Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 19, 1873, Page 4

4 THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 18.73. _— TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. pERn oF smurmzn(':ni (PAYADLE, 130 ADVANC) [ 2.4 - Waok 5081 Wiy yoar at the same rata, i Tartaof 81360 moller Docember, Ryo was nctivo and 8o to sliove Cuban bonds upon the market, which hlghnr_, closing ot Gfic, DBarley was quict and n | thoy hopoe to dlsposo of while tho furor laate, shado firmor, at 8198 for No. 3, and 02@900 for | Amid all thin Lurrah aud oxcitemont, it bogins No. 8. On Saturdny ovoning iuat thore waa in to bo apparent aleo that thora is & doliborato and To provont delay and mistakos, o aure sud glve Post | BLOTO IN this Clty 494,104 bn whoat, 1,206,657 bu | preconcerted movement smong speculators to Oftce address in full, including Btato nd Conaty. Remittancas may bo mado oither by dratt, axpross, Post Otiice order, or in roglatered lottors, nt our risk, TENNS 70 OITY BUDBCTINENS. Delly, doliverod, Suuday oxcaploa, 23 conte por week, Daily, elivorod, Sunday Includod, 70 conts por wa Addresy THIE TRIDUNE COMPANY, Corner Mndieon and Dentborn-ats,, Ohieago, Iily TO-DAY'S AMUSEMENTS. HOOLEY'S THEATRE—Handolnli atraot, botwsen Glark and Laatio. " P e AR ) Kriaroon wnd aventag, © 17 And ' & Rogular kix. AOADEMY OF MUSIC—Halsted 4300 _and Afonroo. Y Altornoon, ** Jealonsy, " Lvoning, ** Aurors Floyd laluonstroot, betweon Mad. ington, Rugageniont of Laura Alberta. Attornoon aull ovening. MYERS' OPERA-HOUSE-Monroo atrost, botween Besbor aud Stato, Hurlosquo of @ Astifi on thia . Minstrelsy and comionfitios. BUSINESS NOTICES. HEADQUARTERS FOR BOYS' CLOTHING. 0. O COLLIRG 1% At 183 Clemats WI AV NKVER BEEN MRS, WINSLOW— Fnow hor auly through (he propatation of hos Soothiog * Byrup for childran toothing. ({ wo had tho powar, o Fould mako hor, as sho is, o phyaical savior to tho infant Tace, The Chivagn Tiibune, Wednenday Morning, Novomber 19, 1873, corn, 310,500 bu onts, §8,700 bu ryo, sud 425,110 Involve the Govornment in war for tha purposo bu barley. TTogs wero activo at §3,76@4.10 for | of runniug gold and atocks up, ono ovidenco of common to cholco, Cattle mot with a bottor de- which {s contained in the abaurd dlspateh sont mand, and wero flrmer, with anlos cbiefly at | from the Committeo of tho Now York mostlug $0.00@5.26, Bhoop wore quiet and atoady at $2.76@3.85. A curlous complicntion ins arison In Trioate, the lome of the late unfortunnto Maximilian, aud tho most importeut sesport of Austrin, "o peopla of that city aro anxlous to annex themselvoy to Italy. To this end, thoy have appointed 8 committeo who bave published s manifesto in tho Italinn papors, soliing.fortl tho reasons why Austris ought to conform to their wishes, In this manifesto, thoy maintain that the configuration of iho Alps and tho Adriatio, and thelr history and language, show that thoy aro essentinlly Italian, These aro good arguments on paper, but they liave no practical woight, Austria, having alrondy codod Lomwbardy and Vonctis, will not be disposed to concede any moro lc.rrflary, espacially from topographical cousidorntions, 'The differonce of langungo hay atill logs weight, a8 was shown in ko recent absorption of Alsaco aud Lorraine by Gormany. ———— Vory littlo that 18 now birs boen added to tho Cuban situation in tho last twonty-four hours. Tho intormittont Twaed caso {a again undor foll way in the New York courts, The jury has been polled aftor numborloss panols, tho ovi- denco ia all in, Grabam has made his oponing gpoech for the dofensc, aud Tremain liss made the firat part of his speoch for the prosecution. The usual finale of the dissgreement of the jury may be oxpected shortly. The taxation of the capital stock of corpora- tions is to be resisted in the courts l':y tho manu- facturing companios of Rock Island County. Exclueive of the assessment of railroad property theso corporations aro assossed over $1,000,000, which is one-ninth the total assessment of tho sounty, The nssossmont will bo defended on the part of the county by eminont counsel, The Board of Dircotors of the Exposition mot 1ast evening, and resolved to hold & special moeting on tho 232 of Docember, to discuss the moasures necdod to obtain a grant from tho city of thouse of tholr' present grounds for ten years, They also resolved that tho Exposition Assoaistion might inorease the capital stock up 0 $000,000. By tha vote of tho peoploof Now York: City and VWeatoheater County, on Nov. 4, the three south- erly towns of the county, Morrisania, West Farms, and Kingebridge, will become o part of the city on Jen. 1, 1874, By this consolidation, the City of New York will acquire 12,110 addi- tional acres to its ares. The Aren of the enlarged city will bo about 41 square miles, and ita popu- 1ation 1,021,000,—the throo Westchestar towns 2dding about 85,000 to the prosent population, * The citizens of Chicago have a deep interest in the action of the next Legialaturo on tho Mayor's bill, which stands betweon them and the deapotism of the vagabonds of tha Common Conncil. In snother column is given a roport of the views on this question of a large number of the Cook County delogation to Bpringfield. Most of these gontlomen declaro themselves in favor of re-omsoting the bill when it expires noxt March. 1t {a authoritatively denied that there is any want of harmony between the Governor-General of Oanada and the Mackenzio Cabinet. In their very laat ofiicial acts, the outgoing Ministry maintained tho unenviablo character that made their exit mo welcome. Thay confirmed no less i than 100 appointments which in courtesy should | bave boen submitted to tho Govorument under which they wore to act, and incrosscd ealaries, in one dopartment alone to the extent of $76,000 = yosr, and {n o similar rate elsowhere. I¢ tho people are not allowed tho privilego, so frooly accorded oriminals, of domsnding new trials whon the verdict dvos not satisfy thom, they must protect themsolves in other ways. This is being done with novel vigor and success intho Btokes cagd. Onoof tho jurors was ar- rested yostorday on an indictment by the Grand Jury for bribery, and the ofticer in whoss charge he nad been was also arrested. J. Dolos Center, tho notorions eighth juror, who was sontenced to imprieonment Ly Judge Davis for lmproper oconduot, will also be re-arrested ou s chargo of bribery. e — The opposition to tho reforms in banking which was proposed by tho New York Cleariug- - House Committeo grows stronger. It isnow ‘sertain that they will bq disfavored by somo of tho most powerful of tho Associatod Bauks, which will even fight thom in (bo courts, if -ncces- wary, Tho Californis & Toxas Construction Com- pany are sbont to compromise with their cred- itore ina way which Tom Sgott thinke will be uotisfactory to evorybody., No noiw fallured are snnounced excopt the wuspension of the Nation- al Trust Company, of Pittaburgh, owing to & de- taleatlon. Thare I3 & very sad stato of affairs in Osceoln County, Towa. Its peoplo are destltute of food, clothing, and fuol. ‘I'wisted hay aiid sosd-grass i3 all they bava to burn,—a fact which muy bo notod by the advocates of forent culture. Many porsons, among thom women in childbirth, have died of exposure and want of food, and & groat- orloss of lite1s to bo feared if rellef is not givenscon, 8o deplorable & condition wouid se0m much less strango in the devastated flelda of Hungary or Poland than in freo aud bounti- ful Towa, and it is to be hopod that the appeal of the Homestesdors' Rrotdotive Assoclation for belp will be answered. The Chicago produce markets were fairly so- tivo yostorday, and breadstwifs wore gemorally stronge#, while provislous wero weak, Mess pork was rather dull, and 125¢@200 B brl lower, closing at $11,90@12.00 cash, and” £12.12}@ 12,26 seller Japuary, Lard was sotive and 3o lower, at 7@T}o cash, and 73{o seller January. Meaty were quiet and 3o lower, at 4o for part ealted shonldors, 5Jo for do short xibs, 6o for do' ghort clear, and 63{@7o for green hamu, Loke frelghts were dull and unchanged, st 8o for corn to Buffalo, Highwinos were quict and 340 higher, at 873¢0 P gallon. Tlour was rotive and thimer. Wheat was in fair demand and 3o nigher, closing at 91,00 ossh, $1,095¢ sollor December, and 81,04 seller January, Coru The ofiicial advices concerning the Virginius outrago that wero oxpected did not arrlve in Washington yostorday, and tho Cabinet meating was thoreforo dovold of intercst. Tho Badrid suthorities aro sald to be anxious to offer all honorable satisfaction to our Governmont, and to lavo instructed thoir ofiicors to bo par-, ticularly careful in their treatmont of vessols bearitg tho Amorican flag, but they will not listen 10 any proposition alfecting the Intogrity of thoir possossions, The letter from' Sonator Bumnor, writton in response to anlnvitation to spoak at the Cuban mass-meoting and sup- proesed by its managors, has beon published. Bonator Bumnor thinks that it is not practicable ot this moment to detormine our wrongs or our duties. Tho Virginius was engaged in an illiclt filibustoring expedition ke that of the Ala- bams, and, however terrible may have been the strooitios at Santisgo de Cuba, we should not forget the struggles of the Spanish Ropub- lic, nor oxtend it the undeserved mensco of war. Wo should wish, ho eays, for justice and omancipation in Quba, and success to the Span- ish Republic, . Tho Burnt Records bill presented to the Board of ceunty Commissioners by Commiesionor Har- rison on Monday appears to be additional to the cxisting lIaw, and not (intontionally at least) a ropenl of the Intter. Itassumes that it is still necessary to reators the records destroyed by the fire in an ex parte manner. Tho languagoe of tho bill requires all peraons to prove up their titles before threo Comgnisaioners, under penslty of hinving tho job dde by the Commissioners with such ovidonco as they can scrape togoethor. In this respect, it {8 much moro eweoping than tho present Burnt Records law, which does mol molest or put to inconvenience any person who is now eatisfled with his munimenta of title, If this ia regarded by tho framars of tho bill 88 an esaential featurs of it, wo rogard it a8 fatal to the whole monsuro, sinco it ia equiv- alent to * routing out" every owner and mortga- gee of 1and in Cook County, residing in any part of the world, and bringing him or her bofore the Commissioners nolens volens. Not only 8o, but the bill gives the Commissioners power to com- pel tho attendance of witnosses, so that they may britig not only the land-owners befora thom, but overybody olse, The power to compol the attondance of witnessea is either a judicial ora logielntive power, and cannot be dologated. But | this proposed commission ia neithiora Court nor a Legislature, It cannot punish a witness for con- tempt—thorefora it cannot compel his attend- ance. Without tho power to comvol attendnnce, it cannot procure evidonce of title to auy land whose owner does not voluntanly bring it la, NOT BO TAST. The oight columns of matter having reference to the Cuban crisis, which wore printod in yos- terday’s TRIBUNE, aro a striking comment upon the excitability of some peapls, and their ton- dency Lo go off at half-cock, In striling cony trast with this istloe brief dispateh from London, announcing that tho British Foreign Ofilco has instructed its Mintster at Madrid, its Consuls at Hovana and Santisgo, and the Governor of Jamaica, that tho Governmont reserves its deols- fonon tho question of the oxecutions which have alrendy taken placo, but will hold the Spanish Govormnent responsible for any addi- tional exccutions of British eubjects, Thia is a pradont, systomatic, snd statesmanlike method ‘of proceduve, especially as compared with the beadlong and holtor-skolter plans recommended by tho Now York and 8t. Louls meotings. Thero 18 no attempt upon the part of tho Euglish Gov- ornment to firo tho hearts of the people, and there is no attempt upon the part of the peogle to egg tho Governmont into & war, boforo it knows whethor thoro ia cause of war. The poo- ple of Great Britain aro quiet and mothodical, having full confidence that tho Government ia donling with the situation in the right way, and will sot promptly and enorgotically whon tho timo comos, York and Bt. Louls, or the most nolsy portion thereof, is almost ludicrous, pared to burn, ravago, nud pillago, Yok, lawyers, State ofticlals, Judges, merohwuts, Wall strect speculators, litorati, and politiciana slono s Yho power of declaring war, The con- not mako tho subject eny olearer, Onc mesting immodiate emancipation of tho slaves; another earthi to interfbre ; anothor wantd tue United Btates to hurry up and interforo boforaanyother sras less sotive and Jgo bigher, cloalug st 80}(c oush, and 8030 woller Decembor, In coutrast with this, the sttitnae of New In & groat many placos, North and South, East aud Wesl, bom- buativ porsony ajo holdiug war-mootings, before the Government has any information upon which itcan act intelligontly, and as it tho Spanish troops wero elready upon' Americau woll, pre- In New gather togothor, and fret and fume, raut and rave, and cry for vongoance, aud urge the Pros- 1dent to let slip the dogs of war, without clearly knowing what tho provocatign is or who 18 ro- spousiblo for {t, and unmindful that Congress fuslon of toyguon at the various moetings doos wants Ouba snnexod forthwith; anothor wantathe wante an Ameritan proteotorate established ; another wants all tho olvilized natlonsof tho pation cun got & chance ; auother would send an army to Hpain § anothor to'Havaua, and 8o on ad inginitum, Mesnwbllo, patriotlu offers of | duced by tho Stuq:' Bouvd to 287,367, The way cavalry, ertillory, und infautry are pourlug iu upon tho Govarnment, The Onbau patriots ero Oats were | quietly but buslly stirring up the muddle, Bpeo- quist sad 10 higbes, oloslng 86 8130 vady and | ulstors are taking adysntage of tus husly-busly to Gov. Hondricks, of Indiana : N Yonr, Nov, 16, 1873, Gov. Haxpioxs: Ploavo rend tho Lxoantlve Goa- mittoo @ stunning dispateh to bo read Monduy night at the mase-moeting on the Oubau atrocltics, 3, 1L VAN Arrzw, M. 7. MoMattox, It is not tho loast remarkablo part of “this ab- surdity that o man of Gov. Rendricke' ability and caution should have fnllen intg this trep and answored with *n stunning’ Bispatol,” virtually urging tho Govornment to take pos- sossion of Qubn forthwith, although the.Govorn- mont has aa yot received nooficial advices which warrant it in doing any moro than it has done, namely, to preparo for suy omorgepoy which may arigo in tho future. ve Thoro is n serles of old Gorman pictures ex- tant, showing somo of tho phasesof tho German Rovolution, fn ono of wbich Death, arrayed in military costumo, {8 handing o sword to g orowd of working-poople, who, short-sighted and heedless of the consequencos of Wwar, pross engerly forward to grasp it. In onocorner of thio pleturo ia an old blind woman, hurrying ssdly awny. It isa powerful setiro on the unthinling and heedloss oxcitomont of tho masaes,’that oven this poor, old, blind beggor ia not so blind ag their fury. DBlind asshois, sbe scos what they cannot see with thoir oyes opon,—death, wounds, diseaso, misory, tears, and ponury. War stands for tho maximum of humpn suffer- ing and human evils, Evory other resource should bo oxhausted before.we resort to it. Tho calm but resoluts action of tho English Govornment ghould bo a les- mon to us, Notify the Spanish Government that theso exooutions must cosse, snd reserve sny decision upon those which®have taken placo until thoro is a surc foundation of facts upon which action can bae taken. No good can ariso from tho present blind and uninteliigont pressuro undor oxoitoment. If war is to como t all, let it follow the sobor socond thought. Let itbe tho rosult of & cool, unimpassioned decis- ion tnade aftor all other remodios are exhaust- cd. Othor nationsaro intorested in this quostion 28 woll a8 ouraelves, It is tho safor policy to net jolntlywith them. If wo aro to set alono, overy atop should be taken with caro, loat we find whon it is too late that wo have made an irroparable mistake. Tho fronzy of tho multi- tude and tho plottings of stodk-apoculators are unsafo guides in & great emergency like this. To mako the Virginius affair *‘logal tonder," soeme tobo tho provailing idea in Wall strest. War with Spain eignifios large disbursements, and probably new issucs of greenbacks, with tho consequent inflation of prices, There aro wrotches in this world who would think it & small crime to got other people's heads blown oft in order to advance the price of atooks5 per cont, JUDGE CATON'’S ARGUMENT AT MORRIS, We invite attention to the argument of ox- Judge Caton, st Morris, Ill, on his application for an injunction to restrain the LaSallo Connty Qlork from oxtending on hia books the asssss- ment made by the Stato Board of Tqualization in the caso of the Ottnws Glass Company. The orrors and misconceptions of the Board aro “ghownup” by the Judge in a manner at onco powerful and laughable, and tho illegality snd wickedness of the nasessment aro disclosed by & master hand, 7The facts of tho immediato caso in which the Judge asked the intervention of the Qourt are substantially the same a8 in all tho othor cases whero the Btato Board undertook to asgosn the capital stock of private corporations. The Ottawa Glass Company has a oapital stock of 932,600 all paid in ; it owna fands, buildings, jmachinery, sud other tangible proporty which was assossod by tho local Assessor ot 846,090 ; | this was Incronsed by the County Board to §50,- 690, aud agaiu reducad by the Stato Board to $87,267. It had dobts to tho amount of 103,500, ‘Tho law of 1872 provides that tho State Board, in taxing the capital atock of corporations, shull “ ngcortain and determine respootively the fair cosh value of such capital stegk, includlng the franchiso, over and above the assossed value of tho tangible property of such company.” To rench the valuation adopted by the Board of Equallzation as to tho value of the capital stock of tho Ottawa Glass Company, they aocted on & rule adopted by themsalves, of adding to the par value of the stock the amount of tho indebted- noss of the Company, aud taking the nggrogute 28 the valuo of tho capital slock. In this caso, bowever, thoy did not adhero to thelr own .rulo, but seem to bave arbitrarily dotormined thet the Company owod only $28,920, which st they sdded to tho parvaluo of the capital atock, snd doclared the whale to bo worth $61,420, in addi- tion o tho valuo of the tangiblo proporty. All the proporty tho Company owns is roprosent- ed by the assessmont, fixed by the Btato Board at $87,257, That iucludes all its assots, The stock bing nover heon worth over 76 couts on tho dollar; yat tho Btate Board aesossed tho ospitsl stock ay worth, in addition to the value of tho angote, 561,420, or noarly 200 porcent, Here, then, wo have s caso whoro tho Company's entire asgota ure put at €87,257, and its capltal stock at ‘par $32,600, making in all §09,757, declared to bo worth $08,077, It will puzzle any mathematiclun to discover how the Boacd, oven under its own rulos, over reachdd this amount ; but when the rule, under which it profeasos to act, Is oxam- ined, the stupidity of the whole prucseding stands confessed, Tho Btate Board, guided probably by the Stato Auditor, interpretod tho 18w wheye it requires thowm to sscortain the valuo of tho capital stock ' over and sbove™ tho valuo of (ko taugiblo propoerty othorwise agsousod, to moan “in addition 0" the valuo ‘ul the othor property, sud this patent stupidity 1a supplamented by the rule of the Doard that the debts of a corporation aro to be added to tho value of its capltul stock | Tho practical oporas tlon of this is, thub Whoro bwo companios having s capital utock of $50,000 cach, and the onois freo of debt and tho othor owes ©200,000, tho Iatter compuuy, though practically bankrupt, 1o, nceording to tho'State Board of Equalization, the move woalthy of tho two, iis oapital stook belng worth 400 pér cent above par | Aun illustration of the way In which the State Tourd of Equulization fixed values is furnished “by Its aotion on tho tangiblo property of this Gloay Cowpany, Tho property was ussossed by the Qounty Asscssor at 246,000 and by tho Qounty Board ut £50,000, and this valuo was so- 1t was dono was thins Haviug sddod $100,000,- 00U to the value of the pruporty of Chilvago, the Btate Board Liad to raduco the value of ‘property thrauehokt tha resd of the Hiate 10 the samod Manhen Ovee MUD0 Dacwdna fuilaested b0 Kay amotnt; in tho distribution of thin reduction, LnSallo County got an averago of nearly 26 por cont taken off the valuo of all the property in tho county, oxcapt, perhaps, “capltal stock,” and tho Glass Company at Ottawa may attribuio the fact that its tangiblo proporty wes ot an- sossod at tho higher figuro to tho fact that 25 por cont of {ts taxntion was transforrad to tho proporty in Chicago, Wo quostion whothor thero can bo fonnd in tho history of legislation such an exhibliion of rank absurdity as was mado by tho State Board of Equalization. Tho Board might profitably Livo thomuolvos ont as tho ohemplon ldiots of the dny. 'Thelr rulo that tho moro & man owos the richer ho fs, is fairly supplomonted by tho othor decislon, that tho valuo of ono thing *over sud nbovo " the velue of anothor ia tho valuo of the two things ndded togothér. Tho Lwo decls- fous will dofy tho world fnany compotitive ox- aminntion for Iguorance abd stapidity. ‘T'his matter in pttvacting sttontion alt over tho Biato, and smong intelligent mon everywhero “tho prococdings of tho State Bonrd are beld in ridloulo und contompt, The srbitrary proceed- ing of adding 122 por cent to tho valuntion of overy lot and pleco of real entato in this county is s outrago that has no parailol. In countloss cages, this oarries the taxablo valuation from 10 10 100 porcont beyond tho actual prica at which tho property could bo sold. Tho samo arbitrary procooding in adding 98 por cont to tho value of each artiole of personal proporty in this’ county ia oqually unrossonable and oxtortionate, and is best illustratod in tho caso whoro the asscssed value of $20,000 currency on hand is iucreased to 80,6000 The procoeding of tho Ottaws Glass Company will doubtloss bo followed by ‘dont of the OCuban Republic, potitioned the overy, corporation in TIllinois whoso capital stock, tangiblo proporty, and dobta have all boen added togethor by tho State Board, and tho com- pany taxed on the whole, Tho Courts can hard- 1y rotuse injunctions upon such an oxhibit of facts. In the case undor consideration, Judgo MoRoberts promptly granted the injunction ap~ plicd for. THE OUBAN INSURRECTION. The history of the insurrection against Bpan- ioh rule in Cuba throws much light upon the acts of the Bpanish authorities in connection with the troatment of tho crow of tho Virginius, Tho whito population of the island of Cuba may be considered composed of two clugses, the Peninsulares, or Bpanish immigrants, and Croolos, or uative Cubans, In 188, the total population numbered 1,396,680 porsons, of yhom about one-Lslf woro slaves. Tho causes which lod to open insurrection in the island were cnumerated in the pronuncia- menlo firsb issued, Oct, 10, 1868, by tho insurgents at Yars, a small placo ia the Provinee of Manzanillo, They asserted that it was well known that Spain governod Cuba with sn iron sud a blood-stained hand ; that Cubaus wero doprived of political, clvil, and roligious liberty ; that thoy were not allowod to hold public meetings, nor to write upon affairs of Btate ; thut they woro excludod from all sharo in the Government, and were plundered by the BSpanish offcials ; that restriotions woro placed upon public instruction; that they wero ground down with taxes which would ruin sny com- munity with & less fruitful soil ; that thoy were controlled and ovorawed by an immonso stand- ing army and navy, whose cost thoy were obliged topsy ; and that whito immligration was dis- couraged and alave importation sided. Find- ing sl sppesls valn, and that thelr pro- tosts only brought upon them the name and trestment of robols, they issued this proclamation to tho friends of Cuba Libra, set- ting forth thelr purposs to obtain [ndepond- once from Spain, to gradually abolish slavery, and fo establish universal suffrage. The proc- Ismation was signed by Carlos Manuel Cospedes, a woalthy plsater of Manzanillo, aud by » large number of other patriots, Ten dayas lator, Ces- podes, who had been made Provisiounl Prosi- Unitod States Government for & recoguition of Lelligoront rights, clniming possousion of G0 longues of the eastern and central parts of the island, haviog a population of over 100,000 per- wons, and the cities of Dayamo and Holguin. At tho closo of 1868, Cospodes issued o prelimi- nary proclamation of emanoipstion, and during this whole time tho Insurgents were extonding tholr territory and fighting many small battles in tho vicinity of Puorto Prinoipo and Nuevitas, The poseossion of those two cities was very do- girable to both parties, tho latter being o seaport connocted with Prorto Principe by rail. In February, 1869, Oapt.-Gen. Lersundi was suporseded by Gon, Duleo, who had proviously' made arrangemonts for the shipmoent to Cubn ot all tho hard characters in Spain that could ‘be persunded or forcod to **volunteor.” Gen. Daleo immedintely deolared martiul law through- out tho islund, snd, s stesmer aftor steater ar- rived with tho voluntoor reinforcoments, more activity wos manifosted in the fleld. A sories of guerrilla encounters then commencod, and bavo continued without interruption until the prosent timo. While the insurgents have gon- orally been forcod to retrent with considorable loss, the Spanisk troops have been so conatantly harassod that they Liavo rarely been able to ob- tain any decisive adventage, in spite of their suporior numboera and arms, The insurgonts of tho Central Depariment of the island electod delogates to & House of Noprosentatives which, in the early part of 1869, decroed the absoluio omaucipation of all glaves in that departwent, and also sent an address to Prosident Qrant, on bis inauguration, sskivg recognition us bollig- orvents, About this time, n heavy force of sbips- of-war and troops succoodod in capturing La Guansjs, tho ouly port in the possesslon of the jusurgents. In Avrll, roprosentatives from sil parts of the frland mot at Guaymuro and formod the firet lagislativo body of the Ouban Ropubliv. Cos- podos was olocted - Presidout for alx years, and Quosnda was uppolnted Goneral-in-Chiof of the Gubsu forces. i Tho Spanlards now commonced thoir barbar- ous polisy of killing a1l * patriot " Cubaus, and destroylng all tholr property, In tho early part of Aprll, 1808, Count Valmasedu Issucd a proola- mation from Bayamo, aftor its capturo, in which ho gavo notlov of the following outragoous de- creos ¢ Every man, from 10 ago of 16 years upward, found oyoud tho Jialty of hfa farm, shal bo whot, unless & Justifieation for bla abwouce ba proven, yalivery but thiut s found vavant will b burned by the troops, Tvery Lumlot whotw 8 white flag s not hotetod, fu tolion uf & dslre for penes, will bo rodncad to ashes, Turthor deoroow by Luloo avdored that avory fawily whioh coulit nob sovount untiataatorlty for tho absoneo of auy of itx ule mombers shoutd Lo bunished from tha lidund, wid thele property contloeated, Usder theso dovtoow, bundieds of familou woro vondered dotituts and wero drive on $0 varjoun adjotuing fulsuds mud to thie United West, Florlda, and thoro eatablishied elgar man- ufnctorles, « Tho firat pitchod battlo of any consequenco took place in April, 1809, at Allagraola, in which nbout 8,000 men were eugaged on onch sido, Iho rosult wan o draw, tho Spaniards bolug ropulaed, but the Cubnus withdrow - the followlng night. In Moy, o battlo was fought nt Lo Minns, in Wwhich tho Spanfurds were dofentad with o loss of over 400 men, In June, Capt.-Gon. Duleo was arvosted {n hin palnco tn Havann by the Voluuleors, foreed to rolgn, and o leavo the islsnd. Gen, Espinar was tomporarlly choson to tnko his place, Tho formor liad falled to sntinfy the Volunteors by renson of his mildnees, und somo mera crucl Governor waa dosired. Accordingly, tho Spaniah Govornmout sont Gon. Cnballero do Rodas to Havana with absoluto powor to procecd sa he snw it This offloor had aequired in Spain tho nickuame of the “ Buichor of Cadiz," from hia brutality in crushing the Cadiz insurrection, and it was supponed that lio would not only speodily put an end to tho Cuban insurrection, but that lio would alao bo sbls to control tho Volunteors, His first act, on arriving in Hovana in July, 1869, wau tho promulgation of a decree doclnring all tho south coast aud most of tho north coast of the ialand, exoopt covtain ports, in a stato of embargo. Tho othor articles of his deorao have an important bonring upon tho caso of the Virginiun; they wdro as follown ¢ Aur, 2. Vessels carrylng gunpowder, arms, and warliko storos will be Judged in accordanco with the Taw, Anz, 9, Tho transportation of individuala in the servico of the insurgonts {s far more sorlous thun that of contrsband of war, and will bo doomed an not of docided hoatility, sud tho vensel and crow rogardod s encmies of the Siste, Anz, 4. Should tho individuals roferrod tofn Arh. 3 como armed, thin will bo regarded do facto s proof of thelr Intention, and thoy wil be regarded as plratos, 8 will also bo tha cove with tho crow, In May, the Quban Republic had booun recog- nized ns a belligoront by Chili and Poru, then at war with Spain, During the wintor of 1870, tho Lloyd Aspinwall, an Awmnorican morchant steamer, carrying dispatches from Roar-Admiral I‘oér, in Port su Prince, to tho United States Consul- Gonoral in Havana, was captarod as o prize by o Bpanish war-ship and cmriod into Havans. This capture rosulted in coneidorable diplomatio correspondonce botwoon -the two Governments, but finally Admiral Poor procecded to Havana with & frigate and two monitor iron-clads, and took the Aspinwall out from undor the guns of tho Bpanish fleot and forts, having previously announced his intention of fighting if interfored with, In thia wintor campaign (1870), the Oabana do- foatod tho Spaniards in two pitched battles at Nojass and Guaymaro, and, at tho end'of tho your, DoRodas, having been ns unsuccessful rs Dulco, was rolieved by Valmasods. 'Tho cost of thie war in Cuba in 1870 was stated, in tho budget presented to the Spanish Cortes, to amount to $62,000,000. The number of troops gont to Cuba since tho outbreak of the insur- roction is a little over 80,000. During tho whole of these yonrs, tho Spanish Volunteers havo had uncontrolled posacasion of tho islaud, and have committed innumerablo outrages upon the native and foreign rosidents. In November, 1871, they exeouted oiglit medical students for a trilling mattor which had no political significance whatever. Sinco thou the ‘Voluuteers have bean kept in the large towns as gerrisons, and the rogular troops have met with varying succasa in the fiold. If dofestsd in ono placo the insurgents appear in another, and hiave hitherto held just about as much territory as thoy etarted with, THE FENIAN PRISONERS ° Mecting Last Night in Favor of Their Xeolease from DBritish Bastiles. Ameeting of Irlshmen was hold last ovening at Burke's otel for the purposo of giving expression to thelr opfuions on the continued imprisoument by Ene gland of tho Irish political prisonors, Oapt. O, P, Mc. Kay was called to tho chatr, and Mr, P, B, ¥ wag chogen Heeretary, ‘Tho Chnirinau #old ho did not know who called the moeting or what was ita purpose, Ho wonld liko to hear from somo oue bettor posted, and called upon A, Tansey for information, ‘That gentleman sald tho meotieg had been called to consider the proprioty of seuding u delegate to Troland to represent tho Irisly pooplo of Amorica in the great political demonstratioii to be beld in Dublin on Ciitdat- imeg, Eve, {0k e purpogo of demandigg homo-rulo and the Jiboration of the Fonfan prisoncd¥. Mr. W, 0. BlcClure kald ho thought an uddress from tho Trish residents of Chicago would caver tho whole matter, 'I'be provailing fiusncial stringency should Le_coustdered ‘beforo cny movement looking to the callection of funds ws sct on foot, A, John Bullivan favored o holding of a mass- moeting and socuring of an exprossing of tho Irish Ecnyla, He did not bolieve that England would give ome-rule to Ireland, whethor Irish-Americane fa- vored that courss ornot., He wished the movoment all succest, howoyer, Dr, McKoown did not beliove it wounld be good goliey: for Xrlsk-Americans to Snterfora with tho putco- ol eifurts of the Iriah people t hogio i thelr sfforts tosecuro a National Yarllsment, Ho was opposed to sending a delegato, An expression of sympathy would b of more sorvice, 2Mr, Tausoy said it waa not proposed to send a dolo- gate for tho purposo of urgiug home-rule or any other Irish policy, Tho wmceting was held sinply for tho purposs of discussing tho feasibility of sonding one or plues dalogatea to Ircland to join isi the goneral ory for ustico, r. Mullln safd hie did not bellevo in sending dole~ gates, It would do no good, hothought, Rasofutions of wympathy, ceut by telegraph, (0 bo reud at the musee maestiug, wold bave o bettor offect. Ar, W. O, McCluro moved that s mase-meeting of the Irisli clifzony of Chicago be held ou the 21st of No- vembor for the purposs of giving expreaslon to their oplulons on-the courlnue inprivonuiont of tuo Irlsh ‘patriots, An ombryo orztor moved to Iny on the table, 30, Sullivay hoped tho motion of tha embryo orator ullivay would not provail, Me boloved thero waa o arent many people i Ohieago who sywmpathized with the Lome-rulo movement, aud they should bo given un up- poriumity to act forth thelr viows on that question, and do what thoy thought bost, D, Sanders dil not faypr lolding a mass-meeting, ‘Tl sympathy of the Irish peopln in Ohicugo could be Aot without puch coromony. e dkd ot ollv that 1hio Trisb In Ataerion conld help in any way tho Iriah in Ireland, Dir. Sullivan eald thero wan & friend of his in an En- glish baatile, and he would go_on his kuees to tho Quoen of Englond and cravo his lberation, Ho was opposud o tho bigh-tonod views of some of the goutis- e preusnt, Tio motioh o oal 8 mest-meeting was thon put snd carriod, ‘A mofion authorizing the Okir to appotat a commite to of Ao to arrango for the mostiug wan careled, Mcnsra, Tracey, Cuuningham, Mclresvy, koMahon, and Gleason wers sppoluted, Tho mceting then udjourued, MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. A WollsEnowst Citlzon Missing Sinco Wicetion Nighte-¥Wus Hlo Murdered or DI Mo ¥all Inte 1ho Xiver) F330r. Jobe MeQuald, of No, 103 West Taylor wireot, liaw been misolmyg sineo the 4th day of this month, sud I8 [riends nro spprehensive that wome mis- ortune o DetalBa. him, o won " favt doun about 7 oclock on tho ovondng roferrad fo in the compuny of some mon ot {lo cornur of Taylor snd Joderion etreets, Mo had bean drinking Sowno, and was dfsputing fu loud languago about tho haceits of soma favorlio candidate, "It s reportod that about 13 o'elock on the same nfgitt bo wes 1n ealoon Mot far from his rexldence, und thut Lie had a scutllo wWifh two men, ana shortly attorwardy started for lomo, Tyond this nathing further fs kuown, 1l shienco b Fenderod unnceonutable by tho fact that kis fatudly rolations wero of the most pleasing churucter, snd bis pecuniary_condition caoy, Tuers uave boou Virloas theories, conatrncted to uecount for Lie ab senco, His fanily nnd intimate friende, of courwe, aro inclined_ to tho bellef that he hew been murdored, Whitlo atuora Leligve cither that ho fell into th river Whio intoxlcated, or tivst ho fef tho cily, 'The theory Thiat ho b fallen intu thie river seoms mout. probabls, aioro 14 n0 reason ta beliovo murder bas boon coms mitted, MeQuaid lad nn monoy on iy parso b et hio dlsupgeared, and, 20 ho 1u tho owner of u e ddwilof property (bat Yeldsn daily prodt it fn tot probuble thut Lo would leave it “Thio cuso Wik civeh fo Sergt, O'boanell wiio bas boa worlng iyl L hout success, dving (ho hua weak, Yeatorduy Dldoutivo Dl wia glvetl (b oseo, ut {ho'{nstance of Hhio friondy of tho 1l ulnulmuu, Lut it a late Lour leat oventnig notling new biad bowu duveluped, Tho wver ot the foot of 'Faylor strco: a8 dmpged yeatordn Vorod. Bk, SleQuitl THE ILLINOIS ELECTION. . Strongth Dovelopod by tho Farmors’ Move- mont in Its First Campaigi. Classificntion of Counties, and of Votes by Counties, Tho roturns of the Illinols election for county officors, Nov. 4, aro now sulllciently complote for o declaration of the roault in dua form. Tho whole voto (102 counties) {a n littls more than 830,000, The Yarmoers mado their battle in nixty-six countios, and in those, ag in other counties, tho chief interest contored on County ‘I'rensurer, or, with rare oxcoptions, on Judge or Olork. The wholo vote in the sixty-six countics was 176,208, viz.: Farmern, 94,188; nll others, 82,076, Tho couteut in theuo sixty-six countios being that which gives the whole election its ouly prominence, it may bo proper to romark tbnt the sumo ratio of votes oxtonded through the wholo State would havo yiolded the Farmers about 22,000 majority over ail. Tho following clasaifieation of tho countios is Dbased mainly on rasults for County Troasuror, and on officinl votes which we have colloctod and published in dotuil for ninety-five countios. Wao placo Popo among Republican countias, upon rumor, aud have defnito returns, official and unoftlcial, from all othors, viz.: FARMEDS) OF, ANTIMONOPOLY—01, T kot and Madison streots, enirance on Market atroet, A full nttendancoe §n wpectally roquested, A church aoclablo, for the wholo parish and ail friends, will be glven by tho Unity Ohurch fraternity to-morrow evonng, in tho bnsvment of tho chuzca, corner of North Dearborn and Ouk streots, A mueical nnd Niterary enteriainmont, will be given at tho Mellum Avenue Baptist Church, Lawndalo, tits ovening, Roadinga by Prof. A, P, Durbank, and meslo Ly Prof, G, A, Iavens, Mrs, O, A, Mavous, ond others, will Lo among tle attractions, Jobn Bpencer, when questioned by Danyou as to his Dusiness, nald bio was n gontloman, ud as that s uno of tho rarifien st tho Dridotwoll, John will bo for the noxt thrco months tho ropresentative gontleman af that popular ouort. Bonn Fido Ohosoly wa tho namo given by a West Bldo vagrant whon hio waa booked by fho Btatlvne Xooper, Heully thought his nomo entitled him to spoctal attentlon, and, as ho {a o thosough vagrant, he will lingor st tho Bridowall till past tho Tdoa of Mareh Aunis Morris folt vory happy on Monda evening, Sho wout Into a ros taurant on Blate Bireol, nd exbil itod hor mirthfulness by {hrowing oyater-sholls throuph tho window. This did not trike the slcou. Xoeper s funuy, but 1t 3 atrike n pastor-by on th boad, 80 Aunio was urrestod, and fined $ by Tanyon, About noon yoatorday, two laborors at work on the Firat Protinct Potice Slutlon, named Mariin Dufy nnd "Thomas Joyee, viers prooipifated from tho fiat oo into tho basement, by the turning of o plank, and ruf- fered elght fnjurics, They wero attended by Dr, McDovwell, and removed to thielr homes, About noon yoterday, & Loy named John Miler, rouldiug Wth Lin parands at No, 5o Unlon sireoty e sovorely burued by the oxplonion of & can of ol Wich ?séat%firnlncfd 'l"loll:r? lll‘)“VO to (lll"k out, at No, 160 3 oo strent, ho woa 1 aud attondod by D, Dodgo. » T 1R 10 his home Bome timo since, Patrick McCOarty mortgaged twe vatusblo horea 0" Pat O'Nelll, & faw deye ince ha sald onoe of them without giving notice to the morigas gee, wheraupon O'Nell aworo out o warrant for his ar- Teaf, which was exceutod yostarday evening by Ofiicer Ryan, McCarty was lockod up atiho Armory, “The iaquest on tho body of Mer, Mary J, il wose dentls, it ia olleged, was tho result of o aboriion, was resumned ot the offico of Dr. Duff’ Josterday morbing, Hovoral witnessen_woro exsminod, amoug them D, Eatlo nnd tho huaband of tho decensod, but mothing ‘was licitod worthy of notice. Tho inghost will bo ro. sumed {0-morTow, Tho billinrd tournsment will bo resumed at Kings- Bury Muslo Hall this ofternoon, unless s person natwed Palite, who i uppoucd to roprésont the awners in the management of tho hull, objocta, Tho firat game will bo plnged at 2:30 in the afternoon botwoen Slosson and Ubawsy, - In thoe evening Joseph Dion and Besaungor will play, and Ubassy aud Garafer. ‘ "Tho police yesterday arrented two women nomed Liza zis Graut lm{h(n. Niccolls, who occupled rooms over the Unlon National Bank, at tho corner of Washington and LaSalloatreots, on ths chargs of belng improper chinmacters, The women havo the appearance oP elnj Teapostable, and they stoutly ssaort (helr Inmocence of Dond, Troguols, a,° Brown, Iackon, Torry, Tureau, Jaaper, Dite, Calhoun, efte Tututm, Cuase, Kuno, Richlanity Champalgn, Koox,® TRock Islind, Clay, ko, Sehuyler, Clinton, ZLagalls, Seott, Coles, Leo, Shelby, Cumberland, Livigston, . Bloplionson, DoKalb, Maco, Tazawell, gnwxlu. fiugun, 5 iabash, ouglas, cDoud e, Ford, doward, B0 Wik Fulton, Mercer, Whitcaide, Greene, Blontyomery, Wil amitlon, Morgan,* TWoolford—53, Tondemson, Moultrte, v TEPUBLIOAN—10, arundy, Marshall, Pulaskd, IHenry, Maganc, Star] Jo Davices, MolTonry, Vermliion, Kanlalics, MeLow, Warren, Koudall, Pope, * Wiltianson—16, Logan, DEsOORATIO—20, ame, Franklin, Masom, Chrutian, * Gallatin, onroe, lark, IHaneock, ke, Grawford, Hardin, “Randolph, Edgar, Jarsey, Baline, Efingham, Macorin, Sangamon—10, Fayette, Madtaon, INDEPENDENT~19, Aoxander, , Edwords, Bt, Olatr, Boone, Jotunaon, Gitem, " Qarrol 10y en ‘nshington, o Winnebago—18. T blican Anti-Monopoly ticket was oleoted in Domsarmtts Pootis é‘uuutf.“ W the - Domotratia Antl: fie el nenbd ogta Sol dnitos unt; Y , Botweon Gajovburg and Keoivile prolininary to s voto on the caunty-seat., ‘Tha test voto in soventy-five counties are given herowith ; and the votes of twenty-seven coun- tios, not given, aro either not susceptiblo of clagsification, or hinve no important connection with tho genoral resutt. TABLE NoO. 1. BEGULAR OLD-PANTY NOMINATIONG—THE FARMEEA . NOT IN THtH FIELD, (COUNTYTREASUDER,|| PRESIDENT, 1879, 1872, 'Dlmacml!Rep'hllc'n Grecley, | Grant. 2,63 (| 8177 | 4,343 1504 78 | 1718 853 1082 | 1,160 1,182 11 177 342 'ad 28 2,108 3, 8,671 1817 2877 | 2634 818 107 | 1209 Bang! . 2818 || 481 | 410 flcnunllul.‘l o9 | 14w || aieis 20,029 TABLE NO, 2. THE FARMERS IN THE FIELD AGAINAT DOTH THE RRGU- LAR OLD-PARTY NOMINATIONS, CounTy TrEARUKER, 1875, (s wT, 1872, Farm. | Dem. | Rep. ||Greeley.|Grant 688 615 || 811 1,163 a5 | 1,15 1588 1,606 || 338 Barion.....| 1,008 40 || 2,391 Behuyler |1 01 182 | 1,871 5 countles! 6,976 4,003 1| 9,168 g TABLE X0, 3. QX OLD-PANTY MANAGERS UNITED AGATNST THE FAR- MERY, o1 PEOFLE'S TIOKED: CounTs TAEAY, 70, POgsIpENT, 1872, Paople's, || Greeley. | Grant, a7 |1 1946 (8,718 Toel | L | 1u10 1,163 ALl 204 6 ([ 1124 | 1550 480 49 1218 200 | g70¢ | 3503 || 1188 875 1,898 || 1,70 f 8,08 i (| x7es | 14L 1,487 438 | 9,760 % || ‘095 587 923 | 1,438 sk || 288 | 107 L || 20sk [ Lo s || 1,084 | Lo3s || L | ss 16 counties,) 24,653 | 15908 || 21,91 | 80,807 “Conteat on Judgo or Olerk, TADLE NO, 4. OFPOSITION 7O THE PARMEDS BALLIED UNDER THX OLD DEMOORATIG BANNER, jO0UNTY TuCas,, "Td.| PnalbexT, 1872, Furmers, Democrat || Greeley. | Grant. 813 [ 1,922 13 620 428 560 426 1,095 | 1,905 2,663 1,050 901 1,150 840 1,618 2,069 2107 2,150 5,928 798 1,066 818 1,481 1,080 1180 2,118 2,618 b3 1,860 1,000 1,072 1,311 1,768 14 countles..| 17,498 23,603 *Conlest on Judgo, ‘TABLF. NO, 5, OPPOBITION TO TNK FARMERS NALLIED ABOUND THE BEPUDLIOAN STANDARD, 3 CounTy TREAS,, 710, PAESIDENT, 1673, Grealey. | Grant, Re Farmera, “Conteat on Judgo or Olerk, sl THE CITY IN BRIEF. The Lxooutive Committes of tha Exposition witl met 43 o'clock this afternoon at thulr roomny in the Expeition bullding, Tho Hov, O, @, Baruew, of Kontucky, will prasoh it Dalf-puat 7 o'clock thid evoutng fn tho oburol at No, 440 Norths Frauklin utroet, ? fug wao di e i ankd, of 10 tirin of Schwa, Stequakl & Co., wholesslo Lintior dcsluiy, Now, 20 d 28 bouth Watar strect, aud was well kuown swoug the Trioselianty of Lo lky w8 Wi ewier o & trasportation Lad of aretk A wpucial meating of the Bourd of the Olicgo Ladies® Nursery and Mall-Orphsn, Asyluta, willbe held to~ tho charge, Thoy will ba oxamined before Brayon this morning, A mooting of tho Police and Fire Commisaloneta w: ‘held yestorday afternoon for the innlll.‘liunu?)l Fir: Dopartmont business, President Clevoland in the gluiz ¢ prosont, Commissloncrs Wrlght' knd p Mark Bheridan, A largo number of bilis for both depart- ments were scrutinized and ordered paid. It was or~ lored thnt tho custouin of stolen properly soll lises s possossion, aftor advertis ton daya, The Board adjourned, %t for Jolim Miteholl i8 on tho rond fo the Donitentiary. Ho found a countrymnan named John Wilson, an nagainet his will, initiated bim into tho mystarier thiree-card monto, When the gome was finlahed, son bad neither watch nor money, but he had euough #enso loft to go to it oflicer and, stote s cavo, AlteR cll was arreatod and examined before Banyon yester- day morning, As he gave Wilson his ‘property, he was dismissed, bocause tho law doos not zeach hia tate, 3. I, Rapp Is » saloon-kespor, on tho corner of Mil- ‘waukee avenuo and Cunsl streot, Not contentwith dolng a legitimto busincss, Tio his been in the hatit of wulting liquor and beor to minors, ~Howan. yester. day tried on thin charge bofore Bunyon, ond slfhough tliére wus abundant. teatimony to convict Rapp, Bahie yon difcharged bim, Tho City Attorney, vesy prop. el appeed o s, aud s to T Bioed (0 i whiskty (6 boys, Tsy receive his dee Befora the Criminal Court B D A women named Lens Braunschwing, who restdos with ber husband at the corner of Halsted and Einzle streats, has entered o complaint before Juaticy Eber- bardt which places a_Inwyer namod Matthew Marks, ‘whose oftice {a on North Clark utreot, in a bad light, Sho allegos that, on the 7th day of this mopth, ehe called upon him'at bis ofico for the purpose of Secur. ing legal advice, sud that, while in his offico, ha at~ *| tompled to commit rapo upon her, The case cilo off yentorday, and 3ark awua held for further exaimizs lon {n bail of $500, Proporty-owners on Lake street ‘are grumbliag cone gidorably st tho dolo s‘;’fnmsmng the Eridge o shay thoroughfare, “The Board of Public Works 1epiy that tho delay hag boon caused by the magnitude of the wark ead other impodiments, Theroia the chcerful labor of bullding coffer-dums ; contractors havo becu unableto sccurs mouey to carty ou the work uninters ruptedly; the Pittsburgh manufacturers wero behind timo on et rotiwork for tho spproaches; and othies pooplo have been more or less delinquent, The east approach is finfshed, and the rest of “the work will be done in & weok or two, Ajyollng ran namod James Kelly, who lvea nesr thio Unlon Block Yards, amused Liraself on Honday Ly J)rucntmg a londed 'revolver at Lis mothert head, and compolllsg ler, by threats of immedints Qestruction, to got upon hor kneea and repest aloud all the Pmyerl shio hud puniehed him in youth for not committing to memory, Ho was detected In {ho act wau arrested and takon before Juatico Thompaon, tad held for further examination. His mother, howover, forgava Lier tyrant boy, snd carnestly plead {vith the Justice to discharga Lz, Hor plea was granted, Tho right of Turtle's mon toact in the capacity of detectiv.it wos agnin put in question yestarday, upon the complaint of Detectivo Siayton, by the resirest by Constuble Beat of Ofilcer Bull, of Turtle's force, who whs dfscharged by Banyon last Saturday, Lull was taken before Justice Hinsdale,and hold for furiher ox- omination in boude of $500, Capt, Turtle went hid Dail, 3nd promiscs to make it warm for Slayton before tho caso ia disposcd of, Bluyton, on the other hand, promises to make it warm for Turtle, and assests that the reports in circulation impeaching his (Slayton's; “integrity a8 an oficer wore started by Turilo, an arose from malice, and are uttorly untrie, The Board of Health hold fts rogular weekly meote, ing yesterday afternoon, ‘The Banitary Suporintoud~ ant preseuted his roport, from whicl it appeers that last week there weve 134 deaths, or 24 more than for tho preceding week, Of thove, 74 wero males and G0 fomales, 63 mavried and 81 single,” Of tho deaths, 20 were by consumption, 9 cach by convulsions and typhold_ fovor, 8 by poeumonis, sud 1 by small pox. ‘Thirty-one wero undor 1 yedr, and ono was overg0, The nativities were: Germany, 19; Iro- land, 16 born in Chicago of native-born rnmu, 183 of foreigu-born pareuts, 85, Thora wero 10 deaths in tho Fifteonth Ward, and nono in the Becond, There 18 nn jucreaso of nino in tho number of houseareported infectod with small-pox, #even of them on the Bouth 8ide, It appears that there wore ten more deiths by consumption last woek than in the preceding one, and six less by convululons, A curioun caso of what {s generally termed Xlopto- mania came to light yesterdsy morning, The wifo of a well-known physiclan of the Wost Side, and a gentle- man of ample means, wont futo Slryker’s hat uud fur store, on West Madison streot, and usked to look ut some mink furs, Sho did not purchsse anyibing, but on leaving it was noticed that sho bad taken a yeluable muff, She was arrested yud taken to the station, Yhocdaioatonco scknowladged stealing tio muty ‘bat sald some one Lad stolen hiers, and she was trylog to get even, She was taken before Jastice Scully, wWho Dound ber over 10 th Criminal Coust in bail of 31,000, It wes sfated that a soarch.warrant hnd beeu taken out, and mufis, boas, cte,, had been found oy Ler reaidehco, showin that sha indoubtodly hes been carrying ou this bustnoss for o long tine, It 123 sad snd remiarkable sght o see a cullivated, aocomyilshed, ladylike womnan, who has everyihing alie deslred au 1nomey can_obtain, arrestod and put under tilol for stesling, Tho facta bocoming known, the matter will likoly bo compromised, Yecterday eves about 5 o'clock, threo men, con. siderably undor (ho Influcnco of liquor, engagod In & plagful soutlont tho cornor of Kandolph and Clark traets, which became serious when it ended, un Olark strcet, near Foloy's billlard hull, and one of'the com~ xuumhi, ».nan nemmed John, iompaon, boloy ok squazely botween tho oyes, fell hoavily lipon tho back of his d, striking upon Dlcer ‘Keon arrived in 00 other two dissppear around tho corner, The Injurod man was found to be nlmout lusensiblo from the combined effects of lquor and tho blow ho had recolvod, He was takon {3 tho ory, aud an ntlempt made toseours tho atiendance of & physiclan without success, four refusisg to go, asaigaing se & raason that thio process of lflu\ulhg Py for rorvices rendorod in polics statlons was so diticult a8 to dotor them from rendering them, Officer Keon droased the wound, which blod freely, as well a3 e could, and, proguring ua oxpress wagon, took the man to his bomo at No, 319 Johnson street, He is beliuved £ ba soriously hurt, About 4 o'clock yesterday morning, while ono of the employes of the Western Union ‘Lelograph Cotapany wua wallitug west, Lo uoticed & cauple of men stap.ing 1n"front of Coan' & TenDroek's uurm?. sliop, it the woruer of Aun and Randolph streets, A8 hs got hear thom ons of thom moved toward him, apparently {n order to shov him futo (ho gutter, 1o svolded This dumonstration by syringing off iho &ldowalk, when the other mun called out, * Nover mind hlhj he 18 drouk” Rouswured ' by this statemoent, tho gentleman was about to atep buck tothe sldewulk, ‘hen tho mait who 1d spoken to him drow back 89 if 1o striks biw, I~'nmmnlnl{ tho gontloman had a eauo, undnteuck hin aseatlnt with 1t on the side of the fuot with weh foeo us to knook him down, Thon ho pulled out 3 1ittn empty pixtol, which it would b risky fo Aredf {6 woro loaded, and poluting 1t ot the other Man vised him to loave, which he did, ‘The individunl ¥ho was kuocked down romained on hin back and Uoggod for pieroy, The geatlewan, polnting ble patol ut hiw, told him'to U thiere il Le liad gono a block, o Lo would kil hiw, Having gono half & blook, be Tan fimself, wnd the other porson prasumably did the same thing, Of course no yolice were prosent, and of eiirke the sasaflod indiviingl had 1o money, The Mrocat feature in the case Iy tho uttor folly diaplayed by thewa o mon, Who lay fn waih ab €oclosk ity moraing in u Glinding wnow-utorm, Thele oondust abakes our confidence in the socurity atforded by late boure sl Lad wesbi base wher, and deasaves the Tebuds 1 it s £ OCEAN STEAMSHIP NE\VS, 1y Nov, 16— hsfulr.'.ll&lx,ag:n\ Fobiats zroms Now J’:‘-’,"x‘..v.“.'n‘a‘.': o1 fow Afternoon t 2 o'elook, av the ladies’ room of e LAl Tutied a4 Bavings Sanky bidwer of Bas | li‘n L3y Nov UhsheitvidoSakiashly G \