Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 16, 1873, Page 2

Annunl Seéafibn of the Ameri- can Institute. hileresting Infroductory Address by P B Wighty of Chicagos Why Architeots Should Be Friendly to One Another, The Objects of the Imstitute Explained. Semething About Chicago's Court- House-Plan War, Tho Ameriean Instituto of Architecls bogan {ts sovonth annunl session yostorday morning in tho Open-Board room, tn tho roar of tho Chiam- bor of Commiereo building. Tu tho absonco of tho Prosident, Richard Up- ohn, Esq., tho meoting was called {o order by tho Socrotary, Carl Pfeiffer, Isq., who intro- duced . B. Wight, of inis clty, who dolivered this nnnual address, which is substantially ns follows : MR, WIGHT'S ADDRESS, Aftor & warm eulogy of Mr. Upjoln, and of Mr, Boyington, tho Becond Vico-President, ho wolcomed to the mecting and to ita privileges all practicing nrchitects of standing, ovon if not merbers of the Inatitute. A spooial circular was alsoissucd annually to thom,to explainthe nature of the organization. Under this policy tho In- atitute qundrupled in memborship in & fow yoars, and tho policy of holding nnnuel conventions, doubted at first, lnd boon crownod with succoss, Tho Instituto was no exclusive or sectional body. This was o National Convention of Architocts, of which the Instituto wes ouly tho machinory, which was constantly in motion. Itwas econom- jeally adminstercd, and had no salaried ofticers, It oporated for all, and its benefits wero eujoyed by ail alike. 178 OMTEOTS WERE “{o unite in followship tho architocts of this continent,” which was clear ouough, and yol sonuded strangoly o some who practiced in isolation, 1o lnd beon ansked {f archi- texts really were friendly to one another, and, If the community entertained such an im- prassion, thoy would reasonsbly supposo archi- teots capabl of anything bad, Businoss mon would not heliovo thom honest, uunloss they troated oach other honorably. The solf-eaforcod irolntion of nrchitects had beon the source of all the misfortuncs of the profession. In tho ab- soneo of friendship, slandering was an easily ac- quired accomplishment. ‘Che innocent had eith- or gone in disggust to othor occupations or adopt- the tacticu of tho less scrupulous to earn a liviug. UNSORUPULOUS OLIENTS bave taken ndvantago of this state of affairs to drivo sharp bargaing, wheroby they bave pro- cured the eorvices of architeols at ratos so low that thoy have boen forced to rosort to o system of collusion with builders and persous furnish- matorials, whoreby they receive com- missions for favors pranied, or Dblood- money for neglecting to compol tho faithful execution of contracts. Uuscrupulous arcli teots, who hovo gained extensivo practice by ‘pretonding to worl: for mercly nominal remuuer- atlon, have made their living by formung com- ‘binations with rings of contractors, or favoring the uno of cortnin materials ; all of which is virtunl robbery of their clients, for oll that tboy xceeive ¢omes out of tha prico paid for the work. Thoy have setan oxample which wenker brathron hievo too ofton followed. ‘Wheso wero some of the practices whioh had cursed the profession, That thoy oxislcd now to an alarming extent could not bo denicd. Tho only earo for thom was the eultivation of n spirit of friendly rela- tions, and o union for mutual support. By this means tho intoreste of nrchitccts and clients would aliko bo subserved, and mutunl confi- dence, so ersential to tho suceessful prosecution of work, would be catablished on & suio and lasting basis, THE ODIECTS OF THE INSTITUTE wore nob only to unite the architects, but to ko combina their offorts as to promoto the artistio, sciontifie, and practical cfiicioncy of tha profos- sion. An encouraging ndvance has beon noticed in manv directions, aud the influenco of the Instituto felt ib many quatters, Ihe improved building lats in many cities were duo to its in- fluenco, and tho great advanco in the art, ns seon by tho numerous butldings orected in our largoe citiey, was largely due to tho spirit of emulation among mombers of the Institute, Geutlemen, it is & hnEp{cil‘nun\stu\we that the Convontion #hould be held this year in Chicago, especiglly at tho presont pseason, which com- pletes the eccond yoar of her resurrection from ashes, As on adopted citizen, I think I may cluim the privilego of thanking you in hoy bobalf for the compliment you have bestowed by your unavimous vote in fuvor of hnldiufi the sevonth Couveuntion in our city. IHow mucl THE CHICAGO ARCHITECTS approciate tho honor conforred upon them by this meeting thoy will agsure you this eveuiug, when you become their guests. The new city will afford you n seusntion altogether novel, aud will bo of especial intercst to you above all oth- era. It is useloss to look through history for an nccount of tuo building of thoe Substautial busi- w8 portion of o great city within o period of two yonrs, Wo have hoard of, and somo of us bave woen, thoso romarkablo froutior citicy which have come into_existence within the pori- od of a few weeks; but thoy wore cities of boards and shingles. A continuous lino of such buildings, onec-und-g-half miles in longth, was evegted in this city, for temporary uso, in & peti- ad of one monih, nnd now not a veatize of them remaivg. Malf the spaco covered by them a year ago isnow n cultiveted park, embelished by land- scapontt to the highet degree, and the remainder is covered by tho now Expowition building, o structuro which ranks with tho laigest inour country. IN IT8 SENSATIONAL ASPENTS tho now Chicago ig a city of substantial build- inga comnioncer] two years ago, and covering a square milo of ground, To tho calm, dispas- sionate view of tho professional oye {t is tho growth of anccessity which knows no waiting, and ag such can make vo claim to perfection, As 2 wholo it may bo the wonder of the world, yot in its parts it cannot fail to boar tho impress of hasty execution, You will doubtless find much to praise and much to criticiso. With but few excoptions yon will eoo the worle of Chicago ar- chitocta and Ohicago mechanics. You will atso havo an opportunity for comparing what re- mained of !Ee old eity, withont the burned dis- trict, with what has beon built of tho now, malk- ing duo allowanco for tho additions of thoso tvo years in tho nuburned part, which have also boon congiderablo, AT BUCH A TIME A8 TIlI8 the architeet may fiud an appropriate poriod for critieal 101lection, Wo bayo passod througi two sears of great activity, ~Our experienco hus had all theelamentsof o butilo. But thiscontest with crudo materials, with time and the cloments, hns beon & work of creation and not of destruc- tion. Wo nro tho tillors of un old soil, and now o bohold fir field o'ergrown with good fruit, yet rank in part liko hasty vegetation, With ealmor skiea ‘wo may now fook for better fruit, With time and thought bestowed, we may conil- dently hopo that lhn fatuto muy bo brighter in rosults than the prosent ; that architectura may Yero take that high rank whick the lmportanco of this city warrantu; and that lior practitioners may be sensiblo of their high calling, and fulfill tho promico conveyed in tho worly which they lavo sot beforo us, Tho spenkor thon mrged the nocessity for wniformity of pructico, and auggostod tho Com- mitteo_on Professionsl Praclice bo o standing one, ITo rogrotted the * adoption of o schiedule of charges.. The Instituto could only **recom- mend,” and its action hadno woiglit unless it had the mornl support of the profession, A rchiednlo of compatilions hiad also boeen ndopt- ed, in which uniformity was also required, Spenking of competition, ho seid that theorati- cnlly it wos o fair way of ostimating roputations, but” practieally it had nearly always been failuro, and ho roforrad to our experience with ‘Court-iTousa plans to prove it. THE ROAR OF DATTLE 1as been hoard in our midst for tho past six monthe, and tho varied successos of the dif- forout champions have boon watchod with eagor intorest by hosts of sympathlzivg, and porhaps intorested, frionds, ‘The very air has boon full of the divoful imprecations of contonding fac- tions, Tho \\'hulu profosslon has beon scandal- {zod by tho chorgos and countor charges that have beon bandiod about, and obtalnod publiclty through tho press, Tho ofticial recorda of our ¢hoson represontatives aro the authentio ovi doned of (helr Inability Lo ‘geapplo with the g nas- tion, or olun of tholr uttor tndifforonds % all songo of justico and right. Its supposod sottle- mont.by the rdoption of & plan proves to bo only n trnco, for tho great quostion s yol to bo docided as to whicli fuctionshall pub its srchi- toct In charge, TIHE BUCCESATUT COMTETITON 11 nucaous 1Lown ho cwllod—an idouly fAnds that the ncoption of Iy plaa I8 ouly an empty honw aftor ul‘. 1Mis yownid fs the smallost prizo of; fornl, plus tho honor of acropance, and no sooner {s Nis plan adogted than ho hears the proposition to placo hin dosign .in the hauds of «n rival for oxooution. - Takon altogether, tho incidonts of this diegraceful strugglo huvo nob failed to bo novol, startling, and sonnational— charactarized by originality sud Inventivo ge- nius of tho highest ordor. For the fltst timo in history, quesiions of religion, public morals, tomporance, and nation- ality, havo nll beon {nvolved in tho attompt to dooldo which ono of Aitty designs shall bo followed in tho orection of a Qourt-House, and which ono of fifty nrchitecta shall be employed vo suporintond i, That of a Cominittes which roported ono of threo plans as desorving of a first prizo, neatly overy nmombor hna sinco pub- licly proclaimed that 16 is . THE WORSL OF TIIE TIREE ; and, 08 if to crown with absurdity all the other fontures of this public performance, we have boon witnassos of the fact that tho Common Council of this city appolnted s Committeo to invostigate charpas of corruption agaivet its mombers bofore & dosign had beon™ dofinitely solocted. Boriously, gontlomen, this {s ntIunst(un which does not nlono coucern the City of Clicago, nud tho compotitors who offored their dosigns. It concerns overyone of us, We aro to-day on trinl beforo this community and hofore the whole country. If wo fail to give our authorita- tivo opinfon, and throw the wholo weight of our influence upon this question, we will staud con- victed of incompotenco to doal with it. And not only will THE CITY OF OMIOAGO —rwhich hins become an object of ridiculo and coutempt, & jeer, a by-word, and s laughing- stock, Ly bor nttompt o conduet an architectural competition—fall to procurs tho sorvices of thoso_best fitted to do her work ; but you, who by oducation and exporience nre the natural léaders of public opinion in this rospect, will soon find that ability and honeaty aro poor rocommendations for placea of honor and emolument, and that tho public build- ings, not only of this. clty, but of every other city and Stato, will fall undor tho control of charlntans nud protendera, And for such results you ncod not blame your Common Councll or your Board of County Com- miggionors. Your shrowd Commiticeman knows by oxperience hovw littla bait it takes to catch o greedy architect. We may esy what we like about the importanco of throwing safegunrds around theso competitions, such na tho l{rpoh)t- mont of nx}mrls, and the liko,—but so loug as fifty aots of tho most elnborate ean be procured ouns s‘memcntlun 80 loowo that any ono may bo rabbod of his procious idens, and be powstloss to maintain his natural rights under it, there will bo no reforms, Any recommendation of thin Institute, pointing to reform, to which the archi- tects will not give their support. is & nullity and o farce. ‘Thia wholo mattor is in your hands to regulato. You may compelo or not a4 you plense, But your ambition will nlways bo your woakness, and plonty stand ready to take advantngo of it. Bolioving that . COMPETITION 18 TREORETICALLY RIGHT, I think you havo but to numo snch coaditions as you may think, just or renssert such as you have already adopted, and you will regulate the whole mattor, but {f you fail, the fault will bo mainly yours, You have but to unite tw;mn' efforts, and to stand together, bound only by the obligation of ronor, and justico will surely bo yours. Thoy lived 12 an age marked by gront advancn in'tholr profession, and they had & sorious worlk to perform, - Their duty was dear and oppor- tunitios great, Thoy must strive, thon, to bo worthy of their doy and goneration, seck all poseible means of self-improvement, and pre- pare to take n lending placo among the nations, that tha arts of their countty might bo worthy of their progresmve civilization. The addross. wos lisioned to with ottention, and was warmly cheered. . ROUTINE BUBINESS. Tho Becond Vice-Iroxidont, and President of the Chicago Chupter, Mr. W. W. Doyiugton, toak the chair, and. oxlondad to those present o ‘most cordial welcoms from their Chicago broth- ron, On mation of hr. McLaughlin, of Cincinuati, a voto of thanks way * tendored AMr. Wight for his nddross, T : "The Sceretary thon read tho RETONT OF TILE IOARD OF TRUSTEES, which has held fiva vegular aud twelve spocial meetings during tho year. Rooms have boen socured In conjunction 'with tho New York Chopter in the Amorican Exochenge Building, No. 228 Broadway. Tho Board suggested the advisability of inuugurating a movemont to pe- tition Congress to enable tho Institute tomake a series of eciontific oxperiments to test building inntorinls ns to” their strenglh, durability, and firc-rosisting qualities. In view of the recent large conflugration, it is beliovod that this is & mattor of national intorast. . A uow ohaptor hag boen organized at Albany and several honorary members elocted. A large numbor of books and pamphlets binve boen received by tho library, and thanks roturned to the donors. Circulars” have boen sont to all the architects whose nameos could bo found, Tho report of the Treasuror was temporarily passod over, Tho Obair appointed Messra. Anderson, of Cincinnati, Bturges, of Boaton, and Wheelock, of Chicago, as the Auditing Committeo. Theo repott of the Comunittee on Education was postponed £i'l this morning. The report of tho Committes on LIDRARY AND PUBLICATION wag read. Mr, Bloor was employed o prepara the praceedings for publication. Circulars were sent out to securo matter for the publication of o 2onmnl by tho Institnte, but did not meot with an encouraging response. ~ Ouo specimen number of six-phatolithographic plates was to have beon issned, but the })hm fell through ow- ing to the demands of publishers and the want of funds. About §2,000 would give the journal & far start, Tho varions chapters wore then called on. Mr. Bloor reported that the chief work dono by the Now l’orl( chaptor had been the rovision of the building laws in Now York, whoro it had renderad excellent sorvica. This chaptor asked that the noxv nunual sossion of tho Iustitute bo held in their city. Mr. Rliller submitted the report of THE CHICAGO CHAPTER, which hiad held six meotings during the year, There weto oighteen members, nine eleoted this year, all of thom practicing mombers. ‘I'ho Kecrotary rend tho roport of the Balti- momtchnptor, which contained nothing of in- terost. The avnual roport of the Secrotary for For- eiga Qorrespondence was then read, mentioning, umong other matters, the complimentary ro- marks made concerning the Institute by French societies, ‘The1csnme of correspondence with Toveign wociotica ia not of interost, oxcept to persons boloughnfi to'tho Institute, The Institute then adjourned for the day, and took lunch nt Browns, after whioh, they were diivon sround to the principnl buildings and pointa of intcrest in nn({l around thoe city. LAST EVENING the Chicago Chupter gave mco[i;,inn at ite rooms, Nos. 52 and 53 Maorrison Block, which was pumorously nttondod, and where tho archi- teots socmed to onjoy themuolves exceedingly. TO-DAY, Thao programme for to-duy is an follows : Moruing scusion at 10 o'clock st the Open Doard room—DBusiness meeling for fellows and aasocintos of the Institulo ouly., 1. Election of ofticors and stpnding commiltees, 2, Report of upecial cowmmirttces. 8, Considovation of ro- ports of committeos. Reeoss for luncheon. Afternoon Sossion, 8 p. m.—Businoss wmeeting for follows and nasoointos of tho Institute only. 1. Unfinishod busluess. 2. Considoration of amendments (if any) to constitution and by- Inws, 8, Miscollaneous business, Tveniug session, 8 p. m,, to which the publio aro invited, 4, Readiug of prpors. i ILLINOIS & MISSISSIPPI TELEGRAPH CO. GrNEvA, TIL,, Oct, 13, 1673, To the Eilitor of The Chicago 2ribune : Sm: In tho roport of the Commitico of the Illinola Btato Doard of Equalization, publishied by you an the 10 inst, you specify bul too telegraph companios ps having been oqualized, Cun you inform us what actiou wae taken by the Board in rogard tothe Illinols & Misnlemppi Tolegraph Company, whoso ofiice iy ¢ Ottnwe, LaSalle County, 117 It decloves rogular semi-annual dividonds of 8 por count, thus paying ita stackholders 6 por cont por anvumn on & paid-up capital, cash and wator, of 81,400,000, Ite lines, principally located in this state, wero farmod out to the Wostern Union Telograph on a lessa for ninety-nine yours, Tho Western Union Company Fll)'l;l ite rent rogularly and promptly to the Illinvie & nhuulsnipw, & livo company, operating uudor tho laws of tho State, as such aubjoct to its just sharo of Loxation, and which if not squalized, } ehould be, A BTOOKUOLDEN, THE COURTS. An Action for Damagos Undor the State Liquor-Law. Several Raliroads Sucd for InfiInge- ment of Patenis, - Appeals of Tnx-Figh}ers Disallowed by the County Court. Dooision of the Supreme Court Relative to the Law of Slander, Judgo Farwoll was ocouplod yesterday in hear- ing tho argumont in the cneo of Cranc Brothors Manufacturing Company against John Davis & Company. Tho argumont was flrat foran in- junotion to provont the Compauy from manag- ing its affairs until the oreditors ao pawd ; next, for tho appolntment of a Recoiver in placo of Mr. Bowon, who was charged in complainants’ bill with noglecting tho affairs of tho Compauy; sud, lostly, for areforouco of tho case to o Mastor in Chancory to talko an nccountof tho doinga of tho Recoiver. Dofendants claim that tho appointmont of a Tecolver would not bo necessary to complainants' rights, and would work a fatal injury to tho Company. and that Davis & Co. bavo tho right to go on and tako now contraots without tho restriction in- sistod on by the complainanta, A similar caso, of Good against the same Com- pany, was heard a short timo ago on a like ar- gumont for an injunction for the romaval of Bowen, aud it was agrood that Judge Farwoll should hear tho Crano case, and that thon the two Judges should confor togsthor and decide both cases. Judge Farwell thorofore renderod no deolslon in the presont matter, and'lt will probably be a weok beforo the joint omo is given. DAMAGES YOR MARING A NAN DRUNK. An intorosting caso {s now on trial befors Judge Rogors, under the staluto allowing dam- ages for sclling liquor to an habitunl drunkard. Lizzie Moyoers, the plaintiff, brought tho suit, last Novomber, ngainst Froderick BMack and @Goorgo P, Bay, charging Mack with keeping o snlaon, and giving or solling_liquora to hor hus- band, by renson of which Meyors beenme in- toxicated and died. Bayis tho ownor of the building in which the saloon was, and {8 charged with knowingly allowing liquor to bo sold. ‘Tho matter 8 sot out in overy coneeivable shnpe, thero boing six counts for tho doclaration, 8o ns to fix the responsibility boyond quostion, The Pmmm claims $10,000. 'The case commonced lato yestorday afternoon, and will probably oce cupy all of to-day. BUIT TO FORECLOSE. Joseph Deschauer _yesterdsy filed a bill 1§ninuz Louis Coln, Goorge Kale and wife, Bigmund Adlor, John Liodonsticker, Carl Roesko, Ernst Soltwicl, Adalbert Xahl, Honry Lange, John 1I, Mortimer, Charles il, Bebast, Luey AMortimor, Horman Iolsonthal, Bamuel I, Dale, and Juhus Rosenthnl, Trustes, to fore- closure & trust deed on Sublots 20 to 82, inclusive, of ‘U, W. Cochiano’s subdivision of Lota 5 to 24, of tho W. 3§ of R. Hamilton's subdivision of flve acres of the W. 3¢ of the N. E. of Sections 6, 89, 1f, The trust dced was to sccure the payments of 85,000, principal, and $900 {nterest. Two of tho interest notes, amounting to £300, are overduo, and unpaid, ‘The deod wns destroyed by firo, aud the Trusteo refuses to soll unless authorized by the Court. Kale and Cohn have had severa! judg- wmonts ronderad againat them, whick arc lichs on tho above-describad promices, and hve been de- clared bankrupts, bus the lion of the trust deed 1 prior. Complaivants ask that the amouut due uay be ascertainod, the Trustoo authorized to sell, and tho trust deed forocloscd. BUIT FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT. Abraham Poricslein, by David Goldberg his next friend, instiluted an nction in {respass against tho Lako Shore & NMichigan Southern Tuilrond Company, E. A, Cornwell, A. 11, Ban- yon, Ruben Slayton, and Michaol Gallagher. Plaintifr alleges that on the 4th of October he was nrrosted ond imprisoned in Jnil unjustly and without nuy eauso, for eloven diys, for which ho asks §10,000. ATTACHMENT AGATNST A DEFAULTER. Horbort I, Mallory yesterday aued out s writ of uttachment agninst 8, P, Bolding. Plaintiff states that Belding hus been in the omploy of Mallory & Brother for moro than a yoar past, Whilo there ho had charga of tho money of the firm. Ho eucceoded in gaining posscesion of 84,875.21, and absconded wilh it the 24th of Septembor last, and can not now Lo found, slthough detectives have been_sent aftor him. A writ was is~ued under a bond of $8,000. POLICE CASEY, In the case of Richard Daly, which was tried before Judge Troo, tho order of the DBoard of Police digmissing him way confirmed. Hogan fared more prosperously, as tho order dismissing him was reversed, aud ko reiustated on tha police force. UNITED BTATES COUNTS. Chauncey Kilmor ana Asahel Emlgh claim to bo, by assigamont from Goorgo 8. Griggs, tho oniginal patenteo, the owners of a invention for an improvement in locomotivo furnaces, which the Ilinois _ Central and Chicl%: & Northwostern Railroad Companies have, in vio- Iation of their rights, used, hey, therofore, filed & bill in equity to pravent them 'from such infringement of thoir patont. A bill was flled by David Maithew, Asahol Tmigh, and Chauncoy Kilmer against the Chi- cago& Alton Rsilrond Compuny to restiain them from an_iufringement of their paent. Malhiow, in 1862, mado an improvoment in steam Doiler furnaces, whick wae patented, and subse- quently the other complainants fl“li!" two- thirds of tho right. Defeudants have boen un- Iawfally appropriating the improvemont to their own use, and tho bill is for au injunction ageinst thom for the future, and an account of prolits, Aninular bill was ‘filed againet the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rallrond Company, A bill to foreoloso mortgago was filed by tho Conuecticut General Lifo lusurance Company against Clristian Thielmann, Louiso Thielnana, Honry . Caldwall, Levi Wing, L. J. Clarko, Rictinrd and Lonin Burlitzhoimer, and Dernnar Moser. ‘I'ho promiscs mortgaged ave Block 19, in Wolcott's Addition to Clnoago, and wora mort- geged for §2,600, DANKRUPTCYT TEMY, Marcus Kronberg filed o petition in bank- ruptey yostorday ngriust tho well-known euc- tioneor, " William A, Butters, Politionor claima that Hulters gunraniced thyeo notos of £456.87 cach, mado Dby James Genry, and has not paid them. Also, that Buttors has made a fraudulont trust deod for §10,660.42 to Chaun- coy '\ Bowen for tho Cook cuunt{ Natioual Bunl, and has nlso nllowed an execution tu issus against bim in favor of Oharles 1. Bogert, A rulo to show causo was issucid. Goodrich, I'armor & Co, hnvo filed o petition ogninut Frank B, Ailon, cleiming that Lo owes thom $721.61 on an overduo note which i3 un- paid. and that e has givew o judgmont noto and awet of nnorlmf' to antor judgmout for 36,000 0 ono Georgo Whits, which ho secured by olat- tol murtgngo. o hins also allowed n judgmiont to bo onteced pgrinst lim for upwards of ©700, A rule to thow cause wis ontorod and issned, In thecasoof M. P, Detrio,n disoharge was entorad aud ssucd, In tho caso of Farnsworth, Brown & Co., & pe- tition was £lad somo timo ngo by the Comumor- cial Nationni Bauk for the allownuce of a largu clnim, and o cvoss potition by the bankrpts for thoe rejectiou theraof, 'Tho case was sygued and taken undor wlvisoment, Henry B. Beuygen wag appointed Assignee of the United Btsies Uriock Machino Compauy, instend of 1L L Lowis, . _ COUNTY COURTH, Samuel F. Dickowon wis appointed guardian of tho eatate of Maitta Bilss Dickonson, under n boud of $4,000, and administrator of the vstato of Martha A, Dmlmunon‘nmler o boud of §6,000, "Phe appenl bouds of fho tax-tightors wore pro- sented In the County Conyt yostorday, and np- proved, but the appoals ashed disnllowed becruso objectors did not dsponit with (e Couuty Clork the amount of the judgnonts and cosis, On motion of the atioruoys for objectors, and to idontify tho proporty in'rospect to which' an nps Eoul is_aslked, it was ordered thet tho appesl onds should be filed, To (his order ob]uclon tako oxceptions, and fivo dogs wero given to flle tho samo, In tho matter of tho ewate of Toapold Bohwarlz, dJohn W, and Ilonry ¢, Duraud askod to bo rolonsod from their liabiuty on the bond of the adminlstratrix, Fannie Sohiwartz, An ordor was antarod that a now btud of 850,000 and the secount of the adminiatralix should ba Ailed within ton days, and that upou approval of tho une tho abovoe eurctios should ba relensod COURTS IN LIEF. Judgoe Favwol will hoar fhiy moratng tho are gmnont for an {njunction In tho oaso of the Re- {ublie Life Tnsitkanco Comipany againat Josoph Pollnk, Connty Olork, Intho cnsoof Martin ngainat the clty, hofore Judgo Heaton, tho jury rendored-n-vordict for plalntif for 51,400, An action in asrsumpslt was commenced by Francis Wout azabuut Willlam Weat for 52,000, Valentine Butech, Jamon Dickion, Fredoricl Titzanger. Feodoriol Badunen, Chiarlos Brinkmen, Chrinian A, Brbye, copartaors ag tho Indinnpas 1ls Glass Works Oampuny, contmencel an aeln n nerumpsit against Jobn Joss oud Chatles netmann for §3,600, PERBONAL, Judgo Murphy will coutinue to hear casos_tho romaindor of this week and all of noxt, and all motions for now trinly bofore him must bo rend on Snburday noxt, or the Fridey and Baturday of noxt weolt.: Robort . Jonking roturned yooterdsy from his trl}: to Jolorado. cortifientc of tqod moral charactor was granted by Judgo Booth to Myron L. Scott. THE SUPREME COURT. &Speetal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. OrTAwA, Oct. 14,—The following opinion in rolation to the law of slander, by Judge McAl- lister, filod on tho 19th ult,, contains B0 mavy points of intorost that I venture to send it lo you in full ¢ Denfson T, Tolmes v, Emily J, Tolmes, Appeal from Whitesido, This wns an sction for slandor brought by nppellos 1o the Carroll Cireutt Court agaiust nppeliaut for speaking words which, if apoken 59 alloged i {hio declsratiou, amount to dliarge thut appalico Lind beon guilly of adullory_aud foruication, Thoro was 8 changa of yonuo to the Whitesido Clrcult Court, whero tho causo was tried upon tho plos of “not quilty," appellant found guilty, and sppclc's dumagen oasossell ot 4,000, Tho Coirt, overruling appoliant’s motion for o now trial, ‘gave judg- ‘mont upon tho verdict, and thocase ia brought horo b nappoal, 1t sppears by tho rocord in which all tho evi- denco 18 presorved, thiat thoro was a falr conflict of avidenca in respect {o tho fact of tho spenking of tho actionablo words, or avy of them, aa aileged. And it appours, from all tho" ovidenee, that whatover worda wero spolen, wero utfored only upon ono occasion, and In the hioat of passlon, which the evidonco atrongly tonds to prove wna provokod Ly tho misbohavior of nppelloo and hier motlier, who was progont, and in cone cart with whom appelled waa actiog. Upon this stato of thic case, and tho facts in_ovidenco, tho Court, at tizo Istanco of uppolleo's cotgel, a6 to tho fury'tho following instruction: That *malicious slandor 1s an 1nfamons offense, for which tho law allowa exomplary damngoa to bo given, and if tho Jury fnd tho detondant guilly, they may asRess tho’plalntiirs dnmages nt any aum not oxcceding $10,000, aud, in ar-~ riving at the amount of damages, the ' Jury mby txko into conpideration tho pecuninry circumstances of tho defondant, as woll 0 tho chatacter of tho plaintiT tehvich Tus been attucked.” Tise torm * infamous,” when ueed in cliaractorizing offonsca or erimes, i, in law, deacriptivo of that chasn of liofnons crimea whoso peretrators were, on convio- ton, bold by to comimon law to bo fncompatont vite nesson, on the ground that mon genarally aro not found to comit thent, unicss when 80 dopraved as to bo uns wortby of crodit for truth. Tho usual enumeration of tlom was treason, felony, and the crimon falsl, tho latier _torm 'fncludicg porjary amd. forgery. It s needless fo sny thut verbal slouder, ‘which in not indictable in thin country, cannot bo con- widered s bolonging to any such class, Blackstone, after dufining ordinary slander, saga : “ Words spolion i1 derogation of a Peer, b Judge,or ot lior great officer of tho renlin, which aro eallod aciridadin magnatum, axo held to bo stSll moro heinoun; and though thoy b such as would not b actionablo in tho case of a com- ‘mou person, yat when spoken in dlsgraco of atch high and renpectabl chinreters, they smotnt to an atrociona nfury, which is redreaséd by an_action on the casc, ete,, ag well on bebalf of tho Crown, to inflet (ho pun: iahhent of imprisonment on the Alanderer, na on bo- aif of tlio party, to recover damages for tho injiiry sustained,” " [Bluck, Com,, Book 8, Uhap, 8, p. 1%,] Thans it appears that cvan this_sxcoptional kind of slander, which was punishable on belialf of the Crown, vhicl was nover recognized in this_counlry, and lus hecomo obsolcte, in England, was_charactorized by a degreo of onormity amonnting to an atraciows njury, but was nover classed nmong tho infamows _crimcs, Tho Ianguage cmployed in_McClurkin v, Ewing [43 11L., 283] would seem to countenanco that of the fu- striclion under consideration, It i appareut no point waa thero nvolved calling for su elemontary dofiuition of vorbal uludor, That given fa not sup- ported by tho suthorltfes, aud the Iaugungo used in iuo opinfon must ba regarded as omployed through inadverlunco a8 constituting u mero ob ler dictim, It 1 spparat, toroforo, that the Court, by tho insiruction in question, invesfed tho act with Which tho defendaut was _charged, snd for which euit way brought, with & degree of turpitude and cnormity which- tho law neither aitaches nor recognizes ag belonging toits and then declures that for it—for thls “infamous ofense —the law allows oxemplary domages, Ts such a modo of sggravating vindictivo dumages to bo countenancod? Suppoe tho action to bo tre- posa for tnkivg personnl 1Toporty, and It should np- pear thit the act Ws & mere trospaks, but willful, Tio Jury might, in suc case, under tho rullugs of this Court, give vindittive danuges, But suppose, to aggravat snueh damzges, tho Court should fnstruct the jury thut williul trespasa wos on infumoua crime relutlve to proporty, for which tho law allows vindictive damages —would uch an fnsiruction bo approved ? Certatul not, Tho reason 1 obyions, It luvosta tho act, whicl warl tho basls of & cisil action ouly, with qualitics of enormity aud turpitude that tho law does not recog- nlze, nnl for which tho Jury aro told tLey may aliow oxemplary damages; thd ploin and natural eifect of “whieh would ho 1o ralss tho moasure of such duiinges t0 0 false tandard, “The principle of the rulo allowing cxemplary, vin- dietive, or punitory damagiea, os they aro called, han beou | soverly questloued by manmy very ablo jurlsts, omong whom was Irof. Greenlenf, upon whoso ‘sturdy, aceurste, profound lutalicct and wouderful legal ntta{nments it is unnccessary to pais any oncomiums, In his definition of domayes, and upon which it Wouid bo diflicult to improve, thers i Tittlo countennnee to tho docirino of punitory dam- ages, 1o ayn: * Damages aro given as b compenea- tion, recompeuse, or gatisfactiou to the plalutin’ for an injury uctually reccived by him from the defendunt, “Thoy'should be preciscly commensurate with the fu- Jury,—noithor moro nor los,” [3 Greanlf, Ev., Soc, 53 und Noto 2.] Tue priucijal grounds upon which the doctrino of exomplary dumages hus been avsailed s, that it s o falso theory, sud inconsistent with ‘tho malure of tha proceoding, fo mix tho supposed ine teresta of " goclely with thoso of an {ndividusl fn the pursult of purcly privato redress for 8 private injury, and fs subjuct fo great abuscs, which in most caser the courts can corzeot only by the oxcrels of tho dellcate power of setting nsido & ver- dict, as corrupt, partisl, and passionate. Thodoctrina of exomplary, vindictive, or punitory dumoges in, Lioweser, tao firmly rooted in our jurisprudence to be disturbed, Dut, whilo still recoguifzing the doctrine, within fts projer scape, the ergumeuts which may bo urged, with great, If not unnnuworabla force, against it, ought to bo iuflucnced in beyetting o Ligh degroo of waichtulucss on tho Jart of courts, to pravent it £rom belug porvorted ; from belng oxtouded beyond tho real priciplo upon which it is said to bo based, by allowing plafutife, through the instrumiou- tality of instructions to tho jury, fo charucterize tho acts of {he dofendant with degrees of enormity aud turpitudo which tho law does not afiix to therm, demaud punishment for fictitious offenses, and thereby put_monsy Intholr_own pockets undor the gulso af protecting socloty, Buch wus the obylous purjoko and uatural profudicial effect of tho instruce ton n question, and It was for Uit Teason erroncons, Tho ‘tnatructlon was likowiso bad tpon othor- grounds, Besides denonncing slander na on fnfamous ofenso, for which tho luw allowod the jury to glve ox= omplnry domngen, if they found. defoudant guiits, oxe cluding cousldertition of auy clroumstances of aggra- vation or miligation, It dirccls thelr nttontjon to tho solo facis of ' dofondunt’s pocuniary abile ity nnd plaintii’s charactor, - which, the inatruction ssanmes, bod been ntiacked, Thus it wia virtunlly an fnstruction to ind the defondant guilty, allow aintlr oxemplary domages, in any sum not exceeding §10,000, nccording to dcfendunt's’ abiiity to poy. What clie cowld i€ bo7 Tha jury wero told that plafntif’s character had been attacked, This, under tho clrcumalances, would Lo underatood by them to mean by defendant _speaking tho slanderoils words, Iow otherwiso could it Le attacked? That fact, which was in diapute by tho ovidency, hoving been found by “{ho Court for thom, {hen tho only consideration submitted was dofeudant’s bility topay, Greonleaf’s Evidence, Vol, 2 Boc. 20, saga s W Nor o damajges to b aeved fnerc: Iy necovding fotho dofendant’s abillly fo pay: for Whother tho payment of the amount dito fo tho” plain- HiiT 88 componsntion for thio Injury will or will ot bo convonlent to the defendant, does not at all nifect the auestion us Lo the oxtent of hmlnjnry done, which {8 tho only queallon to b determined, Tho Jury sro to inquiro, uot what the dofendant ean pay, but Wwhat tho plalutitf onglt to recelve,” For tha error n giving tho instruction reforred fo, o Judgmont must bo” revoraed aud the couso Ye< manded, — A Struggle with o Dovil sh—A Diver Nearty Orush Mr. Oharlos B, Brainord, of Doston, in writing to tho Scientiflo American sbout specimens of tho devil-fish, rolates thus intorestiug incident : ‘Iho strongh which theso croatures posdoss in almost boyond comprehenalon, as is evidenced by what took placo whon my pot (1) was cap- tured, Ifo had soizod hold of n ‘mubmavine divor, at work in tho wreok of n sunlon stoamer off tho const of Florid. ‘The man was & powor- ful Irfshmau, who claimed to woigh 800 pounas, s siza and” butld fully \‘nrlflodlilln Btatomont, aud, to use his own ~langungo, *tho baate landed on lop of my wlowdors and pinned my mms ticht, T folt my armor snd mysoll being crackod Into o Jelly,” "It vooms that he was just nbout, boing bronght to the sure foco, olso the moustor would have killed him, for ho was sufforing so from tho terrible ome braco that ho conld move no partof himself. Whon dragged on to the raft from which he had dosconded, and flnally relensod, he had faiuted. Tho meu on tho raft elzed tho flsh by one of ita wrl| Ellug arms sud tried to pull it off, but conld not broak the powor of a singlo ono of tha suckors, The fluh was ouly romoved by Leing doalt o Lonvy blow across the sack contalning tho ntomaeh, 'This snok stood stifily up abave the oyos, whilo tho oyes stood out Hfi’n lobators' fynr“ and glcx;m&fl liko fi:a.' I'l'll::‘l?onumr {r all null, ono of tho mont frightful apparitions {& ‘oould bo tho fato. of o fulfills In ovnrg particular tho horrible featuros attributed to 1€ in Viotor Hugo's *¢Poilers of tha Hou” Nolwithatanding the sevority with which the obla Frenchman "han boen oritiolsed for "crennuF o nondeserapt with his weird imagina- tlon,” the truth muat bo granted thay his man to: moet, If *‘ nondosoript” has an aotunl x{xlulnn‘uo, and in ovidencod by the epeclmons In Brighiton and Hamburg, ag woll as my own. it . BOSTON. The 'Roeaton Granze Wil Not Ro 2'nrown Out of the Ord whnt Whoy Sny Begarding i New Ovdor of Puteoas 04 Lianintrys specia, Lispitel to 2he Chicags Tribune, RosroN, Mass. Oot. 14,~Tho troublo betweon ho Boston Grango and the National hond of the Patrous of Husbandiy, oxcitos moro or loss com- mont. The opinfon nmong maony who have walched the short caracr of tho Boston Grango ::mmu M: bo, that thero is no flold for tho opora-~ on o such o moclety in the cily, or ovon in oy nrt of Now Ingland; = sud that™ I o loft to itsolf 1t will quiotly oxpire, Tne Grango has been in axlstonco five or six wooks, but ighnn a8 yat only about fifty mombors onrollod in ita ranle. It {8 thought that tho brond rondoring by tho Boston Grango of tho claugo in the Constitution of the ordor which statos that auy porson above 16 yonrs of ngo, who iu intorosted in farming pur- &uits, may bocome & mombor, will bruuf gomno trouble I tho order througlout tho conntry, which will ovontually oulminato in ono of thice ways—iu & great accession of strength from all Interouted 1 mochanical pursuita ; in the lmit- ing of tho ordor to farmora; or in tho ovorthrow of tho whole affuir. The frionds of tho Boston Grauge declare that if tho recond of thess results is ncuumpllahnd, thoro will apring up an order of the Patrons’ of Industry which will bocome powerful in point of num- bora within n short time; that tho Qrangos, find- ing_themsolves in a hopeless minority, will ho glad to avail thomseclves of the wpnrtunllfi to ride into influcnce and powoer by uniting wit! tho thien dominant ordor. The Boston men ag- sort that Mr. Adams, tho Gravd Mastor, has nover rocolved moro tham half o dozon lottors opposing tholr romaining in the order, on tho ground that thoy wera ro- mulolx connocted with tho grain interest, and that theso wore writton in answor to his own communications in regard tv tho foclings of practical farmers upon tho snbjoct. They &1~ nounco thoir detormination to romain in tho order, and, furthor then that, they propose to form now Granges, belioving that whon thoir cngo comos before tho Nationsl Committes for adjudication that body will recognizo the valuo of 8o important an cloment aa that of the Boaton morchinuts, and will doctdo that their notion was perfoctly justifiable, psi e S NASHVILLE. A Plea for Indomnity for Damago Done to the Publiching fousc of the Southern Methodist Church During the Wars Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, NasuviuLe, Oot. 14.—The following petition was adopted to-day s T'o the Ilonorable Congress of the Uniled States: ‘We, tho members and Iny ropresentatives of the Ten- nesaca Conforence of the Aetliodist Episcopal Church Sonth, sltting in Franklin, Tenn,, Biehop 11, N, Me- Tyoles presiding, respectfully potition” your hon- orablo “body o bolmlf ~ of the ° Southorn Methodist FPublishing 1louse, Nashville, Tenn,, in the motter of ita claim _againat tho United Statea for its property, used and consumed by thearmny of the United States In 1864 and 1405, and proviously, You aro informed by a petition aud tes- timony now boforo youof the oxistence and merit of #ald cinim, Wo, thereforo, an an integral portion of tho Ghurch under whose genoral supervision tho said Touso oporates, deom It necessary only fo express our Diopo that you will regard this a8 o malter of much more than moro private or local importance, Largely moro thun s million of tho people of the United Btates, includod in our church-mnlnbnruhl}x and Sabbath- schools, white and coloved, besides othor millions who are in’ friondly sympathy with ws, aro looking anxlously for o #peady adjustment of tfits mattor, that tho House may pueb” forward its legitimato businers further and farther, Wo respectfully request that tho testimony submitted may Lo examiued, and (hct tho amonnt hawfuly due may be m‘mnrlly peid. Woe also most respectfully aud carnstly plead that the matter Do token up and dikposed of ot your earliest conven- Jenco, ‘Thin can bo regarded only as an act of simple Justice, whillo it will exhibit the houor and integrity of tho Government, and fts kivdly sympathy toward o very coushlerablo portion of fta citizens, Doua by voto of the Conferenco ot Franklin, Tonn,, 14th duy of October, 1873, (Blgued) T, A, Youia, Sectotary. CRIME. Murder on n Mississippi Steambont. Snecial Dispatch to the Chicugo Tribune. Davexront, Iowa, Oct, 14,—A colored maon,. ‘whoso nama is unknown, and who got aboard the stoauior Dubuquo ot Dubuquo, on Saturduy night, wag murdered that night by n colored deek-hand. Tho straugoer could not pay his faro, and #o an attompt was mado to put him off ab Bellovuo, Snuday morning, Some words roso botwaen tho negro and mate, whereupon o roust- about, n Iarga fellow, interfored, and, apparently without provocation, strnck the negro with & icco of iron pnd knocked him overboard. Tho atter was fo injurad by the blow that lie could not help Limsolf, aud was drowned, The mur- doror is in custody, Attempt ot Suicide. Speciai Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Qorvoy, i Oct. 14,—A man named Green, loader of the orcliostrn in Colo's circus, at- tompted to commit sulcide at tho hotel this moining. Ho first discharged n pietol-bullot into hins head, which glanced upwards, and then tried to cut his throat with a razor, but was pro- vontad by yersons who rusiod {nto his room, alarmed at the report of the piatol. His wife is in an insane asylumn in Obio, and this appoats to hove woighed on hig mind. 'The ball Las not yot boon extractad, but it is thought bo will ro- cover. Murdered Near Terre Binute, Ind, Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Inpraxaronss, Ind.,, Oct. 1i.—About four weeks ago, o man vamed James Dickous, rosid- ing noar Torro Haute, was murdorod, but his body wus ot found until last Saturdey. He was lnst scen alive In compauy with thrce negroes, roturning from a circud, 'T'wo of tho negroes woro rreatod last woelk, charged with tho 1nur- dor. To-day the third party, named David Toper, was arvested in this oily and taken to ‘Parre 1aute this evening for cxamination. He fiqnfuusad his guilt to the oficers who arrostod im. The LaSalle (1il,) Murder Cages Speciul Drapateh to T'he Chicago T'ribune, LaSanue, I, Oct. 14,—The Jury of inquest in the cuse of Georgo Ouglion, who sbot and Lilled Potor Murphy, in ibis city, last Sunday ovening, assembled agnin at 10 o'elock thus for- noon, and, not having boon able to procura tho attondanco of the two men who aro #ud to havo witnessed the fatal meoting, rendered n verdict in nceordanco with the facts alrondy roported, Shot in Scif-Defonses Fpecial Dispaleh to Lhe Chicago Tribune, Ixpraxarorts, Ind,, Qct, 1 -duy, Riley Bowors, Muster-Mochanio on the Indmnapolis, Cincinvati & Lofayotto Railroad, in_self-dofousn shot ono Charlos Colley in the sbdomen with a rovolver. Colloy dirappeared and bas uot boon found. Tho soriousuess of the wound is not known, Tho fight was tho 1esuls of an old quarrel, Dowors was arrostod and veleased on L individual recoguizance. Preliminnary Sxamination of the Nashville Murderere Spectal Disnatch to T'he Chicago 2'ribune. ‘NasuviLie, Tonn,, Oct. 14,—James Hagan wag indicted_to-dry for the murder of R, M. Rich- avds. ITo was commicted, subsoquontly brought out under o wiit of habens corpus, and his bond fixod nt &5,000, 'Whis will bo givou to-morrow, to wlich time ho was remanded to jail. Dise patches havo been sont to Louisvillo and Cin- ciunati, urgiug the roturn of Mrs, Annle Jaue Bullivan, whom ichards is allegod to have so- duced, but no word Las yot been received from heor, AN INSURANCE CASE. Verdict Agninst n Compnny for Pronis wms Paed Before the War on Policics which Lapsed Durmg the Wars TRicmyoxp, Va,, Oct. 14.—In the Cireuit Conrt of tho United Statos to-day, tho cage of Hancock vi, the Now York Lifo Insurance Company was decided aguinst tho Compuny, aud o verdlst ren- dorod for 1,371, 'I'his Is a cnso of gonoral futor- ost in tho Bouth, aud also to inaurancoe mon, us it sottlos the question of tho liability of thoNorthe orn insurance cotupanies for the amount of pre« miums paid before the War on policles which lapsed during tho war, if the companios refused applicatlon for rcnowsl aftor tho war closed. L hm vordict wan for prominms paid snd intereat theroon, 'I'ie Compuny’s ngont hievo dectined to rocelvo promiums from tho plaiatiff bocause un~ ablo to commuuicato with the home oftico, —_—— Amorican Ludios in Pavis, The largo numbor of American ladios in Paris iahaving tho eflect of olmukln§ the offensive nianners of young Fronchmen fo unprotected Indios on tho strocts. A yeer ago a lady of youth snd porsonal attractions was suro to bo accostod If sho attempted to go out alone, and persistently followoed by thoso youug stroet loungers, Two or threo of. them have, {n the menntime, beon punislied for: their offensive conduct to Amorlean Indlos, which has hnd tho offoct of vary gonorally romoedyivg the ovil com- planed of.” "Ou the boulovards, sud in the nnlf;hburhuod of all the largo hotels, Americun lndlon mova nbont _shopphug or promouadiug, nInFIv or in couplss, with parfeet innumity, and aro ns rospeetfully fronted aw if on Dallls maro utract or Drondwiy, Wo 1eoutd thin grat- ifying improvement witl plen~ive, s, fu Lehnl€ of the ladlon, return’ tLauks to those who hnve tanght thom botlor manners, Lo polico aro also vory watchful, and aro doing thair bost to ronder the streots of T'ariu as snfu to the unpro- toctod lndy ns those of any othar ‘clty. ‘Tho ymmg‘}‘mnuh Indlos, who nover venture on tho trools without & quuuumm friond or & ducnhua, aro astonished at tho bravery of American ladios in vnuturluq’ abrond alone, and would not bo safe for young I'ronch lndies to follow tholr oxamplo. °If thoir fathors and brothers would knock & fow of these scamps down, it would soon glvu thom jmmunity ale Daris letter by 0. O. Jullon. SATANTA AND BIG TREE. The Council with the Rioways nna Comnnnchess~Gov: Davis! Talk to the Andanns. o Qonditions of the Pris= oner? IBelenses Rort svlly Indiun derritory (Oct, 8), Correspondence of the ist, Liowts Timva, On Baturday evening tho Governorhad an fnter- viow with tho Quaker gentlomon at the Agoucy, bir. flunfi, bis man Bedo, Agout Haworth, sud othe ory, but could not got them to consent to any torms but the unconditional surrendor of Satanta. and Big 'reo. In tho Governor's words, thoy appoarod to havono sympathy with any portion of humanity but tho Indisus, Gov. Davis told them of ono inlance whore o child was ronsted ulive on n stove boforo the oyesof its dying mother, but though they admitfed that the Kio- was _and Comauches weoro a littlo wild, thoy had amplo argumonts ready to show thoy were *“'moro siuned ngainst than sinning.” THE DIG TALR. Commispionor Smith opened the counell, and introduced Gov. Davis, of Lexan, who said : 4 T have brought bock Satants'and Big Tree. You soo thom. Thoy woro prisoners of tho ‘TPoxaus, and their lives wero forfeited to the Toxnug, but thoy havo epared them. I have como horo bocause the peoplo of Texns have boon suffering for » loug timo, and I wish to make a peace for them. Wo oro all at peace with the Cherokees, the Creaks, the Caddoes, and other Indians, and wo waut, if wo can, to bo at peaco with the Kiowas and Comanches. I am come to tell them what Texaus want them to do g0 a8 to haveo ponca, I will Lioar thom talk; then they will hear my talk, and can decido for thomsolves whother thoy want ponco or war with exnu. Batauta and Big Troe can tell them how they were treated while prisonors in Toxas, Thoy will now talk and wo will then Lioar what the Kiowas and Comanches have to say.” 5 Satauta—** I want ail the Chiofa prosent hera to-day to make n new road, and particularly the Quahade Comanches. I want them to quit raid- ing into Texas; to lislen to what Commissioner Buiith brings them from Washington, and to do whatovor Lie rays, We havo beon kiudl{ troated in Wexas, I heard tho Kiowss wero told we wero doad, but the Tozan tranted us well. By heart feols big to-day, and I will takio my Toxas father to my broast and hold him thore. I nm half- Kiowa and hnlf-Arapaheo, Whatever tho white mon think best, I want my peoplo to do. Strip off Lthese prison-clothes, turn me over to my poo- Em, and thoy will keep fheir promises, My Groat Pather iu Washington has eelected all thiese big Otiefs because they were good men, Now let thum. do good end Luru me over to my poople to- day." Lone Wolt aid he would now like to hoar tho Qovernor. Gov, Davis—* Batanta and BigTreo boing hore alivo shows I have kept my word, and Loxas has kept Lior word, That 8o as what ] have promised of Satanta aud Big Treo was truo, what I now promieo for the Toxans will bo alo true, For many years T'exes has been part of tho United Slates and pert of the ,Gront Fathor's . nation, Whon Louo {l‘v'olf was but o Littlo boy Texas was under the Great Father ot Washington, and he 18 bound to protect the lives of the Fexaus ns any othor of his children. The Kiowas and Co- manches have been raiding into Toxas, killing e, carrying off women uad childron, shd ufeal- ing hiorsed. The Texans havo not made captives of tha Kiowas and Comanches, nor stolen their horses, They have notcome to their couutry raiding, or carriod off their women and children, The l'exans have not made war on the Kiowns sod Comanchos, but the Kiowas and Comanches hevo mado war on the 'Coxans, Tho Toxans havo remnined at oo avd only defended their homes and familios, and have never followed tho Xiowas and Comanches to thelr villagos. They Lava not followed them, not becauso thoy wora not poworful enough, for Satanta and Big Troo can tell thom that the Toxana are as nu- morous a8 the loavos on the troos, Tho Great Father at Washington mado & troaty with them nearly six years ago, and by that troaty the Ki- owns and Comanches agreed to romain on their vesorvation and not go to Texas, But thoy hnve violated this treaty. This thing must now stop, and (Lie Kiowas and Comanches must now place themselves in such o position that they can no longer raid on the people of Texas, I will now tell you my terma for the release of Sotanta and DBig Treo. Liston: The Kiowss and Comanchios to go on that patt of the eultivatableland in the neighborhiood of Fort Bill, the location to bo 8o that they ma adopt the habits of the whites, cultivate tho land, and raiuo catile, like tho Chorokeos, and givoup thouse of their horses and arms, This move- mont to commence at ouce, andin the meantime, to prevent misunderstanding, they will havo white men ns Agonts, who wiil remain fo their campe and sce_lliem all daily, so thoy caunot go on raids, They will draw their rations for no longer than three days, each man drawing s own rations and anewering his name, _If absont, it will bo taken for grantod he Is raiding into ‘Texns. Further, that the Comauches who have been racently raiding into Toxas will be given up, and thowe who romain nt peace shall put thomselves under the direction of tho United Statos troops, and oid in arvosting tho others, who will bo turned over to the authori- ties of Voxas and tried by taw, All horsca that nare identified to be given up. Satanta and Big T'roo to remain in tho gunrd-house until Gen. Davidson, the cnmmumhu(i officor at Fort Bill, is patisfled thess couditions haye boon carried out. When released, they must furthor understaud that Satantn and Big Tree are at any timo liable to ba rearrested and punished for their olderime, if thoy break these conditions ; that thoy aro nof pardoned, for 1 stifl hold the right to roarrort them, I have consulted with Commisgioner Smith and Gen. Davidaon, and am satisfled that if you renly dasire poaco you can carry outthoge terme, Ti-03e terms do not come from the Com- misgloner or tho Agents, but from me, ag the Governor of Toxas. If theso conditions’ aro nat complied wath, it will then be bettor for the poo- ple of Loxas to rosort to open war, andettle this mutter at once,” Agont Haworth here told Intorpreter McCus- kor to say to the Indians that those terms did not como from him or Buperintendent Hong. They know as little of thesa terms as the In- ull_lnns did, for thoy now heard thom for {he first imo, Lono Wolf—“This 8 & good day. I have hearg the talk of my friend, the Govornor of Toxas, and I and my young mon have takon it all up, I have looked through it for something bad. 1t 18 tho very tall I would mako to these peoplo myuolf. My friends, you have come o loug way to muko o good road.” You have already mado our hearts good by bringing back theso prison- ors, Make thom gtill bettor by roleasing them to-day. I try to do what the Agent roquires of mo, Though tho tribes havo dilferent names, wa aro ono peoplo and one mind; just a8 tho whites from difforont parts aro all nlike, Both T nnd my people call on our fathor, the sun, and our mother, tho onrth, to witness the truth of what I ny.” A Bovoral other Indians spoke, requosting the Immedinto relenso of Satautn and Biy 'L'roe, and charging Texans with stosliug their stools, Gov. Davis voplied: *'In relation to ‘I'oxana atenling their stock, lot them not dolay n mo- ment, but give tho information promptly to their Agonts nu& tho troops will pursue the thioves, and I wiil answor » roquisition at any timo and sond thoir bodies back, Idonot want to pros toct bad Toxans any moro than bad Indians, If Toxuns do not bohavo themsolvos, T want them to Liolp mo to catch thom, As to {notr roquostto reloaso Satantn and Big U'roo to-day, they mxo my prisoners, I own them, aud none but I had grovaiglt to_ promlso their roloaso, What I have promised to-day bus beon my flisb prow= iso concorning thow. Tho Comwmisslonor aud Bnyorlmuuflum agkod mo two yoars ago noi to Il them, not to tako thoir lives, Thoir lives ware forfoited by thoir own troaty nnd by tho Iaw. 1f o Loxan came to thelr country sud did what these two lxl'iucnnm did, thoy would kil thom. 1did notdo this, I n}mml them, aud thoy ara hiero to-day as proof of it, By thelr own treaty I conid havo taken thelr lives, ‘Lut I did not do §t. I lLnvo tho same power und control ovor them now 08 1 had thon, They snd their frionds havo heard tho conditlons of {holr rolease, and #ny thoy understaud thom, I will not change thesecouditions, It they love Batan- tnand Big Tree, tho sooner they comply: tho soouer thoso prisonors will go to thelr camps, The Oaddoos, tho Wacoes, and othor 100& won must aid tho Goyornmont in arresting craiat that it thoso Indians, Tho best way to stop {hia con- duct fsto_arrest thoso bad young men them- solvos nnd turn them over to mo, and I will punish them, Thoy all now undoritand mo, g0 thero ia nothing further for mo to say." BUPERINTESDENT ENOCI 110AG, QUARER, el them that tho Governor says ho hna mado no, promiso until now. ‘Ihat about ano car ago the Grent Father promised thind if thoy kej:t out of Toxes-ous ppring thero men would bo parlonal. Louo;Wolf was there, und I wan t trneled Uy tho Prosident and Boerotary of the Intorior to oxtond to them that Informue tion. 1 sppealed to Lone Wolf to restinin his peoplo and tho Great Iathor tould rolenso tho prisoncrs this spring. T.ouo Wolf nssured mo. he would return to his poopla nnd nso all his influcnco to do this, Now Lono Wolf asauros me, other Ohiofs assuro mo, the Agonts asauro mo, that no Kiowas hava raidod Into Toxna thits yoar. Now, a8 tho Super- intondent of these Ine lnnu‘ Iappoal to Hin Ex. collonoy, tho Govornor of Toxas, ns this has boen promiuod by the Preaidont and tho Bceerotary of tho Intorlor, nud a8 tho conditions bave boen faifillod, {s it not unwisonot to reloaso them? All promises that have boon made thom have come from mo, through thoir Agents, and to me from Washinglon,” Gov. Davis: **Tell thom that what their Su. gflflnlundun& eays I bollove ho thinks, Tho ovornor of Toxas Lias solo control of this mat- tor, aud the conditions upon which they should bo roloased. In thesoconditions I am nltogethor govorned by adetermination to protect thopeopla of Toxns, I1ihtnk those conditions are vory mod- erato, and, 1f they \\‘Ish, they can caufifly with thom in n fow gune, Thoir Agonts, Mr. Hoag snd Mr, aworth, are not to Ehxmu. 1 rofuso tfl;:l!’l'ply with their requests, I will not grant Su(gnflnwndont Hong—**I would like to ask of tho Govornor doos he moon to lonvo it discro- tlonary with the commanding officor of thia post wheon to reloaso theso prisonors.” Gov, Davis—“ I will givo it to you in writing, sir. Ihavo implicit confidenco in Gon. Davide son. Ihave kuown him for yoars, and beliove whaen ho socs these conditions compliod with, ho will roloage them, Thoy can comply with thom in thirly days 1f they wish to. ’l conflde the carrying ont of thia to Gon, Davidron." Superintondent Hong—* Wo can't placa men within their campa oxcopt you firat rolenso Sa« tanta and Big Tree.” Gaov, Dovie—“If thoy are as warlike as that, sir,—that wprosaonablo,—wo Ind botior sottlo Sfi\ tI,':'mw. ‘Cliat is tho shortest wny of anuworing Commisaionor Smith—* Tell thom I havemada no spooch Lo-day, bub I now tell thom what the Governor hasaskod fram themto-dny. I am bera from \thlnston fo demand right” now. 'The Govornor told them thoy had noreason for doing a8 they havo; thoy hndno rosson to raid iuto Toxas excopt for miscllof alono, Ho told them that thoy had tostop, and I toll them so now. When your captive women and children wors given back to you last spring, you gave your solomn pledges not to raid into Texas again, but searcoly ad thesa womon and cluldren got hero when your young mon wont ngain down into Texas. Now, hoforo tho sun s this high to- morrow, havo these Comancho murderers right on this spot, and I and the Governor will na longer disagrae, and you will have your captives. Now go homo nud talk of nothing olse.” Batants and Big Treo woro thon returnod to tho guard-houso, and the firmest council over hield with Indians on the plains, dispersad. NEW YORK. Potltions for the Repenl of tho Shipe ping Act Being Circuluted. New Yonk, Oct. 14.—Two petitions aro being circulated for signntures, auking Congrass to re- gnnl tho Shipping act., One purports to beon ehin’ of tho ownors, morchants, aud mastors of American vossels, and }»myu for the repeal on tho ground that their right to mako privata con- tracts should not ba iuterfered with by the Gov- ernmout., The other }rurportn to proceod from tho marinora’ of tho flort of New York., Bouth - stato tho general objections to_the bill, which bove boon alrondy published. By all the oppo- nents of the act strong personal opposition is manifestod to Capt. Duncan, who is alleged to Lave introduced and conducted tho systom with nn eyo to his privato interests, CASUALTIES. Found Dead on o Iatirond Track, “* Special Dispateh to The Chicago T'ribune, Rrcnytoxp, Ind., Oct. 14—The mangled re. mains of & man 25 years of ago wore found on the ttack near the Tenth stroot railrond crossing bout 3 o'olock last might. The Coroner's in- quest was hold this morniug, A tag receipt signed by Jamos Fear, ‘Cownslip Collector, JFaupor County, I1L., was found on his person, and the namo of D, M. Jenkins on his linen; also a ticket from Indianapolis to Xonis, 0. His romaing wero iuterred hore. Lost Mis Maond in o Pressiug Ma- chine. i Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Avtox, Ill, Oct. 14.~Robert Bushal, an em- loye at the ‘Alton Ttoofing Tilo Works, hiad his and caught in the cog-wheel of the pressing- ‘machino this evening and 8o badly crushed thiat amputation was necessary. — MISCELLANEOUS, An infant was born in the St. Louis liorsc-cars the other day. —O0f the 80,000 Americans permanently residing in Paris noarly 20,000 are from Louisiaun, 500U from Virginia, 8,000 from otber Southora Stutes, aud only 2,000 ffom the North and West. —Herman Clark, Tax-Collector of tho Town of ‘Torrington, Conn., hus ombezzled $3,900 of the town’s money during tho past two years. Dy some atrange carclessnoss ho wns not required to furnish a bondsmau in 1871, so the town loses £2,800 of the sum, und the four present bouds- men (he remaining $1,100, —Tho Boston & Albany Railrond Las recently rotired pix of its conductors who wers buving diamond pins and race-horses on & salary of 350 o month. Notbing could have been mois cruel. A rodlrond ought to know that a conductor with a salary of $80 & month can buy as many dia- mond llhlB and raco-hordes as ho pleases 1S he is caroful to watch the maxket closely aud buy ouly at wholesalo. —A urolonnor in one of the Philndelphin med- ical colloges habitually puta this simple conun- drum to his uluxul whenever he can fiud a class to put it to: *‘If monobomanthrayninono is obtained by the oxidation of trybumauthraceut, what would result from_the union of bihthalino with dilute dichlor, or dibromanthracene disul- phuric acid ?"* —Mve. Hill, who shot her husband at Worces- tor, Mass., did ic in & uniquo way, with all the nccompaniments of a fashionablo lifo. Sbo wae \'\'nlkiuy besido him, and asked him to {ako her parasol for her. Ha took it, aud sho then, after putting hor hnnd in her pockot to gt e pistol, ueked him to lot Ler kiss him, 1lo coneonted. Blie put hor s about him, and put & bullet in his loft lung. His rocovery is doubted. Hor equammity 18 picturosquely perfect. 5 —A good little boy in ‘St. Albans told his big brother that if he'would put Lis tos upon the chair ho wonld cut 1t off. His big brothor laugh. ingl; cumglind, whon tho littlo fellow deliborates Iy choppod it off withs hatchet. ‘'ha good littla boy couldn't toll a lie, aud will probably have hia {:lmd put on postago stamps o hundred yeara onco, n~Tho yellm\' fever lLns mno terror for book agonts. 'Wwo of that class arrived at Shrovaport the other day, and bogan to canvass amoug tho nuykes for subscriptions to a comio book, —At tho_recont oxereisos of the Slato Normal Sebool in Balem, Mass., o mother aud daughter wera in the gnuhlnlhui class togorher, —A bull-frog weighing fifieen pounds and a balf is said to have beeu caught lalely in Coyuga Lako, aud sold to a Ironoh epicure for 50, —Tho nuthoritics at Sing-Sing, fiuding that the lightning-rods on tho privon convey mora prinouers than lightning to the ground, Luve do- oided to remove thum, —Ror waying * Glve us a vest™ to s stately policoman, » Yule studont spont sovoral hours in & Couneoticut unstilo, —A Californta papor eays ¢ * Born—A son, & rogular Culifornin fifteon-ponnder, to tho vifo of Bldor Manhoim, tho eloguent expounder.” —1n Goldon, C X, an oditor wrote somo ad- vioo to n newly-married friond, and was foolish onongh to prinkit. Aftor his wifo had looked ovor a praof of tho “udvico,” the editor felt nampu\\ud to add_ this postseript : * Have your hir out closo to tho skin," —Tho opening of the now port of Manuata, in tho Bluto of Michoacan, by tho Moxivan overn- mont, furnishes tho toxt foran wrticlo in the colunins of & uuulelqu'nry upon tho wlvisability of our morchnnts nooldug trado In Auxivan ports, A gontloman of somo oxporionce in the Mexican tendo nuks s to adviso morchauts to look ohsos wharo for profiiablo businoss, 1o snys thut the oxaotions practiced by Mexican ofilcinls, geners ally, mako it ruinous to attemptto trade through their ports, and, as an justanco, montions the fact that two cases of fnk, shipped by Augol Forrari nt Ianana and consigned to “Lhomad Carlock, Amorican Consul in ‘Cebusutopeo, on which the duty was uol over §48, woro rotaiuod by the Moxican ofticinls until $178 had beon ald, Our informant allogos that such transac: qus ara common in lloxbmu ports,—San Fram cisco Qhronicle,