Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 1, 1873, Page 4

TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE. TERMA OF mm\nnll,-'rl PAYABLY. IN ADVANOR), b I ovedetranty 1t H R Pattaol nyoar at the eame rato, . Toprovont dolay aud mistnkos, ho suro and give Tost ‘Oficonddress in ful), Including Stats and County. Tiemittances may bo made oithor by dreatt, oxpross, Poat Ofico ordor, or in1egiaterod lottors, at'our risk, ‘TURMS 7O CITY UBAORIUERS, Dally, delivered, Bunday excoptod, 25 conts por weck. Dally, dellvored, Sunday includod, 80 eonts por wabk. Address THE TRIBUNE COMPANY, Cornor Madison and Dearborn-sts,, Chioago, Il E===T0.0AY'S AMUSEMENTS. AUVIOKER'S THEATRI—Aadlson streot, batween Reacborn and Stato. lngagoment of Latta.’ ™ Little il aud the Aarcblones TIQOLRY'S TIIEATRE—Randolnh by Olnclound Lasalior Birakorsh Hapish Gpaia Femepns % Luols di Lammormoor," ACADRMY OF MUBIO~Halatod stroot, betwoon Mad- tron aud Mouroo. - Engagomont of {hio Lydia Thompson Htiorquo Tronpo. + BiAbad fie etloe. GLOBE TIEATRE—Dosplain faom and Waahingtoo, don ** Whaiting for tho Vordiot. MYRRS' OPERA-FIOUS earborn _ and 81 B'ioys," Minstrelsy troot, botween Bad- ont. of Marry Linden, Tonroo streat, botwoen Turlenyue of ¢ Tho Two comioalities. DR, KAUN'S MUSZUM OF ANATOMY-Olark atroat, batweon json and Montot BUSINESS NOTICES. TIANRS TO TRETIMELY DISCOVRRY OF MRS, Wiustow’s Boothing Hyrup, tho hearts of mnn{ paronts Dave boon o glad by withossiug tho heuefiolal offeats whiah this rmody nover fails to produca during tho criti= cal poriad of toothing, “AUIIFS OF, ROOMS TAVE DEEN MADE A FEA- taatal ko Windsr " Now Yok, and may be Gad on application by matl, telopraph, or oxpross. With privato alfing-room Attaolied, no gonilomant olty resldanco oan Do mora elogan(ly litted thian somo of tho suites Mansra. ul‘“,k & Wothorboo ofier for tho patrons of tholr grand ntol, 2 Tlhe Chivage Tribune, Monday Morning, Docembor 1, 1873, All tho membora of tho Roform Cabinet of Cannda have beon ro-clected [to their seats in Parliamont, in tho rocent oloctlons, The Hon, DIr, Cartwright, tho Finance Miuister, the only ono to whom any opposition was made, has been ro-olectod by o majority of 808 over his compet~ itor, Socrotary Robeson is convinced from s closo examination of the survivors of the Polaria that Capt. Hall camo to his death from purely natural ‘cousos, and that ho was treatod skilltully and ‘tonderly during his illnces, The Seccretary pays tho unfortunate explorer a high tribute. Tho cruiso of -the Polaris was tho most sucocssfal of il the attompts which have beon made to penc- trate tho frozen recosses of the North, and Copt. Tall’s intelligenco and zoal have added greatly to our goographical knowlodge of the Arctic ro- gion, His death ia a irreparablo loss to science and navigation. Tho Becretary of the Navy roports in his Dopartment 165 vossels, earrying 1,260 guns, 18 lesa than last year., Of these, 48 are iron-clads, ‘with o totnl of 121 gunms, An addition to this force will be mado in the complotion of theeight sloops of war authorizod by tho last Congross ‘end now being built, and of six live-onk vessels swhich are in various stages of construction. Tho estimatos for tho next year aro about $20,000,- 000. Our naval force, the Becrotary says, is in- adequato for o nation of tho responsibilities snd pretensions of the United States, which is in- ferior in its equipment to auy respeotablo naval power. The Hon. Bugoene Casserly, of California, has resigned his gout in tho United States Senate. "The roason which ho gives thorofor in his letter %o Gov. Booth is that his publio duties have do- manded 8o much of his timo as to seriously im- pair bis hoalth. In withdrewing from the Senato Lo moans to withdraw from all public and pohti- cal life,'and devote himsolf to bis private affairs, which have been somewhat neglected. Bonator Cassorly took his seat in the Sonate in 1869. His rosignation will, it is belioved smonget the poli- ticians of California, improve Gov. Booth's Senatorial aspirations, One great causo of the recont panis, the Comp- troller of the Curroncy saye in his annual re- port, was the almost criminal intimacy botweon tho ban's of New York and tho stock spocula- totn of Wall street. Tho spoculators were ac- corded b oxtensivo favera on demand loans. as to oncroach serlously on the ability of the banks to deal with legitimate business men, and to in- volve tho banks too decply in their insecura transactions. If the banks would overcome their disinclination to unite, and would join in & logitimate and cautious mode of business, thoy ‘would do more to improve the financial condi- of the country than Congress could “effeot with its legielation. For 5o magnificont s _crimiusl as Tweed to bo subjected to the minute degradations recorded in the dispatches this morning, and herdoed with tho potty offenders who are consigned to Black- well's Island, makes his punishment terrible” in- deod. Ho stolo millions of dollars, and betrayod groat public trusts, and must think himsolf en- titlod, in all fuir dealing, to the rank of a folon, snd tho cclat of @ collin the Biato's Prison, o loscs sll tho dignity that attaches to a groeat crimo . when ho is ment, for misdomennor only, to the County Jal, whoro vagrants and aneak-thiovos, and midnight- brawlors expiate their mean offonses. Yester- dsy Lo was gont to the Tsland, his lair, and beard were shaved off, & striped * lu;cnny g0it " put on him, and he was locked into & com~ mon cell, like & vulger Police-Court convict. In rosponee to tho usual question ho gave answer that ho was o “statesman,” and lad' “no ro- ligion," a8 might bave been expected from such &n occupation. The Oredit Mobilier suits which have boon be- foro tha Unitod Btates Court at Hartford, Conn., baving been dismnissed, will now be taken (o the Bupremo Court on appeal, although it is intl- matod that thoro ia littlo prospoct that the lattor tribunal will revorse (ho decision, The lower court dismizsed the casos upon the ground that tho damnage lo tbo Goverument by the Oredlt Mobilier frands was too remote to moko the Unitod Stetes an intorosted party, Tho object sought by tho Covernment in compolling the stockholdora to pay up thelr stock was to protect tho second mortgage and improve its soourity, but if tho Government s really in carnest in this matter, it has & sufiiclent moans of protoc- tection, o puro mesns of protecting iteelf, It bolds the gecond mortgago qn the road, which it can procoed to ouforce st auy time, the intorest on it having long been in dofault, It should be sdded that the seourity is diminishlog with ev- ery day's deley, Tho Chicago produco murkats woro generally Jower on Saturday, with loss dolug in bresd- stults, Moss pork was nctlve, and 12}¢ @200 por100 oy lowor, olpsing ot §12.873¢@18.00° oaeh, and $19.87%@18.90 sellor January, Lard was active, and }{o por Ib lower, closing at“75¢@73¢0 cnsh, and 75{c soller January, Green hams woro quiet and unchangod at 7}¢@8c por b, Boxed moata woro onsior, ntd3o for shoulders, 03@ 034o for short ribs, and 63¢o for short olear. Dropeed hoga were quiet aud unchanged, at 84,76 por 100 Wa, Highwines wero quict and frrogular, closing ab 80@89%40 por gallon, Flour wns quiot and unchanged. Wheat was loss nolivo, and ‘1@%0 lowor, closing ab $1.003¢ sollor Docembor, and $1.083{ sollor Javuary Corn was quiot and 1o lower, closing at 46340 cash, and 463¢o ecllor January. ; Oais woro quiot and 13¢c lower, closing at 83360, Tiye was moro active and easfor, closing st 803@70c. Darloy was quiot and 1@3c tighor, oloaing st 1,38 for No. 3, and 81.00@1.01 for No, 8. Iogs wero falrly motivo, with salos at about Friday's prices—closing oany at $4.00@4.36, Cattlo and sheep wore dull and unchanged. Tho Hon. Oharles B, Farwoll has dolivored his opinion upon tho quostion of war with Bpain, to » roprosontative of tho New York Herald. Mr. Farwoll eald: * It will dfivo all other questions, euch as the Panio, tho Balory-Grab, and tho Orodit-Mobilier frauds, out of the,publis mind, and, by giving tho Administration tho support of all patriotio citizons, enable it to maintain itsolt in powor.” Thoro is nothing particularly original in Mr. Farwell's view of tho effeots of o war with Spain, but the oxtrome candor with which ho exprossed it is refroshing, to say the lonst. Ho ia the only Congressman or Republl- can politician who hos thus far spoken right out in meoting, and acknowledged that tho party noods & warin ordor to cover up its misdoods, and thereby maintain itsolf in powor. Mr, Far- woll is correot in his assortion, but bis franknoss in making it i a quality for which wo havo never ‘beforo given him proper orodit. . THE WAR ENDED, The war with Spain has como to an abrupt termination. Tho senso of Bonor Castelar and Becrotary Fish and the friendly counsels of the European Governments have produced’ sn agroemont which is highly satisfactory and hon- ornble to all partios. Tho Virginius is to be do- livored to tho custody of the United Btatos, im- mediatoly, and all tho surviving passengers and crow of tho vessel to be restored to the United Btates. On tho 25th of Decembor, the Spaniards aro Lo saluto our flag, unloss, in tho moantime, Spain shall sausfy the United States that tho flag was improperly borne on that vessel, and that sho had no right to tho American flag or papers. It Spain can do this, then tho saluto i to bo omltted. If it shall provo that the Vir- ginius had no right to carry our flag or papors, then the United Btates shall prosccuto the vos- sel and the surviving parties for violating the laws, and Bpain is to prosecato thoso of hor “authoritios who may havo violated Inw or troaty. This is & thoroughly sensible and practical sottlomont. It is an agrecmont to sottlo tho question upon the basis of the aclual facls, ag they may bo found to bo. It is hondrablo to both parties, and as satisfactory as it oan possl- Dly bo made under the circumstances.. It omits tho war, or rather begina the war by a treaty of ponce, disposing of all tho questions in contro- versy. If tho Virginius was not an American vesgol lawfully carrying our flag and bearing our popers, thon we have no more right to do- mand reparation for lher capturo than if sbho were n British vossel. Without estab. lishing ‘that fact wo could make no lawful do- maud on Spain, and war would bo wanton ag- gresslon. It wo do ostablish that fact, then Spain makes nll the roparation that could bo _fnlrly asked of her. Thus we have a sonsiblo agreoment to firat sscertain tho facts, and then gottlo tho case accordingly, without firing & gun or building & ship, or killing & man. All this is eminently wiso, and in accordance with the spirit of thoago, Whilo it will bo a grevious disappoint- mont to the brokers in blood who are clamoring. for war'at apy price, and will orush out the hopes of hundreds of army and navy contractors, it will prove to be an improsaive lesson to Spain and to the Cuban authorities, It will teach thom that thoy cannot cscape rosponsibility for illegal ncts, and will dhow them the univorsal horror In which Spanish-Amorican brutality is held by civilized mankind. JUDGE TREAT’S INTERFERENCE. Tho latest bullotin from Bpringfield roports tho Recoivor appointed by Judge Tipton in full pos- Bossion ‘of tho Gilman, Olinton & Bpringflold Roilrond, having beeu placed in possosaton from ono end of the road to tho other by tho Bhorifts of tho soveral countles, armed with writs of as- eistanco, This .morning it is possible tbat the 'war may bo ronewed, and fresh proceodings in- stitutod in tho -United Statos Court, It has doubtless struok tho public as some- what strange that Judge Treat should have issued sn injunotion to restrain tho oxecution of procoss from'n State Court. Ever since 1703, tho Iaw of the United Btates hes prohibited such a proceeding. That act reada:, ‘‘writs of ne exeal and of injunction may be granted by eny Judge of the Supromo Court in cases whors thoy might be granted by the Supreme or a Ciroult Qourt; but no writ of no exeat shall bo grantod uoloss, {&o,, . . nor shall a writ of injunction be granted to atay procoedings in any court of & 8tato.” This Inw was amonded subscquontly by giving Distriot Judges tho samo power on tho same conditionn. The Bupreme Court of tho Unitod Btates in numerous cages has recognized and affirmed this prohibition of intorforenco by injunction with the procoss of Btato courts, As a general proposition & Federal court hasno power to lssue sn injunction to stay tho process.of a State court: Inmauy cases both courts have conour- ront jurisdiotion, and where persons and prop- erty are liablo to soizure or arrost by the procoss of both, the court which first attaches hag tho proforence. In the case of Pealevs. Phipps, 14 Toward, it was doolded by the Supromo Oourt thata Bank Recolvor appointed by a Stato conrd in Misusiesippl, held the assots of tho bank as tho agont and Recelver of the court which ap- pointod him, and that the property of tho bunk, in legal contemplation, was in the custody of the court of which ho waa tho officor; ‘“and while it thus remained In tho custody and possession of that court, awaiting ita ordor and decision, no otuer court had & right to intorfore with it, or wrest it from tlo hands of ite agont, and thore- by put it out of his powor to porform his duty," Tho suit justitutod against such Roceivor in tho United Btatos Oirouit Court, was diemissod by the Bupromo Court for want of jurisdiction, In Taylor vs, Qarryl, 20 Howard, tho Buprome Court uay: i b A Minited number of cases extst, in which a party sued tn n Btate court may obtwin-the transfor of tho cause (o & court of the United Btates, by an application 10 the Btats court in which 1t was commenced ; and thfu court, in a fow well-defined casee, by the twenty- Afth weollon of the Judiclury act of 1749, may reviva tho Jndgment of the tritunal of lust resort of & Slute, Tu all other xéepects; the' tribunals of the Stato and of the Unlon ara iudovendont of one nother, %A courts THE CHICAGO DAILY. TRIBUNE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1873. — e ————— af the Unted Slates cannot fesne an {nfunction to stay proceedings in any court of a State, ; Tho sult ponding in tho Oiroult Court of Mo- Toan County was brought by cortain persons nagaioat tho Giiman, Olinton & Springfleld Rail- road Company, In that sut tho Mossrs, Palmor woro attornoys for the ofendants, Tho Court, upon horring {ho cans, appointed & Recolver for tho Compauy, and fssucd tho procoss to put him n possossion, Two days aftor that ordor tho Monars, Palmor brought sult in tho namo of Beott and Jowelt, Trustoos, against thelr own clionts (tho Gilman, Clinton & Bpringfield Rall- rond Company), and Judge Troat, of tho United Btatos Distriot Court, granted an lnjunce tion rostraining tho Recoiver already in possession from {ntorfering with thio possossion of the Trusteos, - Tho complainants in this last causo boing difforent from thoso in tho Btato court, Judgo Treat may havo folt that lio was anthorized to interfere. But the onjolning of parties to & eult is a very difforont thing from onjoining & Recoivor who holds possossion as the agent of the court, his possossion in faot bo- ing tho possession of the court that appolnted him. Judge Treat, theroforo, lins put his conrd in the attitude of suoing the Oircuit Court of MoLean County-—a procooding that is only oqualed in novelty by Gov. Palmor suelng his own oclients, and ecoking to hiave the road taken away from them, As counsel for the Prustecs, Goy. Palmer now claims that tho road should be taken from the Dirootors, whose pos- rossion and oustody ho dofonded o fow doys be- foro in tho Stato court. Tho casons it now stands 18 Treat vs. Tiplon; The Uniled States District Court vs, the MeLean Qounty Cireuil Court,—tho lattor Court, in tho person of tho Recolvor, boing In possession of the road, and its anthority recognized by nll tho ofiicers. As bosring upon this controvorsy botweon Judgo Tront at Bpringficld and Judge Tipton at Bloom- ington, tho following paragraph from Korr's trentiso on Recolvers, may not bo inapproprinto: ‘When tho Court has appointed & Receiver and tho TRecolvor is in posscasion, his posscasion is the pos- scasfon of the Court, and may not bo disturbed without tho leave of tho Court. Whon tho Court has takon possession of properly by its Recelver, §f any one, ‘whoovor ho be, disturb thio posacssion of tho Recelver, 1t holds that person an guilty of o contompt of coust, and liablo to Lo imprisoued for that conlompt, The Court will not allow tho poascssion of its Receiver to bo interfered with or disturbed by any one, whether claiming parsmount to or under tho right which the Reociver was appointed to protect, A man who thinks 1o bns o right paramonnt to {hat of the Recaivor, ‘must, beforo Lo prosumes to take any steps of his own - motion, apply to thé Court for Icave to assort his right ngafnat tho Rocolver, o . . . . - Tho Court requifea and inlats that applieations sliould bo mado to 1t for pormission to tako posscssion of any proparty of which the Rocoiver ha takon or 18 direoted to tako possesslon. Tho rule fa not confined to proporty actually intho hands of o Tecelver, Tho Conrt will not permit auy one, without ts sanction and suthority, to intercapt or provent payment to tho Recelvor who hias boen appolnted to receivo, though it may not bo actually iu Lis hunds, ‘This scers to bo the law in fho matter of Re- colvors, and any proceedingaby Judgo Treat must, in fact, bo ngainst Judgo Tipton through tho Recoiver appointed by tholattor, It isnot likely that the porsous inlerosted in this dixercditablo swindlo upon the luhabitants whoso bonda were igsuod to help bufld the rond will abandon tho fight 8o long 23 anything can bo dono to defeat tho ouds of justico. Wo publish clsowhora the oflicial papors upon which Judgo 'Trent's mjunction was isaued, Thore is no ovidence in thoso papers that Thomaa A. Beott, one of the Trustoos in. tho cage, aud upon whose authority the action was taken, was ever consulted in the premises, His co-Trus- too, Mr, Jewott, of Columbus, Okio, sont ona telogram. Iow Mr. Jowett could tnko stops indepondently of Mr. Scott, 60 83 to give o couse of action for Judgo Treat to baso au in- junction upon, is an unsolved myatery. THE BEECHER-BOWEN MATTER, It is high timo that tho mysterious Docohor- Bowen scandal was settled. [t hes been porsiot- ently kopt before the public in s variety of ways, for soveral months past, and, slthough almost numberless letters and statements have been made, and comment by tho public pross in all parts of tho couutry has boen vory freo, yot nothing definite is known of tho truth of the chorgos against Mr. Boechor, started by Mr. Houry 0. Bowon, and nothing ofiicial even con- cerning the nature of tho charges. Tho chargos which are floating about, based partly upon rumor and partly upon printed statomenta by irrosponsiblo parties, or undisguised onemios of Mr. Beecher, 80 long as they are loft unsottled by some ofticial action, aro calonlated to projudice Mr. Beecher in the eyos of those who do not know him, and there aro plenty of envious and uncharitable people ready to ecizo upon’ any chargo and use it to his detriment, Thore is one thing morally certain: somebody in this sffairis o scoundrel. Eithor Mr, Boechor has: ‘been guilty of a doreliction which unfits him to be tho spiritusl guide of Plymouth.Church, or any othor churoh, which we do nol Uclicvs, or Mr. Bowen Is guilty of making groundless chargos with an unworthy purposo in view. It istimo, thoroforo, that cither Mr, Boecher or Mr. Bowen should be mado to show his hand. If thero is mo truth in the scandal, lot it bo atopped at onco, for it is both offensive and injurious, and lot Mr. Bowen be proporly punished. If thero i, any truth in it, thon let it bo known, also, and lot Mr. Boechor bo punishod. . ‘Whon these chargos wero flrst bruited abroad, thero was & general and vory naturel expectation that Plymouth Oburch, of which M, Beeokor ia pastor and Mr. Bowon a mombor, would in- vestigato the scandal. Plymouth Church, how= over, aoting upon the suggostions of Mr, Beacher, has declined to do anything of the sort. This attitudo of tho church, which it unquestionably hind tho right to assume, under the broad-and domotratio . organization of Congrogational~ ism, Lins brought up & side issue, whiok is likely to cronto considerablo sonsntion and discussion in the donomination. Tho gist of it is that tho Clinton Btreot Cliurcl, Rov. Dr. Buddington, snd tho Church of the Pilgrims, Rov. Dr, Btorys, have moved in the mettor to disciplino Plymouth Ohurch in somo sorb beoauso it refuses to discl- pluoe itsclf. At tho meoting of the Plymouth Church, which adoptod rosolutions to maintain ita indopendent gronnd by the large voto of 504 to 25, Mr. Beeolor stated tho position of tho Church very coucigoly, as follows : ‘Thero were diiTorent viows of Congregational polity. Tlymouth Church stood for uno, Was it thelr duty to glvo it up—to surrender 167 It was their duty to maintain §t, * for tho sakoof ull tho churches uround us, which wa wish fo ges bullt up on tho brondest mocratlo construttion of Congregniional church fel- lowship,” What 18 Cougregationallsm? ¢ It answers more noarly thun anyihing else to our ideas of domo- cratlo township government, mora neafly to good nolghborhood nmong equal or liko familics, It ls simply the assoctation of men by covenaut of sowms sort or other in worship and in Ohristian helpfulnoes, and Congrogationalism does not give to tho churchos gothiored togellior suy ownerslip In or ovor its mom- bers, It doos mot givo fo tho nolghboring churchos, corlainly, any ownorship or anything allfed to it between one church and another, Congre- gatlonal churchos starid thon, oxaotly, for prineipls, on tho ground on which twonty familics lyivg in the samo nelghbiorhiood atand, who ars respoctable, who Interchiaugo visita with each othor, who, whon thoy ara callod upon, give each othor counsel and advico, but nevor feol thomaelyosat liberty by tho tenure of friond- ship to intrude npon one snother, or to dictato to ono anather what shall bo tholr domestlo and intornal volicy, 'Tho Brookiyn Baptiata or I'resbyloriana had oxactly as much right to meddlo with thelr futerna) ffalrs a1 tho Brooklyn Congregationalfats, Advice? Yes, Dictation? No, * When thoy come to usand nay, Tho mannor in which you are kecping honso in your family is not agreoable to ihq people in our fam- {1y, on that I fool disposod to aay, Gontlomen, if fou don't liko our housckaoping, don't como hore, Of tho soundnoss of thia position in the abatract, thoro is no doubt, and we do not aoe Liow olthor Dr. Btorrs or Dr, Buddington can attnok it with- out vlolating tho essontial epirit of Congre- gationalism and uprooting its very foundatlon. If Plymouth Church desiros to msnage it own affaira, in ita own way, thoro is not o-lino or eyllablo in tho Congrogationsl polity to prevent It from go doing. In fach, the vory atfompt . of tho othor two oburches to intorforo ehows that tholr Congro- gotionalism s not as orthodox ns that of Plymouth Church, but as Mr. Boochor himself soys, in of the Now England typo, *showing tho oftects of its early. twist towards Prosby- terianism.” Of tho absiract right of Plymouth Ohuroh to take this domocratio position thoero osn be no doubt. Of tho advisability of it, lowever, there may be a question, sinco many poople will bo disposed to rogard it as nn at- tompt to ovado the real fssuo, and a8 evinoing an unwillingness to havo the scandal {nvestigated, for fonr of the effects upon tho church, There is, however, as it scoms to us, a way of gotting at tho bottom of this scandal. Bo long 08 Plymouth Oburch says Mr. Bowen shall not bo invostigated as & momber of tho Church, thero is no power on. the part of tho othoer churches to onforco it, and no outsido body can tako cognizance of it without a violation of tho spirit and letter of Congrogationalism; but there 18 a whortor and more direct routo to the nocom- plishmont of this result. Mr. Bowenis a Trustoo of {he Congrogational Union, and that body can take cognizanco of tho matter and of Mr. Bowen a8 a Truateo without reforence to Plymouth Church, Mr. Beacher, or anyone eclso. Plymouth Church would have no more to do with it than Drs. Storra and Buddington Lovo to do with Plymouth Church, If Mr. Bowon has been slandoring hin pastor in the airocious mennor indicated, ho is not fit to ba one of tho T'rustees of the Congregational Union, and the Union cannot rotain him in that position with- out giving some degroo of sanction to his chiarges, Buch en fovestigation is duo to Afr. Bowen, and would either clear up his, chdracter or Mr. Boochor's in very short metre. THE (UBTODY 0F PUBLIC FURDS. A fow weoks ago thoro came n rovolation from Albouy, N, Y., that thero bnd beon o dofuleation intho State Treasuvy, Since thon the whole businoes has been iuvestigated, and it appears that the public moncy ns recoived by the Treas- urer was doposited by Lim in soveral banks in Alhany. The Stato Troasurership is° o political offico, tha incumbent rarcly over attonding to business porsonally, and the details aro left to subordinates, Among these subordinates was ono O. II. Phelps, who, in tho sbsouce of tho Tronsurcr, and the protracted illness ‘of tho Doputy Treasuror, recolved the monoy paid into tho Trensury, and mado tho doposits intheseveral banks, His books showed his receipts, aud tho pass-books of tho -several bavks showod tho doposits with thora. o, howover, kept another book which staled tho amounts deposited by bim. On July 81, 1873, tho bank- books showing tho doposits sgreed with tho Trensuror's receipts. During tho month of August Phelps charged tho Trossury with £200,000 received, and crodited it with o like amount doposited, but ho did not make the de- posits, Indorslng the drafts rocoived by the Tronsury “Tay to — —, Esq., State Trons- uror, por 0. H. Phelps, Oasbier,” ho sont thom to Now York, whoro thoy were cashed, and passed to his private credit. In tho month of Boptomber ho stole in Lo mannor §101;771.89, meking an aggrogate of §301,777 taken by him in two montbs, The discovary, whon made, was purely accidental. Phelps at once fled. In tho courso of tho inveatigation it appeared that thore had been no comparison of the books in the Troasury, showing tho amounts deposited in the banks, with the books of the banks for n year and a half, and that this negloct was :habitual, extonding back for several years. It wouldsoem that Phelps used tho State money to gamblo in stocks, aud was caughé by the panic, and prob- ably lost overy cent of it. In the City of Pittsburgh, the City Treasury Das in like manner beon plundered. It scoms that o cortain amount of city bonds, duly signed, but never issued, bolonglng to the water fund, were in the oustody of ono of the subordinates. This subordinato bad & porsonal intimaoy with the Cashior of one of {hio bauks, In somo way, this Cashier induced tho city officer to lond tho ‘bank & portion’ of thoso bonds, which the Cashier at onco sont to {Philadelphias and hypothecated for $226,000. Just before the penio, ho got another batch of tho bonds, and on thess he raised a comparativoly small sum of monoy, Tho Onshier then departed, the bank closed, and thore tho mattor rests,—the city having £500,000 bonds out, for which it Las zecolved no considoration, An investigation into the affaira of one of the conntios in Ohio, & fow days ago, rovealed the fact that all of the four sucoessive Tronsurers lest in office have gono out dofaultora. ' All ovor the country there is a gonoral consternntion at tho defalention or maladministration of officos in which public money ie kept, All .this arises from tho loose public morality provailing on this subject.. Political parties hava done all in thelr power to swell the profits of cortain offices, os- peclally trensuryships, and thon made it o rule {ihnt Public Treasurors should furnish thomenns to runm the politics of tho locality, The regular and ordinary salary of euch an office §s nob more’ thian a compotent aud Lonest man ought to - got, bub the opportanitics for a profitable use of pub~ lio money is tho grand temptation. In Towa and Minnesota there are notable cases where tho Btato funds wore loaned out andlost. In 1857, whon tho pauio of that yoar struck the Wostorn banka, 1t was dlecoverod that the money which ought to havo boon in the State Treasury at Springflold, was loanod out all over tho Btato, and largoly to books in 8t, Louis, Tho matter was Lushed up ¥ for tho anko of tho porty," aud evontually tho money was got back, the State Tressurer boing forced to reslgn. Whoro tho State monoy was when the pauio of 1873 began we do not know, Dut assumo that it was in the Btate Treasury, and that such o thing as lending it out to banks would not bo tolerated by tho Ligh publio sonti~ mont which provails at Bprivgfleld. Tho ouly rafo plan for State and munioipal governments in the custody of public monoy is the sub-treas- ury systom, Tho Olty and County and State Troas- urers -ought to bo compelled to keep the publio monoey in a place of deposit, disconneoted with uro financlully. sny bank or othor Institution, Tach should bo his own banker, rocelving his money ovor the countor, koeping tho name In his own vault, xnd paylug tho samo out in cash, Thonahalf-hour's iuvestigation would discover any dofalention tho monoy wonld be thero to bo counted, or its absonco would require an explanation, 'Thore would bo no fortuncs mado out of tho offico of L'ronaurer, but thore would bo loss rink of defale cation or loas, The temptation to spoculato bo- ing eut off, a responsible Troasurer wonld tako moans to protoot himself and tho Treasury “too, Thero can bo no safoly In the administration of Ppublic money so long as public sontiment ap« provoes the polioy of T'reasurers using this pub- lio monoy for their personal profit. Tho only way to broak up this use of public monoy forthe profit of tho officora is to establish a Treasury with vaults and locks, and roquire tho monoy to bo kopt thero, under penslty of imprisonment. " Another archoologloal disoovory has just boon msado at York, England, tho. rosults of which go to show that thore is nothing new under tho sun. This was an old Roman comotery, in which, among pottory, bronzo ornnmonts, colns in groat number, shattered otatuottes, and ohildron’s toys, wos found tho skull of a young woman containing o falso polato of vory thinm gold, showing that thero wero vory skillful dentists in that day. Anothor noteworthy fontura was tho discovory of Dblocks of stono, about twoniy inchos by ton, whioh can have served no othor purpose than that of marking tho places of intorment, thus showmg that headstones are not of modorn invention, as has ‘beon genorally supposed. A very boautiful in- scription was found upon ome of tho cofiing, which ia very touching, botli for ita brovity and tondorness, It is on a coflin which contnins the romains of Bimplicia Florontina, a child of 10 months, tho daughtor of a soldier of the famous Bixth Legion, and is only tho two words " Animm Innocontissimem ;" but thoy throw o flood of light upon little Simplicia, that moat in- nocent soul, who lived 1,600 years ago, tho dnughtor of tho atorn old Roman soldier of the Bixth Logion, The poople of England are evidently not ac-~ customed to scoing speschos in print boe foro thoy aro dolivered. Mr. Baxter, » membor of Parlinment, found himself in an awkward prodicament, recontly, owing to the promnture publication of an addrese lo his constituents, Ho was about to commenco his address whon ono of his audionco, n flax-drouser, ealled sttontion to the extrnordinary fact that his nddress was published in the loeal papor of the provious day, || sud hiad,thercfore,boon read by bis constituents. Nothing daunted, howover,Mr. Baxtorcommenced, but wag soon interruptod by s bill-poster, who was auxious to know Low it was that the apecch sppoared in tho paper *with cheors, loud ap- plause, and evorything olso,” whou, as tho bill postor inuocently romarked, Mr. Baxter could nok binvo beon cortain that Lo would bo received with applauco. Tho Iast shot was o hot ono, and Bind the effect to breek up Lhe mooting, Mr. Dax- ter rotiring with {ho romark that it was an awle ward affale. No ono will bo disposed to douy that Mr. Baxtor was right on Liat point. NOTES AND OPINION. Tho Cincinnati Commercial nominates Elilm Boanorges Washiburno for tho Presidency. Ario Van Dalon, Prosident of tho Coles Coun- ty (Ill.) Farmors’ Association, announces, in g latter to thio Charloston Courier, that the quar- terly meoting of the Aseaciation will bo lield o tho 5th inst. ; and suggests action upon tho fol- lowing subjeots : The advisability of framing, supplcmentary to our Costitution, & platforin of ruralghtiorward prineiples, well-doflned, broad, wide, und strong cuough for any asud every houcst, sonsiblo man whosu Gvery intereat I identifiod with ouru to stand upon it, without proscrip- tlon of his vacation or plave of residenco, On account of the unsettled condition of tho finances of tho country, and tho consequent ruluously low prices offerod for our grain, hugs, and eattle, tho ad- Vissbility of requealing our Senators aud Reprosontu— tives fo Wse all tue fnfluenco in thelr power Lo huvo tho timo for tha collection of our taxes changed from tho 1st of January to ot lenst eithor Juno or September, —Tho Lenvonworth Times xoviows tho rocord of Judge Crozior and his support of “ex-Senator Celdwell, audremarks that, notwithstandiug * its Lindly porsonal foeliug” for Crozler, his np- pointment must be rogarded a8 *‘unfortunate for the Ropublican party. He is pronounced a * monopoly man in mors ways than one.” —F'lio demand for & postponement in tho col- lection of faxes for 1878 soema to bo becoming gonernl. Why it is that taxos are always duo in tho spring, whou monoy is invariably scarcer than ot any other sonson of the yoar, isone of the things, wo };taumuu wo shall never find out, A littlo roform in this direction, just now, would bo of incalenlublo value. Let our legislative Solons *“make & noto on it."—Shelbyville (Ill.) Union, —There seom to be many mon who aro egotis- {ical enough to boliove themeclves capablo of managing the monolary affairs of the nation, who, noverthielews, aro hardly capable of doing thoir own warketing; andone of the davgers of tho prenont timo_is, that much valuable, timo will bo lost in wordy debatoin Congress upon finaucial affairs,— Waukegan (ZIL) Gazelle. —Wo hope Cougress won't bo 8o excited over Cubn 8 to forgob to repenl that littlo salary-grab matter.—durora (Ill.? Herald, © —With characteristic efirontery, tho Pennsyl- yanin protoctionisis chooso this moment of fall- iug pricos and wages to ask for an inorenso of taxon for thelr Douefit—iills Counly (la.) Journal. —Then, besides tho bad political offect of o postal-telegraph soheme, it is not necaseary to £o into statistics to prove that it would bo u fail- j ‘Pho Governmont would, on an average, poy at least one-third moro as salaries toall tho oOperatives than privato companics would and now do. Tho appointmont of theso opuratives—Government ofticers they would thon bo—would go by political preformont, tho sumo s Postmastors ire now appointed, conse- quently their nocessary qualifications would wany times be overlooked, therofore & poorer clags of operativos would ho employed; tho Goy- ornment would Luve to chargo fully' ns high rates as now, and would then lose monoy.— Peoria (11.) Democrat. —The country will bo rejoiced to know the Becrotary of the Trensury, Richardson, says the ‘Tronsury Is preparod for war with Bpafn. ~ 1f an omply. "renmu[v is o proparation for war, tho ‘United Btatos {sin g bLotier condition now than over bofore, It would Do botter, however, for tho Beorutary to proparo the U'reasuvy for peace in tho ovent of tho wnr-cloud passing away.— Oleveland Plaindealer, . —ho attompt of tho Treasury Dopartment at ‘Washington_to resume apecio lmymcut by pay- ing out &400 in silver eday laos provoled so much ridlculo that Richardson hus bought §20,- 000,000 worth of Gorman sllver for recoining, to koep the thing in motion, A machine~poot thus raphically dopicts the way in which Richardson Friondod to {0l ayorybodya poket with silvor without tho nn\rs}Snlmmflmung itout s A cautious fuok avound L stolo, ln bisgs of ehink be chunl ; Many a wicked sintlo lio smolo, "Aud many # Wik ko wunk, —dJonesboro (1LY Qazette, ‘—No pormanent, truo prosperivy can coume' lo any country whero ecomomy {8 not studied in Jogislution, and espeolully whoro the equitablo rights of the masses aro not gorupulously guard- mt he farmorsa sro not addioted to oflico- huntlog, sud, if a portion .of thom ylald to the popular demand for & spoedy aud effectual oure for tho evils and abusey horo hiuted at, and aro clovatod to oflices liorotoforo licld by profos- slonal office-seokors only, all olesses will havo ocension to bo glad aud rojoico abundantly, Wo haye nob mucl fear that the bottor class of farmors—thoso who succoed with their own local affuirs~men who road, and who havo no price— will fuil to porcelva tho wants of the countyy,— Fort Dodys (1a.) Limes. —It I tho wish of the pooplo, oxpresscd in {ho resolutious of overy important publio meettng Lold during tho past nine months, that tho Orodit Moblllor disgrace shall boso offeotunlly wipod out as o Jeave no etain upon the prosent Qongross, No man connected with that in- fawous traveaction should bo allowed & placo upon any committeo. It is onough that tho law allows him n sont., Tho Jocpla linve sxprossed a wish at tho ballot-box fhat tho Iaw incroasin; snlarios of the Progldent and Congronsmen ahal Lo rnpulldd‘ and the welaries fixed at & ralo in roportion to tho morvices ronderad.—Olinton 1a.) Reglster, —Tha people of Chieago aro potitioning (ho Pronidont to Iprohll Jud, v!"l’hnm‘n’n DrumnFfllld, Unitod Btatos Dintrict Judgo, to the place mado veenut by the death of Chiet Justice Chinso. ''ho Prosident onn go much farthor and do worse, Judge Drummond has all thoqualities onloulated to mako bim an honor to the highost judiolsl offleo, and I8 in every way worthy of tue compli- mont.—Sandusky Iicgister, —Tho Ropublican mnnjority in the next Con- grons ia po lnrge aa to Justify oamost apprehen- Hlon in roforonce to tho possibility of an abuse of powor. It s a pity that tho forces are 8o un- nvnulydlvldod. But the fact that the majority i8 8o lnrge in favor of Burnbliunns ronders the oxorclse of modoration, wisdom, and patriotism oll the more imporative. Whothor tha Ropubli- con porty is to hold its power or not in tho next untional campaign doponds largely upon the coming Congross. It will not bo possible to throw half of the rosponaibility on to tho Demo- oratlc mombors, ‘With & majority of nearly 100 in tholr favor, the Republicana wfil have to con- {foss that thoy control lfixlnlntlan for the noxt two yoars, 1f tho work in woll dono, tho Ropub- llcan y;larty will reap the glurI of it. And go willit havo to bear the odium, if the Forty-third Congrees oloacs with » record of mistaken, un~ satinfaatory,or sorrupt legislation.—~Buffalo Come meroial Advertiscr, —Qov. Osborn lsst Saturday evening made Tobort Orozior, of Leavenworth, Senator from Kaneas to fill ‘the vaoancy mada by Caldwell's loaving that position. Robert Crozier has no sentinient or sympathy in common with the peo- plo. He is an aristoornt and & monopolist, Hig temperamont is suchi ag to make his opinfons snd idean abstract and his fudgmenta arbitrary, o ia of that clasa of men that haye nothing In common with the people. Naturally aud by bis montal organization nn_aristocrat, it I8 not strange that his business rolations and intorosts should all bs connocted with monopolies. Ho is tho attomoy of two railroad companies and tho Presidont of. & Natlonal Bank. Heis an attor- noy for Alexandor Caldwoll and has baon ap~ pointed Sonator by Caldwoell. At least it s ovidont that had Caldwell been consulted ho .\Iv‘:glddhlvo namod Orozior.—ZTopcka (XKan.) ord. . CAPT. FRY. o the Editor of Tha Chicago T'ridune: Bin: In your commonts, in to-dsy's Tnmuxs, on the pnst history of the Iate Capt., or Col. Fry, you ovorlook the fact that it is not to Capt. Try, or to his momory, that sympathy is bolng oxtonded, but to his boreaved wife and bolploss littlo childron, who ought not to bo held respon- piblo for tho crimes of tholr dead - fathor. Nolther do the brutal acts of Capt. Try towards TUnion soldiers during tho mad struggle of the lato Robellion warraut Spanish or Cuban bucea~ neors in capturing his vessol on the high seas, end elaughtoring him and his men without judge, jury, or telal. If our own Govornment choso to ovorlook tho brutal acts, roferred to, of Capt. Fry, durln, tho late Rebellion, Spain had no right to punisi him for them. It matters notif every man on tho Virginius was an Amorican criminal, a vio~ lator of the laws of the United Btates, if thoy aro Amorican cilizons, and claiming the protec- tion of tho United States Govornment, it should bo afforded thom. Itwould have made no difor-- onco to Burrial, tho butoher, if Gen, U. B, Grant and his ontire Onbinet hiad boon on board of tho Virginius in tho capacity of passengora whon sho wat eaptured ; thoy would have mot .tho samo fato of poor ¥ry and his companions. _Hespect- fully. . 0. P, OitioAao, Nov, 8, 1675, To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune : Ste: Wil yon plossc allow ma a few lines in referonco’to an oditorial in your paper on tlie Spanish quostion,fviewod from two ** gauges.” It eats forth that Gapt. Fry was an Amorican Itebol, and fived into tho Mound City (an American guu- Doat), by which many lost thoir lies, aud then ordored his mon (which Capt. Tiry dones) to firo on drowning men, &c.; nlso, that part of his mon, to Bave their lives (which is & most justifi- ablo causo), offered to botray tho causo in which thoy woro onlisted ; and then aska : ¢ Is this tho Lind of o causo to go to warin?” This articlo noeds oxplonation. Docs it moan that Amorican, cltizons who fought desperately (and, may be, in- humanly) in the late War are not cnti- tled to the protection of our flag? The copturo of Fort 8t. Charlea was bogun with an overwlelming force, and Capt, Fry's only clanco was to giuk oll the boats and_ kill” nil tho men possible. Ho fought untilall but two gunnors woro shot at their post, and himself wounded and his force reduced to thirly mon,~both sides showing no quartors. Query: Does Tur Tuin- UNE arguo that, beeause Capt, Fry orderod (if truo) Lis mon to fire on drowning mon to bocor- tain thoy did not roturn to battle, and Ool, Titah ordered tho Forty-sixth Indlann Regiment to show no quartor, but to ontdo their foes in_se- vority, and Col. Fitcl killed 600 of Capt. Fry's mon whilo running up a steop hill for their lives,.aftor fighting was usolass (no quarter be- ing 'givon), if Col, Litoh, instend of Cupt. . Fry, Lad * been * soized tho Spanish and shot, it would bo no causa for war? In fact, does ‘Tz TRIBUNE argue that, beonuse Capt, Fry was & Soutborn instead of & Northorn officor 1o was not catitled to protootion; nnd, bacause his men would lio to savo their lives, thoy aro not ontitled to our protection? And, finnlly, doos ‘'ne TRmUNE beliove that any of | these things iaye anything to do with tho ques- tion whatever? Those positions looks to mo liko tho narrow insterd of tho wide-gruge views. Hypk Panx, Nov. 25 1873, COoMMON SENSE. * ANSWER. 1If tho writors of the foregoing had read more attantively our’ remarks ou Capt. Fry in Tug Tuisuxe of the 28th wult, they would have found a full and suliciont answer to their stato- ments and interrogations. In that articlo we sald: [ ‘Tha ciroumatance that Fry was & Confoderate gol- dir i, of courae, not tho remotest bearing on tho cease, Every Amnerican oltizen fu entitled to the protece tion of his Government even to” the full extent of ita srmod power, whetlier bo wore blue or gray in tho War of the Reébellion ; but thopoint in this srgumont {8, that no sympatby should bo wasted on a man who wan by nature o buccancor,—whoso bullets, fired oloven years ago in violatlon of tlio common usages of yastare, found (hele lodgment at lat ia. s owa breast, —_— WOMAN’S RIGHTS'IN [EVANSTON. i Evaxstox, Nov, 20,1673, . o the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: % Smr: Will you pormit o citizen .of Evanston o fow words in relation to the vexed question of disciplino in tho Northwestorn University? As T understand the matter, whilon the University propor dhio students are simply placed upon ihoir honor, without any restraint whatever, inthe Ladies' Qolleg each studont is compelled to un- dorgo n probutionary courso beforo belng trusted | to Lior own government, y Lam acquainted with tho methods of some of the bost-disciplined institutions of the Enat, aud I Imow that in them tho plan of telf-govornment oporates admirably; but, in thoso institutions, ihe sbaonco of rulea is componeated by s strict surveillsuco on the partof tho Priucipal and every subordinato toachior, and the constant oxer- cise of dircet n?d poworful porsonnl influonce, Nor do I beliovo It possiblo that this mothod of govornmont oan ovor sucsecd without rigld at- fontlon to this vory important agency in-disci- pline on the part of the tencher, = £ Wo all, who aro parents, know that in -those - well conducted homes whers “Nuhmllf com- manda and nobody obeys,” the rulo of- Ifviug ls renfl{ most oxaoting; and the amount of per~ sonal offort reanlrod to porpetuato that rule is nmuathlui which can novor bo estimated in words, dliorenco to tho maxim ot ANoblusse oblige, which is tho foundation of such disci- plino, docs mot como to most youug peoplo by fatiact, 1k 1. (o toalt of thoronik ol tnro, 1ino upon line, prevept union procept, hore a lit- 1o, and thore ' gront doal. ~hak Hhlg 1 tho true homo-governmont, I have no -doubt, and, theroforo, the true fiovornmnut ol the school 5 but to bring togother soveral hundred young wen, in the clforvoscont poriod of thoir lives, end not thom froe of all rule, both the spokonand uu- spokon, und oxpoot of them tho bobavior of gon- tlamon, is to maulfost & faith in human nature whioh cireumstances . havo nover yeb jusiified, 1f, iu auch o stato of things as this, the expori- ent is alno tried of educating girls sido by sile with thoso absolutoly untutored {‘amhs, , for ono, can but deoply foar that the chancos of failure in the oxporimount, aud a dieastrous of- Toot apon both boys and glels, which will ot bo oradicated without much judiclous attor-traine ing, uro such as to couso solicitude to all frlonds ot truo selvation, sl 2 oxcopt Dy ontaldo obsorva. | In “passing, sued nt tho Northwestorn Univorsity ; o know vory mudl in fayor of tho ma-.zhy"fl e cators, Iam deoply iraprossed with n'monse of thelr oarnestnons and fidelity § but I think thnt, in any mixed collogo, wharo tho young-lady st donts and tholr teachors axo mibjected to rude holavior on the strcols, Insultod by indecent blackhoard caricatures in- the school-room, and medo uucomfortablo even in tho sanclunry by tho demonstrationsof thelr malo follow-atudents, und whoro tho air of night ls offendod by ribald songa parodying such wholosome rules as core tainly aro Llio bost safeguard of liberly, whatover may bo sald on tho sido of liconse, {t must be considorad that, so far as that fustitution is cone cornod, coaducation fu atill upon trial. A FRIenp or COEDUCATION. CITY IN BRIEF, The monthly mooting of tho managoers of the Nursery and Half-Orphan Asylum will ho bold & 11 o'cloock to-morrow at No. 176 Burling stroot. Tho nonual mooting of tho Doard of Managors of the Nowsboys' Home will bo bold at 2 o'clock this aftornoon at} the rooms of tho Rolief and ‘Ald Soclety, No. 61 LaSallo atreet. John Ryan died suddenly Baturday atiernoon ot the liouso of Oharlos Morchouse, No. 168 East Monroo stroet, Ho had been siok for soma timo, The body was removed to tho Morgue end tho Coroner notified. ‘The polico of the Union Straot Btation mada a raid last nl&hs on the hackmon on tho cornor of Wost Madison and Olinton streeta, for violate ing an ords e or probibiting thom from slanding Officor Ashloy "Jn!exdny found the doad body of »nowly-born babo in the north ond of tha gdvu?imfin{hy IIITLII:;:O'IIE I‘u;’k.t The bady was re- ova 0 Tonth Proc} amalta tho aotion of ‘tho Gorencr. " " 0T ¢ ![y'ho alarm of firo from Box 235, ot hnlf-past 4 o'clook yestorday morning, wag ocessione by %a;zlscnvary of fl';‘r‘;luu ’.‘i.n ih? .lhn:’ls‘fhiio. 137 ‘ogtorn avenuo, Tho firo originate footive flue. Loss, §100 ; i.nnm-u!r;l. e Tholadlos of tho Trinity Mothodist Churoh, on Indiann svenuo, north of Twonth-fourth streot, will givo an oyster suppor ‘and sociabie in the' parlors of tho church noxt Thuraday evoning, from 6 to 10 o'clock. Alembors of the con, rogatian, outsido friends, =od strangors aro invitod. Mr. James McGarry nnys grest injustico was done him by n statomont in yostorday's ‘Tnisuxs that ho had talked with lezyiu Moorz fn_refor- ence to sottling tha controveray botwoon horand ax~Un[it[. Hickey, o statea that ho does not know Misa Mooro, and novor_spoko with her in hla‘ltlfo, in reforenco to Mr. Hickey or any otker matter, ¥ Tho Woat Bide Btroot-Railway has rocognizod tho fact of n large incrosse in the population of tho Wost Division, and kns met the demand for groator accommodation by putting on sn addi- tional car, which will run’ regalarly from Weoste orn avonuo o Stato stroot aud back again, Not- withetanding this heavy exponditure, the ratos of faro will not bo advanced. Tho alarm of firo from Box 154 at holf-pnst 11 o'clook Iaat night wag caused by tho discovery of flamos in o building No. 112 West White stroet, acoupiod in park by Jobm Dunlap, Damago to bullding, $300 ; insurance unkuown, Tho firot floor wa8 ocoupied by John McGinty, who lost 8160 on furniture, The fire originated from an over-heated atove. A man namod John Titzgerald, residing at No. 509 South Hnlstod street, attompted to commit wuicido yesterday at noon by taling Jaudanum, which hie procurad from n druggist at tho corner of Maxwell aud Halsted sirects, on tho ploa that it was to be given to n wick horso. ‘Dr. Dadgo sttended him, and yentorday ovenln was bolievad ho would recover. Fitzgerald fa sbout 40 yoars old. Intoxication is boltoved ta havo led him to tako tho poison. Tho smutty story in the Times of yesterday, about tho, fuir siron, aud tho rich banker, tho room ‘at tho hotel, and the hoavy oxpendi- turc of cashi for dry goods, DoRra & slriking Yo somblanco to an ovent which renlly happenod seven or oight years ago. Tho similarity sug- gonts that, thore boiug no nasty sensation to work up for Sunday, the wretchod reporters of thp Times were requived to produco one at all hazards, either from imagination or recollection, Tako streot bridge in ot last finished, and in an_object of admiration to tho ownors of the neighboring stores. They go out helf-n-dozen timea o day to soo i if i really thore, or if, like Alnddin's Painco, it hins disappenred.” The come plotion of thin' work, howovor, hng ruined a hraso which hns beoh popular on Lalo treok or somo months, A poraon who wished to in= sinuato ho never would do o thing, would sny howould do it whon tho Dourd of Publie Works Lad finiched Loke ktroot bridge, and his meaning waa pexfectly well understood. “* The teachers of the public schools, when thoy weve paid off, Saturdny, by tho Clork of tho Boord of Edueation, word informed that they ‘would receivo no monoy at tho closo of Decem- hor, and posaibly none ‘at the end of Jauuury. So many of thoso teachars, ospocially tho fomalo ones, livo from hand to mouth, that thiy nows hag put thom in a terriblo quandary, and they do not soo how thoy will boable to get elong for evon a couplo of monliis on what they have Jjust recoived for their servicos for November. Tho lndies of the Rov. C. W, Wondte's Church will hold a fair and Loliday enlo, in Contral Hall, coruor of Wabash avonuo and Twonty-sccond stroot, Wodnesdny, Thureday, and Friasy of this woele, Tho fair will open Wednesday ovening, Deo: 3, and continuo through the (wo following days, concluding Friday oveuiug with & social party. Admission froo, ox¥opt Friday ovoning, when an entranco feo of &1 for a gentloman and Indy will bo charged. A larga and varied nassortinonnt of usoful and ornamontal articlos, suitablo for the holidays, will be on salo at low prices. No lottorics or rafiles will bo om- loyed, ‘There will bo musical and other attrac- ons every ovening, Police oficor John Whito, and two brothers, Willinm and Frod Croheu, wera sssaulied nod badly benton by o crowd of Bridgeport roughs, sbout 1 o'alock yestordsy morning, at the cornot of Bouth Halstéd streot aud Dougias placo, .Tho Crolions wore roturning _from a dance nt_ Union Hall to thoir homo, No. 1447 South Halatod streot, A short distanco from the former plnce, they met o crowd of drunken roughs, and, I8 Williain = Crolien | unintontionally camo in contnct with one of them, who seized .hold of him} and knooked bim off the sidewallks. Tho other brothor ran, but was pur~ sued by iho crowd, caught, and might have beon killed but for tho arrival of Oficer Jolin ‘White, who, by using his club freely, succeeded in resouing the brotliors from tho Hands of tho mob, and 1n getting off with thom, the rougha following, and throwing missilos of all sorts at thom, At tho cornor of South Ialated streot and Donglas place the mob mado a rush upon the officer aud his chargoes, and bont, all three until thoy woro insensiblo, and might Liave killed them but for tho arrival of some ocilizens, who rogsouod the injured -mon, -The Crolens soon rovived and wore found not to bo_sorlously in- jured, but Ofcor Whito was bedly hurt. He wasa removed to tho Decring Stroet Station in an expreas-wagon and nttendod by Dr. Didwoll. His sevorest wound is over the left eye, and looka na if it had boon made by a boot heel. 1 know vory 1m.la£ tion and houreay, of the courscof discipline pur- Yestorday the oflicor's condition wns somowhat improved, sud it is bolived that he is nob fatally injured, Tho crowd waa composed of young mon who wore_roturning from a fair at the Church of the Nntivity. Sorgt. Hood {a doin, his utmost to arrost tho men, but had foun none up to last evening, e PR ‘A St Prul Cow Goes Into n Dwelling, Makes Elor Way €p Stairs, nind Bhosa Grows Eeclligorent. From the &t, Paul Press, A Indicrous porformance occurred on Fourth street yostorday aftornnon—tho scone hoiug lnid noar tlio Motropolitan Hotol, snd tha priucipal figuro boing a cow of mild aspect, but not ro- markably handsomo, Tho front door had been left open, and the lady of the house henring n tromondous clatier of Loofs on tho stairway lendiug to the uppor story of hor domioils, stnrz- od hurrledly to uscortain’ths couse of tho pho- domenoun. ~Sho arrived fn timo to seo a cow's tail swinging aloft at tho head of the stairs, and soon the animal had found her way Into a small closot in_ tho vicinity, and ot onco be- camo profoundly intercated in n nok of meal, or somo _other plensant object storod therein, The lady, fuiling to appreolato the transformation of bior tidy apartment into n com= mon stable, ot onco ingugurated battlo against tho trospassor, and by (ho uso of signe, move- monts, and pass-words, which only n lady can rocall on such an”* oceasion, undortoolk to ofect tho caw from the promiscs, Bossy fulled to soo the signg and did not soom_ 1o card a cob aliout tho Indy'a wishes, Tho lndy shook her apron at tha cow aud roached out lior hand carofully for a moro offectivo wonpon of warfare, 'I'he_cow comprehonded the situation at Inat, and hor hoad wai lowored, hor tail was flung hlgh in tho air, and hor back was curved umfuunnn]ly. Tho lady conoluded tho alr in hor stalrwuy was not cou- ducive to hoalth, and rushed out doors calling for help, Tt camo in a short timo; and tho cow ‘was avontually ofcoted, but not until aftor somoe threatoning demonstrations bad been made on tho now lovios or roinforcemonts opersting agalnst hor within tho fortvesu,