Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 18, 1873, Page 2

2 ; THE COUNTY BOARD. Jim Stewari Proparing for Another Raja on the Treasury, When Every Other Person Is Work- ing on Reduced Pay, Ho Asks for an Inorease. Report of the Committee on * Restoration of Records. A Bill Prepared for Submission to the Legislature. The Boardof County Commlissioners held a vegular wookly mootiry yosterday aftornoon ; presont, Choirman Billor, snd Commissloners Bogue, Clough, Crawford, Galloway, Rarris, Harrigon, Horting, Jonos, Lonergan, Pahlman, Roollo, Russoll, and Singor. A communication was rocolved from cortain partios asking for pormission to oxhibit » magle lantorn {n the Court Houso Bquare,which pormis- pion was granted. A communication was rocofved from Recorder Btewart asking for increased componaation for \alting chargo of, and rocording sbstracts, in complianco with instractions from the Board. DIr, Stowart gave the following roasons for ask- ing for iacroased componsation: Thatho was personally rosponsible for tho abatracts while in bis posscesion ; that ho is also held accountable for oll orrora, and that, in caso of tho loss of an abstract, the ownor would compel Lim to roplaca it. Mr. Crawford called for tha roading of tho ro~ port of tho Committee on Public Bervice, which was mado laat Juuo, for making an additional compensation of $1,000 por year, and which waa then laid upon tho table, It was statod that sbstracts had not boon presonted to the Record- or for copying to auy amount, and Commissioner Olough moved that tho communication bo ro- forred totho Committeo on Judiciary. This motion was then tomporarily withdrawn to make way for a resolution o take from tho table the roport of the Committeo on Public Servico, which motion was carriod. The logal quostion was thon discussed as to whether any inorosse compensation could bo paid to the Rocorder, and the communication was finally roforred to the Committeo on Judiciary, with instructions to roport. . © A communication was received from J. AL Marshall & Co., agents for tho owners of Ken- tucky Block, protosting againat the allowance of $1,600 for rontal of rooms for tha exhibition of the Court-Houso plans, ana asking for a largor smount. Roforred to the Committeo on Publio Buildings. A numbor of bills wore then reforred to the wppropriate committees, aud a report was made by the Committee on Judiciary advorsely to ad-~ mitting insano persons not paupors to tho Insane Asylum tomporanily without a bond, and recom- mending that tho present rulea be adhored to. Concurredin. . The Committeo on Equalization of Taxes re- ported back the application of Joseph Pollak, County Olerk, asking to have his fees fixed for extonding tho taxes of 1873, Tho Committee bad conforred with the County Attor- ney, who filed bhis opinion to tho effect that, in cnses whoro tho prosont Fee and Salary act did not fix any fdcs in counties of tho {gird clngn (to which Cook County belongs), tho old Jaw would goyern ; and that thoro is nok in the present law anything fixing tho foos of the Clerk for uxtendln% taxes. Tho wholo mat~ ter was agein reforrod to the same Committce, with instructions to report the amount duo for tho services of the Clerk under tho old law. ‘A number of bills, having been ap) ruprlnte'lf yeferred and found correct, were ordered paid, On motion of Commigsionor Crawford, tha sum of £3,000 was orderod’to b paid to Josaph Pol- lak on account. : The roport of tho Bpecial Committeo on the Restoration of the Records was read by Commis- eionor Harrison, showing that tho Committeo nad flrnvamd abill which they respectfully askod tho Borrd to adopt, and to urge tho Loglslature lo pans it, or s bill embodying thefenturds thero- of. Following is tho bill : Be it enacted by the people of ‘he State of Iilinois, represented in the General Asseibly, That whenover tho record of decds, and ofhier instruments in_writing relating to real eatato, in any county, havo been, or may be, wholly or partially destroyed by fire or other- wisc, it 'shall bo the duty of such county to cause tls pvidenco of titlo so destroyed to b restored in fha manuor provided in this act, 8to, 3, Tho County Attornoy, if thoro ba ono in such county, or some otherattorncy appointed for such pur- ose by tho County Doard, shall present, an bebalf of Be county, n petiilon o 'the Circnit Court in saia county, setting forth tho facts in regard to the destruc- tion of 'the records and tho extent thoreof, - Aud if the Court shinll bo satisficd that substantlal portions of tho records of deeds, morlgages, waps, plats, and other instruments of ‘wriling relaling to resl cstate havo been destroyed or otherwiso, it shall appolnt thres Comininsioners, who sliall {akean ocath faithrully to discharge tho dutics imiposed upon thom by law, and the order of tho Court, and give bouds with sccurity in such sums sa nay bo direoted, to bo approved by tho Court, for the faithful discharga of the duties of euch affice, The Court may remove any such Commisaioner and fillany vacancy, The Court &hall also appoiut ono or more attornoys 6t luw to_au- sist tho Commissioncrs in tho performanco of thelr dutice, snd_{o act as counsel ta them, who ehall hiayo s dutica doflned by tho Coust in an order eutgrod fn said proceedings, which may bo ehanged from limo to timeat the pleasuro of the Court, Tho Court may also remove such attorneys and fill any vacancy. §ro, 3. The County Jonrd shall provide o suitablo offico for {ho Cominissioners, and supply the same with furniture, books and stationery, and fix the #ala- ry or compensation of the Commiasioners, uttornoys, and clerks, sud determine tho number of clorka to'Ls allowed to'the Commissioners and attornys, and shall ay such compensation and all ofher expeuscs by the ommissionors from the County Treasury, BE0, 4, The Commissioners miay seloct and appoint the clorks allowed them, and thosttorneys, nnd re- move them ot pleasure, and may prescribe in such mauner o8 they may choose the duties of such clerks, Baid clorks shall tako an oath to porform fhoir duties fuith(ully, . SEc, 5, Tho Commissioners eatabliahed under this act shul o styled the Commissioners of Land Titles in — County, Asgsoon us said Commlssiouers nre appointod and quulified thoy shall cauo to Lo pub- lished in a doily newspaper Laving a goneral circula. tion in each of tlo citics of cnlcnfo, Spriugfeld, St, TLouls, Louisville, Oincinuatl, Indiahnpolis, Detrolt, Mauttcal, Toronto, Boston, New York, Dhiludelphin, Baltimore, Richmond, Mobile, Savannal, Neow Or~ loans, Mouplis, Milwairkeo, anit Bt Buul, nd In sny newspnpers publishad in such aouuty, othor than Cool and Sangamon, a notico, for thirty doys successively, sottiug Torth {h genoral angusgo the appolutment of puid Commissloners nud the object of their llP]lnlnt- meut, aud the timo and place at Whick thoy will begin to examine claims to titles in such county, and any other facta which thoy may deem proper in the premiscs, The failure to publish anch no- tico " as required by this soction shall not fn- validate any of tho praceedings under this act, but It shill bo the duty of the Court aud of the Commmnlesiouers to seo that it s substantially complied with, Tlo eald Commission sball ix the time hercln- beforementloned notless than three monts after (ho first publieatfon of sald notice in such county aud in Baugamon Connty, 8K0. 0, 1o Cormissloners shalt eclect, in such man- aor as tlioy may choose, some nowspaper publislicd in auclt conuty i whicls ull notices, subsequent fo thist meutioned” fu tho preceding section, shall bo pub- Lished, and all othior matlor required by this act {o bo pullishied, Such notices and other publishod matter may, If deemed beat by maid Commlesioners, be pub- lialicd by said newsnaper in soparato elioat or shicols to bo dlatributed with tho regulr sheet, suck separate shicotn ta ho lieaded * County Laud-Titls Bhiect,” 80, 7, If the records of plats, maps, or aubdivisions of lnad’ hiavo been, or may be, wholly oF par- tally destroyed as aforesnld, tho - Oommis- sloners may adopt auy pints, mnaps, or sub. divislous purporling to ~ ba' coplch thereof, or cauea new surveys und now wapsto e made ko as to restorc, as neurly an pousible, thosa destroyed, aud roport their action to the Courl, and, if approved by tho Court, then such coples and now plats s mups shiall thcrcater bo considerad and_ shall havo tho sun forco aud effect as tho records thoreof destruyed 3 but tho original 1naps or plats, or & record thercof Ainco tho destruction therenf, na nforesafd, shall Lo deemed better ovidenco thau thomaps or plits so adopted by tho Conuntusioners, 8E0, 8, 'ho Commissioners shall cause to bs made tract indlces, showlu il iho tricls wd parts of trots, and il subdivislons n auch county, and_ also individual Sndices, Buch tract {ndices oud anch fne dividue! fudicos sliail b apen to r“"“u inapeotion un- der anch rulos us the Comumfsslonors suall provide, whtich rules shull bu approved by tha Court, 8k, 0, Lvery pemon luving un intorest In tho #itlo to nny” Jand in wneh connty may irosout to safd Commnleslonors o olafm thorelo n wrillug, or lmrl writing and part printod matlor,which shiall sot forth tlis chinin of 3tlo (o tho proporty clajmad ko far us is known fo tho clim- ant, giviug the dites of nstruments, and tho nanes of the'yartica thureto fn_suck clain, If known, tho du- scription of (he property, the nemo of the owner of tho proporty nt tho timo of tho destruction of {ho records, and the occupant of Lo uame at the provent time, and also glvlog sny othier facta tonching ttlo to the Iand claimod, ae far as kmown fo the clafimant, And tha clatmant shall got all informatiou noasible, by a reasonablo effort, and cach elaimant shall allégo in tho clatm prosonted {hnt such offart has Doen mado, and that all facts tonching (ho titlo to tho lond claimed ato atated i tho claim, an far ax 18 known to clafmant, Such claima alinll bo vorified by tho onth of tho claimnnt, or, If tho clnimant ia & non.realdent, by thio onth of (ho élaimant's authorized agent § or, tlio eluimant 18 & minor, by his guardian, or tho authiorized ngent of such guardian, or if thoto i 1o guardian, by tho noxt friend; or, if tho clalm- ant ia infano, then by ‘tho conservitor, When ni ogont of tho 'claimunt In boltor ncqualnted with tho facte, tho_clnim shall also Lo vorificd by Anch ngont, Whoti a_clafmant s, or_can obtain, an nbatrac of title_mado_ befora fho _destruction of tho rocords, na aYoresald, in dute coirse of busincan, Lo abnll attach a copy thoroof totho claim, Tho Gotmimissionora shiall proparo blauk forms of claima for tho o of claim- auta, and al tho propocty claimed by oo clsimant ey Do frlclitded in o aingloclaim, 8o, 10, When n elalm is presented it shall be num- bered and fled, and the name of tho claimant shall ho cutorod in the individ: index, and the number of tho claim set opposite tho same, and the uamo of the claimant shall bo written in fho tract index under each tract or pat of tract olaimed, with tho character of interest claimed by sueh clajmant, whother feo sim- plo titlo, mortgage, oatato for ifo of years, or othior- wite, S0, 11, Tho mods of procecdiag by sstd Comslre nlonors #hall Do o follows: Thoy shall fix upon somo particular fownship, section, or subdivislon thoreof, and tho time when ' thoy ill szwmisi tio proafa of il Lo lote, plecos, or par- cals of land thereln, and shall advorliso tho samo' for not losn than thirty'days, and fa_ liko. manner tiore. afler us toeach partloulnr soctlon or subdiviston thereof, At tho tiine fixed, or auch other time as thoy may ndjourn to, the Comnifssioners shall examiio the oluims illod, and ascorlain from oral and wrilten ovie donce prodiiced beforo thom, or which Loy may ha ablo to find thomselyes, tho facls uching tKo titlo to evory pleco or parcel of land In el conaty, They may compel the ntlendanco of witiessea and- {ho pro. duotlon of daourmonts, and such Commisaionars shall bo authorized to administer au oalli, They shall ante 18ty themsolvos that thoy havo axcortalnod all_ the material facts as o ovory plecaor parcal of land witbin thelr roach, or within tho power of tho . clajme snts to produco, 'Such ezamination shall bo mado whother nuy claim bo presented or not. All oral ovi- donca shall bs taken in wriling and presorvad, together with " tho documenis roceived, . oF coplea thoreof, It shall be tho duty of tho Commissloncrs, aflor . golting allthe ovidenco, to determine in whom the title to cvery lot, piece, ar pareel of land was, at tho timo of tho destruction of the records, aa aforesald, snd thoe nature of every interest therein at such time, and to report such determination to the Court, Provided, howover, that such Commissioners shall not determine 05 {0 the titlo when there are cnnl].lul(nF claims made in good falth; or, If there is no conflicting clalm, sud tho clafmant shall desiro to havo the proporty droppod from tho list, and an ordor eball bo procured from tho Court to bavo tho mamo omited or dropped by tho Gommissionors, But tho Court shall mako such an order only when satisfied that the application is not mado for fraudulent purposes. When auy claim fs presented by ouo of the Commisaioners, It may be passod upon by the othor two Commissiuners, Tho Commigslonera shall report to tho Court from flmo to timo tholr detormination as to tha titlo of tracte, pleces, or parcels of land, but thoy shall not roport auy of the evidenco prodiiced beforo them unleas orderod 80 10 do by tho Court, Sxo, 13, Exceptions may bo taken to thio report of tho Commissioucrs, or auy part thereof, which shall Lo heard and doferraed by the Courl, When the Court shall bo satlafied with the report as to any plece or parcel of laud, or any number of them, orders may bo enterad from tfme to tlme conficming the samo, und tho Court ahall havo full power to render any ordor ar decres which, in ita Judgment, is required by tho facts, and Juslico to the pereons interested, Bo- foro apy such iinal order shall bo ontored, dite notice of the time when the Court will consider any particu- lar report, or part thercof, shall ho-Elth!lmd at least ton daye, ' Tho final decrod shell bo Lindlug and cou- clusive upon all person, unless application bo mado within twelvo months to vacate and eet asido tho same, If application shall Le made within that timo, and tho porty moking tho mnmo shall satlaly the Court that he bhos momo valid and just intorest in (bullmlpefly which hes not been protected, thio Court hall enter an order sllowing him to be heard in tho vanmio manner as if he bad appeared Doforo the decreo had beon enterod 3 and, upon & final hearing, may veeato tha decreo as to such property, or moilify the samo, na shall seom Just, 8ko, 13, When such fiual decreo shall be entored, it sl ba the duty of the Gommissioners to causo to bo written in the individugl index opposite tho namo of tho peraon in whose fovor tho decros {azondered, tho date of the decree, the nature of the Intereat decreed, the description of the property, and the number of the claim, and in the tract index under the appropriato tract, plece, or parcel of land, the date of H\u decree, tle uaturo of-'the interest decreed, tho name of the person’6r porsons {n whose favor the docres i reme. dered, and the number of the claim ; and thereattor it shall be tho duty of tho Rocorder of such county to keep up such indices, 8k, 14, Allexpenacs under tho pracesdinga of thin act, oxcept fn casos contested as liercinbefore named boforo tho Court, shall bo pald outof ti Troasury of such county, S Ska, 16, Tho Court shall have full power to make all orders in regard to the mauner of conducting such procecdings and giving notice consiatent with thoe pro- Visions of this act. Mr. Harrison oxpressod himself as under obli- gtions to Mozara ltosenthnl & Ponco sud W, 0. oudy for hints and advico in proparing the bill, and recommended a catefal study of its provi- siona to tho Commissioners, On motion, it was Iaid npon the tablo, and 500 copies wore orderod printed. ‘The Board then adjourned until 2 p. m. Mon- day noxt, — CORPORATION COUNSEL. ¥fow Judge McAllister’s Ineligibility to Fill the Office Can ho Overcome. Ta the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Sin: In view of tho fact that Judgo MecAllister, of the Bupremo Court, haa been announcod 1a the prob- ablo cholco of Mayor-slect Colvin for Corporation Gounsel, 1t may bo well to inquire whother or not he 1a cligiblo to such appcintment, A hurried oxamina- ton of Tuley's Laws and Ordinances would scom to clearly prove him iueligible, Seo, 1, act of 1863, makes the Corporation Counsel a membor of tho City Government, and tho act of 1869 provides that he shinil be appointed’ by the Mayor, Bec, 2 of tho act of 1403 requires that nll the olectors and_appointive ofil- cers of tho city, mentioned In tho act crenting the ofce of Corporation Counscl, ehall be voters in the cliy at the time of clec- tion or appointment, and Bec, 1§ of the nct of 1600 fixes the qualifications of voters at tho olection of clty officers the eamio 08 nt genoral olections, and tho Constitution maltes n resldenco of ninoty davs in the county necesnary, Sec. 18 of tho nct of 1863 by providing for Alling yacancles occasfoned in any vlecw tivo or appointive oftico of the City Government, by removal from tha county or cily, necessarily ossumos that no such ofiico could bo elecled or appolnted, une Joxs nt tho timo a reeident and voter in ths city, Judgs MeAllister is neither a resident of Chifcaga nor 18 Lo doing business hiorc, - Tia homo and his family are o ‘Waukegan, in tho adjoining County of Lake, How- ever desirablo his appolutmeut as Corporation Counsol docs not appear possiblo for him to hold thu posltion, with tho provisions above referrod to_in force, Ar. Colvin should investigate this matter bo- foro ranking tho appointment,” Ciizey. A reporter waited upon Mr, M. F. Tuloy, the present Corporation Counsel, yostorday, and, handing the above communication to him, asked his opinion. ¢ “That is all correct in every particular,” was s responeo, after perusing the paper. *‘The citations aro quite corroot.” “Thou Judgo MeAllistor is Ineligible " asked tho roporter, ¢ As the caso now stands,” roplied Mr, Tuloy. “Can ho be mado eligiblo?" continued tho reportor. # My oplnion Is," eald Mr, Tuley, ** that it he camo to Chicago, and remained for ninoty days in tho county aud thirty days in tho city, ho would bo eligiblo for the appointment, becauso ho would then be a voter in case of an election, The ssmo applics to Jako Iohm., He is not eligible at presont, boing, as T understand » resident of Luke View,—tho rea- son of 3, his rual;fixing the Polico Commisgionor- ship somo months ugo.” Toportor—Do yon kuow whother Judga Me- Allistor intends to pursuo tho course you indi- cato Nr, Tuley—I underatand it was his intention to romain here in any ovent. mllupoglm‘—-wlll lie have timo to qualify by rea- enco 3 Mr. Tuloy—Thoe law is that the Mayor shal), on tho second Monday in Decomber, or as soon lhcrzcglar as may be, soud in his Tpohltmculu to the Common Council, Ho ueed not make tho appointment, theroforo, until the Judgo is quall- flnl\. T wrote to Judge MeAllistor that I would makoe no opporition In tho mnatter, When ho was ready to step in, I would stop out. I might resign, and the city might biro him until he was rendy to bo sppointed. Thoro need bo no difii- oulty ahous the matter, lllu}wrtur—’rhu samo would apply to Rohm, also Mr, Tuloy—Qertainly, I think so. Hoiaa resident alrendy of the county, and would only have to reside thirty doys in thoe city, —— EBxtraordinury Cnso of Shamming Oholora. ) An extraordinary case came under tho notico of the Moxteth, Livorpool, Guardinns, the other day, Application was made at the Woerk-ITouso for the u&mluulcm of a sonman sufforing from the cholora. ho quaranting officer had visited n ship namod tho Arabolls in the river, uud 1ind- ing n man with oholers symptons, ordared his removal to the hoapital, Tho man wau taken to tho Bouthern Hospital, whore a doctor cortified him sufiering from dinrrhen, vomiting, and cols lapko, The oholora vau was sout for bim, and oluborato preparations wore mado at tho Work- House for hia recaption, and for disinfecting his clothing. Ho was rocolved into the infocted ward in the nvunhlfi but noxt worning he hud quito recovorod, ‘The wuspicions of tho modicul mon woro nrousied, and 1t wan discoverod thut the follow had boon shamming cholera. o did not winh to enil in tho ship, and thereforo took an enormous doso of salte, whish produced tho symptoms describod, 1 ' THF, CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE ' TUESDAY, — NOVEMBER 18, 1873 . CUBA. The Military Situation in the Island. 80,000 Troops Yost and $120,000,000 Expended in Trying fo Suppross tho nsurrection, The Country in a State Insolvenay, of General Condition of the Naval Forces of the United States. The Military Situation In Cuba, From the New York World, Nov. 16, *Tho Gubans claim elther to hold or to control from one-balf to two-thirds of thelr island, to wit, tho Btates of of Las (Cinco) Villas, Cama- guoy, and Orionto, Theso dopartmonts have o population, according to the ocensus of 1807, of 662,628, noarly half tho enlire population of Cuba, But whilo the Cubsns mako the claim of bolding the country districta of thoso BStatos it is oqually truo that, with few notablo ex- coptions, tho Spauiards hold all the aitios and towns situatod thorein. In & fow words, thereforo, tho situation may bo siated as this: Tho Spaniards ocoupy tho towna throughout tho insurrectionary distriof, and raroly, if ever, =ndvanco moro than n fow hours' march from thomin any- direc~ tion, whilo the Cuban forces are smcatierod throughout tho oastern half of tho island, with little or no military system among them, and maintaining possession of all the roglona re- moved from tho const, and from tho towns and fortified places along the traveled ronds, whero the Spaniarda are in forco. Tho population of the towns which tho Bpanlards occupy in tho three Statos named above ia 828,000, which muat bo deducted from tho total of 662,628, Col.de Queralia, lato Inspector-Genoral of the Cuban army, who is ot present in this city, placos the offoctive force of the ravolutionfsts at botween 12,000 and 18,000, He gives tho following fig- ures: District of Bayamo, Gen, Gabriel Cespedes commanding, 1,800 soldiors and the same num- ber of machetoros; district of Holguin, Gon, Manuol Calvan commanding, 1,200 eoldicrs and 260 machotoros; districc of Las Tunns, Gen, Viconto Garcin, 600 soldiors ; dis- trict of Camaguoy, Gon, Maximo Gomoz, 2,600 ‘men ; district of - Guantanamo, Cuba, and Mar- co, Gen. I Penos commanding, 2,500 soldlers and about the samo number of mon armed with tho machote, Tho machetoros aro composod of tho nogroos recrnited from tho plantations of which tho revolutionists obtain posscasion as tho War prograuses, S Since tho ontbroak of the rovolution, in 1868, up to tho close of 1870, according to the ofiicial statement of Gon. éicklea, the United States Ministor at Madrid, Spain hiad put into tho field in Ouba nearly 120,000 mon, Biuce thon probably 50,000 moro had been sent, and what is now loft by the accidents of war—doath in tho fleld and in tho hospital—numbora porhaps 70,000 rogu- Iars, This forco is maintained chloflyin the largo towns, in fortiflod oncampmonts, aud in guarding tho const. Lato roports show that somo of thom aro thus distributed: In Ca- mAguoy, 8,000 ; in Santingo do Cuba, 3,000, Las Tunas, about 5,000; in Havana, about 20,000, An important clomont in the military situation in Cuba is the body known as tho Bpanish volun- toors, Thoy aro organized in all the largo towns, and are especially strong in Havana, whero their battalions nre to the Captain-General what the protorian guard was to many of tho Roaan Em- perora. Numerically s stroog as, If not strong- er than, the regulur’ forces, equipped and armod ot the expenso of Spain, tlm{ nover fight, but, by their savage advico end intimidntions, dictato & sanguinary policy. Every Captain-Genernl who has hoen in Cubn sineo the commencement of tho war haa fallon under their ovil influence. Tth aro composed nlmost nltn;);‘uther of Spanish residents of the island—shopkoepers, Spanish officials, and the, liko—whoso ferocious hatred of tho Cuban causo is ensily accounted for. They know that with the succoss of the rovolutionists, they would be compelled to fleo tho island, from which they have long drawn s comfortable rovonio. The Cuban army is commanded by Gen. Calis- to Garcia, and is divided into seventeen brigades, each undor the command of a Brigadier-Goueral, A Goverument powder, ball, and torpedo mnnu- Tactory, and two sub-mouufactories of the same, are in‘operation. Theso works aro said to turn out daily botweon 200 and 400 pounds of powdor, the powder being mauufactured from powder round in caves. About 4,000 of the Cuban sol- diers axe rmed with Romington and othier rifics, A fow old iron Plces and lide-guns constitute the “artillory ” of the rovolutionists, Col, do Quernlta ssys that thoy bave also two heavy sioge guns, but tho only use to which thoy have beon put 80 far, i8 to be buried in the ground away from tho reach of the enomy, Politically, tho Ropublic of Cubp, as the Goy- ornmont of Presidont Carlos M. Cospedes is called, is divided into ten States. The district in which tha Presidant hns authority is, how- evor, as may bo judged from the forcgoing,very limited, Prosidont Cespedes has o Cabinet ap- pointed, and laws aro mado by & Congress com-~ posed of twenty Sonstors and thirty-cight Rep- Tesontatives, ono for ench district, The Pecuniary Condition of Cuba—A . Stute of Genoral Inwolvencys Washington (Nov. 13) Dispatch to the New York Tribune. A gentloman of large intalligence and wids oxporicnco it Cuban affaira hins Intely returned from tho island, after traveling in & busincss y ovor néarly tho ontira arca, excopt the ionary portion, but including the prin- pil)fll citics, ITosnys that all business in the igland is in o frightful condition, and that averything is tumbling, The sugar interest has lost immoansely on sccount of low prices and tho many failitres. Tho loss of sugar merchants and dealers hns been fully 25 per cont, and even without monotary troubles in’ tho Unitod Btates, would have caused tho failure of many of the heaviest operators in Havano. Tho gentloman eays that, coming a8 this loas did, with the penioin the Unitod States, tho rosult is that thero is hardly o sol- vent mercantile house on the jaland, Thoprice of oxchango on New York and London being 656 to 84 por cent, largo iopotion of o capital invested in banks nud banking intorests has beon absorbod. Tho Bpanieh Bauk of Havanalns o circulation of 70,000,000, based on n cash capi- tul of but 8,000,000, Forty millions of the cir~ culation of the bank rapresents the amount dus tho bank by tho Cubsn Governmont. Lhis 40,000,000, ‘tho gentlomon assorts, hus been ab- #orbed in the oxpenses inourred in putting down what the Bpanish will not admit is a war, but still insists i nothing butan insigmficant insurrection in the mountains, The £40,000,000 represents only sbout = hird of the actunl debt of the inland, Tho gentloman roferred to says that the rocords will show that Spain has’ lost 80,000 traops within the last five years, and exponded about 120 millions of money., This enormous “drain upon tlo onergies and woalth of tho peo- {;ln hos almost fnpoverished tho island, and nukruploy utaras ovory one in tho faco, 'Iheir last source of ravonue they oling to with a death griY. ‘Ihe Spanish Cnsino hns decracd that it will not giva up the institution of Blavery until it can do so without peouninry loss, which meana it will not exeouto any docres of emaucipation from Madrid for the noxt gencration, 'ho Frosident of tho Casino COlub, a descondant of a notod pirate, and tho largost Waveholdor on tho Island, hin wealth boing catimated at botween £15,000,000 and §20,000,000, has boon heard to eny thut tho cxocution of tho docree of omancipationcan bo curried out only by the burn- ing of avory wugar plantation on tho island and tho uttor destrnotion of all that makes OCubn valuablo to Spaiu or a source of envy to othor great nations, icjuicinge of tho Volunteurs at Iin- vunu, From the New York Zribune, Nov, 18, Our roportor hud an interviow, at the rooms of M. IL Alhorgor at tho Bt, James, lnst even- ing, with Gon, Oecur V, Dayton, who loft 1la- vana on Nov, 8, and was ixruannt during the eni~ niyal hich followud tho lirut and accoiid bitohe orfos, Mo wndd that 1ho news came on tho dry of tho nrival of thoe Captain-Gencral ; that the Volunteors wora wilid with excitemont ; that his quartors woro with o friend at the hotel Ban Carlos ; and that, whilo ndimonished that bia lifo wonld be in peril’ ig 1t wore known by the Vol- unteors that ho was gn Amorionn, he was ena- Dblod to overlook from tho balcony the oulire soone of rojoloing, All the stroets, he obuerved, | wore decoratod with srmluh colora—red, white, and rod—and extondlng from ono sido to tho othior, overhend, aud the Voluntcors marched bnok and forth maddanod with liquor, the bands playing tho national alre, o eaid that tho mr rang with their oursos upon Amerieann; that those demonatrations continued for threo dnys, constantly dnorotsing iu tolr maduces, and ink during this carnival ho did not conalder it anfe to venturs into the atroots. 1o said tho constant thrent was that they would gob rid of the “piratos,” an thoy wero called, beforo thoro was & chanco for Inlerforonco, Ilo rolated the fol- lowing incidont as illustrating the dosporation with which the patriots fight. The Voluntcera demanded of an acqualntanco of his an ox for a barbocuo, on the ove of ono of thoir battles with tho Cubans; but when tho fight was over, so Erm“ had been tho slaughtor of tho Spanish oops that thore wera none loft ablo to indulge in tlie feast, and 'thio ox remainod unconsumed. Our Naynl Force-=Intorview with Chicf-of«Construction.lzurean Man com--The Guny, Tonnage, and Con= dition of Many of Our Vesscly, Trom tha New York World, Nov, 18, The writer called fieatordly upon Mr, Hans- com, Chief of tho Bureauof Construction, at the nmom{n Navy-Yard, who oxpressed hin williugness to use any information in his power, “Tho firat vesscls on tho list,” said ho, “aro wooden vessols ; about tho iron-clads I can sny Dut little, Tho Colorado is a finowoodon frignto, first-rato, of 4,700 tons digplacement, scrow pro- ulsion, 46 gun of largo callbr ; 18 loro in New York, haying hm{: rotwrnod_from the Asintio aquadron, but can bo got ready for gea in about forty days, Hor battery consista of 0-inch and 16-inch guns, and tho crow roquired would bo 576 in number, ‘The Franklin, the sccond on the list, 18 n Jargor veasol, bolng noarly 5,170 tons displacemout. £ho carries a vory hoavy battery of 46 guus, 9 and 11-inch calibro, and would ro- quiro s crow of 650 mon to man haor. Bho is Iying at Boston, aud could be got ready for ser- vico insido of twonty days, Tho Minnosotn is n twin sistor of tho Colorado, lier appointments, tonuago, and numbor and calibro of guns boin, idontical with tho Colorado. ‘Tho Minnesota is lying at our yard hero, and could be fitted out for sorvico in forty days, ‘Tho Wabash, tho fourth of our flrst-rates, i8 now tho unf;-nhlp of the European squadron, and is, I thinl, in the Medi- torranonn Sen. She fs o woll-built ship, In good order, scrow propulsion, 4,060 tous displnco- mont, and bas a battory of 45 guns of the samo calibra as tho othors,” Ior crow uumbers 575 men, and sho is ready for any sorvice, All tho above four vessels nro woll-built, staunch, and able to copo with nnylhln;i' of thair class, They linvo an averago spoed of 10 to 12 knots. Wo now como to the second-rates, a8 we eall thom—ves- &els of smallor tonnage, but armed with 9-inch and 1l-inch guns. would here say that we havo nlways put guns of tho latter calibro where it was praciicable, as frequont trials havo shown that an 1l-inch gun will do moro dnml;go at 2,000 yards than o 9-inch at 500 yards. The Nevada, the flrat on our list, hns just been sold. The Connectiout is on the stoclts at Bos- ton, and would take a year to completo. The Floridn, scrow, 21 9-inch guna and 2 11-inch guna, 18 Jying in ordinary at our yard hero, but roquirea vory extousive ropairs, and honce can- not bo counfed as of any use’ at present. Tha Iown is n vory fast veasel, but sho is so filled up with machinery that sho would not be ablo to catry much olse in the way of armamont and pro- visions for an extoneive brir‘ Hor nominal arma~ ment i8 21 9-inch and 8 11-inch guns. The crow of thess accond-ratos vary from 225 to 275 mon, thoso carrying ovor 21 gins requiring tho largor numbor. “Tho fowais laid up at Boston, but could not b counted on from tho reason I Lave mentioned. Tho Tonnesses is a goud vossel, live-onk frame, is 4.220 tons displacoment, an carrios a battory of 21 9-inoh and 2 11-iuch guna, Bho is now at the yard of Joln Roach in New York City, having hor ongines put in. Bho could bo ready for soa in about ninety days. ‘Tho timo I montion is that of ordinary worl ; doublo gangs would, of course, make a cousid- erablo difference. The Antietam is on tho stocks at Philadelphin, but little has beon dono to hor, Tho Californis i8 & gorew steamor _of 4,000 tons, was lately flns-!hip in the North Pa- cifie, hina o battory of 21 9-inch guns, but is on- Llrufy unflt for activo service. Il 'ho Delaware, o twin-sigter of tho California, hag beon Intoly usod at Quarantino in the harbor of New York, but was brought to-day to tho yard. Sho needs Yo oxtonsive ropairs, and could not Lo mado tnndf for somc months, The Ili- nols s lylng at Portemouth in au unfinished ~ condition, work having boen entiroly suspendod on her. The Java was begun in 1865, but work was entircly susponded on her after tho closo of the war, aud sho is now on the atocks in our yard, 'Tho abovo two vessels, if thoy aro completed, will bo of 4,000 tons dis- plncemont and will carry batteries of twenty-ona nine-inch guns, The Now York is a vesscl of tho samo olass as tho above, and is on the stocks in our yard. Sho has a live-onk frame, and would make a good, sorviceablo vessel if com- pleted. The Ponnsylyonia, anothor vessal of tho same clnss, is on tho stocks nt BDoston, but Tior frame and timbers have rotted to such an oxtent as to make it entiroly uscless to complote her. 'Thio Susquebanos, now lying in ordioary at this harbor, 18 o scrow stesmor of 3,930 tons, and has an ntmament of twenty-ona nine-inch and two oloven-inoh guns, but is ontirely used up, and could not bo counted on for active war~ faro. The Lancaster is o fino vessel, moderatoly fast, aud well built and fitted, Sho 1s at presont on_tho South Atlautio station ns flug-ship, and is ready for avy work, being in “every particular an oxcoliont vessel. Sho in of 520 tons displacomont and 2,120 tons (naval tobnage). Bho carries a beavy bat- tory of 22 guns, and is fitted out fora long cruise. Hor guns aro 9 and 1l-inch calibro, ‘I'ho Broaklyn 18 auother of tho very few vessels o can dopond upon. Sho is now lying at tho Boston Nuvy-Yard, and I think would Do ready to eail to-morrow. Bho is of tho samo cleas and charactor a8 tho Lancastor. Shois Iatoly roturned from the Euvopean squadron, aud buy boen at Boston undorgoing somo slight repairs, which ore now_finished, Sho isof 2,000 tons (naval tonnage) nnd 8,000 tons displacoment; has good ongincs, Sho Las an armament of 20 9 and 11-inch guns and earries a crow of 226 mon. Tho Tensacoln in a fno simile of the Brooklyn, oud o good vessel, moderataly fast, and carries an armament of tho same class es the Brook- lyn, Bho is_now tho flag-ship of the South Lacific squadron, but where nho is at present I do not know, Tho Iartford is a fair vessel, but Is at present in tho Asintic squadron, and could not bo easily rocalled. Bheisof 2,000 tons (uaval) and 2,000 displacomont, and chrrios o battory of 18 guns, 9 aud 1l-inch calibre. The Tiichniond is o vory fair vessel of Lor clags, and is in good condition, Bhe is armed with 14 gung of henyy calibro, and is cruising in tho North Atlantio. "The éougrmss is an oxcellont vesscl of her class, of fair epecd. Sho is of 3,050 tons displacement and cariies o battery of 16 guns of tho eame calibro as the others, She i now in Turopean wators, and is fully prepared to givo o good account of herself, hoBovern 14 a scrow Trignto of tho sccond-rato, carrles an armament of 15 guns, and is of 8,050 lons displacoment. Bho i now in ordinary at Boston, but is entirely unfit for sorvice. The Worcester, tho flag-ship of Roor-Admirnl Greon, i3 in the North Atlantio squadron, Sho is considered o good vessol, is woll built, andis’ modorately fast. Bhe is of 2,000 tons (naval) burden, and carrios a battery of 16 0 and ll-inch guns, Bho i well manned and fitted out, The Powhattan is the only vessol of Ler cluss that is in thewo waters. 8he is u side-whoolor of 38,080 tons displacoment, and carrics a batteryof 17 hoavy guus, She is, I consider, & good Vessal, sorviceablo, and well fitted up, Sho I8 at pres- ont oa duty in the North Atlantle, 'Tho Saraunc is in tho North Pacifio, Bho {8 a good stanch vessel, alde-wheelor, of 1,238 nava! tonnage, and carriefi a bottery of 11 gunsand = crow about 150 in numbor, Tho Aloskn, Boniola, Omabe, sud Plymouth aro eistor ships, They aro oach of 1132 tons (naval), and 2,400 tons displace- men@, and_carry butterios of 13 guns each, Moy are all in “good and aeaworthy condition, and’ are- cons{dered first-ruto vousels of i clnss, Thoy aro stationod a3 followas Alauka on tho Enropean aquadron, the Donicia on the _North Dacille, and the Omaba on tho Bouth Paciflo squadron, 'Che Lackawnuna i on tho Asiatio squadron and is thereforo of no use in the present emorgoncy, Slho i o fest-closs voeeel, fs_ of 1,026 naval tor nage, oud carrics o battory of 10 heavy guns. L'he Ticonderoga is nuother veasol of tho suma clnos, Bho in stunch and soaworthy, aud well built of good matorials, 8ho carries & bat- tery of 11 guny, is of 1,010 naval tonnege, and belongs at prosent to tho Bouth Atluntic squad- ron, The L‘almudulgwn i also in good condi- tion, carries o bettory of 10 gune und is of 956 naval tons, and 2,180 tons displacoment, and i in the North Atlantiosquadron. ‘Tho Mononga- hola has been laid up for rofialm at Portsmouth, N. 1I. Iler ropairs aro finished and sho is now at Nowport rondy for sorvice, She is nn excol- lont versol, woll built, and in foml condltion, Bho earries o battery of 11 0 and 11-invh guns, and is of 2,100 tons displacoment, _Bho in in European wators at present, The Juniateis & sorow stoamer of tho third rate and has, ns you well kuow, lately returnod from n erniso in the Atctic scas. ~ 8he is, when rendy for ser- vioo, o fair vessol of hor olass, 8he {& lying at pronent at onr yard here, nad roquires conwlid- erablo filling” up. Bho i of 838 naval tons und 1,800 tons displacement, and corries o battory of 8 guna. The Ossipoo, whiols ling just sailed, I8 a sorow steauor of B26 tons, Bheiaa xoud vesyol and in good condltion, her ropaira ! hoing only juat fnlahod, Bho carries n battory of 8 guns, Quinnecboug, Bwalara, and Gnlona nxo now bolng thoroughly robullt at tho Thilndelphis, New Yorl, and Norfolk Navy-Yards respectivoly, It would tako nearly four months to flnish them. but whon finished thoy would bo firat-closs vosuols in overy respect. " Thoy are onch of 010 tons (naval) and 1,840 tons dinplace- mont, and would oarry n battery of 7 guns of hoavy calibre, 'ho Dakot I lylng in ordinary at Mare Island, Cal., and noods oxtensiyo repairs. Bho s of 1,566 tons displacoment and carrios & battory of 7 guns, Tho Itoquoln s & good vosecl of Y5 (naval) tonm, with n bt tory of ¢ gune. Blio is ‘nt presout on tho Asiatic station. Tho Kearsarge—tho hero of tho Alabams fight—is o flno voskol, and has beon for somo time nt Maro Island undergoing o lbnrough ovorhinuling, She 18 of 1,650 tons displacement, and carries 8 bat tery of six fiunu. Blio lins not yot loft Maro Tel- and, and will probably bo ordered homo. 'Tho Wachusott is nlso a floo vosael of hor alngs, Sho i8 of the snmo tonnage and earrios tho snmo bat- tery an tho Konrsnrsa, and botongs to tho Fu- ropenn aquadron, 'ho Mobican, of slx guna and 671 tons fmwnl), 18 ropairing at Maro Iele and. Bl is {n fair' condition, but would require over ninoty days to comploto hor ropairs. ‘The ‘Tugearora and Wyoming aro vesgols of tho samo typo as regards construction and tonnage, and carry batterios of six guns. Tho former i3 on the South I'acifio station, and the lattor cruising in tho North Atlantio. Thoy aro ready for sor- vice, and In good condition, The Nantnslket in laid u{y in ordinary at Portemouth, N, H., and is complotely played out. Thoe Narragansott, n scrow stenmor in fair condition, of G0 naval tons and 1,206 displace- mont, cmrics fyo _guns, and _is on survoying duty in the Pacific, Tho Rosacn s another specimon of tha fato of poorly-built ships. Bhe is at Maroe Island, Cal., slowly rotting toplecen, The Ashmelot and Monocagy nre iron paddle-wheel vessols, well built, and’ in good condition and modoratoly fast. Thoy aro both on tho Asintio_station, in the squadron under Rear-Admiral Jonkins, "They arc of 1,370 tons digplacomont aud carry each ‘wix guns of heavy callbro, 'The Knnsas, which belongod to the Nicaragun expedition, and has just sealled for tho Pacifie, Las been alrandy dedcribed fully in tho columns of your paper. Tho Nipale, in'the North Atlantio squndron, and tho Saco, in the Asiatio, aro amallar vessels than I bavo provious- ly mentioned, Th"({ aro good of their class and aro of 900 tons dirplacoment oach, and carry threo heavy guns. 'ho Nyack, of the samo clnus o8 regards tonnage and armamont, is ot Maro Ieland in ordinary, and is not worth fitting up, The Sbawmut, snother vossel of tho samo tonnago and build, {8 in tho North Atlantio squadron, i8 nrmed with throo heavy guns, nud is an iron vessel of 900 tous displecement and a servicoablo steamer, Tho Yantlo, a sistor vessal of tho Bhawinut and o good craft, is with tho Asiatio squadron. Tho fourth-rates cousist of tho Yrolic, tho flagship of Admira} Rowan at thia port, 1,900 tons displacemont, and_catries a bate tory of cight howitzors, ‘Cho Palos, the oniy other armed stenmor owned by the Govern- ment, is in the Asiatic squadron.” Sho is a woll- built'ivon vessel of 420 tons displacemont, and carries a battory of six guns,” l“ J?\m nono of tho sailing vessels in active sor- viea?" “But one or two of them, and in tho present daysof steam they would bo of but little usa, Thoy are nsed nimy]y for rocoiving-vossols and gunning-practice. "Thero aro one or two fino vessols nmong thom, notably the Vendalia, o fina frignto of the sccond class, now being rebuilt at Doston. She carrics twelve guns of hoavy cali- bre, nnd is a well-built, sorviceabla craft of 910 tons (naval), and 1,840 tons displacoment.” *Can you ilvn mo any information as to the condition of the iron-clads 2" “Du littlo, ss u-u{ aro somowhat beyond my provinco, Tho Dictator, one of tho most power- ful monitors wo have, is lyiog at New London, and an officer will bo #ent to-morrow to sce wha! is Lo bo dono to fit hor up. Bho carrics two 15 inch guns, ond {sof 1,760 tons, The Saugus, one of tho smaller vessols, is at Koy West, and is in good condition, She carries tho same arma- mont as the Dictator, Tho Manhattan and Ma- hopag, aach of two guue (16-inch) and of 550 tons burden, will go into commission noxt weels, on tho 17th and 20th respoctively. They have beon latoly repaired, and aro in good condition, This is all T can give you about theso vossels.' —_— ““GOD IN THE CONSTITUTION.” o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : 8in: Tho Rov. Dr. Chapin is roported a8 hav- ing eaid, in bis late sormon in Aikon's ‘Thontre, that Christianity is too often *“mnintained as a form rather than a3 o conviction ;” and that it is “lnrgely accepted in the pitit that is muck more ready to talk Gospel than to practice it,—n spirit that might be quito willing to put the namo of the Divino Author and Founder into tho Consti- tution of tho Uniled 8tates or any other political document, and yot remain, as bofore, uninflu- onced Dby its ight and regardioss of its condi- tlons.” That thore is n splrit of formalism in roligion s o fact so universally admitted as to mako ite annuncintion a moro truism; but the roverend gontleman's illustration. is paculiarly inapropos. Truo, thore might bo o spirit willing to put the namo of God into the Constitution, and rogerd- leas of tho conditions of Christianity, but we liove no evidenco of its oxistenco; and, in a ficld Ho full of live foes, it is unworthy of Dr. Chapin to set up o straw imago in order to demolish it. Tho ouly spirit in this land which could rea- sonably bo suspectod of & willingness to put the nemo of the Divine Author of Christianity into tho Constitution is that ropresented by an zsso- ciation calling itsclf Notional Reform, of which Telix Brunot, Chnirmaun of the Evangelical Allinuce, is Iresident, and which embraces tens of thousands of members who aro seattered over all parts of the Union, and sro principally clergymon and othors noted for practical plety. To secloct this sacioty, by naming the speclalty for which it is univorsully known, and making it staud for that apirlt which is uninfluenced by tho light of Christianity, must hayoe been p slip rathor than o deliberate purposo. Dr. Chapin is not tho right man to takio g0 narrow & viow of tho work of any clngs of laborors in tho gront vineyard of tho Maator, and is singularly unliko himeelf when he sttributes an unworthy motive .whero o belter one might be inforred. DBy what other moans than that of awakening amnjority of the pooplo of the United Btutes to n sense of their roligious duties, conld auy ono lopo to procure a religious amondment to the CoxxutltuHon? It ig by infusing the spirit of Obristianity into the papular mind thag theso men hopo to ingort its form in our fundamental law. s National Reformers clnim that Constitutions are uot mado, ;but grow; that thoy aro tho highest and most aufhoritative expression of the ehavactor of the pevplo who live under thom ; nnd that n Obristisn people should bhave a Christian Constitution ; if they ara butnominal~ ly Christian, thoir Counstitution should be nom- inally Christinn ; and that, whatover thoir_char- acter is, they should oponly and formally doclare it, T'his domand is on tho prineiplo which re- quires an American nhl{x to snil under an Amori- con flag. If o mojority of the peoploof the Unitod Btates boliovo in God and Olirist, and the Bible 08 tho rule of action, thoy ought to eay so in that document by which their charactor is known to the world, If wo ara a Christian Fcapla, wo ought to have 2 Christian Government ; and, if we &re not, wo should stop all our Fourth-of-July parade and protouso of liviug what we aro not. If, a8 f nn- tion, wo owe our oxistonce and allogiance to God, wo ought, 88 o nation, to sny 8o in the most formal and un- mfstakable mannor. If woowo Iim noalloginnce, why did and do wo Iusult Him by prating about our nationnl sins and ropontanca ? * Why did wo 0 to Him in our hour of peril, if we decline to Eu known by Ifis name in the day of our pros- perity ? Is tho Divino Author and Toundor of Cliris- tinnity to us what the Bhark-God is to the Sand- wich Island convert,—the power to which wo ap- ply lua storm, while Vox Populi is our fuir- wanther doity ?' All theso Tmnflonn, and many more, undorlie that of * putting the nnmo ot God into tho Con- stitution of tho United Stutes,” I'rom tho way in whioh this purpeso is genorally spokon of, ono might infor that somo ono proposed to write tho namo ou soverul small scraps of papor, covor thious on both sides with wet mucilugo, and blow them againat tho face of tho Constitution, and thon fold it up and roturn it to its pigeon-holo, Ono might alko infor thet tho proposition to put it thera in any way was an unhonrd-of nct of dos- potism and blind” bigotry ; whorens thoso on- agod in this movomont, of all men, aro thoso Fcnnt likely to nttach any cubalistic virtuo to tho namo of the Doily, and would b nmoug tho lnst to intorforo with'rights of conscienco, 'I'hoy nim to teach this peaple that we owe to God our ex- Istonce, not only n4 individuals, but as o nation, and that to Him we sro Indobted fov ovory good thing, for clvil governmont as much as for daily brond, Thoy want to teach this people, flrst, to feel theso groat,Jfundamontal trutha; then to ox- press them in” thelr fundumental law, just 48 & wan who weant to be honest would give his note binding himdolf to moeck an obligution, Expericave proves that men are moro likely to oboy any or overy precept of tho mioral law whon, by &omo poraonal, voluntary not, thoy have bound thomsclves by it or them, 1t 1t wora not 80, clutrch memberahip, and all othor voluntary’ rocognitions of duty, clthor to God or onr follow-man, would bo uscless or worso, A vation i tmb ann gregato of mon, and what i8 good for the llldlvlvfunl in good for tho masa, vory spirlt should have, and lins, its visible and audiblo symbol, jluuf. a8 any inaterial sub- slanco g its individual form, ° A spirlt of wor- ohip in tho honrt prompts tho lips to praino, and tho wholo body to acts of reveronco, That fear of God which is tho bcfilnn(ng of wisdom, fo nations an well as men, domands the roverent uso of His namo, and the ncknowledgmont in noma form of His osliatonce, and our obligation to oboy Him. 1t is this foar that National Roformers teach, and its acknowledgment whiou they seek to oh- tain ; and such o purpose, or the men who on- tortaln it, cortainly aro not ‘sultablo lustrations of that formaliom which is reyardlnun of tho spirit and conditions of Christianity, JANE Q. Swissnerat, Ontoaao, 618 West Monros siraot, —_— “ FALLEN MER.” To the Idilor of The Chicago Tribune 3 81 7" in tho Bunday Tnmowe, hes do- | clared with bittor invective ogainst “fallon mon," and consurca socioty for ils ndmisston of them into its ranks, whilo it oxcludes unfor- tuuntos of tho opposito sox. While I condomn os strongly as doos ¢J " this peculiar conduct of soclety, X cannot accopt hor conclusion as to tho ovidont causo. And firat pormit mo to ask her who gives strongth and tona to socioty, if not the Indies ? Ts it not an infloxiblo rulo that, whatevor ovil in sooloty is frowned ‘upon by womnn, that ovilin oxcludod ? Do not they ox- ort the slrong/ controlling influcnce of socioty in all mattors pertaining to its well-boing ? What man would prosumo to smoke pipe or cigar in o solect draving-room party, if ono lndy should raso hor voico agaiust it ? Leaving out of sight that oft-disoussed question, rogard- ing tho social ovil, whother tho man or the woman {8 tho first to =in, I contend that this continual wail about socioty protecting rnkes while it punishes tholr victims, is not mot as-t nhould bo, by visiting the causo upon the wrong- doers themaclvos. Gail Hamilton traly enys, *If womon wero ag caroful to solect pure, hone orable mon for husbands, as men are to choose virtuous womon for wives, thers would bo loss complaint than now.” And I ray let women re- fuso admission to their society of mon of disrey- utable oharnoter, with the sama dogroo of fomi- nino aversion that thoy manifest toward a fallon ‘woman, and, presto | society is purified at once. Lot thom disregard oll claims of wonlth or fami- Iy position that such mon bring, and simply sy, 4 socioty doos in tho case of tho ‘woman, that ono Dblot upon a man dobars him foraver from admission to tho socicty of the good aud pure, and it will not be long before such complainers a8 “J” will have no occasion to nocuno sooioty of dealing unjustly with sin- nors. I presumo that, in tho oventof such an oxporiment, young ladies might banish from their prosence favored courtiers, and perbaps bo obliged to attond thontres with Mamma for an oscort ; but lot us hnve either a cossation of this incessant croaking, or an application of the right remedy, and loss talk about ** a home for fallon men," Moan, To the Editor of The Chicago Titbunes Bin: Tread in a recont issuo of Tne TrinuNe on article headed, *“Home for Fallon Men.” I thinl it a vory good ides, and would suggost that tho Exposition building be hired for that purposo, and that a fow of our philanthropic la- dies dovoto a portion of thoir sparo timo to car- rying on the fnstitution,~no lady boiug oligiblo to ofilco uxce{)t she is past 50 years of ago, It scems to mo that tho Exposition building, being 80 largo, might accommodeto at lonst a small portion of those who should become fnmates of Buch an institution A CoxsraNT READER, —_——— THE LINCOLN PARK ASSESSNENT CASE. Tothe Editor of The Chicago Tribuna : 8m: Lot ma correct 8omo errors in your Lin- coln Park oditorinl of to-day. The smount of ground boing addad to the park in Lake View is about 23 acres, worth probably $10,000 por noro. As tho township contains something ovor 8,000 acres, you will rendlly porceive that 23 neres is not quito half tho land in the township, as you atate. Tho Town of Lake Viow is entirely ablo, and quito willing, to bo assessed “enough to pay for tho land to bo added to the park within its limits, It was bocauso a considerablo part ot tho monoy nocossary to pay for the land token as addition to tho park in North Chlcogo was really nssessed on Loke View, that ths assesement hfimorom made was contested in the courts at all, Again; Mr. Culver Is roportad in the Supremo Court decision us testitying thut, aftor the asscssment of £1,200,000 was comploted, an ad- ditional asscsmont of $200,000 was made on the proverty in North Chicago, His testimony wat in somo way undoubtedly misundoretood, as nothing of tho kind was dono or attompted. Whilo the cloricnl work of tho assessments was beiug dono, many changes from tho first rough estimatos woro mado, but none after it vns com- ploted, eud tho wholo amount nssessed was ouly £1,200,000, It is cortninly amazing that a mactor ofsuch importenco hould be decided by tho Supremo Court meroly on o mistako of what the tostimony really was, or at lenst what is was intended'to be. A rohearing ehould bo nsked for at once. Davio Wirrians, S i Demnand for the 'Truth Regarding the BDeath of Capt. Xladl. Iashington Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazetts, The Star, this evoning, in roferring to tho stories bronght by ono of the erow of tho Ti- gress in regard to the cnuso of tho death of Capt. Hull, says; It cortainlo will bo botter for all eoncerned that the eutire truth should ba dovoloped whilo all tho participants in tho ox- pedition, with tho exception of tho dead loader, ao within reach, to be quostioned. Tho story thet Capt. Hall came to n foul death should bio established or cilonced ooyond rovival, and re- vivo it will unless the domonstration of its falsi- ty is conclusive, It is well Lnown lora that Mra. Hall, widow of Capt. all, who was recontly in Washington, is_ fully im- prossed with the boliof {hat her lLuaband way murdered. Sho has made o strong appoat to our Government to send out an expedition to bring the body of her husband homo. It scoms to us that this will b the only really satisfactory way of clearing up the mystery and doing juatice to tho living and dead. If Capt, IInll was poi- soned, tha toll-talo ovidenco will be found upon his body, 1t hnsbaen reported that thongh the Goyorumont may not sond a vossol solely for the Dody, an ux&mdltinu sent out for further explora- tion may eall for it, In this cago of course caro should o takon that nono of the persons {mpli- catod in tho murdor of Capt. el should tnko parb in this oxpedition, or ave an opportunity to tamper with tho rémains, and it would bo better, wo thinlk, to have any furthor investiga- tion a public one. This will serve to silonco the possibility of futuro cavil ns to tho character sud thoroughuenss of the inyestigation,” Fine Imported Horscs, Lrom the New Yorl: Sun, At the stables of Robert Stoddart, No. 600 Graenwich streot, is o noticonblo contrast in horseflesh, Five splondid Normandy stallions, imported by the millionuiro, Hobort B, Chisholu, for use on his stock-farm nenr Llgin, T, hase beon thero sinco their arrival m the Ville de Havro. Fhoy woro soloctod by a on of Mr Chisholm in Normandy from the bLost slock, ‘Phey are from sistcen and ahalf to elghtaon lands bigh, and weigh from 1,600 to 1,800 pounds, Four are dapple-gray, and would be roadily recoguized by their resemblanco to one of tho figures in * Rosa Bonhour's Horso Fair," The {ifth Is o dark bay, aud ia erossed with tho Lorchoron, Bosides these ponderous animals aro thirty-ono Shotland ponles, imrouud by Mr, J, G. Coroy, of Bon ranclsco, who purchased thom on the Shotland Ielands, They, too, aro to bo taken West, somo as far as Californin, Many of the full-grown littlo Shotlandars can ensily stand under tho colossal forms of Alx, Chisholm'’s Normandys. —_— Great Daricness ut Woolwich, Eng. J'voin the London News, Oct, 24, Early yestordny Woolwich oxperienced a sud- don ond almost unoxampled visitation of durk- nosy, The morning had beon wet and gloomy throngliont, but at 1 p, m, tho sky was ovorcant wlth o darlc pall, which seomed to obsoura overy vostiga of light from abovo, Tho darvinesy way not thnt of a London fog, for vistas of lghted windows conld bo scon for e lonyg distance, It waa rather the darknoss of midnight, but thera way o reddish tint in the sky liko that occasioned Ly » great fira. The nuuan}vhcm wai vory hoavy and oppressivo, tho rain had censad, sand the wind, which had beon blowing from the sonth- cast, ontiroly sbated, Tho owoot was divmal in tho 'extromo, Nervous peoplo oucournged the most droad forebodings | more roseonable ones attribntod the darkness to an eclipss of the sun, but found no confirmation fu tho almanno, Towls ent to roost, pignons and otlior birds stopped in their flight to #eck tho noarest sholter, ang ovory living thing soomed impreesod Dy tho reeno. Lo perfod of intoneo gloom Inated about fivo minutes, whon light gradunlly broke in from the weat, and in an Lour afterwards thoro wag brilliant sunshino, REVOLTING MURDER IN LIVERPOOL, A Mother Killed Dy Iloer Sone=Two Rosnrs of o Murderer’s Workesiirutal Indifferonce of Nelghbors, Frous the Liverpool (£ng.) Post, Nov, 8. A murder of n barburois nud most rovolling charagtor was porpotratod in Liverpool on Batur- dny night, tho murderor—for not tho slightost doubt exists as to hor gullt—belng & youog man nnmod Thomas Corrigan, avd the victim his own mothor, Mty Corrigan. Tho deceased woman wad 42 years of ogo, and reslded with hor husband at 36 Ghisonhalo strect. Their son is s dock Iaborar, and lived with them ; but_his violenk and dlo habits hnve sovoral timea brought him into thehiands of the borough police, Tha dotails of tho murdnrfnppour almost too pstounding to o balioved, It scoms that & fow weoks ago Corrigan, the younger, made the acqueintanco of o young womnn named Martha Knight, and— agalust tho romonstrancoy of hLis prrents—ho coliabited with hor at his home, Enrly on Sate urday afternoon they retired togotber ta ouo of tho bodraoms, and about half-pase' 6 Corriggn camo downstairs and aslod lis mother for l?lu suppor. Blio was sitting ot that timo in tho kitchion, and from somo motivo or another sho told him It wns in tho oven—which was not truo. Finding that wns 80, he swore ot hor, and immedintoly ' afterwards soized her by lier huir and orms, and knocked her hend snvufl:ly ngoinst tho Xitchon floor sovoral times, Having just como down from bed, ho had only his stockings upon his feot, but Lio Yicled his~mothor with considorablo forca for somo timo, aud then, not content with that, Iio plncod hishands on tho tablo and thon jumped ropeatodly upon her head and body, Blood ise, sued from tho poor woman's oats, and sho even- tunlly becamo inacnsible, and lay motionlcss on tho tloor with blood hespattered on her face. Now comes the most extrmmlinnr{ part of the horriblo story, o houso was licensed ns o lodging-houge, and among the lodgers wore an clderly man named Jamos Cannvan, and a men and his wifo, named {arris—all of whom, itin olloged, wilngesod, ot any rate, part of the attnck Gpon tho deconsed. Fusthor than that, tho woman's own Lusband was thoro dure ing n portion of tho Lime, and ho went from tho houso, leaving his wifo to tho tonder morcios of tho prisoner. Tho excuse given for this is that, knowing lis violent charater, both tho fathor and the othor inmates wore afraid to attomptto protoot tho decrased from his brutal ill-trente ment. Toresumo the thread of the dotails, however, while the woman was lying on tho ground her son throw somo water ovor Lot ; but Wwhothor it was dono for the purposo of roviving Lior or merely for the purpose of washing the blood from her hoad thoss prosont are not sbie to eny, Aftor the lapso of somo timo, Mra, Cor= rigan "oxhibited signs of lifo, and sho was removed by Mrs, Harris and the young woman XKnight to an ndjoinlng Toom, Whilo his mother was tiero tho_ son vontod his rago on Martha Knightnnd tho old man Canavan, tho Intter of whom he knocked down for having gontly remonstrated with bim on his violence towards his mother. During thin disturbanco in tho kitchen, Mre. Corrigan attempted to got out of the way by crecping quiotly up-stairs to s bedroom, occupicd by ons of the iodgers. Tho son's brutality, howover, wasg not yet satinted. Rushing first {o tho room o which she had beon first removed by tho womon, ho found ahe was not thero; and'thon ko proceeded to the lodger's bedroom. The poor injured woman was then undreesed and lying on tho bed; and, toaring off Lor night-dress, ho dragged his mother to tho top of the ataira whilo in s undo etate, and throw lor unmorcifully down. At the bottom of the stairs sho lay bleoding and insonaiblo for some sco- onds, and tho prisoncr then wont bolow, dragged his mother into the contro of the kLitchen, and thero jumped upon her ngain ; following this up Dby taking a lenther belt, to which was attaokod & henvy biicklo, from hid walst, and using it with his utmost forco upon tho' prostrats woman, Such barbnrity can gcarcely bo concolved ; but it iy ntated that lio agaiv, o third time, resorted to the fiendish occupation of ;nmp!ug upon the woman, and that” his ncts of violence wore ac- tually continued, without his being interrupted, until about 9 o’clock, when death released hor from her offspring’s barbarous brutality. It would have been supposed that the sightof his dead mothor would, at any rate, bava ealmod his rage: but, kneoling over her prostrate form, hie i gaid to hayo talen o knifo from tho tablo, and placed it upon her throat, remarking, 1 miglt as well bo hung for her us anybody _clse.” At thls juncturo the femalo lodger, Sis. Harris, implored him not to use tho kaivo, and he re {frained from doing it. During all this time n¢ ono scoms to haye communicated with tho police, or to bave sought assistanco from any othes quarter. Some one—ihe namo of the person it not yot lnown-—-scut, howover, for tho Rov. Tather Ross, of Eldon place, who, on_ arrivin; at tho house, was told that the deccased had been drual, and had fulion down and io. Jjured herself. TFather Rous was not satisfle¢ with tbis. o was convinced from whal Do aw that there had beon foul play, and find. ing tho decensed was dend, ho at once wont te tho Bridewell in tho neighborhood, and montion. ed ho feared that tho woman’s death had beon caueed by herson, Tho murdercr bad, in the meautimo, congidered tho probable results of Llis ncts, ~ Iaving called for Lis boots, ho Pul {hom on Lnstily, and with the romarls that ¥he waos off now,” 'he loft tho housc. Fortunately, in the inlovests alike of humanity and justice, Polico-Constablo 815 met Lim as Lo slepped into tho streot, and, stopping Lim, romarled, * Here, Tom, Iwantyou.' To this ho roplicd, © All right ; I know all sbout it; X want you ta call o doctor ; my mothor hins died suddonly,” “Tho prisongr wais then takon to tho Bridewell, and whon charged with haviug causod tho death of Lis mother, e said, ** No, ir, you aro wrong ; who ean prove it?” Subsequently Inspector Macauley investigated the cnso, and called in Dr. Douovan, o Vauxhall Dispensary. The woman's body is said to presont o ulmckin§ sight. Two contused wounds, about an inch long and ox- tending to the bope, wora found on tho head and Dack; blood had boon llo\vin% from her mouth snd cars about hor faco and by were brokon ; the ball of the left aye was' rup- tured, and thero wera numerous contusod wounds about the deceasod’s body, \Whou bookod at the Dridewell the prisonor appeared porfectly sober. el ea s o L “ Patrons of fusbandry? and ¢ Grangors.?? From the Rocl: River Farmer, The terms *Puatrons of Husbandry” and “ Grangers " do nobscem Lo b properly undor- stood. *‘ Patvons ™ aro often erroncously called Grangors. A “ Grangor,” os dofined by Webater, is_a bailiff, Al members of the ordor of *Patrons of Tusbaudry " are **Patrons.” The Grange is_tho placo whore thoy moct—the Lodge. Wilh tho samo proprioty might wo call Masgons or Odd-Fetlows ‘*Lodgera™ because thoy meet in Lodges. Tho word * Grango’ ia derlved from tbo Fronch, and meansa gravary, or a farm with atbles aud necossnry outbuildings. As tho dogrees of tho Order cun bo worked in en opon tield as woll as in the gronary, tho placo of meeting is called o ““Grange,” There nro ** Subordinate Grangee," composed of members who have taken the first threo degrees; “ Stato Granges,” composed of tho Mastors and Past-Mnstors of tho Bubordi- nato Granges; and & *“National Grunge," com- posed of tho Mastors and Dnat-Musters of the Btato Grangea. Thoro is no differont deaigna. tion for the members of the separate bodick; all aro ‘ Puatrons.” The mombors of tho Ordor should attompt to correct the impreasion aboub *Qrangors " which Iins beoomo so provalont, ~— A Girl Shot by a 2oy Lrom the Pittaburgh Gazctte, On Thursday morning Jolnstown was treated to & mild shooting seasation. A young girl named Belinda Lowry, employed in a houso “on Dlarkot ntreot, wns serubbing the stuirs, when Daniol Forgueon, o Ind 12 yera of age, cama in with a revolver, of which two barrels woro loaded, The girl neoused him of * smouching ™ o plo, which the young man vehemontly doniad, ot the same time” cacking the weapon, and kny- ing, ©I'l shool " Tho girl sald *yon wontdn't surely,” whon ha drow o bond and fited. Iho bullet entered the girl's cheek, paseod thwongh her palnto and into the stomack. Tho girligin n very eritieal condition, sud the boy is sorry naw, There has beou no offort madeto arreat tho boy. ——— An Emeotic Srings Up o Bullet. From ths Kuozoille (Tenn.) Chroniels, William Franoe, who was sliob_somo time past near this place by Doputy Stierldr Wobb, 18 slowly recovering, ''ho ball took eifect in the posterior aspeot of the body, patsing through bhotweon two of the ribs, abont two inchos {o the lett of tho spluo, thaice through the loft ludney, thonca into the stomuch, Dr, J, Nat Lyle, the surgoon in ohrge of the easo, gavo him some medicino, which proved an owolis, wud 1o th; o v tho bullob u{g on the floor, und it is now in the possession of tho surgoon, ‘I'wenty days have now passed, and tI‘m put%fiu% lhl still doiny was charged with forgory, an ‘Wobb camo upon him with well, M, Franca ran wles Blerlif A capias. ody; eeveral ribs |