Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 17, 1873, Page 2

2 THE CHICAGO' DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1833, _WASHINGTON. The Execution .of Myrs. Sur- ratb. Tho Present Controversy as to Who Way Responsiblo fox That Act. Ex-President Johnson vs. Judge-Advo- cate-General Holt. An Old Story Retold---Justice of the Woman’s Punishment. Fronm Our Otwn Correspondent, ‘Wasumarox, Oct. 9, 1873, Ex-Prosidont Audrow Johusou fs coming to Washinglon oxprossly, as it is said, to anewor n recont batch’ of lotters publishod by Joseph Holt, Judge Advocate-Goneral of tho U.nltad Statos Army, who was tho proscoutor-in-chief of Mrs, Burratt and tho other conspirators against tho lifo of Prosident Lincoln and other high officors of tho Governmont. On the faith of this intontion, somo of the more superstitious writers and gossipers are making great ado ove TIE FATE OF MRS, SURRATT, This 18 a favorite theme at Maryland Catholic tire-sides and in good Demoeratic groceries. Mrs. Surratt’s ghost **will not down," esya ono tolegraphic factor. If it willnot *down,” that is the fault of hor frionds, fow of whom ever rend tha trial bofore tho Military Commission which preceded her oxccution, or the more ex- linustive trial bofora o #jury, where hoer hopeful son got the average vordiet of tho old District of Columbia community: half for conviotion and tals Tho injustico of thia vasdics t‘:’: :?,Tfi%?l“gmnu Presidont whoso body had wwvn murdored by such canalillo as the Surratts, ‘*Alzerodis, cto., may faitly be offset with any mistakes which 2 Commission of voteran ofiicora may have made. Boyond our immediate gonera- tion, tho fate of Ar. Lincoln will bo the only sibject of gravity in this serios; for Mra. Bur- ratt did not reprosent, in her person, education, or character, anything which tho Bouthern States in rebollion need wish to assume. The crimo ngainst the Presidont was committed over the Southorn lino; it was & Mmyland matter in its conception, porpotrators, and associations. It was wholly sonseless at the time when it took placo; and blackoued the Southern record of the War wichout doing suything but injury to the Rebol peoplo; aud it ia poor businoes for editors and litorary men who supported the Southern' side from respectablo motives to wish to carry on their sido of tho henp tho episode of Muis, Buriatt. THE PRESENT ROW. - The progout controversy is political in its na- ture, Joseph Holt and Andrew Johnson aro both public mon of the Southwest. They “dis- liko oach other on loosl grounds, and on the grounds of record, culture, and tomperament. Both aro men of nbility., Johnson has reached the highest round of station afforded by our form of government, and still ho is not happy. Ho bas no uso for himsolf outside of publiclifo; and, at home in Greonvilleand the surrounding parts, ho finds tho grossor tono of the State much taken up with the last dying speech and con-- fessions of Mrs. Burratt. Al tne rough sections of the Soutbwest hnve been flooded with an {gnoraut order of literature, bemring titles such as that of the book which is now be- foro mo thus indorsed : “The Bloody Junto ; or, Tho Escapo of John Wilkes Booth ; A Story Cantnluiu(iumy Intor- osting Partioulars in Regard to the Trial and Bx- ecution of Mry. Burratt and Ot! ~r Bo-Called Con- spiratora. By Capt. R. H. Crozier, A. 3L, Author of *The Confederalo Spy.’ Published at Little TRock, Ark., by Woodrui? & Blocher, Printers [ Gazelte ofiice, 1869)." . Looking over this book, I find that it is an ig- norant and flliternto mass of stuff and umflduy based ontircly upon & set of lelters which 1 wrote during the hunt for the assassivs and their trial, in 1865. The poor rat who gol it up says, in bis preface, that he has taken many par- agraphs and gentences without the usual marks of quotation. Ho dovoten the bulk of lus prefaco to this_oxplanation, thinking probably that ho might be sued for infringement of cnpyrl%n, He i wolcomo to all that he hna cribbed, but must account to the devil, who oughi to atand on the cont of arms of Arkansas, for his use of tho material, His book ropresents Booth still to bo alive and flourishing somewlere, probably with Hindman, or Jack McClure, or Tom Bowen, or gome of the poker-players around Lattle Rock. Arkansas, which has spilt blood by assnesina- tion, almost without a day's ntermission, for the fifty years of its ocoupation, is the proper Comn- monwealth from which to date a literature which shall mako n hero of Booth and s heroino of Mrs. Surratt. Such stuff, however, can make jts way through the land of John Morgau and Champe Forguaon, aud perliaps annoy Androw Johuxon in his aspirations to re-enter public lifo, QUERY, But why Joeoph Holt should foel uncasy as to his part ii the trial of tho ausassins is not to bo accounted for, oxcept on the ground of the growing sansibilities of oflicial old sge, or n less pardonable dosire to hgm-e "Mr. Johnson a1~ongst the compelriota of Gen. Torrest. Mr. Holt was o member of Buchanan's Cubinet at & time whon Andrew Johnson was ro- garded by that pro-slavory pbalanx as o dan- gorous demagogue. Joluson always had o covort dishike of the large slave-holders, who Jooked upon a mechanic like himself as Lonoath them. MNolt may have shaved this feeling, as ho was of tho Kentucky blne-blood, and hiad been_ o 1eat gocial sod legal authority amongst tho Domocraey. For fivoyears Lo lived in Missla- sippi, practiciog law for thegreat planters ; and he Y\nd algo been & foroign traveler at tho time wheu, a8 Ike Marvel says, you wonld look ato man's shoes with wonder who had been up the Nilo and in Jorusalem, Mr, Folt has o thonght- ful hoad, and ho chose wisely and patriotically in favor of the Union, like My, Jounson, Tho thres reat names of Southern Unionists when the War broke out wero Androw Johuson, Revordy Jobnson, and Joe Holt. Mr, Holt never cnmo fio Congross, but choso the moro eesy ng~ clivitios of burenu-life, and was Commisslonor of Patents about the time Buchanan’s Cabinet tumbled pieco-moal; he thon wont, by right of Jocality and by his_Uunlonism, to the hord of the War Department. For moro than 10 yonrs he has been Judge-Advocate-Goneral of tho Army, arat the liead of tho Dopartmont of Military Justico; , sand hao is 8aid o bo weavy of the place, having & anficient fortuno, and a mindand ambition nbove his dutfes.. My, Johnsou's unlooked-for promo- tion to the Presidency seoms nover to havo pleased Judge Holt, and, during the impeach- ‘ment trial, his nome was conatantly meutioned us Len Wade's inovitable solection” for tho Do- partment of War or Stato, Probably Gen, Grant Lus thought of him as candidato for the Chiof- Justicoship. The Prosident might look further and fare worgo. THE CAUSE OF THE ROW, Judge Molt's agsumption is that the wholo Militnry Commigsion which tried Mrs, Bur- ratt signed s petition to Prosident Johnson to commuto her sentonse to fmprisonment, or to patcion her. The Commigeion was composed of ten persons, uamely, Maj.-Gons, David Hun- tor ond Lowis Wallaco; Brigndlors Xautz, Fos- tey, Lkiy, and Harija; and Cols. Tomplinag and Clendenin. Gen. Iolb wns_ Recorder, asslsted by John A, Binghnm, and Col. Burnett, of Cin- cinoatl, Tho niost active and eevere proscenior was John A, Bingham in #wo or three instances, Judge Holt came into court asftor Binglam 1iad dbjeoted to admit some opportunity for tha arrniged, and cousented to let tho ovidence ome in, The woret caso of bebavior oun the purt of the Commission was that of Albion B, Howao, who objected to let Gon, Edward Johu- gon, of the Nobol srmy, Leatity in favor of Mras. Surratt, becanso v had Lroken his cath of alle- junce as o West-Pointer to go into tho Re- fi i Gon, Ekin seconded tho motion, while Low Wallaco and Joo Ifolc stuck np for tho admlesion of tho evidence, Mrw, Surratt _wos defonded by two Inwyers numed Aiken and Clampitt,—rather small mato- rinl. Bhe bad no mouey, and nobody volun- toered, smongst all the chivalrous altornoys of Washington, somo of whom now go about talk- ing of hor hard fate. JOHN A, BINGHAM prosccnted bofore tho Military Commission at gront length, His srgument would make about €on coluning of ‘Tite Citicaao TRINUNE. He devoted to Murs, Burratt o vory considera- bla portion of lus pddross, sottiug forth at tho ontuet that who was as guity as berson. The points be adduccd wore thono ¢ Her housp was the headquartors of Booth, Atzorodt, Pavno, and Herold, and lior son Bur- rott. 1t is elie who i inquired for by Atzerodt and-Payno ; visited -privately- by Dooth, whoso Elutnru ulio kaops in hor house ; ‘and, throo days ofore tho murder, sho sends to Booth for a cur- ringo to tako_hor to Burratisvillo, and ho pays hor mossongor the ‘mandy, having dirposod of his carviago. [t was on this visit that sho told bim to got tho shooting-irons roml{, for they would soon bo called” for, On the day of the nssnsaiuation, oagain sho sont ™ for 13aoth, and, immedintely atter her ntorviow with bin at hor houso,aho weni to Surrattavillo, 10 milos, with o fleld-glass, which sho loft for the assansinn,—saylng that whisky, flold-glass, car- Dbines, and nll would be ealiod for that night, Two hours after sho arrived at home, Booth and Iforold, fresh from tho scone of blood, wero on thelr way to Burrattoville, and they drank the whisky and got tho fleld-glaes and earbino, Bosides, tho assasein Payue, after tho murder, camo to Mrs, Surratt’s houso at midnight, a3 the only placo whero ko could hide, sud slio ‘denied uvnrflnvxng socn him, Although nn ostonsibly plous woman, sho raisod her right hand and ox~ claimed : * Boforo God, eir, I have not aoon that man boforo; I have not hired him; I do not know anything about him,” 1IN RE JONNSON. Tioad aftor this interyal, wo can soo that Bing- ham did not presont all tho points nPnhmh Alrs. Burratt, nor_did he eroaon any of the points with vigor, The same indisposition to prosecuto a fomalo criminal whioh we foel in a count: highly chivalrous sbout women, marked bot. tho proscoutor and tho Commisslon. Although Mra, Burratt was found guilty and adjudged to doath, Hor widowhood, thecowardly absonco of Lor son, and her povorty had their offect with the Commission. A petition wns signed in favor of commutation or pardon, by those who found hor guilty, Their rocommondation to. meroy was o distinet thing; for, if they had not re- turned her guilty, Mr. Johinson could nover hnve hnoged hor. The point is now sot up by John- gon and hia frionds, that the recommendation to merey was kopt back by tho Military Commission until tho sentence had boon excouted. If John- son makos this point from a selfish or cownrdly reagon, he onght to bo shown up, But ho had rensons sufficient for refusing tho recommenda~ tion, if ho dld roceive it; nud thoy would have appliod with any propor soveraigu“in the world, n tho firat placo, ho bnd coms to hin offieo of President by tho murdor. of his prodecos- gor; and the samo kind of Demooratio Prose whivh I uuw Wisslog up e boues of Mrg, Burratt, aud making her plead for thom like Crsar’s wounds for Mark Autony, waa thon dropplag tho intimation thut Johnson, the terrible Radical, sud all the othor torrible Radloals, had winked 2t Lincoln's mmdor to gat -his powor, Conld » Prosdont frosl in bis pro- motion have rolonted atsuch & momont ? Again: Tho aroused country, on every hand, was do- manding vongeanco without discrimiuation on the porsoos of alt tho wretched boings who had capped the ponge—the gentlest poaca over made in history, and by tho gentlest rulor who ever won a pence—with the head of the perco-malkor, The diguity of n nation could not Lo wustained if tho matter of sex.wore to.bo pleaded for regi- cide, Mr. Johnson 'had reason to Lnow how femalo influence in tho South, mischiovously exarted, had prolonged tho war nnd carried good men into it, Tho wounds which last tho longest in clvil strife aro thoso which women give; they ' slip ~'nway who givo them, and sometimes mary on the victorious eide, whon . the .. high-mettled -lover or brother “who followod theirbeck had whitened tho caune- * Have murdered Mercy, Now alone shall ~What words they murmur: less attloficld with his bones, Placed in his poeition, Audiew Johuson must have said, with o newspapor-poet of the.day: Houceforlt all thougiits of pardon are too late; They i whoso catse that arm its wea o dréee stand Blind Juatice, with the eword nnshentlied sho wore, Hark, from tho Eastorn to the Western strand, Tho swolling thunder of the peopls's ronr 3 Tuitor not her handy So let it emite, such decds chall be no more! Buch was o passage from atonnet by Edmund @, Stedman in Horaco Greoley’s Z'ribune, tho Monday morning after the murder, It was not only the sentiment of tho botter part of the cuuntry, bub the publio opinion of mankind has uever inndo an excopliou nupon it, unloss we con- sider tho tuss mada around illiterate firosides in bautshed looalitivs, off the rontes of trayel and roucling, to bo public sentiment, M. DISRAELI, who leada the Conservatism of England, said thus eloquently upon tho matter : “In the charactor of tho victim, and even in the accossorics of his Inst moments, thore is gomething #o homely and innocent that it takes the question out of all tho pomp of history and tho coremonial of diplomacy; it touches the heart of nations, aud npxuns to the domostio sontiment of mankind, “All must agrao that, in one of the seyorest trials which ever tosted the moral quulitigs.of man, he fulfilled bis duty with gimplicity and strength, When such crimes aro porpetrated, the public mind is apt to fall into loom and porplexity,—for it is ignorant alike of o causgo and consequences of such deeds, It is ono of our dutics to reassure thom under un-~ ronsoning panio and despondency. Assassina- tlon hag nover obauged the listory of tho world.” THE ARGUMENT, . Nothing could havo oxcused Andrew Johnson for making any exception as to tho g:xdhn;fiu of the Military Commission but n positive belief that Mrs, Surratt was innocent of any accessory- ship in the murder of BIr. Lincoln, ~ It was not his business to sontimentalize upon thoe rolative mental and physical pain of woman or man guilty of the samo orime ; and thero is not an enlightened nation in the world, eatisfiod with its ruler, which would notat the timo have given cithor sex the exnmple of trilling with the sov- eroign power over & peoplo already gashoed to donth with traitors, ' Tho most that kas been said of Mra. Surratt is, that sho was privy to the abduction of President Lincoln, but nol inform- od that he was to be killed. Where_is theroa lawyer who would not hold & man to bo tho prm- cipal in 8 murder which might haye eusued in tha purpose of .such au abduction? But the bulk of evidenoa is in favor of tho supposition that this woman knew of the plan to abduct first, and of the resolution to murdor aftorwards. TRAOTH. The plan to kill Lincoln had been devised by DBooth from three weoks to one month prior to the deed, His banditti had almost all scattored, ‘The surrender of Lae took place sometime prior to tho act, and the Confedorate armies had glad- ly disbauded and retired to thoir homos. Thero Wwas no reason, eithor with man or woman, to havo the Pros{dent abducted now, because thore was no Southern Confaderacy to fake bim to. It was an act of vongeance, and not of military neconsity, to Lill tho harmless President in the midst of o community which had givon Mrs. Burratt 8 homestead too long alroady. Booth had mado oll the arrangementa for tho death- scone, bored the eyelat-iole to ses his victim sitting in the box, barred the door, and hirod his horse for the flight, when he stopped at her dwelling on that Good-Fridasy afternoon and made her tho last accossory befora the tuct, The wounds of Christ on that Good-Friday did not nptnul to this religions femalo’s memoryor heart, Liko s woman enamored of a criminal, sho obayed his bidding gladly, mede o lonesome excursion of 20 miles to toll Ler drunken tenant to bayo the ** shooting-jrons ” roudy, as thoy would be called for that ni[iht; and that night the bloody boastors rode up to the door-post of her tavorn, and loft their spectres thore, nevor to disappenr. : A POINT MET. It is enid, and with some reason, that Mys. Burratt bad n different eirand at Surrattavillo, It waa to toll one of her debtors, near by, thut e must meke n setilement for koo land ho had bought from ber. This was true, but it was only another purpose of her orrand ; for she sont tho lotter to her debtor m a locse way, by » messons gor; but her main oriand stopped at Burratte- ville. Bhe had not returned to her rosidenco in tho city when 3r. Lincoln hiad alroady takon his sont at the theatro of his murtyrdom, Tho fuct {5, that Mra, Hurralt had . TONEE OLABSES OF MOTIVE L The firet was political malice, which she had encouraged, by muoh gnbbllug, up to tho height of fanaticism ; the secoud was o buxom widow's woak belie? ihat Booth, whemshe called *“my pet,” was inlove with her ; and the third motive was little above Mammon, —for her son Jobn had, but cloven days bofore, come home from Richmond with about 300 in gold, which Lo liad received an & Rebol secrot- service agent, and bo now sesmod to bo in good bueinoss b last, I'rom little to littlo, from vio- louco to_daceit, this woman fad ywalled away {rom safety, until sho was not ouly s sp‘): and & harborar of spios in her enomy’s capital, but sho did those oflices for a livalihood, Her houso in Weshington, and hor tavern 10 miles from Wauslnngton, wero the only sbiding-places of this vagrant consplraoy, which waos conduoted for tho most part by tatfordomalions, Sho gove the usunssing nonrly all tho respeatability thoy had, and about all the looum tencus, The cowardly absenco of Ler son doos give lier a cortain soc~ ondary sympathy, in that she died for him, ho- cause,in courtesy, though not In justico, sho would have been lot go'if ho had vomo batk to tako, tho chiof responsibility, DBut ho did nat roturn, ond there was no room for such courtesy ; ang 8ho diod ns A, Fugin had to dio with \iitiam Bikes,~the racolver and tho principal in o picco of osuseloss aud cowardly butohery, 1t might be shown, if thoro was oconslon, that human justfeo hay )»foutv of PUECEDENTA for giving short shrift to women who undertako the rolo of traitrossos whoro Joss than capital crimeo has hl})pnnod. Tlora McDouald nosrly lost kior boad for morely hiding tho Htuary Pro- tondor. Alico Lislo wna bohieadod at Winchester, and boroly osonped being burned alive, fc Larboring tho ndbicronts of tho robelliona Mou- mouth, The Marchionoss of Brinvilliors was put to donth on the wheel, notwithatanding tho fact that n malo accompheo had tanght her tho art of poigoning, Dut no woman of our rnoe avor at- tomptod bofore to eommit Ligh (renwon with oapital erime in tho indiclment. If wo wish Lo cheapen nssausination of thin grado, lot ve ditect our attontion from tho ex- ultod gontlonoss of the groat viotim's charaator, whoso heart and hand wera miore renlly a wome an's than Mrs, Surratt's, to tho muwkish symn- pathy which has attended hor fato,—n womun who conld not soften man with sll her religion, nor raiso » san who dnred to stand upon the gal- lowa for hor. 1TEMS, Mre, Surratt won o convort to tho Oatholic Churaoh, and not renred in 1, Hor convarsion did not dissuado lher from keoping tho lowost kind of cross-ronds tavorn, whero her tenant, Jobn Lloyd, said that no wmnn could live with- out gotting drunk, This house was & rolay from tho boginning for carriors of quinine, sples, and sneaking villains of all sorta iy naud the com- me lor son kept for hor in Washington was of o clnss of Atzerodt, who had a family of bns- tard ohildron, aud stolid rufilnns like Tayno. Hor ploty was oxprossed in such sentencos g that ‘“‘Lincoln ought to bo in holl.” 8ho asked prayors *‘for lor intontiouns" on tho way baok from oponing the ato for the rotroat of tho murdorors; and yot ?hu Govornment sho hatod 8o vilely had never robbed Ler of a ponny, an aore, or aalave, Ignoranco, vilo associations, and porsistonco in foolish-doing, brought this woman. to hor eud, Hor wretchod son has ahown the quality of his diguity and breeding by dolivering a public loc- ture for gato-monoy on tho crime for "which he uum-meu& hor ; and ho is now writing a book, catel ponny in charactor, liko himself, to rob his mother once moro of her melancholy ro- poso, GATI. — PRESIDENT GRANT. Hlis Letter on Financial Matters, From the New York Euvening Post, Oct, 14, ‘The following lottor from Prosidont Grant to Mr. N. A. Cowdroy, of the Coutinontal Bank, was handed to us for publication. It will, of aonrso, ha road with grost iutorest by every- body, whaiever may bo thought of its theories and of its nssumod facts. Kome portions of it wora repoated eesentinlly in tho dispateh, yos- torday publishod, giving tho opintons of the DPresident on the presont sspect of financinl nf- foira. This dvcument, bowever, authenticated by tho elgnat uro of the President, will necossa~ rily bo acceptcd as authoritative : EXEQUTIVE MaurroN, WasmnaToy, D, 0., Oct, 0, 1911.} My Drar Mn. Cowpney: Your letter of ‘tho 80th ult, was duly recolved and read, ns was your previous lettor. Neither roquired 'an an- Awer particularly, and honeo I did not answer thom at that timo. Your last lotter, however, coutnins ono sontonce that it seems proj or shoulll reply to, that is as toan implied threat to tho National Banks contained in my letter to Mesors, ‘Anthony and Claflin. Nothing was further from my mind than a threst. My wholo objoct was to restore confidonce to tho pnblic mind, and to givo nmssurances that tho Government would give all tho aid in it power, keoping in view at the samo time the ‘solvency of the National Troasury. You, and all book Prosidonts, know moro aboul tho condition of your banks than I can possibly know. Inturn I, through the Secre- tary of tho Trensury, know more about the fiuancial condition ‘of ‘tho Governmount, ita ability to render aid, &ec., than any person dis~ connected from the administration of 1ts aflfnire can know. I alluded to the fact thatthe 844,000 000 regerve notes in tho Treasury would be re- gardad as monoy in the Treasury subject to use, for tho purposo of showing that the ‘menns are ot hand to give the relief we promise. I do not beliovo tho prescut panie will work to indiyiduals hialf the injury it will work genorel good to tho country at large. Our monetary B{etc_m is tho crontion of necessity. It has no olnaticity, but In othor respacts it is tho bost that evor has been dovised. No ono now. distrusts the value of his paper dollar ; on the contiary, it 18 seized and honrded with the eame atidity now that tho gold dollar hns boon in former liko ad- voraities. The panic will eall attention to tho dofeots in our monetary system ; and will, no doubt, lend to legistation to rolieve the want of olasticity. Tho g‘un(e has brought greonbacks about to n par with silvor. 1 wonder that stlvor 18 not al- roady cominr into the market to aup{:lfl tho doflciency in her ciroulating medium, Whon it does como—and I predict that it will spon—wo will have mnde o rapid stride towards specie ayments, Onrrency will nover go bolow silver aftor that, "The ciroulation of silver will Liavo other bone- ficial offects, Exporience hay proven that it takes about 340,000,000 of fractional curroucy to mnko the small chango necessary for the trans- actlon of -the busincks of Lho country. Silver will gradually take the placo of the.curroncy, and, further, will become tho stawdard in values, which will be loarded in & small ~ way. I estimate that ihis will con- sume from $200,000,000 to 300,000,000, in time, of this species of our circulating wodium, 1t will loave the papor currency free to perform tho legitimata functions of trade, and will tond to bring us back where weo must como nt last, to a spocie basis, Iconfess ton_dosiro to sco n limited boarding of money. It insures o firm foundation in thno of need. But I want to 8ea tho hoarding of somothing that bas a stand- ard of voluo the world over, Silver lLas this; and if wo ouce get back to that our strides to- roids a bigtior appreciation of our ourroncy will 0 rapid, Our mines aro now producing almost unlimit- ed amounts of silver, and it 18 bocoming & question, ‘“What shull wo do with it ?” I sug- gost horo o solution that will answer for somo yonrs, and suggest to you bonkers whothor you may not imitato it: to put it in ciroula- tion now ; keep it thero uutil it is fixed, and then wo will flod othor markets. . The South aud Centrel American countrics have asked us to coiu their silver for them. Thers hns nover beon suthority of law to do so. I trust it will now bo given, Whon it [s given it will be moro than the equivalent of bocoming exporters of articies of manufactories whioh Wore previously articles of import, _Ordora will como for largo amounts of coin, It will boallin silver, while payments are not necessarily so. e becomo tho manufacturor of this curroncy, with a profit, and will probably secure o portion of our pey in tlio more precious metal, 1 have thought much abont the recommenda- tions I should mako to Congross, audlinve changod slightly in rogard to banking laws sinca T last hud the ploasuro of a personal interview with you, It is unot noccssary to state what thoso changes nre, becauso thoy may undorgo furthor modification. I shall givo to the sub- Jeot, howover, my sincerest thoughts, and will court the viows of others, 1 have written this bnatily, but if it calls forth any. viows you would like to oxpross Iwill bo glad to hear thom. Yours trul{} § . GnanT. e — Ropaixs to the White [Mouse. Irons the Washington Chrowiele, Workmen aro now laying out the park imme- diutely in_ front of tlie ILxecutive Mansion in walks and gardou plats, It is to be planied with raro flowors, and will be = lovely sapot when fin- ighod, Tho removal of the irou ,rails ou oithor" sido of the walks loading to tho Mansion adds much to the boeauty of thio approach to the build- ing. Iueido tho rosidonce tho urt of tho froxco- painter and upliolaterer hns boon brol:fiht into requisition, and tho iuterior of the building will Boun presont & vory lLinndsomo sppearanco. Yhe, East Room is” being rapidly comploled, and will soon be xeady for ~ the sofan. The goneral a{:nnm‘nuce of the room huns been greatly changed. The colling haa. been divided,into throo large panols, each one being nhout twenty-fiva foat wide, and ox- tonding aoross the yoom. Tho dividing lines of theso panols consist of immonse givdors, sup- porting the floor ubovo, ‘Thouo girders test upon fluted columns sud pilasters placed upon eithoer sido of tho room with ornamonted pedostals. Around the room an atiractive cornicn has hoon put up of wtucco work, abont four foot in dupth, which nloo govers tho girders, This stucco Iy finished in bluonnd gold. Tho goneral slylo of architeotura is of pure Groek, and that portion of the Whito 1fouso, when comploted, will com- pare favorably with tho iuterior of any of lhe uew publio buildings, Tho middle panel of the coiliug will be so shaded in frescoing an to regamblo & domo, and will appear much ligher than thoso upon either sido, Around the room, extending up nbout throe foot sovon incles from tho floor, dado watk is now being put on, conslsting of heavy pancls, which willalso ba finishea in white and gold, Abovo this work the walls ara covored with ombossed paper, imported from England for this purposo ; this paper is_finished with an claborate bordoring at loth bottom aud top, much of whiok will bo gilded. Four claboratoly= carvod mantels are now being mado in Boaton, ond will soon bo put in place, two upon ench sldo of tho room, Above 'thoso mantols there will o largo mirrors, and_in other portions of tho room thoro will bo atill larger mirrors, ox- tending from tho floor to tha colling, ‘I'ie work will be comploted by the st of Devomber, PAYNE FITTZ'S LAST. More of His Rascality Found Out Yesterday. How He Lod Horman Hartung to Com- mit Bigamy. The Matter Undergoing Investigation in the Crlminal Court, Tlorman Hartung was up in tho Criminal Gonrt yestordny on & chorge of bastardy, an indictment having been found againat him lnst April. Ho waa admitted to bail, and it was dofaulled onco on his non-apponaranco, but ho wns sftorward bailod a socond timo, ‘On calling the cse yos- torday, tho prisoner had no connsol, and was glven fittoon minutes to find somo ono. Ho sooured the sorvices of William Folker, and, after a cousultation boetween tho partica™ for prosooution and defonse, tho prironer asked to mnke nstatoment of tho facls previous to or inplacoof a trinl, Hartung thon stated to tho Court that hio was nrrosted-somo time before the fire on o chargo of bastardy, proforrod by Mary BSchelbling, and brought bofore Justico Eborhardt. While thero, Schoenwald, the at- tornoy for tho girl, told him that ho must give hor some money or marry hor, or he would get into trouble. Hartung was somowhat frighten- ad, ho eays, and agroed to marry hor, and the Justico was called in and performod tho core- mony. Mary then asked Hartung if sho should go with him. Ho told her he did not want to havo anything to do with her; that ho was not married st his own wish or will, Bho then, and at difforent timos afterwards, asked for money, which he ropeatedly rofused to givo. He had weduced her under promise of marriago, and the Dbnstnrdy cado was to compel him to support the child, bug of this ho mado no mention in his $os- timony, Somotime after the fire Martung went to Payno Tittz to get a divorco from his wifo, Tittz told him that hocould get tho divorce throngh oasily ; that the marriage before the Justico was not good foranything, and that he could go on im- modintely and miarry again, Fittz asked whero his wifo wag, and Hartung told him (hat ho'did not know oxactly ; that ho thought sho was not in'Chicago; that ho Lad not seou hor since tho fire. Tittz said that tlat would bo dosortion, sud would give him s divorce. Acting on this, Harting married a second ‘wife in Fobruary last, -~ Bometime after his marriage, Hartung went to got his ‘divorce, and Fittz told him that it was in Mr, Reed’s hands,' Proviously to this, Mr. Schmutz, the wunnclo "of Hartung's first wife, learned that Hartung was proouring o pn- Tato divorce agninst his nieco, and wont to ono -Marks, a lawyor, to have him seo about it. Marke found that tho ciso bad beon roferred to Deunison, & Mastor in Obancory. Ho wont to Lim to goo the papors, but was refused. There- upon ho (Marks) made an_afidavit, setting out tho facts, and took it to Judge Gary, then sitting in the Criminnl Court, who had’ roferred the caso. Tho Judgo made an ordor on the afiidavit that all proceedings should bo stayed until Lo sbould return to the Buperior Court. Maiks then mado an application for alimony, About this time tho arime- inal proceedinge were commenced. It was finally agreed botwoen all of tho parties Lt tho divorce whould not bo resisted, ns Hartung would not live with Mary, hie first wifo, but-an arrangemout was mnde thot he should f\“y Marks 8100 down ond give security to paybis firet wife $200, iu twenty monthly installments of 310 oncli, Fittz, in the moantime, to cover up his mscn.llfl part in the trausnction, drow up a bond, which he caused Schmutz ana Mary Hartung to sign, covenanting that in coosideration of the peymiont of the above-montioned sum sho wonld mnot object to tho divorco, nor prosoouto any criminal smt which might thon bo pending, or afterwards be commencod. 1t is to bo remarked that the bond is duly signed, but not the covenant or condition. Hartung says he paid Fittz §30, a5 he anposud to do, and that afterwards he was askad to and did pay $10 or $15 more, and that, moroovi when hie went to Dennison, the Maator in Ohan- cory, he was told he must pay $10 beforo he could get the papers or his divorco, Fittz has lately tried hard (o get this criminal suit hushed up, Tuosday he asked Marks, who s o witnoss ~_ for the prosc- cution, to induco Mr. Reed to dismiss if, and they went togoether to tho Criminal Court, and, ou Marks speaking abont it, Mr. Recd ro- plicd bio would invostignto the matter. When Fittz hoord the unfavorablo decision, ho sudden- ly recollectod ho wantod to see n man, and de- partod witbout staying on tho ordor of his going, Yosterday Lie happoned in the Cours again, and was promptly sorved with a subpena to bo sod appear boforo his Honor Judgo Willinms, at 10 o'clock this morning, to toll all he knows about it, and how & man can have two wives at the same time and yot not commit- bigamy. Jacob Schoenwald, tho lawyor of the first wifo, will nlso be prosont, either nolens or volens, to give bis viow of tho oase. Tho Judge romarked at the close that this “ought to bo investigated, and that such conduct by a professed lawyer would bxiufi the whola pro- fossion into contompt aud make them a dis- nco, ‘The lawyers of Cook County owe it to thom- avlves to at onco make the nacessary motion to tho Suprome Court to have Fitiz expelled from tho bar. No falso sonse of modesty should de- ter them, for it is no morey to allow such a bra- zon-faced swindler topractice his arts more open- 1y than would be tolorated in anyothor branch of crimo and dl:ghcu A 3 Hartung, though showing o want of fooling and hardlieartednoss most rovolling, seows, as the Judgo eptly romarked, to bo more sinned against than sinning. Marks stated that on ono occasion Hurtung, when npplied to by his wifa for money, told lLor to bring the child to him pla as thon- a butcher] and he would out it up nto sausage-meat aud give. ber the monoy. Notwithstanding this, hio appears, though vory carelessly, to have taken Fittz's ndvice in rogard to his second marringo in good faith, This ovi- donco of tho powor of oven a wrotoh of Fittz's ntumi) having such & power for ovil rendors it doubly necessary that some step should be taken i‘u drivo him out of ali socioty whero ho could do arm, . TIE FIRE DEPARTMENT, Marshal Zonner Suggosts Tow o Sup= ply of Water May ¥e Obtained for the Southwestern £art of the Citye=Maw dame Udn's Proposition-=Ciilengo Can Eave Mer Invention Sixteen Yonrs for 825,000, The Board of Police held thoir usual meating yastorday, and proceeded to attond to matters in the Fire Dopartment. Tho charge of negleat of duty sgunst Willlam Phillippl, assiatant foro- man of Engine Company No. 16, was proven, but, thore boing some mitigating cir- oumstaucon, he was sentonced to o repri- wmand only. Tho case of Jamos O'Brien, ossistant foroman of Engine Oompany No. 28, ohgrged with sbeenco from duty without leayvo and intoxioation, was taken undor advisomont, ‘Tho following ex-mombers of the Fivo Dopart- ment weroe roappointed to tho force on the ree~ ommendation of tho Marghal: Richara Fiiz- gorald, Wm. O, Hanloy, Edward O'Nell, Miclinol Geiner, and Jobn R, Georgoe. Tho Five-Mnrshal mado o recommendation, as follows ; Owing to tho Insufiiclent aupply of water for fire purposea in tho vielnily of tho luany Mmber-yardi, planingemitls, nd fuctories in_ tio southwesters park of tho clty, T would Fespectfully uggest e follow- ing, Whlc i€ put uto el wil iYa'h utlciont i 1y, -and, ' perhaps, Lo (hg mesus waving the cify frow another great conflagration, tos wifs Tt il i vt on” fvonty.iosond sirect, I tho West Divilon, bo comuocted with clstorns by thlo or wooden pipds, tha cislerns to- bo constructed of brick, ond located' fn the contre of "wonty-vocond sireet, ob (ho end of cach olip, all of which can be dono &t 4 moderato cost, "his excellent nu;‘gnsuon was unanimously considered as one which {t would bo bighly de- sirablo to have cavried out, but thore being no monoy which could bo usod for this purpose, tho recommendation was fudorsad, on motion of Mr, Bhorldau, and the llpropm'ty-mvnurfl in that vieluity wore requested to do this work, as o mensure of protoction to themselves aund tho eity, On tho statement of tho Maralial that the Firo Departmont was now fllled, sud that there wero & large numbor of names on tho books for future appointmont, and ou hig requost that tho Board would fix & day provious to which no .| onrry our lives literally in our hands, furthor u{)pu(ntmonln would bo madp, tho Board decided that no appointments should bo made until Nov, 20, Thé Board doclded to lenso & barm on Tuke, betwoon John and Halsted siroots, by the month, ot the rato of &35 por mouth, and dircoted the Marshal to fit it up for at ongino houso, Mndumo Bello Beott-Uda appeared before the Board and made the followiny proposition, in roply to a lattor asking for hor tormes . . GeNTLUMEN s Your communlentiou of tho 16th fnat, in recolved, Tnreply to the questions therein cone tatued, T big to submit the following, aa tie terms uud conditious upon which I will dinposo’ of tho right. to mnnufactura nnd wae, by tho City of Ohicagd, (ho Acrlol and Flying-Taddors,of which I am tho Assigneo, Tor tho term af ixicon_yoars,at flio end of which Hma tho patent sliall rovért to'mo, it belng, howover, oxprenaly stipulated and agrood tliat the City of Chis cago ahill uge aud oujoy ali oxtensions nnd improve- ‘mouts of tho eamo, Ly tho Firo Department of tho Oily of Glicago, with (o privilego of oxtending tho saiil Tight fo all othor 'dopariments of tho cily, for departmental | md o tho - Toards of Tark Commlssloners, for uso ouly on parks ond_boulovards surrounding Chicago, for tho um of $35,000, payablo an moy be mutually agreed upon, It 14 undorstood that T Al prove o tho ntis- faction of your liotiorablo Hoard my. right {o 1o paid Pstent, aud sboll duly dotend tho' sanio, 1 liavo tho onor to bo, very respectfully, M, BrLre BooT-Una, Asaigneo Aerlel aud Flying-Ladder, The membord of tho Doard expressed most favorable opinians of the invention, but did'not feol proparad to take nny doolded action without further consultation with the Mayor and other offlolaly, and they, therefore, postponod the con- sidoration of tho mattor until to-doy at 2 o'clock. A rosolution was also passed inviting the attend- ance, at that hour, of the throo Boards of Park Commissionors to consult upon it. RECENT RUFFIANISM. Bloody Encounter Between s Hunter and Four Roughs, Two Shots Exchanged, and Two Men Wounded. ‘Why, is the Scoundrel Garrity Allowed to Ronm the Streets of Chicago ¢ A HUNTER'S ADVENTURE. o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Bm: On'’ Monday, Oct, 13, whilo hunting with my oy, 8 years old, in the woods on the Bickordyko farm, six’ milos north of the’ eity, T was approached by n youth about 15 years old, who demanded somo gun-caps from me, and, on my refusing to lot him have them, threatencd toknock me down. Nol wishing to have uuy trouble, and Buspocting ho hind roinforcemonts noar by, I endeavored tolenve, but, on my cross- ing o bridgo near by, this samo youth following mo ‘all. the . way, tlirco more rushod out from concealment, ono - having & club, and two bhaving double-barrelod shot-guns, and called to the onoe following to knock me down. On his attempting to doso, I at once throastened to shoot if he did not leave. He did 8o, and in’ the menutimo I had told my boy to run on ahead out of the way. When ho wae out of thoir reach I turned to go on, but had proceaded but nbout fifty foob whon one of the crowd shot mo in tho back, and tho rost called out to shoot the boy too; but, turning quickly, T gavo the ono who shot mo tho contents of ono barrel full in the chest, when ho dropped. Having sixteon shot in my back and seven in ‘my hoad, I did not wait for furthor rosulte, but ot once atarted for tho city, and, nfter getting somo policemen, wo returned to find thom, but it was too Iate. I writo this, asking-you will give it publicity, for. thore must bo somo physician who nttended the one I shot, for the bicod ho loft on the ground fave ovidence ho was in neod of attention, and if avy of them should Jmow of a cago of this kind, they will conter a favor by lotting me know whore hie ean be found. Louis LeFeporE, No. 61 Augusta streot. P. 8.—If you desiro any roference as to this statement, I would rofer you to R. Tarrant, No. 69 Michigan street, snd to Dr, Vonne, No. 114 Blue Island avenue, who romoved the shot from my baok. A PERTINENT INQUIRY, To the Editor of The Chitago Tribune: Stn: Iaeco by your issuo of to-day, that “the notorious rough aud gambler, Ganmity,” had somothing to do with tho shooting afair on Mudison stroot. May I aek, for the information of tho public, whose sorvants are-supposed to bo clected and paid to carry out laws, and to pro- tect our lives and proporty, why such croatures g this Garrity are allowod to rosm through this city at their own sweet will, any moro than the wild bensts at the menngerie ?* I beliove he took aprominent part in that sories of attacks on poncoful citizons a fow ovenings ‘ago, which in- cluded your owa City Editor as a vietin. Itiy a citizon's right, thon, to ask why this Garrityis at large, whilo far bettor mon aro rotting in jail,— what punishment, if® auy, Lo is to sufor ‘for tho part he took on that evoning,— and why be is enablod to ropeav his rufanism ‘whenaver he chooses to, on the public stroets ? If he has boen briled ont, thon occurs the porti- nont question, which must have ocourred to all thinking poople, thousands of timos, on what principle of right, justics, or expediency, are such men bailod out, to bo turned loose again upon the community? Tho queation becomes etill mora forciblo when wo learn ‘the characler of theirbail. I havo lived in towns and sections of this country not any worso off than Chicago in point of rullaniam, Ignorant, or corrupt Ju- diclary, and absurd oriminal-law procedure, ‘where such a cursa to gsocioty as this Garrity would have ornamonted & lnmp-post or a live- onk before ho had made a second attempt on the lives and libertics of the citizens. I'think wo need s trinl of that wsort of dootrino, and, if carried on efectunlly and systomatically, on the plan of the Vigilauco Committes of San Francleco of 1855, of whose procoedings I was a gratifled’ participant, o much the soonor and moro thoroughly would onr Augean stablos bo purified both aeregards police-courts and crimi-: uals, Until we are all aroused to the requisito . pitch, however, wa must perforce carry woapons for self-protection, and use thom, on the very firat provocation by such ruflians, a8 ono would ou s mad dog; for, as long as the community is depondent for protection.on such ourrageous travestios of juatice ns Banyon, for axnmy}do, lwo 8 for tho batlof as & moans of purification and rodrass, the very suggestion now-a-days must provoke n gmile. Quory: Are euch creatures-as Garrity moro useful fo our bummer partios and politieal rings than to tho Peunitentiary?- INquinem, A SPUNKY WOM Ste Cracited o Man Over the Xend with o Stek of Wood for » Licking Hiex Boy. ; Yeutorday morning n very respoctable woman named Mrs,” Mary Karre was beforo Justico Kaufman, on tho grave charge of assulting a clothing merchant, namod LI, Pflauni, of No. 90 North Clark stroet, with {ntent to commit mur- der, The statomontn of tho parties concerncd in tho oxamination differed matorially, It ap- penrs, however, from what ean be learncd from disintorestod partics that, on Wednesdsy morning, Pllaum -found upon tho stops leading to his store o quantity of ashes sud some lusks, Ilentonce conjectured that Mrs, Karre's boys had placed them there, in a uplriv of malicious mischief. Whon one of the 1ads apponred on the sidowalk, an angry diepute arose, in which the boy declared thet he did not placo tho rubblsh thore, and Yilaum struck the boy In the faco two or threo timew, Young Karro yollod loudly, aud ran up staira to his mother's rooms, which ars ovor Pfiaum’s cloth- ing store, Alrs, Kairo was kindling g, firo, and bed in hor hond a billet of wood. learning what bad exoitod the boy to such loud oxolamations, ghe ran down tho stairs and confrontad Piaum, and asked him why had whipped ber hn{. 1o roplied, boonuso her boy Lind placed rubblsh on his doar-stop, aud that Lo would punish her also, it who sald much, Mru. Karro snys that Pilaum thereupon sttomptod to strike hor with a stop- laddor, when sho etruck Lim on the Lead wich aatiok of wood and then ron up-stairs, Pflaum followed her, but_not fur, beforo ho fell down fusensiblo, Mg, Kurro was shortly aftorward arrostad and comnutted for furthor oxamination without bail. Tilsum is sald to bo drngerons- ly injured, but was v a hopeful conditiou yes- torday. My, Karro is highly epolien of by Ler nolglibos, -part of the B. THE COURTS, An Interesting Smt to Establish a Wwill, | - The Action Brought by an Infant Only "o Year 0ld, Lihel for Insurance--~Tho Caso of the ¢ 8tato »---Bankruptoy Matiors, “Badle Tom Halo, an Infant a yoear old, come moncoed, by hor noxt friend, Franklin Parmolos, an action in the Olreuit Court againat her father, Daniol Thompson Hale, Frederiok B, Do Borard, Jobn L. Batchelder, Mrs, William I. Boardman, Mny E.- MoOslla, Willam H. Leatherby, and Trusteos of tho estato of Charles C. Dotcheldor, Inez Gilletto, and Cbarlos F. Allon. Tho bill sets out that complajuant's mothor, Barah P. Hale, dled April, 80,1878, loaving eaid complainant and Daniel T, Halo bor heirs, Bho was, at tho timo of. her denth, owner of No, 1100 Prairie avenue, and No. 078 DMichigon avenue. By her will, F. B. Do Borard woe mude Trustee of her ostato, all of which, aftor paying a fow legaclos, was to bo kopt for complainant. Tho Trustoa was to ront the houses, fnvest all monoys, pay taxes, and, to' tho beat of his abllity, incronso the value of the trust-proporty, and make it over to complainant whon sho camo to tho age of 21 yoars, Tho husband was given the furniture and -othor por- sonal proporty in No, 078 Michigan avenue, On tho donth of said testatrix, eaid Do Berard wag notifled of the will and his appolntmont therein a8 Trustos, and theroupon it was his duty to probate said will, and carry out ita ro- ueste. This ho haa refused and noglocted to o, nud, ng com}!lulnlnfi alloges, has colluded with Daniel T, Halo, to_defraud hor out of hor proporty, . Sald_Hale has taken possceslon .of the property, aud the incomo arising thorofrom and applies it to his own use, and is suffering the ostato to be wasted.. Complainant therofore, prays that tho will may be proved, that another Lruston mnfibo appointed, and o Racoiver ; that Ialo and D. Borard may bo compolled to give an account of all property or. noney that may linve come to theirhnnds, and that an injunction may be granted to restrain them from any fur- ther intorferonce, and that a reference may bo mado to a Mastor in Chancory, to roport as to the condition of affaws, Tho Injunotion was fsauod without & bond. . LIDEL FOR INSURANCE. . Thomas Beott, owner of the schooner Welland, commenced an action agmnst tho Provineial Insurauco Gompany, of Toronto, for $6,150.26, 1o statos that ho insured his vonsol for 95,000 at 9 Yor cont of tho insuranco, loaded her, and consigned hor to Manistoo. - Off the harbor sho waa baached by & gale. He; “with 'others, has worked for two weoks trying to save hor, but unuuccessfully, and she. {8 now a wreck, A uotico of loss, protest,” sud abandonment ‘were gont the Company, but they now repudiate and deny nuy insurance risk. 5 THE BTATE INSURANCE COMPANY. The State Iusurance Company matier wanstill grinding out alittle ovidence, and s Inxge amount of costs, Yeatorday G.uuri;a B. and James W, McMullon wore examined, but the burden of tholr song only was, they bonght for Smith and and not for the Company. T'he whola tostimony is merely, itom by itam, o rebuttal of.the doposi- tious now in avidenco. * When thia is closed, the cago will probably be immediately heard by Judgo Drummond, and decided onco for ull, 4 DANKRUPTOY 1TENS. In the matter of Loon Golschmidt, an attach- mont was issued naainst A. P. Rapp, the As- wigneo, for appropriating the bankrupt's funda to his own nse, [ 5 Tho Acsignes of Henry O, Childs filed his ra- port of salo of Colorado prngnrty which report was ordered to be confirmed unless objections aro filod in ten days, : g In the matter of Staples, Fanning & Co., the Asaignoo was oidered to pay S8amuel D. Ludlam 81,000 for monoy losned, and 8126 costa. Adolph Rochoen was appotnted custodian of the goods of Donnis & Rochen, with power to finish. such goods as wore in procoss of manufacturo, and to sellthem from timo to time. COUNTY COURT. In tho estate of Poter Jolmeon, the olaim of . Rosa Forrestor, exooutrix of the estato of T, Ryerton, doceased, was ailowed for 816,875.41. ‘Anna Schmidt was np{:mntm’l administratrix of thung%mn of Touis Schmidt, under a bond of In the estato of Ienry Wolfram, the claim of Holens Wolfram, administratrix, was allowed for $2,759.88. ‘The will of A, Judson Smith was proved, and lotlors testamentary grauted to ~ Waldo W. .Bmith, under a bond of $16,000. Joseph I, Hourotin was appointed guardian on tho estate of AL, J, M. Lejouno, under a bond of 815,000, ? The will of Isabella Blair was proved, and let- tora tostamentary granted to Alexander M, For- rior, on filing a bond for $82,000.14+ b Auother striko was made by's few of the tax- fightors, by filing a bond and’ neking an appeal to tho Circuit Court. The mattor wos partislly beard, and will'be continued this morning. CRIMINAL COURT. The Grand Jury returned :into court seventy- - nine truo bills, and adjourned until & woek from Baturday, to consider "two murders, Hill, and Cowan, and Spaulding, tho chiof operators in the late Wilkinson diamond case, wore Indicted for larcony. Ono indictment was found against Hill, ono against Hill and Cowan, and one ngnfnnt Spaulding. Hill gave bail in $2,000 on each indictment, Cowan - in the sum of $3,000 and Spaulding’a'swas fixed st 81,000, in dofaul} of which tho Inst-named. dofendant waa gont t9 Jail. . UNITED BTATES COURTS. P A bill to forec...o0 a mortgage: for £5,000 wag filed by tho Connecticut Mutual Life Insuranco Comgnuy n{;nlnst Edyard W. Brown, Robert Mendoweroft, and Richard Meadowcroft, The Emmiuua ara:8ub-Lots 1 and 2 of -Lot 108, in roneow’s Addition'to Chicago. L A similar blll was filed against Thomas Clancey, Samuel H. Kerfoot, -aud . Arnold Damon for $9,000, on Lot 6 of Block 60, in, tho' Oanal Trus- toon’ Bubdivision of Sec. 21, 89, 14. BUIT TO FORECLOSE TRUST DEED, TFroderick Haskoll vesterday filed a bill againat Emily J. Montgomory and James Montgomery to foreclose o trust doed givon by them to se-. cure tho .Fu.ymuut of £21,000. The premisen mortgaged aro tho 8. 1¢ of Lot 14, in Block 8, of Uoeorgo Bmith's Additlon to Obicago, W. 3¢ of Seo, 29, 89, 14, COURTS 'IN BMEP. * E - An action in asenmpsit for $2,671,98 was com- menced by J. B, M, and J. C. M, Kollor against John M.'and Honry O. Seciist and Mrs, Me- being o Grow. Hugh Maler suod out an attaohment sgainst A.H, Brown, of 'Titusville, Pa,, for the eum of 71.44, duse in a nota payable A“F 80, 1878. George Trambull filed a pmolgu n assumpoit ogninst Eben I Runyan for §6,000 damagos. In tho cnso of Tuttle agaiust Sonne, n Judg- ment was rondered for plaintiff for $1,550 by ngrooment, @ -’ A 3 ) David W, Brooks, as guardian of the cstate of Tartloy W, Raco, filed & potition to tell tho fol- lowiug roul estate: Lots Y, 10, 11,aud 13, of Lrv- ing Park,"being n subdivislon of tho nouthaast 3{ of Boo, 15,.40, 13, pud. & parb of.iho nofth- oust 3of Soo. 23, 40, 18, : . Au netion of trospass fov $10,000 was com- menced yesterdny in tha Oiromt Court by John | ML, Royuolds agninat Olemons I, Poroult. " MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT. Swveeinl Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Laxsixa, Mich, Oct, 16,—In_the Supremo Court to-day, No. 83, Atwood v, Cornwall, argu~ ment concluded ; No, 52, Barnard v, McRoynolds ot al., argued ; No. 41, Hateh v. Fowler & Kol- 8oy, argumoent connneuced, UALT, YOI T0-MORROW, No. 87, Stoward v, Bailey ; 88, Stewart, San- born & Carleton v, Bailoy; 85, Browa v, M- Coymick; 81, Wooduff v.’ Mayor; 42, O'Brion v. Btate; 43, Stato v. Commissionors of High- ways of hnmtmmok: 44, Qreen v, Langdon ; 46, Morso v. Ilowitt; 46, Monrae v, Tho Fort Wayno, Jaoksol % Baginaw Railrond Company ; aud 47, Wheelor v, Hurrison, MICHIGAN STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. Spectal Corresparidonce of The Chicago Tribune, Lawsia, Mich,, Oct, 14, 1873, At tho meeting of tho Biato Board of IIealth, to-day, Dr, Kodzie, Chalrman of the Commiiteo on Accidents nud Bpecinl Sources of Dingor, ve- ported that thoy ind sont to the Constitutional Commission & memorial asking that body * to cmbody in the Constitution a provision whoereby the stacklioldors of any railroad or steamboat, or other public carrier,” sball forfolt some nde- quate sun of monoy for ovory lifo doatroyed by lxrevmm\hln causod i thoir management, or b ho oarolossnosy or iueficiousy of any of thoeir employon."” T, Kodzlo, Chairman of the Committeo on Legislation in tho Intoronts of Pullic Mealth, roportod that thoy had sont to the Constitutional Commission n memorinl asking that body to con gtdar tho propricty of ombodying in the proposed new Constitution soma recognition of the prin- ciple nnufihb to bo exproesod in tho following paragraph : 5 ‘Tho Toglalature sholl pass all Inwa necessary for tho protection of tho Myes and lealth of tha peoplo sapecially mich luw un sioll bewt pued tho peoplo from dangors (o 1ife and Lealth which ariso from the ngadegatlon of pernons in organfzod woclety, and witleli 88 fndividuals they uro uuablo to avold or’ con= trol, The Committeo to draft ciroulnrs ono, addressed to tho Clerks of Local Health, saying: For thie futuro, it {a oxpected that you will bo proe parad and mako a record of oll facts concerning * dise ‘oanen datigeroua to tho publio hoalth,” which may bo comiunicated to your Doard by phyalcinns and houses ‘holders, in order that, at any limo whon called upon, you may bo abla to roport o’ this ofico a full dotailod ‘account of the cagca of nuch disonsos within tho jurls. diction of your Board of Health, In caso sinall-pox, Rcatlot fover, measlos, typhold foo ver, or any diseaso should appear in your locality ag an opldonitc, please mako a spectal raport of tho fact to this oflico aa soon as pussible, in order that tho cons dition o ita progress snd deotino may bo thoroughly atudiod, They also presented nnothor clreular, addrosse od totho physicinns of the Biate, roquestin thom to bo ns particulnr to report to tho Local Bonzds of Henlth all *“diseases dangorous to the ublic hoalth," a8 thoy have been heretofora aon to rupnr& cnsog of amall-pox, The circular says: By roferring to the following statement of thodeaths rosontod Joards of | from cortain contaglous or futeetious discancs in this Btato durlog the years 1809-'70, you will Lo able to jlul?n approximately o to the relative ** danger to tha publio hoalth * connectod with these several dis NUMDER OF DEATHA IN MICITIGAN FROM OFITAIL XASES DANGEROUS TO THE PUDLIO MEALTIH, Year—; Diseases. 870, 1809, Small-pox. 9 Scarlot fova le3 o Typliold fe 674 437 Measlea, ., 50 147 Whooping coug] D 1 Total, vuvae +e-1,010 1,000 It will bo scen that somo other digeases aro at prese ent attended with vory much moro dauger to life, na woll as to health, thon 08 {8 snall-pox. It is believed that vory mnny of tho doaths horo recorded might hava ‘beon prevented by thio sato monna (excepting vaceinae tlon) which in thie cano of smuil-pox wero, ina mnjority of cuscs, omployed. In other words, with the excop- tow'of vacelnction, the same mothods now ewmployed in cases of suull-pox, if appliod to tho provention of theus othor diacases, should reduco tho doeaths from ecarlating, for Instance, from 863 down more neatly to thio number from amall-pox, thus waving in gach yoar tho lives of many, porhaps of soveral hundred children, Dr. Kodzio. presented somo atatistica on tho Bubject of railrond-gccidonts, giving the number of killed and wounded in tho Btato during the past four months. He advocated makingita crime for railrond employes to nogloct anything for tho protoction of human life, = This sugges- tion wag thoroughly discuszoed by difforont mom- }wrl of the Doad, and scomod to moet with avor. A ciroular was o:dored propared to bo sent ta tho Health Officor in every township, villago, and city in tho State, MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. A Stranger with $4,000 in Ris Pocket Suddonly Abscnts flimuelf from Elis ‘Wifo and Child. On Tucsday night o man named H. W. Hart camo {0 tlio Commoercial Motel, with his wifo and child, ‘from La Harpo, - Il , Wednesday morning, about 9 o'clock, ho went out for the purpose, as Lo snid, of purchnsing railroad tick- ots to Byracuse, N. Y., to which place they woro going. Ho promised to -return in fitteon min-~ utes. Boforo going out, ho paid his bill, and loft word with the clerk that ho would want bhis bnggago bronght down for the afternoon train, Bince that time ho has not put in an appear~ ance, nor has ho beon heard from. Hoe had upon his person not less than £4,000. He was very unsuspicious person, and was in tho habit of naking an opon exhibition of his money. As ho was nn absolute strangerin' the city, anda very steady man, it is foared that ho has fallen into tho hands of " bad mon. His wifo is at the Commeroial almost distracted, and is loft in an impoverished condition, dr., Hart was 27 yonrs of ‘age, had black hair and moustache, black eycs, and o fair complexion. Ho wore 'n blue dress-conl, black pauta and vest. Information concerning him may be loft at tho hendquartors of police, or at tho Commoreial Hotel, ——— SUBURBAN NEWS, 5 EVANSTON. Tha loseos at tho'fire of Wedneaday night are nearly as follows Philo Judson. ... 3L B, Tott, furnlture. ‘Huukin Brothors, dry-goods, -+ 5,000 Dr, 0. H, Mant.,..... o 400 A, Holor, photographe 500 Evanston Index. 350 Dr. Garusoy, de; 300 Huntoon, Gamble & Co,, grocers 3,000 3. B, Lamkin, boots and shoes, Twenty thousand dollars will sbout cover the entiro loss, Philo Judson is the owner of the block in which the fire oocurred, but ho will lose Dut little, aa ho s well insur d, and nono of thom will losa heavily, The origin of the fire is not known. LAWNDALE, Tho ladies connected with Lowndale Church wilihold a_fostival this ovoving. Music, tubs lenux, readings, and supper will bo the order of oxaroises. A, T. Burbank will read a fow choico golcotions. ‘The announcement of Mr, Dure bauk's name alona should secura o full house, PARTY-WALLS. To the Rdlitor of The Chicaao Tribune s Bin ¢ Will you allow us a small spaco in yomr paper to ask tho Board of Publio Works why it I8 they do not treat evory one thesame ? I see ‘In this morning’s paper they fined James Love $60 becauso ho did not put a party-wall in his bullding, Now, thore are three brick buildings on Thirtieth stroot with only tho outsido walls, and the Board allow tho ownors to finish them. Wo, tho ownnrs of property near there, have re- ported them ; but no notico hus beon taken of tho roport, Tho buildmgs roferrad to aro bo- twoon Michigan and Indiana avenuos, Lot tho Board treat all in tho same way, a8 all have the same rights. PROPERTY-OWNERS, Ou10aao, Oct, 16, 187; A Wonderful Now Geologists London Correspondence of the Cineinnati Convnereial, ' A young gaologist has appoarod of such won- dorful knowledgo in cortain didicult rogions of big science as to havo causod great astonishmont, ‘Thig young man's namo i Miall, and ho is o nephow of tha famous nonconformist membor of Patlicmont. He bas for mome timo begn tho curator of o sort of sciontific museum in Leods, and I boliovo Lo has not bithorto contributod: euything to tho assoclation. But it would neom that ho bhas explored, with singular gomplote= nesg, all thomanifestations upon this planct of o cortaim animal Lnown to peleontology as. the *Tabyrynthodon,"” Itis this animal which (a8 Charropnmor:? Is sn?pouull to have loft its sign manunl and pedal in somo of tho greab strata—a supposition which Mr, Miall lias ex~ ploded. Ho Lins soarched out this extinct mon-- atdyr,'and searchied into all {ta living relatives and descendunts, and by - so doing: solved so many © knotty points that old” geologists liko Sir Phillp Tigerton aud Bir J, Phillipy aro in ecstacios. - Miall had no notes, ~Ho, upolie off all the histo- rios ond dates nnd figuros w:hthui| to the- “ Labyrynthodon ™ s if it had been lno prattle from carly infanoy, And when ho sav down Pliilip, tho Presigont, atoso and uald ; ** This sclontific statoment places its author at ono stop in the foremout_ranke of geological invostiga. tors," The goologists. fustnutly resolved to ro.- quast My, Miall to allow their socioty to publish ab ity own oxponso—and illuatrato by suitsble engravings—a lm-nui.'rnnh which they allege will rovolutionizo sheir scionco at an importaut point. The Relenie of $ntanta und Big Tree. Fort Sitl, Indian Tervitory (Oct, 13), Disputch to the New York THinca, ork 14n Satanta and Big Troa wera rostored to their tribo on tho 8th inst, Commissionar Smitk ledging his word that tho conditions imposcd Ey Gov. Davis should bo fullllled, and, promising that flva men of tho partles raiding in ‘Toxas shonll be given up by the Indinus, to take thoe placo of Batants and DIFTmm Commis= stonor Smith, in council this morning, gave the Comnuchos thirty days to comply with his domand for -theso mon, and gave thom notico that if the mon wore not forthcom- ing, their annuities and rutions would bo stopped. 'I'ho Comauchos pratosted thelr innoconce, Lut Commissioner Smith would not recedo from his roquest, and, ab the conclueion of the council, Dr. Ohogvor, o Oomnnche Ohlof, offercd to_take bis band and go forth with the United Slates troopu, and assist in copturing & '}mrty of raidora whom ho know wora fn Toxng, _This waa accopte ed by Commisaioner Bmith, and_Gen, Daviduon, in command of tho poat, hns ordored & company of eavalry to accompany the Indiang, who will start Monday, Tho tribes for tho firat timo feck that they have mot thoir master, and Commig« sloner Bmith deworvos crodit for tho firnnesy with whick ho heg conduted tho nogotiations,