Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 11, 1873, Page 2

TS CHICAGO DALY TRIBUNL ; SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 " THE RECORDER'S OFFICE. History of the Job and Its Progress. Tho Ashton-Hesing Bid for the * In- fluonoe” of the * Times.” List of all the Offers, and an Examina- tion of Their Relative Merits. Probable Defent of the Iniquitous Scheme, ‘When tho Committos of tho County Commis- sionors having in chargo the providing of com- modlons quarters for tho ecordor's Oftico mudo # bidl for tho “influonce” of the Z'imes, by nc- copting its oxtortlounte bid for rooms, nnd Ignored tho suporior quarters offered for the uso of tha county at from one-half Lo threo-fourths tha sum domanded by Mr. Storey, thoy did nob know what o storm of indignation was about to bo stirred up among tax-payors. It is gonerally known thnt tho present quarters of the Recordor &re too small, and that an effort was bolng made to Lottor thom. 'Lhis gnvo tho money-grabbing slomout in the Connty Board an opportunily to work in a job. Mr. Bamuel Ashton might have realized Ly adding anothor story to the Crim- innl Court and Jail Building, but for the porsiat- ent rofusnl of Commissioner Iarrison to sanc- tion so palpables job. By o littlo judicions manmuvering of tho better portion of the Bonrd ho suceecded in defoating this offort, and in securing tho insortion of an advertisemont in tlio county organ, callivg for quarters for tho oftico. 1n responeo to this advortisoment the Bonrd recolved five bids, one from the T'imes, ono from the Marine Bank, ono from the Grand I'a- citio Hotol, ono from Itoubon Schloossoer, aud ono from the Lakeside Publishing Compnny. It will bo undorstood that the presout quartors of tho Recordor are very small,—altogotlior too coutracted for tho needs of the ofico. It hns but 2,600 square feot of nren, and 163 squaro feot of vault room. T'ha Times offered 3,200 squaro feot, or 690 squaroe feot moro, and 57 square feet moro voult room. At the sawe timo, tho vaults offered by the Z'imes aro too narrow to admit of n shelf on cach side, and thoy are really of less value than the vaults at predont inuse by the Recorder. Theso aro very valid objections to the bidof the Zimes, even liad the rental beon vory Jow ; but as it was £6,000 per aunum, ono would have sufipouod that o counscientious committco would have left it out entively, There nro other objectious to the building. “The Recordor omploys a great many lady copyluts, and it would Do an outrugo upou theso ludics to connect thom in any way wilh tho Times. Lastly, tho profanity of tha chiof oditor is snid to hnvo so- riously dnmnyd tho roof of the building in sev- oral places. 'Ilint these circumstancos are not more trifles may bo understood from tho fact liat not one single ofilee in the building has been routed. And Mr. Storey nsked only £6,000 for limitod quartors in this questionablo placo. Mr, N. L. Ots, Secretory und Treasurer of {he Pacific Holol Company, mnde n proposition, offering fivo rooms, each con- tuiuing 1,000 equare foet, situated on tho corner of Lusaflo sud Quiney streats, Twoof thoso rcoms aro in tho bascmont, aud three on the main floor. The situation guarantoes plenty of light and loss noise than any other in the build- ing, DMr. Stowart wag sntisfled with the amount of room, nud Ho nlso wero Mossrs, Horting, Jones, Crawford, and others of’ tho Donrd who voted' ngniust them, Tho original propoition was to rent theso rooms to tho couuty for £5,000 per annmn., Subgequently the rental wns re- dueed to 34,000, and now the offer is to mnke it £5,600, Tho space given is nently a third moro than the Zimes gives, tha vault-room con- siderably greator, and tho rent $2,400 less than that of the 7Zimes. Bosides all this, thiese rooms ndjoin the courts, while the rooms offered by tha Times aro four lonyg squares, nearly hall a milo, distant from them, Aud yot kj\fp Committeo guve in their report for ihe ‘imes.. A Did was mado by Mr, . R Douelly, mana- ger of (he Lakesido Publishing Company, and il tho other competitors concedo that, oxcepting Mr. Seammon's proposition, the Lakeside offer was_ very much the best mnde. Mr, Donolly would give rooms on tho first floor, covering 4,116 equare fect, and in the busoment 1,802 square feet, well lighted, well ventituted, high, and excellently ruited, tho Itecorder thought, to tho needs of an esamining room. 'ho totsl uumber of square foot of room offered by Mr, Donelly was 6,008; by tho Times,8,200; bal- ance in favor of ~Lakosido, 2,718 squaro feot. In the important mattor of vaults for the preservation of records, Mr. Donolly offered & burglar and fire proof vault countaining 8515 square fect; and an jmmenso ropository, con- structed on the rame Y,flncnplcs, contain- ing 900 equare feot for books, papers, and everything clse. The Times offored total of 219 squuro feet of vault, too narrow for sorvice, Halauco in favor of the Lakesido vaults, 7663 kquare feet, 'The Tomes wanted $6,000 por an- uim, and Mr, Donelly £3,780 balanco in favor of the Lakesido Did, Bosided nll this, the Lakesido building adjoins tho Courts, and the_Z'imes Building is neatly half a milo away. And yet the Committuo proforred to give the award to the Zimes, The Murine Bank, situated five blocks from the Courts, mide n most generous offer. Mr. Scammon offored tho cor- yer balf_ of tho busemont, in which the Marino Dank wan situnted, 40x72 feet, with cxcellent light and two immonso vaults, together with somo half-dozen rooms-— &l the Recorder wanted, in fact—on tho fourtn tloor, with tour additional vaults ; or tho other half of the basement of the srmo size, with all fourth loor, with vanlt-room to mntch, for §3.500, The corner room, 40s78 feet, would make an excellent examining room, being only thice steps below the sidowalk, whilo n water- clevator connecetd the two floors vory convenient- ly. 'Yhere is no doubt that Mr, Bcammeon’s bid wus o generous one, Now ho will make anoth- er. He offere tho whole of the basement and fourth stories—giving 11,400 square feot of room, pud five vaulls, contuining sbout 1,500 equare feot—for 5,000 year. There was still another offor, a8 gouerous as any of the otliers, made by Retben Scliloosser, thé owner of u lundsomo stone front, solidly- butlt block on tho northwest cornor of Adams sud LaSullo strects, disgonally opposite tho Courts, Mr, Schloogser offercd o room 20x40 feot inthe bakement a8 o vault, agreeing to Lmild it round with stone,coment, iron, and what- ever clse was needed to rendor it proof against fire and burglars, ‘Lhis would give in itself 800 kiuare feot, or nearly four timon that offored by the Zimes. ITo placed at tho disposal of the county n Landsomo room, 25x50 foet, a8 an ox— amining room ; another room 20x40; and two smaller rooms ench 16x20 ; a fifth 15x28, making n tutal of 3,118 square feot. Ench of theso rooms kind vaults, whoso capacity, together with thot in tho Lasement, is_1,256 ¥quare feol of firo and burglur proof vaulting, Not ono momber of the Board of Commissioners thought proper to ex- wmine these rooms, for which Dir. Schlocssor awked only £3,000, or half tho sum roquired by the Times. And yot the Commitico proposod Lo laand over the coutract to Mr. Storey, to seouro Lii “ influouco.” ¢ Thero is no gront dangor of this littlo job renching a succeesful cousummation. An out- raged commnunity ure propared to take legul stops to provent it, M. Hogue hns suceeeded in muk- Ingg the matter publie by culling for dingrams of all'the rooms oifored, togethor with u stutoment by the Recorder of his actual neods, —Mr, Hos- ing's littlo coup seems destined to fail, '"LON, THE BXP Six Thonsand Visitors to the Great snow YestordayesEverything Work- sug Smoothly == A Large 25-cent Crowd Expoctod 'To-Dauy. After the immouso altondanco nb the Exposi- {ion on Thursduy, the publlo took a rest yester- day, and there woro not a million or two of yisitors, though there wore six or woven thou~ aund, including not n fow from the country. Everything wout off smoothly, aud the intorest was in nowlso nbated cumpared with ather duys. 'Tho musio war good s usual, the foun- Saiu mont forth it Jots of wilvery spray, tho pio- furos in tho art gallory looked “an wall as over, tho candy, waling-meohine, sodi-wator, and ullnrm-hu{l departmonts wero Ilvgly, and the undertakors iunl tombstono-makers’ Wares weye nd solomn. BAYG E WiLCoX & cum uuwmuqmcnmui attracted tho usual sbare of attontion, anc the Indios oxpulistod on ity slmplicity of consiruc- Hlon, it quiotaess of operation, itk non-linbility 10 minw stitehes or broal the thrond ; on its uring but ono throsd and hienco cauning no spooling or buthor with » sluttlo, aud ou the sow belry; antonmtieally fantoned by the machino, Thoy likowiso admirod o ohorry wilke dross with Inco overslirt and a heautitul braided handkorehiof- ceaso_mnde without tha ko of o hand-noedlo, 'Tho Ineo ovorskirt 1s just ag it loft tho machino, not having boou laundvied, Thoso articlos nro ronlly trinmphs of art and should be seon by ovory lady visitor, ANONG THE VIBITORS wora an inatnllmont of twonty of tho fnmates of the Home for the Friendless, Tho maungoment axtonded fo the institution the courtinios of the Lnilding, lotiing tho rnnr folks in freo, which wasn good and noblo thing to do, Olhor fn- stalinents will attoud day by day, until nli the vmntes liave seen and ‘wondored. Uhoro are other charitable Institutions fo whick tho snmo courteny will probably 1o oxtendad. TO-D. ¥ 4 MUSIO, This js a half-prico day,—256 conts o hond,— andan immensa erowd may bo oxpoctod if the day I8 fino, Following is the musical pro- grammo 1, Mareh~'' King 2, Potpaurrd from i Overture—* Rosamundeo 4, Andanto aud mazirks G, Beleetions fram ** At @, Waltzen—Thermen 7. Overtura—*Tho Tl #, Prelndo from It Lombardi», 0, Qalop—* Whirlwlnd *...... EVENING, 1, March—“Thalia ", ...... 2, Selectiona from * 11 Poliuto 3, Overluro—* Zanotta .., .. 4. Waltzen—* Morning Journni 5, Totpourrd from Satnuolln ™, 6. Rumanza from “ Lurline* (s 7. Overture— Manielin®, ., 8, Selection—* La Damo Blanchio . o 0, alop—"Balson ..., .vuvievs 2ZikoiT Conduetor—Flodanrd Hoffmann, Donizettt Auher rines Dalfo laco Anber eldies THE COURT-HOUSE PLANS. Special Meeting of the Common Council Last Evening. Final Discnssion of the Three Premium Court-House Plans, Tilley’s Plan Adopied by a Voie of 20 to 19, Tho Council held & apeeial mooting yostordny ovening, in ordor to settle tho Court-llouso plaus. Tho Acting Mayor was in tho ohnir, and oll the Aldermon woro prosont excopt Ogdon. Ald, MeAvoy offered the following ¢ Jteaolted, That the Muyor bo requented to causa tho thireo pluns of tho Cily 1all and Court-Houge, huug i tho Council chamber, to bo hung in the gallery of o Lixpositfon” bulldinfg for tho purposo of dusoc- jon, It was adopted. 2 ‘Tho question was on Ald. MeGratl's amend- ment to substitute Mntz's plan for Tilloy’s,which was mado somo weok's ago. Ald. Richardsou moved the Chair appoint o conimultoo of three, ono from each division, to confer with o similar committoe of the Board of County Commissioners in rogard to selecting o Court-House plan. Ald. Woodmian apposed the motion, proferring tomeot and settle the question. 1o found no change in public sontiment in tho desiro for Til- loy's plan. Nino business-men out of ten wero for Eureka,and, sinco thoy paid tho taxes, Lie de- forred to their judgment, though not proforrin it himself altogother, On 'Chango, out of 20 auly two opposed Lurcka, Many know nothing about tho plans, but thoy wanted to try Tilloy. Thoy had to foot the vills, and ko bo should lot thom have thelr way. Ald. Lengnacher was surprised that Ald, Wood- mau bnd chiunged 5o greatly, for only o fow diys befora bio favored the Gay plan strongly, Ald. Woodman wantod to know which plan Alll. Lougachor voled for first. That gentloman stated ho believed Matz's tho bost, and voted for it, but, since it bnd no chanvo, he voted for Gay. All. Woodman oxplained further that he himsolf would build uceording to Gay's play, but bo yielded 1o tho tax-puyers, AMd. Lengacher still thought tho chango duo tosome uuesplained iutluence, The Board of Tratde was not the body to decide about plans, *Ald. Powell moved the previous question, be- ing disgusted with so much talking, aud sceing that another night was beiok wasted on it. After eome talk, he withdraw it, Ald. Schaffner favored Ald. Richardson's amendment. Matters were st a deadlock, and everybody was sick of the businoes, Ald, McGenniss opposed the Lation,since it wae merely for delay, ond sioce nive tax- payers out of ten favored Tilley's plan, Ald. Sherwood rawed the point that Richard- son's resolution was out of order, ‘The Chair enstained the point. Ald. Richardeon renowed his point that tha Council had already adopted plan, and wanted the views of the Chnir on that point, Tho Chair was of tho opinion no binding ne- tiondind been had, Ald, Richardeon appenled from that decluion, e appenl wos discunsed ab Tongtl, Ald, Woodman, Lo end the diseussion, moved to reconsider (he vole by which the Gay plan was adopted, if it had been, 1t was ruled out of ordor. Ald, Brend moved thut the Tnvestigating Com- mittea look into tho mutives of Lie Aldermen ‘who voted for the Tilloy plan. “I'he docivion of the Chair was sustalned—yens, 21; nays, 17—as follows: Yeas—Iowen, Dixon, Warren, McQinness, Cooyy Silwell, Rione, Pickering, Cloves, Hailog, Powells O'Bries, Clark, “Kehoe, * Heath, Miner, Sherwoods Moore, Gleveland, Woodiman, aud Gorcoran—.t, Nays—ichnrdnon, McAvoy, ‘Uricoy, Schintz, Cul- Terton, McClowry, Sweet, Qitirk, MeGth, Keklnrdt, Blaut, Malir, Lengachor, Sebafier, Carney, Cannon, aud Brand—i7, Ald. Sidwell moved the provious quostion on peuam§ quiestious, Al SleGrath rove to a privileged question. Tho Chair ruled it not in order, Ald. McGrath wanted to kuow if the Obair wonld vote on evory question, and then exercise the veto powor aftérward, "The Chair £aid Lhat did not concern him. 'hio provious question was ordercd—yens 22, BBXH 16, Id. McGrath's motion to adopt Matz' plan iy lost—yean 14, nays 25, Tho yous were—McAvoy, Tracoy, Schmitz, Cullerton, McClowry, O'Brien, Mudmlh, Tck= hardt, Sweot, Makr, Lougacher, Carney, Crunon, aud Brand, I'he next motion was Ald. MeAvoy's substituto to reter the whole matter back to'a Joint Com- mitteo of the Council und County Commission- ory to relect n plan out of tho wliolo forty-nine. 1t was lost—yeas, 17 ; nays, 22—ns follows : Avoy, Trucoy, Bebmitz, Cul lerton, irien, Sweut, Quirk, Me- Grath, X t, 'Mabr, Lengacher, Caunon, Ogdeat, a “Nays—Dowen, Warren, McGenniss , Dizon, Cocy, 3 ickeriing, Bafloy, Powell, Bond, Olurly, Kehoe, ‘Teath, Miner, Shurwood, Moore, Olevelund, Woodinan, Corcoran, Behafiner, aid Curnéy—3, Ald. Richardson, when his name wae celled, said o man told him that Tilloy had pmb up £or him two buildings which tell down of their own woight, Lind givon fulso cortificates to build- ers, uud was gonorally un unfit _man, Turther investigation zcemed to show b was true. Anothor man told him Tilley had copy- vigbted lia plan, und Tilloy rofused £ suy whetle or ho lmd or not. Tho result was, if Lis plan was _adopted, io would have to bo tukon as tho architect, Ald, Coey said Mr, Tilley had no business to suporintond the building, "The plan bolonged to tho city. It mado no differeuco whother it was copsrighted or not, ‘Pl Chair thougght tho copsright amounted to nothing, oxcept slopping duplicating lns plans, Ald, Copy cared nothing about Mr, Tilloy, Noue of thoe plans could be bullt after without altoration, und they could adopt Tilley's plan without taking hiu, Al MoGrath, whon his name was ealled, again arguod the poiut {but the Acting-Mayor nd uo riglit to voto, ‘Fho following reeolution then came up ; Resolved, Whut tho plan known an “Bureka," or nwber (8) five, i the colleetion submittod for Conrl- dlousound City Hall, be, und s liereby, selected and udopted an the pln ufter which to bulld ' such Court- House and Clty Hall (the Buard of Commissionors of Cook County conenrring), subject to such chaugo and modifications as mny horontter bo determlued upon by thio Common Counell of tha City of Ghicago wnd tha County Loard ; Fravided, tho erflmato of tho srchiteet o Hm presetited uald plus 46 10 tho cost of constzuc- tion ahall bo verified, i It was adopted—yens, 207 unys, 10—nps fol- ow, Yeas—Dowen, Dixon, Warron, McGeunlss, Cooy, stdwell, Btone, Plekering, Batloy, Powoll, Bond, Clurky Kehoe, Heath, Mincy, Sherwood, Moors, Clevelund] Woodman, Corcorun—2 Nays—Htiehsrison voy, Tracey, Hehmitz, Oul- Yortun, McGlowry, Glowry, O'frien, Hweet, Quirk, Moo Qrnl ard,’ Stout, Suhr, Lengachor, Bebuitnor, Curno) o, Brund—19, o Chnir announced the following s tho Bpocinl Commities ruited at the roquest of Ald. MeCirath to itvostigato cortain oharyos mndo by tho papors ngainst himwolf aud other Aldermen : It Is Ald, McQonnles, Dixon, MeOlowry, Blor- wood, al HehwiTner, Ald. f\lcCl(n\\'l‘fl dectined to sorve, T'ho Councll then adjourned, WASHINGTON. Government and Trade. Grant, Boutwell & Co. on the Suspen- sion of Political Economy. Trath *Cosmopolitan, but Not Na-~ tional.” Notes on Passing Faces. From Our Own Correspontdent, WAmIINGTON, Oct, 4, 187, 1t ia rofreshing, if not vory profitable, to soo what the politicinus have beeri dofug for us in anticipntion of the Inte stringency and alarm, TOUTWELL A8 SIR ORACLE. Mr. Boutwell has beon President Grant's Midas for about four yoars. In hia report to Bpoaker Dlnine, dated Dec. 2, 1873, ho wroto four full pnges on the currency and oxchango. o stated the obstrcle of the dny as follows : % Tho cireulation of each banl is fixed arbi- trarily by o rule of lnw. 'Tho aggregato circuln- tlon is, thorefore, u fixed sum, aud consequontly thoro is practically no reserve to moot the in- cronsed domand for money duo occasionnlly to oxtraordinaty ovents at homo or abrond, and arising periodicnlly with the incoming of tho liar- vest. The old Btate-bank systom 5 somelimos commonded for the quality tormed elasticity ; but that quality, as fonnd in that systom, was tho principal source of financial diynstor, Undor that system, in the abseuco of s present demand for coin, thore was practically no limit to tho is- suo of paper currency, . , . ILcnn nover bo wise to allow banks or parties who havoe pecu- niary interests at stako to incrense or diminish the volume of curroucy in the country at their ploasuro.” NMr. Boutwoll then gives up the conundrum ¢ “ Nordo I[oven 1] findin tho condition of things a law or tule on which we can safoly ro- Iy Thero is, indeed, no proposition beforo tho country, oxcopt that long ndvocated by Ioraco Grooley, Johu Lynel, and others, to make our ‘bonds convortiblo into currency at will, and the currency boundless as the bonds,—interest only being the check upon on excessive application for currency. THE TRADE-DOLLAR AND EXOHANGE, Groat expectations nro entertained of the puissanco of our now trado-dollar,—tho Spanish and Mexienu silver picco Yaukeoized,—to make Now York the seat of exchange for the globo, jnutend cf Lombnrd strect. Richardson alrondy anpoars with & recommendation to begin quot- ing foroign exchange from our standard, with tha cent for the doviation, instoad of fractions of the pound, florin, and thaler. Evon Gen. Grant hos boon wriling osercises on exchango ; and the Naiional Republican, in n donble- lended annouucemont, snid, last Friday, that # Ho oxpressed tho opinion that tho morchanis and solid business-men of the country would tako ndvantago of the low rato of oxchange now provailing in tho managoment of Lhoir full busi- nosg-transnctions.” 1low could a morchant do this when thero wus no eurrency Lo do it with ? Mr. Boutwotl alludes to this important subject in his last report only by saying that, *If our aunual ournings s vensol-owners wero £80,000,- 000 instend of £30,000,000, the differcnce in the amount of oxchanga availuble abrond would mmeot u largo purt of the adverso balaunco in or- dinary yonrs," 'Fhis is another romarlk from the owl. "T'ho bill of exchange—that most modern of contrivances to show intoruntional confidenco and substituto faith for freights—took its origin in the persceutions of Jews, who dared not send thoeir gold over the highways of medieval aml ‘most Christinn Europe, but oschanged mmongst each other their writton obligations, Is eivili- zation, in some of its highest attainmonts, Jow- ieh or Christian ? Is it, at its best, as Ioths- child makes {t, or as Henry Clows makes it? A bill of exchango takes its value fram its nogo~ tiability, and this it dorives from tha positive, unfottered promise ou its faco, to pay without any_ conditious. Whon tho Urosidout, upon barren condition of tho curroucy, congratulates the merchants on thoir opportunity buy ox- change, he forgots o law in finance, *That, tho mwioto bills of exchnngo, the less rolatively is tho eurrency; the fewer bills of exchango, tho moro plenty, relatively, is money.” It is well enough, however, for the Iresidont to go wrong, for his Into Seerotary solomnly nn- nouncod, in his reports, that, ** For the purposes of govornment, tho principles of political acono- my aro national, aud_not cosmopolitan.” Tho samo muy bo #nid of iho luw of gravity under somio kitids of governmont, 88, for oxample, & nution of drunkards might appesr to themyolvos to Lo il falling upwards. THIS IANIC VREDICTED, Mr. Boutwell, in 1872, discussed the prosont cxinin approhiousively o unwittingly, by snying: # Qur problem is to find a way of increasing the eurrency for moving the crops, aud diminishing it ut onco when that work i dono, This is a necosnnry work,” ko adds, “‘and cannot be con- fided to tho banks, but io the 'Lrousury Dep ment.” Instend of answoring his own quostion, Mr, Boutwell thon says that high pro- toction, moro American whipping, and mora transportatian between the fiolds of produce and the ports, added to ‘n sturdy ro- fusal to add to the paper in circulation,” will bring about specie-paymonts through * such nntural eauses,” ‘Fhrus” unnntural cruses ono would think our Groton financiers meant. In slort, wo are to elevato oursolves by the straps of our boots, over successive torraces of panio, to tho golden tabla-lnd. OUL CONDITION AS TO CURRENCY, Ninoteon-hundred-odd banks, which own above 400,000,000 in United States bonds, have, say, £400,000,000 of baul-notes thorofor, and do a ‘Dusiness of 870,000,000, 'To this add £400,000,- 000 of United Stutes logal-tondor nates and frac- tionnl currency, ‘l'otal mouey available in ox- trewmity, £800,000,000. I put the ubovo paragraph out {o the memory ta hold on to. In 1870 the above total was 270,000,000, aud at that timo every inhubitunt—mun, womau, and ehild—would havo recoived, upon a division of the abovo cireulation per caplta, sbout 820,60 apiceo, This would have heen moro than o dis- tribution of the samo kiud wauld have ufforded in Great Britain by &1 per head; loss than in Franco by &6 per hend. The bank-viveu- Intion of Frauco is only $952,000,0005 of Great Dritain, £1900,000,000. But we have anly 340,000,000 of gold iu elrculation, whilo Qreat Britain had #400,000,000, nnd Frauco 700,000,000, 'L'nke all that we can circulato, und all that thowo nations can circulato, whothor bank-noten m'ntmcla, and wo have, ns I have unid above, 790,000,060 ; Groat Britain, $690,- 000,000 ; and France, $052,000,000, If all our computed wealth of property were put in_a pile of money, we should have §2.62 to every 2100 in tho pile; which in a vory Jurgo vroportion of money In hand,—much largor than eithor nation named above. But to tho above total, if woadd bank-cortifi- ontos, Bacurition, oto., which,to somo estont, per- form the funetions of muney, wo huvoen curroncy eoffcetivo on ocensions to {lio hight of nearly £000,000,000, omitting deposits. In the year1860, Just before the War and the Nationnl Banks bo- Ran, wo had i tho conntry2200,000,000 of specio and less than 8210,000,000 of bank cirenlation. Mr, Boutwoll's statement of Loo much * elusticl- ty" to tho Sinte bunks would hurdly appesr to bo true in ylow of this modorate elreulntion, We thon lind about §14 u picco all round of circulnt- lllir medium, or losn by 86,50 than nowndnys, Por all this cireylutlon, the ks puy the Gov- ernmont in tnxes 218,333,000 a yoar, If they ean ioud thoir monoy at tho nsunl porcentngo, thoy cun earn upon thoir curroncy nlone s 360,000,000 at 10 por cent) £30,000,000, und, bosides, recolve upon their Londs not 1ess than £20,000,000, They admit Lo hnyo made, in the yonr 1872, net earn= Blfiumbwf £86,600,000 wpon » L:npllul_ of gl60,- i 0 . o wholo subject Is mixed by tho varloty of national money, and the powar of {he banls over politics aud ‘Urensury ofiicinls, T will give AN INHTANCE? The ofhor day, I mot the («'om}nru]lor of the COurroncy in tho strogt, and aslked him the situa- tlon. Ho apoke cardially und fully, s atways, and, amongst other thingy, told mo of u lato communiceation in tho Now York Z%mes, which ho distingnished as romarkable," whorein communicant wrota that cortain Aorman Lsukory had visited Amorien to soo for themsolyes the prospocts of tho Northorn Paciflo Raitrand ; thut hoy hud roturnod und made an olaborate report $o tho otfect that the Huanucial -bucklug of the anid rond was nltogother hmdn?xmlux and that this roport hiad been suppressed by Jay Coolo & Co, ““The writor," sald Mr, Kuox, " apponrs to bo wol!.pantud. and you hind botter hunt up the pnpior, ! }«lld nothing about it olthor way, but related all that I ramombored vital of tho converantion to nomo telegraphlo correspondonts, for Ilml‘r uso, ‘Tho noxt timo I went intothe Comptrollor's room, ho Lrled tho docp ofllelal )‘wnl on_mne, beeniwo, ow_ ho oxplained, MMr Henry 1. Caoko hal beon inconsed, and becauso, In the repart, Mr, Knox had nppearod as nuthonti- enting out of his own mouth tho Y'imes' lettor roforred to, The deop oflielnl poal {n lost on mo, T took tho improssion ns ib was glven, and tho publie got tho main point: But what inlluonco should Honry D. Cooko have had upon the Comptrollor of the Currency in this small mat- tor, whon ho had closed hik bank upon a tola- graphio roport of Jay Cooko & Co's, Busponsion, ind lockod up dopositors thore,—as if o National Bank wns no moro than a privato wild-cat bank- ing-honse, Tho reason nowspnper-mon tnke tho bull by tho horns is, tbnt Comptrollors of ‘the Curroncy do not_do their full moral duty, Mr, Hulburd, Kunox's ll)mducuunor, know full - well that Iloury D. GCooke's Cnshier gob DIaymnster I‘I\lmlnfi into ovorlasting disgraco by manipulating the pay- monoys into a tottoring banlk, and thon drawing upon the decroplt bauk for the First Natioual's balanco. Who oo drew that fact out in aid of n rumed man's good namo but the press? In Mlito monuor, Henry D, Cooko 18 no Buch wondoer of probity that tho Cnm!)tmllor of tho Curroncy need raiso tho doop oflicial pealon mo, Tho fact i, that tho best of our socond-grado office- holders aro o #o: of moral cowards, and ought to prosido at thoir burenu in poiticonts, ‘Then thotr voicos would bo less liko old women's, THE NEXT INSTANCE, When Mr. Boutwoll was Boorotary of the Troas- ury, Iast Soptombor, ho rolensed, on tho opplieation of Bill Mann, Simon Camoron, and othor politiclans who differ from him In having no disguiscs, soveral millionsof dollars, in order_to male monoy fentiful so n6to carry tho Ponnsylvania and hio oloctions, ‘This was n foul outrago on the right of indopondont suffrago,—a contomptibla intorforonce of ‘s Trossury politician with the course of evonts. But, whon thore is n cry, in a few months, to rolenso a part of the lognl-tonder resorves, to movo the crops and eavo a pavic, Grant and his boy Babcock respond that they cannot violate their constitution. Richardson also says it con- not be dono, Thon they ought to bo impeaohod for their tormor conduct. @oL, Tn all Amorica, our great array of- currency ls offsot by less than §150,000,000 of coin,—$00,~ 000,000 losk than we possossod in 1800, No won- dor that littlo Canada and big England aro push- ing in with their gold. THE GOVERNMENT AT THE BALLY-PORT, A lobbyist suid to me to-dny: s e “\What would you bot that” Congress this win- tor does not gpuarantece tho Northorn Pacifie bonds ¢ My reply was not delayed: * What will you bot that, if that ovont happons, wsoveral Con- grosamon will ot o hangad 2 It was the expoctation of Jay Cooke, Co., nnd cohort, that {ho Government wonld guaranteo tho payment of tho bonded interest of tho Northorn Pacific Railrond. This iden was uover dismissod. It was vaguely hintod as o nonr cor- tainty to many an lnvestor. It was discuss- ed by Jn{ Cooko and his lobbyists, Chaud- lor and Wilkeson, Yot, for springing it a3 _an_ item of mows promaturely, H. D. Cooke threatened to sue sovor newspapers, These tradors in the honor of Con- gross mado libol of the revealment of their in- fontions ! What, then, was the par value in Lionor of their intontious ? FANT, BMOOT, AND 8UIT. Three monosyliables express throe orders of culprit foy: Fant, Smoot, Buit, Thoy aro all bold gamboliors in tho articlo of groat ox- iu-clal.lnuu, all protendorss Lo be financiors, aud, bolieve, all natives of the Distriet of Columbiu. Hult nnd Smoot enmo _from Prince George's County, just ovor tho District line, They aro nbout 8 years of old apieco. Suit graduated a whisky-distiller at Louisville, and branded his Bourbon with the National Capitol edifice, Ilo roturned to the District in timo to put into con- dition 8 _great tract of poor land, nnd plant » vineyard there, and invito tho High Joiut Com- mispion to a fox-chase, and then fo got into n quarrel with Bmoot. Lsquire Smoot had been brought up by hand by the Hon. James liarlsn, on Indian Agencies and othor luxuries of the loyal market, Ho concluded to Do a great rafl- rond-magnato, aud Iny a rond from the Cpital- town to Point, Lookont, recoiving therefor coun- ty bonds ; and, of course, ho would como to Con- gross from Itepublicuized, or, ns they call it whon they carry s connty, * Free Maryland.” The strife betwoon Buit and Smoot, both competitors for thoso couniy-bonds, was drend- ful. Bmaok trinmphed, and Fant cscapod kil contractors’ drafts, 'Thoso drafts burst over tho hend of Smoot, struck Fant, and brole his bank. Two of the monosyllablos were speachless, Suit calmly gazed down from his sandy hill-tops, and continued to grade the Daltimore & Ohio Rail- road down to Qiceboro Point. THE FREE METHODISTS. Scaston of U % Confercncess Appoint s and Statistics. Tho Illinois Couforence of the Freo Motho- Qists, which commenced its session at Winne- Dbago, 11, on tho 1st inst., adjourncd on tho Gth. The following sppointments woro made : APPOINTMENTS. Tox Tiven DIsTiioT—L. Bailoy, Chafrman ; Mor- Chicago, . G, Torrill; Wheaton, to bosup- wirora, 4. M, Y, Smith ; St Obiarles, Junes M. in wid Clintonville, N, E, Parks { Todi and Blackberry, Auson_ Btedwell § Crystal Luko, Dillon Py aker ; Marengo, M. L. Vorheles; Lelvidere, C, W. Frink! T, Bulloy, Fditor of the Free Methout, WikCoNMIN Disriicr—D. M, inclair, Chnlrmang Whitewater, D, M, Sincleir s Deanville' and Plorce vilie “Taving ;. Beaver Dum and Berlin, to o sy plied ; Plattoville, New Diggingy, und Dig Patels, 5, A, Gllley'; Portage Uity nd Fort Winuebago, W, 4, No- Bies Maguotia, 3, W, Cain, CrNTrAL DisTiioT—J, Travis, Ohnirman ; Ashton, J, Thaxter; Galvaand Kowanee, W, W, Kelley ; Atkin-. eon, Manlius, and Bhefleld, ©, E, Hurronn, dr,; Free- port and Leun, L. Whitnoy; Suvannal, Thotss Vi pond ; Winnebnyo, 0, E, Inrroun, Jucksouyille und Whitehull, W, ¥, Manloy, Towa DisTiior—J, Travis, Chadrman; DowWitt, O, P. Miller; Otter Creck, ‘T, . Arnold, oue ta Lo supplied ; Watorloo, J, W. Dalio : Sioux City Mission, to b sup- Talrficld and Hirmoghmn, A, . Groeno; Sa- ina alid M, Zion, 3. Buss ; Whifo Ouk, A, P. Goodo 3 Tilakesburg, W, O, Thompson ; Beur Grove aud Atlau~ tie, to bu aupplied. Qar. pliey BTATISTICH, Tronchors, 81; members, 1,846, Binco the Canferonco was organized, in' 1861, thore Vs boon organized out of it threo Conforences, viz : I'he Michigan, tho Kausas and Missouri, and the Minnesotn. Ono year ago these Conforences hiad an aggregate wembership of G0 preachers sud 2,046 membors, ‘I'ho denomination Ting o total mombership of 175 trayoliug proachiors, and about 8,000 mem- bors. Tho Free Methodlst, the organ of tho de- nowmination, has a eiroulation of 8,300, or a frac- tion of moro than one copy for overy threo mombors, ‘I'wo sominaries are in activo opern- tion,—ono at North Chili, N. Y., aud_tha atber at Spring Arbor, Mich. ; und a subscription is m circulntion to build anothor near Elgin in this Btate. 7, GO, N S, Mr. Groeloy nnd fre Lincoln, A correspondent of the Nation sonds to that gmmml u lotter writton by thelata Mr, Grealoy, ntrodueing it an follows ; “ Parning over somo old lotters the ather day, I camo upon ono from Mr. Greoloy, which llnstrates his rofations toMr. Liucoln and his Adminigtration. I simply premise that Count Qasparin had sont to my enro an nfipnul for the sonomination of Mr, Lincolu on the gronud of the moral support which his re-oleetion wonld glve to our causo in Burope, This plea I sont fo Mr. Groelay, with tho roquont that he would publish it in the Z'ribune, and Lrocoived tho following roply. ‘Tho italics aro Mr. Grocley's : *** NEW Yorxk, April 0, 1864, i)y Deanfin: Lsoo that thoso who kuow lonst about the wn[y things aro managed at Washington want My, Lincoln ronominated, and I prosumo thoy will havo their way, 1 match their judgmont with that of Congrons, whareof not one-third of tho Unlonists desire Mr, Lincoln's ronomination, and not hal? can e constrained to scom to appose it, oven by the terrors of popular roprobation. Count Queparin, 8,500 niites sway, {8 unturally evon mora_deolded and zealous than Connecticut wero lio 10,000 milos sway, ho would bo atill more Ko, “¢am not necustomed to allow majorities to dictate my epinions; it I wore, I should bo smong the new convorts to abolition, and slinro their choico for I'ropldent, Dut having goon and_felt too much during thoe lnst threo muournful yoars, it seoms wmy duty to favor the nomination of somo one who will not go through Baltimoro in disguise and darkness whon ho goos to bo innugurated, and who will onuso tho Mayor and Young Ohristians of that ity to be kicked out of the While ilouso whenover thoy shull dure propose that troops bo forbiddon to eross tho torvitory of Maryland to defond the Fodoral motropolis, 1ud tho threo firat Qonerals that provod troachorous or cowardly been shot on sight thereuflor, wo should Jong since have scon the ond of the Tobolllon, tays yours, wiEGHGE O ALONG THE N. P. The Conl-Ficlds on tho Sweelhrior--What Lffect Thoy Will avo upon the Rond. Unpleasant Position of the Settlers an the ¥ Great Trothermal.” Relations of the Railroad with Jay Cooke. : Unpaublished Notes of the Yellow- stone Expedition, Spectal Correxpondence of The Chicago Tribuno, Fonr A. LiNcowy, Dakota, Sept, 80, 1873, Altuougl on ihe opposite (or south) side of tho Misgourl Rivor, Fort Abraham Lincoln may proporly bo considered the wostorn terminus of the Northern Pacific Rond. Dismarcl lios two milos from the river, snd four miloa from tho Fort; but the Company bins continued its track to tho forry-landing opposlte. It is only s servico track, tomporarily constructed, and no dopot- bulldings or tranefor platforms have yob beon built. If—nnd thereby Liangs a talo—tne North- orn Pacific Company ever continues tho con- struction of its lino west, a bridge will have to bo erected across the Missourl River to land on tho south sido, sbout a mile above Fort Lincoln. It is not my business to anticipate the romanco of that talo; 1t will nudoubtedly bo’ of tho New York ZLedger kind,—continued through mauy weary chaptors. Justnow tho managers of tho Northorn Pacific ara excoodingly anxions to got their line across tho Missouri River, o s to rench the coal-flolds which are roprosented to orop out 26 miles wost of Fort Lincoln, A fow days PREVIOUS TO TIIE COLLAPSE of Jay Cooke & Co., tho Northern Pacific Com- peny bad fully resolved upon construeting this 26 miles before tho winter set in; and then, with an ice-bridgo nerosa the Missourk River, open and work the conl-beds, to supply not only tho wanta of tho Company, but the peoplo of Bismarck, and the intervening country as far cnst R8 Brainord, Gon. Tossor, Engincer in charge of tho west end of the North- om Pacific, informs me that no ef- fort will be made this fall to build tho proposed oxtonsion. This decislon falls heavily upon many ox-contractors and laboring men, who, following the fortunca of the road, hnd renched and remained at Bismarck for the express purposo of goulngil employment to en- able them to tide over the approuching win ter. Theso COAL-FIELDS arositunted noar u httlo stream called Sweet- briors The prospecting which resultod in thoir discovory is claimed to bave boon dono by citi- zoun ; but tho Northern Pacifioc Company onrly pushod its survey so as to include thom. The sitizons ot up the uaual “stakes of discovery,” a8 roquired by tho Congressional mining act, aud declare their intention to fight the North- orn Pgcific Company for right of posses- sion, Gen. Iosser “gives it ad his opinion thint tho minos are inexhaustible, and pronouuces the quality good. Engincers, howevor, aro not goologits, 1 romember o good fokont tho espense of Gen, Dodgo, of Iows, Eugineor-in- Chief of the Union Pucific Rond. On reachin, thio Bittor Croek rogion of Wyoming, Carmicha! and his 800 mon went to work on a heavy cut through n butte. When sbout half-way throngh, they struck a conl-mine, The ory wae raised, and overybody rojoiced, for timber is vory scarco {u that country, Specimens were brought out and ignited; Gov. Dodge was notified ; ho know it was conl of the finest quality ; Cagoment and Carmichaol hog‘nu to_quarrel about ownorship ; Dodgo set up hie trident, and longitnd-ed the drift exactly on tho nlternate sootion of land which® would accrue to the TUnion DPacifie; nnd — threo days afterward, it o man _eaid “Conl”™ to Dodgo or Garmichaol, Lo was in danger of becoming cold. The drift was simply sliale improguated with asphaltum, and of no valuo whatever. I sincorely liopo that Gon, Rosser's mino will pan out battor than did Gen, Dodgo's. Yet I lave my doubte.* Capt. L., of tho Twalfth Infantry, told me * the bost spocumons of the Sweotbrior drift appeared to be an {nferior quulity of brtu- minous conl,” I8 judgment iy worth some- thing, as for many ienm he haa been stationod on the frontior, snd has u:{mrhlmuled o great deanl with Territorint coal. Drof. Nettro, Geolo- ist to the Yollowstone Expedition, told mo thub in many places Lo doteotod tho prosonce of lignites, but would not say that lio considered thoe conl-fields of Dakota ag valuabla as nhud boon roprosented. And yeb 1 ought to addhoro thattho militery officors nlw:e'a lzughod at the montion of Notfre's namo, Ono of thom eaid Nettro nover was half-a-milo from the military column at any timo during the trip; ho was too afraid of losing hix sealp, Novortheless, I have a good opinion of Nettre's professional sbility, and huvoe no doubt ho will muke o_voluminous report, If Do enrus his salary, ho will, In this conuection, 1 desiro to relato A LITTLE CIRCUMSTANCE : Prof, —, with o corps of sciontiflo nuxili- aries, for some timo hay boou rouming up and down tho Larritoriesy with the objects of estab- lishing longitudes, aud classifying thoir goologi- enl, minoralogical, sud agricultural resources, ‘Tho Mormous uve s museum in Salt Lako City, and it is tho finest in tho country. Not long ago I was fonsting my oyos on tlio srchoologica), etrified, nns animal curiositios in tho Klammn Musoum. Prof. Bear, tho Superin- tendout, took o deup intorgst in oxplaining to mo the benuties of n cortain enso of specimony which he snid had been contributed to tho museum by Mormon missionaries to the Saud- wich Islands. Prof. — cutored, Ilo admired tho musoum, and got interested in tho aforesaid case. Laying his band on a large piceo of coral whose interstices were filled withs lava, ho inquired the prico. + Not for sule,” said Prof. Benr. #But Iam Prof. ——, of tho United States explorors ; must have it for tho Government.” Tienr, baing only o Mormon, wilted heforo th mlguflu name of “the Government,” snd ro- plied : “ Well, if you must, say §40," It was purchased, and so wore other apecl- mons, Prof. — never onco inqllirmg their history, 8o, to-dny, tho Bmithsonian Institu~ tion probably bas o dozen voleanio aud potrified spocimens from the Handwich Islandg, ~labeled *Bpecimons from Canon, Utah,” WILL IT PAY? On thia subject of conl hingoes a groat deal of the future of the Northorn Taciflc Rond. 'To- dny the Company it bringing its wood from Min- nevotn, If the Sweotbrior vuteroppings loud to any valuablo vein, ono of the groatost obstacles ta'tho successful working of tho road already built hay beon removed, But the Northern Pa~ citie Compuny greatly ovorostimutes the influ- ouce the working of a coal-mino west of tho Mirsouri will Lavo upon tho country east of tho Missourl Rtiver, ‘Tho conl-llelds of Wyo- ming are inoxhaustible, enatly worked, and the quality sudiciently good to warrant’ 1ts use for placksmithy’ purposes, Yot the Uunion Ia- cific © Road has uover mmdo s dol- lar from lhauling that conl enst of Choyenno, Throo yeara ago, tho cilizons of Omnba and Council Bluffs rwse upen masso, and demsuded chaap coal of {ha Union Pacifio Com- pany, Col, O, G, llammond, thon Buperintond- ont of tho Union Pacific, usied all the appliancey of tho road to this ond, Expeneive platforms were orcoted Inthe conl-flolds, and oxira cavs and locomotives wore doyoted exclusively to the nrposo of bringing conl from Wyaming to the roolons rogion oust of Laramio, But tho offort wan o hopeloss fullure, Chicago dealors lald coal down fn Omaha and Council Blufls chieapor than tho Union Peeific Campany could do §t,— not choapor in prico por ton; but, taking into consideration_tho quality, tho consumer soon found thut $20 worth of Ponusylvanin ege- conl was far moro valunble and cum(artn‘ifiu than §20 worth of \Vyuminf soft conl, To-day, conl I8 as cheap in ‘Duluth ns it s in Chicago, I'he Northorn Pucitlo Uumlmuv ean tale up conl from Duluth, and haul it to Dukots, and woll it a4 chenp us it can mine and transport the Bwoot~ brior coul. ~Monco I reason that all tho wind just now boeluss exponded by the Minnosota press avor * the groat revolution which the Northoyn Paciflo Noad I8 going to bring about on the fuol question iy, aftor all, only Wind. The North- orn_Paciflo Company will mako as’ much money by llnvnlnrlnfl tho fmmonao flolds of pont on ity Jands ag it will by developing conl, And now, snotuer word, IFrom Daluth to Moorehond, and from Fargo to Bismarek, thoro iy not & wun, woman, or child who is not IN HOME WAY INTERESTED in the Novthoru DIacitiv Roed, Ilad the line nover penetrated that cotintry, it fa doublful it in fifty {eurs thora wonld have beon half ag many souls in that rogion as thore are now, I know tho oxpanaivencss of our pooplo; Ido not !urqol that thirty yonrs ago there wore thousanda of pooplo wflo holioved Wisconsin and Northiorn Michigan to bo storile roglons ; hiat, ovon ol yoord ago, Tal€ of Nobras n and allof Colorndo and Wyoming wars bolioved to bo worthlesn seotions, Time, “and tho indornit- ablo pluck of tho plongor have shown tho con- trary. Inmy lottors descriptive of the country travorand by tho Northern Pacific Ttosd, I havo at times boon somewhat oritical, but never with n douiro to injure tho propoots,of the road, The truth ls, the building of the Northorn Paolflo Ttoad was . A STUPENDUOUS ¥IAUD in the flrat place: and the poople—the hardy ioncors who cast thoir lob with tho succoss or aflure of tho ontorpriso—felt it tho hoaviest of all. But what can thoydo? Ibave uames and lacos of residonce of mony mon slong the orthorn Pacific who tell mo that nothing in God'a world would keep thom in that country wero they foot-loose; their littlo sll is iuvested in shnnties, lots, atores; they do a business, but it is o businoss which mnkes ovory man_live oft of hia neighbor, Once in & whilo the Northern Paciflo pay-car comes along, and a fow more dol- larg are ndded to the circulating medium, My visit to that rogion was at a tino when, it s man should over bo happy, contonted, and plonacd with himsuelf, it wsa then: in mellow, oldon Soptombor,—tor Boptombor In Minnosota s Octolior fn Lllinols, A bosutiful summer was just foding nway, and Tho Iazy hazo of the Adriatio was aottling down upon the land. If, then, com- pluinings woro hoard on all sides, times wore dull; and pooplo discontonted, why should I not writo such truths ? Tor two years theso people 3 TAVE LIVED ON TIOPE, ond the oxpactation that the reputation and finnacial solidity of tho * Binkora to tho General Gosornmont " would furnisl: tho monoy to push the Northern Prciflc through to Pugot’s Sound. As for theso ploncors, like all plonoors, thoy woro willing to mako & sorifico, to forogo tho comforts of civilization, so that thoy could onrly Lo on the liuo_which was to bear from the ‘Weat to tho Eosst tho wonlth of Asin, A Beandinavian showed mo a circular, {ssued by the Northorn Pucific Compan, i ks own lan- gungo, which ho translated into the most gor- oous imngory ; the cold, barren languago of tho orthman ind beon mado to sparklo and gliston with tho Alnddin-like splondor of tho ‘! Groat Isothormul " route botwoen Asin and Euml»u. To-dny, thoro ia & charm 4n somo sections of the Northorn Paciflc Road. But go thero noxt March, whon the r_sottler or trader hay Jjust emorgod from i ' Lapland hut,"—when, ofter shoking off his dormant, Rip-Van-Winkle oxiuténco, ho looks out on the barren waste,— and nsk him thow, “What of the poesy of tho Pugot Bound ontlos 2™ BELATIONS OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD WITI JAY COOKE. Partios claiming to know the rolations bo- bweon Ty Cooko and the Northern Pucific Roil- rond camgnny sy that the Company do uot owa him s cent ; that they havo a contract with him for tho salo of & cortain amount of bonds; that tho contract {8 not yot fulillled on his part by soma ¥12,000,000 ; that, whon ho complates the contract with thom, they will bo prepared to sottlo with him ; and that, until he doca 50, hio b Ro clims upon them, UNPUBLISHED NOTES OF THE YELLOWSTONE EX- PEDITION. Tho last detachment of the Yellowstoue Expedition arrived hero yostorday, on tho stemmer Josephine. It comprised cight compauics of infantry, under command of Licut.-Col. Bradloy, Brevet-Major- Gonoral of Volunteers, ''his dotachment wont on board the Josephino where tho Expedition crossod tho Yollowstono, sud had a vory hard timo of it befora renching Fort Lincoln. At Glondivo Crack, finding tho stoamer overloaded, Gen. Bradloy was compelled to cacho sixty tons of commisnarice. Think of tho fonst in’ storo for the Indiaus who hung on the flanks of the Expedition, and who probably dug up the pro- visions before the steamer was out of sight. How -old Lo revoled in bacon, and young Lo in sugar ; how tho squaws oxultantly grinned as they saw the huge boxes of hard-tack! But thero wero inuumereblo grosses of baking-roda, What will they do with that? Whon the Expedition rendezvoused at Fort Rico, both tho infantry and cavalry Sutlors mado extongive addition to their stooks. The Intter udded an extra amount of commissary whigky, Aftor boing somo days on tho march, Gon, Stantoy found that the Sutler was issning whisky in too large (}unnfltios, and 80 hio nnlorefi Licut. Rag, oflicor of tho day, to hunt up the whisky and destroy it, which was done. "This circumstanco gavo riso to tho sonsational para- guaply went baske by o corrosporidant, ~that tanloy and Custor had had words, and that the latter bad boon sont to the rour. Gon. Custor positively donies any- thing of tho kind, though ho did thiuk that, as tho Butlor was attached to his command, the or- dor for the spilling of the whisky should have come through him. But the following is ouo of the unpublished notes : ) WITIHIN TWxLVE HOURS after the whisky was spilled on the alkali plain, Liout. Frod Grant becamo disgusted aud loft the expodition, Thero aro vindictive opponents of “tho Government” who put this and that to- gether, and talk sharply. “It's none of my busi- ness to male deductions. Tho ofiicer who told me this snid ho only regretted that he himself was 1ot “a son of the Govornment," 80 ho could havo como back, too. On tho return of the expedition, Gen. Custor, with his cavalry-command, was ordered into winter-quarters “on the bench belaw Fort Lin- colu. At a vast expendituro of money, tho Gov- ernment has planned the erootion of splendid barracks, which will be occupied before cold woather. Although a junior in years, yet Cus- ter outranks Col. Cailin, "Tho latter bad an offer from the War Department of an indepond- ent command at Fort Wadaworth, but ho had comforiably fixed himeelf at Fort Lincoln and deelined, Gen. Custer assures Col. Oarlin that tho two camps shall bo indopendent so far as tho regulations will allow. PuoaroN. —— NEWS PARAGRAPHS. Now York Indies are discarding poodles and tak lg): ta birds, —Tlo total amount of money recoived at tho Proasury for the last Hacal year for dopowit in tho *‘ Conscience Fund " was $25,651.21. —MoLnne's now steamor Sairy Gamp, plying betweon ‘Ft. Garry and Breckouridge, was for somo reason doniod ogross from the British Pos- scesions should sho cross into Johnuy Bulls part of Ted River, . ¢ . —Rumor eays that tho DosMoinoa Valloy Road will not be sold ab the advortisud time, and assigus for o reason that the mouoy pauic has squeozed tho bondhelders of that institution, Porhaps this i 80 ; and thon perhaps it isn't.— DesMoines Ifi}yis!er. —In the Fulton strect prayer-moeting in New York recontly the following lotter was read : Dear Brethren: Pleaso pray for the town of Now Richmond, Clormont County, Ohio, five miles from the birthplace of President Grant. It is frightfully given ovor to the sin of intempor- auco, and wo are trylng to do somathing toward roformation. Do pray for our success, . Yours truly, A SISTER 1N IsRAEL. —I'ho safo of ML 8, Boright, in Bichford, Vt., was foreed by burglars on Wednesday night, and currency, bonds, ole., to tho valuo of from £8,000 to £10,000 wero carriod away, —Tho Bnlt Lako ferald says that thoro resides in that city n ludf-, Just 25 years old, whois about to marry her fifth husband, the othor four being still alive, ‘The flrst one i an American, living in Washington, 1, O.; No, 2, an Ifalian, u\-h:F in Cliicago, 1} No, 8, & native of Switzorland, liviug in Baltimore, Md.; No. 4, & Gorman, ro- siding in the Torritory, aud thg jntendud No. 5 & nativo of olnnd. e " ~0ut of 1,260 men who gulisted in the Eighth llinals Cavalry, bug about 250 are now living, —Of tho children Lyri‘in London mora than twico 08 many are raived to maturity now than wero raised” ono hundred ycara ago. 'Thon moro one-linir died undor the ngo of fivo years; now only about one-quartoer, —A Norwich (Ct.) Iady hns sued & prominent oltizon for £500 datimges for dropping a pioco of lend pipe on her toos, Bho docsn’t proposo to danco to his piping any moro. —Thera is au opportunity for high ‘art in do- tootlve skill on the Canadlan border, A Mr, Johu McKinsich was wanted for the supposed murdor of Mr. Charles It, Glbson at Gowaunda, Iast wintor, but John had flod to Canpda, A BufTalo deteotivo cunningly coaxed him to come and tasto the enjoyments of that city of snnres, and tho guileloss MoKisslelcamo, saw, and was conguored, Yot a pockothook could bo trusted with that deteotive, sud tho mouoy remain un- counted, such are tho cuious phases of human mmgmy. —bBawuel I, Elu{flmlm, of Muskegon, was tha Treasuver of (ho Muskogon Comuittea to do- fond Goorge Vanderpool, and in that eapnoity hired Mr, D, D, lughes, of this city, to cone dnet the defonse, Mr. un;ihas' bill for sorvicos was 8240, Tho nctive talkors in Yandorpool's Dbohalf at Muskegon did not pay anything into the pool, and Mr, ughes suod My, Btophous, and got judgmont for his claim, Now tho resi- dones o Mr, Blophons s advertised for eato on oxeoution to pay the ‘]udi:munt.. 1t s now ro- portad that Vandorpool iy dying with consnmp- lIon,—@rand Rapids Fagle, —A uow railroad is on tho tapls from Quincy to Chicago, whiob, it is claimed, will bo 20 miloy Bhortor than nny othor routo botween the cities, The lino will pass through Mount Bierling, Boardatown, Ohandlervill 6, and Mason City, The ongingora aro now at work in Brown Gounty, and it {n stated that tho bublding of tharond iwn fixod fnot, and thnt tho work of construstion witl commonco al an ocarly day. —Xight, ten, and twolve-dollar certiflod chocks aro uufi in circulation, A bank Prosident in n noighboring city, whose own institution gave chocks * payablo through the Olonting-Houso " . for its own dividends, asked for and recolved roonbnoks for dividonds duo himsoll nt another finnk In tho snmio city.—Boston Adverliser, —A postnl card wag received at Portland, Mo., rocontly, baving s dollar blll sewed on ono_side of_it, and diractly above the bill was writron, T this is stolen, it will bo after it leaves the Kittory Post-Oflico,” ~—\Whila somo of tho Boaton banks aro choor- ful‘}{‘pnylng thoir dividonds to-day in bills ag , othors are issuing what wo should call “gorip dividends,” Wo saw ono for 825, “ payablo ouly through the Boston Oloar- ing-House,” which tho holder hed sot nside for wagos duo his domestie, but now turna it over to his grocer, agrosing to’ draw it out in aum{!lna if it oxcoeds his monthly bill. SBome of our banks are rocolving from thelr customers large amounts of ourronoy doposits, aud thoy, 88 woll a8 the bonks which™ distributo tho samo, will bo duly apprecinted.—Hoston I'ranscriph —Lincoln County, Nob. roposon ta build a now Court-oHuso ab Norih Platte, Tho Union DTacifle Railroad is asgeased In tho county $1,- 200,000, and its machino-shops and other per- sonal ?ro]mrfiy ot $250,000. This comprises four-fiftha of the taxablo wenlth of tho county. The citizons voted to issue bondu to the amount of 280,000 for tho Y“rpm of building a Court- Iouse, and tho railrond company sued out an injunction to provont thom from doing #o. Tha bhearing is ot for Oct. 16, —7Tha Shrevoport Times of Thursdny comes to us in heavy mourning. During the plagia the prosxrlotora of tho papor have continued daily 1ts publication, in apite of tho number of cour- positors who have beon earried off by yollow fovor. Fow can realizo the difficultios that stood in their way, but by pure pluck they havo over- come thom aud givon to distant cities tho story of the plaguo's progress doy by day, Thursday's {nsuo contatiy tho snd tidings of (ho donth of Bir. Oharlns W, Lowis, ouo of the proprietora of tho paper, who remnined a bis post uutil the Inst moment, MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. The So.Called University=0 smionat Sehool ulty, &co Special Corvespondence of The Chicayo Tribune. : ANy Annon, Micl, Oct, 6, 1673, For some timo past,—in fact, sinco the opon. ing of the Univorsity this fall,—quite a number of tho papers of the country, and particularly the Detroit papers, ltave contnined uccounts of ruflianism hore, ¥ It ig but due the reputation of the institution that tha falde improsaion creuted fu the mind of the public by theso rumors should bo chocked, and tho exaggorated statements of * Citizen "— 5 corranpondont Lioro of somo of tha Dotroit pu- pers—shown in their truo light., Two elight *rushes " betweon the Bophomore sud Froshman classes have occurred this year, and in one of these a I'reshman accidentally broke an arm. Also, on three ovenings, severa] mombors of tho abovoclusses have boon * pump- ed ;" and this torm means morely tho wottiag of © hends under the pump. These things wero done with tho most friondly spirit botween tho clagses ; and, beyond theso, notliing whatover Las occur- rod on which to bago tho roports publighed in tho Dotroit papors,—roports of * buoking and gagging " and purposoly maiming Froshmon by Bophomorey, and other *“ntrocitios,” T'ho Faculty havo adopted vigorous measures to supprosy all forms of rowdyism in the Uni- vorsity, and no one conversant with the facts in tho cnso will doubt the salutary effect the pres- ont systom of tho Faculty is Laving on the con- duct of the students, Sovoral changes have oceurred in the Faculty during tho year. During the temporary absenco of Dr. Cheever, bo is succeoded in the Chair of Matorin Medica and Physiology by Prof. Gerisl, of _Bowdoin College. Dr. E. 8. Dunstor, Iato Superintendent of Randall Island Hospital, tukes the position mado vacant by tho rotirement from tho Medical Face ulty o Dr. Bagor. Frank A. Beott, a ¥Yale graduate of 1809, who latoly obtained tho degreo of Ph. D, nt Leipsio, sftor three yoars' study there uud at Berlin, hag sssumed the position of Assistant Professor of Modern Languages. The Law and Medical Departments opened on Woduosday, with a large attendance in ench, WAL W, “ Outrages? in the NG of the Profess Changes in the Fac- Meeting of tho onrd of Regonts. Special Correspondence of T'he Chicago I'ribune. ANN Anuog, Oct, 7, 1873, The Boord of Rogents met at tho President’s offico this ovening, tho following membars bo- ing prosent: Presidont Angell, and Regouts Waltkor, Willard, Gilbert, Burt, fiaterhrnm:, Me- Gowan, Grant, and Rynd. Tho Presidont mnde o, report for tho academic yoar onding Juno 80,1873, 1t was in substsnce 88 follows : Throe resignations from the Faculty had oc- curred, 'Tho whole number of members com- posing tho Faculty was 40; whole uumbor of students, 1,176. The clevation of the standard of admission had doterred many from’entrance,—thus making tho incoming class somewhat smallor than its pre- docosgor, Tho students in attendance represent twonty-nine States and Territories, the Hawniian TIslands and Japan. The number of womon ad- mitted is increasing, and the history of the past year only strengthons the practicability of odu- cating the two mexes togethor. So great hag baen tho success of the movement that nono of the objections against tho admission of women have provon of weight hore. ¥ Three hundred and twenty-ono degroes were confarred duriug tho year, 'The admission of applicatits from cortain High Schools ot the Btate on diplomas has proven salutury. During the year, Prof. Watson has discovered four asteroids,—making in all soventeen discoy- ered by him, The Muscum of Geology, Zoology, and Botany contains 105,000 specimons. Tha finances of the University have consisted of 238,000 appropriated by the Legislatura for building purposes, &o., and, besides, 815,000, the regular annual appropriation, n tux wane voted tho Univegsity of 1-20 of a mill on State - -property, provided it do not smount to £50,000 in ten yonrs. ‘The report was adopted, and ordered printed in the minutes, Tho Cowmitteo on Medical Department wag granted furthor time. A communication from the Denn of tho Med- ieal Faculty was read, asking a loave of absouce for n year to Drs, -Lager aud Cheovar, tot Granted, with the roquest that thoy repor tho Mareh meoting of tho Bourd whether their n‘on‘lccs will be longer extended to the Univer- sity, The Finance Commwittea roported as follows : Totnl receipts, 2124,456,60; total disburse- mouts, §134,468.52, ‘Tho estimatos for the yoar ending June 80, 1874, are: Reooipts, $107,051.71; disburse~ ments, £106,087.60, This estimate is made on tho busis of the 1-20 mill approprintion Leiug. made uvailablo noxt nfil‘hlg. A lotter from Gov, Bagloy waa read, accompa- nying a collection of nincty copics of mednls and s number of medallions ropresenting historical Americon chaynctors, lately presented to the Art Dopartment of the institution, I'he Board rotnrnod thanks to Gov. Bagley for tho gift. Rogont_ Rynd gave notico that, ab tho noxt meoting, ho " would offer & motion providing for highor roquiremonts in tho Modical Department. *rom tho report of tho Librarinn, it appoars that the library bng boen largoly incrensed, The “ Rau Libravy,” prosentod by Philo Parsons, of Dotroit, contains 6,000 volumes and 8,000 pamphlets, 'Tho books of tho entiro library are now catalogued and indoxed, On motion of Rogent McGowan, the applica- tion of F. W, Corbiss for tho Lanorary degree of M. A, was roforrod tothe Committco on Clus- slcs, Dr. A, J. Hamilton, of the Modical Clags of 1809, was grantod o duplicato diplomu, On mniotlon of Rogent Willard, Rogont Me- Gowan wis nppnlmmr to draw np- tho roport of tho Board to be presented to the Buporiutond- ent of Publio Instruation, On motion of Rogont Willard, it wny Resolved, Thut 1o proposition for deqreos be acted upon_ by tho Bourd provious to its submission to the appropriste Faculty of the University, -An approprintion of 250 was granted the Do~ partment of Geovlogy sud Zoology for erysinl models and instraments, ‘I'he roport of Prof. Hlll;inrd in_this doparte ment recommonds that goology and mineralogy beo arranged in the courso of thio Bonior yonr. During the yoar, bonides miucellanoons cons tributions, tlo following additions have boon mado to tho musoum: A colloction of Alnska plauts, of 200 spocion_and 1,000 spoolmens, pro= sontod by Capt, Dall, U, B, N,; and also an ank mal collootion, ‘rruunutml by Prof, Hurrington, ombracing 8,000 wpooion and b,000 ppocimens. Yor thoso_contributions the Bourd roturued thanks to Cn‘]]n. Dall and Prof, Harrington, A rocont addition to_the Art Depurtmont ot the Univorsity is two elogant bronzo siatupe ot the Medicl, seoured in Huropo, [ A