE“N PACIFIC RAIL ROAD, T ths Editor of The Chicago Tribune : The crash has como at 1ast, and God help tho poor,” confiding frionds of tho Norfhern Pacific Rallrosd in Minnesotal For tho past twelye mouths I have been in Minnesota, and liavo dovoted n good_deat of time to {nvostigating tho managoment and to_considering tho futuro prospects of this Company, On my return to Ohlcago on froquent occasions X oxpreased the oplnlon that tho Northern Pacifio Company, from Jay Ogok ita finpnclol bead, to William A, Toward, its Lan Commissionor, was on tho mot dishonost’bsis, I imputo no dishonest wmotives to eithor of theso gentloe men porso Tho Northorn Pacific Gompany wea conceivod in stupidity or fraud, Its originator, the Iate Jacob M, Howard, who for years mudo tho ulufli of our_ fsothermio climatio changes a specialty, Lad finally to give Wu{ to Windom, William R, King, Jay Cooke, aud tho * Boston ring," beforo Lo could got any encouragement in the dircolion of building tho road, Itwaawoll for senator Howard that hio died before the torriblo oyelono of last winter, for that ‘Would havo disabused 1dm of tho truth of his pot theory, a8 it did every ono who lived in Minzosots ot o tinlo, ‘Ilio Northern Pactfio Company never had any finan- olal standing: §thas been bankrupt from tho duy tho fiest, hovol full of dirt wa token out, Andif tho poople had fnvistigated tho prospects of tho Company, thoy would not 10-dsy bo holding hundrods of thousauds of dollnrs of 1ts worthlces papor, Tor thio last two years tho only receipts tho Northorn Pacific Gompany hns had woro from the sales of land gnd fta unscoured, watered bonds, Thoro has not been n section of twonty miles of tho rond that has paid its oporating exponges, And, whilo tho head aen of tho Northern TPucifio havo bien keoping up n show of appeat- ances from tho monoy recelved from ita bonda ond its Iands, the operators—tlic Inboring men—lavo gono unpald,’ Ihave met men on the lino of tho Norlhern Pacific Raflrond 80 poor and so disheartencd that they wero in o manner beggars ; yet thoy wero on o pay-roll a3 cradiiors of Wo-Gompany for smoutlis of wnges, Other erimes aganat humnnity oro Justly 1atd at tho door of tho Northern Pacifio Company. ~That Come pany bos employed smart, shrewd, yob tuscrupulous men to visit tho Scandinavinn provinces, sud decelva ond fnvoiglo those hardy sons of tho North into omi- grating to it inhospitable, barren Innds, And ft s openly asacried fn_ St Paul that Mindstor Oramer, rant'a brothor-in-law, hes been ouo of theso paid ngonta, Iundrods of’ Sesudiaavisus nro scaitored aloug tholin of tho Northern Pacific Raflrond, living in mitd hovels, and baraly ralsing cuough provislona in tho short scason to subslst on during tho long, ond flgomy, and terwiblo wiuter, wih no market, for kliat ttlo surplus thoy may stinf {hemeelves to nequire,— whoso curses aro loud and doop agalnst tha decoption ‘practiced upon them. “Thoso facts, and many more, are but 00 well-kuown in Minnesota, but the public press has selfishly kopt them from tho peoplo aé largo, I know tho General Maneger of tlie Northern Pacifie Road, 3r, O, W Mead, when he waa on the Honuibal & 8t, do Raflroad, TLant summer I sald to bim Mz, Mead, you know this Company #5 ono of tho biggest swindics of tho day § by will you stay hero thl the crash comes and rin the risk of loslng your good namo? o roplied: © 1 was doceived Into comug hore, and whion I did como I brought many of my frlends. 1 nm siaylng to caro for them ¢ T ean.# Tho crash hos_ come, Jay Cooko & Co. havo fatled, and in their fafluro thousnds of honest men and woman throughout the country aro involved, Northorn Pacifio bouds wero only com- monded fo the publlc bocsuso Jay Cooko & Go. onjoy- od tho reputation of being the Goyorument bankers, Thelr crime {8 great, and 1o punishment can bo_too Bovero, . Cmcaao, Hopt. 19, COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. From the Cnctnnat{ Commeretal, Thore {8 reason to hop that tho commorelal inter caig of tho country will not bo very soriously deranged Dy the calamity, Tho reason for this is, thero has for a0mo months beon an apprehension throughout busi- nees circles that the great undertakdngs of the firm, o ‘ehalf of the Northern Pacifio Rallroad, would bo yor. heavy to carry, and capltaliats not {nimersod tn Wall streot spoculation havo consequently doubtless been maoro conservatlye oa to thoues of tholr means, This fact, whilo it has borno heavily on railroad projects or negotiations, han kept regular business capital in places of grester afoty, nnd, unless a moro goneral amash oo curs than just now swems to bo probsble, Wall hlrost may bo woll shaken, but commercial crod(t need not be broken down by catastrophe to 8o promi~ nent a concorn unloas tho Natiounl Banks avo very much more involved thun thie ie reason to beliovo, I this view of tho caso in correct, there 1a reason to hopo that the _diatresses of Joy Cooka & Co, will bo purifylng in tholr effect, warning both bankers and merchsnta that juflution and_expausion, to which our irredeemablo currency #0 continually conduce, must bo avolded ; tht_enfety in tho business of cich only ‘means eccurlty for all, Itis ronsonsble, thomgh, with theso botter asaur ances, to o approhensivo 'that rafiroad construction and negobiations of railrond senuritios will bo Lin- dored, ond, perhiaps, somo furthor rosulting disastors oxperlenced Which may embarass contractors, From tha Cincinnali Gazetle. ‘The suspension of tho banking houso of Jny Cooke & Co, will Lo hieard of with general regret. ‘The house mados groat deal of momsy by s, onferyrisn and so- markablo suceess in placing {ho Government loan in the War, underiaking 1t uta timo when tho resourcea of Government credit wero unkuown, It was supposed that sinco that timo its proaperity hind inorcased, aud that it had mmado n bandsonio sum by ity share in the syndicato metlhod of cxchanging the Government Vonda, In tho present absonce of any other knawle odgo of {lo causo of this cmborrassment, We buvo fo supposo that it was becauso of tho Northorn Pacific Raflroad undertaking, which this house eutered ulpnn with a groat deal of ocourage, and whose land nulln'm.mn"r although rich, {8 not immediataly available, We shull ba glad if it eliall turn out that tho suspenalon 18 but temporary, and that neither the ability of tho houso nor the zrcn‘ rallroad undortaking will ba crippled, From the Cincinati Enquircr, It fa tho beuttica and tho deceitfulacss of thnt {nothermal Lino that wronght tho ruin, The Philadels plta houss of Jay Cooke & Co. wero tho fical agents of the Northern Pacific Kond, Tho sword of Damaclos has boon impoudiug over that enterprise for moro than ayoar, Theso fscul_ugants hava mado larga sdvances 10 the road, The July intorest inustbopaid, Tho TunDING exponscs must bo met. Tho cost of construction must bo provided for, Nestly il of (s has boen dono with the pro- cecds of tho sulo of bonds, aud whon the Jmn ls began to twist tho isothermal linea fow hundrod milcafo tho eonthvward, and 0 underatand e approuchlny bottomlseancas' of tho sclions, o road faflod of §ta resources, Tho Northern Paciflo bns beon chartered & littlo mora than nino yenrs, and was to be comploted in 1810, dovernment gave it tho right of way and al- tornate scctfons of ten square miles of land, Tho o chinrter did not provide for tho suo _ of mnrlEnP bonds, An amendmont in 1800, mode in tho closing honrs of thaé sossion of Cungroes, Ald no - provide, Undor that provision the Company has sold bonda to the amount of over $3,000,000 hoaring gold intereat at tho rate of 7 5-10 por cant, Tlio Company coukt only pay the sunual interest, nearly $2,000,000, by wulling moro bouds, They hlvuhwnlfiprowl\hls thelr own ruln for » year and a half, The fuflure of Ocoke & Co, Is tuo preface to a mora wide-spread miafortune,or to the knowledge of it—the known worthlessneus,’ or well Bigh 80, of tho Nortleru Paclao bouds, v;hlchfira neld y farmiors aud workingmen, and mon of mall capital throughout the North und East, ¥ Fyom ths St. Loufs Repudlican, ‘The announcement of tho fallure of the houses of Jay Oaoke & On,, in Now York and Phitadolphls, drag- ging along with them ar noriovnly enibnrrassiugy thoft dopondoneion n Woshington and Londan, crostes bt 1ittlo purprise in this quarter, uud loss Aympathy, This was ono of thona gigantic hovaea whoso fortunes grow ottt of (ho misforlies of tho uatfon, Grantfig all that may ho nsseried of Jny Cooko' kcrvices fn placing thio 7-301oan at n timo whon fhoGovornmont wusan nrgent borrawer, i€ must bosald, after ull, thatlio rocolved Ria rowntd in fmmedisto nnd amplo munificeneo, 1t you call Joy Cooko poirlotic, wo rotort thnt tho triottsm Wil paid '8 comimimnion of from 1 & por cont wan of & lind which any mauner of man would bo glad o dovoto (o a sort of oountry §€ Lo could only ot fho chauces and (lio special’ privilogen that wora accorded {o Jay Cooko, But tho colossal fortune which this ring of thrifly Philadolphisna weung from tho ngany of thio nation lish bocn_aqusnderod, na wan OUNg, it a futilo offort to_folst upon the capitalists of tho world one of tho aublinioat finauclal frauds tliat hos boon sooa alnce (ho 110 South Sca BuLblo of Walpolo's timo, "Tlhero waa o thmno whon Cooko might linvo mado his milliona_an instrument of real good, of subatantial public bonoft, Tt the way lo db it was not y burying fhom in tho Arcilo smow-drifts or scattering “thom to tho boreal winds that aweop across tho sforilo tablolands of Nortliorn Dakota. Itianow abont throo yoars sinco it wee announiced, with a flouriali of trumpots and n clashing of tuk-horris, that Joy Cooko, the dsting snd auacess ful financlor'who Toscuad the nation from the Jows of bankruptoy, would bulld o rafleond frons tha hiend of ako Buperlor to Pugot Sound!{ From tho Oty of Duluth to tho metropels of Beaitlo| Grand jncoplon Magmificont undertaldog] But thero wera thoso who. Tooked on the map, and, whon thoy hiad vaguly tracel ‘with doubting finger tho probablo routo of Tho raile Toad, that bogan nowhoro, ran_throuahi sn unknown and {racklcas land and ended whoro 1t began, shook tholr lioads, Tholoyal hoart was beating high thon, Qolfax had been locturing tho peoplo on the loly duty of alding tho Unlon Tacife Tallrond, aud no- bouy droamed that & Codit Mobillor was tsing tho glamonr of Schuylor's smooth phranos e o cover un- or, which to appropriato tho motoy thoy might in- vost, What was to hinder Jay Cooke from getting up a Crodit Mobiler of lis own? Iiis namo waa alresdy doar to tho patriolio hoart of the plethorio Northessts Hchuyler would lecturs for a reasonablo per noctom } and the agonts of Jsy Cooke & O, conld go to Eurape, Kot by tho preatigo of & house that had boon tho accrodited financial sgent of tha Govonmont, A Iimitloss Iand-gront could bo_got. Congreas would volo a_munificnt subsidy, “Everything could be or- scalo of grandour commensurate with of the confidonco-gamo that was to A few hundred milcs of rond would b ‘buslt—possibly tho entire line—at & cont of abiout half tho_Government subsidy, Tho other half, and tho Proocods of all tho_bonda that could be negatiated in this country aud Europe, would he cloar profit, llor as a glaat fortuno, aad Jay ooko & €0, graepod at f, elippod, and fell, ¥or & timo, things had gono on swimmingly, The Teporta of the progresa of tho road from day to day oluted conclusisoly to tho final discovory, somowhiero n tho midst of tho ¢ Bad Lands " of o Unkkappa Bioux, of the long-sought Utopfa, Tha bonds wero solling well,_Dut in on evil hour & roportor stolo {ho rocords of a Ponnaylvania court, Thon came thio Oredit Mabilier axpote. Aud then fagulaliva Dooplo bogan to inquire if 1t would not bo well to look into this otlier Pacifio Ratlrond s ittlo, Tho protence of inveati- gation, triflng sa 1t wos, which followod, gavo the keen nostrils of & mowspapor_ the acent of tho corruption that hisd beon whitowashed but not disinfected, Tho result waa that b nowspaper corrospondont went thore 10 800, nd when ho hnd told tho truth off what hosaw thero'waa 1o mora ready aalo for Jay goka & Co.'s Northarn Puciflo bonds, Thia {a ali thoro (s about tho falluro of Jay Oooke & Jo., of Now York and Philadel- phia, ond the Washin, Touso of Heary D, Cooko. Ono thing moy bosald ¢ tho closo: Mr. IL. V. Rede fiold, of tho Cincinual! Commercial, hoa brought his §ama at last, and it 13 protty Lig gamo, too, Tvom the St. Lods Demoerat, Carefal and sagacious men hnvo boon prodioting for #ouio timo that # bankipg-houso which went nside from 11s logitimato busingss for the purposo of bulaing rail- ways, and usod tho funds of ita depositors for specu- Iating {n stocha of fluctuating values, Would soonor or Intor end in bankruptey, We Aco 1o canso for sppro- ‘honding o gonoral pnio and dopraciation of proporty valuios, n would doubtlcsa have restlted from such ad occurronco woro it not for the pocullar churaster of our notional currency. Wo recall tho crash of '61, following closo upon tho susponslon of tho Ohlo Lifo Tusuranco and Trust Oompany, ot Clucionatl, sud lta Now York branch. Thou thoro was an infiation of tho freo bank curroncy, which was based upon worthless stocks, and wild-cat banlk bills flooded every State, Tho fatltiro of the Trust Company exposed ho roitenncss of our currency systom, and pearly $300,000,000 bank bills becamo' suddenfy worthloss, the losa falling upon every man who Lad as much us ono dollar of tho hine luator Jssucs, Evorybody was frightencd and evers- Ay was hurt; valiios nocessarlly declinod ovory- whoro, Tho vory lifo-blood of out commorca was Rolsored nd becamo stoguant,, Notso mow. Jay jooke & Co., and »_dozon other banking houscs of equal promificnco, may fail, and tho valio and volumo of our currency will not bo materially nffected theroby. Thero nro s mony o4 many Nalfonal Dauk notos in - tlon todsy as thoro woro yestorday, ond thoro will bo no wild hurrying to and fro upon tho atroots by frantio mon scoking to_disposo of depro- cintod currency, Back of tho National Bank notes standa tho plighted falth of tho nation, and, wero tho Nntionnl Banks thomselves to fall, thicir notes would atill bo good, and, 1o ropeat tho paradox of M, Spin- nor, bettor than thoy waro beforo. greonbacks and circul From the St. Lottia Qlobe, Tho fatluro of lio groat bunking-liousé of Jny Gooko & Co, can hardly fall to have o bad effoct on the gen- eral focling with which American sccurities and Anior- ican methoda of doing business will bo regorded abroad, Aud yot there {4 no sound reason for any such Teault, becouso tho falluro differs in mo re- spoct oxcept fn its mngnitudo, from nny_or- dinary suspepsion of & privato banking firm, Tor tomo timo Tast it hay beom mno socret thot tho socurition of tho Northern Pacitio Xoad were not solling favorably, and Jt was merely 8 ques- tion whothor flio Lauk would give up tho rond or the rond would ruin the bank, The latier aliernntive has oceurrod, and it will excito univorsal rogret smoni thoso whio remembor tho patriotiv vxertious by which the firm roso to succoss, {0 honor and wealth sid good roputa in tho nancial world, It fa tho habit {0 say that it wia very casy to mnko moncy during the war, and yot thero yas o timo In tho Listory of the war when 2 man who ncted on o conviction of the ultimate suc- ceas of the Governmont inourred ns_ heavy a risk os tho Ianguingo of Lusiness can oxpress, And thero was piuck and patriotiam in the way in which Joy Cooko took hold of tho loans of {lo United States, 1noro was 1o loss practicul wisdom 1o the mothods by which ho contributed m largoly to tholr succoss. Ho wan cqually descrving of credit for the vontures to which ho owed Lis riso, and for {ho yenturo which Lios dragged him down, The Northiorn Paciio Raad wus o miatako, chiefly bocanso the timo was ot ready for it, but it 1 no dlscredit for any one o hove undertaken it. Its failure, Lowover, will diminish our regrot over 1o other mistiko which' Wos mado when tho monoy which miglt Lave opencd o central routs to the acifio wan lost In o problomstic undortaking oo mear to the North Folo, ST. PAUL. Gigantic Pinc=Land Swindle in Mine noesota=-=The Lecch Lake Indinns Enraged, and Thelr Agont Oalls for Military Ald to Kcop Thom Quict. Speeial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. 87, PavL, Minu,, Sopt. 10,—~The Dispatch this oven~ ing expones ono of tho largost pinc-land steals over developed., It conslsta in tho salo of sll thio tim- ber lands on the Lecch Iake Indlan Resorva. tions, in Northern Minnesols, for $1.50 por 1,000 stumpngo, 'This salo was mndo last Novomber by P, P. Smith, present Commissioncr of Indian Affairs, wWho woa tho Agont for tho Chippewsa of Minmesots. A, H. Wilder, of this city, who roprotonts the pine laud ring, was the purchsser, The Dispateh pub- 1lishes the contract in full betweon 8mith and Wilder, which was mado in Washington, D, 0. The contract gives Wilder all the timbor which does not measure 14 inches in diameter 25 foot above tho ground withoutany cbargo whatover, Hois topay $1.16 per thousand for all over 14 inches in diameter, Tho exient of this swindio can be partiaily reallzed when it is understood that Minng. sota lumbormen pay from $2.50 to $4.00 por $1,000 for lumber” which measures 12 inches [ iameter, 2% feot from tho ground, Tho contract sntimates that there aro 200,000,000 feet on tho resorvi- tion, There a probably morc, bubif this s all it could hlzluld to-day for $400,000 advance on Wildor's contract, Tho Indians were not consulted, and when they learned during tho summoer that thelr timber had been sold, thoy were g0 cnraged that tho Agent called on the 'commandor at Fort Ripley for troops to provont an outbreak, The Indisneore ina terriblo stato, bolng slmoat naked, and many must atarvo and freozo to doath tho coming winter unleas something iy dono for them, —_— ALBANY LIVE.STOCK MARKTE. Special Dispatels to Tha Chicago Tribune, WeAT ALDaNY, Sept. 10—0 p, m.—Oarrre—The murket openod this morning n triflo higher than lst weck on tho hest medtum quulity, but, owing to_ (ho violent storm that prevailed tho Wholo' duy, but Mttlo business wia traneacted, The receipts tlis weel ox- coud thoso of last week by about 400 head. Thero wero n few Brighton deulers, but not a large attend- ance of tho Enstorn buyers, ' New York wna fafrly repe rosented, The markot promises to bo ‘briek tomarraw, §f the weuther 8 falr. Tho followlng nre tho roceipts for tho weok, thus tar : Deoves, 7,084; sheep, 34,8003 hogs, 92,000 lorsos, 644, Milch cows, nolhing dolng, and only fow to'bo s0on in tho yard, Quotafious the sumo os lust S1EEP AND Launs—The market {8 somowhat strong- er than Inat seek, but the prices tho same, Bhicep nro quoted at 4@, and Iambs 0@7c, The Luyers woro principally Incal unil country dealers, ‘Hoat—This inarket sppears to beglin to show a Nttle life, Hogs are quotud ut from 53§cto 63go, MRS. SURRATT. New Your, Bopt, 10.—A Wasbington dispatch saya Fredorick A, 'Atken, a Joading member of tho counsol for Mirs, Burralt, In o lotter, confirm tho statemont of Judge Holt that Mrs, Burralt was not manncled, either at ho wukdoa GF wriste, whilo i tho prosorica’of o lourf OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. BouTmAMPTON, Bopt. 10,—Arrived, stoatmship Leip- g, from altizadre. xw Yous, Bept, 19.—Arrived, stesmaliips Wyon ing, from Livorpooi; New York, from Bremeu; an Kiola, from Ghagow TITUSVILLE OIL MARKET. 'x‘m-mu( Pa, Hept, 19.--The petroloum rasrket closed quist af 14c, Titusville delvery, RESCUED. Arrival of the Missing of the Polaris Crew at Dundee, Scotland, Thyilling Account of Their Wintor So- Journ in the Frozon Regions, The Journey South in” Their Frail Boats and Final Resous, NEw Yonr, Sept, 10.—Sorgeant Moycr supplementa 4ho snnouncoment of tho safoty of tho romsining mombers of tho Polarls expodition by tho following stutoment mado to » Washinglon corrcopondent : #What has hoon lieard about an slloged muliny, oro- ated by Dr. Bissols, I can only say that I was tho fnno- cent causo, and, whennwaro of it, mmediately endeay- orod to romody i, Beforo wo srrived at Disco Oapt. Hall enfoined mo to drop all mattors in referoncoto my potion se thie matcorological astranomor and gon oral membor of tho solentiflo party, and to attend Bololy to the mstronomical Fm of fho veas acl's_navigntion, nnd _eapocinlly to thie keoping of Capt, Hall's. journal Dr, Disacls, on bis part, claimed my sorvicea alao, and onjoined moto do the Hnelrnlnnm of {ho sciontifio work, Capt, Hall and . Dlgals, without my Jnowledgo, conulled about Lo matter, ot In tho most {riondly mauner, and_ the consequenco waa thot Dr, Bisscls informed Oapt. il thiat ho could_roturn fo tho United Btatea it ho (Gopt Tinll) "would sond 1o back thero sa ho Lnd Lintod. Tho Chiof Engineor, hoating of thls, do- olarcd that bio, tao, would leav if Dr, Bissols returned, and tho crow gonorally woro 5o disposcd, ~As oon &S Iheard of the intondod hrnldns‘-up of the expedi- tion, I went to tho Onptaln and told Lim that 1 would a0t 'oppono Lia commond, bad vas feady to ful- fil his dosirca ratlior than to bo tho causa of » dissention, Ioat onca grood, but esid that it I onl would koop s Journal X might atlend 10 aw much ecl- ontiflc mattor an would oitor ltsclf to mo, 8o ended ‘what Lsa Loon construcd o8 & mutiny. Copt. Hall did not Tefer to tho mattor in_ tho predencs of the crow until tho vossol wae boyond civilization.” WASHINGTON, Bopt 17.—A telogram which wos e~ celved at tho 'Biata Depsrtmcut thls mornlng, front Willism Racd, Vico-Consul of tho Uniled Btatos, at Dundoe, Bcotland, statoa that members of the Polarls expoilitfon ind arrived thoro destituto, Tho tolegram wan forwardod to tho Bacrotary of tho Navy, who i« miediatoly inntructod Consul Rood to care for tho sur- vivors aud mako propor proviions 10f el comfort, and send thom homo by the firat steamer, dorira, Bopt, 19,—Dr. Potormann has rocolved a privato dispatch from Df. Emil Doascl, chlef of tha ficlentifio corpa of tho Polarls Expodition, at Dundeo, Yo briefly states that tho party oxporienced great hard- shipa, and liad narrow escapes from destruction bo- foro they wero reacued by tho Ravenscralg, LoNDoN, Sapt, 16.—Tho stesmer Azclla brought to Dundeo toh mombers of o Polaris ozpedition whoso nemos nfo wa follows s Capt. Duddingion, pailing ‘master ; Dr.Emfl Boasl, Ohiof of Sciontifio Corps; 110, Choster, firat mate; Willism Orton, siocond mato; E, Schunnnn, chief onginoor s A, A, G'Dell, accond ohgi ncer; W. F. Csmpboll, fireman ; Hornian Slomoun, ncamen ; Honty Hobby, seaman ; 'N. Hayos, scamat, Ml aro 1h oxcollont health, Throo ofliors wore trans. forred Ly tho Ravonscralg to tho whaler Intrepid, which {a 6xpectod to orrivo at Dundoo i two or thred weelin, Their nomes are, B, W. D, Dryan, Astronomer and Ohoplata j J, B. Mauch, scamani; J, W, Dooth, firoman, Attor hoparation from Tyson and his compamfone, the Polaris was finally abandonod in a sinking condi- tion by Capt, Buddinglon and tho romainder of tho oxpodition, Tho party ‘WINTERED IN LONF-DOAT COVE, whero thoy bullt timbor-houscs, which thoy covorod with enils, Tho wintor possed without event, ox- copt tho breaking out of sourvy, which, howe ovor, was mmnttended Dby sovore Plontiful supplics of walrna’ liver wore abtafned from thonatives, and to thia dict 18 i~ tributed tho mildnesa of tho diseose, In tho apring TWO 1I0ATA WERE BUILT of {hin pina boards broken feom thio cabin of the Po- aris, 1n fheso the wholo party embarked as so0n on tho ice oponed, and olled aguthward, On tho 0d of Juno thoy siglited Onpo York, and on’ the 224 of tho Bamo month wero PIGKED UP BY TR AVENAORALG, Nr, Chester, First Mato, {8 regarded us tho ono who Q1d tho most £6 save tho pirty, and Lo reecued men epeak in tho highest terms of Lis cxertlons, They nlsorsy that Capt. Ifall cnfoyed tho confidence of overy one, and his doath, whichi was unoxpectod, wis doplored by ali on board tho Polaris, ANOTIIEN ACCOUNT, New Yonr, Sopt. 10,—Tho Tribune's cablo apacial from Dundoc, Hcotland, faya : Tho whaling steamor Avctic, Capt. Adamé, hos arrived ot tbls port from ' Dovis' Straite, ' having on board tho men of tho Polaris cxpedition, who were picked up by tho whalor Ravonsoraig, on tho 20th of July, Tho ‘men aro all well, aud show no marks of omaciation, sitch na might Lavo been expooted after their ferrible experlences, NARGATIVE O ADVENTURES, Tho following narrative of incidonts that ocourred after tho Aoparation of the crew, is gathiored from o convorsalion with soveral of the porty: Tho Tolala had beon leoking badly beforo tho 15th of Octobor, 1872, nnd hor situntion ultimately Locamo 80 alarming that it was decmed sdvisablo to malka proparations to abandon hor, TIE DETERMINATION TO LEAVE THE BIIP yras arrived at on tho 16th of October, at which timo they wero in latitudo 70 Somo of the crow remained aboard, whilo ofhers lsnded on tho fco, and they be- gan to gt out slores, with tho intention of taking Gvorything they cauld need for a long sojourn in thosa frozen regions, Dobween 10 and 13 o'cloclk at night, Thilo thia' work was procecding, o very novoro guld sprang up, and anow bogan to fall howvily, with strong but variuble winds, Operations, Luwover, Wwere con- tintied, oud_ ufter untiring offorts tho boats wero got upon tho fco, and a lurgo supply of provisous talien out. Suddedly the hawsers by which thoship was mado fast to i ice, gavo way, ono snapping, tho other toarfug its anchor from ita lodgmont ou tho ica. This wos about midnight. Tho snchor, in stariing, toro off o largs pleco from tho floo, with threo mon upon it, tnd, sa tho Polarls drovo past thew, thoy criod ou, in al agony of torror : U AT AR WE TO DO 77 Oapt, Buddington shouted hack that hocould do nothiug for thein ¢ thoy ind boata and provisions, and munt sbift for thomsolves na bost they conld, [NoTE.—Theno threo men, Scrgeant Myors and tvo otliers, woro saved with tho ‘Tyson party.—En} A fow_minutoa lator thoso of tho Foliris kaw o boat Iaunched sud mannod by these men, making for tho place whore their comradas were atationod, In a short timo tho storm and darknosa shut out overy objoc from thelr viow, THE PEELINGS OF THESMEN OAN D IXAGINED 38 with {alf tho crow Iot o porlan, sa they wupROted, in a desort of {co and anow, tho ship driftod away heip- lose, until, at laat, aho brought up nt Life-Boat Govo, 'THE PROSPEOT WAS XOW GLOOMY ENOUOM. Thers scomed to ba littlo prospect of thelr remaining in tho Yolaria, Sho_stlll lcaked foarfully, and in hier damaged condition Buddington hod no kops of gatting any further south with ber, It was theroforo do- termined {o beach her, buf tho quoetion was how that could bo domo, 'Tho wind being favorable, an_opeuing in tho pack was finully discovered, and tho _shlp was borod throngh under canvos, Evorything spparently favored {ho work, but though the éhip was only & few miles from #hore it Lok twelva Lours to got her closoin, Tho noxt consldoration was how to provids for tho ahelter of men on shoro, Alltho timbers from botween decks wore torn out, provisions were doposited on the ico, tho coal was retioved, oud_evorything useful won secured. 7T'ho walls of & house wero than built of heayy planks, jolnted to oxcludo the wind, r00f waa madoof afls, In such & home TIE LONG WINTER WAB PARGED, 8omo help was rocuived from threo Esquimnux, Who discovered {he wreoked ship, ani agreed for o fow pal- {ry prosonts to convoy provialons Over the fco from tho vossol, 'Thioy gavo still moro valuablo uld by supply- iyg akin for clotling, of whiel {ho crow wero gener- ally in need, for mauy of their elothes wora wort out, and many more were lost, When the vessel broks uyay, on tho night of the'16th, the Esquimsuz bad plonty, ond though they wors fithy-smelling gor— Tmonts, tho castawass gladly adopled the. full Tatgui- mnux cotumo, of fur trotisers, coats, hots, and boats, TUROUGH THE LONG DREARY WINTED thio men kopt up thelr spirits remarknbly woll, The snow foll hoavily, but it servod to proloct their trail limbitation and make i moro comforiablo, Thelr ar- rangonionts wore Aa comipleto that no visit fo tho ship we# nocesnary Vefore Jum. 47, when thoy wout for a supply of ‘wood, Fresh aler iay obtained in sbundanco by’ colicting plecea, of ~lcoborgs and meling {hem. Toward tho ond of winter Clisster sngyesied that somo_ means should Lo agreed upon o ostricato tho party from thetr porllous Joaltion. "Lhe provisions wero gradunlly diminishing, and {ho fuol, of which ouly six fons lisd beon obtaine from the abip, was nearly oxhausted. Tho Polarls was slill avatlablo for matorinls, and it wa now proposcd. T0 BUSLD TWO HOATH, Asnrvey, by Glestor ubioviad that tho lining of the cabin could bo used, aud this was accordingly s{ripped off, Durfug the spring monthe, with the thermomator 23" degrocs below zoro, 'ond oftn in bitmding dritt, tho Lutldfng of tho boata went on. ‘Ilte situation grow daily moro discouraging, but the work wan nover reloxed, and tho conrigy of tho mon nevor fallad, Advaneiiig steadily tho crow wWero ready to dopart by tho cud of June, DETERMINED 'TO PURIK 8OUTHWARD, Jnst ot this moment, whou everything was {n_tend- incas, thioy Wore alarmed by tho uppuaranco of tho sourvy, Happly, howovor, tho altack proved slight, and a plentiful supply of walrus livor, which they.ob- falned from tho Yaquhmhuz, oupbled thom to avert tho ° disenso, Wheue boata wero Inwughod thoy leaked gaod deal, but tha men detormiuod to trust thew, and, stowingaboard alf thefr remadning provislons and ummunition, tho said VAREWELL 70 LITE-IOAT OAVE, 1t ot perfeotly (ght, tho Loats proved. themsolves ox- callenttiaflers iud refuarkably casy to raw, and on the it sy tho voyagors xoucliod Soutag Day. ~Aftor re- mafnlg (horo s short time o regaln their sixongih the pavly mads for Hokluyat Jatwud, whioro tho oxjio- on Waw ,and tho INOVANT TO A BTANDSTILL by & tromendous gale, whichi blow for thireo full days, with o coutinuous fall of snow, For all that time fin’ menso flocks of ducks—o kisd of penguin specles— were oncountered Lere, howovor, and, an tho mon could easily faka up thefr uns and 1l fon of them at ashot, (hora was & plentifu) supply of frosh provislons, il wora vory” Uanidully ocoived, - Oscastonally thair tiny crafth wera wndly bosot, and it wan fearod they would come to grief, but they wero awmong the feo, nd thero was uothing' to bo donu but to forco s southward at all Linzards, AFTER ENDURING MANY PRIVATIONA, and encountoring perils from which thelr escapo seemed almost miraoulous, they succeedod at lsat through great exertions, in muhlm& Capo Parry, & fow mlles bolow the Cape, st Titz Olarcins Rock, an encapmont was uads evory night, When tho labors gEtho day wora ovor, to bonta woke hatlod unen a floo, aud ovorytling taken out, and tho ouly hot moal of the day wan propared, TAE ATPANATUR ENFLOYED TN COORING w8 of thio moat primitiva cliaracter, Ench boat care ried o quantity of rigging from tho Polarls, and & cat of ofl, _With fhione n firowas mada §n tho boltom of an ol ifon buckct, Tea waa tic only thing that could be mado with much an_npparatus, * Thoy atate thnt the privationd thoy auffored wero not serdots, T lifo waa fough, laborious, and _monotonous, but’ though dan- flomn dceastouatly presented, Hiomolren wal cnlon: atod to Inapics tho greateat foar, no erioun accidont occurred, and on the 31st of Juno the boata REACHED CAYE YONR IN BAFETY, Toro thoy woro ngoln cloao heeot witls oo, O the 231 thoir tronbles omng Lo an sud, A whaler we do acricd & fow miles off, nnd (o whole party was at onco {n a turmol of oxcifoment, A great fear seemod to tako possession of them sll at onco that the ship might got away bofora they conld make themsolvos seen, sl thoy ‘mA forth every effort to push through thoco with thie least possiblo delny, Tho yeasol proved to be tho Ravonscralg, of Dundos, Capt, Allan, Bho 200n 8aw thelr nignals, nd Oapt Allan BENT JII8 OCREW TO TIIEIN ABRIATANOE and took on board their sffeals nnd ono of tholr boats, tho otlicr bolng left behind, Oapt, Allan troated thom, thoy say, in the kindost and moat gonerous manner, Bubsequiontly, in order that whaling operations might not bo Interriipted, Alln sbipped some of the Polarls crew on tho Arctic, Tho Iatter Yousel comploted her soason’s work earlier than had beon expocted, and, Inowing it | tho crow of tho . Dolris wero anxlous to roturn homo, Capt, Adams senrchiod for the Ravensoralg ~aud . fook on board thio members of tho party who had beon left with Lier, excopt throo, who Lisd been provioualy trans. forrod to the Intropid. Thoso threo wero I, D, TSR Boott memain 3 B Maucty oa- man s . Booth, (ireman, Tho ox- ‘poctod homs i o fow weoks, i i THE REBQUED BAILORS sy that whon they wero plcked up, fhoy had brend enoughi for ons month, Lut 1 i tho genersl thom et thoy would not havo succoded in reaching & settlomont, _Ohos tor, lowovor, who s Bpokem of in £ho highest torm of praine by every ona of his come pantons, hiss no doubtc whatover they would hisye got southwsrd without any asslstanco, Oapt, Iall was zomardod s pecullaly adapted for te groatentocyrive nndor bts oharge, nd il lsmont his- untimely ond, As to Lo atatement ia (o ship might havo aided tho Barty gn o ioe ol ageoo that i was trmpossiblo atlor o Polaris Droko adrift to loarn oven tho whoresbouts of hoso loft bohind. Every cof- fort wes made fo find them, but to no avall. Cupt. Morkham, R, N., sccompaniod Qapt, Adsms, of tho Arotic, on his whallng voyego for fhio pirpozo of making sclntifio nveatigations in. tie northorn reglons, o loft Dundeo to-dsy, and in tenda to be present at tho Dritish Assoclation moeting at Bradford, opinion smong TIK REATGIIING VESSELS, WASTINGTON, Sept. 10,—A tolegram rocolved at the Navy Department to-dny from St. Johns announces that the spocial alcamor rant out to cateh tho Juniata Feniorday, liad overtalen that voeso), aad ebo returned 8t, Johiny this morning, whiero sho will await the ar- rival of tho Tigresn, and both vessels will thon return to the United Stated “ e FAIRS. Olosing Day of the Illinols State Foir ==The Show kins Boon & Succoss from Every Point of Vicw=-Exultation of 1ho Peorians=-Prizes for Onttle, Lu~ dies’ Equestrinnism, Etc. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tridune, Peonms, IlL, Sept. 10,—~Thoe Twenty-firat Annual Tiinols Btato Folr closed to-day, Tho moeting has been TOE MOBT BUCOESSFUL RVER HELD 1n tho Btate, In many respects; and 1t {a notably so Suoncially, Every one rojoices at this ssue, nnd par- tloulsrly Peoriaue, who atiribute much {o thelr goo- graphical position and tholr enorgy. If tho pride boa Tittlo too oxalted, thorest of the Stato can pardon # on account of thio good accomplisticd. Evory outgolng train n overy diroction is crowdod, ‘but it will bo {mposaiblo to ompty the oty of its visttors Deforo Saturdny or Sunday night. Tho hotals aro yob crowdod, Exhibitors will romafn over till to-morrow, 1f thoy have been 8o fortunatons to win a premium, “Tho work of domolition was begun on the grounds at about 4 o'clock this atternoon, Just aftor the announco- ‘mont of tho Iast premium, The nttondance to-dny was rather limited, in come pamson with Thursdsy or tho day provious, thero belng only about 12,000 on the ground. Tho gate rocoipts nmounted to somothing over $4,000, which neat lttlo sum was montly contributed by Poorians rosident. It 1s catimated that during tho fair thero hina boen an atlendnuce of 05,000—or & daily average of 13,000 on the ground, exclusive of children in arms, Tho total rocoints amount to about $30,000, T titerest of to-day contercd o, the riug diépla3. The llll[!\llllthpnlrn was crowded moat of tho time, thougli tho raw chilly atmosphoro Xept many awaz. THE EXUIDITION OF BWEEPSTAKES OATTLE for tho heat bull of any ago waa mognificent, G, Bhropshire, of Centreville, KE;,, with bis_animal Marquis, carried off the blue ribbon ; and J. H, Picks rel, ifarristown, I1l,, tho rod with Broastplato, dy Forcster, owned by G, Shrapshlro, took tho first premium for cows, and Jesso Hopewoll, ovmod Dy 11, Sudowaky, of Indianols. TiL,, took the socond, For gentlemon's driving stalllons, Italian Boy, of Peorl, ook tho first, and Sllver Duke, of Ohicago, tho sccond ])rnmlum- Gent driving inaros: Fizet promium, 3, W, Dilley, of Macomb § second, Jamea Wadaworih, Ohicago. Goldtugs? J. T, Mathers, Jucksonvillo, first preme fum ; Gus Shropahire, Kentucky, sccond promium, For thoroughbreds : Jerry Welcl, of Lloomington, and J, W, Dliley, of Macomb, took the first and sccon: promiuma for stollions ; and Wiloy Buckles, of Chame puigu, snd A, G, Oarle, of Urbana, the firet and second promfumn for marea; awospstakos, Joraca of all work } Viloy Buckles, of Ohampalgo, and Chas, Rich, of Metamora, firat and socond prem- {ums for stallivns ; swcopstakes, Maroand two colls: Andy Turner, of Atlants, TU,, first promium ; and E. Dillon & Co,, 'of Normal,’ soc- ond premium, Ono of tho most interesting dlaplays of tho fair was o trot betweon alx-in-hands, antered by James Wads- wortl, of Chicago, sud 0, B, Hall, of Yates City, Wadsworth's horaos had never becn divon 8o boforo, nor had the driver seen thom an hour before tho con= test, yot thoy won. The firat half milo was made in 2 mluutes, and the milo fn 4:10, all's Tig was closo bebind, Mr, F. G. Welch, of Obicago, croated soms fun by Tllustrating s Grotns Greon slopomont with his sixein-hand, TIE EXHIDITION OF LADIES' XQUESTRIANIEM, was vory Intercating, nud oxcited omo nuun:fl. ore waro oight or ten conteatants. Tho Awarding Com- mitteo Wore Oongrosmen Ingersoll, MoNulta, and Cullom, and thelr doclsion wan & myatery and marvel, Tho award, {n despito of tholoud proteats of the ine torested spoctatars, wore na follows: Miss Elorenco Caae, Fremont, Iil,, firat; Misa Florencs W, Willard, Towands, 1ll,, sccond; Mipa Annia Dniap, Bloomington, third, In thojudgmentof many, the order should have been oxactly rovorsed, The boss' riding was 5 splondid oxhibitton of siill and horsemanship, sharel by a dozen 3uvontloa undor 14 yoars of ags, ‘Tho premiums woro won, in order, by Maaters Dick Weedman, Farmer Qity's Henry Fry, of Roorla; and Goorge Dunlap, of Bloomington. "Tho contest botween lady drivers was a apiritod one, Miss Jonule Beard, of Washington, Tazowoll County, took the first premium § and Are. Anna Conroy, of Lincola, 11, tho second, “Tho graud promium cavalcado of Lorsea and eattlo, decorated with ribbons, was & magnificent dispiay, ond the boautios were greeted with applause becomin, conquerors, In general, it may bo safd of tha falr tha 1t bns beon b grand succoss, A WOID OOMPLIMENTARY, Everything Las beon Liappily couduofed, and nat sy nccident hos occurred to mar the enjoyment nug profit of the occasion, Tho officors, Superisitendents,jand all the officlals havo been prompt and courtcous, and business has been dispatchied with jealous rogard for tho futcrest of all. Tho Secrotary nd assistants have dono overything in thelr power 0 ploaso snd accom- maodate. Tho edltorial fraternity of Pooris greeted aud treated Topresentatives from oflor cittos with all possi« Dlo courtesy. All Pooriaus aro content, Winnocbago County Fair. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. TookronD, Iil., Sopt, 10.—Tho fuir slosod here o~ day, 'Twenty thousand people were on the grounds, I'lio sweepstako trot of this afternoon wns most in- tensely oxcitivg, and was run by Tornado, a Rockford horvo} best timo, 3:40, Therois o doublo-team rot for $500 5 sido, Litween o Obicago and Frooport horse liere to-morrow, Yools are solling at a lively rate, with tho Ohicago Lorso favorite, Marysville, In., Fair. Spectal uatel (o Lo Chilcuyn Tribune, ‘DAvenvonr, In., Sept, 10.—Tho election of officers of tho Murysville' Fale ocurrod to-day, and resuitod 48 follows: J. 1, Freoman, Preeident; D, B, Cow- rolly, Vico-Presidont ; W, 8. finnckdsumm i Honry Turmoloo, Trensuror ; J, Man and 0. Holling, Dircc tors, It was declded by a vote of 16D to 82 to chungo tho focation of the grounds, Macoupin County Agricultnral Fair. OantanviLLy, I, Bept, 10,—The Macoupin Connty Agrivuitural Fair commences ot this plnco on Tuesday next, and will continue four daye, with indieations of Velng the most succossful fuir ever held in this portion of tho Btato, Already tho cutries Lavo beon large, and still continuo to Increaso, The groundsare lu the most oxcallent_condition, and the different industrics Topresonced will go far toward muaking it n great suoe codn, Bomo of the beet trottors I tho West wild bo.jn attendsuce to cum‘mkl for $ho purse of $300 offered by the citizons of Carlinville, Dane County (Wis.) Fair. Speetal Dispateh to Tho Chicago Lribune. Mapisow, Wik, Bopt, 10.~The Dano County Fatr closod this afternoon, bhaving Loen o aplendid exhibi. ton butit wasnot o success finanolally, owing to Dad weutlior on two days, G, I, Morrow, of the fFeste ern Furmer, dolivercd an eminently praclical addroas, oxplaintug fome of tho rosaous for the complaint by producera that their Jabor was no mare romuneratiyo, 110 made noveral practical suggostions, SPORTING. Tho rize Ring. r. Louts, Sopt. 10,—~Tom AHen, the pugilist, haa sccopted (o clallenyo of Uen Hogav, and fast hight §2000 sido wan pui up s fortoit, i Sght s to b for $1,000 n side ond will take X\Ilw in" thirty days from Lo signiug of tho articles, This will not ba done until ufter tho_contost botween Allen and MecGools noat Tuesday, Hoganwill go into tratuing hero on Monday nox! Hase Ball. Bautiione,.Sept, 10,—Dase Ball ; Daltimores, 14} Atlantics, 5, FOREIGN. GERMANY. Tonnaw, Bonk. 10,—At tho acasion of the Old Catho- 1o Gongtebn yeslerday, D, Walck, of Auabuirg, mado » bifter attack on the Fronch, aconsing thiem of pro- voldm} thio Inte war and hold{ug them' responsibla for oll ita horrora. Tho apsech caused o inful sensa- tlon, Pere Hyncinilio and otlior Fronch dolegates wro desly offendod aud withdrow from hio Gangoee, Tho Prouch engincern who bnve for some. time’ past beon Aketcling thie passes of tho Alpa near Mt, Cettn, livo receivod ordera 1o wuspoid oporalions ad roburs omo, gty AUSTRIA. ViEsnA, Bopt, 19.—It In rumored that Count An- drasny, the Primo Ministor to Auntria, and Visconto Vonoafa, tho Italian Ministor of Forolgn Affairs, ac- company the King of llaty, snd have held soveral con- forencoa with bim fn reforonco to tho Papal clectton, VEENNA, Bopt, 10.—Tt {5 oficially roportod that there have beon 32,765 cancs of cholera in Vienns sinco the onthreakof tho disoase, and of this numbor 1,110 wero fstal, For twouty-four hours, ending at midnight Jestordsy, 41 fresh casoa woro reportod. ———— MOROCCO, Loxpow, Bopt, 10.—A civil war has broken outin Moracco, Getweon tho son and brothor of the decoasod Bultan, and the trado of tho country Iy paralyzed, peba Al SOUTH AMERICA, Bfig& 19,—~The mail steamer from Rio Janoiro Aug, 51, 1 arrived, An unsuccessful at- tempt had been made at Duonos Ayres to assasninato Dr, Barimonlo; Proaident of tho Argontine Republic, ——— SPAIN. Mabnmo, Sopt, 10.~The scsslon of tho Cortes haa been suspended until the 2d of January noxt, i, GREAT BRITAIN, Lownoy, Sept, 19.—Mr. Soudmoro, Dircctor of tho | Poslal Tolegraph Servico, denios tho' trutli of tho ru mora that tho Government is sbout to purchase {ho Atlantlo cablo linos. THE CANADIAN PACIFIC SCANDAL. Sir John A, Mncdonald on tho Wit ness-Stapd---Iluntington’s Charges Substantinlly Proved by tho Minise tors Themsolves. Sneetal Ditpatch to The Chieapo Tridune, OTAWA, Bept, 10.—Whon tho Commisslon met yose terday, Sir Jobn handad fn the papera given him by G, W, Mobullen, after which ho wes questioned by the Commissionors on matters which tended fo the amalgamation of tho two original companies, When asked for ho lettor rocoivod from Allan announo- ing bis subscriplion of $25000 to ald tho Ontarto eloctions, ho sald o had deatroyod 1t Though ho liad no previous communication with Allsn on tho subject, ho had no doubt Cartlor bad, Tt was after Allan's subscription that th witness {nformod Allan that tho dotalls of tho amalgamation would havo to ro- maln over till after tho elootion, Witness testifiod that 1o hind not seon tha lottor of July 80, containing cer- tain conditions, until atter it was slluded to in publi- cation, though ho bad soon it alnco, Sir Mugh Allan now pomsosses it, As to {ho money recolved by tho wtness trotn Allan, ho sWore that. bo uscd it to ald the frionds of the Governmont in differsnt paris of Ontario in tholr elections, As to o published foles gnm, ‘Which read as follows, under date of Aug. 26, 73 1 must hove another $10,000; will bo tho last timo of calling; do not fall mo} anawer mo to-day, and sfgued John A. Macdonsld, the witness testified : “14d telogeaph Sl on that’ dey, and I haveno ‘rosnon to doubt thidin acopy of tho folegmm.” In tha coureo of his ovidence ho stated that no othor tele- grams had been aont by him ofhier thon thosa ho Lad alroady ndmitted, and denied Mc3Mullen’s statomont to {ho contrary In the Into intorview in Oblesgo, Tho witness also oxpressod his ignorance of what passod Botwcen Cartior snd Allan, and said Oartior wroto him no loticrs, In ono ' portlon of his ovidenco ho says: “I have mno doubt Bir Hugh Allan jave subscriptions with one objoct. That s, to sustaln tho Government ~and (helr alioy in conncction with the Pacifio Rallway, becauso 0 know that, if ho sustained tho policy of tho Gov~ ernment by hls power and influonco, it would result (o tho constriiction of tho Facifio Raflway,” A new featuro in the cxamination waa tuat the Hon, Alsxander Camnpbell, 8 provious witnoss and Minjste- rinl collesgue of Sir John's, was permitted to croas-ox— amine hin, At thls uncture, Judgo Mamsny, counsel for Sir L1gnox, Jugh Allan, afaln - rose aud_ remowed o Tequest o 'ho hoard in bohalf of Allsn, | urging that, since his provious roquest lnd boon made, 'tho Commisafon bad mado use of his rivato correapondonce, and n Jargo pordlon of hla Tt ors Iad boen lald befora the publie, The Ohairman atill objooting, Judge Rumsny roplicd that Allan was 4n tho samo predicanont as tho members of the Gov- arnment, Notwithstanding all the srgument advanced, he was excluded from tho privilege asked for a8 a mat~ tergl ole iy, : ‘Tho Lon. H. T. Langevin, another member of tho Governmont, was Dext called, and procesded tonare rato lls Juiowledgo of flio clroumatonces con— nected with the history of the Pacifio schemo, Mo denfed that any srgument exited betweon the Govornment and Alan, but, in conse- quenco of n conversation he bad with Cartler, ho_ re- celved through Allan $15,000 for eloction funds, Bub- sequently ho recelved $10,000 moro from Abbott, witn- out condition, The witness had told Oartior, at a later day, that ho was out of pocket between $6,000 snd 7, ), This amount ho finslly recelved from Allan, When asked for lotiers rocelvod from Allan, witness 5aid ho liad deatroyed them, His ovidenco wea gon- erally concurronco in Sir Jolin's atatoments, Banford Fleming, one of the Pacifio Rallway Direc- tors, and_nn cngifcer of somo colabrity, was noxt called, Hin testimony was of a don't-know style, sud rather brief, In anewor toa question by the Commise slonora as t whotber influonce was usod wilh him porsonally fo induce him to support Sir Hugh Allan, tHo witnoss eald: “Idonot thinkeo, Ho peemod to hovo no mval” The witnessos teatifiod to tho recoipt of over $160,000 from n, Tho Ton, —Langevin = himeoll swesra to hia recelpt of abott $35,000, yot the Commisatoners put no question clioiting an e3planation of his mental {feelings at tho liborality of tho money contribution, Thon Bir John, hoad of tho Governmont, of his own freo will, avowod that he personally disbursed no less than $10,000 of Allan’s monoy in ondeavoring to securo tho raturn of his supporierd in Ontarlo,—tha samo man that s short time ago oxclaimed, with eyes hoave enward, Thess Lands ero clean ‘Thon, on ihe fostimony of tho Hon, Biarncs, ous’ todian of tho packet, tho Gum of 800,000 was spent in Montreal, Theso prominont facts' re- moin open to viow: ihat Allan, whon the Ministors Licsitated, throatened the publication of the documont, and tho Gabinot compHod ; that the Ministors aubso: uently obtained 1arge suma of money from Mm, and that hie became President. Tho impression prevails lisre beyond tho pomor of Gradication, it Huating- ton's liarges aro substaatially proved by the Ministers themselyes, and the Minister! s, in private conver- satlom, adail thel bellof that Hintinglon's charges aro trio, THE CROPS. Effccts of tho Early Erosts. Speclal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribine, JuxESvILLE, Wis,, Bopt, 10,—Anothor sovere frost £l upon this soction lst night. The small smount of witally eft by tho previouy' froat In Immature vegetation must hsve been destroyed by this second visitation, Wo find tht {herofs_consldorable back- ward fobacoo in tho fiold, though It wan a0 nearly ruln- ed by last_Saturdoy night's freezing that fho Tecent frost could do it liltle injury, Duckwheat and grasses, howover, seem o hinvo rocelved a finishing atroke, ‘which will place them in tho Ust of Joat products, ‘Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Orpan RaPIDS, Tn, Sopt, 10,~Roporls from {ho country in_this viclnity say that vegotation ia ontirely cut off by tho sovers frost lust night, Iceis reporled to have formed in somo places & quartor of an fnch in ess, ‘Special Dispatels to The Chicago Tridune. SruNGrELD, Sont, 16.-A biliog frost vikied this seotton last night, and 1t 1a reported Al much damogo to tho corn. Ita hlda fair to ropeat itaclf to-night, with increased unvrll)(. Spectal Dispatch {o The Chicago Tribune. LaBarvr, IlL, Bept. 19,—Thero was a hoavy frost herolaal night, ud thore fs s prospect of another to- nig! —_——— THE BUFFALO BALLOON. Voyage of Prof. King's Skylarking Party. Corning N, Y. (Sept. 11}. Dispateh to the New York Ilerald. Although the Buffalo balloon has not up fo thin moment quito equaled tho gencral oxpeotation of the good cilizens of tho placo nfter which it {n nawed, It Ling nevertheless achioved fhe task of creating trowmena dous excltement throughout tho lower lako regious, The norostat was tho handsomest ever mado in any country, eo far ns tho records toll, boing elab~ orately ' decorated In carmine, blacky and” green worollowark_ and lottering, 1ts capuclty woa 93— 000 foot, but it contained only sbout 01,000 foot of gus wWhon b frst left tho carih, “Thio ndvorlisomonts at Iuifalo stated (hat tho immonse fiaa-bng was o nevend at 3 oclock yestordny, {rom tho lerraco Park, at tho corcer of- Ohirrch stroot, But for an hour before that time 50,000 porsons had congro~ gated in the vicinity of tho inflation, Iousc-tops windovs, walls, trocs, overy fach of Vantago groun ot occupled by tho cagor Witnoascs, who must av exceedled 70,000 at tho howr of dopartire, Tho acrial party conelsted of Mr. King, tho soronaut ; tho Herald corréapondent, and thiron othor gontloman roprexont- ing thy presd of Dufialo and Doston, Ivery procau- tion hed been takon to provido for iho tome pornl necossities of tho heavonward travolars, o {t wsa confidntly ozpected that nrida of sovoral hundred miloa would ensuc, At fifteen minutes to 8 o'clock, amid the chieors of tho vast multitude, tho ringing of olls and tho shrioking of locomotive, faotory, mid steamboat whistloa, tho Dufalo, under the akilfal ‘managoment of M. King, rose mojestieally wpward and fitantly etruck a courao thut was sbout cast- wouthienst, Tiapidly asconding above the lakes and the delightful country around Huffalo, wo miruck noroan. rie, Wyomig, Livingston, a' portion. of Hobuyler, and Btouben ~Countivs,’ passing over tho towns of Ghicktowagn, Morllls, Donninglon, Utlca, Orango, Warsaw, Onalilo, Mount Aorris, Spurts, Springwater, Ooshocton,” Prattsburg, Potnoy, Wayiio, ’l':fmlm.m-lma. Bohuyler County, sud Horuby, come ipg down in tho Lottie Township at about » quartor past 0 o'clock, having travoled nbout 138 miles, Cons tho speed ab.which wo_travoled igheat rate of speed not excooding During tho firat four hours naagly up o balf-paat 6—wo_ exparicaced nestly evory kind of balloon scneation, Wo Jent about s mils and ihree quaelors’ high, through sud above tue clouds for about 40 miles; faw & plorious sunnet; hocamo warm and exceeds Ingly cold by turns, and rodo nlong niear the ground by ald of the drag-ropo for many milos, Our catirso up to datk conttutiod fu tho easi-soutbeaatorly direction, and 1t was not uniil abonut B o'clock that we atruci acrans & portion of Orooked Yake abaut two milea south of BIufr Polnt, and entored Sohuyler County at Tyrono, from which tmo tho courns wan almont sovithieast. The volocity of tho wind at no timo oxcoeded thirty miles sn hour, and for an hour before we Ianded ouir ropo Bind beon dragging over the tops of tho trecs and tho farm-liousca ab o Tato of only six milos an hour, After dar tho difloul(ien of navigation woro Jemensd by tho bright stara overhead and tho nmenno brustie firca that blazed henoatl us, At 1 o'clock to-dny, it belng dectded that the ballgon ocould not carry tho ontiro party with afuty, Mr, Kin wan supplicd with twonty baga of ballast, and_wiarte to contlnno tho voyogo nlono, tha balloon taking an eastorly diroction 80 long ns ho romained in tho lower eurront, WmTkey'a Pomer, N. Y., Scpt. 7.—The balfoon Qliy of LnfTalo passodl over this piaco at 4 o’clock this aflornoon, A paper from tha balfoon, Indorsed Pro- feasor King, Buffalo,” droppod in the fatr grounds, dms o St s .RAILROAD NEWS. Geon. Mowo on the Advance of Freighto in Wisconsine.-An Ingenlous Argu= ment. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Man180x, Wis,, Sopt, 19,—~In roply to strlotures of Alio #tats Journal on the recent advance In frolghts by thorailroads in Wisconsin, Gen. Jamea Jf, Howo, Gone eral Managor of the Ohiepgo & Norihweatern Raflws: sondo thet paror s lotor, whioh 1t publisnos, o ox ploina that his road has made no iricreass on 647 miles of old road in thia Btate, nor on tho Winons & 8t, Poter Tallrosd, Tt hos simply fised rates on tho Lino from tho socond station norih of this city to Winons, Just opencd, at from 1 to § conts per 100 pounds high= er than tho 0ld linos, Gon, Towe justifies this on the ground of tho diffiouliies of conatruction belng great— er than on any Lino betwoen the Alleghony pnd Rooky ountains, belng consequently attended with an enor- mous cxpenditro of monoy, 1o says thot tho Com- pany haa spent_on now lines in Winconain sinco 1870 asarly 9,000,000 without muking nny incresso of cap— ital stock, Whothier thin will satiafy the farmors om tho line ramatna to ba seon, _ THE GAMBLERS. Yestorday Ospt. Buckley agaln waged sclive war upon the gamblors, In tho afternoon a aquad of mon, commanded by Bergt, Ebereolq, after somo skirmishe ing, mada s descont upon Miko McDonsld'a place, at No, 178 Olark strect, It was, ot loast, ssid o bo 1 Nitke McDonnld's piaco bt big recont pocuniary embarrassmont renders it oxtromoely unilkely that kb wae tho owner, All but ono of tho occtipanls, o poor, defactod-looking follow, named Miko Morkis, sscaged.” Morzin was alled ot by McDonald, Tn thé evening, Gspt, Buckley, seviatod by Dotectives Slsyton and Gallighor, and Roundsman Bartholon, entored the nolorions Robbins' place, No, 173 Clatk sizeet, by moans of o sledgo Nammor, Thoy caught the gamoat full {1do; Tho burly, heavy-jawed, greedy, uncouth Tobbing managed tho gume. 1lin attire wns Teaplon~ dent with - dismonds, Nt slgns of his dirty oc- ocupation, Fourtcon ' inmoies woro arrested, sl of ' whom woro marchod with Dbocoming solemnity to tho Armory Polico Blation.. They woro very approprintely placed in tho meancat coll, whers thoy wero confinicd -for somo time, Old Danyon, nfter recoiving $16 for Lailing tho_culprita ‘out, waa talion homo by them fn a carrlago which fo~ commodation will lavo moro infienco in forming th: Judgment of the Judgo than n spcech from n_ehyster. Aman-who will nocopt favors fram Wat Robbins, proves himsel, {0 bo. uttorly uaworlly of publiscon-: onco, DEATHS. BAKERTho fanoral sorylaos of tho Iata Ars, William. . Bakor are yostponed to Bundsy, 11m. PHBLTS-On Friday, moruing, Sopt, 10, 1673 Mamii Tawls, only dauglitor of John 31, aud Mary P 1R:n"x:n'm 3l daye, 5 o o, noral will ‘tako Wiaco on Bunday morning, at 10 o'clogk, fram the mah!nmm No, 8i8 Wost Monrou.at. AUCTION SALES. - BY GLO. P. GORE & €O, 68 & 70 Wabash-av. AT ATUTCTION. Regular South Side Sale of HOUSEHOLD ~ FURNITURE ‘Wo ahall offer & Inrgo and fin stock of Furnituro, suita blo to furaislia dwolliug from basemont to attie: Ward- robes, Book-casos, Parlor and Oflico-Desks, Falrbank's Platform Scales, 30 gratos W. G. Crockery, i opon lots aud by tho packago, 10 rolls Wool.Uarpet, AT 13 0'CLOOK—Buggics, Carriagos, and Wagons, Double and Slogle Harnosa, On SATURDAY, Sept. 20, at 9 o'clock. GEO, P. GORE & CO., Auctlonoors, 63 and 70 Wabash-av. Thus Far the Finegt Sale of the Season! Tuesday Morning, Sept. 23, at 9 1-2 o'olook, Opening with a boautiful display of Fanoy Docoratod Chinawaro, Lava Goods, &c.; Vases, Motto Oups and Bauoors, Tea Bots, Mugs, Guspadores, &c. Aftor which, tho rogular sale of Dry Goods, Drost Goods, Hoslory, Notions, Hata, Oaps, &a. A rich Jino of ‘Valoncionunos and Throad Lace Oollars, &o.; Rufilings, Flutings, Ruchings, &a. Fina Invoices of Tablo Linens, Towols, Napkins, Tidios, Tollet Quilts, &0, _Tlated Ta » Knives, Forks, and Spoons. Fur Goods, and Caps, Gents' Ovorshirts, n Jackots, Undorwear, &e, Government Cloth- d tho regular offorlug of Osrpots by thoroll, st 11 ok, Visitors to tho Exposition favoring us with & call will not anly witnoss o fino display of dostrable goods, but will hava an opportunlty of soetng tho finost Auotin Houso in Amorios. GEORGE P, GORE & Ci 68 & 70 Wabasl (irgat Exuusitggn Auction Sale BOOTS AND SHOES, On Wodnesday, .Sept, 24, at 9 12 8, m, ‘Wo hold these snles regularly EVERY ‘WEDNEBDAY, and visitors to the Exposi« tion can find hore what they can nowhers elso, vis.: A great exhibition of the BEST GRADES of BOOTS AND SHOES that can bo_purchased, at from 20 to 40 PER OENT LESS than manufacturera’ pricod, Ontalogues and goods ready to oxhibil Tueaday. GEO. P. GORE & 00., 68 & 70 Wabash-av., Augtionoor: WL A. BUTTERS & GO., Real Estate and General Auctioneers, 15 8 17 RANDOLPEI-ST. Regular Saturday's Sale HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, ber Sults, Carpots, Orockery, Bed« B o ianotonioss il oot tmtrusiant, AT ATOTION, On Salurday, Sept, 20, at 91-2 a.m, at our salosrooms, 15 and 17 Randolph-st, WA, A, BUTTERS & 0O., Anctionoers, 8556 SOUTH DREARBORN-ST. G ENTIETL Household Furniture AT ATUCTION, Monday Morning, Sept, 22, at 10 o'olock, The_ ontire offeots, consisting of Parlor, Ohamber, Dining-room, aud_Kitchen Furni~ :'j“r"' Bruua!lflu and Vg::u]&gflrpnb!. Btoves, rockory, GlasssitySoit & TOSTER, Auctiongars. SON & CO,, sty BY BRUS. 41 South Furaituro, Carpots, . m. Tarlor Huits, olegan - o, at Anotlon, Satued Di\'lfi;'mn-?ur ‘Cliambar Sote, Biack Hedstoads, “I"I',l“l. Toxt Babien, Macblo-ton ldubiacas, Biarbly ani 1 ‘ardrabos, Solus, Loungos 1niro; Tikis Mattro Vlated Waro, Uraukoy S I ko rath Carpots, o, for Stavus, Countery, Hruatols atd In Ha\F 50, 1 ghod condis 0., Auatiy . Chureh Organ, cost i A o St S By 0SGOOD & WILLIAMS, ‘Went 8lda Auctlon Ilouso, 63 South Ca te Rogular Auotion Balo on Saturday, 20th fust,, at 9.3 5. ., of Bow and socond-hand Furhituro of gyery do- séripiion, tnoluding Aacblo-top Chismbor Sots and ols: ant Top, Parior Hnita Hioating and ‘Cooking Elavon, *Aluo, 50 Ottion Doske, 55 Singlo and Daublo Har nesy, and s fito line of Chron T By TAYLOL & ITARKISON, NEW AND SECONDHAND FURNITORE, Qammate, Matte iarness, &o., &o., TILIS MORN- L9k 31 & 33 Routh Cannleat. Advortiseuionts Rtecelved too Lato for Clussi- ficution. ] OARD—FOR COUPLE AND THIREE BOYS AGKD 2. 6, and 11 1 two roams; oty or coutitsy, GIVE Reruai i Boto 10 OLTATVLSS LIS, 16d Olarkats ~