Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, November 25, 1873, Page 2

P 2 [ THE POST-OFFICE. Annual Report of the Post: master-General, Recoipts and Expenditures for tho Fiscal Year. 3 Defleit for the Year, $6,088,- 204.10. Postal-Cards --- Money-Orders «=- Dead Letters---Foreign Mail Ser- vice, Etc. Recommends that Newspaper-Postage Bo Paid in Advance. Argument in Favor of Postal Savings Banks. From tho annual roport of tho Postmastor- Genoral, which fs of unnsusl longth, wo mako tho following condeneation ¢ o B Y'orT-OFFICE_DIPARTMINT, WasnTNG3ON, D, Ory Nov, 14, 1873, S Tho ordinary reyeniios of this Dopartment for = tho flscal year onded June 30, 1673, wero $22,600,741.5, 300 tho oapondituros of all kinds' $20,084,045,87, For tho year endad Juno 30, 1872, tho orilinary Tovoniea word $21,15,420.37, and tho oxponditures $5,658,102.81, I 1873 thiers was an dnoreano of Tevenuo over 1872 of 1,001,315.20, or 4.03 por cont, and an fncreaso of ox- pendifures of $2,420,763.0, of 9,10 por cent. A com- arison of 1870 with 1871 sliowa n {ncreasa fi roventics of $2,059,000.15, or 14,42 per cont,, and an incroass of expeaditures of §4,694,841,60, or 10.34 per cont, Tuo fncreaso or decrosho in each itom Of Tocolpt aud ox- Phodituro Quring the facal year ended Juno 90, 1673 B8 compnred with tho yeara ended Juno 50, 1672 and Sino 36, 1671, xeepcclively, in shown by table No, 3, ‘sccompauytng tho repark of tho Third Asslatant Poat- ‘maator-Getoral, 1, i aadition to tho ordinary rovenues, the Depart~ mont 18 credited with thio arwounts drawn snd_ex- nded for Aubsidies to mail steamship-lines ($725,000), jt will bo scen fhiat tho smount drawn from tho gou- crat Treasury, nuder the appropriations: to_meot do- Sirlcnclos during_the year, was $5,205,476, avainst $3117,705.04 in 1872, To tho defieloncy for 1872, how- evar, Aro to Lo added tho standing aypropriations for Trea matter, awounting to $700,000, which ave since been ropealed, Tiso eatimated oxponscs for tho soar end- iug Juno 90, 1675, aro. +ee004§93,020,012.00 Tho ordinary rovenuus, sati- mated ot 13 per cont over, 1873, $25,008,817.00 Estimafod . Tovenuo from ‘money-order business 100,000.00 Eetimated revonuo from ’ ‘poutal-cards, 1,04,752.00 Estimated ‘l'n\ e ufl‘;{n iago-atamps aupplicd to D onta e e 2,260,000.00 Making {ho fotal estimated ‘Tovonuos for 1675, $20,293,640.00 Leaving 8 doficiency to bo appropriated ‘out of tho general Tresanry of.........$ 5,030,363.00 “Iho foregoiny eatimaten do, sichfilido {uo fpeeial spproprintions i tho nature of rubsldics, Tho numbor of adliestvo postago-stamya - {ssued during tho year was 601,001,620, reprosonting.... o s, 21000 . $10,081,160.00 Btatuped onvolopee, Dia e ] 1,720,612.00 Btamipod cvelop oproAontiug. .. 1,54,607.50 Thio tolal numberof stamps, stamped en- ‘velopes, uewapapor-wrapners, atid post= Al-cards was 764,103,130, of tho vale of.320,399,770.00 CoNrACT. Thero were in tho service of tlic Departmont on tho 30th of June, 1873, 5,030 contractors for tho transpor- iation of tho mail on public routca. Thoro were, ot tho closo of the year, 2,360 “special” offces, cacl with o mall-carrier, viiodo pny from tho Dopariment s not allowed lo ‘excoed tho nol postal Ficld of th oflice, 0t public moil-routea fn_operation there woro 7,424, ‘aggregating n longih 356,210 miles; in sunual tran Dortation, 119,000,650 milen; and in anuual cost, $13,~ Bt "Adalng 'tho compcnsation of railway’ Dost- ofita clorke, routo-agenta, iail.route mossengers, local pgonts, . mall-messengors, and boggage-musters in Ehargoof rogistorced packnges,amounting to $2.625,033, tho nggregato annual cost was $16,161,034, Thio servica was divided s follow Tallrond routes: Lengtly transportation, 05,621,446 miles 190—abont 11,06 cents per milo, ‘Stesmbont foutes: Lengtl, 16,762 mile; annual trausportation, 8,947,786 milés ; annual cost, $7U9,045 —about 20.25 conls per mile. 3 ‘Other routes, upon which tho mala arc required to bo conveyed with *celorly, certainty, andsecurity Tength, 175,991 milos 3 antual transportation, 60, 40mits ; dunual cosl, $576,000—dbout 1108 er mile, P iioro ywaa an Incroaso over {lio procoding year in Jength of ronle of 4,812 miles ; in aunual trausportn- {101, 4,995,308 atlen 3 and in cost, $1,009,077, Adding the fucreased cost for rallioy yioat-oflice clorks, route, Jocal, and othor agents, 316,74, the Lotsl incresso i cast tvas $1,81,820, “£ho rafiroad routes have been incrossed in length 5,540 niles, and In cost $764,425, against an increaso Vit sear of 8,077 miles in longtl'and $177,193 in cost. SMATL DEPBEDATIONS, Tho numbor of recarded complaints for tho past soar of minging lottera wee 0,165, of which 3,080 wWero Tregistorod and 2,185 xogisiored, contaiulng in the farmr, a reported, in bonds, drafts, oud currency, $30,12.69, and in tho Inttor £70,421,0. OF the regls- Terod lettors, 899 wero accounted for, 313.0r0 roporied ss sctually 1ost, and 973 aro still in (ho hands of epecial Luents for dnvestigation, Duripg tho yoar 302 persona wera arcestod for vatious offenses agafust tho postal fawa and regulstions, Of those, 04 Lavo been con- Ficted, 20 havo boen Acquitted, 108 aro awalting trial, ind 03 hwve boen dlscharged for want of proof aufi~ Ment to insute conviction, It & amzing (bt o many persona whl porsist i sending moncy Uitaugh flio yuails, {heroby subjecting thomseives and tho fibllc to tisk, and tempting tho woak to dishoneaty find ruin, when tlo Departuent provides tho meiua of Iafo transmisslon by moncs-ordors ot an iusignificant Sost, Soma of tho most oxporienced oficers in tlio fervico are of the opinjon thut Congress ehonld adopt $uch Toglalation as will provent the use of the malls for the conveyonco of mones b lettors, and compel o regiaization of overy valuablo puckago. RA LWAY YOST-OFFICES. A tabulnr atatement heroto appendai sbiows tint tho anmbor of railway post-oflice Jines in operation on lio 20t of Juno, 1873 was G0, extending over 14,865 afles of raltrond and steambost routes,—an incresso ¥f 2 linca and 740 milea over tho proceding year, Tho Aumbor nf clerks employed wa 763, at an_suiual cost 3 $941,000,—an increasa of 103 clerks and $119,400. Dpon 14,314 miles tho gorvico s porformed daily, ups a0 2,530 miles twico dally, oud upon 21 miles four timeh dafly, cquivalent fn 1l (0 17,462 miles cach way dafly. Cotutlug il thelines botli ways, tuo aggrogato peryico la 34,925 miles dudly, - TOREIGN MAILS, Tho total number of lottors exchnnged duting tho scar with foroign countrica wan 27,439,185, an increaso f 5,000,085 over tho number reporied for 1672, OF s nuriber, 14,332,614 wera cent from sna 19,126,611 woro recolved in the United Biater, Tho number of letters (singlo rates) oxchanged in o United Blates aud European mails was 19,686,514, gutusrento of 103615 over o umber voported tof 67, 7' & “Ilio totnl postages on tho lotters exchonged with for- elf counivles smonnted to $2,01,310.80, un Increuso of $130,050.01 over tho nmount Feportod i 1873, Tho aggrogate smount of postage (scs, Iniand, and forciqu) ot {ho Jottor-munils oxcanged with tho Ukited Kingdom of Great Iiritain and Irclnd, Germany, Tratice, Dolglum, tho Notherlands, Bwitzerland, Ttaly, Deumat, Swedod, Norway, and Spain, was §1,400, 507,60, on fncrendoof $103,063,45 over {lio smount re- yortod for 1673, Tho ;ostagen on letters sent exceeded {io poutago on attor receed fram tho s courlce 1o thio suin of $22,991,58, elng 3,63 por ceut of thio ag: fregnte amount, Tho noslagea collected in the Untted Siates nmounted to §65,611.47, and In Yurore to £740,690.03; tho oxcess of collcclions i {ho “United Hiatéa being §124,616.44, r 20 nier cont of the entiro ‘postaza recelpls on Luropeau correspondence, Coumparing (o year 1673 with tho year 1872, the rata of increaso in the tolal number of letters oxclon od With forolgn cauntrica wan 1.7 per ccnt, and {ho rate of {ucronse i the sinaunt " of ‘pottaged (Lioreou wak 8 percont, Tho jucreaso i the numiber of lattors ox- Chauged with Eurapcan countrics was 0% por con And (Lo ucrouso of postagea thereon mainted (o 7 ser cent, Tuo total weight of malls oxchianged duting the year svith Zuropean countrlen waa 1,838,357 pownds (over 912 Jons), an {ncreaso of 184,708 pounds, or 93 tons, com~ purod with the previous year, Tho'weight of lotter- torrcspondenco was 837,400 pounds, and of printod mattor and_namples, 1,438,058 poundls.. Tho sgyrouale wolght of maila sent fo Europa was 509,680 pounds, and of 1nalls reccived {rom Luropo V25,817 pounds, ' The Larcight of lotter-corrospondonco sent to Europo Wt 211,616 pounds, aui uf letter-correapondenco recetved from Europo 185,722 pounds, Tho wolght of printod nusttar and esinples sent to Europn was 857,004 pounds, and of printod maticr. oud eawplod eceived Srom Europo 140,094 ponnds, Tho cost of the United Btatos traneatlantio mall stanmaliip orvico for tho yar 1870w $230,145.17, Tolng an Increast of $0,440,07 over the cost of thio tamo sagyleo for i yo 1672, “Tuo Uit Stales posiagoou 1fls conYoyed toand from_ tho Weat Indlos, Panaina and Gentral Auerica Tirazil, Moxico, Bormudsn, Nova siootia, Now Granads, and Now Zealand stnountod lo $137,617.68, and tho cont of 4lio. son, conyeyauco theroof 'waa $95,623.89. Tho Unitad Btacs postagos ou malls cxchanged with Brazil, Jupsts sud Glilna, the Baudiwish Telatds, Now Zealaud Aniy Auatealio, by moaus of (ho subsldized lines of Alroet mall-stoamers, amountod to $0,629.38, Tho {otal cont of thie Unitod Bintea ocoan mufl sieumalip Service for tlo yous 1674 cludiug $115,000 pad ot Syocia) apprapristion for steamehip ervice to Japau hd Obins, to Brazil, and fo the Uawallsn Islands) waa $1,047,71,38, . A ugwr oontract hias been executed with the Pacifio miles s annual nuual cast, $7,257,- nts THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: ''UESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1873 e e e teeima Mall Btosmahip Company, for tho additional monthily ‘madl between #an Franolsos nnd Hong Kong (Ghins) Via Yokobama (Jnpsn), suthorized by Seations 3 and & of thonot of. Qougress approved Juno 1, 1872, which Qsohargen and rolcasoa from future responaibility tho nureties for rald Company undor the orlginal con— track, oxecntod the 20th of August, 1873, and substi- tutod now surotios in their stoad. + : i TR CARRIER RYETEM, Tho free-delivery syatom has beon (i oporation dur- ing the year in fifly~two of tho principal cilics, With the Iollovlnp aggrogate reulls R o Number of leter-carrlors, 1,40 Mall Intfora dalivorod . 140,006,887 Toocal lottors dolivorod. 84,040,040 Nowapapors dolivored. 43,300,608 Tatlorscolloctod.. w4 107,008,000 Newspapers colfostod. io11ui. 16,500,050 Wholo nmbor of pleces HARTOd. ey srees 574,018,604 Amount patd catriors, jncluding inciden 0Xpenscs, . $1,422,405.48 Avarage cost per piocs, ... 2¢¢maitla Amount of postage on 1ocal matior, .. ..+.$1,113,36131 Bhowing tho following inoronse compared with 1ast yonr: © 80 13,860,060 390,169 703,207 43,607,681 S 295 0263 With this roport ends tho first docndo of tho freo- aelivery servico in thia country, Tho grounds mainly rolled upon for its cslabilshment and oxtouslon, Tanoly : publio convenlotico and the stimulus to_cor- roaporidonco, hiave bean fully verified by oxporienca thus far, This syntem, with fts lettor-boxea located at_convenlent pointa throughiout tha largo postal contres, and it frequent delivorios and collactions of mail-matter by carriers, hisa provod tobo a virtusl oxtension of tho poat-offico to overy Louse, Tlho {ranasction of tho postal business of largo com- munitics by _fow mon sclecled for tho purpose is Suntified, ia an_oconomin point of viow, by tho timo arvod to tho peoplo, tho reduction of Tabor in post~ oflicor, tho faciillies: and stimulus givon to corro- Bpondunce, tho froqionoy, Prompiuoss, aud‘aceiracy scoured in the delivary of fottors, and tho reduction of iho numbor of ndvertiasd aud doad lotters, Whilo ticzo bonefts sro mont slcikingly scan n t Jargor citiee, thoy aro felt and appreciatod in all placen wliora tho 'frequoncy of iho malls, tho density of tho populstion, snd tho distanco from tho offico mako §¢ inconvontont for citirens to call of seud Tor thelr mail, Tho avorago of popuiation io cach car- rior varies with the numbor of poopls 1o bo served, the Gxtont of torritory, nnd tho frequonoy of tho delivories, The genoral averago, howover, 18 catimated at 3,000, Tus cxpanso of o e¥atom af sich oo 1y patd oit o tho revontio of {hat ofice, " It Aeems_but falr, {hiore- fore, that {his modo of doilyory should bo extondod to ail citias whoro thio population, buslnss, extent of tor- Titory, and froquency of tho mails may nuthiorize tho Toqulsits forco.and outlay, Just how far {hiess olo- Ients may combino to warrant tho oztenston of tho system, it ls Qifficult to dolcrmino; butIamof tho opinfon that it might bo advantagoously provided for citiow having In Usolr corporato litnits & population of not loss than 10,000, 5 . DEAD-LRTTERS. 5 Thio oporations of (ho Doad-Letior Ofice are fully given i1 & tabulor statomout printed in tho sppondiz, 20 may bo opitomized ns followss. * ‘Number of domestio letters recplycd, 4183,028; numbor of forelgn Inttors, 268,420 total, ¢402,346, Toprenenting an sctunl of norinal valuo of $5,195, 76411, Of this nuwbor, 1,826,103, roprosopting 83,- 377,023,20, wero delivered to awsieror wrilors ; 31,98, roprosenting $132,093.3, which could not be delivored, Woro fled for roclamatioa ; 11,070 remainod sither on Tand ot acted upon, or wero outstanding fn the handa of Postrinstors for delivory Juno 80, 1873, and Topreson(ed $84,847.51 ; ond 2,699,482 winch clthier colld not ba deitvorod, Or from 'VATious causes WOro worthless, wero deatroyed. Tho numbor of applications for dead letters wea 0,698, 0nd_in 2,076 casca the lokters wors found snd forwardgd to applicants or ownors. ‘Tha smountn recelvod during the yesr and deposited in {ho Troasury wore: From unclamod dead lottors..... $0,208.00 From proceeds of aalos of wasio DOPCTurvenevessarsrensnssnsss 940155 From procosdn of #ales of Dot TOUlD MAPH, esvrorriosns 02.40 203,50 From procoods of 8ales of old car- pets, 4,143,581 Total depostted during tho 50ar. ..., $10,36161 POSTAL MONKY-OUDER BYSTEM, The number of money-order Post-Oflices dn opora- tion during tho laat fiscal yoor was 3,775, On July 7, 1873, 259 adaitional offices wera oatablished, and five ‘word discontinuod, making tho wholo numbor at pres- out 3,060, OF the adaitionat officas, soven were opened At sub-posteiiices or atations i _largo cities, viz: one in Boston, one in Obicago, and Aive in Philadelphla, Thio number of domestic money-ordors {saued during car wan 3,365,686, (Lo aggrgato value of which WESLo. oo $57,510,216.00 Tho Hunber of mich Orlers paid wab 14,618, amounting in VIO €0, v esvsssesrres - $50,000,851.24 "o which 14 1o o sdded o ‘amount of orders ropald to tho romilters,......rs 304,001.04 Total Of Poymenta,sueeesuessese Excoss of fesuca over payments, ... The amount of fecs pald by {lio pul tors_for tho fssuo of money orders wa $354,602.25, Theso (ransactions show s incresss ovor thoso'of 1813 of $9,000,688,07, or 18,65 por cont, in the amount of orders inbucd; of $8,676,307.80, of 18,33 per cont, in flie amount of ardora paid; and of ¢4,310.60, or 1.23 yor cent, in tho nmount of fecs recelved, he aver- aga mount of tho money-orders iesned during the Tast yenr was $17.14, bolog $1.71 less than the avarogo of f1io preceding your. ~ Thio smll incresso in tho foca Tecalved, ns_compared with tho issucs and payments of ordorr, {8 owing to tho reduction, by tho actof Juno 8, 1812, of tho feo for ordora not excceding $10 from 10 cenfa {0 6 centn, Tho diminution of tho aver- age amount of tho order 1 to boattributed to tho samo cauae, which mtimulatod the purchise of small orders isaued nt one-linlf the rato formerly charged. Duplicato money-orders to (ho number of 14,621 wero dgsuod by the Dopartment during tho year, of which 14,260 wore in llon of original ordors which fafled 1o Tench tho respectivo payees in dvo time, b~ cauge of chauga of residonce or imperfect addross, or boewuse not called for, or bacauso alleged to have Deen ost in tronomission by mall, One hundrod and orly-(vg duplteates woro subatituled for erders which Decamo invalid, becanse not presentad for payment willin ono yesr sfter isstio; thirty-ono for orders mado fuvalld In consequenco of Luving, contrary to Jaw, moro than oo indorasment; cighty-seven for orders mutilsted or destroyed whilo in pousession of the romitter or payco; and two for orders lost by robe ety of 3 post-ofico, POITAL CANDS—PRANKING FRIVILEQL. An appropriation for the manufscture and dolivory of postal carda baving been secured by tha act of Jan. 8, 1473, immodiato stups wora taken to meot tho publia domond thorefor, Much dolsy was eucountored in o proparation of plnen and 1a Trocuring sultablo atack, but nt fnst all_obstacles were o far overcomo tat, (hetr dotivery on roquiritions was commanced on the Iut of Muy lzst, As prodicted, thoy iave beon fo- Yorably recofvod. Thoy havo supplied public waut, and have modo o newand remuncrativo busincss for Ao Dopariment. Tho {ssucs footup From Moy 1 to Juuo 0. 4,000 ¥rom July 1 to Bopt 30, 8,300 Total for fivo montl 302, Theso figures indicato tho outimate of 100,000, 000 for the consumption of Lhe fivet year will bo more thon roalized, ‘flie suveral acts for the repeal 6% the Cnnldn;(-\\r(vl- legs beeume operative on the 1st of July lust, Tlio ro- sulta of tho first quartor of the current year aro highly satisfuctory, and have nm, verified the predictions of {hie fricnda of tho repeal, The confusion and dulay fn tho distribution and tranemisslon of tho maily, caused Ly suddenly throwing, withond notive or »i;-mm. freo miouso masses of freo matter upon imporiant poatal routes, have heen remodied, thus making iL possible to 'a_decidod Improvement in the organization and practical working of the sorvico, Publications of the claga heretofore prinled ond sent out by order of Congress haya been almost eutlroly cut off uince tho 1ot of July, Of the roliof thus afforded 80100 fifea mny bo formed from the fuct that during the threo months noxt preceding that day there wero forwarded from this city over s singlo routo, thie Balthnore & Ohlu Railroad, iu box-cars, indopend- ently of tho amotnt conveyed In tho rogular matl-carn, 665,604 pounds of sucli ‘Iu lications, ns appears from retiirns of the actual weight thoreof taken by the Com- permission of the Department, & “Theso facts, it 18 rospoctfully submitted, sro smplo to sustuin (ho opinion, given in the epacial report to Congress under duto of Jan, 13, 1871, that tho ost of froo meiter if churged with tho regular rates of _post~ ago would amonnt {0 $3,543,527.13 sunually 3 ond it {8 lioped that thoy will be docmed suilicient to proveut any attempt to rovivonn abuso which would imposo (Lo most grievous burdens upoa the postal scrvico ab » timo when {hat service is u{mlm\lnn to meat tho growing: wanta of tho counlry in ita course of nupar- slluled development, NRWSPAPER PORTAGT, Tn my ropart for 1809 I hnd tho honor to_suggest & plun for the propaymont of postage on 'nm\'!rlpurl and othor maiter of tho second-clags by welght of packages, Tuthier thaw by tho progent system, whichs Toquiros the ‘menfpulation of each particular paper, and ollows tho Jaymient of poalago ot eithor th malling offico or tho ofiica of delivery, A csreful rovision of tho subjoct confirma mo in iho oputon {hat tho postage on” all such matter ahonld Lo collected in advancent the mail- ing ufico, Collections sro now nade with great dim- clty, and thore i no provision whatever by Which dis- Toneuty or negligenco can bo detocted, N stamps ure usod for tho paymont of auch postage, and tho De~ pactment ia conpelled fo ncoopt in full satisfuction ‘whatover sums of money Postmastcra chooso to churge ogainat thomeolves, Bo execrably bad {8 this aystem thut postal ofliclals of high atanding bave eatimated that ~ pot Hll')l'n u':;u nl‘li.mh'll tho post. ga proper] iargeabilo ky0n nowspaper 11“ necounted zzr and patd nvur.h Furthormors, dls« putes aro contiuunily arfuing hotween Vostmastors and mbliehers os to whother thosheota thoy tranamit como Within tho meaning of the torm newcapaper, and aa to {ho number of thelr boun fide subscribers, In the hope of contributing to & moro faithful colloction of postages, tho moro prompt and eNicient raunmisaion ‘of nowspapors, tho saying of labor fu Post-Oflices, and {he genoral udvautage, o8 woll of the Dopartmient Ba of }mh [ishore and thetr patrous, Lrespectfully submit the following plan_far prnlnymum of nowspapers of the wecond-class, and urge Itw adaoption, Lt all publish- oru, or thair bueincss managers or 4gonts, be required attho begloning of every quarler to state undor oath that, aficr umfim. hauiry, \\m{ are satiafied that Ihn{‘ will mend in ho malls to regular subsoribers during tho caming quarler not Moo thiat — coplos of 16 NoWspaper kNOWN 88 — ——, [giving tho number of copics and mamo of newsp Jxrr,] ond leb them bo furtlier required to i in advaiico tho postage required l? Iaw, taking lievofors duplicato rocolpts, one of which shali bo transmitted to tho Fost-oftico Depariinent ; and, toat- ford veasonablo opportunity for an increano of 'cireu- Iation during tho quarter, lat the oath taken at the be- ginning of the next quarter embraco all additional coples for tho last quartor, as well s the number to be “othiar iand, let. Tonlmanters bo_xo ent duing tho (hion commencing qustlor, On’tho uirod to return, ithin two ouks aftar tho boglnning of overy quar- for, cdrfoot lintn of il tho nowpapors addronscd Lo Zogulae aubseribers and dispatcled in tho mails from Uiair rospectivo offloos, stating tho umber of coples of onch nowapaper, ths avorngo woight por papes, {lig atmbor Of - ixsues per week, and tho smount of money peld #s posiago ' thorcfor, Paymont Daving boon mado fn ndvanco for 'tho quartor 10 atamp oF manipuition would bo needed, but, Whon xoccivad fito o ollict, oveey yaper answcring to (o Uonerlption given in to recolpt would bo treated an i, Tlo napers of Torious mubscribing nflor g or-dny wouill bo forwardod lmmodiately and_pald for at tho begiuning of thio noxt quarior, Somatiiod would bo {hio iniprovemicnt._in tlio colloetions undar tils plam, thnt I bollovo tho Doyrtment conld. safaly counnt, In case of ita adoption, to s rodiiction in nowe paper xaton of 40 por ot on prosont priccs, At tio Toducad rato, I sm matinficd tho Departmont would Tealiza moro rovenuo than now, T alao bollova Lt o qroat would bo the soving of 1abor to nowAIApOF pros Yriotors in tha proparation of thols papors for tho mail, and eo decldod theic galn from tho greater dispatcht and freodom from mistakea {n trausmiseion and dalivery, that thoy wonld ind tho now plan moro ad- vontagaous to thom {han tho prosent onc, A siuifiar ‘plan could bo adoptod for magnzinos and porfodicals of tho socond chass, g . Thio ovonts of thio past fow weekn have swakoned & Iively intoroat in n plan horetofaro mibmittod for sectir- ing tho savinga of tho groat Lody of the pooplo Ly a plodgs of the credlt and fnith of tho United Blates, T my Feporta for 1871 and 1673 1 urged tho organization of fnstitutionn for thint irposo, ndor thio title of TOST-OPFIOR BAVINGE LANKS, Thonemo waa ot woll choson, 'Tho institutions T Tinyo in viow auil Tocommend nro ot desiged, and aliould not bo permitied, to oucroschs upon tho fegitl- to powors and dution'of the Notional Danks, Thoy oro totally dlslinct from bapka i tholr scops and Chroter, in tho ‘machinory they employ, and n tho onds they oro intonded 1o accompliah, And may Lo moro Acaurately designated as Postal Bavings Doposi- toriea of tho Unlted Statca, Tho financlal dificulties in which the country hns ‘boon unoxpoctedly Involved, and which still continuo to oppress it, liave domonntrated tho necessity for Bomo means of maintaining confidenco in tinos of Hhrontenod disastor, sud of gathoring And winely eme ploying the immenge wealth seattored among the e, to provent panfo and otcapo tho Fin which inov- Jiatity followa 10 its track. - That tho peoplo of tlie United Btatos hold the reina of Ananelal sa woll as poiltical powor cleatly nppoare from the fables takien From tho publio dobt. staloments, Toports of tho Na- tioual Tiunks, and from oficixl uccounts : On tho 9011 of Juna last tho publio liold, Independ- entof tho Trensury and tho banks,3003,200,901,33: Tho smount of curroncy was then cousfdured sule clent for all buskicss purposcs, In the month of Au- st followiog » oiringency begh o b, fol 4 o fonoy market, and wo bavo since witncased tho extra~ ordinary spectaclo of (ho banks sumponding and do- clariug thoir fnabilily to pay United_fiatcs notes or Dank notes, or oven fractionsl curroney, (0 thele do- positors. Of courso, under such clrcumstances, they Zould not continno o mako their usunl Aiscount for {he nccommodation of thofr customers, ‘This can only o accounted for upon tho_theory of o general iack of coutidonce on tho part of tho poopld, and a conseuont rofuea to doposiyor fnvosy o overh pay ot in dis Ghargo of abligations tho currency hold by them, To meat thie strango siato of aflairs, and to pravent s ro- curronco of the liko in tho futufo, many plana liave Poon sggestod—ono ipvolving s oxpansion of Lo ourrancy, anothor compolling return to apeclo pay- mont, ad Atill -another providing for tho isuuo Ty this Govornment of b convertible Lond st a low Tato of Suterost—but alt open {0 objsotions more or fess norlous, Tio opinton is univarsul that if thero could Lo a genoral Testoration of confidenco thero wWould fmmodiatcly bo Tot Iovo nn nmple_circulation Tor ihg entiro couniry, 1f, theroforo, o pian can bo dovisod that will atford fo dcpositors equsl accurity to that nfforded to nofo-holdors, Lut Jitla doubt ean bo entartaingd that » general nmelioration of tho prosent condition will bo offected, Tho immenso swm of $400,000,000 Lol by tho peoplo {n Juno Inst, with tho Targs nccenntons sbice mado thoreto by hieaty drafts wepon tho Treamiry and tho banks, will bo bronght out {7om 1ta places of concoalment and appllied to it Iogit ‘mato work of alding in forwarding our crops and pro- duicts fo markot and {n sustalnipg_our vast manifac- turing and other businoss intorests, In my Sudgment, » system of postal anvings-depositories would powerful® 1y contribulo to {hia most_desirable_consummation. Throughout the plan_ for thelr organization and work two ideas prodominate: first, the Unlted Sialas 18 {0 tusure tho anfo roturn of principal and fn- forest wheuever domanded; sud, sccondly, tho exten- sive machiuery of tho Post-ONlco s to bo used to bring it advantnges’ hiome o tho great muss of tho peonle. Tho dolalls wonld bo simple, Ego, and_eficlont. Atonoy-ondor oflices, a8 sgonts’ of tho Govornment, ywould receivo deporita {n small sums, ranging from $1 upward fo tho limit fxod by luw, which sums the Postmaster wonld forward at short shtervals 1o tho neavest dopository of tho United lnles Treasury. A certitiealo ixing tho renponaibliyof tho Gevornmont, would bo Jsaucd immedintoly to {ho dopositor by the Tostmaater, nnd notico thorcof would bo sent cither to 116 Dopartment or somo_cstabllshed Lranch oillce, (o {ho ond that duo_entry thercof might Lo mado sud & more formal acknowitdgumont forwarded o {lo do- posttor. for tho smount. No dorosilor ehould bo allowed in any ouo yoar to doposit oxcecding $300: mno groater accumulation of doposits suould bo permitted fo ooy ono depositor han $1,000; and no_grester nccamulation of depos- fig and Intefost should bo allawed than €1,600, Biean- time, owover, the United States should” contract to oy interost not exccoding 4 per cent, fo Lo computed From tlio first oy of tho month foliowing the deponit, and to stop upon tho fizst doy of tho month in whic any withdrawal might Lo made, Inferest should bo computed to thoend of tho fiscal year, aud then, if ‘ot drawn, should bo added Lo the principal, It would of courso be necessary to keep an oxact account of nil ‘uch dopoalls, nnd_of tho oxponsea incldent {o tho ‘management ' {bercof, In tho Treasury Dapartmont ; 2180 to muke proviaion for tho payment of thonmounts @uo dopositors whonover aud wheraver thoy might do- Biro to withdray {hom ; and to allow and crodit to suich accumulations o somewhat greater rata of inter- cet tuan thot pald derositors, fo_ that all exponuca ight be pald out of tho fund and {lio_inatitution o eolf-nustain{ng. 1 sm confldent that tho plan of oporations thus generally sketchied may bo so ampll- fod and guarded that (o pooplo could bo eiiciently served, aud tho Govermmont may Lo saved froni ol lors or'opnnso, The groat_onds to bo altained sre, firat, absoluto gecurity ; eocondiy, tho utmoxt factlitics for doposits, withirawals, and transfors, and thirdly, perfect secrécy. A syslem thus organized and con- ducted would Tt only cncourago cconomy and habita of aving on the part of all who might bo in the way of carning small sy of -monoy, but would tend lrgely {o utllizo and keop in cireulation tho immeriso amounts Which aro paid ont for wages and $n business, and givo overy depositor diract interest in tho tability 5f tho Government, It would strengthon our national Duancos by gouring, tieso acoumnlations {nto iho Treasury, which, in turn, by judicious fuvestments, could nfford to’ monctary and Lenking institutions tho very rclief thoy mow go engerly Acok, Thousands who doubt tho sccuxity of thio banks and savingn Institullons, whietter privalo or orgniacd undes Btato laws, would chcerfully placo thelr surplus money upon such torms in tho keeping of tha Govern- ment, : Tho extent of the benefila which wiil inuro to fhe plo aud tho Government from tho eatabilshmont of Blith oystem will bo best indieated by a gtatemont of tha amounta doposited in cxisting sovings banks in womo of the Blates of thie Union, With thio means of Infor- matipn at my command, Tam ablo to ma¥o only & par- tinl gtatoment under thif boad, Congrees wircly pro- +ldad, by tho act of Feb, 10, 1673, for an annual roport 1o bo made by the Complrulier of the Gurroncy of tho conditlon of all binks, banking companles, and savings Danka organized under tho lawa of tho sovoral States and Torritories; but, ou application to {hat ofticor, T 1iavo bocn informed that ho Lns uob yet succeoded ' in collocting thie Information neceasary for uch a repoEt, and that i Tuany of the Statcs and Territories wo ro- Turns aro mado by ¢ho savinga bauls, eithor to tho Tieglslatuiro or any Stato ofticer, sud that thus thoy aro Toft without avy supervision whatever, T regret tint I alionld Lo deprived for tho prosent of fhio experienco and industry which will doubtless bo_applicd Lo tlie Qiscliarge of e duty fmpoded by the 1w referrad fo, Ti the tablo following, tho returns for Mussnchu= sotta aro brougbt up fo 1o 26 of October, 18633 for TRtiodo faland, Mnino, and New Hampshire, to tho year 1669103 for’ Connceticul, Lo Jon, 1, J71; fof tho Biato of Nuw York, fo Jan, 1,167 dud for Califor- Dls, to July 1, 187" 3 T AT Yo, sav-| Nusnber] State, [fuge tuc| o de- | ATiotnt o= |oge o stitut'na|postlors a5, Mnsanchneatte,) 172 630,240 $184,107,310,9216203.91 27,067,073.00] 40265 00,368.00| 205,40 Rbodo Jelund,,[ 23 Maine, N, amp Qonnecticut. New York Californin, Thus sovon Bfatea had, many mentha_ngo, 1,807,803 epositors, and £629,185,207,82 on dopoolt,—an sniotnt f-mnm Ly $3,476,930 than sl tho deposits, inciuding ioso of individuala, tho Unfted States, and United Htates disbursing officors, held by all "tho Natfonal Tanks of tho United Btates, numboring 1,019, on tho 4 day of Octoler, 1672, Obfection has beon mado fo tha establishmont of ‘poslal kaviugs dopositorles upon {ho ground that (hey svould fnforfero with and overthrow tho presont fave inga banks, 1 rospectfully submit that (his objoction ia withont foundatlon, Bavings banks wore originally catabliahiod by tho benovelnt and philantbropte ta provido safo Jlnce of dopoelt for thu small pavings of laboring people, and in tho begiuning they woro conducted without hopo of elthor profit or yoward other {han {hat which comoa from tho ceosclonsness of doing good, In ko far ao thoy hava sluce Leon nsed for pur- s of epeculation, thelr managors Muva divorted iom from tholr orfglunl dealin, and to that oxtent hayo abused tho confidence ropuked in them, Sceurit; 18 to bo songht above ol other considorations, ant honeo the wpirlt of n‘m:llln"an should bo thoroughly cradicafed from their ndminiatration, II savings ‘banka are subjected to risky, aud prostituted for pir- roueu of gain for thelr munagjers, thay shiould bo ovs hrawn, If, ou tho cnnfl’nr{. {hoy continuo to Lo wel and profitably manuged, And d\ay o grentor rato of ine {erost than that paid by the dovorninent, they will i 1o wite bo put to dinad nnknqu. ‘Docauko every dopos- 3tor will bo Jeft froo to solect his placo of deponit, Wor com {ho Natipnn} Bankn suls u valid obicction, Tloy are nrqnnlud to afford facilitics to tho commu- ity by lending monoy on porsonal seourity, dealing in oxchaugo, issuing notes, sud recolying d eposits, not for pormanent investmont, but a8 tumporary custo- Qiané, Baukors uhould own the capltal thoy omploy, ‘When thoy attompt to do business on borrowad capital they are oporating on o fictitious credit, and becomo ‘mero speculatars, 1€ thoy euccaed in realizing moro intoroat han_thy yay, thoy miko 8 prodt by ealin tho prico of money abo s valuo, 1f tll»a‘do no! sicoeod it 6o dolng, then, lko other infortunalopocu- Iators, thoy fall, and huvlr croditora bocoma tholr Aupes, loncos law probititing tho yaymeont of intos~ est by the bauks would simply confiug thom to tholr Togltimato bustneas, and proveut them from assuming improper rishs, With tho Qovorumont 1t fa totally Gitforent, 1Its obligations muat bo met by rosorting eithier to loans or taxatlon, aud in dctermining it chiofoo of alicruatives, tho 'parsmount considoration should ha tho best interesta of the people, whoso agent itfe, Sound polloy iétates (hat tho Govornment #hould lose no opportunity of Lorrowlng of ila own oo, ob & low rato of fntorast, for tho purposo of inchiarging an jndobtednons abroad, or relioving in- dustry and ontorpriao nt liome from’ tho trammels of taxation, But whon tho Govornment can arrest panic roatoro conidence, call forth o hoardod treasuice o the country, and" rovive o pursulla of industry; by a wimple iedg o tho peoplat radt for tho oo g ecctriy, who wiil say that that pledao sbiould not 1 Anollicr objoctfon fa tho tendonoy o contrallzation, o this X puswor, Uint, If to_calabiiahs postal ssvingn dopositorics would bu'in yiolation of tho Gonatitation, “thora fa an eni of tho mattor ot onco, If, on the con: trary, atich sctfon would not bo unconstiCutional, thon thio oly question fa whothor their catablishment wauld on (h wholo Lo advantsgoots for tho pooplo and tho Govoramout, _Sinco tho National Goveramnont Lan agaumed to organizo and control tho banking of tho cauntry, and lins found warront of law for undertak- ing tho transmisalon of tho people’s monoy through tha mails, it would apposr that it Is only dlsolaraing ta wholo duty aud comploting tis usnclal wori by roviding for tho safoty of tho Amall savings of tho ndustrious and frugal poor. 1f, in addition, itean b sliown that postal savings doposliorics will sorva lo fortify {ho nntionnl crodit, mnko moro oquablo thio financlal oporations of tho country, cuitivate habits of thrift smong tho industrinl classes, and flusteato tho oxcollonca of our institulions by protoct- i ond ugmontiog tho sccumulations ofsel-deuyiog toi}, aud thus in timo morging the workman {nto tho capltallst, thio cry of contralization cannot Lo mada to lromn (b3 vafcaof the_ people tu thele demand that the Govornment of tho Unitod Biatea sball oxoouta for thiotr benoft the high offico onjoined upon it by tho Gonatitution, ‘Anothor abjoction, mare practical, If not moro lona= le, ia baend on a0 allcged Inoreass of oxponsos aud public ofticors, Bo far as tho establishment of savinga dsponitories would have any offoct upon appolaimonts, a tendency would be ta sccuro s botior class of oflicors inall respocts, Nono but compotont persons could Qischargo tho dutiea of such fuatitutions, nnd no man or party, having o roputation to sustain, would bo willing to commit intorcats so fmportant to unworthy honds,. Tho Govornment would seck ita prin- cipal ‘agonts ond omployos among exporienced mon, whorover fthey could bo found, A nuwerous forceo of additional officers wonld not bo re- quired, Many porsons alrendy omployed in tho poatal-sorvica conld bomado to dischargo partion of tho required dutics, A force far lcas thon that now needed in asvinga banks wonld bo pufficient, with tho desistance of the machinery of the Post-0flco, to accomplish the somo smount of work, and this,' to- gothor with b supervising bureau in’ tho Lost-Gfico Departmont, and the noceseary scconnting officers in tho Treasury, ia all that would' be nooded, Tho fack 1hint tho monby-ordor alfico, duriug {kio pnst yoar, ro- celved, trausmitted, and phld. out nearly, $50,000,000 shiowa how woll thal bronch of tho Poaf-Ofico dis- chargea ita dutios, I nm ontiroly gatisfed that thio clinrotor of tho sorvice would bo elovatod, aud tho oz mors cheaply and. bottor dono by Gororamont officors, controliad at ovry atop by law, and punish- ablo by scvor pennltios in cazo of dorault or embezzlo- ‘ment, than Is posnihlo under tho prosont irrosponsibla ond {hoflolont niode in which favings binks aro con- Auctod in mauy of tho Statas, *Tcason snd philafithropy. bolng thus’ sustatned by tho prolanged exporionco of 8o miny paoplea ayoaldg tho Engllak lnnguago, how can'tio sucscas of auatlax inatitutions in tho United Btaten bo longer doubiful? T bolfove that tho hnancial perila through which wo azo novw passing could hava boon mafnly averted if theso inatitutions hnd evn ope fo rocolve dopoits, To poopla of this country can enrn more and doposit moro than thoto of any otlicr. Tho Nlato of New York alono oxlilbits an aggrogate of savings-bank deposits cqual {0 thoso of the wliolo United Kingdom of Great Deltain and Irelaod ; and it ia ol extramaguut to sy that 1f o spizit of unliversal frugully could bo encour- agod by an assusance of good faith and absoluto se- citrlly, tho suyinyn of (o American people would soon row o sl glgueio proporiions thu U voluniory loans of G singlo gencratlon would exceod tho wholo of tho national dobt, SEESSE ST P , 'PORTAL TRELEQUAPH, Tho toloraph should bo mada & part of tho postal aystom withiout. furthior dely, As Gongress doca 1ot scom inelinod to oxorclso tha discretion given in (Lo third section of tho act of July 24, 1800, 40 appoint ap- ‘praiers to valuo tho #lines, propérty, and effocts of 110 companica now in operation s and, 03 tho Westorn Union Gompany sppears to bo unwilling to makoa voluntazy ealo at & fair prico, T rocommend that pro- Filon bo mado by Inw for iflo immodints establun mont of the. postal telegraph, and for tho consiriction of all puck lhica as may bo ndedad, undor the direetion of comolent oflicora’ of hio Engineor Corps of tho Army, Thie sxporicnce they ncquired during tio war of 't110 rebelllow would ouablo {hom to do tho work fu thio most cconomical and satlafactory mannor, Vory rospoctfully, your obediont borvant, N0, ‘A, J, CRESS\WELE, Fostmaster-Gonoral, Tho PoxsipER ———e— THE COUNTY BOARD. Compensztion for Judges of Election and Owners of Polling Plucess-Almy Recelvers Must bo Vaccinateds=- County Employes Cannot Sorve as Juroers at Coroner’s Ingquests. A regular meoting of the Board of County Commissionors was held yeaterday afternoon. Commissioner Miller presided, and there wore cleo prosent Commissioners Ashton, Baguo, Clough, Crawford, Galloway, Harris, Hnrrison, Horting, Jones, Louorgan, Pahlman, Rocllo, and Russell, A communieation from the County Olork, in~ forming tho Board of the numbor of polling placos in the city and county nt the recent oloc- tion, tho number of persons employed in rocoiv- ing votes, and tho exponse attending tho oloc- tion, which ho placed ot §1,660 for registration days aud §050 for eloction day, was read. Commissionor Boguo offored tho followlng : Resolved, 'That thore bo “allowed to tho por- nons ontitled therelo, na moy shown by tho certificats of ono or more of ths judges of olcction, for {ho uso of places for Holding registry nud election in tho soveral prociucts in tho ‘County of Cools for the electivn held No 1673, 0s follows: Each placo of rogistry in the i $19; each placo of rogistry u tho couuty, $3; ench Jinco of elsction n tha couisty, $5; and that wurrants drawn therefor, Resolved, That the ansual fund due, as shown by the Cierk's corliiicato, as tho compevsation of judges® sud clorks for sorvices in the sald eloction bo snd tlio samo 1a hiorcby allowed® and that the Glork bo_ond fa horoby direated fo drat warrants therefor, payablo to the soveral judges and clorks entilled 'to (ho same, sa shown Dy the roturns for tha amounts due thom reapeetively, TThe rosolutlona woro adopted. A communication from-Sanitary Superintond- ont Bon 0. Millor, calling attention to the prova- Jonco of small-pox, and. rocommending thut all porsons_who apply for aid st tho ofiico of tho County Agont bo compolled to undorgo vaccinas tion, was road, 0O motion_ of Commissioncr Galloway, the recommnondation wag concurred in, Tho roquest of Stato's Attornoy Tocd, that ho be allowed to employ o short-hand reporter to tako tontimony in tha trial of Christopliar Raffor- ty, was granted, Bids for furnishing the new County Jail with Iron bedstonds wero read and roforred to an ap- proprinto committea, Tho Committee on Judiciary roported, recom- mending & plan wheroby tho Btato’s Almnmy may roplace lost rceords in caso of fire, ote. Conourred, I'ho same committoe recommendod that hore- aftor tho Coroner of Cook County bo inatractod not to summon any employe of the county to HOrvo 08 & JUror Upon an inquest, unless in casos where it cannot be avoided. > Tho raport grow out of a numbor of bills for foos, which were roforred to tho Committco for investigation, Commissionor Crawford appnaevl paying coun- :,y ?élllloyus extra wages. Lho law did not al- ow it . Commissioner Clough ceuld not see how tho county could get oatof paging, unless thoy utoupod the monoy for foes out of the wages of those omployes of the county who ncted a8 jury- mon, Lven that would bo nu oxperiment. Comtnisgionor Marrison sgreed with the pro- vious speaker. ! Tho roport of tha Committeo was concurred in. ‘The Committeo on Public Buildiugs roported, recommouding {ho payment of 8,500 to W. C. Daakmau, for cut-slone work on the now jail. Coneurred in, Commiusioner Iartison offored the following: Resolced, That tho zoversl Committoes of tho Dourd Do, and thiy oro horeby, fustrucied when thoy shail hereafter oxamiuo tho pas-roll of any of the emyloyea uftho flo{;;\ly fozevort whiat sums, {eany, Luve heen charged by any of such employes for orvie jurora £ tucicuts held by tho Gortmaes, o orvoniald Tho resolution was ndoplod, On 1motion of Commissioner Bogue, the Clark was inatructed to draw higwarrant on the County Troasuror for 8400 in favor of 1lonry Curils, for work dono on tho now oftico of thn Rocorder. Tho Committco on Tublic Borvico wore in- structod to mako o list of porsons to sorve as Jurors, and prosout it at the noxt moeting. "I'ho Boaxd thon adjourned, ————— Kankalioo County Farntors? Associne tion. At s rocont meoting of tho Kankakeo Connt: Farmors' Asgoclation, II, Whittemoro and B, (.{ T.oo wore appolnted Delogatos to tho Stato As- saclation, which moets at Deoatur Doo. 14, Tho following rosolutions wero adoptod 1 Itcsolved, Thut, in the recont clotions Ju_ Catifornls, Towa, Wisconsiu, aud Tllinols, {ho farmors and_labor- ore, o thelr organtzution ‘gainst monopoly, lave proved tnemsolves uquil fo tho- omergency iu carrylug o a gront work of puritication, Resolged, That, fu ordorto mako our cause thoroughly aucconsfuly we roquire 8 more complate unity, and i undoviuting support of tho nomiuntions wiailo by tho organzation, “In unlon thorals strongth,” Itesolved, ‘Tnt tho farmors and luborera of Kanknkeo Caunty oufght to follow tlio cxamplo kot by our Wik conafn trionds, who refused to coutributo moans to bo usod outside {he State, but who sre Hberal in donn- tionk to bo Lonorably exponded at home, for tno pur- posv of & moro porfoct aud usoful organization, Mr. Coopor gave notico that t {ho noxt moat~ ing af tho Asgoclation, in Jauunry, 1874, tho quoa- tion of organizlug & Farmora' County Fire Insur- auco Company would bo discuseed, { 'IE. DANGERS OF- WAL ‘STREBT. Mow an O0ld Stager Was Cleaned Out, The Case of Biedermann vs. Drew. Over $1,000,000 in Litigation. Tho following is the doclaration filed by Ernat 11, Bicdormann agalnst Daniol Drow and othors intho colobratod coao growing out of the pur~ chnso by the former of over 1,000,000 worth of stoclt in tho Canton Company : BUTNEME. GOURT, OITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORM, Ernat H. Diedermann and Jacob Kulins againat Dan~ fel Drew, Eugene N, Nobinson, aud * Stephen I, Al- den. T plalalitta n tho sbovo-oatited. sotlon complatn agains £ tho Conrt na followa: 'First—Tiit, during 1l tho torms and dates horo- atter mentionad, tho plaintiffa woro copartirs in bus- fnoss In tho City of Now York, undor tho firm namo and stylo of E, I, Biodormann & Co., and, na Atich firm, wore acoustomod to purchinao and soll sfocks and otbor soourition in Aaid ity a8 a businesa aud Acurco of Profit; which fact was well known to tho defondsnte and each of them, ‘Second—~That each of the dsfondsnts whs, during tho #amo t{mo, known 10 tho plaintiffs o bo largo and suc- sopatal deslrs and operstors 1a. such alock and oct- s, Third—That, daring the samo poriod of timo, thore was o compaiy o corporation duly incorporatéd and exiating n_ tho Blalo of Maryland, callad thio Ganton Company of Baltimore, which said Gompany or corpos ration hiad, prior to that Ume, fasuod its capital atock to tho amotmt of about $4,430,600. Fotirth—Thut, during tho gamo tm , the dofond~ anta, or one or foore of fhom, wore b0 oldars sud ownbra of tho stack of sald Company, and wera {ntor- cotod In tho ente of tho tama; and ‘the dofondonts Drot and Robineon, wera notive Dirsctars of tho said Gompany; and woro membors of tho Exocutive Com- mittea théreof, and woro entirely miliar with all tho affnirs of aald Conipany, inclualng ta prospects, oper- atlons, ond proporty, Fyth—Thiat, nomo time about tho month of Novom- bor, fn tho yedr 1672, tho defcndants wrongfully and fraudulently ontored Into and formed a conspircy gmou thomaelves to troudulontly and Hiegaly canso #'to bo gonerally elioved Ly thoRo who wora acous~ fomed {0 purchaso ond doal in_stocks and othor ne. curitios {n tho market in thoclty of Now York, and sapeclally o cause theso pIaintils to bollovo that tho alack of rald Company was of gecat valuo, and would foon greatly inersso in it marlot prico and valus, ond that fho samo waa ond could Bon meaus of profitablo trafc, and form a safo and profablo fnvestmont ; tiat tho Sblect an purpoto of o defendnnta in forming sald conspiracy was to chest and defreud the plaintiffs and sich other persons as might purchano thostock of eafd Company, by inducing thetn, by Qivers falso and fraudulent means, to bocoma Targo' purchasers in tho marketof thostock of snld Gompany, i o suable ho dofendnta to fraudulent; Iy pollnnd disposo of thosamoto tho plaintifis and olliers at more than its roal valuo, stioh of eaid atock auwas then ovned and Leld by thoin_ respeetivaly, and sapeelally to onublo thio dofondant Drow to thun fraud-~ ulontly gell and got ¥id of such atock aa g thon hiold and oyned by ilm at prices Doyoud iia real value, by thus nducing tho plajntifeand othors to buy 'tho samo ; that, at that time, tho dofondant Drow wad the Holdof ana wner of abont 80,000 sharen of eaid stock a5 thio ploiutiifs aro informedand ballove, which aad shares wero of tho par valug of $100 eacl ; that tho defondants, and cach of then, thon woll kndw tho real conltion aud prospccls of salu Company, and tho real Valua of tho stock theroof, nnd well know that said .stock would not enhance in value beyond the par value thercof, or thoreabouts ; snd vwell know thut 1t was worth 1oss than {ho prices at which it was purehased by tho pinintiffs, as heroinnfior staied s ‘Sixth—That, for tho purposo of carrylug out enfd conmiracy, and fraudulontly causing the pliintife to Dollovo thint {Lio said atock would greatly fncreass in s markot prico and valug, aud w3 sad would, Lo o meannof profitable trafiio and eafo invesimont, and 1o induca ihio plaintiffe to bocomo lorge purchasera thoreof, ag hereinbefora siated, tho dafoudants frandu- Tontly ngreod to ond with cachl othicr, 6s tho plaiutifs ava {nformed and beliovo, that tho defendanta Alden and Robinson, ehould ‘falscly ond fraudulently prefond fo the plaintiffs to bo gollora of the Back of sMd Company on thole own account, and . that tho dofondant Drow shouwld falsoly pretond to_tho plaintifs that Lo “was unwilling foand would not rell thostack of eald Company, of rhiich Be was then o largo holdor and owners and in furiuoranco of 6ald conspiracy, tho sokl dofondants d1d respectively thus protend 'and roprescnt to tho plaintifls 3 that, in furtboranco of sald conspiracy, the Bald Drow falsely and fraudulontly ropresented 16 tho ‘plaintiTs that Lo would not cll aiy of Lo stock of said Gompany 50 bold by him for less than from $160 to §200 per shato, ond that, from Lis knowledga of said Compaty #nd 1is afTairs nud prospects, and from {hoe frprovements {hat wera then befvg mado by the sald Company, 1o wao confident that tho gald stock would Hoon groatly increaso in ita market value, and would ‘advanco from thie price at which it waa then solling, to-wit : about §100 per share, to from 3160 to §200 per eharo: that, infurtherance’ of sald comspiracy, and \with ljke intent as nforcsald, tho defendant Draw Tulsely ond fraudulontly staled'to the plaintiffs that 110 would keep auch of tho stock of said Company a8 Do thion held and ovned, 0nd would not part with tho soma nntil it advanced o from $160 to§200 pov hiare, and thot he intended to purchaso moro of sald stock, ad urged tho plaintis to mako largo purchoses thovo: of ; and the defendant Robinson, at difforent times, propored fo tho pinintifa to ssll to thewl iho stock of eald Compuny, falscly pre- tonding to hem that such stock was bis_own; and tho defendant Aldon, nt differcnt times, propoeed to contract with tho pliintiffa to eell and_doliver to thom fho stock of said Compsuy ob what fs commonly Imown o * calla,"—falscly and fraudulently pretonding 10 tho plaintlif fuat Buch was his own ¢ thiat tho platn= tlira woro theroby {nduced 10 purchaso, or contract to urchase, from tho dofondants Robinson and Alden, Hloek of fald Company 8t prices ranging from nbou $98 o $100 por shnro; hat thoy wore thua induced to ‘and dia purclingo sbout 10,000 whates of such stock at baut 1ho prico last aforcanid ; that tho slock thua purchased by the plaintiffa was duly delivered to them ) the doferidanta Alden and Robinson, respectively, Ubon £ho falso pretonse that 1t was thefr stock whicl oy woro thus sclling and delivering; whoress, in fact, an tho plaintifTs are informed and ballevo, the stock which tho said Alen nnd Robinson thus 'sold and dolivered {o tlio plalntiffa wos not tho stock of the Baid Aldon ond Robineos, o oithier of then, but was tho stock of tho defendoiit Drew, aud was furnished by him to tho awid Alden and Robinson, for tho purposo of belng dellverail to tho plaintiffs in fulill- Tieiit of (lioir suld_purchasoand contracts frons and with tho s3id Allon aud Robinaory reapectivels at tio ricos aforesaid, and to onablo tho defoudant Dres 1o get rid of is atock, as heroinbefors alleged, ut prices Dogond dls real valuo,and in furtherancd of o coltspiracy aforesaid. ‘Seventli—That, by means of tho falso and feaudulent contrivances, artificcs, proteuscs, and practicos afore- g8l tha Platntifa woro induced ‘to and did purchnse frorh tho defondants snd olhe parties nbout 18,000 ahares of tho stock of sald_Company, sud psid therc- Tor bout §1,807,100,75, which sum was for moro than tho real valulo of ssid loclk; and tho plpintiils aro in- formed and bollevo that about 15,000 sharca of tho Btock tus purchnged by them wag'y in fact, tha stock Wwhich tho dofondant Drew 50 held and’ owned as Neroinbefors utated, snd {hat, by mosus of soid falso and frandulont coplrivinces and prac- ticea by o defendunis a8 lorelnboforo alleged, 1110 ok dofondant Drow was enabled to and di sall, or cauacd to bo sold aud doliverod, to tho plaintitrs g a0 16,000 sharosof stoek, ot rices bogand i valuo, “Iiighth—And tho plaintiffa sllego, on Information and boljef, that tho coveral pretonsss, teprosentationn, nd artificos Loroinbeforo alloged to have beon fulso and fraudulont, wero, and cach of hiem was, known t0 ba kiich fo Lo dofendants rospoctivoly, at tho time thioy wors made, and wero mmado aud résorted 10 by o dofendanta foapostivaly for Uio purpaso of indiic- ing tio plalntifTs to purchusg th stock of eaid Com- Pany, wich, {n fact, belonged to tho defondant Drew, i to onablo, tho 'defondant Drow to get rid of tho Baine at pricea boyond i real yalue, end for tho pure poee of chaating and defrauding the plafntifts, "Niaitli—That tho stock of enid Company did not, ab any timo after Novamber, 18712, icreaso its market rico or valua; that tho Bamo was not, ot any time Tinco that dafo, {ntrinsleally worth (ho prices” which {ho_ plaintiffa paid_(liovalor, to-wit: $98 to $108 per slinre, which fact was kuown to tho defoudants respces | tively ; that, fnstead of inescasing in ita value, tho aafd stock Necanie, and was worth mucls lesg than the priccs abovo nmed'; that, on of about Sept, 11, 1873, tho Talutl{fs owned of tho etock which thcy prchnacd, aa Borolubotora stated, nbout 15,000 ahinces, and whicl, b thiat duto, had cost tliem, at tho prices lastabovo etuted, about the sum of $1,60,558, on which they Luyo sus- $ainea a lons to tho amaunt’of about $1,000,000, * Tonth--That, during all tho imea and dates afore- said, the plaintiifs woro wholly ignorant of tho real condition und affalrs of (he aald Compony, and of tho Foal valuo of tho_btool thereuf ; that thoy 'woro gmor. utor tho fct thet the defondants bd mado snd Cntored. fnfo tuo uniawlul conspiravy boreinbefore alleqed, aud wero fgnorant of the fact st tho sovoral Protonces, statemonts, Feprescutatlons, atiflces, sud Practices horotn allegod 0 hnva beow inndo and prac- Hced by tho defondunts Teapectivaly, wero falue, or ihat thoy wero frandulontfy mado} and thoy woro ignorant of tha fact that, 0 making tho puroliaso of 3l stoek na hercinbeford alated, thoy were purchusing Thio ntock of tho dofondant Drow: and tho platntiy avar that, they eeliod upon o, eakd sevoral falao sud franduient practces nrlficen siemout, ond ropic: kontations Lotelubofora alleged, bolloving thom to he true, nnd ouly bocauso (hierect did {lioy Lecome pur- chiatern of tho stock ofsafd Company Lierelubetore stated, Wherofore, tho plaintiiis demend Jm}&mmn aguinat {hosa dofendants for the sum of $1,000,000 dumugu be caiso of {ho promises herelubeforo nileqed, togetlier ‘with inforeat thorcon, with tho costs of thiu sction, FULLERTON, KOX & ONORLY, Attorueys for Plajutifte. The Balrd 'Trunts The Glasgow Neton publishes o rapumo of tho trust deed sottling the munificont gift by Br. James Daird to tho OChurch of Beotlund of £500,000, ‘Lho doed nays Lhat the donor hus boon moved to give tho £580,000, bocauso ha * feols dooply improssod with tho oxtont to which spir- itunl dostitution provails among the poor and working population of Bootland, and is eatisflod that this prococds in great moasuro from tho want of pm‘ml organized snd endowed torrl~ torinl work." 1o {s aleo convinced that thero i * tondonoy to a doparturo from tha truth-and to an excluslon of rellglluu from the foo - ing of the youug," sud that the moans avail- tho dofendants thoresn, and roapsctfully show | able by law aro_insufilcient to provide for tho falthful preaching of tho Word of God, for tho refutation of orror, and for thé !urpolt ot the Chnrah, and for cducational and ather pure posos of o roliglous charaotor.” Ho thoroforo, Lo 21 in oarrying out thoso objaots, vosia tho £600,- 000 in sovon Trustoes, viz: himself, Aloxandor ‘Whitalay, ironmastor, of Glasgow ; Dnvid Wal- Inco, ditt ; William Walr, ditto ; Wiillam Baird, of Lo ;_Jamos A. Oampbel), Jr,, of Btracatliro; and the Rov. Arohibald Scatt, minister of Groen- side Church, Edinburgh, Tho Trusloes may in- oroaso thoir numbor {o nino, and thoy have tho most.amplo powors to apply tho intorost of tho £600,000 to any of tha purposos rot forth nbovo. Provision ia alao mado for an annual leotureshi) of six discoursos on religlous aubjoots, - A ouri~ ous provision in tho trust is that tha donor pro- vides that the Truatoos may, at tho oxpiration at fitly yours, bring it to & closo, it thoy think 1it, by oxponding the eapital, aa well as_tho in- torost, for the objeots spocifiod. Tho Trustees 8ro to iave £600 yearly divided nmnnE thom, ac- cording to the numbor of mootinga thoy attond, Thoy aro all to bo membors of the Church of Beotland, and not moro than ono is to bo a cler- gyman, REV. R. W. PATTERSON, D..D. s Resignation as Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church, Resolutions Expressing the Respeot and Esteem of His Con- gregation, Interesting Sketch of His Career, by the Hon. William Bross, A meoting of the congrogation of tho Becond Prosbyterian Churoh was hold fn tho locturo- room of tho church, corner of Twontloth atroet and Michigan avenue, last avening, to take notion in roforonce to tho resignation of tho pastor, tho Rov. Robort W. Patterson, D. D. 'Tho Roy. Ar- thur Mitchall prosided, and Gom 8. L. Brown scted as Bocrotary. Tho attondance was not very fargo. Tho Socrotary rond tho subjoined letter: T the Second Presdyterian Church and Congregation of Chicago : DzAB BRETAREN: You are already swaro of my purpose to withdraw, with your coneont and that of tho Presbytory, from'tho pastorate which I have so long_hald, with a viow of accopting nt onco & chalr in the Prosbytorian_Thoologleal Sominary of thio Northe weat, Thosupport of the Professorship has now so far licen guaranteod that I venturo to hopo that 1t will be mado suificiont at au eatly day; and I therofore sak you to unlto with ma in a roquest to tho Preabytary to Qisaolvo tho pastoral relation which I havo sustained formore than tiirty-one years, 1 nced not sasign roa- sona for this stop, and the prosont is not -the proper 1imo to spoalc of tho trials of feeling which I havo cx- rienced in coming o a declslon to ask & soparation -om tho many frionds In this congregation, of whosa kindueas T slial evor thisk i gratefal roniombratce. X will only add that it fa my wish that this action may tako finn) ellect on the 1at day of January, 1674, Comi- mondiug you to Goddiaud Word of 1is grace I am, dear brothres and frlends, yours in tho Gospol of our Lord, Cirzcaao, Nov., 24, 1873, T W. PATTERSON. Ex-Qov. Bross atated that o similar comtu- nication waa Inid betoro tho church last woel, and a committee appointed to propare rosolu- tions oxproesivo of tho feoling of the congroga- tion in rognrd to the withdrawal. On bensif of the Committoo ho submitted the following reso- Tutions : Jtetolued, Dy tho church end, congregation of tho Socond Presbyterian Ohuzeh of tha Olty of Obfeago, (hat wo unito with our pastor, tho Rev. R W, Patlers gon, D, D., fn 8 request to tho' Presbytery of Chicaga to dlesolvo the pastoral rolatlons that havo, elnce our organization in June, 1843, exlsted botweon us, Jtesolved, That in hta Jong and_most succossful pas- torato—if ‘wa mistako not, tho oldest in our clity and tho Northweat—we recognizo thia mercy and the good- 11ces of our Heavenly Futher in pparig hitn for nearly athird of & contury'to preach to us most ably aud faithiully tho Gospol of our Blessed Bavior, Resolved, That the bost rocord of our pastor's uee-| fulness and Obristiun work s contaiued ju tho history, writton and unwritten, of {his church, and in that of tho Prosbytorian Clurch of tho Northwest; and, that rccoguizing Bbia ripo scholorship, 'great racticat Cwiatam - and T storling - Guststian Character, tho Church at: lorgo has dono wisely and well to socure binservices in hier theologieal ipatituifon, wherc his commanding obilitfea may fm- press themselves upon thoso who ore to bear the stand- nrds of the Crosa in {ho conflicts of tho futurs, é Ttegolved, ot our bost wishes and out prayors for Bis |ou%, ‘Tiost usoful, and huppy 1fe eball go with im to hiis naw flold of Inbor, Lesolved, That & copy of theso resolutions, duly at- testod Ly the Seasion and tho Trustees of this ehurch and congregation, Lo presented Lo Dr, Patterson ; that they bo spread on the rocords of the church aa & part of {ho proceedings of this mceeting, aud that tho Hes. sfon present them to tho Preshytery of Chicago, In seconding a motion to adopt tho rosolu- tions, Gov. Bross said : CunisTraN FrrenDs : Thin fs an occasfon whon Jan- guage ut poorly oxpressoa tho feollngs that oppress Aud almoat overwholm us, Dr. Pattorson has been our pastor from tho organization of this church, Wo hinve known no othior sbopherd, Tu prosperity and in advorsity, in slokncss and 1n hoalth, o 1as boon_our friond, otir counsolor, and our guida. Each onc, T prosusho, i thipking over the tho incidonts—and, &ty 1 4L moy Lo tha boreavemonts—in which himsolf and pastor hovo mingled. Mo has boon with us in our socinl gathorings; ho has baptizod our children, ho hnd joined thom in tho honda of holy wedlack, and bohns stood by tho bedsido of thoso dcarest fo us when passing hito the dark valloy, and roached to us the words of congolation aud Chifstian opo when thoy woro gono to tho mansions of thio Dleased, I eg (o rocur to tho timo when_ Dr, Fattors 80 cnllcd it tho Amorican Temperanco Houto on o party of us just Janded from tho steamor Oregon, in Qctobor, 1810, 11ia retiring modeaty, almos: shrlnk- ing bushfalness, and polito attentions, deoply im- progsed ms os somel g tlally diforoit trom it hnd oxpected to” meot horo of tho West. Tn 1848, I romoved to this city and becamo oo of his ‘pariahibuers, For yoars o was 1y nosrost nelghbor and almoat dally companion, I have oy lim in the privacy of tho most intimato friondahip; I havo been Wil him _under tho_ ehadow of Bk Potors in Tome, and alscwhera in Burope and in this country, ond ob tho broad_Atantic, and it s proper that I 5 horo and now, In parting with bim as pastor, thoug Lio neada no siich worda from mo, that X never know him £o do a singlo not or kay _ono word that was not in striot accordanca with tho ‘truest t5po of & gontlonan or derogatory In tho least to_my highest idoal of a minlster of our holy roliglon, Tins testimony, which comea from the deopest recosses of my Lieart, mulat, L tlink, ba that of evory men, woman, and child who lioara'mo. g Thia resolutions refer to tho infinonce of Dr, Patter- son upon the Preabytorinn Church in tlio Norlliwest, Tho younger mombera of this and tho other churches in onir counection inve, I fear, noidos how wide, and how wiso, and how potent {hat influenco was,’ For nearly twonty years aftor this church was formed, thero’ wero distracting quostions in most of our cliurclics, on {ho right management of whic thoir success mainly dopended, Judicions snd ablo pastors wero to o obiaiuod, and eottled over theso churchice, Tu ull tlseao offorta tho lsbora of Dr, Patterson were incessant and most offective, snd o (bis respect. tho Chureh of tho Noriliyest, and all who love good govermment, add havo at lheart the wolfaro of soclely, owo him ot of gratitido tho cxlant of Which 1t wonld bo diftl: oult to appreciato. But T need not dwell on tho chor- actor and (hio Inbora of Dr, Pattorson, Iiis nama and L praisa ara i al tho ohuireles, 116 goen to Lis iow fleld of Inbor with our best wishcs and our Lleasings. Thore wo trust lio may labor long, aud wo know hawill Iabor ably and faithfully, And s0 may wo practice his tenchingd nud cmulato bi Gliristlan oxamplo that, af~ tor o fow moro years of toil i the Master’s vinoyard], astor and paoplo may all bo gathered at tho Tight- uud of our Blessed Redeemer, Brief nddrogses, testifying to {ho venorationand Lindlinoss'of the church towards Dr. Pattorson, woro also mado by Mr, Cartor, Mz, Brown, Mr. Roymond, nud Dr. Mitoholl, The resolutlons wero unanimously adopted, and the meeting adjourncd. —_— Fiftcen Inndred Dolinrs Dnmagos for Being Put Off the Car, From the Kanaas City Times, Dr. Traver, o prominont dontint of Kanens City, purchesed o tickot at Junction Oity, Kan- suy, paying full faro from that poiut to Janeas City, Dr. Travor's tickot was taken up by the conauctor of tho tra, and o chock was glven on oxchango, which was placed in Traver'a lint. During tila night, and wiilo tho train wes bo- tween Lewtonco, and Kanaag Oity, Traver was aroused euddonly by Conductor Bhingle and hls cheole takon from™ his Lat with tho romark: “1loro, you hnvo stolon this chock from s passenger in the front car ; you must pay your faro from here to Kunsas City or get off” the train,” Dr. Travor expostulatod with tho con- ductor and endoavorad to convings him that o had paid his fare, and the check just taken from him was ovidonce of that fact. Dr, Traver wns oxpelled from tho car and obliged to stand alongeido tho track until morning, whon ha toul thio noxt traln for Kanans Gity, Whera sulb was ontored for damngos, Aflor a full hearing In tho cano, dnnegos to tho nmount of §1,600 wag nwarded. —_— —Xnmboth, London, woa visited on the 4th in- alant by & nad dioastor. A maker of fireworks, who oceuplod tho lower part of a crowded tone- mont, near tho palsco of the Archbislop of Cantorbury, was cngaged in his duangorous occupation, whon some of tho mater/al oxploded, and blow bim into the stroat & corpse, The houss was quickly in flames, and soven of tlio inmates wero burned to doath, THE COUNCIL. ‘Lost Meeting of the Old Board of Aldermen. The Construotion of the Fullerton Avenue Tunnel to Be Begun g Forthwith, Equalized Valuation of City Property, $311,634,715. Tho Council hold a rogular meoting yostorday ovoning, the Acting Mayor in the chair, All tho Aldormon woro prosont but Mooars, Bowon, Mo- Gonnisg, Mooro, and Eokhardt. TETITIONS, Datitions wozg presented and reforred from Matson & Co., ", B. Koan, and otliors, protost- ing agninst tho nction of tho Dirsctorsof tho Exposition bullding in ronting it to bo used for tho purposo of ralsing money for tho banofit of the Young Mon's Obristian Assoolations of this city and Boston by solling such goods a8 will in- torfore with tho holiday trado of tho petitioner: for wator-pipe on Twonty-ninth siroct, from Hanovor to Wallaco; against the purchass of & sito for an englug-houss at the corner of Lincoln and Fordinand stroots; against tho paving of TUnion stroot, 1358 TR oRDERS. Tho Board of Public Worka was ordered to lat tho contract for tho construction of the tunne on Fullorton avenuo, from the North Branch to- tho Lake, the contractor to begin tho construc- tion of tho tunnel at onco; nund to roport an ordinunco for o sidewall on tho oast side of Wentworth avenuo, from Ninctoonth to Twontioth streot. EMPLOYMENT ¥OR THE POOR. Ald, Bailoy offered tho following, which wa roforred to the Committoo on Public Buildings : Wienzas, Tho Iaboring olassca of this city sro ot prosont in great suffering for want of employmont in consequonco of tho dopressed financial condition of our community, sud, WEnEAs, It I8 of the greatest importanco tht na n rovoutive of the decda of violonco and crime that ave hithorto commonly slgualized our city during timilar sousous of doprossion, evory mosns of onere or should bo draw upan darin approac] Winters thorefora bodt 2 W ¢ Resolied, That tho Board of Publio Works be, and thoy are libreby fustructod, to awnrd the contract for tha building of the canduit on Fuliorton avenua ; and, further Jtesoived, That immediate measurea bo taken by safd Board to oxcavate tlo sito of the old Couit-Houso, to ‘Tomava and acsort the debris of the bufiding, and heve tho snmo in & position for tho commencomant of tlio work on the now building; aud, also, thut any sow- e Svork ik oy U8 sequtint b geasended i , 80 a8 aflord needful ow; Sulforing laborors of tho city. UL AR FINANCIAL, The Oity Olerk roportod that tho nsscssmont for city tuxation had Dbeen oqualized by tho Board of Equalization, which had boon in sossion. ton days, a8 requirad by law, and bo thorefore roturned tho nsscssmont to the Council for tho ‘purposo of lovying tho annual tax for 1873, Tlie total valuation of roel catnta is $262,000,820, aud of porsonal proporty $48,664,895, tho grand total boing §311,684,716. It was roforred to the Com= ‘mitteo on Finsnce, The Committeo on Financo reported recom- ‘mending that Laughlin, McGary & Co. ba pmd $466.67 to satisfy thoir claim against the city, which was lald ovor; that John Gunzenhausor bo paid 82260 ; that J, C. Allon bo paid 871, in which caucs the ordors Wero passed. The same Committeo roportod adversely om tho clnims of John Wilkelm, Fred Wagnor, snd 8. Toineclrer, Tho report of tho Finance Committes, to the offoct that tho city was not responsible for cor- tain buildings torn down during tho Iast gront firo on Halsted stroot, wa coneurred in. On {he recommendation of the Judiciary Com= mittoo, tho Comptroller was orderod to pay to John Tunison tho sum of 3200, for oxpenaes ine curred in gerving executions, BTNEET IMPROVEMENTS, Tho Board of Public Works wubmitted ordl- nances for filling Fourtoentl: streot from Contro avenuo ta Loemis atract, and Thirtesnth stroot from Wallor to Loomis, which woro passad, Tho ordinance for paving Fulton streot, from Tlizabeth stroot to Ashland ayonue, was paseod. The ordor dircoting tho transfer of £5,000 from the strnnl-u]enulnf fund, to bo ugad in raising to grado tho buildings at tho Twelfth stroet Vinduot, was passed. TIE ELECTION. The Olork submittod tho roturns of tho Board of Canvassers of tho votos cast at tho lnst eloo- tion for city -oficors, and the successful candl- dates wore doclared duly clocted. FIRE. Ald. Cullerton moyed to strike out tho clauso providing that no ehiuglo roof, orroof of wooden outside surfaco bo pliced on any building within lh{{h‘e hlaits. - o motion was agrood to and the ordinance adopted a8 llmmzdudl:'r Tho proposed ordinanco smending the Firo ordinanco, by allowing tho enclosing of all siden of shods not over twelvo feot higl, ton wide, and gixtoen long, if attached or annoxed to a dwoll- Kuiho\mn. Was taken up. Idermsn Powell offered an amsudmont, por- mitting the construction of such sheds on any patt of tho lot. Tho amendment was agrood to. Tho order dirccting tho Comptrollor to pur~ chase, 8 o sito for an engine-house, tho lot on tho corner of Lincoln and Ferdinand streots, 'was passod, The rolaol\ltlon suthorizing the Bogrd of Fire and Dolice {o purchnse a couple of Babcock Chemicnl Engivos, was tomporarily 1aid over. Tho Judiciary Committoa reportod back the ordar for the pucchase of the right to uss tho Acrial Ladders, with tho recommendation it bo adopted. It was laid ovor, THE EXPOSITION DUILDING. The Committes on Wharves md Publio Grounds roported en ordor oxtending until May 1, 187G, the time for which tho Exposition Build- ing moy romain on tho Lako Park, provided tho bullding aud grounds connccted thorewith bo not usad otherwise than for tho holding of an- nual oxpositions for industrinl, mechanieal, and othorarta; for mueleal or ollior public cnter- tainmenta and publiv meetings, conventions and othor similur public_purposce, aud that if tho buildings aod grounds are used for any other urposos, it shall bo the duty of tho Bosrd of ublic W ings and grounds without nolico. It was laid. over, RATLROADS, Tho order oxtending tho time for which the. Plato & Bar Mill Compauy moy usoa cortain Bida track, was lald over two wooka, The Judiciary Committeo reported favorably on_an ordingnce allowing railways to build switch-bousos and unlond lumber, ote., in the streets, aftor & spooial permit has been obisined from tho Bosrd of Public Works, and it was prseod, he Judiclary Committce roported advorsely on the application of the Milwaukeo & Bt. Paul Toad, to Liave tho blasting of rock noar Western avoutio and Hubbard strect stopped. It was laid over. WOOD PAVEMENT. The Judiclary Committeo submitted a ropork on tho wood Envnmuut ucstion, which lias al- ready been published, and which wes laid over. ‘The Council thou adjourned. Great California Lnnd-0wnoers. Frous tho San Franelsco Bulletin 5 Thore ara probably moro lend-ownors in Calis fornia (han in- any other Biate in tho Union. Many largo ranohes have been ocut up. But whila this Las beon dono, other parcels of land hinva beon concentrated {n a fow hands, Ed- ward Applogato owns 49,146 acres of land in Frosno County: C. Burrell owns 23,408 in the Eame county; W. 8. Chapman owns 85,712 neres, and W. 8, Ohnpman & Co, own 69,888 in this ono county; James Soclig & Co, 46,664 acros; Millor & Lux own 128,640 aores ; J. O. Earl has 23,900 ncres; Isano Pricdlandor lins . 47,450 pcres; J. B. Coodman {6 credited with 19,0005 W, PDlereo ct ol have 25,703 acres; A. J. Topo 20,270 nacres; J. W. Doargon has 44,831 nerea; Joscph Russ owns 23,169 ncrey, in- Humbolut: Mrs, M, E. Bealo holds 178,060 sorcs in Kern County; J. 1L, Rled- Ington has 45,720 In the samo county; W. 0. Tnlston hine 16,416 nores ; Chapinan, Jonsou, and ofliors, 74,408 torea ; I, Dryant, 20,620; A. Wil hias 49,020 aorea ; Olask & Cor, 16,060 acros; and W. B, Balley & Co., 19,705 ncros in Alnmeda County. Ohalos MoLaughlin has 24,870 acren in Contra Costa County, and ovor 60,000 ncres in Amador County. Tho greutor part of tho landa ropresenied sbove have boon noquired indes pondontly of Moxican grants. The avorago ccat for tho wholo was probably not much over a dol- lar in gold per aoro, Groonbacks and scrip of yarious kinds have béen used, while somo have ‘bought for cash at vecond Lend, orke to. talo possession of the build-.